> Flirting Pg. 10
> free speech pg. 14
> handwriting pg. 28
SPRING 2017
cir·cuit origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin circuitus, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go around,’ from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go.’ noun plural noun: circuits; noun: cir.; noun: circ. 1. A semesterly magazine created by The Whitman Wire’s editorial board and staff 2. A roughly circular route or line that starts and finishes at the same point 3. informal: an established set of venues that typically involve performance *a group of local Methodist churches forming an administrative unit *a chain of theaters or nightclubs under one management 4. A closed path of conductors around which a circulating current of electricity can flow verb 3rd person present: circuits; past tense: circuited; past participle: circuited; gerund or present participle: circuiting; verb: cir.; verb: circ.
FROM THE EDITORS
1. To move all the way around
At The Wire we believe that words matter. They carry weight. They can change people and the systems they inhabit. They can be reductive, or excessive, or just enough; they have the potential to be so true that it feels like everything is clicking into place as they are read. Language is how we understand ourselves, how we learn, how we convey that we are in love or upset or would like to please order a California-style burrito to go. This issue of The Circuit is dedicated to language in every form that it takes. You will read what distinguishes hate speech from free speech, and how tattoos can speak for themselves. You can hear our favorite non-english songs and you might even pick up a few flirting tips. Many thanks to the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC), our faculty advisor Julie Charlip, the app Slack, and most of all the overworked staff of The Wire. With love, Tywen Kelly and Martina Pansze Publisher and Editor-in-Chief 2 THECIRCUIT
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ASL and the Hearing World
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What does your handwriting say about you?
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Emociones On Satire
EDITORIAL
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Editor-in-Chief Martina Pansze Publisher Tywen Kelly Managing Editor Mayra CastaĂąeda Editors
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Chris Hankin, Kate Grumbles, Michelle Foster, Daniel Charlton, Andrew Schwartz, Peggy Li, Anthony Reale
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Chief Copy Editor Callie Brown
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Jessi Anderson, Adrienne Goves, Maddy Gyongyosi
Photography Editor Natalie Mutter
Illustration Editor Claire Revere
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Text and Image by Natalie Mutter
The practice of dance presents itself in a multitude of forms of expression. Delving into the root of this expression requires an exploration of movement initiation and generation. The dance practice of “authentic movement� invites the mover into a generative space through an intense awareness of the body. The movers close their eyes in stillness, and wait for movement to be initiated by a thought, feeling or sensation, simultaneously listening and responding to the body. In watching this practice unfold, the audience receives information that may be entirely different from what the mover experiences. To look deeper into this mode of expression and communication between both the self and the audience, three dancers shared their thoughts on authentic movement, performance, communication and the translatability of movement.
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LETTER TO STUDENTS OF COLOR
Heather Hamilton ‘18
When asking Heather what drives her to dance, she responded: “Most basically, it just feels really good to me, to express myself with my body and to get like deep inside the movement so that that’s all I’m thinking about.”
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Heather Hamilton ‘18
Heather: “There’s something I have that can be translated through photo essay by my movements and whether [the audience] receive[s] it and understand[s] in the same way that I Natalie itMutter understand it, I don’t know if it matters, but that there’s something that they can see, that I can share or give or open up between me and the audience or between me and my fellow dancers and movers.” 6 THE CIRCUIT CIRCUIT
Amara: “I think it really comes down to feeling yourself and your corporeal being, because so much of the time we’re caught up in our worries and frustrations and it’s all up here and we have to recenter ourselves and feel the ground beneath us and feel the sensations of our body, the air, the temperature. I think it’s an incredible way to learn something about yourself and find out truly how you’re doing. I get in my head a lot, I think a lot, and dance is a way for me to center myself again, and ground myself, and bring myself back to my body.”
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Amara Killen ‘21
Amara: “Really the most important way that you’re going to convey a message is if you are centered in that role as well, if you feel it within yourself. So I think there definitely is a difference in the process [of choreographing for an audience] but when you get onstage ultimately you’re doing it for yourself again.” “Dance is the most incredible form of expression for me. I think if I could take that feeling and make it into a profession or make it into something I could do every single day of my life, I would do that.”
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Amelia: “[Authentic movement] became this way to check in with my body and I was often surprised by the things that came out and this time it felt like, does my body remember this and does my body remember how to have this kind of conversation? And things don’t come up, it doesn’t just give me all that buried information right away.”
“It’s about knowing yourself and just being present.”
“I just remember coming in day after day and being like wow I didn’t realize I was sad today until I came here, and it wasn’t just doing authentic movement that made me sad, it was doing authentic movement that let me tell me that I was sad, and I think conversation or listening is a beautiful way to put that. But there’s something about it already being there.”
Amelia Bishop ‘18
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The Language of Flirting >>Peggy Li
I had a moment of panic as I faced my crush. Sitting on that itchy green grass, I could only muster a faint suggestion that we have a drinking contest. He obliged, but I’ll never forget the frustration of wishing I was just cooler, more clever, or really just wishing I was better at flirting. Flirting seems to be one of those abilities like whistling: you either can or you can’t, and the people who can tend to be extremely good at it. In movies, they make it seem so easy and natural. A good looking person approaches another good looking person at the bar, they meet eyes, talk for a minute, and then all of a sudden they walk off together. It’s all just so incredibly disingenuous. But some of us don’t actually know how to flirt. What is this infamous ‘touch barrier’ that wikihow keeps harping about? Why do people sit so close or laugh so loudly? It all so mysterious. To get to the bottom of what flirting is, and how one can improve, I went to the most qualified people about anything: my professors. Emily Jones (EJ) and Julia Ireland (JI) teach a German Romantic Poetry class, and are thus obviously experts in *~`love`~*. Luckily, they went on record for The Circuit to spread the good word.
What is flirting?
What is the role of apps (like Tinder) or social media in
JI: “Flirtation is a certain sort of playfulness,it has an element of provocation that is tied to it’s indirection - you withhold in order to draw the other person out and towards you”
EJ: “Tinder is the death of flirting, but one can flirt very effectively over social media or instant messaging”
JI: “It’s a reminder of things that could be without having to be” JI: “Flirting is an art of reading eyes”
“Note that : sexting is not the same as flirting over text”
EJ: “You’re performing yourself for someone who doesn’t know you yet - creating yourself through a set of jokes, gestures, references, memories, or bragging”
JI: “The problem with the apps is that the outcome is known, and that it’s close-ended, whereas flirting is openendedness, and sustaining of it’s own open-endedness”
EJ: “There is a sense of wanting to get something too, a desire to receive in return that’s implied by flirtation”
EJ: “Texting has added to the repertoire of flirting in totally fun ways”
EJ: “Flirting relies on the nerveshows it going, how well am I doing, are they responding?”
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What is essential to flirting correctly? EJ: “Certain degree of flirtation to starting a new friendship” JI: “Flirting is a heightening of your being” EJ: “Moment of something earnest- what is being hidden by the jokes” JI: “Flirtation without vulnerability is just sparring” EJ: “Flirting is a sport”
>>Also important to note EJ: “The line between longer term hooking up or the horrible horrible friends with benefits situation which is just awful and no one should ever do - between those things and the beginning of a relationship, it’s really hard to see that boundary sometimes. If you can’t have that sort of flirtatious friendship, it’s not going to go anywhere” JI: “You need to practice flirtation, because flirtation is about self-exposure, and you will never arrive at intimacy without selfexposure, and you can never have the connection that’s what a love relationship is supposed to be if you do not practice lowgrade forms of vulnerability, which is what flirtation is”
JI: “Pay a specific attention to someone else in a way that draws them out” JI: “I really like the wicked flirt that never resolves into anything - it’s pure potential, and then you walk away from it” EJ: “I like a good flirt for it’s own sake” JI: “Carry good books around, so people can remark on what you’re reading, like you need to carry smart books around. Nietzsche’s good, will to power is an attractor”
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EJ: “Some people don’t have natural aptitude for flirting, just like I may not have the natural aptitude for sports”
TWO WORLDS: ASL AND THE HEARING WORLD by ALEX BROCKMAN
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hen Lola Albarral Bravo and her deaf brother go to the disco, she can hear the music to some extent and her brother cannot. He is still the best dancer, though. He feels the vibrations in the floor, and from these, he senses the feeling of the song. Instead of inhibiting him from enjoying the experience, other senses work to create an experience hearing people could never have. Deafness is often misunderstood and the effects of this can be seen though Albarral Bravo’s experience with her professors and peers at Whitman and throughout her life. Deafness, rather than being viewed as a disability or something someone should be frightened of, should be viewed simply as a quality. Lola Albarral Bravo, a sophomore international student from Spain is hard of hearing, but not totally deaf. Growing up in a family of both deaf and hard of hearing family members, it has always been important to have the ability to interact and communicate in both cultures. This is because within the deaf community, there is much controversy over learning to speak when those in the hearing world often do not attempt to learn sign language.
photos by SAMARAH URIBE “I have met deaf people who don’t want to learn how to speak because they say that the hearing people don’t make the effort to learn sign language,” Albarral Bravo said. “But from my perspective, I think that it’s important for everyone to know sign language and spoken language, but also we need to realize that there are very few deaf people in the world. Not a high percent of hearing people know what being a deaf person is like. So from my perspective, it’s important for deaf and hearing people to learn both languages: speaking and sign language, so they can communicate with more different people.” The best approach to interacting with hard of hearing individuals is often misunderstood within the Whitman community and the broader world. Albarral Bravo said that by understanding deafness and giving training to members of the community, the deaf and the hearing world would be able to better interact. Albarral Bravo was taught to speak and sign early on by her parents who believed that it was important to raise their daughter not in a completely deaf environment due to
the barriers this could create. Without learning to communicate with hearing people, they worried that many she would face many barriers. “So my mom and my dad, they took me to a normal school. In secondary there were some deaf people but they didn’t want to be with hearing people because of the fact that they were marginalized–they were stigmatized. And that is true, but that’s because they didn’t have the perfect education to speak well, so people made fun of them.” Lola said that this stigma sometime stems from a lack of understanding of the struggle of lip reading; often unpronounced facial movements also leads to discrimination. Being one of the only hard of hearing student in her classes growing up and currently at Whitman has come with a lack of understanding of deafness by her instructors and peers. One misunderstanding that has occurred is confusion about her voice, which is slightly different than hearing peoples due to learning to speak without a full percentage of hearing. “I have been bullied because of my voice. I had a lot of bullying when I was ten years old to fourteen years old because
Sign for Spanish Sign Language
I know I don’t have a normal voice, but people don’t understand it’s hard for us to speak,” Albarral Bravo said. Albarral Bravo said the ignorance of others about deafness has led to frustrating and hurtful situations. Upon her first day of secondary school, Albarral Bravo was placed in special support classes without her approval and with no proof of academic struggle. Behind this placement was the assumption that deaf people do not hold the same level of intelligence as others. “I was raised as a normal student. They sent me to supportive classes on the first day of secondary school without asking me. That is discrimination,” Albarral Bravo said. Albarral Bravo said not to assume the needs of people who are hard of hearing and deaf, but to ask what works best for them. “First always ask, then provide accommodation,” Albarral Bravo emphasizes. Albarral Bravo said microaggressions towards hard of hearing people are commonplace, things like giving up speaking after two times, using others to translate and the practice of screaming in a misguided attempt to help them understand.
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Romantic “If I don’t understand something after two times, just write it down. Is it so hard for you?” Albarral Bravo said. “When you do that it hurts me, because I feel that I’m giving you more work.” Shown in the shift from the use of the term hearing impairment or disability to the use of hard of hearing, Lola emphasizes that being deaf is not a impairment, but rather a characteristic of an individual that can often enrich their communication skill and observation of social interactions. “I can analyze the gestures of people. I can know what they think without them telling me. I can also read their lips. I can speak through sign language. I know things that others will never know,” Albarral Bravo said.
One common misconception surrounding sign language is that all deaf individuals around the world speak the same language. Just like spoken language, many countries speak different languages of sign language. Lola grew up signing Spanish Sign Language and is currently learning some American Sign language (ASL). In order to have a common mode of communication around the world, the language called International Sign was created. Haley King Learned ASL in high school and is still passionate about developing her skills. She explained how ASL uses unique methods to express ideas. “It utilizes a completely different method of communicating from spoken and writ-
ten languages–in this way, it’s arguably more foreign than French might be to a native English speaker!” Albarral Bravo says she strongly believes that more steps should be taken to educate others about how to interact with people with hearing loss and deafness in academic and social settings. Emma Saas, who learned sign language in high school, emphasized the importance of educating yourself about deaf culture. “You don’t really understand, and I can’t fully either because I’m hearing, but there is a significant oppression of deaf people and a misconception of what people can and cannot do,” Saas said. “I feel like not only here ... in other places that I have studied, many faculty members don’t know how to talk to students who have a disability. I have met professors who were very nervous because they didn’t know how to communicate very well with other students. And I want the faculty members and the students to have training so they can know how to talk to a deaf student. A deaf student is not something to fear, it’s not something scary, you only need to speak more clearly,” Albarral Bravo said. She emphasized that the lack of training and resources, due to Whitman’s size and remoteness, can make it difficult for students with hearing loss to participate to their fullest potential at Whitman. “I feel some barriers here, for example, I would never go to a conference here because I
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would never understand what a speaker is saying,” Albarral Bravo said. In class Lola is provided with a transcriber, however the closest interpreter lives an hour from Whitman, making it hard for her to attend large events and talks. This lack of resources at Whitman, for Albarral Bravo, is an explanation for why more deaf students do not attend Whitman. Lola said that Whitman does try to offer resources such as note takers in her class, however Whitman’s smalls size makes it hard. Some resources that Albarral Bravo believes would be ideal are: the presence of professionals trained in working with deaf and hard of hearing people, giving faculty training, and a consistent availability of interpreters or transcriptions at lectures. “I think that is why there are not more deaf students here, because deaf students go where they have resources. Here we don’t have resources,” Albarral Bravo said. As a result of the lack of resources, Lola is the only hard of hearing student attending Whitman. While other marginalized groups can use each other’s shared experiences as a support system, no such community exists for deaf students. Albarral Bravo explained, “If you are a person of color here or an international student, you can come together with people who share the same experiences with you, but I don’t have anyone here who has shared the same experience as me.”
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Regarding the language of Free Speech as distinguished from Hate Speech KAZI JOSHUA by
“…is there no room any more for a child or young person to be a little obnoxious…or provocative, or yes, offensive”
VICE PRESIDENT FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
- Erika Christakis, in an email to Yale students in October 2015 responding to a call to exercise sensitivity in Halloween costume choices. “We are not asked asking to be coddled…(We) simply ask that our existences not be invalidated on campus. This is us asking for basic respect of our cultures and livelihood” - An Open Letter from Yale Students to Erika and Nicholas Christakis, Masters of Silliman College
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open this essay with the now famous case at Yale (I am an alumnus) in October 2015 when the Intercultural Affairs Committee sent a campus-wide email in advance of the Halloween season reminding people to be considerate in their costume choices. Erika Christakis, a lecturer at Yale and a “Master” (a residential faculty member charged with providing a learning environment out of class for students in Silliman College), responded and objected to the email. Thus, the controversy that followed. This is where we see the language coming into play. There was a vigorous advocacy on the part of free speech advocates, indicating that Christakis could say whatever she wanted and should be constrained by any conventions. The other side was arguing that: “It is not about creating an intellectual space! It is not! ... Do you understand that? It is about creating a home here!” (From the “New York Times,” Dec 7. 2015. The student is unidentified, but appears in a YouTube video that goes vi-
ral). The two sides were talking, but they were not in the same conversation. They were concerned about different things, although they were sharing the same space. The arguments on the part of students was not that Christakis could not say what she said or wrote. She did, in fact, write that email. Rather the argument they were making was that you are our residential faculty in the residential college and we expect a certain kind of community. It is important not to forget that this did not occur in the context of a class room or publication in an academic journal. It was within the general communication of campus community. Therefore, our discussion must begin with what are the purposes of free speech? To give expression to dissident views, to allow for open inquiry, a free exchange of ideas, in the context of an academic institution, we want to advance knowledge without fear that there will be negative repercussions. Indeed, this full academic year at Whitman has been dedicated to the exploration of these
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themes in several settings and contexts and as we go to press, such an inquiry continues. President Murray has spoken on various occasions about Whitman’s commitment to free speech and has articulated 4 key principles to guide the deliberation this year, most eloquently at the beginning of this academic year at Convocation. An educational institution that limits free speech is not only acting illegally, but also undermines the very purposes of education. This exchange occurs within a residential college setting, so context matter greatly. The second question then must do with: What is the kind of community we want to create? In which the kinds of quest for knowledge we are talking about can occur? This is what the students are saying. At Whitman, the Strategic Imperatives that have been developed to guide the future direction for the college have clearly articulated what kind of community we are working towards becoming: “Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values of Whitman College. Our mission focuses on educating a broad range of talented students in a college community where everyone can participate fully in the life of the college and experience a sense of belonging…where diversity is woven throughout our cultural fabric: our values, our behavior, our culture” That then is the kind of community we wish to create. Our speech then is not in the service some abstract idea of what we can and cannot say, rather it is an affirmative reflection of how we are advancing what we believe Whitman to be: A place of intellectual rigor, a place where there is no censorship, a place where the freedom of ideas, a place of learning, a place of meaningful interaction and solidarity across difference and a variety of social identities. A place where a global nomad like me can call “home,” in the way the students at Yale said they wanted Silliman College to be. I do not believe that these are contradictory values at all. Learning has historically occurred in
learning communities, and this presupposes a certain kind of climate to learn. If the key “business of the students here is to learn,” as President Murray reminded us during Convocation, then we want to remove any barriers to that business being carried out. This means that simply to claim offense is not enough to suggest that a particular interaction is inconsistent with our values, rather a critical dialogue must occur to clarify, to make the case regarding the claim being made. President Murray’s Convocation speech in August of 2017 examined this issue. “Silence, and especially silencing others, is antithetical to intellectual inquiry…we want dialogue, not monologue. Listening is as crucial a part of dialogue as talking…We want intellectually responsible speech. Assertions need to be supported with evidence, and other speaker’s evidence needs to be considered.” It is clear to me that when people marched on the University of Virginia’s campus during the summer, carrying tiki torches and screaming anti-Semitic chants, that that was hate speech. I know that when people who do not have the protections of a certain immigration status are called out by name in a public setting, that that is intended to harm them. I know that when trans people are called out in public and exposed, that that is intended to harm them. That serves no purpose in advancing knowledge or expressing political dissent to better the society. It does NOT mean it is illegal speech. In fact, hate speech is most certainly protected speech. But what purpose does it serve? Does it advance knowledge? Does it free those who are oppressed? Does it build community? I close with some of my favorite words from St. Paul: “And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and If I have faith, to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
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Photos by Natalie Mutter.
PENMANSH by Thys Reynolds
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octor’s handwriting is famously difficult to understand. Deepraj Pawar (‘19) is in the middle of interviewing for medical school, and she says that, “I’ve had some internships/ volunteer positions where the hardest part is reading their writing, which is tough when you’re entering a patient’s medication into their charts or something because you want to make sure you’re being accurate.” Given the importance of clearly understanding a doctor’s instructions, the messiness of their handwriting is surprising. To a doctor, the ultimate function of writing is the effective communication of raw information. Expression of sentiment, or personal feeling is minimized. Says Pawar, “In medicine I think handwriting’s role in conveying emotion is minimal.” Pawar raises an important point, explaining that writing, or information on paper, should only serve to introduce a more important one-on-one encounter. She explains, “I think the ratio of time the patient spends talking to the physician vs the amount of time they spend looking at the physician’s handwriting makes it so the physician-patient encounter will set the emotional tone for an encounter, rather than their hand-
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writing.” Not so long ago, handwriting was an extremely intimate form of communication, used almost universally to express emotion. Autograph books, instead of yearbooks were popular in high schools up until the early 20th century. Students would trade autograph books, and write long, beautifully expressive notes to one another in their best cursive. This same principle resonates today: receiving a handwritten letter in the mail is a special feeling. It shows that the sender of the letter made time and put in effort to write a more heartfelt message. For the first time, the 2009 Common Core standards, adopted by most states, do not require that cursive be taught to elementary school students. Given the growing prominence of computers in the education system, this trend is hardly surprising. As of 2012, computers are used in 95% of US educational institutions, and the number of computers found in schools has increased by 71% since 1999. Prof. Akira Takemoto, Japanese Language and Culture instructor at Whitman, as well as calligraphy practitioner, says that writing should be a creative process. One style doesn’t suit everybody. “Writing,” he says, “should be about the journey, rather than the destination.”
SHIP LOST To some, writing by hand is a more natural form of communication. Prof. David Schmitz, History Department Chair at Whitman says that he prefers writing by hand to computers, because the process is much more natural and comfortable. When he’s writing out lecture outlines, or even manuscripts for his books, there is no pause between his thoughts, and his ability to express those thoughts with a pen and paper. Schmitz ex-
To me, the reason I still handwrite so much is that it allows me to think and concentrate better than looking at a computer screen, maybe because I’ve been doing it my whole life. David Schmitz
History Department Chair
plains, “To me, the reason I still handwrite so much is that it allows me to think and concentrate better than looking at a computer screen, maybe because I’ve been doing it my whole life. Having the pen and paper in my hand, I don’t think about the process it’s so natural to me.” Computers, on the other hand, require an additional step in the writing process. Typing on a computer requires con-
formity to a certain set of parameters. It is not easy to quickly switch between locations on the page, write quick notes in the margins, or write with different sizes while typing. Schmitz says, “When I’m typing, even though I type hundreds of words a day, there’s still a mechanical part of it that’s not as natural. Writing’s a form of thinking, and you know, if I concentrate your mind I can just move the pen anywhere I want or make a sidebar, reach over and grab a piece of scrap paper and jot something down. There’s a continuity to the process that works for me.” Writing can also take the form of a creative, constructive exercise. Amy Zhang (‘19) spent most of her early years in China, until age 14. As a child, she learned to write both English and Chinese characters. Writing in Chinese, she explains, is a much more creative process than English. She shows me the character for ‘apple.’ She points to different symbols in the character, each one representing a related concept, a constituent part of ‘apple’ as a higher level concept. Says Zhang, “Each character means something. It’s kind of like a puzzle. Each word has a character that means something, and you add on with another word or character and it means something different. There can be a story behind a word.”
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MEANING OF THE INK
Text and Image by Afton Weaver
“The big tattoo is a piece by Keahi ‘Ahi’ Ikeda who works out of The House of Ink on Oahu. He’s actually the older brother of a close friend of mine, and I’d known since I was 12 that I wanted my first tattoo done by him (we all knew Ahi would become a tattoo artist). I gave him a personal spiel about some values and themes I consider important, and he freehanded a Polynesian design that was a mix of traditional and modern Hawaiian/Polynesian forms that aligned with those values and themes. The main themes of the tattoo are the mountains and ocean (because I love Hawaiian bodies of water), the shark and owl (my family’s spiritual guardians), and, much more abstractly, the idea of chosen family. Even though Ahi didn’t explain exactly what part of the tattoo represented which theme, it’s much more about how looking at the tattoo evokes all of these ideas for me. Tattoos are a permanent way for me to always stay mindful of where I come from, and what’s important to me.” 18 THECIRCUIT
“I feel like for other people it could be seen as a language of serenity and calmness. It brings tranquility. It reminds me to stay strong, and that even in the darkest moments, I can have dark thoughts but that I don’t have to act on them. I can just act on them another day, and by then they probably won’t even be there.”
“The original tattoo design had the word beautiful, but I much preferred ‘forever’ because the meaning of the flower symbolizes the close tie I have with my family and my dog which are forever things. My body is a canvas and this is where I keep my memories so they don’t fade away.” 19 THECIRCUIT
“Forgetme-nots represent nature, adventure and exploration. There’s an element of remembrance and making your own mark on the world that won’t ever be forgotten.”
“My brother getting his first tattoo turned into a whole family endeavor of all of us getting roses somewhere on our body that all spoke to us individually. So this tattoo is about my connection to my family in my own personal view of it through the image of a rose.”
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“I got it out of an irony of tattoos being seen as a work of art on the body. But I literally just got the text ‘work of art’ and the meanings change for me all the time. From being a way for me to view myself and view the world and view art, to just being a funny little blurb on my arm that I will have with me forever.”
“ T h e mourning dove reminds me of home. It speaks to me as a symbol of someplace where I’m safe and as a reminder of home wherever I go. No matter how far I go, I still have the dove with me as a travel companion.”
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by MAYRA CASTAĂ‘EDA
Las emociones son poderosas. Nos hacen sentir, nos hacen querer mentir, nos hacen querer huir. Nos hacen querer llorar, nos hacen querer borrar, nos hacen querer gritar. A veces nos sentimos attados, otras veces nos sentimos robados. Pero no debemos olvidar el poder de las emociones. Nos hacen sentir, nos hacen querer decir la verdad, nos hacen querer confrontar una gravedad. Nos hacen querer sonreir, nos hacen querer recordar, nos hacen querer cantar. A veces nos sentimos liberados otras veces nos sentimos generosos. Pero no debemos olvidar, el poder de las emociones.
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Playlist: Around the World Compiled by Mayra Casteñeda
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei
Anitta - Bang
MIKA - Elle me dit
For all of you who have ended up on the weird side of YouTube this Romanian song has most definitely come up at some point. Dragostea Din Tei, commonly known as “Numa Numa,” took 2004 by storm with its catchy chorus.
If you haven’t seen the music video for Anitta’s “Bang,” what have you been doing with your life? The artistry and beats go beautifully together in this hip and snazzy Portuguese track that made its debut in late 2015.
If you like/liked One Direction, this song may just be the French bop for you (I think...I never really listened to 1D). MIKA has catchy, repetitive lyrics alongside some bubbly vibes!
Drunken Tiger - I Want You
Runtown - For Life
Wisin & Ozuna - Escápate Conmigo
I’m taking it back to 1999 with this old school Korean hip hop track. Its beat and rhythm scream 90s, but those Korean bars give it a nice modern feel. If you look up the lyrics, it’s something sweet that turns a bit raunchy, so if that’s your thing, definitely give this bop a chance.
Chillest. Song. Ever. In my most recent books at least. Runtown is serving some Nigerian beats with this bop. If you find yourself bobbing your head to the beat while walking down the street or sitting on a couch, you’re listening to this song correctly.
Sensual and passionate. Two words that I think would perfectly describe this Latin bop. Get lost in some flawless falsettos and some fierce rap bars that will take your romantic air away.
Taeyang - Wedding Dress
Vanessa Da Mata - Não Me Deixe Sò
For all of my fellow peeps that wish to get married one day to the love of their life, this song will break you into pieces. Taeyang has slowed down the mood with his angelic Korean voice (and his smooth ass moves) and has made you cry your heart out since 2010, but in a good way! Sort of….?
Get ready to skip or smile from ear to ear for 3 minutes straight. Vanessa Da Mata showcases her vibrant voice by making us want to do happy things to get our minds off of the crazy shit that goes on in this crazy world.
Jatin-Lalit & Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
N.O.R.E., Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gemstar, Big Mato - Oye Mi Canto
Let’s switch gears a bit with this bright and uplifting bop. From the famous Bollywood film “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,” this song will transport you to a land of romance and love.
This classic reggaeton bop shows love to all of Latin America. Daddy Yankee makes an appearance in this fire collab and may be the only name you recognize, but trust me, all of the other artists are worth a look.
Era Istrefi - Bonbon This Albanian song will be making you feel like a boss ass bitch if you play it while you walk down the street. Just because Era mixes some English into this bop doesn’t mean you can’t make an effort to learn the Albanian parts too! *cough cough Despacito anyone?* Utada Hikaru - Hikari This one is for all of my Kingdom Hearts people. The famous Japanese video game brought us many great gifts when it came to the soundtrack. “Hikari,” was the first theme song and has touched plenty of hearts since its release in 2002.
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robot will ever experience a divorce. Some may argue that a robot could be programmed to respond to human emotions, but I argue that having a predetermined response defeats the purpose of legitimate emotional exchange. Emotions are haphazard, occurring randomly under the influence of a certain stimuli; they aren’t always easy to control. Emotions affect us all the time, but hit hardest during crisis situ-
I don’t want to imagine a world in which a child suffering from depression is forced to talk to a robot about his feelings. ations when all we want is tight hug and the promise of a listening ear. Robots cannot take the places of teachers, either. Teachers inspire and motivate students through their humanity, in part because they’ve experienced life and have the authority to pass down meaningful lessons and applicable advice. Could a robot affect a student in the same way that a teacher could? I find it highly unlikely. We’re used to hearing the age-old saying that “our teachers live at school,” and in Kindergarten, we hardly believe that our teachers are real people who grocery shop and go for runs. I’d assume that automating the classroom and substituting robots as teachers wouldn’t help the nervous schoolchild see his teacher as a human and confidant.
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ON WRITING SATIRE >>Anthony Reale
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.K. Chesterton once said “A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.” Chesterton, of course, wrote during the 19th century, a time when print culture had massive more amounts of readership and–through that–volatility than it might today. Without getting too far deep into how I feel about video killing the radio star and radio killing the authorial star, I’d like to state plainly that writing does not hold the same strength that it previously held. Writing is obviously neither dead nor dying; it has, however, taken a backseat to visual cultures. Regardless of this, we see writers adapting to the tectonic shifts in their field, moving to write for television, publishing pieces online, and producing print media–almost spitefully, I might add. Despite this fall from popularity, there definitely is a branch of the writing that will stay strong as long as politics exists: satire. Making fun of public figures has been popular since the Egyptian hieroglyphic roast sessions, I assume. Why is this style of writing safe from being phased out? Merely due to Newton’s lesser-known Laws of Satire, satire will be popular because people will always be interested in making fun of political figures and, more generally, every aspect of life. Satire struck me as any good style of writing will–difficult to master yet unbelievably worthy of the challenge. I am in no way an expert in this style of writing, but I where I might lack in quality, I overflow with quantity. I write something every week, facing no backlash from any person or group that I cover. I am shocked that I haven’t received contact about my writing–not because I’m such a good writer, such a good critic of the college–merely because I never write with all the facts fueling the article. If some aspect of my topic proves to be more interesting or funny, I hone in on that, blocking parts that I don’t see as mattering (i.e. a solution to a problem that I’m writing about.) For example, when Reid basement flooded last year, I wrote about how the Outdoor Program set up kayaking classes and opportunities. I omitted any solutions that were being implemented to fix the issue–merely because an article about how Barbara Maxwell plans to hire people to drain water from Reid basement wouldn’t be funny. I don’t look for moments of success to cover. That’s not part of my task as a satire writer. In today’s world of confusion with the news, a satirist’s job is to delineate where seriousness lies in their publication and where the jokes reside. Blending the line between these two things is not a productive task. Humor should be used to point to the problematic aspects of life in our collective campus experience. I don’t intend to conflate all experiences of campus life here–there are socioeconomic, ideological, and cultural divides that do not allow each person to experience Whitman in the same way. But there is something to say about the issues
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we all face collectively. Some problems transcend the lines arbitrarily drawn by our more openly-biased ancestors, affecting humans, not just specifically delineated demographic groups. Of course, I am trapped in a certainly strange position. As a student senator, I have chosen to censor my material, to avoid upsetting the balance I keep between the two buildings I frequent: Memorial and Reid. This balance that I’ve worked on doesn’t distract me from the work I want to do in both realms. I want to be able to say that I’ve worked successfully in both fields–both in criticizing the questionable practices the college might employ and helping write student legislation that works to fix or begin to change these same practices. In theory, I have successfully occupied two opposing roles: the criticizer and the criticized. For those of you that might be questioning which role is which, the senate seat is ‘the criticized.’ Surprise! No one likes politicians. The strange part about all this is that I can both occupy the role of politician and critic, allowing me to understand both sides of the relationship. I get to see both sides of the aisle (though those sides might be liberal and extra liberal–it’s two sides nonetheless) and can report back the various strangeness that I witness. Maybe this unique position allows me to have a knowledge of the right lines to cross, the boundaries that must be pushed instead of ignored. A large portion of my time is spent wondering what lines I should and shouldn’t cross. Some are crossed without a second thought; making fun of students’ weird quirks (i.e. Whitties never wearing shoes) always makes for a good article. Egos might be bruised, but nothing irreparable shatters. Other lines, however, cannot be crossed without good reason. Beginning a war with the administration over a few lines poking and prodding them towards the right direction–or at least my subjective idea of the ‘right’ direction–can start earthquakes. There have been plenty of article ideas that I’ve shot down (both my own and my staff’s) due to the fear of rocking the boat to the point of The Wire falling out. One might look back at the article I wrote last semester about the newly hired Dean Mooko and Juli Dunn dueling over the position that Dean Cleveland vacated. I chose to literally censor myself, adding black bars over the jokes that seemed too acerbic to publish. Although the censoring became a hilarious part of the issue, it removed the power behind the article, as it no longer looked at administrators in as critical of a way. Where does the satire page go from here? Does my staff have an obligation to be politically engaged in the way only satirists can be: aggressively critical and questioning? My short answer is no. We don’t have the same sort of presence as The New York Times, nor can I make my writers turn militant. What I can do is ensure that we produce a good page regardless of critiques. All I can promise is that the backpage will quietly keep producing content that prods our institution, in hopes that our words might show folks who have power on this campus that some things need to change.
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by Martina Pansze
The editors and production staff of The Wire usually hide behind caslon, futura, or perhaps a bold serif. In this shocking exposition, I reveal the inner personality traits of my colleagues by employing graphology, the pseudo-scientific study of handwriting.
Guess who!
Tywen Kelly ‘18: Publisher
Ella Meyers ‘21: Production Manager
Kerr Cirilo ‘18: Production Associate
Mayra Castaneda ‘19: Managing Editor
Andrew Schwartz ‘18: Feature Editor
Peggy Li ‘18: Opinion Editor
Chris Hankin ‘18: News Editor
Kate Grumbles ‘20: News Editor
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ELLA MEYERS ‘21: PRODUCTION MANAGER >>No dotted “i”: You are careful about how you spend time. >>Small letters suggest high concentration. What do you think about your handwriting? Do you like it? It’s a lot messier than it used to be. I used to be the person who people always complimented on their handwriting, now no one says that. Sometimes it looks kind of cursive-y when I write quickly and I like that more. What do you think influenced your handwriting? I learned to do cursive before print, I think you can see that. And when I write quickly during class, everything sort of slides into each other.
KERR CIRILO ‘18: PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE >>All capital letters suggests that you might be a psychopath. >>Narrow spacing signifies extroversion. >>Pointed letters suggests intensity. What do you think about your handwriting? It’s kind of intense. I dig it. The author would like to add that she wrote down “suggests intensity” BEFORE Kerr said this. What do you think influenced your handwriting? Lower case letters are harder to write, so it looks sloppier. The guise of being put-together inspires it.
CHRIS HANKIN ‘18: NEWS EDITOR >>Light pressure: You have a high capacity for empathy. >>Open letters signify that you are talkative. >>No loops suggest you are confident in your own abilities. What do you think about your handwriting? Do you like it? I think it’s crappy, but I don’t try to have good handwriting. Also it’s fast. I bet I can write faster than anyone in this room. Did anything influence your handwriting? Yes, this is important. He holds his pen in a fist. This is how I write. I used to hold it [correctly] but my preschool teacher told me to change it. Dan Charlton, news editor: Why? She was a sadist. She also told me Santa wasn’t real.
KATE GRUMBLES ‘20: NEWS EDITOR >>No slant signifies that you don’t usually show emotion outwardly >>Narrow spacing: you prefer to spend time around other people >>Larger writing suggests adaptability What do you think of your handwriting? Do you like it? I do like my own handwriting, I feel like it’s pretty easy to read and organized and at the same time it’s very fun and spontaneous. What do you think influenced your handwriting? Probably my personality and the handwriting of people I’m close to. 30 THE CIRCUIT
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MAYRA CASTANEDA ‘19: MANAGING EDITOR >>Slight left slant: You’re a bit of a lone wolf. >>A few connected letters: You make decisions carefully. >>Round letters suggest that creativity is important to you. What do you think about this analysis? I agree with [it]. I like that a lot. I want to get a wolf tattoo. What do you think influenced your handwriting? I like compact things, it’s not the smallest, but I try to not write too big. I’ve always preferred college-ruled paper.
PEGGY LI ‘18: OPINION EDITOR >>Hard pressure suggests you have high energy. >>Letter spacing: You are spontaneous. >>Long lines mean that you tend to think in superstructures. I’ve never seen such large spaces between words. What do you think that means? I think I’m an emotionally distant person. Do you like your handwriting? I don’t think about that. I usually type. It’s kind of fugly. What do you think influenced your handwriting? I’m, like, lazy. I don’t know.
TYWEN KELLY ‘18: PUBLISHER >>Long “t” crosses suggests that you are enthusiastic. >>Dot of “i” off-center: You tend toward procrastination. >>Tight loops mean you may be restricting yourself. What do think of your own handwriting? Do you like it? I’m not proud of it, exactly. I’ve accepted it. Why are your “J” and “Y” so long? Vertical lines are really fun. Like, I hate “R” and “E”, but “F”, “Y”, “J” are all really striking. What do you think influenced your handwriting? Always feeling rushed. Also, when I was younger I would only write with really tiny pencils. I think that messed up the way I write letters. I have trouble reading my own writing all the time.
ANDREW SCHWARTZ ‘18: FEATURE EDITOR >>Wavy baseline suggests uncertainty in the future. >>Dotted “i” is a strike: You are extremely passionate. >>Varying letter size signifies that you value stable friendships. What do you think about your handwriting? Do you like it? It’s kind of bad and I’m embarrassed sometimes, but I think it reflects something true. In third grade, my teacher worked incessantly to make sure I held the pencil correctly and I had one of those rubber things I had to hold. I still do it wrong, though, I hold it like a cigarette between my middle and pointer finger. It’s clearly really stupid. But if I write carefully it’s not that [illegible]. What do you think about this analysis? That’s beautiful. It’s very apt. 31 THE CIRCUIT
HOROSCOPE By Callie Brown and Anthony Reale
Leo
Aries
London Fog with a shot of whiskey Let’s admit it, you’re a bit mysterious–unexpected even. You like the fact that people don’t quite know how to peg you down. You’re the wild card, but you always know how to keep things interesting.
Gingerbread Latte
Okay, so you may be the most basic drink, but you are objectively super awesome too (even if you know it). You may get a bad rep sometimes, but people still keep coming back for more!
Alright, you holiday gremlin. You like the finer things in life, the things you have to wait for. Although some people might find your taste questionable, you know what you like.
Taurus
Strong Black Coffee If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times: you’re stubborn. You like to start your mornings with something as strong-willed as you are–and nothing says, “let’s get to the point,” quite like a cup of straight black coffee.
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Virgo
Americano You’re a realist. You know what it’s going to take to get the job done. You don’t need to sugarcoat anything; you have the follow-through that people are looking for.
Libra
Hot Chocolate
Doppio
You’re often misrepresented as being somewhat unreliable, but really you just know what you like and what you want. You’re adaptable and continue to be a favorite throughout the years. So keep doing what you’re doing, and don’t apologize for it!
You’re two shots of espresso. Straight up, concise and to the point, you are not messing around. No waffling here, Libra gets straight to the point.
Cancer
Sagittarius
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Capricorn Latte
Hey champ. You’re doing great. Some people might see you as boring, but you get the job done, right? No shame in being the slightly boring friend!
Aquarius
Unicorn Frappuccino You are out there, wild, mystical and slightly annoying. People either love you or hate you. You’re just doing your own thing either way!
Pisces
Dirty Chai
Coffee Grounds
Scorpio
Caramel Apple Spice
Reign it in, you moody son of a gun! You can never quite make up your mind, but your friends love your warm nature (even if you need a little extra pick me up every once in awhile).
Chewing coffee grounds. So edgy, so passionate. Coffee as a liquid doesn’t do it for you, so the solid form suffices.
You emotional little reminiscing baby, you! I can’t believe you loved your childhood so much! Remember not to live entirely in your memories, otherwise the world might pass you by.
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