THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER Vol. 112, Issue 20 www.upbeacon.net ursday March 24, 2011 BEACON The Employee’s car crashes into tree outside UP For full story, see page 5 Photo Courtesy of Christina Nelson Tsunami ripples over UP community Hannah Gray News Editor [email protected]Where’s your Beacon been? Living, page 8-9 Meet Terry and Vernia Living, page 7 UP students from Japan reect on the recent devastation Friday, March 11 An 8.9 magnitude • earthquake strikes off of Japan’s northeast coast. A 33-foot tsunami hits the • northeast coast. With everything that has been happening in Japan, it is getting hard to keep all the facts straight. Here is a quick list of the things you need to know. -Rosemary Peters Timeline of events Saturday, March 12 The cooling systems • fail in Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and an explosion happens in the building housing a reactor in the plant. The force of the quake • moved Japan’s main island, Honshu, by 8 feet. Sunday, March 13 230,000 people are • evacuated from places near the crippled nuclear reactors. Millions of residents are • without any power or water due to energy rationing. For timeline, continue to page 2 A second explosion occurs • at Fukushima nuclear power station. 1.4 million Japanese are • without running water. More than half a million have been evacuated. USGS upgrades the • magnitude of the main quake to 9.0. Monday, March 14 Yuuki Ohashi – a former UP student from Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo – knew that when the earthquake hit off the coast of northern Japan on March 11, it was different from every other earthquake she has experienced. Yuuki, who was at home, could not even stand up straight. For the UP students who are from Japan, the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and its aftermath have hit close to home. About an hour after the earthquake hit, Yuuki began cleaning up her home when she felt the ground shaking again. However, it felt and sounded different than any earthquake she had been through. “My family went outside again,” Yuuki said in an email. “Then we found dark and red sky covered by smoke.” LPG tanks caught on fire at the Chiba refinery when the earthquake hit. The fire raged for 10 days. It was extinguished Monday. “Even though the factory was not close to the residential area, we felt scared,” Yuuki, whose family is safe, said. Satomi Fukumoto – another former UP student from Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo – was also at home when the earthquake hit. Like Yuuki, the earthquake was the biggest Satomi has ever experienced. “I was so scared,” Satomi said in an email. “When I saw the live broadcast of the tsunami (engulfing) the towns near the sea, I just couldn’t believe what was going on.” Some UP students from Japan were in the U.S. when the earthquake hit. Junior Seiji Oyama – also from Saitama – received a text message from a friend asking if his family was OK. However, initially, Seiji did not know what the friend was talking about. “I went to the news on the Internet, and I was really surprised – oh my gosh,” Seiji said. “I watched YouTube. (There were) horrible scenes – tsunami engulfed the rice field.” Seiji was unable to make contact with his family for almost two days. “I tried to make contact with my family, but I couldn’t,” Seiji said. “I got really upset… But my family is OK. I made contact on March 13.” Senior Maika Canada, from Tokyo, was on her way to Boston, Mass. when she heard about the earthquake. During a layover in Phoenix, Ariz., Maika checked her Twitter account on her phone. “I was shocked,” she said. “I had no idea what was going on in Japan. It was just crazy.” While Maika could not call her family, she was able to connect with them via email. Her family is safe. Maika’s grandparents live in Sendai, in northern Japan. A couple days after the earthquake, her family heard news of her See Japan, page 3 Tuesday, March 15 Radiation levels reach • dangerous levels at the Fukushima power plant. People within 20 miles of the reactor are advised to stay indoors. Photo courtesy of photobucket.com “President Obama said he’ll do his best to save Japanese peoples’ lives. I feel happy in my heart.” Seiji Oyama, junior
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THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S STUDENT NEWSPAPERVol. 112, Issue 20 www.upbeacon.net
!ursdayMarch 24,
2011BEACONThe
Employee’s car crashes into tree outside UPFor full story, see
UP students from Japan re!ect on the recent devastation
Friday, March 11
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With everything that
has been happening
in Japan, it is getting
hard to keep all the
facts straight. Here is a
quick list of the things
you need to know.
-Rosemary Peters
Timeline of events
Saturday, March 12
The
cooli
ng
syst
ems
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fail
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Sunday, March 13
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the
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ake
to 9
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Monday, March 14
Yuuki Ohashi – a former UP
student from Chiba, Japan, near
Tokyo – knew that when the
earthquake hit off the coast of
northern Japan on March 11, it
was different from every other
earthquake she has experienced.
Yuuki, who was at home,
could not even stand up straight.
For the UP students who are
from Japan, the 9.0-magnitude
earthquake and its aftermath
have hit close to home.
About an hour after the
earthquake hit, Yuuki began
cleaning up her home when she
felt the ground shaking again.
However, it felt and sounded
different than any earthquake she
had been through.
“My family went outside
again,” Yuuki said in an email.
“Then we found dark and red sky
covered by smoke.”
LPG tanks caught on fire
at the Chiba refinery when the
earthquake hit. The fire raged
for 10 days. It was extinguished
Monday.
“Even though the factory was
not close to the residential area,
we felt scared,” Yuuki, whose
family is safe, said.
Satomi Fukumoto – another
former UP student from Saitama,
Japan, near Tokyo – was also
at home when the earthquake
hit. Like Yuuki, the earthquake
was the biggest Satomi has ever
experienced.
“I was so scared,” Satomi
said in an email. “When I saw
the live broadcast of the tsunami
(engulfing) the towns near the
sea, I just couldn’t believe what
was going on.”
Some UP students from
Japan were in the U.S. when the
earthquake hit.
Junior Seiji Oyama – also
from Saitama – received a text
message from a friend asking
if his family was OK. However,
initially, Seiji did not know what
the friend was talking about.
“I went to the news on
the Internet, and I was really
surprised – oh my gosh,” Seiji
said. “I watched YouTube. (There
were) horrible scenes – tsunami
engulfed the rice field.”
Seiji was unable to make
contact with his family for almost
two days.
“I tried to make contact with
my family, but I couldn’t,” Seiji
said. “I got really upset… But my
family is OK. I made contact on
March 13.”
Senior Maika Canada, from
Tokyo, was on her way to Boston,
Mass. when she heard about the
earthquake.
During a layover in Phoenix,
Ariz., Maika checked her Twitter
account on her phone.
“I was shocked,” she said. “I
had no idea what was going on in
Japan. It was just crazy.”
While Maika could not call
her family, she was able to
connect with them via email. Her
family is safe.
Maika’s grandparents live
in Sendai, in northern Japan. A
couple days after the earthquake,
her family heard news of her
See Japan, page 3
Tuesday, March 15
Rad
iati
on
level
s re
ach
•
dan
ger
ou
s le
vel
s at
th
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Fu
ku
shim
a p
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nt.
Peo
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wit
hin
20 m
iles
of
the
reac
tor
are
adv
ised
to
stay
ind
oors
.
Photo courtesy of photobucket.com
“President Obama said he’ll do his best to save Japanese peoples’ lives. I feel happy in my heart.”
Seiji Oyama, junior
Ch
ino
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hel
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rs
and
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NEWS2 ! March 24, 2011
Portland is due to have a
massive earthquake.
According to scientists, the
Cascadia Subduction Zone,
which lies about 75 miles off the
Oregon coast, has a fault which
produces a major quake about
every 250 to 500 years. Currently,
we are about 311 years out from
when the last one occurred.
According to Public Safety’s
Environmental Health and Safety
Officer Jeff Rook, the shaker
that will send the ground under
Portland quaking is expected to
be on par with the 9.0 magnitude
earthquake that occurred in
Japan earlier this month.
“Disaster is going to be
inevitable,” Rook said. “With the
one that strikes here, and not if
but when, survival is optional.”
In order to make sure the
UP community is prepared
for earthquakes, Rook started
working with CCERT, the
Community Campus Emergency
Response Team.
CCERT trains students,
faculty and staff not only from
UP but Portland Community
College and Portland State
University as well.
According to Rook, 75 to 80
percent of people who respond
in an emergency situation are
volunteers. The purpose of the
CCERT program is to make sure
the University of Portland has
some prepared volunteers.
“It’s disaster medicine,” Rook
said. “It’s learning how to take a
cardboard box, strip it down and
use it for splinting.”
On April 1, CCERT will
have a four-hour field experience
day where members will utilize
their training to size up a fake
emergency situation and extricate
victims from the emergency.
They will also practice search
and rescue as well as triage
skills.
“There are one to two Public
Safety officers to a total student
body of over 3,000 plus faculty
and staff,” Rook said. “You are
in a situation where you are
completely overwhelmed. We
want to make sure our campus
members are better prepared.”
UP has also taken steps to
prepare for a disaster.
According to Rook, UP has
a small stock of Koldkist water
bottles on campus, despite
the water bottle ban that was
implemented last year. The
Bauccio Commons has three
days worth of food that could
sustain up to 3,000 people.
“We have at least that much
product on campus during
the academic calendar,” Kirk
Mustain, the general manager
of Bon Appétit, said in an email.
“Obviously we would amend the
style of service and offerings but
I feel confident that we would be
able to take care of the university
community.”
Back-up generators are in
Franz Hall, Shiley Hall and
Public Safety that can run for a
week or two at full capacity.
“In an emergency situation
we wouldn’t be running them at
full capacity,” Rook said.
According to Rook, secondary
items would not be powered up to
make the generators last longer.
The school also has an
agreement with Belfor Property
Restoration so UP could receive
a back-up generator for the
Chiles Center within 24 to 48
hours of an emergency.
Finally, Rook encourages
everyone to make a 72-hour kit
for his or her place of residence.
“Each kit should have one
gallon of water per person per
day,” Rook said.
He said the kits should also
include at least a week’s worth
of food that doesn’t take much
effort to prepare, such as Power
Bars.
A full list of supplies to
include in a kit can be found on
Public Safety’s website at http://
www.up.edu/showimage/show.
aspx?file=7037.
“How many more times
before it actually happens do we
need to see examples before we
get prepared?” Rook said.
The next CCERT class is
coming up this summer. Students
can contact Rook at rook@
up.edu if they want to take the
class.
Jeff Rook
On Campus
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