The Puyallup Post | Volume 21 | Issue 8 | March 15, 2016

VOLUME 21 ISSUE 8

MArCh 16, 2016

SErVIng thE StUDEntS OF PIErCE COLLEgE PUYALLUP

Come to the dark side: We don’t have cookies

by Armani Jackson ore people have access to the web than ever before. With that access, people can brag about their fun activities on Facebook, Instagram their latest meal, tweet about the terrible driver in front of them and send Snaps to friends.

These activities take place on the top layer of the web where a majority of results can be discovered using a Google search.

As the Internet expands, the underside, also known as the deep web, is becoming more mainstream. A typical user can’t access this layer through a traditional browser, such as Firefox or Chrome.

To access the deep web, someone must use another type of browser, most commonly Tor. This type of software makes a user anonymous and essentially untraceable by encrypting web traffic and rerouting the computer’s IP address through random servers. This means a computer’s true identity and location are no longer distinguishable.

The deep web can also be subdivided. A part of the deep web is the dark web, the portion of the Internet where illicit activities and cybercriminals tend to flock. The deep web isn’t necessarily illegal, it just contains sites that are unindexed, which means not accessible through a normal search

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As the Internet expands, the underside, also known as the deep web, is becoming more mainstream.

A typical user can’t access this layer through a traditional browser, such as Firefox or Chrome.

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Dear Editor: On Jan. 29, I visited Ridgecrest Elementary School as part of volunteer service with College Access Corps.

Expecting it to simply be a day where I would talk to kids about college, I was astounded. In a school where I was expecting to find kids running free at recess, unaware of the troubles of the world, I found an example of the division of a society based upon socio-economic class - something I was unaware could exist with children as young as 11. Students who are a part of a poorer household are statistically less likely to go to college or even graduate from high school.

In my school district, the division of friendships due to socio-economic class came in junior high school or later, unlike what I saw in Ridgecrest Elementary, where I found the division started much sooner.

Sitting down at a white plastic lunch table pulled out of a closet, I watched little children come, fleeing from the dangers of math homework and reading. Some seemed to be happy, but others seemed let down by the possibility of sitting with others they didn’t get along with well.

As the children sat down with their lunches, I noticed something strange. Students who brought lunches from home in fancy lunch pails and Tupperware very rarely, interacted with those who had a can of beans in a plastic grocery bag. Students who had hot lunch from school often felt awkward; a card placed on their plate seemed to symbolize their status as a student with free or reduced lunch, a program which give students who are struggling financially a way to have lunch.

This division was further seen at Orting High School.

Students who struggled in school walked in packs from class to class, shoulders slumped and bags under their eyes. When I chatted with some, they seemed to not understand what they would do in their future - college didn’t seem like an option for them.

With the issue of poverty affecting the amount of students who are able to go to college, we as college students must ask ourselves: What has brought us to this point? What circumstances have led to our ability to go to college? What can we do to help others who do not have the fortune of being in our circumstances? I urge all to find a way to help others who are not as fortunate as we ourselves have been. Please contact Sarah McDaniel at SJmcdaniel@pierce.ctc.edu to volunteer at College Access Corps. Only an hour a week of your time could make a difference in the life of someone who truly needs it.

Regards, Rebecca Dickson

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Find a light switch, it’s dark in here

Is the dark web as cool and mysterious as everyone makes it out to be?

Armani Jackson Managing Editor

People are often afraid of the unknown. It’s human tendency to stick with the known instead of discovering new information.

And people tend to accept whatever information is handed to them, especially if it comes from someone with authority. The same applies to the Internet.

Underneath the surface layer of the web, lies the deep web. Even farther below that is the dark web. This portion of the web is so rarely talked about that people are more fearful of the misconceptions than of the actual dark web itself.

If someone wants to access the dark web, which isn’t hard to do, it’s more anticlimactic than finding out Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father. Vader is German for father after all. More than half the sites no longer work and the ones that do look like a child was having fun writing HTML code on Notepad.

So much of the dark web is dead and blank space.

Society makes this part of the Internet seem so terrifyingly captivating to anyone who’s never went on it. In reality, the dark web barely makes up the Internet; it’s just a small portion hidden from traditional browsers. It went wrong somewhere along the way.

The deep web came from military origins because the U.S. military sought a way to communicate with intelligence assets and Americans stationed abroad without being detected, according to International Business Times.

Eventually the dark web was created, consisting of fraud services, rentable hackers, child pornography and other morally skewed services.

People go on the dark web for three reasons: One, they’re buying something they shouldn’t, such as illicit drugs or weapons. Two, they’re curious teenagers who think they’re cool because they went onto it once. Or three, the country

Corrections from Issue 7 Page 4: In the Fighting Words, instead of two genderneutral bathrooms on campus, there are three.

they live in has strict censorship laws and this is the only way they can have a voice.

If someone is living in a relatively free country, there’s probably no reasonable excuse they should be on the dark web.

Granted, people have used it to bypass BBC’s block on American servers so they can watch British television. But even that doesn’t seem like a good enough excuse to put in the effort to download and configure the Tor browser.

The dark web is so overglorified in society. People don’t know what it is and government officials like to keep it that way so citizens have something to fear.

But if everyone was clear on what the dark web was, there wouldn't be such a strong desire for people to try and access it in secret.

People think everything is illegal, when in fact going onto the dark web isn’t illegal at all; it’s the illegal purchases that get people in trouble with the FBI. Then, everyone would know what it was and maybe the fascination with the dark web would cease. Frankly, one of the only reasons it’s popular is because of the stigma associated with it. Things that are typically dangerous and illegal spark curiosity, that’s human nature.

Here’s some unspoken truths about the dark web. A person doesn’t need a degree in computer science to access it.

It’s not as cool as people think it is; most of it looks like the comic sans font.

It’s not as “dark” as society makes it out to be, believe it or not but not every site is doing something illegal. Lastly, there’s no good reason any free person should use it.

The dark web is only as hidden as society wants it to be.

It’s just a centralized global location that people, cybercriminals and repressed third-world citizens can call an anonymous “safe” haven.

There’s nothing mysterious about it.

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Should the college sell high-sugar and energy drinks, and other processed foods?

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Suzanne Buchholz

without worrying that their parents won’t approve. If they decide to pick a bag of chips and a bottle of Sprite over a healthier alternative like almonds and water, that’s all up to Pierce College Puyallup offers a variety them and they shouldn’t be judged for their choices. of options for students to buy food on camHaving the opportunity to buy snacks like this could even pus, from the dining commons and bookhelp students make it through their day. College life can be store to the various vending machines. stressful with multiple classes, daily homework assignments While the dining commons sells hot and tests, which can really drag a person down. Sometimes, meals such as burgers and chicken strips, Suzanne Buchholz students might benefit from the caffeine perk of an energy the bookstore offers convenient items like Top Ramen cups and other packaged foods. The vending drink or soda to keep them awake during a long class. Or machines are stocked with candy and chips. They all sell maybe they’re upset about bombing an exam and need sodas, energy drinks and other high-sugar beverages along cheering up in the form of sugar. If it takes a package of Twizzlers or a bag of M&Ms to brighten someone’s mood with bottled water.

Some students may question the nutritional value of after a difficult day, they should be able to buy them.

It’s true that junk food and energy drinks have drawprocessed foods and drinks like the ones Pierce offers. Othbacks. Most junk food is loaded ers might wonder if they with unnecessary amounts of should be sold at the school at all, or if they should be “While some people may argue sugar, fat and calories that can weight gain and contribute replaced with more nutritious that the college should only cause negatively to certain health conalternatives. While some people may argue that the college provide healthy choices for ditions such as diabetes. Energy drinks have been linked to even should only provide healthy students, there are many more dangerous issues such as choices for students, there are many reasons that it’s not bad reasons that it’s not bad to sell headaches, insomnia, anxiety and even cardiac arrest, accordto sell what’s considered junk what’s considered junk food.” ing to a report on caffeineinfood. former.com. Taking these fact One reason is that college students are generally mature enough to make their own into consideration, it seems logical to stop selling these items decisions about what to eat. It’s understandable to ban vend- at school if they can cause so many health problems.

However, these factors shouldn’t provide reason to start ing machines from elementary, middle schools and high schools or to only stock nutritious items, as children at this pulling items off the shelves. These are the long-term effects age aren’t necessarily capable of making wise choices about of products. A student won’t gain five pounds by eating one food. It also makes it easier for parents to limit their chil- Snickers bar, nor will they suffer a heart attack from one Red dren’s junk food intake when they aren’t present. Once stu- Bull. The key is moderation, and it’s up to students to decide dents reach college age, they tend to have a better grasp on what’s enough for them to handle. It should also be noted what they should eat and how to balance their diets without that simply because the school stops selling processed products, this doesn’t mean students won’t bring them from their parents’ assistance.

College students are capable of making their own choic- home, they just won’t have such easy access.

In the end, it’s the student’s choice whether they think it’s es regardless of their parents’ preferences. Many college students live away from home and are responsible for making a good idea to buy junk food instead of something healthier, their own decisions on a daily basis, which includes what or whether they want to chug an energy drink instead of buythey eat. Even if a student still lives with their parents, they ing a coffee from the café. The school should be able to proshould be considered old enough to decide what food to get vide students with these options.

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According to The Daily Nexus, “consuming sugar in place of balanced meals can impair cognitive function because when you become resistant to insulin, the insulin Every day, college students are expectreceptors in your brain stop working properly.” ed to attend classes, complete all required Not only are students stunting their learning, they’re also assignments and keep up with outside not helping their hunger in the slightest. Sugar doesn’t fill a responsibilities. When they have that person’s stomach. All it does is provide unnecessary calomuch to keep track of, they can feel overries with no nutritional benefit. whelmed and their health is usually the Armani Jackson Energy drinks are a psychoactive drug. This means it’s a first thing to suffer.

Besides schedule conflicts and crippling anxiety, college chemical that affects a person’s nervous system and alters students are typically poor. According to stageoflife.com, brain function. The temporary energy spike a person feels 60 percent of students don’t receive financial assistance afterward is the aftermath of a drug on the brain.

These drinks are everywhere and it can be tempting to from their parents. If students don’t have the time or money to cook for themselves, chances are they don’t have time to buy one when the longest time spent sleeping was 15 minutes in a parked car. However, get the recommended eight they aren’t put out there to help hours of sleep every night.

The lack of sleep can drive “they aren’t put out there to the student body. The only reathese are made so easily one to purchase the oh so help the student body. the only son available is because they make over glorified “magic” bevmoney, and in the U.S. corporate erage - an energy drink. A reason these are so easily greed is everything. manufactured and artificialVending machines, the bookly caffeinated drink couldn’t available is because they make store and the dining commons be that bad; Pierce probably money, and in the U.S. all sell the forbidden drug of wouldn’t sell them if they corporate greed is everything.” processed food. Each package were. of chips and candy contains According to U.S. News, the sales of energy drinks grew 60 percent between 2008 enough chemicals, including salt and sugar, to sustain the and 2012 and a market value of $12.5 billion, with an Dead Sea. According to marketplace.org, processed foods make up expected growth rate of at least $21 billion by 2017. Even though these products sell well, that doesn’t mean they’re 70 percent of the average American’s diet. It’s the high good for the body. These beverages sell because they’re sugar content that keeps people coming back. This addicaddictive and are viewed as the perfect solution, when in tion has a neurological hold and companies use that fact to reality they’ll only temporarily solve a permanent problem. determine the most effective way to light up a person’s They contain outrageous levels of sugar, another prob- brain like a Christmas tree. Sugar, as it turns out, has the lem within itself. Sugar is an addictive drug and when same effect on the brain as cocaine.

Energy drinks, processed food and sugar overdoses are ingested, triggers the release of dopamine—a signal that one of the most efficient ways to kill someone’s brain, makes a person happy.

It’s not only what’s in the drinks but the frequency at which is quickly followed by the rest of the body. So if which college students drink them. When students are run- someone is looking to avoid the high stress of college life, ning late or are tired, it’s common to grab one on the way they can spend money on artificial energy and cheap drugs and be dead before the next assignment is due. out the door and have that instead of a quality breakfast.

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Should energy and sugary drinks be sold in the vending machines on campus?

Bailey Maguire: “I think they should, only because I know a diabetic very closely and I think it’s good for them to be able to have those sugary things close to them.”

Shakita Etheridge:

“No. Energy drinks kill your energy. You’re just hyped up on sugar. POWERADE is fine, but not Red Bull.”

Peter Kamau: “No, they’re not healthy nor nutritious enough for someone’s body for a long time.”

Daniel Shumway: “I wouldn’t drink any of it, but I don’t see a problem with it being sold here. People probably drink it anyway.”

Suzette Johnson: “People should have the right to choose. It’s kind of like smoking; it’s bad for you, but people still smoke. I noticed there’s no cigarette vending machines.”

Yutian Su: “We should sell it (the

energy drinks). At the end of this quarter, we have many projects to do. I think it’s necessary to have the energy.”

Chris McQueen: “I don’t think so, just because I don’t believe in drinks full of sugar, just because I’m super healthy. I’m vegan. I believe that (unhealthy eating) is the reason kids in our generation have diabetes.”

Aimee Barrett: “I think that they’re very unhealthy and there are studies that prove that. If they (the students) really want them, they should bring them from home.”

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What’s going on at Pierce College Puyallup

Suzanne Buchholz Reporter

The clubs handbook at the college, known officially as the Club Policy Manual, has undergone a few changes that affect the structure of campus clubs.

One of the most significant modifications being made to the handbook is the types of clubs that students can form, Clubs Senator Emma Embleton said.

Now, clubs will be classified as either recognized or certified.

“That’ll basically just be the different levels of how much you can ask from the college and how much you give back to the college,” Embleton said.

Recognized clubs will have fewer privileges than certified clubs, such as less funding. This is compensated by the fact that recognized clubs aren’t required to organize as many events or undergo as much training as certified clubs. This is a good club platform for those who want to create clubs but don’t have as much time to devote to it, Embleton said.

Although certified clubs receive more funding, they require more devotion of time, as they’re considered part of the clubs’ council. They need to host more events than recognized clubs, and their funding must be regulated to include campus-related activities instead of only clubexclusive activities.

The updated handbook contains the rules and regulations that clubs on campus

are required to follow in order to maintain their status. It features rules on such matters as planning events and requesting money for activities, Embleton said.

“It’s mostly just defining what it means to be a club, what kind of things you have to follow,” Embleton said. “In order for us as a college to be giving clubs our money, we want something in return. We want student support, involvement and engagement.”

Changes to the handAndrew Punchak book were discussed by members of the Office of Student Life at the beginning of fall quarter 2015 and were finalized during winter quarter 2016.

The other changes to the handbook are minor and mainly affect the regulations already in place, Embleton said.

“Mostly we’re just enforcing the rules that we already have in the handbook,” Embleton said. “Last year they weren’t enforced very much so clubs were kind of left to their own devices. So we’re just making sure clubs have the proper guidance that they need to succeed.”

Clubs Coordinator Andrew Punchak said the changes will benefit clubs already in place as well as ones students want to form. He said it’ll clarify many rules for students, which in turn should inspire

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Lancer now charging for utensils when students don’t order food CJ Robinson Reporter

Lancer Hospitality, the food service provider on campus, is now charging students and faculty 10 cents for each plastic utensil if they don’t also purchase food.

Previously, forks and spoons were available for free when a customer asked a Lancer employee. Now, the utensils are kept behind the counter and are only given with a purchase.

Some students oppose this new policy. Student Syd Blankenship said this limits low-income students ability to pay for more important items.

“There’s stuff (in the food pantry) that you can’t eat without utensils,” Blankenship said. “Are you supposed to scoop peanut butter out of a jar with your fingers and eat like a heathen? It’s degrading.”

The food pantry in the Connection Café does have plastic forks available at times.

Student Alyssa Mongkol has similar concerns with the new policy.

“I use my change for gas money,” Mongkol said.

“When I have to use it to pay for a 10 cent fork, I really just don’t like it.”

After multiple attempts to contact Pacific Northwest Regional Director Susan Smith, she said she didn’t have time to provide information regarding the policy.

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them to create clubs without worrying about how to do it.

“I think the changes and additions to the club handbook are going to be a great resource for clubs to refer to,” Punchak said. “It answers a lot of questions clubs commonly have and builds a great base to work with.”

The new regulations won’t affect the way clubs are formed on campus, although additional steps for registration might be added for more Emma Embleton involved clubs that want to expand beyond the Pierce campus, Embleton said. The current process for starting up a club is to fill out a form in the OSL, collect signatures from other students who’d be interested in joining and find an adviser to manage activities. The club founder would then continue to keep in touch with Embleton and Punchak to ensure the club is running as planned.

Although the lengthy handbook is intimidating, Punchak said, he wants students to know that they shouldn’t feel so daunted by it that they decide not to form their own clubs.

“After looking through a few pages, students will see how accessible and easy it is to follow,” Punchak said.

Embleton feels that the changes to the

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New rules recognize different types of campus clubs

Pierce College’s Club Policy Manual has been revised for 2016. handbook might make it easier for students to create clubs as well as engage with other clubs.

“The way they’re formed right now, it’s kind of that they form and then they’re off, they do their meetings and they stay within themselves,” Embleton said. “They don’t really branch out, and I’m hoping that the new rules in the handbook will help expand the clubs for them and create more clubs, create inter-club activities like more than one club working together.”

19-year-old jailed after assaulting student Armani Jackson

The man later returned while she was still on the phone with police. He put his arm around the student’s On March 1, a female student was attacked by a 19- neck, stole her iPhone 5s and ripped out a section of year-old in the parking lot with a plastic Coca Cola her hair before running away once more with the dog and cellphone, according to the police report. bottle that had been filled with R&R liquor.

Police arrived at the scene and deployed a K9 unit The alleged assailant is the student’s ex-boyfriend, and he was arrested by Puyallup Police in the southeast to look for the man, but the dog couldn’t find him. portion of Pierce College Puyallup after the alleged Officers later spotted the man in the southeast portion of the campus. He was arrested on the spot. Police assault.

At about 5:15 p.m. the student picked up the man at claimed the victim’s dog, but the man said he didn’t the Sumner Library and arrived at Pierce at 6:30 p.m. have the cellphone.

He was yelling at police to for her evening psychology class. have them read him his rights They’d been in a two-year relaand admitted he’d been drinktionship and lived in her trailer. The ing. No information was providtwo broke up after the man apparently burned down the trailer six “he put his arm around ed as to the quantity of alcohol consumed. The man could baredays prior to this incident, according to the police report. The couple the student’s neck, stole ly stand and his words were slurred, according to the inciwas hanging out because she wanther iPhone 5s and dent report. ed to talk about the trailer fire. ripped out a section of The report stated that once When she arrived at her car after class, she found the male acting her hair before running the suspect was in the patrol vehicle, he began sobbing belligerent and irrational, admitting away once more with uncontrollably. He was also he’d been drinking, according to to his sister who arrived her written statement. the dog and cellphone.” yelling at the scene but wasn’t making He poured the liquor into a Coke sense. bottle and was asked by the victim When asked about the incito throw the bottle away. The man dent by officers, the man denied then began to thrash around in her truck, and when he asked to step out by the female stu- stealing the student’s cellphone and throwing the botdent, he refused and allegedly broke the truck’s pas- tle.

He was then taken to the Puyallup City Jail and was senger side air vent. She then called 911 on her celldetained for third degree theft, fourth degree assault, phone and the man asked her to hang up.

She continued talking to authorities and he then got interfering with domestic violence reporting, maliout of the truck, drank the rest of the alcohol in the bot- cious mischief and minor intoxication.

As of press time, the man hasn’t been charged. No tle, struck it on her forehead, threw the bottle in the information has been provided regarding his release. trash can and walked away with her dog.

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John Kasich

Marco Rubio

Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump

College students: We are the Trump card What the front running presidential candidates have promised to do for college students

Hannah Pederson Reporter

Nov. 8 seems months away, but as with any presidential race, the neverending coverage on multiple media platforms can make Election Day seem like The Incredibles sequel; people have been waiting and waiting and all of a sudden it’s here.

Candidates are locking down constituents in their respective party’s primaries, making all kinds of statements on their positions. A popular topic in this election seems to be revolving around college students, but some people question if the promises from candidates will be effective and whether they’ll follow through.

The number of frontrunning candidates has been dwindling fast, leaving Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton competing for the Democratic vote, and Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich all vying for the endorsement of the Republican Party.

The policy that seems to have garnered the most controversy is Sander’s plan.

“As president, I will: make tuition free at public colleges and universities, lower student loan interest rates for current and future borrowers, ensure all children have access to a quality education by fighting to ensure equal access to educational resources,” Sanders said Dec. 30, 2015, in a statement he made on his Google+ page.

Pierce College Puyallup Business and Social Science Instructor John Lucas had some qualms regarding how Sanders will be able to follow through.

“I like the idea, but it’s like investing in anything,” Lucas said. “Spend money now to make money later, and that’s not appealing in a presidential campaign. Bernie Sanders plan is so big that it’s really hard for me to see a situation in the near future where he’d be able to get it through Congress.”

Clinton delivered a somewhat less radical plan that focuses on lowering interest rates when it comes to student loans, to around 2 percent. She’s also made statements regarding community college tuition, stating in April 2015 that it should be free for everyone, later to say it should only be free for “those who truly need it” in January 2016.

Both Democratic candidates have released in-depth financial plans that cover the cost of their goals regarding higher education and more, but both have been scrutinized for their viability.

On the other side of the spectrum, Trump has forced America to take him seriously. His stances on all relevant policies vary from day to day, looking at Trump’s official Twitter account.

Looking specifically at his beliefs in regards to higher education, Trump’s made several statements about stu-

dent loans.

“I’m going to look into colleges...we’re going to do something with regard to really smart financing,” Trump said in February 2016 at a rally in Salem, N.H. Trump has yet to provide a financial plan to back up his statements.

Rubio came out with an unusual plan for refinancing higher education, when compared to his peers. Rubio’s backing a bill with Representative Tom Petri of Wisconsin in which private investors would pay for all, or portions, of a student’s tuition, and later on they’d collect a portion of that student’s earnings for the amount of time that was agreed upon. This policy, which some might compare to the indentured servitude in the days of yore, could be considered viable.

“For Marco Rubio, I think he wants to be the kind of Republican where he can address the issues of the middle class, but through the private sector,” Lucas said.

Kasich has been scrutinizing the payrolls of college administrators, saying that he’s “concerned about the cost of higher education.”

Cruz has been putting his focus on K-12 education, ignoring higher education.

“If you don’t have a plan to help pay for (higher) education, it means students will have to come up with those resources themselves,” Lucas said.

Alex Heldrich Reporter

‘Twas election season when all through the country, not a person was agreeing, not even with their spouse. The primaries were held in each state to prepare, in hopes that the next president would be supported there.

Primary elections are held to decide which candidate will be on the ballot for each political party in November. This also means that every other advertisement or meme that someone sees on the Internet is about the election.

While the actual process of electing the president can be considered as complex, all people have to do is vote during the state primaries and then vote during the national election on Election Day. The election officially began with the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1.

Unlike a primary where voting is open to the general public, a caucus is an event held between the Democratic and Republican Parties.

According to lifehacker.com, caucuses are held at community centers such as schools and churches.

Each precinct will introduce its delegates, followed by speeches; then the voting will begin.

There are several major differences between the GOP and Dem-

ocratic Party at this stage. The GOP secretly casts their vote while the Democratic Party goes through several stages of voting, removing candidates along the way. After the caucuses, delegates are divided based on the results of the caucus and are sent to the national party convention to vote for their candidate on behalf of the state, according to lifehacker.com. This is when the state primaries come in.

Primaries can either be open or closed, according to votesmart.org.

A closed primary is when in order to vote, someone must be affiliated with a political party. They may only vote for the candidate for the party. In an open primary, anyone

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who’s a registered voter can vote for any of the candidates. It’s up to the state to decide whether or not to hold open or closed primaries.

When it comes to awarding points to each candidate, the process becomes more complicated. The winning candidate isn’t decided by popular vote but instead by the vote of the delegates for each candidate.

Delegates are state officials and mayors. The number of delegates per state is dependent on the state’s population.

As of March 11, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee,

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Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi have held their primaries.

The rest of the primaries in the other 34 states will continue into June.

For the GOP, Donald Trump’s in the lead with 459 delegates followed by Ted Cruz with 360 delegates, Marco Rubio with 152 delegates and John Kasich with 54 delegates. To be qualified for nomination, 1,237 delegates out of 1,777 available delegates are needed.

Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party is winning 1,223 delegates and superdelegates. Her opponent, Bernie Sanders, current-

ly has 574 delegates and superdelegates. To be qualified for nomination in the Democratic Party, 2,383 delegates out of 3,286 available delegates are needed.

Pierce College Puyallup has a large number of students who are able to vote.

“It’s very important to vote,” student Josh Hunter said. “People think that one vote doesn’t matter but if 1,000 people think that, then there’s a problem.”

Student Mary Hall plans on voting in the Washington primaries on March 26.

“I feel like since we have the privilege to vote it’s our obligation to do so,” Hall said.

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Shoutout Andrea Mendoza

What do you think about St. Patrick’s Day? Brandon Griffith: “I think it's a valid holiday. The main color is green and that's my favorite color. I think (what) all people do is go out to drink, and that's awesome. I don't think it's an important holiday though.”

Keri Johnson: “I think it's a

take it or leave it holiday. Both my brother and my husband's sister were born on St. Patrick’s Day, so it has some significance to me. It's just a bit of time to have fun and get drunk.”

Jenifer Tatum giving a presentation about Financial Aid options.

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Ashlee Mcgee: “I like St.

Patrick’s day because I get to wear a lot of green and you get to pinch people.

When I was little I would get prizes for wearing green, which was motivating.”

Ronald Hanson: “St. Patrick’s

Day is my national holiday. I eat and drink to celebrate. It's a valuable holiday to my heritage and I think that's how it should be. There’s Black History Month, so every heritage should have it’s holiday.”

Elizabeth Seeger: “It's just a drinking holiday. All I do is wear green and drink beer with my dad; that's pretty much it.”

Aaron Maier: “I actually like St.

Patrick’s Day a lot because I get to wear green and pinch the people who don’t, especially the ones in my family. Also, the chocolate pot of gold coins are sweet.”

Zachary Bresser:

“I don't mind St. Patrick’s Day. I usually just wear green and hide because I don't own that much green, so I don't want to get pinched. It’s either get pinched or punched.”

Sam Stimson: “I feel that St. Patrick's day is kind of pointless. It's just a good excuse to drink alcohol. It's a nice holiday if you’re Irish, but it still has more of a point than Presidents Day.”

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Senior Reporter

Employees in the Financial Aid department sponsored a workshop on March 1 to assist students with applying for college funding.

Financial Aid Program Coordinator Jenifer Tatum began the evening with a brief PowerPoint presentation. This included information about the types of funding available, documents students need to apply for aid and what qualifies students to be considered independent and dependent on their application.

After the presentation, the seven attendees began working on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid and Tatum answered questions.

Planning the workshop was a collaborative effort among multiple departments on campus.

“The Financial Aid workshop idea was a result from several brainstorming sessions among advising, Financial Aid and outreach,” Program Support Supervisor Teresa Buchman said. “We concluded that a Financial Aid workshop with a short presentation and 45 minutes of help in a computer lab would be a better format.

This way, we can help students in the various stages of the Financial Aid process.”

Financial Aid workshops are being scheduled in the evening to accommodate parents who want to attend with their child and for students who work during the day, Buchman said.

Dark Web

If someone wanted to buy weapons, drugs, people etc. the process works similar to Amazon. Users select prodContinued from page 1 ucts they want to buy. However, the steps to complete the engine. For example, a student’s Gmail account or Pierce purchase are more complicated.

Customers don’t have products shipped to their home databases would be classified as the deep web.

The dark web is where it gets interesting because it addresses. They usually choose a neutral, easily accessihosts a variety of illicit activities, including, but not lim- ble but hidden place. Also, people don’t pay with their ited to, drug deals, human trafficking, sex slavery, terror- debit or credit cards because business is typically done ist communication, child pornography and assassinators through a bartering system using bitcoins. This is virtual for hire. Forums are available for hackers or, say, like- currency that has offline value. Once a product is purminded individuals to exchange ideas on effective ways chased, the corresponding number of bitcoins are transfor someone to choke on their blood while still being ferred from the customer’s account, held by a neutral third-party, and then transtasteful. ferred into the seller’s account The dark web is a colleconce customers have verified tion of websites that are pub“Not everything on the dark that they’re satisfied with their licly visible, but IP addresses of the servers that run them web is “dark,” however. For purchases.

Not everything on the dark are hidden. That means anyexample, one of Tor’s hidden web is “dark,” however. For one can visit a dark web site, but it can be difficult to fig- services is SecureDrop, a tool example, one of Tor’s hidden services is SecureDrop, a tool ure out where they’re hostthat helps news organizations that helps news organizations ed—or by whom. to receive anonymous submisMost users on the dark to receive anonymous sions and comments. web already know the URLs submissions and comments.

Facebook uses the dark of the site they want. Unlike web, too. According to Wired a site on the surface level, magazine, “Facebook has dark web links end with the Tor-created .onion tag. There’s a Deep Search tool that launched a dark web site aimed at better catering to users who visit the site using Tor to evade surveillance and cenworks similar to Google for finding .onion sites.

Society may deem it taboo to know how to access sites sorship.”

This helps countries with strict censorship laws like these because people think that if someone is on the dark web, they’re doing something illegal. Someone can because they can use it in order to have a voice and outbrowse and still end up finding something they wish they side communication without the fear of being easily dishadn’t. This portion of the web is accessible to anyone covered by government authorities.

“We live in a very monitored society, they’ll watching who wants in.

“Sometimes you can see awful, creepy as hell things,” everything we do,” Computer Network Engineering a Pierce College student who wished to remain anony- Instructor Ciaran Bloomer said. “That might inhibit peomous said. “If anything says webcam, stay away from it. ple (or) restrict creativity. They’ll feel more comfortable The reason I say this is they’ll sometimes have people (and can) operate with the privacy that people used to auctioning off other people and they tell them what to do take for granted not too very long ago, so it (the dark with those people. You can go on the Internet and see a web) might be beneficial in that regard. (Or) sometimes if bunch of horror stories. I sold my computer after that you’re trying to fight tyranny, not that we have it at the happened. I didn’t know (what I was getting myself governmental level. They might shut you down, (but) if you’re on the dark web they won’t be able to.” into).”

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Students volunteer at New Hope Resource Center Alex Heldrich Reporter

One dozen Pierce College Puyallup students sorted clothing for the homeless at the New Hope Resource Center in downtown Puyallup on March 5.

Upon arriving, the student volunteers filed into a small room with piles of clothes. A volunteer welcomed the students and took them on a tour of the building which includes a pantry, storage room filled with clothing and a room for homeless people to store their belongings.

There’s also a living space for homeless people to relax and watch TV. After meeting a few other volunteers, students got to work. The group split into two divisions: four students helped homeless people select clothing from the small front room and the rest sorted and organized clothing in the storage room.

Social Issues and Awareness Coordinator Emmalee Chamberlain planned the event.

Another component of the event was learning about mental illness.

“A lot of homeless people are mentally ill because our mental health programs are really screwed up,” Chamberlain said. “I wanted students to know why they’re helping and who.”

Twenty to 25 percent of homeless people in the United States suffer from some

Student volunteers hard are at work organizing donated clothing. homeless people in the Puyallup community. On a daily average, there are about 80 to 90 people in the center, estimated one of the volunteers. The center typically stays open until 3 p.m. With additional volunteers, the center can stay open longer, one of the volunteers said.

Other services offered at the center

form of severe mental illness, according to nationalhomeless.org. To give perspective, only about 6 percent of Americans are severely mentally ill. The website also states that homeless patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are especially vulnerable.

The center specializes in caring for

include personal care such as providing haircuts, dental service and laundry service. There are also life skill development activities such as practice job interviews, money management skills and conflict resolution.

The center works with other churches and homeless organizations to help the homeless community. From November to March, vans from Freezing Nights bring homeless people to and from the center from churches where they may spend the night. The center eventually plans to add showers so that the homeless may take regular showers instead of traveling to the YMCA or having to wait until the weekend when a local church allows them to use their shower facilities.

“My family was in that place at one point and I think that a lot of people just help because they think it’s the right thing to do, not because they’re empathetic towards the community,” student Ashyr Clairé said, adding that they plan on going back each week. “I want to show the homeless community that there’s more out there for them and that it does get better.”

Chamberlain said that she’s happy with how the event turned out because everyone who signed up attended. She plans on hosting more service project events in spring quarter.

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As winter quarter comes to a close, some students start to look to spring break for some sort of reprieve. They could go with their instincts and hibernate for the 11 days off, try to pay for college and get a temporary job or go on an adventure.

Some students rarely have time to expand their extracurricular horizons, so when they do, it can be overwhelming and they end up settling for another Netflix marathon. If they can scrounge up enough energy to invest in finding something to do, they’d discover the limitless options within Washington state.

For those who want to take advantage of Washington’s biodiversity and unsettling spring weather, they might want to check out the Hoh rainforest: a rainforest with banana slugs and other wonders of the natural world that’s about a four-hour drive east of Puyallup.

According to the National Parks Service website, the Hoh rainforest is one of the finest remaining examples of a temperate rainforest in the United States. It features two easy-going trails that show off all the major draws of the park and provide a serene green place to forget about winter quarter. The park is open in spring and fall from Friday through Sunday.

If students prefer not to poke slugs and laugh at trees that look like other things but still want to appreciate the beauty of nature, the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden is 20 minutes away in Federal Way. As the name suggests, the garden features Washington state’s official flower with more than 700 varieties of the 1000 known for the species according to rhodygarden.org, the garden’s official website. Most of the varieties will be in

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Activities that expand the mind and won’t shrink the wallet

Vacation ideas include (from left) the Hoh rain forest, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Seattle Meowtropolitan cat café and Bill Speidel's Underground Tour in Seattle. bloom and available to smell, touch and talk to about personal problems during the time that Pierce College students have off. The winding trail through the plants and ponds could be a therapeutic place to go over spring quarter anxieties with a friend or just to oneself. The rhododendron garden is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The admission for the third Thursday of every month is free from 4-7 p.m, otherwise it’s $8.

For those wary of sporadic spring sprinkles but still want an adventure, Seattle’s Bill Speidel's Underground Tour is a macabre place to spend an afternoon. The tour spans the remnants of old Seattle, which is currently beneath the streets of new Seattle. Before Seattle was a hub for metrosexuals and indie youths, it was a hive of scum and villainy to rival Mos Eisley. Its remains are littered with brothels fronting as seamstresses, opium dens and all kinds of other places. From April through September, the tour is offered daily from 9 a.m.-7 p.m.. Tick-

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et are $16 with a college ID. For a more tame experience, emerge from subterranean Seattle and head to the first cat café in the city, Seattle Meowtropolitan. The café partners with the Regional Animal Services of King County to provide a temporary home for sociable cats looking for employment, with the cats being available for adoption at varying times, according to the café’s website. Students need to make a reservation online before checking in and pay the $10 fee (per person). Then, they’re free to pet, play with, hug and cry on the furry employees.

“I’d be apprehensive at first, but then I’d feel comfortable because cats,” student Nomi Samuel said. “And what’s not to love about cats and coffee?”

Spring break doesn’t have to mean visiting Cancun or living in a blanket fort watching low-budget web series for 11 days. Students can go out and actually live their lives for a few unburdened days.

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Home sweet school: Home-schoolers at Pierce College Puyallup Suzanne Buchholz Reporter

For many students, attending Pierce College Puyallup is their first time experiencing college life, with many of them coming to Pierce directly after graduating high school.

For other students who’ve been educated at home their whole life, this might be their first experience in public school.

About 3 percent of children from the kindergarten to 12th grade age range were home-schooled in 2011-2012, according to a study by the National Study for Education Statistics. This is about a 61 percent increase from 2003 when only about 2 percent were home-schooled.

Home-schooled students tend to be just as prepared for college life as students who were educated through public school systems, and in some cases more prepared, according to an article from The Huffington Post. This is because home-schoolers are able to study in the way that fits them best and are able to devote more time to pursuing their passions or continuing studying in their fields of interest. They’re also able to socialize with adults as well as other children more often through clubs and sports teams, meaning that they aren’t uninvolved in society simply because they don’t attend public school.

There are currently about 123 homeschooled students enrolled at Pierce through Running Start, Running Start Manager Valerie Frey said. This isn’t the total number of home-schoolers at Pierce, which can be estimated by observing how many students are coded to a school district rather than a specific high school.

Previously home-schooled students may adjust to college life more easily by starting with a part-time work load for their first quarter instead of the 15-credit load most students take, Frey said. She suggested that a class combination of COLLG101 and ENGL101 would help the student ease into the college lifestyle and become comfortable with the workload that’d be expected of them. The transition into college life is different for each student, Frey said.

“I’ve seen home-based Running Start students make the transition to college relatively easily,” Frey said. “I’ve known

Emily Ashcraft hangs out with a huge turtle on campus last spring. many home-school (students) who take a full-time load their first quarter and they do really well. I think it just depends on the students’ educational experiences and background.”

Student Emily Ashcraft said that her home-school experience was challenging as well as rewarding. She said her parents set high academic standards in order for her to succeed, and were encouraging in all that she did. She was also involved in a home-school co-op.

“On Mondays, I attended a co-op at my church with some amazing teachers who stretched my brain by teaching things like pre-calculus and chemistry to me in high school,” Ashcraft said. “I feel that these things prepared me well for college because I learned valuable life lessons, such as (to) not procrastinate in writing sixpage papers, and (that) math teachers are usually very understanding and happy to take your many questions.”

Ashcraft enrolled in Pierce as a Running Start student to earn an associate degree faster and accelerate her college career. She initially wanted to go into nursing, but after one quarter she changed her mind and decided to major in education. She said that the process of coming to college for the first time and deciding on a major was fairly easy.

“For me, the transition of coming to

Pierce after home schooling was pretty smooth,” Ashcraft said. “Because of the high academic standards given to me while home-schooled, I was ready for the assignments, readings and projects that were assigned by Pierce professors. Also, I have always been a really social person, so I almost always had classmates to do homework and work through tough projects with.”

Another benefit when entering college, Ashcraft said, was having an older sister who’d gone through Ashyr Clairé the same experience and could give advice such as for which teachers to sign-up for and the best places to study.

She also gained support from friends who were attending Pierce for the first time as she, so they were able to make the adjustment together.

Ashcraft will graduate spring quarter and plans on attending Central Washington University in winter 2017. Her goal is to be in the Elementary Education/English as a Second Language program so she can get a job in the school system or generally work with bilingual children.

Ashcraft said she wants other homeschool students to know that they shouldn’t panic about going to college for the first time.

She said that they should develop their interests and look for new ones by joining clubs or taking different classes. People shouldn’t think all home-schoolers are the same or different from public school students just because they were educated differently, she said.

“Every home-schooler is different, just like every public school student,” Ashcraft said. “Some are more introverted while others are more extroverted. Some are crazy smart and are pursuing fields of medicine and upper level math, while others like me know that I could never do that and am content to learn how to teach little kiddos. There really isn’t anything weird about home-schoolers and no need for there to be stigmas.”

Student Ashyr Clairé said their homeschool experience was also positive. Clairé said they’ve always been close to their mother, and appreciated staying home with

CJ Robinson

Club members work to create safe space CJ Robinson Reporter

The Gay Straight Alliance started holding meetings in February. About 10 members are actively involved in the GSA, club president Rhi Wevver said.

Wevver said the goal for this club is to create a safe space for students of all sexualities and identities.

“I care a lot about the queer community,” Wevver said. “I have a personal investment in the club.”

Typically, meetings cover event planning, any community problems in Pierce or Puyallup regarding the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community and an open socialization and chat. Meetings are biweekly to encourage as many people to come as possible and to coordinate between schedules of active members.

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GSA meetings are biweekly in CTR 292 confidentiality, making sure no pictures are taken without previous permission and being sensitive about others’ mental states.

“I’m not usually able to be open with who I am,” GSA member Syd Blankenship said. “This group kind of made it easier to do that in public.”

The beginning of the GSA also signified the end of the previous year’s Umbrella Club. Previous members of the Umbrella Club, including student Jaspar Bailey, said the club has rebranded because of complaints about the original club.

“There hasn’t been a ton of shaming (like in the Umbrella Club),” Bailey said. “I don’t feel I have to

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her every day. Even after their mother took up a full-time job, Clairé didn’t have a desire to go to a public school. They said that this benefitted them due to an experience they had that would’ve made going to public school difficult.

“When I was about 14 I had to go to inpatient therapy, and if I was publicschooled I would have had to drop out and would have gotten terribly behind in my studies,” Clairé said. “I’m so grateful that my mom was willing to work with me to tailor my education to my life so I could be successful.”

Clairé decided to attend Pierce through Running Start to obtain their associate degree without generating student debt.

They said that when first starting at Pierce, the experience was a culture shock because they weren’t used to so many people in one place and keeping up with a busier schedule.

Clairé said that talking with other homeschoolers at Pierce, making sure to never miss class and continuing to keep communication with their mom helped with the transition.

“My mom has been my biggest cheerleader in finishing out school even when it’s hard, and I’m so grateful for everything she does,” Clairé said.

After graduating from Pierce in the spring, Clairé will start working at Starbucks while completing online courses through Arizona State University.

Following this, they plan to take an accelerated program through North Central University and obtain their Masters in Psychology and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy certification by age 22. Clairé’s ultimate goal is to teach adolescents DBT skills in high-risk areas such as inner city schools.

Clairé said their advice to other homeschool students coming to Pierce for the first time is to make sure to take plenty of notes, never skip class and to enjoy socializing but not too much so that grades become affected.

They said that home-schoolers aren’t as similar to each other as people might think.

Clairé said they don’t want others to get the wrong impression of them.

“We don’t wear pajamas to school,” Clairé said. “We aren’t all socially awkward, and we aren’t all one demographic of religion, culture, family size or socioeconomic status.”

watch what I say because of the constant nagging presence of staying in an acceptable bubble.”

The club had garnered such a bad reputation that rumors spread to local high schools and junior high schools, Blankenship said.

“It’s a much more relaxed and friendly environment,” GSA Vice President and Sustainability Coordinator Morgan Pasquier said. “It really just needed a full-on reboot.”

Wevver became president after the original officers were unable to commit to the club. Wevver was elected along with Pasquier as vice president and student Connor Staffen as secretary/public relations officer.

The officers were elected after a vote for the vice president and secretary/public relations officer and Wevver was elected by default as they were the only one interested in the position.

Members from the GSA hope to increase membership and involve more students in their projects, Wevver said.

The GSA has a donation box near the Office of Student Life with funds to organizations that support the homeless like Freezing Nights. They’re also planning a spring dance that’ll occur sometime in May. “I don’t know what would’ve happened if I didn’t find this group of my friends who supported me,” Wevver said.

Meetings are Mondays 3-4 p.m. and Fridays 2-3 p.m. in Room 292 of the College Center.

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Singers, musicians, poets, comedians and dancers alike joined in the Arts and Allied Health Building Theater for the Open Mic Night on Feb. 25.

Recreation and Entertainment Coordinator Jesse Hamelin planned this event after a suggestion by a student.

“If students suggest something, I’ll most likely do it because it’s for the students,” Hamelin said.

Seven acts went to the dress rehearsal and 10 people performed at the event. More than 30 people attended Open Mic Night.

The event was originally planned to be hosted by Skylar and the Brit, a Pop Rock duo from Boston, Mass., but after a mix up with contracts between the OSL and Skylar and the Brit, the event was hosted by Student Advocacy Senator Perry Doidge and Legislative Senator Lubov Marchenko.

“For being told I was hosting the day of (the event), I think I did a pretty good job,” Doidge said.

Students Elijah Alderink, Peyton Tarver and Jonas Tarver performed first, playing one song with Alderink singing and the others with guitars, followed by Peyton Tarver adding a violin.

Student Gabrielle Wolf performed a stand-up comedy act. Her short autobiography, read by Marchenko and Doidge, stated

From left to right: Elijah Alderink, Peyton Tarver and Jonas Tarver perform a song as the opening act during Open Mic Night.

Mykaela Thomas sang two of their original songs, one of them To the Day When We All Ran Free, which is about a person’s life and wanting to go back to childhood.

“The first song we did, that was the first time we sang it to anyone,” Grace Thomas said.

Their second song was called Undeserving Soul, a religion-based song. Mykaela Thomas played piano while Grace Thomas sang.

Student Ashyr Clairé then performed

she’s more qualified to win an Oscar than Leonardo Dicaprio, and that her friends describe her voice as a mix between Morgan Freeman and Mariah Carey.

“I was really nervous because I forgot what I was going to say,” Wolf said.

Following her performance, Executive Director of Operations Cole Webb danced to Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas. Webb describes his dancing as “amatuer Rap/Dubstep/pretty much whatever.”

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spoken poetry they wrote, the topics ranging from self-harm to rape culture. They began by informing the audience about the topics that’d be presented and pointing out the exits in case anyone became uncomfortable.

The first poem Clairé read was Paper Airplane, based on a paper airplane stuck on the second floor of the AAH. The second poem is called I Have a Boyfriend Now about a girl Clairé liked who got into a relationship with a boyfriend. The last poem was Clairé’s most personal one about rape culture.

“I still cry, I still don’t wear skirts,” Clairé said in the poem. “Tell me it was all in my head when he was already in my pants.”

Student Darryl Foto presented a poetry piece called Toby, about the Americanization of a man. Then Webb performed a dance to I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas.

“I try to be music incarnate,” Webb said.

Student Abdalla Abdalla, who introduced himself as Cue, told a comical story about why someone shouldn’t go hiking at night.

The final performance was by Mykaela Thomas, who performed a poem she wrote after going through medical hardships.

Clips from the Open Mic Night are available on The Puyallup Post website.

Connections waiting to be createdthrough ICI CJ Robinson

ICI Leadership Certificate provides tools for students to engage in diverse community Grace Amsden Editor-in-chief

Engaging. This is the word that describes the Identity, Culture and Inclusion Leadership Certificate to Custodial Services Manager Patrick Carter. He’s the facilitator for ICI, an experience open for all students at Pierce College.

In ICI, students can learn about other cultures and themselves, meet others and participate in 25 hours of diversity training. This includes attending workshops, sessions with guest speakers and engaging in group dialogue. Students receive a certificate upon completion.

According to the mission for ICI, it “empowers students to develop multicultural leadership skills through engagement with up to date social justice concepts and community.”

Everyone is connected to one another, Carter said; and once students create connections by discovering similarities, this can impact Pierce College Puyallup.

“That’s going to build a stronger community at the campus for our students,” Carter said. “As they go on to universities or out into the workplace, then they can take this experience and apply that on their next journey.”

The first session offered this year was Feb. 25. This program is still evolving, Carter said. It was originally created last year by Sonja Morgan, former program coordinator for the Office of Student Life. As Carter participated last year, he volunteered to take on this role.

Because of all students can participate in ICI, Carter encourages members from clubs on campus to attend, as well. Carter contacted Clubs Coordinator Andrew Punchak to invite all clubs. Each club has their own identity, Carter said; for example, he’d like others to learn about the HEMA Club.

“I walk around and I see them practicing,” Carter said. “It engages me, because now when I go look at old movies, sword fighting and stuff, I see the steps in which they’re taking in the movies.”

A few faculty members who will facilitate a workshop include sociology professor Daniel Suh, Director of Education Programs Krissy Kim and Instruction Librarian Lesley Caldwell.

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Patrick Carter presents the second ICI session of the year March 3. istration called Information Equity in the College Library.

After this, Carter sent an email to the faculty who led a discussion, asking for those interested to share it with students through an ICI session.

Caldwell talked about bias through search engines and how this shapes society. For example, a Google search for college students was shown. Not all demographics are present when looking at the images, Caldwell said.

“Some of the pictures are more diverse than others, but you’re seeing a lot of white faces (and) you’re seeing a lot of young faces,” Caldwell said. “At a community college, we have students of all ages (and) of all races.”

The selection of books in the library also was discussed; Caldwell said that on behalf of the librarians, they’d like suggestions from students regarding the library’s offerings to fit their needs and interests.

This workshop, which will be called Equity of Information Including the Biases, will be presented 1-3 p.m. April 21. Caldwell says students will be surprised from the information.

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Google’s going to deliver the best results,” Caldwell said. “I don’t think that we consider how these algorithms work.”

Prior to this, on April 4 is the Cultural History After Midnight workshop with Dan Johnson, dean for student life and development student services at Edmonds Community College.

On April 14, a workshop called Persevering Through a Cycle of Poverty will be held by Timothy Brown, manager for Stanley & Seafort’s.

On April 28, the workshop White Privilege will be presented by Jo Anne Geron, psychology professor. On May 5, Carter will lead the session Seeking, Finding, Being and Leading. On May 12, Suh will facilitate a discussion. On May 19, Kim and Carter will present Overcoming Our Unconscious Biases.

“These workshops allows students to get a different perspective outside of the classroom, engaging and conversing with other students in regard to their identity and culture and being inclusive with others,” Carter said.

In the future, a weekend ICI retreat will be on the Puyallup campus, though this is still in development. Carter hopes that faculty, staff and a guest speaker can talk about current events.

In the meantime, Carter would like to know what students want to see regarding the topics. He encourages students to share suggestions to C210, where students can also sign up. An ICI application is also available on the Pierce website.

“We have certain things scheduled to present but in addition, I want to hear from the students,” Carter said.

Another component of ICI is for students to reflect as to how they’ve changed throughout attending the sessions. For example, this can mean an individual identifying an unconscious bias, considering how it developed and learning how to change it.

One of the final goals for ICI is for individuals to be inclusive among others and create meaningful relationships, Carter said.

Other words that came to his mind when thinking about ICI includes progress, access and freedom as well as awesome.

“We’re learning how to understand different concepts, we’re learning about individuals (and) other cultures, which is very important especially for a diverse community,” Carter said. “And that’s what we want. And that’s one of Pierce’s mission (statements): a diverse community of learners to thrive in the evolving world.”

Workshops are held every Thursday from 1-3 p.m. in the multipurpose room and will be offered until May 19.

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Cool Cars on Campus: finding the owners of the most decked out, old fashion or genuinely nice cars at pierce A 1969 Squareback Volkswagen named “Sugar” is often parked in Lot B. The car’s driver is student Hannah Erickson, who said that this VW is one of a kind - exactly how she likes it.

“It’s stubborn, unique (and) out there,” Erickson said.

When Erickson bought the car a year ago, it was broken. But having four VWs at her house and a dad who's worked on VWs since he was 15, she took it as an opportunity to add to the tradition.

“It’s come a long way, but still has a long way to go,” Erickson said. “It’s like a giant art project.”

Once the car was running, she re-created the interior and her dad spray-painted the outside. The only time she’s taken it to a mechanic was when the engine needed to be rebuilt.

“You have to have time and passion for it,” Erickson said.

Erickson’s family has been part of the VW community for generations. Erickson’s a member of the German Toys VW Club. Her dad started a club called All Types which is mainly for old cars. In the club, the members drive their cars in a line like a parade.

Erickson said she loves showing off her car. She considers herself to be shy, and prefers to express herself through the car.

“It feels good to have a cool car,” Erickson said. “(You can) make it however you want (and) dress it however you want.”

Beneath the barely chipping blue-grey paint on the 1963 GMC Suburban is the bright yellow paint and caution signs of a work truck used to transfer people to jobs; this is, before it belonged to student Jonathan Kurtz.

Kurtz, 17, is an avid musician, dedicated church-go-er and owner of “The Beast,” the two-door trunked Suburban often parked in Parking Lot A. About a month ago, “The Beast” broke down while Kurtz was leaving the college and it had to be towed. This was an embarrassing experience that’s made him slightly more excited about getting a new car soon, Kurtz said.

“It’s been an adventure,” Kurtz said. “It’s taught me to be more thankful for a reliable car.”

Kurtz’s dad believes it’s important to have a cool first car, even though his first car was made in the same year as Jonathan’s. Kurtz currently uses an app on his phone to know the speed of his car because the car’s speedometer doesn’t work. Yet, he insists it’s been a good summer car that makes everyone else jealous.

“I’m a bit prideful about how fun this is to drive,” Kurtz said Kurtz loves music and sings, plays the piano, organ, ukulele, guitar and bass. He keeps a music stand in the back of his car at all times.

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Of the hundreds of vehicles in the parking lots, many have stories of their chipped paint and personalized license plates. Occasionally, those cars’ backgrounds may coincide with their owners’.

Most people who regularly park in Parking Lot C have seen the bright green 2006 Mustang with ‘KATYCAT’ as the license plate. This car is owned by student Rebecca Sloan, whose dream car is a ‘69 Mustang.

Though it shows no physical signs of the experience, Sloan’s car hit a tree in an accident, skidded on ice, and was egged five months ago.

Her custom plates were a graduation present along with the car. These were chosen because of her love for Katy Perry.

After Pierce, Sloan will attend Western Washington University and aspires to be a teacher. She loves math, music and most of all, Mustangs.

Read the complete feature on the Puyallup Post website.

Stories and photos

by Lizzie Duke

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A car that can be found on campus is a 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis. This car belongs to student Cassie Fruin, whose husband received the vehicle when trading for a rusty green car. Fruin said she fell in love with the car upon first sight.

“It brings out the good mood,” Fruin said.

“It fits me and my style.”

The exterior is decorated with butterfly and flower stickers. Fruin describes her car as fun, vibrant and loving. In the back of the car, she has a collection of Hot Wheels cars, stuffed animals, dice, Super Soaker water blasters for water fights with her husband and rubber ducks to remind her of the duck races in Montana at family reunions. She also has Tinker Bell seat and steering wheel covers.

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Music to your ears

Northwest Sinfonietta Orchestra holds pre-concert events Suzanne Buchholz Reporter

The Northwest Sinfonietta Orchestra is involved in a few events at Pierce College Puyallup in preparation for its performance at the Pioneer Park Pavilion March 13, including a pre-concert talk held Feb. 29 and open rehearsal March 8.

The Northwest Sinfonietta, a chamber orchestra comprised of musicians from the Puget Sound, performs concerts regularly in Seattle, Tacoma and Puyallup. Members have received numerous accolades and have been dubbed “Washington state’s international cultural ambassador” by former Gov. Christine Gregoire for being the third American orchestra to perform in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, according to its website.

Northwest Sinfonietta originally became involved with Pierce when it performed a concert at the college, considering it as a venue before the Pioneer Park Pavilion. Chair of Music, Art and Philosophy at Puyallup Kenneth Owen started working with this group after this performance.

“I got to know them when they came to perform here and I helped them connect with the college,” Owen said.

“After that, they asked me to do some pre-concert lectures.

The next year, they had me do all their pre-concert lectures and write their program notes.”

Northwest Sinfonietta’s concert, Mass in Times of War, will feature music by Haydn and Mendelssohn, as well as

The Northwest Sinfonietta Orchestra has received many accolades for its performances in Puget Sound and around the world. a piece known as Musica Celestis by composer Jay Kernis.

The piece by Haydn is a Mass that’s also for choir, which will be accompanied by the Seattle Choral Company. This selection was chosen by an artistic advisory board comprising members of the orchestra and community in connection with the orchestra’s directors, which Owen also serves on.

Before the concert, Owen gave a pre-concert presentation discussing the content of the concert. The presentation was in the Arts and Allied Health Building theater.

“The pre-concert talk uses a PowerPoint with a lot of images and information that helps people see a little context for where the music came from, and a little about the composers,” Owen said. “I also play some short excerpts from the music and try to point out some things for them to listen for.”

The orchestra will rehearse at Pierce on March 8 in the AAH theater. Musicians will be practicing a selection of the songs they’ll perform during their concert. Although

the Seattle Choral Company will perform alongside the orchestra during the concert, they won’t be present for the rehearsal.

The rehearsal will be open for students to attend, as part of the orchestra’s educational outreach to introduce music students to working in the professional music industry. Students who aren’t training for a career in music but who are interested in seeing the performance are encouraged to come as well, Owen said.

“It’s also a great chance for general students to get a taste for a professional orchestra as they rehearse, and see the kind of exacting work they do,” Owen said. “They also give us quite a few free tickets to give to music students so they can go see the actual performance.”

Owen’s desire for these events is to enrich students culturally in terms of music, and that students with an interest in music come to the events and enjoy what they hear.

“I hope the students gain an insight into the fine art of music at a world class level,” Owen said.

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iTeach: Why some professors have such strict cellphone policies CJ Robinson Reporter

A vibration in a student’s pocket signals them to check their cellphone. In psychology and sociology professor Leon KhalsaMaulen’s classroom, this action could signify a letter grade drop for the entire course.

“My first goal is to have students in my classroom learn to the best of their ability and my second goal is for students not to disturb other students in the classroom who are there to learn,” Khalsa-Maulen said.

“Anything that can accomplish that goal, I’m for.”

Khalsa-Maulen implemented this policy because students won’t remember details in their long-term memory if something is distracting them. Distractions in any form, including cellphones, are harmful for students, he said.

“I want every single student who comes through my classes to have that chance, a real chance, to beneift from the profound and life-changing insights offered in my two disciplines,” Khalsa-Maulen said.

“Having a student sit in my classroom without participating in the learning that is taking place is a significant disturbance in the flow for everybody.”

His policy came about four years ago after Khalsa-Maulen had used different cellphone policies to control texting and web surfing in the classroom and none were effective enough, he said.

With every policy, there’d always be students who decided the drop in points was worth using their cellphones.

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Students using their cellphone in class is a distraction many professors are attempting to curb. under certain circumstances, but for the most part, it’s enforced with all his students.

“I respect the decisions of the teacher,” student Alyssa Mongkol said. “It’s their class, their syllabus, their rules. But that's a little much.”

Khalsa-Maulen lets his students take

advantage of a “cellphone garage,” which is a manila folder where students can put their cellphones during class. While using this isn’t required, it eliminates the potential for distraction and dropping of a letter grade when a cellphone’s in this garage.

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Some students said cellphone policies this drastic are rare around campus, but many professors are trying to discourage this use in other ways. For example, student Jeremiah Crozier said instructor Amy Norton sends students out of class if they’re seen using a cellphone. Crozier said that he hasn’t seen a large number of students using cellphones in class. He also thinks Khalsa’s policy is too strict.

“I would say Norton’s policy is more effective,” Crozier said. “You can understand missing a class, but it’s not an entire grade.”

Math professor Tom McCollow also has a policy for deterring cellphone usage.

“Rather than just be an ogre about it, I try to have a little fun with it,” McCollow said. “The policy is that if we hear your cellphone, you bring donuts the next day for everyone in the class.”

McCollow said students often forget about the policy because it’s informal and isn’t always effective, but if it becomes a real distraction he’ll make sure the student puts their phone away. Regarding strict cellphone policies, he said he supports faculty members who implement them although he’d never do so himself.

“I think I’d get the point,” McCollow said. “If I were a student, I wouldn’t have my phone out.”

As for the future, Khalsa-Maulen said if anyone finds a more effective way of reducing usage in the classroom without such strict consequences, he’d like to know.

“If there’s a faculty member who has an easier policy that still accomplishes classwide compliance, I’d adopt that policy,” Khalsa-Maulen said. “None of them (my previous policies) made a difference until it was really costly.”

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Performing arts: the keys to life for Addison Daniels Grace Amsden Editor-in-chief

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t’s a canvas with many paintbrushes on it.

There’s the body and the keys, which each have a different color. Some are dark, others are bright. When the two are combined, it creates a masterpiece.

This is a description of a piano by 17-year-old student Addison Daniels who lives a life that revolves around the piano; one of his goals is to practice six hours per day. To Daniels, opera is timeless, art pieces are meant for thinking and the performing arts serve as a stress reliever.

“To me, it’s not work; it’s just fun,” Daniels said, regarding the performing arts. “This is how I live my life. This is how I am. I guess some people have sports, some people have Mass, some people have all sorts of things. I guess I’ve just had performing arts.”

At 10 years old, Daniels sat on the piano bench for his first lesson, a fifth grader who’d learn to play just like his mother did. His first piano teacher was the same instructor his mother took lessons from.

Seven years later, Daniels still sits behind this black and white music maker, crawling his fingers across the whole range of the piano, his foot gently pressing against the bronze pedal. His favorite spot at Pierce College Puyallup is the practice room in the Arts and Allied Health Building. He can play by ear, and still doesn’t know how he can memorize it all.

“As soon as I got my lessons, I understood everything,” Daniels said. “It takes about six years for a person to learn all the basics (for piano). It took me two years.”

At his first piano recital, he played The Animal March, a two-page piece from his beginners book. Currently, he’s practicing Concerto in A Minor by composer Edvard Grieg that’s 32 pages. He’ll perform the piece in May at the University of Puget Sound with a live orchestra; he received the opportunity after a judge told him about it at a music festival and then he signed up.

Daniels learned this piece in eight months, but the amount of time a piece takes to master depends on how technical it is, he said.

His current piano teacher is Chris VanBuskirk, instructor at the Classic Keys Music Studio. VanBuskirk said Daniels is inspiring, gifted and has a brain that never shuts down. Daniels began taking lessons with her when he was about 15 years old.

“He’s very talented and is a great young man with a thirst for knowledge,” VanBuskirk said.

When Daniels sits on the piano bench to begin practicing, he said it can be a pain considering the amount of time it takes, though playing helps him relax before going to sleep.

Piano was the first instrument Daniels learned.

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Addison Daniels received the 2016 Joy of Music Award from the Puyallup Valley Music Chapter of WSMTA. and is currently learning the guitar.

He’s also in a jazz music group called Take Five Jazz, made up of five individuals. The group performs at local farmers markets, including the one in downtown Puyallup. Some of the songs played by the group include St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins and In Walked Bud by Thelonious Monk.

“We jam out every once in a while with whatever gigs we get,” Daniels said.

Playing piano and being on stage is comforting to Daniels, who said that he doesn’t get nervous anytime while performing.

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actually a really big introvert where it’s really hard for me, actually, to talk to people. But for me, acting and music and everything has been a really big help.”

His activities have helped in other ways, as well.

Daniels has struggled with depression and anxiety and said he doesn’t always feel accepted.

“To be able to just pound out a Rachmaninoff piece is something that just really gets my blood going,” Daniels said. “It’s something that really captivates me.

It helps me through my feelings. It’s just something that has been a really powerful tool for me.”

The stage isn’t limited just to piano recitals or musical performances for Daniels. He went to the International Modeling and Talent Association and ranked second runner up for the male junior actor of the year in 2014. He currently isn’t involved in any modeling projects.

Singing is something Daniels considers his “second home” after piano; he’s been taking singing lessons since seventh grade, currently with his junior high choir teacher.

He’s also taken six years of dance classes including contemporary and jazz. In addition to this, he’s an actor.

In school, he was cast in annual theater productions.

The last show he was in was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Tacoma Musical Playhouse and Cabaret at Tacoma Little Theater, both shows in 2015.

Though Daniels enjoys musical numbers, his top three favorite music genres are jazz, classical and opera. Everyone should experience an opera performance at least once, Daniels said.

“It’s really interesting to think of people that have been in the 17th century,” Daniels said. “They’re not different than us. They’re just from a different time and they have the same sense of humor.”

As for current music, Daniels compares these songs to desserts that someone may think they could eat frequently.

“As you continuously eat it, it’s just not filling enough,” Daniels said. “It’s not something that, to me, can last for centuries. I mean, here we have operas that have lasted for centuries and to me, it’s just like those are vegetables.”

Once he graduates from Pierce, he plans to go on a two-year mission trip for his church.

He then aims to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology to become a counselor, a decision made from his experiences with depression and anxiety. He would like to work with prisoners, helping people who have lost hope and turned to crime.

He’s thought about combining music into his practice, though said music will probably serve as a stress reliever for him.

“Music would be the release for me where I can be able to just play and just to get the feelings out of whatever I feel,” Daniels said.

“It’d be a healthy way.”

Even though he plans on this career pathway, his dream is to become a concert pianist. Yet, for the time being, the performing arts hold significance for Daniel and are something that’ll always remain in his life... even at 90 years old, he said.

“It’s my art, it’s my legacy.

It’s part of who I am, it’s part of who I identify as,” Daniels said. “It’s me.”

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Athletics and activities of Pierce College Puyallup

Pom-pom power Courtesy of Grothe

Raiders Cheerleading season comes to a finish Alex Heldrich Reporter

Pierce College Puyallup students who don’t attend the Fort Steilacoom campus may not know much about the Raiders Cheerleading Squad. It’s is an active part of Raiders athletics, as members cheer at all home basketball games, two volleyball games, the Turkey Tournament and Women’s Holiday Tournament.

This season, 14 students were on the squad led by head coach Katelin Grothe, who enjoys being a part of each member’s growth during the season.

“I have two favorite parts of coaching,” Grothe said. “The first part is tryouts. Tryouts are always so exciting with the new faces and returners and all the potential. The second part is watching each person grow throughout the season and do things they couldn’t do when they first got accepted onto the squad.”

During this season, the squad learned six routines, which were performed during halftime at home basketball games.

Grothe said the team typically learns a new routine for every game, but this

Sophomores were honored at their last game as Raiders cheerleaders. season members were preparing for a cheerleading competition, so they didn’t learn as many. The team was not able to compete though due to complications, Grothe said.

“We usually teach a routine in a day,”

Grothe said. “However, remembering and getting all of the elements down, like stunting, takes weeks. Depending how advanced the routine is, they could learn an entire routine Friday at practice and perform it Saturday during half-

time.”

As the season ended in February, Grothe said she’s proud of the cheerleaders hard work and dedication.

“This group has put countless hours into cheer,” Grothe said. “They worked their butts off inside and outside of practices and cheer events to be better and do better not only for themselves but for their team. It’s truly an amazing thing, to watch each person excel.”

Next year, Grothe said she’d like to become more involved with the college and the community after hosted some events this year.

The team hosted the Raiders Cheer Camp, in which children ages 5 to 15 could spend a day with the squad and perform in the basketball halftime show.

She’d also like for the squad to compete against other teams next season.

Grothe said cheerleading can be quite competitive, and it requires athleticism.

“Anyone who says ‘cheerleading isn’t a sport’ must not have cheered before,” Grothe said. “For everyone who believes cheer is not a sport, I think they should give it a try one time in their life to see how hard each athlete actually works.”

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NCAA March Madness has begun Lizzie Duke Reporter

The madness begins. National Collegiate Athletic Association March Madness, a college basketball tournament that occurs once a year, is when the 64 best college basketball teams compete to determine who is the best team in the nation.

March Madness could roughly be identified as the college basketball version of the Super Bowl or The Hunger Games.

To organize the tournament, teams are put into brackets. The four brackets are chosen based on geography: Midwest, West, South and East. Sixteen teams are in each.

It begins with 64 teams, which becomes 32 after each team plays once. The number of teams continues to split in half after each round. The loser of each game is out of the tournament and the winner moves on to play again.

The last two teams compete to receive the title of best college basketball team.

While players can’t be paid for playing basketball in college, winning can lead to a better chance of getting into the NBA through drafts or opportunities for other scholarships.

Many basketball fans make guess brackets and bet on who was the closest to the actual brackets as they’re revealed.

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Student Marco Garcia plays basketball on the court between the AAH Building and the College Center. He says the University of North Carolina could win March Madness this year. possible winners.

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This year, Selection Sunday was on March 13. The first round was on March 15 and 16.

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Roberts at a track and field meet at the University of Oregon (above) and running a marathon (right).

Ready, set, teach The fast-paced life of professor Michael Roberts

Andrea Mendoza Reporter

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rofessor Michael Roberts ran his first marathon when he was 16 years old. He was part of a running club and his high school cross country team in the ‘70s. Born and raised in Stockton, Calif., this is where his passion for running began.

Roberts has run in more than 40 marathons, including the Boston Marathon.

Since the early ‘90s, he’s run races with distances up to 50 miles.

“I started running seriously when I was teaching high school in my late ‘20s, partly to relieve stress but also to connect with some of my students who were on the cross country team,” Roberts said.

He’s run the Rock and Roll Seattle, San Francisco, and the California International Marathon eight times. Marathons have led him all over the nation, including Austin City, the Twin Cities, Big Sur, Boston and Napa Valley. He’s also run 5Ks, 10Ks and half marathons.

“Running has been both a compulsion and something I have really enjoyed,” Roberts said. “It has kept me in shape and has been a great stress reliever.”

Roberts ran the Boston Marathon in 1999 at 42 years old. It wasn’t an easy task, he said, because in order to run for this marathon, he had to qualify for it.

“I qualified for Boston at the California International Marathon in Sacramento in 1998, with a time of 2:57:28,” Roberts said.

His strongest times for a marathon is 2:57:28, for a half marathon 1:21:20, a 10K 35:58, a 5K 17:56, a two-mile 10:58 and a one-mile 5:20. Roberts’ main goal in run-

ning is to have a good experience and finish the race. Although he’s won many awards, winning isn’t the biggest importance to him. He considers himself a mid-pack runner and not hypercompetitive. As he’s aged, the idea of running fast and breaking personal records isn’t that important as the experience is.

“Mostly, I like the camaraderie I experience during the races,” Roberts said.

Although the Boston Marathon was a highlight in Robert’s running career, he likes the Trail Ultra Marathons better. These races are typically low-key, with fewer runners and less emphasis on winning and breaking records. Ultramarathons are technically any footrace longer than 26.2 miles, though 50K (31 miles) is commonly accepted as the shortest ultra distance.

Ultras can be run on roads, but the majority of them are run on trails, according to Trailrunnermag.com. Roberts has run the American River 50 Miler three times, Shadow of the Giants 50K four times, Ruth Anderson Ultra 50K two times and the Skyline 50K once.

“My favorites, though, have been trail ultras,” Roberts said. “My latest was the Beast of Big Creek, a half marathon to the top of Mount Ellinor and back, in the Olympics.”

Even though the usual races he runs have been completed solo, he’s joined local running clubs, including Club Oly Runners in Olympia. At the age of 58, he hopes to keep running for a long time.

“I ran the International Master’s Championship Marathon and saw runners over 100 years old,” Roberts said. “I hope my own running career will last to that age.”

Raiders Athletics

Men’s Basketball Final Standings: 11-17

Raiders Baseball

Feb. 17 - Pierce defeated Grays Harbor 90-70

March 4 doubleheader

Feb. 20 - Pierce lost to Tacoma 66-65

- Pierce defeated Bellevue 8-5

Feb. 24 - Pierce lost to Highline 53-51

- Pierce lost to Bellevue 1-4

Feb. 27 - Pierce defeated Green River 81-76

March 5 - Pierce lost to Bellevue 5-2 March 5 - Pierce lost to Bellevue 1-0

Women’s Basketball Final Standings: 4-22

Standings and recent results

Feb. 17 - Pierce lost to Grays Harbor 58-54

Raiders Softball

Northwest Athletic Conference - West Region

Feb. 20 - Pierce lost to Tacoma 72-53

Feb. 27 - Pierce defeated Wenatchee Valley 2-1

Feb. 24 - Pierce lost to Highline 67-39

Feb. 28 - Pierce lost to Treasure Valley 12-3

Feb. 27 - Pierce defeated Green River 67-62

Feb. 29 - Pierce lost to Big Bend 6-1

Compiled by Chase Charaba

March 4 - Pierce defeated Skagit Valley 9-0

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moviereview

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Amber Gilliland

Katie Fenton

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

The Life of Pablo

Comedy

Kanye West

When a movie shows Tina Fey yelling “Eat a fart” within the first 10 minutes, it’s going to be a good film.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot tells the story of former The Seattle Times journalist Kim Barker, played by Fey in the movie.

Based on Barker’s book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the film follows Baker as she leaves her mundane life to report on the war in Afghanistan.

While the previews make this movie come across as just a comedy, the filmmakers found a way to touch on deeper issues. Scenes that included sexism and the danger of war were portrayed in a way that doesn’t make the film uncomfortable. While some may say the movie downplays the brutality and danger of Cast: Tina Fey, Margot war, gruesome scenes didn’t seem neces- Robbie, Martin sary to get the point across. Someone can Freeman, Christopher still comprehend the pain of losing a Abbott, Billy Bob friend without having to see their death. Thornton.

The sexism aspect of the film appears strongly throughout many scenes. At one rated: R; Pervasive point in the film, Baker is told by one of language, some sexual the military generals that she better not content, drug use and distract his men while she’s out in the violent war images. field. She’s also called “Kabul cute” when she arrives to Afghanistan, which basically means that she’s considered prettier there than she would be back in the states.

Like any blockbuster, the film unfortunately adds in a relationship drama aspect because apparently no film about a woman is complete without some form of love scene. Baker falls for Ian MacKelpie (Martin Freeman), the sweet-talking Scottish photographer. This aspect of the film isn’t as overbearing as it could be and often adds comedic value. Thankfully, the film respects Barker enough to not end with Fey’s character riding off into the sunset with her lover.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot has a little bit of something for everyone. The journalism aspect of the film is a treat for anyone interested in reporting, but a background in journalism isn’t necessary to understand the movie. Big guns and even bigger explosions will entertain any man whose girlfriend drags him along against his will. The sudden explosions and gunfire startle the audience on multiple occasions. One-liners from Fey and the rest of the cast keep the audience laughing throughout the entire film. Serious moments are often broken with comedy but not in a tasteless manner.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is one of Fey’s best roles and this film is definitely worth seeing.

Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo, previously known as So Help Me God, SWISH and Waves, is an 18-track spiritual journey.

Twitter outbursts aside, Kanye is obviously a musical mastermind. Listening to The Life of Pablo is a refreshing break from hearing about his newest fashion line, most controversial for including a $120 white t-shirt.

The album starts with Ultralight Beam, a downbeat track that features Kanye’s lyrics along with the background vocals of a women’s choir and artist Chance The Rapper. The song’s dark and moody but beautiful; it serves as an appropriate introduction for what’s to come.

The next track, Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1, begins with a soulful, jazzy bassline. It transforms into a basic rap beat with Future and Kid Cudi accompanying the feel-good rhythm. Kanye’s autotuned voice breaks out into the only verse, making it a short but pleasant song.

Pt. 2 comes straight off a “fire” trap mixtape with a heavy kick and snare beat and random, incoherent words alongside rapper Desiigner. The track, while boasting a solid beat, is best defined as garbage.

Famous is one of the best songs on The Life of Pablo. Rihanna opens with her famous smooth voice, leading into another basic rap beat that sounds like it came from Jay Z’s studio. The song has a decent tempo and great delivery from Kanye.

Halfway through, Sister Nancy’s song Bam Bam is mixed with Swizz Beatz asking “How you feeling?” repeatedly. Warning: this track induces a lot of head nodding.

Feedback is rightfully named, as the main audio sounds like the high-pitched feedback from an amplifier. It becomes a distorted, beautiful mess with amusing lyrics such as the outro’s “I’m the ghetto Oprah! You know what that mean? You get a fur!

You get a jet!” and more. The only downside to this track is that it’s too short.

The seventh track, Highlights, has an extremely catchy beat paired with beautiful piano chords and a collaboration with Young Thug. Play this song at any dance party for a great time.

As a brief intermission, I Love Kanye is a hilarious spoken bit in which Kanye talks about himself in third person. Lyrics include “I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, the always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye.”

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Another favorite is FML, a sullen yet gorgeous track that’s best listened to in the dark to set the mood. Kanye’s first verse is followed by The Weeknd, whose piercing and lovely voice fits the song perfectly. The outro is beyond strange with a creepy robot-like voice paired with Kanye’s ultra-high singing and a deep bassline.

Real Friends is an easy-to-listen-to duet with Ty Dolla $ign and a mellow beat that’s best suited for a relaxing Friday night.

The vocals to Wolves are nearly identical to those in the outro of Real Friends. The transition makes Wolves even more enjoyable.

Kanye’s autotuned, high-pitched voice pairs well with the deep, grungy bassline. While Wolves definitely may not be everyone’s cup of tea, the experimental sounds and Frank Ocean’s outro make it worthwhile.

For the jazzy neo soul enthusiast, No More Parties in LA features a bass and guitar heavy beat with Kendrick Lamar’s iconic, punchy delivery. The song is the longest on the album and while it gets repetitive, it’s still enjoyable.

The final track, Fade, is somewhat disappointing.

The lyrics are weak but the bass is unforgettable and makes for a wonderful dance beat. It’s somewhat reminiscent of Tron-era Daft Punk.

Although most of the songs are pleasing to the ears, there are definitely a few tracks that bombed, including Freestyle 4 and Facts.

The annoying, banshee-sounding strings with Kanye’s horrible lyrics make Freestyle 4 unbearable.

Facts’ introduction sounds old-school cool and promising, that is until Kanye opens his mouth. The repeated “Yeezy, Yeezy, Yeezy” is laughable; the listener almost feels bad for Kanye as if he doesn’t know how to pronounce his own name.

Listening to The Life of Pablo for the first time can be a confusing experience as it’s hard to detach Kanye’s egotistical image from his music, but after a second attempt, it’s easier to appreciate the songs for what they really are.

The only real downside to this album is that it’s currently exclusive to TIDAL, the subscription streaming service owned by Jay Z. Free 30-day trials, are available but otherwise a monthly subscription costs $9.99. Student discounts 50 percent off are an option.

The Life of Pablo is a puzzling but charming album; it’s not Kanye’s best work and probably won’t be hitting the radio airwaves anytime soon, but for a free trial it’s absolutely worth listening to.

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Local vegan restaurant serves amazing food Alex Heldrich Reporter

About 20 minutes away from Pierce College Puyallup sits a vegan food haven.

When someone enters this building, they’re met with warm, dry air and the sweet aroma of spices. Quickie Too is a tiny blackowned, and mostly black staffed, vegan restaurant in Tacoma. The walls are plastered in Bob Marley posters, as well as other black musicians, and artwork made by black artists. It gives off the feeling that the owners have invested lots of love and time into their business, which is also highly reflected in the food.

The first page of the menu is a list of main ingredients that are in most of the dishes with a description for each item. Tofu options are provided on the list such as Tempeh, which is a nutty, smooth textured type of tofu. Seitan is a high protein meat substitute made from gluten, quinoa and millet.

The rest of the menu includes a page for appetizers and “dranks,” burgers, wraps and burritos, TLTs (tofu, lettuce, tomato) and sandwiches, supper plates, desserts, brunch and options for children. Every page is jampacked with mouth watering meals with every dish that a vegan, or anyone, could want. Warning: it may take someone 15 or more minutes to finally decide on a meal.

The dish that should be ordered first is the Mac and Yease, which is literally heaven served on a square plate. It’s a thick, cheesy comfort food that resembles the homemade macaroni and cheese from someone’s childhood, but with a mashed potato-esque texture. For the knowledgeable vegans and foodies, the “cheese” flavor is predominantly nutritional yeast with angel tears and other spices mixed in.

The menu offers hardy, fattening, greasy dishes as well as healthier, clean dishes.

The Smoky Mushroom Melt will leave a lasting impression in someone’s heart... and large intestine.

The Crazy Jamaican Burger is a zesty spicy burger made with spiced tofu, caramelized sweet plantain, grilled sweet onions, tomatoes, potato salad and vegan mayonnaise. The strong Jamaican spices are balanced with a cool, creamy texture. While this delectable meal won’t leave the taste buds disappointed, it’s very filling and may leave someone feeling bloated.

For those who don’t consume dairy products, the Jalapeno Mozzarella Burger is a satisfying option. This gooey masterpiece is one to remember. The tofu is cooked “tofustrami” style and it’s combined with grilled onions and jalapenos, mozzarella style cheese and house picante salsa, all topped with vegan mayonnaise. The cheese substitute on this burger isn’t like any other. It tastes like the real deal with that gooey,

oozy, melted goodness with a smokey taste that’s hard to recreate.

For somebody who really wants to wreck their digestive system with fattening, cheesy happiness on bread, the Smoky Mushroom Melt is the perfect choice. This hot sandwich includes sliced setien, smoked porcini mushrooms, grilled onions and melted mozzarella style cheese on a kaiser roll. The mushrooms and cheese combined to make a creamy, smoky filling with an added crunch from the onions. This dish is a heart attack on a roll but is well worth the consequences.

For those who eat this, they may want to stay close to a bathroom after consuming it.

Most of the burgers and subs come with the option of fries which can be topped by with a spicy seasoning upon request.

For the more health-conscious cus-

tomers, there are multiple wraps and salads that will make someone’s mouth water while keeping a significantly lower calorie and fat count than some of the other dishes.

The Jamaican Wrap is quite possibly the most flavorful wrap that’s ever existed.

When biting into the wrap, every single ingredient can be tasted. It’s filled with spicy, thin sliced Jamaican style tofu, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato, sweet spicy cole slaw, potato salad and vegan mayonnaise.

The tofu and bread that contains the wrap is served hot with cold vegetables. There’s also a side of a healthy vegan chili served with this dish that’s equally delicious.

Another must-have at Quickie Too are the milkshakes, which are made with homemade vegan ice cream and soy milk. The available flavors are strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, coconut banana blast, Reese cup and Mexican chocolate. While each flavor is rich and tasty, the plain chocolate is life changing. The deep, chocolatey taste will penetrate someone’s soul and the heavens will open up to shine down on this masterpiece milkshake.

Quickie Too is an absolutely amazing restaurant with equally amazing customer service. The small staff of servers and chefs are kind and can make someone feel very welcome. Before going, be aware of the price range. This won’t be a cheap meal.

Most items on the menu range between $8 and $14. However, keep in mind that everything is homemade with ingredients that aren’t cheap. Each dish will also be enough for two meals for those with smaller stomachs or one large meal for those who can eat more.

Absolutely everyone, vegan or otherwise, should try this restaurant. They won’t be left disappointed.

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New club attends Vince Staples concert Amber Gilliland Senior Reporter

Twenty Pierce students and faculty traveled to Seattle on March 2 to witness rapper Vince Staples take the stage of the Neptune Theatre.

The Live Music Appreciation Club, a recent addition to the Puyallup campus, made this event possible.

The LMAC was founded by Recreation and Entertainment Coordinator Jesse Hamelin.

“The Live Music Appreciation Club was created to give Pierce College students who enjoy going to concerts and shows an opportunity to share their interests with other Raiders,” Jesse Hamelin said.

Club president Jade Hamelin said she became involved in the club because she wanted a way to see more local artists and meet her peers.

“I'm excited about meeting people with different interests,” Jade Hamelin said.

At club meetings, the group discusses shows they’re interested in attending. The events are paid for with club funding, so students attend free of charge. This allows attendance for students who might not have been able to afford to go. Tickets for the Vince Staples show were $18.50 per person, plus fees from the venue’s website.

The Vince Staples concert was the club’s first event.

“I think everyone had a great time,” Jesse Hamelin said. “The event itself went very smooth; we didn’t have any problems.”

Jade Hamelin said she enjoyed the event because she got to spend time with other students.

“My favorite part about the evening was just the positive vibes from my group and the music all around,” she said.

The mosh pit at the show was also a memorable experience for the group.

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“We choose which show we want to attend and make all the plans for the event. I think it’s good because it also teaches students about event planning. It’s very rewarding to see your planning come together to an event that brings happiness to students.”

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Flyer for the Live Music Appreciation Club to advertise the Vince Staples concert event.

LMAC gives students more than just the opportunity to see bands for free. Jesse Hamelin said that students can learn about the process of planning events.

“We choose which show we want to attend and make all the plans for the event,” Jesse Hamelin said. “I think it’s good because it also teaches students about event planning. It’s very rewarding to see your planning come together to an event that brings happiness to students.”

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LMAC also gives students an interesting way to gain new experiences.

“I found that the music club's desire to attend a variety of live music events would be an intriguing way of experiencing diverse genres of music and culture,” Suh said.

“This adheres to one of our institutional goals of promoting multiculturalism.”

Another reason Suh agreed to advise the club was because it’d allow him to connect with more students, he said.

“I want to support their interests and advocate for students to interact with one another beyond the campus,” Suh said.

LMAC meets on Wednesdays at noon in the Office of Student Life.

“We encourage anyone who’s interested to come to our meetings and make suggestions for upcoming concerts,” Jesse Hamelin said.

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Pierce’s computer programs offer some required classes once per academic year

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Required courses got you behind?

Hannah Pederson Reporter

Most students pursuing their degree have stumbled upon a roadblock in the form of some required courses only being offered once per school year.

Most often, this happens when they’re in a specialized program with highly specific requirements.

Computer Network Engineering is one of Pierce College Puyallup’s most popular programs, Donna Moran, program coordinator for CNE and CIS, said.

This degree requires strict adherence to a preset schedule in order to graduate in two years.

“If you miss a class with us, it immediately becomes a three year degree,” Moran said. “The way we work around that is the moment students say the word computer, they’re sent to us immediately.”

By looking at the overall success of the program, students can generally tell how much help they’ll receive in making sure a two-year degree doesn’t become a three-year degree because they didn’t know they had to take a particular course to graduate.

Moran and other faculty members just finished overhauling the computer

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HIT students Bridget Tembreull (left) and Randy Thomas work on their requirements documents. science programs because the field updates often.

Since the field is highly specified and involved, students wouldn’t be successful by going straight into object oriented programming (CIS123) or similarly specified classes with little or no programming experience.

“The difference with our program is that it’s skill building, each class builds on the previous class, so you can’t jump around too much,” Moran said. “It’s like teaching synchronized swimming but you don’t know how to swim.”

Most students in the program either go straight for their bachelor’s degree or into the job market after earning their

associate and are generally successful, Moran said.

“They do everything to help us, they make going back to school easy,” health information technology student Randy Thomas said. “It’s not as frustrating as people make it out to be.”

Moran is also the program coordinator for database management and design, a program tailored to Microsoft’s structured query language server program, which is an enterprise program intended for major corporations.

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the preset track with only at-home database design experience could be disastrous, Moran said.

“It’s like moving from a bike to a formula one car,” she said.

The computer science programs: CNE, HIT and database management are popular not only because of the industry demand, but because they enable students to graduate in a timely manner and have the necessary faculty support and specialized services.

“Donna’s an awesome adviser,” database management and HIT student Bridget Tembreull said. “They line it all up for you.”

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Bringing writing under one roof Chase Charaba Online and Social Media Manager

The Pierce College writing centers have undergone changes this year in their operation and in scheduling appointments to improve student experiences and add cohesiveness between the two campuses.

In previous years, the writing centers at Pierce College Puyallup and Pierce College Fort Steilacoom operated with different concepts and traditions of what the writing center was supposed to be.

“Now we’re bringing both writing centers under a common roof, so to speak – a common practice, common policies (and) common approaches,” District Writing Center Program Manager Keith Kirkwood said.

Kirkwood was hired during winter quarter to help the college meet its goals of improving student writing. In the past, Pierce College hasn’t had a district writing center program manager.

“The reason we made (the position) is the college is starting to focus more on writing and improving student writing,” Kirkwood said.

Perhaps the biggest difference is the way appointments are made. Previously, students would show up at the writing centers and wait until a writing tutor became available.

Now, students can make appointments all day Monday through Saturday. “(Now) they know they’ve got that particular time that they can come in,” Kirkwood said. “They don’t have to hang around for half an hour and get frustrated because that’s what used to happen.”

Kirkwood also said that they’re hoping to get an online booking system set up in the future, available through the Pierce website.

Kim Schowley (right) helps student Khemarinh Thach in the Writing Center (left).

This program is only in the planning stages, however, and there’s no timeframe as to when it’ll be completed.

The changes are part of the college’s goal to provide more opportunities through the Achieving the Dream Initiative, a national organization that Pierce partakes in. One of these opportunities is making Pierce students better writers.

“We’re not just here to help good writers, or people who aren’t confident with their writing,” Kirkwood said. “We’re here to help everybody at any stage of the writing process or writing ability. Even good writers can benefit from a critical reader, a perceptive reader and have a discussion about their writing.”

The Writing Center is also trying to increase its visibility by scheduling class visits and holding events.

One planned event is an international write-in day on April 23 where students can come to the Writing Center and write with other people. In addition to the write-in, Kirkwood wants to have poetry readings.

“We’re also hoping to start doing some poetry readings, or just readings in general, maybe on a monthly basis,” Kirkwood said.

“We’re just building up that opportunity for people to know more about what we do and what we can offer.”

Kirkwood is also providing opportunities for students to become writing tutors at both Writing Centers. There are currently eight tutors at each center. Some of these tutors are professionals, but Kirkwood is focusing on hiring more students.

To become a writing tutor, students must first pick up an application at the Writing Center. They also need a reference from a

faculty member, a writing sample and an expression of interest.

“I’m looking for a person who’s a good writer, who understands the writing process, but (also) somebody who wants to or likes to help other people,” Kirkwood said. “It’s so important to have that kind of outgoing and caring attitude towards others.”

While the Writing Center is there to help students, Kirkwood said that it’s not there to fix errors because it’s a form of academic dishonesty.

“Many students come in asking to get their writing edited or proofread, expecting that we’re there to simply fix any errors in their papers before they hand them in,” Kirkwood said. “What a handy service that would be, but that’s not what we do, and it would be wrong of us to do that because the writing has to remain the work of the writer.”

Instead, the Writing Center offers a reader’s perspective on a paper’s structure, argument and critical thinking and to teach students how to identify and self-correct errors.

The Writing Center can also help students understand their assignments and how to get started with brainstorming and outlining ideas.

“We’re more suggesting what to do and helping them with the (writing) process,” Peer Tutor Jonah Dieguez said. “We don’t edit.”

The Puyallup Writing Center is in the library and is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

Campus events calendar Compiled by Andrea Mendoza

March

18 RPD Day – No classes 18 The Divergent Series: Allegiant released 19 Pierce Men’s Baseball vs. Mt.Hood Community College Men’s Baseball in Everett, Wash. at 2 p.m 19 Pierce Men’s Baseball vs. Everett Community College Men’s Baseball in Everett, Wash. at 5 p.m.

20 Pierce Men’s Baseball vs. Mt. Hood Community College Men’s Baseball in Edmonds, Wash. at 2 p.m.

20 Pierce Men’s Baseball vs. Edmonds Community College Men’s Baseball in Edmonds, Wash. at 5 p.m.

21-23 Finals/planning day 22 Pierce College Concert Band performance in the AAH Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

24 RPD Day 25 Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice movie release 28 Grades due by 11 p.m.

29 Grades on student transcripts released 29 Pierce Women's Softball vs. Clark College Women's softball in Vancouver, Wash. at 2 p.m.

31 Graduation applications due for name in commencement program

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Pierce Women's Softball vs. Clackamas Community College Women's softball in Clackamas, Ore. at noon.

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Pierce Women's Softball vs. Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash. at 2 p.m.

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Forty-four students and two faculty members attended the Office of Student Life’s annual ski trip to Mt. Hood Feb. 20-21.

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Emma Embleton (left) and Colton Droubli rest on the mountain after a run.

Jesse Hamelin poses on his snowboard.

Kylie Ada, Christi Grohs, Colton Droubli and Tim Kim enjoy the snow on Mt. Hood.

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Kendra Nguyen (left) straps in for a ride on Mt. Hood.

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