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A Portland student with a pas-
sion for social justice and im-
migrant law won the statewide
Poetry Out Loud competition Sat-
urday, making her a contender for
the nationwide competition.
Belise Nishimwe, a sophomore
at St. Mary’s Academy, was born
and raised in a refugee camp in
Tanzania before moving to Amer-
ica at the age of five. Now a U.S.
citizen, she has dedicated herself
to being someone who can create
a platform that gives voice to im-
migrants and refugees and the rep-
resentation they need.
“This is everyone’s victory,”
Nishimwe said. “I wanted to do Po-
etry Out Loud because when I was
younger I wanted that representa-
tion that I rarely ever saw. I want-
ed to see other immigrants like me
participate in a variety of activities
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Teen Poet Belise Nishimwe, a sophomore at St. Mary’s Academy in
Portland, is the 2019 Oregon Poetry Out Loud state champion.
and succeed, so that I could know
that I could achieve that too.”
Poetry Out Loud is organized in
Oregon by the Oregon Arts Com-
mission in collaboration with the
NEA and the Poetry Foundation.
Nishimwe will advance to the na-
tional Poetry Out Loud competi-
tion in Washington, D.C., at the
end of next month.
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Portland’s Cameron Scarlett who is a now a running back at Stanford University in California drives
into the end zone for a touchdown against Notre Dame in this Nov. 25, 2017 photo from AP.
Another Scarlett Brother Shines
C ontinued froM P age 2
Coming into the game, there
was some of the talk about how
players were opting to sit out
including starting running back
Bryce Love. How did you ap-
proach the game?
Bryce is a great running back.
As for his decision, I can’t real-
ly control the situation, I had to
come ready to work and be ready
to play.
In addition to your MVP per-
formance (22 carries, 94 yards
and 2 touchdowns), can you talk
about your fumble recovery in
the end zone that pushed the
Cardinal on top, 14-13?
It was a bang – bang play. I
knew something was up when
he (Pittsburgh quarterback K.J.
Costello) didn’t hand the ball off.
So I look back and I see the ball
was coming right to me.
You’ve played in four differ-
ent bowl games (Rose Bowl, Al-
amo and Sun Bowl twice), how
has the experience been?
Bowl games are cool. They’re
a great finale for the season. You
prepare so long for them and then
it turns out to be this hard fought
game.
How has your Stanford ex-
perience been so far? What are
you studying and what are your
future plans?
All four years went by fast….
I’ve enjoyed my time. I’m grad-
uating this spring with my de-
gree in Science, Tech and So-
ciety. I’ve only got four more
core classes required: two this
quarter and two in the spring. I
get to take classes from differ-
ent majors: economics, science
and business. My focus is on in-
novation and organization. I’m
a creative person… I know it
sounds cliché but I think outside
the box. I have an interest in tech
stuff like computer science. I’m
also taking an interest more into
the business world.
A few years ago, your brother
was also in grad school and had a
year of playing left and now he’s
with the Houston Texans. What
kind of advice has he given you?
Enjoy this time. You won’t
have this time again for your life.
You’re set to graduate in spring
2019. What’s next for you?
I’ll apply to graduate school.
(Cameron has since been accept-
ed into Stanford’s master’s degree
program in communications). I’ll
still have a year left of football
because I decided to redshirt my
freshman year.
The author of this piece, Paul
Marshall Jr. is from Portland and
a graduate of the University of
Oregon’s Professional Master’s
program. His relationship with
the Scarlett family dates back to
the 2000s when he attended north
Portland’s Holy Redeemer Catho-
lic School with both Brennan and
Cameron Scarlett.