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Thanks for the memories: DIY memory book

Rylie Horrall |  Lifestyle Editor

As the school year comes to a close, students may find themselves looking back on the memories they’ve made throughout their time at Western and want to memorialize the experiences they’ve had. A way to do this is to create a memory book filled with significant things and events from a specific time period.

To start, grab something to use as a base — this could be an unused photo album, a notebook, a sketchbook or something similar. Additionally, Amazon has scrapbooks and similar items that can be bought online, if that’s preferred. 

After finding what will be used, plan out how pages will look. Memories and photos can be organized chronologically, by events, milestones or themes, to name a few options. These can be printed at home, a store or even ordered online; to save money or express more creativity, a person can recreate their favorite photos through drawings or paintings.

According to mimeophotos.com, it’s also common for people to include text, illustrations, clippings and various mementos in their memory books. This can add more meaning to the project as a whole if it’s filled with things that have meaning — concert tickets from throughout the year, buttons purchased from attended events, a pressed flower from a gift or postcards from trips. Adding in text and drawing doodles across the section could be an opportunity to play with fonts and themes on each page. 

Finally, while including the positive things that occurred in a time period, it’s also important to incorporate the difficult experiences, if the person is comfortable with doing so; they may have been unpleasant, but they still happened and were overcome, so why not acknowledge the fact that they came and went? This helps to create an accurate representation of a person’s life, and show that both good and bad times will always come around.

Contact the author at rhorrall17@wou.edu

Photo by Rylie Horrall

WOU Bites provides recipes for students learning remotely

Rylie Horrall | Lifestyle Editor

Many students, if not all, are currently doing remote learning for their classes due to the closure of campus. As a result, the dining options available on campus — such as Caffe Allegro, The Press and Valsetz Dining Hall — have also had to close their doors to students. However, WOU Bites has begun posting recipes on their various social media platforms for students to try at home.

“Our team has spent the last month planning, cooking and filming recipes that students can replicate right at home,” stated Marketing Program Assistant of Campus Dining Tatianna Brock, going on to say that their goal was to bring comfort to the students.

According to Brock, WOU Bites is creating and posting tutorials on how to make some of the meals that are favored the most by students. Recipes are chosen by the Assistant Director and Assistant Manager for Campus Dining, which are based on what ingredients they currently have available for the more popular dishes.

Currently, the instruction videos for homemade alfredo sauce, teriyaki sauce, chocolate crinkle cookies and guacamole have been posted on social media — @wou.bites on Instagram, ‘WOU University Housing and Campus Dining’ on Facebook and WOU Bites on YouTube. Brock says that more are coming as well, such as a recipe for curry, miscellaneous breakfast foods, more of Pam’s Desserts and “more fun recipes we created.” 

In addition, Brock created a home page for students to look at previously posted tutorials, request recipes and give feedback, which can be found at the link wou.edu/dining/recipes/. The website also has a section titled ‘Cooking Basics,’ which gives students tips on how to cook rice and boil pasta.

The recipes are posted on social media every Wednesday and uploaded onto the homepage for students to access at later dates.

“We thought this would be a fun and creative way to still stay connected with students who are taking classes remotely! Hopefully bring a little bit of WOU to them,” Brock said.

Contact the author at rhorrall17@wou.edu

Photo courtesy of Tatianna Brock

Students artwork to be represented online

Never Retallack |  Entertainment Editor

In a year where everything is shifting and time is spent at home, the WOU Art Department and Cannon Art Gallery have decided to continue on with their 52nd year of the Juried Student Art Exhibition which will now be in online format.

When talking with Paula Booth, the gallery director for Cannon, she said that 32 students submitted their work this year which was more than she expected. 

“We are being very flexible with photo quality since many students do not have access to professional photo equipment at home,” said Booth on the subject of students needing to send in five images of their chosen artwork.

Any student who attended Western in the last year, regardless of their major, was allowed to send in their artwork. 

“Students submit work that they have completed during the last year, and professional jurors — professional practicing artists from around the region, the juror or jurors are different each year — look over the work and, based on artistic criteria, decide which work will or won’t be a part of the exhibit.” Booth mentioned how having a juried art exhibition is good practice for the students and looks impressive on their resumes.

The jurors selected which art would be in the gallery on Sunday, May 24 and even chose the “Best of Show” award which will come with a cash prize. But it’s not all about the money.

“I hope that by giving students an opportunity to share their work with their families and the WOU community in this way, they can feel proud of what they’ve accomplished this year!” Booth said. Booth’s goal for the gallery is a positive outlook and one that is needed for the strange times students and staff are going through.

There are diverse styles of art, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, drawing, video, animation and graphic design. There are also videos of graduating students’ Academic Excellence Showcase presentations available online.

This year’s jurors are Ariella Tai and Rubén García Marrufo, who both bring different expertise and perspectives to their decisions. Tai is a video artist, film scholar and independent programmer from Queens, New York, who is interested in Black performance and culture in film, television and media studies.

Booth says Marrufo is “a Mexican filmmaker whose work focuses on borders, the separation from place and its aftermath and an american installation artist. It finds its place between fiction and documentary video forms with narratives that are rooted in hearsay of multiple languages.”

More information when the art has been selected will be availble at https://wou.edu/art-and-design/cannon-gallery-of-art/.

Contact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu

Photo by Rachel Hetzel 

The year through song: Western Howl’s playlist

Western Collective

As this turbulent and trying year comes to an end, the staff at The Western Howl have compiled songs that relate to this year, or have gotten them through it. For those who are interested in jamming along with us, look us up on Spotify at TheWesternHowl.

The Weepies — “The World Spins Madly On”

Panic! at the Disco — “New Perspective”

Megan thee Stallion (feat. Beyoncé) — “Savage Remix”

Weathers — “I’m Not Okay”

MAGIC GIANT — “Disaster Party”

KYLE — “All Alright”

Ieuan (feat. Commonminds)  — “Over the Garden Wall”

Superorganism — “Something for Your M.I.N.D.”

Fall Out Boy — “Thnks Fr th Mmrs”

All Time Low — “Wake Up, Sunshine”

BIGBANG — “SOBER”

Asyndenton — “Ascending Heaven” 

Afroman — “Tall Cans”

EARTHGANG — “This Side (A COLORS SHOW)”

Future ft. Kendrick Lamar — “Mask Off”

Get cozy with these funny graduation films

Rylie Horrall |  Lifestyle Editor

As the year comes to a close, some graduates may find themselves wanting to have a movie binge night — whether it’s virtually with friends or in person with those they’re social distancing with. A great way to do this would be with some classic graduation films. Get cozy and check out the list of movies below.

  • “Legally Blonde” (2001) (Amazon) — A woman beats the ditzy-blonde stereotype by attending law school and graduating at the top of her class at Harvard Law.
  • “She’s All That” (1999) (Hulu, Showtime) — Popular guy and artsy girl make a bet to see if they can make the artsy girl prom queen.
  • “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” (2008) (Disney+) — The gang’s ‘all in this together’ as they navigate their senior year and graduation.
  • “Adventureland” (2009) (Hulu) — A college grad moves out to Europe for graduate school and falls for his amusement park co-worker.
  • “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986) (Netflix) — Right before graduation, a group of friends duck out of school for one last hurrah.
  • “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999) (Hulu, Disney+) — A senior focused on finishing high school and going to college is set up with the new kid so that her little sister can go on a date.
  • “Booksmart” (2019) (Hulu) — Two academically strong seniors try to catch up on the special moments from their teen years on the night before they graduate.
  • “Accepted” (2006) (Hulu) — A fake university is set up by a senior to fool everyone into thinking he’s attending college, but then many other students also try to attend the nonexistent university.
  • “Life of the Party” (2018) (Amazon) — A freshly dumped housewife returns to college for a journey of self-discovery.
  • “Dazed and Confused” (1993) (Hulu) — Crazy shenanigans ensue on the last day of high school for a group of rowdy teenageers.
  • “Into the Wild” (2007) (Hulu) — A recent college graduate donates all of his money and gets rid of his possessions before setting out on a journey in the Alaskan Wilderness.
  • “Reality Bites” (1994) (Hulu) — A woman creates a documentary about herself and her friends after college.
  • “The Social Network” (2010) (Netflix) — Following Mark Zuckerberg post-graduation and the creation of Facebook.
  • “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006) (Amazon) — A college graduate with big dreams starts a job at a magazine firm as an assistant to a dubious editor.
  • “Superbad” (2007) (Showtime) — Two best friends try to handle the last couple weeks of high school by throwing a giant house party.
  • “The Graduate” (1967) (Hulu) — A recent college graduate moves back home with his parents and tries to navigate post-graduation life while avoiding the question, “what do you want to do with your life?”

Contact the author at rhorrall17@wou.edu

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Graduating senior athletes

Hannah Greene |  Sports Editor

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the spring season for athletes across the country to be canceled — a lot of these athletes being seniors and ready to graduate. Below is a list honoring the senior Wolves here at Western. A huge congratulations and recognition of your hard work is in order. Note: some athletes listed below may come back for an eligible season.

Men’s Baseball: Mitchell Hulse, Hunter Johnson, Blayze Arcano, Tyler Brandenburg, Alan Vasquez, Cam Nowack, Connor McCord, Cole Carder, Logan Hatley, Nathan Bonck, Justin Dolezal and Joshua Mcintyre.

Women’s Softball: Chandler Bishop, Nicole Miller and Kennedy Coy.

Men’s Basketball: Jaylyn Richardson, Dalven Brushier, Riley Hamilton and Jaquan Horne.

Women’s Basketball: Shariah Green.

Men’s Cross Country and Track and Field: Justin Crosswhite, Stephen Fey, Sawyer Heckard, Derek Holdsworth, Zach Kanelis, Hunter Mosman, Max Carmona, Adam Alnazer, Dominic Giordano, Austin Goldstein, Curt Knott, Mitchell Kruse, Nick Sieber and Chris Steffey.

Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field: Rachel Bayly, Danel Camacho, Grace Knapp, Cassie McKinney, Grayson Burke, Olivia Jimenez and Kendra Zimmerdahl.

Men’s Football: Braelen Evans, Tyler Reid, Nico Jackson, Ty Currie, Joey Roos, Derek Parnell, Nate Proctor, Aaron Turner, Joseph Gonzalez, Anthony Kennison, Court Hammond and Tyrell Cummings. 

Women’s Soccer: Alex Qualls, Kaili Brundage, Kaitlin Poe, Jacky Beristain, Isabelle Creighton and Selene Konyn.

Women’s Volleyball: Allie Spear and Sianna DeCarli.

Contact the author at hgreen18@wou.edu

Photo by Hannah Greene

2020 Summer Olympics canceled due to COVID-19

Hannah Greene |  Sports Editor

Every four years, the most elite athletes come together to compete, to represent their countries and, most of all, to win gold. This summer, July 23 through Aug. 8, 2020, would have been the 29th Summer Olympics, having started in 1880. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Olympics have been postponed for the first time ever. The Olympic Games will now be held on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan — Asia’s fourth time holding the games.

Because of COVID-19 and the rescheduling of the Olympics, the competitors have been put in an odd position. It has especially put a strain on the mental preparation of the athletes, as well as their training schedule and goals to peak at certain times. On another side, this postponement has given these athletes extra time to prepare — allowing for more improvement, focus and honing in on specific areas to be able to compete in 2021 at their highest performance. 

Although fear dominates these uncertain and harsh times, the teams from around the world have continued to stay positive and use their platforms to help keep their fans positive and patient. 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

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