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VOLUME 15 ISSUE 15 | WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Student Fees Per Term

Here’s the breakdown of the projected student fees for the 2015-2016 school year. Students potentially may pay $334 per term. The IFC will vote to decide fees Monday, Feb. 17. The final proposal will be sent to the ASWOU Senate and lastly to President Mark Weiss.

The values listed below are based on the average of the projected enrollment for the next school year and the preliminary decision from the IFC.

IFC decision sparks controversy Emotions shape decisive debate about preliminary budget

By JACK ARMSTRONG & CONNER WILLIAMS

$20

allocated to Student Leadership and Activities

This area accounts for the on-campus organizations that each use less than five percent of the student fee per term.

$32

$23

allocated to Creative Arts

$67

allocated to Werner University Center

$97

allocated to Athletic Department

$68

Abby’s House

$ .61

Access

$ .09

ASWOU

$ 2.15

Childcare

$ 4.06

Club Sports

$ 3.17

Extraordinary Travel

$ .42

Intramurals

$ 2.92

SAB

$ 4.29

SLCD

$ 1.06

Student Media

$ 11.90

Wolf Ride

$ 1.66

DISCLAIMER: The Journal receives funds from the IFC.

allocated to Health and Wellness Center

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Students attend state capitol rally to restore higher education OSA looks for tuition freeze

By JACK ARMSTRONG News Editor Over 100 Western students attended the Rally to Restore Higher Education at the Oregon state capitol building, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

The rally was part of an effort by the Oregon Student Association to push the further investment needed for Oregon to freeze state university and community college tuition rates until 2017.

Representatives from Western joined students from 26 other community colleges and state universities from across Oregon.

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PHOTO BY ALYSSA TAYLOR Oregon Student Association rallies 26 colleges at the Oregon State Capitol.

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News Editor & Staff Writer Proposed changes during the preliminary decision of the Incidental Fee Committee’s (IFC) 2015-2016 budget were met with resistance from students, staff and faculty.

The committee drafted a budget which would maintain the previous year’s operating budget for every funded area except athletics.

If ratified, the suggested budget would reduce athletics’ overall budget 5 percent.

The Incidental Fee Committee is a group of student leaders supervised by staff advisers. The only voting members of the process are the students who sit on the committee.

Incidental fees are collected from students every term and are used for student clubs and activities that fall outside the realm of academics such as student leadership activities, special interest clubs, health and wellness, and athletics.

All of the academic-related expenses (professor salary, administrative expenses, etc.) are covered through tuition.

Speaking on the value of the IFC, Western’s President Mark Weiss stated that all students should have a voice.

“Some students are concerned about raising fees while other students believe it important to fund co-curricular activities at even higher amounts,” Weiss said.

The current year’s incidental fees total $322 per term or $966 per year. If the proposed budget is voted through unchanged, fees for 20152016 will increase 3.7 percent to $334 per term or $1,002 per year.

The preliminary budget increases the student fees per term despite the divisive cut to athletics due to an increase in enhancements granted to various funded areas.

Enhancements are one-time increases in funding for clubs to use towards a specific item (e.g., a new computer, travel to a conference, etc.).

After IFC reached an initial decision, the student body was given the opportunity to present their opinions directly to the committee in a series of town-hall style open hearings.

OPEN HEARING BEGINS Held on Thursday, Feb. 5, the first hearing drew large audiences and raw emotions as students packed the Summit room in the Werner University Center.

Some student groups attended to express their appreciation for the difficult decisions of the IFC. The Child Development Center presented the committee with crafts the children had made, while the directors discussed the importance of easy access to day care for student with children.

The creative arts department also had multiple representatives express their gratitude from jazz band, theater arts, marching band and drum line.

While praise flowed from many who spoke, the majority of students in attendance were athletes with grievances.

One student presenting on behalf of Western football asked for all the representatives of the athletic department to rise, and nearly three

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Project LOVE, an event dedicated to loving yourself and created by Western student Karlie Holmgren and sponsored by Student Leadership and Activities, was in the Werner University Center Feb. 9 to Feb. 11.

There was a booth in the WUC for the three days, manned by volunteers and Holmgren herself.

Project LOVE showed variety each day with a different event at the booth. On the first day, students were able to write sticky notes with words of encouragement for their homes.

The following day, there was an opportunity to take photos in a photo booth. The final day, students could take slips to write compliments for their friends and loved ones.

“Each day we promoted simple ideas -- whether it was writing positive notes about yourself around your house, taking a pic-

ture to capture your own beauty, or passing out compliments to family, friends or random people,” Holmgren said.

Holmgren said she hoped to reach out to different groups of people walking through the WUC. She said February had always been a time to celebrate love for another person.

The purpose of the event was to help remind people to love themselves. Because media typically defines beauty and love for people, it can sometimes be difficult for someone to see their own beauty and to love themselves.

“It is an empowering message,” said Janessa Rook, a junior public health major.

Jordyn Ducotey, a junior communication studies major also attended the event.

“When those impractical expectations are not met, many people fail to see their beauty,” Ducotey said. “This event reminded people that they are beautiful and that loving yourself is important.”

Holmgren also said that Project LOVE was working toward

Students pose in the Project LOVE photo booth

trying to show that beauty should be defined in your own terms.

“Your own individual beauty is why you should love yourself,” Holmgren said.

Holmgren said she hopes that

Project LOVE “affected people on campus by simply reminding people they are worthy of their own love.”

“Sometimes, all we need is a reminder,” said Holmgren. “that’s what Project LOVE was there for.”

The time is now to rise for revolution

By KATRINA PENAFLOR Campus Life Editor

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PHOTO BY SHANNEN BROUNER | PHOTO EDITOR Students post their handprints on a poster at One Billion Rising

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One Billion Rising comes to Western Abby’s House brought the campaign, One Billion Rising Revolution, to Western’s campus Feb. 12, for its third year.

One Billion Rising is a national event that started in 2012, with its focus to end violence against women.

According to www.onebillionrising.org,“One in three women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime.

That’s one billion women and girls.”

One Billion Rising has taken place in over 200 countries, and people can show their support by rising against these injustices.

The One Billion Rising Revolution campaign continues the previous year’s One Billion Rising for Justice campaign.

Promoting the campaign brings awareness to the issues and Andrea Hugmeyer, assistant director of Abby’s

House, said she hopes students will, “recognize the incredible amount of violence women experience in their lives.”

Abby’s House played music and provided free hot chocolate to students. They also set up tables and posters with statistic about racism, ableism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism for students to recognize the different systems of oppression.

One of the posters included a quote from Lilla Watson, a woman’s activist from Australia: “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time.

But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together.”

There was also a large sign for students to paint their handprints to support the campaign.

Jessica Galbraith, who is doing her practicum with Abby’s

House, said she likes “the idea of getting the youth involved.”

The many handprints on the sign was evidence of Western’s students support for One Billion Rising.

The event was set up on the front plaza of the Werner University Center. Being in such a high traffic area gave more students the opportunity to notice what was happening. The campaign “forces people to think about it,” Hugmeyer said.

“We want them to think about social injustice,” said Abby’s House advocate Jessica Fontaine.

One Billion Rising was the kick off for the upcoming Valentine’s Day events Abby’s House will present in February, such as the Vagina Monologues.

“Together we can rise for revolution,” Hugmeyer said.

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Flashback F r i d a y

Todd, on the right, oversees the students taking care of the school’s grounds. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

A feature exploring the Hamersly Library University Archives

By KATRINA PENAFLOR Campus Life Editor

JESSICA TODD:

Dean of Women and namesake of Todd Hall

T

oday, Todd Hall houses psychology offices, the modern language department, the Child Development Center and Teaching Research Institute. But what some students might not know is the hall itself was actually once a dormitory that housed female students who attended the Oregon Normal School, a former title of Western.

And the woman in charge of the students was Jessica Todd.

Todd originally came to the Oregon Normal School to work as a critic

Jessica Todd, on the right, Dean of Women at the Oregon Normal School. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

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teacher, a supervisor of student teachers. She later became the dean of women, which was her highest title at the institution.

She also played a major role in the funding of what we now call Todd Hall, which was built in 1912, and the Cottage, built in 1917.

Additionally, Todd watched over the students living in the dormitory. She was known for her no-nonsense attitude, and for graciously taking girls of the school and turning them into respectable women.

In the October 1923 edition of The Oregonian, Louise Shields wrote: “Miss Jessica S. Todd, dean of women and head of the dormitory, has been a potent factor in working the miracle in the young women who are to be teachers” and “leaders in communities throughout the state.”

She had a “my way or the highway” type of attitude, said Jerrie Lee Parpart, exhibits coordinator and archives assistant at Hamersly Library.

Although she had a stern attitude, even rumored to have closed the door to the dormitory on girls who arrived after curfew, Todd cared deeply for the students. They were of the upmost of importance to her. The girls of the dorms showed their equal respect and gratitude towards Todd by dedicating a tulip tree to her.

According to an April 2, 1929 article in the student newspaper, The Lamron, “The Senior Cottage girls pleasantly surprised Dean Todd by dedicating to her, her home state tree as a token of lasting appreciation and friendship.”

Todd was frugal. She worked hard to save the university money and eventually saved the institution enough to add an extension to Todd Hall, giving it a music room and west wing.

Part of Todd’s work in forming girls into women was organizing formal Sunday dinners and Wednesday dress dinners, where students were allowed to invite family members or boyfriends.

The girls at the dinner would alternate being heads of the table, handling etiquette and table rules.

“Even such a matter as table manners leaves its mark upon a girl’s general self-control,” Shields said.

One of Jessica Todd’s additions to the dormitory was the “Painted Alley” which was designed after a Parisian Café. It has also been known to be the spot where girls would sneak boys into the dorm.

Todd later retired in 1931; her hard work and dedication did not go unnoticed. As said in a tribute written to Todd in The Lamron, in 1931, “For

“Even such a matter as table manners leaves its mark upon a girl’s general self-control.”

-Louise Shields The Oregonian, 1923

Jessica Todd, standing in front of the dormitories. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

nineteen years she has capably directed the dormitories, making them truly beautiful and inspiring places in which to live. She has worked patiently through stress and storm, guiding and helping.”

In October 1944, The OCE Lamron also wrote: “The dormitory was named for her in the recognition of her many years of service to the school,” Todd died in 1944 in Pennsylvania, but it is rumored that her ghost or presence lingers around the university, continuing to watch over students and her former dormitories.

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OPINION

Portraits of a University

Self-proclaimed psychology nerd Psychology major and social science minor, Selena Lockamy, discusses the differences between Oregon and California, her love for psychology, and the necessity of furthering her education.

Transcribed by NATHANIEL DUNAWAY Entertainment Editor

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Nathaniel Dunaway meets with Western 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?

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I’m from Southern California and I wanted to move to Oregon. It was between Oregon and Arizona, and Arizona was too hot. But I was ready to move out of my parents’ house, and I came up here to look at OSU. At the airport, my mom said she’d heard about this school called Western Oregon University. So she said “Let’s just drive by and see if you like it.” So we drove by and I took a tour, and I liked it 10 times better than OSU. I liked the small classrooms. I like teachers to know who I am. I liked the feel of the campus a lot more. I applied that night at the airport while our flight was delayed.

People are a lot nicer here than they are in Southern California. I use my grocery store example: if you’re at the grocery store in Oregon, you can have a full-on conversation with someone you don’t even know over what type of milk you’re buying.

In California, if I were to even start saying something like “oh, those milk prices” or whatever, someone would just stare at me like “why are you talking to me?” It’s fast-paced where I come from. People don’t really take the time to engage with other people. Everyone’s kind of in their own bubble.

I remember the first time I drove up into Oregon and I got out of the car to pump my own gas, and the guy freaked out on me. But now I go back home and I’ll just sit in the car like “hello, it’s been like 10 minutes.”

I started classes fall 2013. I took the general, entry-level psychology classes, and those were the only textbooks where I could actually sit and read them front to back, and stay engaged. When I sat down to decide my major, I just weighed the pros and cons of what I enjoyed reading and doing. So I picked psychology. Now I

know almost my entire department by name, and I like that. When I graduate, I’m gonna be sad to leave, but I think I’ll be ready to move on.

The thing about going to college is that it’s become the new high school diploma. A bachelor’s degree wasn’t

So I picked psychology. Now I know almost my entire department by name, and I like that. When I graduate, I’m gonna be sad to leave, but I think I’ll be ready to move on.

-SELENA LOCKAMY

what it was 20 years ago. You’re not going to go out and find a high-paying job right away. It’s just not gonna happen. So you have to further your education. I have to. There’s nothing I can do with a psychology bachelor’s. So I’ll get my master’s in psychology, then my Ph.D., and I’m going back to California for that.

I’m such a psychology nerd. Psychology, for me, was just relatable. I think that’s really important. Everything I’m learning is relatable. With each class, I’m liking it more and more. And it’s great that I can use what I know to help my friends and family, and hopefully later on I’ll be able to help people I don’t know. I’m not losing my steam for psychology.

I love it.

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OPINION

Adapting to the Age of Connectivity

By TREVOR JACKSON Guest Columnist

L

ast week, I made a trip to Chicago. I’m studying theater, and I planned to go and audition for graduate schools. On Sunday, I woke up at the absolute crack of dawn so I could drive with my father from Monmouth to PDX. After the hour drive, 10 minutes to park, 10 minutes to walk to the terminal, and an additional hour of waiting in line (it happened to be Super Bowl Sunday), we approached the Alaska Airlines counter only to find that our flight had been canceled.

Fortunately, there was another flight in the next two days, and it wouldn’t conflict with my audition.

But the situation was nonetheless extremely frustrating.

See, I still live in the 20th century, and I don’t own a smartphone. On the drive over, if I only owned some sort of smart device, I could have received the cancellation notice ahead of time and saved the trip. But alas, I had no such device.

And the ironic thing is, my father works for Verizon.

I decided to purchase for myself a

Samsung Galaxy, a tablet computer with a 7-inch screen. Some people, like my father, believe they can be just as productive while “living-off-the-grid.”

But let me tell you: as someone who has made a lifestyle switch in the very midst of the Age of Connectivity, there is no other way to live if you want to count yourself as a part of the American workforce.

Now, I know the audience I am writing for, and that, quite frankly, I’m preaching to the choir. I would wager that 99 percent of you, the readers, know the immediate benefits of being

consistently connected to the internet.

How fortunate it is the campus is covered in Wi-Fi signals.

To those that are wary about how predominant technology has become in our lives, I say “get over it.”

Imagine working as a chef in a competitive kitchen, except you’re the only one that has to go cook everything in the fire pit out back. Meanwhile, I’ll stay inside with my industrial stovetop.

CAMPUS BLOTTER The following information is from the public records of Campus Public Safety.

MEDICAL ASSIST At 5:53 p.m. Feb. 5 in Heritage Hall, Public Safety was contacted about a medical assist.

At 11:09 p.m. Feb. 5 in Ackerman Hall, Public Safety was contacted about a medical assist.

DISORDERLY CONTACT At 12:30 a.m. Feb. 7 in Ackerman Hall, Public Safety confronted a student was yelling out a window from Third Gilmore.

MARIJUANA VIOLATION CONCERNING At 11:40 p.m. Feb. 7 in BOOKLET Gentle Hall, Public SafeAt 12 p.m. Feb. 5 in ty contacted a room due Smith Hall, Public Safety to suspicion of marijuana was contacted in reference usage. to a booklet containing concerning content found PROPERTY DAMAGE by faculty.

At 7:53 a.m. Feb. 10 in the Health and Wellness HARASSMENT Center, Public Safety was At 5:10 p.m. Feb. 9, Pub- contacted in reference to lic Safety was contacted a broken mirror in the regarding an instance of weight area. possible harassment.

MENTAL HEALTH UNWANTED CONTACT At 4:01 p.m. Feb 10 in At 1:30 a.m. Feb. 6 in Modular Classroom 101, Heritage Hall, Public Public Safety responded to Safety responded to an is- a student experiencing a sue of unwanted contact mental health issue. between two students.

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NEWS

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TOP 3 FUNDED AREAS SY 2014-2015

Emotions rise in open hearings

SY 2015-2016

#1

$ 1,388,176

Athletics

$1,370,633

#2

$ 869,670

HWC

$946,312

#3

$ 928,826

WUC

$942,692 200K

400K

600K

800K

1 MIL

1.2 MIL

FUNDED AREAS CONTINUED $5,939 $8,579

Abby’s House

access

Services provided for disabled students in relation to other IFC funded activities.

$10,700 $12,888

Access

$267,435 $303,387

ASWOU

$57,567 $57,567

Childcare

$42,741 $44,906

Club Sports

$309,771 $330,135

Creative Arts

$6,000 $6,000

Extraordinary Travel

$32,476 $41,330

Intramurals

Plan-It Wolf

extraordinary travel Services provided for disabled students in relation to other IFC funded activities. plan-it wolf Budget for student planners.

$4,639 $0 $60,468 $60,781

SAB

$295,355 $289,520

SLA $8,000 $15,067

SLCD

$160,437 $168,447

Student Media $23,877 $23,519

Wolf Ride

0

5OK

100K

150K

200K

250K

300K

Note: Values are a summation of preliminary decision budget in addition to enhancements.

From Front Page quarters of the room stood.

Student athletes lobbying for Western’s track and field, football, and volleyball teams were met with uproarious cheers and rounds of applause.

Nicole Anderson, a senior track and field athlete, was moved to tears as she said she was “ashamed to be a part of a university that doesn’t support all student endeavors equally.”

Anderson stated that “Western athletes are scraping the bottom. We’re the least funded program in the GNAC.” David Mcleod, a sophomore track athlete, revealed his intention to leave Western as a result of what he saw as the committee’s “continued lack of support for athletics.”

Mcleod highlighted his lack of opportunity within the team as his main motivation to seek out another school.

“I came to compete, but I didn’t get the chance,” Mcleod said. “The budget definitely limits the amount of athletes who can travel to races. To work and train so hard to not see that work rewarded with races is difficult to swallow.”

Themes of fairness and unrewarded hard work were common in the presentations by athletes.

IFC’s decision had divided the student body, and Chair Quinn Forner was expecting the response. “I wasn’t surprised by the emotion, it is understandable,” he said.

overall effect on student fees.

“The rest of the departments can’t always take the hit,” Honda said. She added that “each one has some excess fluff that can be trimmed.”

Honda specified that athletes and athletics can bring a certain spirit, but that usually only involves those who choose to participate.

“Students sometimes question funding athletics, especially those who aren’t associated with them,” Honda said. “This fee was $277 per term in 2011, and now it is expected to rise to $334 in 2015.”

The difference between these two figures is $171 annually, and that can amount to the cost of all textbooks in a term for some students.

Honda’s opinions are not uncommon among the student body. Juan Esparza, a business administration senior, initially didn’t know that his incidental fees went towards athletics.

“I actually wasn’t aware that I paid for clubs and athletics, and no, I don’t think it is fair,” Esparza said. He said that while he “understood that the school must fund activities, tuition is already a stretch for many.”

Students looking for more explanation of the IFC process or more information on how to become involved for the 2016 academic year can speak to IFC Chair and ASWOU representative Forner.

Forner is available for student feedback at the ASWOU table on the second floor of the Werner Center, across from the bookstore, every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

A meeting for the final deliberations will be held in the Columbia Room of the WUC, Monday, Feb. 16, 5:30 p.m.

Disclaimer: The Journal is funded through Incidental Fees via Student Media.

SECOND HEARING BEGINS

The second open hearing, held on Monday, Feb. 9, played host to even more students than the first, and once again the athletics department dominated the attendance sheet.

In addition to more positive feedback from groups like creative arts, Abby’s House, and Stonewall Center, various club sports teams voiced their appreciation for continued funding.

Members of the both the men’s and women’s rugby teams, along with representatives from men’s soccer and men’s lacrosse all highlighted their gratitude for the chance to play.

While the club teams expressed support for their own continued funding, many also pleaded for a reconsideration of the cut to athletics.

Several of the presenting students who were involved in multiple IFC funded areas also stressed the importance of the range of activities currently available, especially as a means to raise Western’s image in the communities where athletics conducts their outreach.

The impact on prospective student recruitment and the impact on the overall community and culture of campus was often cited as the main reasoning behind the cross-club support.

Almost all spoke on unfavorable travel conditions for away matches, uniforms in dire need of replacement, and equipment improvements required for maintaining compliance with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The argument against budget cuts had become one of a return on investment for athletes who train daily for the chance to compete and are also expected to maintain academic excellence.

While many of the pleas were similar to those from the first hearing, one student had a message that was different from the rest.

Jenesa Honda, judicial administrator and head of the Associated Students of Western Oregon University Judicial Branch, supported the proposed cut to the athletics fund because of the

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NEWS

Faculty senate passes divestment resolution Environmental club takes new approach to campaign

By LAURA KNUDSON Editor-in-Chief The faculty senate is encouraging Western’s Development Foundation to investigate and provide information on fossil fuel divestment.

In an (18-4-0) vote, the senate passed a resolution Tuesday calling for the collaboration of the foundation, environmental club, Associated Students of Western Oregon University, and the administration.

Divesting refers to getting rid of stocks, bonds or investment funds that are part of the fossil fuel industry.

The foundation is a private, nonprofit organization that financially assists the college through investment returns and gifts from donors. Last school year, the foundation’s total revenue was $4,302,690 according to their audit report.

Earlier this year, the environmental club, comprised of about 15 to 20 members launched a divestment campaign, collecting signatures in favor of divestment, representing more than 10 percent of the student body. They also protested outside at a Dec. 6 foundation meeting after being denied a spot on the agenda.

Foundation meetings are closed for confidentiality, so groups or individuals must be invited to speak.

Karl Amspacher, environmental club member, recently submitted a resolution to ASWOU, calling for the foundation to divest over the next five years or explain their reasoning if they chose not to.

In a 0-5-0 vote Jan. 28, the ASWOU senate did not approve the resolution.

At the same meeting, Amspacher asked the Senate to withdraw the resolution because, “It felt like it wasn’t going to pass, and it’d be better to have something pass then have it voted down,” he said.

Since Senator Braden Shribbs had written the legislation and is, therefore, the only one who can withdraw it, the vote took place because Shribbs was absent from the meeting.

Corbin Garner, ASWOU president, said the resolution was not approved because “the students [senators] conversed with were not well informed, and we felt that divestment at this point was not the right option.”

Amspacher was disappointed in the decision to move forward with the vote.

“They could have tabled it indefinitely,” Amspacher said. “Instead they chose to vote on it, and they voted unanimously.” He added there is clear student support in favor of divestment and ASWOU is “disregarding their mission” as a voice for students. “Whatever their motives are, it’s not in support of students,” he said.

ASWOU has not taken a stance on divestment, Garner said, because, “We

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don’t feel it’s our place to take a side.”

The environmental club plans to introduce legislation to ASWOU modeled after the faculty senate legislation that was passed.

Dr. Emily Plec, co-adviser of the environmental club, has taken over for Mark VanSteeter, who is on sabbatical.

Plec said the club is shifting their strategy to a “longer approach focused on multiple goals.”

By working to increase campus awareness and educate on divestment, they will “pull back from the force with which they had approached foundation partners in finding out more information,” she said.

“There’s been this perception on campus that the foundation has avoided any conversation and that’s not true,” Tommy Love, executive director in the Office of University Advancement and Western Development Foundation said in a Tuesday interview.

While the foundation does not disclose where they invest, Love did contact the foundation fund managers, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management in Portland, requesting information on the foundation’s investments in energy.

PHOTO BY LAURA KNUDSON | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF He was provided with a graphic demonstrating 5 percent of the foun- Students in the enviornmental club protest fossil fuel divestment outside the the Werner Unidation’s endowments are in energy. Of versity Center during the Dec. 6 foundation meeting. that 5 percent, not all is necessarily in fossil fuels, Love said.

Fund managers who weighed in also disagree with divestment, Love said.

“They don’t think it will have any impact.”

“We’re not giving these companies an influx of cash; we’re buying an ownership stake,” Love said. “That’s essentially what stock is.”

Love is not alone in this regard.

“I don’t think divestment deals with it in the slightest,” President Mark Weiss said in a phone interview Wednesday.

While Weiss acknowledges climate change is a serious issue, he said, “There’s no incentive to not burn fossil fuels. It doesn’t do anything to solve the problem.”

“I absolutely agree with Mark when he says that the WOU foundation divesting will not impact the industry in any quantifiable way,” Plec said in an email Wednesday.

For Amspacher, divestment is about doing the ethical thing.

“Western’s foundation by itself is not going to have a big impact,” Amspacher said. “While it’s just symbolic, if other schools follow what we do, then it loses its purely symbolic action and it becomes something with a tangible impact.”

Though both sides may be in agreement that divesting will have little-tono impact on fossil fuel companies, the question has been raised whether or not it could hurt student scholarship money brought in by the foundation.

With the first American college, Hampshire College, Mass. having divested in 2011 according to gofossilfree.org, quantitative data of divestment’s impact is hard to come by.

This leaves Love unsure of the consequences when it comes to student scholarship money.

“To say that by having our school divest, our financial returns won’t be hurt is untrue and unpredictable,”

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Game night: table-top games with huge replay value

By NATHANIEL DUNAWAY Entertainment Editor My friends and I have taken up to playing games.

Right now, you might be imagining kickball or “Grand Theft Auto”; however -- while those are both awesome -- the games we’ve been playing arent at home outside or on the TV, but instead on the tabletop (or the carpet).

Game night has become a weekly tradition at my house, and in case you’re considering making it a tradition at yours, here’s a quick rundown of some of the best board and card games my roommates, friends, and I keep returning to every weekend. All of these games are best played with 2-6 players.

“Once Upon a Time” My only disclaimer for this card game is this: it’s not for everyone. Or maybe a better

way to put it is that not everyone is for this game. The entire focus of “Once Upon a Time” is on storytelling.

Players have a hand of cards with fairy tale elements such as “Princess,” “Dragon” and “Dungeon.” These are called Story Cards. The game begins as one player, the Storyteller, who begins telling a story, utilizing their cards to further the plot, guiding it to their specific Ending Card.

The other players can use Interrupt Cards to become the new Storyteller. The first player to play all their Story Cards and reach their ending wins. It may sound complicated, but you get the hang of it quickly. The more creative and inventive the players are, the better. The stories created during this game can be hilar-

ious and exciting, and you’ll find yourself wanting to write some of them down.

“Clue Mysteries” * If I have any complaints about the game “Clue,” it’s that games don’t last nearly long enough. If you agree with that sentiment, and also worry that “Clue” isn’t complicated or convoluted enough, then “Clue Mysteries” is the board game for you.

Taking the mystery-solving theme of “Clue” and expanding it from a single crime in a single house to 50 individual crimes in a whole town full of suspects, “Clue Mysteries” has a terrific amount of replay value. The gathering of clues involves getting statements from characters (many of them new, although the usual suspects are still present),

cracking codes, and traveling all across town to catch a criminal.

While the classic murder weapons are unfortunately absent, the game makes up for it with cool detective tools such as a magnifying glass, mirror, and key.

“Fluxx” * Another card game and one of the wildest, most wonderfully unpredictable games I’ve ever played. In “Fluxx,” the rules are determined by the cards in your hand, and they’re always changing.

Complete aspects of the game can be changed with a single card, such as how many cards can be drawn, how many or what cards can be played, and what it takes to win. Games can last five minutes or they can last an hour.

There are dozens of versions, ranging from “Cartoon Network Fluxx” to “Cthulhu Fluxx” and “Monty Python Fluxx.” Every play-through is different, making “Fluxx” endlessly enjoyable.

Board and card games are fun; that’s kind of the whole point. And while some are more fun than others (I’m not a huge fan of “Settlers of Catan,” but it’s a popular one you should also check out), try to be open to whatever games come your way. You’ll find the ones that stick.

Tabletop games may not be as popular as sports or video games, but they can be just as much -- if not more -- fun. *Shout out to Sarah Cotter for recommending these games.

New storefront door to be installed in the campus bookstore Construction for a new door at the bookstore will begin Feb. 16. The roll-up door will be replaced with a storefront door system. Directional signs will alert students when the side entry door needs to be used. Construction will be completed March 13 and the bookstore will be open during normal hours throughout the construction. For more information, contact Chelsee Blatner at blatnerc@wou.edu.

Family Weekend Friday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 22 is Western Oregon University’s Family Weekend. Some of the activities: student showcase and family brunch, men’s basketball vs. Simon Fraser, sibling activity, look-a-like contest, and more. For more information, please contact Angie Barry at 503-838-8064 or email at barrya@ wou.edu. Registration costs $30 per adult (12 and older) from Feb. 1 to Feb. 12. On-site registration will be available as well.

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“In the Aeroplane Over the Sea:” 17 Years Later

By DECLAN HERTEL Staff Writer Everyone has a piece of art that speaks to them like no other, and for many people, that work is their favorite music album. There are few more potent ways to learn about who someone is at heart than to listen to their favorite album. Just by knowing that a piece of music speaks to them on some deeper level allows you to connect to them through the music.

This week marks 17 years since the release of my favorite album, Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,” released Feb. 10, 1998. It is everything I love about music, and one of only two albums to ever make me tear up (the other being Cage the Elephant’s “Melophobia”). It is heartbreaking, scary, beautiful, and strange.

And I believe it to be perfect.

The album can best be summed up as “absolutely fearless.” Jeff Mangum, the reclusive genius behind the band, clearly just did not give a damn if anyone liked the record, electing to be completely honest and let the work speak for itself.

All the songs carry an urgency of

spirit, a sense that he had to get these words and melodies out of his body right now lest he collapse in on himself. His voice cracks and wails, his lyrics are nigh impenetrable on the first listen, and the songs are musically simple with no frills and a lot of lowfi energy. The drums blast, the bass is fuzzed within an inch of its life, and the guitar tracks clip all over the place.

One gets the sense that when songs like the raucous “Holland, 1945,” the band purposefully pushed their equipment right up to the breaking point.

The songs themselves are simple and unpretentious, using simple chords and melodies with unbridled passion and energy. All the musicians on the record are self-taught, including some who learned instruments specifically for recording this record, and this dedication is apparent all through the album.

Upon deeper listening, one finds the method to all the madness: the record is a concept album about plant-like people, a two-headed fetus in a jar, Mangum’s own life, and Anne Frank.

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It expresses the rage, hope, loneliness, despair, sexuality, sensitivity, fear, and love of these strange characters as their worlds change and go up in flames around them.

The whole album lays out an atmosphere of darkness, but within that darkness there is hope for these doomed misfits that they might find love and comfort in their unique existence. There is apprehension about the future, but because of this uncertainty,

we must now “lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see,” as Mangum sings on the title track.

“Aeroplane” speaks to me like no other record ever made. It would be impossible for me to articulate exactly why that is, so I’ll settle for this: please seek this record out. Even 17 years after its release, I could not possibly give “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” a high enough recommendation.

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Western reaches 20 wins in season, first time in 18 years Men’s basketball named top 20 in Division II media poll

By JACOB HANSEN Staff Writer Western men’s basketball team boarded their bus last week to play Central Washington University on Thursday, Feb. 5, and then Northwest Nazarene University on Feb. 7. The Wolves would extend their win streak to 10 by coming though with wins in both venues.

By winning the last two games (20-3, 21-1 GNAC), for the first time in school history, the team has now moved into the Top 20 in both National Association of Basketball Coaches and the DII Media Poll Sponsored by Division II Sports Information Directors of America.

“It’s definitely a great accomplishment as a team and individually to contribute to that,” said guard Devon Alexander. “We are, however, aware that we haven’t accomplished our overall goal just yet, so we put the rankings and stuff behind us for now. We still have a lot of work to do.”

The win against Central Washington this one done.”

University (12-6, 7-4 GNAC) was not an In a similar match-up, it was the Wolves easy win. With a final score of 78-71, the impressive game finishing skills that Wolves had to overcome a 10-point defi- made the win a possibility while playing cit early in the second half before forward Northwest Nazarene University (10-12, Andy Avgi put the final nail in the coffin 8-4 GNAC) last Saturday. Alexander lead with a breakaway dunk to finish the game. the team offensively as they mounted a Avgi had 27 9-1 run in the game’s points of the night “We haven’t accomplished our final two-minutes to with 11-of-15 shootgive Western their ing and was backed overall goal just yet, so we put 20th win of the season up by Alexander the rankings and stuff behind in a fashionable and who had 15 points us for now. We still have a lot dramatic comeback of his own. Guard contest.

Julian Nichols con- of work to do.”

Alexander had a tributed in all asgame-high 19 points, pects of the game a game-high six with eight points, DEVON ALEXANDER steals, and four clutch seven rebounds and GUARD free throws in the fia game-high eight nal 30 seconds of the assists before leavgame to seal the deal ing with an injury late in the final minutes. at 66-62. Avgi had 15 points and a game“Central Washington is really difficult high eight rebounds as he was once again a to stop,” said head coach Brady Bergeson. dominant force in the paint.

“They never let down with their attack.

“Our kids gutted themselves to find Our guys spent everything they had to get a way to win tonight,” Bergeson said. “It

was an exhausting, physical, hard-fought game. I’m so proud of our young men.”

Western posted its first season with 20-or-more victories since the Wolves went 20-9 during the 1996-97 season as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. In the 94-year history of the program, Western has registered 20-ormore wins only 14 times that included two stretches of four straight seasons from 1979-83 and 1993-97.

“The rankings aren’t our main focus; it’s the game in front of us, but it is nice to have that recognition,” said Avgi.

The Wolves traveled to Washington Wednesday Feb. 11, to play Saint Martin’s University in the ROOT sports game of the week, where they won 66-56. This will sum up three away games in six days for the Wolves as they hope to take home a W for the second time this year against Saint Martin’s. The Wolves will then return home to welcome Western Washington University on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.

Track and field prevails at Washington State University Indoor meet

By GUY PERRIN Staff Writer The Western track team had a strong showing last weekend at the Cougar Indoor meet, hosted by Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. on Feb. 7.

Several Western runners placed in the top five in their respective heats and numerous others posted personal best performances.

The highlight of the day was when Josh Hanna took home the victory in the 800m, finishing with a time of 1:54.36, over a second faster than the next fastest runner. In the mile, Brady Beagley finished second ahead of several runners from Division I schools, posting a time of 4:19.58.

He would follow that up later in the day with a third place performance in the 3,000m run with a time of 8:47.49. David Ribich and Zach Holloway would also place in the top 10 in the 3,000m with times of 8:56.40 and 9:04.28, respectively.

“I feel like racing the 3k with some teammates was more of a tune up for the meet this weekend,” said Beagley. “It is always nice to have teammates by your side in a race. It makes the race feel more comfortable and relaxing.”

For the hurdles, Kaleb Dobson ran 8.47 seconds in the 60m race, winning his heat.

He then improved to 8.44 seconds in finals where he took fourth overall. Aaron Whitaker would take eighth overall in the 400m run with a time of 51.78 while teammate AJ Holmberg finished ninth in 52.71.

“Meets give me experience because I’ve never ran indoor before,” Holmberg said.

“I definitely like Pullman more because it’s more comparable to what conference will be like.”

On the women’s side, the big news of the day came from the weight throw, where all four competitors for Western posted personal records. Emmi Collier (14.26m), Allison Cook (13.5m), Alex Green (13m), and Leah Nicklason (10.78m) threw personal best distances on Saturday.

On the track, Rochelle Pappel finished sixth in her heat of the 60m hurdles in 9.24 seconds, advancing her to finals where she improved to 9.14 seconds. Audrey Hellesto and Suzie Van De Grift finished second and third overall in the 400m, finishing in 1:00.60 and 1:00.62 respectively. Bai-

ley Beeson would finish sixth overall in the 400m with a time of 1:00.94. Stephanie Stuckey posted a new personal record in the 800, finishing fourth overall with a time of 2:20.44.

“The meet in Pullman really put into perspective where I’m at in my fitness and helped me mentally see how my race will go in Boise, Idaho,” Beeson said. “Going to meets together and all the work we do in practice is helping us set up the team for success in Idaho.”

The Wolves will travel back to Seattle to participate in the Husky Classic on Feb. 13-14 and the Husky Open on Feb. 15 inside the Dempsey Indoor Facility.

2015 football recruiting class - Chris Adamo • DB • Bend, Ore. (Mountain View) - Austin Brisbee • QB • Portland, Ore. (Westview) - Caleb Dalzell • TE/DL • Gresham, Ore. (Gresham) - Ryan Davis • DL • Central Point, Ore. (Crater) - Sage Delong • DL • Vale, Ore. (Vale) - Devon Fortier • WR • Canby, Ore. (Canby) - Jordan Hannah • RB • Grants Pass, Ore. (North Valley) - Michael Johnson • OL • Eugene, Ore. (Pleasant Hill) - Isaiah Kerlegan • DB/CB • Albany, Ore. (South Albany) - Parker Layton • LB • Ashland, Ore. (Ashland) - Jason McKinley • Grants Pass, Ore. (Grants Pass) - Dylan Morgan • WR • Central Point, Ore. (Crater) - Derek Parnell • DB • Beaverton, Ore. (Southridge) - Joseph Roos • LB/DB • Albany, Ore. (West Albany) - Thomas Smalley • OL • Sutherlin, Ore. (Sutherlin) - Handsome Smith • RB • Gladstone, Ore. (Gladstone) - Aaron Turner • OL • Troutdale, Ore. (Gresham) - John Tyler Valenzuela • DB • Albany, Ore. (West Albany) - Andrew Weber • LB • Vale, Ore. (Vale) - Kye Yraguen • DL • Vale, Ore. (Vale)

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- Malix Braxton • WR • Lynnwood, Wash. (Meadowdale) - Josh Brown • OL • Colfax, Wash. (Colfax) - Miles Lockett • DL • Bothell, Wash. (Bothell) - Shawn Munro • LB • Bothell, Wash. (Bothell) - Nate Osborn • P • Bow, Wash. (Burlington-Edison) - Caleb Tingstad • TE • Edmonds, Wash. (Meadowdale) - Austin Urlacher • RB • Pasco, Wash. (Chiawana) - Tyler Wharf • LB • Bothell, Wash. (Bothell)

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Baseball annihilated in San Diego tournament 1-7

By RACHEL SHELLEY Sports Editor Baseball finished out their eight game tournament in San Diego 1-7 before starting another three game series in Seaside, California, Saturday Feb. 13-15.

The Wolves met Point Loma Nazarene University of San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 5 for their four game match-up, tied at three after nine innings, the match-up would be resumed on Friday. After two extra innings, the Wolves fell 4-3 after a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the 12th before the next nine innings of game two.

“The team is really focusing on trusting the process and the plan our coaches have set for us,” said infielder Garrett Harpole.

During Friday’s game, the Wolves out-hit PLNU 14-10 but despite statistics, PLNU was able to score five runs in the second inning, giving them a 9-4 edge at the end of nine innings.

Western was led by infielder Marcus Hinkle who went 4-for-4 and two runs. Outfielder’s Matt Taylor and Cody Sullivan had three hits each while first baseman Nathan Etheridge batted in two PLNU players.

Lefty pitcher Clark McKitrick started early for the Wolves, only allowing six runs, two earned, on two hits. Pitcher and lefty pitcher Michael Bennett and Spencer Trautmann added 6.1 innings together only allowing three runs on eight hits, striking out five.

Hinkle would put the Wolves on the board in the top of the third after Etheridge’s single to bring him home from third. Sullivan went to hit a dou-

ble in the top of the seventh, bringing in Etheridge from second. The last two runs came in the top of the eighth with a single by Taylor, bringing in Harpole and Hinkle off a sacrifice fly

by Etheridge.

The doubleheader was played on Feb. 7 where the Wolves won 17-0 and then lost the last game 2-0. In the first game, Taylor led the Wolves with a 4-for-6 performance at the plate. Harpole had six runners batted in and went 3-for-4 while Hinkle also added three hits in the first game victory.

The second game of the double header did not see the same scoring abilities from the Wolves, unable to capitalize in the top of the second in scoring position and PLNU unable to score until the sixth inning, the second game of the doubleheader and the last game in the eight game tournament ended 2-0 in favor of PLNU.

“We obviously didn’t get off to the start that we were looking for,” said head coach Kellen Walker. “This is a tough group. We will make the adjustments that we need to in order to get this thing where it needs to be.”

The Wolves will travel back to California on Friday, Feb. 13 for a four-game series in Seaside against California State University Monterey Bay starting at 2 p.m.

“I think going into this weekend we need to understand that as much as this is a team sport, we individually need to have success in crucial situations,” Taylor said. “Offensively, we need to get guys on and manufacture runs by moving runners over early in the game. Defensively, we need to take care of the ball and throw strikes. We are confident we are the better team, we just need to show up from pitch one.”

Wolves fall in Alaska during three-game road trip

By GUY PERRIN Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team traveled far north this past weekend to take on the pair of Alaska schools. On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Wolves suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, falling 60-47.

“The two losses in Alaska have made our team really motivated to get wins at home this week,” said guard Jordan Mottershaw. “We have to refocus and take care of our home court. We know from our last two games that we need to put more emphasis on rebounding.”

- Isaiah Cassidy • LB • Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley) - Tyler Currie • QB • Grenada, Calif. (Yreka) - Dylan Gilfoy • TE • Brentwood, Calif. (Liberty) - Brendan Jackson • OL • Petaluma, Calif. (Casca Grande) - Jalen Roman • QB/WR • Windsor, Calif. (Windsor) - Justin Sattelmaier • OL • Temecula, Calif. (Temecula Valley)

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Western (5-14, 2-9 GNAC) started slowly and trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half before battling back behind the duo of forward Dana Goularte and Mottershaw (11 points each) to cut the deficit to three points early in the second half.

The Wolves, however, would never get closer as the Nanooks (13-9, 5-7 GNAC) used a 20-point performance

by Benissa Bulaya to pull away and secure the victory.

“We’re working on controlling what we can control and playing together,” said forward Sami Osborne.

“We’re striving to finish these last few weeks off strong, fighting our way up for the sixth spot and working towards playing to our full potential as a team.”

On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Wolves

faced one of the best teams in the country, No. 2 ranked Alaska-Anchorage. The Seawolves (22-1, 12-1 GNAC) flexed their muscles from the opening tip, jumping out to a 19-0 lead in the first six minutes of the game en route to a 77-51 victory.

Goularte and Mottershaw led Western (5-15, 2-10 GNAC) in scoring for the second straight game, scoring 10 points each while Osborne pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Alaska-Anchorage got a major boost from their bench as Sierra Afoa and Jenna Buchannon scored 15 and 14 points respectively in reserve.

“Anchorage is one of the best teams in the nation and I credit that to their work ethic and mental toughness,” said head coach Holli Howard-Car-

- Ian Lundberg • WR • Honolulu, Hawaii (Damien) - Ikaika Piceno • RB • Wahiawa, Hawaii (Leilehua)

penter. “A takeaway from that game is that we have to do everything with a purpose: cut hard, set solid screens, make the extra pass, finish every play with a box out.

“It really is about how well we can execute the “little things” and also being mentally tough when faced with adversity. Basketball is a game of runs and we must focus on limiting our opponent’s runs and extending our own,” Howard-Carpenter said.

The Wolves return home to host Simon Fraser University on Thursday, Feb. 12 and Western Washington University on Saturday, Feb. 14 for the Play4Kay game to raise Breast Cancer Awareness.

- Matthew Keogh • LB • Anchorage, Alaska (South Anchorage)

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Students rally to freeze tuition From Front Page The Oregon Legislature would need to invest $755 million for state universities and $560 million for community colleges to ensure that tuition rates could remain the same. If the legislature cannot approve this investment, tuition could rise as much as 10 percent in the next year.

“Education is an opportunity everyone should have a chance to experience,” said Kristen Case, a sophomore and a resident assistant who attended the rally. “There is so much power in it.”

Other students attending the rally were focused on maintaining the financial viability for currently enrolled students.

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“The financial burden is always present for students and it’s the most stressful thing, even above grades,” said Emiliano Cruz-Barrera, first year student.

Some students like Javan Davis, a mathematics and dance major, face the possibility of having to drop out if the tuition freeze does not go through.

“Currently if I don’t find a job, I’ll have to drop out before the next term even starts,” Davis said.

“If we keep making entry into college harder and we keep raising prices, we won’t get anywhere.”

Students at the rally also had a chance to hear from bi-partisan speakers of the legislature such as house representative Mark Johnson (R), and co-chair of the Ways and Means committee representative Peter Buckley (D).

For more information on the tuition freeze, visit www.orstudents.org

Love said in a presentation to ASWOU Jan. 14 according to senate minutes.

In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, the foundation awarded $663,669 in scholarship support.

Love said the risk of losing financial returns and hurting scholarships for students is prevalent.

“We have the moral obligation to provide as many scholarships as we can,” he said. “At this time the foundation is not looking to divest.”

“Some universities have received new donations specifically because they divested, and it is possible that some donors do not support divestment,” said a Jan. 22 memo from Plec and VanSteeter addressed to faulty senate.

However, “Some of our most significant contributions for the benefit of students and our campus have come from individuals in the business chain of big oil,” Weiss said in a Wednesday email.

In a follow-up phone interview, Weiss said, “Just in the past two years, we’ve gotten approximately $3 million from donors that have ties to energy.” Some significant donors have ties to road construction companies or major trucking companies, he added.

Weiss said he wants to see the conversation shift toward solving

global warming and what can be done on campus.

Love said just because the foundation doesn’t support divestment doesn’t mean they’re not interested in a discussion on climate change.

Plec said the environmental club will focus the rest of this term on educating the campus. Beginning this term, they will also work to give the foundation incentive to divest. This will be done through divestment initiative donation request forms given out to organizations, institutions, donors and individuals.

Money raised from pledges would work to offset any possible short-term negative financial divestment consequences. The form can be found on the environmental club’s Facebook page.

“Whether or not we succeed with divestment, we’re going to measure our success by how informed and thoughtful people are about the issue,” Plec said. “I think when you make real social changes, there’s a lot of leg work involved.”

Finding a way to make divestment profitable for Western is the environmental club’s new goal.

Plec said it’s time to “put our money where our ethics and values are.”

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