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Volume 14 Issue 20 | Friday, May 16, 2014

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Track and field sends six Wolves to nationals

by Iain Dexter managing editor

The NCAA Div. II announced that six Wolves will be participating in the 2014 NCAA Div. II Outdoor National Championships in Allendale, Mich. beginning on Thursday, May 22.

The Wolves will be sending three javelin throwers, senior Seabre Church and sophomores Shane Brooks and Justin Larson. Joining them will be senior distance runner Brady Beagley, sophomore middle-distance runner Josh Hanna and junior sprinter Tyrell Williams.

“It is a great feeling [to make nationals],” said Beagley. “This is what I have been training for ever since I became part of this team.”

Church is not only the single representative of the women’s team to make it to nationals, but also the lone Wolf to hit an automatic-qualifying mark. Her top mark of 155-9 (47.48 meters) was the eighth best in all of Div. II this season.

Church placed second in the women’s javelin with a throw of 154-10.5 (47.20m) at the 2014 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Outdoor Championships beginning Friday, May 9.

Williams won the men’s 200-meter at the GNAC Championships, tied the meet record in the event and broke the best time at McArthur Field. Williams’ time of 21.32 seconds was just off his best time of the season, but he still claimed first place in the event Saturday.

Brooks and Larson had the 13th and 18th best marks in the men’s javelin in the NCAA Div. II this season. Brooks’ longest throw of 211-7 (64.49m) was the third best in the conference this season, provisionally qualifying him for nationals, and Larson’s top toss of 206-10 (63.04m) was fifth best in the conference.

Beagley finished the year having provisionally qualified for three different races at nationals. He will race in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase, coming in with the fastest time in the conference this season in the event at 9:07.66.

“It’s not an accomplished goal yet,” said Beagley. “It is not enough just to participate in the national championships; I want nothing less than All-American.” see

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‘Not Alone’ outlines university reponses to reports of sexual assault

by Allison Opson Clement news editor

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Western is ahead of the curve in dealing with sexual assaults, as mandated by Title IX and the Not Alone report, according to Jay Carey, director of Campus Public Safety, and Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, director of Abby’s House Center for Women and Families.

The White House released the Not Alone report, after a three-month task force inquiry, for the protection of students from sexual assault. The report details improvements colleges and universities can make to their responses to cases of sexual assault in order to ultimately reduce these incidents.

Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, schools must respond to reports of sexual violence and investigate to resolve the situation while ensuring the safety of the victim. If they fail to meet their obligations, they can be investigated and lose federal funding.

“It’s not something new for us,” said Carey of Western’s ability to deal with sexual assault. “We’ve been very proactive at Western.” He said that the report didn’t change this school’s response at all.

“We have a pretty good response mechanism here,” said Dello Stritto.

For four years, Western has been a recipient of the Campus Against Sexual Assault (CASA) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women.

As part of this, the school provided the White House with information that went into the Not Alone undertaking and research.

According to Dello Stritto, Western is already well on its way to meeting the new objectives outlined in the Not Alone report, such as developing a men’s group and campus climate survey, which the school had already done prior to these goals being laid out by Not Alone. The impact she sees is therefore mostly about solidifying how Western handles matters of sexual assault, clarifying that organizations on campus are already doing the right things, which she said is positive.

“We are ahead of other campuses who were looking at this for the first time,” said Dello Stritto. “They probably aren’t as far ahead as we are.”

Carey said he is comfortable with where campuses in general are at currently, though there is always room for improvement; he said all schools know they can’t sweep these matters under the rug and are ready to act.

“I don’t think anyone has the best idea of

how to deal with it,” he said, but added that each campus seems to be working to do its best for the students at that school. “We’ve always done that [at Western]; it’s just out in the open because people are finally talking about it.”

Over the last half a decade, Dello Stritto said, some schools may have lost sight of a “victim-centered” approach.

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We’re constantly talking about what we can improve, what we can do better. As first responders it’s really, really important that they understand.

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MARY ELLEN DELLO STRITTO Abby’s House Director

needs of the victim,” explained Dello Stritto.

Although it is impossible to have direct knowledge of a survivor’s experience, it is important to understand the dynamics of what they face.

“We’re constantly talking about what we can improve, what we can do better,” said Dello Stritto. Part of this includes training those who have contact with survivors. Abby’s House trains Campus Public Safety officers in

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working with victims and constantly works on their responses. “As first responders it’s really, really important that they understand,” said Dello Stritto, speaking of how officers deal with victim responses and consider the needs of the survivor.

Trauma causes changes in the brain, said Dello Stritto, which can impair cognitive function, such as disrupting memory. Furthermore, the response of the first person that a victim tells of their experience has a great impact on how the survivor copes.

“We can’t be looking at a victim’s behavior to determine whether we have a case,” said Dello Stritto. “Every survivor reacts to something like this differently.” She said that this is key for advocates and first responders to understand.

Some important things that first responders need to know are to tell survivors that they are believed, supported and will be helped, and that this was not their fault. If a first responder follows these steps, Dello Stritto said, the healing process is much better for the victim all the way through.

“Our officers are trained, and they’re very good,” said Carey. A victim can have an official advocate (a trained professional), a relative or a friend in the room when they speak with an officer if it makes them feel more comfortable. They may also prefer to talk at the Abby’s House in the Werner Center.

One concern that has been raised about of the Not Alone report is the change and clarification of who is or is not a mandatory reporter (someone who is required to report what they are told). Currently, counselors are not mandatory reporters, but advocates such as those from Abby’s House are. According to Dello Stritto, that could potentially shift based on this report.

“This has been a long process of understanding what we need to be doing,” said Dello Stritto. “We’re on track; we’re doing a good job. We can always improve.”

“They release a report like that without really having the background behind it,” said Carey of his main concern with the Not Alone initiative. “I don’t want to see it get to the point where it becomes sensationalized.”

Further details specific Western can be found in the annual Clery Compliance and Fire Reporting Campus Community Safety Guide.

Statistics for 2013 will be published this fall.

Visit NotAlone.gov for more information about the report and for additional resources.

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campus public safety blotter

disc golf & pickleball tournament Do you like tossing around a Frisbee? How about a pickleball?

Do you get competitive while playing, but feel as though you have to contain yourself because your friends can’t handle it?

Don’t worry; we have something just for you!

Disc golf and pickleball tournaments are starting up next week!

Online registration is going on this week! Sign up now!

Friday, May 9

Informational/Trespass Public Safety responded to a possible trespass in the Administration building.

Medic Assist/Illness Public Safety responded to Rice Auditorium after a student had an active seizure on stage.

Thursday, May 8

Alcohol/Marijuana Violation

Here are the details:

Public Safety was contacted about an alcohol violation in Ackerman Hall.

Disc golf: Registration runs until May 18 at 11 p.m. Tour-

Tuesday, May 6

nament dates will be decided on after registration closes, and the scores have to be reported via email. Discs for the tournament are available to check out at the Health and Wellness Center! Just make sure to check them back in after the tournament.

Pickleball: Registration runs until May 19 at 11 p.m.

Disturbance

Public Safety responded to a disturbance at the Landers Hall bike rack area.

Information/Theft – Recovered Public Safety was contacted about a bicycle theft. The bike was later recovered.

Tournaments will consist of singles, doubles if there are enough and format will be pool play with a single elimination bracket.

Tournament is on May 2, at 8 p.m. in the Health and Wellness Center. Cost is FREE! If you have any questions, email Ben Prahl at prahlb@wou.edu or visit the Intramural sports website (imleagues.com) for more information!

wolf ride notice Wolf Ride will not be available Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26.

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Historic season ends at regional tournament

by Iain Dexter managing editor

After a record-setting year, the Wolves’ softball season ended at the NCAA Div. II Sub-Regional tournament in Seaside, Calif. against California Baptist University (CBU) on Friday, May 9.

The Wolves came into the tournament as the #8-seed and finished the tournament with a 1-2 record.

“Being able to win a game there was phenomenal,” said head coach Lonny Sargent. “There were four great teams [in the tournament.”

The team struggled in their final game of the season against CBU, losing 10-0 in five innings.

CBU scored eight runs in the first two innings off junior pitcher Kelli Demianew, cruising to the shutout victory from there on out.

Western picked up their one win in a losergo-home match against #5-seed Sonoma State University (SSU). Trailing 3-2 in the sixth inning, the Wolves needed another comeback to keep their season alive. Two errors by SSU on a strikeout allowed the Wolves to bring home two runs and take a 4-3 lead.

Demianew, who pitched in relief in the game, picked up the win after giving up no runs in four and one-third innings. Junior outfielder Amanda Evola had the lone two runs batted in (RBI) for

Western, finishing 1-for-3 with a triple.

The Wolves almost came up with an upset win in the opening round of the tournament over #1-seed California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB). Western led 1-0 after three innings and Demianew was rolling on the mound. In the fourth inning though, CSUMB struck with two runs to take the lead. They tacked on one more run in the sixth inning and held on to a 3-1 win.

Western had three hits in the game while CSUMB had just four in the pitchers’ duel.

The Wolves finished the season 34-23 overall and 18-6 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The season featured multiple individual and team records, including a program record for most wins in a season.

Evola set new school records in hits with 81 and RBIs with 55, and tied senior teammate Melanie Pfeiffer in at-bats with 201. Freshman second baseman Kelsie Gardner scored 57 runs this season, also a new program record, and the 29 double plays turned by the team set a new high for the season.

“All year we’ve been very good at turning the double plays,” said senior first baseman Ashlie Gardner. “The pitchers have done a good job of getting us ground balls to turn the double play.”

Western will graduate eight seniors and returns in 2015 as the reigning GNAC Champions.

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Baseball defeated in second annual GNAC Championship

by Iain Dexter

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men’s lacrosse season ends at nationals

by Iain Dexter managing editor

Junior Brandon Determan carries the ball at the MCLA Div. II National Championships. The Wolves lost their secound round game 13-5 to GVSU. Photo courtesy of MCLA

The men’s lacrosse club finished their season at the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Div. II National Championships, losing in their second round matchup to Grant Valley State University (GVSU) in Irvine, Calif. on Tuesday, May 13.

The Wolves finished their regular season 16-1 overall and went 1-1 at nationals. They were the #8-seeded team in the tournament. Their opponents, the Lakers, were the #1-seed.

Against GVSU, the Wolves fell behind early trailing 3-0 after the first quarter. The Lakers took a commanding lead through three quarters, going up 10-2. Western attempted a late rally in the fourth, but could not make up any ground as they lost 13-5. The GVSU defense stood strong against one of Div. II’s highest-scoring offenses in the Wolves.

On a day with 95 degree temperatures, the Wolves lack of depth hurt them. They played 11 players during the game to GVSU’s 17 total.

Western won their opening round game against the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) on Monday, May 12. The Wolves took an early 4-1 lead after the first quarter and

clung to the advantage the rest of the game, winning 13-11.

Senior attacker Jacob Bohince had four goals and an assist, sophomore forward Tyler Preston scored four goals, senior attacker Clay Malensek had two goals and three assists and senior midfielder Taylor Dougan added three goals.

This was the first time the men’s lacrosse club has won a game at the national championships since 2009. At that time, the tournament featured the top-12 teams from Div. II, but has since increased to 16 teams.

The Wolves ended the season with the top-three point scorers in all of Div. II and four of the top-five. Dougan led the MCLA with 95 points with Bohince and Malensek not far behind at 94 points each. Junior attacker Brandon Determan finished fifth on the scoring list with 87 points.

Bohince won the goal-scoring race with 76 points over Dougan who finished in second with 69 points.

Bohince, Dougan and Malensek are the lone players with senior eligibility. A new cast of faces will fill in the scoring duties next season when Western’s men’s lacrosse club returns in 2015.

TRACK from Front Page The athletes will need to finish in the top-eight of their events to be named All-Americans.

Hanna also had the best time this year in the GNAC, but in the men’s 800-meter. His top finish of 1:50.45 is also the eighth best in the nation and the second fastest in the conference all-time.

At the GNAC Championships, junior Rebecca Laible took first place in the women’s triple jump with the top mark of 37-10 (11.53 meters) on her fourth attempt. Laible entered the meet as the top-seed, having finished second in the event last year. She scored 10 points for the team with her first-place finish.

As a team, the men finished in third place with 113 points.

Western Washington University took first on the men’s side with 186 points. Western’s women’s squad placed seventh overall at the meet with 63 points, Alaska Anchorage University taking first with

137 points.

“We had a great season with a lot of huge [personal records] and a couple school records were set,” said Beagley. “A lot of men and women put their names on the all-time top-ten board. So all in all, I was very happy to see where our team finished up the season.”

Senior Madison McClung grabbed two second-place finishes in the women’s 100- and 200-meter. Her times of 12.16 in the 100 and 24.78 in the 200 gave her team 16 points.

In the men’s 110-meter hurdles, seniors Kody Rhodes and Brett Campbell finished second and fourth respectively. Rhodes crossed the finish line at 14.85 and Campbell at 15.35.

The remaining six Wolves will continue their season at the NCAA Div. II Outdoor National Championships on Thursday, May 22.

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Wolves’ baseball fell in two straight games to Central Washington University (CWU) in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship in Monmouth on Saturday, May 10.

Western and CWU each took care of Saint Martin’s University (SMU), knocking them out of the championship after two games. This set up essentially a best-of-three series showdown between the Wolves and Wildcats.

It was a disappointing season for sure,” said junior second baseman Jake Whisler. “ It’s going to leave a sour taste in all of the returners mouths. It’s going to drive us to come back even stronger and hotter next year.”

CWU swept Western in both games, finishing the tournament 3-0 overall. This marked the Wildcats’ first GNAC Championship win, with a 9-1 victory in the only game Saturday.

After dropping the first game with CWU, Western sent junior Eric Huson to the mound. Huson was named to the first-team All-GNAC for the regular season, but struggled in the championship. Huson allowed five runs in just two innings, with three walks, a wild pitch and a hit batter.

Already leading 5-0, the Wildcats added four more runs in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach for the Wolves.

Western broke the shutout in the seventh inning with a runscoring single by junior designated hitter Tim Rausch. It was the only run the Wolves would score, losing 9-1.

Western won their 13th straight GNAC regular season title, but was unable to win their second straight GNAC Championship.

In game one between the two teams, Western had a chance to claim the win, still tied 3-3 after seven innings. After a 20-minute rain delay, CWU came out in the top of the eighth and scored three runs. They tacked on another run in the ninth with no answer from the Wolves, downing the reigning champions 7-3.

The Wolves booted the ball around with three errors that led to four unearned runs, the difference in the ball game. Senior pitcher Matt Minnich started the game and gave up three runs in six innings, walking five and striking out one.

Outfielder Joe Castro was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. His three-run home run in game one was just one of two hit in the tournament. Castro finished with four runs batted in (RBI), two runs scored and the big home run.

The Wolves won game one 4-2 over SMU behind a strong pitching performance from senior Spenser Watkins. Watkins was named to the second-team All-GNAC in his final year and continued his impressive season in the championships, allowing two unearned runs over seven and one third innings. Watkins also struck out seven, walked four and gave up just three hits.

Sophomore first baseman Nate Etheridge had the big hit for the Wolves with a go-ahead solo home run in the fourth inning. Western never looked back, adding another run in the seventh to win 4-2.

“In the tournament we didn’t throw strikes and play defense and you cannot win when you play like that,” said Whisler.

Junior third baseman Garret Harpole, junior Matt Taylor and senior Daniel McNabb joined Huson on the first-team All-GNAC this year. Senior second baseman Parker Miles and senior outfielder Chris Bradshaw joined Watkins, Minnich and Etheridge on the second team, with senior catcher Will Chavarria and junior shortstop Austin Hamilton being given honorable mention.

The Wolves finished 30-21 overall on the season and 22-10 in the GNAC. Western baseball will return next season, looking to reclaim the GNAC title in 2015.

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Entertainment Friday, May 16, 2014

Feminism campaign comes to Western

by Amanda McMasters entertainment editor

The second annual “Who Needs Feminism?” campaign was held Tuesday-Thursday, May 13-15 in the Werner University Center.

The event was sponsored by Abby’s House and SPEAK (Students Promoting Equity, Activism and Knowledge), who encouraged students to stop by their table and get their picture taken with their written response to the prompt, “I need feminism because…”

This marks the second year that Abby’s House has made Western a part of the “Who Needs Feminism” campaign. Western is the first school in the Pacific Northwest to join the campaign, with last year’s event getting 125 participants.

“I do it because it’s a really good feeling to be a part of,” said Emily Easton-Mace, an advocate at Abby’s House.

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Abby’s House is the center on campus for women and families who need help. It is a resource that can be used for a variety of issues, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, relationship violence, depression, substance abuse and many more. The student advocates are there to assist their peers and point them in the most helpful direction.

“Sometimes it’s scary to go to the health center if something bad happened to you.

We’re a safe place to go to,” Easton-Mace said of Abby’s House.

The campaign was launched at Duke University by 16 women in a “Women in the Public Sphere” class. There they learned that in today’s society, most people don’t believe feminism is needed anymore, and that feminists are all just a bunch of man-hating, braburning psychos. Women already have the right to vote, what more could they want?

The Duke women were disturbed by this stereotypical view of feminism, so they created the “Who Needs Feminism?” campaign, to challenge these stereotypes and assert the importance of feminism. The point of the campaign is to remove the negative connotations of the word “feminism” and achieve more equality for women.

As part of the on-campus event, both men and women write down why they need feminism and have their picture taken. Some examples of peoples’ responses have been so far, “I need feminism because nowhere in the world should it be an act of bravery for a girl to go to school,” “I need feminism because I want my little sister to be treated with respect” and “I need feminism because the way I dress should not be considered an ‘invitation.’”

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book review

‘The Winter Garden’: A haunting fairy tale that will stay with you forever

by Amanda McMasters entertainment editor

I am an avid reader of books. I love reading because the words will take me deep into the story and I feel like I know the characters.

I know, I’m a nerd. Sometimes the plot twists so suddenly, that I never saw it coming, and I have to close the book and take a moment to mentally process what just happened. With as much as I get invested, though, the only novel to ever actually bring me to tears before was “My Sister’s Keeper,” because, well, I never saw the ending coming. Don’t worry, if you want to read that book I won’t give away the ending – it’s different than the movie.

“The Winter Garden,” by Kristin Hannah, was such a moving story that I literally cried – and I was in public so it makes it that much more embarrassing that I’m crying over the lives of fictional characters. If you ever get the chance to read this book, I recommend a box of tissues and a quiet secluded corner where nobody will judge you.

The storyline revolves around two sisters, Meredith and Nina, who have grown apart over the years after going their separate ways and leading completely different lives. During their childhood, their father was the foundation of the family while their mother, Anya, was disinterested. For years, the girls sought their mother’s approval, or even so much as an inkling of motherly love from the woman who birthed them. But none ever came. The only time they ever felt even remotely close to their mother was when she told them an old, Russian fairy tale from her homeland.

Now, years later, their father lies on his deathbed and makes his wife promise to tell her daughters the fairy tale she never finished, the entire story. Afterward, the three women try to cope with their loss and learn to be a family again; Meredith and Nina are captivated by the story Anya tells them. What begins as a fairy tale about princes and true love morphs into a haunting and heartbreaking story about a young girl in war-torn Lenin-

grad in the 1940s.

The two sisters become obsessed with the fairy tale, trying to piece together what is real and what is fiction and, most importantly, what role their mother plays in the story.

Hannah is a New York Times best-selling author of 18 novels, and there’s definitely a reason she’s on that list. She writes in such a way that the words lift up off the page and surround you, to the point that it’s hard to distinguish between book and reality. Several time as I read Hannah’s lyrically written words, I had to stop and bring myself back to the real world.

“The Winter Garden” is a beautifully written novel with strong female characters and an excellent storyline. A few times I found myself wishing I, too, had a sister, but then I remembered that my older brother is a big-enough pain in the neck as it is, and that I don’t like to share my clothes or my makeup.

I would highly recommend this novel, or any other by Kristin Hannah. Her creatively intricate plots leave you hanging on to her every word from the first page and stick with you long after you’ve turned the last one.

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