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STAFF

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nhung Nguyen

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

WEB/ MANAGING EDITOR Natalie Guyette

ART DIRECTOR Denisse Hernandez

WEBMASTER Emily Chapman

BUSINESS MANAGER Kimberly Xiong EDITORS

Emily Chapman Amanda Cibulka Jamie Hollins

Natalie Guyette Alyssa Sarenac Termeria Taper

WRITERS Natalie Guyette Suzie Skalmoski Jamie Hollins Sandrea Smith Zahara Said Termeria Taper Alyssa Sarenac Shannon Venegas DESIGNERS Stephanie Alanis Denisse Hernandez Emily Chapman Nina Kesic Amanda Cibulka Marin Lynch Natalie Guyette Beth Van Hammond PHOTOGRAPHERS

Amanda Cibulka Natalie Guyette Denisse Hernandez Nina Kesic

Marin Lynch Beth Van Hammond Emily Williams

FACULTY ADVISERS Linda Barrington Laura Otto Arches is written and edited by the students of Mount Mary University, who are solely responsible for its editorial content. Arches is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press.

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ome fold paper origami, others meditate. Some escape to woodsy lands paved with lush trails to be in the present moment. There is something about being in nature that reminds me to refocus my energy and be in that state of mind. As I reflect on my experiences on Arches thus far, I think of the moments of joy and feelings of empathy and stress that go into managing a publication. What better way to relieve stress than to spend it in the “dungeon” (Arches newsroom) on a Saturday night with my second family and home away from home. But, if you’re into the kind of therapy that involves seeing daylight, feel free to check out our cover story, “Creative Play: Getting to the He(art) of It,” on page 16, instead. In that story, reporter Jamie Hollins explores the different ways we can play to get to the core of who we truly are. She challenges us to look outside ourselves, “despite how smart and amazing we think we may be, there is always room to grow.” To be completely honest, when I signed up for the job as editor-in-chief, I was completely aware of the amount of time and effort that goes into our magazine. I understood the sacrifices I would have to make to succeed. I knew these things and accepted them as part of the job. What I didn’t realize was what it actually meant to be a leader. Being a leader does not give me the entitlement to be “queen bee” or to be the voice everyone must listen to. Being a leader means to be a great listener. A listener who allows everyone’s voices to be heard. In “The Power of Protest” on page 13, reporter Zahra Said examines the aftermath of the violence in Sherman Park and discusses the history of protesting. What about peace? Is violence ever the answer? Does it take violence to trigger change? These tough questions might leave you wondering what it truly means to be a leader. On a lighter and cheesier note, let’s switch gears to a review of everyone’s favorite delectable dish: pizza. In “Get your Cheese On” on page 24, reporter Suzie Skalmoski tallies up scores of five local delivery pizza joints surveyed by the entire Arches staff. (Yes, we have pizza parties.) Put your taste buds to the test and see if they match ours! Finally, on behalf of the entire staff, we would like to give a shout out to reporter Termeria Taper who is a finalist for Story of the Year – Diversity Category from the Associated Collegiate Press for her article, “F*#!nism: Not a Dirty Word.” We would also like to congratulate our former art director Sophie Beck who is a finalist for the ACP’s Display Advertising Award. Wish us luck as the Arches team heads to Washington, D.C. for the national ACP convention on Oct. 20!

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Student Artwork and Design

REVIEWS

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Features

Get Your Cheese On

The Cost of Beauty

The Next Act for Potter

Perspectives

Outside the Realm of White

The Power of Protest

Creative Play

Creative Works

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THE WOMEN BEHIND THE MAGAZINE

Nhung Nguyen

Nina Kesic

Denisse Hernandez

Kimberly Xiong

Amanda Cibulka

Alyssa Sarenac

Zahra Said

Natalie Guyette

Marin Lynch

Suzie Skalmoski

Emily Chapman

Termeria Taper

Sandrea Smith

Shannon Venegas

Emily Williams

Beth Van Hammond

Jamie Hollins

Stephanie Alanis

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Did You Know? Words Arches staff | Design & Photos Amanda Cibulka

Check It Off My Mount Mary has a new to-do list feature that shows the status of important tasks like class registration and tuition payments at a glance. To view it, log on to My Mount Mary and click on the My Academics tab. According to Angela Sarni, director of financial aid, “there could be a delay with updating the status once an item is completed. For example if a student completes their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on a Friday night, the item will not be marked as completed until the financial aid office is able to process the following Monday.” The DJI Phantom 4 drone (right) comes with a hand-held controller (left) that connects to a smartphone or tablet via USB.

We Have a Drone! In late August 2016, Mount Mary University’s marketing department purchased a drone for shooting promotional photos and videos of the campus. Kou Vang, senior graphic designer for Mount Mary’s marketing department, is certified to operate the drone. She maneuvers it with a hand-held controller, viewing the drone’s camera feed with a smartphone. Using the onboard camera, she can capture images from the perspective of a student walking on campus or from as high as 350 feet overhead.

Learning with Lynda.com Want to learn digital photography, web design or another skill on your own schedule? Check out Lynda.com, available to Mount Mary University students through their My Mount Mary accounts in the Quick Links sidebar. You can log on using your Mount Mary username and password. Lynda.com features video courses that vary from 15 minutes to 10 hours in length, and are always taught by an expert in the field. The courses are split up by section and topic so you can easily walk away and come back or listen to just one lesson.

Growing Together Mount Mary’s community garden was started in April 2007 through the teamwork of students, faculty, and building and grounds staff. All of the garden’s produce is donated to the Northwest Baptist Church food pantry near campus. Students in the sociology and dietetics programs work together to plan and implement the garden each year. Ncais Vang, a junior with a sociology major and a food and nutrition minor, was the garden intern for the summer of 2016. She coordinated volunteers, tended the garden, delivered the vegetables to the food pantry and educated the campus community about the garden. “What I liked the most was to watch the plants grow and see the community eat the food I grew,” Vang said. “I had a good experience and was able to identify my career path even better because I had this hands-on experience.”

Mount Mary’s community garden, consisting of two 16-by-20-foot plots, has provided fresh produce to local food pantries since 2007.

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The Dish on Dasha Words Natalie Guyette | Design Emily Chapman

If people watching was a sport, Dasha Kelly would be a gold medalist. As a part of Mount Mary’s Publishing Institute, held Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, Kelly spoke to the campus and the public about her people watching skills and of course, her writing. Kelly is a Milwaukee native who identifies as a poet, writer and performing artist. She founded Stillwaters Collective in 2000, an organization that encourages people of all backgrounds to use writing as a form of expression and gives them resources and programs to do so. She was selected by the U.S. Embassy to perform and teach in Botswana, Africa as a U.S. Embassy Arts Envoy twice. Read the interview below for more information about her writing and her journey.

Tell me about why you decided to write in the first place.

It’s not often that I’ll sit down and have an idea like I want to write this story about this person or about this thing. It's really just that I have this teeny tiny peephole of an entry point for the story to squeeze itself in there. For me, it’s trying to capture that ethereal thing between glass and that breath that you hold when you look at the phone. Describing that anticipation or dread, depending on the phone number. Trying to capture the frustration and the terror of the times we live in. A poem is trying to capture why it matters. Why the memory is there. Why the impulse is there. Why the reaction is there. And all these human nuances, which we all have. That’s what would inspire a poem … The short answer is that I’m writing in my head all the time.

What did you read growing up? What do you read now?

I did, of course, read children’s books. “Where the Wild Things Are,” Judy Blume – I devoured those. But I wanna say, this is really crazy, but it’s actually a real thing in my life right now. When I was young, I didn’t think about a lot of the books that were available as children’s literature and young adult literature. First, I don’t know if young adult literature was even a thing that existed. I do remember having that really sneaky corridor in going to the drugstore and being able to peak at the Harlequin books – that was so racy. From there I jumped into the chapter books and started reading stories that were bigger. If I had to say what my crossover was … it was when I was reading Stephen King’s “The Gateway.” Even now I read a little bit of everything. Autobiographies. I think it’s shorter to list things I don’t read. I typically don’t read collections although it makes so much more sense now, especially with how busy I am. I couldn’t find a way to settle into a collection of stories that stop-starts-stop-starts.

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What kind of effect did reading such adult content have on you as a kid? Do you feel it had any?

There was another narrative that I was lackless to because I was trying to get my math homework done. I didn’t have the same frame of reference. I also have to credit my parents. We had a lot of open conversations and not anything I’d call particularly explicit, but when I didn’t understand something, I knew I had people that I could ask. And they also did a great job of making sure that I enjoyed being a child. I had music and books and shows that were age appropriate, and by that age, I was mature enough in terms of the questions I asked. People really have to sift through content now. I think the difference that I had was that I knew that in what I was reading and what I was watching, there was a narrative, and there were other actual realities that I didn’t know about. Whereas now it’s presented as “this is the way things are.” This is romantic, this is a relationship, this is what it means to be a career person, and this is all elevated, sensationalized, fiction.

What do you think has been or is your greatest struggle, either in the industry or personally?

I think one, because it’s a present challenge, or really an ever-present challenge, is finding that time, that balance, for when you’re doing both: when you’re the writer and also the business of the writer. That business of the writer end of things gobbles up a lot of time. In that space, I think the greatest challenge is being really mindful and balancing the time and the energy that it takes to really commit to both. It’s like having to commit to two relationships. The long course of my journey as a Photo taken by Emily Williams. mother and a writer making a profes"Almost Crimson" is Kelly's latest sional commitment was really trying to novel. It was published in May value and carve away that sin of feeling 2015 and tells the story of CeCe indulgent. I think this is true for the arts accomplishing her dream of finally across the board, worrying whether this becoming a successful woman despite her broken family and their essay or this poem or this thing that I poverty. wrote doesn’t turn into a performance or a published something – something that is going to turn into a check or at least a step to another platform. Being able to sit on the side of just being a writer and just creating the work is a dream. I’m only dreaming of the dream; I’m not living it right now.

Photos of Dasha Kelly at the Publishing Institute provided by the Mount Mary University marketing department.

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Cost of beauty IS MAKEUP'S VALUE ONLY SKIN DEEP?

Words Termeria Taper | Photo & Design Beth Van Hammond

Zahrea Hill, a junior majoring in biology and health science, is an avid makeup user. She chooses to wear makeup for “upkeep” and “presentation.” “Sometimes I feel like being extra creative and I’ll put on different colors; self-expression, more or less,” Hill said. Hill said the act of wearing makeup may be directly connected to one’s self-value. “Makeup is called a beauty product, so it goes with the connotation that if you wear makeup, it will make you beautiful,” Hill said. Taylor Van Slett, a sophomore majoring in fashion merchandise and a beauty advisor at Ulta, said “presentation” and “community” are words she associates with cosmetics. “There’s definitely a community more so now than ever because of all the different brands popping up, and online is a big source for that,” Van Slett said. Van Slett blames the internet for the self-doubt that some women feel about their image. “We’re so insecure because of these people online,” Van Slett said. “We talk about it all the time at work; your foundation is never going to look like the girl in the picture that’s photoshopped and airbrushed. Hers doesn’t even look like that!” Cosmetics Through the Centuries Makeup wasn’t always an industry targeted specifically at women. Throughout the ages, makeup was not only worn for beauty, but was utilized for many purposes for both men and women, said Sarah Eichorn, assistant professor of fashion at Mount Mary University. “Both men and women wore it and it wasn’t synthetic materials that we use today … especially in Egyptian periods, they would use kohl for eyeliner, but that was also a fashion and a function in that they would put it around their eyes to mimic sunglasses,” Eichorn said. “But that was also very stylized in how they went around the shape of their eyes. Henna is another one that would be used as a lipstick, rouge and nail garnish.” Eichhorn explained that men would also purpose different kinds of fabrics to conceal various skin

imperfections. “Around the Restoration period, velvet was a very popular fabric during that time, so men would cut little shapes out of the fabric and paste them to their face to cover blemishes,” Eichhorn said. “So it would be shapes like stars and hearts out of this velvet fabric all over their face, which is super bizarre, but fascinating.” Eichorn said different standards and stereotypes today have changed how men and women interact with makeup. “As we started developing more corporate industries for makeup, they realized the profit was in targeting women and no longer men, which sort of ballooned into what we have today.” Now there’s a standard that women are supposed to wear makeup, according to Eichorn. She mentioned Alicia Keys, who recently initiated a campaign called #NoMakeup, a movement in which Keys abandons the pressures to wear makeup by embracing her natural beauty. “I was like, ‘Wait, what? She didn’t have makeup on?’ and I guess if you look closely, you think ‘Oh maybe,’ but I didn’t think twice about it,” Eichhorn said. Reasons for Wearing Makeup Van Slett said that makeup is her “uniform for work.” “Sometimes, I would just go into work with foundation on and they don’t really mind because they are more concerned with us as people and how we work, ” Van Slett said. “I know in Sephora, you have to have full foundation, eyebrows, at least two eyeshadows, eyeliner and lipstick to be able to work.” Van Slett said that makeup is generally used to make women feel better. “We like to look good, and if we look good, we feel good,” Van Slett said. “It’s also a status thing, like, ‘Oh, I got this new (eyeshadow) palette!’” According to Eichhorn, makeup trends and fashion go hand in hand. “Being in the fashion industry, you see so much branding of certain makeup lines for promotion and things that might be more relevant to the runway

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and what’s happening in society,” Eichorn said. “Makeup has been growing as its own entity that can follow trends and that mirrors what we do with clothing.” Celebrities serve as a main inspiration for makeup and fashion ideas, Eichhorn said. “We look to a lot of movie stars for our influence in fashion and makeup, but then we started getting more publications and television and they started to become more readily available,” Eichorn said. “People just like to mirror what they are seeing.” Eichhorn said another reason some women wear makeup is so they can look a certain way in various social contexts. “I think it goes back to the first impressions … especially in the business setting or anything professional, we still have this very standardized look in our heads of what to expect in first meetings and impressions,” said Eichhorn. “It might vary or relax some, depending on social setting.” Eichhorn said that beauty industries feed off women’s insecurities. “There’s a layer of vulnerability there, that women are more self-conscious of their appearance,” Eichorn said. “Maybe there’s a society standard that still exists that we try to break in that women should be wearing makeup. It has ballooned so much, that we sometimes forget to go to our core as women and ask ‘Do we need this? Do we really need to participate in this in order to feel beautiful or be accepted in society?’” Advertising Messages Sister Joanne Poehlman, an associate professor at Mount Mary whose expertise is in anthropology and culture, said that although the reasons for the use of makeup are complex, there is no doubt that advertisements encourage involvement. “You’re talking to somebody who never uses makeup because of my belonging to a religious community where we’re trying to spend money only on what we need,” Poehlman said. “It’s a complicated answer. People can use things for themselves, but when we think that we’re doing it as individuals apart from any kind of advertisement, media or

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FEATURE business pressure, we’re fooling ourselves.” Poehlman discussed an article by Susan Bordo, “The Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body,” which discusses how the advertising market capitalizes off of women’s bodies. “This is one of her famous articles about how the market utilizes women’s bodies for profit … it critiques consumerism, in a way that says ‘We are really not choosing; we are being encouraged very

Mount Mary Survey Thoughts on Makeup

believe the statement “I don’t wear makeup for other people; I wear it for myself” is true

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believe makeup is connected to self-esteem and/or value in one’s self

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of participants

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strongly to buy these things,’” Poehlman said. Poehlman explains that as a culture, we are so focused on individual choice, we don’t realize how our individual choices are encapsulated in the messages we receive. Though there are implicit messages hidden within the use of makeup, she notes that makeup can be used as a form of defiance. “It can also be used as a form of resistance, not just as ‘I’m accepting everything the media tells me,’ but how do I resist some of the images or some of the demands of popular culture by re-appropriating?” Poehlman said. “We do that with language; take words that had a negative meaning and say ‘I’m going to use as a woman, but with a positive meaning.’” Poehlman said that some advertisements use the questioning of conventional beauty standards as a new way to market. “Dove has done a lot of their marketing about beauty stereotypes,” Poehlman said. “They are doing that because it’s in the context where people are questioning the stereotypes. So if they can get behind the resistance to stereotypes they will sell more Dove!”

Poehlman questioned if the women’s movement has influenced women to be more aware of subliminal messages in advertising. “I wonder if the women’s movement has helped women be more discerning in their choices, knowing that their choices are shaped by the media,” Poehlman said. “I wonder if there hasn’t been more consciousness about all of this.” Poehlman cited an example of an experiment conducted with second graders who were given a Barbie and another doll that resembled themselves. The kids related better to the doll that looked like themselves. “The children said, ‘This one looks like my sister, this one looks like me,’ and they were delighted by this," Poehlman said. "But their Barbie dolls, which they have many of, didn’t help them see themselves. So I think that we’re still working to expand the definition of beauty to include different sizes, colors, hair textures and clothing.” James Conlon, a philosophy professor at Mount Mary, said he views makeup as a way to camouflage. “I see it negatively,” Conlon said. “I see it primarily as a way of concealment rather than a way of revelation.” According to Conlon, the focal point of the makeup industry revolves around women. “(Wearing makeup) has increased among males, but by large, the focus of the makeup industry is on women,” Conlon said. “I think that it’s particularly interesting because it’s as if a woman’s natural physicality isn’t adequate, and it somehow has to be altered to make it more beautiful and acceptable.” Conlon credited the increase of makeup advertising to technology. “Technology has increased the market pressure very much so,” Conlon said. “But it has also increased more thought of the makeup industry and how much pressure it puts (on women). Technology has made it more possible to talk about and access resources to question makeup.” Conlon said that women’s worth has been more linked to self-image than men. “Because traditionally, female worth has been very tied to appearance in ways that male worth hasn’t been,” Conlon said. “Traditionally they are more vulnerable to market forces. I don’t want to make it seem like males have been totally divorced from appearance, but I think it has been more associated with accomplishment than appearance.” Conlon said that since women’s worth is so connected to their appearance, they have to be much more conscious of self-image. “It’s crucial for women to be more sensitive of their appearance than men are in order to be considered ‘more effective’ in the world,” Conlon said. “So do I think makeup is important? Yeah!” Conlon cited the example of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, an openly trans-

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gender woman who recently partnered with MAC Cosmetics. “It’s unfortunate that Caitlyn Jenner seems to identify womaness with the ability to ‘make up’ as if this is what a woman does,” Conlon said. “I want gender roles to be explored in a sense, but I feel it’s unfortunate that sometimes the notion of transitioning from one gender to another is taking on the stereotypes of the gender, rather than the realities of the gender.” Conlon discussed the possible ways the media could have portrayed Jenner’s transition. “I obviously don’t know Caitlynn Jenner in any personal way, but it seemed that how it was covered by the media, it was covered very much that what transitioning meant is taking on a stereotype,” Conlon said. Conlon would like beauty to be less subject to the market and more subject to our own creativity. “I sympathize with that direction but don’t think philosophically, that there’s a such thing as natural beauty,” Conlon said. “I think that beauty is cultural. But I like the idea of trying to free beauty from the market forces and take it on oneself.” Conlon stressed the media’s critique on women’s appearance, using the presidential candidates as examples. “Women are judged on their appearance; Hillary Clinton is a real interesting example,” Conlon said. “Yeah, Trump’s got a lot of grief about his hair, but it seems to me that no matter what one thinks of Clinton’s political policy, her appearance has been scrutinized far more than any male politician. So do women have to pay attention to that to be successful? Absolutely.” Conlon said that in a sexist society, it is very difficult for women to resist the pressures of makeup. “I don’t think there are many women who have the luxury of going the natural route in a sense because their circumstance in a sexist society is still

pretty vulnerable,” Conlon said. Conlon emphasized the sometimes complex relationship between women and makeup. “Makeup ends up using women more than women end up using it,” Conlon said. “I wish women were more in control of their makeup than the market forces.” The Pressures of Social Media Hill said that the rise of social media has contributed to the pressure to wear makeup. “There’s a lot of do-it-yourself tutorials on YouTube, which brings a younger crowd,” Hill said. “So now that there’s more people telling how to do it, there’s going to be a lot more people doing it.” Hill said that since makeup is more accessible, the pressure to become better at applying it has increased. “Makeup has always been that kind of thing where you had to figure it out on your own, and if you couldn’t figure it out, you didn’t do it,” Hill said. “Now that there’s more access with people doing tutorials and different looks, there’s a lot more pressure to practice it or do it as a habit.” Though makeup can be tied to concealment and capitalism, makeup can also be a fun, creative outlet that forms kinship, Van Slett said. “It’s all just a big façade and a money thing,” Van Slett said. “It’s all about these brands making more and more money. It’s kind of sad to watch, but if you stay on the positive side of it, it’s a lot of fun because it does bring people together.” Van Slett said makeup can be enjoyed across all age, race and gender groups. “It gives people a place to fit in,” Van Slett said. “We have such a wide variety of customers that come in ... I think that everybody just tries to fit in as much as they can in society, especially nowadays. But that’s one thing I do like about makeup: it knows no race or gender.”

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FEATURE

Outside the Realm of White History of white dominance in publishing industry makes diversity the reader’s responsibility Words & Photo & Design | Natalie Guyette

Let’s take a poll. Did the last book you read feature a white protagonist? Was it written from the perspective of a culture well-known and accepted? Did the content challenge any societal norms? (And I don’t mean in a “50 Shades of Grey” type of way.) It is no secret that the world is not solely made up of white people, but if you’re not up to speed in the realm of books, your past reading endeavors might not reflect that. The publishing industry is notoriously white, and the books that are being published indicate that. According to an October 2015 salary survey conducted by Publishers Weekly, 89 percent of publishers identify as white/caucasian. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center, housed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, compiles annual statistics about the number of young adult and children’s books published by people of color. According to the CCBC, the number of diverse books published over the last 20 years has remained stagnant at about 10 percent. “Growing up, our version of U.S. history was to learn about Anglo-Saxon,” said Ann Angel, author and English professor at Mount Mary University. “If that was our education then we were more likely to mirror that education in what we chose to do with our lives and what we wrote.” Angel is involved in a campaign called #weneeddiversebooks, which operates weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com, promoting the readership of diverse authors and books with diverse content through pho-

tos, GIFs, news, interviews and booklists. In its mission statement, We Need Diverse Books explains how it defines diversity: “We recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities. Furthermore, we subscribe to a social model of disability, which presents disability as created by barriers in the social environment, due to lack of equal access, stereotyping and other forms of marginalization.” Angel identifies with the campaign from personal experience.

“I have a mixed race family and I wanted to make sure that the books I bought my kids reflected who they were,” Angel said. “I’ve always appreciated diverse books because they demonstrate diverse lives and some of our similarities as well as our differences.”

Angel’s decision to write her first book, “Real for Sure Sister,” was inspired by Ishmael Reed’s “Writin’ is Fightin’: Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper,” a collection of reviews, essays and editorials in which Ishmael picks away at the norms of pop culture. Angel’s book was the first book that was written for children about

adoption. “My first book was an intention to educate, and I think education is also a form of protest because you’re protesting ignorance,” Angel said. “Writing and realizing there was such a lack of diverse books for families like mine, I realize my writing is a form of protest. Education and writing is where you can make change happen the fastest.” Angel was also the editor of a collection of young adult stories called “Such a Pretty Face: Stories about Beauty.” The first cover image she was presented with featured a blonde-haired, white teenager who was “super super skinny.” “My goal with ‘Such a Pretty Face’ was to talk about the diversity of beauty and I fought the cover,” Angel said. “They replaced it with an Asian teenager who is not so super skinny that you’d think the book was going to be about eating disorders.” In a study conducted in 2011, Roxane Gay reported that 88 percent of all books reviewed by the New York Times were written by white authors. Mount Mary University librarian Daniel Vinson works closely with the book collection on campus and has encountered his own share of the white dominance in his time spent updating the collection. “Art was, to an extent, all dead white people,” Vinson said, referring to Mount Mary’s library collection. “Both men and women, but mostly men. We had no books on Asian Americans in art, at all. I ordered some of those. Everybody’s making art,

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Alexander combines sports, love, friendship, powerful poetry and relatable characters in this book about 12-year-old Nick.

Yapa’s debut novel follows seven participants in an anti-globalization protest and one teen protagonist capitalizing on the events by selling marijuana to the protestors.

from all walks and all places. It was really trying to reach into those kind of areas.” Vinson also has experience in two realms of the book world, both retail and library, where organizational tactics differ. “For a long time I worked at Borders bookstore,” Vinson said. “Borders was known for really categorizing the hell out of everything. It was helpful because people would ask for stuff in that way, like ‘Where are your African American authors?’ If you don’t have that section it’s kind of like, see that really big wall all over there?” However, libraries offer a different approach. Vinson describes them as “the pinnacle of the book world.” “They haven’t really changed, which is both good and bad. In this respect, I think it’s good. In terms of literature, it’s by period and within that the type of work it is – fiction, drama, Shakespeare, poetry. Each one of those has its own little subsection. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you started, if you’re a particular race or religion. That’s what I love about upstairs; on any given literature shelf it’s all of these people, some you know, some you don’t. You can pick up anything. It’s sort of like a great equalizer.” Daniel Goldin, owner of Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee, worked in the publishing industry in New York for many years and is familiar with its lack of diversity. “I worked in New York and I worked with a few African Americans and a few Latino but for the most part they weren’t in positions of power,” Goldin said. Publishing organizations are starting to keep track of how many diverse authors appear on prominent book lists, including those sponsored by the American Library Association. “ALA never looked at who was writing the books by culture nor the cultural diversity within the books. They’ve only started to do that since 2005,” Angel said. “They discovered that the majority of books, by far, were written by white authors.” Goldin chalks it up to a change in the panel of judges, citing the recent Oscar award accusations as a parallel problem. The book awards struggle to put together a diverse panel of judges

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and it reflects on the awardees. “This is not to say that I as a white guy might not say that one of my favorite books of the year is written by a black woman, because I will,” Goldin said. “I still slot it differently. You make the decisions differently, instinctively. You screw up. The fact is that if you make a more diverse voting panel … you’ll have more diverse awardees.” Dasha Kelly, Milwaukee performer and writer, said the publishing industry is becoming more accessible. What used to be a strict path to publishing, with no allowance for stray, now has many alternative routes. Now the writer can be both the writer and the business owner. “Don’t get me wrong, that entire team is definitely essential in getting part of the business and being a sustained writer,” Kelly said. “However, you also have a lot more agency as an independent business owner … it’s not possible for every writer to also take on the publishing side of things as well, but those who do, have the advantage of moving their latest work, whether it be a piece of literature, a book of essays, or a poem, faster.” Traditionally, Kelly said, authors were at the mercy of an agent and publisher. The opportunity for the writer to also take over the publishing and business aspects of their work has several effects, some positive and some negative, she said. “You have a lot of individuals that insert into the market products that maybe shouldn’t be on a bookshelf,” Kelly said. “It makes it even more difficult for readers, for bookstore owners, for publishers, for agents, even other writers. It makes it more work to go through the volume of published, printed book covers to find works that are real quality, to find works that are exciting.” Kelly said authors who write from a position of diversity have to reflect on when to give themselves permission to add their “voices to the dialogue.” “It makes perfect sense that because I am a black woman that I would have a thousand things to say about anything about being black and anything about being a woman,” Kelly said. “But when is inserting my opinion okay, especially if I’m not offering ... a unique perspective? And not that I think that everyone has

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FEATURE *All featured books are written by authors with diverse backgrounds or feature challenging content and are available at Mount Mary’s library. Many come recommended from Daniel Vinson of Boswell Books.

After recovering alcoholic Landreaux Iron’s normal hunting routine results in the death of his neighbor’s 5-yearold son, Iron turns to Native American sweat lodges for recovery and gives up his own daughter.

Two immigrant familes, two teenagers, one block. This novel portrays the love story of a Panamanian boy, a Mexican girl, and misconstrued ideas of the American Dream.

Author of “An Absolutely �rue Diary of a Part-time Indian”, Alexie writes a collection of stories about seemingly mundane, ordinary men and reveals the value in details.

to have the most original thought and the solution too, but in my narrative, in my story, in my opinion, in my position, are my words going to carve out another tiny fresh space? Or am I layering on a point that has been made and made and made?” Books have the power to leave their readers thinking long after they have closed the cover. Maybe you are familiar with the feeling of trying to get through a book that tackled issues that made you uncomfortable. For some, one book can open up their world. For Vinson, that book was “The World According to Garp” by John Irving, which he located on the eighth grade reading list. “I was like ‘Garp,’ that’s a funny word … It was thick and I was like ‘oh my god,’ but I read it,” Vinson said. “I’m not going to go into detail because it was pretty horrific and also like comically absurd … that set the course for me being interested in big things. There were a lot of big topics and it isn’t just a coming-ofage story.” For Angel, her moment came during undergraduate studies. The book was “The Invisible Man” by H.G. Wells, and she credits it in part to inspiring her to adopt, in addition to her reading Ishmael Reed. “That was the first book I read by an author outside the white culture,” Angel said. “The idea of his invisibility intrigued me and it made me sad. And I started to watch the world a bit more. And I started to look for more books like that because I realized that my view of the world had been very narrow.” For Kelly, reading is something she’s always done and always voraciously. When she was in middle school she began reading directly from her mother’s bookshelf, no matter the content. “I’m certain that I never had the thought, ‘This is something that I shouldn’t have access to,’” Kelly said. “In context I was still clear that I wasn’t reading porn, I wasn’t reading a roster of ‘bad words,’ that the elements of the story were distant from me because I wasn’t a grown-up and those were grown-up conversations, grown-up challenges, grown-up days. I knew there were some jokes or conversations or nuances that were above my head. Kind of like when you were in school and a conversation just stopped when you walked in.” Kelly’s grandmother likes to say that Kelly has been an adult

Written in verse, Woodson tells about her childhood and the experience of growing up in two places, Brooklyn and New York.

since she was 5 years old. “If anything, I really appreciated all the stories and all the elements of things that I was able to read,” Kelly said. “Just having a glimpse into something that was completely outside of my understanding … Every story is peeking at the world outside of your bubble.” There are other positive aspects of reading a book that is different than your usual. For one, reading a book is cheaper than airfare. “Next to travel, it’s probably the thing that is going to get someone as close to a culture as possible,” Vinson said. “Whether it’s reading about an American culture you’re unaware of or a far-flung place … I feel like even though I haven’t gone to a place, I’m close.” Angel said that for most people, reading outside of their cultural norms can broaden their worldview. “It gives them an opportunity to learn what it would be like to sit at someone else’s kitchen table,” Angel said. “They may broaden their friendships, they are more likely to move outside of their own culture to make friends, and they’re more likely to have honest conversations with people they meet, even if they’re difficult conversations.” Angel recommends checking out books from the present or past that won awards such as the Caldecott Medal, National Book Award, Michael L. Printz award or the Newbery Medal. “I’m encouraging you to think outside of your neighborhood,” Angel said. If your book list needs updating or you’d like to read something written from a new perspective, check out the resources in this issue and our booklist on the web at archesnews.com.

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Milwaukee citizens rally in protest and march downtown in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter.

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aun Mayes Bey, social activist and nonviolence demonstrator, said protesting is one of the powerful tools people can use to get their message out. Mayes Bey acted as a mediator between police officers and the family of Syville Smith, who was fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer in Sherman Park on Aug. 13. In the aftermath of the shooting Mayes Bey hosted free haircuts, s’mores and donation events for the Sherman Park neighborhood in order to shed a positive light on the community. “As a black person in America, it is one of the ways for our voices to be heard,” Mayes Bey said. Fall 2016 | Arches

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For centuries, protesting has been done for various reasons, such as African-American rights and women’s equality. Lynne Woehrle, sociology professor at Mount Mary University, said that protesting can be a way to put pressure on people who want to keep things the same. Woehrle described protesting as “a strategy that is necessary to achieve social change and bring awareness to a community or concern.” Woehrle cited the use of nonviolent protest in anti-colonial movements by Gandhi and the civil rights movement in the U.S. For Mayes Bey, protesting pushes people toward change. “It creates a powerful platform for people who aren’t always heard, to be heard,” Mayes Bayes said. Violent or Non-Violent Protesting: Which One Makes the Most Difference? Ann Angel, English professor at Mount Mary University, said that nonviolent protests aren’t always heard. The violence isn’t necessary and should not be practiced, but it is what brings awareness to the issues that are occurring in our communities. Mayes Bey agreed that sometimes violence attracts attention to a bigger cause. “Peaceful protests bring awareness, but they never make change,” Mayes Bey said. For Angel, violence isn’t something anyone wants to happen. It’s never the answer to anything and it’s sad that in order to attract attention for positivity, violence occurs. “Sometimes, despite violence, there is redemption,” Angel said. “There was violence during the civil rights [movement], but we still got rights. There was violence during the suffrage and we got women’s rights. Violence is a last resort and I wish it did not happen.” Woehrle said that inequality can drive people to anger, such as what occurred in the Sherman Park neighborhood. “Violent protests often use their efforts to get ahead in society or change things that have not been represented,” Woehrle said. Angel and Woehrle agreed that the Sherman Park protests led to the reinforcement of the community. Mayes Bey said sometimes violence is neces-

sary to create change. “I think it was necessary in instances like Milwaukee and Baltimore,” Mayes Bey said. “It’s sad to say that stuff like that brings change.” Media’s Role in Protesting and Social Activism Angel said the media can either draw attention to or away from a situation. “There were protests of the Wauwatosa police officer who shot and killed a man,” Angel said. “And there were protests down on North Avenue. They disrupted businesses, but they were hardly mentioned in the media and there was no action taken. When another man was shot, it started out with people protesting and when it became violent, that’s when the media noticed. I think without the violence and media covering the violence, there would have been less ignition of a community problem.” Woehrle said when you have a lot of people together to express their concern on an issue, it brings public awareness in the media. Social media, she said, can be a helpful tool to organize groups of protesters, providing a fast way to disseminate information. However, it can backfire. “Many don’t understand what it’s about,” Woehrle said. “It can easily transpire into violence.” According to Woehrle, protesting has created significant changes in society. “It has overthrown governments, and got people to vote,” Woehrle said. “It is an important form of persua-

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sion ... It puts pressure on the government. Nonviolence is an important tool.” Mayes Bey said that although protesting has helped society advance, there is still a long way to go. “In some ways we have made progress. In many ways we have gone far worse,” Mayes Bey said. “Back then we were a community. Now we are spread out and less concerned with each other as a race and it causes issues with each other.”

People gather at Red Arrow Park in Milwaukee to remember lives lost in the city at the hands of police. Joe Brusky / Flickr

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Creative Play Getting to the He(art) of It Words Jamie Hollins | Photos & Design Denisse Hernandez

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arina Hernandez, a senior majoring in art therapy at Mount Mary University, has carefully constructed over 9,000 origami figures since junior high as a means of creative expression. “In a day I’ll make 20 cranes in one sitting,” Hernandez said. “Usually the only reason why I stop is because my hand hurts and my arm starts twitching.” Hernandez said that origami showcases her “quirky personality” and acts as a form of self-expression. “It led me to art therapy when I realized my peers didn’t know how to express themselves, so they engaged in unhealthy activity,” said Hernandez. “A lot of them couldn’t put a name to what they were feeling.” This type of behavior is at the heart of creative play – the act of engaging in activities that get to the core of our likes and our dislikes, hurts, joys and ultimately who we are. “My classmates asked me to teach them how to do origami,” Hernandez said. “If you feel like you don’t have any control over your life, you get to take flat paper and make crisp lines and shapes. In the beginning it takes a lot of time, but it’s fun.” Forms of Creative Play Helen Jurgensen, licensed clinical social worker, distinguished two types of creative play: art in therapy and creative play as a therapeutic art form. “The first is a method used primarily by behavioral psychologists who observe their clients at play,” Jurgensen said. “For example, a child is given toys (blocks, dolls, etc.) and is instructed to play with the toys. The psychologist takes note of the unconscious decisions the child makes as they play.” According to Jurgensen, this is critical for treating the child client because it gives her space to go with her natural responses. “Paint and canvas are the first that come to mind. Or a person who flies kites,” Jurgensen said. “Either they just purchase a kite

to fly, or they take the time to find the pieces, colors and ribbons that they like and put it together in a creative way, resulting in perhaps a more satisfying experience. This is creative play.” The second kind of creative play, Jurgensen said, is a “therapeutic approach to art that a person intentionally participates in to relieve stress or perhaps to learn new passions, strengths or characteristics about themselves through creative expression.” The difference between doing art and engaging in creative play is the factor of intentionality, said Jurgensen. In order to maintain well-rounded interests, it is necessary to focus inwardly from time to time. How to Engage in Creative Play According to Jurgensen, creative play isn’t just about creating “art.” For some, creating art might be intimidating because it is primarily referred to in the context of skill and precision. However, there is room for trial and error. Jurgensen said the key elements of creative play are passion and reflection. When these two factors come together, we give ourselves permission to engage in a kind of artistic expression that is unique to our personality. Sister Joanne Poehlman, associate professor of anthropology, describes creative play as using your imagination. “When I first thought of how I play, I thought of how much I enjoy playing with ideas,” Poehlman said. “I think imagination is a critical part of all of this. I love to read and ‘create’ a world with the author in which I can explore, and – well, play.” The Benefits of Creative Play Austin Reece, associate professor of philosophy, said that creative play builds empathy. “The creative play that happens in fiction and poetry help us be more empathetic,” Reece said. “It helps us solve important problems, human problems. Today might be the day I encounter a new

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person in the flesh or in a book or through their art and I will be moved I will be informed and I’ll be given one more opportunity to be empathetic and that’s a pretty good day if that happens.” Reece’s ideas about creative play draw from one of his favorite texts, “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human” by Jonathan Gottschall. The book gave him insights into how he should read fiction as a means of creative play. “One of the things we learn is to see the world through others’ eyes and to empathize with other people,” Reece said. “One definition of empathy that I like a great deal is empathy as a skill or an ability to identify, to understand, and to respond thoughtfully and respectfully to other people’s feelings, other people’s experiences, other people’s ideas. I believe that’s a skill that has to be practiced and I think it’s a skill that helps us survive.” Poehlman describes the joy and connection that come from creative play. “I’m really curious about so many things and enjoy seeing how one thing is linked to another – and often in very funny ways,” Poehlman said. “I enjoy laughing. Several times a day I see connections that strike me as funny and I laugh to myself – or at least smile. Sometimes I share those connections and that helps others to laugh. I think humor is part of creativity – and for me, a part of play.” Nicole Holstein, a sophomore majoring in art therapy, said creative play develops the whole person. “Developing our creative interests involves dedicating time to

ourselves and our mind,” Holstein said. “We can use this time to explore without any filters and let it guide us in creating ideas that we can then manifest into the world. Everything we discover about ourselves, both positive and negative, provide us with the opportunity to grow and understand our true self, so that we can develop ourselves into the person we want to be,” Holstein said. Creative Play as a Point of Connection According to Reece, one way students can interact with their academic community is remaining open to new ideas. “Don’t be afraid to ask the questions that matter to you,” Reece said. “Try to be curious, and I think what goes hand-in-hand with curiosity and wonder is you have to admit to yourself that you don’t have the answer. You have to be humble enough, despite how smart and despite how amazing you are, that there is still more to learn still room to grow.” He emphasized the importance of using creative play as a way to wrestle with real life circumstances in the classroom. Reece said the key is conversation.

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“You have to be brave enough to ask those questions and direct those questions to other people in an ongoing dialogue just to know that you’re not alone in it,” Reece said. Hernandez uses origami as a point of connection to her community. She simply sits before paper and pattern and with her own two hands creates vessels for secret messages among she and her best friends, words of inspiration and funny quotes for passersby. “I even fill lunch boxes with origami hearts and stars,” said Hernandez. “I’ll do it until I have arthritis, and probably continue even then.”

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Creative Works provides a place for students to showcase their work. We accept all types of artwork, photography, poetry and flash fiction. For full submission guidelines, visit archesnews.com.

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Blanche Brown Blanche Brown is a graduate student in art therapy. A native of Chicago, she has been a professional artist for over 13 years. As an art and community activist, she addresses social injustices and the psychological and psychosocial impacts these issues have on underserved and underrepresented groups through painting, sculpture, collage, fiber, printmaking and community art.

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Lauren Wiech is currently in her fourth year and working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design with a minor in fine art. She said she evolves as a person as her work progresses. She stylistically loves hand-drawn graphics. Adobe Illustrator is her favorite design program.

In 3-D Design, Wiech created a big head based off of Hunter Thompson’s character in the movie “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

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“This project reached out to a kindergarten class in Hartland,

Wisconsin,” Wiech said. “Each student drew a creature out of their imagination for us to interpret. Working with my youngest client ever was exciting and humorous. After the drawings were assigned, we were allowed to contact our kindergarten client once for more clarification and continued sketching. The creatures were made into the memory card game and a children’s book for the class to keep.”

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Words Suzie Skalmoski | Photo Natalie Guyette | Design Marin Lynch It’s Friday night, you’re done with all of your classes for the week, and relaxation is calling your name. You’ve heard that the dining hall options for dinner are the same as they has been all week, which leaves you craving a delivery pizza. You make a mad dash to your phone to search for all of the options you have on speed dial. You know you want a pizza with gooey cheese, a mouth-watering sauce and a crust flavor that you will savor for the night. But where do you order from?

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Well, the confusion is over because the Arches staff found the best pizza places that deliver to Mount Mary! We compared five delivery pizza restaurants, and they were rated on the quality of their crust, the quality of their sauce (both taste and amount) and the quality of their cheese (also taste and amount).

To me, Topper’s Pizza was the most disappointing pizza. I remembered having Topper’s only once before, and it was one of my least favorite pizzas ever. In addition, it was the most expensive of all, and I did not think that the flavor matched the price. I thought there was way too much cheese, almost to a point where I couldn’t taste the other components of the pizza. I am happy that the Arches staff agreed with me because I thought the amount of sauce and cheese was very uneven, and the excess cheese made it very hard to eat.

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Here, most of the Arches staff agreed that this was not one of our favorites because of the overpowering flavor and unevenness of the sauce. There was an excessive amount of cheese that wasn’t spread evenly on the pizza. I did not enjoy this pizza. The crust had a nice seasoning, but it took a long time to get there because there was too much cheese and too little sauce on the pizza. When I finally got to the crust, almost all of the sauce was on that end, which was somewhat frustrating. I do have to say that the crust was very flavorful, which is why the Buddy’s pizza was not the lowest rating of all. I did not feel that the flavors complimented each other, but at least there were different flavors there.

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JET’S PIZZA Jet’s Pizza was right in the middle. While it was a decent pizza, some of the Arches staff said that the Jet’s Pizza sauce was not good. I thought that many of the components of the pizza were flavorless. To me, the crust was very bland and tasted like cardboard. I had high hopes for Jet’s Pizza because it was a new experience for a pizza delivery restaurant. When it came down to the taste, I was disappointed. I am happy that some of the Arches staff appreciated the taste of this pizza, but I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

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PIZZA HUT Many of the Arches staff said that the sauce was very sweet, which all depends on the preference of flavor of sauce. The cheese was a little too chewy and thick, which is why it did not get ranked number one. Overall, Pizza Hut pizza was my favorite pizza. This surprised me because I always considered myself a Domino’s fan. When it came down to comparing, I realized that I loved Pizza Hut’s crust and the evenness between the cheese and the sauce amount. The pizza was like a flavor explosion in my mouth. I was surprised that the Arches staff voted this pizza second place under Domino’s because I was more impressed with Pizza Hut.

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DOMINO’S While the Arches staff collectively enjoyed Domino’s the most, this was not my favorite pizza. I remember that Domino’s pizza used to be my favorite delivery place, but now it has taken a backseat. While the crust was very flavorful, the cheese and the sauce amount were uneven and somewhat tasteless. I thought that there was way too much cheese on the pizza, which made it very difficult to eat. I do still enjoy Domino’s Pizza, but I was disappointed because the flavor was not as good as I remembered it to be from my youth.

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Based on the results, if there is ever a time when a pizza craving hits, the Arches staff recommends ordering from Domino’s. Its delicious crust, gooey cheese and flavorful sauce, along with its reasonable price, will not disappoint!

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The Next Act for Potter There’s a New Favorite Chosen One Words Alyssa Sarenac | Photo & Design Marin Lynch Bring out the Butterbeer and brush up on your spells because “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is now available to Potterheads worldwide as a rehearsal script. Originally, it was a West End stage production written by Jack Thorne and based on a new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Thorne. However, for those who don’t live in the UK and don’t have enough money to fly overseas to watch the play, the rehearsal script was published by Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic on July 31, the birthday of both Harry and Rowling. The story picks up right where we left off, 19 years after Harry defeated Voldemort. If you are not familiar with any of the “Harry Potter” books and movies, here’s a quick synopsis. “Harry Potter” was originally a series of books written by J.K. Rowling about a young orphaned wizard, Harry Potter, who goes to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There, he and his new friends struggle against Lord Voldemort, whose plots for power and immortality threaten all of Britain.

After much anticipation, we finally learn which Hogwarts house Harry’s son, Albus, was put in. Unfortunately, Albus struggles under the weight of his Harry’s legacy, which creates problems between the two. Not to spoil anything, but living up to the greatness of the Harry Potter, who vanquished the Dark Lord at only 17 years of age, puts a lot of pressure on Albus at only 11 years old. Time passes quickly in this new installment. It begins with Albus’s first year, but the action really starts in the sixth scene when Albus is about to enter his fourth year. Throughout the book, both father and son try to right some wrongs, but end up making a mess instead. Reading a script can be confusing, since it’s meant to be performed. You have to pay special attention to the stage directions and you have to stay on top of who’s talking and in what context. Still, for Potterheads who have no way of watching the actual play, we’ll have to make due with our own imaginations and careful reading of the script. Thankfully, this script was incredibly well-written, even with some inconsistencies concerning the previous books. The obliviousness we all saw in Harry is passed down to his son and you might be frustrated with the characters at times and want to yell at them. However, Albus was still a likeable character and I was always right there, cheering him on. While Albus is a nice addition, my new favorite character is Scorpius Malfoy, the son of Harry’s old school rival, Draco. Nothing at all like the bully Draco used to be, from the moment we meet young Scorpius I want to shield him away from all of the wrong in the world. As the story progresses and he reaches fourth year, my love for him grows. His intelligence, wit and overall niceness baffles me. The evolution of Draco is also enjoyable, since we are now given a glimpse into who Draco truly is, without his father looming behind him. Sadly, even with great new characters and developments of the old, this play left out many original characters we all know and love. Sure, some are mentioned in passing, but most are forgotten. Of these, one of the most surprising is Teddy Lupin, whose parents died in the final book. Since Harry knows what it’s like to be an orphan, I thought Harry would want to act as Teddy’s father figure that he wished for growing up, as the end of the seventh book suggested. Regardless, the play doesn’t give Teddy any attention and I’m left wanting more information about many other characters. Even so, the emotion needed to convey the overall message can only come from observing a live show, so it makes sense why it’s a play. Many people are able to relate to Albus and his message, especially younger siblings or others living underneath somebody else’s shadow. This story shows how, even though the world might try to judge you based on the people you’re related to, you are still your own person and you can be whoever you want to be.

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Heartland: A Family Friendly Show Words Shannon Venegas | Design Nina Kesic I have been known to complain there is nothing good on TV anymore. I rarely get hooked on a new show and am not ashamed to admit I still watch some of the same shows I watched in high school – “Gilmore Girls,” “Charmed,” “Friends,” “Supernatural” reruns. (I only like the earlier seasons.). There are a few exceptions, though. Besides “Once Upon a Time” (I love anything about fairytales), one of my favorite TV shows is “Heartland,” a Canadian family drama that premieres its 10th season on Oct. 2. For those who don’t know, “Heartland” follows the highs and lows of a family living on a horse ranch in Alberta, Canada. One of the main characters, Amy, is a horse trainer who uses natural horsemanship methods. It is the longest-running one-hour scripted Canadian drama in history, and it continues to attract viewers from all around the world. It’s rare for a show to remain that popular after so many years, so I had to ask myself what made it different because it’s definitely not just horse-crazy people watching the show. As I scrolled down the many blogs and message boards related to “Heartland,” the

same phrase recurred: “family show.” I realized that I can sit down with my 5-year-old daughter and watch “Heartland” (which I sometimes do), or I can cuddle up with my husband, and he will enjoy it just as much. The main reason that the whole family can sit down and watch this show is because of the clean relationships, which is so rare to see on television nowadays. In most shows, relationships, even high school ones, are put on the fast track so that it seems normal for a teenage couple to have sex after only a few dates or move in with each other without a thought of ever getting married. This TV-show reality has also permeated into real life, unfortunately. Not so on “Heartland.” The main couple on the show, Amy and Ty, form a relationship after the second season and are together for the majority of the show, finally getting married at the end of season eight (sorry if I’m giving away any spoilers). Throughout the entirety of the show, they are never shown making out, they never move in together, the topic of sex never comes up and they wait until their marriage night to finally be together (a scene the producers never found necessary to show). There is no assumption that

because they have been dating for a while, they should have a sexual relationship or move in together to test the relationship before getting married. They love each other and respect each other. This isn’t the first family-friendly drama to last a decade – “7th Heaven” lasted 11 seasons before it finally ended in 2007. It was originally supposed to end in 2006 but received such high ratings that it was renewed for the 11th season. This was yet another show that promoted abstinence and innocence in relationships, as well as demonstrated the normal problems families deal with on a daily basis. Why are these shows so successful? Honestly, I think they are a breath of fresh air (literally, in the case of “Heartland,” since it takes place on a ranch) amid the many soap operas, dramas and “teeny bopper” shows that highlight the drama in relationships and promote casual sex. In the case of “Heartland,” parents are just relieved they can sit down and watch a show with their children that everyone in the family likes without having to fast forward or change channels when things get too “intimate.” I guess it just goes to show, sex doesn’t always sell.

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A NATIVE VOICE

Individuals congregated at Sacred Stone Camp to resist the pipeline in North Dakota.

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Love Water, Not Oil Standing Rock’s Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline Words Sandrea Smith | Design Stephanie Alanis Water is life and we belong to this earth – the earth does not belong to us! The water protectors out at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota understand this notion and are trying to spread this message through peaceful protests that are taking place along the Cannonball River at Sacred Stone Camp. In April of this year, Energy Transfer, a Texas-based oil company, proposed to lay down the Dakota Access Pipeline, also known as the Bakken pipeline, to transport oil through four states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Indiana. In doing so, crude oil from the tar sands in Canada would be carried through this line. The plan includes a portion of the pipeline to run directly under the Missouri River. It is estimated to carry 570,000 barrels of crude oil a day. According to Energy

Transfer, the 1,172-mile pipeline would allow the oil from North Dakota to “reach major refining markets in a more direct, cost-effective, safer and environmentally responsible manner.” However, not everyone agrees. Many Native American tribes say that the pipelines would result in the destruction of sacred land and burial sites on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Hundreds of people are camped out in peaceful protest on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation in North Dakota, and the issue is now in court. Water Protectors’ Rights and Progress Since the Missouri River is the longest river in the U.S., with more than 40 rivers and creeks that intersect it, an oil spill or leak on this pipeline could have detri-

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mental implications not only to the water, but to the land that lives off the water. In April, TransCanada, a pipeline developer, reported that roughly 16,800 gallons of crude oil leaked from the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota. Given that the new pipeline is scheduled to run directly under a section of the Missouri River, if there is a rupture in the pipeline or spill, it could contaminate drinking water for thousands of people while desecrating sacred land and burial sites. It’s events like these that has the water protectors at Sacred Stone Camp holding onto their rights to the lands and access to clean water. According to Red Warrior Camp, about 40 to 45 people started gathering in opposition to the pipeline in order to protect the land and water at Sacred Stone Camp. Now the number has risen to more than 2,000. This is a community that the water protectors have created within the campsite. As of Sept. 15, Red Warrior Camp said that they have a school for the children, a full kitchen, a medical tent and waste management facilities on site. The Fruition of an Old Prophecy There is an old Lakota prophecy in which Black Elk, a member of the Oglala Lakota and famous medicine/holy man, foretells that in seven generations, the youth will come together to fight. Here, seven generations later, we are witness to a fight against a pipeline that would carry crude oil, the “Black Snake,” in hopes to stop it from running through the heart of mother Earth to avoid the death and destruction it will bring. It seems as if the words from Black Elk’s prophecy are coming

to fruition. There have been protests across the nation in regards to this pipeline – from Washington, D.C., to Minnesota to Seattle to Iowa. Rachel Monaco-Wilcox, justice department chair and professor at Mount Mary University, said the issue is far more complex than most people think. “To really grasp it, knowledge of energy regulation and environmental policy as law is required, in addition to seeing the protests of the Native American people in a very long historical context,” Monaco-Wilcox said. “Both sides are struggling to hear the real interests of the other side clearly. As an American audience, we have to do better not to oversimplify things,” she said. This semester, Monaco-Wilcox’s Leadership for Social Justice class will be working with the non-profit Arts @ Large. There have been four teams assigned to different parts of an art and writing project in order to understand how Milwaukee’s Native American voices are affected by the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy. This gathering is not only monumental; it is historical. There are so many moving pieces to the No Dakota Access Pipeline Movement that it is far from over, and I anticipate it will last for years to come. Sahiyena Favel, an 11-year-old water protector, said the camp where the protesters were living was amazing. “Everyone was laughing and visiting; kids were playing,” Favel said. “I felt so happy being there and participating in that big thing because we cannot live without water.”

Sahiyena Favel (right) and her sisters are at Sacred Stone Camp with their family. Photo by Iktomi Favel

Protestors rally and march in solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline on Sept. 8, 2016 in San Francisco. Photo by Peg Hunter / Flickr

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