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Volume 43 | Issue 10

Gullickson sets course for SFCC’s future Jackson Colby

The Communicator CCS Chancellor Christine Johnson has chosen SFCC’s new president. Janet Gullickson takes the position on July 1.

Gullickson is currently District Academic Services Officer of CCS, and in the past worked with the Consulting Staff for the Strategic Planning Accessibility Sub-committee at the Colorado Department of Higher Education. She was also the Chief Outreach and Client Relations Officer at CollegeInvest and the Executive Director at the Denver Scholarship Foundation.

She received her doctorate from The University of Minnesota, as well as a Master of Science at South Dakota State University and a Bachelor of Science at The University of South Dakota.

She moved from Colorado to Spokane in 2010.

“Colorado hasn’t funded higher education at nearly the level The State of Washington has,” Gullickson said. “The State of Washington has done fabulous things in areas that Colorado doesn’t have the money for.

“A lot of the faculty at community colleges in Colorado are part time, we’re very lucky and blessed in Washington to have full time faculty who are dedicated completely to teaching.”

In a time of budget cuts, some speculate about how long Washington will be able to keep this track record up.

“Spokane Falls has done a great job dealing with the budget crisis already,” Gullickson said. “It has made good decisions in terms of not cutting Presidential | Page 2

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Gullickson is preparing to take over for Pam Praeger the SFCC presidental position in July.

Committee discusses tech fee proposals SFCC peer-tutoring Alicia Villa

The Communicator The Student Technology Fee Committee has a budget of $880,000 to spend on technology improvements for the campus, but that budget has proved to be unable to meet all the requests that have been made.

The Tech Fee Committee is compiled of nine voting positions: five Associated Student Government (ASG) members, two faculty, and two administrative votes. All proceeds of

the quarterly fee go directly into the Tech Fee fund. The committee then applies this guideline before approving requests: all expenditures must directly benefit student education through the use of technology.

The quarterly Tech Fee is $4 per credit, with a maximum fee of $40 After initial submissions, departments making requests were asked to verify their needs to the committee.

Some were deemed more necessary than others by the committee, and this was made especially true when

the limits of available funds were clarified.

“We have to be careful,” said Vice President of Learning Jim Minkler. “A lot goes into consideration including discounts, taxes, set up, etc; and sometimes we can figure out what the frills are.”

Among the requests was to build a mobile computer lab project with laptops. Along with other equipment and storage, the project would have Tech Fee | Page 2

Tech Fee Breakdown $880,000 Amount in tech fee 9,465 Students paying a tech fee 9 Committe positions decide how money is used Gina Ochoa | The Communicator

While discussing the SFCC tech fee, Vice President of Learning Jim Minkler said a lot of consideration goes into where the tech fee is spent; discounts, taxes and set up, etc.

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The Communicator SFCC’s peer tutoring program is facing the possibility of severe cuts to its hours of availability and subjects offered next year.

These cuts would be due to the sun-setting of the $3 million Title 3 grant which has funded the program for the past five years.

In the current state of funding if additional funding isn’t received soon, Heather Keast, Title III Activity Director, said that they would most likely only be able to offer three subjects, each for 3-4 hours per day.

“We obviously couldn’t predict five years ago that the economy would crumble around us,” Keast said. “Our plan for sustaining tutoring, when we started the grant, was to use the dollars gained by retaining students to pay for peer tutoring and more.

“With budgets being slashed as they have been ... the money we are generating through students who persist and succeed has had to go back to sustain our course offerings and student services so that students have the most opportunities to earn their degrees and certificates.”

Given the current state of budgets, Keast said that she and others are exploring alternative funding methods in order to maintain the peer tutoring program in as much of its current state as possible.

“In these strapped times there are very few, or no, sources of campus funding when you look at everyone’s budgets,” Keast said. “And unfortunately, very few Work Study students qualify as tutors, so we have to find the funding to cover their wages.”

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Donny Schrock enjoys wearing his shirt un-buttoned

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across the board, but making strategic cuts and keeping a lot of money where the students are...in the classroom.

“I would seek continuing that.”

Gullickson said she would like to think of ways to be more efficient if we can.

“There might be services we won’t be able to offer going forward if the budget gets worse,” Gullickson said. “We avoided a severe budget cut this year; I don’t know if that’s going to continue.

“We have to be very wise and strategic.”

Gullickson was one of the five candidates from all over the country chosen to run for president of SFCC. Johnson said it was a very difficult decision.

“Each of the 5 candidates were well qualified in terms of academic credentials, varied experience and knowledge of community college trends and practices,” Johnson said.

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been priced at $38,220.01.

It was eventually eliminated on the basis that the Human Services department could meet their needs with better scheduling of the current computer labs. “(Human Services) is happy to give up that computer lab project,” said education instructor Sandy Ross. “It would have cost a lot of money and many departments have cut back, but we also need a computer lab to do our instruction.”

Some cuts were made by finding other funding sources. The Visual and Performing Arts Department

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but teachers have the authority in class to judge what is appropriate attire and what is not.

John Lynn Carolyn Stephens, head of the The Communicator Fine Arts department, said that sometimes there is a specific safeAn SFCC student feels he was ty issue with someone’s attire.

“There are times when the expodiscriminated against after a recent encounter with security. sure of skin could endanger you, like Last week in the Student Union if we were pouring hot metals,” Stephens said. “I’ve Building, Donny taught on and Schrock was told “I have no problem off for more than by a security officer to button his shirt. complying with a dress code 30 years and I don’t think I’ve Schrock prefers if there’s a dress code.” ever had an isto wear his shirt -Donny Schrock only half buttoned, SFCC student sue with someone’s dress.” leaving his upper Schrock said that he chest exposed. He was asked to button his shirt while walking through the SUB. was confronted in the SUB, not “I have no problem complying with in a classroom environment.

“From the campus safety pera dress code if there’s a dress code,” Schrock said. “...but there’s not. spective, we would generally not “They said that I’m distract- try to get involved in that kind of ing people from their learning interaction,” said Kenneth Deand making them uncomfortable.” Mello, head of campus safety.

Schrock said he has seen girls “That’s a classroom management around campus wearing reveal- issue, not a campus safety issue.

Security does address complaints ing outfits, but they had not gotten any attention from security. from students on a case by case basis.

“We don’t want people to do SFCC does not have a dress code,

“Janet displays a depth of experience and knowledge of national and statewide trends in education.

“She has already done so much for the school.”

Johnson said she’s confident that Gullickson will build on the good work that has been done at SFCC and take us to new levels of quality and service.

“The leadership transition always brings change simply because it’s a new person, a new personality.”

Current SFCC president, Pam Praeger, prepares to step down on June 30.

“I’ll be completing my 35th year in this community college district,” Praeger said. “I’ve decided it’s a good time to retire; I’ll be just a few months from Medicare.

“As long as they keep funding it!”

Praeger said she’s confident Gullickson will carry on the tradition of helping students meet their educational goals at SFCC. “She knows our system now, having been here almost 2 years,” Praeger said. “She’s had presidential experience before.

“You can’t be in this office and think ‘I’m not going to be here next year, so who cares what happens?’”

originally requested $135,496.05 to fund the Performing Arts Auditorium Lighting Project, with which they would install a new state-of-the-art lighting system into the auditorium.

“The biggest thing we can do for student learning is to get the technology into the hands of students,” said Dan Wenger, Dean of Visual and Performing Arts. $70,000 of that request was able to be funded by Repairs and Minor Improvements because of the tech fee gap, and the remainder of the cost is expected to be split between Tech Fee and AS and IRP Carryforward. “(Tech Fee Committee) sees that departments make many requests knowing they may have to give them up,” said ASG President Maria Delane. “We work to fulfill all of these requests within the limits of the budget because they all fulfill student needs.”

things that are disruptive to the educational environment for our community members,” DeMello said. That’s where we step in.”

According to Schrock, none of his teachers have voiced any concerns with the way he dresses.

A recent email sent to multiple staff members and The Communicator’s email explained how the situation was ultimately handled: “The AAG said if the attire does not rise to the level of a ‘criminal’ indecent exposure or lewdness, it would be difficult to enforce a student code of conduct ‘disruption’ violation. The term the AAG used for an attire issue to rise to the level of a student code of conduct disruption violation, it would have to be a ‘substantial’ disruption. Multiple complaints of a person’s attire does not qualify as a ‘substantial’ disruption.”

This does not mean students can walk around in the nude. As long as they are not disrupting the learning of others and follow their teachers’ classroom guidelines, there won’t be an issue.

“I’m very happy with the outcome of the situation,” Schrock said.

Courses with peer tutors available: Accounting Anatomy & Physiology Astronomy Biology, Chemistry Economics French Geology Geography Japanese

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Bonnie Brunt utilizes the peer tutors to help her students

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Logic Math Music Theory Physics Political Science Psycology Sociology Spanish Statistics Writing

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SFCC. Brunt said that she relies on the presence of peer tutors to a large degree, and that she wouldn’t have the time to dedicate to each student who needs the tutoring without the peer tutors.

“We have tutoring in Spanish and it makes a huge difference,” Brunt said. “I have a student who is now in Spanish III who has struggled her whole way through, and has relied on the tutors consistently every quarter.

“It’s made the whole difference with her being able to pass and do well.”

Andrew Fleiger is a student at SFCC who has consistently utilized peer tutors throughout his first year at SFCC. Fleiger said that he couldn’t see why peer tutoring wouldn’t receive proper funding from the college.

“Peer tutoring is honestly one of the most useful resources on this campus,” Fleiger said. “I feel like I’ve received a significantly better grade in more than one class thanks to the peer tutors.

“Out of all the things we fund as a college, I think the peer tutors

are one of the most worthwhile.”

Despite funding being scarce, according to Keast, there is no lack of effort to continue trying to find funds. Keast said that with over 10,000 student visits to peer tutors over the past five years the satisfaction rate has been overwhelming and that that’s not something that she is keen on losing.

“We have currently secured the college’s funding for a coordinator, who will be working on several other success initiatives, and some administrative support for that person,” Keast said.

“We are also seeking the Associated Student Government’s support.

“Just as we believe that student clubs, child care assistance and campus safety are vital to students’ success, we feel tutoring is as well, and therefore the student government should consider how they might want to continue their support.”

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Meet the ASG presidential candidates Conner Nuckols

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1) What are your plans to improve the school if you should take office?

2) What leadership skills do you have that you can bring to the table?

3) How do you plan to fix the communication problem?

“I plan to get more students involved in clubs, get more tutoring for students, promote diversity and promote more culture around campus.

I want to get students more opportunities to get off campus learning. I want them to share their culture with other students. I want students to get involved in clubs, or ASG or any other events that go on here.”

“Coming from a troubled lifestyle and having great knowledge of culture, I think, makes me a pretty well rounded person and I believe I am qualified for ASG President”

“I want to reach out by advertising better, with flyers, posters, and updating the website.”

“Well, my plans are to update the school’s website and reduce the cost of textbooks in subjects like math.

Unless there is some huge discovery in the world of math, I don’t feel that we need to have students get new math books when there is no difference from the old book.”

“Well I’m a running start student, I’ve been involved with student government for two quarters as well as being representative for the Alliance Club. I’m also the Frontman in my band ‘Where I Left Off’ as well as being active in the charity work for Inland Babies.”

“I also plan to open up ASG Information Booth to reach out to students and to show them that ASG isn’t a private club. I also want to abolish the stereotype that ASG is a private club...it’s not! I want to make it more open to students so they can get involved.”

“I also plan to fix the smoking issues around campus and have the Falls Cafe open later for students who stay at the school longer for classes.

I want to communicate with the students and do what they want to do and I want to help the students here, and if I can’t help them then I’ll find someone who can help them.”

I’m the current V.P. for Red Nations Student Associations and as V.P. of Red Nations I’m involved with all the clubs activities. The biggest activity being the powwow that we put on every year.”

“I plan to create a survey for students so I can do what the students want to do.”

Candidates for Academic VicePresident: Kim Jones Corey Haskins

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Candidate for Activities VicePresident: Mari baerman

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Where to vote: Voting booths open in the SUB May 7-11

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Auditorium to receive state-of-the-art lighting Nick Boe

The Communicator The lighting system in the SFCC auditorium is about to undergo a $135,000 overhaul, with joint funding from the Tech Fee budget, the Repairs and Minor Improvements budget, and the Associated Student Government Carryforward Fund.

Dan Wenger, the dean of visual and performing arts, said that this overhaul is long overdue for multiple reasons, with the primary concern being that of continued maintenance.

“We do have lights that will flicker, lights that will dim, bulbs that will blow out and circuits that will trip,” Wenger said. “We can no longer even purchase the replacement parts, because the rack is 26 years old.

“That’s the primary impetus behind a replacement.”

The company which won the bid to design the new lighting system is Silhouette Lights & Staging. George Lathrop, the president of the company, said that they always enjoy updating old systems, and that the new system will be completely state of the art.

“This will be the most sophisti-

cated system installed in Washing- take that three quarter sequence.” ton schools at the college level,” Nicholas Johnson, the stage manLathrop said. “Regional schools ager of the Spartan Playhouse, said are equipped with basic dim- that having a state of the art facility ming and conventional fixtures. is essential in more than one way.

“A few have LEDs and some have “Having state of the art facilities robotic fixtures but this is the most and other great features that other comprehensive system to date.” teaching institutions have is what we Following the installation of these need to continue to be a great and relights, Wenger said that the plan go- spected college,” Johnson said. “Not ing forward only does would be “This will be the most sophisticated it give to set up a system installed in Washington schools us a po15-credit tential certificate at the college level.” new profor stage -George Lathrop gram and President of Silhouette Lights & Staging lighting. the best “We’ll have to phase it and roll lighting system in the area, but with things a little bit to see how it also makes us more green. things go,” Wenger said. “We’ll be “The difference in the consumphiring a lighting technician for the tion in energy of the lamps used new lighting system, and we can here, which are high pressure sodihire that person to also do work- um lights, verses the proposed LEDs shops to teach our students in the- can be nearly a tenth of the energy ater, interior design, and audio engi- consumption, while their lifespan neering how to use the equipment. is also nearly ten times as long.”

“From there, we go to a 15-credOne of the key elements of it certificate, and students who the new lighting setup, Wenger want to get a certificate in lighting said, is the visualizer. The visualon top of their degree, they could izer is a software program that al-

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Dan Wenger, Dean, supports the lighting project lows for virtual renderings of nearly any stage venue a student might want to virtually interact with.

“The visualizer lets students use the board we have to virtually run any lighting system they want to,” Wenger said. “The hardware the students are using is the real thing they’d be using in industry.

“The only difference is that they’re controlling a virtual world with the visualizer.”

Did You Know?: The University of Phoenix Online has more enrolled students than the city of Spo-

kane has residents.

Itemized list of expences:

Fixtures: $29,455 Rack: $62,805 Cyclorama: $1,826 Movers: $16,120

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spokanefalls.edu/communicator Orthotics and Prothetic Techinician Programs by distance 0 mi: Spokane Falls Community College: Spokane, Washington 1,388 mi: Century College: White Bear Lake, Minnesota 1,759 mi: Francis Tuttle, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1,812 mi: Oklahoma State University: Okmulgee, Oklahoma 1,828 mi: Joliet Junior College: Joilet, Illinois 1,953 mi: Baker College of Flint: Flint, Michigan

Source: National Commision on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education

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Allie Roberts | Editor

Prosthetics program providing careers Fabrication of prosthetics and orthotics prepares students for the workforce.

Allie Roberts

The Communicator One of six programs in the U.S., the SFCC Prosthetics and Orthotics students start restoring the ability to walk and grasp to people in need right out after school.

When the program started in 1986, it was the second of its kind and there was an immediate waiting period to enter it. With the nearest program in Minnesota, SFCC has nearly dominated the western half of the states. Students come from all over the country, even abroad for a structured method to teach the profession as opposed to apprenticeships.

“Everybody who desires a job in Prosthetics and Orthotics finds one, they just have to move away from Spokane,” said Clayton Wright, Prosthetics instructor. “We have saturated the local marketplace.

“In the 2-year interim, their lives change and sometimes they find they can’t leave Spokane.”

The program follows a basic outline, with each year a stand alone certificate in either orthotics or prosthetics. First an intro to tools and materials, safety, anatomy and medical terminology, specific terminology, basic fabrication, and then more and more complex fabrication after that.

“We cannot provide devices to the general public, so we break down each device and reuse as much as we can and save the best for lab

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Prosthetics student, Kendia Brathwaite, shaping a device on a sander. examples,” said Wright.

Students interested in the program need a good work ethic, fine motor skills and the ability to manipulate materials.

“That’s the currency of the profession,” said Wright.

“Different places may have their preference for types of material,” said Bernard Hewey, Orthotics instructor. “But the processes are the same as they would use in the field.”

“The practitioner would give us tracings of the patient and then we could correct the lines to make the brace,” said Cameron Andersen, student of the Orthotics and Prosthetics program.

The brace made from the tracings is aluminum with a leather cuff around the calf. Then the brace gets anchored into a shoe, which the students learn how to tear down and rebuild.

“The traditional orthotic device, right out of Forrest Gump, is still used today,” said Hewey.

Though sometimes newer materials are incorporated, like thermoplastics, which help with changing the strength and weight of the devices.

“These plastics have certain characteristics, one of which is aggressively sticking to itself so we can form it over the plaster mold,” Hewey said.

The plaster mold is taken of the shape of an amputated limb in the case of prosthetics making. Carbon graphite, the same material used in fishing poles, is layered in with the other materials for spots needing extra strength while staying light.

The layers are compressed and compounded by long plastic sleeves hooked up to vacuums to stay tight.

“It’s like sucking the air out of food, like Foodsavers,” said Hewey.

To get patterns either a colored fabric is layered in plastic and saturated with resin to harden, or a special inked paper is used on thermoplastic to fuse the pigment.

“The degree of difficulty (for students) is attaching the components,” said Hewey.

The technician is responsible for the initial alignment, but it’s the practitioner who deals with patients, directly taking measurements and doing final adjustments.

“Feet are probably the biggest variable, there are hundreds of different kinds of feet,” said Hewey. “All feet are categorized by the activity level of the patient.

“From the J-shaped prosthetics you see athletes have, so a simple foot to fill a shoe.”

Club tutors disastor victims Chancellor Smith

The Communicator T.C. Peterson, President of the Service-Learning Club, spent two years pushing for a trip down to Louisiana in order to assist the disaster victims of the Mississippi Delta and finally got this done during spring break The Service-Learning Club spent their spring break visiting Houma, La. tutoring third and fourth grade students who are victims of multiple catastrophic disasters that have hit the Mississippi River Delta. This trip included tutoring at Pointe Aux Chenes Elementary, after-school tutoring at Hope Extreme, dinner and dancing and living with a local Cajun family.

The students being tutored were practicing in preparation for their LEAP state exams, exams similar to the WASL that Washington uses. The Service-Learning Club worked with 163 students during their time down in Louisiana, students who have experienced five different disasters during their lives.

“The third and fourth grade students were able to learn grammar and correct pronunciation through their teaching to our international

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college students,” said Eunice Stime, Program Coordinator for the ServiceLearning Center department. “We were a sounding board for them, so that they could practice confidence and concept.”

After the club was done tutoring the students, they were treated to a tour of the Grand Isle, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and a private fishing boat tour of native sacred grounds and bayous by a Native American Cajun fisherman. The club was also offered private Cajun dance lessons and dined daily on local seafood in the area.

“For me, it’s more like the whole experience in general just because there isn’t really just one thing you can single out about a trip like this just because we did so many different things while we were there,” said T.C. Peterson, club president.

“And I mean, just a really interesting experience that you don’t get to do very much when you immerse yourself in somebody else’s culture and do as many things as you can while you’re there.”

During the trip, they were given an evaluation by Louisiana University Marine Consortium. The evaluation was to observe and learn

Mississippi River Delta: 5,000: The number of years ago the delta was formed.

15 to 20: Number of miles the delta has caused the coastline of south Louisiana to advance gulfward.

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Jessie Riley, an AmeriCorps Volunteer involved in the Louisiana work. how farming practices in the United States along with permanently channeling the Mississippi River contributes to the marine dead zone. “(The area affected by the oil spill) is very little,” Stime said. “They were majorly hit by the oil spill but the dissolvant put on on [the oil] is the main problem.”

Because of the channeling, much of the delta’s land is disappearing and the Cajun culture is being pressured to leave the area.

When the club arrived back in Spokane, they all had learned a lot of about the Cajun culture, the ma-

rine dead zone, how people down in the Mississippi Delta are affected by the disasters that have hit the area and how resilient the people are.

T.C. Peterson will be leaving his position as President of the club after Spring Quarter. Darlene Rickett has expressed interest in taking a trip down to Hawaii to work with the native culture as they are one of the poorest cultures in the United States, but would like to pursue a follow-up trip to Louisiana in the next year or two in order to continue helping the area out.

Did You Know?: Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,300 people.

Source: MSNBC

61: aproximate percentage of the total land area in the delta basin that is coastal marshes.

5: percent of the original delta land area from 1932 would remain intact in 50 years.

Source: LAcoast.gov

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Allie Roberts | Editor Construction facts: The construction bid is open to contractors on Wednesday, April 18th.

The building will be roughly where the former Building 8 stood.

It will house general classes, including English classes and Computer courses.

Campus updates Alicia Villa

The Communicator Coming construction projects from summer to fall are expected to relieve space maintenance issues and classroom space shortages.

The stadium is to undergo a major remodel over the summer. That remodel includes new artificial field turf, lighting, classrooms inside the stadium and even team locker rooms.

District Athletic Director Ken Burrus said this project had been in the works for several years.

“We budget ourselves to be very frugal with the department’s money,� Burrus said. “We’ve been going under budget for several years to save for this project.�

Burrus said that while the department and Associated Student Government (ASG) are contributing to some of the remodel the state is paying for the majority of the cost. Capital Projects, and the combined contributions amount to over $2 million.

By the end of the project the campus will have a stadium worthy of student teams as well as community uses.

“An artificial turf field with lights is a gold mine, we will be able to rent out to the community,� said Burrus.

In comparison, District Facilities Construction Manager Cheryl Groth said that the new classroom building would be considered a “growth� capital project, meaning it will fill the need for more classroom space. “The Administrative offices and Campus IT Data and Voice communications hub, currently housed in Building 1, will also be located in the new Classroom Building,� Groth said in an email.

Construction of this new building will start Fall 2012 and is expected to be occupied by Fall 2013. District Director of Facilities Dennis Dunham said this project would be funded by State Capital Projects, which is paid into from the State General Fund. “The total project cost will be around $15 million, $10 million of that going to construction of the Classroom Building,� Groth said. “There is also an additional cost for taking Building 1 down after the Classroom Building is in place.�

The building will be occupied in fall quarter 2013.

Construction will start this spring.

Source: Dennis Dunham, Director of Capitol Projects and Cheryl Groth, District Facilities Construction Manager.

Student study spots on and off campus Tyler Kelsey

The Communicator

Between classes is a logical time to get some studying done, although SFCC may not be the preferred place by some to get that studying taken care of. Many places offer free WIFI which is needed to access SFCCs Angel or research an assignment on Google. “As far as students that come here and study, around 150 at any given time a day,� said Jeff Davis from the SFCC library. The usual study place for students other than the many other small areas to make camp and take care of homework.

In the library students who may not own a computer or have WIFI at home go to do research and homework. Students take advantage of the WIFI and have set up to take care of work. “Actually, quite a few more people cycle through here,� Davis said.

Still this leaves room for the fact that students actually go to other places, not just the SFCC campus to study or get a password from the library to use the free WIFI. “On an average weekday we get five to ten but on the weekends we get a lot more,� said Forza

Coffee Company’s Erin Stockton.

Not only is this a weekday place to relax and work for students, considering WIFI is expensive and at Forza it is free. Their atmosphere and service has received praise for its environment by reviews on google maps. “We get a lot of people from downtown, a lot of which are nursing students, and also the falls,�

Stockton said. The eastern downtown campus is popular for getting nursing degrees. “We don’t see too many students from SFCC,� said Tierney Vogler batista at Cafe Delicio on Monroe. “We see only see a couple regulars.� “We have a group of five or so from Whitworth that come here regularly during the week,� Vogler said. Atmosphere and space really has a large determination on where these students choose to hang out.

Scattered as far as northern Spokane is a large coffee shop known as The Service Station. “On the weekdays more than a third of the people in here are college students� Nathan Mead said.

Nearby is whitworth college which is most of their customers. “I see some from Eastern, from Whitworth and quite a few from The Falls,� Mead said, considering the distance from The Falls is quite large compared to other places.

Did You Know?: The construction of the new space dome at SFCC has attracted attention from local media outlets such as The Inlander, The Spokesman-Review and local construction magazines.

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Clayton Kraft I’m the old man in the corner when it comes to social media, but I’m working my way out even if it kills me. It just might.

I didn’t start as a big fan of Facebook, or spend my time reading Reddit threads. I’m not cool enough to have been hanging out on 4chan before the posers showed up. I’ve tried to read Twitter conversations, and somehow despite building my own PC I find the formatting incomprehensible.

Like : Comment : Share : 6 hours ago via college newspaper : Jackson Colby As the technology revolution makes its way across the globe, many unsuspected victims are left casualties of the war.

Technology has been advancing at a rapid rate for centuries. With each year that goes by, the technological advances in society increase rapidly. But who are the victims? The people who become psychologically dependant on this destructive, invasive technology.

6 hours ago via college newspaper : Like Clayton Kraft None of this matters much now, when I seem like a stubborn old man to my friends and peers; and it sure as hell won’t matter in ten years when people’s kids will grow up more ingrained in social media than I am now. When people ask you to be your friend it means a different thing than it used to, and I used to get a lot of blank stares when I told them I wasn’t on Facebook. Apparently this is roughly the equivalent of telling them to go screw themselves.

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Jackson Colby Just as European settlers introduced alcohol to vulnerable Natives who had never experienced it before, Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new poison to a vulnerable population of first world teenagers and young adults.

Facebook claimed 800 million members in September of last year, according to mashable.com.

Facebook hopes to reach one billion members by August, 2012. That is just about one seventh of the entire world’s population. Keep in mind the billions of people living in third world countries, in dire poverty who have never even seen a computer.

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Clayton Kraft Navigating social media, I suspect, will be a lot like being savvy with email. It used to be a luxury for employers, something they could expect from hiring younger workers but not necessary. Try to get a job where you tell them you can’t use email in 2012, I dare you. As college kids exiting education with more student debt and worse job prospects than arguably almost any other, getting a job is not an optional point.

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Jackson Colby According to mashable.com, Facebook’s growth in the U.S. and U.K. has slowed down. That’s good, considering 49 percent of America’s population is on Facebook and 47 percent of The United Kingdom’s is.

Facebook is not discouraged. They are expecting India and Brazil to hop on board the train. According to mashable.com, 3 percent of India’s population is on Facebook, as well as 16 percent of Brazil’s. India and Brazil are both sizable countries with populations comparable to the U.S.A. Mark Zuckerberg is losing no sleep on his mattress made of billion dollar bills, knowing that Facebook is banking on these populations (that are gaining ready access to computers in recent years) hopping on the Facebook bandwagon.

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Allie Roberts Look at this thing I made that vaguely applies to this topic. Yay Facebook!

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Clayton Kraft I have to fight for that job with every tool at my disposal be it education, smarts, social media or anything else. Companies have whole positions dedicated to looking up your online life to see if you are a screwup (via drunk or naked party pictures perhaps), so don’t you think it seems almost as weird when you don’t exist?

Who would even click on this? How do these people make money?

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Jackson Colby Facebook has harmed the youth. People used to know each other’s phone numbers, and actually talk on the phone. People were still able to mingle, meet people, organize events and socialize without internet access whatsoever. People used to have a group of friends that they were actually friends with, instead of thousands of “friends” on Facebook.

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Clayton Kraft You can complain about how missing real life is pointless or stupid, or how much you hate anything-ville, but none of it stops the march of progress. The guys who refused to use horseless carriages because they were loud and stupid probably had a better shot than we do, standing in the way of the internet giants. We can complain and moan, stamp our feet all we want, but with 49 percent of Americans already on Facebook, we’re just sitting in the corner throwing a fit.

Well guess what? The corner doesn’t have jobs in it. That’s why I’ve got a Facebook now, and I even use it a little despite dragging my feet.

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Jackson Colby Do strangers really care about you? Where did this self righteous idea that everyone cares what you’re doing every waking moment originate? Why do people feel the need to update their “status” several times a day?

This all leads to disconnectedness. If you’re constantly going online and telling people what you’re doing.. then you’re actually not doing anything except sitting in front of a computer. Go out and enjoy life.

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Clayton Kraft It’s easier to talk with friends from home, easier to find out about parties, and easier to get ahold of interviews for the stories I write. That’s what the horseless carrige guys hated too; it’s better than the old way of doing things. So if you’ve spent the last few years complaining about things, take a little trip out of the corner, the weather is actually nice.

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Randy Breedlove When I can pull up a website and find out more about you than I could after spending ten minutes with you in person something is wrong.

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Ashley Hiruko Growing up, the idea of being famous always appealed to me, as it does to most people. Playing pretend with a karaoke machine and microphone in hand, the dream didn’t seem so far fetched.

As I matured, reality sunk in. The possibility of me breaking into the music business seemed further and further from having a chance of happening.

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Randy Breedlove It seems like social interaction is shifting more and more onto the internet. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy being online, checking up on my favorite webcomics and things of the like. I do use social media websites like Facebook, however as they become more integrated into websites across the web I find it harder and harder to maintain privacy. Everywhere I go there are ads based on my web searches, likes and places I’ve been tagged at.

3 hours ago via college newspaper : Like Ashley Hiruko Myspace and Facebook have really changed all of this. Social media sites have become the new way to market yourself.

With a bit of money for some equipment and software, an album can be created from home.

Entertainers and artists no longer have to fulfill the cliche of a struggling artist by moving to LA in order to get the chance of a record exec. discovering them from thousands doing the same.

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Randy Breedlove According to Google’s privacy policy “We also use this information to offer you tailored content – like giving you more relevant search results and ads.”

Personalized web surfing and customized searches, Facebook along with social media outlets like Twitter are following the trend by advancing the plugins used to collect information.

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Ashley Hiruko Before Myspace, an artist was very much dependent on a record label discovering them, marketing them and essentially doing everything but the actual performing for them.

Because of the new music business model, artists are now expected to write their own music, market themselves and have a large and growing fanbase before they receive any attention at all from any record companies.

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Randy Breedlove The integration of Facebook into major websites means that as you surf the web you never leave Facebook. Never leaving Facebook means that your other activities on the web are always being monitored.

Facebook plans on introducing a toolbar called Facebook Connect 2.0 which will have features such as like and share. Currently Facebook uses a plugin which allows other Facebook users to leave comments and show likes connected to a partner website’s Facebook page.

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Ashley Hiruko In an article written on economist.com it stated that, “A&R (artist and repritoire) executives increasingly expect acts to have built a self-sustaining, if modest, business before they offer them a recording contract.” The new music model has also eliminated the need for scouting agents.

Ingrid Michaelson was discovered via myspace and is one example of just how unnecessary record label scouting agents have become. Michaelson was discovered through her myspace profile which showcased her music for free.

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Randy Breedlove With the current plugin Facebook receives a limited amount of information, basically where you go, but not what you do on a website. Connect 2.0 would be able to provide much more information about where you go and what you do on the internet.

This kind of integration makes me think of Facebook as similar to AOL; one platform where you get everything.

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Ashley Hiruko Musicians are not only judged by their amount of talent but by the number of viral followers they’ve obtained through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

With all of this easy to do independent marketing also comes a downside, competition. Now all artists of any skill level are on the same competing level when it comes to getting discovered.

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Randy Breedlove With the current plugin Facebook receives a limited amount of information, basically where you go, but not what you do on a website. Connect 2.0 would be able to provide much more information about where you go and what you do on the internet.

This kind of integration makes me think of Facebook as similar to AOL; one platform where you get everything.

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Ashley Hiruko Musicians have to do more than just sit around and wait to be discovered, they have to set themselves apart from everyone else. Simply mimicking your favorite artist may have worked in the past, but what once worked will no longer suffice.

Musicians wanting to break into the business have advantages with technology in aiding them with being proactive but they have to come prepared to set themselves apart from the millions of others with the same goal in mind: success.

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Barbershop chorus brings back harmonious art form

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Gerald Krumblotz conducting the group Ear Candy in a warm up to help protect their voices during performances.

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“They’re hott,” is all James Bertis, an SFCC music student, had to say about the SFCC Women’s Barbershop singers.

Music at SFCC is available for students who wish to play instruments, record or sing, whether they prefer to individually or in a group.

One group that is on the rise at SFCC is Barbershop Quartets.

Gerald Krumboltz, a 19 year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and chairman of the SFCC Music Department, has been introducing this art form to students at SFCC for the past two years. Krumboltz has been able to get a few groups together here at the falls. The boys group are called The Tone Thugs, and a girls chorus group called Ear Candy.

“I’m a barbershopper myself,” Krumboltz said. “Wherever I’ve taught, even before SFCC I’ve tried to introduce young people to this

Ear Candy, joined the group durart form.” ing Winter Quarter. In addition Barbershop music was extremeto singing, she has taken on the ly popular in the early 1900s, and role as the group’s choreographer has been fading away since the creating all the dance moves for 1920s.

Ear Candy and taking it up a notch Barbershop music is traditionfor their performances. ally sung in a quartet with the “I get inspiration for the dances alto singing, the lead vocals, and by watching 50’s and 60’s doo a tenor, bass and baritone in the wop groups on YouTube. I see background. This is different from what they do a traditional and I incorchoir that has “It’s the kind of class you go porate it into the soprano as to just to forget about your what we do,” the top vocal.

Also unlike a homework and whatever else Costello said.

“It’s fun and the normal choir, is going on,” girls are really barbershop -Kristen Bennett good at what music doesn’t Singer in the Ear Candy Quartet they do.” typically mix The women’s barbershop progenders in the group. gram has grown rapidly this year You either have an all men’s going from two separate groups group or all women’s group. It is during Fall Quarter to an entire very uncommon to find mixed chorus this Spring Quarter. Ear gender groups even though one Candy consists of 16 singers. can find a mixed group every now “The group has grown a lot,” and then. The music that barberKrumbultz said. “Students come shoppers sing are popular tunes to hear us and they say ‘hey that of the time, and occasionally one looks like fun I think I’d like to do can find a group performing some it.’” gospel tunes. There is usually The girls of Ear Candy had nothdancing involved with barbershop ing but good things to say about performances. the Barbershop Chorus. “The Camrin Costello, a member of atmosphere is very energetic and the women’s barbershop chorus,

lively, and Dr. Krumbultz is fantastic,” Rachelle McIntire, a singer in the chorus said. “He does a great job.”

Kristen Bennett another singer in the barbershop chorus also had positive things to say about the group.

“It’s kind of the class you go to just to forget about your homework and whatever else is going on,” Bennett said. “You just have fun, and we’re all friends. The only problem we have is we laugh too much which I guess isn’t a bad problem to have.”

The students of the barbershop groups practice on their own time, and don’t receive a college credit for singing in the group. Two groups of girls from the chorus went to compete in the Rising Star Competition in Houston, Texas last Fall Quarter, and one of the groups plan to compete in the competition again this fall in Denver, Colo.

You can see the girls perform at the SFCC Choral Concert this Spring Quarter June 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the SFCC Music Center. Anyone who wishes to sing barbershop music is welcome to sit in on a practice.

Barber shop quartet: Popular vocal ensemble consisting of four individual male voices parts are tenor, lead, baritone, and bass, with the lead normally singing the melody and the tenor harmonizing

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With a season of summer blockbusters approaching, it seems that more and more films will advertise themselves as 3D. That is a lie. For a truly 3 dimensional experience, one need not look too far away from the local theatre. The presentation is real and right in front of them.

There are many productions coming up in the Spokane area, including right here at SFCC. From musicals to dramas and everywhere in between, the possibilities are endless. The Firth J Chew Studio at Spokane Civic Theatre is currently presenting “Premiere” by Dale Wasserman. Opening May 4, this comedic farce will run until June 3.

“Imagine that a new Shakespeare

play was discovered, or maybe it wasn’t,” Director Wes Deitrick said, describing the show. “It’s a comedy about deception on the grandest scale.”

Spokane Civic Theatre is fortunate enough to have two stages and the larger main stage will be presenting the classic “Annie”.

This show spawned such songs as “Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow”. This production is even set to use a real dog on the stage appropriately enough the dogs name is Sandy (as is the character she will be playing).

Slightly across town, Interplayers is in production of a comedy of its own. “Taking Steps” by Alan Ayckbourn is about love, the loss of that love and how a man copes with it.

Interplayers artistic director Reed McColm plays Roland Crab.

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manor house,The Pines, where we have set the play,” said McColm.

“He finds out that very night she’s leaving him and that affects him greatly. He takes to his bed and becomes very upset, drinks too much, takes too many sleeping pills and hilarity ensues.”

“Taking Steps” will run until May 20 at Interplayers, which is located downtown at Howard and 2nd street. It is possible that an average student may not have time to investigate these shows, so, the SFCC Revelers Drama department has a solution for that right on campus. In a co-production with Spokane Children’s Theatre they will be presenting the production “Narnia”.

Based upon the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series, this musical experience has been adapted for the stage and the SFCC Revelers are up for the challenge.

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Jim and Joanne Becker pose in full costume outside of The Lion Share. infectious.”

Angell also commented on the The Communicator Becker’s ability to reach each child that they teach in a personal way by saying that, “They Spokane’s youth and commutake every kid at the level where nity at large gained an invaluable they are at. They cast kids where resource when Jim and Joanne they’re comfortable and make it Becker moved to town. Jim and fun for them, so it can really be Joanne have turned their lifelong a confidence booster. Jim and passion for teaching theatre into Joanne are super tuned into these a real asset for Spokane’s children kids.” and local acting community. After When asked why they particuretiring from successful teachlarly enjoy teaching theatre to ing careers in Fresno, Calif. the young children in the community couple bought out an old costhe couple was quick to answer. tume shop, which they planned “One of the reasons we like on cultivating in their retirement working with the very young is years. because it’s fun to raise them up At that time the Beckers dein theatre,” said Joanne. “We’re cided to move back to the Pacific really value oriented, we want Northwest where they both grew to instill values in young actors,” up. The three towns that they said Jim. considered were Seattle, Spokane In addition to all this both Jim and Ashland, Ore. In June 2006 and Joanne Becker teach in the Jim and Joanne purchased a comCommunications department at mercially zoned Victorian home SFCC. “They teach so amazingly in Spokane’s North Central neighwell because they borhood and “One of the reasons we like bring their theatre quickly set up shop in working with the very young into the communications class,” what is now is because it’s fun to raise said Kirstin Angell. known as The Another way that Lion’s Share. them up in theater,” The Lion’s -Joanne Becker they support the Co owner of The lion share Drama DepartShare is the ment at SFCC is by actualization periodically providing props and of the Becker’s lifelong dream of costumes for performances held teaching values to youth through at the Spartan Theatre. In the upthe art of theatre. Every year the coming production of Narnia the Lion’s Share puts on five dinner Musical, the Lion’s Share providtheatre productions in addition ed the use of the White Witch’s to offering personalized parties, sleigh. “Their impact is that they costume rentals, and performing are helping build bridges in the and visual art classes. community,” said Bill Marlow, Each summer the Lion’s Share Director of Drama at SFCC. hosts children’s acting camps “My 12 year old daughter took where kids can come and learn art classes with Joanne,” said not only to act but also how to Cornina Little, local mother and create and produce a play from owner of The Little Garden Café start to finish including costumes, on Northwest Blvd. in Spokane. props, and make-up keeping their “It really helped change her audience in mind both before whole mood around and helped and after the performances. bring her out of her shell. I feel “The thing about Jim and like Joanne just lets you be who Joanne is that they are just so full you are and sees the best in you.” of life. They really are passionThe Beckers also support ate about theatre and that gets various organizations in Spokane through to the kids,” said Kirsten including the Garfield Apple proAngell, mother of three whose gram and the Christian Youth Thechildren have participated in the atre. They are founding members Lion’s Share programs. “To have of the Inland Northwest Performteachers that are so incredibly ing Arts Council and participate inspired by their work and so in the First Friday Art shows. into passing on this art-form. It’s

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Simply Dance Studio offers many types of dances tered a very satisfied clientele, such as dancer Corey Siksika.

The Communicator “Now, I can’t remember the name of the instructor, she’s the owner of the studio as well, The Instructors at Simply Dance (Marianna) but she was aweStudio have dedicated their Frisome,” Siksika said. “She had a day night schedule to West Coast full house, more girls than guys, Swing. Lessons begin at 7 p.m. and she started off the class with After 8 p.m. Simply Dance Studio teaching the basic step, and the offers West Coast Swing dancing couple’s basic,” until 11 p.m. The event is called “She pointed out the tough “Friday Night Swing Dig”. parts and really hammered Occasionally, people lapse into through them,” said Sikskia. “She episodes of awkward hip gyratwas super efficient since she only ing and arm flailing to the sound had an hour to get of a tasty beat. It us going.” isn’t always as easy “Occasionally, people Siksika spoke to make dancing lapse into episodes of highly of the leslook good. Simply awkward hip gyrating son, but spoke Dance is open to of the dance newcomers, where and arm flailing to the afterwards with a no skill level is sound of a tasty beat.” heightened tone. required.

-Riley Armstrong Administrative Owner of Simply The Communicator assistant and avid Dance Studio and dancer Ria Bertone also began as prolific dance instructor Maria student at Simply Dance. anna di Lorenzo, has carefully “I attended their first West crafted the atmosphere of her Coast Swing night events that are studio to invite newcomers and held the second and fourth Friday keep them coming back for the of each month,” said Bertone. experience.

“We have great seating, enough “The lessons will be structured dance space, and nice people.” so that anyone may join in and Dancing involves practice have fun,” Lorenzo said. “That and execution which can be means if you have never danced intimidating. Venues like Simply before in your life you will be Dance Studio is available to proable to participate. vide instructors and open dance “And for the more experienced events where intimidation can dancer technique will be covered be less of a factor. Simply Dance so that everyone can learn and Studio also hosts Hustle, Salsa, enjoy themselves.” and Bachata lessons.

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A normal strongman workout at a gym might consist of lifting heavy weights, but at CrossFit Spokane a normal strongman workout is flipping massive 250300 pound tires and lifting solid marble stones of huge weights.

Amongst other things they do as part of the strongman workout is farmer carries and there are other exercises they do with odd objects such as pulling tires. Sam Kureh, a 23 yearold strongman class participant, does

Gabriel Dillon

The Communicator When we think of sports, we think of fast movement and physical exertion. With most sports this is indeed the truth.

Sometimes we find exceptions to this rule. Chess is one exception, it does however involve strategy and can be quite competitive . It uses the most powerful part of your body that you possess. This powerful part, as you may have guessed , is your brain.

“Chess keeps your mind going,” said Tyler Deatherage, a former student at SFCC. “It’s a mentally demanding game. You definitely have to stay sharp.” Like most sports and games , you benefit from practice.

Unless you’re a genius you can’t expect to be great right off the bat.

Just as a marathon runner , did not start their running career with a 26.2 mile run. You probably are not going to beat a more experienced opponent on the first games that you play. “The first game I had played with my friend , he took me out in three moves,” Deatherage said. “It’s definitely a mind game. “ In any sport, be it team or individual, it’s always beneficial to have a game plan. To have a game plan, you must think ahead. In chess, like other games, a game plan is

together and lifting odd objects translates better to the real world,” Gary said.

Cole Holman, a 25 year-old strongman class participant, likes the feeling after a strongman workout. “My favorite part about the class is that I feel stronger after I am done with a workout,” Holman said.

Sometimes CrossFit Spokane sends a team of athletes to compete in competitions around the state.

“We sometimes have competitions with other crossfit affiliates around Washington,” Gary said. “Also we send a team to regionals which is in Puyallup in about a month.”

Eric Suentes, a 21 year-old strongman class participant, says the hardest thing strongman related is the medley. “The medley consists of 3 to 5 different strongman exercises,” Suentes said. “Some examples are farmer’s walk, tire flips, tire pulls, and stones.”

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intense workouts like a farmer’s carry.

“A farmer’s carry is where you take a dumbbell in each hand and you walk with it for a certain distance,” Kureh said.

Michael Gary opened up Crossfit Spokane in 2006 because it went with his philosophies for strength and conditioning. “The most successful part of owning the business is getting people to move around again,” Gary said. “Also getting them out of the old mindset of biceps and triceps and your traditional weightlifting and actually moving and feeling better

and not just trying to look better.”

Gary has not only had good times but also hard times while owning and operating the business. “The hardest part about owning the business is learning how to successfully run it,” Gary said. “I’m a great coach and trainer but I am still learning the business side of it.”

CrossFit Spokane has nine classes and all of them are traditional crossfit classes. On Fridays at 5:30pm there is a strongman class.

“A benefit of having a strongman class is that it brings the community

Mind games

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Tyler Deatherage enjoys a game with his friend on their balcony. essential and when needed the plan can be revised. Consider a football team. They go into into a game with a plan of action. Depending on how the game progresses, the game plan will probably change or evolve.

If their defence is letting the other team continue to pass to the same receiver and get one first down after another, they will have to change their coverage. Just as you would in chess, change and try to adapt when your opponent keeps beating you in the first couple of moves.

“Chess is a lot like life, you have to plan ahead.” said Jessica Anistasi, a student at Carrington College. “As

for it being a sport, I don’t know if I would say that but it is competitive ” There are some competitions that are mostly about endurance.

Competitions such as marathons or Ironman require a lot of time and endurance. A chess game can take days and sometimes weeks. The endurance needed in chess is not so much physical as it is mental.

So the question remains, is chess a sport, or is it just a board game? The Chess Federation seeks to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee according to an article in the New York Times.

In fast or speed chess, like many

sports, the games are timed. The player has a short amount of time in which to make their move. “It looks like it gets pretty intense when they play timed games,” said Nathan Contos, an SFCC student who has been playing for about a year. “I think it sharpens my problem solving skills.”

Another comparison is with rock climbing. Before you start a climb you must visualize your moves. In chess you also have to think many moves ahead. In both pre planning is essential for success.

So sport or just a game, one can’t deny the many similarities. It may defy the conventional notions of a sport, but it doesn’t rule out the possibility.

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2012 Playoff standings 1st

Wenatchee Valley. With 23 wins and 2 losses

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Walla Walla with 22 wins and 4 losses

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Treasure Valley with 17 wins and 9 losses

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Spokane with 15 wins and 12 losses

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Big Bend with 9 wins and 18 losses

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Blue Mountain with 6 wins and 18 losses

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SFCC Softball team continues to struggle but still maintains high hopes for the post season.

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The Communicator Spokane softball has had a tough time getting clutch-plays when they need them recently. They’ve been able to dominate on defense, but struggled recently with timely scores.

“We’ve been out-hitting people and playing better defense,” Janet Skaife, Head Coach of the softball team, said. “But we’re just not

getting the timely hit. Three of our losses have come by one run.”

Lauren Stewart, who is among 14 of Spokane’s new softball players, said it’s just been a stroke of bad luck.

“All I see is a team that has given this season their all and gotten some bad luck,” Stewart said. “We have improved since the beginning of the year and we have devoted so much of our time and energy into this team, and unfortunately we have just been unlucky in our recent games, but we have fought hard in every game.”

Stewart, who has been playing for

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“We faced the challenge of being a very young team,” Regin Gallagher, a sophomore at SFCC, said. “Since the majority of our girls are freshmen, it was their first time facing college level softball which is much different than high school ball.”

“We traveled to Hawaii during the preseason and played six really good games,” Skaife said. “Three really good teams: Chaminade, Hawaii Pacific University (and BYU Hawaii).”

This year, one team has consistently given Spokane a hard time. “(We’ve) had a tough time against Walla Walla,” Skaife said. “They got us all four last year, and they got us all four this year. The losses were pretty ugly.”

“I do believe we will make it to the playoffs,” Gallagher said. “We have the offense, defense, and mindset to take us there. “All we need to do is take control of games and play Spokane Softball and you will see us at (the) NWAACC (tournament).”

Spokane softball finishes the regular season this Saturday, May 12, against Big Bend, at SFCC. The first game starts at noon. It is also Sophomore Night, meaning this will be the last time sophomores will play for SFCC. If Spokane wins this next game, their regular season record will be 16 wins and 12 losses. Win or lose they will still be in 4th place.

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