CWU Pulse Magazine

About Face:

The Corey Bradbury Story

From Homeless

Delinquent to

Central Student

Holiday Special

Celebrate Boxing Day Make your own Christmas Gifts

Find out how your peers are spending the holidays

Q&A

Guys&Girls Dating Differences

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CONTENTS Editor’s Note Staff Page

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Spare Change Life Hacks The Art of Feeding Your Pig

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Mind & Body Smart Supplement Shopping Winter Running

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Spotlight Boxing Day DIY Gifts About-Face Playing with Swords From “Marry Me” to Mary Jane

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Kiss & Tell Q&A: Dating Differences

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Food & Drink The Christmas Crock

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After Dark Visiting Life After Death Parade of Nations 2012 Music Missed Opportunities Classic Classism

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Other than “The Foot Book” and “Oh the Places You’ll Go,” my favorite Doctor Seuss book is “Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!” Whether I liked that Marvin was as stubborn as I was, or that I knew what phrase was coming up next based on the pictures, I read this book often with mom—stomping around repeating “Marvin K. Mooney will you please go now” with every turning page.

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For those of you who have read the book, I’m sure you can identify with me when I say that the end is depressing. For those of you haven’t read the book—spoiler alert—he leaves. The last sentence: “The time had come, so Marvin went.”

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My recollection of this nighttime event doesn’t seem so far away, but holy cow, it is. This issue is a bittersweet one for me as my time has come graduate, and enter the real world.

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Associate Editor Spotlight Mende Smith

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Corey Bradbury has more real life experience—from homeless delinquent to Central student—than most of us will ever see. Read about his life-story on pg. 24 in “About Face: The Corey Bradbury Story.”

On a lighter note, now is the time for the holiday season. Check out Pulse’s Holiday Special on pg. 16 and winter trends on pg. 44.

Winter can be hard on outdoor sport enthusiasts. Now is the time to get some good winter running tips on pg. 12.

Starting next quarter it will be my current Assistant Editor’s time to take over for me. Congratulations, Nate! Central, you will be missed, but I can’t wait to start a new chapter in life—hang in there seniors, time flies your last year.

The time had come, so Devin went.

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Cover photo by Mende Smith On the cover: Junior Spanish Teaching major, Melinda Ghallager

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Top Left to Right with Favorite Holiday Song:

Nathaniel Iven-Diemer The Christmas Song

Colleen Carroll Carol of the Bells

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Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Grace Gutierrez Little Drummer Boy

Bottom Left to Right with Favorite Holiday Song:

Jordan Cox-Smith The Christmas Song

Lindsey Antilla So This is Christmas

Peter O’Cain The Hanukkah Song

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Cassandra Nilsen Carol of the Bells

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Life Hacks

Computer programmers often run into problems when they work.

Sometimes, they like to create ways to do so through the use of simple processes or programs. These utilities are often small, simple, and inconspicuous, but allow them to get more done during their everyday programming lives. People within this niche community began calling these strategies “life hacks,” as they were essentially “hacking” parts of their everyday lives. As the term became more commonplace, the blogosphere began to appropriate it. Nowadays the term can be applied to any process that solves a problem or makes one’s life easier in a quick but unconventional way.

Pulse found some life hacks, from buzzfeed.com, we think would be the most useful life hacks not just during the holiday season, but also throughout the new year.

Add Space to Your Closet Hang your clothes in the closet with the hanger backwards. When you wear something, put the hanger back the right direction. After a year give away all the clothes that you didn’t take out.

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The Art of Feeding Your Pig Story & Photos by Colleen Carroll Imagine this: you’ve just received your shiny new diploma and you’re ready to move to another city to start the stellar new job – your dream job – and you check your bank account to see how much money you’ll have to start your new life. You check your balance and bam! Thousands of dollars are sitting in “You check your your savings account – despite the fact that you have balance and bam! been a poor college student for the last four years.

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For most of us, the only thing stopping us from saving a little bit of a paycheck is a bad habit or several bad habits. “It’s difficult not pulling from your funds when you want more things. You have to have self control,” says senior Public Relations and Psychology major Elizabeth Glavish. She saves ten percent of her paycheck, resulting in a fairly large savings account balance. How does she do it? “I have to budget out for everything,” says Glavish, who has been saving money since she opened a bank account during her sophomore year of high school.

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Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and The Advertising Council.

“When a band comes out with an album, I’m going to buy it,” says Coté. On the website, users can discover ways to change their habits and track how much their habits can cost. Some bad habits found on feedthepig.org include buying items for home, drinking a certain number of “bottled beverages” a week, and buying coffee instead of making it at home. According to feedthepig.org, curtailing these habits could save about $178 a month. Users can find solutions to replacing their bad habits and find cheaper alternatives, all while tracking their savings progress.

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Another major roadblock for saving include bills.

“Well, you have bills to pay, which makes it hard,” says Jeffrey Coté, junior Film Studies major. Coté has recently set up a savings plan. “My plan is if I go over a certain amount in my checking account, I transfer the extra money to my savings account.”

Fortunately, for those who are new to the world of saving, there’s a free service available to help break people of their costly habits and get on the right track towards a financially stable future. This service is called feedthepig.org, a website that’s part of a campaign developed and sponsored by the American

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Banks can also be extremely helpful for teaching people how to save their money. U.S. Bank, for example, offers classes at least every quarter for people who want to learn ways to save. Services for new savers include the Save Today and Rewards Tomorrow (S.T.A.R.T.) program that assists users in creating a savings plan. The program allows users to choose different ways to save, such as setting aside a specific amount each month, or transferring a chosen amount of money each time the user uses their check card. Other banks in the area can be useful resources for new savers as well.

Some of us may be new to saving, but with free resources and the promise of a stable financial future, saving wisely might be the best thing you can do for yourself and your pig.

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Smart Supplement is protein powder right for you?

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Lately, it seems like everyone who wants to get healthy is turning to protein powder. But since there are so many different kinds to choose from—and they’re all so expensive—shopping for the right kind can be a nightmare. Thankfully, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Exercise and Health Sciences at Central Washington University Kelly Pritchett, PhD, provides all you need to know in four simple steps.

Step 1: Decide if you really NEED it According to Pritchett, Americans typically get enough protein in their diet already, so she suggests using the “Food First” approach.

“A well-balanced diet will safely provide enough kcal’s [or] nutrients to fuel the body,” she says.

Jarek Taaffe, an undeclared sophomore, says he likes to use protein powder right after he finishes working out.

“Unless you have a difficult time getting protein throughout the day, it’s kind of useless at other times,” he says.

Taaffe’s protein shake recipe is two scoops of the protein powder mixed with two tablespoons of chocolate syrup (for a glucose spike).

“It’s not going to taste like a chocolate milkshake, but it’s the best product I’ve ever had. Its taste isn’t bad, just bland. But it’s not meant to be a treat.”

Trevor Christman, a sophomore ITAM major, says that when he worked out more often he would use Muscle Milk brand protein powder post-workout.

Christman says it helped him gain more muscle mass, but worked more to keep him from feeling sore after exercising.

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Step 2: Be aware If you really have your heart set on using protein powder, or if you have trouble getting enough protein in your diet, Pritchett advises you check selected products for FDA approval. “[On any others,] we can’t guarantee that they have been tested for purity, safety or effectiveness,” she says.

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Taaffe says he uses Optimum Nutrition’s 100% Gold Standard whey protein, as he prefers products that contain mostly protein isolates. He makes sure to avoid any products that contain creatine.

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Step 4: Seek an outside (expert) opinion Registered dieticians can help “evaluate dietary supplements for safety, quality and effectiveness,” says Pritchett. Her final suggestion is to consult with them before you go and buy a tub of protein powder.

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Winter Running Staying in Shape in the Snow

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As flip-flops fade into summer’s past, winter’s cold often sends people inside to exercise. For Alyssa Welch, senior English Education major and six year veteran runner, it’s the reason she goes out. “I enjoy running in the winter because it gives me new challenges,” she says.

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Running in the cold weather can sometimes be problematic. During one winter run, Welch found herself crossing the street through slush that had been hidden beneath a layer of snow. “I ended up with soaked, icy feet for the last mile of my run.”

“Cotton is a very bad choice in the wintertime because it holds water,” she says. “Wool is a good choice because it’s warm even when it’s damp, and our feet sweat a lot.”

So, before you head out into the snow, find out which gear is essential for safe and comfortable winter running.

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From the ground up Shoes and Socks Shoes- $90-140 Yaktrax- $30 Whether knee-deep in snow or slopping through slush, winter running will inevitably leave you with wet shoes. Choosing a waterproof running shoe is best for both comfort and protection. With icy conditions, adding traction to your shoe is essential.

“Yaktrax are probably the best that we have for running,” says Tami Walton, owner of Mountain High Sports in downtown Ellensburg. “You can actually put [them] on the bottom of your shoes if it’s icy and they’re kind of like tire chains.” She also recommends spikes for when it’s extremely icy, but admits that running in icy weather can be difficult.

As for socks, Walton warns against using cotton.

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Pants Breatheability is key when it comes to choosing running pants. Walton suggests nylon or thermal tights that maintain body temperature but allow moisture to evaporate. She reiterates her caution against cotton, noting that when it gets wet it also becomes abrasive, and again recommends wool for its moisture-wicking characteristic.

Tops Jacket- $80-150 Walton applies the layering principle when choosing a top for running. “You put something up against your skin that is going to move moisture away from you so you stay dry,” she says, “and then depending on how cold it is, you would wear something that insulates.” Avoiding cotton like the plague it has become, Walton suggests sleeves or a vest for added warmth. If you’re running

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Weather Woes Even with all the protective gear, sometimes the temperature is just too cold for healthy running. “People need to be careful once it’s below freezing,” warns Adkisson, adding that breathing in freezing air can actually injure your lungs—depending on how cold it gets. “When you’re breathing deeper and harder and you’re drawing that cold air into your lungs at a higher intensity, then there’s less time for it to be warmed on the way in,” he says. As a precaution, Adkisson tells his runners to avoid running in temperatures below the mid 20s, and instead go inside for alternative exercise options.

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in the rain or the snow, then wearing a waterproof shell atop it all will keep you dry.

Accessories Gloves- $20-30 Protecting your skin against harsh winter temperatures is vital. According to Kevin Adkisson, Central Washington University’s (CWU) cross country and track coach, the colder it gets the more frostbite is a concern, especially on long runs. “If you’re going outside,” he says, “keep exposed skin to a minimum.” This includes both gloves and a headband or hat, depending on personal preference.

“I really like my running headband,” says Welch. “It keeps my ears protected from the wind and cold.”

Walton recommends lightweight synthetic or wool gloves, headbands, and hats for the best protection.

Safety Feature Headlamp- $20 With winter weather comes shorter days, making reflective gear essential for safety when running after dark. Walton suggests a headlight with a light that flashes as well as wearing clothing with reflective hits. Making yourself visible for drivers is not only a courtesy to them, but also for your own protection.

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The treadmill or elliptical are typical alternatives for outdoor running, but they are not the only options available.

“We will go into our pool here on campus,” says Adkisson, “because there are a lot of options in the pool.”

Including flotation belts that allow for deep-water running, as well as traditional swimming, both of which offer an effective aerobic alternative to running outdoors.

Though winter can be harsh, it doesn’t have to limit your outdoor exercise. “Don’t give yourself reasons not to run,” advises Welch, who says she feels more accomplished when facing colder weather. “With the right shoes, clothing, and accessories, a run during the cold weather can be really enjoyable.”

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The John Wayne Pioneer Trail Rotary Park to Irene Rinehart Ellensburg Running Club Weekly 5K around Ellensburg

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Holiday Boxing Day Not a Holiday to get in a Fight Over Leon La Deaux IV

Many countries share similar holidays, but they also celebrate traditions that are unique to their own culture.

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Some of you probably don’t know that the day after Christmas in many countries is recognized as a holiday. It’s called “Boxing Day” and it is recognized in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, to name a few.

The History of Boxing Day According to Time World the earliest reports of people celebrating Boxing Day stems from the Middle Ages in England where every year on the day after Christmas, servants would receive gifts from their masters.

Many poorly paid workers were required to work on Christmas day to help serve the families they worked for. In return they took the day after off instead in order to spend time with their own families.

Workers would receive boxed up gifts and leftover food from their superiors to take home. This way they could use Boxing Day to celebrate Christmas.

The tradition of bringing leftover food is continued today by many who bring their Christmas dinner extras over to a friend’s or family member’s home for a get together.

“As children we used to visit family on Boxing Day and have a buffet lunch,” says Samantha Wakeman, a Digital Media Major at Olympic College. “As an adult we do a similar thing, going to family member’s house for a gathering and eating the leftover food from Christmas Day.” Beyond being a day all about eating Christmas dinner for a second time, Boxing Day officially became recognized as a holiday in the United Kingdom in 1871 with the passing of the Bank Holidays Act. This established Boxing Day as a non-movable public holiday that is recognized every December 26.

If Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday then a substitute bank holiday is given on the Monday or Tuesday-depending on which day Christmas fell.

Shopping Today in England, Canada, New Zealand, and certain parts of Australia, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping day.

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Much like Black Friday in the U.S. thousands of people crowd the malls and stores starting at midnight all through the day looking to get such limited time offers.

Emily Apps a junior Public Relations major at University College Falmouth describes Boxing Day shopping as “Utter chaos. So busy; like no one had any thought of being at home with their families, they just wanted cheap stuff.”

Fact hunter reports that in 2009 many retailers started Cyber Boxing Day launching their sales on Christmas Eve through online publications while opening their street stores on Boxing Day.

Sports In America the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions have become almost as much of a Thanksgiving symbol as the Turkey dinner itself.

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just as big of a tradition as football on Thanksgiving.

The only difference is the sport completely—in the U.K. football is soccer—and Boxing Day is traditionally a match up of local rivals, so fans don’t have to travel far during the holidays.

“The holiday season matches can be a turning point in the league,” says Jan Macleod an Expeditor at Home Depot and an avid Liverpool FC fan who has celebrated Boxing Day in both the U.K. and Canada.

A unique sporting tradition on Boxing Day used to be fox hunting, until the Hunting Act banned it in 2004. The Hunting Act limits all hunting of deer, hares and mink, but was primarily made to stop fox hunting with dogs.

Apps says she used to go and watch a local hunt when she was younger. “The hunting thing over here (England) got banned and so more hunts stopped unfortunately.”

Cricket and Ice Hockey are two other sports of which traditionally have a full plate of games on December 26.

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and each other’s company.

“A family tradition on my dad’s side is to have tree presents,” says Apps. “We have little things that go on the tree that are smaller things that we open on Boxing Day.” Macleod recalls when her husband, father, and brother didn’t really feel like going for a walk with the rest of the family. So she suggested that the men go play nine holes of golf on the course nearby where they were walking.

“My dad had played many, many years previous, but my husband and brother had never,” says Macleod.

“They all rented clubs and had a blast. None of them have given up playing since.”

After living in England Macleod moved with her family to Canada and says that Boxing Day is celebrated differently these days.

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“Boxing Day is now a snowmobiling day with a campfire lunch, leftover mince pies, sausage rolls, and Fireball [Whiskey].”

Boxing Day is no longer about superiors giving servants a break for the day, but rather about families and friends coming together to celebrate good times

So, if you are looking for an excuse to eat more food and drink with friends this winter then get together on December 26 and start a tradition of your own.

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Story & Photos by Emma La Deaux The traditional way for my family to celebrate Boxing Day was to give mum a break from cooking and relax after all the preparations and chaos of Christmas Day. Aunts, Uncles and cousins would get bundled up against the typically cold and blustery east coast seaside weather of northern England, and head out to walk the 2.5 miles around the Marine Drive esplanade. On stormy days the white breakers

Christmas Day, playing board games and eating up the leftovers.

We continue to celebrate Boxing Day in Washington; since it is “our” holiday it means that we have an open-house policy on December 26. American friends think it’s great to have another holiday to celebrate and drop by from late afternoon onwards to eat and drink and swap stories of their own Christmas antics.

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About-Face: The Corey Bradbury Story Scott Herman

It is such a vivid memory. The absurd amount of detail he recalls, the mental image he renders of himself being summoned to the principal’s office in winter of his senior year.

His older brother Tom sat in the office waiting. Tom told his brother that the nursing home where their father lived had called him and asked that they both come in.

On the way over they joked. Had their father had another one of his episodes? Even as a paraplegic, fighting and yelling were steadfastly parts of a routine.

Upon arrival, the staff seemed to dodge the gaze of the brothers. Finally a nurse sought them out and informed them as to why they were there. Their father had passed away earlier that morning after choking on his own saliva.

But it was just one memory, summoned from the depths of a mental archive of stories that forged Corey Bradbury into the man he is today.

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The Roughest of Starts Corey never had a chance to know normal. When he was three-years old, the rest of his family was involved in a car accident that drastically altered their lives. His father was left paralyzed from the neck down, bound to a wheelchair and unable to care for himself. Tom, the brother Corey would idolize growing up, was traumatized by the accident. He was able to rescue his mother from the car but would often blame himself for not being able to pull his father from the wreckage, an excruciating burden for an eight year old to shoulder.

“My brother had a hard time forgiving himself,” says Corey.

Corey and Tom grew up in northern California helping their mother take care of their father, aiding him through the daily activities that were simply impossible for him to do himself. It was hard to bear and wasn’t long before Tom and Corey began to act out. Tom was getting in trouble in school and Corey followed directly in his footsteps.

Their mother began to resent the family, screaming and abusing them both for their mischief. Corey admitted that on more than one occasion he was starved as punishment, not being given anything to eat for days at a time.

When Corey was six, Tom’s impishness caught up with him and he was taken away to live with a foster

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family, for most of Corey’s childhood the boys were separated. Two years later at the age of eight, Corey was arrested for throwing a brick at his parents during an argument.

“Calling the cops was their way of dealing with things,” says Bradbury. “The police showed up maybe 2-3 times a week during the worst stretches.”

Wake-Up As a kid Corey knew he could raise hell, but he never fancied himself a demon. When he was 13 years old Corey received a heart-stopping jolt that would wake him from his waywardness.

During a heated dispute with his father, Corey grabbed at him, knocking his father’s weak torso over in his wheelchair by accident. When he went to set his father’s slumped body upright, his dad panicked and screamed for help, claiming Corey was aiming to choke him to death. Frightened, Corey fled; when he was finally caught he was charged with the attempted murder of his father.

“I had always known I was a punk but I knew that this was serious, it was a wake-up call,” says Corey.

Facing 14 years of prison, Corey was assigned a public defender at his trial. He knows now just how lucky he was that she cared about him and put forth her best effort for his individual case. She was able to reduce his charge and limit his sentence to a stint

in juvenile hall. It was an act of kindness that would remain with Corey for years.

Walking out of the courtroom, he could feel the disappointing stares of his family. The glares cut through Corey like the blade of a knife never could.

He was left in a holding cell with other inmates waiting to be transferred to juvenile hall. Two rival gang members broke into a fistfight in the middle of the room. Guards responded by dousing the cell in mace, punishing everyone for the actions of two.

Alone and fearful, Corey didn’t know to expect.

After a stint in a gang-infested juvenile center, Corey was sent to a halfway home for boys. He shared a shoebox of a room with a 17-year old black Raymond Avenue Crip gang member and a 16-year old member of the Asian Boyz gang. Fearful that Corey might be affiliated with a white-supremacist gang, the two made Corey’s life a living hell for the next two months, by tormenting and beating him.

“I woke up one time right before the Asian boy was about to light my hair on fire, the Crip just sat there laughing,” says Corey.

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Upon his release from the halfway house, Corey kept his nose clean. Though he still struggled in school, he knew he wanted to follow his brother’s path of joining the military. He hated home life even more now. His mother had decided that she could no longer take care of his father and admitted him to nursing home, a decision that enraged him.

“I don’t care how much I hated him, you don’t just admit a 42-year old to an old folk’s home and give up on him,”says Corey.

Late in his junior year of high school his mother pulled another fast one. When she failed to make payments on their house they received an eviction notice. Shortly after, Corey returned home from school one afternoon to find his mother and all of her belongings gone, without a trace, much less a note as to where she had gone.

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and their father. Corey worked two jobs to help his brother with the bills while also attending Steilacom High School, while longing to achieve his dream of joining the army.

It was that December when he had learned the fate of his father, only to be burdened by a false stomach cancer diagnosis and the loss of his grandfather later that month. But Corey grew stronger from that, he had become closer with his father towards the end.

He would visit him in the nursing home nearly every day.

Despite the rough winter and being a whole academic year behind, through hard work and dedication Corey was able to graduate high school on time and join the military just like Tom.

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Forged into a Man The military was a perfect environment for Corey.

He cared about his performance in the army and it showed. He climbed the ranks to become the topranked soldier in his class.

“I was tired of failing, I wanted to be the best,” says Corey, “I’ve always been a hard worker.”

He excelled as a Black Hawk Crew Chief, earning 14 medals and 3 certificates over tours of duty in South Korea, Egypt and Iraq. As crew chief, all helicopter operations ran through him, and he relished the responsibility.

Like many Americans he experienced his share of

loss during the war as well, when a helicopter full of his friends crashed, all on board perished. As the mechanic who worked on their chopper, he was Mind & Body Kiss & Tell briefly investigated for the accident but was cleared upon review. As for the damage he did in battle, he prefers not to know.

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“I don’t know or really care if I killed anyone. But that’s the way most door-gunners are, they’re not that type,” says Corey.

He served as a senior mechanic during the surge in Iraq where he realized that even in a war torn country routines were commonplace.

“It was wake up, get mortared, work, get mortared, and that was about it,” says Corey.

He served his country for five years and nine months before being discharged in fall of 2008.

He decided to pursue a degree in political science with the new ambition of going to law school.

“I was working with a bunch of old guys, who had been doing it for years and I realized I wanted to be more than a grease-monkey,” says Corey.

He thought back to that public defender, the one who cared enough to keep him out of prison. He wants to be like her, to help those like him that just needed a break and for someone to care.

“I’m lucky that I got one who cared, who knows where I’d be, if I wasn’t in prison I could be dead or working the same job I had at six flags when I was 17,” says Corey.

To see Corey now, you would never believe such a genuinely happy person to have trekked through the life he has, with his kind eyes and a boisterous laugh that echoes after each heart-wrenching story he tells. His eyes light up almost amused to see the facial reactions of his audience. He doesn’t dwell in the past, his gaze is fixed on the future and law school. He hopes to use his degrees to help troubled youth, and let them know that there is a way off the battlefield for people like them.

“How cool would it be, as a troubled kid to see this tattooed attorney who came from the streets just like you, walk into the courtroom in your defense.”

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Ting, ting! Clank, clank!

Swiveling in a whip-like action, the sword makes rapid, articulate movements from the tactful opponent onto his challenger. The two move across the floor as if there is an aisle they must stay in, no wider than a few feet. One small step to the side and a jab later, the challenger has been defeated.

With the array of club sports at Central, only one gets the OK to use weapons.

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The Team Grant Maskal, club President and senior Construction Management major, has been fencing for seven years and went to nationals at 14. When he moved to Ellensburg, he took an eight-year hiatus because of the lack of clubs in the area. While attending Gonzaga University he finally found one right before he transferred to Central.

“I get to stab people without going to jail,” Maskal says.

Brigitta Heidinger, Public Relations representative for the club and sophomore Nutrition major has been fencing for five years. “In junior high, I saw a bout in a public area on school grounds,” says Heidinger. “It looked so cool I went home and looked fencing up online.” It’s Heidinger’s first year on Central’s team.

Not every member of the team has years of experience. “I got into fencing last year when I took fencing class with my girlfriend,” says Anthony Celori, club Vice President and Psychology major. “I started going to club practices for extra credit in the class.”

Celori isn’t the only one whose girlfriend got him involved. Micheal Gillman, junior Economic major, started going to club practices this quarter because his girlfriend from back home got him into the sport.

“Since Central’s Fencing Club is only 20 dollars to join,” says Gillman,“ I decided to do it. Plus I like swords and adventure.”

Lucas Ekinger, an undeclared freshman, is also experiencing his first quarter on the club team and will be transferring at the end of the year to the University of Washington. He is enjoying every practice he has left.

Paul Eklund, club Secretary and senior History major, has been on the club team for over a year.

“I like fencing because it feels old fashioned,” he says. “It’s not as posh as you might think. He also took the fencing class and feels that he became more knowledgeable from club practices.

“I heard of Fencing club through the sports club directory, “ says Eklund, “and after watching YouTube videos, I joined.”

Regal Rules “Fencing started to defend a man’s honor,” says Maskal.

According to Heidinger, there are three types of fencing. Foil targets the torso. This includes the back but not the arms. Only touches with the tip of the blade are scored. Sabre targets the entire body above the waist. Touches with all sides of the blade are scored. Epee targets the entire body, but only hits with the tip are scored. There are three three-minute rounds and two one-minute breaks between rounds.

“Foil is the best because it’s so against what I am as a person,” says Gillman. “I am rambunctious. Foil is reserved and more mental.” He feels Epee is against his moral code, because the foot is a low blow.

Eklund says, “foil is my favorite because it’s the most skillful and about finesse, but I also like sabre because it’s fast.”

Because sabre is so quick, Maskal says it forces you to think on your feet or plan extremely far in advance.

“Sabre is scary,” says Ekinger. “It’s too quick for me.”

Much like the rest of the team, Ekinger’s favorite is foil.

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noncompetitive as you make it. He says one day of practice will be serious and the next will be fun with mini competitions.

“It’s hard not to get aggressive,” says Eklund.

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Six people showed up for the Central Washington Fencing Sport Club practice on Tuesday Nov. 13, four less than the team’s average attendance of ten.

Turnout and team recognition are minor issues, with which the team has been struggling. Getting funds for basic gear and tournaments is more major.

“We need to raise at least $2000 for protective gear,” says Maskal. “We will need more for better weapons.”

Fencing club had a bake sale in October and raised 90 dollars. Not nearly enough for new equipment, but the team makes due with what they’ve got.

For now, the team has tournaments between its club members. Last year Central’s team went to an invite only tournament at Portland State and hope to be invited again.

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“In order to go to United States Fencing Association tournaments, there’s an initial 70 dollar fee,” says Celori. “That’s not including the additional 20 dollars a person.”

Practice Performance “I have seen an 8-year-old and 85-year-old fence,” says Maskal. “And wheelchair fencing is an Olympic sport.”

Anyone who has a GPA of 2.5 or higher can be on Central’s fencing team. The team meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Maskal says that practice is the place he teaches beginners new techniques and where all teammates help fine tune each other’s skills. Maskal recalls when he taught one of his teammates a back door move that he now can’t defend.

“I have been on the Central club team for two years,” says Maskal. “But having the most experience and being club President doesn’t mean I don’t have a lot to learn.”

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From “Marry Me�

To Mary Jane Political U Election Results 2012

On site reporter Mende Smith

College-aged Americans have spoken for their views on Federal elections, State initiatives, and this is my wrap up session of Election Results 2012

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Santa Monica Sitting in her Santa Monica, Calif. campaign headquarters on Nov. 6., Janet Lee claps a hand over her mouth as she peers into her laptop screen.

Her cellphone rumbles on the desk as she reads a farewell message from one of her volunteers. She answers with a single word “victory” to my cell from a thousand miles away.

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In the nearly empty terminal of the Burbank Airport we text hoorays and woo hoo back and forth. Lee, 52, is a retired schoolteacher living in California.

For the past eighteen months she and her husband Phil—also retired, have both volunteered for Obama in the battleground states of California and Nevada.

“I am going to keep holding things together at our office here at home, I bet we get through to a thousand new voters today,” Lee says. “ You kids are awesome for coming in for this! You kids can have a doughnut or get a bagel while you are calling today, there is a smorgasbord for the volunteers.” By Kids, she means me and the other four people who happen to be assigned to the precinct’s phone bank in this particular field office.

rain in Washington. She said that she was a lucky lady and particularly blessed with good health. A grandmother of 3 who voted for President Obama this year in her very first election ever, she said she has lived in the United States all of her life and never voted. She said her neighbor Annabelle kept talking to her about the president and convinced her she must vote, she says, “for the grandchildren.”

Those of us tracking multiple polling stats kept up with our respective office campaigns through tweets and texts up to Election Day, as of 3 p.m. on the first and long-awaited Tuesday of November, 64 percent of registered voters had already cast their ballots.

As a first-timer in that precinct, I was unaware that I would be calling three hundred people from my own cell phone. That is the epitome of grass roots canvassing. No parachute. No random dialing, just my voice and twenty voter’s names per page to fire up for California.

Ella is a thirty-year veteran phone banker and lifelong Democrat. She sits at the end of a long table, deep in a phone call. She serves as “phone buddy” for people who are new to the cause. She wraps it up the same way, every time. “Yes on prop 30, No on 32.

Tell them they matter to Mr. Obama.”

Slurping down a cup of room-temperature coffee, I dove into the task at hand. I dialed the first voter Helen Poole, 62, from my unblocked number.

Leaving positive messages in answering machines was exciting enough; I left nearly 80 that day. But Helen actually answered her phone. Of all the calls I did make that day, Mrs. Poole’s was my favorite.

Helen has lived in her house in Manhattan Beach for 30 years. We spoke about the weather and all the

Burbank The man in the gray business suit sitting beside me looks despondently at the muted television on the terminal wall—obviously not an Obama fan—while the woman across the aisle chatters in Spanish to the chubby baby in her arms with one eye on the screen and a widening grin.

My plane boards in 20 minutes. In the air hopefully I, and the chubby baby, will sleep. It was a bummer that I was unable to stay for a champagne shot with the rest of the Santa Monica field office, and also a bummer that I was a time zone away from celebrating with my own local campaigners. I felt empty and a little sad as the only victory lap I was getting tonight was in the plane between Burbank and Utah.

I am the only weekly volunteer in the Battleground California Campaign who is returning to my university campus in central Washington.

For the past eight days, I have made hundreds of

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Board, credits the young people of Chicago as our country’s greatest resource. Allen says that owing to the efforts of students aged 18-24, the ballots are counted speedily and efficiently.

“Chicago is different than most cities,” Allen says.

“We rely heavily on students to serve as judges and technical administrators and they tend to perform well as what used to be called polling-place administrators. Now they are serving as MobilePolling Administrators (MPAs) across our counties.”

Allen says that the city rose to the occasion to recruit teens and college students in 2006, when older volunteers were struggling with newer polling equipment. phone calls, followed twitter feeds, phone-banked interviews and registered voters. “A hard fought win,” says the L.A Times, “to four more years.” I stream election results video on my iPhone while I wait for a moonlit flight. Just as my Twitter feed explodes, a tear comes to my eye.

President Barack Obama accepted a second term as the nation’s 44 president in a Chicago speech in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

He said: “Our economy is recovering. A decade of war is ending. Our long campaign is now over. And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, and I have learned from you and you have made me a better president…Tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours.”

Now the agenda of his second term is focused on securing the support of traditional Democratic allies — minorities, gays, young people, seniors — rather than on making new friends, which was the customary approach he took on the campaign trail in 2008, when millions of first-time voters cast their ballots for his promise of change, mere weeks into the last push for the White House. Waving flags of “Hope” for a more equal, more livable, more honorable America.

President Barack Obama has been declared the winner of Florida in Tuesday’s election, some six days later, according to the Associated Press. The total—from the final state to report a winner—gives Obama a cumulative Electoral College count of 332 to 206 over Mitt Romney.

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“In 2006, we found that judges, particularly those without skills to deal with the new technology, were slowing down our polling results.” Allen says.

“Younger MPAs were the key to turning around that ship. This year, we have 1800 high school students and another 1000 college-aged volunteers serving as counters and admins.”

Due to the efforts of young volunteers in the 2012 Election, Allen said Chicago had 90 percent of ballots counted before the ten o’clock news on election day.

Seattle Here in Washington, in even the suburban counties, older volunteers clocked hundreds of hours for the candidates and political theatre to continue.

According to Nate Valasquez, King County Board of Elections spokesperson, it may be that Washingtonians are a bit more tech-savvy than their Chicagoan counterparts—and it is a good thing too.

“Washington State’s reformed election system features mail-in ballots and so we do not have the same necessity for volunteers,” Valasquez says. “It is great that people get involved during elections or any time they feel moved to, but in Washington we are prepared to meet our voter’s needs with a staff of paid employees.”

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In Washington State, of the three universities polled, Central Washington University, University of Washington, and Evergreen State College, less than 4 percent of enrolled college students admitted to actively volunteering for the 2012 election, or any election for that matter.

One thing is certain, a new millennium calls on the talents, passion and skills of America’s pre-grads and college students—like it or not. According to Jim Allen, a spokesperson for the Chicago Elections

Wandering around the UW campus on Nov. 7, one student polled said he had to complete Community Service for a class civics project—saying that he considered it better than pushing a broom on the

street or shoveling trash into plastic bags with nonviolent offenders. Another said she was going to be getting more friends involved in 2016 “in case Romney ran again.”

It can be argued that in King and neighboring counties in Washington, most college students get an “F” for political support activities. Many said they voted only because it was a “major” election and few added that the option to legalize marijuana and that supporting gay marriage was worth filling out a mailin ballot for.

Ellensburg At the local Republican Headquarters on Main Street in our college town, there are traces of campaign posters still stuck to the storefront windows. Rob McKenna (GOP) lost the Governor’s race to Yakima native Jay Inslee by what local officials called a “slim victory.”

One victory for local Republicans in Central Washington was a win for CWU Professor Matt Manweller, a first-time candidate for State Representative. Manweller won Bill Hinkle’s seat by a “landslide” over Democratic unknown Kaj Selmann.

The Republican favorite, Jim Dennison lost to incumbent and former Gov. Gregoire-appointed Judge Fran Chmelewski in a local judicial race.

The LGBT Vote It’s estimated that only about 4 percent of the American population identifies as LGBT, and in national elections they nearly always vote Democratic. So I asked a few students from within the LGBT community what they thought about the importance of civic engagement and the impact of the LGBT vote. Many here on our campus did not say why they supported prop 74. Jamie Klouse, senior English, says that she feels there was certainly an impact on Election 2012, but not in the way we might expect. She feels that the support for samesex marriage came from the family and friends of the LGBTs. “I think the initiatives in [Washington] proved that taking a stand on the left side of an issue is just a valid way for politicians to energize their base as taking a stand on the right.”

to be issued to growers and sellers, it will be legal for those 21 or older to purchase up to one ounce of marijuana in Washington state. Many locals believe Mind & Body Kiss & Tell that the passage of this initiative is based on nonviolent arrest management and the substantial tax revenues the legal sale of marijuana to adults will pool for State revenue. Katie Larsen, 2012 CWU alum, voted for prop 502, she says, “Because it is a waste of space and money.” Larsen believes that it is time to let the stoners out of jail.

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“I think people that were just smoking or carrying marijuana should be freed,” Larsen says, “So more room can be made [in jail] for rapists, murderers and child molesters.”

The two most-favored propositions on the Washington ballot passed overwhelmingly. Marijuana is one step closer to legalization and allowed for recreational use—prone to a new use tax and following distribution by licensed collectives and Prop 74—the same-sex marriage bill passed with flying colors.

While political involvement is often most prevalent in the wake of crises, the willingness to participate in electioneering as humanitarian service is constant— for some it is desire. It does not discriminate among state lines, or have a respective gender. It resides in large or small communities and preys to individuals who feel the deprivation of education, environment, economic and physical impacts of our country’s diminishing returns every day.

Fewer Washington students may be committed to increasing opportunities that will ultimately maximize the need for volunteering, but now that college students can smoke pot and marry whomever they choose—avowing the politics of our state have shifted to a more liberal agenda— service to others in times of change and electioneering and sacrifice for our nation may be “worth” returning to as one of our most enduring traditions as a hip, y ounger, middle-class America.

Studies have shown that in all 50 states gays and lesbians tend to be more active civically and politically than other Americans.

Decriminalization of Marijuana The voters in Washington have approved Initiative 502. In just 12 months—once licenses have begun

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December is finally upon us, and depending on which hemisphere you live in, that means either the coming of snow and freezing temperatures or sunshine and warm weather. Either way, the season for shorts and sandals has finally ended, giving way to a time where dressing warmer is more important.

We found some fashionable Central students who were willing to strut their stuff one cold morning and show us what they wore around campus, town, and home.

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Cameron Wood, 46 sophomore Law & Justice major

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Q&A guys&girls dating differences Pulse asked ten guys and girls their opinions

on dating, relationships, and pick-up lines.

What’s your ideal date?

“I always try to be unique. You want to get to know the person and their personality from a different perspective than a dinner-and-movie date. Doing outdoor activities and something that is fun always allows for a strong conversation and enjoyment.”

–Keaton McAtee, senior Broadcast Journalism “My ideal first date would go about like this: Man would pick me up at my house with flowers in hand, introduce himself to my family, and open the door for me. We would then do somewhere that he has chosen. He will have planned it all out, something super sweet, but not too romantic. We would do something fun and something that doesn’t cost a lot of money. We would laugh and have a jolly good time whatever it is that we end up doing.”

–Emily Waag, sophomore Communication Studies

What do you initially notice about the opposite sex?

“Appearance, duh. Anyone who says anything else is lying. Personality is a plus that needs to be there, but first look is always attraction.”

–Teddy Rondos, senior Public Relations “Looks.”

–Kelsey Stone, junior Public Relations

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kiss & tell How do you deal with an argument?

“Communication is key. If you can’t talk things out you won’t be able to get anywhere. Try to find out the base of the argument and work on it from there.

Figure out what initially caused the problem and see where you both went wrong and feelings got mixed.”

–Troy Mine, senior Nutrition and Food Science “It’s best to just talk with that person calmly and explain why you are upset. No need to make it a bigger deal than it needs to be. Once you talk, let it go and move on.”

– Mariyah Ashmore, junior Psychology

What’s your biggest pet peeve done by the opposite sex?

“When they complain about everything.”

–Brady Stanley, undeclared sophomore “No call when they say they will.”

–Kelsi Jacobson, senior ITAM

What’s your favorite thing about being in a relationship?

“Having someone there at the end of the day you can talk to, be friends with, and love.”

–Luke Salaiz, senior Accounting and Finance “My favorite thing about being in a relationship is holding hands.”

–Charlene Wilson, senior Public Relations

What’s your favorite emotional quality of the opposite sex?

“When a girl is outgoing and can hang out with a bunch of people without always being right at my hip.”

– Dustin Ritchey, undeclared freshman “If you find one that listens, that’s always a plus.”

–Molly Rashoff, senior Communication Studies

What’s your favorite pick-up line to drop?

“I race pro Motocross. What’s up?”

–Teddy Rondos, senior Public Relations “Are your pants on sale? Cause they would be 100 percent off at my house.”

–Mariyah Ashmore, junior Psychology

Should guys always pay when on a date?

“I believe for the most part, yes. Chivalry is still important to me.”

–Ricky Owens, senior Occupational Safety and Health “Big dates that are not his Birthday, yes. Girls can grab most little things like coffee, breakfast and happy hour meals.”

–Abbey Capistran, senior Social Services

What do you consider romantic?

“A girl who can be herself. If you burp, burp.

Everyone does it.”

– Ryan Gaylord, senior Business and Specialization in Sports Marketing “Something unselfish happens that makes your heart melt.”

–Kelsey Stone, junior Public Relations

What’s your favorite physical quality of the opposite sex?

“Um pretty much everything” – Ricky Owens, senior Occupational Safety and Health “I would have to say their eyes and their smile.”

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crock Nathaniel Iven-Diemer

Crockpots aren’t just in your mother’s kitchen anymore. Their ease of use makes them perfect dinner-makers for anyone from the businessman on the go to the cooking inept college student.

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Oftentimes, many people use crock-pots in their simplest formats, opting to dump everything they want to eat inside with some water and leaving it on high for the rest of the day. But surprisingly, you can make a plethora of great meals in a crockpot with the right ingredients.

These everyday men and women use their crockpots to do just that. From dips to soups to full-blown stews, the secret recipes they’ve shared with Pulse can be a great addition to your table during the holiday season, or at any time of the year for that matter.

Lauren Short

cubes (or you can also use ½ white and ½ sweet potatoes) 1½C dry white wine 1 box chicken stock ½C red wine vinegar 1½C chopped onions (1 large onion) 2-3 ribs celery, chopped 1 bunch cilantro, chop mostly the leaves & just a bit of stem 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 T & 1 t ground cumin 2 cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained salt & pepper to taste 1. Heat 2 T oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat. Brown the pork cubes in small batches.

Add extra oil if necessary.

2. Return all the browned pork to the pan, sprinkle with the flour and cook over medium heat for a few minutes.

3. Add the potatoes, wine, stock, vinegar, onions, half the cilantro, half the garlic and 1 T cumin.

4. Cover and bring to a simmer. Cook for approx.

45 min. or until the vegetables and meat are tender.

5. Add the beans, remaining garlic, cilantro and 1 tsp cumin. Adjust seasoning and add salt and pepper as needed.

Lauren Short says that her mother would always make her own Santa Fe port stew in the fall. Before she became a client services coordinator at Bensussen Deutsch & Associates in Seattle, Wash., Short was a Central student who would come home periodically, always greeted by a fresh bowl of her mother’s stew.

She now has the recipe and likes to serve it with a dollop of sour cream.

Santa Fe Pork Stew (makes about 4-6 servings) 3T 2-3 lbs 2-3 T 2

oil boneless pork shoulder, cut into 1 ½ in. cubes flour sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 in.

6. If needed, you can thicken the soup with a few T of cornstarch mixed with a small amount of cold water.

Short also found a recipe for chicken enchilada soup on the Internet, which she adjusted for use with her crockpot.

Chicken Enchilada Soup (makes 8 servings) 1 lb 1T ½C 1 clove 1 qt 1C 3C

skinless, boneless chicken breast vegetable oil diced onion garlic chicken broth (Short says she always uses low sodium broth) masa harina water

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enchilada sauce shredded cheddar cheese salt chili powder ground cumin

1. Add all ingredients to crockpot and cook for eight to 10 hours. “The longer the better,” Short says.

2. About two hours before the soup is ready, remove the chicken breasts from the crockpot, shred them and re-add them to the soup.

3. Optional: once the soup is finished, add sour cream or tortilla chips on top.

Sherrod Sims’ Super Special Miracle Chili Bear Creek Chili Mix 1-2 cans Nalley Chili 1 Onion, chopped 1 Kielbasa, chopped Taco Seasoning Sims says the recipe is simple enough to replicate: just plop it all in the crock-pot and let it cook for about 5 hours.

“I think last time I had to add a bit of water,” he continues, “But it’s so good, you guys.”

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A line producer at Portland, Ore.’s Galaxy Sailor Productions, Jena Bodell likes to use her crockpot to make this recipe she got from her sisterin-law, which she says they eat either straight or as a dip.

Measurements

for Beginners T = tablespoon t = teaspoon lb = pound oz = ounce qt = quart C = cup

2 cans original Nalley chili 1 can Jalepeno Nalley chili 1 block Velveeta cheese.

Cut the cheese into small cubes, and mix with the chili in the crock-pot. Cook on high until cheese is melted and mixed in.

Sherrod Sims When she isn’t working as a personal assistant at Appleseed Entertainment, Katharine Lotze likes to make Spinach Artichoke dip in her crock-pot. She originally got the recipe from Natalie Haughton’s “The Best Slow Cooker Cookbook Ever,” but she adds her own personal twist to it.

Spinach Artichoke Dip (makes 10 servings) 2-8oz pck ¾C 1/3 C ¼t 16 oz bag

Central alumnus Sherrod Sims currently works at Gordon Biersch in Seattle’s Pacific Place mall, but he likes to dabble in crockpot cooking in his spare time.

One of his specialties is a chili recipe that he created by putting different spices and chili mixes together.

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Cream Cheese, softened Heavy Cream Grated Parmesan Cheese Garlic Powder Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach, thawed and well drained 13 ¼ oz can Quartered Artichoke Hearts, rinsed and well drained 2/3 C Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese 1C prepared salsa “[This is] optional—I

like it without much better,”Lotze says.

Crackers or tortilla chips, for serving.

Lotze also recommends using sliced

French bread in place of crackers or chips.

1. If you have a food processor, process the cream cheese, cream, Parmesan cheese and garlic powder until smooth and creamy. If not, use a blender or mixer to get the same result.

2. Add the spinach and blend in until thoroughly mixed.

3. Add the artichokes and process just until coarsely chopped (“I hand chop mine for better chunks,” Lotze says).

4. Turn the mixture into a 3 ½ quart crockpot, smooth the top.

5. Cover and cook on the high heat setting 1 ¼ to 1 ½ hours, until hot in the center.

6. Sprinkle the top with the Monterey Jack and spoon salsa around the edges and continue heating on high for 15 more minutes, or until the cheese is melted.

7. Reduce heat to the low setting and serve warm with French bread for optimum results.

8. Refrigerate leftovers.

Cari Van Fleet

2/3 C ¼C 1½t ½t ½t ½t ½t ½t ¼C 1 1 can 1C 6 oz 6 oz

the beef in flour and cooking it prior to adding to the stew, Van Fleet says, but she decided to skip that step altogether. beef broth red wine minced garlic dried basil dried oregano dried rosemary dried thyme ground pepper fresh parsley, chopped bay leaf chopped tomatoes in juice petite baby carrots small mushrooms frozen Italian green beans

1. Place carrots, mushrooms, green beans, and tomatoes in crock pot.

2. Rinse beef then add to the pot.

3. Combine beef broth through parsley and pour over the meat and vegetables.

4. Turn crockpot on low and cook for 8-9 hours.

5. Stir at approximately 6 hours.

Serve with warm, crispy bread.

No matter how skilled or unskilled a cook you might be, having a crockpot is a surefire way to make great dishes. And with these recipes, you can do just that this holiday season.

On Oct. 23, 1999, Cari Van Fleet decided to cook beef stew in a crockpot for dinner. She found a recipe from a cookbook, decided to change up the recipe a bit to make it healthier, and served it to her children. She says it’s been a hit ever since.

Bay Leaf Beef Stew (makes 4-6 servings) 2 lbs

stew beef, cut into 1-ince pieces The original recipe called for coating

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visiting life

After Death Peter O’Cain

Ever wish you could haunt your friends from beyond the grave?

No? Well how about haunting them from the web? Thanks to Quiring Monuments, you can do just that.

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Quiring Monuments, based in Seattle, allows families to attach a QR code to a loved one’s gravestone.

Once scanned with a smart phone, the QR code will take the user to a personalized website. The website acts as a profile for the deceased, to be maintained by family and friends.

Reece says that often when someone dies, friends and family flock to social media; they grieve on Facebook.

In the short time following a death, Facebook pages become impromptu memorials.

This means online immortality is possible with a reliable admin and a clever avatar.

“From a monuments standpoint, it’s intriguing to us to capture that moment, that feeling,” Reece says.

“It’s not a feeling exclusive to tweens and twentysomethings, either.”

These “living monuments” are included with all gravestones purchased from Quiring Monuments and if you’d like to add one to an already existing gravestone, it will cost you around $150.

“The whole population is changing the way that they’re communicating, the way they’re keeping in touch,” Reece says. “My parents are boomers, my mom is all over Facebook.”

After the sale is completed, a link will be emailed to whomever the family has chosen to be site manager.

The site manager may then post photos, videos, and biographies. There’s even a submission feature available for others to make posts to the page; however, the site manager must approve all additions before they are published.

Minnie Hughes Wilkinson of Hammond, Louisiana, manages her father-in-law’s page.

Together, family and friends receive an innovative tool to grieve and remember.

Quiring Monuments began offering living monuments last Memorial Day. The first belongs to Edouardo Garneau, who is buried at Holyrood Cemetery in Shoreline, Washington.

“The way the younger generation is going through [the grieving process] is much different than older generations,” says Jon Reece, Quiring Monuments’ general manager.

“You have these precious memories and everybody puts memories into words and it just helps,” Wilkinson says. “It’s like you never forget the person, you always have memories.”

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Parade of Nations CWU students, faculty and staff, represented their heritage, culture and pride, through dance and music in the Parade of Nations at the SURC Ballroom on November 7, 2012.

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Scott Herman

Missed Opportunities

You walked in the door from the cold, barely aware enough to keep it open for the person behind you. As it slammed into the face of tiny blonde girl walking in after you, I must admit it was a bad first impression.

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You wore your everyday casual, sweats and a hoodie, while remembering to wear your freshman collar complete with identification (lanyard with connection card) and clutched in your hand a tiny green slip of paper.

Like many of the store’s patrons you fancied yourself a big winner, probably shelling out hundreds of dollars a year in order to claim a glimmer of hope and a share of the winnings.

You had probably won before. Earning a few bucks here and there. Maybe a 20 dollar reward on a scratch and win that you bragged to your friends about for a whole week.

“As the ‘I’m in the money’ rang from the machine...I was eager to see how much I was able to give you.”

I was sporting my signature backwards hat complemented by a black ‘CWU’ sweatshirt. I wiped the sleep from my eyes and put on my customer service personality. As you approached the counter, I asked how you could be helped.

“I’d like you to scan this for me,” you said with a tired look on your face.

You handed me the little green slip that was in your

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hands. A lottery ticket, and I instantly pitied you.

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For me and my co-worker Isaac, it was a quiet, listless night working the counter at the local corner store.

One for the annals of the mundane, that is, until you came in interrupting the doldrums of the night.

There was some kind of “lovable loser” aura about you, I pulled for you to win at least a couple bucks, maybe just so you could buy a new collar…er lanyard.

As I laid your ticket across the laser of the green lotto machine, I prayed I wouldn’t have to break the bad news to you. A moment’s hesitation by the machine stunned us both. As I whirred around to hit the mechanized hunk of crap (the only true way to fix American machinery) I was interrupted by a tune.

As the “I’m in the money” rang from the machine in a polyphonic voice I was eager to see how much I was able to give you.

When I read aloud the results, I knew instantly we were going to be the best of friends.

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But lets be clear it was long before I knew you had won 10,000 dollars, that I knew we were going to be friends.

Fate slapped you with a shocked face and a few “holy s***s,” and we rejoiced. Hugging excitedly at what was sure to be one of the greatest moments of your life, and I was there to share it with you.

Understandably, the blind sided blonde wasn’t as eager to hug you—so I went in for another. A lot of commotion, a few formalities and when I glanced up from filing the win in the register, you were already on the phone, probably calling your other best friend.

I wasn’t jealous.

And then, you left. No number. No sizeable chunk of cash left on the counter. I was left alone to think about what may have been. We could have spent our days riding twin scooters down University Way, slaloming in and out of traffic lines buying the cops off if they dare try to ticket us.

I wrote you poetry. We could have been heroes, if just for one day. But alas it was not meant to be.

There you were, 10,000 dollars richer and there I remained, sinking back into the doldrums.

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Nathaniel Iven-Diemer

Classic Classism

My father has this little Christmas tradition where every December 23, he holds a “Christmas Eve Eve” party at his house and invites everyone he knows.

Usually when I’m there, I go through the routine of being asked the traditional college questions (“what year are you,” “what do you study,” “what are your post-grad plans,” etc.) by everyone attending. At one such party a few years ago, my brother decided to spice up the night by telling people I was going to work in the San Fernando Valley after college. Most people understood he was joking and thought it was hilarious.

There was one woman, though, who reacted differently. When my brother told her about my alleged post-grad plans, her eyes widened and she put on a face of both shock and disgust as she said something along the lines of, “Oh that’s great! Good luck with that!” and sped off, avoiding us for the rest of the night.

This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten flak of some kind during my time spent in college. People telling me what they think I should or shouldn’t do as if they have control over my life is something that I find myself having to deal with more and more as I get closer to that degree in film production.

I once told one of my classmates that I wanted to remake a music video but enlist the help of my

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friends instead of using the artists themselves (I didn’t like their official video) and he said, “Shooting a music video without the band is kind of below what you, as a college student should be going for.”

A couple months ago, one of my fellow film majors complained on Facebook about more people seeing Taken 2 than The Master, which he felt was SO much better, acting as if seeing the latter made one a better person or something. One of his friends (another film student) responded with, “I feel as though you will never appreciate the disconnect between the masses and the arts. It’s there. You hear people complaining, but the masses don’t read film blogs, hang out with film students, and, frankly, don’t understand the art form.” Naturally, I was so infuriated by his incredibly condescending, misanthropic bullshit that I proceeded to publicly berate him on my friend’s Facebook wall, which neither of them were too happy about.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, and there’s a whole ocean of ‘em out here. Navigating through it isn’t much easier when I have to hear this crap on a constant basis, either.

My desire to remake a music video as a means of having fun and putting the skills I’ve learned in university to the test is not “beneath me.” If it was, then that would mean anyone who wanted to remake

a movie, adapt a screenplay, cover a song by another artist, major in philosophy, or become a deejay, a fanfiction writer, or even a sex worker would be doing something that’s “beneath them.” And that’s not true at all.

Reading film blogs and having friends who are film students doesn’t make you smarter than or superior to anyone else, especially not if you go gallivanting around Facebook on a weekly basis condemning the public for going to see a movie that you decided isn’t very good (because surprise! Your opinion isn’t the only valid one). All it does is make you look like a pompous ass hole, and people will condemn you in turn for it. Moreover, being a film student or having some prior experience in movie making (i.e. you fiddled with equipment back in high school and made some YouTube videos) doesn’t mean you’re hot shit, either (I know it’s hard to accept, but it’s true).

The difference I see between us is that I don’t think

I’m hot shit when I’m really just shit; I’m fully aware I’m the latter, and I’ll admit it willingly. I also know that I, too, have moments where I say or do things that could be considered classist (everyone I’ve ever known has had moments like that), and I’ll admit it just as quickly. That doesn’t mean I don’t still try every day to become more of a decent and selfactualized human being, or that I don’t still try my damndest to treat people as equals or attempt to educate those who don’t, because I do. All it means is that I’m actually aware of the world outside myself and my imaginary bubble.

You don’t get to decide what’s worthy of someone’s abilities or character, and neither do I. The only people who can do that are the individuals themselves.

You aren’t better than anyone else, so stop acting like you are.

That’s called classism, and that’s bullshit.

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Pickwick 8 pm Showbox Market Resolution 2012 8:30 pm WaMu Theatre Beats Antique 8:30 pm Paramount Theatre

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Credits

Staff photo by Devin Larson

Photos provided by Lauren Short, Sherrod Sims, Katharine Lotze & Cari Van Fleet Crockpot photo by Lindsey Antilla

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Life Hacks Illustrations by Lindsey Antilla

Winter Fashion Photos by Mende Smith and Nathaniel Iven-Diemer

Cover photo by Mende Smith

The Art of Feeding Your Pig Photos by Colleen Carroll

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Visiting Life After Death Photo provided by Quiring Monuments

Smart Supplement Shopping Illustrations by Lindsey Antilla Winter Running Photos by Cassandra Nilsen Elliptical photo- http://www.sxc.hu/photo/489121

Spotlight Boxing Day Photos provided by Samantha Wakeman, Emily Apps & Jan Maclead DIY Gifts Illustrations by Lindsey Antilla How our Readers Spend the Holidays Illustrations by Lindsey Antilla About Face Photos provided by Corey Bradbury Fencing Photos by Devin Larson From “Marry Me� to Mary Jane Kissing boys photo by Mende Smith Democratic Headquarters photo by Mende Smith Obama photo by Devin Larson Election Bash photos by Devin Larson Flag photo- www.sxc.hu/photo/1342516 Smoker illustration by- Freedom Lee Drudge

Kiss & Tell Q&A Dating Differences Illustrations by Lindsey Antilla

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Parade of Nations Photos by Lindsey Antilla Missed Opportunities Illustration by Lindsey Antilla

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