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JOBS 101: TIPS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
Career Services Center website matches students with job opportunities Nick Markman • The AS Review Editor’s note: This story was previously published in the AS Review on Oct. 3, 2011. In today’s job market, it can be difficult for a college student to find employment. Luckily for Western students, the Career Services Center (CSC) and the Student Employment Center (SEC) website have resources that can make the process of finding employment less stressful. The CSC relaunched its online job and internshipposting system, formerly known as Symplicity, to Viking CareerLink. “We decided to rebrand it to make it more localized,” said Aaron Ignac, assistant director of operations for the CSC. “We branded it in the Western-type of marketing niche and made it a little more intuitive for students.” The site hosts more than 1,100 employers that regularly post job opportunities for students. Many of these jobs are fully searchable on the site, allowing students to select certain industries, companies and positions they might be interested in applying for. Two main changes to the site are the new name, CareerLink, and a component called “on-campus recruiting.” “That’s when an employer will post a job they actually want to come to Western to do the interviews for,” Ignac said. This new feature will allow employers to review the applications and select which students to follow through with. Afterward, the selected students can go back to CareerLink and select an interview time on campus.
The CSC has a wide range of employers using the site, from corporations including Microsoft and Boeing, to small nonprofit organizations. Last year, the SEC site matched more than 1,800 students with jobs. The SEC screens all employers, eliminating possible scams students may encounter when conducting other online job searches on sites such as Craigslist. “We do try and keep them dynamic and updated to the best of our knowledge,” said Caryn Regimbal, financial aid manager of the SEC. “Everything that we have posted, those positions are still open even if they are two or three weeks old.” Some students may be hard on money, but may not be able to or do not want to gain steady employment. For those individuals, the SEC’s online job-posting website can be a place to find odd jobs. The SEC site has a wide range of part-time work and non-employed jobs that do not require any recurring sacrifices to a student’s schedule. “If a student needs some quick cash, they can go do some weeding or help somebody tear up carpet over the weekend, earn some money, and not have to make more of a long-term commitment,” Regimbal said. Ignac said the overall goal of the new site is aimed to be a comprehensive source for both employees and students. “The hope is that we are creating enough volume and enough diversity of the opportunities that any student can find something in the realm of what they are looking for.” the
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RESUMÉ TIPS Compiled From the Career Services Center online Resource Center
Proofread and revise
Use professional language
Ordering and organizing
Tweak resumé to match employers’ expectations
A resumé should be proofread multiple times to work out any kinks in the writing or formatting. Revisions to a resumé should be made whenever new skills or experiences are acquired. When writing a resumé, the most recent work experience should be stated first, followed by all other work experiences in a chronological order.
No formal experience? Make a skills resumé
It highlights experience gained through schooling, volunteer work or some limited paid work. It is useful for individuals seeking employment who may have the appropriate skills for the job, but lack the previous employment experience that other applicants may have.
Never write in first person on a resumé and be sure to use aggressive action verbs such as “administrated” and “instituted” instead of weaker verbs such as “made” or “did.”
It’s always a good idea to research any potential employers of interest. Spending some time on an employer’s website will give one a better understanding of what that employer is looking for in a potential applicant.
Resumé building wizards can work magic
The Career Services Center offers a free program called Optimal Resumé Builder on its website. Spending some quality time working with programs like these can provide help.
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HUGGINS from page 6 and other human rights movements, Huggins said. Three months after the assassination of her husband, Huggins was arrested and spent 14 months awaiting trial and 6 months on trial. COINTELPRO claimed that she had conspired to murder someone, even though she had not, Huggins said. Her involvement in the Black Panthers was also said to be a contributing factor of COINTELPRO targeting her. Huggins was on trial with Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Charges against Seale and Huggins were ultimately dropped. The Black Panther Party ended in 1982 because of the stress and pressure from the FBI and local law enforcement, as well as the lack of money needed to continue to
run the community programs, Huggins said. Hundreds of arrests and 28 murders at the hands of law enforcement. Huggins is currently a professor of sociology at Laney College in Oakland and a professor Women and Gender Studies departments at San Francisco State University and California State University – East Bay, and also a. She has lectured across the United States. She previously lectured at Lewis and Clark College, in Portland, ore. and Gonzaga University before coming to Western. Since Huggins was directly associated with one of the pivotal parts of the human rights movement in the 60’s and 70’s, black historyis a focus of her lectures and conversations with students. Huggins said African American
history is often glazed over or not touched upon at all. By not discussing these issues, society cannot move forward, Huggins said. For example, a white student would benefit from the lesson on U.S. slavery as much as a black student would, she said. “The point of the dialogue is to heal, move forward and work together,” she said. When traveling to different colleges and universities to speak, Huggins hopes to spark conversations around her lectures and workshops. “The dialogue is beneficial to all students on all campuses,” Huggins said. “It is our world and we can take part in redefining our world. Really no one can define our world for us; we are all a part of redefining it.”
Magdalene and the Virgin Mary and kind of put them together in such a way that was very classical of that genre,” Case said. “It looks very classically like a religious painting, but it’s not. It’s got this kind of subtle twist to it.” Bambrick said that although Labyrinth is a Women’s Center publication and it deals with feminism and women’s identity issues, the art and literary magazine is
open to all types of individuals’ identities and features contributions from male, female, straight, queer and transgender students. “It’s about identity celebration and personal empowerment. In that description, there’s no gender bias at all,” Bambrick said. “It’s about identity, which everyone has, and it’s about personal empowerment, which everyone can gain.”
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SIMPLY DELICIOUS This week: Rig ‘n cheese, please
Megan Thompson • AS Review
Last night, I found myself utterly ravenous.
Though my cupboards and pantry were packed with food, it seemed like I had nothing. For the last few weeks, I lived off burritos and quesadillas, but my taste for Mexican food suddenly ended, as did my binge. Without those options, what could I eat? A sandwich? Um, no. Cereal, cinnamon toast or yogurt? Definitely not. My mind went blank. Then, I suddenly felt an epiphany: macaroni and cheese. I looked through the pantry and I had no macaroni. I came to the conclusion I would make whatever-type-of-noodles-I-could-find and cheese. I used rigatoni, and called my concoction “rig and cheese.” Mac and cheese is too easy. My roommate took one bite and exclaimed, “Oh my God, Megan, this is deli-
cious!” My other roommate, who eats everything with a lime, tabasco sauce or hot sauce, nodded approvingly saying, “It tastes better alone!” The moral of this story: don’t be boring. Don’t give up on a mac and cheese adventure because you are lacking in the mac department. Live a little. Eat some “rig and cheese.”
Whatever-Type-of-Noodles-You-CanFind and Cheese Prep time: 15-20 minutes Cook time: 15-20 minutes Servings: about 6
Ingredients: 1 pound noodles (recommended rigatoni, penne, shells, bow tie, macaroni or similar) 2 tablespoons butter
¼ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup milk ¼ cup parmesan cheese 3 cups cheddar cheese Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large sauce pan, boil water for noodles and cook them according to package. In the meantime, melt butter in a medium sauce pan. Add salt and flour and simmer for five minutes. Stir in milk adding a quarter of a cup at a time, mixing until thick, and repeating until the milk is gone. Add in parmesan and a cup of the cheddar cheese. Stir until smooth and cheese is melted. Drain the cooked noodles and place them in a 13x9 inch pan. Spread sauce evenly over the noodles. Evenly distribute remaining cheddar cheese over the noodle mixture. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is light golden brown. the
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WARM UP WITH THE THERMALS Music for Change club brings Portland band MUSIC WITHIN DOC screens the inspirational film PANTHER POWER Former Black Panther Party leader comes to Western THE MEMOIRS A photo essay from the Vagina Memoirs
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ONE THING TO SAY Fairhaven performance raises money for first genertation college students JOBS 101 Tips for writing a strong resume JUMPS Finishing the story you started is a hop, skip and a jump away SIMPLY DELICIOUS This week: rig ‘n cheese
NAVIGATING THE MAZE Labyrinth release party happening March 1
Congressman Rick Larsen, D-Everett, visited Western on Friday, Feb. 24, to speak to students about funding for higher education. Photo by Cade Schmidt//AS Review
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EVENTS
FEB 27 - MARCH 3
Monday Feb 27
Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth 6:30 p.m., Fraser 4 Free
“Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth” is a 2009 documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it.
Transportation Week: Urbanized Screening 10 to 2 p.m., Viking Union 565 Free
As part of Transportation Week, The Student Transportation Program will explore urban design projects from around the world and dicuss the future of cities.
Activism Week: activism summit and grassroots organizing workshop Infofair: 10 to 2 p.m. Training sessions: 2 to 4 p.m. VU 565, Free
The AS Social Issues Resource Center will host a networking event and training workshop focused on outreach, recruitment and grassroots organizing as part of their annual Activism Week.
Publicity Center Poster Show 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., VU 4th floor Feb. 27 through March 2 Free
In celebration of the Publicity Center’s 21st birthday, a collection of posters created by student designers over the years will be on display for the entire week.
Body Pride Week Feb. 27 - March 2
Body Empowerment United, an AS club, will host a week focused on body love and acceptance. The first event, “Food is Fun,” will be in Red Square from 11 to 2 p.m.
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deadlines, pickup necessary paperwork and the criteria upon which the films will be judged.
The Music Within 6 p.m., VU 552 Free
The Disability Outreach Center will be showing “Music Within,” followed by a discussion about the movie.
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11 a.m. to 3 p.m., VU MPR Free
Thursday March 1
Resume and cover letter workshop 4 p.m., Communications Facility 226 Free
The Career Services Center will host a workshop to help students with resume and cover letter questions.
Friday March 2
All AS offices will be tabling to give students an opportunity to learn about job opportunities for the 2012-2012 school year. The job fair is informational only.
Transportation Week: Student transportation info table
Activism Week: Social movement leader Ericka Huggins
The Student Transportation Program will have a representative in Red Square to inform students about the Alternative Transportation Fee and how it serves students.
4 to 5:30 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m., Arntzen Hall 100 Free
Former Black Panther leader Ericka Huggins will lecture about her time spent with the Black Panther Party, political group active from 1966 to 1982. There will also be an activism and advocacy workshop.
Wednesday Feb 29
Transportation Week: Transporation as a social justice issue 6 p.m., Academic West 210 Free
What is the relationship between transportation systems and social justice? Join the conversation about the past, present and future of transportation in the U.S. and its social impacts.
48hr Film Festival Meeting 6 p.m., VU 714 Free
This info meeting is for students interested in KVIK’s 48-Hour Film Festival in April. Attendees will learn about the registration requirements and
All day in Red Square Free
Saturday March 3
Vietnamese Student Association 2nd Annual Heritage Dinner 5:30 pm., Sehome High School $8 for students with ID, $10 general
The theme of this year’s VSA heritage dinner is, “Our Soul, Our Roots, Our Land.” All proceeds go to One Body Village, an organization dedicated to combatting human sex trafficking in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Need a job? All AS Jobs go online
The Associated Students will open nearly 150 positions for the 2012 - 2013 academic year. Apply online at Apply at www.as.wwu.edu/employment.
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PLAYING FOR A CAUSE
Music for Change club brings the Thermals to Western Nick Markman • AS Review eople go to live shows for different reasons. Some go for the music, some go for the dancing, and some go to meet new people. Whatever the reasons may be, acquiring knowledge and information on local issues is usually not one of them. One Western club hopes to change that. Music for Change Club is bringing the Thermals, Candysound, the Learning Team and Brainstorm to Western for a benefit concert supporting the opposition of the Cherry Point coal terminal on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Presale tickets are $10 for students and $12 general admission. Tickets at the door are $12 for students and $15 general admission. Music for Change has been uniting Western students with local nonprofits through live all-ages music for two years. They meet every Thursday at 5 p.m. in Bond Hall 108. Although the club only has a core group of 12 members, they coordinated and publicized the benefit concert completely internally. “We’re just a club on campus and we’re just students,” Music for Change President Shadi Garman said. “We’re not getting paid. We’re not getting really fancy stuff that other [organizations] might receive. We are just students who love music.” Working with organizations such as the AS Environmental Center, Whatcom Action Coalition, and Western’s Students for Energy Efficiency club, Music for Change created the event as a way to inform students about the Cherry Point terminal and to provide means for them to get involved directly. “We thought that instead of having a lecture... [we’ll] bring them together for this concert,” Garman said. “I think that’s one of the best ways to really make a change or at least be educated about it.” At the heart of this event is a lineup that is bursting with all the low-fi, punk, rock and folk audio delights that any indie-diehard could drool over. The Thermals, a three-piece indie punk rock band from Portland, will headline the event. Since the early 2000s, the Thermals have crafted high-energy sound filled with distorted, raw guitar and the immediately
recognizable, in-your-face vocals courtesy of guitarist Hutch Harris. “They’re from Portland, so it’s not too far away but at the same time. They’re not on tour right now and they’re not in some cycle that we just popped in; they’re coming just for us,” Garman said. “The Thermals are like the dream that came true.” Bellingham band, the Learning Team, will open for the Thermals. This show will serve as the release party for their newest EP, “Daypack.” The erupting chorus of “Iced Coffee,” the only song released from “Daypack,” will have students jumping and dancing, only to fall back into the sway of the beautifully twangy banjo and guitardriven verses that are folky enough to make you want to put a wheat straw in your mouth, pop off your shoes, find the closest lawn and lay down in it. “We’re pretty proud of [the new EP],” said Emile Panerio, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for the Learning Team. “We incorporated a lot more eclectic sound and collective sound rather than a basic folk sound, which is kind of how our first EP portrayed us. We’re excited because it’s a transitional EP into how we want our music to sound.” Another local band on the bill is Candysound. Even with the absence of guitarist and vocalist Teo Crider’s hushed, soft lyrics, each musical theme of guitar, bass and drums are so fleshed out and distinct from each other that the mere interaction of the three separate parts seems to coalesce into a musical unit that is vocal in itself. Candysound’s performance will be a suitable appetizer for anyone with an indierock sweet tooth. Brainstorm, the multi-instrumental duo from Portland, will open for the show. The drummer sings. The guitarist sings. They both play keyboard. The drummer plays keys and drums and sings. The best part is that Brainstorm frequently changes this instrumentation mid-song making for truly awesome tracks that ebb and flow in a way that makes it hard to believe the music you are hearing is coming from two people. “We’re making music really accessible to everyone,” Garman said. “You don’t have to be really cool and know the band or know the venue or anything. It’s on campus, it’s all ages, and it’s for everybody.” the
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We’re just a club on campus and we’re just students. We’re not getting paid. We’re not getting really fancy stuff that other [organizations] might receive. We are just students who love music. -Shadi Garman, Music for Change president
FINDING YOUR INNER MUSIC Disability Outreach Center to show “Music Within”
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tudents will have the opportunity to discuss living with disabilities at the Associated Students Disability Outreach Center’s showing of “The Music Within” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in Viking Union 552. To ensure everyone is accommodated for the viewing of the movie, subtitles will be provided throughout the film. “The Music Within” is based on a true story and revolves around Vietnam veteran Richard Pimentel. Pimentel returns from war with a hearing impairment and has difficulty finding a job. He becomes frustrated when others tell him he will never fufill his dreams because of his disability, and with the help of Pimentel’s friend Art Honeymoon, who has cerebral palsy, Pimentel finds the inspiration to become an employment placement advocate for those with disabilities. With this newly-found position, Pimentel is able to discover his inner music. AS Disability Outreach Center coordinator Brandi Ball said the movie has many underlying themes and concepts and hopes students are not deterred from attending the viewing because of the film’s title. “It’s not only for music lovers,” Ball said. “There are underlying themes and music is tied within it.” Ball chose “The Music Within” for the showing because it revolves around a true story and it is also a film many people have heard about, she said. Other topics in the movie include veterans issues and friendship, Ball said. “It’s a really heart-warming story about how you can never know when you can find friendship,” Ball said. A discussion will follow the movie. It is based on a facilitator guide created by Pimentel, Ball said. The guide is made up of videos consisting of Pimentel asking students how they felt about the concepts and attitudes of the film, Ball said. Only a few of the videos from the facilitator guide will be shown, but the questions help guide the discussion, Ball said. “The videos [in the guide] talk about students’ reactions to the movie and how they feel the movie was portrayed and if it was accurate or inaccurate, while expanding on the stereotypes we see,” Ball said. Taking part in the discussion is tal highly encouraged, p men s to hel i P but is not necese d l l r a p a ri sary to attend. Rich d mate rate peo e e nteg nto th p This will be the o l i i deve loyers bilities s a also DOC’s only movie emp th disa . He wa for the s showing for the wi place ocate rican quarter, but Ball v e k wor rong ad the Am Act of hopes to have a st age of bilities more during spring passith Disa 990. quarter, she said. 1 W the
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PANTHER POWER
Former Black Panther leader and social activist will speak at Western Lauren Simmons• AS Review Poster by Ben Ford//AS Publicity Center
he celebration of African American history began in 1926, and has expanded from a single week in February, deemed “Negro History Week,” to its current month-long celebration of “Black History Month.” Besides the well-known Black History Month figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, there are other untold stories and points of view. During Black History Month, many are reminded of aspects of society that separate everyone, said Ericka Huggins, social movement lecturer, former member of the Black Panther party and professor. She said race, gender, sexual orientation, class, ability and citizenship status are all socially constructed things that divide society, impacting lives and defining the quality of one’s life. Huggins will visit Western to give a lecture as part of “Activism Week” put on by the Associated Students Social Issues Resource Center and the Whatcom Peach and Justice Center. The event is broken up in to an activism and advocacy workshop and discussion, followed by a presentation and lecture. The event begins at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in Arntzen Hall. The workshop, led by Huggins, is from 4 to 5 p.m. at Payne Lounge, on the fourth floor of Arntzen Hall. Afterward, the presentation and lecture will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Arntzen Hall 100. “In terms of activism on a college campus, I think the biggest challenge is fighting apathy and concepts similar to, ‘Oh, I can’t do this because I’m too young, I’m not powerful enough, I don’t have this position, I’m just a student’,” said Heather Siddiqui, AS SIRC assistant coordinator. “But [Huggins] did all that.” Huggins’ lecture will focus on how individuals can move away from being defined by social constructs, and how to redefine oneself by way of one’s value, compassion and self love, Huggins said. Leading smaller and more informal discussions is not something that Huggins typically does, Siddiqui said. Growing up in Washington D.C., Huggins was interested in why there were such noticeable economic,
social and political differences between races and classes, she said. Such stratification is very prevalent in D.C., Huggins said. While attending Lincoln University Philadelphia, Penn., Huggins joined the Black Panther Party, a political group prevalent during the social reform movements of the ‘60s and ‘70s. “[It was] a human rights organization, not just a black organization, that had chapters throughout the United States and other parts of the world,” Huggins said. “It was an organization determined to bring about justice and peace for people who had been marginalized or oppressed.” Huggins was a member from 1967 to 1981, and was one of the women who remained in the Black Panther Party the longest – 14 of the organization’s 16-year existence. She became one of the leading members of the party, working with community programs, education and health care – facets of the Black Panther Party that were rarely portrayed by mass media, she said. Media portrayed Black Panther men and never women, and only depicted the party members constantly fighting court cases and struggling to stop police brutality, Huggins said. Media did not inform people about the Black Panther Party’s 25 community survival programs, Huggins said. “Police presence in poor communities are quite different from the police in middle to upper class communities,” Huggins said. “They have a different relationship to the people that live there… we wanted to stop that, but that’s not all that we did.” On Jan. 17, 1969, Huggins’ husband, John Huggins, and Alprentice Carter, both members of the Black Panther Party, were assassinated on the campus of University of California – Los Angeles during what was learned to be a FBI orchestrated event, Huggins said. The FBI Counter Intelligence Program, COINTELPRO, was an FBI program meant to neutralize student movements, antiwar movements, women’s movement, civil rights movements
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A Memoirs to remember From Feb. 22 through Feb. 25, the 17 cast members of the Vagina Memoirs shared their truths in front of hundreds of students and community members. The Memoirs, an Associated Students Women’s Center production, allows cast members to share stories about their identites and empowerment. Sasha Parsley, Women’s Center assistant coordinator and Memoirs facilitator, said this year’s performance was a powerful reminder of the community strength on campus. ”It’s been really incredible how far the cast has come and to see how compassionate and warm and receptive the audience and the community have been,” Parlsey said. “It really shows something unique and beautiful that happens on Western’s campus.” Photos by Cade Schmidt//AS Review. the
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THE MAZE OF IDENTITY
The Labyrinth release party is happening March 1 in the VU Gallery Nick Markman • AS Review
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was a complex maze-like structure. Labyrinth, the Associated Students Women’s Center’s annual art and literary publication, has nothing to do with Greek mythology, but the concepts of identity and personal empowerment that it explores are just as complex and intricate. The 2012 Labyrinth Release Party will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 1 in the Viking Union Gallery. The Labyrinth gallery exhibit will run until March 2. The 2012 Labyrinth will be distributed at the release party. Contributing poetry and short story authors from this year’s Labyrinth will present spoken word performances during the last hour of the event. There will be free Mallard’s ice cream and Starbucks coffee for attendees. The theme of the 2012 Labyrinth is “Beyond the Body.” AS Women’s Center Support Staff and Labyrinth Coordinator Taneum Bambrick said that “Beyond the Body” is meant to delve deeper into the concept of identity than in previous publications, and that the theme looks beyond personal appearances and inherent constraints and limitations that everyone has. “In our society, we visually marginalize people,” Bambrick said. “We look at someone and see their exterior and then think we understand everything about them as a person. What you visibly see of a
person is not their entirety, obviously.” For the first time, Labyrinth will be about 20 pages longer and printed completely in color thanks to an $800 grant from the Residence Halls Association. Bambrick approached the RHA earlier this year to express Labyrinth’s relevance and importance to incoming and current freshmen. On top of the grant, the RHA ensured that two copies of the publication would be available in every residence hall. “It’s a tangible resource for students that they can take back to their dorm with them and look through,” Bambrick said. “They can find facets of their own identity within the stories of someone else and sort of see a path of recovery that someone else has already taken.” The Labyrinth gallery, which first opened on Feb. 13, showcases a sample of the visual art from contributing student artists. “I feel like we got a really good variety of different art mediums,” VU Gallery Director Ashley Hollender said. “There’s photo, there’s painting, there’s printmaking, there’s sculpture and there’s even a woven tapestry. It’s really awesome that we got such a variety of different things.” Hollender said some pieces tackle the concept of identity in a more obvious way than others. One piece that deals directly with identity is “Mary, Mary,” a large oil painting by senior art student Sam Case that depicts two popular Christian figures, Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary, Hollender said. Case, who was raised Catholic, came out to his
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A panoramic view of the Labyrinth exhibit in the VU Gallery. Labyrinth will be on display until March 2. TOP RIGHT: “Mary, Mary” is an oil painting by senior art student Sam Case. It Christian figures, Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary. Photos by Cade Schmidt//AS Review
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ONE CELEBRATION, THREE WAYS
Fairhaven benefit show raises money for first-generation college students Anna Atkinson • AS Review
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very year, Marie Eaton, Western Fairhaven College professor of Education and Humanities organizes an artistic performance to raise money to help first generation college students pay for school. The “One Thing to Say: Celebration of Words in Three Voices – Song, Poem and Prose” performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 in the Fairhaven Auditorium. Tickets are $8 for students and seniors and $15 for community members. Tickets can be purchased at the Western Box Office, the Community Food Co-Op or Village Books, Eaton said. Proceeds benefit the Conant Dodge Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is renewable annually, and award amounts are approximately $1,000 per year. It is available to students of the Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies. Eaton and her two brothers started the scholarship
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to commemorate their father, who strongly believed in the opportunity for education, she said. Eaton’s father gave money to many people in order to help them go to school. Four students each year benefit from the scholarship, she said. Eaton, who is a musician, usually organizes a musical benefit performance. But this year, she came up with something different, she said. At a teaching workshop, she worked with a songwriter and a poet to teach lessons. She liked going back and forth between essay reading, poetry reading and music, she said. She thought it would be a fun idea to combine these elements into a performance for the benefit this year, she said. She asked her colleagues, Mary Cornish and Stan Tag, to participate in the benefit performance. Fairhaven professor Mary Cornish will be reading from her book of poetry, “Red Studio.” The book reflects
loss and the beauty of what remains in the things that are left, she said. Cornish said her late husband’s death is at the heart of the book. “It’s a reminder that part of the human experience is that the world is restored to us and even made new again and again,” Cornish said. Her poetry uses imagery to tell stories, Cornish said. “It feels kind of painterly in a way,” she said. She originally wrote children’s picture books, which influences the way she writes her poetry, she said. The artists will sell items at the benefit performance to raise money for the scholarship, she said. CDs from Eaton’s band Motherlode and Cornish’s book, “By the Sea,” will be sold to benefit the scholarship. “All of us [participants] firmly believe that everyone should have a chance to go to college, and that money shouldn’t be what stands in your way,” Cornish said. the
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