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Misery in Missouri Racism, bigotry, and unanswered requests for change come to a head for Mizzou

By Jenna Beresheim | News Editor Photo courtesy of AP/JEFF ROBERSON

After years of unaltered courses of action in the event of discrimination, the University of Missouri’s president and chancellor both resigned within a few hours of one another on Nov. 9, 2015.

“I take full responsibility for this frustration, and I take full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred,” stated Tim Wolfe, the University’s president to CNN during his public resignation.

Racist events have taken place on the

campus for years. In 2010, two white students scattered bags of cotton balls outside the campus Black Culture Center.

In 2014, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, sparking the Black Lives Matter movement as well as race-based issues discussions across campuses nationwide.

University of Missouri’s Student Government President, Payton Head, posted on Facebook during September

this year about individuals driving around campus yelling slurs based on race and LGBTQ+ discrimination.

Still in September, the University’s Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin said that recent racial biases and discriminative occurrences are “totally unacceptable,” according to CNN. That same month, students began to protest based on the aforementioned issues, and much more.

By October, students held a second “Racism Lives Here” rally on campus and on a separate day, a purportedly drunken Caucasian student disrupted and yelled racial slurs at a Legion of Black Collegians group meeting.

Swastikas were drawn on campus using feces and ash, Tim Wolfe was confronted and demanded to change the campus’ culture around diversity inclusion, and demands were made but unanswered by

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A.L.I.C.E. training throws it all out the window

By Conner Williams | Editor in Chief I like to think that if I were in a situation in which a person wanted to do me bodily harm, my animal brain would take over and I would fight back or run.

In the face of danger, our innate instincts tell us to stand and fight or flee.

We can never really know what type of reaction we will have until that situation happens, and of course I hope that neither I, nor any of you ever have to find out exactly what you would do.

However, A.L.I.C.E. (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) training teaches people to do just that: trust their instincts in emergency situations.

We have been taught for years that in an active shooter situation, we are supposed to lockdown and hide.

This method has shown to be extremely ineffective over the years, as we have seen that in the large majority of school shootings, those that hide are the ones that get killed.

Part of the A.L.I.C.E. training I attended on Wednesday, Nov. 11 had the audience listen to a 911 call from the Columbine High School shooting.

A teacher at Columbine, Patti Nielson, had hid in the library with some students and had told her students to stay down and hide under the desks. She called 911 and did ev-

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WOU hosts XC Regionals Men’s and women’s cross-country teams race at Ash Creek Preserve

By Jamal Smith | Sports Editor Western played host to the 2015 NCAA Cross-Country Regionals on Saturday Nov. 7, 2015 at Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth, Oregon.

The men’s team finished 12th out of 23 teams. Sophomore David Ribich was the first to cross the finish-line for the Wolves, and placed 11th individually, earning him All-West honors and also qualifying him for the NCAA individual championships.

“As a team we came a long way from last year. We wanted everyone on the team to run the best race they could to give back to the seniors who deserved a good last race and to go out on a high note,” said Ribich. “[The team] fell short on making nationals, but I qualified as an individual which will

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take place next Saturday on the 21st in Joplin, Missouri,” Ribich said.

Ribich became the first WOU cross-country athlete to qualify for the NCAA individual Championships since Connor Kasler succeeded back in 2011.

Ribich finished the 10K race with a blazing time of 30:11.95.

“During the race I felt pretty good. I was expecting the Anchorage, Alaska competitors and the Chico competitors and Oliver Jorgensen from Simon Frasier to go straight to the front, and that’s where I wanted to be,” said Ribich.

Ribich continued, “The race was really packed up and I couldn’t get my full stride because of how close everyone was to each other.”

“At about 6K, Chico and Alaska started picking up the pace so at that point I had to

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China lifts one-child policy for continued prosperity Alvin Wilson | Staff Writer China announced late last month that the government will lift their one-child policy, which was put into place 35 years ago in order to prevent rapid population growth.

The one-child policy was introduced in China in 1980 and was implemented to reduce the strain on resources as the country’s population and economy continued to grow exponentially.

According to the Chinese government, the one-child policy helped prevent 400 million births, which they credit with raising millions of people out of poverty. Now, however, they risk running out of young workers to support their aging population.

Data from the U.N. shows that by the 2030, a quarter of China’s population will be older than 60.

The country’s leaders made the decision to lift the policy in order to counter the risk of losing their powerful workforce, but some demographers fear it is too late to completely prevent it.

The new policy will allow all Chinese women to have up to two children.

According to the Population Reference Bureau, the new policy will result in an estimated 23 million more births by the year 2050. If almost every woman in China decides to have two children, however, the number of new births could be as high as 100 million.

This won’t stop the change in China’s worker demographic, but it will give the Chinese

government more time before they see a shortage in workers.

This new policy has been implemented slowly over the past few years.

Starting in 2013, couples could have two children if either parent had no siblings. Rural couples in China were already able to have two children if their first child was a girl, and certain ethnic groups were exempt from the one-child policy.

Lifting the child limit to two is seen by some as a big step forward, especially because the one-child policy had been in place for such a long time, but others think China’s government hasn’t gone far enough, claiming that the government shouldn’t control reproductive rights at all.

Freebie Friday fun resumes on campus in grill Weekly event for students to meet new friends and earn prizes Brianna Bonham | Staff Writer Freebie Friday happens every week on campus and it is a chance for students to play games, win prizes, and even get discounts and freebies.

The event is put on by the Werner University Center (WUC) in collaboration with the Student Leadership and Activities Board (SLA).

The first Freebie Friday was Bingo Night

during New Student Week.

Students collected stamps from many different clubs and organizations at Western and turned them in for Bingo cards. They then competed in a few rounds of Bingo to win various prizes.

Each prize had a theme such as “Netflix and Chill pack” which contained popcorn, candy, movies, and blankets. The “Game Night” pack had board games and candy. Students relaxed and had fun while earning free prizes.

This weekend is a scavenger hunt themed Freebie Friday where students can compete to win prizes for being the game’s champions.

The Grill, located on the second floor of

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the WUC, offers penny fries until 3 p.m., and Cafe Allegro offers penny espresso shots until 4 p.m.

The bookstore will also be offering a 30 percent discount on WOU imprinted items to those who participate in the scavenger hunt.

Students who want to be reminded each week about upcoming events that will be happening around campus can text “WOUWKND” to 71441 to receive updates by text weekly.

More information about Freebie Fridays and other student events can also be found on SLA’s webpage as well as in their office in WUC.

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Magma chambers mapped under Mount St. Helens Alvin Wilson | Staff Writer It has been more than 35 years since Mt. St. Helens, the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, erupted in 1980, and scientists are still discovering more about it.

According to a report released Wed. Nov. 4, 2015, a series of large magma chambers have been mapped miles underneath the volcano. Researchers believe the way these magma chambers are aligned could explain the 1980 eruption.

Researchers have mapped two significant chambers: a large chamber 5 to 12 kilometers below the mountain,

and an even larger one 12 to 40 kilometers below the mountain.

Scientists are able to map deep magma chambers by using sensitive instruments called seismometers.

Seismometers are extremely sensitive to vibrations, and can pick up movement miles beneath the Earth’s surface.

Since vibrations travel more quickly through hard rock than through magma, scientists are able to map out the size of the chambers by taking note of where the vibrations slow down and speed up.

In order to get an accurate picture, researchers had to use 2,500 seismometers to record the vibrations from

23 large explosions.

According to the images the researchers have compiled, Mt. St. Helens isn’t the only volcano supplied by these large magma chambers. Mt. Adams and a group of dormant volcanoes called the Indian Heaven volcanic field are also likely supplied by these chambers.

The researchers will leave 75 seismometers in pace near Mt. St. Helens in order to collect more data.

Even though it hasn’t fully erupted since 1980, Mt. St. Helens is still considered a high-risk volcano, but researchers believe these new findings will help them find earlier signs of a possible eruption.

Self-Defense Against the Dark Arts Women’s self-defense workshop teaches students how to prepare for physical assault Joleen Braasch | Freelancer Every year, Campus Recreation and Campus Public Safety team up to offer free self-defense courses to the WOU community. On Wednesday night, Officers Trever Jackson and Scott Tennant worked with 10 women to prepare them against attackers.

“One of our biggest points in doing this class is building peoples’ confidence to let them know that they can fight back,” said Officer Trever Jackson of CPS. The course consisted of three parts: an informational PowerPoint on protecting oneself against physical assault, a training session on defense tactics, and a real-life, one to two minute scenario with feedback.

During the PowerPoint, participants were given statistics about physical assault and about how to stay safe. They also learned about some of the safety measures on campus, such as the safety paths (the white paw prints on campus), the University Escort Program and the emergency poles.

The safety paths see large amounts of foot traffic and are heavily patrolled by Campus Public Safety.

With the Escort Program, students who feel unsafe can be accompanied by officers from one place on Western’s campus. There are also blue emergency poles located on the grounds that connect directly to the Public Safety office and allow you to speak with the staff, who, thanks to GPS, will know exactly where you are.

In the training session, students learned some de-

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the student body.

One key demand was the list of demands offered to Wolfe by the student body titled “Concerned Student 1950.” The date attached to the name was the official date African American students were initially accepted into the university.

Social media quickly flooded with students, staff, and supporters using the hashtag #concernedstudent1950 to start a dialogue around the subject matter.

As November rolled in, a student boycott began and a student began a hunger strike. Soon, the University’s football team refused to play an upcoming game that could cost the school over one million dollars, joining the protest.

fense tactics, such as the palm-heel strike, chokehold and bridging during ground fighting. With these new tactics, students then went on to participate in a real-life scenario.

Participants were both excited and nervous to go into the scenario. Payton W., a first year pre-ASL Interpreting major, was a little scared, but also optimistic, saying, “I don’t want to go into a dark room and be jumped on by somebody […] but it will prepare me for the real world.”

After the workshop, Western students and faculty felt much more prepared for potential dangers. Caity Arias, a senior English writing major, felt much more confident. Arias said, “I’m really happy I went; I learned so much […] I feel like it made me more confident knowing that even though I’m small I can still like do these things that will bring somebody down who weighs twice as much as me.”

Shawancee Woodall, a first year psychology major, enjoyed the course, saying, “It was fantastic. I definitely feel like there were things I didn’t know beforehand.”

Last year, Grants Financial Specialist at the WOU Research Institute, Jennie Smith, participated in the course and felt it really prepared her. She and her daughter both attended this year: “My daughter is actually the one in there [the scenario] right now. I took this last year and then I really wanted her to do it so I signed us both up.”

If you’re interested in participating in a self-defense workshop at Western, keep your eye out for future classes. There are usually three to four offered every academic year, including one co-ed class and one for faculty/staff.

Photo by JOLEEN BRAASCH Jennie Smith helps her daughter gear up for the scenario

“The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe ‘Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere’” tweeted the Mizzou football team on Nov. 7.

“We will no longer participate in any football related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence towards marginalized students’ experiences,” the tweet continued.

Sports Illustrated reported that the football team was not the only high-stakes opposition.

Multiple state legislators, such as Sen. Kurt Schafer, House Higher Education Committee Chairman Steve Cookson, and Assistant House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty all called for Wolfe to step down.

With outside forces from the state, national news coverage, and protesting students and staff, it was not long before Wolfe backed away from University of Missouri.

“Use my resignation to heal and start talking again,”

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Wolfe pleaded in his five-minute speech addressing his resignation.

However, it appears there has already been some racist backlash.

Yahoo! News reported online threats through YikYak on Nov 10. These threats were made by Hunter M. Park, who posted that he would “shoot every black person I see.”

“Some of you are alright. Don’t go to campus tomorrow,” read another threat that resembled the theme of posts made on 4chan before the shootings in Oregon last month.

According to the New York Times, police arrested a man on Nov 11 after making a “terrorist threat” while false rumors of Ku Klux Klan on campus were dispersed.

Ultimately, change is coming slowly to Mizzou, with both positions for President and Chancellor hoping to be filled by Jan. 1, 2016.

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Back in black “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” exceeds expectations

By Conner Williams | Editor in Chief After more than two dreadfully long months since the “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” beta ended, the full game finally became available to play at 9 p.m. PST on Nov. 5, 2015.

And yes, I did count down the minutes until I was able to dive into the newest “Call of Duty” (COD) collaboration between Activision and Treyarch, the series’ saving grace.

Last year, when the yearly COD game was developed by Sledgehammer Games, whom had never worked on the series before, it received widespread criticism from the fan base over its new movement system, which involved jetpack boosters, speedy power slides, unlimited sprint, and the infamous exo-suit.

The production studios heard the outcry and adjusted the gameplay accordingly.

The first best thing that was done was getting Sledgehammer out of the picture, because let’s face it, “Advanced Warfare” was mediocre at best.

“Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” (BO3) offers gamers that traditional COD feeling that’s been missing since “Black Ops 2” (BO2), plus some welcome upgrades, of course.

The new movement system was

designed to keep players on the run throughout the course of the map.

This COD felt like it was designed to discourage camping, which is just fine with most players.

Players can now sprint for an unlimited amount of time, run on walls, quickly power slide long distances, and boost a short amount – similar to a double jump. The system was designed to chain different movements together in order to travel around the maps quickly and tactically.

To me, BO3 feels like BO2 mixed with “Advanced Warfare” without the exo suits that everyone disliked. Players can’t jetpack forever, nor can they become invisible, as was the case with some of the exo abilities from “Advanced Warfare.”

Zombies Ah, yes. The triumphant return of the fan-favorite zombies mode. Personally, I think zombies mode is enough reason to purchase the entire game. I typically spend about five hours with a couple of friends attempting to decipher the endless clues, puzzles, and easter eggs hidden throughout the new zombies maps when they are first released.

The best part about it is that zombies is no longer about hitting the mystery

box until you get a ray gun so that you can camp in a corner and blast away; there are intricate riddles that require a significant amount of time and trialand-error in order to figure them out and advance throughout the story.

I don’t want to reveal too much, so I will leave it up to you to figure out how to handle the Beast (if you’ve played, you’ll get the reference).

Multiplayer After the release of the beta back in August, the game developers made some serious adjustments to the infrastructure of the game to make this the smoothest multiplayer experience to date for a COD title. I have experienced zero lag or matchmaking trouble from the BO3 multiplayer servers.

The game introduced a new “Specialist” system, in which players pick one of nine Specialists to use as their class character.

Different Specialists are unlocked with increases in level. These Specialists have different abilities unique to their character. Each has a weapons class, which range from a war machine, to an explosive bow and arrow, and even a flamethrower.

Each Specialist also has an ability class that employs lethal abilities to give players the edge over others.

For example, the Rejack ability grants players the ability to respawn in the same area upon death without losing scorestreak progress, the Vision Pulse ability allows players to see every enemy on the map for a short duration, and Overdrive allows players to move lightning-quick for a short amount of time. However, players can only pick a

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weapon or an ability from their chosen Specialists, not both.

There is a solid array of weapons and perks to choose from, using the familiar ten-slot system for classes.

In addition, a new game mode has been added. Safeguard enlists players to escort a walking robot across the map and into enemy territory within a certain time limit.

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“No Man’s Sky” Preview Ambitious space exploration game gets release date

By Ashton Newton | Staff Writer During E3 2014, I watched a live stream of the Sony press conference with hope that I’d see something breathtaking.

My wish was granted when I saw a space ship lift off of an orange planet lush with grass, trees, and dinosaurs, and blast off into space. The ship flew into battle; colorful ships zoomed by, followed by explosions and asteroids hurtling around.

A reddish planet appeared in the distance and the ship moved closer, right into the planet’s atmosphere, ready to touch down. This was my first glimpse at “No Man’s Sky” (NMS), and I was hooked. I became “No Man’s Sky’s” biggest fan.

Hello Games, a small British developer known for the iPhone game “Joe Danger,” is developing NMS. At its core, “No Man’s Sky” is a game about exploration. The vast universe contains 18 quintillion procedurally generated planets for players to explore, some containing life and some not; “procedurally generated” meaning that not one planet is the same as another; each planet is unique and ready to be explored.

All life in the game is procedurally generated too, and when players make discoveries, it’s their duty to name the planets, creatures, and plants they find.

The overall goal of NMS is to reach the center of universe, and the closer to the center players get, the more difficult it gets to stay alive. No one knows what happens there, but Head Developer Sean Murray promises something amazing.

“No Man’s Sky” is officially due to be released in June 2016 on Playstation 4 and PC. Hello Games has kept the majority of gameplay features and lore under wraps to make the experience for the player more enjoyable.

I’m eagerly waiting for June; NMS is looking to be the biggest and most ambitious game ever created.

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Bond is Back: “Spectre” Review Latest film brings back everything you love about 007

By Declan Hertel | Entertaiment Editor Let’s begin with a disclaimer: I love James Bond. The suits, the gadgets, the villains, that theme song, the whole shebang. I especially love Daniel Craig’s run as Agent 007; in my opinion, he made the character seem more like an actual human being than any of the many others who portrayed Bond have.

“Spectre” is Craig’s almost-certainly final outing as Bond, and the film sees him going more rogue than ever before on an unofficial and mysterious mission at the behest of the now deceased M, played by Judi Dench (“Philomena”).

The opening sequence of the film starts with a long tracking shot of Bond in a Day of the Dead mask, following a man in a white suit, walking through a parade in Mexico City with a beautiful woman on his arm.

It’s quintessential Bond: sexy, dangerous, and indulgent.

We then move very swiftly through an exploding building, a foot chase through the parade, and a brutal fistfight in a helicopter over a mass of people gathered in the town square for the festival, complete with some serious aerial acrobatics.

It’s super intense, beautifully shot, and

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shamelessly over the top, serving as an excellent primer for the rest of the movie, which is all of the above.

Yes, “Spectre” is 140 minutes, but if you expected a James Bond film to be under two hours, you have some fundamental misconceptions about the franchise. That said, the grin on my face for the 140 minutes of the film could only be described as “really goofy.”

James Bond is pure fantasy, and “Spectre” provides a great deal of that fantasy.

His world is a world of excess, decadence, and pure escapism.

The film mostly sticks to the established Bond formula, but I hardly think this is a bad thing.

Sure it gets a bit muddy at times, and

The Future of Music is Self-Distribution Are record labels going extinct?

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Christoph Waltz’s (“Django Unchained”) excellent portrayal of the latest Bond villain is underused by a mile, but it hits its marks and hits them well, and I enjoyed every second.

I’ll be the first to admit that the Bond franchise’s treatment of women has never been stellar, but “Spectre” takes a step in the right direction.

It’s by no means perfect, but there’s definitely no deplorable conduct like some entries in the series have had (looking at you, shower scene in “Skyfall”).

The thing about James Bond is that he’s always a man of his time, yet as our world marches onward he’s a man out of time.

James Bond is still fundamentally the

I discovered Snowmine largely by accident.

Browsing the plethora of music on Bandcamp.com led me to their page, where I found a free download to their first album “Laminate Pet Animal” (a palindromic title.)

Curious, I downloaded it and found that Snowmine was just the right amount of ambient indie-pop I’d been looking for my whole life. I’ve since bought all of their music and consider myself a lifetime follower.

It was luck that I found Snowmine, since back then there was hardly any mention of them on the internet. See, Snowmine isn’t signed to a major record label – in fact, they’re not signed to any record label at all. It’s not that they can’t get a label contract, they’re actively avoiding signing on to a label.

If it’s only going to lower their exposure, why would a band decide not

same as he was when he debuted with a different face in “Dr. No” those many years ago, but every installment changes him a bit. Craig’s Bond is the one I’ll miss most, mostly because he allowed us to see a man with darkness inside.

He was always the male fantasy that James Bond is at his core, but he also allowed himself to be vulnerable and scarred. That is what made him great.

I hope James Bond lives on after Craig leaves the role. But if it does not, I would be at peace with “Spectre” as the final entry. If you’re not a fan of Bond, this film probably won’t change your mind. But if you enjoy the franchise, you can’t go wrong.

to try and get a record label? Isn’t that the ultimate goal of any musician?

Not quite, anymore. In more recent years it’s actually becoming quite common to see musicians around the globe sharing their music without ever seeing a record contract -- all thanks to the internet.

With websites like Bandcamp and Soundcloud, it’s easier than ever to upload and share your music without major backing. Thousands of indie artists choose a more direct way of selling music to their fans, using the internet to grow their fan base.

But it’s not just indie artists that have spurned labels, major bands are trying it as well.

In 2003, Radiohead, one of the world’s biggest bands, finished their six-album contract with EMI and they’ve never looked back. Since then they’ve released two albums, “In Rain-

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bows” and “The King of Limbs” on their own website, with a “pay-whatyou-want” pricing model.

Though it doesn’t guarantee as much exposure, bands like Snowmine appreciate the personal relationship to their fans self-distribution can give.

Their “from-us-to-you” campaign in promotion of their second album “Dialects” was a huge success. Fans enjoy dealing directly with their favorite artists instead of buying through a label.

The future of the music industry is coming fast, and it’s hard to tell if record labels are going to be a part of it anymore.

Like Radiohead vocalist Thom Yorke told Time in a 2005 interview, “I like the people at our record company, but the time is at hand when you have to ask why anyone needs one.”

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Weeklong opportunity for cultural exchange Emily Pate | Staff Writer International Education Week is Nov. 16-20, 2015; the theme is “Access for All,” and the goal is to bring different cultural perspectives, diversity, and experience to students.

I have studied abroad three times during the course of my studies at Western, and each time has been more beneficial than the last.

It’s a scary thing to tear out your own roots and see what you can learn from travel, but exposure to other cultures has made me look at my own life in a new way, and made me a better person as a result.

Amanda Summers, senior International Studies major, is the new Global Ambassador for Western’s study abroad office, and spent the last academic year studying at the University of Roehampton in England.

“It was phenomenal, magical [...] all those good words you can use,” Summers said about her time abroad. She also said that even though we went to a country that spoke the same language, “it was culturally enlightening,” and encourages everyone to try to study abroad.

Sawsan Alismail, a graduate student from Saudi Arabia who is majoring in MS Ed English/Language Arts, has been studying at Western for ten months. She believes that international study helps a person to grow.

“It adds to my personality a lot by being open-minded, flexible, and accepting variety of people and introduces me to different cultures and costumes,” Alismail said. “Also, it adds more for my family, especially my children where they are exposed to different cultures.”

Alismail continued, “It also gives you the opportunity to examine the culture more deeply and have a fair judgment about it. This also may help you adapting some good manners, attitudes, and lifestyles or anything else.”

For various reasons, not all Western students can study abroad, but they can still get the benefits from multicultural exposure here on campus during International Education Week.

Sarah Nagel, Study Abroad and J Visa Advisor, said, “The purpose of International Ed. Week is a celebration of the fact that we are a global society, a global campus.”

Nagel said that through participating in International Ed. Week, “students gain a greater cultural competence, meaning they have a better understanding of the different cultures that are out in the world.”

The full schedule of events can be found on posters around campus, including in WUC, and on the International Education Week webpage.

As someone who has been shaped by my experiences abroad, I encourage everyone to participate in this rare opportunity for multicultural sharing and celebration.

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Musical Jewels from Spain Rachael Jackson | Staff Writer

Contralto Dr. Karen Esquivel and her husband, Dr. Gustavo Castro, came to campus to perform Spanish cante flamenco (flamenco singing) and operatic arias, on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015.

Before performing, the duo gave a presentation of Spain’s history. They painted a picture of a complex history of dictatorships, wars, and the amalgamation of different cultures.

Dr. Castro explained during the presentation that, “Little by little, the popularity of Italian opera killed the chance of local operatic schools becoming the officially sponsored operatic art form by the Spanish court.”

They performed two cante flamencos to begin. “When you think of flamenco, you think of colors,” Dr. Esquivel addressed the singers in the audience. “You have to taste it.”

Throughout their performance, the English translation of the songs were displayed to help the audience understand the meaning of the music.

The first flamenco, “Poema en forma de canciones” by Joaquín Turina and Ramón de Campoamor, had arguably the happiest story of the evening - though it was still of heartbreak and longing, it was dealt with in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

The last movement of the piece, for example, is about the desire to have a short and crazy love rather than a traditional and content one.

While Dr. Esquivel performed, she used facial expressions and body movement to explain the feelings and content of the songs. During one song, she formed her fingers into claws that reached above her to display the anger of the narrator.

In another, she cried out and stood with a hunched

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back before ending with the lyrics, “Damn love and the one who made me understand it!”

The rest of the night was filled with arias.

They introduced the aria form with a piece from “Els Pirineus” by Felip Pedrell. It is a song is about a woman, Lisa, who has taken on the guise of a soldier so she could be close to the man she loves. Knowing she and the others will die the next day in battle, she sings to the other soldiers to calm their nerves and bring them peace.

The rest of the performance featured songs following

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the theme of heartbreak, usually with the woman dying at the end of the song. Also typical is the presence of a gypsy woman as the lover to an upper class man or even a royal court member.

Don’t miss the chance to support fellow students in their upcoming recitals this coming week. The first is Friday Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. with senior Kyle Harrington on the euphonium. Check out the schedule on the music department’s website for more performances.

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Northwest Passage Fall Release Photo courtesy of KARLENE CURTIN

By Megan Clark | Campus Life Editor Along with The Journal and KWOU, the Northwest Passage is an important branch of Western’s student media trifecta – the third musketeer in WOU’s band of student run, on-campus entertainment.

The Northwest Passage, according to Western’s website, has been “In publication in one form or another for 72 years.”

A vast amount of fantastic imagery and prose has passed through its pages, and its newest issue will follow suit.

The current editor of the Northwest Passage, Zoe Strickland, sophomore English literature major, stressed the importance of literary and art magazines saying, “It’s important to have student work published in an on campus literary magazine because doing so makes literature, art, and photography more accessible to students.”

Strickland continued, “It helps show people that being published (albeit in a small literary magazine) is an attainable goal.”

As the Passage’s ever supportive sibling, The Journal is running an excerpt from “A Ghost’s Home Videos,” a poem by sophomore English major, Cassie Farmer.

Alongside it is printed the photograph of Mount Hood that will be used for the Northwest Passage’s cover, taken by Karlene Curtin, a first year who hopes to study education and ASL. These are just two examples of what the Passage has to offer in its upcoming issue.

Strickland said, “We encourage students to submit their creations whether it be art, photography, poetry, drama, or fiction. By publishing student work, the Northwest Passage hopes to showcase the creative talents that WOU students have.”

The distribution date (when you can pick up your copy) for Northwest Passage is Nov. 20th, 2015. There will be release party held in Hamersly library at 6 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2015, that is open to the public.

During the release party, contributors will read their poetry, short stories, or display their art and photography. If you want to contribute to future publications, email northwestpassage@wou.edu.

Excerpt from A Ghost’s Home Videos

by Cassie Farmer, sophomore, English writing major

Watch this.

Promise me, you’ll watch this next part.

I know about the cigarette smoke, its crackle and corrode… but that comes later.

We know about the drunken haze tattooed in her pores…. but that comes much later.

I know there’s the glow from the twinkle lights I know your tiny nose smells peppermint for the first time But please, do your best to remember this.

For now, she’s marshmallow-fingered with an apple cider smile, asking to hold me as I giggle into her sweater. as I bounce on our mom’s knee.

PAUSE.

For me.

For you.

For us.

Liked what you read? This is only an excerpt from Farmer’s total piece. If you want to read the poem in its entirety, in addition to the other great works included, pick up a copy of the Northwest Passage, out Nov. 20, 2015.

HUMANS OF WESTERN

By Megan Clark | Campus Life Editor Adeshina Oladiti, junior, computer science major “I played soccer in Nigeria. When I was at the age of 8, I started playing soccer in a group, like a club. We called it the Chicago Bulls [...] I’m so passionate about it [soccer], after the club training I would take all the jersey home, wash them, dry them, and bring them back to the club, because I was the captain.”

What do you miss most about Nigeria?

“The food!”

NaNoWriMo Week Two - 25,000 Two of The Journal staff members are participating in NaNoWriMo. Each week, The Journal will provide a progress report on their writing.

Top bar progress is Katrina Penaflor. Bottom bar progress is Emily Pate.

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SPORTS

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Fenumiai’s four touchdowns lead Wolves to victory Post-season hopes alive and well with victory over Hardrockers Jamal Smith | Sports Editor It was a cold, wet, and windy night at McArthur Field, but the Wolves got their seventh consecutive victory on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 against South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD). The final score was 37-26.

The victory improves the Wolves overall record to 7-3 and 5-1 in GNAC play.

Redshirt-sophomore Phillip Fenumiai (QB) led Western downfield on their first drive of the game, connecting with senior Daniel Thomas (WR) for a 26-yard touchdown pass.

Fenumiai would finish the game with 168-yards through the air, four passing touchdowns and tack on 55-yards rushing.

Fenumiai, who is known for his ability to run the ball, showed that he is not just a one trick pony, connecting with sophomore Maurice McSwain (WR) for a 16-yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter.

The Wolves led 12-0 after the first quarter.

SD would score the only points in the second quarter after the Hardrockers started their drive on the Western Oregon 17-yard line. SD would convert on a two-point attempt to tighten the score to 12-8 going into half time.

Fenumiai picked up right where he left off on the Wolves’ first drive of the second half, throwing his second touchdown pass to McSwain, his third TD pass of the game.

Five minutes later, Fenumiai would connect with sophomore Paul Revis (WR) for a 15-yard touchdown, giving Fenumiai four total passing touchdowns for the game. The third quarter would end with the Western leading 26-8.

“Phillip threw a pass up the middle, and once I made the catch I just followed my blockers,” said Revis. “There just happened to be no one in front of me and I just walked into the end zone.”

In the fourth quarter, with just minutes remaining in the game, first year Malik Braxton (RB) would break way for 57-yard run, but was stopped at the SD 4-yard line.

He finished the drive by bullying his way into the end zone. Braxton would finish the game with 136-yards rushing.

“Every week the offensive line keeps doing what they’re doing, and I just had to get a touchdown for them,” said Braxton after the game.

Junior George Swartzlender (DL) led the defense with 10 total stops and four tackles for a loss which included a 10-yard sack. Swartzlender was named the GNAC De-

Wolves offensice line in the trenches against South Dakota School of MInes and Technology

fensive Player of the Week.

“We felt positive about the way we played on defense.

We made a lot of defensive stands, and we have been doing that all year,” said head coach Arne Ferguson. “Offensively, our offensive line took some time to wear them down. Malik had a big run, Phillip played well and we were getting the ball to Paul.”

Next up, the Wolves finish out the regular season at home against Humboldt State University (HSU) on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at 1 p.m. With a win against HSU, the Wolf Pack has a good chance at improving their re-

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gional ranking to keep their post-season hopes alive.

“We’re 10th in the region, Humboldt is second. The top seven go to the NCAA playoffs,” said Ferguson. “We feel really good about beating Northern Alabama and if we are able to beat Humboldt the last game of the season, with winning seven in a row, there is a really good chance we can make it.”

“They are a really good team; they’re coached really well and they are on fire, so it’s going to be a really tough task,” added Ferguson.

Simon Frasier edges out Western in four nail-biting sets Grace Knapp | Freelancer The young WOU volleyball team faced Simon Frasier University on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015.

Battling for every point, the 7-18 Wolves eventually succumbed to the 12-12 Clan after four hotly contested sets. The set scores were 26-24, 25-23, 25-15, and 2522.

In the opening set, the score difference between the teams never exceeded three points, and the Wolves secured four aces.

However, this wasn’t enough to win the set, and WOU fell to SFU 26-24.

Motivated by the close set, the Wolves rallied their

efforts in the second. Although the Clan took an early lead of 20-15, the pack overtook the five point deficit and tied the score 22-22, eventually winning the set with a kill by Sydney Blankinship (MB).

Western quickly fell behind, leading to a disappointing set loss of 25-15. Fighting to stay in the game, WOU secured an early lead of 15-20 in the final set, but ultimately fell to SFU 25-22.

Head coach Brad Saindon feels like the close battle with SFU shows the true potential of the Wolves.

“Our team continues to improve daily. We put ourselves in position to win regularly, and I believe if we continue to work and stay on course that the wins will start coming,” Saindon said. “We are so close, and our games show that.”

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A strong contributor to the team’s potential is junior Christie Colasurdo (L) who leads the GNAC in digs, and is currently ranked fourth in the nation in digs per set.

Colasurdo does everything she can to help her team on defense in the hope that they can finish out the season with some wins.

Next up, the Wolves face Montana State-Billings at home on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. For tickets and game information, visit the ticket office during regular business hours in the New P.E. Building, or call 503-838– 8917.

Update: On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 the Wolves lost in three sets to Concordia University at home. The set scores were 25-23, 26-24 and 25-21.

SPORTS Cross-country regionals: From Front give it my all because if I dropped off from the lead group there would have been no way to catch back up,” added Ribich.

“So I hung on till about 8500 meters and then I started struggling. But with the support of the fans, community and my family; when I heard the cheering, it gave

The Journal Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 me a second wind,” Ribich concluded.

The Wolves had three other male athletes place in the top 100. Senior Zach Hollaway placed 43rd with a time of 31:23. Junior David Cornish finished in 67th place and freshman Tyler Jones finished 91st.

The women’s team placed 15th out of 28 total teams.

Junior Nichole Maurmann had the Wolves’ best time of the day, finishing the 6,000-meter race in 37th place with a time of 22:07. Senior Stephanie Stuckey finished the race three seconds later to place 40th.

“We were all really excited that it was a home meet for regionals. We had so much support from the track team and the other sports teams,” said Stuckey.

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Stuckey added, “As a team we went out and did our best, but we didn’t finish exactly where we wanted to be.

But at the end of the day, we ran the best race we could.

I had a lot of fun and was able to run with Nichole and it was really cool that we got to work together.”

The 2015 NCAA Championships is on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 at 11 a.m. in Joplin, Missouri. Ribich looks to build on his successful season and accomplish is macro and micro goals.

“My focus goal is to place in the top 40 to gain an All-American medal,” said Ribich, “My macro goal is to just go out there and run the best race I possibly can and represent the GNAC and Western Oregon.”

Women’s basketball drops opening exhibition games Wolves look to bounce back from preseason games going ahead Jamal Smith | Sports Editor The women’s basketball team opened up their exhibition schedule on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 on the road against Weber State University. The Wolves were outmatched and lost to the Wildcats 42-71.

Redshirt-junior Kelsey Henry (F) led the Wolves in scoring and finished with 14 points and 4 rebounds.

Senior Emily Howey (C), junior Jordan Mottershaw (G) and first year Kaylie Boschma (G) each finished with 6 points for the Wolves.

Both teams shot 48 percent from the field, but the score discrepancy came down to turnovers and missed free-throws.

WOU racked up a total of 31 turnovers which led to 41 Wildcat points, giving Weber State an extra 25 field goal opportunities.

Two days later, the women’s basketball team concluded their exhibition schedule in a tough fought 56-73 loss to Idaho State University Saturday Nov. 7, 2015.

Sophomore Jasmine Miller (G/F) led the way for the Wolves, finishing the game with 16 points while shooting 6-of-9 from the field.

Miller also tallied 8 rebounds. WOU’s center Howey continued to play solid, tallying 10 points and 5 rebounds.

The Wolves shot a respectable 40 percent from the field, but just like in Thursday’s game, they struggled from the free-throw line, converting just 12 of 27 from the charity stripe. Idaho State also held the rebound advantage of 45-38, and outscored the Wolves 40-24 in the paint.

It is worth noting that exhibition results do not impact the team’s record.

The Wolfpack look to rebound in Western’s first reg-

ular season game on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at 4 p.m. against California State University Easy Bay in Hayward, California.

Their first home game is on Saturday Nov. 21, 2015 against California State University, Chico at 2 p.m. in

the New P.E. Building.

For tickets and game information, visit the ticket office during regular business hours in the New P.E. Building, or call 503-838–8917.

Men’s basketball posts loss to Oregon State Jamal Smith | Sports Editor The men’s basketball team lost their first exhibition game 76-57 in Corvallis on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, to Oregon State University (OSU).

Senior Devon Alexander (G) led the wolves in scoring with 16 points. Alexander hit a game-best five shots from beyond the arch.

Jefferson High School product Kadeem Strickland (G) had 14 points in his collegiate debut while sophomore Oregon State transfer Alex Roth, had 14 points and five rebounds against his former team.

Oregon State got off to a quick start, scoring the game’s first 14 points, but Western would grind their way back into the game. With 5:27 left in the first half and Western down 29-19, the Wolves hit four unanswered shots from beyond the three-point line to take the lead 30-29.

The Beavers would answer with a run of their own, scoring the final eight points of the half to take the lead 37-30 going into half time.

In the second half, after OSU increased their lead by 14 points, Alexander would keep the Wolves in the game when he hit two consecutive three-pointers, cutting the lead to 59-53.

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After it looked as though Western could challenge the Beavers for the upset, the Wolves went cold from the floor. OSU would outscore the Wolves 17-4 in the final minutes sealing the victory.

The Wolves were without last year’s leading scorer and 2014-15 GNAC Player of the Year, senior Andy Agvi (F). Agvi was inactive for the game due to NCAA regulations because he is currently playing on the football team.

Next up the Wolves play Point Loma Nazarene University in the GNAC/PACWEST challenge on Friday, Nov. 13 2015 in Olympia, Washington at 5 p.m.

EDITORIAL

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Politics in the classroom Keeping political discourse separate from course curricula From the Desk of The Journal Editorial Team

For your final exam , Cartoon by CARLY FISTER

It is inevitable that one’s own personal beliefs about a subject will come into play during a conversation, even if it happens subconsciously.

We are affected and influenced by our own biases whether we like it or not. The challenge then becomes how we control them in an academic setting, where a neutral stance is best for optimum learning.

In the ideal classroom, students should be exposed to the facts, and then exposed to the techniques to be able to decide for themselves what sort of personal conclusions they wish to draw from them, rather than have a professor tell them what they should or should not believe without explanation of the procedure by which that conclusion was reached.

Now, take into account a professor’s’ opinions in the classroom. Although not facts, it’s important to know that when an opinion is presented, it should always be taken as such. Opinions are merely a piece of information that can be used to expand on a student’s understanding of a subject, but not as something to sway them in a particular direction of correct or incorrect.

The line where opinions and politics blend together in the classroom is tricky. Teachers should be welcome

please turn in your ballots.

to give students the unbiased facts on candidates, policies, et cetera that lead to a health conversation between students and professors. But it’s important to avoid creating situations where a professor tries to purposely lead students to side with their own political stance.

When a person in power, like a college professor, takes their power and encourages students to believe a certain political opinion, it takes away the student’s right to decide for him or herself.

A classroom is a place to learn, not to be preached at.

It’s important for the people facilitating our learning to consider all the different opinions on a subject fairly.

This is why it is so important that the classroom remains a safe setting for opinions, conversation, and debate. In order for students to gain the maximum amount of information from multiple sources and points of view, they must be exposed to different elements. If a professor wishes to share something from a liberal-oriented news source, it would behoove them to also examine a conservative-oriented source.

Students and professors should be welcomed to express opinions, as long as they are willing to hear and understand the opposite point of view. Keeping a class-

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room safe and neutral is important. Allowing students to be in a place where varied beliefs are welcomed, without the authoritative voice of “you should believe this,” or “you should believe that.”

Most liberally-oriented people aren’t going to watch The O’Reilly Factor for their political commentary, just as most conservatively-oriented individuals probably aren’t going to tune into The Daily Show for theirs. People tend to seek out information that is going to reinforce what they already believe; they don’t want to hear opinions that conflict with their own. So, it is important to examine multiple viewpoints with different underlying ideologies. It may also be beneficial to view news from neutral sources that are not owned by a politically-affiliated parent corporation, such as Reuters, BBC, or The Real News.

EDITORIAL Never say die Why the city of Astoria needs to support the owner of “The Goonies” house

By Katrina Penaflor | Managing Editor What to do when you have thousands of movie fans swarming your property begging to see inside your house and get a tour? Block off all the windows with blue tarp.

Or at least that’s what the owner of the legendary Goonies’ house has done.

The house sits in Astoria, Ore., the filming location of the 1985 cult classic “The Goonies.”

The Journal Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 The movie is a personal childhood favorite of mine. I recall watching the movie as a kid while chanting the famous phrase “Goonies never say die.”

But unfortunately, the home from the film, and its access for tours and visitors, has taken its last breath.

Over the summer, the owner of the home officially closed the doors for good. Blocking up windows with blue tarps and denying all access to the property.

The sudden closure came from an influx of visitors, nearly a thousand every day, knocking on doors, entering the property, and trying to get a taste of their childhood nostalgia.

It was also the result of the lack of respect show by visitors to the house, many of whom left beer cans and other trash all over the place.

I can understand the owner’s frustrations.

To deal with endless crowds of people every day would feel invasive and exhausting. How could a person wanting to live their normal, day-today life keep up?

I also can see the argument behind people who want to view the house and say things like, “the owner chooses to live in the Goonies house, she should welcome visitors!”

However, for the most part she has for years. It’s not that the owner isn’t welcoming, it’s a simple question of how much one person can handle when it comes to crowds of people wanting into their home.

If it were me, I would want to support visitors, but there would have to be consideration for my own privacy

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Off my mind

By Ben Bergerson | Designer

I’m known around the office as the Timbers fan. And there aren’t many of us in the world of American sports fans.

Most of the time I wish more people watched soccer, just so that people could feel the excitement that surrounds the sport during the postseason.

These matches aren’t just thrilling for someone “in the know” with soccer; anyone who watches will find themselves wrapped up in the drama and excitement too.

Take, for example, the Portland Timbers’ road to the playoffs.

The Timbers had come off a long stretch where they just couldn’t score a goal. They were creating chances and were one of the best teams in the league defensively, but they couldn’t convert those chances

into actual goals.

The Timbers went into the last three games needing to win and draw at least one each in order to get into the playoffs.

Many in the press said that the Timbers’ goal draught was going to see them miss the playoffs, especially with matches against tough teams like Real Salt Lake and the LA Galaxy.

Then something crazy happened.

Timbers Coach Caleb Porter made one adjustment, and like a breached dam, the goals came flooding in.

On Oct. 18, facing an away game at LA Galaxy, Porter moved Darlington Nagbe up out of the central midfielder role. This allowed him to run the ball deep and combine with other forward moving players, including Fanendo Adi, Diego Chara, and stiker Maxi Urruti.

That night, the Timbers destroyed the reigning MLS Cup champions 5-2, and they have gone on to win every match since, including an insane knockout match versus Sporting Kansas City.

The soccer of the last few weeks would make a fan out of anybody that watched.

I’d argue that the Timbers have a really good chance at making it to the MLS Cup match this year, so when the next match starts on Nov. 22, come join the crazed throngs of fans and find out what soccer’s about.

In the meantime, don’t drown this weekend if you head out of town, it’s supposed to be the end of the world by flood or something.

A.L.I.C.E training From Front Page erything she possibly could to follow her training.

But that was just the problem: her formal training directly contributed to the loss of lives.

During the call, Nielson could be heard telling students to get back under the desks, meaning that they were trying to get up to run and she directed them to stay down.

That is a problem. Those kids’ survival instincts told them to get out of there, but they were told to stay by a person of authority.

But, does the fault really lie on Nielson? Of course not.

She was simply doing exactly what she was trained to do, and she conducted herself perfectly under extremely stressful circumstances.

The really terrible thing is that there were doors all along the back wall of the library that they could have fled out of, but their training told them to stay put and wait for the police.

We need to break away from the traditional lockdown and hide protocol and learn to trust our instincts.

Running away is the best option. Human beings were built to run quickly in long distances; trust yourself and get out as fast as possible in the face of danger.

I generally don’t endorse violence, but in a lifeor-death situation with an active shooting/killer, you must do absolutely anything to survive.

Officer Trever Jackson of Campus Public Safety presented the training session, telling us to use any and everything at our disposal to distract and otherwise disorient the shooter/killer.

Throw your phone at them at then run the other direction. Any sort of disorientation will throw off the shooter’s plan and buy you precious seconds to get away, even mere seconds are crucial.

I sincerely hope that none of us has to find out how finely tuned our survival instincts truly area, but we need to be prepared for the worst.

Always trust your instincts, and do everything you can to get away from the situation.

I highly recommend that you participate in an A.L.I.C.E. training on campus. Upcoming dates can be found on the CPS webpage.

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Musings from a woman on the edge

By Katrina Penaflor | Managing Editor Drop your pitchforks made out of red Starbucks cups and find a real problem to complain about.

The controversy over Starbucks’ holiday cups is seriously getting out of control.

The argument spurring all this is that the cups, being an ombre of red, are not “holiday enough” and are somehow a war against Christianity in their minimalist approach of decorations and lack of “Merry Christmas.”

Please, overly-opinionated coffee drinkers of the world and self-proclaimed argument starters, stop centering a holiday around a cup that holds coffee.

This controversy is about something that is literally getting tossed into the trash when it’s done being used.

This is why I’m just not understanding all the hate.

So there are no snowflakes printed on it, or there isn’t a “Merry Christmas” sprawled across the cup in beautiful cursive script. I guess that means Christmas is ruined forever.

There’s no hope for any holiday spirit because my cup of coffee was served in a plain red cup.

Will the next debate be against a coffee shop that doesn’t have holiday cups at all? Quick, everyone go boycott a café who uses the same cups all year and clearly lacks holiday spirt.

I don’t care if my coffee cup has holiday pictures printed on it, or if the colors don’t fit the traditional holiday mold of what Christmas cheer should look like.

A coffee cup does not define a religion. A coffee cup does not define holiday spirit.

I don’t believe for one second that Starbucks created these cups as some war on Christianity or to eliminate holiday cheer.

People need to settle down and stop trying to create a problem out of something that’s a non-issue.

So if anyone wants to complain about getting handed a red holiday cup from Starbucks, please take at least five minutes to reassess your life, and be grateful that you can even afford the luxury of having a cup of coffee.

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BO3 From page 4

Western honored veterans on Wednesday, Nov. 11, by offering coffee and doughnuts on the first floor of Ackerman Hall.

From the Journal to all US veterans: thank you for your service.

Photo by BRIANNA BONHAM

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The opposing team must stop the robot from being escorted, and can disable the robot for short amounts of time by shooting it, blowing it up, knifing it, and using any other method to inflict damage.

Safeguard is, by far, my favorite game mode. I posted a 68-14 match record on my favorite map of Redwood, in which players get to run around in the treetops of the Redwood Forest.

Campaign BO3 brought back a feature that I have personally been missing and that has not been present since “World at War”: cooperative campaign.

Players can team up with a buddy to take on the campaign that is set in the year 2054. BO3 also added a new difficulty called “realistic” in which players and enemies take lethal damage from just a few shots. It is similar to playing in Hardcore mode.

After taking a brutal beating from an enemy robot, the protagonist undergoes surgery and becomes half human, half machine. The player receives an implant in the brain that allows him or her to perform certain cybernetic abilities, such as hacking enemy machinery and blowing up robots.

The campaign also has its own level-up system in which players can customize classes to use during levels.

I have not finished the campaign yet, but it has been great so far, and the added ability to play with a friend makes it that much more enjoyable.

Check out some video clips of me playing the BO3 multiplayer on our website, and add my gamertag (Cdubinite) if you want to play with me.

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a way to monitor the visitors safety, as well as my own.

I think if people want hope for the visitation rights to potentially return in the future, the owner of the house needs to receive support of the city, as well as more respect for her privacy, and acknowledgement that it is a functioning house in addition to being a landmark.

So far the extent of what the city has done is put up signs indicating private property, and notifications that the Gonnies’ house is closed. There has also been talk of making the road to the owner’s house, which at the moment is public property, private.

Sure people can question why this should become the city’s issue, but think about how much of an attraction the Goonies house is. This can be beneficial to

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Astoria. Thousands of people travel to the Oregon coastal town just to get a look at where the movie was made.

If the city helps to keep visitors away by eliminating all signs that lead to the Goonies house, because there are still quite a few official signs scattered across the town, and they help mark her road as private, maybe this will ease the frustration of the owner.

This could potentially lead to the return of more monitored visits in the future, potentially.

There’s really no way to tell what the future holds, but for now, I think the privacy of the owner needs to be respected.

She welcomed visits in the past, and we can only hope that the option will return in the future.

Never say die.