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And The Razzie goes to …

By: Alyssa James
Staff Writer

The Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as The Razzies, is an award ceremony that recognizes the worst in the film industry. The 37th annual Razzie Awards will be covering a variety of different categories all focusing on the poor and unfavorable aspects of some of the films from 2016.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the categories that will be presented include: worst picture, worst actress, worst actor, worst director, worst supporting actor, worst screenplay, worst supporting actress, worst screen couple/ensemble and worst prequel/remake/rip-off/sequel.

I decided to look it up and consider the categories to make my own predictions of who will be awarded The Razzies throughout that infamous night of celebrating the substandard features of 2016 films. Here are my predictions of the winners for the 2016 Razzies:

Worst picture: “Dirty Grandpa”
Worst actress: Megan Fox – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows”
Worst actor: Ben Affleck – “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
Worst director: Roland Emmerich – “Independence Day: Resurgence”
Worst supporting actor: Nicolas Cage – “Snowden”
Worst screenplay: “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
Worst supporting actress: Kate Hudson – “Mother’s Day”
Worst screen couple/ensemble: “Gods of Egypt”
Worst prequel/remake/rip-off/sequel: “Zoolander 2”

The Razzies will take place on Feb. 25 at 12 a.m. PST. Anyone can watch these awards on The Razzies’ YouTube channel, “razziechannel,” or stay updated through their Facebook page or Twitter account.

Now that the stressful midterm season has just passed, it may be a relaxing and fun way to destress by getting some friends together to make predictions of who you think deserve these awards and then on the night of The Razzies, get together to see if your predictions come to be true.

Contact the author at ajames16@wou.edu

Get to know a major: bachelor of science in exercise science

By: Paige Scofield
Campus Life Editor

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, in “Get To Know a Major:” receiving a bachelor of science in exercise science.

Kristin Miller, a junior, is working towards receiving a bachelor of science in exercise science with a minor in dance. Even though she originally came to Western for its dance program, she soon realized that she wanted to switch majors.

“I hope to go into occupational therapy, and exercise science was the most applicable major that I could do and I’m really interested in keeping people healthy, and the body, and how it works and the science of it,” Miller said.

Although she switched majors, Miller wants to keep dance a part of her life and try to use it in the field of occupational therapy.

“I’d like to incorporate dance into occupational therapy somehow,” said Miller. “I think a lot of people don’t see dance as a sport, but I want people to see it as a way to exercise and keeping themselves healthy.”

There are many career fields that exercise science can put students on the right track to pursue. According to Western’s website, those careers include: hospital cardiac rehabilitation and physical therapy assistance, corporate fitness centers, athletic and health focused fitness clubs, with organizations that provide fitness and activity programming such as YMCA and Boys & Girls Club, physical educators in public and private schools, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and nutrition/dietetics.

Western’s website describes exercise science as, “the study of changes that occur within the human body in response to exercise and physical activity. Students of exercise science complete foundational coursework in general biology and human anatomy and physiology. Key areas of study within the major include biomechanics, motor behavior, nutrition, physiology of exercise, and social and psychological aspects of exercise and physical activity. Students learn how the human body adapts to various forms of movement and exercise, for purposes ranging from general health promotion and injury prevention, to rehabilitation and sports performance.”

Miller’s favorite class she took for her major was the anatomy series. “Even though it was a lot of work, I learned so much in the span of a year about the body, and I think it’s something that will help me a lot with my career.”

“Ever since I’ve changed my major, I’ve been really impressed with the exercise science major and all the professors, they’re all super nice. I think it’s a really good major for our current society, because health is such a pertinent issue and it’s a good field to get into right now because exercise is really on the rise,” concluded Miller.

Contact the author at journalcampuslife@wou.edu

Education majors learn to become competitive for the classroom

By: Paige Scofield
Campus Life Editor

The Pacific room of the Werner University Center was bustling with students the afternoon of Feb. 10, when Western held the Future Teacher Conference. Educators from across the state presented sessions on important topics for students who are studying to become educators.

“This conference is designed to help people prepare to enter the job market to get a job in education,” said Aeylin Summers, president of Oregon ASCD, “Mostly the participants are future teachers. The point of this conference today is to start to give future teachers information so they know how to organize, so when they have to go to job fairs they’re as competitive as they can be.”

The Future Teacher Conference was broken up into three different sessions, with six different choices of presentations participants could choose to go to in each session.

“They have to do with different aspects of preparation. How to think about the process of getting a job from the perspective of what a principal would want, how to think like a first year teacher, so you can prepare for a question in an interview. You can learn things from these sessions to help you organize your thoughts,” Summers said.
Western prioritizes its students and makes sure that events can be held to benefit them. This event brought in teachers and principals from all over Oregon to help students get a better idea of the field they’re entering. The Future Teachers Conference has been a long-standing annual event in Western’s history.

“This is the 12th year that this conference has been sponsored here at Western. It is the largest student chapter for future teachers in the nation, right here at Western,” added Summers. “And that’s because you have people here in your educational school that understand that for these people who are pouring their hearts and resources into becoming teachers, that [Future Teacher Conference] is a great step for them.”

This event was able to be at Western because it was sponsored by the Confederation of Oregon School administrators, the Oregon Education Association, the Western Oregon University Student Chapter of ASCD, formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and Oregon ASCD.

Contact the author at journalcampuslife@wou.edu

Month One in Trump’s America

By: Alyssa James
Staff Writer

When President Trump took office on Jan. 20, he immediately began to take action on issues that he spoke about during his campaign. On that day, per United Press International, he expelled an insurance rate cut for new homeowners which was set by the Obama Administration. He also began the process to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. UPI.com states that, “Trump’s order asked federal agencies to ‘prepare to afford the states more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.’”

Since that first day in office, he has been working left and right on presidential duties. For example, he has taken action against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, abolishing the deal that America made with Asia. According to UPI.com, this was done due to the fear that the TPP had the possibility of killing U.S. jobs. Along with that decision, President Trump made a change toward federal workers, bringing about a temporary hiring freeze; the freeze excluded military and some security positions.

A very well-known order that President Trump has put into action is the prevention of U.S. funds being used toward select health charities that aid with abortion. This order has been on and off in America since the Reagan Administration.

Another important decision that was made was in regards to the Supreme Court. As of recent, Judge Neil McGill Gorsuch has been nominated to be the replacement of Antonin Scalia.

Considering the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has received a lot of attention, an executive order was signed making the completion of the pipeline possible. With that signed, the process of creating the pipeline from Canada will begin again. In a release on Feb. 8, 2016, Energy Transfer Partners stated that, “The Dakota Access pipeline … and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline… (together, the “Bakken Pipeline”) are expected to be in service in the second quarter of 2017.”

Within the Trump Administration, there has been a number of executive orders pertaining to immigration. Federal grant money has been stripped away from “sanctuary cities,” which are cities that protect immigrants who are not authorized and giving them access to city services. It is noted on UPI.com that President Trump, “also seeks to hire 10,000 additional immigration officers, build more detention centers and prioritize immigrants for deportation.” Not only that, but many have heard and are aware of the infamous Trump Wall. Building the wall has not begun; however, he has taken action by signing an order to begin the preparation for building the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The United States visa vetting process is being reworked as well due to Trump’s presidency. This executive order demands for a thorough security check for people from foreign nations who desire to obtain a U.S. travel visa.

President Trump has initiated an order to strengthen the U.S. military. This legislation wants to rebuild our armed forces in order to increase our national and global security. Along with this, he has restructured the National Security Council, which will aid the President in choosing the best course of action on security issues. Within this new NSC, President Trump added the CIA to be a part of it.

It has been a just over a month of Donald Trump being President.

Throughout the past few weeks, there have been a large number of orders signed. If anything is certain, President Trump has been an active president since being inaugurated last month.

Contact the author at ajames16@wou.edu

Who’ll stop the rain?

By: Burke​ ​De​ ​Boer
Sports​ ​Editor

Wolves baseball is eager to get its season started, but the season doesn’t want to start for Wolves baseball.

A slated double header against Concordia in Monmouth was rained out at the start of February. In last weekend’s trip to Fresno, the rain allowed only two games to be played out of a scheduled four.

Western Oregon garnered a 1-1 record out of the scheduled six games.

The first game of the season saw Western trail 5-4 before putting up a three-run eighth inning to rally over Fresno Pacific.

Sophomore shortstop Garrett Anderson scored two runs in the 7-5 victory. Sophomore first baseman Koty Fallon hit in two RBIs.

The second game had excellent pitching blaze five scoreless innings. Senior right hander Elias Bedolla was pitching a no-hitter going into the sixth inning when everything went upside down. The first run came on an RBI when Bedolla hit the Fresno batter with bases loaded.

Western Oregon would commit two errors and give up a total of seven runs, three of which were unearned.

Western lost the second game, 0-7.

The Wolves are in San Diego this weekend. NBC San Diego reports rain in the forecast.

Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu

“Out and Proud,” a time for the LGBTQ+ community to shine

By: Paige Scofield
Campus Life Editor

The Multicultural Student Union and Triangle Alliance came together to create the event, “Out and Proud,” an event that is described on Western’s website as one that, “celebrates and explores the various cultures and ethnic backgrounds that are within the LGBTQ+ community and recognizes their challenges as well as celebrates their achievements and success.”

In the late morning of Feb. 8, there was a Queer People of Color panel in the Willamette room of the Werner University Center to create a discussion about queer people of color and the difficulties and achievements they face as a double minority.

That evening at 6:00 p.m., there was a dinner themed “Let Your Colors Burst,” with keynote speaker, Maria Peters Lake, who dubs herself a “Lesbian drag queen.”

One of the planners for the event was, Katherine Macias-Torres, a sophomore nursing major, who is a campus advocate for the Multicultural Student Union. Their job is to work with other clubs and organizations on campus to see how they can work together to bring awareness to campus.

“‘Out and Proud’ is an annual event that we throw and it’s in cooperation with Triangle Alliance.” Macias-Torres stated, “It’s an important event because being a person of color within the LGBTQ+ community is like a double minority, it’s definitely something that is overlooked by a plethora of different groups. I really like the idea of having an ‘Out and Proud’ event because it’s like, ‘hey, we see you and we acknowledge you and you’re important.’ I think it’s important to bring that to light.”

After dinner was served, Maria Peters Lake took to the microphone to discuss what her life was like growing up gay in a family that didn’t acknowledge or discuss the LGBTQ+ community, and growing up to become accepted and loved by those around her. Lake is a big figure in the LGBTQ+ community and has served many different positions in the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court, one of Oregon’s oldest LGBTQ+ organizations. Lake also had various fundraising efforts to benefit the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship Fund: a scholarship for undergraduate students in the LGBTQ+ and allied community.

On Feb. 10, Triangle Alliance hosted the Black and Red Ball in the Pacific room of the Werner University Center to finish the “Out and Proud” event with a slam-bang finish. This event was to create awareness as well as to raise money for the Cascades AIDS Project.

Contact the author at journalcampuslife@wou.edu

Wolves on a hot streak

By: Burke De Boer
Sports Editor

Men’s basketball continued its dominant streak with two wins at home last week.

This extends the winning streak

The Wolves beat St. Martin’s 82-73 in a Feb. 2 home match. Junior forward Tanner Omlid lead the scoring with 23 points.

The defense shutting St. Martin’s down opened the door for a lot of points, as the
Wolves forced 16 turnovers and scored 22 points off of turnovers. Junior forward JJ Chirnside grabbed 8 rebounds and made 3 blocks, while Omlid added 5 rebounds, six steals and 2 blocks of his own.

Chirnside also contributed 15 points of offense.

The game saw a few lead changes as the teams sparred through the first half. But after halftime it was all Wolves. Western Oregon lead by as much as 16 throughout the second half on their way to the 9-point win.

Three dunks were slammed in by Omlid and Chirnside through the second half.

Tanner Omlid continued to put on a clinic when Seattle Pacific came to Monmouth on Feb. 4. He scored 18 and made 15 rebounds on his way to a double-double.

The Wolves took down Seattle Pacific, 84-70 in the GNAC Game of the Week.

Junior guard Ali Faruq-Bey and JJ Chirnside both put up 17 points. Coming off the bench, junior guard Demetrius Trammell scored 11 to make it four – Wolves with double digit points.

Trammell lead the much stronger bench performance, which saw the Wolves’ reserves score 27 while the Seattle Pacific bench was held to four. Senior forward Yanick Kulich also contributed 8 points in 10 minutes off the bench.

“We are just playing a lot harder and we’re all on the same page now,” JJ Chirnside said on the team’s recent form. “We’re moving the ball well and getting better on the defensive end. We’re getting stops which leads us to transition points.”

The Wolves are on the road this week, and will face Western Washington, one of the last teams they lost to before going on the win streak.

“We’ve learned a lot from them,” Chirnside said. “We just need to keep getting better everyday ‘til then.”

Western Washington are the top-ranked team in the GNAC, but have only a single game advantage on the third-ranked Wolves.

Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu

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