Vol15issue11

Sports

Football

Men’s Basketball

Oregon State upsets No. 7 Arizona and raises the question: is Western capable of beating another Pac-12 team? PAGE 12

Mariota great for ducks, even better for Buccaneers?

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Entertainment

Campus Life

Golden Globe Awards

Flashback Friday

Innovative films like “Boyhood” and “Grand Budapest” win top awards. PAGE 9

Tradition cemented deep in the roots at Western. PAGE 3

VOLUME 15 ISSUE 11 | WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY| FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015

POLICE OFFICERS DEFEAT FIREFIGHTERS IN FIRST RESPONDERS BASKETBALL GAME

By AMANDA CLARKE Staff Writer Kappa Sigma hosted the first annual 1st Responders Charity Basketball game Thursday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. in the New PE building. Polk County Fire District played against the Monmouth and Independence Police Departments. The event was held to raise money for local emergency responders to keep homes in the area safe, as well as to provide a rush week event for Kappa Sigma. Admission was free and open to the public.

Kappa Sigma members cut their hair into Mohawks before the game at Cutz Barber Shop, and encouraged others to do so as well. The proceeds from the haircuts went to help raise money for the first responders.

“The turnout and the participation, the support of the community was good,” said Hayden Harms, a Kappa Sigma member.

“If we do it a second year, we’ll make it even bigger and better.”

A raffle was at half time for prizes such as gift cards to local restaurants like Yeasty Beasty and Main Street Ice Cream, as well as movie tickets to the Independence Cinema. Spectators who made a basket from the half court line also won prizes.

“I think it was very successful,” Harms said.

PRESIDENTIAL

SEARCH UPDATE A report was given at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting stating: 180 individuals were contacted by phone 6 nominations were received 16 applications were received 18 separate expressions of interest The search committee will meet again at 1 p.m. Jan. 30 to practice a candidate evaluation form as well as the process for selection of the semi-finalists.

‘Perfect storm’ incapacitates campus computer network

By ALLISON OPSON-CLEMENT News Editor Western’s network was down from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, due to both a router overload caused by increased traffic and an external hacking attempt.

The network was restored the same day by University Computing Services (UCS). Diagnostics are ongoing.

“There’s a whole bunch of ‘don’t know’ right now,” Bill Kernan, director of University Computing Services said, adding that he and UCS are taking a forensic look into what happened.

The focus was getting Western’s computers going again. Kernan said his entire team worked continuously for 12 hours, skipping lunch and finally leaving campus around 9 p.m.

Upon initial notification of the problem, they spent the first hour troubleshooting.

“The typical issues weren’t there,” Kernan said.

PHOTOS BY AMANDA CLARKE | STAFF WRITER The final score of the game was 43-34, with the Police Department winning

Facebook-like program brings campus together

By ALLISON OPSONCLEMENT News Editor Beginning this term, students have access to OrgSync, a system coordinating clubs and organizations on campus, including a comprehensive calendar.

According to Kara Kelsey, ASWOU’s director of clubs and organizations, the goal is to get everything centralized.

“Its value is providing student

leaders and student organization members with a new, more interactive way to communicate with members and other student leaders through a one-stop platform,” said Ekpeju E-Nunu of Student Leadership and Activities (SLA).

The information is in one place, including an events calendar.

Events can be approved through the system without the organizers needing to run around to different offices anymore.

“We really want people to get into this, but we realize that technology can be confusing,” said Caitlin Bracken, ASWOU’s director of public relations. If students need help, they can ask ASWOU, or the Office of Student Leadership and Activities.

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Continued on Page 6 “Any time you implement a new system, there’s going to be growing pains,” said Megan Habermann, assistant director for SLA, but added, “Students are already utilizing OrgSync in a lot of ways.”

The more they use it, she said, the more they’ll get used to it, and come to love it.

According to E-Nunu, the system works by letting each student organization create their own individualized portal to communicate with members, talk with smaller committees, set tasks for these groups, and even work on smaller projects.

OrgSync also enables students to create a way to publicize their events to a campus wide calendar and also advertise their social media sites.

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A WAY TO SHOWCASE HISTORY:

Hamserly Library showcases exhibits on boycott movements and World War I

By AMANDA CLARKE Staff Writer Hamersly library, with help from the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Study of Political Graphics as well as Dr. Henry Hughes, an English professor at Western, and his wife, are currently displaying new exhibits on boycotts and World War I. The exhibits are located on the second and third floors of Hamersly library. A reception was held Wednesday, Jan. 14, in which visitors attended to view the exhibits. They had the chance to speak with others about the exhibits while enjoying provided refreshments.

The second floor displays the exhibit titled: “Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism.”

It is sponsored by the Center for Study of Political Graphics and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organization looking

to promote peace and justice.

“I think of them as the watchdogs for global social justice,” Jerrie Parpart, the Exhibits Coordinator and Archives Assistant, said.

The exhibit features 58 posters showing boycott issues from around the world for issues such as GMO, workers rights and several other international issues.

Historical and contemporary boycott movement booklets are available with pictures and information about the posters as well as information on the sponsors and their work throughout the world.

“This exhibit [on the second floor] deals with social justice and the one upstairs is World War I which also habits social implications,” Parpart said.

“They’re showing you things that are easily lost in our society.”

The third floor displays the World War I “Reverberations of the Great War” exhibit, with library of congress pictures and memorabilia from the grandfathers of Dr. Hughes and his wife Chloe. This display includes awards, letters and poems written both to and by soldiers, and army supplies that had actually been used in the war.

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ABOVE: Original letters, artifacts, photos and other relics of WWI can be viewed on the third floor of Hamersly Library through March. | BELOW: Dozens of posters encouraging boycotts of various products, brands, corporations and more adorn the second floor of Hamersly Library. Pamphlets are available with more information about the social movements behind these posters.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION WEEK EVENT CALENDAR

Western Oregon University’s Diversity and planning Committees have planned a week of activities to honor Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week, starting Monday, Jan. 19 through Friday, Jan. 23.

These activities will mark eight years that Western has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. and his message to stop discrimination and come together.

Starting Monday, activities are as follows:

Monday, Jan. 19

Tuesday, Jan. 20

Wednesday, Jan. 21

Thursday, Jan. 22

Friday, Jan. 23

DAY OF SERVICE PROJECT

POVERTY SIMULATION

“I GOT THE POWER” ACTIVITY & DISCUSSION

COMMEMORATIVE DINNER – KEYNOTE ADDRESS & MLK SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION

SAFE ZONE I TRAINING

at the Union Gospel Mission WOU will provide transportation via Wolf-Ride/ VSPA. Those who want to go can sign up at the Service Learning and Career Development office.

Service Project starts at 10 a.m.

SHAPING THE WORLD

2 p.m. in the Pacific Room, WUC Facilitated by Dr. Doris Cancel- Tirando.

12:30 p.m. in the Willamette Room, WUC

CIVIL RIGHTS FILM SERIES – “EYES ON THE PRIZE” 5:30 p.m. in HWC 203

6 p.m. in the Pacific Room, WUC Keynote addresses by Vernon Wall of the Social Justice Training Institute. Tickets cost $5 for students and $8 for the general public.

11 a.m. in the Willamette Room, WUC

SAFE ZONE II TRAINING

2:30 p.m. in the Willamette Room, WUC

7 p.m. in Ackerman Hall

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FLASHBACK F R I D AY A feature exploring the Hamersly Library University Archives

HOLD STEADY:

By LOGAN EMONDS Freelancer

A

ll universities have their annual traditions that welcome new students onto campus.

For Western Oregon University, their tradition involves cement, nails and a name.

The “Freshman Walk” as it is known, has been a tradition at the university since 1958 when freshman first began etching their names into wet cement during the construction of new sections of sidewalk that surrounded the football stadium.

This is how the new students kick off their college education at Western.

The tradition has been long withstanding; over the years students have scraped their names into the sidewalks of Jackson, Stadium and Church street – even scraping down nicknames or different aliases.

The oldest signed sections of the sidewalk begin on the south end of campus by the Health and Wellness Center on Jackson.

Even though the sidewalks surrounding the campus have been finished for many years the tradition is still carried out.

When it is time for a new class of freshman and transfer students to sign their names into the cement sidewalks, an old section is ripped up to allow for a new section and more names.

In a 1997 letter to Tom Hanson, Lotte Larsen of the University Archives said that many of the students not only leave behind their names but they also leave their “nicknames and symbols they like: peace symbols, flowers, smiley faces, soccer balls, etc.”

These symbols and nicknames are in a similar fashion to the names themselves: a record of the past.

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A tradition cemented deep in the roots of Western Taking a walk down the sidewalks surrounding McArthur Field - Western Oregon’s football stadium – allows one to envision what the new freshmen of years past viewed as important.

On a more personal level, stu-

The “Freshman Walk” as it is known, has been a tradition at the university since 1958 when the freshman first began etching their names into wet cement during the construction of new sections of sidewalk that surrounded the football stadium.

dents such as Ashleigh Hawkins enjoy seeing the signatures on the sidewalks of family members that have attended Western in the past.

Her uncle Brent Chapman attended Western in the late 1980s to the early 1990s and “seeing his signature on the sidewalk would be really cool.”

The problem is finding the specific signature of an individual, as there are “so many signatures on any given spot that it is difficult to find your own even though you know where you put it,” Hawkins said.

In today’s continuation of the tradition, students now paint their names on the sidewalks instead of etching them into cement.

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE VILLALOBOS | PHOTO FREELANCER Engraved names cover the campus sidewalks in a tribute to students and alumni.

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SPORTS

4 Women’s basketball struggles before twogame road trip

By GUY PERRIN Freelancer The women’s basketball team hosted the Alaskan schools this past weekend and came up just short in both games. The Wolves encountered the No. 7 ranked team in the country, Alaska Anchorage University, Thursday, Jan. 8, without forward Dana Goularte, the team’s leading player in scoring (16.2 points per game) and rebounding (10.7 rebounds per game).

While the Wolves would eventually lose 61-79, they fought to remain within striking distance for much of the game, as well as outrebound the No. 1 ranked rebounding team in the conference 36-34.

Guards Jordan Mottershaw and Katie Goddard picked up the scoring duties in Goularte’s absence, scoring 17 and 16 points respectively while forward Angie Titus held down the paint with a game-high eight rebounds.

It wasn’t enough, however, as the Seawolves (14-1, 4-1 GNAC) pressured the Wolves into 26 turnovers, which they converted into 30 points to pull away for the victory.

Megan Mullings and Jenna Buchanan were the only players in double figures for Alaska Anchorage, with Mullings leading all scorers with 19 points and Buchanan chipping in with 15 points off the bench.

Despite the lack of double digit scorers, Alaska Anchorage used a deep, balanced attack as nine players played at least 15 minutes, with all of them contributing on the scoring sheet.

Saturday, Jan. 10, the Wolves (4-9, 1-4 GNAC) hosted the University of Alaska in a hotly contested battle in which both teams used large scoring runs to swing momentum back and forth for the duration of the game. The Nanooks (12-4, 4-2 GNAC) pulled away at the end with a string of clutch free throw shooting to ice the game.

The Nanooks came out of the first media timeout and rattled off unanswered scoring runs of 10 and seven points to take a commanding 25-11 lead midway through the first half. The lead would later grow to 15 points before the Wolves settled in and opened up a scoring run of their own, closing the half 11-1 to cut the lead to 37-32 and carry momentum into the break.

The Nanooks, however, erupted for 14 unanswered points to start the second half, opening up their biggest lead of the game of 19 points.

Though the Wolves were able to recover and fight back, outscoring the Nanooks by 14 over the next 13 minutes to come within five points with just over two minutes to play, it was too little too late as Alaska was able to hit seven of their last eight free throws to put the game away.

The Wolves got surprise contributions off the bench from guards Shyla Atkins and Sami Osborne, with Atkins providing 12 points and Osborne leading the team in points (14) and rebounds (12).

The Wolves played an excellent 3-point defense, forcing the Nanooks into eight percent shooting from behind the arc; however, the team struggled without Goularte’s inside presence, allowing the Nanooks to outscore them in points in the paint 48-32.

The Wolves traveled north Thursday, Jan. 15, to play Western Washington, who’ve won the past three games.

The team then travels across the Canadian border to battle the Simon Fraser Clan on Saturday, Jan. 17.

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OPINION

MARIOTA GREAT FOR OREGON, EVEN BETTER FOR BUCCANEERS

How will this college superstar defend his resume in the big league?

By RACHEL SHELLEY Sport Editor Let me start this by making it clear, I am NOT a duck fan. I’m basically the opposite of a duck fan; I’m really a duck hater, although, I am a fan of Marcus Mariota. Honestly, who isn’t? The Hawaii native is highly decorated. During the Home Depot College Football Awards show in December 2014 he took home the Maxwell Award as the nation’s most outstanding player, the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback award, the Walter Camp player of the year and scored big with the ultimate feat, The Heisman.

He is also the Associated Press Player of the Year and the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. The only thing this QB is missing is a national championship, thanks to Ohio State.

In 2014, Mariota threw for 42 touchdowns, with only four interceptions. He had 4454 yards and averaged 10 yards per toss.

He threw at least one TD in all 41 games he played in at Oregon. He is also one of just four quarterbacks that threw for more than 10,000 yards and ran for more than 2,000 in his career in FBS history. During Monday night’s National Championship game Mariota became the first Pac-12 player to eclipse 5,000 total yards in a season.

Seeing as Troy Aikman, Aaron Rodgers, John Elway and Andrew Luck were just some of the great QB’s to come out of the Pac-12, this is a huge accomplishment. If there is anything factual about Mariota’s season it’s simply this, numbers don’t lie.

As of Wednesday, Jan. 14, this 6’4 21-year-old announced he would forgo his senior year to enter the NFL draft. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will ultimately get the first shot at scoring Mariota for their roster, suggesting they overlook the option of Jameis Winston. How successful could Mariota be in Tampa Bay? Mike Evans, Tampa Bay wide receiver was named a member of the 2014 All-Rookie team, had 1,051 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season.

Wide receiver Vincent Jackson

caught 1,002 yards and two touchdowns.

Although the offensive line could use some work, Mariota would have the opportunity to throw the ball in Tampa Bay, and from what we’ve seen in Eugene, Oregon, this guy can throw.

In a list amongst other 6’4+ quarterbacks including Tom Brady, Colin Kaepernick, Andrew Luck and Ben Roethlisberger, physically, Mariota is already in a pretty impressive category. Besides genetics in his favor, he is mobile, proving so with over 2,000 rushing yards at Oregon, and accuracy? He only threw four interceptions in a season. There’s no argument there. Whoever picks up Mariota is sure to be satisfied.

Unfortunately I am not an analysis for college football careers…yet….nor can my predictions on his professional career be taken seriously. The only thing I can say, and be quoted on, is that I am thankful for the representation Mariota has displayed for the State of Oregon and I am excited to see where his professional career will take him. Who knows, maybe one day if Mariota throws on a Saint’s jersey I just may have to throw on a Mariota Saint’s jersey as well.

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SPORTS

5 WOLVES SHOW DOMINANCE IN BACK-TO-BACK FOURTH QUARTER VICTORIES

PHOTO BY NEIL GRAVATT | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Guard Devon Alexander (#0) makes a move on his defender in their home win 66-59 over Northwest Nazarene on Jan. 8.

By JACOB HANSEN Staff Writer Last week Western Oregon University’s men’s basketball team showed their perseverance and strength by finishing strong not once, but twice late in the fourth quarter.

On Thursday Jan. 8 in the New P.E. building forward Andy Avgi secured the win over Northwest Nazarene by tipping in a shot with seconds on the clock that gave the Wolves a commanding five-point lead. On Saturday Jan. 10 the Wolves found themselves in a back-to-back battle with Central Washington University that had countless lead changes. With the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s (GNAC) best free throw shooter playing for the Wolves, Guard Julian Nichols, Western Oregon was able to come out on top 78-74 in a game that was all but easy.

“Tonight’s win was gutsy,” said head coach Brady Bergeson about Thursday night’s game. “We did a beautiful job in the second half taking care of the basketball. They clamped down defensively on us and made everything hard in the second half, but we did take care of the ball. I just thought we were a little bit more detailed with our attack in the last four minutes of the game. This was a one-possession game. It could have gone any way. Our guys showed a lot of poise closing the game out.”

Thursday night’s game was led

by Western Oregon’s (13-5, 5-1 GNAC) Avgi with 18 points. Guard Jordan Wiley scored all of his 16 points in the second half and came up big in the fourth quarter. Nichols had eight rebounds, 11 points, five steals, five assists, and a pair of game ending free throws.

Western Oregon combined to shoot 24-for-59 (40.7%) from the field that also included a respectable 6-for-17 (35.3%) from threepoint range. They were 12-for-15 (80%) from the free throw line, outperforming Northwest Nazarenes in all categories.

Saturday night the Wolves found Central Washington (8-4, 3-2 GNAC) to be a worthy opponent as the game went on. Both teams had streaks of their own trumping the others as they met at 10-10 early, then at 28-28 late in the half. After coming back from a 10-2 run by the Wildcats, the Wolves rallied to go into the half trailing by only a single point (38-37). With 14:20 remaining in the game forward Marwan Sarhan sunk back-to-back free throws to tie the game for the 10th time.

The game was tied for its 17th and final time at 73-73 in the final two minutes of the game. Avgi went on to score six straight and with a missed free throw by the Wildcats the Wolves would pull ahead for a final time. Western Oregon won its third straight and remains to be unbeaten at home this season with their 78-74 victory.

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“We had a lot of guys step up in different patches,” said Bergeson. “The quiet difference, to me, was there was a stretch of eight or ten minutes in the middle of the second half where we really dominated the boards. It didn’t show up on the scoreboard immediately, but we would have been down six or eight or nine points had we not done that, and we were at a plus ten at some point on the boards during that stretch. That allowed us to stay within striking distance.

Between that and our detail and execution in the last four minutes, that’s what did it.”

Andy “big cat” Avgi was name co-GNAC player of the week as he played a huge roll in both games.

Avgi averaged 20.5 points per game last week in the wins. He shot a combined 17-for-29 (58.6%) from the field that included one three pointer. He was 6-of 7 from the line. Standing at 6-foot-6, he leads Western Oregon in eight statistical categories. This is Avgi’s first career weekly conference award as he becomes the first to earn the honor since former wolf Rodney Webster on December 22, 2013.

“It’s nice to be on top after those two wins but there is still a lot of season left,” said Avgi.

Western Oregon will play only one game this week when the Wolves welcome GNAC rival Saint Martin’s to Monmouth on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m.

Track prepares for first indoor meet, promising returners hope for successful season

By GUY PERRIN Freelancer The Western Oregon men’s and women’s track teams will open the 2015 indoor track & field season on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Dempsey Indoor Arena in Seattle, Wash.

The indoor track & field facility is located on University of Washington’s campus, and will be the site of many of Western’s competitions this season. The Wolves, led by head coach Mike Johnson, will have the difficult task this year of replacing the production and leadership of the team’s departed seniors.

With the likes of Kody Rhodes, Brett Campbell, Madison McClung and Ryan Hansen having graduated, it will be up to the returning athletes to replace their production at competitions, as well as the invaluable leadership that they provided in practice every day.

“The Dempsey arena is one of the best places to compete in the nation,” said coach Johnson.

“Unfortunately that means the entry standards are very high, and we need to be ready to compete with only about 12 days of preparation.”

The men’s team will rely heavily on junior distance runner, Josh Hanna, who will be looking to defend his conference title in the 800m run, as well as returning senior distance runner, Brady

Beagley, who will be able to compete for one last time this winter in the mile and 3,000m races. Beagley will be looking to add a gold medal to his impressive career resume.

“This year’s budget restrictions will reduce the number of competitors we are able to take to each meet, and fewer of them will benefit from this experience,” said Johnson.

The women will lean on returning juniors, Audrey Hellesto and Rebecca Laible, as they look to improve on last year’s 7th place finish in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Hellesto, a sprinter, placed 3rd in the 400m sprint at last year’s conference meet by less than a second, and will look to take home the gold at the end of this season. Laible returns this year following a 3rd place finish in the triple jump last season, and will also look to build on an impressive sophomore campaign to bring home a gold medal in February.

The women bring a deep group of distance runners that will look to surprise this year after a disappointing 2014 campaign. The team features a promising group of returners, including Bailey Beeson (7th in 800m), Stephanie Stuckey (11th in Mile, 12th in 3,000m) and Rachel Crawford (12th in Mile) as they look to be the strength of the team throughout the season.

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NEWS

6 Network restored, diagnostics ongoing From Front Page He started calling in help from off-site backup. By the end, UCS was on the phone with, off and on, up to three engineers simultaneously, all coordinating and working on the problem.

“I got as many resources thrown at it as I could,” Kernan said.

He called what happened a “perfect storm.” Two things happened nearly simultaneously, but either one alone could have been sufficient to bring down the network, because both resulted in traffic flow beyond what the main router on campus has had to deal with before. He said it was like two fire hoses of information: the streams were too strong, even

“They used a server as a launching pad for an attack against the network.

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alone, but together, it was tremendous.

Increased usage overwhelmed the router. In addition to the increase of normal traffic, it also had net flow logs which were running. These help in diagnostics for determining the types and amounts of usage when that can help UCS. “It’s not like we did something new recently,” he said. “Net flow shouldn’t have done this to us.”

The whole network had been stable up until this incident, but in this case, the net flow logs happened to be the tipping point on the scales.

The other thing that happened

was the main host server for the campus system experienced an attack from external sources. The hackers’ IP addresses were traced back to computers in China.

“They used the server as a launching pad for an attack against the network,” Kernan said. The attacks took the router down via the compromised host server. He called this a malicious compromise of the system, a directed denial of service attack.

No data was compromised, Kernan said. Only the one server was effected, and it is currently out commission.

Kernan said they made the choice to get campus back up and running. The system was restored to operation by temporarily taking it out from behind the protective firewall. This was done with fewer than half of the most important of the 22 campus networks, and only between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

Without the fire wall, there was less stress on the router, and service resumed. During the time the fire wall was down, UCS decided that it was necessary to temporarily function without the net flow logs, and removed those to keep the system operational.

At 8 p.m. the system was returned behind the firewall. There were no ill effects of operating without the firewall, Kernan said, partly because it was such a short time frame.

UCS also attempted to reintegrate the compromised server, but within the two minutes that it was on, it was the target of 430,000 attacks. It is currently off the system.

Western’s system is up and running. A forensic investigation is taking place, according to Kernan, but this is only secondary to keeping the campus computer network functioning.

“It was a complicated problem,” Kernan said. He will be posting more details on his blog in the next couple of days as they learn more.

UPCOMING INCIDENTAL FEE COMMITTEE

BUDGET PRESENTATIONS The Incidental Fee committee (IFC) will be holding presentations for the following committees to discuss and clarify budget requests for the following year: Thursday, Jan. 22 at 5:30 Service Learning and Career Development, Creative Arts, Abby’s house, ASWOU, and Access Monday, Jan. 26. at 5:30 Student Media and Athletics Past presentations for the following funded areas occurred Thursday Jan. 15: Werner University Center, WOLF Ride, Plan-it Wolf, Student Leadership and Activities, Campus Recreation,

Childcare, and Student Activities board On the week of Jan. 26, the Incidental Fee Committee will be meeting twice.

Monday will cover budget presentations and Thursday will begin the preliminary decisions.

After meetings take place the IFC will set a proposed fee amount and allocation of revenues to fund the presented areas. Final proposals will be sent to ASWOU senate and approved by the Institutional President.

For location of meetings and more information call 503-838-8303, email Adela Aguilar at aguilara@wou.edu, or contact the IFC Chair, Quinn Forner, at qforner12@wou.edu.

For more information as it becomes available, visit wou.edu/ wp/underthehood.

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A look at the new OrgSync systme available on the Portal.

Centralized calendar makes planning easier From Front Page “It’s like a bigger, better, all-encompassing Facebook, if it was only for Western,” explained Bracken.

“We want it to be a one-stop-shop where you can instantly find something.”

Bracken said that OrgSync is the way to make everything really easy and streamlined for students. She considers the program to be pretty user-friendly.

“It’s only going to be great if we can get people to use it,” Bracken said. “Our hope is that if we put everything on OrgSync, then students will go there.”

There are polls and news feeds, as well as a place to ask questions, and forums for discussion. Plus Team applications are already available on OrgSync.

“It’s good advertising too,” Kelsey said. Students can look at clubs on campus, and request to join them.

According to Bracken, because

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“It’s like a bigger, better, all-encompassing Facebook, if it was only for Western.”

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everyone uses posters, students may develop poster blindness.

Bracken said that her ultimate vision is to make OrgSync a place that is everyone’s first thought of where to go to learn more about things on campus. She added that they want feedback and to hear people’s opinions because then

they can make changes and keep improving the OrgSync system.

According to Habermann, the process of acquiring the program began last year. Together, ASWOU and SLA asked the IFC committee for, about $26,000, she said, for three years’ use of OrgSync.

That cost will need to be paid again to continue usage, but ASWOU and SLA have started factoring that cost into their budgets, so they won’t be asking for that full amount from IFC every three years.

Habermann stressed that setting up a profile to get started takes two minutes, and it’s an easy first step to take to getting more connected to campus. OrgSync can be found in students’ Portals.

“The more people that use OrgSync, the better and better it will get,” said Bracken. “It’s such a good investment for our students.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

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“Marco Polo” Netflix’s Asian Epic is just that

By DECLAN HERTEL Staff Writer

Netflix’s “Marco Polo” released its first season in December 2014 to find it widely panned by critics; review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes says a mere 27 percent of professional reviews were positive.

And yet, feedback from its audience tells a different story: the people watching it absolutely love it, with user ratings of 8.3/10 on IMDB, 8.7/10 on MetaCritic and 93 percent positivity on Rotten Tomatoes.

I believe this is a great — if harsh — summary of the show: it is imperfect and by no means high art, but, oh man, is it entertaining.

The show is a highly fictionalized account of famed explorer Marco Polo’s time spent in the court of Kublai Khan in the latter part of the 13th century.

And boy, is it epic in every sense.

It’s bursting with court intrigue, martial arts mysticism, medieval brutality, challenges to honor, overly dramatic dialogue, beautifully rendered costumes, one extremely handsome Italian and more rarely justifiable female nudity than you can shake a scimitar at.

It has the makings of a wild roller coaster ride through medieval Asia, but instead moves at a satisfyingly

tense slow burn, more of a feast-forthe-eyes boat ride with occasional thrilling bursts of speed.

While ostensibly about the adventures of the titular Italian played by Lorenzo Richelmy, they are hardly the best part of the show. Polo’s character arcs occasionally feel like an afterthought, as if the writers sometimes forget he’s in the show.

His romance is flat and his character goes from highly engaging to highly boring at random intervals, but he is fun when he gets a chance to be with just enough shine to him that I hope he gets further building in later seasons. He’s also very attractive.

Just saying.

Despite the title, the truly exciting part of “Marco Polo” is the intrigue in the court of Kublai Khan. Betrayals, wars, disgraces, insults, beatings and a touch of gout all come together to create an ever-shifting map of favors and plans presided over by the Great Khan, masterfully portrayed by Benedict Wong.

He commands the attention and respect of the viewer in the way his character commands the same from his court. In an ensemble of actors of varying ability, Wong stands tall; I

found myself glued to my screen absorbing every second of his screen time. Without exaggeration, the show is worth watching purely for his performance.

All said, “Marco Polo” puts into perspective my dislike for much entertainment criticism: it often neglects the spirit of the work. “Marco Polo” is not high art; it’s somewhat inconsistent and uses some pretty tired tropes.

But it’s always good with enough moments of brilliance to hold its own, and it is an epic adventure as entertaining and fun as anything I’ve seen.

That is the spirit of the show: a grand epic. No moral, no message, just epic.

I will certainly be revisiting the court of Kublai Khan upon the release of the second season. I hope you will join me there.

PHOTO FROM VARIETY.COM Benedict Wong and Lorezno Richelmg as Khan and Polo in the 13th century set drama.

Show Ratings IMDB

8.3/10 MetaCritic

8.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes

93% positivity

COMIC CORNER

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Innovative films win big at Golden Globes

“Boyhood” and “Grand Budapest” take home top awards

By NATHANIEL DUNAWAY Entertainment Editor It’s awards season for Hollywood, and one of the most hotly anticipated ceremonies of the year -the 72nd Annual Golden Globes – aired on Sunday, Jan. 11, with some winners bringing little surprise and others coming seemingly out of nowhere. Here’s a brief rundown of the night’s winners and a look at whether or not this year’s Globes may have predicted the upcoming Academy Awards.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, DRAMA Julianne Moore (“Magnolia”, “Children of Men”) took home this award for her starring role in the film “Still Alice,” in which she plays Dr. Alice Howland, a university linguistics professor who’s diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, DramaThis award went to relative newcomer Eddie Redmayne (“Les Miserables”) for his portrayal of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” The film focuses on Hawking’s early life as a student at Cambridge, his marriage and his eventual diagnosis of motor neuron disease at the age of 21.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, COMEDY OR MUSICAL Amy Adams won her award for the film “Big Eyes.” Directed by Tim Burton (“Big Fish,” “Beetlejuice”) and costarring Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained”), “Big Eyes” is based on the true story of artist Margaret Keane (Adams) and her husband Walter (Waltz), who took credit for her paintings in the 50s and 60s.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or MusicalConsidered by many in Hollywood to be past his prime, Michael Keaton’s comeback in last year’s mind-bending “Birdman” earned him a Golden Globe.

Keaton stars as Riggan Thompson, a washed-up superhero actor attempting to mount a Broadway play as his big comeback. Keaton is one of the top contenders for the Oscar for Best Actor.

Best Screenplay, MOTION PICTURE Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo won this award for

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their screenplay for the aforementioned “Birdman,” which was also directed by Iñárritu and edited to appear as though the film was shot in one long, continuous take.

Best Director, MOTION PICTURE Richard Linklater (“Dazed and Confused,” “Bernie”) beat out the competition to take home the coveted Best Director award for his film “Boyhood.”

Shot over a period of twelve years and co-starring Ethan Hawke (“Before Midnight”), Patricia Arquette (“True Romance”) and Linklater’s daughter Lorelei, “Boyhood” shows the coming-of-age of a young boy named Mason, played by Ellar Coltrane.

Best Motion Picture, Drama“Boyhood” also earned the prized Best Picture, Drama award. Like “Birdman,” it was an immensely ambitious undertaking for Linklater and company, and there’s nothing else in the world quite like it. “Boyhood” is easily the top contender for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.

PHOTO FROM AMYADAMSFAN.COM This is Adams’ second consecutive Globe after taking home the award for last year’s “American Hustle.”

Best Motion Picture, COMEDY OR MUSICAL Undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the evening was this award being given to the Wes Anderson (“Moonrise Kingdom”) comedy “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Released way back in March, “Budapest” was considered by many to have little chance against the awards juggernaut that is “Birdman.” The 1930s set ensemble piece features Wes Anderson alumni Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum and Owen Wilson, alongside stars Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori.

The Golden Globe Awards are typically seen as strong indicators for Oscar-winners, but surprises and snubs are nearly as common as correct predictions in the awards business. Will Best Actor go to Redmayne or Keaton? Or will Steve Carell steal the show for his haunting performance in “Foxcatcher”?

And which film will find itself alongside the other historic Best Picture winners, such as “The Godfather” and “The Silence of the Lambs”? Predictions are running wild, but we’ll all have to wait for the 87th Academy Awards, airing Feb. 22, 2015.

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OPINION

10 Old fashion methods still effective in job hunt Marc Miller is a Western alumnus, class of 2002, who served four years on Monmouth City Council.

In the decade since my wife and I graduated from WOU, I have experienced professional setbacks that could have been avoided had I better utilized the resources that were available to me when I was a student. Because of that, I have decided to convey some of my advice to you all in this article. The focus of this article will be the proper use of technology when seeking employment and when you are employed.

To start, let me provide you with a comparison of what kind of technology was available in 2002 verses now. E-mail was not a major form of communication. You had to either call your professors or meet with them during their ofILLUSTRATION BY CARLY FISTER

fice hours. Assignments were submitted in paper form, not by e-mail. A fast Internet connection was 1.5 megabytes, not gigabytes, and was accessed through a DSL modem. Wireless intent was a theory. MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn did not exist. The first iPod had just been released and you downloaded your music from Napster and LimeWire, albeit illegally.

Web sites largely consisted of text, pictures and drop down menus.

You could not post your resume on a web site; you had to hand deliver it to the person who would make the hiring decision. This is where my first piece of advice comes in.

Although you may have to post a resume

online as part of the process, you should deliver a paper copy to the person who could be your future boss. I have witnessed a person being hired on the spot because they were the only candidate that submitted their resume personally.

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can provide you with a place to promote yourself, your skills, experience and interests at no cost and with little effort. However, be careful what you post. Employers will look at your accounts and form an opinion of you. Also, I recommend not including your boss as one of your “friends” or “followers.” Your personal opinions could cost you as they did me.

A good rule to follow is

By MARC MILLER Guest Column to keep your personal and professional life separate. At the same time, do let everyone know when you are seeking employment.

Recommendations from professors and WOU staff can make the difference of you getting an interview.

Take it from an experienced alumnus. The “old fashioned” ways are still the most effective when applying for a job and keeping it even with the convenience of modern day technology.

Editorial

Commendation to University Computing Services for speedy network fix

BY LAURA KNUDSON Editor in Chief From the early hours of the day to the late hours of the night, phone and computer screens are illuminated by professors checking emails and students browsing the web. Clubs update their event calendars and students turn homework in on Moodle.

Western portal tabs are opened again and again, all with little regard to the inner workings of our network.

Yet, the moment Wi-Fi cuts out, students are quick to complain and point fingers. But do they know who they are pointing at?

It’s time to call attention to a behind-the-scenes department working around the clock to support academic and administrative life.

University Computing Services (UCS) is responsible for network maintenance and other campus IT services.

But they are not who you should be pointing at. They are who you should be applauding.

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On Wednesday, students, staff and faculty found themselves unable to access the internet. Although this was probably frustrating, it was nothing in comparison to what UCS went through.

A core router was overwhelmed with 99 percent usage causing the network to shut down. On top of that, a host server happened to be attacked at the same time. The IP was traced to China. 430,000 attempts to break into Western’s system occurred within two minutes.

Talk about a bad day at work.

After phone calls to multiple Cisco engineers, they were able to get the network back up. By 9 p.m., they were finally able to go home and get some shut-eye. But that is only the beginning. They now continue to work to diagnose exactly what went wrong with the router and how to fix it.

What seems like a long day without internet for us was much longer for

those working to fix the problem.

And it wouldn’t be the first time.

Let us not forget Dec. 2, 2013 when one of the transformers blew in the main uninterruptible power supply (UPS) located in the administration building causing the entire Western network to shut down. UCS arrived at 5 a.m. to find the basement filled with smoke.

Physical Plant removed doors and built ramps in order to haul the 1800-pound UPS device out of the building to be replaced with a brand new one that Bill Kernan, director of UCS, had, (lucky for us) ordered a week before.

The rest of their day was spent skipping meals, connecting and testing the new UPS which they had up and running by 9:30 p.m. -- less than 24 hours.

When the network is down, let us not assume it’s as easy as flipping a switch. Assessing, diagnosing, testing

and securing the problem all need to happen, not to mention finding time to inform the campus and brief the University president.

Homework due dates can be extended, emails will wait in your inbox and other activities can replace Netflix.

It is easy for those who use the network to take it for granted. Let us not forget those who maintain it.

The ongoing, timely dialogue presented through Kernan’s blog, faculty senate updates and all student/all faculty emails keeps everyone in the loop.

The Journal would like to commend UCS, Bill Kernan, Paul Lambert, Dave McEvilly, Michael Ellis, Megan Eichler and all others involved, for working long hours to get the network back up and running Wednesday.

We appreciate you going above and beyond in your jobs, so the rest of us can do ours successfully.

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OPINION

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Why Western should divest ZANDER ALBERTSON WOU alumnus, 2014 Guest Column In the past few months, a movement has begun on campus that offers a tremendous opportunity for Western Oregon University. Fossil fuel divestment, simply the opposite of investment in fossil fuels, has been receiving increasing attention nationwide as college campuses call for their investments to be withdrawn from a sector of the economy that provides great convenience for us today, but poses social, health and environmental risks in both the short- and long-term.

To date, over 600 WOU students have petitioned the WOU Foundation to divest from fossil fuels.

Divestment would place WOU in an advantageous position in many ways. 69% of students consider a college’s commitment to the environment contributes to their decision to attend that college, according to a 2011 study published

by The Princeton Review.

While WOU currently touts its composing system and LEED-certified Ackerman Hall as cornerstones of its commitment to the environment, fossil fuel divestment would place WOU on the national stage as a leader, increasing our visibility and demonstrating a true commitment to its mission of improving its “educational, financial, and environmental sustainability.”

It is impractical and unrealistic to believe that WOU will be completely free from the grip of fossil fuels any time soon. We enjoy the benefits of campus buildings financed with money related to fossil fuels, and our lights, transportation, and infrastructure remain grounded in carbon-intensive energy

sources. This, however, is no excuse for inaction. The reality is that while we are indeed entrenched in a fossil-fuel world, divestment is an opportunity to take a step away from fossil fuels, but more importantly, in a direction that makes fiscal, social and environmental sense in the long term for the university. Just as importantly, divestment would make a statement of responsibility and integrity.

The alternative, remaining invested in fossil fuels, presents a contradiction: if the WOU Foundation seeks to provide for a campus that

bers: if you have any interest at all in positive publicity for WOU, making a statement of responsibility and integrity, caring for the planet that sustains us, and the opportunity for a stable future, I ask you to support fossil fuel divestment at WOU.

“If the WOU Foundation seeks to provide for a campus that educates so that we might achieve a better fututre, why should it concurrently invest in the descruction of that future?” educates so that we might achieve a better future, why should it concurrently invest in the destruction of that future? We are taught that our education provides us with the tools to confront complex issues and address inequities in the world. In order for intentions to align with actions, the WOU Foundation must divest from fossil fuels.

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Oregon State basketball win against Arizona raises question Can Western’s win at Oregon State solidify division I respect?

By HAUNANI TOMAS Managing Editor

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ollege students and basketball enthusiasts alike were (not so) pleasantly surprised when the men’s Oregon State basketball team unexpectedly beat No. 7 University of Arizona on Jan. 11.

ASU, then ranked at No. 7 in the AP poll, now stands at No. 10.

Although the Beavs performance was undoubtedly a highlight in the season thus far, it is of great interest to reflect upon the Beavs’ preseason performance, or lack thereof, against Western.

Throwback to Jan. 7 when the Wolves (very, very unexpectedly) beat the Beavers 57-47 in an exhibition game at Gil Colesium.

While it’s easy to say that OSU played a bad game or (my personal favorite) the odds were in Western’s favor, the score stands unforgotten. We also remember the Beav’s inability to break 50-points against a Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) team.

The recent unforeseen turn of events raises the very contentious question: is Western capable of beating top 10-ranked Arizona?

Without considering the circumstances, this question seems laughable to anyone. How could a GNAC division II team beat a Pac-12 division I team?

Oh, wait a minute. That did happen.

After a loss to the Wolves, any Pac12 or division I team would decribe the experience as “humbling.”

I also imagine the Wildcats basketball team would consider their loss to the Beavs as “humbling.”

According to ESPN, the last time Oregon State beat a top-ten team was when the Beavs beat No. 3 Arizona 70-69 on March 2, 2000. I was six years old.

Fifteen years ago.

FIFTEEN. A loss to Western provided the motivation for Oregon State to perform it’s best at home since their 1981-82 and 1983-84 seasons.

It’s safe to say that the Beavs, predicted to finish last in the Pac-12 for the

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2014-15 season, were nowhere near the Wildcats’ radar, who were ranked in the AP poll top 10 for the past 29 weeks.

However, claiming that Western would be able to beat Arizona based on their performance against the Beavs implies that they would also beat the list of teams the Beavs beat in the season hitherto — in addition to alls division II teams.

Division I prospects like forward Andy Avgi, Jordan Wiley and Devon Alexander who frequent Western and GNAC’s athlete of the week make assumptions like that believable.

Simply said, Oregon State capitalized on turnovers and foul shots in their game against Arizona, much like Western exploited the mistakes made by Oregon State.

Case in point: Avgi recorded 21 points against the Beavs, more than both Oregon State leading scorers combined.

Go Wolves.

In addition, Western beat the Beavers by 10 points where as the Beavers beat the Wildcats by a lay up. With numbers like that, assertions such as “Western can beat Arizona” become credible.

However, there are many factors that impact a game, namely location, level of play and, obviously, the players. Duh. Without getting into logistics, statistics, starting line-ups or play-by-plays, its important to remember why we love college sports: they are completely unpredictable.

Yes, we expect teams to perform to their ranking and are blind-sighted when our predictions are incorrect. We make a science out of predicting performance based on games past.

Whether you win against a ranked team or lose to an opponent in a different division, people don’t forget.

Both of the above mentioned games have brought to fruition the underlying fear that an underdog team has the potential to rival an otherwise undisputed competitor.

Realistically, we’ll never know. Most importantly, the potential is there and it always will be. The possibilities that lie in the realm of college sports is fickle at best and creates the thrill of uncertainty we collegiate sports fanatics thrive on.

Artifacts remind us of significant events past From Page 2 “When something is so far in the past, it’s easy to forget and we think about Iraq and Afghanistan and the horrors of war and World War I was such a tragic war and so many young people were killed,” Dr. Hughes said. “I’m really into poetry and I tried to select poems that really reflect disillusion with war. That war was a key war in breaking down the romance and the patriotism.”

Hamersly Library began to display exhibits for students in 2000, when the library was built. The exhibits are there to increase knowledge of what happens in the classroom.

“It’s a way to teach between the lines,” Parpart said. “I try to find topics that are a three to five year period and will cover multiple disciplines.”

Exhibits are suggested by faculty and artists who ask to display their work. The library, faculty, sponsors, and students arrange six different displays each year.

The exhibit featuring boycott movements will be displayed through Feb. 15, and the World War I exhibit lasts through March 20.

“I think it’s important not to forget our past and to see the impact of what it has today and what changes can happen through them,” Parpart said.

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