VOLUME 15 ISSUE 7 | WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY| FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Controlled burn sparks neighborhood interest
Establishing originality: Disney style
A student’s take on classic Disney tunes BY RAELYNN JOHNSTON FREELANCER
BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT NEWS EDITOR A controlled fire offered hands-on experience for trainees of Polk County Fire District No. 1 in the evening of Sunday, Nov. 9, drawing attention from locals. “This is the closest thing that we have to the real deal,” said Lieutenant James Nisbet. “The biggest thing was that we got some of our newer members on the department some good experience from it.” “We try to notify the neighbors and be friendly and courteous,” said Neal Olson. “We usually send out a letter.” The hand-delivered letter was delayed until one day prior to the burn this time. “I didn’t put this one in the newspaper because it came on so quick.” As a precaution, neighboring buildings and plants were thoroughly soaked prior to the first fire being lit just before 4 p.m. Water was continually applied, though everything was already wet thanks to a good rain, which, according to Nisbet, helped. “They weren’t in a huge, major threat,” Nisbet said of the local buildings, adding of this particular fire, “Really that one wasn’t too concerning.” The structures were distant enough to be protected from the blaze.
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ABOVE: Even as the building continues to burn, firefighters test a wall to ensure that it will not topple outward, spreading the flames beyond the designated boundary. BELOW: Throughout the controlled burn, many firefighters observed the fire’s behavior for their training and watched for hazards. PHOTOS BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT | NEWS EDITOR
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A new twist on classical Disney songs left students being jazzed up on Wednesday night, Nov. 12. Laura Killip, a senior who was accompanied by a swing jazz band, performed at Smith Music Hall in front of students, faculty and people from the community by revamping classical Disney songs into jazzy tunes. Killip, and each member of the band, were dressed up as Disney characters for the performance. The band consisted of characters such as Rapunzel, Jasmine, Aladdin, Genie, Mickey and Minnie, Flower, Hades, The Queen of Hearts and Berlioz. Killip, who is studying American Vernacular Music – the study of every American music genre after 1910 – wanted a chance to perform songs that she loved, which she could share with fellow peers while adding her own unique style. Killip organized A Night of Swinging Disney Tunes as a way to have fun during her senior year and a chance to “[let] loose and have fun.” “I could put on a show that I wanted to share exactly the way I wanted to share it and to share pieces I like with people,” Killip said. SEE JAZZ PAGE 8 >>
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OPINION
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I’m from Dallas, so I actually live at home and commute here. I save a lot of money that way. My sister did the same thing, went to WOU, lived at home, and moved out after that. Sometimes my dad will be like, “are we just a hotel?” because honestly I’m not always there. Leave at 7:30 a.m., get home at 8 p.m., that’s a normal day. But I get along with my parents; I’m very lucky to have a loving family. I’m a senior, and I’ve gone here all four years. I came in not knowing anything of what I wanted to do. I was undecided, didn’t know my major or anything. I think it took me longer to get involved. I was wandering through LACCs, where no one really cares why they’re there; and living at home; I was still connected to my Dallas community. It was difficult to know where to invest my time. Now I feel really involved. I’ve found where I fit. I work at the Child Development Center as a teacher’s aide, I’m a WOU ambassador, I’m part of an honors society for psychology students and I’m an officer for the National Society of Leadership and Success. I’m interning in Salem right now so I’m involved there. It’s a practicum, so I get credit for it. It’s at Family Building Blocks, which is an organization whose main goal is to prevent … child abuse through therapeutic class or parenting classes. I spend about 13 hours a week there, mainly in the classrooms. Prevention for abuse really happens between ages zero to three. I don’t exactly know what I want to do yet, but I want to somehow work with at-risk children or children with disabilities. Working with kids is really fun; you never know what they’re going to say. I asked one little girl, “Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?” and she’s like, “I’m gonna be an entomologist,” and I personally did not know what an entomologist was, and she said, “It’s a person who studies bugs, specifically insects.” There are those great moments all the time, but it can be challenging at times, too. You have to learn how to talk differently and correctly, to affirm and empower
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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?
children, but also to let them see consequences. It’s been a great experience. Dr. Brannan in the Psychology department always says “college isn’t for everyone, but education is,” and I agree with that. I value higher education very high-
“I do think some form of education, may it be trade school or some form of learning, makes you more open-minded. ” Kylie Roth SENIOR PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR
ly. I don’t think it’s for everyone, but I do think some form of education, may it be trade school or some form of learning, makes you more open-minded. And I don’t think open-minded means you have to accept everything, but that you’re able to see everything. In high school, thinking back, a lot of teachers would say “don’t let money matter when you pick a college,” but that was a big deciding factor. I think it’s worth the cost, but you have to be proactive about it, financially. The way I’ve approached my higher education, debt is not actually a concern for me. I feel very privileged that I’m in that boat. Education in any form should be for everyone, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be college. I’m planning on taking a year off after I graduate. I’m still not sure about grad school. I don’t know yet. My goal is just to get employed in something that I enjoy, and have it hopefully help guide me from there. Transcribed and 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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The following article was written and submitted by a Western student who asked to be identified only by her first initial, “M.” The Journal met with “M” and confirms her as a source. I am writing in response to the anonymous sexual assault survivor article published Oct. 31 in issue 5. This article struck me immediately because it is very similar to my own experience with sexual assault on campus. I also was raped by a close friend, another Western student, after being drugged. I went through the Student Conduct Hearing process as well, but I had a more positive experience, and a more just ruling. I barely remember the night, but I do remember the blatant non-consensual sex, while I was clearly intoxicated. This was after many prior instances in which this student conducted abusive behavior towards me, both sexually and otherwise. Like many other girls, I followed my first instinct: act like it never happened, report nothing. I reasoned that I could not report what this student had done without any hard evidence. I was afraid that no one would believe me. I was afraid of what this student would do after finding out I reported him. I was afraid of going through the stressful hearing process, only to feel humiliated with no results. And I was very afraid that my situation wasn’t “really rape,” as if it needed to be violent, or more obviously non-consensual to be reported. A few months after the incident, I realized I did not feel comfortable running into this man on campus, and I was scared he would continue his vulgar behavior with other girls. I report-
ed the incident on the Western student conduct page online. Upon response, I met with a member of the student conduct faculty. She was very understanding, and let me know what my options were in my situation. I did not feel pressured or rushed to move forward with my allegations against the student who assaulted me. I decided to move forward, and the other student decided to deny all charges, and we were brought into a Student Conduct Hearing. I was not required to attend, but I chose to go and give my statement. I said the sex was clearly not consensual; he said it clearly was. The committee was unable to rule that he had raped me, but was able to at least conclude that he had sexually harassed me. This student was suspended from school for a year, and was given a nocontact order, banning him from contacting me in any direct or indirect way. After this ruling I feel much safer on and off campus. It’s hard to think about how close I was to letting this whole situation, and this student, off the hook. I worry that this kind of assault is continuing at Western, and that other victims are keeping quiet, with the same hesitations I had about reporting. I strongly encourage anyone who has been subject to sexual assault on or off campus to take the first step, report their story to the student conduct office, and at least explore their options for standing up to these attackers.
This fire truck had its hoses hooked up to a fire hydrant and crews used the water in their training and to contain the blaze. PHOTO BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT | NEWS EDITOR
Donated property provider crucial training opportunity >> FIRE:
“It is real fire, it’s just a little more controlled and regulated.” A property is also thoroughly evaluated for safety before a burn. Once a structure has been deemed safe, Polk County Fire District No. 1 assumes control of the property, and crews use it for a variety of exercises. “This is super valuable to people who don’t have a lot of experience,” said Nisbet. This particular property was employed all summer for various training exercises; it couldn’t be lit up because of a burn ban. “We can use that structure for quite a while ahead of time; there’s lots of things that we train on outside of the actual live fire,” said Olson. “We were probably in that building, doing drills, for probably close to 30 hours over the summer.” With between 10 and 20 people in each crew, he added, “Thousands of training hours were received by us having that structure, which was really good.” Practice scenarios include ventilation, forcible entry, and search and rescue among other drills, according to Olson. For ventilation, crews must climb ladders to cut holes in the roof with chainsaws. Forcible entry is needed when a door must be broken down in order to enter the building or the room. By filling the house with smoke or simulating the collapse of a roof, crews also gain experience with realistic situations. Everyone on site had a specific job, and a crew to which they were assigned. This is the group they practice with, shifting duties so everyone gets a chance to experience it. “It’s a real detailed plan as to how we’re going to rotate the crews,” said Olson. “We do all of that training based on national fire protection association guidelines.” He added that he referenced at least 17 pages of material on how to handle every aspect of the controlled burn. Five fires were planned for the building, in which crews would be able to see how the fire behaved, and gain valuable experience working in realistic conditions. After the fourth lighting, the fire got into the attic. Based on the condition of the attic, this wasn’t a surprise, according to Nisbet. “Once we got to that point, we just went immediately into free burn,” Olson said. Everyone was ordered out of the building, and firefighters monitored it as they let it burn to the ground. Nisbet facilitated the lightings, including observing the interior fire conditions while crews rotated through, to
make sure the fire stayed contained. “For the condition of the structure and just kind of time frame, that was more than we were anticipating,” Nisbet said. “We were very happy that we were able to get as many out of it as we did.” In addition to training individual firefighters and improving their experience, Olson said that the exercises helped to build team cohesion. According to him, the burn also served as a kind of neighborhood cleanup, as the building was not very appealing. “We come away with a lot of training,” Olson said. “Everybody has a place and it’s really detailed.” Extra vehicles – ambulances and fire trucks – were brought to the scene of the controlled burn. Nearly the entire force on duty was present last night, according to Olson, so if a real call came in, they had to be prepared to mount a response from the field. “We still have to provide our service to the remainder of the community,” Olson said. This time, he added, they were lucky; “We didn’t have any interruptions.” Other practice burns have been complicated with actual emergencies. “It can be really exciting at times,” he said; with different calls coming in at the same time, there can be a lot going on, which detracts from training. “A majority of our force are volunteers,” Olson said. On a daily basis, Polk County Fire District No. 1 maintains three full-time firefighters on duty; there are nine career individuals to respond to any incident. The remaining 65 firefighters are volunteers, such as those who received training Sunday. “If we were able to do it three times a year, that would be great,” said Olson. “We need to have them twice a year,” but he acknowledged, “It doesn’t always work like that.” On average, they are usually able to practice controlled burns once or twice a year. Spectators gathered to watch the flames for several hours. Rebekah Degner, Nisbet’s girlfriend, watched the fire from a camp chair for over an hour. Other people came and went well into the night, when the fires began to die down. “You don’t see that every day,” said Elder Lima of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who, after seeing the smoke, stopped by with Elder Goff to make sure everything was alright and if they could help. Many watchers that night commented that they initially thought that this was an actual fire. After the building had been burned, it was returned to the control of the owner. Olson said that an apartment building
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TURKEY BASKET DRIVE HELD FOR FAMILIES IN NEED The Ella Curran Food Bank is in need of supplies for Thanksgiving meals given to families in need. Donations can be dropped off in the South Sister Annex located under Valsetz Dining Hall. The food drive ends Friday, Nov. 21. For more information, call 503-838-8426 or visit wou.edu/student/rha.
SURVEY AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENT ASSISTANT FEEDBACK Students living on campus can fill out a survey giving feedback on the performance of their resident assistant before 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21. Email reminders include a link to the survey. For more information, talk to David Sundby with University Housing: 503-8388658 or sundbyd@wou.edu.
APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR HONDURAS SERVICE LEARNING TRIP Applications are available for Students Helping Honduras, an organization whose mission is to build schools in impoverished areas in the country. Western students and faculty have the opportunity to get involved this summer. Applications are available in the Service Learning and Career Development office and are due Friday, Nov. 21. For more information call 503-838-8432 or visit wou. edu/student/career.
WOLF RIDE TO HELP STUDENTS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS For $10 during winter break, WOLF Ride will drive students to Salem, the Amtrak train station, the Greyhound bus station, or the Red Lion Inn for the shuttle to the Portland airport. The deadline for requests is Tuesday, Dec. 2. For a request form and additional information on the WOU Safe Ride Program, visit wou.edu/student/wolfride. Call 503-8388221 or email studentaffairs@wou.edu for more information. Also, WOLF Ride is offering a free trip to the Lancaster Mall in Salem Saturday, Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. Sign up in the Office of Student Affairs located in Room 203 on the top floor of the Werner University Center.
BRAZILIAN SEPTET TO PERFORM Music professor Tom, Bergeron will join with faculty members Rosi Bergeron, Keller Coker, Tim Connell, Page Hundemer and Mike Snyder for a concert of choro, bossa nova samba and frevo, Sunday, Nov. 16 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. in room 121 of Smith Music Hall. Special guest, Brazilian guitarist Sergio Botelho will also perform. General admission is $8, $5 for seniors and free for Western students with school ID. For more information, call 503-838-8275. UPCOMING WORKSHOP HELD FOR DEAFHEARING CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICTS A two-day event will be held to identify and work through deaf-hearing cross-cultural conflicts in the workplace Nov. 21 from 4 – 8 p.m. and Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center. The event will be co-facilitated by John Gournaris and Alison Aubrecht. The workshop will be presented in American Sign Language and interpreters are provided. General admission is $25 and students pay $25. Faculty and staff seeking CEUs will be charged $50 and professionals seeking CEUs will be charged $75. A $5 late fee will be added if registering after Nov. 14. For more information, contact Cheryl Davis, director of Regional Resource Center on Deafness at 503-838-8053, email rrcd@wou. edu or visit wou.edu/education/sped/rrcd. php/register/htm. OREGON TEACHER OF THE YEAR COMES TO WESTERN Oregon’s 2014 Teacher of the Year, Brett Bigham, will be on campus to speak to Western students Monday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in ED 217. Students are encouraged to bring a nonperishable Thanksgiving food item to donate. Contact Cindy Ryan at 503-838-8605 for more information.
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LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A CLASS Today is the last day for students to drop a class and take a “W” grade. Withdrawing from a course does not affect a student’s GPA, but there may be implications for future eligibility of financial aid. Student Success Specialist Jesse Poole is available to assess specific situations individually and offer advice on academic matters. He is available today from 8 – 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 – 4 p.m. in the Academic Advising and Learning Center. MARIJUANA LEGALIZED STATEWIDE; STILL BANNED ON CAMPUS There will be no change to Western’s present policy on drug use, including marijuana. All colleges and universities receiving federal funding adhere to the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act. Marijuana is recognized by the federal government as an illegal Schedule I drug. For more information on campus policy regarding drugs, review the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act statement, or contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at 503-838-8221. ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION EXTENSION GRANTED, EFFECTIVE WINTER TERM Students will be able to enroll via Wolf Web into open classes during the first two days of winter term. Previously enrollment was blocked at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday evening before the start of classes. In an email sent out to students, faculty and administrators Oct. 22, Provost Stephen Scheck said this will alleviate unnecessary processing work for registrar staff when previously students have had to fill out an add/drop form for classes that have available seats. Online registration will be turned off Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 11:59 p.m.
R.E.A.L. Fair advocates social justice
Class project trains student leaders, revives gathering of resource organizations BY ALLISON OPSON CLEMENT NEWS EDITOR Students from Dr. David Foster’s Psychology of Leadership class are gaining real-life experience with teamwork, promoting social justice through their project, a resource fair which will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 18 in the Werner University Center Pacific Room. The second-annual Responsibility, Equity, Accessibility and Leadership (R.E.A.L.) Fair will create a space to promote the services of attending organizations, said Foster, who taught the course that started the first R.E.A.L. fair last fall, and urged his students to take up the challenge again this year. This event is a chance to explore social issues facing the larger community and find help from the right source if they need it, as well as find a cause they may wish to support themselves through volunteer work or other support. “Having the hands-on experience, taking it out of theory and into practice, has been really useful,” said Kristin Osborne, a student in the class and member of the event leadership team. Foster explained that people are graduating college, but still lack the skills companies need. These skills include abilities like communication and getting along with other people. Training in leadership and teamwork sets students ahead of the game, he added. “Organizations are having a huge leadership crisis right now,” Foster said. “I think these classes are good for anybody.” The event is sponsored by Abby’s House in addition to the psychology students. Other organizations represented will include Stonewall Center, Green Dot, the Multicultural Student Union, the Office of Disability Services, Campus Public Safety, Peer Mentors, as well as over half a dozen others. According to Foster, this is a greater number than attended the previous fair. “A side benefit would be that those organizations could network among themselves,” Osborne said.
The event includes a food drive to raise donations for and awareness of Western’s resource for hungry students. “It highlights the WOU Pantry, which a lot of people don’t know exists,” Foster said. A drawing for gift cards to local food businesses will be held at the end of the fair. Students may enter both by donating to the food drive and filling out a survey about the fair. Since the first program was a full year ago, Foster said, there was little left to work with, so this year’s group resurrected the event nearly from scratch in many cases. “It kind of organically came about,” Osborne said of the process. She called this a fully collaborative effort. “We all walk around in a little pack.” There haven’t been many big issues, Osborne added, because “all the people in the group have the same objective.” They brainstormed a list of organizations they wanted to invite, including some that were present last year as well as several new ones, narrowed that list down, and divided up the call list. “People have had lots of good ideas and
“Having the handson experience, taking it out of theory and into practice, has been really useful.” KRISTIN OSBORNE R.E.A.L. LEADERSHIP MEMBER
we narrowed that down,” Osborne said of the list. The group has been working on this project since the second week of term. “We’ve got some people and some talents that really fit,” said Foster, adding that the group members are doing very well. Some psychology courses (including Foster’s classes), may offer extra credit for attending the fair, as well. “These guys are doing a really good job of reporting, advertising already,” Foster said. “My goal after the first R.E.A.L. Fair was seeing it continue.”
NETWORK MAINTENANCE ANNOUNCEMENT University computing services will begin electrical path maintenance on Sunday causing two 20 minute outages beginning at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. The phone systems will be down for both outages and the core network will be down for the first outage and possibly the second.
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Trench warfare sets dividing line in politics
of fundamental mistakes. “Sometimes that three percent may not be part of the national trend,” Dover said. “It may be something esoteric to a campaign.” According to Dover, the first mistake Goss made was her reluctance to debate Evans on numerous occasions. She was also not able to capitalize on advertising, while Evans was Professor presents analysis of partisan able to build both positive advertisements toward himself and attack advertisements politics as seen in this election aimed at Goss. The Democrats gained two seats in the OrBY FILMON TEKLAY egon State Senate. FREELANCER Dover said Washington County, Marion County and Clackamas County are the three Dr. Edwin Dover, professor of political sci- areas that more or less decide State elections ence at Western, compared the national divi- in Oregon, and these counties are primarily sion of political parties to the trench warfare suburbs. of World War I in an analysis of the recent Other states have similar political scenes to midterm election. Oregon, and Dover expanded his idea about “We have more or less a 10 mile trench the division of politics in regards to suburban where we fight our partisan battles,” Dover battle lines to a national context. said of this country’s political divisions. “Both All of the races for seats in the House of sides probe around for a soft spot, both sides Representatives were fought in suburbs of mobilize massive levels of resources to gain a various cities and states such as Miami and few miles.” New Hampshire. Dover analyzed the recent According to Dover, the dividing line is in changes in the House of Representatives and the suburbs, which is where the battles are the Senate. found, state after state. “The Democrats The Democrats domigained 11 seats in 2012 nate major urban areas and lost 12 seats this he explained, while the time,” Dover explained, Republicans control adding that, over time, rural territories around most of the seats rethe country. mained the same. “We don’t really have Overall, neither party blue states or red states, gained any ground in what we have are Urthe House of Represenban vs. Rural,” said Dotatives. ver. On the other hand, Dover broke down the Senate “is where his analysis into three the Republican Parparts, commenting on ty made significant the local, state and nagains,” said Dover. tional elections. “The Republican Party Dover uses the afso far has gained eight termath of the election seats and probably to illustrate the use of nine – the ninth seat trench warfare in lois Louisiana.” The adDR. EDWIN DOVER cal, state and federal vancements made by POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT WESTERN races across the counthe Republicans gave try. He explained that them 54 seats, and conthe Democrats won trol of the Senate. The one seat, the local race in District 20, in the races for Senate were in Republican states or Oregon House of Representatives, while the battleground states which is favorable terrain remaining seats in the Oregon House went to for them. the same party that held them before. “In the next election, there will be 24 ReThe local race in District 20 took place be- publicans and 10 Democrats up for Senate tween Paul Evans and Kathy Goss. Dover was in 2016, and many of the Republicans are in involved in Evans’s campaign and he followed very Democratic states,” said Dover. “So the the race closely. Republican Party will have a little trouble “This was a hard fought battle because it keeping this majority.” is where the suburban fault line rests,” Dover Dover discussed the difference of turnout said. “This was the most expensive campaign between Presidential elections and off-year for the state legislature in Oregon.” elections, explaining that people over 60 tend Evans and Goss each spent about $500,000, to have a greater turnout for off-year elecand both campaigns received support and tions, while people younger than 30 do not contribution from their respective parties. have a significant turnout for off-year elecEvans defeated Goss by a three percent mar- tions. gin, and Dover thinks Goss was defeated mainly because her campaign made a couple
“Both sides probe around for a soft spot, both sides mobilize massive levels of resources to gain a few miles.”
CAMPUS BLOTTER The following information is from the public records of Campus Public Safety. ROOMMATE DISPUTE At 6:12 p.m. Nov. 4 in Noble Hall, Public Safety was contacted in regards to a mental health/ roommate dispute.
Hall, Public Safety was contacted about a marijuana violation. At 9:08 p.m. Nov. 7 in Butler Hall, Public Safety responded to a marijuana violation.
ALCOHOL VIOLATION At 12:05 a.m. Nov. 5 in Spruce Hall, Public Safety responded to an alcohol violation involving a non-student. At 2:07 a.m. Nov. 9 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety discovered an alcohol violation.
MEDIC ASSIST/MENTAL HEALTH At 9:25 p.m. Nov. 6 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety responded to a medic assist. At 5:46 p.m. Nov. 7 in Spruce Hall, Public Safety responded to a medical/mental health issue. At 3:37 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Health and Wellness Center, Public Safety responded to a medic assist. At 11:38 p.m. Nov. 9 in Barnum Hall, Public Safety responded to a medical assist.
WEAPONS POSSESSION At 10:39 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Ackerman smoke shed, Public Safety was contacted in reference to a weapons violation involving a stun gun. The weapon was moved off campus. MARIJUANA VIOLATION At 12:22 a.m. Nov. 6 in Barnum
DOMESTIC HARASSMENT At 8:40 p.m. Nov. 7 on Stadium Drive, Public Safety responded to a domestic fight near J-Loop and the Sequoia Commons.
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6 FL ASHB ACK FRIDAY A new feature exploring the Hamersly Library University Archives
Students pose in their beards after receiving an award for the Whiskerino contest. PHOTO COURTESY OF WOU ARCHIVES (from the Oregon College of Education Alumni News) ca. 1947
NO-SHAVE NOVEMBER
A history lesson of Western Oregon University BY LACY HINTON FREELANCER
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ovember has been known to bring foliage to the students of Western Oregon University, although not in the traditional green and leafy sense. No-shave November is the modern practice of beard and mustache growing during the month. In 1939 the men’s association of Western, then known as the Oregon Normal School, generated a similar tradition known as Whiskerino.
issue 12 of the student newspaper, The Lamron. The hairy tradition was reformed over the years it was active − once even as an ode to dead week and always followed by a dance. Eventually, Whiskerino became best known as a celebrated ritual of homecoming. Although Western does not currently have a men’s association demanding that members ditch their razors for a week long race of facial hair, the entire
Whiskerino, originally called the “Hairless-Joe Contest,” was a university tradition spanning through the 1940s that has been preserved and rediscovered in the Western Oregon University archives located in Hamersly Library. Whiskerino, originally called the “Hairless-Joe Contest,” was a university tradition spanning through the 1940s that has been preserved and rediscovered in the Western Oregon University archives located in Hamersly Library. After a successful Sadie Hawkins week in which standard gender roles were reversed and women took the bold initiative to ask men on dates, the Associated Men’s Students found a way to “produce some evidence that they were still in fact men” by requiring every member to hide their razors from February 22 to March 10 when they would then present their facial foliage to judges and declare a winner, says
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month of November has become a societal beacon of beards for young adults. No-Shave is an effort to raise awareness of cancer by celebrating hair and donating the money normally spent on grooming products to help fund education on prevention and save lives, says No-Shave.org. However, not all men have been known to participate in the tradition with any affiliation to the philanthropy, but instead consider it a rite of passage during the autumn season. This November, Western can expect many of the male students to be seen sporting beards, mustaches, side burns and goatees throughout the month.
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Building relationships, sandwich by sandCathy Clark reflects on life, sandwich making and the ingredients that go into both
“To have played a small role into making that transition a little easier, that’s special.”
BY JENNIFER HALLEY CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR
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alsetz Dining Hall is always bustling with people throughout the week, especially during lunchtime. Students mill around, trying to decide what to eat, while employees hustle to get everyone what they need. Voices rise over one another in an effort to be heard, the tinny whine of silverware echoes throughout the crowded building, and the drilling ring of the cash register all mix together in a raucous din. Lunch time at Valsetz is a chaotic couple of hours. Through it all, however, one person stays constant. She spies her regulars right as they come through Valsetz’ double doors and waves at them, beckoning them over. Once they arrive at the deli counter, she begins to make their sandwich, already memorized in her head – even if that student has only been to get a sandwich once. As she makes their sandwich, she talks to them, genuinely curious about how their day is going, about who they are as a person. She interacts this way with every student she comes across, every day. Lovingly dubbed as the Sandwich Lady by her regulars, Cathy Clark works as the deli production assistant for Valsetz Dining Hall. She has worked there for the past 28 years, and in those 28 years, she has never missed a single day of work. “I enjoy what I do,” Clark said. “It’s not a job, it’s a privilege.” “When I went in [to get a sandwich], she immediately said hello and asked my name before I picked up a tray,” Lara Valachovic, a sophomore, said. “It was finals week, so she asked how they were going and reminded me not to let myself get too stressed.” “It’s definitely obvious she loves her job, or at least talking with students,” Valachovic added. Clark’s passion for people is apparent in the way she interacts with her customers. She understands how hard college can be, and how big of a transition it can be. “To have played a small role in making that transition a little easier, that’s special,” Clark said. “That’s why I like what I do.” She added that everyone wants to go somewhere that they feel remembered, and where she works, “the NW corner of Valsetz”, Clark knows it is a place where
CATHY CLARK DELI PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Doing what she does best, Cathy Clark, also known as “the Sandwich Lady,” prepares sandwiches and interacts with students during lunchtime at Valsetz dining hall. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE BLAIR, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER students feel acknowledged and special and, ultimately, remembered. She can tell by the students who become her regulars, or just by the student “that comes in and beams and says thank you.” Students are not the only people Clark impacts, though. “Cathy is great to work with; she is very reliable,” Ashleigh Hawkins, a senior who works with Clark at Valsetz, said. “She is really very funny and has a great sense of humor. [She’s] a great person to be around.” Clark is quick to recognize her fellow co-workers in how hard they contribute to making Valsetz an inviting place for the students. They also put their hearts into their work and for Clark, that is what keeps her going. “We are a supporting team, a community spirit,” Clark said of her co-workers. Before Clark began work at Valsetz, she went to Northwest Christian University (NCU), intending to study social work. Even though attending NCU did not work out, “this job has kind of evolved into that,” Clark said. She said that she can learn more from
the outside world, than in a classroom, and everything she has learned in her life is valuable. She added that, each job can be an area of opportunity, in that “we should never stop fine-tuning [ourselves].” Growing up with a father in the Air Force, Clark has seen a lot and met a variety of people. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, started the first grade in the east coast and even lived briefly in Okinawa, Japan. According to Clark, she is a certified firefighter for the forestry department and worked there for a year. Eventually, she settled her roots in Monmouth when she started working for Valsetz and has lived here ever since. Outside of work, Clark busies herself with her two cats, interacting with her neighbors, and enjoys doing anything with her hands, whether it is landscaping, gardening or building something. Clark has two policies she lives by: “to do no harm in my words and actions,” and “to leave it a little better than the way we found it.” If she can still work at Valsetz when she’s 80 years old, then “let’s do it,” Clark said.
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Album Review—Taylor Swift, 1989: A Change for the Better
>>JAZZ: Bringing forth originality
BY DECLAN HERTEL FREELANCER
A month ago I could say with complete Vocally, Swift shines here. Her voice is surety that I didn’t like Taylor Swift. This was wonderful and truly the strongest technical partly because I’m an alternative genre junkie part of the record. with a distaste for most pop, but also because It’s nice to hear no pitch correction in her of the insistence that she was a “country artist.” Taylor Swift has never been “country”; she’s been a pop artist through and through. I felt that the “country” label always confined her to making music with a twinge of country because that was the original plan. When “I Knew You Were Trouble” was released in 2012, I was intrigued. Was Taylor Swift finally breaking free of the pop-country mold? It turns out she was. 1989, her latest effort, is a pop record. All traces of country-Taylor have been expelled in favor of synthpop influence. It’s not a groundbreaking record by any means, but it is good, and shows what I believe to be a step in the right direction for Taylor ALBUM PHOTO COURTESY USMAGAZINE.COM Swift. Musically, 1989 doesn’t do anything new, but it does do all the performances, and the filters and effects they old standbys of the pop world really well. Ex- do use on her are all very tasteful and accentuecutive producer Max Martin — known for ate the song without getting in the way. In fact, such classics as “Baby One More Time” — con- the use of processed backing vocals on 1989 tributes his talents to the drum programming does way more for the sound than the synths. and synths that stylistically mark this album. My favorite track on the record is the I really would have liked to hear a bit more bouncing anthem “Shake It Off.” It grooves of the edge he displays on tracks of his past like like crazy without any clutter. Swift’s vocal Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone,” but his performance on the track feels much more work on 1989 is solid and accentuates Swift’s carefree and excited and enthusiastic than any straight pop sensibility. of the other songs here, which is so much to
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her credit. “Shake It Off ” also serves as an unfortunately singular respite from the somewhat melancholy feel to the rest of the record. Almost all the songs on the latter half have a feeling-down legato to them. The album lacks a lot of variance in that regard; I would have very much liked to see more upbeat songs that people can really dance to, especially because that’s what the album feels like it wants to do with its sense of youthful exploration. That said, I think this album is the best representation of Taylor Swift thus far. She’s finally moved past country completely and I think that we’ll be seeing a lot of good stuff from her in the future as she embraces pop more and more. 1989 shows a very promising transition for Swift, and I look forward to her next offering.
According to Killip’s personal blog, she has been all around the world, performing and singing for various types of audiences and with each performance, Killip brought forth originality and a unique take on music. Members of the band enjoyed performing Killip’s original take on Disney. Hannah Hazelwood, a background vocalist who dressed up as the Queen of Hearts, loved performing the tune “Baby Mine” from Dumbo. “I enjoyed singing this song because the melodies went well together,” Hazelwood said. Chandler Barnett, a freshman, also enjoyed the modern take on Disney, especially the tune “Monster’s Inc”, because it made him feel young again. “As a kid, “Monster’s Inc.” was always my favorite movie,” Barnett said. “So hearing the song brought back memories.” Killip has taught dancing in Corvallis, professionally performed in musicals, is currently preparing for her senior recital next term and is writing her own musical about YouTube bloggers.
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Spectacular “Birdman” is a love letter to film and live theater BY NATHANIEL DUNAWAY ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
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Michael Keaton’s character is pushed by his past self, the titular Birdman. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIRED.COM The cinema of 2014 has completely restored my faith in the medium of film. Not that I ever really lost my faith, but based on the incredible success of television in the last ten years, it seemed as though the motion picture was on the outs; that the best stories out there could be found not on the silver screen, but the small one. Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” released earlier this year, shook that view, and last week’s release, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman or: the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” shattered it entirely. The less you know about “Birdman” going into it, the better, but suffice it to say, this is one of the most impressive films you’ll ever see. Starring “Batman” and “Beetlejuice” alum Michael Keaton, as well as Edward Norton (“Fight Club”), Emma Stone (“Easy A”), and Zach
Galifianakis (“The Hangover”), “Birdman” centers on Riggan Thomson (Keaton), a washed-up actor who once played the fictional superhero Birdman. Thomson is writing, directing and starring in a play on Broadway, as a way of coping with his mounting existential crisis. Riggan, as his daughter (Stone) points out, thinks he doesn’t matter. This film is a complete spectacle, from start to finish. The cinematography is gorgeous, and is made even more impressive and mind-boggling through incredibly complex camera work. “Birdman” was edited to appear as one solid, continuous, never-ending take. The camera follows characters through hallways, into dressing rooms, backstage, onto roofs, out into the street, and on stage during performances of the play. Nearly the entire film takes place in or around
the theater. In fact, “Birdman” just might be the best film about theater ever made. I pair “Boyhood” and “Birdman” together for two reasons. One, they were both released this year, within just a few months of each other. This fact alone is not in itself impressive without taking into account the second reason, which is that they are the most ingenious utilizations of the medium of film I’ve ever seen. Both films take hold of an artistic tradition that is over a 100 years old, and does something completely new with it. Each film looks the medium in the eye and declares that not everything has been done. They reaffirm the power of film, assuring us as viewers that no one is going to reinvent the wheel, but someone out there can – and will - make us see it in a completely new way.
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Wolves upset nationally ranked Humboldt State on senior night BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR
Volleyball falls in five sets to Clan in second-to-last away game of the season BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR
LEFT: McArthur Field filled up on senior night. BELOW: Running back Nathaniel Penaranda (42) snakes through the Clan defense. PHOTOS BY NEIL GRAVET
“An emotional win against Humboldt was about as sweet as it can get for us seniors.” quarterback Ryan Bergman The 3-0 at home Western Oregon football team upset nationally ranked Humboldt State (HSU) 3331, Saturday, Nov. 8 during senior night. The game started with a defense focused strategy as defensive tackle Michael Kluge scored his first touchdown of his career off an HSU fumble at the 7-yard line. The extra point was blocked, making the score 6-0 to start off the game. The next score came from the Lumberjacks in the second quater at 5:45 in the game. Their only lead of the game was 7-6 before quarterback Ryan Bergman threw to wide receiver Daniel Thomas for a 21-yard touchdown. The Wolves would lead at halftime, 13-6. The second half opened up with a 34-yard field goal by HSU to come within 3 (13-10). Bergman connected with wide receiver James DePew six minutes later for a 15-yard touchdown, pulling away 19-10. Just three minutes later, Bergman connected again with his longest pass of the game, a 72-yard touchdown to wide receiver Tyrell Williams. The Wolves led 26-10 with 3:41 left in the third quarter. The Lumberjacks gained 8 when they scored a touchdown and completed the two-point conversion, coming back 26-18 and then scored
again to pull within 2 (26-24). The last seven minutes saw two more touchdowns, a 41-yard run by running back Nathaniel Penaranda and a touchdown by HSU. The Wolves secured their upset 33-31 and earned a perfect 4-0 record at home this season. “The win was very important,” Bergman said. “The seniors and myself really wanted to cap off the home games this year on a positive note.” Bergman closed out his career at Western with a 335-yard game, throwing 28-of-54 for three touchdowns. He was four touchdowns shy of tying the all-time career mark in Western history, which is held by Mark Thorson (2004-07). Bergman also earned the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) offensive player of the week and holds two GNAC records with seven 300-yard games this season and five consecutive 300-yard games. “An emotional win against Humboldt was about as sweet as it can get for us seniors,” said Bergman. “It was awesome playing in front of our home crowd one more time before our careers are over here. “The best part about playing here has been the friendships that I have formed with a ton of my teammates and competing with them on game days,” Bergman said.
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Penaranda finished with 36 rushing yards while Williams had 94 yards receiving on four catches including a 72-yard touchdown in the third. DePew added five catches and a touchdown while Thomas added a touchdown and 56 yards. Defensive line Kraig Akins finished his senior night with 10 tackles and a game-high of two sacks which forced 23 yards lost for HSU. Defensive back Trebriel Larry and linebacker Jonathan Breland led the team with 11 tackles. Larry contributed four for a loss. Breland ended the game with three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a sack. Larry also received the GNAC defensive player of the week. Western finished the game with 366 offensive yards, just shy of HSU at 396. HSU also edged Western in passing yards, 371 to 335. The Wolves had 31 rushing yards to HSU’s 25. The Wolves will travel to Rapid City, S.D. to take on the South Dakota Mines on Saturday, Nov. 15 to finish out the regular season. “Going to South Dakota this weekend, we are just trying to go out with a bang,” said Bergman. “We are going to leave everything on the field and end this season on a positive note.”
Western volleyball traveled to Burnaby, B.C. to take on the Clan of Simon Fraser University (SFU) where they fell in five sets, 2-3. In the Wolves’ second-to-last Thursday match of the season, outside hitter Alisha Bettinson led Western with a season-high 17 kills and outside hitter Christie Colasurdo had a match, season and career-high of 42 digs. SFU led in kills, 63-61, aces 5-2 and blocks, 13-11. Western ended the match with a .196 hitting percentage, edging SFU with their .140. The first two sets were won by SFU, both only by two and three points. The Wolves came back in the third set after outside hitter Sam Moore registered a kill for the 2522 win. Moore had 8 kills and six blocks for the night. Western started the fourth set with a 5-1 lead. Opposite hitter Hannah Deede helped push Western to a 15-8 lead after a kill. Deede finished with eight kills in the five set match. The Wolves won the fourth set 25-20 to send the match to a fifth and final set. Western opened the fifth set with its first point before SFU scored four unanswered points. The score was tied 6-6 after a kill by middle blocker Cherene O’Hara who finished the night with 10. SFU took another four straight points for the 10-6 lead. The Wolves came back 13-11 until SFU closed out the match with a 15-12 victory. Setters Jordin Ramos and Kiana Cash combined for 50 assists while middle blocker and outsider hitter Maddi Ober and Lani Kalalau added seven kills each. The Wolves registered 12 services errors in the five-set match. In their last away game of the season, the Wolves traveled to Bellingham, Wash. to take on nationally ranked Western Washington University (WWU) on Nov. 8. The Wolves finished with 21 kills to WWU’s 52, and had 16 errors, only hitting .050 percent. Moore added five kills and O’Hara and Kalalau had four each. Cash dished out eight assists and Ramos seven. Colasurdo led the Wolves with a match-high 25 digs. Ober also had a match-high tying four blocks. Western will welcome Montana State Billings for their last game of the season in Monmouth on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.
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Women’s basketball starts off season with three exhibition games BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR Women’s basketball started off their season with three exhibition games against Warner Pacific College on Oct. 28, University of Portland on Nov. 5, and Oregon State University on Nov. 9. The Wolves started off their first exhibition game by scoring the first two baskets of the game by forward Dana Goularte and guard Shyla Akins. The Knights then went on a 12-3 run for a 12-7 lead. Western took charge and tied the game up 16-16 for the last tie of the game from a lay-in by Goularte. The Wolves ended the half with a 31-19 lead with a buzzer-beater three-pointer by guard Jordan Mottershaw. The second half started with the Wolves growing its lead to 20 points (39-19), the Knights would pull back within seven points before Western pushed the lead back to 20 (61-41). With 3:34 left, forward Kelsey Henry would score on a fast break lay-in before the Knights would finish the game with the final 14 points but couldn’t come back from the deficit. The Wolves finished the game 6155. Goularte led the Wolves with 20 points and Akins added 15. Mottershaw had a game-high seven rebounds and five points. Guard Elise Miller dished out a game-high seven assists and a game-high six steals. The Wolves shot 34.9 percent from the field, 60.9 percent at the free throw line and 23.1 percent behind the arch.
“The main things we are working towards for the season is to have a winning record,” said Goularte. “We want to improve from last year’s record. Our game against Warner Pacific was a great starting point to kick the year off.” In the Wolves’ second exhibition game against University of Portland in the Chiles Center, Western dropped the upset 6070 where they shot 31.4 percent from the field. The team huddles up during a time-out during a game on Oct. 28. The Wolves connected for PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BLAIR 4-for-16 from behind the arch and shot 80 percent at the free by Goddard. The Pilots would then shoot throw line. Goularte was 7-for-13 and led free throws for a final score of 70-60. the team with 25 pints, 11-for-13 from the “We had a good start with Warner Paciffree throw line. Guard Katie Goddard had 13 ic,” said head coach Holli Howard-Carpenpoints with Mottershaw and guard Michelle ter. “It was a really good measuring stick to Bromagem’s eight and five points, respective- see where we are. Although we are way ahead ly. Goularte had a team-high seven rebounds of where we were last year at this time, the and Mottershaw added three assists. WPC game showed us the areas we still need Western trailed at halftime 39-25 after to improve on. The team has worked really a back-to-back 20 minutes of play before hard through the pre-season and are really the Pilots went on a 15-6 run. The second focused on our team goals going into this half opened up with the Pilots scoring four weekend.” points, increasing the lead to 18. The Wolves In the final exhibition game of the seawould then go on an 11-4 run bringing the son the Wolves traveled to Corvallis, Ore. score within 11 after free throws by Henry. to take on No.20 ranked division 1 Oregon Pilots pushed their lead to 17 before Western State University where they fell 38-98. used 12 minutes to go on a 21-12 run, pulling The team shot 26.9 percent from the within eight points (68-60) after a free throw field and 26.7 percent behind the three-point
Men’s basketball holds on for a huge upset against D1 Oregon State Beavers in exhibition game BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR
Men’s basketball took on Division 1 Oregon State University (OSU) in an exhibition game on Nov. 7 where they upset the Beavers in Corvallis, Ore. 57-47. The Wolves’ opened the first half strong, scoring the first seven points. OSU didn’t score until 16:09 in the first half. Forward Andy Avgi helped increase the lead by as much as 17 points (27-10) with a jumper at 5:36 in the first half and then hitting a three-pointer in the final seconds before the half. The double-digit lead would remain as the Wolves went into halftime with the score 32-19. Avgi finished the first half with 13 points and was 5-of-7 shooting from the field. He finished the night with a game-high 21 points and 6-of-13 from the field. He also shot 8-for-9 from the free throw line. Guards Devon Alexander and Julian Nichols each had six points in the first half. The Wolves started out the second half keeping their 17 point lead with a lay-in by Nichols before the Beavers went on a 19-8 run to come within six points, 5145.
line. The Wolves shot 66.7percent on 6-of-9 from the free throw line. Goularte finished with 17 points and was 4-of-5 at the free throw line with five rebounds. Akins had six of her eight points in the first half. “Having three exhibition games this preseason was very beneficial for our team because we were able to get more comfortable with one another on the court and build team chemistry,” said Mottershaw. “The exhibitions showed us what we are doing well and what we need to refine before our first games this weekend.” The Wolves host the Hampton Inn and Suites D2 shootout and will play in the second game of the tournament on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. and again on Nov. 15 at 3 p.m.
Guard Jordan Wiley jumpstarted the Wolves next 6-0 run with his third three-pointer of the night. Western built another 12-point lead before finishing the game 57-47 to give them their first win over OSU in four games. Wiley and Alexander finished with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Nichols had eight points and a team-high tying seven rebounds. Alexander and Nichols each had a team-high four assists each. Western shot 29 percent from the field, 29.2 percent from behind the arch and 73.7 percent at the free throw line. OSU had 21 turnovers to the Wolves nine and only five steals to our 12. “Our experiences last weekend were valuable both for the confidence to know that we can compete and play at a high level, but also to see the weak points in our execution at this early stage in the season,” said head coach Brady Bergeson. “We have both success and failure to build off of, which is exactly what our group needed. Our kids are very focused on the task in front of them heading into this weekend.”
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Members of Western’s Students for Life club participated in a national pro-life awareness project Wednesday in The Grove. The event aimed to educate students about Planned Parenthood by calling attention to how the organization is the “nation’s largest abortion vendor,” according to a Planned Parenthood Project press release issued Tuesday. Pink banners featured facts from the 2011-2012 annual Planned Parenthood report. Pink crosses were displayed, representing the 915 daily abortions performed by Planned Parenthood. This fall the tour will travel to 26 universities in 14 states over an 8-week period. PHOTO BY SHANNEN BROUNER
Experienced media relations director joins athletic department at Western Oregon BY RACHEL SHELLEY SPORTS EDITOR Western Oregon University welcomes Mark Colachico to the athletic department as the Director of Media Relations and External Operation for his first year. “I have been trying to get to Western Oregon for the past six years,” said Colachico. “Monmouth and Western Oregon are both small, tight-knit communities that seem to always be welcome to outsiders.” Previously, Colachico was at Willamette University,
working as the Interim Assistant Athletic Communications Director; he also fulfilled a part-time position as a Sports Information Game Day Assistant at Western Oregon and Willamette during spring of 2014. Previous to that, Colachico was at Corban University for nine years as the Assistant Athletic Director in charge of Sports Information and Finances. His experience also includes Sports Information Director and Assistant Athletic Director at Hope International University in Fullerton, Calif. and interning in the media
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relations office of the Anaheim Angels Baseball Organization during their championship season in 2002. Colachico graduated from Azusa Pacific University (APU) in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational leadership. He was a student worker with the sports information office during his time at APU, which included work with the women’s basketball team and assisting the Sports Information Director. “My hope is to bring many new ideas to the athletic department, as well as
showcase the talents that I have learned throughout my career in Media Relations,” said Colachico.
First year director of media relations and external operations Mark Colachico. PHOTO BY SHANNEN BROUNER
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