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TRANSITIONS

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Part Two: Bear Bottoms By Meghann Heinrich As some of you might remember, last week I shared the story of my father’s ingenious invention: bear soup. This week I give you a bear-related story from my mother—but first a brief lesson in the art of comedy. Watch any sitcom, stand-up comedian or even a funny uncle, and you will notice a pattern to the art of joke-telling. We in the biz call it the “set up, set up, punch.” A master will work in a subtle set up, expand on it and then hit the punchline. Here’s an example of a magnificent set up, set up, punch: My mother is a fearless, no-nonsense kind of woman—the kind that can drive a school bus, snow plow, tractor, team of horses or just about any form of manual transmission vehicle you care to throw her way; the kind of woman who

Hey Thanks! “Hey thanks Shane Co. for being my friend in the diamond business.” “Hey thanks bananas for being the potatoes of the fruit world.” “Hey thanks homework. I didn’t need sleep.” “Hey thanks midnight storm for knocking down giant branches into the middle of the road.”

comes home to bake homemade goodies for school bake sales after working all night; the kind of woman customer service representatives live in fear of because she knows the value of her time, and it will not be wasted; the kind of woman you want on your team because that means you are going to win. That is the kind of woman we are talking about here: a baller. My mother is a nurse at a hospital located a generous hour and a half from our mountain home. With her schedule constantly flipping from working nights to days, she often makes that drive in the wee hours of the morning and very late at night. Consequently, she has seen more wildlife than the rest of my family put together. She is always coming home to report on the bobcats, mountain lions, possums, skunks,

snakes, wild boars and yes, bears she has seen on her drive. One day she arrived bursting to tell us she had seen a huge bear on a specific corner near our house and that she was just sure it was the one that had been giving my father trouble with the beehives. The next day when we were driving into town, she slowed down to show us the exact spot and recount the sighting in vivid detail. I noticed on the return journey, when we reached the fateful corner, she felt compelled to remind us again of the bear she had seen. This continued for days, as if she either thought we had forgotten about the bear sighting or perhaps we weren’t giving it the proper amount of concern that she deemed appropriate. Either way, the bear-sighting was big news in the Heinrich household for a solid three weeks. As

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a budding comic I knew the bear story was the perfect set up; it was now up to me to make the second set up and land the punch. A few weeks had passed, and I thought that maybe the shine had worn off the infamous bear-sighting. The timing was perfect for my plan. My mother and I were driving home, and as we approached Bear Corner I dared to broach the subject, “Hey mom, didn’t you see some kind of animal out here not too long ago?” Her eyes lit up; finally someone understood. “Yes! I did, it was just up here where I saw a huge bear,” she said. The second set up was complete, and I was about to hit the punchline like I’d never hit a punchline before. “Mother! I can’t believe you!” I put on my most appalled tone of voice, which really threw her for a loop; the

poor woman was not prepared to be attacked over her most-loved bear story. “What?” she said defensively. “Mother, I can’t believe it; did you really see his little bear bottom?” Punch. My no-nonsense mother was taken aback. This was pure nonsense. She let me know she didn’t appreciate that brand of humor, but I was too busy revelling in my perfect delivery. Classic. To this day I still land the bear bottom joke every few months; it takes that long for my mother to forget about the joke. So, what did we learn? Set up, set up, punch.

your weekly pun™ What do you call a snake who builds things?

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Daniella Silva Dear Reader, After many weeks of covering serious topics on campus, we have decided to dedicate this issue to celebrate a handful of student artists and photographers on campus. Students were given the opportunity to submit original artwork, poems, creative writing pieces or black and white photographs along with a short bio and description of the work. We chose the interpretive theme “Transitions” for the issue because of several different factors. Collectively, we are transitioning into the last half of the quarter, from winter to spring and, for many of us, from one phase of life into another. Many of us will be graduating or moving abroad next year as student missionaries or for an Adventist Colleges Abroad experience. Also, university is full of transitions, and we wanted to recognize and celebrate that in a more creative way. Most of these submissions can be found on page 5. In other news, InTents is happening this week. Students throughout the week have been giving talks on a variety

of subjects relating to our spiritual lives. The theme is, “What are you running from?” In addition to the regular night meetings, students also spoke at our CommUnity program this week. If you haven’t yet had time to attend one of the meetings, you should definitely come out to support your fellow students and learn from their testimonies. Food is provided at the end of each meeting; you can also receive worship credits and up to two CommUnity credits. As usual, if you have any comments, questions or article submissions, you can send them to me at aswwu.collegian@wallawalla.edu. Enjoy the snazzy art within!

P.S. Remember to pick up a ticket for the NAD “Is This Thing On?” event happening this Saturday evening at 4:00 p.m. You can also watch it live at www. facebook.com/NADadventist.

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TITLE IX Sexual misconduct issues are everyone’s issues.

74% of sexual assaults on college campuses involve the use of alcohol.

Men in college are 5 times more likely than non-students their same age to be a victim of sexual assault.

Sexual assault is about

power and control. It can happen to anyone. 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have been the victim of attempted or completed rape.

College women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than robbed.

70% of people who are sexually assaulted know their assailants.

Avoid alcohol. Intervene. Report. By addressing issues we can make a difference. Rates of sexual violence have fallen by half in the last 20 years.

If you believe your or another person’s Title IX rights have been violated, please contact the Title IX coordinator at titleix@wallawalla.edu. File a report or learn about Title IX protections online.

Be an Atlas Barista! The Atlas is still accepting applications for baristas for the 2018-19 school year. If you love making and serving all sorts of delicious drinks, this job is perfect for you!

To apply for a position, please visit: https://aswwu. com/jobs/. Once there, select “The Atlas,” and complete your application.

If you have any more questions about the position, you can email Nicolette Horning at nicolette. horning@wallawalla.edu.

SENATE PASSED BILLS PL29 — Joel Wagness for ASWWU Video Head PL30 — Chad Nelson for ASWWU Tread Shed Head PL31 — Clayton Kruse for ASWWU Photo Head PL32 — Sheldon Woodward for ASWWU Web Head

Be on the lookout for an email from your local senator containing more information.

Senate meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. in WEC 217

Learn more at wallawalla.edu/title-ix.

COLLEGIAN WISDOM InTents this year: What are you running from?

ASWWU JOBS

Honestly, all of my responsibilities as a senior.

Old news, but there’s coffee lemonade at The Atlas It’s sweet yet bitter—weird yet I want to keep drinking it.

Mother’s Day is this Sunday Now you have no reason to forget.

ASWWU Mask 1.0 Launch Party was on Monday The new website is nice, but I was disappointed at the lack of rockets.

It’s National Nurses Week You all remember we have a Portland campus, right?

Applications are still open!

Mountain Ash Head Editor Apply online at aswwu.com/jobs.

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HISTORY MUSIC AS PUBLIC FORUM

Masters of War: 55 Years of Political Pop Music By Zachary White Whether it is “Lemonade” by Beyoncé, “DAMN.” by recently-declared Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar, “K.O.D.” by J. Cole critiquing American capitalism and drug culture or last weekend’s chilling “This is America” video by Childish Gambino, popular music in the 21st century has served as a rare public forum in American society for discussions regarding racism, violence and injustice. As someone who began their popular music listening career playing the records of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, I truly believe that we are in a golden age of socially-conscious music in 2018. From battle songs to national anthems to religious hymns, music has played a deeply social and political role in human history for thousands of years. After the popularization of the radio and the emergence of a studio music recording industry in the United States, the social upheaval of 1960s set the tone for American protest music. Often seen at the forefront of this phenomenon is the folk singer Bob Dylan. Inspired by the politically-charged topical folk songs of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan’s May 1963 album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” took the radical undertones of these older songwriters and brought them to popular radio and record-buying audiences. The most famous of the album’s thirteen tracks was “Blowin’ in the Wind,” which borrows the melody of a negro spiritual, “No More Auction Block.” The lyrics of the song reflect this radical history, which made it one of the first popular songs on American charts to address the Civil Rights Movement.

How many years can some people exist Before they’re allowed to be free? Yes, ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn’t see? The song “Masters of War” discusses the Cold War-era nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the U.S., calling out politicians as greedy and heartless as they amass weapons that could destroy all of humanity. While U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam had yet to dominate the American public dialogue in 1963, Dylan’s anti-war sentiments in his popular sophomore album would prove to foreshadow a wave of disillusionment with the actions of the U.S. military and its fight against communism abroad. Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks You that never done nothin’ But build to destroy You play with my world Like it’s your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes

And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain You fasten the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion As young people’s blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud Dylan, who recently was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” has been well-remembered by history, and his influence is still discussed to this day.1 Dylan’s primary achievement however, was not speaking to future generations but rather speaking to his own. Literary critic Janet Maslin wrote of Dylan’s album “Freewheelin’,” “These were the songs that established Dylan as the voice of his generation—someone who implicitly understood how concerned young Americans felt about nuclear disarmament and the growing movement for civil rights: his mixture of moral The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album. (AMAZON) authority and nonconformity was perhaps the most timely of his attributes.” 2 Come writers and critics As fun as it may be to reminisce on 1 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/music/ Who prophesize with your pen the socially-conscious music of the bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature.html And keep your eyes wide past, the best and most authentic way 2 https://enjoyzapya.com/2016/10/14/a-nobel-forThe chance won’t come again to engage with the tradition of protest dylan/ And don’t speak too soon music seems to be listening to the For the wheel’s still in spin music of your own time. In his 1964 And there’s no tellin’ who song “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” That it’s namin’. Dylan calls for the attentiveness to For the loser now one’s moment in history that he sought Will be later to win in his own work. Zachary White is a history and For the times they are a-changin’. sociology major.

RELIGION WWU VESPERS

Vespers Music: Does It Need to Change? By Peter Flores The music I heard at my first vespers as a WWU freshman was all new to me. I had never once heard any of the songs that the worship team played, and it was exciting. I eventually learned the songs, and today they are some of my favorites—songs like “Our God is Greater,” “How He Loves” and “House of God Forever” still carry deep meaning for me. Through the years I have ended up playing on the very stage that introduced me to contemporary Christian music.1 My experience has been a ride of ups and downs, but one that has mostly been filled with joy. In the beginning I was sorta old-school when it came to the songs I chose to play for vespers—I mostly picked hymns and songs from the late 2000s. I always thought more people sang those songs, and I never really learned any of the new songs because I was content with the songs I knew. Eventually I gave in to learning many of the new songs we play more often at WWU because they also became meaningful to me. Today I find myself not only reflecting on the past but also noticing that most of the songs played at vespers are songs that I don’t ever listen to outside of vespers and are unfamiliar to me. It reminds me of what it was like when I didn’t know any of the worship songs, but it also makes me think, “Are other people in the same boat as me?” A few things to note before we continue this conversation: 1. Vespers is an incredibly well-

thought-out and put-together program. 2. The music played at vespers is not chosen by one person with an agenda. The songs are discussed both musically and lyrically by a group and picked for their meaning and relatability to the audience to create a valuable worship experience. 3. The Campus Ministries team and worship leaders are amazing people who think more about what the students need than what they want to play. I have recently asked on Instagram what people thought about vespers. I posted three questions: 1. Is vespers a meaningful experience for you? Why? Why not? 2. How much of that meaning is in the music? 3. If vespers was to play different music and you had to learn brand new songs, would you be okay with that much change? I asked people to message me their answers, and quite a few people responded. Some of their anonymous submissions are included below. “Vespers music is special to me. While I understand that it tends to cater only to one style of worship, one can tell that a lot of work and production goes into it—this is how I see it as meaningful; it’s very well put-together. While I was still a Christian, I remember how much music meant to me. It was usually these ‘Hillsong-style’ things that made me connect with the service the most, as cheesy as that sounds. I think that vespers worship at WWU is special because of this sort of production.”

“Vespers is one of the most important parts of attending an Adventist University. It’s an outlet to the week while still being a bit more exciting to the average student than regular church. Music is a huge part of it. It’s the same reason we have Heubach worship. Introducing new music is important but at the same time, if students show up to vespers wanting to praise God with songs they can sing along with and find themselves knowing none of the words, that’s a problem. But giving a setlist with three familiars and one new song, out of genre, absolutely! And play it every so often and let the people learn it. When it comes to Adventists, you can’t throw them into the deep end of a cold lake. You need to ease them into it.” “I wish vespers had more variety in music. I would love to see some American folk-type/David Crowder/ Rend Collective-type music. I understand why we do ‘worship’ music that [is] meditative and powerful. But I think it it’s also super important that we also remember the joy that come[s] from following Christ. And variety I think is always better since we have a variety of people.” “I believe a few things have rung true throughout the years as being important to the general student body: quality—nobody wants a band up there who doesn’t know what they’re doing, either because of lack of practice or lack of ability. Variety—same genre. Same faces. Same same same. Change it up a bit and not just during Black

Students participate in the worship service that begins each vespers program. (CLAYTON KRUSE)

History Vespers or CM Vespers. But, the problem here is that if there is too much variety it will automatically compromise quality. So there is a balance somewhere (good luck finding it). Singability—this is where variety is not necessarily a good thing. For leaders this is hard because they want to sing what they connect with. But if four of the five songs haven’t already been introduced, it becomes a show. Even if they can worship, most of the campus will not be joining them. Leadership up front is supposed to be a very selfless act, directing others to their Creator... Think about the worship experience as a whole. What is the journey you’re bringing them on not just ‘tonight,’ but for the quarter? Or the year! Song selection is a major key to a ‘successful’ worship experience (successful for the campus, maybe less-so for the leader).” “First: Vespers has been incredibly impactful in my walk with Jesus. Not only this, but it’s simply been the most effective way of recharging after an exhausting week. It’s meaningful to me in its therapeutic and re-energizing nature as well as its inviting, open atmosphere. Second: I owe most, if not all of this to the music portion of vespers. If I had my way, we would be singing for the entire program more often than once or twice a school year. Third: it goes without saying that a worship service is much more inviting/ engaging when songs are widely recognized/easy to sing regardless of vocal talent. However, it’s only expected that the vespers team will gradually intro-

duce new music throughout the year. My suggestion is that if new songs are going to be played, they be introduced gradually. Perhaps one new song a week? That way people still have the opportunity to engage in music they know, but we can start creating more options for future bands.” All of the quotes above were sent to me and shared on my story this last weekend. These quotes aren’t all of them, but they are some of the ones that stood out to me the most. We have many different things to think about when working to create a worship service, and I honestly think that a worship service that caters to everyone equally is near impossible. Our vespers team strives to do the best with what it thinks the campus needs, but if the campus needs something more, it is up to all of us to say something about it. In these last few weeks of school, feel free to approach anyone on the vespers team about what they could do differently! 1 Examples of contemporary Christian music are: Bethel, Hillsong, All Sons and Daughters, Rend Collective, etc...

Peter Flores is a theology major.

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MEDIA/TECH TV, MOVIE, GAMES, PODCASTS

A Hot Mess (of Good Things) By Matt Fennell Hey, guess what? It’s the second week of May, and as I write this, my weather app is forecasting some 90° days, which—for all of you living on campus—means that the upper floors of the dorms are going to transform into an oven seemingly overnight. Get ready to bake. In the past few weeks, I’ve taken a

of the universe. The joy in this movie comes not only from the unparalleled action scenes spawned from that fight but also from the typically top-notch character banter and the new-to-thisfilm, out-of-the-box hero team-ups that somehow all work. All of the intertwined plotlines feel important—the story just clicks. It is absolutely insane that a nearly three-hour-long movie fea-

Arrested Development Season 4 Remix: Fateful Consequences Continuing the theme of internet-streaming continuations of beloved franchises, the fourth season of “Arrested Development” is back! Originally released in 2013, Arrested Development Season 4 was the widely-anticipated Netflix revival of the critically-acclaimed, cancelled-too-soon Fox sitcom about a wealthy family who lost everything through sheer hilarious stupidity. Unfortunately, Season 4 wasn’t very good. The general consensus since then has been that most of Season 4’s failure rested on the fact that, instead of continuing the style of multi-character-per-22-minute-episode sitcom the show had been when it was originally on the air, Season 4’s protracted budget forced it to be different, focusing on one character each in longer episodes that all revolved around the same series of events. This “Rashomon” structure led to a boring, hard-to-follow hot mess that seemed fated to be a black mark on the good “Arrested Development” name forever. Fortunately, in advance of the hopefully-good-this-time upcoming fifth season, series creator Mitch Hurwitz has recut and re-released the fourth season on Netflix, with new narration and editing to bring its style closer to that of the original three seasons. This remix of the fourth season, entitled “Fateful Consequences,” isn’t perfect, but it’s a whole lot better than the original version. If you, like me, fell off of the fourth season, try giving the remix a watch.

(CINEMA BLEND) break from my usual grab-bag-of-media writing model to do some bigger tech stories,1 so I figured this week, I’d go back to that model and talk about a few things I’ve been enjoying a whole lot recently. Let’s get started! Infinity War Honestly, I could write four pages about “Infinity War,” 2 but I don’t think anyone would want to read that, so I’m going to limit myself to the neighborhood of a paragraph. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as we know it was kicked off 10 years ago by 2008’s “Iron Man,” and since the end of 2012’s “The Avengers,” the MCU has been building to “Infinity War”: the film adaptation of a famous 90s comics event centered around a purple supervillain named Thanos and the six Infinity Stones that he plans to use to eliminate half the life in the universe.3 “Infinity War” serves as a sort of season finale for the third phase of Marvel films, bringing together a slew of loose ends and characters to face Thanos in an incredible knock-down drag-out fight to determine the ultimate fate

of the reason that “Cobra Kai” works is because it is so self-aware—it’s half cheesy sports movie and half comedy parodying cheesy sports movies—but most of its success comes from the fact that it’s clear this show was made by people who adore the original movies. There’s such a heartfelt, earnest degree of love put into this show, and that love oozes out of every scene. If you even kind of enjoy the “Karate Kid” films, you owe it to yourself to watch “Cobra Kai.”

turing 34 characters (all from their own individual or team movies and sequels) not only manages to be watchable but also succeeds in being an excellent, expectation-surpassing cinematic event. “Infinity War” is an amazing film, with incredible action and a top-tier villain;4 I cannot wait to see what comes next from Marvel. Cobra Kai This one came out of nowhere. “Cobra Kai” is a new 10-part YouTube Red (I know) series that continues the story of the original Karate Kid trilogy5 into the present day by following the now all-grown-up Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso (played by their original actors, William Zabka and Ralph Macchio) as they renew their karate rivalry when Lawrence reopens the “evil” Cobra Kai dojo to a new class of students. Again, this is a piece of media that should not work nearly as well as it does; “Cobra Kai” is maybe the only perfect 80s reboot—a brilliant recapturing of everything that made the old films great, filtered through the lens of modern pop culture. Part

God of War I briefly mentioned the PS4 reboot of “God of War” a few weeks back but wanted to bring it up again because the more time I’ve spent with it,6 the more excellent it continues to be. “God of War” is a fantastic adventure game driven by a powerful father-son story that dives deep into the fascinating world of Norse mythology. If you were into any of the crazy-weird

(INQUISITR) Asgard stuff from the Thor movies, you’ll probably love this game. On top of all that story and setting stuff, plus an excellently dense fighting system packed with all sorts of skill trees and weapon upgrades, “God of War” is full of neat places to explore, treasures to find, monsters to fight and mysteries to uncover. This is pretty much a perfect video game, a direct descendant of the third-person adventures that started with “Ocarina of Time,” crossed with the level of polished action that we’ve come to expect from recent franchises like “Uncharted” and the “Tomb Raider” reboots. I could sit and play this game forever, and I hope desperately that there will be more like it in the future. If you like video games even a little bit, you need to play “God of War.” Well, that’s all for this week. If you’re reading the print version of

Arrested Development Season 4. (NERDIST)

this story, be sure to check out the recently launched online version of The Collegian because it’s incredible and deserves to be loved. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, shoot me an email at matthew. fennell@wallawalla.edu. As always, thanks for reading. I’ll catch you all again next week! 1 Because technically, tech stories are supposed to be half of my job, but whatever. 2 And I started to do just that. 3 Before you rush out and buy a copy, the “Infinity Gauntlet” comic is not nearly as cool as it sounds, and, like most 90s comics, it’s a major pain to read. Needless to say, I was worried that this movie was going to be incoherent. Thank goodness it wasn’t. 4 Somehow, the Russo Brothers managed to make a giant evil CG character that was interesting, tragic and terrifying. This really is a movie about Thanos when it all gets down to it, and that might be part of why it succeeds. Also, Marvel is really turning around their track record on villains: four of the last seven have been excellent. 5 Technically, I think that the fourth original film, “The Next Karate Kid,” which stars a young Hilary Swank, is also canon to the universe of “Cobra Kai,” but I don’t think there were any references to it in “Cobra Kai.” I’m not entirely sure, though, because I haven’t seen more than the first half-hour of “The Next Karate Kid,” as it’s not very good. [6] About 16 hours at this point, I think, and the game says that I’m only 11 percent complete.

Matt Fennell is a computer engineering major.

SCIENCE HEALING THROUGH LIFESTYLE

A New Trend in Medicine By Forrest Sheperd Pioneers of the modern medical system have made monumental strides using a rapidly-accumulating understanding of science and technology to greatly extend the lifespan of populations over the past 150 years.1 Major breakthroughs such as the invention of the vaccine, antibiotics and sanitized water have allowed for the primary killers of the settlers of our nation to be nearly eradicated. Our average lifespan has doubled from around 40 years in 1800 to nearly 80 years.2 As our lifespans have increased and a modern American lifestyle has emerged, our major diseases have also changed.3 The problem is, our medical system is still best suited to treat the diseases of the past:4 give a treatment or medication to a person which alleviates their symptoms and lets them live their life until they need treatment again. However, we are no longer treating infectious diseases that may be cured by the elimination of or immunity against a contagious pathogen. The vast majority of deaths and medical expenses are now caused by diseases developed over a long period of time, largely as a result of the lifestyle choices we make.5 These non-communicable chronic diseases which account for 7 in every 10 deaths include heart disease, diabetes and many cancers.6 For a condition such as heart disease, which is the number one cause of death in the U.S., patients may receive treatments such as a coronary bypass to redirect blood

around a clogged artery on the surface of the heart or even more preventive measures such as taking statins to lower blood cholesterol levels. However, both these treatments and those for many of the leading causes of death in the U.S. are treating symptoms of underlying disease processes rather than addressing the true cause of these diseases.7 Much of the medical community has maintained the philosophy that the epidemic of these chronic diseases in our nation calls for more intensive research into improving these treatment methods to help prolong life despite the widely-held belief that these diseases are an inevitable part of aging. Around 80 percent of the annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) research budget is spent on researching treatments and procedures rather than researching how to prevent or treat diseases by addressing the underlying causes.8 Is this the best approach to tackling modern western diseases? For decades epidemiologists had described populations which live decades longer than Americans who are free from virtually all of the major chronic diseases plaguing us,9 even when matched for age and gender.10 After researchers hypothesized that it may be the lifestyle choices they make, trials began popping up in the U.S. investigating if the same results could be achieved from applying these lifestyle choices to Americans. The result? Demonstrations of the effective pre-

vention and reversal of leading chronic diseases such as heart disease 11 and even regression of some cancers.12 Around the same time, researchers at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health began publishing research from data collected about the effect of the lifestyle choices among Adventist populations, demonstrating significant reductions in mortality with groups who followed the health recommendations of the church.13 These recommendations happen to be very similar to the lifestyle choices made by other long-living populations studied by epidemiologists. This research would later lead to Loma Linda’s designation as a “Blue Zone” of longevity by the National Geographic Society in 2010.14 The excitement around the impact of lifestyle choices on many of the chronic diseases burdening our country led to the creation of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute by Dr. Hans Diehl in 1988 at Loma Linda University. The same excitement, along with a lack of awareness of the incredible potential of this approach among the field of medicine, led a group of physicians, including some Adventists, to found the American College of Lifestyle Medicine in 2004. Since then, this group and others have slowly been spreading awareness of the power that lifestyle choices have in combating our major killers. In 2017, the first board certification in lifestyle medicine was offered to healthcare professionals. At a rapidly increasing rate,

physicians are beginning to practice with this ideology, as private practices across the country offer lifestyle medicine services. Even the largest managed care organization, Kaiser Permanente, now encourages its physicians to emphasize the power of healthy lifestyle choices, including a plant-based diet.15 As the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and other organizations work to make treating the cause of disease a possibility in medicine, the field is gaining popularity among students as well. After all, we students pursuing a career in the medical field will eventually be the ones making the decisions about how to best heal our patients. 1 Finch, Caleb E. “Evolution of the Human Lifespan and Diseases of Aging: Roles of Infection, Inflammation, and Nutrition.” PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, 26 Jan. 2010, doi.org/10.1073/ pnas.0909606106. 2 Ibid. 3 Jones, David S. “The Burden of Disease and the Changing Task of Medicine.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 366, no. 25, 21 June 2012, pp. 2333–2338. NEJM, doi:10.1056/nejmp1113569. 4 Ibid. 5 Lim, Stephen S. et al. “A Comparative Risk Assessment of Burden of Disease and Injury Attributable to 67 Risk Factors and Risk Factor Clusters in 21 Regions, 1990-2010: a Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.” The Lancet, vol. 380, no. 9859, 15 Dec. 2012, pp. 2224–2260. PMC, doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61766-8. 6 “Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | CDC.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 26 Apr. 2018, www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index. htm. 7 Sagner, M. “Lifestyle Medicine Potential for Reversing a World of Chronic Disease Epidemics: from Cell to Community.” International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 68, no. 11, 27 Oct. 2014, pp. 1289–1292. Wiley, doi:10.1111/ijcp.12509. 8 “Increased Spending Needed for Research on

Chronic Disease Prevention.” News on Heart.org, American Heart Association, 18 Sept. 2015, news. heart.org/increased-spending-needed-research-chronic-disease-prevention/. 9 Shaper, A. G, et al. “Serum-Cholesterol, Diet, and Coronary Heart-Disease in Africans and Asians in Uganda*.” International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 41, no. 5, 1 Oct. 2012, pp. 1221–1225. Oxford Academic, doi:10.1093/ije/dys137. 10 Thomas, Wilbur A, et al. “Incidence of Myocardial Infarction Correlated with Venous and Pulmonary Thrombosis and Embolism.” The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1960, pp. 41–47. AJC, doi:10.1016/0002-9149(60)90007-2. 11 Esselstyn, Jr. “A Way to Reverse CAD?” The Journal of Family Practice., U.S. National Library of Medicine, July 2014, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/25198208. 12 Ornish, Dean et al. “Changes in Prostate Gene Expression in Men Undergoing an Intensive Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 105, no. 24, 2008, pp. 8369–8374. PMC, doi:10.1073/ pnas.0803080105. 13 Beeson, W. Lawrence et al. “Chronic Disease among Seventh-Day Adventists, a LowRisk Group. Rationale, Methodology, and Description of the Population.” Cancer, vol. 64, no. 3, 1 Aug. 1989, pp. 570–581. PMC, doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19890801)64:33.0.co;2-4. 14 “The American Blue Zone.” The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, by Dan Buettner, National Geographic Society, 2010. 15 Tuso, Philip. “Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets.” The Permanente Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 2013, pp. 61–66., doi:10.7812/tpp/12-085.

Forrest Sheperd is a biology major.

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Transitions:

A Collection of Art and Photography Submissions

Above is a picture of a rotary wheel for a ski lift. It was taken in early March at the abandoned Spout Springs ski resort in Tollgate, Ore. It’s sad seeing such fun places transition back to nature. The picture below was taken with a drone in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon. It’s fascinating watching the rocks erode over the years. (These photos have been cropped.)

I took this picture in early August just as the sun was setting. There might not be any people in the image, but there certainly was a crowd around me trying to get the same picture (i.e. it’s a basic shot). It was gorgeous seeing the fog transition into the bay.

Photos by Jake Sloop.

Study of Humans by Shelley Henderson (on the left) I made this piece as a reflection of life and in hope to inspire something in others. Put the phone down, see the beauty in yourself, and love the world fiercely. Life is what you make it.

Blossom by Mariah Weaver (on the right) Maybe we’re all just flowers living our little plant lives, transitioning with the seasons. I draw and paint other things, too; check out my Instagram, @marubyart.

The cold tones of ice reflect harsh realities yet peaceful subtleties around Jökusárlón, an Icelandic glacier lagoon. (This photo has been cropped.)

An idyllic Faroese village perches above an enchanting waterfall. Photos by Eric Welch. A landscape photographer at heart, I love to focus on the beauty of natural design. The imagery of Creation lens itself so elegantly, I shutter to think about what life would be like without it. Some of us venture into this realm only to find that we must widen our apertures to receive this light. We must grasp that reality is not a virtual image, but a real one. Through photography, I can narrow my own personal focal length to broaden my perspective of the world.

A fishing trawler departs from the volcanic harbor on the island of Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. (This photo has been cropped.)

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Thursday

“Killing Fields of the Northwest” art exhibit @ StudioArticolore, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk @ WWHS Track, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. National Clean Up Your Room Day

Friday

Walla Walla Spring Fling @ Pioneer Park, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Nature Kids: Pollinator Explorers @ Rooks Park, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

AGA Vespers @ WWU Church, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Walla Walla Spring Fling Auto/Cycle Show @ Pioneer Park, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

National Foam Rolling Day

Botany in the Blues @ WWCC Main Parking Lot, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

National Eat What You Want Day

Saturday

“Is This Thing On?” @ WEC, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. National Limerick Day National Odometer Day

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FOOD ROLLIN’ STRAWBERRY STYLE

Strawberry Pistachio Rolls By Daphne Novak Last Thursday, I was at Andy’s Market for the free samples and the discount on my weekly groceries. On the sampling table they had some seriously good fresh strawberries. I had yet to choose what I was going to write about this week, but those strawberries reminded me of some amazing strawberry pistachio rolls that I made a few weeks ago. I have recently discovered how delicious combining strawberry and pistachio flavor profiles can be! It all started when Blue Star Donuts offered a strawberry-glazed pistachio cream-filled donut that I wish was not seasonal. Sadly, I can’t get that donut often, so until then these rolls are a great substitute. Reading through the recipe can make it seem a little daunting, but the process itself is quite easy—just time-consuming. I would recommend making these rolls on a weekend afternoon or when you have a couple hours

to let the dough rise properly. If you make this with a friend or two, it will go especially smoothly and quickly. I followed most of the recipe from Food & Wine but added more strawberry sauce and pistachios. I like my rolls saucy, and the amount that I made from following the recipe seemed a little light on the sauce. One thing I wish I did (which I only realized after eating them) is reduce the amount of salt. While I love salt, these rolls had just a tad too much of a savory undertone, especially since I used salted pistachios. I noticed that it was particularly weird to have that salty flavor coming from the strawberry jam filling. Next time I make these, I will probably omit the salt from the jam filling completely. Despite finding the recipe too salty, I gobbled the rolls down quite quickly because they were just so good! I will be making these again very soon. Daphne Novak is a psychology major.

Ingredients Dough

Filling

Icing

• 1 cup whole milk, warmed • 1 cup granulated sugar • 2 (1/4-ounce) envelopes active dry yeast (1 1/2 tablespoons) • 10 tablespoons unsalted melted butter, plus more for greasing • 2 large eggs, room temperature • 1 tablespoon finely-grated lemon zest • 1 tablespoon salt (I would go for a skimpy tablespoon) • 5 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 pound strawberries (fresh or frozen), chopped and tops removed • 1/4 cup granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon finely-grated lemon zest • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (I left this in here in case you want to use it, but I highly recommend leaving it out) • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper • 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios, plus more for garnish

• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted • 1 tablespoon whole milk • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice • A pinch of kosher salt

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Make the dough: Pour warm milk into a large bowl. Stir in sugar and yeast and let stand until foamy (roughly 5 minutes). Knead in butter, eggs, lemon zest and salt until combined. Add flour and knead until a soft, sticky dough forms (about 5 minutes).

Scrape dough onto a lightly-floured surface and knead a few times. Form dough into a ball, return to bowl and cover with plastic wrap (or a dish cloth if you are trying to reduce waste), and let stand in a warm place until roughly doubled in size (about 2 hours).

Make the filling: Combine strawberries, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt (optional!) and pepper in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, mashing strawberries with a wooden spoon, until the juices start to release (about 5 minutes). Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until mixture is thickened (3 to 5 more minutes). Let cool.

CULTURE FARMING FRESH

Farmers’ Market By Hannah Thiel It’s spring! There’s so much to do and so much beauty to see in the Walla Walla Valley this time of year! Unfortunately, it’s somehow also the busiest time of the year. This week I’m writing about something you can specifically do only on the weekends, which are (hopefully) less busy for you. Don’t forget to take a break from studying every

now and then—it’s important! The Walla Walla Valley is not short on Farmers’ Markets, with two in Walla Walla, one in College Place and one in Milton-Freewater. I’ll only be writing about the downtown Farmers’ Market in Walla Walla, but you should definitely explore the other ones at some point, too. The downtown Farmers’ Market

is only open on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and just opened for the season last weekend! The location is the bus stop downtown at 106 W Main Street. There are a variety of vendors at the market. If I were you, I’d pick up some fresh produce to liven up your meals. You could also buy a bouquet of spring flowers to make your room,

apartment or house smell good. There are also homemade products like jams and soaps, so if you’re looking for a gift (for example, maybe something for Mother’s Day coming up) these products could be a nice gesture! The market also has plant vendors, so if you’re staying in Walla Walla for the summer, you could perhaps start a small garden.

After you’ve made your purchases, I would head over to Pioneer Park, maybe have a picnic with what you’ve bought and look at the flowers in the park. Sounds like a lovely spring weekend to me.

Hannah Thiel is an art major.

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Sunday

Monday

I Cantori Mothers’ Day Charity Concert @ FAC Auditorium 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Bites on the Green @ Lawn between The Atlas and the Tread Shed, 6:45 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Shane and Shane Concert @ WEC, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. National Crouton Day National Apple Pie Day

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Wednesday

T-Waffle Tuesdays @ ASWWU Social Office, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Children’s Storytime @ Plaza Library, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

National Buttermilk Biscuit Day

Frankie Bones Guest Piano Recital @ FAC Auditorium, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

National Dance Like a Chicken Day

National Chocolate Chip Day

Healthy Cooking for Diabetics @ SonBridge Community Center, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

National Women’s Checkup Day

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National Juice Slush Day National Sea Monkey Day

National Frog Jumping Day

National Biographer’s Day

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OUTDOORS RUUD REMARKS

How Not to Climb Mt. Rainier By Niqolas Ruud “C’mon Tyler, wake up!” Nothing. “C’mon buddy, we’ve gotta go.” Grunts. Sitting in a small wooden hut at just over 10,000 feet, Chad Nelson and I were desperately trying to get our climbing partner Tyler Humphries to wake up. “C’mon man, we know you’re tired, but we’ve got to go!” Tyler grunted again and then quickly opened his left eye, only to promptly close it. I looked at Chad, and he looked

back at me, shrugging his shoulders. It was already 8:00 in the morning, and we had only slept for maybe four or five hours that night after climbing 5,000 feet from the parking lot to the huts. Chad got his stove going, and since he was new to the whole whitegas-stove business, spilled some burning fuel and started a small, albeit contained, fire on the hut’s pine floor. I freaked out a little bit—actually quite a bit—and quickly opened the door to get some snow and put out the fire. It was April of 2016, and my two good friends and I had set off from the

parking lot at Paradise, WA, around 11:00 or so the night previous. We desperately wanted to climb Mount Rainier, a towering gem of the Cascade Volcanoes, but our scholastic schedules weren’t really matching up with our seemingly pure intentions. I suppose one might say that we had a lot of ambition. You see, on a clear day, the mountain can be seen only an hour from our school, but it takes four more hours to drive to its base. We also had to stop at REI for somebody to get a water bottle and stove fuel, at Chipotle for everyone to get a burrito and at almost every gas station for me to use the restroom (I

Chad Nelson and Tyler Humphries at Camp Muir, Mount Rainier National Park. (NIQOLAS RUUD)

Ascending the aptly-named “Disappointment Cleaver” in Mount Rainier National Park. (NIQOLAS RUUD) have this silly superstition about drinking a lot of water before climbing). We also didn’t get out of classes until two in the afternoon on Friday, after which we needed to pack up Tyler’s little red Honda before running to the cafeteria to snatch a salad. We were all relatively new to climbing—and to each other. Our varying skill sets, athletic abilities and class schedules all burdened our hopes of summiting, but we were determined. Eventually Tyler unzipped his sleeping bag and slowly began to put on his layers and boots. Chad’s fire was out, and my bladder had been sufficiently relieved. It was about 9:00 a.m. when we left the hut and began to rope up for the first glaciated section. Other parties, both the successful and the not-somuch, were returning. No matter their situation, everyone looked at us with wide eyes of amazement: “These kids are crazy,” they must have thought. “They should have left eight hours ago!” We began our ascent, Chad in front, Tyler in the middle and me bringing up the rear. Once we had circled around the Gibraltar Ledges, we set our sights on the aptly-named “Disappointment Cleaver.” Our progress slowed upon reaching its steeper slopes, as the snow had turned to deep, wet slush. We actually set up a couple of belays on this slope, despite its relatively-easy angle, for fear that if one of us slipped, the slush would not allow for the other two to dig-in and self-arrest with their ice axes. Progress was slow, agonizingly slow, and yet for some reason my legs ached far more than I had expected. I tried to take my mind off of my legs and their predicament by reciting the script for my TEDx Talk back to myself, for which I had a dress rehearsal the following morning. Nearing 12,000 feet, only a mile or so away from the hut, we sat together in a circle, the sun beating down high above us, and decided we would need to turn back. “I’m just not thinking the snow is very safe,” said Tyler.

Chad then chimed in, “Yeah, boys, we’ll just have to come back for her next weekend.” “I think that’s a good idea,” I added, “I don’t want to be late for my talk rehearsal.” It was nearing about 4:30 in the afternoon when we decided to turn around. The Ingraham Glacier was almost completely in shadow from the mass of rock, the Gibraltar Ledges, south of us. We opted to weave our way down the glacier instead of following our tracks back down the snowfield on Disappointment Cleaver. We moved somewhat quickly, gravity on our side this time around. Chad kept talking about how great it would be if we had skis. Tyler didn’t really say much, and I figure it was because he didn’t want to have all of that hard work his legs put in go to waste. Unfortunately, I had to stop the rope-team about every 30 minutes so that I could take care of business. We arrived back at the huts in time for a beautiful sunset, a quick supper and a much earlier bedtime than the night previous. We saw a couple of friends there at camp Muir, both of whom were intent on getting themselves (and, to Chad’s jealousy, their skis) up to the summit the next morning. We chatted with them briefly. The next morning we hiked down the 5,000 feet to the parking lot. The whole time Chad (and I, too, eventually) was swearing that we would never climb that mountain again without skis. I made it to my TEDx rehearsal on time and then gave the talk the next evening. With that stressor behind me, I set my sights on running a lot more before we climbed Rainier again. By which I mean, I ran once on Thursday, before we left to climb Rainier again on Friday. To be continued...

Niqolas Ruud is a religious studies major.

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Pause, Listen, Observe “the awkward in-between” as Life Eddies Around by Elliott Claus

Elliott Claus endeavors to continually create: to be vulnerable, to explore each moment and to invest in community.

Both of these drawings are by Mitchell McClosky

I wanted to portray the awe that is inspired when I gaze upon the exquisite nature of Stormy, my muse. I hope that the uninitiated will understand and appreciate the magnificence she exudes. This is a photo compilation, using my own photograph of a mountain in Banff, Alberta. There are also clouds from College Place, Washington.

Majesty and Grace Bestowed Upon Man by Kate Beckner

POLL Next week’s questions: Do you think your perspective on religious and political issues is represented within Adventist church leadership? Do you think the Church cares about your perspectives and those of your peers? Do you care whether the church hears your perspective?

Do you think it’s important that the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (NAD) is reaching out to students through campus visits like the “Is This Thing On?” meeting on Saturday?

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