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As soon as spring quarter comes, events and activities fly straight at us until we somehow find ourselves in summer, sitting in a kiddie pool eating a pineapple Otter Pop. It can be easy to “check out” early and degrade the value of many great spring moments. I would encourage you to be mindful of the things you experience and do in these last several weeks. As much as we students may be aching to get out of here, these adventures and happenings will be events that remain in our memories forever.

Looking ahead, we’ve got events like the Color Run, the Gatsby Gala, Spring Jam, and a Switchfoot concert. This week, I had the opportunity to talk with Tim Foreman, the bassist of Switchfoot, and I found that he and his bandmates are some of the nicest, most genuine, passionate guys you can meet.

Knowing why they write and play the music they do and hearing a bit about their journey is not only inspiring, but it changes the way I listen to them.

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Writer Louis L’Amour said that “few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn also said that “the best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness, which means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” When I go to Switchfoot’s concert next Monday night, I plan to be mindful of the experience, soaking in each and every detail of the night spent with friends watching a show put on by five solid guys. I would invite you to be mindful of your daily experiences, especially these final weeks of the spring.

This week, The Collegian is smaller than usual, but still packed with new, exciting content. Read the interview with Switchfoot on page 10, explore our latest Fashion page by our new editor, Alyssa Hartwick, on page 13, and learn some great honeymoon hotspots from Jon on page 14.

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PLR Honors professor emeritus with Dedication // Savannah kisling Staff Writer Positive Life Radio, the contemporary Christian radio station run on WWU’s campus, will be honoring its very first general manager, from 50 years ago, Dr. Loren Dickinson, by naming its newly updated studios after him. When Dickinson arrived on the WWU (WWC at the time) campus, he found many individuals with the skills to create a radio station. His input was vital in bringing the skilled volunteers together to

form KGTS, which would later become Positive Life Radio, in 1963. He remained general manager for 21 years. Dickinson can still be found from time to time in the radio station offices, which are now located in the Canaday Technology Center, checking up on the radio station and the current staff. The equipment in the Dickinson Studios is currently undergoing a much-needed overhaul, and in the last year, special fundraising events have been successful in gathering resources to ensure the longevity of the radio station. “As we upgrade equipment in our College Place studios, from which 98% of our the programming for our five member stations [in College Place, Yakima, Wenatchee, Spokane, and Lewiston] originates, we saw an ideal opportunity to name these studios,

AIA Joins Project "To Build A Home" // lester biggs Staff Writer The “To Build a Home” project has caught the attention of all other 11 universities in the North American Division (NAD) after this year’s Adventist Intercollegiate Association (AIA) Conference Meetings decided to support the project. This annual conference aims to unite the student leaders in the NAD by “equiping Christian leaders with the ideas and tools for effective leadership.”

This year’s AIA conference brought not only great memories for all the student government leaders there, but also the opportunity for all schools to work together on one major project.

During the meeting there were two projects up for debate, and after hearing presentations, the schools decided to support our fundraiser.

This was not only because of the great presentation given by ASWWU fundraiser and Spiritual VP-elect Austin Roberts and ASWWU President-elect Timmy Barbosa, which included the “To Build a Home” video, but the other universities saw that the project would help to better the lives of the children in the area who need it. “We are very excited

Conundrum Competition // lauren Lewis Staff Writer Earlier this month, a team of six Walla Walla University students competed in a exhibition debate competition called the Ethics Bowl at Seattle University. Ten other colleges and universities joined WWU in the Ethics Bowl. The Independent Colleges of Washington organized this event, the first it has held, to celebrate its 60 years of existence. The 2014 WWU Ethics Team includes Acacia Chan, Andres Diocares, Philip Duclos, Richard Roberts, Cedric Thiel, and Logan

Villareal. Linda Emmerson and Montgomery Buell are the team's faculty sponsors and coaches. What is an Ethics Bowl? An Ethics Bowl differs from a traditional college debate. Competing teams do not argue a negative or affirmative side. Instead, teams evaluate specific cases and questions given by the judges and respond with an argument based on moral theories. Each team then critiques their competitor’s arguments followed by a round of questions from judges. “At the end of a session, the judges’ evaluations [of both teams] are presented, and the team which was ranked higher by the majority of judges is declared the winner of the session,” says the team. Teams are judged upon their knowledge of the case and facts, appropriate use and application of moral theories and critical reasoning, critique to arguments proposed by opposing teams,

and we do so with great pleasure in honor of Dr. Loren Dickinson,” said PLR’s current general manager, Paul Richardson. “In the next 50 years, I see that we will be a well-known name in the inland Northwest — much more than now, however they hear us.” Richardson added, “It is obvious that the way people listen is changing; how we have value is really caring for the communities where we are heard.” The dedication of the studios and their new equipment will happen during alumni weekend. Everyone is invited to the event. which will happen April 26 from 5–6 p.m. in the Positive Life Radio offices located at the corner of Davis Street and 4th Avenue across from the WEC. PLR has a number of WWU student employees and can be heard locally on 91.3 FM.

that AIA decided to take on our project. I’m very excited that the project expanded to other Adventist colleges,” said Roberts. The new initiative for this project will begin next school year with all the universities and colleges hosting an event during Nov. 14-16 in which all proceedings will go towards the project, with the hopes of raising the $100,000 needed to build the orphanage. Though this is the only fundraising event that was officially scheduled during the meeting, schools do have the opportunity to do other events that would support the project as well. “Every school would have to do something; the point is that we are all working together for this special project,” said Karl Wallenkampf, spiritual vp.

This means that though other schools will be participating, WWU will continue to oversee the project until all funds are raised. and quality of presentation. In January all teams were given 12 cases to study. This year, “we [the Ethics Team] argued cases dealing with drug trials in foreign countries, medical tourism, and domestic drones. We also critiqued arguments from other teams dealing with high-frequency stock trading, robotic caregivers, and revenge pornography,” says the team. This was WWU’s first appearance at an Ethics Bowl competition. They competed against Seattle Pacific University, Gonzaga University, and Whitworth University. “At our very first experience we competed against some of the top-ranked teams in the region and nation. Despite this, we showed ourselves knowledgeable, professional, confident, and we represented our school well,” commented the team. “We all learned a lot from this experience, and the bonding and team dynamics we developed surprised us all. We all came away from this experience glad ... to grow with our team members and faculty sponsors, and to represent WWU at the competition,” says the team.

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BRIEFING | 6 “Given the circumstances of this case and the manifest injustice of keeping a person in federal prison for an extra three and a half years because of a typographical mistake, the president wanted to act as quickly as possible.”

“We apologize for an inappropriate image recently shared as a link in one of our responses. We’ve removed the tweet and are investigating.”

Dr. Paul Myers, a University of Minnesota Morris professor, on the school’s conservative student publication, The North Star. Three hundred and fifty copies of it were recently inexplicably stolen from campus distribution bins.

$95 Yearly minimum fine under the Affordable Care Act for not having health insurance by last Tuesday.

“There’s nobody in this room that wanted to cover this story, and we hope nothing like this ever occurs again on our watch.”

Brian McGrory, the editor of the Boston Globe, responding to the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Globe for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, which occurred one year ago.

Number of backpacks detonated by Boston police Tuesday night after the packs were found unattended on Boylston Street, near the Boston Marathon finish line.

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US Airways, on their Twitter account, after they accidentally sent out an infamous tweet Monday of a nude woman and a toy US Airways airplane.

Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney, on Obama’s most recent communtion of a sentence.

“I suggested the university needed to get rid of them.

I have done absolutely nothing to squelch their ability to publish their terrible little rag.”

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“God is literally screaming at the world: ‘I’m coming soon.’”

Televangelist John Hagee, on the prophetic significance of Tuesday’s first eclipse in the tetrad — four complete, consecutive lunar eclipses — to occur in the next two years.

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Opinion Editor

Besides having entertainment value, lucid dreams have plenty of practical value as well.

Lucid dreaming has recently been used as a technique to help patients with PTSD.

I’m not saying that lucid dreaming is for everybody, and I don’t think we should dwell on dreams and forget to live. But if I’m going to dream anyway, I may as well fully enjoy the experience.

mcallister’s mess // Rebecca Williams

Opinion Editor As many who follow the news are aware, a video was recently released to the press which showed Louisiana Congressman Vance McAllister outside his office kissing a woman who was not his wife of 16 years.

The Republicans of Louisiana are calling for McAllister’s resignation, accusing him of “extreme hypocrisy.”1 McAllister intends to stay in office, but has admitted to his mistake, saying, “There’s no doubt I’ve fallen short ... I’m asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve.”2 The question is: Should McAllister resign? Or should he stand his ground and stay in office?

Personally, I believe there are several ways to look at this situation. McAllister, supposedly a happily married, Christian fellow, kissed a woman who was not his wife.

He betrayed her trust, and simultaneously betrayed the trust of those who voted for and supported him. Now, no one is perfect.

However, a politician is supposed to be a representative of the people. If it is in his character to be untrustworthy, why would the people want him as their representative?

Robert Schlesinger, in an article for U.S. News & World Report, states, “Resignation under duress should be the result of a real breach of the public trust, not a little extracurricular snogging.”3 First of all, we have no idea what else occurred in addition to this kissing escapade, but also, “extracurricular snogging,” as he put it, is a breach of trust, especially for a Republican who has been open about his Christian values.

This so called “extracurricular” activity completely diminishes the trust two married people should have for one another, and trivializes what can only be called infidelity.

Unfortunately, infidelity is not uncommon among politicians. Of course they are human like any other. It may be right or it may be wrong, but it is true that politicians are held to a high moral standard (although, in my opinion, infidelity is not a particularly good idea for Joe the Plumber, either). By falling short of that standard, they are disappointing those who voted for them. If McAllister does

stay in office, he most likely will not receive a great deal of support, thereby ending his political career anyway.

We must consider, however, the fact that McAllister asked for forgiveness. Forgiveness is a tricky variable to introduce into this sort of a situation. The people of Louisiana may forgive McAllister. However, forgiving someone does not mean that you absolve them of the consequences of their actions.4 Forgiveness means that you cease to be angry with the person who has wronged you. If the people of Louisiana do forgive McAllister, he will undoubtedly feel better about his situation. However, he will still have to accept the fact that he betrayed the trust of his family and of his constituents.

1. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mcallisteraide-access-kiss-tape-23268741.

2. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/

vance-mcallister-video-kissing-staffer-105435. html#ixzz2ypmLYDMN. 3. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert- schlesinger/2014/04/11/no-vance-mcallister- shouldnt-resign-from-congress?int=9ff109.

4. Check out the Merriam-Webster definition here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgive.

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So, there I was in an abandoned warehouse, surrounded by the werewolf fight club, holding Sarah’s hand and wondering how on earth my politically incorrect mother managed to tick off an entire werewolf clan by calling them beasts. Of course, in actuality I was in my bed. I was dreaming.

Now; say I was aware, within my dream, that there really was no such thing as a werewolf and that I was only taking part in a dream. Then I would be lucid dreaming.

These are conscious dreams, in which you

Lucid dreaming is extremely entertaining.

If you can imagine it, then potentially you can dream it. Once you are conscious in a dream, you can now make conscious decisions. Willfully changing the course of your dream, you will begin to dream bigger and bigger. You can have all sorts of dreams at will — action movie, skiing, flying, etc. I mean, who doesn’t love the idea of flying?

Lucid dreams can be used as a forum for creativity or even preparing for real life situations. Several writers, such as Robert Louis Stevenson, have used lucid dreaming to help with the creative process of writing a book. It can also be used for more pragmatic purposes as a way to rehearse for a job interview the night before. Lucid dreams also make for a great transition from sleeping to waking up. Since you were already conscious in the dream, when you actually wake up, you are wide awake.

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Hired by plush poachers.

Set of twins stage a fake kidnapping of their younger brother in Wash. state park.

Claim they were raising kidnapping “awareness.”

UFO website suspects small bright specks on Mars rover photos are alien flares.

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My Curiosity was sparked.

Cherry tree blooms six years earlier than expected after orbiting Earth in ISS. The world turns to Neil deGrasse Tyson for answers.

Turkey to create gay-only prisons. *facepalm*

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realize you are dreaming while inside the dream. It occurs naturally in a portion of the population, but many people can learn to have them.

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only half asleep //

The idea is to rewire all of the pervasive nightmares. An ex-marine reliving his worst war memory in his sleep could use lucid dreaming to change the course of his nightmare.

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Spring Datin' //

It’s springtime, and people are a-datin’. People are getting together, and they’re not going to Bible studies. For those of you movers and shakers out there, here are some dating rules that I live by:

1. Always think of a date as if it were an interview: The point is to get hired before you show him or her how much of a slacker you are.

2. Your date doesn’t care about any illness, chronic or otherwise; just say it’s allergies and change the subject.

3. Wear nice shoes. Shoes say a lot about a person. My shoes say that I have anger issues and a superiority complex.

4. Learn how to cook. It’s not about femininity or masculinity; it’s about being a contributing member of society and showing that you love your mother.

5. Pay for dinner. If you’re not going to pay for dinner then you don’t deserve a relationship OR free samples.

6. No kissing. It’s not a race; it’s a chess match.

7. Learn how to play chess — it’s sexy.

8. Ask questions. It’s not about you; get over yourself.

9. Don’t buy roses. You’re trying too hard.

10. Be a nice person. Don’t be a tool; this isn’t Home Depot. If you’re going to be a cocky jerk, download WoW and drop out — this campus doesn’t need you.

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INTERVIEW WITH TIM FOREMAN OF

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Switchfoot has just released their ninth album and first film, both titled Fading West.

The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200 in the first week, and they’ve now sold 5.5 million copies worldwide. An alternative rock band from San Diego, California, Switchfoot has been together for 18 years, and have lived in both the secular and Christian worlds. I was able to catch up with Switchfoot’s bassist Tim Foreman, during a break on their tour, to talk about their new film and album’s music, faith, and tour.

Check out their album and get ready for an amazing show on our own campus next Monday night, the 21st of April, in the WEC at 7 p.m. — Grant Perdew You’ve just released your 9th studio album, Fading West. What do you think has sustained your band? How are you still putting out good music together?

I think the most important thing is that we still like each other. Being a band for a long time can either bring them closer together because of all the things they’ve been through, or it can create fractures that grow bigger over time. That’s way more often seen in rock and roll, so we’re fortunate to be on the other end of that. The difficult things we’ve gone through as a band has strengthened this brotherhood.

Tell me about the documentary Fading West. Why’d you decide to do a film and an album all at once?

The film was something we’d been talking about for a while; a chance to combine our biggest passions: surfing and music. We had also always dreamed of scoring a film and doing an entire soundtrack. We figured, why don’t we just score our own film? I think with being a band as long as we have, we’ve started looking for new challenges; a new way of doing things beyond the common band cycle of recording albums and touring. We wanted to break free from that and look at what was possible musically beyond just an album.

How would you describe the evolution of the band from album #1 to now?

I think we’ve grown more intentional about the way our music is impacting culture. When you start out a band as a bunch of teenagers and you just want to write inspiring, fun songs, and that’s about the extent of the vision. As our fan base grew, we began to realize that people are listening to what we have to say, and so we want to make that count. We grew more intentional about partnering with organizations, such as Habitat For Humanity and To Write Love on Her Arms. I think music can be a big catalyst for change, but for us, it’s nice to have something a little more physical to attach to our journey.

Speaking of organizations, you’ve raised thousands of dollars to aid homeless kids in their community through the Bro-Am Foundation.

Yeah, that’s the event we’re most proud of! And we’re coming up on our 10th annual event, on July 12th. It’s definitely our favorite thing each year — a free concert and surf contest on the beach in our hometown. It raises a lot of awareness and money to aid the homeless kids and teens in crisis in the San Diego area. We’re hoping to hit the million dollar mark this year, which is unbelievable! It doesn’t even feel like something we can take credit for; it’s in large part due to the community that has rallied behind the cause and these kids and has realized it’s a much bigger story than just a rock band trying to throw a party on the beach.

Band members from left to right: Jerome Fontamillas, Jon Foreman,

Drew Shirley, Chad Butler, and Tim Foreman

If you could play with any other band or musician, who would it be?

For me, my two biggest influences growing up on the bass were Paul McCartney and John Paul Jones. Those were the guys that made me want to play the bass. They were so melodic and the bass was right there in the middle between the drums and guitar.

Walla Walla University is a Seventh-day Adventist institution. Switchfoot’s keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas is an SDA, yes? Will that knowledge affect the way you play next week?

Not really. One of the things we’ve learned along the way is that we are who we are. Some people get that, some people don’t. And rather than trying to change who we are to make other people understand us, we like to be honest. It doesn’t matter if we’re playing for 100 people in a bar or 3,000 people in an arena. Though every show is really drastically different for us.

We end up abandoning the setlist anyways, because the crowd is more than half of the show. We love that freedom and live flexibility.

I’ve always believed that some of the greatest spiritual music doesn’t have a “Christian” label on it. When Jon was asked if Switchfoot is a Christian band, he said it’s a faith, not a genre. What’s your perspective?

We’ve always been very honest and open about our faith in the songs and who we are. For us, our faith is much bigger than which shelf on the store it should be stocked on. For us, it’s absolutely a faith and not a genre. That genre is a box and boxes are limiting. When you label music, it becomes very exclusive, and we want everyone to be invited to the party. We feel like these songs are for everybody, not just for people that look or think the same as us. That’s what makes art beautiful.

What has been your biggest challenge as a band?

Our biggest challenge is probably one of the same reasons we’re still a band.

And that is that we’ve never really belonged to any specific music genre or scene that has come up in our 18 years as a band. When we first started, we were touring with all of these punk bands, but we weren’t part of the punk scene. We’ve always just done our own thing. That has been our biggest challenge because there’s a lot of support that comes from belonging to a club or scene. Though when those scenes die, the bands die along with them and I think that’s one of the reasons why we stayed a band as long as we have.

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COLUMN | 11 (continued from previous page) Could you describe the music-making process? How involved is the rest of the band with Jon Foreman’s writing?

Lately, Jon and I have been writing everything together, which has been really fun. The song typically starts as a seed of either a musical or lyrical idea that Jon or I have. Then we’ll come together and try and grow it and everyone puts their own spin on it. It’s really cool to see the process, because it feels like it’s different every time, which is part of the challenge to not become formulaic.

Where does inspiration come from?

It’s always from real life. We’ve never written an album in the studio. We always just write when we’re inspired, which for us is important — to not have an ulterior motive of writing music. We never write because we need to. We write a lot about the things we don’t understand and the questions that we have. Music is a great way of wrestling with those things.

Do you have a favorite song to perform?

It tends to be the newer ones. And we’re really proud of this new record; it’s been really fun to play live. One of my personal favorites is a song called “BA55,” which has a really fun, almost hypnotic bass groove, that is relentless throughout the song. Being a bass player, that’s always a highlight for me.

I read that there were picketers on several shows this tour. Jon responded in the show, encouraging people to spread love to them. What can you say to that experience?

That was a bizarre thing that happened to us. It’s a little shocking to hear that our music is apparently capable of such passion and hatred. That’s hard for me to imagine. But as Jon pointed out, it’s inspiring to see anyone who has a belief so strong that they’re willing to go out and try and do something about it. It’s not the way I would choose to enact change, but at least they believe in something and that they’re trying to produce change, in their own way.

Do you have any final words or advice for concert-goers on Monday?

Well, we always believe that the crowd is such a big part of our show. The more they bring it, the more we bring it. It’s a real dialogue that happens on stage that we really enjoy. We’re not coming all the way up there to go halfway.

So, hopefully they’re ready for that as well.

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Communication is key // madeleine boyson Columnist Sometimes I speak French in my dreams.

You’re thinking: Wow, nobody cares, braggart — 20 percent of Americans were bilingual in 2012 and that number is always increasing.1 I’m, uh, I’m not bilingual. I’m barely monolingual, which is obvious when I’m suddenly called on in class and all I can do is meow like Minou, my cat. I once spent a summer in a language course at the Campus Adventiste du Saleve, but those six weeks weren’t enough to get me fluent in the language of love. I can barely order water at a restaurant. Nevertheless, my ignoramus still tries to prove that my mind holds the key to lingual success, and every once in a while I’ll have a dream where someone stops me on the street and asks for directions or I’m giving a speech at a film conference or I have to communicate something desperately important to someone I love. Each and every time, though, I’ll speak the best French I can and butcher it (sorry, Jean-Paul). My roommate frequently comments about my nighttime prattle. “You were speaking some weird language last night. Like Russian but with a bad Irish twist.”

Thanks Duolingo, you’re really guiding my lingua franca here.

I’ve always loved languages. My mum used to teach me my numbers in German every night when she put me to bed. She learned

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the Austrian dialect, though, which of course sounds more sing-songy than German spit.

Just the other day, I conversed with a Spanishspeaking friend (in English, of course) who told me that Portuguese is the sexiest language.

He wasn’t even lying. But there’s something about French that makes me très excité. I’ll never forget the day when I suddenly understood that the “r” sound had to come from curling my tongue width-wise in the back of my mouth. I’ve secretly thought that my love of French meant that a past life was spent in 1920s Paris with the flappers and the starving artists strung up with black pearls and glittering with pale pink and gold. Or maybe it means I’m justified in my kinship with Audrey Tatou when I watch the 2001 film Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain for the 27th time. There is nothing more freeing, of course, than a quirky foreign-language film.

I’m currently planning for a year abroad starting this June, and I’m as thrilled as ever.

Where should I travel? I determine to move as much as I can before settling down in Oxford in the fall. Of course, France is on the list — Cannes, Provence, Normandy ... but that’s just France. There’s Greece, Morocco, The Netherlands, and all the languages I daren’t dream of. My flight over stops in Reykjavik, but I’ve heard that Icelandic is one of the most difficult languages to learn. I hope that when it really comes down to it though, I won’t sound like a frog dying of strep throat in a dirty pond when I ask for a cup of water.

1. Life as a bilingual, “Bilinguals in the US” published by Psychology Today, 2012. http://tinyurl.com/6rxhkhn.

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SCIENCE |12

Freeze Ray! //

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Joe Hughes

Science & Tech Editor Hello, onions! This week we are continuing the James Bond trend with a freeze ray. Before we get started, let’s look at our options: A quick Google search tells us that the most popular freeze ray is the one from Despicable Me (very similar to the gun from The Incredibles), closely followed by the laundry song from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. The Dr. Horrible freeze ray freezes everyone except the user, which is pretty cool, but I have no idea how it works. I guess I’ll never make it into the evil league of evil. :( I do, however, have a way to make the freeze ray from Despicable Me. This freeze ray uses a

jet of water that freezes on impact to encase victims in a block of ice, allowing one to easily get one’s coffee first. All that we need is a big tank of water and a way to keep it cold and shoot it. So now we have a jet of very cold water, but how are we going to make it freeze? While getting someone wet is great fun, you really want to leave them incapable of walking.

The way to get water to freeze on command is pressure. This is because at about 5,000 times atmospheric pressure, you can cool liquid water to about minus 17 degrees Celsius. Bump the pressure

either up to 6,000 atmospheres or down below 1,000 atmospheres, and it freezes into ice. It gets stranger still because it freezes into a different type of ice depending on which way the pressure goes. There are actually 11 different types of ice that we know about, each with different crystal structure and thermal characteristics, made at different temperatures and pressures. Dropping pressure from 5,000 atmospheres will either get you ice III or ice I (the kind we are familiar with). Raising the pressure will get you ice V, VI, or maybe even VIII if you raise the pressure quickly enough. For the Vonnegut fans out there, ice IX only exists around 1,000 atmospheres and melts into ice II at minus 100 degrees Celsius.

As stupefying and unexpected as ice may be, the point is that if we shoot minus 17-degree water out of our high-pressure tank into the atmosphere, it will rapidly freeze on our victim.

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MATHEMATICAL SCAVENGER HUNT Monday–Thursday, April 21–24 Daily clues at the Math Department

SIDEWALK THEOREM CONTEST Thursday, April 24 12–2 p.m. on KRH Lawn

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The next question is how much water we need; sticking an ice cube to someone isn’t really going to stop them. I used sophomore engineering to find the thickness that a sheet of ice that covered my arm would have to be so that I couldn’t break out of it. This gave an embarrassingly thin layer, so I assumed I was super buff and made believe I could curl three times as much, and did the calculations again. Result: 1.3 inches of ice covering your whole body. This is probably

drawings by joe hughes

overkill for the hands and face, but you’d probably want more than that around the waist, knees, and feet. Now all we need is a backpack that can keep water at 5,000 atmospheres and a nozzle to shoot it. This is alarmingly possible (but don’t tell DARPA).

So just how big is this backpack? Most people have about 20 square feet of skin (about 30 pages’ worth ... creepy). If we want to cover all that skin with 1.3 inches of water, that ends up being almost 18 gallons — a small aquarium. The tank needed to hold all this water isn’t that huge, but at 145 lbs., it’s no lightweight. So, it takes about a person’s weight in ice to immobilize him or her. Hmm. So you’d have to really be into leg day at the gym to use this thing as a backpack, and that’s only holding enough water to freeze one person.

Freezing six people, like Gru did in Despicable Me, would take almost 900 lbs. of water, and that ice looks a lot thicker than 1.3 inches. If only there was a way to bring a lot of water with you without having to carry it. Oh, and maybe if it already had a nozzle and high pressure capabilities — Wait!

How expensive are fire trucks??

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The Importance of Being

FASHIONED

FASHION | 13

Alyssa Hartwick Fashion Editor

INTRODUCTION

I would like to begin by introducing myself as the new fashion editor. My name is Alyssa Laurén Hartwick and I was born and raised in Northern California. I’ve spent quite some time in my life traveling to my grandma’s second home — a flat inherited from my great, great grandparents in Zürich, Switzerland. Truthfully, while I resided in California, my heart lived abroad. This exposure to what lies beyond the United States began to shape who I was at a young age. My love affair with fashion blossomed with the screening of The Devil Wears Prada. I dreamed of growing up and traipsing around Paris and New York City every day in stilettos. One particular trip to Italy when I was about 14 had me hooked. I was so shocked at how impeccably the Italian men and women dressed, and was paying attention to style more than ever. I felt as if all the beautiful boutiques along the cobblestone streets were calling my name. At that point I knew I’d discovered my passion. About four years later, I started a fashion blog of my own called Diary La Mode, and the rest is history. Here I am today as your new fashion editor, and I am so very delighted.

Perhaps some of you are asking yourselves why you should care about fashion when there are so many other things to worry about as a university student. Well, think again. I have put together a list of reasons. I think each of you can identify with at least one or more.

1) Fashion Allows for Self-Expression Who are you? What makes you you? What mood are you in? What are you trying to accomplish today? All these questions can be answered by what you pick out in your closet. Without speaking to people, you can already tell a bit about them by what they are wearing. When I am feeling classy and serious, I will dress in all black. If I am feeling fun and carefree, I will gravitate towards pattern and color. Clothes can truly say a lot about you and allow you to express you inner moods and feelings.

2) Fashion Speaks What you wear sends a message to the people around you. This is the message people receive from your selfexpression through clothing. I know it’s not always the most convenient to try — everyone has lazy days — but there is something to the saying ‘dress to impress.’

Would you be more impressed by someone who looks professional or someone who looks like they just rolled out of bed? We need to be conscious of the messages we are giving with our wardrobe choices because whether you like it or not, your attire is speaking.

3) Fashion Affects Performance Did you know that the way you dress affects the way you feel and therefore how you function and perform?

Believe it or not, there is actually a scientific term for the idea that clothes affect cognitive processes; it’s referred to as Enclothed Cognition. A study was done where different people were given either a doctor’s coat or a painter’s coat; it was proven that the ones wearing the doctor’s coat performed better on the given test.

Don’t forget about Enclothed Cognition on exam week if you want to increase your chances for a higher scores.

I don’t know about you but I always feel like I’ve had a more productive day when I dress nicely. The first step to becoming a powerful and successful individual is to dress like one.

4) Fashion is Always Present in History At any point in time or history, fashion has always been present. (Except for maybe Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, but then they got kicked out and it was all about the fig leaf.) Imagining what people were wearing throughout the centuries gives us a better understanding and connection to the people of the past. Understanding those who lived before us leads to enlightenment and wisdom. Yes, everyone, fashion leads to enlightenment.

5) Fashion is Fun When it all comes down to it, fashion is just pure fun! It comes with endless opportunities. While not everyone can afford the most luxurious clothing, shoes, and bags, we can all dream. And that’s what fashion is truly about — dreaming.

Follow @collegianfashion on Instagram for style tips, shopping advice, street style, and personal styling. Have a cute outfit on? Or maybe you have a stylish new pair of shoes? Use #collegianfashion so we can see!

Let's make this a fun and interactive experience. Express yourself.

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Honeymoon Hotspots // Jon Mack

Travel Editor

It’s finally Spring here at WWU, and it’s time to bust out those newly purchased rings. And if that special someone agrees to be with you for the rest of their life,

congratulations, because you just became in charge of planning a trip that will be remembered for the rest of your lives. If you mess this up, this one trip could haunt you for the rest of your life, so I’m here to help. Here in the Travel section, I’ve outlined several different ideas that would make for spectacular summertime honeymoon experiences.

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For the History Buffs: A Mediterranean Cruise

It can be difficult to navigate your way though a culture where there are no similarities to English, but with a Mediterranean cruise, they navigate for you!

Hang out in Athens to catch up on your ancient Greek history and enjoy some authentic Mediterranean food.

Then, sail across the sea to Rome to wander through the lands of some of the most influential people who ever roamed the earth. After filling up on gelato, drift over to the south of France and enjoy your last few days on the beach soaking up the succulent sun. Any newly wed couple could enjoy the splendor of the ancient world!

photo of the week Want to see your AMAZING springtime travel photos in The Collegian? Hashtag them #WWUTRAVEL and you may just see your adventures here in the Travel section.

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For the Sports Enthusiasts: Brazil

For the Winter Lovers: Ski New Zealand

If you haven’t already heard, this summer is the World Cup and America is competing. An interesting fact about the WC is that Americans typically buy more tickets to the events than the rest of the world, besides the host nation. If your future life partner is intrigued by world sports, especially soccer, the WC would be a huge win for a honeymoon. But hurry up, because tickets go fast — you may have to look on third-party sites for tickets — but the search would definitely be worth all the effort. USA! USA! And Deutschland!

Some people just love the cold, and a honeymoon to the southern hemisphere could be epic. Carving fresh tracks, dipping in steamy hot springs, wandering the lands of The Lord of the Rings, zip lining, bungee jumping, and watching the toilets flush in the opposite direction would make for a packed experience of a lifetime. The ski season in New Zealand ranges from June to October, allowing plenty of time for all wedding/honeymoon plans to be made during the American summer months. Any couple looking for fascinating adventure need not search more!

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DESTINATION OF THE WEEK:

A deck of UNO cards!

Sometimes you get stuck places and can’t afford to waste precious battery life on your electronic devices. So bust out those UNO cards and make the most of your delays.

CLIMAX, MICHIGAN Famous for: Its name.

Its zipcode is 49034. The average income in Climax is about $600. Fewer than 1,000 people live in Climax. It’s a happening place. photo by smartertravel . com

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Springtime serenades

Jacobi’s Cafe // TimOTHy barbosa

Culture Editor

“Overtime” Cash Cash

This week, I’d like to present to you Jacobi’s Cafe. Built 100 years ago, this red-brick building in downtown Walla Walla was once a railroad depot, transporting everything from groceries to soldiers. Where thousands crowded to send off troops or welcome home loved ones, now sits an excellent Italian eatery. Owned and operated by the Cannone family, this restaurant offers delectable dinners and an atmosphere unmatched in the Valley. Check out the fascinating heritage and seductive menus of Jacobi’s Café online at www.jacobiscafe.com.

“Salt” Bad Suns photo by downtownwallawalla . com

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“Slow Your Breath Down” Future of Forestry

“Strange Attractor” Animal Kingdom

They say men want respect and women want love. ASWWU bikes want a little of both. It’s springtime and love is in the air.

Perfect time to take a bike for a ride.

Thursdays at 9:37 p.m.

Upcoming Events 1. The Importance of Being Earnest Gesa Power House Theatre April 17–20, 7:30 p.m.

Student Admission — $9 Known as one of the cleverest plays, Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece follows the dapper Jack Worthing and his companion Algernon as they fall in love with two women who are bent on marrying a man named Ernest.

2. Live Music Night Olive Marketplace & Cafe April 17, 6–8 p.m.

Admission — Free This week, Olive presents Sam Tuthill.

Come and enjoy a laid-back atmosphere and good music.

3. Eurydice Harper Joy Theatre: Friemann Studio Theatre April 16–20, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday Matinee at 2:00 p.m.

Student Admission — $8 This play is a voyage through the underworld, a contemporary observation of the classic love story of Orpheus from the perspective of his wife, Eurydice.

4. Tour of Walla Walla Bicycle Race Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center April 18–20 Admission — Free For detailed information, go to www.toww.org or call (509) 525-4949.

Register today!

5. Fridays at Four Recital Series: Feat. Michael LeFevre Whitman College Kimball Theatre April 18, 4:00 p.m.

Admission — Free This recital also features Joel Willard and Amy Dodds

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Checking off my list // It’s April and I’m in full-fledged, readyto-graduate mode. I’ve already made a handy-dandy list of the final things I need to do before June 15.

Number One: Take my senior pictures.

There aren’t enough words to tell you how much I am dreading this (but I will try to do it in fewer than a 100). Don’t get me wrong; as my Instagram followers know (all seven of you), I like to take photos and post them. I take photos of flowers (#springtime, #someonepleasesendmeClaritinClear); I take photos of my latest meal at The Garden (#eatingclean, #isthatabundtcake); and I occasionally take photos of myself and pair it with an inspirational quote (photo of me smiling, captioned: “If you judge people, you have no time to love them — Mother Teresa.” It’s unrelated, but I dig it. And it

verbatim “I want to raise up my GPA.” — Jassica Choi, on what fun things she wants to do before she graduates.

“I hate meetings: They leave you dumb on one end and numb on the other.”

— Bruce Toews

“Spread sperm like the leaves of autumn!”

— Joe Galusha

“God won’t flip you off.”

— Troy Fitzgerald

“Do you like tall, dark, and handsome? Well, I’m not quite that person. I’m a little tall and handsome in the dark.”

— Ferdinand Regalado Have something funny to report?

Email me at: Rachel.Logan@wallawalla.edu

makes me look intelligent, no matter what you say, Eric Weber).

However, having photos taken by a professional is completely different than taking a selfie by a mirror. In my room, I can take 15 different pictures and try out every filter Instagram offers to create the casual, totally unplanned photo you find on your Instagram newsfeed. No one can see me; no one can judge me. But when you get your pictures done by an actual photographer, they tend to place you in parks by lofty trees, or on a bridge over a random body of water. There you stand awkwardly, trying to remember everything you learned on America’s Next Top Model, (smize, SMIZE!) while people and small children walk by and stare. “Mommy, why is that girl standing like that? And what’s wrong with her squinty eyes?”

Rachel

Logan BackWord Editor

But alas, my mother says I need a photo to send to my grandma, so next weekend I’ll be coming to a park near you with a photographer and humiliation in tow.

I haven’t poked my partner’s eye out with my flying racket! If I don’t graduate from college because of badminton, I’m going to be upset.

Number Two: Pass my badminton P.E. class

Number Three: Run in the Bloomsday race

I remember when I graduated from high school I was so excited that I would never have to take P.E. ever again. Four years later, I’m on the cusp of graduating college, and badminton is one of the last things standing in my way. Badminton. Let me just say this right now: Badminton is hard! It’s like I have no depth perception. I swing the racket — I hit the air. I swing the racket again — I hit the air. Where does that little feather ball go to when I’m swinging? Where? I’m told to hold the racket delicately, like I’m shaking hands with it, but then I’m also told to flick it swiftly when the invisible bird ball shoots through the air. Let me ask you this: Have you ever tried to hit a nonexistent ball while gracefully holding your racket while also simultaneously flicking it? I think I'm lucky

Every spring quarter I’ve attended Walla Walla University, people have talked about the Bloomsday race. Bloomsday this, Bloomsday that, and I’m over here trying to run for seven minutes on the treadmill without passing out. NO MORE. I will not listen to your story about how you signed up on a whim and ran the whole 7.46 miles without any training and did it in less than an hour. (By the way, how is that even humanly possible?) This quarter, my very last quarter, I have signed up for the race and I will crawl if I have to over that finish line. And when you see me wearing my Bloomsday Finisher shirt (purchased for $18), you are encouraged to tell me congratulations. Those stains on it are my tears.

“If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could take one WWU professor with you to help you survive, who would you take?”

“Dr. Ekkens, because he’s an experimentalist; he’d be able to see what’s wrong with the situation and he’d be able to fix it. He also likes the outdoors.”

— Rebekah Hawkins, senior, biophysics

“That one Astronomy professor that looks like Santa Claus, because everything would be cheery and jolly.”

— Zach Santos, super senior, business and Spanish

“Terry Gottschall, because he swims everyday so he could swim us off the island.”

— Kiana Meyers, sophomore, International Rescue and Relief

Confession I was on the university campus during spring break. I saw an orange bike and rode it all the way across campus. And that’s when it hit me: I was on the campus of Andrews University, not WWU. I had just stolen somebody’s bike.

Sincerely, I wonder if they ever found it?

“Dr. Ekkens, because he could build a transistor out of sand.”

— Michael Swan, senior, engineer

“Don Riley, because he’s super smart and entertaining.”

— Paul McCormick, senior, engineering

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