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Over the course of nearly a hundred years, The Collegian has played many different roles. It has informed students, entertained them, and encouraged critical thought on important issues.

More recently, it has expanded its audience by establishing an online presence and by tackling tougher discussions without hesitation.

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Under my direction, The Collegian will strive to uphold its reputation and to push the envelope yet again. Since this is a 16-page issue, consider it merely a taste of what this paper will provide in the year to come. All of your favorite sections are back with fresh voices and new ways to get involved! As the year progresses, be prepared to see this publication evolve and take on ambitious creative projects.

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The most important responsibility this paper has, in my opinion, is to be an instrument of expression for the students of Walla Walla University. An open invitation to contribution from the student body has always been a part of The Collegian’s credo, and this year, we’re redoubling our efforts to include you. Each writer and section editor will be actively seeking contributions for their pages so more students can get actively involved.

I’d like to thank Karl Wallenkampf and Grant Perdew — without their help, it would have been impossible to assemble such a fine team. I also want to thank each and every one of this year’s staff for their time and their talent. I wish I could be there to produce this first issue with all of you!

And finally, thank you for reading The Collegian.

You will not be disappointed.

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NEWS

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Walla Walla University’s annual Spring Jam took place on Sunday, June 1. The planning for the event began about a month in advance so t-shirts for the event could be designed and ready by the first. Besides the audition process, the ASWWU Social Team MORGAN spent many hours planning Spring Jam. When asked about the hardest aspect of Spring Jam, Carly Yeager, ASWWU Social VP and the event planner, replied, “The stage! Those stage pieces are News Writer massivebricks.” Thisyear’sSpringJamwasespeciallydifferentfrom those previous due to the fact that it was not a five-hour event; this year it was cut down to three and a half hours.

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The weather was a warm 85 degrees and the atmosphere on Kretschmar lawn was fantastic. Some of the most memorable events of this fantastic evening included the freestyle rap thrown down by Kevin Ellis, a Tangled-style lantern launch from Kretschmar’s roof, spontaneous swing dancing, and a herd of choir-robe-wearing moshers. All the showcased talent played well.

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Matthew Moran, Ellis’ pianist, stated that Spring Jam “is really fun because it’s a bunch of great people making great music together.”

Since only seven bands were chosen to perform at Spring Jam, choosing bands was hard because all who auditioned were good and each band had its own unique style. Yaeger’s aim was “less bands, but with more songs and time for each of them to really showcase their talent.” The bands that made the cut were chosen according totheirenergy,style,musicianship,stagepresence,andsongchoice. Thechosenbands’styles included chill, kick-back-and-relax, hip-hop, dance, acoustic folk, and even Beatles-style classic rock.

library asked, you answered Library survey shows positive results. A campus wide survey invited all students to give feedback on the library systems at the Peterson Memorial Library and their staff, as well as the library located at the Portland campus.

The overall survey results indicated that 66 percent that responded were satisfied and 29 percent were very satisfied with WWU Libraries. “The library’s staff is well regarded.

86 percent of the respondents indicated that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the competence and knowledge of library staff while 91 percent were satisfied or very satisfied ting & with the courtesy of the library staff,” said Director of Libraries, Carolyn Gaskell. The Portlandcampuslibrariesalsoreceivedpositivefeedbackfromtheirownsurvey. Students responded very positively when asked about the competence and courtesy of the library staff located there.

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od | 15 Over half of those that responded said the services offered by the Peterson Memorial 16 Library, such as the Interlibrary loan, Summit loan, and research and reference librarians wereimportanttocoursework.Thelibraryalsostartedmakingtheresearchandreference librarians more accessible this past quarter by having a librarian available at the Atlas for scheduled times during the quarter.

Much of the positive response was tied to the library’s efforts to stay up-to-date and relevant. “I appreciate the library’s willingness to embrace technology and electronic forms of media. They have also done a good deal to keep the building comfortable and useful for the majority of students,” commented a study participant about the library’s renovations and recent update.

The library also took careful note of the areas that students said needed improvement.

These areas include the “loudness” of study areas, temperature, and wifi. “The only

problem I have is that it’s sometimes too warm. I understand the building is basically an oven, being brick. I prefer to study in quiet, cool areas. But I also appreciate the free food that is occasionally given out,” said a survey participant.

“The Library, as a whole, has improved greatly. The one thing I SAVANNAH would ask to improve is the level of respect for quietness. Having specific rooms dedicated to group activities, and having attendants News Writer monitoring volume of conversation (including their own) would be greatly appreciated from those who are too shy to ask someone to quiet down,” said another survey participant.

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Newadditionstothelibrarythatyoumaynotknowaboutaretheabilitytoreservestudyrooms and mobile device charging stations located in the reference room, the computer lab, and the blue level.

“A significant library strategic planning session is scheduled for this summer and this surveyhasprovidedsuggestionsandotherdatathatwill Library Photos by Walla Walla University be extremely useful as the library plans for the future,” said Gaskell.

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Thursday, June 12 12:00 PM — Rehearsal Luncheon 1:00 PM — Commencement Rehersal 7:30 PM — Senior Recital: Jessica Igarashi, piano | FAC Friday, June 13 4:00 PM — Senior Recital: Hannah Myhre, Soprano | FAC 8:00 PM — Consecration 9:00 PM — Graduate Reception

Saturday, June 14 9:30 AM — FirstServe: Baccalaureate 11:45 AM — Second Service: Baccalaureate 3:00 PM — Teacher Dedication, Bachelor in Social Work Pinning 4:00 PM — Nurses’ Pinning 5:00 PM — Theology Senior Dedication Service 8:00 PM — Evensong | WWU Church 9:30 PM — Strawberry Dessert Reception Sunday, June 15 8:30 AM — Commencement

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the adventists Adventistsareunique.WhenItalk about uniqueness I’m not referring to that time I Googled “TEDTalk alternatives.” As Adventists we are set apart from most Christian denominations because of our BENJAMIN theology, doctrine, and cultural distinctiveness. I realize this isn’t a startling realization or sudden Religion Writer enlightenment — we are used to being somewhat on the outskirts. When asked, “What’s an Adventist?” I usually begin by naming off all the things that makes us different, the peculiar tidbits. Uniqueness is part of us, but it is also part of our problem.

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I didn’t realize how reclusive we are until I moved to College Place. Adventists make up 27 percent of the church-affiliated population in Walla Walla County, which makes Adventists 10.7 percent of the entire Walla Walla County population.1 With such a large county presence, one would expect to see a variety of church involvement in the community, but we could do more. One of the only school-wide events this year that involved individuals from Whitman College, the Community College, or the community itself was the Tri-College Service Day. Walla Walla University is a representative of the church in this area. But apart from the lone event posters on the windows at Coffee Perk, our university, which stresses student involvement in the community, doesn’t get involved very often.

was made for man and not man for the Sabbath, the church must be able to constantly adapt to changes in society.3 Submitting the church to the “whims of secular society” is one of the dangers conservative Christians worry about. But not all change is bad: change invokes progress. It’s important that we view the Biblical principles of love and acceptance as sacred instead of holding the institution itself and its interpretation of those principles as sacred.

Take the Sabbath, for example: Having church services on a different day of the week from most Christian denominations has contributed to a barrier that exists between them and us. One of our most cherished beliefs keeps us from entering the doors of other churches very often, and that’s sad. If the Sabbath is only used as a mark that identifies the peculiar people, the ones who truly keep the commandments of God, it becomes destructive. It converts a message of rest and thankfulness into an ideal of detachment from the world. What really should be set apart is time when we can invite, worship, and fellowship with others in the Christian community. Relationships will then be built with others, relationships that focus on unity and not a denominational agenda.

Too often we use our differences as an excuse to stay out.

This breeds seclusion from regular society. Our church is afraid of being contaminated by culture so it keeps its distance, just like Israel did when it refused to minister to the nationsthatsurroundeditongroundsofpurityandholiness.

2 The church must be an active participant in the world furthering peace and love. Then, as society’s understanding of the world grows and progresses, the church will grow and progress as well.

Our church can only progress when we decide to take the reality of our situation seriously. The world is a big place and is constantly changing. Adapting to the needs of society involves a determined self-evaluation of our belief system. A number of things in our church still need to come to terms with the twenty-first century: policies dealing with homosexuality, women’s ordination, and the origins of the earth, just to name a few. Progress is a constant force. It entails women’s suffrage movements and civil rights activism, the lift on gay marriage bans and societies evolving a thirst for peace. Throughout history, those who speak truth to their age meet opposition fueled by fear and discrimination. But they press on and change the world around them. The church catches up to the progress made by more valiant people years after the controversy has died down everywhere else.

The church is not a stable organization; it is moved by the needs and desires of man. In the same way that the Sabbath

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2 Hosea 10:1; Isaiah 5:3-7.

3 Mark 2:27.

50 years ago, there was a phrase widely used in the Adventist church that has since fallen out of use. My grandparents would have known exactly what was being talked about if someone said, “God blessed our meetings and 12 people came to The Truth.” When was the last time you heard “The Truth” used in reference to the specific set of beliefs held by the Adventist church? Probably, not recently. Why? Because our culture is gravitating towards the idea that there is no absolute truth and as a result our church is shying away from using this absolutist language.

Is the fact that we are not using such exclusive language a bad thing? Not necessarily. I believe that in the past the Adventist church compromised its place in the Christian community by beating the “We have The Truth” drum far too loud. While I am glad that this is happening less and less, there is a pendulum swing occurring and the previously overpowering drum is ceasing to beat at all.

The Adventist song is losing its rhythm.

What do I mean by this? Isn’t it a good thing that we are not sticking out as much as we used to? Yes, and no. While the Adventist church has emphasized its uniqueness a bit too much in the past, the past is not the present. Adventists today need to realize that we are, in fact, different from other faith communities. While we believe in God, Jesus, baptism, communion, the resurrection, heaven, hell, judgement, marriage, the importance of spiritual growth, salvation, and the Sabbath just like other Christian denominations, we don’t believe in these things just like others do. We believe in a God who can relate to us in an intensely personal way without needing church officials as intermediaries. We practice communion as a great reminder of Christ’s sacrifice for us, but we don’t say that communion is a means of salvation. We believe in salvation by faith alone and that this salvation is available to everyone who chooses it. We believe that death is a sleep until the resurrection. We believe in a perfect heaven where God wants each of us to live and a hell where sin will be destroyed once and for all, not kept burning forever. We believe that when God put Adam and Eve together

in Eden, He created the most perfect and most intimate relationship known between humans: the marriage between a man and a woman. We R A N D Y believe that God wants a relationship with us and that He will fill us as we Religion Writer spend time with Him, not through emptying ourselves using eastern religious traditions.

We believe that at creation God set aside the seventh day Sabbath as a day to remember all He has done for us and to spend time with Him. These beliefs inform our picture of God which means that in comparison with other Christian faith groups, we actually have a different view of God.

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We have something special. Something I would even say is better. While many denominations share quite a few of these core beliefs, I cannot think of a denomination besides Adventism that has the same grasp on all of these beautiful aspects of God. We Adventists are not flawless.

We don’t have a perfect grasp on everything about God, but this doesn’t mean that we should shy away from the truth we do have.

We have things to offer. The truths that we hold as Adventists have the potential to make an incredible difference and to provide the world with a more complete picture of God. So as Adventists, we should do everything we can to share our God with the world. We need to be involved in our communities and work with others outside our specific faith group to make this world a better place. But let’s remember that if we marginalize our differences in the process, we won’t have anything new to offer.

If we want to make a difference in the world, we must be different. Let’s not allow our differences to slide to the sidelines: instead, let us embrace our differences and use them to empower and motivate us to make a difference for this world and for eternity.

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#yesallwomen why this outcry?

Seven dead and many wounded at the hands of a University of California student. The individuals of this nation need to A L E X listen, think, cry, and cry out for the litany of injustices involved in the Opinion Writer Santa Barbara shootings.

National outcry is necessary, if only for the cathartic value of expressing anger and facing grief. There comes a point, however, when the outcry following a tragedy ceases to actually concern the tragedy at all. When this occurs, we — as a nation in some sort of turmoil — must recognize the different motives driving our varied forms of expression. There is outcry that seeks to rectify a tragedy and there is outcry that seeks its own agenda, whether or not that agenda is related to the issues at hand.

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Let me suggest that the feminist outcry following the Santa Barbara killings on Friday, May 23, exemplifies well the discrepancy between outcry that relates to a tragedy and outcry that stands for its own purposes. Before you proceed, I would like to ask two things: first, if you are not aware of the Santa Barbara killings and the #YesAllWomen surge on Twitter, please stop reading this article and inform yourself online (seek out the New Yorker’s article “The Power of #YesAllWomen”), and second, please do not preemptively conclude that I am attempting to subvert feminists by arguing that their reaction to this tragedy — as evidenced by Twitter “conversations” and statements — is incomplete and misdirected.

My goal here is not to examine the feminist movement. Instead, I hope to examine the appropriateness of the feminist reactions to the brutality dealt by Elliot Rodger. In doing so, I hope to distinguish between valid and invalid methods of activism and question the approach that has been adopted by millions across the world.

On Saturday May 24th, the day after Rodger’s killing spree, the hashtag #YesAllWomen was introduced in a Twitter conversation and went viral within hours.1 With it, women (and men) shared thoughts on or instances of sexism. The hashtag was created in response to the hashtag #NotAllMen, which existed previously and with which men sought to defend themselves against some of the claims made by feminists.2 The popularly accepted association between

these hashtags and the recent tragedy is that Rodger was deeply misogynistic. The New Yorker writer Sasha Weiss argues that “by reading [Rodger’s] manifesto, you can make out, through the distortions of his raging mind, the outlines of mainstream American cultural values.”3 While the 140-page document titled “My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger” (available online) makes clear his misogyny, it also makes clear the multitude of other vices crippling his mind. He writes that “in order to make this world a fair place, women must be eradicated,”4 thus making clear his fractured perception of women and reality. He also says, “I will be like a god exacting my retribution on all those who deserve it,”5 and thereby reveals a deeply troubled God Complex. Are these the “outlines” of our cultural values being expressed through a distorted mind, or are these the outlines of a distorted mind whose values are far outside our culture?

I am not dismissing the existence or the dire consequences of misogyny, but I am saying that to label Rodger as the poster boy for misogynistic values and then to use him as a springboard for the feminist agenda is itself an unfortunate distortion.

His anger against women was an outlet and not the source of his problems.

He was diagnosed as a child with Asperger’s Syndrome — which typically interferes with a person’s social abilities — and he was under regular medication and counseling.6 His words reveal instability and spew hatred directed towards not only females, but also “popular kids,” and everyone else in the world. In turn, the world of social media has latched onto his misogyny without acknowledging the full reality of who Rodger was.

This article is the furthest thing from a defense of Rodger. This is a defense of the truth and a call to deal accurately and appropriately with it. Jessica Valenti contributed to the #YesAllWomen movement by writing, “Because even a 140-page misogynist manifesto by a mass murderer isn’t enough to convince some people that sexism kills.”7 Let me remind the reader that sexism, in fact, does not kill. Merriam Webster defines sexism as “prejudice or discrimination based on sex.” Do not be alarmed by me saying that racism does not kill either. I understand the power of using tropes like “sexism kills,” but taking such shortcuts in our language often

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renders a fragmented perception of reality. The blackest hatred on the planet cannot kill without myriads of other chemicals, circumstances, thought processes, and choices at play. For the media to focus solely on Rodger’s perception of women and to react with a movement based on that sole issue is to deal very incompletely with the tragedy at hand. Underneath Rodger’s skewed value system was a pit of hatred, despair, and instability that was left to fester long enough to be made manifest in his choice to kill multiple people (five males, two females) with multiple weapons (including three legally purchased firearms).8 Reacting to this by tweeting personal incidents of sexism, as genuine and disturbing as these stories are, does not seem appropriate.

In researching for this article, I came across the term “slacktivism,” a term referring to the act of investing the least possible effort in order to feel good about participating in a movement or cause.9 In light of the fact that a few people are writing letters to congress, and speaking out against the NRA, and offering love and support to the families of the victims, while the majority of people are Tweeting brief statements about sexism, I cannot help but think that the #YesAllWomen movement fits into the category of slacktivism. We all have our own way of dealing with sorrow and anger — and yes, perhaps Tweeting is a valid form of grieving. Slacktivism can heighten social awareness and I am in full support of exposing the reality of sexism to the masses, but let us not conflate the problems in the Rodger case and let us not think that hatred can be overcome by the mere power of our thumbs. There are deep problems at hand that need to be overcome by intentionality, selflessness, and unity.

Part of the frustration with a case like this is that the tragedy has happened; something has been broken that can never be fixed. So we do need to grieve, and it’s best if this is done constructively. It is up to you to determine what this may mean for you. In the meantime, let’s please not forget to give love, support, and prayers — in whatever ways we are able — to the families directly affected by this tragedy. After all, if we as a collective make this about “me,” the individual, are we really thinking any differently than Rodger?

1. http://mashable.com/2014/05/26/yesallwomen-hashtag/ (28 May 2014) 2. Ibid.

3. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/05/the-power-ofyesallwomen.html 4. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/05/25/us/shooting-document. html?_r=0 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQUW3Km01BM&feature=kp&bpc tr=1401312333 6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2639177/Parents-shooter-readmanifesto-driving-stop-son-heard-massacre-radio-revealed-investigatorssearch-moms-house.html 7. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/living/california-killer-hashtag-yesallwomen/ 8. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/29/why-lawenforcement-was-powerless-to-stop-elliot-rodger-from-buying-guns/ 9. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/12/doesslacktivism-work/

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Dear Collegian Committee,

Hiring

HUMOR WRITER

Oh my gluten, why the haystack would you hire this woman for the Humor page? What the frichick was The Collegian thinking when they hired a woman who has “omphalophia,” the fear of having one’s bellybutton touched? She even sings off-key to her favorite “band,” Nickelback.

The girl is a lawsuit waiting to happen — literally: she often lingers in crosswalks hoping a car will hit her so that she can prosecute and get her education paid for. Abominably, Lauren is also on a first name basis with the cake cutter at The Olive, the sandwich personnel at The Garden, and the soup dude at Pho Sho. She waves

to every policeman she sees and I speculate she is paying off the local law enforcement.

This corrupt crook must be dethroned before she swiss steaks all over the humor section. I expect her articles to be worse than the lava expulsion of a post-Taco-Bell meal. To combat the new corrupt columnist and her laughable agendas, please trend and tweet #BringBackEricWeber.

After two years, we cannot accept his resignation or consent to this change. No one can fill his big and fabulous shoes.

Next Friday morning, join us in protest, tarring and feathering. It will take place near the Administration building where Lauren takes her daily coffee bowel movement at 8:56 a.m.

Readers, please understand all we want is for Eric Weber to never leave us and for the American people to win.

Sincerely, We Love Eric Weber Fan Club

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A GREAT BEGINNING

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the lines Hi, everyone. My name is Abigail, and I’m excited to be the Creative Writer and Columnist for next year. One thing I’m known for in my friend circle is A B I G A I L my love for reading. I can talk your ear off about just about any book genre, and you can find COLUMNIST me anywhere on campus with my nose in a book, including the cafeteria. However, I feel like there’s a general rule of conduct that is forgotten when I’m in the cafeteria reading a book: even if I sit at a corner table with earbuds in, people (and more often than not, men) will undoubtedly try to start up a conversation with me as I’m reading. And this isn’t a one-time occurrence. It doesn’t matter if it’s an acquaintance, friend, or complete stranger; it happens every time.

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Two weeks ago, Elliot Rodger killed seven students at University of California, Santa Barbara, in an attempt to “get back” at women on the campus for not returning his affection.2 The example of Rodger is an extreme one, but it brings up an important point that some people on our campus have turned into a joke: It’s difficult for women to avoid unwanted advances without being called rude or “antisocial.”

I’m not trying to peg every guy in the cafeteria as someone who will harass girls who want to sit by themselves, but I do think that girls here have been put into a hard situation. We’ve been stereotyped on this campus as not liking to eat in the cafeteria, but if we really do want to be by ourselves or do homework while we eat (and get more food than what will fit in those tiny takeout boxes), it’s somewhat impossible.

And as someone who likes to eat a lot, lemme tell you: the struggle is real.

“But what if a girl would like to sit down and have a meal alone without being talked to or, dare I say it, harassed, if she doesn’t want to be social?”

I’ve talked to other girls about this and they’ve tested my theory. I’ve had friends tell me they will sit in the most removed corner of the cafeteria (because who sits on the far right side of the cafe to be social?) with books spread across their table, and they will be interrupted multiple times. Even if we give off physical cues that we want to get back to our book or homework, a lot of our interrupters don’t get the hint.

It has become a joke on our campus that girls would be easier to talk to if they would stop getting takeout boxes from the cafeteria. But what if a girl would like to sit down and have a meal alone without getting talked to or, dare I say it, without being harassed if she doesn’t want to be social?

And guys, I know what you’re thinking: I definitely wouldn’t talk to a girl if I could tell that she wasn’t interested! And for some of you, yes, that is true. But we live in a culture that teaches women to placate men who make advances on them, and to the eyes of many, this placating is seen as a return of attraction.1

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THE FRENCH LIFE SHANNON

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Bonjour Walla Walla! For the past eight months, I’ve been learning French in hopes of having a conversation with Jean-Paul Grimaud that will surpass the threshold of “ça va bien.” However, I feel I only excel in showing enthusiasm in a conversation by laughing politely, using general hand gestures that exclaim “I know!” and slowly walking off before anyone realizes I wasn’t paying attention to what they had said.

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Being in France and traveling through 11 different countries has made me realize a couple of things: learning another language affects my ability to spell correctly and speak well in English; Campus Adventist du Salève always keeps us on our toes at events — we find ourselves in constant dance parties with the Theology majors (I guess losing to a 32-year-old pastor isn’t too bad…); walking around a little French town bursting out in random songs and pretending to be Spider-Man is more entertaining than staying in your room; I’ll never master the art of the selfie; and most importantly, never be afraid to bring out the awkward salmon or jellyfish.

As I finish up my last week, I hope everyone has an excellent dead week. Summer is coming, so make a quick appearance with the family, embrace the awkward moments, and go find your perfect adventure! I will see you all in the fall.

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CULTURE

wisdom from the one man band I remember one time I was in downtown Coeur d’Alene, ID, during an art walk. The streets were filled with the upper class folk R I V E R and the rich older couples who had just emerged from the doors of the luxurious Culture Writer Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Wealth was in the air, as well as critical eyes examining the fine art displayed on the sidewalk. Then something out of place caught my eye.

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Down the sidewalk, amidst a clutter of fancy pieces and well-dressed people, was a teenager with a punk-rock haircut and super skinny jeans, standing over his open guitar case. He was pounding the life out of his little Yamaha acoustic guitar and singing at the top of his lungs, yet people seemed to ignore his presence.

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This was curious to me. I approached him and silently listened until his song was over.

“Hey man, good music!” I said, feeling a little sorry for him.

“Oh, thanks bro! Cyrus Youngman!” He thrust out a skinny hand for me to shake. His smile stretched the length of his face. “So how do you like the art?”

I shook my head. “Eh, it’s alright. What brought you here?”

“I’m promoting my new album man! It’s not much, but I just love playing music. It really brings out a different side of people, ya know? I thought I would come play for the crowds,” he explained. Then his eyes got bright. “Hey man, do you play guitar?”

“Yeah, I guess a little …”

He shoved his guitar into my hands and picked up a tambourine. “Lets play something!”

I cautiously started picking out “Why Georgia”

by John Mayer and looked over at Cyrus. He was already feeling the music, keeping the beat with his tambourine. I felt bolder, and pretty soon we were both singing at the top of our lungs, swaying to the music. When the song was over, we received probably a total of two claps from the art-walkers — recognition was almost zero.

But it didn’t matter, because it was FUN! We shook hands, I bought his $5 EP, and we went our separate ways.

Music. Art. Writing. They all go deeper than the surface of life. I found this out playing with Cyrus on the sidewalk that warm summer evening. It doesn’t matter about the fame or the recognition. Culture is deeper than that; it ties us together with strong threads underneath all of the clutter of the world.

My name is River Davis, and I am honored to be your Culture Writer this year. I want to share the feeling of depth that comes with all forms of art by giving my honest introspection on what I discover in the world around me. Explore with

me as we examine the beauty around us found in music, painting, spoken word, books, writing, movies, and anything else that inspires a deeper part of the heart. Three cheers to a good year!

river davis Since we just met, here are some things about me: 1. All-Time Favorite Musical Artists: • John Mayer • Freelance Whales • Gungor • Adventure Club 2. Least Favorite Genre: House/Dance 3. Artist I would never feature in a song if I were famous: Pitbull 4. Musical instrument I would love to learn: Banjo 5. First song that shuffles on my iPod: “Lean” by Propaganda 6. If I could pick a genre to perform well: Rap

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FASHION

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Feeling out of touch with the runway? Walla Walla is isolated from larger cities where fashion thrives, so it can be hard to stay trend current. If you can't find street style inspiration in our little downtown, you should naturally turn to the one place with endless amounts of information: the world wide web. Fashion blogs are the direct source for most of the style photos you find on sites like Pinterest and Tumblr. Here are some great resources to help you stay on top of the latest fashions.

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Naturally, Pinterest is included in this list of great fashion resources. To the many of you who already have a fashion board on your Pinterest, keep on pinning!

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One of my personal favorites, Instagram! Many of you probably already do this, but following fashionable Instagram accounts (particularly blogger accounts), is one of the best ways to stay on top of fashion. Follow some bloggers to see what they’re up to and what they’re wearing.

They say fashion is not true fashion until it has hit the streets.

Lookbook is for street style. This is a great resource to discover what people are wearing around the globe by narrowing down the search by country. Lookbook is where you find real people wearing real fashion.

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SCIENCE

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solar roadways: a bad idea panels would have electric heating elements to melt snow — removing the need to shovel or plow. For a more detailed overview, you can look at the Solar Roadways website or Indiegogo page.

Hey folks! I’m next year’s Science and Technology writer. I’m really excited to get to explore all aspects of technology — how it shapes our lives, what it can do for D A N I E L us, how to take advantage of it — as well as the beauty and silliness to be found in sciScience and ence and mathematics.

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Technology Recently, a video called Writer “Solar ‘Freaking’ Roadways”

popped up on my Facebook feed. In the video, a brash, attention-getting salesman promotes Solar Roadways as the answer to all of the United States’ problems. After all, if every single road in the United States was replaced with Solar Roadways, he states, they would produce three times the current power usage of the United States. New fiber-optic cables and power infrastructure would make highspeed internet more widespread and accessible and would fix the old, decaying power grid. Finally, it would give the manufacturing industry a shot in the arm and give us all jobs.

Sounds like a great idea, right?

Well, it’s not, but I’ll talk about why later.

First let’s look at how they work.

Solar Roadways are transparent roadways which contain solar panels that produce energy during the day. Made of hexagonal panels, the roads use LED lights in place of painted lines, contain pressure sensors to warn drivers of oncoming pedestrians, and house power and fiber-optic cables, replacing today’s power and cable infrastructure. In northern climates, the

On the project’s Indiegogo campaign, you can see the inventors have high hopes: they want these roads everywhere from highways in the middle of nowhere to city streets. In the first few days of their campaign, they’ve raised over 1.8 million dollars — well over their 1 million dollar goal — to begin producing actual panels. On the surface, Solar Roadways seems like a common-sense idea to make our roadways better.

So why is this a bad idea?

The design itself has a number of problems.

While LED lamps would be perfectly visible at night, they would be difficult to see during the day without using a ton of power, for the same reasons that it can be difficult to see phone screens outside. LEDs need to produce a ton of light to compete with the ambient light from the sun. While the tempered glass material used in their design meets all of the necessary load requirements, the road is a very punishing environment. The glass is going to wear away, and when the road wears, it’s likely to become more slippery than asphalt. The panels themselves would be valuable, which would make it likely that people would steal them. Finally, it would take a miracle of materials science to produce a glass that has the proper strength and toughness while being non-reflective, transparent, and cheap to manufacture at scale.

Solar roadways would be terribly inefficient — cars, buildings, and trees would block much of the sunlight, making the panels in those areas useless in terms of creating power. Solar roads in remote areas would suffer from transmission losses and be difficult to maintain.

Roads aren’t exactly the cleanest areas, so much of the panel surface would be covered by dirt, spills, and debris. The glass itself — which I’m guessing is fairly thick — would absorb some of the energy also. Unlike traditional solar farms, the panels would not have the ability to be angled towards the sun, meaning they would catch less light in the day than normal panels.

well for parking lots and suburban areas with little traffic and few large atrucks, or for outdoor recreational uses for people who want to go off-gridz without having unsightly panels around or who like the novelty of backlit floors. Solar roadways may have a proper place, but replacing the entire transportation system of the United States is not it.

Solar Roadways isn’t even the first group to attempt to make roads like this. Squid Labs tried it several years ago and abandoned the project because of the high manufacturing costs.1

1. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/17/100517fa_fact_owen.

2. http://www.buildingjournal.com/asphalt-driveway-estimating.html.

3. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_cost_ per_square_foot_for_tempered_glass?#slide=2.

Ultimately, this design is fundamentally problematic because it solves a problem that doesn’t exist. There isn’t a lack of space to put solar panels. We haven’t run out out of rooftops or empty lots to put solar farms. It’s important to note that the idea for the construction of these panels came from federal funding to create a road surface that would pay for itself. While Solar Roadways could theoretically solve that problem, they would do it in a way that is worse than independently building a better road and a solar farm.

To show this, I’m going to do some math. According to this tool,2 installing an asphalt driveway costs about $2.22 per square foot. Here in College Place, you can get about two acres for about $200,000. Using math again, one acre is about 43560 square feet, which makes the cost per square foot of land about $2.29. Adding those together makes about $5 per square foot.

According to Wikianswers,3 tempered glass costs about $25 per square foot, which is a low cost estimate considering the experimental nature of the glass they’re using. Add in a microcontroller ($10) and an LED array (~$10), and cost becomes $40 per square foot.

Laying down Solar Roadways would cost 8 times the amount used to buy land for solar panels and lay normal asphalt. Let’s think about that for a moment. Without taking into account the time value of money, you could replace the asphalt over eight times before replacing the tempered glass and the using the asphalt would still be worth it. When the timevalue relationship of money is taken into account, for a minimum attractive rate of return of 8 percent per year, the Solar Roadway would never be economical, even if it lasted literally forever. While the price of asphalt is going up, it’s unlikely to become so expensive that making these Solar Roadways becomes a good option, especially considering there are plenty of other alternatives.

What about the solar panels? Wouldn’t they still eventually pay for the road? Yes they would, but much slower than just installing regular panels on land. Combining roads and solar panels doesn’t make either of them any better: it makes both of them worse. What about replacing our current cable and power infrastructure? Sure, our cable and power infrastructure could use an update, but burying lines under our roads isn’t going to be a better option than burying them anywhere else.

That is not to say Solar Roadways don’t have any good applications at all. They may work

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Dear Students of Walla Walla University, THANK YOU! Thank you for helping us raise $50,000 this year — we are halfway there!

Thank you for continuing the passion and momentum with project transition to Uganda.

Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts and attending our events.

Thank you for lending your talents and energy to make this project what it is.

And most of all, thank you for supporting the children in Uganda and helping us give them a home.

This project will be continuing next school year to finish raising our goal of $100,000.

We are excited for the opportunities this project presents and are excited to say there will likely be two student missionaries at Christalis this September. Also, a team will be travelling there this summer to work on the project and further get to know our partners.

As the new fundraising team begins for the 2014–2015 school year, your continued support and passion are needed and appreciated. Thank you for proudly being a school of service!

Sincerely, Lydia Kore and Kiana Myers, on behalf of the To Build A Home team.

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the case for landon donovan I was thinking back to June 2010, and before I really spent much time in thought, I felt as if 2010 wasn’t really that long ago. As I went deeper A L E X into my memory, I recalled a specific day in early June when I had decided I wanted Sports Writer to buy FIFA World Cup 2010 for Playstation 3. A few of my friends and I all piled into the car and my mom drove us to Shopko.

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“I believe the bigger issue Donovan faced was emotional fatigue.”

With the end of the school year rapidly approaching, I catch myself more and more

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The problem is that when you are a professional at the highest level of a sport, you can’t really get away with deciding to just stop participating and working with the team (unless your name is Brett Favre).

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being a national hero in 2010 to being replaced from Germany, understands this and has been around team settings for a while. His response on the roster by 18 year old Julian Green? to the sabbatical was that a soccer player should take his break at the end of his career.

I remember reading last year that Donovan was going to take a sabbatical from soccer. He Donovan is an aging star who might not love was going to miss three World Cup qualifying soccer anymore. He is managed by a man who matches because he felt he needed to get not only wants to build a club for this year, but for the future, a manager who demands of away from the sport and lifestyle he had been his players a passionate love for the game. As living for so many years. At the time I recall a result, we probably won’t see Donovan this contemplating his decision. It made sense year (unless a string of major injuries occur) how Donovan could feel an extreme sense of but ultimately it doesn’t really matter. fatigue. Even with world class trainers, there had to have been a lot of physical fatigue. I Several players from the 2010 squad will be believe the bigger issue Donovan faced was returning this year and there will be a few emotional fatigue. Put yourself in his shoes, new members as well. It will be interesting to or I guess in this scenario, cleats. You train watch this team compete, and if we are lucky and work like crazy to climb the ranks in the — maybe there will be another moment this US soccer system over a number of years. whole country can celebrate.

Donovan was accepted into US Soccer’s Olympic Development Program in 1997. That was 16 years of soccer at the highest level. So I understand that after that long, you kind of question what you have been doing and what will come next. He needed a break.

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I’m not saying that age is the main reason for Donovan being left off the team. Yes, he is now four years older, but so many other changes have factored into this. Jurgen Klinsmann has replaced Bob Bradley as manager of the club, and Donovan doesn’t have the same history with his new manager that he shared with Bradley. In a press conference when it was announced Donovan would not be on the roster for the World Cup, Klinsmann stated “I have to make the decisions — what is good today, for this group, going into Brazil. ... I just think that the other guys right now are a little bit ahead of him, and I told him that.

When I heard Landon Donovan wasn’t on this year’s World Cup roster, I was initially really confused. Donavan provided one of the great moments of U.S. World Cup History (YouTube “The World’s Reaction to Landon Donovan’s Game Winning Goal”) and he became, in a sense, the face of U.S. soccer. I used to play FIFA World Cup 2010 and set up a scenario with Algeria in which Donovan He understands it, but he’s obviously very could be the hero. I guess the difference now disappointed.” So how does Donovan go from is I’m no longer 16 years old and in need of

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“Jesse James — He’s from the Bible, right?”

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brennan stanyer — “there might be coffee” by deadmau5

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