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SFCC’S NEW GYM NEWS: PAGE 3

STUDENT ENROLLMENT NEWS: PAGE 5

MARCH ACTIVITIES FEATURES: PAGE 8

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NEWS

3 NEW STUDENT ATHLETIC CENTER 4 TRANSFER CENTER REVAMP 5 STUDENT ENROLLMENT

SFCC has officially opened its new Student Athletic Center, named the Maury Ray Arena after SFCC's first athletic director. Ray was responsible for the combining of the SFCC and SCC athletic programs.

The new facility was officially named in a ceremony that took place on Feb 9. Read more about the new facility and what it has to offer on page 3.

FEATURES 6 CLUB SPOTLIGHT: GRAPHIC DESIGN 7 HISTORY OF PUNS 8 MARCH ACTIVITIES 9 STEM SCHOLARSHIP 10 FRENCH CLUB EVENT

ARTS 11 EBONY STEWART

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Climbing wall, possible snack shack, and more available to students at the new gymnasium on SFCC campus Jessica Gutierrez The Communicator In 2015, students on campus voted to have the gymnasium renovated.

Building 7, the Student Athletic Center, was built on campus 50 years ago. Just recently, in June 2018, the renovation was completed. Total cost: $18 million which included student contributions.

This gorgeous 23,700 square foot gym with a capacity of 1,900 people came with amenities including a new fitness center, updated equipment, and it’s very own two-story climbing wall.

“It’s the nicest and biggest gym in the NWAC,” Jenni Hull said, Volleyball Head Coach.

While the climbing wall is limited to students taking that credit due to liability and proneness to injury there is free open climb on Fridays from 12-3 pm.

Though, the newly proposed SFCC climbing club, lead by Brice Niemond, will allows students who are not taking that credit to climb freely on the new rock wall after learning the basics of climbing.

AJ Proszek, SFCC’s Equipment Manager, was an assistant baseball coach for five years and is familiar with the gymnasium and its changes through the years.

“We’re working with a company to possibly open up a snack shack,” said AJ Proszek, Equipment Manager.

There are new locker rooms for women and men, new court where students can rent a basketball and shoot some hoops in their free time. There’s a new and improved lounge area as well.

“The old lounge area had old couches and no TVs,” Proszek said. This new lounge area is beautifully designed with big windows, various tables and seats

and includes a TV. In the old gym, the weight and fitness center were in separate rooms. Now they are in the same room.

Proszek noted more students have been coming and using the gym. There are less students enrolled but since the gym is open to every credit earning student, more are willing to make use of the gym. It also helps that there are less classes that take place in the gym so all the equipment including the courts are open more frequently.

The bottom level of the gym is home to the court, climbing wall area, lounge area, a rooms, the locker rooms, and the fitness/ weight area. The top level is rooms and classes.

You can enjoy everything the new gym has to offer from opening until 6:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and open until 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

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Dean speaks on transfer center revamp New center opening on SFCC campus in spring Madison Pearson

The Communicator Students attending SFCC looking to transfer to a four-year university are in luck: The transfer center is getting a facelift.

SFCC is an associates degree and college transfer community college. Established in 1967, its main purpose is to act as a gateway to more opportunities in higher education for its students.

Cynthia Vigil, SFCC’s interim dean of Student Support Services, is in charge of the on-campus transfer center.

Currently, the center resides in building 17, room 127; however, the lights are off and the desks are empty.

“Right now our transfer center is not staffed,” Vigil said. “Along with our career center, which is in the same boat.”

Vigil acknowledges the loss of former program coordinator Gabby Ryan who left SFCC to work for the City of Spokane.

“Those two offices,” said Vigil, “they should really be combined.”

More than 60 percent of students who start their journey at SFCC start with the intention to transfer to a four-year school.

“So, I started calling it the career and transfer center,” Vigil said. “I’m putting in for a position to replace our former career program coordinator but, renaming it to fit the new title.”

Though most students at SFCC look at transferring to EWU, some choose different routes.

“If they go out of state, we still want to support them with that,” Vigil said. “And for our students that may need jobs in the interim between graduating and transferring.”

Vigil said the college has career technical students and business management students.

“Of course we want to be able to help them with internships and opportunities as well,” Vigil said.

And in the spring, the center will have a new program coordinator and a new career counselor.

“The spring will be a huge rollout period in terms of the new center,” Vigil said.

Every quarter, SFCC hosts a transfer fair, where colleges in the state gather in the SUB to provide information to students.

“I want balloons!” Vigil said.

“I want a big fanfare saying ‘Hey! If you guys say you’re going to transfer, let’s get you talking to these schools.’ ” On SFCC’s website, the trans-

fer page offers appointments with transfer advisors from other schools in the area.

“Students think that they should only be thinking about this their second year,” said Vigil. “But no, your first year. Don’t miss out on the opportunities to take the classes you need.”

Appointments with transfer advisers are held on a scheduled basis from September to June.

“Number one advice,” Vigil said. “If you know you’re going to one of these schools and you want to know how to get ready, go your first year so you’re prepared.”

SFCC’s Eastern Day was held in January as an effort to show most SFCC students what their future may hold at Eastern Washington University and how they can get there with ease.

“Eastern has a great setup,” Vigil said. “It’s a program called Maps.

It will tell you exactly what classes to take for your major while you’re completing your AA degree.”

The transfer center is ready to help students who want to study out of state as well.

“If you’re going to go out of state and it’s going to cost you $60,000 a year, you should know that,” Vigil said. “And that’s something the transfer center can help you with.”

Not only will the new transfer

and career center provide you with pathways to take but, it will also provide one-on-one efforts with students.

“When you go to college, that school is taking you on,” Vigil said.

“You are believing that school is going to help you and provide you certain services.

“So what can we do as an institution to help you get there?”

“Start Here, Transfer There.” is the first heading on the transfer center’s website, it bodes well as a motto for the whole program.

“You want to go to Hawaii?

Let’s get you there,” Vigil said.

“That’s the purpose of the transfer center. Helping students with the process of getting to where they want to be.”

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SFCC’s student enrollment decreasing Student Enrollment By Academic Year 12,500 10,000

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than some other students, taking over 20 credits during a couple quarters, paying rent and working a full-time job. It started to become a little too much to handle, so unfortunately he didn’t do as well as he hoped spring quarter of 2018 and ended up dropping out of a class. He decided to switch up his methods and is now taking two classes on campus- one being a hybrid.

His busy life outside of school led him to take the online route which he does think is a little bit harder and even more time consuming but he’s making it work. He had debated transferring to Eastern Washington University, but juggling school, work and other activities was becoming overly stressful. It didn’t seem so worth it when he could accomplish the same thing here for half the cost and commute. He had to make the sacrifice to do mostly online classes over on campus classes here at SFCC. His hopes is to easily find a “big boy job” after completing his degree.

Rachel Kaiser, 20, is only taking SFCC online classes through the online learning system. This is her first year at SFCC after taking two years off after high school. When asked why she chose to do online rather than on-campus classes, her answer did not come as a surprise: time.

Rachel, who also works a full time job, is involved in several time-consuming hobbies such a youth group and traveling, and lives on her own.

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“Please make sure to let your friends know about this class- students enrolled for this class is looking low winter quarter and I don’t want to lose my job.”

A history teacher last quarter mentioned this a couple times toward the end of fall quarter last year, in a joking yet serious manner.

Why was he so worried?

Are less and less students attending community colleges or post high school institutions in general? Is it common for less students to want to go to school winter quarter? Let’s take a look at some SFCC statistics to find out.

The following numbers are from enrollments dating back to 2009 to just last year, 2018, provided by SFCC’s website. Unfortunately this year’s numbers will not be available until next year.

See the graph to the right for more information on enrollment.

SFCC’s highest annual attendance was in the 2010-11 school year at 11,004, compared to the lowest annual attendance of 8,440 in just the past 2017-2018 school year.

That is over a 3,000 student average attendance loss for SFCC. Enrollment has slowly been declining since.

Other knowledge that can be gained from the reports is that tuition cost slowly started costing more after the 2009-10 school year. It started at $2,902 per quarter for a full-time student and now from last year’s statistics it is at about $3,927 per quarter for the average full-time student at SFCC. A fellow student spoke about the matter.

Conner Crowe, 22, a third year SFCC student, started going to SFCC after graduating high school in 2015.

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most likely a cut in hours at her job.

Doing online classes is easier for her and suits her lifestyle more adequately, she said. She is still a little unsure of plans on her desired career, but is in the process of getting her associate degree to have something under her belt and hopefully soon she’ll have decided what career path she’ll want to go down.

Needless to say, online learning has certainly increased within the past few years due to our busy lives.

That may be a contribution to the slightly noticeable lack of students on campus. Now if we take a look at quarterly statistics individually, there are also other factors that can be concluded that are affecting student’s enrollment.

Since the majority of students start school in fall, endure it through winter, and end in spring, those are going to be the quarters that will be prioritized.

According to the data provided on SFCC’s website, less people deciding to go to college doesn’t seem to be the problem. In fact, first-time students in the 2013 fall quarter was about made up 2.9 percent of the students enrolled. In 2017’s fall quarter the number was significantly higher at about 27.3 percent. If anything, more and more people are choosing to take post-secondary education for the first time. The numbers do clearly show however that less students are willing to finish out the school year; the number of students enrolled drop from fall to winter quarter every year.

Looking just at last year’s (2017-

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18) number of students employed seems to correlate and justify enrollment as well. The amount of students enrolled decreased as the amount of students employed in full-time jobs increased.

In Fall 2017, of the 5,924 students enrolled, 667 of them were employed full time. This differs from Spring 2018, when 5,320 students were enrolled, with 710 of employed full time.

Overall, if we just take a look five years back to the school year 2013-14 to the latest of 2017-2018 we can see changes in the quarterly demographics of students attending SFCC. 2013-2014 Fall: 6,051 Winter: 6,059 Spring: 5,680 2014-2015 Fall: 6,405 Winter: 6,143 Spring: 5,861 2015-2016 Fall: 6,232 Winter: 5,693 Spring: 5,450 2016-2017 Fall: 6,028 Winter: 5,572 Spring: 5,485 2017-2018 Fall: 5,924 Winter: 5,667 Spring: 5,320 It appears that last year started out with a slightly lower number than usual and has slowly been decreasing over the past four years, starting out with 6,405 fall quarter of 2014 to 5,942 fall quarter of 2017. Every year shows that more students stop coming after fall quarter. An average of 569 student from 2013-18 have stopped enrolling or dropped out after the fall quarter.

Maybe it’s the colder weather, preferring to work over attending school, choosing an alternate form of education such as online, or the lack of motivation; whatever it may be, if you have noticed less students on campus that’s because there certainly has been.

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Club designs a fun place for students to be Elijah Rollins

The Communicator The SFCC Graphic Design Club is an all-volunteer organization that connects students in the graphic design program to industry professionals in the design community.

The Graphic Design Club has two advisers who share the responsibility of supervising students and all club activities.

“I am co-adviser for the graphic design club, along with Greg Stiles,” June Roys said. “I have been an adviser to the club for five years.”

The club provides a place for students to be around like-minded individuals who are passionate about the same topic.

“This is a great program and there is a tremendous amount of comradery that goes on between students,” Roys said. “These students are together for two years. They get

very close to each other, as well as to us as advisers. The students spend all their time in classes together.

They become very tight and learn to help each other, which is incredible.

Students outside the program don’t realize just how much sharing of knowledge and sharing of skills can happen.”

The club’s success is due largely in part to student involvement and participation from the business community.

“All of the students who are part of the graphic design program are part of the club,” Roys said. “There are about 65 students in the program.”

Tessa Vlaar is the current graphic design club president and helps to keep the club members accountable.

“I have been a member of the club for a year and change now,” Vlaar said. “As club president, I organize meetings and work in events planning.”

The graphic design club provides events, brings in guest speakers and provides resources in the areas of professional development, networking, education, inspiration and community engagement.

“We hold a lot of different events,” said Vlaar. “This year we started doing an event called ‘Alumnus,’ which is a student event that connects graphic design students with professionals in the graphic design industry. That is great for our students.”

Club members will visit Seattle where they will gain valuable knowledge and experience.

“We also have the Seattle trip where we go to Seattle and tour graphic design agencies,” Vlaar said.

“That has been very rewarding for our students in the past. I love the collaboration between all of our club members. I love all of the value we are able to add not only to our community, but to give to the members of the Graphic Design Club, as well.”

Roys said 18 students and two advisers will attend an upcoming Seattle trip.

“The event in Seattle is called Reality Check and it is put on by the

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AIGA, which is the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The AIGA is the largest graphic design organization in the country,” Roys said.

Students say they are in the club for many reasons.

“I was attracted to the club due to the programming we are able to provide for the students,” Vlaar said.

“This program is very well connected within our industry and within Spokane in the graphic design field.

Having the ability to get real world experience and work hands-on with professionals in our industry is really a great part of this club.”

Sam Pearson has been a club member for about a year and is looking forward to the Grad Show.

“The Grad Show is a place where we are able to showcase our work for members of the industry professionals,” Pearson said. It is one of the tools in finding a job after we have completed the program.”

The Grad Show will be held 5-8 p.m. June 13. Roys said the Graphic Design Club offers something that others cannot.

“I have been a member of the Graphic Design Club for over a year and a half,” said Natasha Moore.

“I joined the club for the creativity and the collaboration. This club is different from most others on campus. I believe it is one of the largest clubs. We can really connect with each other in this club. Some of the other clubs are on a come and go basis. With the Graphic Design Club there is more outreach. It is a positive thing.”

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Punny or not? Shakespeare thought so A look into the history of puns and their popularity Winnie Killingsworth The Communicator Pun not intended. Actually it is.

Merriam-Webster defines a pun as “the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound.”

Puns are everywhere.

Shakespeare has proven that puns have a place. They can add to the story. His work is a balance of deep issues and crude jokes.

This has been the attitude for centuries. Jared Anthony, an SFCC English professor, explained. The generation that followed Shakespeare didn’t like his writing. They thought it had too many puns. It wasn’t sophisticated enough for them.

John Dryden, an English poet and playwright, even rewrote some of Shakespeare’s work.

Anthony remarked on how many people see puns.

“I’ve never really fully understood what all this hostility towards puns is,” he said. “(They’re) considered lowbrow.”

Jason Nix, a journalism proIn a recent poll on The Communicator’s Twitter, 60% of voters preferred puns over irony. fessor at SFCC, has no love lost on puns. The play on words doesn’t appeal to him. He thinks that millennials appreciate them more than his generation, Generation-X, does.

Irony is what he prefers. He suggests that Generation-X does as well.

Some people love them and Visit our Instagram page (@thefalls_communicasome hate them. This is true for all things. It’s a personal preference; tor) and comment your preference on our latest neither is right or wrong. post!

To pun or not to pun? That is the question.

Do you like puns?

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Local indoor activities during March

The Communicator complied a list of events for students and Spokane-area residents during these chilly days List complied by Winnie Killingsworth

March 1 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. KeyForge Casual Play 6 p.m. Board Game Night Auntie’s 8 p.m. 3 Minute Mic Gonzaga 12 p.m. Music Workshop, featuring Bob Reynolds - Music Annex Jazz Warehouse Room 004 5 p.m. Opening Reception; Erika Osborne Exhibition - Kolva Sullivan Gallery March 2 - Uncle’s (downtown) 11a.m. L5R Seasonal Tournament $5 2 p.m. Pokémon League Whitworth 3 p.m. Whitworth University Orchestra Concerto Concert - St. Luke Lutheran Church MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission March 3 - Uncle’s (downtown) 12 p.m. Yu-Gi-Oh! $4 12 p.m. Warhammer Underworlds Tournament $10 March 4 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5:30 p.m. D&D Adventurer’s League Gonzaga 7:30 p.m. Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra Concert: Beethoven Triple ConcertoMartin Woldson Theater at the Fox $13 with Student Id March 5 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5 p.m. Star Wars Miniature Night Whitworth 5 p.m. My Life My Money Simulation by STCU - Hixson Union Building (HUB) MAC 11 a.m. Gallery Talks - w/ admission Garland Theater 7:15 p.m. “The Fifth Element” $2.50 March 6 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG EDH League $6 6 p.m. Dragon Ball Super CCG Auntie’s 7 p.m. YA Survival Guide: Featuring Mary Cronk Farrell SCC 8:30 a.m. “Nevertheless, She Persisted” Kickoff - Lair Student Ctr SFCC 11:30 a.m. “Dolores: Rebel, Activist, Feminist” - SUB, Room 0131 MAC 1 p.m. Matinee Movie Classics “Nashville” $7 March 7 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG Standard Whitworth 7 p.m. Speakers and Artists Lecture- “Biblical Women in Pop Culture: An Academic Journey”- Eric Johnston Science Center Aud., Rm 233 MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission 6:30 p.m. AIA Series: Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project

March 8 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. KeyForge Archon Format Tournament $5 6 p.m. Board Game Night SCC 7 p.m. Woman’s History Month - Lair Student Ctr Whitworth 7:30 p.m. “Almost Maine” Cowles Aud. $15 March 9 - Uncle’s (downtown) 11 a.m. Runewars Game Day $5 2 p.m. Pokémon League Challenge $5 Auntie’s 7 p.m. Katrina Carrasco: The Best Bad Things Whitworth 7:30 p.m. “Almost Maine” Cowles Aud. $15 MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” Screening included w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” Screening included w/ admission March 10 - Uncle’s (downtown) 12 p.m. Yu-Gi-Oh! $4 Whitworth 2 p.m. “Almost Maine” March 11 - Uncle’s (downtown) 10 a.m. Puzzle Swap!

5:30 p.m. D&D Adventurer’s League SFCC 11:30 a.m. Bent Trivia - SUB March 12 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5 p.m. Star Wars Miniature Night SFCC 11 a.m. Women Cross Disability Panel: Life, Success, and Love - SUB Whitworth 7 p.m. Diversity Monologues Showcase - Cowles Aud. MAC 11 a.m. Gallery Talks - w/ admission Garland Theater 7:15 p.m. “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” $2.50 March 13 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG EDH League $6 6 p.m. Dragon Ball Super CCG March 14 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG Standard Auntie’s 7 p.m. - 8:30pm Amy Dresner: My Fair Junkie SFCC 10:30 a.m. Things I Could Not Say exhibit - Bldg 24 Aud. 11:30 a.m. Green Light, Yellow Light, Stop: Protect & Support You and Your Friends in Sticky Situations - SUB MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission March 15 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. KeyForge Casual Play 6 p.m. Board Game Night Whitworth 6 p.m. 49th Annual Hawaiian Club Luau - Fieldhouse Gym $20/general $10/student 7:30 p.m. “Almost Maine”

MAC 7 p.m. St. Patrick’s Bleeping Bad Blarney Bash $20 March 16 - Uncle’s (downtown) 2 p.m. Pokémon League Whitworth 7:30 p.m. “Almost Maine” MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission March 17 - Uncle’s (downtown) 12 p.m. Yu-Gi-Oh! $4 Whitworth 2 p.m. “Almost Maine” March 18 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5:30 p.m. D&D Adventurer’s League Whitworth 7 p.m. The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump - Weyerhaeuser Hall March 19 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5 p.m. Star Wars Miniature Night Gonzaga 7:30 p.m. O’Leary Lecture: Organic Electronics, or How to Conserve Energy and Produce Electricity the Organic Way Jepson’s Wolff Aud. MAC 11 a.m. Gallery Talks - w/ admission Garland Theater 7:15 p.m. “Jurassic Park” $2.50 March 20 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG EDH League $6 6 p.m. Dragon Ball Super CCG Gonzaga 12:05 p.m. O’Leary Scientific Lecture: The Power of π: A Computational Chemist’s Journey into π-Conjugated Materials - Jepson’s Wolff Aud. Whitworth 7 p.m. The Travails of Crystals Weyerhaeuser Hall 107 March 21 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG Standard Auntie’s 7 p.m. Donell Barlow: Medicine Tracks MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission 6 p.m. Spokane Reacts March 22 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. KeyForge Sealed Format Tournament $12 6 p.m. Board Game Night March 23 - Uncle’s (downtown) 11 a.m. Star Wars Legion Season 4 Tournament $5 2 p.m. Pokémon League SCC 9 a.m. VOA Real World Conference - Lair Student Ctr Auntie’s 11 a.m. Storytime: Annette Pimentel’s “Girl Running” 7 p.m. Katrina Carrasco: The Best Bad Things MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission March 24 - Uncle’s (downtown) 12 p.m. Yu-Gi-Oh! $4

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March 25 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5:30 p.m. D&D Adventurer’s League SFCC 11:30 a.m. Bent Trivia - SUB Gonzaga 7 p.m. Timothy Egan, “Toward a Shared National Narrative” - Hemmingson Ballroom March 26 - Uncle’s (downtown) 5 p.m. Star Wars Miniature Night Gonzaga 4 p.m. Rukavina Lecture: ‘Who’s Your Mama? Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Decline of Motherhood’ Hemmingson Ballroom 6 p.m. Arnold Distinguished Professorship Lecture: “Becoming Human” - Jepson Center, MAC 11 a.m. Gallery Talks - w/ admission Garland Theater 7:15 p.m. “Back to the Future” $2.50 March 27 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG EDH League $6 6 p.m. Dragon Ball Super CCG Auntie’s 7 p.m. Stephanie Land: Maid March 28 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. MtG Standard Gonzaga 7:30 p.m. “A Midsummer Nights Dream” - Magnuson Theatre $5 MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission 6:30 p.m. The Early Years of the Studio Glass Movement - $10 March 29 - Uncle’s (downtown) 6 p.m. KeyForge Casual Play 6 p.m. Board Game Night Auntie’s 7 p.m. Stevan Allred: The Alehouse at the End of the World SCC 8 a.m. Engaging Fatherhood Conference - Lair Student Ctr Gonzaga 12 p.m. The Faith of a Jesuit Chemist: Reflections on the Relationship between Religion and Science - Jepson Center 7:30 p.m. “A Midsummer Nights Dream” Magnuson Theatre $5 March 30 - Uncle’s(downtown) 2 p.m. Pokémon League SCC 12 p.m. Spokane Orchid Society Show Gonzaga 7:30 p.m. “A Midsummer Nights Dream” - Magnuson Theatre $5 MAC 1 p.m. “Into the Arctic” - w/ admission 2:30 p.m. “Into the Arctic 2” - w/ admission March 31 - Uncle’s (downtown) 12 p.m. Yu-Gi-Oh! $4 SCC 10 a.m. Spokane Orchid Society Show MAC 2 p.m. Art History Lecture on Bruegel’s Labor of the Months $10 suggested donation

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SCC Science Scholars Opportunities arise for SCC students seeking STEM transfer degree with hands-on program

Winnie Killingsworth The Communicator “Full Scholarships. Full Support” is the he unofficial slogan for the SCC Science Scholars program that starts this year.

Supported through a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation, the program’s goal is to increase how many students graduate with STEM transfer degrees.

Jaye Hopkins, the principle investigator for the program and a chemistry professor at SCC, talked about what it will look like each year.

“We’re going to accept 12 students... for three years,” she said.

They are accepting applications from anyone pursuing a two-year STEM transfer degree at SCC. This includes having a focus on biology, chemistry, and related fields.

“It’s a well-rounded search,” Hopkins said.

Those accepted to the program will be involved in a wrap-around

program. It will not only help students pay for college; a flyer for the program listed opportunities for students in the program to “receive extensive mentoring, academic support, and opportunities for field experiences and undergraduate research.”

Methea Sapp, a biology professor at SCC, encourages students to tell friends and family about the program. Anyone interested in a STEM degree and will be starting college in the next couple years especially.

Hopkins, Sapp and Andy Buddington, a geologist professor, are the team overseeing the program.

The criteria for the program are: Completing the application including a personal statement.

Have an incoming GPA for science classes of at least 3.0.

Have two professional recommendations.

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Reality Check will be a positive experience for everyone, club members say.

“I am most excited for the Reality Check Seattle trip,” Moore said. “I heard some really good things about the trip from last year. I’m excited for this year because we have a lot more things planned this time around. We will take a small group to Seattle and we will visit industry professionals to see how they do things. There will also be a portfolio review for us to showcase our work to and receive feedback on what we can improve upon.”

Both first-year students and second-year students belong to the club.

“The Graphic Design Club is a really cool

Experience related to scientific pursuits. This could be volunteer, professional, or extracurricular.

Have financial need verified through a completed FAFSA or Financial Aid Award letter.

Must be a citizen of the United States, national of the United States, alien admitted as refugee, or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

Interested in applying? Here’s the application checklist: Fill out the application form.

You can find it on the program’s page.

Write a personal statement to complete the application form.

See the application form for more details.

Complete the FAFSA. Transcripts from any schools attended in the last four years. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted but official transcripts are needed

way to connect with students that might not normally want to get involved with a club,” said club member Sommer Colvin. “I joined a little bit later than everyone else. I’ve only been involved for five or six months.”

Colvin agrees with Pearson and believes the Grad Show is the best activity the Graphic Design Club participates in.

“It’s a really fun way for us to show our work at a professional event,” Colvin said. “I’m looking forward to it.”

The Graphic Design Club, as well as the SFCC graphic design program, offers a creative outlet for students.

“If you are interested in art and want a way to apply it in the business industry look into graphic design,” Vlaar said. “It is a very rewarding career.”

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for admission.

Two professional recommendations. One must be from a science educator that knows you as a student and can speak about your academic abilities. The form for these is located in the program’s page.

Students who complete the application before March 1 will be given priority.

For students who are offered entrance to the SCC Science Scholars program, there are requirements to meet. These include applying and being accepted to SCC, applying and qualifying for financial aid, and signing an agreement recognizing the need to remain in good standing with the program. For further explanation and a complete list, visit their page.

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If you are interested in joining the graphic design club, meetings are held every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Bldg.

19, Rm. 217.

Students who are interested in the graphic design program must apply for entry into the program. More information can be found at: http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/default.htm

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French club promotes amour at SFCC

Linguistic lovers hosts an event to spread knowledge around campus Nicholas Rollins

The Communicator The French Club aims to offer an educational experience that SFCC students might not receive anywhere else on campus. On Feb. 13, the French Club held an event called “St. Valentine Day Celebration” to honor the holiday’s history and culture.

The French Club makes it their duty to supply SFCC with the utmost French experience and helps students understand the French culture with the events they hold.

“We love to discuss French events and culture,” Club President Shipharah Zurbuchen said. “We have had discussions regarding Voltaire, the French philosopher, the American perception of France, (have) enjoyed French cuisine, held events surrounding Paris Fashion Week ‘Haute Couture,’ played French language boardgames (with the aid of francophone), and also held the St. Valentine’s Day activity.”

The club was formed about five years ago. This year, it had a rocky start as membership was down, but now it is blooming with opportunity.

“I have been the club president for just two quarters,” Zurbuchen said. “I hope to remain president but will step aside if someone else really wants that leadership opportunity.”

The club has 15 members.

“As the president of the French Club organization, I try my best to enrich every club assembly with the traditions and customs of the francophone world,” Zurbuchen said. “This could never happen without the support and inquiry from my fellow club affiliates who are James Perley (vice president), Cruz Sanchez (secretary), and Eddy Cuisinier (club adviser).”

“Our adviser, Mr. Cuisinier is from Paris, France,” Zurbuchen said.

“He offers a genuine perspective of French culture. He helps make the best decisions for our organization’s

image.”

Students do not need to speak French in order to become club members. They only need to be interested in learning about French culture and traditions.

“France is a country associated with romance and its developed traditions of St. Valentine’s Day is worth honoring,” Zurbuchen said. “The little village of St. Valentin in Indre, the central Val de Loire region, has declared itself the ‘Village of Love.’

Every February a festival is held in the village, celebrating St. Valentine for three days. During the St. Valentin Festival, the whole place is decked out with flowers (red roses being the favorite) and the Garden is open for business. It is said that if you pin your love notes on the Tree of Vows then your love will be forever blessed.”

Michelle Key joined the French Club after attending the Club Fair held in January.

“This is the first club I have ever joined,” Key said. “I try to be an active member and support everyone however they may need me. It’s

“We have a blast together,” Perley said. “We went to see a French film that the Spokane International Film Festival hosted called ‘Promise at Dawn.’ It is just a phenomenal movie. I was truly blown away. I highly recommend it.”

“We try to do a lot of events, and not just on campus,” Perley added. “We like going downtown, too.

I’ll be attending Gonzaga in the fall.

I do plan on continuing to study the French language, but I won’t be able to be part of the club.”

The French Club welcomes Running Start students, as well.

“I’ve been a member of the French Club for just over a month,” said high school junior and Running Start student Macy Allen. “It’s educational, but not so educational that it’s like a second class.”

French is known as a romance language.

“I’m in French 122 this quarter,” club member Kiele Rogalski said.

“This is my second quarter taking French and I attend French Club Courtesy of the SFCC French Club every Wednesday. I joined this club because I really like languages. I my first club so I don’t have a lot to enjoy listening to them, even if I don’t compare it to, but it’s small so you get know what the people are saying.” to be a part of it quickly. It’s not overRomance languages are the whelming. It’s not the type of club Indo-European languages descending you would be intimidated by.” from Latin, such as French, Spanish, “It gives us the opportunity to Italian, and Portuguese. talk about what it would be like to “When you are learning the be a citizen in another country and French language, it’s nice to immerse gain cultural understanding beyond yourself into the language and tradiFrench class. It helps us develop a tions of the French,” Rogalski said. respect for other cultures, to immerse “Our club is very interactive. Our yourself and be aware that there are president is a lot of fun. Our adviser other existences beyond the Ameriis a great professor and since he is a can culture.”

Parisian he provides a great learning French Club can act as a gateenvironment.” way to bigger things.

“I plan to minor in French as a language,” Key said. “My major is zoology and I expect to travel to a lot of French speaking countries. Ideally, I’d like to teach English as a second language while I’m abroad. I’m hopThe French Club meets ing that my education can give me 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on that opportunity to travel abroad and connect with people.”

Wednesdays in Room 103 James Perley joined during the of the Performing Arts fall Welcome Week. He serves as Building. vice president and helps to facilitate and plan events alongside Zurbchen.

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Stewart brings slam poetry to SFCC Performer takes to the stage for the third time at SFCC campus Nick Jackson

The Communicator Ebony Stewart performed her poetry live in front of a crowd of students on the SFCC campus.

The performance was held in the Student Union Building, with a simple stage and stereo setup.

She was less than excited about the winter conditions outside, however this didn’t seem to stop her from performing her set very charismatically.

Stewart’s performance was part of the campus Black History Month. Other events included a lecture by social justice speaker Theo Wilson, and a showing of the Spike Lee film “BlacKkKlansman.”

Stewart was raised in Houston, Texas. She was introduced to poetry at the young age of 8.

Stewart’s grandmother gave her a book of poems by Maya Angelou.

Angelou became a big inspiration for the poet as she began to write her own poems.

Stewart said her inspirations are derived from both musical and literary sources. From Pusha T rapping about his life in the streets, or James Baldwin writing about the black experience.

Yet despite all of these largerthan-life influences that Stewart had, the most important one was the woman closest to her: her mother. Stewart mentioned her mother in a number of poems during her set, and all of the references seem to be infused with the ideal view of a mother that offers unending love and support. Stewart’s representation of her mother is also often in comparison with herself, a metric by which to judge her own self representation.

Around 20 students made up the audience, with two non-student fans attending because of Ebony herself. Some of the students

were there for classes, others out of genuine curiosity about Stewart herself. “I really liked her take on race,” said Abdullah Almanasrah, an international student from Jordan. “I’ve experienced racism is some other Arab countries.”

This performance is not Stewart’s first time on SFCC campus.

She had been here twice before.

She named a few members of the audience, making it clear that she was familiar with SFCC on more than a surface level.

She started the show with a sort of call and response set. After this, the crowd seemed to hang on every word she said. When asked what importance poetry had in her life Stewart responded with, “Poetry saved my life.”

The first poem she performed in her set was about the politics of hair. The poem transitioned from Stewart’s impression of beauty and hair when she was a child, into the larger scale of societal standards of beauty. Yet despite, or because of, the sensitive subject matter of the poems, the crowd was heavily invested. Like any good performer, Stewart also brought in moments of humor and calm.

One of these tension-lightening moments was a call and response about pick-up lines.

When this segment lasted longer than anticipated, it was clear that Stewart was surprised as well but enjoyed the crowd involvement nonetheless.

The poem she read afterward was tied closely to romantic relationships and all the emotions involved. Stewart highlighted the feeling of vulnerability that comes with putting oneself in a situation where they can be rejected.

She asked the crowd to share what some of their fears were. The responses ranged from things as common as clowns, while others were more abstract such as the fear of the unknown.

“The universe wrote fiction into us called fear,” Stewart said.

A theme of many of her poems was that inner strength and

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“The universe wrote fiction into us called fear.”

Ebony Stewart confidence is something that is a struggle to have and maintain.

Whether it’s lacking confidence in your physical or mental abilities, the idea of bettering yourself can be done by acknowledging and confronting these shortcomings.

It was clear by the end of

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the performance that everyone in the room was able to take something away from the performance.

Whether tangible in the form of the cupcakes that ASG gave to attendees, or the hope that they could better themselves in any number of ways.

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Vegetarian, vegan spots to grab a bite

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Local restaurants offer dairy-, meat-free options Jessica Gutierrez The Communicator

Many people are acknowledging surfacing diets that have been rising in popularity over the past couple of years. Some of these diets include foods that are gluten-free, non-genetically modified, and – the main focus of this article – vegetarian/vegan foods.

Nowadays there are more and more restaurants that offer vegetarian and vegan options. Restaurants like Red Robin, for example, will substitute the chicken or beef patty for a garden patty, which consists of various kinds of grains and vegetables.

Spokane, in particular, has a handful of restaurants as well as grocery stores that offer meatless, non dairy delicacies.

On the South Hill: • Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria and Cafe Offering many more types of vegan food besides pizza.

• Wellness Tree A juice bar, which also doubles as a clinic providing holistic medical care, where you can find vegan juices, smoothies, as well as treats such as açaí bowls.

• MOD Pizza (one of three locations in town) This pizza place lets you chose every topping and ingredient that you want on your pizza and they have tons of veggies to choose from and dairy-free cheese.

• Trader Joe’s (one of two locations in town) This is not a restaurant, it’s a grocery store but happen to

Boot’s Bakery and Lounge, a vegan restaurant, in downtown Spokane.

sell a lot of healthy options for vegans and vegetarians.

On the Northside: •MOD Pizza Second location.

•Method Juice Cafe (one of two locations in town) All organic juices, smoothies and food.

•Trader Joe’s Downtown/ Kendall Yards: • MOD Pizza • Method Juice Cafe Second location.

•Boot’s Bakery and Lounge All vegan restaurant with dairy options that serve everything from coffees to dinner meals to desserts.

• My Fresh Basket A grocery store that sells a lot of vegan and vegetarian foods and has a small juice and food bar inside.

• Main Market Grocery store filled with vegan/ vegetarian options.

Jessica DeVore, of Boot’s Bakery, has been working at this restau-

rant for about three years. She’s been vegan for a decade now; the environmental benefits as well as physical and mental improvements were the incentives for this lifestyle.

“If you cut out dairy, you get a nice and clean colon,” she said.

“It’s a good place to study, we have free Wi-Fi, and you get free coffee refills.”

Those refills are often for drip coffee and dairy free lattes. These drinks as well as pumpkin waffles are the most popular items ordered.

There are also other restaurants in the area worth giving a try if you have not yet – they may not have tons of vegan or vegetarian options, but they’re dairy-free and meatless selection is impressive.

Some of these restaurants include: Mizuna (Downtown Spokane) Wildsage (Downtown Spokane) Saranac (Downtown Spokane) Central Food (Kendall Yards) The Yards (Kendall Yards) Cascadia (North Side)

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