The Puyallup Post | Volume 14 | Issue 2 | November 2008

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SERVING THE STUDENTS OF PIERCE COLLEGE PUYALLUP

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Pierce cruise: It was the ‘Beast’ of times...

Chris Burdick

Jonathan Jones Co-editor

The Beastly Bash—a frightening foray on the water—filled with more than 150 students and guests, was a fun night of dancing, gambling, socializing and enjoying the beautiful view of Seattle.

When students first arrived, a professional photographer took group photos. Then they proceeded onward to board the cruise, while being greeted by Student Programs leaders dressed in their costumes: two secret agents, two cat-people, a few Indians, V from V for Vendetta, a fairy, bum, vampire and zombie prom queen.

Located on Pier 55, the tour took place on a smaller cruiser called The Goodtime II, one of Argosy Cruises’ many boats. Leaving at 8:30 p.m. sharp, students sailed under the starry, night sky for a solid three hours.

The bottom level of the boat was set up for free, play gambling and snacks. The top level featured pop, rap and R & B music, dancing and an open deck in front.

At the end of the cruise, prizes in the costume contest were awarded for the best couple, most creative costume and creepiest costume. The winners received new 8gb iPod Nanos.

When students disembarked at 11:30, group photos were available for $7 each.

After a long night of dancing, snacking and gambling, students walked back to the $5 parking lot, got in their cars and began the long drive home.

The night didn’t end well for some some people.

Four students had money and valuables, including a laptop, stolen from their vehicles.

Students and guests in costume, including the ʻmost creativeʼ contest winner—a tissue box (center), were encouraged to play craps but without the benefit of money.

Emily Nelson Co-editor

The site for the new Arts and Allied Health building is being cleared on the northwestern side of campus.

Being built across the street from the new Health Education Center, the Arts and Allied Health Building is expected to be completed in February 2010, but it could be finished as early as September 2009.

This 61,600-square-foot building will include a full music transfer program, with practice and performance spaces as well as a wide range of recording studios.

The new performance space will serve as a lecture-type classroom but will also seat up to 300 people for music, theater and special events.

In addition to the new performance space, there will also be a small art gallery for displaying the work of students and local artists, plus two art classrooms.

The exterior of the building will include an amphitheater. The building has been designed to meet exceptional environmental building standards and will have an expansive lobby with large windows, natural lighting and high ceilings. In addition, other multi-media classrooms and faculty offices will be housed in the new building.

“This building completes the full scope of our transfer degree through the addition of art, music and theater as full programs,” said Tana Hasart, Pierce Puyallup president. “In addition, it affords us excellent real-world space for nursing

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New building expected to open in 2010

Work continues on the Arts and Allied Health Building. Construction is expected to be finished in February 2010.

through the addition of both classrooms and a full clinical teaching space.”

The Arts and Allied Health building is combining performing and fine arts with the training for healthcare fields.

Many health and medical jobs are in demand, and with the cost of the new building coming in at about $18.7 million, Continued on page 11

Campus texting by Twiddle

Anthony Vierra Reporter/photographer

Student Programs now is offering a text messaging system to help keep students in touch with what’s happening on campus.

“It’s good using different mediums to reach out to students,” Student Programs coordinator Sonja Morgan said.

These text messages will be provided by Twiddle.com and will contain event information for upcoming events as well as event reminders.

Students can sign up by sending the text message “follow studentprograms” to 40404. It’s a free service, but cell phone providers’ standard text-messaging rates still apply.

Students can unsubscribe any time at Twiddle.com or stop by the Student Programs office in room C210.

“We are hoping to help keep the student body informed,” Vice President for Government Concerns Robert Leavitt said. “This helps students who don’t always walk through the halls of the school.”

Student leaders will be setting up a certain criteria on what they will be able to be sent out to the students so that they are not getting a text message for every event.

“We don’t spam,” said Leavitt, who explained that students will receive text messages only for the bigger events at the college.

Students’ personal information is safe, Leavitt says.

“I am the only one with access to the students’ information,” he said.

EDITOR’SCORNER Hello fellow students, It’s almost that time of year again: turkey day is coming up on Nov. 27! What’s more, we don’t have school Nov. 26 or Nov. 28 either! So that means we have a five-day weekend at the end of November. Woo hoo!

Also, on Nov. 19, Open Mic Night will be in the Connections Café at 6 p.m. If you want to hear some talented people rock the mic with their singing, instrument playing, comedic skills, or whatever can be done with a microphone, then come check it out.

Or, if you’d like to sign up yourself, please do so in C210.

We hope you got a chance to relax on Oct. 27 by taking part in the origami lesson out in the Connections Jonathan Jones Café. If not, The Puyallup Post staff has put together a step-by-step instruction guide on how to make an origami fish, including a cut out for your convenience, on the back page. As always, we hope that you enjoy reading the newspaper, but if there is anything of interest that you’re just not seeing, we welcome you, your opinions, and ideas here in The Puyallup Post office, room C218. Stop in anytime!

Remember, students can donate Emily Nelson food on campus for the remainder of November. There are boxes set up in the college bookstore, and at the end of November, it will be sent to the Tacoma Rescue Mission to help the homeless. So have a heart and don’t forget to donate your imperishable foods, because when you do, you make someone’s day just a little bit brighter.

We are now on the downhill slope toward the end of fall 2008. Keep up the good work in your classes. Enjoy your upcoming Thanksgiving break and don’t eat too much— actually, disregard that, Thanksgiving’s only one day out of the year. Enjoy your turkey day, be thankful for what you have and eat like there’s no tomorrow!

Emily Nelson and Jonathan Jones Co-editors, The Puyallup Post

PRESIDENT’SMESSAGE I am writing this article on the eve of the Presidential election. By the time this is in print we will have elected a new President of the United States.

If you are anything like me you have spent the last year completely absorbed by the campaign. I have been frenetically checking poll numbers, gluing my eyes to the debates, and having my mood swing wildly with the weekly news cycle.

After all of this is over my blood pressure will become more even, my pulse more steady, and my mood less erratic.

Whatever the outcome, I hope that you participated in the election by voting. Perhaps you even registered to vote through Student Program’s voter registration.

While I am on this political kick I would like to thank everyone who attended the Pierce County Executive Candidate Debate we had on campus on Oct. 23. Many of us at student programs worked very hard on planning and facilitating this event. It ended up being a huge success and all of the candidates were able to clearly articulate their stances of various pressing county issues.

We would like to thank Pat McCarthy, Shawn Bunney, Mike Lonergan, and Calvin Goings for taking the time to plant the seeds of their policy ideas into the fertile soil of their potential constituent’s brains.

I would like to say one final thing about the executive candidates: to determine who I would vote for I asked each of

the candidates to perform a back massage on me. I was impressed with all of the massages; their varying techniques and hand strength taught me a lot about their leadership styles and general competence.

Okay, this actually never happened, but it certainly would have made my decision easier since all of the candidates are rock solid.

One final thing I would like to mention is that Student Programs is extremely excited to welcome New York Times bestselling author Augusten Burroughs, author of such classics as Running With Scissors and Magical Thinking, to our campus on Dec. 4. If you have an opportunity to check out any of his books, I highly suggest it; I am a huge fan of his.

Burroughs will share some of the incredible stories of his life and give his perspective on issues such as alcoholism, love, and dealing with life.

We hope you are able to attend, tickets will be available to Pierce College students for $5 and $8 for non-students.

This quarter is absolutely flying by. I hope your quarter is going well.

Jonathan Jones

control these proteins in human brains, this won’t be happening for a while; scientists are still far from erasing human memories.

The ability to erase memories in mice is all very new and exciting news, but if given the chance to permanently erase any memory from your own life, would you take it?

Memories make us who we are today. To take a piece of the past and destroy it may be a little irrational and even irresponsible.

It’s understandable if the memory is some form of post-traumatic stress or an unnecessary fear, such as Arachibutyrophobia (the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth), but when it comes to a bad relationship, like in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, where a dating couple wish to erase the memories of each other because their relationship took a bad turn, that’s a little bit irresponsible.

People need to learn from their mistakes and confront them, not try to avoid their problems by erasing them.

Also consider that if such technology existed, it could be used for other intents. Erasing the memory of a prisoner of war is much more effective and useful than throwing them in jail or giving the death penalty. It could be a powerful tool, but a serious problem if put in the wrong hands.

Before scientists are able to erase memories in humans, we should consider how serious erasing a memory can be.

Without memories, we have no identity, and toying with such a thing is no joke.

So those are some aspects to consider—erasing memories may sound cool at first, but you never know how far technology can be taken.

Chris Scaniffe ASPCP President (253)840-8439 cscaniffe@pierce.ctc.edu

Brain protein that’s easy to forget Co-editor

Scientists now have the amazing ability to erase specific memories in mice. They can make these mice forget targeted memories by overloading a protein found only in the brain called CaMKII, without causing any damage to brain cells. Scientists overload these proteins while a memory is being recalled, which causes the mouse to permanently forget the memory.

They tested this with a simple experiment: mice were put in cages and scientists sounded a buzz, followed by a shock to the mouse’s paws. When the mice associated the buzz with the shock, they froze after hearing the buzz.

When CaMKII was overloaded in the mice’s brains, the mice blissfully disregarded the buzz, showing that the memory was erased. And this isn’t just temporary; the mice were tested weeks later and it was found there was no sign of the erased memory.

However, this doesn’t wipe out every fear in mouse brains—other fears can be left, such as the fear of cat odor.

This is an exciting step in finding an effective cure for post-traumatic stress. So don’t go thinking you’ll be able to erase a bad relationship or an embarrassing moment—this study is intended for post-traumatic stress victims.

Scientists also hope to be able to erase unnecessary and unusual phobias in humans to help people live happy, natural lives.

Considering the human brain is much more complex than that of mice, and currently there is no realistic way to

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Give me recycling or give me death

Chris Burdick

Jonathan Jones Co-editor

The Puyallup Post The Puyallup Post is produced by students attending Pierce College Puyallup.

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Recycling bins have been added on campus this year for the first time. In previous years, Pierce officials said a recycling program would cost the college more money than it would save, but now they’ve taken one more step to help reduce the amount of trash the college generates.

With the new recycling program, most recyclables can be put into one container. This includes cardboard, cans, plastic bottles, mixed paper and paper milk-style cartons. All of those materials can go into the recycling bins, except for glass.

So no glass bottles and jars; they aren’t supported by the program.

And, of course, this new program is intended to help the environment by downsizing the amount of recyclable materials that are wasted and maximizing the amount of materials recycled.

So think twice before you chuck that soda, discard unwanted piles of old homework, or throw away stacks of pizza boxes after the next Cram and Jam—save the environment: recycle.

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Paul Schofield makes use of the new recycling bins on campus.

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FDA’s huge rBST controversy exposed Jonathan Jones Co-editor

Does the mention of the genetically engineered growth hormone rBST worry you? If it doesn’t, then you should probably keep reading.

RBST, which stands for recombinant bovine somatotropin (also called rBGH), is a genetically engineered drug that increases milk production.

The FDA approved this hormone in 1993, and has become known as one of the FDA’s biggest controversies. Even though rBST and non-rBST milk may taste the same, there are some unseen differences that might make you spill your milk.

RBST is a genetically engineered drug that improves the cow’s milk production about 5-15 percent. When rBST is injected into a cow, IGF-1 is also produced. IFG-1 is a strong growth hormone that is present in both cows and humans.

Although IFG-1 is essential for our bodies, too much isn’t necessarily a good thing: excessive IFG-1—which in fact, does stay in the milk and enters the bloodstream—has been linked to cause an increase in breast, prostate, colon, lung and other cancers in humans.

And if enough rBST-treated milk is consumed, scientific studies have concluded that there is, in fact, enough IFG-1 to increase your risk of cancer.

Cancer isn’t the only problem brought up by rBST— rBST-enhanced cows are much more susceptible to mastitis than cows not treated with rBST. Mastitis is a painful udder infection, and more cows suffer from this because of rBST. RBST also causes other physiological problems in cows, including birth disorders, increased pus in milk, hoof problems, heat stress, diarrhea, and other gastrointestinal disturbances (poor cows). So if you’ve ever wondered what makes California cows so happy, it’s because they don’t receive any rBST injections, meaning less pain and happier cows.

So what exactly do farmers do to get rid of these nasty cow sicknesses? Well, they use antibiotics, which brings up another issue. Excessive use of penicillin, amoxicillin, eryth-

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romycin, and other antibiotics find their way into the milk, air, soil, and water, which increases the resistance of antibiotics in humans. Don’t worry though, antibiotics don’t actually make it into the consumer-bought milk, but they are hazardous to the environment.

So pretty much, rBST brings more IFG-1 into the body from the milk, which increases the risk of getting cancer.

RBST also harms the cows with various health problems, and the antibiotics used to fix the problems only increase the everchanging evolution of bacteria.

So why exactly did the FDA approve this controversial drug? According to whatisrbst.org, “The FDA’s decision to approve rBST was one of the most controversial decisions it has ever made. There was widespread criticism from government leaders, farmers and scientists, including many inside the FDA.” In fact, we’re one of the few countries that actually use rBST. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and all 25 countries of the European Union have banned the use of rBST because the results worried them.

Even more, The Humane Society, Humane Farming Association, Farm Sanctuary and Animal Protection Institute all disagree with the FDA’s decision, and oppose the use of rBST. The whole story itself is all slightly complicated, but here’s the slimmed down version: For the testing to see if rBST is safe, the FDA hired a few people whom had worked with or had close ties to the corporate farming industry introducing the new genetically engineered growth hormone, Monsanto. If Monsanto was able to have rBST approved by the FDA, they could market their product to countless farmers, and Monsanto would make bank: rBST would help enhance farmer’s cows’ production— the more milk produced, the fewer cows needed, and the less food needed to provide for the cows, saving farmers loads of cash.

Monsanto was able to place some of their most loyal associates into huge decision-making jobs (this is a process called “The Revolving Door,” and apparently isn’t illegal in the

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Students celebrate the season with some good times in Seattle Co-editor

I must say, for the price of only $10, I had a beastly time. The Beastly Bash was all good fun— there was dancing, cashless gambling, snacking, and just flat-out socializing, all with a majestic view of the glittering Seattle lights.

When first arriving at Pier 55, we waited in line to have our group’s picture taken. Then we walked down the ramp to board the cruise and were greeted by Student Program leaders—Derek Zable as a homeless man with a sign saying, “Will wurk for candee” and ASPCP President Chris Scaniffe as a cuddly, black and white man-cat.

The cruise ship itself can be described as “cozy”. Personally, I was expecting something bigger. The cruise was small, but just the right size to support the students who came.

The boat had two levels. The top level had a dance floor, great for getting your groove on, and an open deck in front for those who wished to check out the view, or simply get some fresh air. The bottom level had two different gambling games— both of which were free, so there was no money involved—also, there were snacks, tables, and another open deck in the back.

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Students work some new moves at the Beastly Bash cruise on Oct. 30.

The DJ on the cruise was decent. My single objection: he only played rap and R&B; at least one rock song would’ve been nice. And I did hear some complaints that there was too much treble and not enough bass, but it wasn’t too big of a deal.

Near the end of the Beastly Bash, a quick costume contest was held with three categories: “Best Couple”, “Creepiest”, and “Most Creative.” The “Best Couple” award went to a duo dressed as Michael Jackson and a little boy. “Creepiest” went to a guy dressed as a girl. And “Most Creative” went to a guy dressed in a tissue box saying, “Blow me.”

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United States.). The jobs include the Branch Chief of Hormones and Pharmacological Agents, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, and one of the Primary Reviewer Officers—all of these were replaced by people who had known or previously worked for Monsanto.

The Deputy Commissioner for Policy job was actually taken by one of Monsanto’s lawyers—hired from 1991 to 1994, he was there to be sure rBST was approved during the final review stages.

To add to the situation, a few loyal workers of the FDA questioned the process of approving rBST, and were immediately fired or stripped of their duties. Other employees realized the situation became out of hand, so they requested an investigation from Congress. Congress replied, stating: “The entire FDA review of rBGH seemingly has been characterized by misinformation and questionable actions on the part of both FDA and the Monsanto Company officials.” Congress then dismissed the issue, rBST was approved, and that was the end of that.

Quite simply, Monsanto rigged the review process of rBST and got away with it. It’s amazing what corporate can get away with—corporate industries even have the power to control the Food and Drug Administration.

And of course, today Monsanto will still say rBST is completely safe. They have a whole webpage dedicated to defending the very drug intended to make them loads of money.

But now that rBST has lost its credibility, their attempts to protect rBST are almost useless. All of their reasons are backed up with the “FDA has concluded” and “FDA has approved,” which we now know is based on a very controversial decision.

So now that I’ve scared you away from rBST, here’s how to avoid it: only buy milk that says it’s rBST- or rBGH-free.

Most milk that does come from rBST-treated cows won’t say so on the label—all because they know consumers won’t buy it.

If you’d like to know more about rBST, please check out whatisrbst.org—they have all the information you need, and plenty of sources to back it up.

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Lying.

Everyone’s done it at some point. Even if it’s just a white lie, or lying by omission, everyone’s told a tall tale in their time. But how do you know when you’re being lied to? Are you naturally a human polygraph, or are you too naïve to tell the difference? Well here’s a crash course on detecting dishonesty in others, and maybe even a good way to cover your own lies a little better.

A person’s body language will usually change when lying. Physical expression will be more limited, and may even seem stiff, and hand, arm and leg movements will be towards the liar’s own body, so that they take up less space. A liar will also avoid making eye contact, and will usually touch their face, throat, and mouth often. They are not likely to touch their chest or heart with an open hand. They often feel uncomfortable facing their questioner or accuser, and will often turn their head or torso away. A liar may also unconsciously place objects between them-

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selves and the questioner or accuser, like a book or coffee cup.

There is also a lot said in the words and inflections a liar chooses. A liar will often use your own words to answer your questions.

For example, if you ask “Did you drink my Coke?” and they reply “No, I did not drink your Coke,” they are most likely lying. Also, a sentence with contractions (didn’t versus did not) is more likely to be truthful than a sentence without. They may leave out pronouns, and speak in a monotone, rather than emphasizing the pronoun as they would in a truthful statement. Words may be garbled or spoken softly, and the syntax and grammar may be off. Or a liar may take the opposite route, and speak faster than usual, almost as if they’re in a rush to get the lie out of their system.

If you suspect someone is lying to you, a good way to catch them is to change the subject. If someone is lying, they will follow the change willingly, and will seem more relaxed with the new subject. They want to distance themselves from their own falsities. But someone who is being honest may seem confused by the sudden change in topics, and may even want to return to the earlier topic.

For students who like jazz along with their cool weather and hot cocoa, Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz Ensemble will perform for the Holiday Jam at noon on Dec. 4 on the PLU campus in the Mary Baker Russell Music Theater. The performance will be broadcast live on KPLU 88.5 FM.

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SHOUTOUT Brian Sweeney

What are your plans for Thanksgiving break?

Betsy Brown: “My dad’s

side of the family is flying in and we have never met them.”

Eric Edling: “We’re going to stay in our condo in Oregon and eat a lot of turkey.”

John Gomez: “I’m going to be having dinner—double dinner.

Once with my family and again with my girlfriend’s family.”

Ryan Keller: “I’m going to be enjoying the sun in Hawaii.”

Would you like a side of manners with that?

Rachel the Responsible waitress For The Puyallup Post

As a college student, many of us have to have jobs; whether it’s to pay rent, or save up to go to a university.

Since many have classes during the day, it is more feasible to work at night. Many students around campus have chosen the restaurant industry.

Whether it’s bussing, hosting, serving or bartending, the job pays well and still gives you adequate time to get school work done.

As many of you know, the customer service industry can be challenging at times, and there are a few things that should be known by all restaurant consumers. This is just an informative piece from a server’s point of view to make everybody that has never worked in the food service industry understand what we are really thinking.

The first thing to go over is restaurant etiquette. We may be servers, but we are not your servant, and in turn not less than you. Please do not ignore us when we approach your table, we don’t ignore you when you ask for ranch dressing for your fries, or perhaps the other thirteen condiments you ask for.

It is rude to continuously chat on your cell phone while you are being waited on, hence going back to the ignorance we have already discussed. We understand that you have a life, and things may come up, but for an entire hour on the phone during dinner that could also be rude to the guest or guests that you’re with. The same etiquette goes for textmessaging.

Please do not snap your fingers at us, we are not your pet or child. I understand that when you go out to dinner it is for many reasons such as the type of food at a restaurant, the great service, or simply because you don’t want to cook or clean.

When you bring children with you to dinner, make sure that they have some understanding of good restaurant behavior. They are children, mind you, but continuously running up and down the aisles, jumping on booths that you weren’t seated at, and throwing every piece of food onto the floor are

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Jessica Koens: “I’m going camping with the family.”

Ariel Reichel: “I’m going to my oma’s and I’ll be working.”

Michele Susee: “I’m going shopping on Black Friday.”

just a few examples of what not to let your children do.

The second thing we must discuss is tipping properly. You assume when you go out that you will be treated with the best service one can ask for, because you are, in fact, paying for your meal and the service that is provided. The service that is provided is what the tip is for. There may be times that you didn’t receive the greatest service, but you may want to take into consideration that it may not be your server’s fault.

Friday and Saturday are typically on the busier side, and if your food takes a bit longer than you think it should, please take into consideration that it is the kitchen staff who cooks your food, and we cannot control when it is ready.

If something is wrong, or there happens to be a foreign object in your food, it typically is not the server’s fault. Please do not take your anger out on us. Profanity isn’t necessary either.

When you have a great experience at your place of dining, please don’t hesitate to tell the manager that they did a great job, or leave an extra couple bucks.

Many of you would like to know what an adequate tip is when going out. The tip should depend on the price of the bill and the service that was received. For example, if your bill was 50 bucks, 20 percent would be nice, which is $10. Fifteen percent is okay when dining and is the most common percentage that is tipped, according to many college students that work in the industry.

If you plan on spending a large amount of money when dining out, make sure that you have enough to tip as well. Perhaps the guests that you took out ordered the most expensive items on the menu, and drank the bar dry, and your bill is a bit more than anticipated. Please do not take the high bill out of our tip that we worked oh so hard for.

The thing that a lot of people don’t realize is that waiters, waitresses and bartenders are making a living off of tips.

In my situation, I have a 6-month-old little boy that I have to provide for, and I also have to pay a mortgage, and pay off school loans. That’s just an example of the big bills. I am not saying to break your own bank, I’m just informing you of the reality that we face everyday.

If you don’t have enough money, enough patience, or enough etiquette to dine properly, please, do not dine at all.

Iran, a large country in the center of the Middle East, and its possible production of nuclear weapons was the topic of history instructor Floyd Churchill’s lecture on Oct. 22.

During his lecture titled When World Views Collide, Churchill distributed sheets of paper with questions that he answered and a political map of Iran.

He started with different points of view, both America’s side and Iran’s.

He called it the “perceptual lens.” Iranians’ perception on how they see the world is far different from Americans’ Floyd Churchill perceptional lens. They see the world not only now in the present age but also in the past ages.

Americans see the world only in the present age.

Churchill described many points about how Americans have tried to deal with Iran in a diplomatic way but not taking any notice to how they themselves might act.

The way Americans see the world is far different from how Iranians see the world. He used an example of how two different people going to the same event can give two different outcomes because of the difference in how they saw the event.

Churchill described for the audience on the facts of what was going on in Iran. He said Iran claims its nuclear testing is for building nuclear power plants, however, the allies not fully

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convinced. They are still trying to talk diplomatically with them though. The problem with the way the allies are discussing diplomacy with Iran is that the allies are not considering the way Iran’s civilization functions or what Iran is telling us. Because of this, it makes it hard for diplomacy and cooperation between Iran and the allied powers. Instead of trying to solve the real problem, Americans are not acknowledging that there is a problem and dealing with the facts.

“The way I solve a problem is to not acknowledge it,” he said.

He used an example of what United Nations officials did when dealing with Rwanda. They didn’t acknowledge the problem, so they won’t have to deal with it, which Churchill said is not the right way to deal with a problem.

Churchill mentioned a few previous incidences that were similar to the one in Iran. The first was the Cold War. The United States and communist Russia held a stale-mate with nuclear weapons until the fall of communism. If Iran has nuclear weapons, the world may face another Cold War, but this time it will be a much more dangerous time than the war against communism.

Others such as North Korea and Japan saw the United States as a nation with power, but it was too cowardly to use it. He said that Iran today considers the United States a great nation but too cowardly to use its ability to project power.

As for Iran, Churchill said Americans are going to have to wait to see what the outcome of its nuclear testing will be, and see if the allied powers can come to an agreement with the Iranian government on the matter, and maybe take the time to check a variety of viewpoints and facts.

Eligibility requirements include:

Nominations are now open for the 2008 All-USA Community College Academic Team.

Mandi Williams: “I’m going to have a few people over and we’re going to dress like turkeys and enjoy the finer parts of the holidays.”

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* Enrollment at a community college through December 2008.

The 20 members of the First Team will win trophies, $2,500 cash awards, and have their accomplishments noted and photographs published in USA TODAY as representatives of all outstanding two-year college students. Awards of $1,500 and $1,000 will also be made. In total, nearly $500,000 in stipends will be provided to students in 2009.

Each year, Pierce College Puyallup can nominate two qualified applicants for the All-USA Community College Academic Team. Scholarships are awarded based on merit.

Students can get an application in room 100A in the Administration building. Completed applications, along with the recommendations, are due by 5p.m. Nov. 18 in room 100A in the administration building.

Contact Dale Blum at DBlum@pierce.ctc.edu) or Kate Keith at kkeith@pierce.ctc.edu for more information.

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* Completion of at least 45 credit hours within the past five years. * A cumulative GPA of 3.5 for all college coursework completed in the last five years.

* On track for an Associate or Bachelor degree. * No previous All-USA Team nomination.

* No record of suspension, probation, or other serious disciplinary action.

* No criminal record OR, if a convicted felon, completion of all sentencing conditions.

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Meet Richard Piper Lauren Smith For The Puyallup Post

About 18 years ago, something went terribly wrong.

Richard Piper spiked a 107.8 degree fever, erratically.

There were no warning signs. No medical reason for why he was sick.

Piper was admitted to the hospital, and his fever was treated with medication but at a terrible cost: he lost his ability to hear for the rest of his life.

“The doctors knew I was able to hear when I was born,” Piper said of his tragic childhood memory. “They never thought that I would become hard of hearing until I got the fever when I was three months old.”

With this obstacle of hearing loss ahead of him, Piper knew from a young age that he would face a challenge that most wouldn’t dare imagine: the inability to communicate with the rest of the world.

Richard Piper While he is not deaf—he is hard of hearing—Piper is still only able to hear sounds of extremely high volume, sounds that most would consider a disruption to their day, such as the passing of an airplane or a teenager listening to their music with the bass turned up at full capacity.

Yet, even with the capability to hear louder noises, carrying on a normal conversation with another person is still difficult for Piper. So, instead of the usual banter that typically occurs between people in conversation, he communicates through the use of his cell phone.

This technology that many take for granted, has become a replacement for speech in Piper’s case. He often communicates with those who are not fluent in sign language by typing back and forth on his cell phone’s keyboard.

“I didn’t get a phone until I was 15, and that was the first time I was able to communicate well with the hearing world,” Piper said.

Prior to the frequent use of cell phones, Piper was only able to communicate well with those who knew American

Sign Language, a vernacular he learned himself from spending nine years at the Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver.

“WSD is only for the deaf and hard of hearing,” Piper said. “They only taught ASL and deaf culture instead of the world hearing culture.”

While this was valuable when he was learning ASL, Piper believes that public schooling gave him a more wellrounded education, despite the fact that he needs assistance to learn in public schools.

“I do have interpreters in public school and I learn the English language as I see sign language,” Piper said. “I have improved my English more in public school. I failed English class when I went to WSD, but when I moved to public education, I got an A in English.”

Piper continued his stint in public school through his graduation from Rogers High School last June. As a freshman at Pierce, he is enrolled in psychology and history, however, neither of these classes relate to Piper’s ultimate goal: to be the first police officer and SWAT team member in the nation with a major hearing disability.

To date, Piper has served for the Puyallup Police Department for a little more than a year and five months.

He is in a program called Police Explorers. According to the City of Puyallup website, the program is designed to give young men and women interested in law enforcement, firsthand experience and knowledge while working side by side with the police officers.

“I get to work with the actual police officers,” Piper said. “I do traffic control, crowd control, pull cars over and give them tickets for speeding and bike around events like the (Puyallup) Fair. I do a lot of the same things that the police do, but I don’t get a gun until I’m 21 years old.”

Piper plans to serve as a police officer for two years, and eventually become a member of the SWAT team – the latter for which he is also in active training.

“On Aug. 14, I was actually shot during SWAT training,” Piper said. “I was playing a victim and was hit in the elbow after a shot blew through a door. I had to go to the hospital, but the city paid for the bill.”

While aware that his goal will be more than difficult to reach, Piper welcomes the challenge—and ironically, actually prefers it to the medium. If the opportunity to rehabilitate his hearing be apparent, he would decline to take it.

“The world is too loud,” he said.

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Now that the flu and cold season is here, what are you doing to not get sick?

Isaac Swift: “Run to work every morning in a t-shirt and wet hair.”

Nathaniel Anderson: “I

am already sick.”

Sarah Hathaway: “I take

herbal supplements.”

Britney Bowyer: “I drink lots of orange juice.”

I-BEST programs

Those offered at Puyallup Campus include integrated A new kind of certificates proIntegrated Basic Skills & Certified business technology, language gram at Pierce College’s two cam- Nursing Assistance Program: In two interpreter, and certified nurspuses has turned more than its share quarters, students are prepared to work as certi- ing assistant with the other two of heads in the state government fied nursing assistants upon completion of the programs of corrections protections officer and early childand with the students themselves. state exam and earn eight college credits. hood education being offered This relatively unheard of program is known as I-BEST. It stands Integrated Basic Skills & Correc- exclusively at Steilacoom.

“What I-BEST does is it for Integrated Basic Skills Training, tions/Protection Officer Training and while it may sound like the lat- Program: In 14 weeks, students are prepared combines both academic supest product from Apple, it’s set up to work in corrections or become licensed to work port and education,” Anderson to help students prepare for future as protection officers upon completion of the state says.

If a student scores below the jobs. exam. In addition, students earn 20 college cred“The I-BEST program is its toward a two- and four-year degree in crimi- college level in a particular area, then he or she must take predesigned to help students who tradi- nal justice. college classes. What I-BEST tionally are unsuccessful in workforce training and higher educaIntegrated Basic Skills & Early officials do is place the student tion,” program assistant Melissa Childhood Education Certificate Pro- into five-credit college classes Anderson says. gram: In three quarters, students are able to along with a mandatory proWho are these “traditionally earn a certificate in early childhood education and gram of academic support. In unsuccessful” students?

27 credits toward a two-year degree in early child- addition, students are scheduled for a one-credit class in Students who are eligible for the hood education. which once a week they meet I-BEST program are generally sorted into three categories. The first is Integrated Basic Skills & Integrat- with instructors to work out an the students who speak English as a ed Business Technology Certificate educational plan.

“What it does is it gives second language, the second is stu- Program: In four quarters students, earn a dents who have or are in the process certificate in business technology and earn 34 col- those students (the traditionally of getting their GED and the third lege credits toward an associate’s degree in busi- unsuccessful ones) extra support and extra class time,” belongs to those students who have ness information technology.

Anderson says. “When the state basically tested below college level in more than one subject area.

Integrated ESL & Language Inter- government was watching this Those who fit in the last category preter Certificate Program: In four quar- program, they (the officials) are known as Adult Basic Education ters, students can earn 44 college level credits and noticed that students who fall Students. a language certificate that will give them the qual- in the three categories are more These three categories generally ifications to work as a professional language likely to fail overall. I-BEST include a good majority of students interpreter in social services agencies, medical makes them 15 times more likely to get their certificates.” who may have tested below college- facilities, and the courts system.

Not only that, I-BEST also level classes—usually in math or serves as an excellent leapingreading—or fit into one of the pad for earning an associate’s degree or even moving to other two categories.

Five certificate programs are offered by I-BEST, a four-year university.

More information is available in room A164 or three are offered at Puyallup Campus and four at Steilaonline at www.pierce.ctc.edu/i-best/. coom campus with some overlap between the two.

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Joel Williams: “I don’t get sick. I have Chuck Norris’s genes.”

Eboni Arevalo: “I drink lots of tea.”

Mason Overholtzer: “I

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Take a minute to think about it. You probably live on a college budget, and have a total of $40 to spend on yourself after all the bills have been paid. It’s a pretty grim aspect of living the good life away from home. But what are you gonna do with that extra couple of dollars?

What if you’re an eco-conscious person? You’re looking to score a deal, but you’d prefer to do it knowing you aren’t creating a demand for virgin resources (you like to buy used).

Or how about the disgust you feel toward big-name corporations? You get sick when you drive around and see a Walgreens every other block, or a Wal-Mart with enough junk shipped in from china to outfit a small metropolis. Or maybe you’re wanting a change in setting: something a little smaller and with more heart.

Well, you can do good for the local economy, the environment and your paycheck when you look into locallyowned, locally-operated stores.

Maybe you’re in search of some clothing. Instead of buying something from the mall or from Target, check out a used clothing store. Sure, those places may seem tacky and dirty, but taking a second look can prove otherwise.

Most thrift stores sell good-as-new clothing in a clean and attractive environment. What better way to be ecofriendly than to shop used! Instead of creating demand for more new clothing, you’re giving old clothing (which might have just become more garbage) a new home!

If you’re looking for hip, modern clothing or just want to show off your pride as a resident of the 2FT, check out UrbanxChange off of Pacific Avenue by the University of Washington Tacoma. You can find great brand names for dirt-cheap prices there. The atmosphere is friendly, and the artsy setup makes you feel a little more connected to the urban culture of Tacoma. Have any name-brand clothing you don’t want anymore?

Before you just throw it out, bring it in and they’ll buy it from you!

Another good place for hipster clothing is Zephyr Clothing and Consignment at Freighthouse Square. It’s

PIERCEPOLL We asked students what best described their shopping habits and purchasing decisions. Here’s what 45 of your fellow students said: ❏ I can’t afford to be choosy, so I shop at the store nearest the bus stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.33%

❏ I often drive to the outlet stores in North Bend just to save 35 cents on a pair of socks . . . . .33.33%

❏ The clothes are twice as expensive at the store where I shop, but I like to show off the designer bags to my friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.22% ❏ I like the stores without security cameras that keep their really expensive stuff on display near the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.11% N O V E M B E R

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slightly smaller than UrbanxChange, but you can find the same cool clothing for the same low prices.

If you like brands like Hollister and American Eagle, check out Switch, on the South end of Meridian by Dairy Queen.. There you can hit all the stores at the mall in one quick browse.

Are you a DIYer? Maybe you’re sick of the boring tees you get from Hot Topic and want to make your own shirts using screen printing or iron-ons. Try out the Goodwill or Salvation Army off of Meridian near the Mazatlan Restaurant. There you can load up on blank tees, for as low as 99 cents! As for the screen printing/iron bit, keep an eye out for a step-by-step process in a later issue of this paper.

How about your diet?

Sure, places like KFC or Burger King may seem to be the reasonable options costwise, but when it really comes down to it, getting a full meal only saves you about $5-10 as opposed to going to a sitdown restaurant like Denny’s. There are places out there that cook a better meal for less money, contain less calories, and breed happier animals. A happy cow tastes a lot better than a McDonald’s cow;that’s for sure.

Looking for good chicken? Check out Ezell’s Famous Chicken on Pacific Avenue and 72nd Street.

Want a darn good cheeseburger? Make the drive to Division Avenue (in the Stadium area) and pick up something from Frisko Freeze. Frisko (a classic Tacoma Eatery) offers cheeseburgers, chickenwiches, fishwiches, fries, onion rings, hotdogs and amazing shakes that give Jack in the Box a run for its money. Reasonably speedy service will present you with a full meal for less than $7.

Maybe you don’t have the gas to drive to Downtown Tacoma. That’s fine. Right off of 512, there’s Frugal’s.

Frugal’s is primarily drive through, and offers burgers, fries, shakes, and more. They will present you with a full meal for less than $7.

Off of 82nd Street and Pacific Avenue is A&W, which features a ’50s diner setting where you can eat in your car or take a booth. Either way, your food is brought to you.

You can enjoy a draft root beer there, a sensation that has been lost to the ages. With all sorts of American classics such as the Coney Island dog and the Bacon Double Cheeseburger, you can eat like a king for less

Some helpful tips for saving money

Master the 30 day rule: Whenever you’re considering making an unnecessary purchase, wait 30 days and then ask yourself if you still want that item. Quite often, you’ll find that the urge to buy has passed and you’ll have saved yourself some money by simply waiting.

Instead of throwing out some damaged clothing, repair it instead: Don’t toss out a shirt because of a broken button - sew a new one on with some closely-matched thread.

Don’t toss out pants because of a hole in them - put in a patch of some sort and save them for times when you’re working around the house.

Simple sewing can be done by anyone - it just takes a few minutes and it saves a lot of money by keeping you from buying new clothes when you don’t really need to.

Don’t spend big money entertaining your children: Most children, especially young ones, can be entertained very cheaply. Buy them an end roll of newspaper from your local paper and

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Cutters Point Coffee at 13210 Meridian E. on South Hill has plenty of space to relax or study.

than $7.

If you’re going out to eat with a bunch of indecisive, picky friends, check out Freighthouse Square in Downtown Tacoma, off of 27th Avenue. Here, you can eat Greek, Thai, Mexican, German or Vietnamese.

If you have the appetite for seafood, hit up the Paya Thai restaurant. A bald man named Tom (the evangelist of the restaurant business) will fix you up with an amazing amount of fish, from halibut to salmon, and as much fries and pop that you can consume for less than $10.

Are you a new musician? Guitar Center is a great place to look if you wish to buy guitars, basses, drums, and other, similar instruments and accessories (not to mention, they have unbeatable prices). However, if Guitar Center just doesn’t seem to fancy you, I’ve included some other music stores.

Right here in downtown Puyallup is JC’s Music, a hole in the wall shop off of Meridian Street South. Featured here are a wide variety of guitars, basses, drums and accessories. The shop staff is knowledgeable and can help you with any questions you have.

In downtown Tacoma, off of St. Helens Street, is Guitar Maniacs, a large store featuring all sorts of guitars, as well as a museum-like assortment of eclectics and antiques. Top notch brands such as Rickenbacker and Fender can be found here. Lovers of the alternative music scene will eat this place up; Kurt Cobain bought

let their creativity run wild. Realize that what your children want most of all is your time, not your stuff, and you’ll find money in your pocket and joy in your heart.

Cut back on the convenience foods - fast foods, microwave meals, and so on: Instead of eating fast food or just nuking some prepackaged food when you get home, try making some simple and healthy replacements that you can take with you. An hour’s worth of preparation one weekend can give you a ton of cheap and handy meals that will end up saving you a lot of cash and not eat into your time when you’re busy.

When shopping for standard items (clothes, sports equipment, older games, etc.), start by shopping used. Quite often, you can find the exact item you want with a bit of clever shopping at used equipment stores, used game stores, consignment shops, and so on. Just make these shops a part of your normal routine - go there first when looking for potential items and you will save money.

Don’t go to stores or shopping centers for entertainment: Doing so is just an encouragement to spend money you don’t really have on stuff you don’t really need.

Instead, find other places to entertain yourself the park, the basketball court, a museum, a friend’s house, or even in your own home. Don’t substitute shopping for entertainment and you’ll be way better off.

Take public transportation: If the city’s transit system is available near you, take it to work (or to play) instead of driving your car. It’s far cheaper and you don’t have to worry about parking your vehicle.

Read more:. Reading is one of the cheapest and most beneficial - hobbies around. Most towns have a library available to the public - just go there and check out some books that interest you. Then, spend some of your free time in a cozy place in your house, just reading away. You’ll learn something new, improve your reading ability, enjoy yourself, and not have to spend a dime. excerpted from www.thesimpledollar.com

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You can pick a great used guitar from the selection at JCʼs Music in downtown Puyallup.

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many guitars from this store.

Off of Sixth Avenue in Tacoma is Sluggo Music.

There you can find an assortment of electric and acoustic guitars and basses, as well as drums, amps, PA’s and other accessories.

Maybe you aren’t a musician, but an avid music lover. Are you tired of all the department stores never carrying the kinds of music you really w.ant to hear? Is it a pain in the butt to find places that can fix your old record player?

Maybe you’re tired of paying shipping and handling when you order online off of Amazon. Why not try a record store?

Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue is home to not one but many record stores. House of Records exclusively carries vinyl LPs, record players, stereos and other accessories, and the selection is outstanding. You can sell your old records, or you can pick through thousands of artists. High Voltage Records, across the street from House of Records, has an assortment of both vinyl LPs and CDs. It remains a relatively undiscovered jewel for punk rock. Chances are, if you have a fetish for fast and raw music, High Voltage can hook you up. Finally, we come to Rocket Records, a corner store next to Hell’s Kitchen. Rocket Records features a variety of artists in LP, CD and DVD format. You can even pick up a demo for a local band, or a T-town t-shirt.

Right next door to the University of Seattle Tacoma is Tacoma’s very own Buzzard’s, a shop featuring a variety of CDs, LPs, tapes, DVDs, and even video games. Here, you can find clothing as well as posters and other little knickknacks to make your room look cool.

In Puyallup, you can go to Budget Tapes and Records, located in between 120th and 116th streets. There, you can go through a large selection of used CDs and vinyl records. On top of this, they also purchase such things, and repair them if they are un-playable.

Want to go out and get a toy or two? Think twice before settling for a Barbie doll or a crappy Toys R Us device. Those toys are made in China, and lately have been containing far too much lead.

In this case, you should investigate ChildTrek at Freighthouse Square, a locally-owned children’s toy store

that sells environmentally friendly and safe-to-use toys for children.

Another place to investigate is Learning Sprout in the antique district of downtown Tacoma. This store has a very large selection of toys suitable for children of every temperament.

Or perhaps you aren’t at that point in your life yet: you still have years to go, and in the time being feel the desire to fill it with your own mature variations of child’s play and hobbies. But where do you start?

Maybe you’re a bit nerdier than that. You’ve always wanted to try out the fun stuff: model airplanes, model cars, rockets--you name it. Check out Hobbytown off of Garfield Street by PLU. Another place for your consideration is NW Nitro Hobbies in downtown Puyallup, off of East Main Street.

There, you can find everything you need for RC cars, trucks and boats of all sorts. It’s good to displace a bit of that aggression you might feel by taking a small car and driving it off a cliff. Or maybe it can be seen as an ecofriendly alternative to off-roading in a real truck.

Finally, if you have come to the point where you’re tired of living in reality and would just like to find a good book to curl up with. But when you go to Borders, you find that in order to purchase a book, you need to shell out $15-25! Surely there is an alternative.

Well, the clear first choice is Half Price Books off of Tacoma Mall Boulevard and 38th Street East. There, you can find a pretty good sized selection of books as well as records and CDs. You can even sell old books to them.

Next, you could try out Books by Freighthouse Square and the Tacoma Dome. Once a firefighter’s station, Books is now an emporium of literature. This shop has a large selection of books, mainly hardbacks.

Further downtown on St. Helens and Second Street, you find King’s Books. It is advertised as having nearly a whole city block worth of selection, and it isn’t much of an exaggeration. They have a large selection of used books, and even a “gallery” of rare and ancient text. Not to mention, a comfy seat at the end of every row for sitting and reading.

SHOUTOUT Chris Burdick

Due to the recent economic downturn, have your spending habits changed at all?

Troy Baierle-Meacham: “I don’t spend any more money on underwear.”

Stephen Hopkins: “I spend more.”

Shawn Gravinski: “I definitely save my money more and only buy stuff that I use daily.”

Hannah Seal: “No, I

probably would if I had bills to pay.”

Kayla Bonnette: “I don’t

buy anything more than I did. I was raised a frugal kid.”

ChildTrek at Freighthouse Square in Tacoma offers plenty of environmentally friendly toys.

Patricia Appleton: “I call

it a lack of spending.”

Crystal Andrzejowiec:

“I don’t travel as much or drive as much, if I can.”

Jonathan Wiemer: “I don’t fill up my gas tank all the way.”

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Meet Isaac Swift

Matt Powers Reporter

New evening students representative Isaac Swift, whose fascinating campaign flyers made many students laugh, often enjoys joking around.

Swift explained this quality is what separated him from the other candidates.

“I was around the school the most, talking to students,” he says.

He also felt he had better flyers and advertising than many of the other candidates.

“Many of them (the flyers) were Chuck Norris jokes I had heard and I thought people would like them.”

Swift left his marketing assistant position in Student Programs to become the evening students representative.

“The new position is more involved in Student Programs,” he says.

When asked why he ran, Swift explained it’s to get in touch with students. Another reason for running is to focus on offering more campus activities for evening students. These students usually are poorly represented at most college events, which occur at noon when evening

students aren’t on campus yet.

As a new representative, Swift has been settling into his new position.

“I’ve started by reviewing last year’s evening representative’s files,” he says.

He’s focusing on this quarter’s Cram & Jam and installing suggestion boxes on campus, the latter being a campaign promise that he is Isaac Swift excited to get started.

When this 17 year old is working in the Student Programs office, he likes to read, roller skating, play any sport with a racquet and play the piano.

His favorite food is pizza and he has no particular favorite color.

“I am equal to all colors,” Swift says.

His mentors are his parents, his Boy Scout leaders— particularly Dr. Sean Stout and church leaders.

He enjoys outdoor camping, his favorite spot being Mildred Lake located deep in the Olympic Mountain range.

Laura Simmonds For The Puyallup Post

Have you ever ridden a train? A century ago, this would have been a silly question. Trains were the main transportation for almost everyone, and the horseless carriage was still a relatively new concept. If you lived in Mineral, and worked in Tacoma, you could catch the train first thing in the morning, work all day, and be home in time for supper. Today, with all the city traffic, that would be quite a feat.

However, these days, trains are less of a necessity and more of a novelty. A steam engine train is still the most efficient way to ship anything, but even so, most steam engines have fallen into disuse and disrepair.

The way a steam engine works is a boiler, fed by coal, heats up water to create steam. There are two pistons, and the steam is let in to push the pistons out. The steam is then released and the pistons snap back. Over and over again, this pushing and snapping back turns the wheels and moves the whole train forward. Once a steam engine has started moving, there is no limit to how much you can accelerate. If you keep feeding it more and more coal, a steam engine will keep generating power, unlike any other engine today, which have limits to how much power they can generate.

There used to be steam powered cars, commonly known as Stanley Steamers. They were perfect for people who loved long goodbyes, because the person you were bidding adieu could easily walk alongside your car for a good half mile before your engine created enough power to get more than 5 mph. Obviously, these were made obsolete by automobiles powered by the internal combustion engine.

There are many railroads still in operation today, even one in our own backyard.

The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad located in Mineral usually has trains running at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Fri-

Laura Simmonds

All aboard for local rail nostalgia

A slice of local history still rides the rails.

days and Saturdays. The office is volunteer-run, and so has irregular hours, but can be reached at 1-(888)-783-2611. On board, passengers can either sit in the passenger car and listen to the rich history of trains, the surrounding area and general Northwest folklore, told by someone who lived it, or you can go in the glassless passenger car and lean your head out and imagine what it must have been like to lean out of that same window a century ago. There’s an observation deck as well, which has benches, and is open to the air—just make sure to bundle up (they didn’t exactly have heated seats in 1915.)

So if you’re interested in learning about an important piece of history, or just want to take that special someone on a romantic date, the train is definitely an option to keep in mind.

Roger Fernandes’ cultural canvas

Meet Valerie Frey Jonathan Jones Co-editor

Running Start Manager Ryan Howard left his fulltime position at the Puyallup campus last month.

He says he’ll miss “the students and his friends in the advising office the most” and the “paperwork and meetings” the least.

No worries though, Howard isn’t gone for good; he’ll still be working on campus part-time.

Valerie Frey has taken over Howard’s former duties.

Frey plans to focus on student success by providing more resources and improving overall communication to Running Start students.

Even though Frey is new to the manager position, she has been at Pierce for more than a year, so she is familiar with the college’s curriculum here.

Frey says her greatest strength is her organizational skills, which makes her perfect for the new position.

Her job is to help coordinate and communicate with more than 750 Running Start students.

She enjoys meeting students and hearing about their interests, which includes learning where students plan to transfer to and their career choices.

Before Frey came to Pierce, she earned a master’s degree in human regulations and worked at Bonney Lake High School as a registrar. After working in the K12 system, she decided she wanted to work with higher education.

Some cool facts about Frey: she actually lived in Germany twice—moving back and forth between the United States and Germany. Frey and her husband lived in Germany for more than seven years. She lived in two small towns, Monsheim and Einhausen, both of which are non-English speaking cities in central Germany.

In her free time, Frey enjoys jogging. In fact, she has participated in several marathons, two of them in Germany. These marathons are an average of 26.2 miles, and they include the Frankfurt and Pennsylvania marathons.

Frey hopes to apply for the Boston Marathon; she only needs to improve her time by 10 minutes.

Frey was born in Pennsylvania, so she’s about as real as it gets when it comes to PittsburgSteelers team spirit.

Fun facts

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.

Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

About 315 entries in Webster’s Dictionary will be misspelled Nov. 17

6-8 p.m. at the Connection Café

Enjoy an evening of refreshments and cultural enrichment as Roger Fernandes, a member of the lower Elwha Band of the Kllalam Indians from the Port Angeles area, shares the Native American oral tradition of storytelling. He will be telling stories from his own tribe, as well as others in the Puget Sound area. He also will be sharing an artwork presentation, including the art of the Coast Salish people. His work can be seen at the Seattle Art Museum until Jan. 11. It features Pacific Coast Salish art and artists, titled, S’abadeb-The Gifts.

Fall College Transfer Fair–Puyallup

November 18th at 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. College Center–Lobby

It’s your turn to start Transfer Planning. Here is what students can learn and do at the Transfer Fair: • Meet with most WA four-year university and college representatives to discuss your specific transfer questions, • Learn about university admission procedures and requirements, majors, student life, and financial aid.

• Learn more about university transfer options and discover a college that may be a good fit.

Attending:

Argosy University Art Institute of Seattle Central Washington University City University DeVry University Eastern Washington University Evergreen State College Evergreen State –Tacoma

Hawaii Pacific University Northwest University Pacific Lutheran University Saint Martin’s College Seattle Pacific University Trinity University University of Puget Sound University of Idaho

University of Phoenix University of Washington Bothell University of Washington Seattle University of Washington Tacoma Washington State University Western Washington and more!

Powered by the Pierce College Puyallup Advising Center and WCHSCR For questions, Contact Vicki Howell-Wililams at 253-840-8431 or vwilliam@pierce.ctc.edu N O V E M B E R

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Changeling

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What are your Thanksgiving traditions?

BOOKREVIEW Son of a Witch Gregory Maguire

This true story, set in the 1930s, is not only compelling, but also breath-taking.

This story is about a woman named Christine Collins, played

by Angelina Jole, and her son, Walter, who is kidnapped.

Collins called on the Los Angeles Police Department to help find her son, and after a month of looking, they finally did.

Only to Collin’s dismay, it was not her son. Practically being forced to take this boy home, she fought tooth and nail to do whatever she could to bring her real son home. Stars: Angelina Jolie, On the other hand, to cover John Malkovich, the officers’ mistake, the LAPD Jeffrey Donovan did whatever they could to destroy Rated: Rated R for Collins, while throwing her into a some violent and psychiatric hospital. As the law- disturbing content, and suits unfold and truths come out, language. this film truly pulls at your emotions. From your anger toward the LAPD, to the hopefulness of a happy ending with everything in between, this is a movie that I think is worth your money. You will get a history lesson while being informed.

This movie certainly makes you think about the different types of people in this world, and that’s not always a good thing.

Jole did an excellent job playing her role as the mother.

She made you feel her pain and at times, you might want to cry along with her.

If you want a movie that will leave you holding your breath waiting for what might happen next, this is it.

The Land of Oz, what really goes on there? What really happened to the Wicked Witch of the West prior to her melting death? Did the Wizard of Oz really have all that power he so boldly expressed? All of these questions can be answered in Gregory Maguire’s book Wicked.

But I’m going to let you read that one for yourself. The sequel to Wicked is Son of a Witch.

Son of a Witch takes place in the Land of Oz with compelling details and adds on to the previous book. After Dorothy and Toto go home, the Wizard of Oz Publisher: steps down and with the Wicked Harper Paperbacks Witch of the West dead, all heck literally breaks loose. But who better to save the day then Liar, a young boy who in the first book traveled with Elphaba (Wicked Witch of the West).

Now in his 20s, it is up to him to follow in her footsteps and do the right thing. Meeting many friends, possible relatives and gaining life’s responsibilities, Liar finds it very difficult to keep up with his list of things to do.

Tough decisions between right and wrong are the last thing anyone really wants to think about, least of all Lair.

As a middle book in a series of three, I can’t wait to read the third one. I recommend these books to everyone.

It is a book you just can’t put down until it’s finished. You can easily put yourself right in the story. If you have ever had questions about the Wizard of Oz, this book has the answers.

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4:13 Dream, I am still not sure what this means or what it represents in relation to this CD. If you know, I encourage you to let me know.

This new CD by The Cure is definitely a head banging Label: Geffen Records and heart racing CD. When I put the CD into the CD player, my mother instantly said, “What is this?

What is with all the screaming? This isn’t singing. You can’t hear what they are saying.” She couldn’t have been more right.

With as much as I liked the lyrics of the songs like The Only One, The Real Snow White and The Perfect Boy, or with what I could hear of them before reading the words from the CD case, you can’t really tell what they are saying. The background music wasn’t much like background, but rather it was the singing that was considered background.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m more of a lyrics kind of person, but if you want something you can crank real loud for the purpose solely being loud, this is the right CD for you.

However, if you can decipher the words and the meaning from the “background” music, this CD could be really inspirational.

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Jonathan Jones

Michel-ann Sandberg:

“My family and I go to Moses Lake to hang out with our cousins and uncles. We eat at one o’clock and then my cousins and I go to the gym to play basketball.”

Robert Tanner: “We get all the extended family over, have one big feast and share stories of the past year.”

Devon Mast: “Playing football hardcore. I have four brothers.”

Toni Potter: “My kids and I have a tradition where we go down to the Tacoma Dome and volunteer at the Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless.”

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Emery’s new EP album, While Broken Hearts Prevail, is a necessity for all Emery fans and hardcore rockers alike.

This album has a total of eight songs—which, for an EP, is a little more than usual.

As far as screaming goes, they return to the original sounds found in their first album, The Weak’s End, but with a slightly different style. Instead of each song sounding the same, each one has its own indi- Label: Nail Records viduality.

Every song has at least one different aspect about it; whether it’s the intro, an instrumental or bridge, each one sticks out in its own way. The three songs I like the most are Edge of the World, Thoughtlife and Do the Things (You Want).

Edge of the World has some great snippets where they absolutely nail the use of screaming. At times, screaming can really devastate a song but not this song. This one’s perfect.

Do the Things (You Want) has a totally different sound and style. They use an interesting whistling melody with an acoustic guitar, and it sounds great.

Thoughtlife uses the piano with a great melody to make a new sound for Emery.

And, as usual, Emery focuses more on the breakup aspect of dating in this EP, but that’s just their style—you can’t really scream about happy things.

Whether you’re already an Emery fan, or just looking for some screamo-type rock that’s a little easy on the screaming, I strongly recommend While Broken Hearts Prevail.

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Emily Hostager: “It’s pretty traditional. We have a meal at one o’clock. It’s the only time I see my cousins, who always arrive five hours late and we have a running bet to see when they’ll arrive.”

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The future of hip hop today is ‘Tomorrow’ Photo courtesy Tomorrow People

Chendar Lim and Jamie Cooper For The Puyallup Post

Music makes the world go round. It’s plain and simple. It’s the universal language in so many lives that it isn’t hard to find a band that someone can relate to.

So when I’m introduced to a new band, I get super excited. being a fan of underground music, it’s pretty hard to find artists with potential. About a year ago, I came across this band on MySpace. It sounded like nothing that I had ever heard before. Tomorrow People’s sound is laid back with a futuristic twist, blending a mix of hip hop with an electronic vibe. The music is based on band members’ happenings, love, girls and life in general.

This local band has three members: James Black, 28, JoJo Abarca, 21, and Mike M., 20.

The band’s odd but clever name came to Abarca as he was driving to work.

“When we’re going to work and coming home, we always see the people at work more than we do our own families and friends. Every single tomorrow we see the same people. That’s how the Tomorrow People came about.”

All three band members work at The Home Depot.

From first impressions, two of the band members look like typical preppy boys with a bit of a hip hop, punkrocker flair. They’re both uber goofy and love music so much that it practically oozes out of their pores. They have lyrics running through their minds every day. The Home Depot shoppers easily can spot them because they’re the ones singing, whistling or humming along to the overhead music. Sometimes they belt out songs or make up random raps about nothing.

What is the sound, process and content of the band?

They describe their sound as the future vibe of hip hop that’s moving away from the “crunk” and “hyphy” music. This may be okay in the club but not anything that listeners can really relate to.

Their process is simple and clean.

“Sometimes I’ll write something and say it to some random beat and the others will kind of pick it apart with pros and cons,” Abarca says. “That makes it easier to make the entire group happy. Sometimes we like to

James Black, JoJo Abarca and Mike M., members of Tomorrow People, share their love of music with those around them, including the shoppers at The Home Depot.

get based on a theme and go from there. But it seems like most of the time we get influenced when someone will get a guitar lick or a beat going and we all just kind of freestyle to it and make stuff up as we go.”

They pre-funk and hang out before making music and then they just start groovin’.

“Honestly, (it’s) whatever we feel at the time usually comes out in our music,” he says. “It’s about love, parties, girls and hanging out. It’s a mixture of things. Honestly, if one person is not feeling it, it throws off the whole group reason. I don’t know how many times one of us has come up with an idea and then the motivation gets lost because everyone isn’t feeling it, but we do get back to it as soon as we get together.”

Of course, just like most bands, members have problems finding the time to get together.

“We always talk about if we got paid to make music for six months, we could pump out some stuff that would kill songs that are on the radio,” Abarca says.

He explains Tomorrow People’s members are think-

ing about the potential money that they can make.

“For any band, I feel it’s about money,” he says about the band’s master plan and goals. “It seems shallow to say, but we think about how much we can focus on our fans and making great music and just being great performers if we didn’t have to worry about financial situations. And going through that struggle is half the fun.

That’s why we can appreciate it that much more.”

The influences are endless for these band members.

Some at the top of the list are Hendrix, Dilated People, Incubus, A tribe called Quest, Jurassic 5 and Brand New. “Before I was even thinking about making music, I was one of those fans, and to be able to produce something like that from just listening and learning makes music to the ear that more enjoyable,” said Abarca, who explained he would want to meet Michael Jackson if he meet any musical artist dead or alive who would it be.

“I know it sounds a little cliché, but if you think about an artist, MJ has the full package—dancer, singer, choreographer and musician. He’s been through the struggle and has been an entertainer for his entire life.

Things that happen in his personal life I definitely can relate too. This is surely on the artist aspect.”

He explains that learning about music is important.

“Get educated about music. It opens your eyes in a different view to everything else in the world,” he said.

Tomorrow People been together for a year and a half. Black and Abarca met while working at The Home Depot. They had lunch together once and have shared their love for music.

They’re driven to make music by the reactions of the listeners and the relationship of the story being told and how it’s related to the listener.

They just don’t flow together as a band, they all play the saxophone, turn tables, the harmonic and the MC, making their own beats.

So far they’re unsigned and have performed at several events in different venues.

To check them out to sample or download their music, you can find them on MySpace at either www.myspace.com/verbalvendettas or www.myspace.com/hotsteppahcrew.

FALL HARVEST FOOD DRIVE

Nov. 4 – 24

Donate three cans of food and be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a portable CD player. Bring in the most food per weight and win an iPod. All donated food will go to the Tacoma Mission.

Bring your donations to the bookstore to be eligible.

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Meet Charice Barczak Best-selling author to speak at Pierce Reporter/photographer

Charice Barczak, who recently became one of the new student body representatives, has been interested in running for a student government position but didn’t until now. On her first attempt, she was selected to promote environmental awareness on campus.

“I never had a chance to run for student government in high school and it is something that I have always wanted to do,” says Barczak.

She is the newest member of the leadership team and plans to make a difference for the student population here at Pierce.

“I love it here at Pierce College, the atmosphere and the people are excellent and I want a chance to make it better,” she says.

As a student representative there Charice Barczak are a lot of responsibilities that need to be fulfilled such as creating and implementing polices and programs to improve the conditions at Pierce College. She also has to actively seek student input on all issues facing the college.

As student representative, her primary goal is to make the school more eco-friendly. First and foremost, she will be starting an environmental committee as well as promoting an arbor/environmental awareness day. Along with this, she plans to promote putting more recycle bins on campus as well as putting recycled paper in the printers.

She also plans to put up signs that will encourage doublesided printing in order to save paper. As of now, the student leaders are discussing setting up a new carpool system that will help to conserve gas and energy.

Barczak is an aspiring elementary school teacher who plans to attend the University of Sydney Australia after high school. She loves reading fantasy books and listening to rock and roll music.

She has a pet snake named Lassie and two pet lizards named Bert and Ernie.

Her main interest is cars.

“Cars are my main love, and I love drifting,” she says.

Barczak says that doughnuts are her favorite food followed closely by Cheez-Its and pumpkin pie. Being more of the action type, she is really not too fond of is chick flicks.

Wondering what superpower she would have if given the option, she said, “Telekinesis: I am way too lazy to want to get up and get the remote.”

Barczak is a unique person with some big dreams. She makes a great addition to the student leadership team and is hoping to make big change at Pierce College.

Author, essayist and acclaimed humorist Augusten Burroughs will share his perspectives on writing, movies, relationships, family, addiction and dysfunction at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Pierce College Puyallup.

The event is sponsored by the Office of Student Life.

Cost is $8 for general admission and $5 for students.

Tickets are available in the College Center building, Room 210 or at any Ticketmaster location.

For tickets or more information, call (253) 840-8416. A book signing and reception will follow his presentation.

Though he has no formal education past elementary school, Burroughs is one of the most acclaimed modern writers. His best-selling, autobiographical books include Running With Scissors (this was made into an Oscar-nominated movie in 2005), Dry, Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking and

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funded through the state of Washington, is also to include nursing labs and simulated medical office environments so students can benefit from learning on modern equipment in a real-life simulated environment.

But what’s even more, the community will also benefit from this new expansion.

A Wolf at the Table.

Burroughs has headlined the world’s most prestigious literary festivals, including the 2008 Melbourne Writer’s Festival, and was twice named to Entertainment Weekly’s list of the “25 Funniest People in America.”

An advertising copywriter for more than 17 years, Burroughs’ life as an author began after a long battle with alcoholism. Relying on no structure or formal training, Burroughs wrote his first book, Sellevision, in just seven days, a project that resulted in a best-selling book and his subsequent sobriety.

Sellevision is currently in development as a feature film.

Burroughs’ most recent book, A Wolf at the Table, is his most controversial work yet. Brutal, stark, and gritty, the book is a departure from his characteristic humor, but it is Burroughs’ best-selling hardcover to date.

“The theater, recital hall, art gallery and other public spaces will enable us to host events for the college and for the community at large,” said Bob Mohrbacher, interim vice president of Pierce Puyallup.

There is no doubt that all students will benefit from this addition to the Puyallup campus. Classes in this building are expected to start for winter quarter 2010, with the exception of some special events or continuing education-related courses.

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Tips to help students stay healthy yet satisfied on Thanksgiving Day

Morgan Bullock For The Puyallup Post

You should never deprive yourself during the holiday season, but that doesn’t mean that you should leave the table with uncomfortably tight pants.

Here are just a few tips that will help you enjoy the holiday meal without going too far:

n Don’t arrive starving: For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving has been the day that I save my appetite all day until the big feast. Wrong. You should make sure to have a healthy breakfast and, if possible, a small snack or lunch. Unless you want to end up binging make sure to not starve yourself earlier in the day. n Stay away from hors d’oeuvres: If you are like me then you love inhaling the finger foods, which also means you are full by the time the main event roles around. Pace yourself and don’t dig into the pre-dinner snacks, have just a few but only if they are a musttry. n Think about your portions: A great way to keep portion size in mind is to know what a serving really is. Use visuals such as small objects that measure about the same size. For example, one serving of cranberry sauce looks like half a baseball. Using these visual tools will really help you set limits. n Don’t focus on food: The holiday season isn’t all about the food, enjoy your family and friends. Join in on conversations and games going on around the house. Don’t think about when dinner will be done or when you can go back for seconds, just enjoy the atmosphere.

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The Raiders, which are tied for first place in the West, secured their fourth consecutive trip to the NWAACC championship tournament at Mt. Hood Community College on Nov. 19-22.

Volleyball action nets new bonds Kass Young Reporter

The Pierce College Raiders volleyball players have continued to be successful in working together and flaunting their skills on the court.

At the home game against Centralia College on the Oct. 27, the women dominated the other team by winning in a three game streak.

Although the same could not be said for their game against Green River they put up a good fight by battling out all five games and making the hardest effort they could to pull through. This makes the team’s current

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“The crowd always gets us pumped up and we look forward to them coming every game to cheer us on. I think we have great moments and some not so great moments, but we always keep each other’s spirits up and look forward to our next challenge,” said Erika Gunderson, a freshman and a new player.

The women have had a satisfactory season so far and they have continued to bond with each other and that is apparent when they are playing on the court and they are capable of clearly communicating with each other and moving fluidly among one another.

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Foldin’ Fun: The art of Origami

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History of Origami Emily Nelson Co-editor

When we think of the art of Origami, we think it comes from Japan. While they may be the ones using it the most, the skill originally came from China. It was an original custom to make household items out of paper and burn them at a person’s funeral so that the person could have those objects in the afterlife. The art came to Japan in the seventh century, where it got the name origami and it was perfected.

There is little else that is known about origami, some say it started when paper was first made, however there is little evidence for that. It is just best to know that modern origami is nothing like the old traditional origami.

Megan Rasmussen, left, and Charice Barczak show off their creations on Oct. 27 at The Origami Experience, sponsored by Student Programs.

Step 1: Fold in half

Step 2: Fold corners up toward center point

Step 3: Fold the folded corners down making a diamond shape

Step 4: Rotate paper so the folded triangles are up. Place finger in the middle of the diamond and fold the top layer of tips down to an angle to form side fins.

Step 5: Take top half of bottom triangle and fold almost to the top leaving a little bit of space to fold over the top.

Step 6: Cut on each side of the remaining piece of triangle almost to the center, but not all the way, try to do this evenly.

Step 7: Fold it back making one triangle and push outside points in while pushing back triangle together and forward forming the tail.

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