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Dr. Katherine Schmidt won Western’s 2014 Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Dr. David Doellinger won for Excellence in Scholarship. “I’m thrilled, completely thrilled,” said Schmidt. “The people who are nominated, they’re all outstanding.” She added, “It’s just a humbling experience.” Schmidt says that this is her third year being nominated for the award, and that she analyzed her past performance in the application file to EXCELLENCE IN better “articulate how a TEACHING writing center director is a teacher first and foremost.” “I hadn’t taken my own advice,” said Department of English, Schmidt, who teaches Writing and high school students how to write essays to gain Linguistics; Humanities Division scholarships for colleges. She said her winning “shows the power of writing.” EXCELLENCE IN “It was a pleasant, but very unexpected surSCHOLARSHIP prise,” said Doellinger of receiving the award. “It means a lot to me. As a history professor, I find Department of research and writing to be a very rewarding process History; Social Science Division and it is exciting when my students have a similar experience with it.” Doellinger started working on the project as a graduate student, and in 2011 received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct research in Berlin. The title is Turning Prayers into Protests: Religious-Based Activism and its Challenge to State Power in Socialist Slovakia and East Germany. “Faculty at WOU are engaged in very interesting research projects and are very innovative teachers, so it is a real honor to be recognized in this way,” said Doellinger. “I think that the award is really important because faculty on this campus work very hard,”
said Dr. Julia Smith, last year’s winner of the Excellence in Teaching award and current member of the Pastega Awards Committee. She said most are deserving of recognition for excellence in both areas, but often their accomplishments remain fairly private, especially in the scholarship arena. “I’m so glad we have the Pastega Award,” she added. Dr. Maria Dantas-Whitney was the 2012 winner of the Pastega Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a two-year member of the committee. She said that for both sections, the committee was looking for someone with a clear, well-established track record in their category. She added that any student participation – letters, nominations, or involvement in research – is looked upon quite favorably, though the absence does not preclude winning. “It really is a great way to demonstrate our achievements and to share [them],” said DantasWhitney. The award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes the diversity of students in a classroom, and the ability of an instructor to creatively help them accomplish class objectives in the best way they can, according to Smith, adapting the material so it fits the individuals in the class. The committee members were “seeing what kind of a [variety of] difference[s] that person has made in students’ lives,” said Dantas-Whitney, for the Teaching award. For the Excellence in Scholarship award, such things as the individual’s publications are taken into consideration. Faculty members nominate colleagues; though students may also nominate professors, this is less frequent for the Excellence in Scholarship competition, according to Dantas-Whitney. “I felt very, very supported,” said Smith of winning the Excellence in Teaching Award last year. She said it was very nice to meet representatives of the Pastega family at the ceremony. “That was really meaningful to have them there.” “[Winning] was a great honor,” said DantasWhitney. She said that, serving on the committee, she also found a privileged position in reading about the accomplishments of some amazing colleagues, and that they were all exceptional candidates, making it challenging to choose a winner. The Pastega Awards Committee is comprised of previous winners, rotating through the most recent four. Dr. Henry Hughes is this year’s Committee Chair, having won the award for Excellence in Scholarship in 2012; Dantas-Whitney won in the Teaching category that year, and also served on the committee for this year and last. The winners for 2013, Dr. Tom Bergeron and Smith, also served, along with student representative Keri Knight. After nominations, the candidates compile a portfolio for the committee, showcasing their ac-
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opinion ‘SQUEEE–’ Or, ‘Please excuse me while I fangirl’ by Allison Opson Clement News Editor
CAUTION: READ NO FURTHER unless you wish to be sucked down to the depths of insanity. Fangirl, noun. For those of you who don’t know, it’s basically someone (a guy is a fanboy) who goes insane over a certain fictional world, such as a popular TV show, often falling head over heels for an actor and/or character they have never met in person and frequently admiring their hair, clothing, whatever. This devotion tends to express itself in the form of hoarding such things as autographed photos, clothes advertising the “fandom” (the fictional world), collectibles, etc. Classic nerd-TV-show-aficionado examples include Whovians (fans of “Doctor Who”) or Trekkies (fans of “Star Trek”). There is such a great variety out there it would be an insult to try to list or define it all here. Instead, let’s just dive right in. The descriptions that I have just provided you with are highly debatable. We define ourselves in different ways, with different sets of rules, but one thing we all have in common: we are completely nuts. I consider myself to be on the fairly moderate end of the craziness spectrum. I have none of my heroes’ autographs, nor have I ever been to Comic-Con, or any other gathering of like-minded freaks – ahem, I mean “folks” – that I had to pay more than a few dollars for, the exception being a journalism convention, and does it really get much nerdier than that? Anywho, as much as I claim to be a die-hard fangirl of such shows as “Sherlock,” “Doctor Who,” “Supernatural” or “Firefly” (the latter of these regrettably canceled, murdered well before its time), the question remains: can I truly call myself a serious fangirl if I am unwilling to invest a substantial amount into proving my status to the world through material means? Yes. Yes, I can. No, I don’t own much in the way of fan-gear, or other paraphernalia of the obsessive devotee. I don’t have much in the way
of cosplay (costume-play, for those who don’t know: dressing up like a character), though I do own a lot of good general-style costume material. I don’t have many collectible figurines (dolls). I don’t have selfies of me with various actors on my phone, or any selfies or pictures of actors on my phone at all, for that matter. I don’t have a great many of the usual items associated with fangirling. I didn’t actually have any, up until a year or so ago. I have, however, lately acquired a few prize pieces, including a Wonder Woman poster ($15) and a six-foot Dalek replica which I won at Western’s “Doctor Who” 50th Anniversary celebration trivia contest. Quite simply, I don’t tend to splurge on such items. Part of me is quite pleased with my self-control: hey, not going to any conventions means I save that much money for other things, right? Yeah, but … I kinda really wanted to go … It’s the society that I’m missing. Since I keep away from Tumblr and other fan sites (because I already have no life and I don’t need less than none) I tend to miss out on the online community. I fail to connect with fellow enthusiasts on the interwebs, and my chances of finding a like-minded nutter in person are drastically reduced unless they are sporting the gear that I have never invested in, allowing me to strike up a conversation. Without outwardly representing my fandom affiliations, I am more or less left to my own devices. I privately mourn character losses. I bite my nails waiting for the final piece of the puzzle. I rage in helpless, solitary fury at every betrayal. I do share my pain – with my roommates. They are intimately familiar with my hyena laugh, snickers, chuckles, shrieks of surprise or outrage, my wail of despair. I feel the depth of my fandoms as deeply as any annual convention-goer or what-have-you. I just do it all within the inner sanctum of my apartment. You may never know it without getting to know me, myself and I, but I am a fangirl, now and for always in so many ways, and proud.
PASTEGA from Front Page complishments, and letters of nomination or recognition are submitted by colleagues, students and alumni. Smith said that what was even more important to her than the framed certificate and $1000 cash prize was the recognition from colleagues and students. “That was more precious to me than the award.” She bought a new bicycle with the money: “I usually put everything back into the community,” but she said she thought it was time to do something for herself. “I think [the award is] one of the great things Western does,” said Hughes; he added that there are always “superb nominees.” The Pastega Awards Ceremony will be held Thursday, May 1, 3:305:00 p.m. in the Werner Center’s Willamette Room to honor the recipients. “I always look forward to the talks [at the awards ceremony] – they’re always interesting, sometimes quirky,” said Hughes. Smith recalls enjoying Bergeron’s musical presentation last year. Traditionally, said Hughes, once someone has won the award for a given category, they may win the other, but cannot win again in the same category.
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In addition to the awards for Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Scholarship, there is also an award for staff, rather than academic faculty, which will be announced soon. The award was instituted by Mario Pastega in 1979. Hughes says that its originator supported it until he passed away. According to Hughes, every year there are about three or four nominees in each of the two categories. He said that the size has remained fairly steady since the mid-2000s, when the Pastega Award was overseen by Western’s honors program. Hughes was previously involved at that time as well. Funding for the cash prize has declined since the death of Mario Pastega, according to Hughes. The grant he set up cannot fully cover the $1000 of each prize, and Pastega Supplemented about $200 for each award. Hughes would like to see more funding to enlarge the grant, “to keep this a prestigious award.” “Our professors really deserve it,” said Hughes. He said that there are not many opportunities for recognition of this kind. “I really love the Pastega Award tradition,” said Hughes. “I really love the culture.”
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ASWOU Election Vote to elect next year’s Associated Students of Western Oregon University (ASWOU), April 21-25 on WOU Portal. Additional candidates may be written into the ballot. Candidates who will be on the ballot:
President
Vice President Corbin Garner has worked for ASWOU this year and wants to continue to raise awareness of student leadership and get ASWOU more involved in the local community.
Ryan Ripp is a political science major who has worked on a police election committee in Keizer and wants to strengthen the local campus and Monmouth community, and the connection
Kellon Hughes has been at Western for a year and a half, and during that time he has served on the ASWOU Senate part of his freshman year and been a Peer Mentor. He wants to continue efforts to improve the position’s efficacy.
SAB Director Cheyenne Standing-Elk has served in this position for three years and wants to increase programming and outreach, as well as develop coprogramming with other clubs and organizations.
Judicial Administrator Kara Kelsey has been involved with the SAB for three years and wants to increase involvement by giving more opportunities to members and making strong connections with others.
Jenesa Honda has held this position for a year and isn’t afraid to take a hard line on difficult issues. She wants to continue cleaning up ASWOU’s constitution and bylaws.
Questions? Contact ASWOU election chairs Ryan McBee and Greg Cronk at aswouelections@wou.edu. Photos courtesy of Tori Gannon
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movie review: divergent by Laura Knudson Editor in Chief
‘Inferno’by Dan Brown Dan Brown’s latest mystery thriller novel and the fourth in the Robert Langdon series, Inferno spent its first 11 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. The novel succeeds “Angel’s and Demons,” “The DaVinci Code,” and “The Lost Symbol.” Sony Pictures has already announced the film adaptation will be released December 2014, starring Tom Hank, reprising his role as Langdon.
It was only a matter of time before another action-packed loved story set in a dystopian future won the hearts of the public. “Divergent,” the first book in a trilogy authored by Veronica Roth, recently saw its movie premiere on March 21. Starring Shailene Woodley as main character Tris Prior, the film follows her experience in post-apocalyptic Chicago. This future has a longstanding establishment of virtue-based factions: Abnegation (selflessness), Dauntless (bravery), Amity (peacefulness), Candor (truthfulness) and Erudite (knowledge and intelligence). Tris doesn’t feel like she belongs to Abnegation, the faction in which she has been raised. Once she turns 16, she takes an aptitude test that will inform her of the best faction for her. However, the test doesn’t work on Tris and she finds out she is a “Divergent” after testing into three different factions. Everyone is shocked when she, a shy and modest “stiff” from Abnegation, chooses the loud and reckless Dauntless. Immediately after the Choosing Ceremony the transfers must leave with their new factions without so much as a goodbye wave to their parents. Throughout the movie Tris learns to be more than just one thing by letting out her inner Dauntless qualities while still hanging on to her roots, as demonstrated by her tattoo of three birds representing the parents and brother she left behind. While striving to protect her Divergent identity that has been deemed dangerous in the eyes of faction leaders, she meets heartthrob transfer trainer “Four” played by Theo James. An unlikely romance sparks up between the outspoken Tris and Four who at first is stern, brooding and a little bit frightening. Their romance in the movie skipped over smaller build up interactions between the two that kept readers
flipping pages in the book hoping for more. This all too common accelerated love story in the movie aside, it is forgiven every time Four comes on the screen looking like a stud in his tight black T shirt. If only those tattoos were real… The cast was dynamic and likeable. Woodley handled her badass action moments without overdoing it, while still convincingly displaying her weaknesses and vulnerability. Overall, Woodley does well to incorporate Tris’s selfless, smart and strong characteristics and stays true to her character. James does a good job transitioning “Four” from an initially brooding and closed-door persona to a more in-depth, thoughtful personality that complements Woodley’s character. Kate Winslet adds also an engaging element to the film when playing supporting role Jeanine Matthews, an Erudite leader plotting to overthrow the government. Perhaps one of the things fans most look forward to is seeing the setting come to life on screen. The scene construction gave an interesting idea of how each faction function and did well to emphasize the overall personality of the factions shown. Fans can look forward to seeing more of factions not showcased in the film in the next movie release. It was obvious, though, that the movie strayed from book content. Things were changed and switched around and major occurrences left out. This left some book fans disappointed and confused. Nonetheless, the main points were conveyed and upon reading the second book in the trilogy “Insurgent,” viewers might better understand why some of the events were left out. As a new addition to an emerging popular genre, the “Divergent” film is something to be enjoyed by book fans and those discovering it for the first time.
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Being in college doesn’t make you old, right? Here we are attending classes, working to pay for an education that’s barely affordable, trying to have a social life and maybe finding time to sleep somewhere in there. In the meantime, shows we watched as kids are coming back, only this time featuring the offspring of the characters who were our age. The first trailer for the new spinoff “Girl Meets World” has reached the Internet. Focusing on the adventures of Riley Matthews, the daughter of Cory and Topanga from the 90s show “Boy Meets World,” the new series will premiere this summer on Disney Channel. Every generation seems to think they had the best childhood, as even now our parents tell us how the only things they had to play with when they were young was the great outdoors and their imagination. We know that the next generation will never know what it’s like to grow up as a 90s kid. While they have a plethora of video games to play on a multitude of different gaming systems, 90s kids played Minesweeper, Solitaire and Pinball on the computer, but only if nobody was using the phone at the time. When Super Mario Kart wouldn’t work, we had to take the cartridge out of the Nintendo 64 and blow on it. 90s kids grew up watching Disney movies instead of Disney Channel. We had “Rocket Power,” “Recess,” “Full House,” “The Wild Thornberrys” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Feeling old yet? Most of the shows we watched as kids don’t even air on TV anymore. The last episode of “Kim Possible” aired seven years ago, “That’s So Raven” hasn’t been on television in six years and “The Powerpuff Girls” came out 14 years ago. There seems to be some definite advantages of growing up in the 90s. It was a time period nestled between old school and way-too-modern. Technology is great and all, but the children in our society already know how to work iPads, cell phones and MacBook Pros. When we were kids, cell phones were as big as the house phone, which was attached to the wall with a cord. Instead of DVDs where we can just pick a scene and jump straight to it, 90s kids had VHS. Before you watched any movie you had to stop and rewind for ten minutes while it got back to the beginning. Patience was forced upon us as children while we waited for our movies to rewind or our Internet to load. There was no choice but to sit there, listening to the screeching and shrieking of the dial-up as it connected. A word later generations will never know is “buffering.” All 90s kids know how it felt to wait what seemed like ages for a video to load and finally be able to start watching it, only to have it start buffering 30 seconds in. One lasting effect of the 90s is an inherent suspicion of people, thanks to “America’s Most Wanted.” Every week John Walsh would show up on that screen and list all the horrible criminals who were on the run and potentially in your neighborhood. Basically every stranger on the street looked like the murderous serial killer from last night’s episode. 90s kids know “Ice Ice Baby” and “Macarena” by heart, collected Beanie Babies, owned a boombox, watched all three “Home Alone” movies and grew up reading “The Hardy Boys” and “Nancy Drew.” Toys ‘R’ Us ruled the mall, everyone wanted to be the banker in Monopoly and during recess they played four square, tetherball and kickball. Some day the 90s kids will be the older generation saying, “back in my day …” We’ll think we had the greatest childhood and that our children and grandchildren will have missed out on what we had.
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Baseball remains in first with series win in Billings by Iain Dexter Sports Editor
Baseball remained in first place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) with 3-of-4 wins on the road over conference rivals Montana State University Billings (MSUB) beginning Friday, April 11. The Wolves are now 23-15 overall and 16-8 in the GNAC, maintaining first place in the conference over Central Washington University, which owns a 14-10 record. Western swept the doubleheader on day one in Billings, Mont., winning 8-3 and 6-4. The Wolves took a 6-0 lead with five runs scored in the fourth inning and never looked back. Senior pitcher Spenser Watkins shut down the opposition from there, pitching six innings and allowing two runs, one earned, with three walks and six strikeouts. “We were more productive with our at-bats and were able to take advantage of some mistakes,” said head coach Kellen Walker. The Wolves needed a four-run rally in the seventh inning of game two to claim victory 6-4. Senior outfielder Daniel McNabb tied the game with a run-scoring single before sophomore first baseman Nate Etheridge drove home two runs with a double. Senior pitcher Kody Stone closed out the game with his sixth save of the season. The team was led offensively by Etheridge, who fin-
ished the day 6-for-8 with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored and four runs batted in (RBI). McNabb was 5-for-8 at the dish with three runs scored and two RBIs. The Wolves lost game three of the series 4-9 on Saturday, April 12. MSUB scored five runs in the second inning off of junior pitcher Eric Huson. The defense struggled behind Huson, making three errors. Huson finished four and one-third innings with eight runs, three earned, allowed. Senior second baseman Parker Miles hit a home run for the Wolves and drove in two RBIs in the defeat. “We did not play very well defensively in Billings,” said Walker. “It has been one of the strengths of this club and a large part of our success. We will attack our week of practice and be better at NNU.” Western’s offense exploded in the final game of the series for 11 runs, defeating MSUB 11-8. The Wolves scored seven runs in the first inning, but were also helped throughout the game by eight Yellowjacket errors. Senior pitcher Taylor Hetrick picked up the win after giving up four runs over four innings. Junior designated hitter Tim Rausch finished 3-for5 with a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Junior shortstop Austin Hamilton drove in a game-high three RBIs. The Wolves next travel to Nampa, Idaho for a fourgame series against Northwest Nazarene University, beginning Friday, April 18. Western took 3-of-4 games the last time the two teams played.
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Softball clinches berth to conference tournament by Rachel Shelley Freelancer Wolves’ softball clinched their spot in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament with a 5-4 win over Western Washington University (WWU) on Friday, April 11. “It was great to clinch a spot into the tournament last Friday,” said head coach Lonny Sargent. “We will keep working on things in practice to make us better. The tournament will consist of the top four teams in our conference. We will have to play our best against any of them to win.” Western is now 14-4 in conference with six games remaining this season. This is the second straight season the Wolves will be in the postseason, and are the first to advance in the GNAC as they sit in first place. “The top four teams [in the GNAC] on any given day can beat each other,” said assistant coach Abigail Farler. “Even the bottom of the conference can give the top teams a run for their money. You have to come and show up and compete every day.” The Wolves split a doubleheader against WWU with a 7-5 loss and a 5-4 victory. Senior catcher Bridjet Box went 4-for-7 at the plate and had a pair of runs batted in (RBI) in the two games. Senior infielder Melanie Pfeiffer finished with a four-hit day and junior third baseman Jourdan Williams finished with three RBIs. The first game saw 12 combined runs, all scored in the first three innings. The Wolves’ first three runs came in the top of the first to start off the game. The Vikings had five runs in the bottom half of the first inning. Senior outfielder Danielle Harcourt had a two-RBI double in the third, but WWU answered back with two runs in the bottom of the third. Western rallied in the second game to defeat WWU 5-4, leaving the Vikings at 10-6 in the conference. WWU had four runs in the third to Western’s single run, which came from the first inning. During the fifth inning, Western tied the score 4-4 before taking the lead in the sixth inning on a Pfeiffer single bringing Harcourt home. The Wolves dropped two games 8-0 and 8-6 against Central Washington University (CWU). Pfeiffer finished with three hits and Williams with three RBIs. The Wolves were held to three hits in the first game, shutout in a shortened fiveinning game. The second game, the Wolves led 2-0 early until the Wildcats came back with a home run in the second inning and two more runs in the third. CWU then scored five runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take the two-game series sweep. The bats were alive for the Wolves with 10 hits in game two, but four errors behind the pitching staff were tough to overcome. “CWU is a quality team, but we did not bring our best game when we played them,” said Farler. The Wolves take on Saint Martin’s University (SMU) on the road in a doubleheader Saturday, April 19. They return home for their final two series’ against WWU and Simon Fraser University (SFU) beginning April 26. The GNAC Championships begin the following week in Richland, Wash. on May 1. “Our main focus right now is to prepare to play [SMU] this Saturday,” said Sargent. “Then we will prepare for [WWU] and [SFU] the next week. Along the way we can do little things to get ready for the tournament.”
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Men and women take John Knight Twilight
by Iain Dexter Sports Editor The men and women of the track and field teams successfully hosted the John Knight Twilight Meet with a sweep of the event on both sides Friday, April 11. The men’s team beat out Concordia University by 32 points, while the women’s team led second-place Oregon State University by just under 19 points. The men’s side was led by a meet-record 400-meter run by junior Tyrell Williams, who finished in a time of 48.67 seconds, just one-hundredth of a second under the previous record. The finish is a Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) automatic-qualifying mark, the third of Williams’ year. He also anchored the men’s 4x400-meter relay team to a first-place finish with a time of 3 minutes and 24.14 seconds. Senior Madison McClung finished first in the 100-meter in a time of 12.29 and followed it up with a secondplace finish in the 200-meter with a time of 25.10 for the women’s team. Both times are GNAC automatic-qualifying marks for McClung. Senior Emmi Collier continued her impressive year with another NCAA Div. II National Championship provi-
sional qualifying mark in the women’s shot put. Collier finished first in the event with a throw of 45-3.75 (13.81m) on her second toss of the day. Senior Kody Rhodes broke the meet-record in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.86. Rhodes currently leads the GNAC in the event with a time of 14.61, set previously this season, and is a national provisional qualifying mark. Senior Brett Campbell placed second in the event with a time of 15.54. Sophomore Rochelle Pappel won the women’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.83, improving her GNAC provisional mark. Pappel and McClung led the women’s 4x100-meter relay team to first place with a time of 49.93. Sophomore Josh Hanna took first in the men’s 800-meter with a time of 1:52.75. Senior Brady Beagley finished third in the event behind Hanna with a time of 1:53.63. Senior Ryan Hansen improved his time in the men’s 1,500-meter at 3:52.78, reaching a nationally provisional qualifying mark. The teams next compete in a series of events including the Mt. SAC Relays, the Oregon Relays and the Pioneer Invite, beginning Thursday, April 17.
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Men’s lacrosse club continues dominance
The men’s lacrosse club finished their home season with a 31-2 rout of Portland State University on Sunday, April 3. The Wolves remain undefeated with the victory, moving their record up to 13-0 on the season. The team is still currently ranked #7 in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Div. II. Senior Taylor Dougan scored a season-high 10 goals and had 11 total points. Junior Brandon Determan scored three goals and assisted on eight more goals 11 points while senior Clay Malensek also had 11 points with five goals and six assists. Western wraps up their season with Southern Oregon University on Saturday, April 19. They then compete in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League playoffs to earn their spot in the MCLA Div. II National Tournament in Southern Calif. beginning May 12.
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