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Welcome to Issue Two! In my opinion, this issue of SPM really nails what I think a magazine should be like. There’s some life advice, pieces on fashion and design (like our cover story!), and stories about important things happening on and around campus.

My love for magazines started at an early age. I was eleven years old when I read my first copy of Vogue. It was the night before sixth grade picture day and one of the models had her hair pinned up with wooden chopsticks, so guess what’s poking out behind my head in my yearbook photo for that year? (I should note that at the time I wasn’t aware this could be seen as cultural appropriation.

I would not make that mistake now.) Today, every time I see that photo I’m reminded of how much magazines mean to me.

Besides inspiring fashion choices, magazines have given me an outlet for self-expression, great in-depth coverage on issues I care about and a temporary escape from all the craziness of life. I hope SPM provides you with at least one out of these three things.

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BREXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

by David Marino g r ap h i c b y S h a l a n n d r a Be n a l l y

Follow SPM blogger David Marino’s adventures in London as he spends a semester across the pond. ( Editor’s Note: The opinions presented in this blog are the author’s and do not imply any endorsement from The State Press or its editors.)

I’m told in high and low places alike what I should think about Brexit: that it was a momentous mistake on the U.K.’s part, that those who voted for it were primarily motivated by a racist fear of immigrants, and most importantly, it was a lot like the election of President Donald Trump.

Before I left London, I had spoken to a few friends about the humorous dread I harbored about being asked about President Trump while abroad. One friend captured the essence of all others with a simple quip.

“Well, they can’t give you too much sh--t.

They voted for Brexit!”

On its face, the Brexit comparison makes sense. Both elections yielded surprising, and to many unsettling, results. And both votes were seen as a populist backlash against the establishment.

And to top it all off, Trump has compared himself to Brexit, once giving himself the moniker “Mr. Brexit” in a pre-election tweet. He also mused about the vote shortly after it occurred while opening a new golf course of his in Scotland, calling it a “fantastic thing.”

I’d met a whole lot of Trump supporters in the states, but never someone who was a steadfast supporter of Brexit, a Brexiteer, as they are sometimes referred to in the U.K. I wasn’t going to find many Brexiteers outside my central London flat. The area I live in voted 75 percent to remain in the EU, according to BBC News. So I went to a place where I might find some.

Let me take you to Havering, the easternmost Borough of London. The population of Havering is 250,000-strong, and 83 percent White British (London itself is only 45 percent-

White British). Although it’s within the London city limits, it’s far more suburban than much of London. It is filled with residential neighbors, lots of trees and parks, and a whole lot of people doing yard work, often bringing to my mind my hometown in suburban New England.

But most importantly, this area is a hotbed of Brexit sentiment. About 70 percent of people in this area voted to leave the European Union last year, easily the most heavy-Leave presence in the London region and the 12th heaviest Leave vote in the U.K. out of nearly 400 areas.

For Glen Mills, 38, voting Leave was a no-brainer. Mills did so out of opposition to what he believes is the undemocratic nature of the EU, which he described as a “bit like a dictatorship.”

“I’d had enough of being governed by an unelected parliament,” Mills said.

However, Mills distanced himself from the anti-immigration nature of the Leave campaign, which he described as the “bad thing” about Brexit. He said England was “made” on migrants, and would suffer without them.

Mills also made a point to voice concerns for refugees. While he acknowledged that migrant caps are needed, and proper screening processes should be done on those attempting to enter the U.K., he said not accepting any migrants should never be an option.

“There are people being murdered in all different countries,” Mills said. “They need some sort of refuge, and we should be able to give them that.”

Mills said he could understand the comparison between the campaign for Brexit and the election of Trump, who he described as a “dangerous” TV entertainer.

“It was a vote of no confidence,” Mills said.

“The public on both sides of the pond have had enough; they want some change.”

For Kim Beadle, 53, voting to leave the European Union was not just about the present

political climate, but England’s long history.

“We, England, should be on our own,” Beadle said. “We’ve always been a great country. All the wars, we’ve come out over everything.”

You might think that a person who valued national pride and sovereignty with a dose immigration skepticism would be for Donald Trump, right?

Apparently not. Beadle does not have a particular liking for Trump, who she describes as a “bit of a fruitcake.”

“I can see some of his points of view, but he can be a bit racist,” Beadle said. “Why can’t we all live in peace together. Why can’t everyone just get on?”

Yasser Manjouneh, 50, was the only person I was able to speak to in Havering who voted to remain in the European Union. He did so because of his belief in a united Europe and what he sees as beneficial EU trade deals.

Manjouneh was more than aware that he was in the minority vote in the area, which he blamed on people being misinformed.

“Some who are very close to me voted out.

They say we need to get our sovereignty back,” Manjouneh said. “It’s a very poor excuse.”

My conclusion to all of this, and I don’t want to be misunderstood: politics is quite a complicated thing, and saying that people voted for any few specific reasons is always going to a simplification.

What I know is this: Brexiteer or not, everyone I spoke to, including those who refused to go on the record, gave negative assessments of Trump, the president of the United States, of whom the U.K. is supposedly in a “special relationship” with.

While Trump may call himself Mr. Brexit, from what I can tell from here in the east London suburbs, the only thing that pro and anti-Brexit people have in common is their disdain for Brexit’s self-proclaimed king.

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n Sept. 11 Tempe Public Library was abuzz with people visiting with each other. With no background information, you might think the room was a birthday party for an old friend.

The celebration was not in fact for a birthday, but for the first anniversary of Dementia Friendly Tempe’s Memory Café: a place where those with dementia, along with their caregivers, can go to meet others in similar situations and gain support.

Tempe is the first city in Arizona to join the movement for Dementia Friendly America according to DFT’s website. The program began in Tempe when Mayor Mark Mitchell saw his mother struggling with the disease. He recognized the need for a more dementia friendly society.

Jane Gerlica, DFT’s outreach program manager and a graduate of ASU, sees how it helps all the participants.

“Every week, we meet here in the library and the people who have dementia, as well as their caretakers, come to socialize and learn a few things,” Gerlica says. “The support group side is a huge help for the caregivers because they learn from each other.”

Memory Café creates a place where those with memory issues can participate in activities that stimulate their brain.

“We want them to feel like adults, we want them to be talked to like adults, and we want them to have the opportunity to express themselves,” says co-developer of Alle Learning, Jennifer Clancy.

“It’s a safe place for people to come because everyone is in the same boat. There’s no judgment,” Gerlica says.

Gerlica explains that often, the well-being of the caregiver gets overlooked. Although most people who care for their loved ones wouldn’t trade their role for the world, they sometimes forget to pay attention to their own needs. This tendency can lead to the caregiver feeling isolated.

Susie Peck began coming to Memory Café after her husband passed away from Alzheimer’s. She says she put everything she had into her role as her husband’s caregiver, and at one point her children said to her they didn’t want to love another parent.

At first, she says, she wanted to run in the opposite direction of the disease, but soon realized the benefit of meeting others who had gone through a similar situation or were currently going through one. Peck is a strong voice for DFT and believes in the work that is being done.

“It’s important for society to realize that people who have dementia can still live a valuable life,” Peck says.

Peck pointed out that most people have been or will be

touched by dementia some how in their lives. However, it is still important to be understanding.

“Just because you have someone in your family that may be affected by the disease doesn’t mean that you understand the role of the caretaker,” Peck says.

Jan Dougherty, special projects consultant with Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, has been with DFT from the beginning.

She describes Banner being the “champion” in the collaboration that brings a lot of expertise to the organization.

“For those living with dementia, this has afforded them a place to come and be connected with others., Dougherty says.

“They are with others who are affected and can develop new friendships.”

Dougherty says research for Alzheimer’s has changed drastically in the last decade. In fact, the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center is working on an early blood test to detect the disease before the symptoms are present.

Although research is advancing, Dougherty says we are still a few decades away from finding a cure she says. In this time, those affected by dementia and those who generously take the role of the caregiver will need support from all parts of the community.

DFT is putting forth an effort to create a society where the general population is much more educated on the topic of dementia and memory loss.

“We’re trying to educate.” Gerlica says. “We’re trying to train the banks, city employees, restaurants and more.”

She says that even when people recognize that someone may be confused and need help in a public place, they may not act because they are afraid they will do something wrong. This is largely the reason that citizens need education on how they can help.

The need for young people and students to have a better understanding of the disease is vital.

“Students would be so wonderful because regardless of what you’re studying, there will be a tie-in,” Gerlica says. “Young people have a fresh approach. We need to reach young people.”

Memory Café is not the only event held by DFT. They also hold informational lectures once a month open to anyone who would like to learn more about dementia and memory loss.

Gerlica stresses the importance of the community to understand and help those with the disease.

“It’s the really small things that make a difference,” Gerlica says.

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DARK SIDE OF ADULTING

by Kaitlin Kollasch photos by Rache l Tr ay no r

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ollege is the first time many people consider themselves to be independent or fully on their own.

For many students, we had parents tell us what we needed to do. They made us food, cleaned up when we made a mess and comforted us when we were down.

But that’s over now.

College is the time for independence and discovery of how to live as adults.

With all this freedom comes new responsibilities and feelings that young people experience for the first time. In these new situations we can feel alone and overwhelmed by trying to make friends, get involved and keep up with homework.

We have to buy our own groceries and cook our own meals. These situations can create a new type of unease that maybe we haven’t felt before: overwhelming stress.

We are realizing that we are the ones who have to take care of ourselves.

One of the biggest problems I had was finding the right friend group. I started my first semester hanging around people who made me feel like something I wasn’t.

I eventually had a break down and even called my mom saying I wanted to go home, because I thought I couldn’t handle it alone.

Instead of giving up, I decided I had to distance myself from what was making me feel so miserable.

In the weeks after, I met a friend who shared my interests and cared about how I was feeling. Just meeting one person that makes you feel less alone can help.

We need to learn how to deal with

these new feelings and become independent, strong adults.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE When students are overwhelmed by stress or feel like everything is wrong, they can talk to Arizona State University Counseling Services.

Associate Vice President and Director of ASU Health and Counseling Services Aaron Krasnow works with a team of counselors to make sure students get the help they need during this life transition.

“Adjustment is one of the most common reasons people come to counseling,” Krasnow says.

When life gets out of hand, we tend to only see in black and white, Krasnow says.

People think everything is bad or everything is good; there is no in-between or gray area. This leads people to catastrophize all the situations they’re dealing with.

To decipher what is good and what is bad, Krasnow suggests to instead think about what is true.

“When you think about things that are true, it tends to help you cope,” Krasnow says.

“It is true that things are new. It is true that things can be scary. It is true that being alone is hard, but there are other things that are true too. There was a time when you had to make friends before. There was a time when you had to solve problems for yourself before. There was a time in which you figured things out, but it’s hard to remember doing that when you get used to something previous.”

Coming to college, almost everything is new and that is something we need to accept.

We may not remember the old times when something was new because that thing is habitual now, but we must remember that it all started somewhere. Everything takes time.

One of the main reasons students get stressed is because they don’t have the same type of curriculum or environment as before.

“The difference is in high school a lot of the structure is provided for you, and in college you have to provide the structure,” Krasnow says.

STRUCTURE = SUCCESS This is what hurts new college students the most. Some kids never learned how to manage time because they had someone else to tell them what to do and when. Now, you have to keep up with all your classes, quizzes, assignments, tests, projects, practices, meetings and events all on your own. (I suggest a planner if you don’t already have one).

Sophomore nutrition major Jason Storr enjoys the freedom but notices the structural differences.

“There’s no one forcing you to do anything so you have to be like: ‘Alright, I got this,’” Storr says.

Storr is a native Arizonan who is used to family being around, so living out of the house was something he had to adapt to.

Even though his family lives close to ASU, Storr likes this new adventure of adulthood.

“I was a smothered child at home, so living on my own is more of my preference,”

Storr says.

For others, they may notice the gaps of time they spend alone and not enjoy it at all.

This is loneliness and it is curable.

One way to feel less alone is to join Greek life.

“I would say being in a sorority does help with the feeling of loneliness, because anytime you feel down you can literally reach out to anyone and they’ll be at your doorstep with a pizza and a movie,” sophomore journalism major and Delta Gamma member Gabrielle Micketti says.

It is good to be a part of something because it’s an easy way to meet people that have similar interests as you.

“I was looking at transferring last year, so I actually had sisters that reached out to me and let me rant to them about how I was feeling,” says Micketti. “They were just there to listen. Even though they didn’t want me to leave, they just wanted me to be happy.”

If you’re someone who thinks Greek life isn’t really your thing, another way to meet people is by joining other student organiza-

tions. These can be related to your major or just a fun club you have interest in. From the Arizona Outdoor Club to Chess Club, ASU has a place where you fit in.

IT’S OKAY TO BE SAD Maybe your loneliness isn’t just loneliness and you’ve been diagnosed with depression. This would definitely be a point where someone should consider speaking with ASU Counseling.

“What doesn’t work is telling people to just think happy thoughts,” Krasnow says. “It is experienced as shaming and stigmatizing, so then people feel badly about being depressed because supposedly they’re supposed to not be depressed.”

When Storr feels upset, he decides to turn it around on his own.

“I force myself to find a purpose for the day. I have nothing to do, so I’m like what do I want to accomplish so I feel like I did something today?”

Even just doing homework, cleaning or

cooking a meal by yourself can make you feel accomplished, which boosts moral. What you don’t want to do is stay in bed and do nothing.

Another thing a person can do when they feel down is work out or do some form of physical activity.

“Exercise is related to mood. Moving your body, stretching, getting a little sweaty while you’re exercising is all related to improved mood,” Krasnow says.

During physical activity, endorphins are released as well as serotonin. Even after exercise, there is what some may call an “endorphin high.”

Physical activity doesn’t have to mean going hard at the gym. It could be a leisurely walk somewhere with a view, a karate class, yoga, or dancing.

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THERE’S A CONSTANT electric glow everywhere.

Screens – smartphones, computers, TVs, tablets, watches and e-readers – reflect off the faces and glasses of nearly every person.

Headphones allow them to live in their own worlds, closed off, undisturbed. They’re not required to experience and observe the world around them. They absentmindedly scroll through Instagram feeds, Twitter timelines, Facebook walls and digital books without speaking, without facial expression, without physically touching something that creates a tangible connection.

THE POWER OF PAPER In April, it was reported by The Association of American Publishers (AAP) that e-book sales plunged 18.7 percent in the first months of 2016, while paperback sales increased 7.5 percent and hardcover sales increased 4.1 percent in the same period.

A study done by Pew Research Center found that 65 percent of Americans reported reading a printed book in the past year, compared to only 28 percent who read an e-book.

This all came after a year in which many people tried out “digital detoxes.”

“I don’t think that books are ever going to be obsolete because nothing digital can replicate the experience of holding a book,” Hailey Tang, a junior and graphic design major at Arizona State University says.

One day, Tang wandered into the basement of the art building wanting to explore what was there, see the studios and get a sense of the differences between the art school and design school. That’s where they met their future mentor, Daniel Mayer who works with Pyracantha Press.

“He (Dan Mayer) told me all about letterpress and printing

presses and really got me into book arts too so after I talked to him, I was basically hooked.”

The School of Art’s Pyracantha Press and book arts program owns a pristine letterpress type and vintage hand presses. The entire collection is large enough that it occupies 2,000 square-feet and is spread out over two locations.

Since the early 1980s, Pyracantha has produced about 30 books for national and international authors and has recreated works by the likes of William Shakespeare.

“Just having the physical item to interact with and flip the pages, I think, is just a really unique experience that nothing digital can replace,” Tang says.

There’s no denying the fact that the electronics that saturate our attention are physical objects. But what about what’s “living” inside them?

Since the dawn of time people have assigned meaning to things. More and more, we’re seeing an increase in the mediums which produce something tangible, something we can touch.

Your go-to break-up album, the last photo you took with a loved one, they all probably live inside a machine, untouchable.

As more people begin “digital detoxes,” it seems they are investing in physical products rather than digital downloads.

VINYL KILLED THE DIGITAL STAR In 2016, vinyl record sales reached a 25-year high. More than 3.2 million LP’s were sold – a 53 percent increase from 2015 and the highest number since 1991, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

In 2017, vinyl record sales are projected to reach 40 million units, with sales reaching $1 billion for the first time this century, according to Forbes.

In an interview with Forbes, Toddrick Spalding, the director of music at the trailer production agency, Mob Scene, says today’s consumers want to own something they can hold in their hands, that listening to vinyl is a physical act. He says it’s an active choice to pull out a record from its sleeve and then eventually flip the side to continue listening, rather than telling Siri or Alexa to start another playlist.

Subscription services like VNYL and Vinyl Me Please deliver the products right to your door, catering to our online shopping addictions. For as little as $25 a month, you can get a vinyl sent directly to you. The accessibility of the product is contributing to what’s driving record sales.

Awareness and publicity go hand in hand with accessibility.

Record Store Day celebrated its 10th year in 2017 and saw total album sales at independent retailers rise 193 percent (to 649,000), while vinyl album sales at independent retailers grew 484 percent (to 409,000).

According to Billboard, both increases are the largest weekly gains for the respective formats in the retail sector in Record Store Day’s 10-year history.

Much like vinyl records, film cameras are also seeing a jump in sales according to David Hunsaker at Tempe Camera.

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David Hunsaker, a slales manager at Tempe Camera – located about five blocks from Mill Ave. – has been a photographer for 44 years. He says there’s been a jump in film sales that started about three years ago. In the last two years, he says film sales have

increased 2,000 percent.

“There’s a big, I hate to call it a cult because that’s almost bad, but there is a cult, especially young people that are just excited to have this film experience,” Hunsaker says.

With 9,421,116 posts on Instagram using #35mm, at the time of publication, it seems a lot of people are interested in film photography.

“Maybe it’s just an aesthetic, more than anything,” Hunsaker says. “There’s just an ambience to film that doesn’t exist with digital.”

Hunsaker describes shooting with film as a “magical process.”

“Digital is old hat to them – that’s how they grew up,” Hunsaker says. “But this film thing is almost magical, you don’t always know what you’re going to get and you don’t get to know what you got until you get your film processed. It’s almost a magical process to them.”

The veteran photographer doesn’t see the trend going away any time soon. In fact, he thinks the movement toward film photography will remain strong for at least the next five years.

“You can call it a fad in the fact that it just started in this wave, but I would say it’s more a collective of artistic thought,” he says. “I hope it continues because film is a cool thing.”

If you’re wondering, pyracantha is a thorny evergreen Eurasian shrub with white flowers and bright red or yellow berries.

In a work published in 1662, John Evelyn described it using the words “perpetual verdure,” which loosely means “forever fresh.”

Like pyracantha, these mediums will forever be fresh novelties as generations in an increasingly digital world continue to rediscover them.

•PAPERBACK SALES INCREASED 7.5% AND HARDCOVER SALES INCREASED 4.1% IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF 2016, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS •ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 65% OF AMERICANS REPORTED READING A PRINTED BOOK IN THE PAST YEAR, COMPARED TO ONLY 28% WHO READ AN E-BOOK •IN 2017, VINYL RECORD SALES ARE PROJECTED TO REACH 40 MILLION UNITS, WITH SALES REACHING $1 BILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS CENTURY, ACCORDING TO FORBES •RECORD STORE DAY CELEBRATED IT’S 10TH YEAR IN 2017 AND SAW TOTAL ALBUM SALES AT INDEPENDENT RETAILERS RISE 193% (TO 649,000), WHILE VINYL ALBUM SALES AT INDEPENDENT RETAILERS GREW 484% (TO 409,000) •THERE ARE 9,421,116 POSTS ON INSTAGRAM USING #35MM

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EMPOWERMENT IN PROTECTION b y n a m e Th a l i a E s p a n a p h o to s b y Th a l i a E s p a n a

“NO!” the room echoed repeatedly, as the strength of the women’s voices became a form of empowerment, a main goal for the Rape Aggressions Defense System classes.

The self-defense classes are offered free to the ASU community and originated in 1989 in Louisiana. Used internationally since, the program was rejuvenated at ASU around 2013 and is offered in three different forms by the ASU Police Department: R.A.D. Basic, R.A.D. for Men and R.A.D. Advanced. The R.A.D. programs are self-described to offer “realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques.”

The basic level class for women is typically a 12-hour course held in a span of two days. The first day is a lecture about four hours long in which a certified officer “provides instruction in prevention and risk reduction strategies” through a comprehensive reference manual. The second day, students get to learn hands-on techniques of self-defense during an eight-hour session, including an ending simulation to put students’ newly learned skills to the test.

Officer Becky Garcia who has worked with the ASU Police Department for nine years and is currently the crime prevention officer who participates as one of the instructors. Garcia says there is a need for women to be empowered in protecting themselves.

Women are taught to be polite and nice to strangers, says Garcia, but she hopes to dispel that through the class.

“We’re all taught–be nice, be quiet, don’t be assertive. Don’t worry about that,” Garcia says, confidently. “Put your safety first!”

Garcia says the statistics have unfortunately grown over time, especially among students’ freshmen and sophomore years, a target age range for victimization.

In 2015 at ASU, “3.1 percent of female students and 1.2 percent of male students reported they experienced an attempted or completed sexual assault in the previous year (2014),” according to Live Well @ ASU. Also according to Live Well @ ASU, “7.8 percent of female students and 3.6 percent of male students reported that they experienced sexual touching against their will in the previous year (2014).”

Garcia says having a passion for teaching the course as a part of the law enforcement team is important in serving the community in hopes to teach others how to avoid or combat such incidents.

“All of us who have gone through it show our passion for working with the community,” Garcia says. “We’re all officers and extra training is always good, but we always want to have ways to reach out.”

Garcia and the other instructors say their passion for teaching the RAD classes lies in their goals to help women feel empowered as a

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“whole new world opens up to them” through seeing what they are capable through the class.

“It’s about empowering them and giving them that will to fight if they need to,” says Jesse Fletcher, an ASU Police patrol officer and instructor for the course. “In the beginning of the class, they’re just walking in, they don’t really have any basics of self-defense. By the end of the class, they’re punching me and they’re kicking me (in the simulation).

They’re finding out they’re using their voice, coming out of their comfort zone so that they don’t become a victim, which is really important.”

One of the main points emphasized during the lecture and the class was to always be aware and be empowered.

Earl Rosencrantz, an ASU Police patrol officer and instructor for the class says the class aims to give students a “vicious” mindset in always having situational awareness.

According to the R.A.D. participant manual, 90 percent of self-defense consists of being aware of one’s surroundings under risk awareness, risk reduction, risk recognition, and risk avoidance as they learn how to avoid or handle a situation in which physical defense would be needed.

“They have to look at people, specifically men, and every time they meet someone new, just look at them and say, ‘OK, how would I defend myself against this person if I had to? What would I do?’” says Rosencrantz. “They just need to think along those lines more often than not.”

Biological sciences senior Ariel Heredia says the class is not about walking around being paranoid, but rather being aware that anything can happen. Heredia says the class helped give her confidence in knowing how to handle this type of situation, should the situation arise.

“I do feel empowered doing it,” Heredia says. “Especially when acting out the punches and kicks that they teach you. It is like, ‘Hey, I can protect myself. I can use what I have to protect myself.’ This part is showing me that I am strong and capable of protecting myself.”

R.A.D. Basic is limited to women’s knowledge and eyes only. As the instructors say, it is important for the information and techniques learned in class to remain confidential and kept away from any possible perpetrators. Though no men are allowed, they have sparked interest in a class of their own.

In response, R.A.D. for Men was recently implemented at ASU serving as a de-escalation class as men are attacked differently than women, says Rosencrantz. In addition, it will also be aimed at teaching men how to treat and respect women.

“We’ll give men some pointers on how to treat women respectfully and to ask before they do anything, make sure they have consent,” says Rosencrantz.

R.A.D. Advanced is a course requiring a minimum of 25 hours after the basic level has been completed. Techniques learned in basic are taught in more depth through the advanced class.

R.A.D. Basic for Women classes are available throughout the rest of the semester and is open to all women.

“They’re going to be empowered when they go through this course because they see, physically, that they can take care of themselves and that they can get a man off of them should they need to,” says Rosencrantz. “The more physical empowerment you have, the more confidence and emotional empowerment you’re going to have.”

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etailers are turning to Arizona State University students to connect with their audience first-hand and expand their brands beyond their stores. Companies such as Adidas and Express recruit student brand ambassadors to ensure their names are known among the ASU community.

Campus ambassadors represent their brand at the school and “make everyone feel involved in it,” says Adidas Campus Agent Alexis Kwan.

Kwan, a sophomore studying political science, explains that her role is to make the brand more recognizable to the student body. She does this by repping some form of Adidas apparel each day–her friends even poke fun at her and comment, “Look who’s wearing Adidas again.”

“I don’t think there has been a day I have gone to class without wearing my Adidas sneakers,” says Kwan. “They are just so com-

fortable and I love being able to wear them and feel a part of the brand.”

MORE THAN A BRAND Being a Campus Agent is about more than just the clothes for her. Kwan is using her role to be creatively involved with something on campus.

“I wanted to be involved with Adidas because one of its main slogans is ‘here to create,’” says Kwan. “If I am going to be a campus ambassador for something, I want to be able to have a say in it. I want to be able to create my own events, ideas and plans to get students involved.”

Before diving into any event planning, her first order of business is to determine how her fellow students perceive different athletic brands, especially now that the university has a contract with Adidas.

ASU announced its relationship with

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Adidas in June 2017 as a “strategic partnership” that will combine the school’s resources with the company’s outreach abilities, according to the ASU Now webpage. The Adidas North America President Mark King says students will have the opportunity to explore ideas of “diversity, sustainability and human potential” through this affiliation.

Despite recent charges against an Adidas executive for allegedly participating in a college basketball bribery case, Adidas Brand Ambassadors have retained their partnership with the company at the time of publication.

Although Adidas has had ASU student representatives in the past, this is the first year this specific program is on campus.

The company worked with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to create this new and improved program at universities around the nation, says Paige Parker, ASU’s other Adidas Campus Agent.

BEYOND ATHLETIC WEAR Student representatives for Express can be found among the student body as well.

The program known as ExpressU is an initiative taking place at universities across the nation. It is the company’s way of “bring-

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Parker, a business sports and media studies major in her junior, says this program is meant to help students personally connect to the brand campus-wide, rather than only associating it with student athletes.

“We are an Adidas school and it’s cool to be able to see students wearing it,” says Parker.

“The direction we want to go in is building a better affinity for the brand - recognition and brand awareness.”

Parker was inspired to apply for the campus agent program after visiting Barcelona, Spain. She says she was fascinated by the culture and sport of the city as the brand had a large presence among the general population.

Parker says her love for the brand stems from its timelessness.

She says she wants to collaborate with other student organizations and the school’s sports teams to help people understand what Adidas is all about.

“Alexis and I are really lucky to be able to live the brand by being able to wear the brand... it is ingrained in who we are,” says Parker. “We are always challenging ourselves to be better and are striving to think creatively and differently than others.”

al wear as “classy but trendy,” saying it still allows her to feel her age.

Chad Hayes, another ASU ExpressU Campus Ambassador, praises the brand’s focus on professionalism as well, but as it regards to men’s wear.

“I have to dress professionally for my job as the Building Manager of the Memorial Union,” says Hayes, a junior studying computer information systems. “(Express) is really good with professionalism for men, but also has trendy, casual clothing I can wear to class.

He says being a campus ambassador is about representing the brand well and “showing everyone what Express is about” through events and promotions.

Hayes says the ASU ExpressU Caming the Express brand voice to life,” according pus Ambassadors achieve this by hosting to the Youth Marketing Connection website. bi-weekly events on campus, such as having a The student ambassadors bring brand tailgate booth on game day to excite students awareness to the ASU campus through soand help them get to know the brand and cial media. They post about Express looks their peers that represent it. they pull together to show their audience The campus representatives wear Expurchase considerations and outfit ideas. press clothes on a “day-to-day” basis as well “I feel like I represent the brand well and take pictures to especially because of post on social media. my age,” says Express Express and U Campus AmbasAdidas are not the sador Mari Nelson.

It’s my w ay only brands repre“I think this brand to b e in vo lve d sented at ASU. The really caters to those w ith my companies working in their twenties and c o mmu n ity an d with students are not young professionals.” only pushing their Nelson, a broadsh are my o w n own content, but cast journalism id e as. creating community major in her senior around the campus year, heard about the as well.

Express university – Mari Ne lso n Nelson says she program after being gets to connect to her approached by somecollege community one who thought her as an ExpressU Campus Ambassador. It alsocial media content was a “good fit” for the lows her to be more immersed in the student job. body and vocalize her thoughts, especially in She says she was drawn to the Express regard to style. brand because it has a range of looks that fit “Being an Express Partner (ambassador) her day-to-day life. means being a connection. It is my way to be “It not only has going out and everyday involved with my community and share my clothes, but professional clothes too,” says own ideas,” says Nelson.

Nelson. “For my internships that I need to dress professionally for, it has really nice work dresses, skirts, pants, blazers.”

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Angela Johnson and Sherri Barry opened the doors of the vacant Tempe Performing Arts building, they saw the perfect place to build their fashion empire.

Looking past the cobwebs and dust piling in the corners, Johnson and Barry envisioned a creative space for designers to work and come together. Almost a year and a half later, the Fashion and Business Resource Innovation Center, otherwise known as FABRIC, is one of the most prominent fashion creative spaces in Phoenix, hosting runways shows. FABRIC offers classes and gives designers a place to hone their craft.

Now, the building is coming to life once more, as students within Arizona State University’s architecture design program submit proposals for renovations and improvements to the multi-story building.

“The beauty of having the architecture students here is that they have ideas we never could have dreamt up ourselves,” Barry says. “They have come up with ideas for many of the rooms within the space that will really help designers.”

EXPLO RIN G FABRIC The large red brick building stands on the corner of Forest Avenue and Sixth Street in downtown Tempe. Visitors enter a small enclosed courtyard before pulling open the glass doors. From there, they’ve entered into the fashionable maze that is FABRIC. In the lobby, an arrangement of chic white furniture greets them, complete with a furry white rug. Directly in front of them is the entryway to a large warehouse

style room. In here, a long work table is covered in yards of multicolored fabric, spools of thread and various other fashion-related tools. Behind this workstation is a row of sewing machines, ready to hum into action.

Upstairs and in the basement is where classrooms and various classrooms interlock and coexist and turn the fashion incubator bator into a winding labyrinth.

However, this design is subject to change, thanks to ASU archietecture students.

T HE PART N E R SH IP The founders of the fashion incubator are collaborating with President Professor Max Underwood and ASU instructor Brie Smith to review new building proposals

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submitted by students.

“We don’t design in a vacuum,” Smith says. “It’s nice to have that energy. Sherri and Angela have persevered in this business and are great cheerleaders for our students, bringing with them their knowledge of the fashion world.”

Smith says both she and Underwood have similar teaching philosophies, and that it is their job as instructors to support students, without taking over their ideas. At the end of the day, it’s about the real world experience her students can obtain through the school’s partnership with FABRIC. FABRIC has always embraced their location on the ASU campus, promoting an open dialogue with the university and encouraging students to drop in and tour or apply for on an internship.

“I love that we are on the ASU campus.

The collaborations are endless,” Johnson wrote on her Facebook page.

T HE P R O P OSAL S The founders of FABRIC noticed many common themes among the designs, including a desire to open up parts of the building for better flow. Many of the architecture students also highlight the need to bring more natural light into the workspace, and incorporate plans to promote visibility of the building from the street into their proposals.

“It was really about taking down the walls and expanding in order to create a unified co-working area for collaboration,” says first year interior architecture graduate student Rachel Frail about her presentation.

“The goal is to stimulate continuous learning and refinement of skills among the different designers.”

Frail’s plans for the building include dropping the main event space from the main floor to the basement and creating a mezzanine on the second level connected by a grand staircase.

“I created a three story entryway, so when you enter off the street onto the ground floor you are right at the VIP area,” Frail says. “I dropped the main venue down into the basement, so that the two story section actually starts in the basement and goes all the way up to the second floor.”

Meanwhile, graduate designer Meghan Draper-Hiller drew inspiration from her love of fashion when drafting her proposal.

“I have a fashion design background,” interior architecture major Draper-Hiller says. “Coming in here was super exciting, and I wanted to go into every room and figure out what machine they had, and that was not the experience that everyone else had. I wanted to bring some of that joy — there is value in making.”

Her goal was to design a space that could better serve the community being built by FABRIC’s founders. Her design included many levels of layered skylights to connect the different spaces together.

“I was really happy with the skylights I created because it makes it seem like it was being stitched together, just like the community that is being built here and stitched together is so cool and interesting,” Draper-Hiller says.

When asked what she was most proud of, Draper-Hiller explained how her de-

sign for the office space made it look like a giant spool of thread. In order to promote visibility, she designed the spool to be easily viewed from the street.

“I was really happy with my gigantic rotating thread offices just because anyone who sews or is involved with that will see a spool of thread and be interested. You want to know what’s going on in there,” says Draper-Hiller.

Architecture design graduate student Stephen Davis was inspired by Johnson and Barry’s dedication to their craft and wanted to honor their devotion to the fashion industry in his design proposal.

“The people in fashion bring so much excitement and passion and dedication that I think they need to get some of that back from the building,” Davis says. “It’s about making this building an exciting place to be.”

REAL WOR L D EXPERIE N CE Both Barry and Johnson are happy to share their knowledge of the fashion industry with students. Coming for extensive fashion backgrounds each worked to develop their own personal lines, Johnson in designing repurposed ball gowns, and Barry working on the executive and mark-

ing side of the industry. Now, they are excited to offer students the opportunity to pitch design ideas that have the potential to inspire change within their company.

“As good as education programs are, it is very difficult to provide real life experience in the classroom,” Barry says “At FABRIC, students get a chance to see a project through from A-Z. It’s not theoretical, it’s real.”

While putting together a detailed proposal might be challenging, students are facing the project head on. First year graduate designer David Shirk is excited to be able to incorporate fashion elements, like fabric material, into his designs.

“This is our first project, but it has been an interesting and challenging project,” Shirk says. “You get to use soft materials, like fabric, rather than a permanent material in the design. I’m glad we were able to incorporate things like that.”

Graduate students like Jazmine Salley have grown by being immersed in the professional work environment. The architect major has been able to showcase the opportunities her designs help foster for FABRIC. “The highlights of the presentation were talking about the outreach of FABRIC and the opportunity to move outside of the community and to actually teach, if needed, as well as showcasing the flexibility they already have,” says Salley.

Salley is thankful for the architecture design program’s collaborative nature, especially their efforts to promote interaction between students and people in the

workforce.

“It provided me opportunity,” says Salley. “I would never be able to do this at any other type of program. It gives me opportunity to do professional work while learning, so if I fail it is a safe place to fail.”

While the program might be a safe space for students, Johnson and Barry say the group of architecture students have exceeded expectations with their designs.

Students like Draper-Hiller credit her instructors for the success of the proposals, who inspired her to take her ideas further and think outside the box.

“It is a very rigorous design program,” Draper-Hiller says. “You get to be creative every day and the teachers really encourage you to think about things in a different way. They push you to make your ideas bigger and to just keeping pushing the envelope.”

N EXT S T EPS In the eyes of Johnson and Barry, the desire to keeping innovating and improving designs set these students apart from others. The founders of FABRIC are now looking to make the designs a reality and plan to submit the students’ proposals for grant approval.

“We are hoping that we can use one of these proposals to land a grant or something to actually make these changes to the building one day,” Johnson wrote on her Facebook page.

When asked by Johnson and Barry

if they would continue to support the project through its next steps, the team of student architects all replied with enthusiasm, nodding their heads and shouting approval. Already, the team was thinking about how to combine their designs into one cohesive proposal.

“The next step is to take the common themes from each project, as well as the unique and innovative ideas from individual proposals, and put them together into one plan we can submit for grant qualification,” Johnson says.

With their eyes on the future, the architecture students, instructors and FABRIC’s founders are all helping to transform FABRIC by bringing new life into the building.

“Having fresh eyes and a collaborative discussion to see the investment FABRIC is making in the community is invaluable,” Smith says.

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baby flails, cries and tugs at thier mother’s shirt. She ignores the baby for a moment before turning an expressionless face toward the child.

This situation is defined as the “still-face” experiment that was used in Arizona State University graduate student Eric Henley’s infant development presentation.

“There are things I know now at a level that I wish I would have known then… when they were 18 months old,” says Henley during his award-winning presentation of his “Toddler & Infant Parent Kit” (TIP Kit).

Henley recently won the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Infant Development Prize contest with his TIP Kit. The prize was $10,000.

After studying at ASU T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics with an emphasis on marriage and family therapy, Henley explains that from a parent’s perspective he could have been more intentional while his children were growing up had he known more about attachment theory concepts.

Henley described attachment theory during his presentation as a “set of concepts that explain the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and a primary caregiver.”

“During my presentation Mrs. Diane Halle was moved to tears, specifically during a short video showing the effects and importance of attachment through the demonstration of a still face experiment, and my explanation of how that impacts us throughout life,” says Henley. “She also spoke highly of it to the foundation members during the award ceremony.”

Henley described his master’s in mar-

riage and family therapy as a “natural fit” because he said “it chose me more than I chose it” while further discussing his inspiration behind the TIP Kit. He says that inspiration came to him after looking back on his own life with his own family in conjunction with the master’s courses he’s taken.

“We don’t know exactly what we’re feeling or expressing, but there’s other emotions underneath that, which play themselves out while babies or children are developing,” says Henley.

ASU Professor Laura Hanish highlighted Henley’s recent achievement, stating “the Sanford school is proud of Eric’s accomplishment.”

“The idea behind Eric’s Toddler and Infant Parent Kit is to give parents enjoyable and interesting ways to engage with their young children that contribute to building a strong and positive relationship,” says Hanish.

“One of the important features of the kit is that it is designed to be developmentally appropriate, with suggestions on how activities can be modified as children get older.”

Hanish embraced the idea of marketing Henley’s kit to parents during their baby’s development.

“This kit is a helpful resource for parents who are interested in simple and engaging activities to help them support their baby’s development and to create an enjoyable family environment,” she says.

Co-director and Assistant Clinical Professor of the marriage and family therapy program at ASU, Karissa Greving-Mehall works directly with Henley throughout his time studing at the Sanford school.

“I was very impressed with Eric’s Tod-

dler and Infant Parent Kit,” says Greving-Mehall. “Eric is both a curious and enthusiastic student in the MAS-MFT program where we train clinicians in couple and family therapy. When working with families in therapy, it is really important to understand child development and the parenting relationship.”

Greving-Mehall described Henley as an ‘ambitious student’ who took on this project while completing his clinical internship.

“He completed this project while he worked at his clinical internship where he worked with individuals, couples, children, and their families,” says Greving-Mehall. “By creating this kit, he demonstrated his commitment to enhancing the parent-child relationship.”

The TIP Kit contains a resource guide that has over 150 age-appropriate ideas to help parents with each item as they begin the journey of play, exploration, and connection with their child along with this bundle of items.

“Each item included in the container serves multiple purposes in the zero to 36-month-old child’s intellectual and psychosocial advancement, (and in) health and physical progression as suggested by the CDC,” says Henley.

Henley concluded his presentation for the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation with his hopes for the future of this kit.

“Hopefully, with the TIP Kit as a resource and guide, parents and children will develop into strong and well-balanced contributors of society,” says Henley. “My hope is you play with your child and get lost in the wonders of this world through their eyes. The tools are now in your hands.”

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WAS IT WORTH IT?

It’s a question that is often asked of me. Was the moment where I met him — and I mean really met him — worth the inevitable pain I would feel years later?

It’s a moment I can remember clearly.

It was 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday in March. March 13, 2015 to be precise.

He walked into the lobby of my hotel dressed in a pale blue North Face jacket— baby blue I think. His glistening blonde hair was freshly cut that day. The jeans he wore clung to him nicely, showing off his toned legs, but not so tight that they reminded me of a boa constrictor. The shirt he was wearing showed off his protruding chest.

As he took his first steps in the doorway, his deep blue eyes, made even more so due to his choice of clothing, greeted me with a childlike glee. His shimmering white teeth spread into a blinding display as he approached: first yards, then inches away from me. It was incredible how small I could feel next to someone who was only an inch or two closer to the heavens than I was.

This close I could smell the cologne he would keep wearing for me even years after that first night. It was the smell that did it for me. That was the moment I knew I wasn’t prepared for this.

It was supposed to be a quick meeting of two souls sparked by mutual attraction and curiosity. They would meet, learn a few things about the other, maybe share a kiss and the moment would pass. I mean, I’ve heard that happens all the time in college, right?

What it immediately became was something much deeper and lasted far longer than the two hours I had allotted myself to get to know him.

For those who read 11:30 p.m. and thought this story was going to take a swift turn away from a G-rating, fear not, for all we did was talk. Okay, maybe there was a kiss or two, but mainly it was unyielding conversation.

“What are your passions?” “You like that show too?!” “I’ve never met someone whose watched that YouTuber!” “You can do what?” “Yes, I too hate the fact that light pollution won’t let us see the stars.”

We talked about each other and ourselves for the remainder of the evening and into the early hours of the morning. I swear I’d never been more awake.

All too quickly the evening ended and soon we were 5 hours 18 minutes and 349 miles apart.

Again, the question was asked of me: Was it worth it?

Was that moment, when he stood there having just parted the sliding glass doors of a San Diego Hamp-

ton hotel as though he were some royal prince, worth get back on Tinder. There were times where I thought deep-seated melancholy I would feel only hours later? it would be too difficult.

It was a question I had asked myself, but those surMost of this was due to the pain of not sharing a rounding me all thought they had the answer. life together. There were moments where communi“Distance never works.” “It is hard to not see somecation was minimal, where fights felt bigger and needs one for that long.” “What about long term?” “You’d be left more unfulfilled. giving up so much.” “Cut it off now while you aren’t atYou can never anticipate the weight 349 miles of tached.” nothingness can have.

This advice was heartYou can also never anticibreaking, but only because this pate the gifts it will bring. advice was based in logic. UnAs a result of distance, I You nev er fortunately, every single word have become a better listener. k now w ha t c oul d made sense.

I’ve learned how quickly time ha pp en.

Luckily I received some can fly. I’ve learned how to be an sage wisdom from the woman individual in a pair. I’ve learned who gave me life taught me to how to be a more appreciative Ow en Ba l d ner live it fully and to embrace it boyfriend in all the moments and all its challenges openly. we do share.

She said: “You never know I now savor smiles, worwhat could happen.” ship kisses and beg for hugs. I appreciate a shared siTwo years, six months, and 28 days have passed lence. I love fiercely and unapologetically. from the time I first met him, and I can say that this Distance is one of the hardest things any couple time is where I have learned the most about the answer can go through at any age and in any stage. The truth of to that question. the matter is, you never know how it’s going to turn out.

There were days where it felt like the world had The truth about life though: You never know what given me the short stick. Here I was, in love and loved could happen. in return, yet I couldn’t even enjoy it with them. There To answer the question: It was worth it. It has been were moments where I cursed the day I had let myself worth it. It will always have been worth it.

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