2018 – Page 39 – The Western Howl

Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor

When you test out a new mascara to see what it can do for your lashes, do you think about the animals it was tested on before it reached stores? When you’re applying your eyeliner in the morning, do you think of how those ingredients were applied to an animal’s shaved skin, causing incredible irritation without any pain relief, before you were able to purchase it? The sad reality is many cosmetic brands that you’ve been using for as long as you can remember are guilty of exposing animals to the harsh testing done to create those different products. According to onegreenplanet.org, while animal testing is not required by the Federal Drug Administration, there are still 100 million animals that are subject to these painful tests every single year.

If you were unaware of this, or if you were aware but simply could not find a good option to replace the cosmetics you use now, I’ve compiled a list of cruelty-free options that will make it an easy transition away from brands that choose to test on animals.

You don’t have to say goodbye to the looks you know and love; instead, just recreate the new look with cosmetics that won’t cause anyone pain. Because when it comes down to it, beauty shouldn’t hurt — for people or for animals.

Foundation

If you used: MAC Pro Longwear Foundation

Try instead: Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation, priced $35 at Sephora

Mascara

If you used: They’re Real Benefit Mascara

Try instead: Milani Lash Trifecta Mascara, priced $7.99 at Target

Liquid Eyeliner

If you used: Maybelline’s Line Stiletto Ultimate Precision Liquid Eyeliner

Try instead: e.l.f. Cosmetics liquid eyeliner, priced $2 at Target

Blush

If you used: MAC Powder Blush

Try instead: Too Faced Sweethearts Blush, priced $26 at Macy’s

Eyeshadow

If you used: Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow Slate

Try instead: Urban Decay Naked Basics, priced $19 at Ulta Beauty

Contact the author at chealy16@wou.edu

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MVP Corner: Lillard Time

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor

The NBA’s 2017-2018 season will be one to remember. James Harden and LeBron James have played up to MVP standards and, while both are heavily favored for the award, Damian Lillard’s breakout year should also be worth consideration. He’s had an MVP type year, no doubt, and here are a few unique reasons why.
Let’s break away from the obvious as Lillard’s helped the Portland Trail Blazers surpass expectations by sporting records better than San Antonio and Oklahoma City, teams with multiple stars. He’s upped his game in shooting, passing and even defense apparatuses this year. Without him, Portland certainly wouldn’t be where they are now. But MVP caliber seasons have something that sticks out from the rest.
Last year, 42 triple doubles, the most ever in a season, helped award Russell Westbrook the MVP. Lillard certainly has a few things up his sleeve this year, too, that puts him in MVPn conversations among NBA pundits. Known in his career for clutch performances during crunch time, the numbers tell it this year and should help place him in consideration for the award.
Down to the wire is where it counts — it’s what fans remember. Everybody remembers MJ and Kobe’s clutch moments. This season showed that Lillard is better than both Harden and James by a mile when the game’s in the balance. In one of the most clutch situations — the free-throw line — Lillard has followed through making 33-36. This was when the game was under five minutes left while neither team was ahead by more than five points, according to NBA Miner.
If stretched a few feet further out to three-point, he’s still better than Harden and James when one considers this interesting stat: Lillard improves his three-point percentage in clutch situations by .385. James drops by .045. Harden declines by .067. In fact, both drop off drastically in free-throw percentages as well.
When one remembers remarkable MVP-like seasons with wire-to-wire finishes — and Lillard’s had many — they’ll remember his time. That’s now.

Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu

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Wolves get even with Cavs

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor

A move to Concordia’s softball facility in Portland changed Western’s playing field as rainouts caused a shift of four home games. But the Wolves evened up the series from April 14-15.
Game one went to the Wolves and their junior pitcher, Haley Fabian, who took command, carrying them to a 3-0 victory. The Cavaliers could not get more than three at-bats throughout the innings. In all, Fabian threw 5 strikeouts, and allowed only three hits and a walk. Fabian’s pitching helped open up the game for the offense to score, running three in, in her complete game shutout.
Concordia was kept scoreless to start the second game as Western’s junior infielder Ryanne Huffman led the way. With 18 runs batted in on the season, she showed for it after a triple allowed for her and first-year utility Tyler Creach to score it 2-0. The game was a back and forth jostle after Concordia came back slashing to a 3-2 lead. The Wolves loaded the bases in the fifth that helped tie the game and returned the advantage in the sixth, 4-3. But the Cavaliers found their niche, and scored four straight runs in the final inning for the 7-5 win to tie the series.
The Wolves’s early batting order has had a knack for striking initial momentum in games this season and set the pace for the rest of game three. Creach, usually first in the batting order before Huffman, who’s hit to a .405 batting average with 10 RBI’s up to game three’s meeting, did so. The speedy utility scored on all four at-bats shaping the game in Western’s favor and eventual win, 8-4, and series advantage.
Concordia, however, wanted to even things up and made that clear in the final meeting. They’d score six runs up until the seventh. Sophomore outfielder Ayanna Arceneaux and Creach found RBI doubles one right after the other to help score three, but it only avoided a shutout as the Cavaliers prevailed, 6-3, to even the series.
Softball’s scheduled for another four games from April 21-22. They’ll go toe-to-toe with the Montana State-Billlings Yellowjackets. The first throw in game one is at noon. The games are subject to change in case of rainouts.
Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu

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Bringing students together, one egg at a time

Sam Dunaway | News Editor

The WOU Student Veterans of America and Residence Hall Association took on the role of the Easter bunny during the second week in April, for their second annual Easter Egg Hunt. Eggs scattered around campus invited determined students to take part in the search in order to win prizes and candy from the veterans center.

WOU Student Veterans of America president Shane Follett explained that the Easter Egg Hunt was an idea brought back from the Student Veterans of America National Conference in 2016. He was excited to implement something that would get student veterans involved on campus.

“For me, the primary purpose is to get that interaction between military and non-military affiliated students,” Follett expressed. The event also helped advertise the center itself as a place where both veterans and non-veterans can hang out, do homework and connect with other students.

“It lets people know that the vet center is here, we do have one on campus,” said Follett. The 2017 Easter Egg Hunt helped to build connections between student veterans and the community, which is one reason why the club was named Chapter of the Year at the 2018 SVA National Conference.

Members of SVA and RHA woke up bright and early every day, sometimes in the middle of the night, to hide nearly 75 eggs along Monmouth Ave. There they waited until students came to campus in the morning and began to search.

Instructions inside the eggs informed students to stop by the Veterans center to claim their prize. This included board games, candy, bluetooth speakers, Rokus, iHomes and the grand prize of a 50-inch 4k TV.

Follett enjoyed seeing students walk into the veterans center with excitement and walk out with a prize.

“It is getting people in the door. They are coming in and interacting with veterans that they may have had a class with and not even known they were a veteran.” He also noted that there is a stigma that exists around veterans, and events like these help to break that down. Follett explained, “It’s definitely getting the larger student population more comfortable around veterans.”

Contact the author at journalnews@wou.edu

Photo by: Paul F. Davis

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Graduation checklist

Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor

As the year begins winding to a close and the excitement of the quickly-approaching summer sets in, another emotion is felt by many of those who are on track to graduate this June: a mixture of stress, fear and, ultimately, relief. As if dealing with all of that isn’t enough, there’s also the need to remember several dates that are critical for graduating on time.

To help get you through this period of uneasiness, here’s a list of all the dates you should remember and prepare for. Finish the year out with confidence, knowing you’re up to date on all of the items on your long to-do list. Good luck with rest of the spring term, and make sure to stay on top of all the deadlines and dates necessary before you get that final sigh of relief this June.

Make sure that your DegreeWorks is correct and all of your necessary requirements are in order as soon as possible. If something seems off, go to the registrar to get it all worked out.
Sign up for commencement on your WOU Portal
April 20: Approved substitutions and exceptions towards your degree requirements must be fully completed and turned in by this date.
Week five: Reply to the email regarding any necessary name-changes on your diploma.
Mid-May: Make sure that all of your announcements are sent out and get any graduation party planning done well ahead of time.
Order all of your graduation supplies, such as your cap, gown, frames and graduation announcements, from Wolfstore. While they will carry these items up until commencement, they can’t guarantee they will have everything in stock that long. Order online at books.wou.edu by May 29 to avoid extra shipping charges and make sure it arrives in time.
Week ten: Submit your diploma mailing address.
June 16: Commencement Day. Students who have graduated in the previous summer, fall or winter terms are eligible to attend the spring commencement ceremony. Those who have applied to graduate in spring may participate in the ceremony. And finally, undergraduates who will be graduating in summer or fall may also participate in the ceremony.

Contact the author at chealy16@wou.edu

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Annual One Act Festival coming to Rice Auditorium

Kevin Reed | Entertainment Editor

The One Act Festival is a celebration of student involvement in the theatre department by giving plenty of students the chance to direct and put together their own short single act plays. There are eight different plays being performed at the festival this year and each is student acted, directed and produced.

The students involved get to practice their theatre skills in whatever role they are in to better prepare them for the real world of theatre and acting. With so many different one acts, viewers can really get a taste of almost anything.

“The one-act festival is fun because there are so many different shows going up that you are sure to see something you will like,” said Rory Krehbiel, director of “Canker Sores and Other Distractions.” “Each director picked a completely different kind of show making this a hodgepodge of comedy, tragedy, and melodrama.”

Many of the plays have been selected from writers and playwrights like Mary Miller, Christopher Durang, Rob Urbinati and Sam Shepard.

Because the overall time for them to rehearse and put the acts together was a short three weeks, directors and actors have both had to use every bit of time they have to make their act as perfect as they can. Many of the plays involve simple sets and costumes because of how the festival is formatted. Each director and actor is putting their heart and soul into these one acts to make sure they captivate the audience throughout the entire act.

“Fourteen Hundred Thousand” is a short play being directed by junior Hunter Atkin that was written by playwright Sam Shepard.

Atkin shared his reasoning for choosing this playwright for his act: “Shepard is a great playwright because he has this really specific way of writing, because his characters act realistically but their actions and the things they say are out of the blue and strange. Often the dialogue doesn’t make sense because it’s less about the dialogue and more about the relationship between the characters.”

In “Fourteen Hundred Thousand,” a husband and wife move into a new home that’s 10 stories up, and instal a new bookcase that holds fourteen hundred-thousand books. Atkin is new to the directing world. Because of his recent exposure to it, he believes he has found his calling in directing. Atkin described this “This year is a really big year for directing for me, because I have never really directed. I’ve acted a lot more than I have directed … The more I do it the more I actually really enjoy it and I think I’d like to pursue directing in the future.”

“Canker Sores and Other Distractions,” a play written by Christopher Durang, is being directed at the festival by Rory Krehbiel.

Krehbiel described the play: “‘Canker Sores and Other Distractions’ is ‘bout a couple who is trying to get back together after several years of being divorced. Their reunion, however, soon dissolves into fighting.”

The author Durang has been known for his comedic playwriting bordering the extreme. Krehbiel described her thought process of choosing this play to recreate; “I knew I wanted to direct a comedy from the moment I got accepted to work on this project. My concept has definitely been the idea of perfection and then disruption interrupting it. A visual for that might be a quiet lake and then someone starts throwing rocks into it.”

“Hazelwood Jr. High” is a thriller story about a group of middle school girls whose classmate has just been brutally killed. Originally written by Rob Urbinati, this short is both dark and thrilling. Mindy Mawhirter and her crew will be recreating this chilling play.

Another play being displayed at the festival is “Ferris Wheel” written by Mary Miller, and directed by Carina Ramirez, a fifth year Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre major. This play takes you through the course of what happens when a woman, who’s scared of heights, and a man who just quit smoking are put together on an old creaky Ferris wheel.

“I’m really excited to finally see the play performed,” said Ramirez. “I’m also happy knowing that I was able to extend my experience in theatre by adding directing to my profile.”

Other acts being preformed include Roseanna Beth Whitlow’s “Thistle Blossoms,” a chilling drama between a college student and her strict professor, being directed by Alex Schlientz; “Studio Portrait,” a bittersweet comedy by Arlene Hutton about photographer and his nervous subject, directed by Nicole Gebbie; “Playwriting 101,” being directed by Tera Lopez, originally by Rich Orloff about an instructor teaching his class the art of playwright; and “The Adventurer’s Club” by Damian Woodsbeing, a story of a group of young adults putting together an adventure plan, directed by Kevin Huang.

The festival runs April 19-21. Viewers will be given a wide variety of plays to watch from thrillers, to comedy, to bizarre drama and tragedy. Tickets will be $3 at the door. Each team is hoping to showcase the work they have been putting together for weeks for attendees and take them away to a whole new place for a short time.

The festival gives anyone who attends a little bit of everything from drama to comedy and gives theatre students a chance to branch out and try taking the role of director.

Contact the author at kreed17@mail.wou.edu

April 19th and 21st at 7:30 at RA 113

Fourteen Hundred Thousand

The Adventurer’s Club

Hazlewood Jr. High

Canker Sores and Other Distractions

April 20th at 7:30 and 21st at 2:00 in RA 113

Thistle Blossoms

Studio Portrait

Playwriting 101

Ferris Wheel

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Here is what’s in a name

Stephanie Blair | Copy Editor

Every year on Yom HaShoah, these disturbing little flags are planted around campus to educate passersby about the effects of the Holocaust and — debatably — honor those whose lives were lost in concentration camps. There are different colors for different groups, and a key so you can read which groups are represented by what.

It is this sign that I take issue with. Having attended Western for four Shoahs now, I am disappointed to say that Western’s signage still uses an ethnic slur to refer to an affected group: the Roma and Sinti tribes. The word I’m referring to, which I’ll write just once in it’s full form for clarity, is gypsy.

And that may not seem like something upsetting to you. It’s a word that, as Americans, we were raised to associate simply with the idea of being a free spirited nomad. We heard it in a Fleetwood Mac song, we know the Broadway musical — even recently, Netflix has released a show under that name, Lady Gaga released a song with that title in 2013 and “Saturday Night Live” used the word freely in two skits in the last two weeks. This is a present issue even today — even on our campus, so let’s take a quick history lesson.

“Europeans imposed the word “g—y” on Romani when they came to Europe, believing that we originated from Egypt because of our dark features,” the National Organization for Women explained in a blog post. “Romani have a history of persecution in Europe; it is estimated by Roma historians that over 70 to 80 percent of the Romani population was murdered in the Holocaust, a fact that is little known or recognized. Even lesser known, Romani experienced chattel slavery in Romania for over 500 years ending in 1860.”

A name given to a racial group by white Europeans who were then oppressed by said white Europeans and whose culture is now used as a cheap costume for Halloween and “festival” season. It feels so familiar…

Not to mention that Roma women, stereotyped as sexually loose and untamable, were forcibly sterilized in Europe as recently as the 1990s. So, there’s that.

Which brings me back to this sign. If this had happened once and then been corrected, this piece wouldn’t be published. But the organizers of this event have been approached before, yet no change has come.

So now, in a free publication, I’d like to make a public call: change the damn signs. I’m in my last term of my senior year and I have 600 print credits — I’ll reprint them for you. I really don’t mind. I think it’s a negligible cost to respect the dead, as well as the living.

Contact the author at sblair13@wou.edu

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