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High rate of bike theft exposes weak lock-up methods Campus Public Safety warns of theft risk for poorly secured bikes
BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT NEWS EDITOR A spike in reported bicycle theft has prompted Campus Public Safety (CPS) to warn students to secure bikes properly and register them in case they are stolen and recovered. “It’s starting out big,” said Allen Risen, interim director of CPS. There has been seven bike thefts reported on campus to the Office of Public Safety this year: one in September, six in October. “That was enough to say I need to notify campus,” said Risen. “Each year we do get a number of bicycles stolen, but the way it was going this year, that’s why I sent out the email.” Ordinarily, according to Risen, CPS will receive between 10 and 20 reports during an entire school PHOTO BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT
year. According to the Monmouth Police Department (MPD), during the same period, (Sept. 20 to Nov. 6) seven bikes were stolen in 2013, and nine this year, a small increase. Sgt. Kim Dorn said that some fluctuation is natural. Some of those may overlap with those reported to CPS for Western’s community. “Some of them are just taken as a joyride and we’ll pick them up,” said Risen. “It’s amazing how many people don’t call us to say it’s missing.” CPS recovers more bikes every year than are reported stolen. Officers take possession of any abandoned bikes and log them in as found property. They also compare the bike to an updated list of stolen bikes, a three or four page list kept in official vehicles, to see
if it has been reported yet. “We try to get as much information as possible from the victim,” said Dorn for the MPD, adding that owners should always file a report, so that their bike can be returned if found. “It’s so very, very important to know the serial number.” A serial number can be entered by the MPD into a national computer system for stolen items. If the bike is listed as found anywhere else, it can still be returned to its owner. Chances of recovery go up if the bike is reported as stolen, said Risen, and also if it is registered. CPS currently has fifteen bikes from this year and last. During the summer, the Housing Office may report abandoned bikes left on campus to CPS, who can take possession of them if the owner does not claim them. SEE BIKE PAGE 4 >>
Western hosts 14th annual cross country championships BY JENNIFER HALLEY CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR The men’s and women’s Cross Country team competed in the 14th annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) championships where the women placed seventh and the men finished eighth, on Saturday, Nov. 1. David Ribich finished first for the Wolves in 25:56, which awarded him 26th place overall. The next Wolf to score was Zach Holloway in 27th place, with a time of 26:01. Josh Hanna clocked in at 26:43 in 47th place. David McLeod, Riley Anheluk, Parker Marson and Joe Soik finished the Wolves’ scoring. “The conference meet, we fell a little short finishing 8th; don’t know how or why but we did,” said Ribich. “We are bouncing back and continuing to train hard. Now is the time of cold season and it’s more important than ever to stay healthy and practice the best we can.” Alaska Anchorage won the team title on the men’s side as well as swept the top three finishing spots. Stephanie Stuckey was the first Wolf to finish in the women’s 6k, with a time of 21:47, which gave her a 21st place finish. Rachel Crawford was close behind in 26th place, with a time of 21:55. Bailey Beeson and Nicole Anderson finished in 45th and 46th place with times of 22:36 and 22:37. Kolby Childers, Debora De Leon and Rachel Shelley finished the Wolves’ scoring. “I am not excited about how we placed at conference,” said Stuckey. “I thought we ran our hearts out; but the results did not show it. It doesn’t mean we sucked; it just means we have to and can do better. I think the extra time to train is incredibly beneficial and will give us enough time to lay out a solid foundation to bring us up to our best for regionals.” On the women’s side, the team title, as well as second and third place, was separated by just two points, the closest race in GNAC history. Simon Frasier won the women’s title with 62 points. The men’s and women’s team travel to Billings, Mont. for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) West Regional meet Zach Holloway finished 27th overall with a time of on Nov. 22. 26:01. PHOTO BY RACHEL GOSNEY
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Portraits of a University “Down”
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As part of a new weekly Journal column, Nathaniel Dunaway meets with Western Oregon University students to discuss their lives and their experiences in the world of higher education. In doing so, he hopes to find an answer to the question what does it mean to be a college student in the 21st century? This week, psychology major Adam Pettitt offers his thoughts on the value of the college degree, and the stigma surrounding depression in America.
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I’m a dual major in biology and psychology. This is my fifth year here. I actually went to University of Idaho for a year, then I took two years off, and I realized after those two years off that I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I knew that I wanted to help people. So because of that, I came here. I applied a week before school started. There are six grad schools I’m applying to this year. But I honestly don’t expect to get in, just because clinical psychology programs are notoriously hard to get into. They have a one-percent acceptance rate. So they have about 300 people apply, and three people get in. I want to go to Yale, Harvard, UNC, University of Texas, UCLA and Duke. But honestly, the number one place I want to go to is Yale, but it’s not because it’s Yale. It’s nice that it’s Yale, but… the way these programs work is that you’re not applying to a program, you’re applying to work with a person, in their lab, doing research. I want to look at the genetics of depression. My first year here, all of a sudden, I just got slammed with depression out of nowhere. I was 21 at the time, and either you’ve been through depression and you understand what it entails, or you haven’t.
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I think that before, when I thought about it, I thought “oh, somebody’s just sad,” but it’s so much more than that. It’s a way of thinking. It’s a descent into someone you’re not. When I was down there, there was no being happy. It’s something that if you don’t have the right tools--and even if you do have the right tools-- it can be so hard to dig yourself out of. It’s incredibly devastating to the people who encounter it. I made an appointment with a psychiatrist, and he told me everything would be fine. I went through ten different anti-depressants for a year before anything ever worked for me. It was the worst year. Antidepressants work in the way that you have about a four to eight week window before they can even have an effect. Finally I found one that worked, and it was like magic. I actually had a graph on a big whiteboard, for my own edification, where one was the worst that I’d ever felt and ten was the best and five was completely apathetic and neutral. So every day I’d say, “ok, this is where I’m at,” and slowly the graph would get higher and higher, and all of a sudden, five wasn’t my top anymore, and at the six-or eight-week mark, I realized “oh, this is how life is supposed to be. This is how I used to be.” It was like waking up from a dream. The way anti-depressants are prescribed is… basically it’s a flowchart. Basically, if you’re lethargic
and depressed, then you get prescribed this kind of anti-depressant. And what ends up happening is that when one doesn’t work, you switch to another kind, and switch to another kind, until you finally find the one that works. There’s actually a flow-chart in one of my textbooks, literally a flow chart. And I was at the end of the chart, right before MAOIs, which are the oldest type of anti-depressant, and electroshock therapy. So I’m really glad I stopped there. I thought… it’s 2014. How do we just have a flow-chart for prescribing this? There has to be a better way. So I started looking into the genetics of depression and the genetics of antidepressant response. On my mom’s side of the family, my uncle killed himself. A lot of people on that side of the family suffered from depression. There is a genetic basis to it. I started doing research on how certain people with certain genetics will favorably respond to certain antidepressants. That’s when I realized that this is what I want to do. What I went through, nobody should ever have to go through. I would not wish that on anybody. If I could be the one who helps people, to prevent people from becoming depressed, from getting down there… and also using the genotype of people who do suffer to discover which anti-depressants will work for them and which won’t. I think that it can be done. It’s going to take a lot of collaboration across the disciplines, from psychology to biology to neuroscience, but I think that it can be done, and that it should be done. There’s a general lack of knowledge about mental health in this country. If there is this genetic basis, if there is –as it’s simplified in the media- this chemical imbalance in people, then it’s not people’s fault that they’re depressed. It
breaks my heart that people have to endure depression while there are all these stigmas against it. Things are starting to shift and change, but it’s going to be a battle before depression becomes something that’s acceptable and understandable as an actual health disease rather than a purely mental disease.
“There’s a general lack of knowledge about mental health in this country.” Adam Pettitt BIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR
We should be able to tailor and individualize treatment for people, so that after one anti-depressant doesn’t work, one treatment doesn’t work, they don’t give up. I didn’t make the choice to stop trying, but there are people out there who do. It’s not going to be 100 percent figured out, but it’ll be better than a flow-chart.
Edited by Nathaniel Dunaway If you’re a Western student and would like to be interviewed for the Portraits of a University column, contact Nathaniel Dunaway at journalentertainment@ wou.edu
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Thanksgiving food drive seeks donations for families in need BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT NEWS EDITOR Dozens of families in the Monmouth and Independence communities are unable to afford a Thanksgiving dinner for themselves. Western’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) works with other student organizations to raise donations of money and specific items to the Ella Curran Food Bank in Independence, helping to provide a turkey basket to families that request it for the holiday. The food bank would not be able to supply everything without the support of Western student donors and volunteers. “We put everything in there except the turkey,” said Michael Mann, coordinator of leadership programs with university housing and adviser to the RHA Executive Board. A turkey basket consists of all the other items that are needed for a Thanksgiving dinner, including the fixings for cooking the bird, and a desert. “They tell us what they need, and we work to supply it,” Mann said. According to Olivia Kunkel, president of the RHA executive board, an outside source donates turkeys to the Ella Curnan Food Bank, and volunteers pair the birds with baskets “It is hard to get specific items donated,” said Olivia Kunkel, president of the RHA Executive Board Often, people will donate money instead. Volunteers purchase items from local stores with these funds to compile the necessary items. “Some of our students or some of our community members could have come from these households,” said Mann, adding that for the rest, “It’s a moment when we’re able to pay forward a lot of the opportunities we’ve received.” A turkey basket costs less than $16 to fill, an easy donation that can have a powerful impact. “Any way that anyone can give, we will find a way to make it work,” said Mann. Donations of food items, paper bags and money can be brought to either the University Housing Office or the RHA office in South Sister Annex under Valsetz Dining Hall. “It really helps that we can give them the largest amount possible so that the most people can get served,” said Kunkel. Not only is there a great need for assistance, but the experience is also highly beneficial to those who volunteer and support the turkey basket drive, she added. The students have a chance to get connected to the community, and it is also a valuable opportunity for getting involved. “Having this experience does really play into
3 their leadership role,” said Molly Hinsvark, RHA Executive Board publicist and historian. Western Oregon University is responsible for sending people out into the world, she said, adding, “Volunteering does really help become a better person in general.” Although the focus on donation typically comes around the holidays, food insecurity is a year-long issue. “It’s really important that we’re supporting it,” said Kunkel. “We want to help better the community.” Western students are involved with the community, she added, and this is one way to show appreciation for that. RHA Executive Board National Communications Coordinator Giovanna DiFalco said that one important feature of this effort is to help make resources not only accessible, but also socially acceptable, since there may be stigma associated with asking for help on such matters. “It’s exciting,” said DiFalco. She is working with local stores in preparation for buying the supplies that are needed for the turkey baskets,
“Some of our students or some of our community members could have come from these households.... It’s a moment when we’re able to pay forward a lot of the opportunities we’ve received.” MICHAEL MANN UNIVERSITY HOUSING LEADERSHIP PROGRAM COORDINATOR & RHA EXECUTIVE BOARD ADVISER
letting them know what items the drive is looking to purchase. “Our part kind of stops when we take it to the food bank,” said Kunkel. The Ella Curran Food Bank keeps a list of people requesting turkey baskets and distributes them when they are ready. Starting Friday, Nov. 21, volunteers from hall government and the RHA will sort out the food, and will deliver the bags to the food bank that weekend. “We’ve seen a steady increase to now,” said Mann. “They tell us every year how appreciative they are.” Mann estimates that about 100 baskets were made last year. This goes a long way to helping community families, he added, but there are always more people who need help. “We don’t know all the ways that this will have an impact for everyone,” said Mann. “It’s a tradition we’re happy to keep up.”
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4 >>BIKE: Public safety offers tips
to avoid bike theft
LEFT: The bike rack in front of Heritage Hall is constantly full of student bikes. | ABOVE: A bike lock that goes unused is no help in preventing theft. | RIGHT: Many Western students, particularly those without cars, a bike is an important form of transportation. PHOTOS BY KATRINA PENAFLOR
Each year, CPS holds an auction to sell unclaimed property. A bike that has not been claimed after six months can be sold at auction. Benefits go to the campus crime prevention fund. Last year, said Risen, a stolen bike was sold, and ten months later the original owner saw it and said that it had been stolen. The original owner had not registered his property, nor filed a report of it having been stolen. Because of that, the bike went unidentified and was auctioned off. Three of the stolen bikes from this year were listed as being of unknown value, but four were indicated to cost $200, $520, $600 and $4,500. The last has not been recovered. “Don’t bring bikes that cost that much,” said Risen. “It’s just not worth it.” A higherquality bike is most likely to be targeted for
Staff training makes “Connections” BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT NEWS EDITOR
Today is the last chance to register for fall customer service training All staff members are invited to attend customer service training aimed at helping employees improve and standardize their response to students and other community members. The first meeting for this offering will be Friday, Nov. 7 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Werner University Center; online registration is required prior to attending. The Noel-Levitz Higher Education Consultants Connections program is currently run once a term to provide free training for Western staff. “It’s basically a customer service class that’s geared for people in higher education,” explained Kathleen Bolen, Western’s human
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theft. “Usually they’re expensive bikes, that’s why they’re stolen.” Three of the bikes stolen this year were locked up to the racks between Landers and Heritage halls. Bolt cutters were used to cut some cable locks, said Risen. Three bikes had their front wheel left locked to the bike rack. “Even if it’s in front of your home, lock it up, or take it inside, if you can,” Dorn said. For more expensive bikes, the owner may want to invest in a higher-quality lock, despite the cost. “It depends on the value of the bike and how much you need it,” said Dorn. One feature of many bicycles is a quick release front wheel, Risen said. If the lock secures the front wheel to the bike rack, the rest of it, including the frame and back wheel, can easily be removed, leaving the wheel behind. Also frequently stolen are quick release bike
seats. Risen says students should take those inside with them. Cyclists are advised to register their bikes, including the serial number, owner’s name and contact information to reach them. A photograph of the bike is valuable in later identification, Risen added. Half a dozen individuals have responded to the all-student email sent earlier this year by coming in to register their bicycles. Sometimes, said Risen, a stolen bike will be spray painted to keep it from being identified. The serial number, however, can still be traced if the bike is registered with CPS. “The big thing is to secure the bike,” said Risen. “Utilize the bike racks, and try to lock the rear wheel to the frame.” Also, bicycles must be locked to a bike rack, not a hand railing or light pole, Risen said.
Ten lockers are available for more secure bike storage, located at Bellamy Hall (HSS), Academic Programs and Support Center (APSC), the Instructional Technology Center (ITC), and the Education building. The cost is $20 per term, plus a refundable $25 deposit. U-shaped bolts or heavy duty chains provide more protection than a cable lock, which can easily be cut, but any lock can be compromised given enough time. Risen recommends the Kryptonite lock, which also includes insurance for lock failure. A good lock ranges from $20 to $160. Ultimately, “If you’ve got a $4,500 bike, by all means get a lock that’s going to hold it,” said Risen.
resource (HR) recruitment manager and coordinator of the Connections program. “We thought it would be really good for staff.” According to Bolen, the goal is to make interactions with staff something that will be attractive to potential students and their families, as well as help retain current students, and, in general, help shape a positive environment at Western. Consistency in approach is one important piece of that, she said, and the training will help put everyone on the same page. “It’s not really any new information, but it’s bringing that to the forefront of your mind,” said Bolen. “It really is an amazing program.” In addition, she said, it is particularly important to foster a caring attitude. Everyone gives an impression of the school, particularly the individuals with whom a potential student or new community member interacts, said Bolen. She wants everyone to have a good feeling about their involvement with Western, which comes in large part from their experience with customer service representatives. “Even if you are already doing well in the area of customer service, this workshop/
training provides excellent reminders and gives great perspectives,” said one previous attendee on a prior feedback form. “Sometimes I get caught up in my routine and don’t think about the customer service I give,” added another other staff member. “This workshop gave me a good reminder of how important it is to provide good customer service.” The program is held for three hours each on three consecutive Fridays, Nov. 7, 14, 21 for the current sequence. All three must be attended in sequence to receive the certificate of completion. “The ‘Connections’ program is very good at identifying and demonstrating good customer service communications in a university and college environment,” said Bill Sexton, HR manager of employee relations, training, and classification. He worked with Bolen to purchase the program and facilitate trainings. “It also encourages us to utilize those good communication skills and interactions not only with students we serve here at WOU each day, but also with each other.” Members at all levels of staff are encouraged to attend, from new hires to manag-
ers, as are people from different areas at the school. Bolen said that a diverse attendance is valuable to the experience, and word of mouth within a department is valuable in encouraging others to attend the next session. Registration is required in advance, to keep track of who has completed the program. If an individual misses the deadline to register for this section, the next round of training session will be held again in the winter. The Office of Human Resources purchased and began using the program in the winter of 2010-11. Since then, almost 200 staff members have taken the training, about 10 people at each set of sessions, said Bolen. This particular program is not geared towards faculty, only staff. HR is investigating the potential to purchase the faculty equivalent, but that is not happening yet, said Bolen. Part of that is the expense: each book costs $16, she said, so supplying a free copy to every attendee became pricey very quickly. “When you invest in the staff, and when they can give back to the students, that makes a huge difference to the university,” said Bolen. “It is making an impact.”
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Psychology major and minor proposal seeks to clarify catalog requirements BY CHELSEA HUNT STAFF WRITER Due to a problem with DegreeWorks, changes will be made to the catalog of psychology major and minor requirements. Chehalis Strapp, the head of the psychological sciences department, proposed to change the text explaining the psychology requirements within the catalog to the faculty senate meeting Tuesday, Oct. 28. Discrepancies appeared between what psychology majors and minors would see in their DegreeWorks plan and what their advisors would be telling them. “It was completely off of our radar,” Strapp said. The previous program did not create the same confusion, which is why Strapp proposed the changes. Once the wording is changed in the catalog, these changes will be apparent in DegreeWorks as well. “It’s making the process more clear for students,” said Lauren Roscoe, an associate psychology professor. Strapp said that by making the changes,
psychology students can be “more confident that what’s in DegreeWorks is what they’re being told.” “The good thing would be if they didn’t notice it,” Strapp said, meaning that it would be accurate. “We’re trying to be very transparent and very clear,” said David Foster, psychology professor, at the faculty senate meeting Oct. 28. Psychology requirements for majors and minors will remain the same, but the wording will be changed to specify the maximum amount of lower division credits that will be accepted, as well as which classes can be counted toward the major and minor and which need to be applied as extra credits. A maximum of 16 hours of lower division credits will be applicable to the psychology major, and a maximum of 4 credits of “pass or no credit” (P/NC) coursework including Psy 399, Psy 406, Psy 409, or Psy 411 will be applicable to the psychology major. For the minor, a maximum of 12 hours of lower division credits will be applicable, and a maximum of 4 credits of P/NC coursework including Psy 399, Psy 406, Psy 409, or Psy 411 can be applied to the psychology minor. Psy 410 does count for either the major or the minor. The proposal has already been passed through the curriculum committee and approval from the faculty senate is the final step. The faculty senate will be voting on the changes during their meeting on Nov. 11. If the senate passes it, the changes will appear in the fall 2015 catalog.
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followed by a reception and treats. For more information, call 541-207-7596 or visit facebook.com/laurakillipmusic. “DEATH BY DESIGN” PLAY WILL FEATURE COMEDY, SONGS AND MURDER The theatre/dance department will premiere “Death by Design” this month, a play written by Rob Urbinati and directed by Ted deChatelet. Described as a comedy with songs and murder, the play will feature a mysterious mash up of unusual characters brought together by chance and all falling under suspicion when one is murdered. Performances are Nov. 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 22 from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in Rice Auditorium. General admission is $12, non-Western students pay $7, free for Western students and seniors pay $10. Tickets are available two weeks before the performance. For more information, contact 503-838-8461 or visit wou.edu/las/ creativearts/theatre_dance. WOMEN’S RUGBY TAKES ON SEATTLE UNIVERSITY Women’s rugby travels to Seattle to take on the SU Redhawks, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at 901 12th Ave. Seattle, Wash.
CAMPUS BLOTTER
The following information is from the public records of Campus Public Safety
SEXUAL ASSAULT/RAPE At 8:34 p.m. Nov. 2 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety responded to a female in crisis who had been sexually assaulted. The incident was reported as first-degree rape. WELLBEING CHECK At 1 p.m. Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety took a report of a student that made threats to her health insurer to harm herself. She spoke with Western health providers.
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MISUSE OF WINDOWS At 2:20 a.m. Oct. 30 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety was contacted about items being thrown from a window. THEFT At 12:30 a.m. Oct. 29 in Valsetz, Public Safety met with Monmouth Police in reference to an open theft investigation. SUSPICIOUS PERSON At 6:22 p.m. Oct. 29 in Valsetz, Public Safety was contacted in regards to a suspicious person. VEHICLE DAMAGE At 5:10 p.m. Nov. 2, Public Safety took a report of vehicle damage in Lot J.
At 1:51 a.m. Nov. 1 in Smith Hall, Public Safety was contacted about disorderly conduct. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF/THEFT At 1:20 a.m. Oct. 31 in the Education Building, Public Safety was contacted about a suspicious circumstance. CRIMINAL TRESSPASS At 11:28 p.m. Oct. 30 in Ackerman Hall, Public Safety was contacted in regards to a criminal trespass. MENTAL HEALTH At 10:43 p.m. Oct. 29 in Barnum Hall, Public Safety was contacted in regards to a mental health issue. At 12:45 a.m. Oct. 30 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety was contacted in reference to a mental health issue. ALCOHOL VIOLATION At 11 p.m. Oct. 31 on Monmouth Avenue and Church Street, Public Safety contacted a male for an alcohol violation. At 11:37 p.m. Oct. 31 on Monmouth Avenue, Public Safety contacted a female in regards to an alcohol violation. At 1:07 a.m. Nov. 1 in Lot J-Loop, Public Safety contacted a vehicle in regards to an alcohol/marijuana violation.
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with the director of “Death by Design,” Ted deChatelet CONDUCTED BY DECLAN HERTEL FREELANCER Q: Can you describe Death By Design for me? A: Well, when Rob wrote it—here’s what happened— he went into a used bookstore and was browsing the shelves and he saw Agatha Christie novels alongside Noel Coward plays. And he went, “huh.” You know, they were roughly of the same era; they were writing at the same time in England, and he thought, what would it be like if you took stock Noel Coward characters, with their witty banter and the way they try to one-up each other, and put them into an Agatha Christie style murder mystery. And came up with this hybrid, which is Death By Design. So it’s a murder/comedy/mystery blending the styles of Noel Coward and Agatha Christie. Q: Why did you choose this show to do this year? A: There were several factors involved, the number one is Rob Urbinati, the playwright, is an old, old friend of mine and he’s written several plays, and I’m a big fan of his work, and I’ve wanted to do one of his shows for a long time. This one seemed like the right one in terms of, I don’t know, I was ready to do something on the lighter side. I wanted to do a comedy; I wanted to do something that was contemporary but still had challenges for the students here in terms of style and dialect and stuff like that. And, it’s a really cool ensemble piece, it just seemed like a good fit. So I pitched it, and the faculty bit, and here we go.
ABOVE: From left to right, Belladina Starr, JennyLynn Dietrich, Trevor Jackson and Sarah Cotter rehearse one of the play’s pivitol reveals. PHOTO BY DENISE VISUANO | RIGHT: JennyLynn Dietrich and Zach Warner rehearse on set in Rice Auditorium. PHOTO BY SHANNEN BROUNER
Fall play “Death by Design”: A comedic murder mystery
Q: IS THIS A PLAY TO BRING A DATE TO? A: Oh, absolutely.
BY DECLAN HERTEL AND OLLIE BERGH FREELANCERS This year’s fall play, “Death by Design” by Rob Urbinati, has been described as a mash-up of the plays of Noel Coward and Agatha Christie. A comedy with songs, dance, and murder, the show features an eight-person cast of Western students. Starring junior theatre major Zachary Warner and senior theatre major Kolleen Chapa, the cast is rounded out by JennyLynn Dietrich, Trevor Jackson, Belladina Starr, Patrick Willett, Nathaniel Dunaway, and Sarah Cotter. Senior theatre major Natalie Piper is also in the cast, providing a voice for Dietrich, a hard-of-hearing student.
Piper will be seated offstage for the entire run, speaking Dietrich’s lines as she signs them onstage, in a unique twist on the usual practice of ASL interpretation. “Death by Design” tells the tale of the murder of an unlikable politician at the hands of one of the plays seven suspects, who include a cockney chauffeur, a radical socialist, and a bohemian artist. It’s the formula of a classic whodunit, but with plenty of twists and turns along the way to keep the audience guessing. The play takes place in 1932, in the English countryside home of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett (Warner and Chapa)
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a successful playwright/actress duo. Under the direction of Ted deChatelet, Western acting professor and actor (deChatelet died a horrible death in a season one episode of NBC’s “Grimm”), “Death by Design” is sure to be a hit with Western students, who, for the first time ever, as part of a new Incidental Fee Committee initiative, can attend campus theatre productions for free.
Q: How do you feel about tickets being free for students this year? A: I think it’s fantastic! I think it’s the best thing we’ve done box office-wise in a long time. Because now there’s no reason not to, you know, it makes it accessible to everyone. I’m a fan of that. We’ll see how it all plays out. “Death by Design” opens next Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Rice Auditorium and will run for seven subsequent performances, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 16. Tickets for faculty and non-students can be purchased at the Rice Auditorium Box Office or over the phone at 503838-8462.
Q: Is there anything else you want to say about the show? A: The cast. I’m very excited to have JennyLynn Dietrich in the cast because we’ve got a big deaf and hardof-hearing community on campus, and to finally get that represented on stage is pretty cool, and it’s made the process pretty interesting too. Q: So is there going to be signing as part of the show? A: Yes! JennyLynn is doing the part of the maid who’s essentially the detective, and she’s performing in ASL. It’s cool. It’s very cool.
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Brad Pitt makes war film “Fury” a must-see BY OLLIE BERGH STAFF WRITER
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Brad Pitt stars alongside Shia Labeouf and John Bernthal in the new war film that follows a tank squad during WWII. PHOTO FROM TURNTHERIGHTCORNER.COM “Fury”, written and directed by David Ayer, is a movie that you need to see. Cut and dry, that’s it. “Fury,” in fact, is better than the legendary “Saving Private Ryan” — stay with me, folks — because it doesn’t romanticize war. And I know what you’re thinking, “What, “Saving Private Ryan” didn’t romanticize war! It was the first movie to show the real nit-
ty-gritty of battle!” Yeah, that’s sort of true. Except “Saving Private Ryan” showed the real nitty gritty of war in a time when nobody had done that before — now, every movie does. So, how do you determine when a movie has done it right? When you’ve felt the relationships between the soldiers. The whole movie you’re stuck with a tank squad, and
you learn their triumphs and personalities. You learn to love the dirt and grime and smells of a tank. It becomes, what they say throughout the movie, “The best job I ever had.” Most importantly, Brad Pitt, who portrays the squad leader “Wardaddy,” did the unthinkable: he brought you in. The issue with movie stars is they don’t bring you in. They’re cool, they’re
collected. The whole movie you’re thinking, “What is he thinking?” It’s a strategic move — it gets you cast as the biggest leading man in every movie. Except in this movie, Brad Pitt brings you into the mind — you feel his pain. And that alone is the breakthrough for Brad Pitt. He should retire from war movies: he finally did it.
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FALLOUT SHELTERS
A history lesson of Western Oregon University BY JENNIFER HALLEY CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR
A former central hub for the public in case of nuclear threat, Western Oregon University established fallout shelters on campus to keep people safe, if need be. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the threat of nuclear attack was imminent and the Federal Civil Defense Administration, now known as Homeland Security, named Oregon College of Education (OCE) – what is now Western Oregon – a headquarters for people seeking a safe haven. To prepare for an attack, OCE designed a variety of fallout shelters throughout campus containing food such as crackers, carbohydrate supplements, giant tubs of water that paired as toilets, and other supplies to keep people alive until the threats were over. According to Tony Kment, assistant director of the Physical Plant on campus, only buildings made out of concrete could be subject to a fallout shelter. Many doomsday websites also say that fallout shelters need to be built with materials that offer strength and support in order to withstand the gamma rays and radiation. Fallout shelters were prominent in that era as the Federal Civil Defense Administration instructed homes and businesses on how to create shelters, according to U-S-history.com. Instruction pamphlets were even published as guides for families to build home shelters. It was an intense time for the government as they fought to respond to heightened public anxiety that coated much of America, the article added. Kment, who was a child during the Cold War, remembers doing drills at school-such as ducking under his desk or a cafeteria table-in case an attack was ever to occur. “It was scary for a young kid during that
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time,” Kment said. In 1974, an article was written about the fallout shelters in OCE’s student newspaper, called Lamron2. The article, written by Liz Alcarez, describes the campus fallout shelter locations that still exist today, but are being used as storage. According to Alcaraz, one fallout shelter is in the lower floor of the Humanities and Social Sciences building. Two others are in the basements of the old library, APSC, and administration building. Many of the mechani-
Fallout shelters were prominent in that era as the Federal Civil Defense Administration instructed homes and businesses on how to create shelters. cal rooms in the residence halls, as well as in Maaske Hall, the education building and the food services building could have been used as shelters, too. Some of the signs used to announce where fallout shelter locations are still posted around campus. These signs alerted students and staff as to where they could go if an attack occurred. In the education building, a sign can be seen on the double doors of the mechanical room. Beyond its doors are the boxes of crackers, candy and bins used for water and waste.
Bulk survival supplies from the 1950s and 1960s are still stored in fallout shelters on campus. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER HALLEY
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FALL OUT SHELTERS Professionally fashionable for job interviews
Kappa Delta Chi hosts fashion show BY AMANDA CLARKE FREELANCER The Kappa Delta Chi Fashion Show was held last Wednesday night in the Werner Center, where students got the chance to learn the do’s and don’ts of dressing professionally for an interview. Kappa Delta Chi is a Latina based national sorority on campus that holds local events throughout the year. Their focus is on “professional development, academic excellence and graduation of all members.” They are dedicated to community service with over 40,000 hours of documented annually throughout the nation. “We have to put on an event every term and everyone wanted to work on outfits,” says Mackenzie Gallo, of Kappa Delta Chi. A panel of four “judges” from the Service Learning and Career Development center (SCLD), Admissions and Abby’s House, sat at a table in the front, facing a runway surrounded by couches. Models, who volunteered from Kappa Delta Chi and Kappa Sigma were instructed on how to dress, professionally and unprofessionally. They received advice for their attire and how it would or would not benefit them for a job interview. After the show, the event turned to an open discussion for students to ask the panel questions about how to dress for interviews. “I think it helped for the dressing portion for interviews,” said Gallo. “There was a good turnout.” “I was approached by Kappa Delta Chi,” said Hannah Towel from Abby’s House, one of the judge’s on the panel. “They needed panel judges, and I helped with Suit Up the year before so I felt I should be here.” The Suit Up program in Abby’s House also offers advice on clothing choices for interviews, going through the interview process and helping students with their resumes. It is open to all genders and helps students get into the workplace and find jobs. “Don’t go to an interview with wet hair,” says Micah Howe, an Admissions Counselor at Western. “At least take the time to blow dry it.”
Judges evaluate how professional or unprofessional Kappa Delta Chi models dress in order to educate students about proper interview attire. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE BLAIR | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Field goal blocked for loss against Cougars BY JACOB HANSEN FREELANCER The Wolves, equipped with the nation’s third best all-purpose player, took on the No. 24 ranked Azusa Pacific on Nov 1. The Wolves fell short in the final seconds of the game after their 41-yard field goal was blocked. The game ended 19-18 with the Cougars on top in another heart pounding Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) contest. Western (4-5, 2-2) went down fighting as quarterback Ryan Bergman threw for his seventh 400-yard game with two powerhouse receivers, tallying up more than 100 yards each. Bergman had 403 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 24-of-41. Paul Revis, who ranked third in the country in all-purpose yards coming into the game, led the Wolves with 135 receiving yards on 8 catches and one touchdown. Wide receiver Tyrell Williams did his part
putting the Cougars up 6-0. The Wolves kicker Jesse Correa booted in a 33-yard field goal with only 1:05 left in the half to put the Wolves on the board. The third quarter started as the Cougars quarterback was able to connect for 13 yards for a touchdown. The Cougars took the lead 12-3 with 5:35 left in the third quarter. On the third play of the Wolves next drive, Bergman connected with Revis on a 68-yard touchdown to tighten the gap to two points. The drive took only 28 seconds off the clock; the Cougars led 12-10. Bergman started the fourth with a touchdown pass to wide receiver Daniel Thomas on a 46-yard strike. This gave the Wolves their first lead of the game, 16-12. Defensive lineman Jeremy Moore sacked the quarterback on their own one-yard line. With Azusa’s punter standing in the back of the end zone they decided not to risk giving up six and willingly took the safety, putting the Wolves up 18-12 with 4:30 left on the clock. In the next possession for the Cougars, their running back Terrell Watson squirted out of the pile with the ball, running 80 yards to the end zone, tying the game. This time the Cougars wouldn’t go for two. After the extra point was good, they took a one-point lead. The score was now 19-18 with 2:32 remaining.
“There is only one way to respond to a tough loss like that. Expect us to play with a lot of passion and excitement this weekend.” RYAN BERGMAN QUARTERBACK by catching six passes for 131 yards. Key players on the defense also stepped up to keep the powerhouse Azusa Pacific’s (8-1, 5-0 GNAC) score down. Defensive end Kraig Akins led the team with a gamehigh 12 tackles which included three tackles for a loss. “A very physical week of practice helped to play against a player of that caliber,” Akins said. Both of these explosive offenses were held in check until midway through the second quarter when the nation’s number one running back, Terrell Watson, punched one in from 12 yards out. The Wolves were able to keep them from scoring a two-point conversion however
The Wolves marched up field to set up Correa for his final field goal attempt of the night. After a devastating block, the Cougars kneed the ball to take the win. “We didn’t feel like we were outmatched, there were lots of plays off by a half inch or inch that would of changed the outcome of the game,” said head coach Arne Ferguson. “We’re knockin’ at the door!” The Wolves play their last home game of the season against nationally ranked Humboldt State Nov. 8. It’s a black out for the seniors as they hope to move back into the top half of the GNAC standings. “There is only one way to respond to a tough loss like that,” Bergman
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VOLLEYBALL DIGS UP SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR
Senior outside hitter Sam Moore goes for the kill in the Wolves’ game against University of Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 30. PHOTO BY NEIL GRAVATT | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Western volleyball welcomed University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and the University of Alaska (UAF) to Monmouth on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, where they fell in three sets to the SeaWolves and picked up their second win of the season against the Nanooks of UAF, 3-0. The nationally ranked SeaWolves took the match on Oct. 30 in three sets, 22-25, 16-25 and 13-25. The first set saw the Wolves battling, holding onto an 18-15 lead until UAA would take the lead and close the set on a 4-1 run. UAA held the lead early in the second, 9-8, before they went onto a 12-4 run and won the set on a Western service error. The final set was dominated by the SeaWolves where they led the entire set and closed on the Wolves 20th service error of the night. Opposite hitter Hannah Deede, outside hitter Alisha Bettinson,
outside hitter Sam Moore and middle blocker Cherene O’Hara all led the Wolves with five kills each as well as combined for 20 of the 25 kills for the match. Kiana Cash and setter Jordin Ramos joined forces to dish out 21 assists while libero Christie Colasurdo and Cash added nine digs each. Bettinson had Western’s only service ace in the final set of the match. UAA had 47 kills to Western’s 25 and edged the Wolves in hitting percentage at .279 to .056. The Wolves led in all three sets against UAF, where the only tie in the match came during the second set at 1-1. The Wolves took the match 25-18, 25-19, and 25-17. Bettinson had nine kills and three service aces, a matchhigh. Deede and outside hitter Lani Kalalau added six kills each. Redshirt middle blocker Sydney Blankinship put up five kills for the Wolves while Ramos and
Cash combined again for 27 assists and each had a pair of service aces. Colasurdo had a matchhigh 17 digs. Moore had five assist blocks; Western had 10 blocks on the night. UAF led the match in kills, 3732 while the Wolves led in hitting percentage, .272 to UAF’s .068. Western had 7 aces to the Nanooks 4 and only 7 errors while UAF had 29 on the night. “I think the biggest game changer of the last two wins has been Christie Colasurdo at libero,” Moore said. “She made the switch so flawlessly and had played so hard in a completely new position. The confidence she exudes back there really makes a difference.” The Wolves travel to Bellingham, Washington where they will take on Western Washington University before their final two home games of the season.
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Soccer falls in last two regular season games BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR The Wolves traveled to Seattle, Washington on Oct. 30 to take on Seattle Pacific (SPU) where they fell 3-0 and then ended their season in Lacey, Washington where they fell to Saint Martin’s (SMU) 0-2. The first half against Seattle Pacific saw 15 combined shots but no one was able to connect for a goal. The Falcon’s had an 11-to-4 advantage on shots in the first half and added 16 more, nine on goal, in the second. Hannah Huesers of SPU scored the first goal of the game at 48:35, her 13th of the season. SPU would score three unanswered
Defender Allison Sprecher looks for her next pass in the Wolves’ game against Saint Martins on Oct. 2. PHOTO BY SHANNEN BROUNER
goals, including Huesers, within a 35-minute span. Goalkeepers Amanda Rose Johnson and Hillary Lutz combined for 10 saves, Johnson had four in the first half and Lutz saved a game-high six. The Wolves finished with six shots to SPU’s 27 and two shots on goal to the Falcon’s 13. The match-up against the Saints saw a combined 21 shots. The first half was scoreless again, with three Western shots to the Saints seven. SMU’s Jessica Christian scored her first goal of the season at 57:25 into the game. The final goal came at 75:54 to end the game 2-0. Goalkeeper Lindsey Mabinuori played in just her second game of the season and added a pair of saves for the Wolves. Western finished with nine shots to SMU’s 12 and five shots on goal, edging SMU by one. There were a combined 26 fouls during the match-up.
OPINION
NFL takes public stance against domestic violence Could this just be pretty public relations?
BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR
Due to the recent public attention of domestic violence regarding limelight National Football League (NFL) players, the league has joined the NO MORE campaign to show their stance, support and active action against this issue. With over 300 allies, the NO MORE campaign was started in 2009 in hopes to bring this hidden issue to the public eye. Domestic violence and sexual assault is one topic where the problems affecting millions of people around us are sometimes swept under the rug, not addressed, and even hidden. The recent NFL domestic violence incident regarding the Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice has brought this issue to the public’s attention, incidentally, pointing the fingers at star athletes. The first public service announcement (PSA) aired Oct. 23 during Sunday night football. The video featured more than 20 current and former NFL players, sending the message that these issues are not just surrounding those in a football helmet, but affects each and every one of us in our communities and our country. These PSAs delivered by NO MORE shows more than 50 celebrities and public figures requesting involvement from bystanders. These can
all be viewed online at nomore.org. According to nomore.org, 12.7 million people are physically abused, raped or stalked by their partners in one year, meaning 24 people are affected every minute. Sexual assault and domestic violence can happen to anyone, it does not discriminate by race, gender, sexual identity or age. Many companies have become executive committee members to this important campaign, including The Allstate Foundation, Avon, Kaiser Permanente, Verizon, Mary Kay and many more. Now, call me old fashioned, but it doesn’t matter if you are a professional football player, government official, college student, parent, teacher, garbage truck driver, minimum wage worker or millionaire, you shouldn’t sexually assault or physically abuse anyone. It was a decision made for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in which to include the NFL and its players in the campaign, but it is hard for me to see the honesty in their statements after multiple domestic violence cases. Is it really their place to take a public stance after the fact? We, as a country, are constantly watching every move of those in the
public eye, especially athletes. We enjoy watching their skill, we admire their talent and even envy them a little. So when we hear or see on video a Super Bowl champion running back has punched their wife in the face, knocking her unconscious, we want answers, and we want change. These issues do not discriminate; they happen, whether it is with a professional athlete or with an average citizen, people are affected by domestic violence and sexual assault every day. I am pleased with the decision of Goodell to take these steps to show the public that associations like the NFL do not tolerate such behavior. I am also displeased with the way the public has deemed the NFL a main reason we deal with domestic violence. Though they have insane strength and some may even call them aggressive, the NFL is not to blame for these issues nor will their PSA change the way we handle, prevent or even tackle the issue of domestic violence and sexual assault. The support from the league is “pretty” to public relations, but the true change has to come from every one of us, in the way we report these issues, talk about these issues, handle these issues and prevent these issues.
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