Vol. 18, Issue 23 (May 2, 2018)

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 VOLUME 18 ISSUE 23

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podcast roundup

ENTERTAINMENT

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“Nancy”

“Nancy” is the only podcast on this list that wasn’t introduced in April 2018 — but it turned a year old in April. Hosted by Kathy Tu and Tobin Low, the podcast focuses on showcasing different perspectives from people in the LGBTQ+ community. Though the podcast begins with Tu and Low talking about their individual coming out stories, it shifts into being a podcast that relies on interviews with celebrities like Lena Waithe and Nico Tortorella, or people closer to their lives like their moms.

Though “Nancy” helps give a voice to people throughout the community, it stands out because of the heart that Tu and Low have. Both hosts are clearly invested in the stories that they’re presenting and it shows.

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“I Need My Space”

“I Need My Space” is a podcast put out by Inverse, a website that’s aimed at exploring science, innovation and new ideas. The show is hosted by Rae Paoletta, senior editor for the site, and comedian Steve Ward. While “I Need My Space” explores questions relating to space and intergalactic travel, it does so in a more lighthearted way than podcasts like “StarTalk Radio.” Paoletta and Ward interview both space experts and space enthusiasts to answer a myriad of questions that range from “what do aliens really look like?” to “why do we love shooting things into space?”

“I Need My Space” is a must-listen for people who are interested in space, but who also love to ponder the questions that may be less serious. It’s important to know what Elon Musk is doing, but it’s also fun to think about what life in a spacecraft is like.

“Decoder Ring”

Hosted by Willa Pasket, TV critic for Slate, “Decoder Ring” aims to demystify certain aspects of culture.

The podcast was launched on April 29 and has only produced one episode — a 30-minute piece on the history of the Laff Box, the first

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“Dear Franklin Jones”

I discovered this podcast while scrolling through the available podcast options in the Google Play store. “Dear Franklin Jones” follows Jonathan Hirsch, the show’s producer, as he tries to uncover the truth about a group led by Franklin Jones that he was raised in — the group has been deemed controversial because of speculation that they’re a cult.

The ‘cast consists of seven short episodes that document Hirsch’s journey as he tries to understand Jones’s effect on Hirsch life, family and the lives of the people who followed Jones. “Dear Franklin Jones” is an explorative podcast that follows the same vein of productions like “Missing Richard Simmons” — Hirsch uses extensive interviews, research, as well as his own self-reflection to work towards uncovering information about Jones.

laugh-track machine. According to Slate’s website, every month Pasket will, “take on a cultural question, object, idea, or habit and speak with experts, historians and obsessives to figure out where it comes from, what it means and why it matters.”

“Decoder Ring” is interesting to listen to because it does just that. The show makes listeners think about aspects of culture that may not be on their mind — I can honestly tell you that I had never thought about laugh tracks as in-depth as this show talked about them.

ENTERTAINMENT

break from

midterms Events in and around the Monmouth area

By Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief

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As it gets to be the middle of term, it’s important to hit the books and study for midterms. However it’s also important to take some time and explore all of Western has to offer. Here are some events on and off campus that can provide you with a reprieve from studying.

The Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival has

review:

“KOD”

Hip-hop musician J. Cole’s improved lyric ability, flow can’t make up for album’s many misses

By Simson Garcia | Sports Editor

been extended by one week — rather than closing on April 30 as planned, the festival’s last day is now slated for May 6. For those who want to get out of the Monmouth-Independence area, the festival can provide a break from studying. In addition to roaming the tulips, festival-goers can pick up food and purchase their own flowers. For people who choose to go specifically on the weekends, they can also take advantage of hot air balloon rides and a craft marketplace. Admission for the festival is $5 per person or $20 per full car.

There are a myriad of different on-campus music events happening this week. All of the events are free for Western students and offer a wide variety of tunes to listen to.

On Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m., the music department is holding a showcase of current piano students and their work. The following day on May 3, junior Emmaly Basabara will be performing her junior violin recital.

The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Rounding

The title track “KOD” broke an opening day US Spotify record with 4.2 million streams

Take a

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J. Cole’s “KOD” arrived on April 20 and, while he’s progressed and improved as an artist, his new project regressed towards the end.

While varying styles of instrumentals are constructed, ranging from newly stylized modern trap beats to oldschool hip-hop influences, Cole’s narrative is what keeps “KOD” afloat.

“KOD,” or “Kill Our Addiction,” is based around Cole learning to cope

out the week of music events is a Friday night performance by the Salem String Quartet. The show is on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. as well. For those who are interested in seeing the string quartet, prices vary: $8 general admission, $5 for students and senior citizens, or free with a Western student ID. From May 10 to May 12 Western’s dance department will be hosting the 10th annual Spring Dance Concert.

The concert will feature numbers

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choreographed by students, faculty and Rainbow Dance Theatre. Tickets are $8 for students with a Western ID, $10 for senior citizens and $14 for general admission. Those who are interested in attending the dance concert can purchase tickets at the box office in Rice Auditorium.

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with some of the problems his current generation is also dealing with. For instance, in the album’s trailer, Cole revealed part of how the album developed, “If I turn on the TV right now, it’s not going to be long before an advertisement pops up that says ‘are you feeling down? Have you been having lonely thoughts?’”

Cole tries to grasp the listener consciously. He touches on multiple addictions his generation has been afflicted by and how they might cope with each: technology, drugs, sex and alcohol. But the messages are deeper and, at times, have a double meaning.

Cole engages the listener to closely analyze the problems they may also have faced.

For example, “ATM” is a track about the obsession of money and the American dream, and how the dream consumes people. In the refrain he repeats, “Count it up, count it up, count it up, count it,” then responds sarcastically with “Can’t take it when you die, but you can’t live without it.”

“Photograph,” too, deals with obsession as it’s about a boy’s strong interest toward a girl’s social media account — though he’s never met her in reality.

While I get the many interplaying themes, and completely appreciate the diversity KOD strings together, because hip-hop truly needs an army of poets to talk about different issues — they’re simply outnumbered by the

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invaders of trap music — at KOD’s core is the current generation’s endless addiction to things. Technology is one “Photograph” spoken of as well as drug addiction that’s layered throughout several tracks.

But “KOD” struggles to hold together until the very end. Cole is so invested in topics related to addiction and unwillingness to heal, it’s not something you can re-listen to, and nod your head until the end. Upon finishing, I found it to be a sad case of an endless cycle of our society’s problem with addiction, especially with drugs and alcohol. It’s only right since Cole displays through the songs what he’s undergoing and how hard it is to overcome. I understand that aspect.

But it’s not together because there’s an unfulfilling resolution to “KOD,” which could be due to Cole supposedly crafting the album in short time.

Just as important, the instrumentals became too melancholic for my liking.

Even though I dig jazz samples and classic hip-hop rhythms, the beats encoded with the messages didn’t keep me vibing. “KOD” is listenable, attention grabbing through the first seven tracks, but towards the end kept me questioning and hopeless.

Only two tracks I can say are completely catching me by the ear and

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Bennion advances Wolves past Wildcats with walk-off home run

By Simson Garcia Sports Editor With the GNAC Baseball playoffs quickly approaching, four more in-season games were played on April 28-29.

The Wolves secured a playoff spot after splitting the first two games against the Central Washington Wildcats, 14-6 and 5-3. Both teams, having already clinched a playoff seed, continued to jockey for GNAC tournament positioning, but it was the Wolves that defeated the Wildcats two more times: 8-5 and 4-3, with the latter

score coming off a walk-off home run.

The hits came and plenty of contribution was divided among the Wolves roster in their first win against the Wildcats. Six players hit more than once in the 14-6 route.

Outfielder Griffey Halle, first-year, was the first on the attack as he put it past the fences for the first two runs of the second inning. Senior Jacob Martinez, outfielder, also provided contribution, running in three that helped add to a 8-1 lead in the fourth inning.

The Wolves ran up the score from then on and the ‘Cats could not make up ground.

Sophomore pitcher Alex Roth earned his fifth win in his five strikeout performance and has not lost a game throwing.

Unable to follow up on the hitting performance, Western had only one player, senior infielder Jay Leverett, hit twice in the rematch. The game was knotted, 3-3, by the sixth, but Central — having led the GNAC in total plate appearances — had just a few more at bats and base runners to earn the victory.

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Two finishing runs puts the Wolves in playoffs

The defense leads the GNAC in multiple categories including fewest hits allowed per game (8.83)

Central kept the appearances on home plate and bases in tact for game three. The Wolves planned to do the same. In the fourth, they ran eight players on bases to bring the game within one, 3-2. Both teams played through the pouring rain and, after a rain stoppage of 48 minutes, the Wolves came back.

Three infield throwing errors in a row from Washington produced three straight runs for a 7-5 Wolf lead. In the seventh, the Wolves scored one more after an unearned Martinez run in from third base.

One more game was played between the two. After having

already hit two walks offs for wins within the last 16 days, first-year outfielder Spencer Bennion made sure his third would come again when it was needed in the extra eighth inning. With two outs and the score at 3-3, Bennion hit the ball clear over right center field for the final decider.

The Wolves will face the Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks for their final four in two doubleheaders. Each doubleheader is set for 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. times.

Arceneaux hits walk-off, Clark slams home run, Wolves in GNAC playoffs

with two game playoff clinching runs: 11-10, and 11-2.

The Wolves celebrated two seniors, pitcher Lizzet Dominguez and outfielder Zoe Clark, in their final career home games.

“I’m just so proud of everyone. I think this is a perfect time for everyone to gel as we go into playoffs,” Dominguez commented.

Only one hit traveled past Western’s defense as pitcher Haley Fabian, junior, almost added a complete no hitter in the shutout. The visiting team swung hard and got their lone hit in the fifth inning, but most contact was limited to fly outs.

Western’s offense went to

By Simson Garcia Sports Editor Tied with Montana State and Simon Fraser at 13-13 in conference record, Wolves softball clinched the fourth and final playoff spot on senior day, April 29, beating out Montana.

After shutting out Simon Fraser 8-0, the opposing team reversed the doubleheader, shutting the Wolves out 4-0 on April 28. A second opponent, the Western Washington Vikings, entered Western’s home field on April 29. Their doubleheader matchup started after a rain delay, but the Wolves eventually concluded their home stand

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TEACHER AND COACH

GUIDES STUDENTS AND ATHLETES Western alum Ronald Rothstein is an assistant coach to lacrosse team and assists students with special needs

By Simson Garcia Sports Editor One coach and one player, in one frustrating lacrosse game, came together on the sidelines. The player was down on himself after his team’s

struggles on the field, losing to that end. The coach pulled him to the side, calmed him down and talked to him.

“I had to reassure him that ‘hey, everything’s going to be alright man. It’s just a setback.’ I pretty much took him through the way I would through my students,” said Ronald Rothstein.

Rothstein is a Western alumni, who’s also an assistant coach for Western’s lacrosse

club team and an instructional assistant for the Salem-Keizer school district. The students Rothstein currently works with, according to him, “have a long range of different diagnoses like autism spectrum, ADHD, or they’re emotionally disturbed or another way to put it, emotionally dysregulated, so they don’t have the right coping mechanism to channel their frustration, anxiety, and sadness.”

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He specifically teaches in a classroom of 12 students, teaching academics, writing, reading and other basic education.

“But we also have a big emphasis on teaching them to control their behavior, how to manage self-control, how to manage being obedient and following expectations,” Rothstein commented.

The last part is something that’s important in Rothstein’s classroom.

“That’s a key phrase I use, ‘teaching them to follow expectations’ because a lot of kids like to bend the rules and not follow the same expectations as others.” Rothstein explained that it’s one of the factors that holds his students back from transitioning into the traditional classroom.

“My classroom has less students, more staff so that way we’re giving these students more undivided attention to help them with their behavior issues,” mentioned Rothstein.

Initially wanting to be a social studies teacher, with social sciences eventually being the degree he’d attain, a change occurred. Leading up to his graduation in 2014, he came to a realization that he no longer, for the time being, wished to follow up on his major to become a social studies teacher.

The minor in special education was the degree he followed up on after gaining experience to his resume.

“The job I had at the time, while in college, was a group home, called Work Unlimited.

It’s a non-profit that houses adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities,” Rothstein said.

While there Rothstein taught them life skills: how to follow a schedule and basic needs like cooking, cleaning and chores.

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Work Unlimited helped Rothstein help others. It was at this particular job where Rothstein learned how to help his future students cope with behavioral issues, build a self regulatory skill to keep them from hurting others or themselves, and a de-escalation process that calmed them down if they got angry or frustrated.

A master’s degree in special education is now planned for Rothstein.

“It’s been something I’ve been wanting to do for quite some time now … I’m attending a school in Boston in the fall. I’m going to get what’s called an Applied Behavioral Analysis,” Rothstein mentioned.

Obtaining the latter makes him a nationally certified behavioral analyst, something that will stretch his opportunities to find work in his specialized area.

Rothstein’s been able juggle both worlds of classroom and field, and mentioned like in the first example of how he’s been able to transfer his teaching skills back and forth between classroom and field.

An avid sports enthusiast his entire life, he started playing full contact football in kindergarten while growing up in New York.

He was a three-star athlete in high school, playing in all years.

But the biggest sports blast off in his life, or “shock” rather, came with the game of lacrosse at Western.

“It was the best chapter in my life in sports,” said Rothstein.

Rothstein played goalie throughout his years on the field.

The chapter had four parts — all successful seasons, with storybook endings.

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In four years playing for the school, Rothstein’s teams played to a combined record of 48-17

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NEWS

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INITIATIVE PETITION 22

THREATENS OREGON IMMIGRANTS

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Protestors in Washington D.C. stand up in support of the DACA program

The petition would revoke the 1987 Oregon sanctuary law

By Sam Dunaway | News Editor Thirty-one years ago, the Oregon sanctuary law was put in place to prevent Oregon law enforcement agencies from “detecting or apprehending” individuals solely based on federal immigration law violations.

A new initiative petition seeks to place a measure on the November ballot to repeal this law and remove Oregon’s sanctuary state title.

“I believe it’s something that would put a lot of communities under attack and fear,” explained Unidos Vice President and sophomore Monica Ortiz.

Western’s Unidos Club aims to be a “support system to everyone who identifies as undocumented and/or are DACA recipients” according to the Unidos OrgSync. The club hosted an informational workshop on April 26 which aimed to educate students about the proposed ballot measure.

The main organization behind the campaign for IP 22 is Oregonians For Immigration Reform, or OFIR. According to their website, OFIR “works to stop illegal immigration as well as reduce legal immigration to a more environmentally, economically and socially sustainable level here in Oregon and across the United States.”

Unidos President Cristina Garcia,

however, believes that the measure would only incite hate in Oregon.

“It would cause more division,” Garcia stated. Because the ballot measure would allow law enforcement to stop individuals on the basis of citizenship, she believes that it would lead to an unsafe environment.

“People of color wouldn’t feel comfortable walking around, because they’d be targeted by police,” explained Garcia.

The workshop explained the purpose of the initiative, the organizations such as OFIR that are behind it and ways that students can get involved such as voting and telling others what IP 22 is.

Garcia encourages students to get informed on the initiative petition; “We’re trying to let people know that this is what it is, don’t sign it.”

In addition to the informational workshop, a timeline of immigrant rights history with significant events including the signing of the federal anti-immigration bills in 1996 and the Oregon sanctuary state law passing in 1987 was displayed. Ortiz believes that Oregonians can create positive changes for the future.

“I believe that now is the time to do something about changing the timeline, doing something positive and helping pass something that is helping communities, not bringing them down and in fear,” expressed Ortiz.

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WUC CHANGES COMING THIS FALL

The previous Wolf Express location will house SAB and conference room

By Sam Dunaway | News Editor

Ever since the joining of Wolf Express and Caffe Allegro during the summer of 2017, the space previously occupied by the Wolf Express convenience store has remained empty. But students coming back to Western in fall 2018 will find the space filled by a brand new, reservable conference room and an office and work space for the Student Activities Board.

The WUC Advisory Committee, a group of representatives from all offices within the Werner University Center, created a subcommittee to redesignate

the space after it was vacated. An application process invited student organizations and campus departments to apply for the 1,040-square-foot location on the second floor of the WUC. After an interview process with the applicants and a recommendation by the subcommittee, 60 percent of the space was granted to the Student Activities Board.

“Our whole main goal with that space is to not only create a programming space, but we also want to create a community space, a work space, and storage,” explained SAB director Matthew Ciraulo.

SAB is currently located on the first floor of the WUC and this expansion would almost double their working area. Ciraulo noted that, with the

growing number of students attending the board’s events, they are hoping to continue the organization’s growth and

We want people coming in, asking questions, and getting to know SAB get more people involved.

“We really want to make it a welcoming space. We want people coming in, asking questions, and

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getting to know SAB,” he expressed.

While 60 percent of the area was designated for SAB use, the other 40 percent will hold a reservable conference room similar to the Little D and Rogue rooms in the WUC. The conference room is going to come fully equipped with a flat panel screen, SMART capabilities and room for approximately 14 individuals.

“The conference rooms are some of our most reserved spaces in the building,” explained WUC Advisory Committee chair Patrick Moser. “I think it’ll be really popular.”

The committee is in the process of drafting designs for the space so that the conference room and SAB office will be completed by the beginning of fall 2018.

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NEWS Native American culture honored at Western’s annual Pow Wow

By Sam Dunaway | News Editor

handmade items to share their culture with others.

One of the vendors, Tina, is a South American Indian from the Andes. She displayed hand carved wooden flutes, rings made from coconut shells and twisted wire jewelry.

“In the old times, we didn’t have electricity, we didn’t have anything,” said Tina. “So what we learned to do is things by hand. We learned how to weave, we learned how to do jewelry, we learned how to work with the animal furs. We just had the whole time in our hands.”

Since she moved to Oregon, she shares her love of working with her hands with her friends and children.

She fondly looks back on the days growing up in the Andes.

“It was busy, busy life,” Tina remembered, smiling.

“It was wonderful.”

Pow Wows are not only an opportunity to entertain with song and dance, but they are also a time for Native Americans to gather and educate others on their history. Sixkiller hopes that more people learn about the true story of the Native Americans.

“We’re the first persons here on this land and we’re ignored. And we can’t change it,” Sixkiller expressed. “It’s just irritating. We’re trying to get teachers in schools to talk more about natives in truth rather than what the old history books are talking about.”

He explained that one way that people can learn about the culture is attending an event like this.

“I’d like to invite everybody to come to a Pow Wow and learn more about American Indians and not what history has taught them over the years,” Sixkiller encouraged.

“I feel like we aren’t really shown Native Americans and their culture,” said MSU’s Social Membership Director and sophomore Gabbie Acevedo-Solis.

“It’s good to be aware and be informed as well as celebrate.”

Acevedo-Solis also encourages individuals to experience the various Native American dances at their annual Pow Wow. She explained that the positive energy on the dance floor spreads throughout the audience and can be felt by everyone; “You have to

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Pow Wow performer drums while wearing traditional Native American regalia

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Bells that decorate clothing ring with every step, a drum beat that’s so loud that it vibrates the walls. Positive energy radiated from the arena during Multicultural Student Union’s 25th annual Pow Wow — the largest annual celebration of Native American culture on Western’s campus.

“With the Native American people, we don’t have many ways of coming together and celebrating,” explained Nick Sixkiller, master of ceremonies for the event and member of the Cherokee of Oklahoma tribe. Sixkiller has been the emcee for Western’s annual Pow Wow for nearly a decade.

The Pow Wow provides an opportunity for Native Americans to share various dances from their culture. These dances include both the men’s and women’s Fast and Fancy Dance, the Jingle Dress Dance and the men’s and women’s Traditional Dance that, according to Sixkiller, “represents all of our Indian nations.”

All dances have a story; the Jingle Dress Dance originated from a Ojibwe man’s vision that provided instructions for a dance that would cure his ill daughter. Regalia, or Native American outfits, for the Jingle Dress Dance include rows of metal cones, referred to in the Ojibew language as ‘ziibaaska ‘iganan,’ that ring with every step.

Sixkiller commented that, when the arena is filed with dancers, “it sounds like a rainstorm in Oregon.”

Native American dances are fluid and allow an opportunity for personal expression.

“Your vision is in your own head dancing and you just gotta listen to the drum beat,” Sixkiller explained. The drum beat represents the heartbeat of Mother Earth and how she gives life to the native people. “There’s no one style of dancing. It’s what’s in your body and how you want to dance this style.”

In addition to the entertainment for the 12-hour event on April 28, Native American vendors brought in

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see it for yourself and you’ll realize how beautiful it really is.”

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In issue 22, The Western Journal published an article that talks about the Hawaii Pacific Island Club’s 12th annual lu’au. It was the club’s 11th annual lu’au.

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LIFESTYLE

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Black Bean Salad

At the bottom of your jar, pour about ¼ cup of your favorite salsa. On top of this, add 1 ¼ tsp of sour cream (this can be substituted with Greek yogurt for a lighter meal). Dice half of a tomato and add this on top, then follow it up with about ¼ of a chopped red onion. Next, add about ¼ of a can of drained black beans on top of that. Purchase corn, and add about ¼ cup on top of that. Top all of this with half of a sliced avocado, a sprinkle of jack or cheddar cheese and some chopped romaine lettuce. Leave divided to keep the produce as fresh as possible, but mix together before eating.

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Fruit and Yogurt Parfait

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In a bowl, combine a single serving container of Greek yogurt (any flavor you’d like), with 2 tsps of milk, ⅓ cup of granola and 1 tsp of chia seeds. Once mixed together, scoop half and put it at the bottom of your jar. Top this with your choice of mixed berries, which can be fresh or frozen. Top this again with the yogurt mixture, and cap it off with the last of your berries. Refrigerate this overnight for best results.

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Quick and simple Mason jar recipes ideal for a sunny-day setting

By Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor As the sun begins making a more regular appearance, now’s the perfect time to take advantage of every second of sunshine you can fit into your day.

Unfortunately, for many, finding time to just hangout and bask in the warmth isn’t exactly an option. An easy way to make some time, even if only for 30 minutes, is by bringing your regular indoor meals to the outdoors.

By setting out a blanket on the grass, bringing a couple friends with you and making some yummy recipes, you’ll have the ingredients of a perfect picnic. While you can ultimately bring

whatever dishes you’d like, packing your meals in Mason jars makes for an environmentally-friendly, simple and aesthetically pleasing meal. Follow the instructions on some of these quick and easy Mason jar recipes that will leave your mouth watering and have you begging for another break in the sun.

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Apple Pie in a Jar

This one is less of a recipe, and more of an easy way to transport a classic dessert that can be easily altered to save room to top with ice cream or whipped cream. Purchase a frozen apple pie (such as Marie Callender’s), and bake as instructed, but don’t add the brown sugar topping. Once cooked, scoop it into oven-safe jars. Don’t worry about keeping it intact, as it will become more of a crumble pie. Add the topping and bake for another 10 minutes. Bring any toppings with you that you’d like.

Favorite finds from The Western Journal

The staff discusses their most treasured thrifted pieces

By Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor

They are super comfortable, it’s a unique color and I they still had the original tag on them — what’s not to love? Though I don’t wear them often, I’m confident that these shoes will stick around in my closet.

GAP LEATHER JACKET,

ELECTRIC BLUE SUEDE PENCIL SKIRT,

$9.99 FROM GOODWILL

$8 FROM GOODWILL

I love this for the same reason as all of my vintage clothes - if it lasted this long, it’ll last forever and no one else has the same thing. I love mixing older fashion pieces with new basics.

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Boots like these usually go for triple digits. Luckily some Goodwill employee thought they belonged in the “cheap halloween props” section.

Their folly is my fashion.

PLUM COLORED HEELED OXFORDS,

$7 FROM GOODWILL

It’s genuine leather, has a nice hood, and an inside pocket! It’s really nice for layering and works really well in the PNW weather. Since buying it’s become a staple in my wardrobe.

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COWBOY BOOTS,

$7 FROM GOODWILL

LIFESTYLE

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Blast Off Vintage

Located at 1223 Commercial St SE, Salem, Oregon With a substantial collection of random items — from skateboards, to vinyl, to vintage attire and random band tees — this store has something for everyone.

Consignment Monster Where to go in search of a one-of-a-kind find

By Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Thrift shopping is an activity that has a large appeal amongst many college students; it offers cheap options, outlandish finds, a challenge — at times — and the feeling of knowing whatever you find will set you apart from others.

While it’s easy to thrift at places like Goodwill, as you can almost always

count on there being something worth finding, sometimes looking at smaller local shops can offer an even more exciting quest. At locations just down the road from Western sit several shops, each with their own personality and style, that are worth checking out.

Next time you’re about to embark on your next treasure hunt, make your way down to one of these; you never know what you might find.

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488 E. Ellendale Ave Suite 2, Dallas, Oregon All of their merchandise is arranged in a clean, organized way, so you’ll have an easy time navigating through their fairpriced items. By checking their Facebook, you can see the items they are looking for people to bring in for consignment.

Fashion Sense

Located at 150 C. St, Independence, Oregon High-end clothing, furniture and decor sold for far less than you’d find elsewhere, this location is worth taking a look around in.

They will also purchase your clothing from you.

Funky Munky Urban Consignment Boutique

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Located at 3989 Commercial St SE, Salem, Oregon Selling clothes and accessories that are trending this season, you’ll get all the brands you know and love for a fraction of the price. They will take and sell your seasonal items.

Robin’s Roost

Located at 283 S. Second St, Independence, Oregon Furniture, jackets, vases and many other treasures can be found by spending a little time hunting at this location.

Same As It Never Was Vintage

Located at 386 S. Main St, Independence, Oregon Offering unique items, some of it handmade, this store sells everything at a great value and can guarantee you’ll leave with something unique.

A bike shop made real through passion Howard and Gallant breathe new life into an old bike shop

By Paul Davis | Photo Editor Turning a passion into something tangible is much easier said than done — often the “what-ifs” or the questions of how to accomplish the goal in mind can block a person from seeing their idea fully through. However, those what if ’s were overcome by the owners of The Bicycle Shop Monmouth, Graham Howard and Brendon Gallant.

Howard is a transplant from Michigan who moved to Oregon in 2010 while racing bicycles and has lived in Salem ever since. Gallant was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and moved to Oregon to attend Willamette for undergraduate and graduate school.

“We met while racing in the local road racing circuit in 2010 and we have been friends since,” said Howard.

Not only did they stay friends over the years, but they also discussed how to manifest their love of biking into a potential reality.

“Me and Graham often talked about how can we translate our love for bikes into something real,” Howard said.

“Something that can pay the bills.”

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From bike chain lube to a new helmet, The Bicycle Shop Monmouth carries everything you could possibly need as a bike rider. And, if you’re not currently a rider, they could get you started with a new bike, ranging from one of their frankenbikes, a bike created from the components of multiple bikes to bring together one higher quality bike, to one of their top of the line racing bikes. But the product they are most excited about is their selection of E-bikes, which allow you to enjoy riding with the assist of an eco-friendly electric motor which means that you can get anywhere with little to no effort and no impact on the environment.

However, their most rewarding and favorite work comes in the form of restorations. One of their most recent projects was an old Merlin bike that was in disrepair, which they then transformed into a modern day highend road bike with the look of a classic Fixie.

For anyone in search of a new bike The Bicycle Shop Monmouth on Main Street is open and ready for business.

Howard and Gallant love to see their customers and help them find a new appreciation for something they hold near and dear to their heart: taking a good, long ride on a bike.

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drive?

Who taught you how to Western drivers should take a crash-course in how to pay attention while driving

By Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief I can count on more than two hands how many times in the past month I’ve almost been hit on Western’s campus — as a driver, as a passenger and as a pedestrian. I’ve never been in a car accident, but it seems like the drivers in the commuter/staff lots on campus are trying to change that. Add to it the fact that a quick look at the most recent public safety report shows that of the four on-campus calls that CPS received between April 24 and April 28, three were in regard to automobile-related incidents.

Instead of the usual calls for alcohol use and bike thefts, our campus has apparently taken to running amok in cars.

The transgressions happening with drivers aren’t ones that would be fixed with a refresher course on how to drive. Rather, people are just failing to pay attention to their environment — or they’re just completely lacking consideration for pedestrians and other drivers.

As a driver, I get it — pedestrians have no problem with walking into the middle of the street at the last possible second. However, in environments like parking lots, last-minute walking is less of a problem. Instead, undefined walking spaces make it so pedestrians can pretty much go anywhere. Because of this, the problem is rooted in both a lack of awareness on the part of the pedestrian and a similar lack of caution while rounding corners or trying to snag an open spot on the part of the driver.

According to research performed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding pedestrian accidents, there were 5,987 pedestrians killed in traffic accidents in 2016.

Though the NHTSA doesn’t have statistics regarding pedestrian injuries in 2016, their 2015 report stated than an estimate 70,000 pedestrians were injured in traffic accidents. For Oregon specifically, the NHTSA preliminary data for 2017 estimates that there were 1.81 pedestrian fatalities per 100,000 people in the state, or 75 pedestrians killed in traffic accidents. Frankly, these statistics are absurdly high.

The problem with reckless driving around campus isn’t just a pedestriancentered issue; though people do need

Between April 24 and April 28, CPS reported three car-related incidents

We all joke that drivers can ‘pay our tuition,’ but none of us really want that to happen

to watch for pedestrians, they also need to watch for fellow drivers. I’ve been in empty lots on campus and have still somehow been nearly t-boned by cars that are speeding around corners.

More often than not, this happens when people are first entering parking lots. It can be difficult to remember to slow down from the street, but it’s safer for all of those involved.

For people who are in a rush to make it to their class or job on time, I have some tips for you. First off, when you turn a corner while snaking around a parking lot, know that there is most likely either a car or a person that will be around that corner. Western doesn’t

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have many students, but it has enough to have moderately populated lots, particularly during the in betweenclass periods of the day. Second, when you come bounding into a parking lot, try and take a survey of the area and take note of any cars that may be pulling out. I’ve seen numerous people back into other cars as they drive past looking for a spot. And third, for the pedestrians: be smart about when you decide to walk places. Wait until a driver stops before barrelling across the street. We all joke that drivers can ‘pay our tuition,’ but none of us really want that to happen.

I’m sure everyone will agree that they don’t want to pay for hitting another car, so it’s time to weigh what’s more important: making that meeting or protecting yourself and the people around you. As the term begins to come to an end and everyone gets more stressed, try and take a break before rushing around campus — a CPS report shouldn’t be just a catalog of car accidents.

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“KOD” Continued from page 3 will get more than a few replays.

The piano sounds from “The Cutoff ” are reminiscent of Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents,” an all-time favorite of mine. In the song, he talks about friends he’s cutoff and the stages they went through until their relationship eventually split, something I’ve come

to face with recently.

Second, “ATM” has this message and tempo I was hoping the latter half of “KOD” would include more of. As I mentioned earlier, the lyrics are about the sad affair we have with money, but Cole’s beat and flow carries the song.

Even though he states things like “without it I’m miserable,” he comes in with a force vocally. I love how he’ll say something like “I’m stacking this paper, it’s sort of habitual,” but while doing, there’s a sense that he’s basically insisting to be conscious about the idea

of money, as he states with “proceed with caution, I heard if you chase it only results in, a hole in your heart.”

I’ve only listened to “KOD” two times over. While a step up from his previous release, “4 Your Eyez Only,” “KOD” was a complete miss when compared to his penultimate “Forest Hills Drive 2014” album, but, like Cole says in “The Cutoff,” time will only tell who is on his side, or “KOD”’s side.

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shocked the world,’” Rothstein commented.

Western won their conference championship in Rothstein’s first three years.

Up to that point, the team had won six straight conference titles, but lost in the first round of the Nationals each time. His most significant year, he states, came during his senior year in 2014 when his team went 15-1 before losing in an upset to Western Washington for the conference championship. The Wolves’s at large seed, however, enabled them to earn a legitimate seed in the playoffs. They’d finally got past the first round before “going out with a bang” as Rothstein expressed, to eventual champions Grand Valley State.

Now an assistant coach for Western’s lacrosse team, a position he’s held for two years, he hopes to “bring that swagger back” with the new batch of lacrosse athletes.

“We have a lot of incoming freshman, a lot of them look to have that tenacity to come out and put in the work,” said Rothstein.

After a discussion with the lacrosse athlete, Rothstein wanted to note that “life gets tough, but it only gets better.”

His go-to quote he uses with both his students and athletes is by Ralph WaldoEmerson; “Nothing great could ever be achieved without enthusiasm.”

“I try to come in every practice like ‘hey, c’mon let’s go, let’s keep the momentum going’, or, I go in the classroom and I’m like ‘hey c’mon let me help you, we got this, we’re okay,’” Rothstein said.

Rothstein commented that he does this to motivate and so “people can see that and pass it on, because that will make everyone achieve and be successful.”

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Continued from page 4 work in every inning earning one hit in each and 12 overall on the game.

The Wolves quickly got to the bag early with junior infielder Ryanne Huffman.

She stole both second and third bases in aims for home base and the games first score.

Three home run shots were also delivered by the Wolves in the takedown of their opponents.

While hitting came in bunches in game one, Wolf bats only found two while runners on base couldn’t reach home in the immediate rematch.

Simon Fraser’s Alia Stachoski, second in GNAC pitching in strikeouts, got the Wolves looking and missing, fanning six in her complete game.

With two final home games to go, the Vikings were all that were left for the Wolves. The game provided the most action throughout the fourgame span, as both teams batted a combined 30 total hits. The Wolves got out quickly with five runs in the first inning but it was the Vikings’s turn in the fifth. Washington filled the bases and a three-run double to left field got them back in it to tie, 5-5.

Both teams battled all the way up until an extra inning with the game, at 10 runs apiece. With two outs and two on, Western’s left fielder Ayanna Arceneaux, sophomore, singled to the right side for the walk-off game winner.

The walk-off and momentum flowed into the final matchup beginning where they left off with Arceneaux batting in two. Clark delivered, however, in her final home performance. Her first homer help put the Wolves up by several notches at 6-0.

Clark’s second home run to center field delivered the final play of the game.

“I think it’s great going into this weekend into the GNAC tournament with everybody being zero-zero. We’ll just go in with all the fight that we have and leave it all out on the field,” said Clark.

Before the GNAC tournament officially starts, one more away game is to be played with Western traveling to Portland for a matchup with Northwest Nazarene on May 3 at 7 p.m.

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