Vol. 17, Issue 28 (May 31, 2017)

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017 VOLUME 17 ISSUE 28

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2016-2017 graduates listed inside pages 12-15

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Opportunities for Summer 2017 Many volunteer opportunities, internships and events arise coming into the summer season

Project has many openings for volunteers and internships. The Borgen Project is a nonprofit national campaign that works towards bringing awareness to our nation’s leaders about poverty all around the

By Alyssa James globe.

They have multiple Staff Writer telecommute internships available, namely in personal On Friday, June 16, the term relations/marketing, human will come to a close and all resources, writing, journalism students will enter into summer vacation. While some students will travel to different parts of the country or world to spend their time off, many have no idea what they will spend the next three months doing. Good news and political affairs. Along with for those students is that there is that, they have multiple national a multitude of opportunities to volunteer opportunities. For partake in during the summer all the information on their months. avenues for helping, check out One option is to spend borgenproject.org. summer doing volunteer work There are other volunteer and actively supporting and opportunities around, such as helping the community. There is volunteering as a Gilbert House a wide variety of volunteer jobs Summer camp counselor. At that one can choose from. the Gilbert House in Salem, Meals on Wheels is looking for a volunteer will be required people who want to donate their to go alongside the families time to help seniors in Dallas, present to show the fun Falls City and the Rickreall Area. learning experiences around the With three different choices on museum. For more volunteer how to serve this community - opportunities, a helpful resource packaging, delivering or serving is volunteermatch.org. It lists the food - there is an option many of the places that students for anyone who has a desire to can volunteer at throughout this help. To get more information summer. or to become a Meals on Wheels Volunteering is a fulfilling volunteer, contact Carolyn way to spend one’s summer, Gagznos-Dillon at 503-623- but another opportunity will 6232. be happening in August that no For an opportunity that one will want to miss. The moon is more global, The Borgen will completely block the sun for

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A total solar eclipse that occured in 2015

a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 spanning from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This eclipse is a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime event that people from all over the world are travelling just to witness.

Many people in North and South America will be able to see a partial solar eclipse that day; however, Monmouth will be in the line of totality, meaning for two minutes straight, people

This eclipse is a spectacular, once-in-alifetime event that people are traveling from all over the world just to witness

filling up fast.

Another celebration for the eclipse will take place in Monmouth. At the Main Street Park Amphitheater, there will be a free concert on Sunday night, Aug. 20. Pigs on the Wing, a Pink Floyd tribute band, will be playing a show. They will perform “The Dark Side of the Moon” entirely, as well as other Pink Floyd songs during the concert.

At Western, there will be a special “Eclipse Plenary Session” on Thursday, June 1. A variety of students will present on the topic of solar eclipses. Later on in June 6, Richard Berry, M.Sc., will present on how to get the most from the experience of the solar eclipse. This will take place in the Instructional Technology Center, Room 205, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Each person who attends this will receive a pair of Eclipse glasses that will be able to be used on the day of the eclipse.

For those who feel their summers may be less-thansatisfactory, there are many opportunities to take advantage of this summer. Whether it’s donating one’s time and presence to volunteer in order to help the community, or taking the time to celebrate the solar eclipse, this summer is full of possibilities and moments that are worth grabbing ahold of in order to create lasting memories.

will be able to watch the moon fully cover the sun. The totality of the eclipse is predicted to start at 10:16 a.m.

There are many events happening surrounding this event. One is the Indy Goes Dark Eclipse Festival in Independence. From Thursday, Aug. 17 to Monday, Aug. 21 there will be many activities happening based around the eclipse, from a movie playing in the park thursday night to various cover bands playing during the evenings. There will be a Brewfest on Saturday, which will cost $15 to enter.

Not only that, but there will be inflatables, science demonstrations and more for children. There is registration at independencegoesdark.com for camping and to reserve a spot. Since a total eclipse has not happened in the Pacific Contact the author at Northwest since 1979, spots are ajames16@mail.wou.edu

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the country’s pride

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By Zoë Strickland Managing Editor A police raid on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn was the event that started the Stonewall riots. Now, people across the country celebrate June as LGBTQ+ pride month.

The Stonewall riots began after New York police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, for reportedly serving alcohol without a liquor license, and arrested numerous people who weren’t dressed in gender-appropriate clothing.

According to an article from PBS in 2015, “a person perceived as male who dressed in clothing customarily designed for women could technically be arrested in New York for ‘impersonating a female’ as recently as 2011.” The police raid of the Stonewall Inn ended up sparking the uprising of

the Gay Liberation Movement.

According to the Oregon branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, “Stonewall is widely seen as an important turning point to more outspoken and confrontational forms of gay rights advocacy ... it can be said that the Stonewall Riots were an important step on the path from stigma to public awareness and consciousness.”

The riots at the Stonewall Inn were some of the first stepping stones in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights; a fight that is still continuing today.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Oregon since 2014, and legal across the United States since 2015.

Most recently, Governor Kate Brown

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June is LGBTQ+ pride month

Participants celebrating at Toronto’s 2014 Pride Festival

signed a bill that would allow a genderneutral option on Oregon driver’s licenses and identification cards.

“Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally,” reads an informational page from the Library of Congress.

Local events in Oregon help to commemorate the loss of members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as provide a place for members of the community to celebrate their different

identities.

Pride Northwest, a Portland-based nonprofit, hosts a pride parade and festival in Portland every year. This year’s parade and festival will be held at Portland’s Waterfront Park on June 17 and 18.

Salem will also be hosting a pride parade on Aug. 5, and Eugene will be hosting one on Aug. 12.

Students who are looking to be more involved in LGBTQ+ advocacy can volunteer at Pride Northwest, Basic Rights Oregon or on-campus at the Stonewall Center.

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Date: May 22, 2017 Time: 8:03 p.m.

Incident: Public Safety responded to Barnum Hall due to a marijuana violation.

Date: May 19, 2017 Time: 8:29 p.m.

Incident: Public Safety responded to a marijuana violation in Heritage Hall.

Date: May 22, 2017 Time: 8:18 p.m.

Incident: Public Safety took a report of mislaid property in the Academic Program and Support Center.

Date: May 20, 2017 Time: 12:28 p.m.

Incident: Public Safety approached a vehicle in Lot J regarding a marijuana violation.

Date: May 23, 2017 Time: 10:15 p.m.

Incident: Public Safety was contacted about a runaway minor at Ackerman Hall.

Date: May 21, 2017 Time: 12:10 a.m.

Incident: Public Safety contacted a male in Heritage Hall in reference to an alcohol violation.

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CAMPUS LIFE

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Student research exhibit “The Record Keeper” on display in Hamersly Library

By Paige Scofield Campus Life Editor The current exhibit in Hamersly Library is one for the books. After four journals that dated back to World War I were donated to Western, student Max Norr, senior social science major with a history focus, got the chance to research them and turn them into an exhibit.

“They’re four journals that belonged to a nurse in World War I, named Sister Genevieve ‘Birdie’ Lantz, and she was from Canada,” explained Norr. “She

moved to Boston to study nursing, and then when the war started, she went over to France with a Harvard Surgical Unit. [The journals] weren’t her diaries, she had her patients, from all of the wards that she worked in and managed, she had her patients write in them. So they would write their experiences, they wrote jokes, they wrote stories, they drew pictures, there’s some amazing art.”

“We knew nothing about Sister Lantz, except that her name was Lantz, because she wrote ‘G. Lantz’ in the journals,” said Norr. “The owners of the journals found them at an estate sale or an antique shop, they found these four books, and they were just looking for somebody to research them. So Dr. Jensen was like, ‘hey, this would be a really cool, I think you should research these. I think that we could make a really good practicum for it.’ So that’s what we did.”

“The goal was to create an online blog exhibit, website, type-thing , and I would find certain entries within

the books that I wanted to research further, so I did five, and then one extra for Sister Lantz herself,” Norr said passionately. “I found one on the 1914 Christmas Truce, I did an exhibit on all the art that was in the books, one on propaganda and one on neutrality, and a few other ones. It was amazing because no one had ever seen them before. Nobody had ever researched these, it was all new information, all new material. So it was just me using Ancestry.com, corresponding with other researchers, I’ve talked to people in Australia, Canada, Britain, all these different people, I scoured newspapers for information about the Harvard Surgical Unit. No one knew about this stuff.”

After countless hours of research Norr created a blog called “The Record A drawing of a soldier in the midst of war

A cartoon drawn in one of Sister Lantz’s journals Photos courtesy of RECORD-KEEPERBLOGSPOT.COM

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Keeper,” which you can visit at www. record-keeper.blogspot.com.

The journals themselves were found in Klamath Falls, Oregon at an estate sale for one of Sister Lantz’s grandson or son’s home.

“She died in the mid-1960s, so she’s been gone for a while, but it was right here in Oregon. So that’s what’s really cool, we got to make that connection,” said Norr. “She came all the way from Canada, and France from all these different places and her journals ended up in Oregon.”

The exhibit will continue to be in Hamersly Library until summer break begins.

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Get to know a major

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Receiving a Bachelor of Arts in humanities with a linguistics focus

By Paige Scofield | Campus Life Editor Rachel Gries discusses her major

Western offers a wide variety of degrees that students can major in, many of which students don’t know are offered or know next to nothing about.

This week, take a look at what receiving

a Bachelor of Arts in humanities with a linguistics focus entails, and the fields of work it can lead to.

Rachel Gries is a senior at Western who is currently in the process of

Students enjoy tasty cupcakes Photo by PAUL F. DAVIS

Mad Hatter’s Dancing Tea Party Ackerman Hall Student Government dives into Wonderland

By Jasmine Morrow Staff Writer

The Mad Hatter’s Dancing Tea Party was an event put on for Western’s students by the Akerman Hall Student Government. The tea party was put on for anybody who wanted a break and wanted to enjoy themselves.

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receiving a degree in humanities with a Linguistic focus.

When asked why she decided to become a humanities with a linguistic focus major, Gries replied, “I started doing English actually, because what I really came here for was linguistics.

But I’m not really into lit and all that, and most of the English major is all lit classes, which is not great for me.”

“Humanities is just kind of like everything. Some of the focus areas you could do could be Spanish, communications, French, German, linguistics, philosophy, writing.

There’s all kinds of stuff humanities encompasses,” explained Gries.

When asked what job she wants to pursue with her linguistics focus Gries replied, “I want to work for Google and work on speech recognition or speech to text.”

“Like with speech to text there are so many words, like merry. Am I saying merry, like joyful, or am I saying marry, like marriage, or am I saying someone’s name?” said Gries.

According to Western’s website the, “Humanities majors and minors explore that unique human creation, language--not only for communication but also in culture, literary art, and philosophical and religious thought.”

Some fields that can be pursued after study linguistics include: teaching English as a second language, education, language documentation, fieldwork, being a consultant on

language and teaching at a university level. This is just a short list of the kind of jobs one can pursue as a career after studying linguistics.

When asked what her favorite class that she’s taken for her major was Greis replied, “I really liked Corpus Linguistics, which is like computerized.

I put all of the text of Jane Eyre into a corpus, because I had to write a paper about it for another class,” explained Gries. “It was about the supernatural aspects of Jane Eyre. I went through the corpus and used an online tagger, so it finds every word related to religion or the supernatural. So, instead of having to reread the book, looking for every example, I can just search it.”

“I also loved the class Structure of English Grammar. It’s literally about how the English language works.

Like, what’s a noun, what’s a verb. I really like the professor for it, and she taught really well, so I looked forward to going to that class. It’s taught by Cornelia Paraskevas.”

When asked why she thinks linguistics is important, Gries replied, “Linguistics applies to a lot of stuff.

It changes the way you think about the words you’re saying. Imagine not being able to say ‘in this’ or ‘on that,’ it’s the littlest words that give us the most information about our language.”

The Ackerman Hall Student Government played music while the tea-party-goers enjoyed their cupcakes and tea, but they also had a space for students to dance if they wished to. The committee members that put on the Mad Hatter’s Dancing Tea Party were: Morgan Montoya, Bridget Parker, Chase Culm and Ellen Moore.

Montoya, a first-year psychology major, organized the event, which was Alice in Wonderland themed.

That being said, Parker, a sophomore biology major, is the President of the Ackerman Hall Student Government and helped Monoya decorate. They put on the event because they wanted some students to have some fun.

There were sunglasses waiting to be given to the guests and a small photo booth that tea-party-goers could get their picture taken looking like the Queen of Hearts. The table clothes were different colors, there were smiling Cheshire cats hanging on the wall, there were tea cups, flowers and

clocks sitting on the table and pink plastic flamingos standing around the room.

One of the guests, Sarah Tran, a firstyear biology major, said that she went to the event because she loves Alice in Wonderland, dancing and cupcakes.

“I would definitely go to something like this again, but it would have to be a different theme,” said Tran.

There were a handful of people that showed up at the very start of the event. As the evening progressed, more people started to show up. Everyone had a smile on their face, they were taking pictures of the decorations, with their friends and of the cute cupcakes.

It appeared that the tea-party-goers were enjoying the evening.

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1,501 yards and 28 touchdowns in his career, notching 7.6 yards per rush attempt for the Tigers. His breakaway speed helped him pick up many big runs last year, including a 74-yard touchdown against Tualatin.

On defense, Jonah Land will be coming to the defensive line from Waldport High School. Over his career for the Irish he made a total of 244 tackles, including 97 solo and forced four fumbles.

Joining the sturdy linebacker core is Kyle Otis from Toledo. Otis recorded 239 total tackles in his career and was named the all-league defensive MVP. Ryan Worthley is one of the quarterback recruits, and played ball with Jash Allen at Tigard.

Worthley threw for 2,137 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior to become MaxPreps’s fourth-ranked quarterback in the state. He has a calm presence in the pocket, and threw a 47-yard touchdown pass while he was getting hit against Newberg.

All three earned All-American honors.

The first day of competition was Thursday May 25. Nading and Ribich qualified for the championship race with times of 3:50.76 and 3:51.85, respectively.

The second day featured the final contest of the triple jump, with senior Wesley Gray taking his last leap for the Wolves. His distance of 14.93 meters earned him 17th place.

The middle distance trio of sophomore Olivia Woods and juniors Megan Rose and Suzanne Van De Grift have represented Western Oregon consistently in the 800-meter this season. The 800-meter preliminary was also held on the second day of the meet.

Woods broke her own school record, as she finished in first place of the third heat with a time of 2:07.82. Her previous record was 2:08.46.

Rose and Van De Grift ran the first heat of the race but failed to qualify for the championship race. Rose’s time of 2:09.94 took her to 13th place. Van De Grift soon followed her across the finish line with a time of 2:10.64 for

16th place.

Sophomore Sheila Limas De La Cruz was the first of the Wolves team to compete on championship Saturday, representing in the javelin contest. She threw for a distance of 38.4 meters, coming in 21st place.

Olivia Woods came in third to make it to the podium for the 800-meter race.

She had fallen to seventh place at the 400-meter mark, but after passing the halfway point she dialed up the intensity and passed four runners in front of her.

Her final time was 2:07.38, and for the second day in a row she broke her own school record.

Ribich and Nading then competed in the men’s 1,500-meter.

Ribich took the lead halfway through and held on to finish 0.22 of a second ahead of the second-place runner. To seal the victory, Ribich finished in 3:49.64.

Nading came in sixth place with a 3:51.50 finish.

The only two runners competing for the Wolves men’s team on title day, Ribich and Nading picked up a total of

13 total points to earn Western Oregon men the 17th place finish on the day.

Woods’ solo effort earned 6 points for the women’s team to earn 37th place overall.

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Every season in student athletics, players graduate and the next season sees new players join the team in their place. Next year’s crop of first-year students features some players who could make impacts on their teams sooner rather than later.

Taisha Thomas is a center transferring to the women’s basketball team from Peninsula College. She was named to her conference’s all-defensive team, averaging 8.8 PPG and 6.8 RPG last

season. Jessie Brown is another center, coming from Castle Rock, Colorado where was a three-year letterwinner in basketball.

Olivia Denton is a guard from Auburn, Washington, bringing three point skills with a 9.8 PPG average last year.

Joining the baseball team is Zach Griffin, a right handed pitcher from Phoenix, Arizona.

Two local catcher recruits are coming in, looking to help replace senior catcher Boog Leach; Anthony Zellner is a left handed batter from West Salem High School and James Anderson was named to the all-state team playing for Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis and is a utility player who also plays first base.

The football team will be reinforcing its numbers with a large incoming class, as 31 student athletes declared their intention to become Wolves.

Tyler Sweet, younger brother of firstyear dual-sport standout Torreahno Sweet, will be playing wide receiver.

He recorded 26 receptions for 366 yards and a touchdown as a senior in Upland, California.

Jash Allen is a running back recruit from Tigard High School. He ran for

Ryan Worthley joins the Wolves after taking Tigard to the semifinals last year

Incoming recruits look to make the cut A look at student athletes joining next year’s ranks

By Burke De Boer Sports Editor

Outdoor track has national success

Ribich earns Division II title, Woods breaks school record

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For the second time this year, junior David Ribich is a national champion.

After anchoring the indoor distance medley relay team that won the indoor national championship, Ribich added more hardware to the trophy room with an outdoor 1,500-meter title.

It was the first outdoor track title in Western Oregon history.

On May 27, the finals were held at the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field championships IMG Academy in Bradentown, Florida. Ribich ran the race alongside sophomore Dustin Nading. Sophomore Olivia Woods also ran the championship race of the women’s 800-meter.

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wolves’ top five Indoor track team sets a Division II the team. They traveled to Birmingham, record Alabama as part of the Wolves team that competed in the NCAA Division The indoor track season was a II national championships. dominant one for Western Oregon They ran a photo finish race, beating track and field, capped off by a record- reigning relay champions Adams State setting national title for the men’s by .001 second to win the national distance medley relay. trophy.

Sophomore Dustin Nading, juniors Their finishing time was 9:40.144, AJ Holmberg and Josh Dempsey and which set a new Division II indoor junior David Ribich at anchor made up track national record.

Baseball crowned conference champs in front of home fans.

They then went on to play in the After a two year title drought, conference playoffs and swept their Wolves baseball reclaimed their place way to the championship victory. on top of the conference.

The baseball team only played a total of four games at home this year, as the baseball field didn’t dry out until the final week of the regular season.

But the team used those few games to secure the GNAC regular season title Road Warriors softball makes a late- in the conference. season stand But at the start of April the Wolves flipped a switch. Thirteen wins in April While baseball got to play four secured the final spot in the GNAC games at home, softball was not so tournament. lucky.

The fourth-seeded Wolves knocked They adopted the nickname the off top-seeded Central Washington, Road Warriors, as weather kept softball who had entered the tournament as the out of Monmouth. They also battled reigning champions. They ultimately injuries early on, and after their first finished second in the tournament, two months of play they were dead last falling to Western Washington.

Football’s underdog upset

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The football team finished 4-6, the first losing record since head coach Arne Ferguson first took over the program in 2005. The first game of the year, however, set the standard for competition from the team, as they toppled Division I Sacramento State, 38-30.

The winning touchdown came from

first-year student Torreahno Sweet, a two-sport athlete who played both baseball and football this year. After starting from their own 20 late in the fourth quarter, the Wolves drove down the field and Sweet broke tackles to pick up the touchdown on a 30-yard run.

Men’s basketball makes a playoff run final, where the Wolves surprised number one seed Western Washington The men’s basketball team took a 16- and took an eight point lead into 12 record into the GNAC playoffs for a halftime. third-place seed. They rode the playoff Western Washington regrouped bracket all the way to the conference and went on a late scoring spree. The championship game.

Wolves fell in the final seconds, 69The Wolves came in as a three seed, 71, as sophomore Malik Leaks’ threeand junior Tanner Omlid had two pointer missed and time ran out. consecutive double-doubles to help Contact the author at lead the team to the championship journalsports@wou.edu

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Looking back at the biggest sports achievements of the year

By Burke De Boer | Sports Editor

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ENTERTAINMENT

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Western theatre delves into magical realism “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing” opens May 31

By Ashton Newton | Entertainment Editor Western’s theatre department has put on a number of engaging and fun productions throughout the year and their latest is right around the corner.

“This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing,” originally written by Finegan Kruckemeyer, is the latest play that Western’s theatre department has been hard at work preparing for. The play includes 18 Western students acting and guest director, Jen Rowe.

Rowe is a director/actor based out of Portland, Oregon who founded The Quick and Dirty Art Project in 2010, where she produced and directed seven shows. Rowe also directed Idris Goodwin’s “How We Got On” at the Portland Playhouse.

“This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries,

This Girl Does Nothing” is a fable that follows triplet sisters and their struggles growing up and finding their way in life after being abandoned in the woods.

The play stars Lindsay Spear, junior Bachelor of Fine Arts acting major, as Albienne, Chynna Shurts, first-year Bachelor of Fine Arts theatre major, as Beatrix, and Natalie Doerfler, sophomore Bachelor of Fine Arts theatre major, as Carmen.

“I would describe this story as a coming of age story. It’s a story about human resiliency, a story that embraces the message that ‘new days are always the best time for starting life journeys.’ Each of these girls, everyday, they choose to adventure in a new way and it leads them after 20 years to

(Left to right) Chynna Sharts, Lindsay Spear, Gabriel Elmore and Natalie Doerfler Photos by PAUL F. DAVIS

growing up and understanding more about themselves and who they are as people,” said Rowe.

The three sisters have disparate character traits that affect how they act in the play and sends them in different directions.

“Albienne is the oldest of the triplets, if that can mean anything. She likes to act like it. She’s very much a leader and she likes to lead people, people are drawn to her strong personality,” said Spear.

“Beatrix is a child of the sun, she’s an adventure, always climbing trees and exploring the world. She’s not afraid to explore the world, she really wants to get out there and see what there is,” added Shurts.

“Carmen is very much an introvert, while her two other sisters are extroverts. She likes to care for other people. She’s happy where she is. She has, what we reference in this show as a backpack called the Weight of the World, which she carries on her shoulders. It’s not something that she feels obligated to do, it’s something she enjoys to do because she just likes seeing the world as how it is,” said Doerfler.

The play is unlike other plays in that it doesn’t have a set, it’s an open, narrative fable, so Rowe had to get creative with directing.

“My experience directing this play has been one of trying to bring as many exciting elements together and find marriages between them. I’m given the opportunity to create a completely original, novel way of telling a story through theatre,” said Rowe.

“I have decided to have 18 people

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in this cast, the largest cast I’ve ever had has been nine, so I doubled it.

I’ve decided to have a shadow play, I’ve decided to bring in music and instruments that are not in the script.

I have decided to allow the spectacle of storytelling to tell from the bodies on stage and the physicality of our actors rather than trying to represent that with set pieces.”

Working on “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing” hasn’t been without fun for everyone involved. All through rehearsals, the cast and crew have been having a great time working on the play.

“One of the things that I’ve been trying to hammer in is the idea of ‘play’ in our play. Although we’re trying to tell a story that is a fable, and the reason we call it a fable is because it deals with a very heavy, realistic and grounded situation, these girls are abandoned in the wood and set off to conquer the woods on their own terms,” said Rowe. “Finding the balance between the reality of their story and the ‘play’ of getting to tell this kind of story through magical realism was one of my big goals, so for most of rehearsals we’d play a game.”

“This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing” runs from May 31 to June 3 in Rice Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. and June 1-2 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $14 or $8 with a Western student I.D. “Allow yourself to enjoy this show as much as we enjoyed creating this show,” said Doerfler.

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Review: “Waiting on a Song”

By Ashton Newton | Entertainment Editor One song on the 10-track album that stands out the most is “Shine on Me.” Not only is the song instantly danceable, it features guitar and vocals reminiscent of surf rock. The song is both memorable and catchy.

With simple lyrics and upbeat music, “Shine on Me” is the perfect tune to listen to with the windows down.

In this generally upbeat album, Auerbach isn’t afraid to slow things down. “Never in My Wildest Dreams” starts off with a single acoustic guitar and Auerbach’s soft vocals. The chorus adds percussion and some soft horn instruments, making this song slow, but still toetapping. The lyrics are emotional and find Auerbach at his most heartfelt.

Through the 10 songs on “Waiting on a Song,” Dan Auerbach finds a dreamy, surf-rock sound that sets the album miles apart from anything done with The Black Keys. Upbeat, heartfelt and a ton of fun, “Waiting on a Song” is a fantastic album and perfect for summer.

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Review: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”

The Black Keys’s Dan Auerbach brings unique, dream-pop sound just in time for summer with latest album

In the past, it was difficult not to associate Dan Auerbach with The Black Keys, where he serves as lead guitarist and vocalist. Even in his first solo album, 2009’s “Keep It Hid,” Auerbach’s sound was comparable to the sound of The Black Keys.

In Auerbach’s upcoming album, “Waiting on a Song,” he sets himself apart from The Black Keys by giving a more pop-heavy, dream-like album that is perfectly upbeat and just in time for Summer.

The title track, “Waiting on a Song,” starts the album off with a sound that feels similar to 70’s country music. It’s catchy and relies heavily on simple lyrics and twangy guitar. It feels different from the summery-popvibe that Auerbach tries to evoke with the rest of the album, but is a good song nonetheless.

If this album is playing around with surf-rock sounds, “Malibu Man” dives right into the ocean: mildly distorted, dreamy vocals and a soft guitar that sounds like it’s taken right out of “Surfin’ U.S.A.” “Malibu Man” finds Auerbach settling into the sound that makes “Waiting on a Song” great.

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Johnny Depp as the iconic Jack Sparrow

It’s more of the same in this weak, convoluted addition to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise

By Ashton Newton | Entertainment Editor Part of what made the original “Pirates of the Caribbean” so good, is the fact that it came as a surprise and people generally had no expectations.

Jack Sparrow was the loveable, drunk side character in Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan’s story, something that, more or less, continued for the second and third films.

“Dead Men Tell No Tales” fell into the same mistake that 2011’s “On Stranger Tides” did by making Jack Sparrow the central character and completely overdoing it. What made Jack Sparrow great was his use in moderation, and “Dead Men Tell No Tales” has no moderation at all.

Jack Sparrow, teaming up with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan’s son Henry and an orphan girl, sets off on a quest to find Poseidon’s trident in order to save himself from an undead Spanish captain out for his blood.

Setting the plot of the film forward was painful. It required a series of unrealistic and almost impossible events that seemed to be a cop-out of any actually decent storytelling. This, plus a series of coincidental meetings with strangers with the exact same goal, puts the story into motion.

“Dead Men Tell No Tales” feels like a very small film. While “Pirates of the Caribbean” had beautiful, sprawling settings, lively ports and massive ships, the new addition jumped from CGI location to small-feeling ship to British township. There was no epic

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feeling of adventure in this film.

The film relied heavily on formulas used in past films. Jack Sparrow being drunk and funny, a Will Turner-esque character, an Elizabeth Swan-esque character, a dumb and funny pirate duo, an angry British captain and an evil, scary, supernatural enemy. These are all things that have been done in each of the previous films, and “Dead Men Tell No Tales” relied on that in the laziest way possible. There was nothing that made it unique.

There are a share of hilarious moments; the entire opening sequence is fantastic and Paul McCartney’s cameo is memorable.

While other “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies had a serious tone, the new addition traded that for a slapstick comedy feeling. It paid off occasionally, but for the most part resulted in a boring and awkward movie.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” is far from the spectacle that made the franchise loved. It’s overdone, poorly written and ends the series as an example of why not to drag a good thing on for five unneeded movies.

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HUMOR

The Western Journal Wednesday, May 31, 2017

“500 Days of Summer:” what emotional rollercoaster did I just get into?

Whiskey and a half a bottle of wine, plus a romantic comedy, or whatever you want to call it - don’t mix

By Jade Rayner 21-year-old adult If you’ve never noticed the preface at the beginning of this movie, you’ve been missing out.

I generally think “tell me a story” formula movies are lazy garbage, but somehow this one gets an exception.

This, and “The Princess Bride.”

Seriously though, just get into it.

“I always thought she was more of a winter person,” my friend says in response to Zooey Deschanel’s character Summer. She’s right.

The flirting in this movie is so far from subtle, they should just walk up to each other and say “hey, I’m flirting,” and live their lives from there.

I can’t handle the time switches in this movie. Thank you for the screen

that shows which day out of the 500 days we are in, but it’s still a lot to keep up with.

Is Summer supposed to run over and make out with him every time he plays The Smiths? It seems like that’s what they’re getting at. No. There is definitely a right and wrong time for method acting. These guys should probably be drunk for real, because the acting is as smooth as sandpaper.

The first half-hour summed up in one sentence: I’m not sure if I’m watching a “love story” between middle schoolers or adults, but they’re beautiful actors in general, so here we are.

“500 Days of Summer” is the only reason I want to go to IKEA. Is it actually cute? Or is there more to it?

Why are they being stereotypical? And

are people allowed to just make out in the beds? Think of the children.

SHE LITERALLY SAYS SHE DOESN’T WANT ANYTHING SERIOUS. LISTEN UP, JOSEPH. The post-sex musical scene is the most magical moment in the whole movie. This is how I feel every time I leave my last final.

From happiness to depression in two seconds. Thanks.

Never doubt the emotional bond between a cat and a person. This isn’t related to the movie, but it’s important to note as I am currently crying over a cat that’s not even mine.

There are a lot of awful sexist moments. How have I never noticed this before? It’s hidden behind the semi-cute nature of this movie.

TWO PERSON RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT DECIDED BY ONE, SINGLE PERSON, TOM. Now the penis game. It’s decided: middle school.

Now this is a French film?

I would buy a greeting card that started as a poem, and then turned into a hateful revenge letter. I really don’t see the problem. Tom’s boss is far too nitpicky.

The expectation vs. reality segment is killer in the worst way. But you had to see it coming. I didn’t, but that’s not the point.

There really do need to be more greeting cards featuring cats.

To sum it up, Tom is whiney and can’t get a clue. Summer is living her life mostly-honest, but doesn’t consider other people’s feelings.

IF THE GIRL’S NAME IS A SEASON, DON’T DO IT. SHE IS NOT YOUR SOUL MATE. Contact the author at jrayner14@wou. edu

Remember what’s important this week, Taurus. Finishing is better than trying to be a perfectionist. Sometimes you can’t have both.

Did you know that I don’t know anything about horoscopes?

As the Horae dance a new season into being, and the school year settles to a satisfying close, now is the time to reflect on all the sick burns you both inflicted upon others and recieved yourself in the meantime. Was all the destruction worth it, Cancer?

Summer is coming, but you can’t lose focus before finals. Study with rain sounds on to fill you with the winter misery that helped you through finals last term.

Take a deep breath, and don’t reflect on the school year for three months. You’ve earned it. I can hear the stars cheering in the distance.

If you’ve learned nothing else this year, remember that Les Schwab does free pre-trip tire checks.

Your efforts have not gone unnoticed and this is finally the week you win the Newbery Medal for your contributions to children’s literature.

The stars challenge you to solve the real-life mystery of the Case of the Excellent Academics.

Remember: buying avocado toast is always justified.

Don’t drown under the stress of your upcoming finals, Aquarius. You’ll be able to relax soon.

Sweet sweet vape,

Oh you want to know what note to end the school year on, Aries? G-flat.

End it on G-flat.

You have 24 hours.

I miss you, I love you and I will always remember those sick clouds we blew.

Love, Mr. Vape

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EDITORIAL

The Western Journal Wednesday, May 31, 2017

editor’s note

Reflections on a year of tragedy and hope

By Stephanie Blair Editor-in-Chief

The past eight months have been filled with hardship for many of our students, whether it be due to the election, the tragic loss of two fellow students, the pressures of finishing a degree or other personal struggles. It’s been a hard year for many.

It’s also been a year filled with joy.

Our track team went to nationals and slayed it, Alma Pachero left a legacy project that the community rallied around, Western received grants to

fund essential pre-existing projects and begin new ones, millions of women found solidarity in marching together ... and Bob Dylan won a Nobel Prize, I guess, so we learned that anything is possible.

My point is that as dark and strange as times may seem, they’re never so dark that you can’t find someone willing to share some light.

As Editor of The Western Journal this year, I’ve had the pleasure of delivering the good and the bad in the form of this paper each week. However, it has been our mission, as a staff, to deliver news about the students and for the students and, in doing so, I’ve seen a lot of good. America may be in turmoil, but Western is supporting itself through

inclusive actions and kind-hearted community. I can’t express the pride I feel being a wolf this year nor the excitement I feel to serve as editor-inchief next year and watch our students do incredible things all over again.

It’s easy to feel like the world is falling apart around you - I certainly do, sometimes - which makes it all the more important to stay focused on the future and only dwell on the good moments. I, myself, have taken to only posting on Facebook when something positive is happening. Admittedly, this means I only post about once a month, but it also means that when I look back and when memories pop up over the coming years I will only be reminded of the good. Lord knows I don’t need

any help remembering the bad.

So, keep your head up, dear reader. Spend your summer however irresponsibly as you choose, but come back determined and ready for another year of proving exactly what ‘millennials’ can do. And congratulations to those fortunate souls who are about to graduate, I can’t wait to see more Western graduates in the world making the changes they want to see.

From all of us here at The Western Journal, until October: good night, and good luck.

Contact the author at journaleditor@ wou.edu

Photo by RHYS FINCH

(Left to right) Zoë Strickland, Elissa Sorenson, Stephanie Blair, Paul Davis, Paige Scofield, Ashton Newton, Jade Rayner, Burke de Boer and Darien Campo

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Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language/English Interpreting Whitney Beauprey Ashley Cooper Patricia Desrosiers McKinley Goble Rachel Gordon Halle Hamilton Caitlin Henry Jacob Hogan Elizabeth Holland Caitlin Masterson Alissa McAlpine Lynne Murphy Allissa Phoenix Shawna Putnam Amber Roley Asia Tong-Colburn Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language Studies Bekka Carver Randi Cook Emily Denning Hayden Harms Shaunaly Hutton Christopher Jordan Nicole Larson Sarah Lundquist Aubrey Mankins Julia Mills Aymee Narvaez Athena Nelson Amy Pella Allissa Phoenix Kyndall Pilman Samantha Reddick Petra Schenfeld Lauriana Simao Elizabeth Wiley Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology Teiel Allen Curran Kleen-Brown Nicole Larsen Jeanne McCaslin Jessica Mylan Robin Roemer Ana Trujillo

Bachelor of Science in Anthropology Syang Lei Stewart Patterson Kathryn Sinor Zairet Solis Jingwen Tan Bachelor of Arts in Art Elaina Glasscock Alicia Neal Xin Tang Elizabeth Violette Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Julia Martinez Jeanine Newsome Krista Rich Rebecca Schroeder Bachelor of Science in Art Julieanne Belden Adam Dutton Ruoya Ma Kathryn Pierce Anna Walls Xiaoxiao Wu Jiachun Zheng

Associate in Arts Tianni Sun Master of Science Education in Bilingual/ESOL Education Karla Archer Teresa Nielson Bachelor of Science in Biology Donna Abang Byron Ethan Agapay Talia Barnes Makayla Bearden Scott Bittner Teiryn Brennan Victoria Brooks Morgan Davis Victoria Fliehr Stephanie Foster Marilu Garcia Duran Steven Graves Madolyn Hofstetter Kody Kuhlman McKenzie Litterrell Ashlee Lynch Richelle McDaniel Mariah McKechnie Austin Mobley Christopher Modrich Sierra Nelson Laura Olin Ariana Ramirez-Corio Stephanie Saunders Jennifer Sepull Parker Smith

Bachelor of Arts in Business Natasha Bogdanovic Maegan Hunter Jintong Li Xin Li Yuihui Luan Evan McClure Kasia Nielsen Christian Ortiz Tia Singletary Xiaojing Sun Victoria Walker Ting Yi Bachelor of Science in Business Brittani Albrecht Grant Aldred Emma Alfonso Marisa Alvarado Gabriel Antonio-Trejo Nancy Arellano Arellano Ana Arias Hannah Bachellier Dillion Blinn Cody Boelow Alyson Boytz JD Brossard Thomas Brown Kendall Buell Brandie Bumpus Daniel Campbell Michael Cannon Santos Cantu Devin Ceciliani Angelina Chaplygina Jingyi Chen Liangli Chen Yan Chen Tanner Cole Christopher Collingham David Cornish Alvaro Cortes-Ojeda Courtney Costa

Cierra Cotton Tyler Crisp Drew Davis Kyle Deming Syllebram Diaz Taylor Dougan Christopher Durant Monica Eggiman Jason Elliott Anita Ellis David Elphic Colton Esson Steven Etheridge Eric Fast Kirsten Fauser James Ferguson Michael Fite Nicholas Fledderjohann Forrest Garcia Kelsie Gardner Laura Garibay Trevor Genz Joshua Grimm Weixun Gu Zhen Gu Leonor Guerrero-Landa Kevin Haase Matson Hardie Jessica Hastings Brittany Hawes Taylor Higa Enting Hong Yongjin Huang Zhesheng Huang Eli Ikard Michael Ingram Max Jackson Jaime Gardenia Alexis Jennings Cheng Jin Molly Johnson Tokiko Kabua Dallas Karsch Trevor Kauffman Kendal Kern Alexis Kolb Trebriel Larry Charles Laughlin Sofia LeVernois Jay Leverett Xiaoyu Li Xinhao Li Kenneth Liebel Longlong Liu Katherine Lundquist Troy MacVicar Max Marshall Trevor Mason Erin Mathews Natalie McKean Michael Merdink Bonnie Miller Mihnea Moga Darrien Moran Jenifer Moran Christian Morrison Autumn Mortensen Kaleb Nelson Jesse Nichols Brandon Norby Erika Olivia Micole Olivas-Leyva Leighton Panui Ryan Parsons Kenneth Patch Moses Pauole IV Ashley Pedersen Emily Pelletier Kenneth Portera

Brock Pradere Adam Ramoz Machaela Rapozo Jacob Rasmussen Courtney Reiss Ashley Reyna Jacob Riddell Kallie Ridge Jonaton Rios Kelsey Rocheleau Ryan Rogers Brice Rust Kathia Sanchez Miguel Sanchez Jordan Schriber Mariah Sherman Ku’ulei Siolo Danielle Smith Trey Smith Tyler Snider Joseph Soik Brittany Soriano-Kikila David Sowards Bethany Steele Jordan Teeney Michael Tomscha Seth Unger Curtis Van Driesche Savanna Vickers Graciela Virgen Chun Lung Wan Kainoa Wan Kayla Weatherford Nikki Weaver Trenton Webb Kelsi Woosley Huanqing Wu Fei Xu Emily Youngblutt Donglin Yu Fangsi Yu Yilin Yuan Litian Zang Chen Zhang Yuqing Zhao Runze Zheng Jiani Zhou Qinyi Zhu Katie Zwicker Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Hadeel Abozenadah Dominique Aubrey Adam Bishop Estely Carranza Caitlin Castillo Marvel Davis Erikson Karacheban Meghan Kendell Andrew Leingang Obed Lopez Peter Nguyen Abigail Oswald Marilisa Pena David Solvedt Samantha Stageman Connor Thompson Marylyn Weatherly Chelsea Wiley Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies Abdullah Alhusayni Jordan Anderson Madeline Brockman Rebecca LaPorte Jordan Mottershaw Gianne Shelby Pabustan Kendall Rehn

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Julia Rentz Ian Schoen Nikki Wood Clarissa Yance Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies Katherine Bowen Cody Brown Connor Cobb Luke Cordo Patrick Duffie Rebecca Eldred Hailey Fields Peter Finnegan Michael Hansen Gabriell Harper Allyson Hiller Erica Jones Brittany Kima Madison Kuther Lara Lucero Kelli Matsuo Tessa Matthews Nathalie Olds Ovidia Ramos Samuel Reed Jaclyn Smith Jacob Storedahl Erin Taylor Ilse Virgen John Weekly Jr. Carrie Williamson Emily Younkin Bachelor of Arts in Community Health Education Eduardo Arechiga Guadalupe Becerra Hernandez Amaranta Lopez-Delao Yadira Perez Sara Weeks Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education Maria Alba Abdulaziz Alnoesser Qasim Alsalman Anna Anderson Maria Babiker Megan Baker Ashley Baxter Jessica Bergantinos Tessa Brentano Danae Challand Christiana Colasurdo Allison Conway Felicia Covey Sophia Damiani Joana Diaz Dezmond Dupree-Turner Steve Finn Hailie Flanigan Halie Footman Stephanie Foster Alejandra Garcilazo Megan Guenther Reynaldo Guevara Gabriel Heredia Esther Herrera Miranda Holloway Michael Jones Nalani Kalalau Raelyn Kanoho Safwan Khan Alyssa Little Janiva Lomas Lucila Marquez Thalia Marquez

GRADUATES Elizabeth Martinez Montesinos Jeanne McCaslin Monica Michel Ottolee Nimo Monique Norris Michelle Ornelas Zepeda Betsy Paniagua Chavez Emily Parker Shelby Paterson Lyubov Prokopovych McKenzie Ramirez Jomeisha Rankins Tylor Reynolds Bianca Roberts Jessica Rodriguez Flores Jacqueline Ross Nathan Schaller Miranda Serrau Vadim Sherman Aishia Sorbets Stephanie Springer Alexandria Teters Jessica Trisdale Meagan Urbach Molly Viles Rachelle Webber Lesley Welch Karen Zamudio

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Ahmed Almutairi Sarah Alvarado Nikolas Beltran Kyle Collins Tyler Connors Aaron Duncan Christopher Easton Brandon Hunt Kevin Hutt Justin Karcher Matherin Langley Ming Li Zhendong Ma Kimberlee Marberry Alex Orso Tanner Parker Terence Soum Applied Baccalaureate in Computer Science Ryan Rothweiler Rikki Swetzof Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Mathematics Jonathan Elliott Howard Passmore Wayne Rose Master of Music in Contemporary Music Amy Cunningham Andrew Jepson Kuan Jiang Laura Killip Miriam Means Thomas Van Denend Erin Westfall Zakory Zundel Bachelor of Music in Contemporary Music, Jazz Nicholas Lasky Shawn Thornhill

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Annika Barnett Ana Camarena Aaron Carmona Luz Chavez Sierra Alexander Deardurff Aminadab Diaz Cassidy Everidge Josue Godoy Megan Gorham Cody Jones Guadalupe Pacheco Saenz Kylie Reeves Michael Romine Irene Shipley Maira Torres Hector Virgen-Marquez Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Shyla Akins Faris Alarifi Justin Aleckson Hussain Alghamdi Sakhr Alofisan Mohammad Alshammari Brooke Baker Dominic Barbers Chadd Barbis Branden Barroga Bryant Bleth Brandon Bowen Benjamin Bower Stanley Cabanas Elijah Carrillo Ashley Castro Jonathon Clouse Keith Courtin Benjamin Crager Sara Crawford Carin Davis Jarmare Davis McKenzie Davis Timothy Dickerson Jordan Driver Nathan Etheridge Emily Flager Stephen Foley Jaime Frasieur Anamercedes Garibay Cale George McKinley Gridley Amanda Harding Rachael Huffman Alec Irby Amanda Kessel Jimmy Khang Angela Kimball Christopher Knudson Martha Kools Josie Kringelhede Jacqueline Lager Zachary Larsen Brianna Luna-Garcia Carmela Macedo Hannah Mathers Gabriel McKay Allison Miller Ryan Miller Brenna Murphy Shantel Ness Shannen O’Donnell Marcos Ordaz Munoz Ryan Painter Blanca Pelayo Kendra Pietrok Hayden Pollock Madison Post

The Western Journal Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Pamela Ramsey Nathaniel Reichenbach Isaac Reyes Marcus Risteen Jacon Roberson Aubree Rodewald Daisy Romero Oscar Santos Botello Omar Silva Tregg Smith Jacob Stigall Ben Turner Tiffany Weems Tiffany Welsh Master of Arts in Criminal Justice George Dawn Maritza Galvez-Vargas Brian Halfman Bilal Lang Rebecca Lowry Elisabeth Meriwhether Nathan Rankin Joshua Rumney Angela Schlappie-Carrasco Allison Walz Master of Science Education in Curriculum and Instruction Zahaa Alshammari Melissa Begin Kamilah Buamer Amanda Bustos Breanna Davis Timothy Forgione Caitlin Gilkey Chelsea Gill Marlyn Heath Gabriel Palmquist-Clark Teri Straley Miranda Woody

Bachelor of Science in Economics Bader Almadani Antonio Antunez De Los Santos Samuel Brady Annessa Hahn Alexsander Ivanov Mohmmed Mansouri Luke Schnee-Schrempp Surbhi Singh Shelby Worthing Ruijie Yang Bachelor of Arts in Education Christina Amsden Tyson Baker Kathleen Biggs Irene Castaneda Mariah Castro Julia Grabhorn Lidiarosa Hernandez Audrey Jones Amanda Keightley Adilene Montejano Kathryn Nance McKenzie Stepper Ashley Templeton Alexandria Tibbits Leonardo Vidal Laura White

Bachelor of Science in Education Crista Adovnik Aimee Anderson Melodee-Ann Andrada Samantha Arrant Kaylee Atchison Emily Bailey Shayne Barton Normandy Bernard Jennifer Bietschek Jeremy Bione Bachelor of Arts in Dance Regina Bliven Xinyue Chen Haley Bond Jay Hall-Schnurrpusch Rachelle Braiker Katelyn Brunker Bachelor of Science in Dance Emma Bussert Jordan Daniels Taylor Carey Carly Hill Nicole Carson Brittany Hortert Gabriela Ceja Frankie Christen Master of Science Education in Andrea Coffee Deaf & Hard of Hearing Education Anne Coleman Virginia Black Kelsey Corder Alethea Boyer Abagail Darby Carissa Martos Janell Davis Quinn Murphy Karlee Delay-Brooks Jessica Sellers Molly Dooley Aleisha Douthitt Bachelor of Science in Guy Felix Early Childhood Studies Louisa Finley Katelyn Gooding Yelena Fowler Christina Marson Allison Frost Jessica Orso Samantha Gallagher Rebecca Philippi Presley Fescher Edie Godsey Bachelor of Science in Earth Rachel Gosney Science Rachael Gould Landon Glynn Samantha Gould Harrold Hill Linzy Griffin Alicia Hubbard Lacey Hice Lee Lindley Kyle Hormann Thomas Lartin Hailey Hummer Ian McBride Katelynn Ion Kimberly Ocupe Erin Jamison Paul Rostad Jonathan Kiser Sydney Krostoski Bachelor of Arts in Economics Joshua Liner Shaotao Zhang Keeton Luther

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Linda Luu Charlene Mack Austin Markee Armando Martinez Jr. Kaitlyn Massing Marc McAvoy Ryan McKinney Karyn Mestler Emma Mochnick Emily Moe McKenna Morrell Hannah Morris Susannah Morris Carly Nitta Trevor Oja Claire Okazaki Stephanie Osterlund Emily Pahlke Shawnti Peachey Daniel Perez-Aguilar Hannah Phipps Jesse Pratt Sarah Protheroe Ashley Pundyke Kelcie Ragasa Megan Reynolds Belen Rodriguez Yesenia Ruiz-Duarte McKenzie Sargent Crystal Gayle Sarte Veronica Sedlacek Ashley Servis Tyler Sexton Raleigh Shepler Kaitlin Shuffield Robert Siewell Ian Skelton Alan Smietana Ashley Stickles Hayden Tedrow Nathan Tew Richail Vail Rachel Woollum Becki Wright Dean Wright Hailee Young Master of Science in Elementary Mathematics Instructional Leader Andrea Belleque Bachelor of Arts in English Meznah Almuqbil Brandy Balas Caitlin Bracken Sydney Culpepper Rebecca Curry Sarah Erickson Jessica Esparza Erika Fitzpatrick Breanna Gardner Madison Malot Zachery Moffatt Kameron Monk Sadie Moses Jazzmine Natale Timothy Pickle Jamal Smith Tessa Stufflebeem Emily Walley Victoria Webb Yan Yan Master of Science Education in ESOL Ali Alawami Ahmed Alsalman Maha Alzahrani Frank Asay

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GRADUATES

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Natalya Feoktistov Rebecca Gokee Brittany Lee Renae Marble Mario Martinez Garcia Taylor Standridge Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science Gregory Harris Henry Kelsey Camille Hobson Lopez Holly Johnson Meghan Link Kevyn Polanco Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science Garrett Alvarez Joshua Baggett Lauren Beard Cassidy Bek Nolan Bradley Zarrah Buitron Christine Chassman Rowan Cheney Lucas Clark Bryant Cline Amber Crigger Sean Ettinger Corbin Garner Jose Gonzalez Johnathan Hall Austin Hamilton Joseph Harris Troy Hartelius-Cook Sadie Hassler Nathan Hyland Jonathan Jones Joshua Joyner Brian Kaul Ryan King Taylor King Mariah Konyn Jessica Kropf Destiny Kuehl Kyle Kuust James Leach V Harrison Leep Kelsey Linn Alicia Looney Nicole Maurmann Adam McAdams Vianey Mora-Orozco Stephanie Morgan Shawn Murray Juan Navarro Fregoso Leah Paffrath Donovan Palmer Laura Patrick Keoni Piceno Marisa Polanco Melina Royer Mahealani Schreindorfer Spencer Schultz Tyler Sommerfeldt Melissa Souther Allison Sprecher Luke Stubbs Cody Sullivan Alexandra Vanderberghe Shannon Wagner Mashu Wakita Emily Wetherell Tyrell Williams Daniel Wolf Alexander Yett Bachelor of Arts in Fire Services Administration Jason Horton

Bachelor of Science in Fire Services Administration Ryan Adams Jack Smith Bachelor of Arts in Geography Allison Crow Bachelor of Science in Geography Elias Bedolla Soren Cullivan Courtney Donaca Jacob Ehlers Robert Patton Brandon Pike Kasey Sauvageau Allison Yamnitsky Bachelor of Arts in Gerontology Joseph Castor Aleysia Travis Isaac Elisabeth Milner Bachelor of Science in Gerontology Kauionalani Fukuda Bethany Jensen Janelle Keever Shannon Kison Emily Koons Tiffany Kottek Jessica Lewis Amanda Navolynski Sarah Niles Stefanie Oswalf Gillian Quaal Carissa Stoneberg Mariah Towner Theresa Yasen Applied Baccalaureate in Gerontology Angela Hodge Master of Science in Education in Health Patrick Blanchard Stephanie Clary Kimberly Compton Emily Kenagy Michael Royer Master of Arts in Teaching in Health Jaime Valverde Masters of Arts in Teaching in High School Christine Anderson Stefani Atkinson Kenneth Beiser Jennifer Boatwright Conner Booster Emilee Bottoms Hayden Chandler Casey Connor Callie Cooper Daniel Correa Aurel Coste Amanda Evola Ben Fillmore David Gerkman Donald Gilham Alan Handman Kyle Harrington MaLeah Haugen Jessianne Heley Michael Hofmann Andrew Johanson Jillian Johnson

Brandon Jones Matthew Jones Adeline Junker Corey King Ellen King Mackenzie Koll Jennifer Laber Ewa Lancaster Veronica Landeros James Latshaw Shauna Litts Robert McCallum Garret McLean Athena Moore Colleen Muldowney Carlie O’Connell Natalie Piper Emily Scott Cheyenne Simonsen Jesse Skoubo Andrew Small Emily Smith Cassandra Swayze Andrew Trennant Natasha Trinite Noah Weldon Erica Wiebelhaus Kersey Wilcox Jacob Williams Derek Zeis Olivia Zuercher Bachelor of Arts in History Chloe Buzzard Ashley Fierstadt Emma Foster James Masnov Dylan Vosti Emily Walley Alexa Weight Bachelor of Science in History Allan Emmons Katilyn Kirkman Tyler Larsen Ryan Steele Caitlin Tolleson Spencer Welter Bachelor of Arts in Humanities Jessica Bennett Hannah Cooper Deanna Doggett Jessica Jewell Kristina McDiarmid Mariksa Reyes

Bachelor of Science in Humanities Stevie Lamica Conner Williams Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems Dustin Evans Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Waleed Abo Alsunoon Mashari Alaraifi Khalid Albrahim Sultan Alghanem Mohammed Almozaini Sattam Alrashdi Mohammed Alzaher Julia Angelo Nathan Bickle Tyler Clardy Martin Lundgren Brittany Newman Craig Saunders

Abdulbaset Shagrun Timothy Taylor Master of Science in Education in Information Technology Jody Becker Amanda Bustos Jared Callis Courtney Daniel Margaret Dean Natalie Dunn Ashlee Foster Kevin Freedman Jenna Fromme Kathi Horne Megan Kalina Jennifer Kepka Johnny Ladnier Savannah Laney De Battro Robyn Lopez Melton Glen Moa Shelby Morgan Carlee Nelson Brooke Quinones Kristine Robertson Timothy Rude Tamie Saffell David Susnik Denise Visuano Cammila White Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Alfred Barcenas Melissa Barnes Karin Bastuscheck Stephanie Boudreau Stephanie Brunelle Rudy Camarena Lisa Courtney Donna Davis McKenzie DeVault Rikki Earle Mario Esqueda Jr. I Jorge Flores Gerardo Garibay Destiny Gibbs Madelyn Hay Whitney Heinrich Molly Hinsvark Tyrone Hollister Rachel Jolovich Erin McCown Martin Navarro Taylor Nicholson Andrea Petersen Jovany Romero Luke Schober Heather Shinn Rachel Stevens Berenice Vargas Megan Wolfer Ruth Yawata Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies Mohammed Albrahim Melissa Anderson Jeremy Austin Lindsay Austin Audrey Avgi Theresa Bailey Caleb Barsh Andrew Beardsley Kara Boaz Michael Brattain Malcolm Bruhl Cheyanne Burt Salina Cadena Cadis Chase Stockton Crowley

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Joseph Crunkilton Caleb Davis Kaylee Ells Veronica Estrada Kyle Farber Jordan Farley Jessica Foster Tyler Funk Taylor Gates Anna Gay Johnnathan Glover Dominique Harrison Claudia Hernandez Peyton Hill Susanne Hook Vincent Humphries Kym Hunt Stacy Jepson Drew Johnson Kelsie Johnson Ryan Kingsella Yanick Kulich Meghan Laird Leilani Lopes Spencer Luther Cassie Luyet Marcus Madden Ryan McGlinchey Veronica Montano Michael Mooney Elsa Moore Kyle Morell Ashley Mumey Tafatolu Naea Haley Nelson Preston Neumann Victor Nunn Chloe Olson McKenna Ontko Gabe Orso Gloria Pascual Cruz Colby Rice Courtney Royer Kylie Russell Trey Shimabukuro Robert Siewell Jordan Swartzlender Meghann Thilberg Katherine THomas Alyssa Thompson Chanel Underwood Emily Unrein Taylor Valdez Morgan VanAllen Julie Wallace Trevor Westover Jordan Wiley Korin Worthington Sam Wytoski

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Miranda Sommer Amanda Summers Ariel Warnock Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Ali Ann Artis Nicole Harwood Sandra Maloney Kristeena Thaten Master of Science in Education in Language Arts Sawsan Alismail Master of Science in Management and Information Systems Abdullah Alabdulkarim Katherine Allred

GRADUATES Mo Chen Carol Fowley Cheri Freedman Robert Galentine Bhargavi Govindu Jin Huang Christopher Izsak Kevin Javier Fengzhu Jiang Yilin Li Qin Ma Claire Mears Duanyun Mo Christian Ochoa Bingqing Tang Manogna Vadlamudi Justin Wutzke Junfen Zeng Zan Zhang Yiyun Zhu Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Jesse Aitkin Kaylee Church Anthony Dominiquez Jose Fernandez Diana Martinez-Cruz Jasmine Quang Kathryn Wilson Master of Science Education in Mathematics Timothy Crider Master of Arts in Teaching in Middle Level and High School Eric Alexander Britton Castor Matt Crichton MaCherie Doerfler Anne Eaton Logan Edmonds Chanci Herer-Tjernlund Cameron Siegal Sebastian Strickler John Worst Bachelor of Arts in Music Barry Collins Zijun Jiang Bachelor of Science in Music Keenan Richmond Nikohlas Smith Jacob Terp Bachelor of Music in Contemporary Music David Blake Tristan Bliss Jacob Bonn Ashlee Brouillette Crystal Cram Emily Dalziel David Floratos Alicia Hasty Hannah Hazelwood Yuzhou Huang Wanman Lai Jeffrey Richardson Ethan Wilson Boyu Wu Nianrong Wu Lingyu Zhu Xiaoyu Zhu Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Taylor Classen

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Bachelor of Science in Political Science Mufarrj Alsubaiy Jeffrey Clinton Michael Crowder Rebekah Degner Marguerite Mannheimer Sean Murphy Julie Postma Sabrina Riggs Ryan Ripp James Saddler Jessica Snook

Ramona Lambright Kelsie Lau Taylor Leech Isiquiel Lemos Samantha Leon-Coria Breanna McGehee McKenzie Mellow Kaitlyn Moran Jesus Moreno Nancy Orozco Danielle Payne Matthew Pearson Aaron Peasley Cesar Perales Alexis Petersen Fabiola Regla Ramos Kayla Robertson Kyle Robinson Cyntia Rodriguez Alexis Russ Sean Sachs Juan Saldana Amanda Schmaltz Sara Schouten Cassidy Somers-Rice Shyla Stacey Rebecca Stempel Bethany Swanson Annie Tarter Clarissa Toplar Amelia Turvey Phillip Van Ginkle Richard Ward Shannon Waters Amanda Williams Tashawna Wright

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Jonathan Breland Melissa Carpenter Rochelle Cochrane Harumy Cruz Elizabeth Fields Ashley Flores Samantha Garcia Marilee Harding Cierra Henderson Sarah Lundquist Jonathan Kain Laura Marin Garibaldo Yanet Ortega-Reyes Alana Rudolph Dalia Solis-Cortes Kimberly Strebin Stephanie Swertfeger Kaylyn Taylor Alexi Vuylsteke Jason Waggoner Marian Wyatt Bachelor of Science in Psychology Stephanie Aguilar Teiel Allen Marissa Angulo Eclipse Arning Shayna Babineau Savannah Bogan Dustin Bolen Megan Brauser Michelle Bromagem Jessica Broyles Brittany Cole Jill Crittenden Tyler Dankenbring Luke Dauntless Crystal De Leon Rebecca Dearborn Emily Denning Lucero Diaz Kyle Doty Zoe Dunne Pearl Dzata Rachel Espy Haylee Eveland Mitchell Fessler Emily Fleming Lorraine Fouch Kauionalani Fukuda Berenice Gabriel Mackenzie Gallo Anamercedes Garibay Austin Gehrett Isaac Golden Jirae Hogan Christine Horner Kellon Hughes Shane Ihara Erica Ilo Abigail Jensen Lori Jones Josh Keidel Charisma Kekaulike Kellie Klineke Jessy Lamb

Applied Baccalaureate in Psychology Linda Henry Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy & Administration Amy Lake Caludia Pardo Bachelor of Science in Public Policy & Administration Elizabeth Aldrich Jordan Blake Louvele Borja Rachel Danskey Cody DeCamp Erika Gutierrez Rosita Olalde Alexis Sutherlin Master of Science in Education in Reading Jenny Anderson Andrea Ashley Mackenzie Beals Alyssa Carlin Kourtney Fjelland Marianne Hatch Christina Johnson Kendall Lord HIllary Mills Hope Mwaniki Felicia Roddy Amy Shumate Kendall Smith Haley Steinbach Jessica Tucker Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling Jace Cookson Justin Johannson Ashlie Newbill

Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling for the Deaf Janelle Butler Bachelor of Arts in Social Science Ivan Acosta Lucera Alvarez Monica Ayala Candelario Vanessa Barajas Caitlin Bracken Jacquline Cloud Fidel Escalante Virginia Garcia Paola Garcia Martinez Brenda Guzman Mikala Hoffman Ileen Huerta Luna Andrew Hutchins Jasmin Jimenez Cruz Samantha Jones Noe Lopez-Salvador Laura Miranda Miranda Muller Donna Noriega Angel Ordaz Yelizaveta Petrashishina Daryn Reynolds Daniel Struble Samantha Valdez Gabriela Vargas-Rubio

Bachelor of Science in Social Science Lauren Ault Erika Azua Rodriguez Claudia Castaneda Yanez Jessica Cox Brittney Gardner Shawnee Garza Andrea Gonzalez-Escalante Hannah Guidotti Danita Harris Benjamin Kirchner Sophia Kjelland Ivan Martinez Conner Meling Thomas Misik Joshua Reber Patricia Sheldon

Master of Science Education in Social Science Mohammed Alsalman Bachelor of Science in Sociology Maurice Alfaro Alexis Garcia Kathlyn Hubbard Jillian Lee Mitchel Rubalcava Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Kelsey Bales Ana Camarena Brenda Guzman Claribel Nunez-Maciel Mario Ortiz Palafox Cyntia Roguez Jovany Romero Miguel Sanchez Cassandra Shouse Master of Science Education in Special Education Jennifer Bakke Alicia Bentley Chelsea Boone Ashley Buckle Misty Buckman Katelyn Coburn

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Natalee Dagan Sasha Davidson Julie Drescher Adria Farina-Miller Alastair Green Jocelyn Hoppy Tim LaDuke Marco Listella Patrick McLain Michelle Merritt Jeffrey Miholer Kristoffer Molloy Laura Nevel Savannah Nixon Hannah Nord Eric Palacios Shannon Parker Marcy Premo Katie Puppo Zachary Sapp Jordan Sollman Kendra Steele Cambria Sutter Sadie Tempel Corinne Thomas Micah Walker William Wehrli

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Master of Arts in Teaching Interpreting Studies Elizabeth Crane Roselia Finchera-Lening Tiffany Green Taiwo Olopade Katia Rivera Rhoda Smietanski Stacey Stevens Lisa Weems Darlene Willbeck Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts Megan Evans Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Janelle Davis Nicholas Kintz Edgar Lopez Stephen Nielson Mykel Presler Belladina Starr Zachary Warner Bachelor of Science in Theater Arts Sarah Cotter Candice Guzzetti Katya Szigethy Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Design Angello Barocio Rodolfo Garcia-Flores Yixin Kang Henan Wang Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication Design Kimberly Apilado Hailey Berg Jixu Cheng Margo Collins Chianti Dixon Makena Harries Kaylyn Hill Yilu Huang Rui Li Yihan Liu Stephanie Otis Xiaoyi Qu Tori Stutzman Chen Zhang

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The Western Journal Wednesday, May 31, 2017

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