By: Paige Scofield
Wednesday, March 15
Squeeze the Stress Away
12-2 p.m.
Werner University Center
Eastern Side
Thursday, March 16
Rogue One! Movie Night
6-9 p.m.
Werner University Center
Willamette Room
Thursday, March 16
Western Oregon Winds
7:30 p.m.
Rice Auditorium
Free with student ID
$5 general admission
Friday, March 17
Trivia Fantastica!
7-8 p.m.
Werner University Center
Willamette Room
By: Jasmine Morrow Staff writer
Western has many non-traditional students on campus, but there are rarely events put on for them. The Student Activities Board wanted to change that, so they put on the event: Parent’s Night Out. This was an opportunity for non-traditional students of Western to be able to drop off their children at a free day care service that SAB provided in the Werner University Center. So, that parents could get a few hours for themselves to relax, do homework, hang out with friends, etc.
Matthew Ciraulo, a sophomore history major, and director of SAB, felt like,“There hasn’t been a lot of events towards non-traditional students and especially those people who have children and who are going to school,” Ciraulo said. “And their role is so much that they’re balancing having a kid and going to school and doing well, so we felt bad as a SAB for not having programs for them, so this was one of our ideas to help them get through everything.”
Although the event was only a few hours long, it’s was meant to be a time for parents to catch up on sleep, do homework, have fun in town with their friends, basically anything they want to do. Even though this was the first event like this, the Student Activities Board hopes to be able to put on more events like it, to give parents another break in the future.
Only one young girl showed up to the event, but lucky for her, because she got the opportunity to play all the activities that were planned. She was able to do some coloring, played charades, listened to Disney songs, sang and read books. The Student Activities Board hopes that parents tells their friends to get the word out for the next time there is an event like this on Western’s campus, so more children can show up and have fun, and more parents can take a break and have fun too.
The Student Activities Board is always interested if students have any ideas or thoughts on future events, or want certain events to happen more often on campus. The SAB office is located downstairs in the Werner University Center. Make sure to check out flyers and posters around campus to see when SAB is putting on more exciting events hosted on Western’s campus.
Contact the author at Jmorrow16@mail.wou.edu
By: Paige Scofield Campus Life Editor
On International Women’s Day, the Multicultural Student Union held the event: Women of Culture Celebration Dinner, in the Werner University Center.
The event was to, “… honor and acknowledge the diversity within women in different communities. The purpose of this event is to bring awareness to our campus by providing workshops, keynote speakers and a variety of interactive activities involving different issues and aspects that affect women. This event is inclusive to both men and women in the pursuit of educating our campus on the importance of women’s rights within different traditions,” according to Western’s website.
The event was coordinated by Shelby Brooks and Ivan Acosta, the Co-Secretary and Activities Director, respectively. Shelby Brooks, a sophomore Spanish middle/high education major, was glad that they were able to put on this event because of the help they received from Student Engagement and the University Diversity Committee.
“I think it’s important to raise awareness about minorities and people who have suffered through things that we don’t always recognize,” said Brooks. “It’s important to acknowledge that different people have different backgrounds than you, and try to understand where they come from in order to have a well-rounded life. So everyone can function better together and that people can truly empathize on more than just a surface level.”
The summit was filled with students waiting to eat dinner and listen to the keynote speaker Dominique Christina. Christina is an award-winning poet, author, educator and activist. She holds five national Poetry Slam titles in four years, including the 2012 and 2014 Women of the World Slam Champion and the 2011 National Poetry Slam Champion. She has also published several poetry collections throughout her career.
Christina discussed the life of her aunt who was one of nine students who desegregated a high school in Little Rock, who dealt with endless brutalization. She discussed the horrifying things her mother saw as a 10 year old child, and she discussed her own hardships of having an abusive step father, dealing with her own anger and trying to never feel voiceless or scared again.
She discussed feeling different, because her family never showed anger to how they were being treated.
“I come from people who did not permit themselves the full utility of their bodies and their voices,” Christina said. “They didn’t shake their fists in your face, they shook the cage by being excellent.”
Between the retelling of her past, Christina performed several of her spoken word poems that were about her traumas, her love, the mothers who have lost their sons at the hands of police and her daughter. Each of her raw, artistic performances received a ginormous round of applause by its end.
Contact the author at journalcampuslife@wou.edu
By: Jasmine Morrow Staff Writer
On March 3, Western’s Model United Nations club hosted their annual dinner and silent auction in the Werner University Center. Using the money they raised from the auction, they payed for expenses for the club’s next trip to San Francisco.
This term, the Model United Nations club was able to afford a trip to Frankfurt, Germany, where five club members were able to learn about international studies.
To start the event, Model United Nations President Sapphire Dorfman, who was one of the students who was able to go to Germany, talked about her time in Germany. She said that she was very grateful to be able to go to Germany and to meet people from around the world, as well as be exposed to different types of culture.
One of the most significant moments for Sapphire was being told, “You’re really charming for an American.” She loved the idea of being able to change stereotypes of Americans and that she and her other club members got to put Western’s name out there.
Once members were done discussing their trip to Germany, dinner began and a guest speaker presented. The guest speaker was Dr. Govindan Parayil of Willamette University. He discussed the relevance of United Nations in the world today. Dr. Parayil discussed what is happening with the United Nations today and what has changed over the years. He believes that 2017 is a very critical year for the United Nations now that Donald Trump has become president.
Each president of the United States has had different visions for the United Nations over the last 68 years. For example, when former President Truman made his inaugural address, he stated he wanted to put others first, while in 2017 President Trump’s vision is making America the first priority.
Dr. Parayil doesn’t believe this is true. The United Nations deals with many different global challenges the world has been facing. One example of this is seen in the increasing number of refugees and trying to find safe places for them to live has been difficult. After he was done presenting, he allowed time for club members to ask questions, and he answered them gladly.
After the question and answer, the students who bid the highest for the silent auction received their items to wrap up the evening.
Contact the author at jmorrow16@mail.wou.edu
By: Jasmine Morrow Staff Writer
Dean Braa, a professor at Western Oregon University and a socialist, ran for United States Senate in the ‘90s. On Mar. 2, Professor Braa held a Social Science Symposium to discuss socialism and how it can be helpful to the United States.
Professor Braa almost got one percent of district votes, but he fell short and didn’t win. He went as far as appearing on television and the radio. With the help of his colleague Ed Dover, they both discussed why people should be socialists and how it is helpful to the community.
Socialism is the belief in social rights and democratic order, as well as political rights.
Socialists want to empower the public and workers in the workplace so that entrepreneurs would benefit more. There are 2,000 companies that are owned by the workers and Socialists want more worker owned companies. The Western Europeans vote regularly for a socialist party and they have the highest standard of living.
With socialism, there would be a lot more worker ownership and public ownership to utilities. There also would be a better family wage, more job security, and not to mention free health care and education. Western Europe and Canada both have free education and free health care, and the socialist party wants the U.S. to be like that as well.
People want a new alternative party that will be more progressive and socialism could be just that. It wasn’t always easy for minor political parties to be on the ballots with the top political parties: Democrats and Republicans.
There was a petition that a large number of people had to sign so that socialists would be able to be on the ballots. When they finally got on the ballot, it was incredibly hard for them to stay on them. They needed one percent of the district and it was hard for them to get the resources they needed because they didn’t have as much money as Democrats and Republicans.
Professor Braa stated very clearly, “Working people deserve a break.” He also said that people deserve public rights and equality. The first universities were privately owned, and when public universities opened, it was supposed to be for everyone. Dean Braa and Ed Dover shared their views about socialism in a very professional way.
Contact the author at jmorrow16@mail.wou.edu
By: Paige Scofield Campus Life Editor
This week’s 21 and up is for those who pride themselves in spending more than two minutes making a drink. For those of you who are aficionados in fancy cocktails, the “Little Fib” beverage is for you.
What you need:
.75 ounce Liquore Strega
.75 ounce Tequila Ocho Plata
.5 ounce Death’s Door gin
.75 ounce Dolin dry vermouth
.25 ounce Clear Creek muscat grappa
.25 ounce St. George Spirits Green Chile vodka
2 drops of saline solution or tiny pinch of salt
For Garnish:
One lime
Matcha foam
Directions:
Add all of the ingredients to a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a coupe, express the oil of a lime peel and garnish with the peel. Top with matcha foam.
How to make Matcha Foam:
Whisk 10 grams matcha with 600 grams hot water. Divide the tea evenly into two plastic containers. While still hot, add .95 percent gelatin by mass to the first container and whisk. Allow the second container to cool, then whisk in two percent xanthan gum by mass. Combine the two containers, and whisk in 1 barspoon hydrated gomme. Whisk in 100 grams of simple syrup and a pinch of ascorbic acid. Place in an ice bath to cool completely. Fill an iSi canister with ice water to cool. After 15 minutes, empty the water and fill the canister with the matcha foam base. Screw on the lid, add charge, shake, vent, add second charge, shake, vent, add third charge, shake, vent.
Please drink responsibly and enjoy.
Recipe courtesy of Hastings Cameron from Liquor.com
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Art Reception at Hamersly Library
Exhibit: “Meeting of Hearts in Monmouth”
Wednesday, March 1
4 – 6 p.m.
Social Science Symposium
“Socialist Politics in Oregon”
Thursday, March 2
Hamersly Library
12 – 1 p.m.
Trivia Fantastica!
Friday, March 3
Werner University Center
Willamette Room
7 – 8 p.m.
Food provided
Early Music Ensemble
German Baroque Music
Friday, March 3
Hamersly Library
7:30 p.m .
Free admission with student ID
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