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Upgrades coming to campus this summer

Sam Dunaway | News Editor

Students sticking in Monmouth this summer might notice various construction projects happening around campus. From building renovations to complete relocations, read on to stay updated on changes coming up this summer.

 

Food Pantry

The Food Pantry is leaving its previous location in APSC and moving to the former Oregon Military Academy building. The relocation will occur near the end of spring term and the pantry will remain open during the summer. Food Pantry Director and senior psychology major Ashley Biles believes this new location will be beneficial, saying: “As we have grown we have realized the new for a new and bigger location — especially if we want to start having other items for our patrons such as clothing … I think that the biggest benefit will be having that larger space in order to keep growing the pantry. And to have a space that is more accessible for our food deliveries and for patrons to easily find us.”

 

Child Development Center

The Childhood Development Center, currently located in Todd Hall, will be moving to the University Park Conference Center. This building is newer than Todd Hall and can be completely locked, providing more safety to the children under its care. A dynamic outdoor classroom is being constructed from the large outdoor area and a more convenient drop-off location will benefit families, volunteers and children. The program itself is also growing, as Director of the Child Development Center Carey Gilbert explains: “We will also be expanding our services to include a toddler classroom for children 18 months to three years of age. This classroom will be in addition to our current programming of two preschool classrooms for children ages three to five years of age and our Afterschool Enrichment Program for children in kindergarten up to 10 years of age.

 

Natural Science

The Natural Science building is undergoing renovations beginning in 2018 and extending through 2019. Updates include repairing the heating and cooling system, updating bathrooms with the inclusion of a gender neutral bathroom, new showers and eyewash stations, renovations to the third floor greenhouse and general paint and lighting updates. Many professors’s offices will be temporarily relocated to the former College of Education building while work begins on the basement and second floor this summer. Summer classes will be moved to DeVolder Family Science Center and the basement and first floor will be open as usual in the fall.

 

Stonewall Center and SAB

The Student Activities Board will be occupying part of the previous Wolf Express location in the Werner University Center. An additional conference room, named the Metolius room, will also fill that space. The first floor space vacated by SAB will be filled by the Stonewall Center. 2018-2019 Stonewall Center Coordinator Susannah Doepken explained: “Having our own space will prove to be very beneficial in many ways. A lot of times, we have felt like our space is small and could be used in more productive and helpful ways if there was more space for more people to interact in the center at the same time. Now, with a bigger space, we will be able to offer more space for more people, growing the center as much as we can.”

 

Contact the author at journalnews@wou.edu

 

Photo by: Paul F. Davis

Alumni: Where are they now?

Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor

With the end of the academic year just around the corner, graduating seniors are preparing to take that considerable step from Western student to Western alumni. As daunting as this prospect can be, seeing the way that previous Western students, now Western alum, have reached success in different aspects of their lives can be a comfort.

Here are what a few alumni are up to now to display that success can be found through any path a student chooses to take during their time at Western.

Katie Waugh

Graduated with: Bachelor of Arts in education in 2008, Master of Science in education with ESOL endorsement in 2010

Currently: Waugh is in her 10th year of teaching. She taught for nine years in Falls City, Oregon and one year in Monmouth, teaching first grade, second grade and kindergarten. Next year, she is heading back to Eugene and will be teaching kindergarten at Mt. Vernon Elementary.

Best Memory of Western: “Obviously meeting Patrick Waugh, my husband, at Western was the biggest highlight. Being an RA was an awesome experience, too. And … coming into my own as an adult and, as cliche as it is, finding myself was great. It has been awesome to stay close by so long and to have an opportunity to mentor other student teachers from (Western),” commented Waugh.

Photo courtesy of: Katie Waugh

Darlin Gray

Graduated with: Bachelor of Arts in art with a major emphasis in graphic design and a minor emphasis in printmaking and a minor in French in 1996

Currently: Gray moved to Seattle after graduation and started her own firm, which she is still running. Originally, she contracted in-house for larger design firms, ad agencies and corporations with in-house creative teams during the day and work for her own clients nights and weekends, but over time it has evolved into her working solely for her own clients.

Best Memory of Western: “During (the time) I was on campus, Campbell Hall was renovated and reopened … I can still feel the elation of going into the new building when it was reopened. We were a little afraid to dive into doing art in the new environment because it was so clean,” said Gray.

Photo courtesy of: Darlin Gray

Nawwal Moustafa

Graduated with: Bachelor of Science in interdisciplinary studies with focuses in psychology and theatre in 2013

Currently: Moustafa works primarily in education. She has worked as a teacher in New York, then in Portland and now works for an education policy organization with a focus of bettering Oregon’s high school graduation rates. On top of this, she is also a comedian and an illustrator. She performs improv comedy in Portland, as well as festivals all over the country, and she released a coloring book in 2016 titled “Chin Up, Dreamboat.”

Best Memory of Western: “My favorite memory from Western is probably my three years as a PLUS team member!” said Moustafa.

Photo courtesy of: Nawwal Moustafa

Kevin Boss

Graduated with: Bachelor of Science in physical education with a business minor in 2007.

Currently: Boss married his college sweetheart and Western alum Breanna Boss (formerly Breanna Ramsey) in 2009. Together, they have three young kids: Zeke, age 5; Houck, age 4; and Nora, age 2; with another baby girl due this fall. After a six-year career in the NFL, Boss and his family moved to Bend, where he opened up his own Sports Performance Training Facility called Boss Sports Performance.

Best Memory of Western: “My favorite memory from Western is all of the relationships created there that have stood the test of time. And Yang’s,” said Boss.

Photo courtesy of: Kevin Boss

Elise Bradley

Graduated with: Bachelor of Science in education in 1981, completed Master of Science in 1985

Currently: Bradley is an instructor and supervisor of student teachers for Oregon State University College of Education. She was a classroom teacher at various elementary schools for 31 years prior to her current position at OSU.

Best Memory of Western: “I am most fond of the people, students and professors I met and had the opportunity to learn and grow with. The scuba class held in the campus pool is definitely a highlight,” said Bradley.

Photo courtesy of: Elise Bradley

Evan Sorce

Graduated with: Bachelor of Science in political science and a minor in social sciences in 2010

Currently: Sorce moved to Salem to get involved in local politics, volunteering for local candidates. He worked for Catholic Community Services in the quality department for two years, then left to work for Representative Paul Evans in the Oregon State Legislature. He currently works there and has become active in the Marion County Democratic Party and the Salem Sunrise Rotary.

Best Memory of Western: “The organizations I had a privilege to be a part of. I spent two years as a Peer Mentor, one year as an ASWOU Senator and one year as Student Body President,” commented Sorce.

Photo by: Evan Sorce

 

Contact the author at chealy16@wou.edu

 

Awarding student artwork

Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief

Every spring term, the Cannon Gallery of Art uses their Juried Student Art Exhibition to show off what Western students have to offer. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the exhibition, which displays sculptures, paintings and prints as well as graphic design pieces.

“I believe over 200 pieces were entered, and about 85 were selected,” said senior education studies major Katie Dillard. “We were allowed to submit up to six pieces each, and I entered six paintings that I felt best displayed my artistic ability. Five of my six pieces were chosen by the juror to be displayed in the student show.”

This year’s juror was Michael Hernandez, owner of the High Street Gallery and The Bruin Co. in Salem, Oregon. In addition to the jurying of accepted works, select departments on campus also have the ability to hand out awards to individual works. Amongst these awards are the Woodcock Education Center Purchase Award, WOU Bookstore Award and Art Faculty Award, among others.

“Before the exhibit opened, representatives from Werner University Center, the Richard Woodcock Education Center and the City of Monmouth come and choose a piece or pieces for purchase awards, meaning that they buy a work from the artist to add to their permanent collections,” explained Paula Booth, assistant professor of art and Cannon Gallery of Art director. “Others, such as the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the WOU Bookstore staff and the art department faculty choose artworks to be given awards for excellence. As well, the juror of the exhibit gives awards.”

For some students, many of the submitted pieces were ones done for class.

“A lot of my artwork was created in class, so I had little control over the subject/objects being painted,” said Dillard. “However, I always try to find the beauty in the shadows, colors and form of even the most ordinary of objects. If there was any conjoining message or theme between my pieces, it would be about capturing beauty.”

One of Dillard’s pieces, an oil painting titled “One step towards change,” won the WOU Bookstore Award.

“I explore many different mediums and each message (and) theme is different,” said senior art major Bethany Coma. “I have focuses in printmaking, painting and sculpture … I want my audience to be as excited when they see my work as I was creating it.”

Two of Coma’s featured pieces won awards — “Astro-Kitty,” an intaglio etching of an astronaut cat won a Werner University Center Honorable Mention and the Woodcock Education Center Purchase Award and “Drowning,” a trace transfer monotype, won an Art Faculty Recognition Award.

“My favorite thing being included in the show is the opportunity to be able to show the public what I’ve been working on,” said Coma. “It’s such a great feeling to be a part of such a great art program and that they do this for the students every year.”

While the exhibit is rewarding for those who get to share their artwork, Dillard also mentioned how seeing the exhibit making process itself was rewarding: “The gallery director and staff did a phenomenal job of helping frame, arrange and hang the artwork so the pieces complimented each other. I had the opportunity to observe the process as I am taking a gallery exhibition class this term, and hadn’t realized the dedication and work it took to put together a successful show.”

Capping off the exhibitions for the academic year, this exhibit will be up in the Cannon Gallery of Art in Campbell Hall until June 13.

 

Contact the author at journaleditor@wou.edu

Photo by Zoë Strickland

Editor’s note

Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief

If you would’ve told me a year ago that I would be writing the 2017-18 editor’s note, I would’ve thought you were joking. But, after nearly six months of being editor of The Western Journal, here we are.

This school year, for many, has been a year of change. We kicked off the academic year with fires that devastated parts of Oregon and California, changing both the landscape of the states and the places some call home. Throughout the last nine months, numerous Western organizations have begun locational changes — the food pantry is moving across campus, the Student Activities Board is moving to the upstairs of the Werner University Center and the Stonewall Center is moving to where SAB was. At the end of this academic year, we’ll also be losing numerous retiring faculty and staff. People who, whether we’re aware of it or not, have impacted our time at Western.

For some students, myself included, a bigger change is on the horizon — going into the world and trying to become an adult. Also, student loans.

Through all of these changes, The Western Journal has strived to be in the pit with you, reporting on things that matter to students — whether that be the $4 million surplus in the university budget, the Wolves baseball team winning the GNAC title for the second year in a row, the latest theatre productions or local eateries in the area.

The paper is facing some changes of its own. In an effort to stay ahead of some copyright issues, as well as integrate a more ‘digital first’ mindset, the paper will be rebranding itself going into the 2018-19 school year. Starting next academic year, you will be able to find The Western Journal on campus under a different name — The Western Howl. This is our first major name change since the ‘90s’s Western Star, and we’re excited to show you what we’ve got. This newspaper has been on campus since 1923, and we don’t plan to stop anytime soon.

Changes can be daunting, but as we all know, Wolves are resilient. As the world throws you curveballs that seem like a lot to handle, I implore you to embrace your inner wolf.

Thank you for sticking with us this year, dear reader.

 

Contact the author at zstrickland14@wou.edu

 

Heugly’s go-to pivot move

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor

5.8 seconds were left for the Wolves basketball team. Tied at 62 in a November 21 game against Humboldt State, Shelby Snook, senior guard, inbounded the ball from the side to Savannah Heugly, senior forward, who caught it at the right free-throw line. Heugly then drew a slight hesitation, dribbled past three defenders who were delayed, and extended a right-hand layup for the go-ahead score.

Heugly used her pivot foot for the slight hesitation. The pivot is fundamental in basketball and fundamentals are important to Heugly.

“I think it’s a very important piece to work on your fundamentals every day,” explained Heugly. “Because if you stop, you lose part of it, and if you lose part of that, you’re not going to be able to progress in your game.”

Basketball became a love of Heugly’s at the age of eight. After playing basketball year-round, it eventually beat out other sports, such as softball and volleyball.

“I shot everyday,” said Heugly.

As she kept shooting, she got older, more skilled and grew taller to where she’s been a stable 5-foot-11 forward since middle school.

Heugly’s mother Julie also played high school ball, at Parkrose in Portland, Oregon — just a 30-minute drive from Tualatin High School, Heugly’s school. Her mother was a standout hooper and, though she received offers from a web of colleges, she stopped playing after high school. But Heugly kept the ball bouncing and had the opportunity to apply more to her basketball future.

“She (Heugly) is ten times the player I ever was,” said Julie.

The two went head-to-head in backyard one-on-ones many times. Eventually, Heugly got the better of her mother.

“I think that I finally beat her in my junior year of high school. I think I beat her by like seven,” Heugly said. When asked if it was a changing of the guard, Heugly laughingly explained. “Yeah, she kind of said ‘well, if you can beat me then you’re fine’.”

At Tualatin, Heugly was awarded first-team all-league honors. There, she teamed with current Wolf and childhood friend Jasmine Miller, senior business major.

“(Jasmine) and I have always gotten along really well, like our chemistry works really well and we play the same position and so in high school we were always give-and-go,” Heugly said.

After high school she took basketball with her to the college level and started her collegiate career at Blue Mountain Community College. The move from Tualatin to Blue Mountain provided the next level for Heugly.

“The players there were faster, bigger, stronger and better,” explained Heugly. She nonetheless continued progressing and averaged a double-double in her sophomore year with 21.2 points per game — fourth in the Northwest Athletic Conference — and 11.3 rebounds per game. Having never scored fewer than 13 points in a single game, she earned the pair of first-team and all-defensive honors.

From Tualatin Timberwolf, to Blue Mountain Timberwolf, to Western wolf, Heugly continued to excel while the competition grew even larger. She played in all 27 games her junior year.

While leading the Wolves in scoring, 11.4, and rebounding, 6.1, averages and totals, Heugly earned an academic all-GNAC honor with a 3.65 GPA in the 2017-18 season.

As with how the pivot provides players options on what angle to shoot from, Heugly says she has options as to what she’ll do after graduation and will see where careers in chiropractics or athletic training will possibly lead her.

This June, Heugly graduates with a major in exercise science, and will pursue a chiropractic internship this summer in Tigard, Oregon. She’s also open to the possibility of coaching one day at the high school and perhaps college level.

Either way, she’d like to lean more towards sports, something that’s close to home for her, and would like to continue working with athletes.

Teaming up with Miller in her past senior season, the two worked in tandem. Often times, Miller and Heugly performed a high-low combination; one player at the top of the key feeds the ball to the person near the basket through a lob — because of their height — or bounce pass, a play NBA hall of famers Tim Duncan and David Robinson helped popularize.

The Wolves had a lot of motion plays where players were constantly moving the ball and themselves around. But their go-to was into the post to Heugly who had a few options for points.

“Everyone says my go-to move is the fadeaway,” explained Heugly. But Heugly demonstrated that one could fake out of it as someone attempts to block it, using the pivot foot.

Heugly explained her options; “You can fake the fadeaway and then go under, I’ve done that a couple times. They just fly right by you cause they’re expecting it, and then you get a wide open layup.”

 

Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu

Photo courtesy of: Savannah Heugly

Four lasting impressions

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor

Track

The first paw prints were put on the cross country tracks during the fall season. David Ribich, senior, was the first to catch fire for Western, claiming a GNAC title in the 8,000-meters. Ribich drifted ahead of the pack after 4,000-meters, and towards a comfortable individual win and, helped the men’s team triumph to their first ever GNAC championship win.

Ribich soon stepped indoors and towards conference titles in the 800 and mile, and a repeat indoor national title in the distance-medley-relay. Training partner Dustin Nading, junior, was on that relay team, and won his second national title in the men’s mile.

The Wolves earned six titles competing on campus on April 6. Kennedy Rufener, senior, who broke record upon record in the school year, won the 1500 title, while Olivia Woods added another in the 400. Woods and Rufener went on to receive multiple All-American honors throughout their running campaigns.

Western returned home on May 12 for the GNAC outdoor championships and put together three titles; two more belonging to Ribich in the 800 and 1500, while Alani Troutman, sophomore, brought home the long jump title.

Track and field then revved up one final competition in the nationals, with Ribich continuing his conquest and collegiate career with another 1500 medal.

Photo courtesy of: wouwolves.com

 

Basketball

The basketball team made their presence felt once they won 10 games in a row. Ten increased to 18, and at that point in the season, the Wolves were defeating their opponents consecutively by double digits while putting up individual accolades. Tanner Omlid, senior forward, who went on to receive numerous awards after the season, recorded his second five-by-five of the season in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

The team’s lone defeat up to that point came at the mercy of Western Washington early in the season. But the streak continued as the Wolves avenged the earlier loss in a rematch with the Vikings while improving their streak to 22. The regular season GNAC title clincher moved them up to a number three ranking in the nation.

The next level was the GNAC championship. Not only did two tournament wins crown them champions, but they drew automatic bid and host for the regionals. The squad opened their regional tournament with two wins before falling in closing seconds to regional champions, Cal-State Baptist, ending a historic season. The 31-1 mark is the best all-time start to any season in Western’s history. Twenty-six straight wins is also the longest ever for Western.

Photo by: Paul F. Davis

 

Baseball

Baseball’s preseason polls strongly favored the Wolves as GNAC champions. The team started slow with seven non-conference losses, but found footing with a 14-5 record during conference play. During play, Gabe Benavidez, junior, and Craig Grubbe, senior, helped bolster a deep pitching rotation that included multiple one-hit performances. By seasons end, the two helped their team to league bests in fewest hits allowed per game, lowest earned-run-average and lowest runs allowed.

Along with the pitchers was a overall league leading defense in fielding. The team led the league in fielding percentage, and sophomore infielder Connor McCord led in double plays with 35. Jay Leverett, infield senior, was second on the team in that category, with 29. Plentiful offense made for five total walk-offs on the season — three of which came via Spencer Bennion, first-year outfielder.

Four key games forfeited to Montana State led to Montana clinching playoff seed number one, but Western eventually got back at the Yellowjackets when it counted.

The Wolves had won all but one conference championship since their merger into Division II and conquered Montana for 16th in the overall title.

Photo by: Paul F. Davis

 

Softball

Softball season was up and down and ended at 28-25. The Wolves got off to a strong start at 12-8, during which, pitchers Haley Fabian, junior, and Lizett Dominguez, senior, started them out right with a combined 9-4 pitching record. Western had one of their best years with regard to hits. Much is due to their top hitters on the year; senior outfielder Zoe Clark, first-year outfielder Tyler Creach and junior infielder Ryanne Huffman. All three combined for 13 triples. Eighteen is the most the team’s ever had in a season. Western’s year had critical turning points towards the end, as the Wolves continuously battled for playoff positioning.

Two key victories, April 22 and 29, were accomplished through walk-offs. Chandler Bishop, sophomore pitcher, hit one to keep their playoff hopes alive. One week later, on senior night, first-year outfielder Ayanna Arceneaux made the playoffs a for sure thing with a home run clincher.

Beginning the tournament as the fourth seed, they dropped their playoff opener against Northwest Nazarene. The Wolves saved their season in a playoff double-elimination with a win versus Central Washington, thanks to a two-shot from Clark to seal the victory. But the second loss to Simon Fraser ended all hopes.

Photo courtesy of: wouwolves.com

 

Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu

 

Beat the heat with DIY popsicles

Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor

As spring term officially comes to a close and the temperatures continue to rise, now is the time to celebrate and enjoy the sunshine. What better way to beat the heat than with homemade popsicles? Made with simple and cheap ingredients and requiring next-to-no effort, these delicious treats will keep you cool and have you enjoying every bite.

All ingredients can easily be altered to match your preferences, and the recipes can be cut down to make however many you see fit. As written, each recipe yields 10 popsicles. Aside from the ingredients, the only other supplies you need are popsicle sticks and a reusable popsicle mold, which can be found on Amazon for under $10.

 

Blackberry Lemon Popsicles

Ingredients:

⅔ cup lemon juice, and zest from a lemon

2 ½ cups vanilla Greek yogurt

2 ½ cups blackberries

2 ½ cups mixed berry Greek yogurt

 

Directions:

Whisk lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla yogurt in a medium sized bowl. Set aside. In a blender, puree the blackberries and mixed berry yogurt. Take the two and layer them in the popsicle mold one tablespoon at a time. If you’d like, you can swirl them together for appearance. Freeze for at least six hours.

Recipe inspired by jessicagavin.com

 

Virgin Pina-Colada Popsicle

Ingredients:

4 cups pineapple, chopped

1 15-oz can cream of coconut

3 Tbsp lime juice

 

Directions:

In a blender, puree the pineapple with the cream of coconut and lime juice. If it’s still thick, add a little bit more coconut or lime juice, depending on which flavor you prefer. If you have it, you can add pineapple juice as well. Pour into the mold and freeze for at least four hours.

Recipe inspired by realsimple.com

 

Energy Drink Infused Popsicle

Ingredients:

1 16 oz can Red Bull (or preferred energy drink)

2 cups strawberries, chopped

1 cup raspberries

1 cup mango, chopped

 

Directions:

In a blender, combine all ingredients, slowly adding the energy drink as it is carbonated. Puree, and continue adding energy drink until it reaches a juice like consistency. Pour into molds and freeze for a minimum of four hours.

 

Contact the author at chealy16@wou.edu

 

Photo by: Caity Healy

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