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Western hosts GNAC Track & Field Championships

Caity Healy | Redactor Jefe

In both the temperature and in events, records were ready to broken at the GNAC Track & Field Championships. On Friday, May 10, ten schools came together to be deemed champions, competing in 87-degree-weather. Western, Alaska Anchorage, Central Washington, Concordia University, Montana State Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin’s, Seattle Pacific, Simon Fraser and Western Washington all found themselves ready to race at McArthur Field.

In the first day, and at the peak of the heat, the events began at 2 p.m. But rather than letting the temperature bring the athletes down, it seemed to do the opposite. Several Wolves earned personal bests, and by the end of the day, Western found themselves qualifying eight individuals to advance to finals the next day: Codi Blodgett, Gabe Arce-Torres, Curt Knott, Max Carmona, Adam Alnazer and Ana Popchock. On top of this, Moana Gianotti earned All-GNAC honors by achieving 3rd in Women’s Discus. 

On May 11, the temperatures took a slight dip — slight, being five degrees — but the energy was still as high as it was the day before. The athletes came ready to set records. Another full day was ahead of them, and the ones competing continued to smash their personal-bests. With fans from all teams cheering from the stands and the sidelines, each race and field-event was nothing short of a show.

When the events came to a close later that night, four All-GNAC honors had been earned by Western. Darian Wilson earned 2nd for Women’s Javelin — for the second time in her career; Moana Gianotti earned 3rd for Women’s Discus; Grayson Burke, Bethanie Altamirano, Olivia Woods and Michaela Yonkman earned 3rd for Women’s 1600 Relay; and Gabe Arce-Torres, Lashaun Emile, Max Carmona and Curt Knott earned 3rd for Men’s 1600 Relay.

Western’s season will come to a close in Kingsville, Texas from May 23-25, as the Wolves head to the NCAA Division II National Championships.

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Men’s

100: 4. Codi Blodgett, 10.87. 200: 17. Codi Blodgett, 22.92. 400: 4.Gabe Arce-Torres, 48.93. 800: 4. Curt Knott, 1:53.99; 5. Max Carmona, 1:54.09; 8. Adam Alnazer, 1:54.70; 9. Trey Reed, 1:54.87; 10. Justin Crosswhite, 1:55.06; 12. Neal Cranston, 1:55.50; 17. Zach Kanelis, 2:00.61. 10,000: 16. Sawyer Heckard, 34:11.04. Steeple: 9. Hunter Mosman, 9:43.41; 18. Simon Walsh, 10:22.37. Shot: 10. Sam Cole, 48-6 3/4 (14.80m); 11. Chris Steffey, 47-5 (14.45m); 12. Owen Collins, 47-0 1/4 (14.33m); 14. Karsten Collins, 46-2 1/2 (14.08m).Discus:8. Karsten Collins, 148-4 (45.21m); 9. Chris Steffey, 146-7 (44.68m); 12. Owen Collins, 138-3 (42.13m).

 

Women’s

100: 17. Logan Jackson, 12.78; 19. Hailey Sears, 12.85. 200: 16. Hailey Sears, 26.13; 18. Taryn Wilson, 26.22; 20. Logan Jackson, 26.37. 400: 11. Bethanie Altamirano, 58.94. 800: 2. Olivia Woods, 2:10.49; 16. Shayla Soloman, 2:24.31. 10,000: 9. Cassie McKinnie, 41:27.30. 100 Hurdles: 10. Ana Popchock, 15.44; 12. Natalie Legras, 15.59; 15. Michaela Yonkman, 16.07. 400 Hurdles: 8. Ana Popchock, 1:04.90; 9. Grayson Burke, 1:04.90; 11. Michaela Yonkman, 1:06.78; 11. Michaela Yonkman, 1:06.78; 12. Nicole Niskanen, 1:05.83; 14. Sarra Soladey, 1:07.90. Long Jump: 18. Lauren Berry, 16-2 1/4 (4.93m). Shot: 4. Moana Gianotti, 41-4 1/2 (12.61m). Discus: 3. Moana Gianotti, 136-1 (41.48m). [/fruitful_tab]
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Men’s

100: 5. Codi Blodgett, 11.24. 400: 5. Gabe Arce-Torres, 48.97. 800: 4. Curt Knott, 1:55.35; 5. Adam Alnazer, 1:55.37; 6. Max Carmona, 1:55.52; 9. Trey Reed, 1:57.03. 1,500: 4. Justin Crosswhite,3:56.79; 7. Parker Marson, 3:57.79; 13. Hunter Mosman, 4:03.99; 14. Stephen Fey, 4:08.84. 5,000: 6. Tyler Jones, 15:07.35; 11. Parker Marson, 1516.92. Hammer: 7. Mont Child, 167-11 (51.19m); 8. Sam Cole, 165-10 (50.56m). Javelin: 12. Austin Goldstein, 173-9 (52.97m); 16. Kyle Wells, 165-9 (50.52m); 18. Mitchell Kruse, 154-6 (47.10m). 1,600 Relay: 3. Western Oregon, 3:17.87.

 

Women’s

800: 5. Olivia Woods, 2:12.62. 5,000: 7. Grace Knapp, 17:29.49; 13. Kaylin Cantu, 18:17.83. 400 Hurdles: 5. Ana Popchock, 1:03.69. Hammer: 6. Moana Gianotti, 138-9 (42.30m). Javelin: 2. Darian Wilson, 151-4 (46.13m). 400 Relay: 6. Western Oregon, 49.07.

1,600 Relay: 3. Western Oregon, 3:50.93.

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Hannah Greene finds semi-pro success with CFC Atletica

Caity Healy | Redactor Jefe

Hannah Greene, a junior Spanish major, began playing soccer at 3-years-old. Right from the start, she fell in love with it.

“There was no trying to get me to do other things,” said Greene. “They put me in ballet, and I got kicked out … I couldn’t just sit there and move my arms. And gymnastics — I got kicked out of too … I had to have soccer.”

Looking to play for a semi-pro team, she began searching for ones in the area; she found that Capital Fútbol Club Atletica, a team under the Northwest Premier League Soccer, was holding tryouts in March. So, she contacted the one in charge and was invited to try out.

In late April, Greene found out she made the starting team. Although she hasn’t been on the roster long, she already loves it.

“So far on this team, I’ve loved every second and I honestly hate having to leave practice, because I have so much fun out there,” said Greene. “All the girls are so welcoming … but they’re also such good players and want to get better, so it makes the whole atmosphere a prize to be around.”

Making this semi-pro team was another step in the right direction for Greene, as she hopes to continue on with soccer in life.

“I would love to get into the Women’s Premier Soccer League and play there, and obviously my end goal is to go pro,” Greene said.

But as of right now, making the CFC Atletica team not only proved her skill and likeliness to continue on with the sport, but it also proved her abilities to those who have doubted her before. After sustaining an injury while playing at Ventura College, she had an experience that almost ruined soccer for her.

“I was only going to be out for a short time, but I overheard (my coach) basically telling the other coach that I was worthless. And that completely crushed my soul, so I was done for a little bit,” said Greene. After that, it’s been a struggle to just get back into the game. She began playing for Western’s Club Sports team to try and find her passion and have fun with the sport again. She found that being in this environment with no pressure helped tremendously with her skills, preparing her to try out for a semi-pro team.

Greene’s next game with CFC Atletica will be away, against Thurston County United Soccer on May 18.

 

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Opinion From the Sports Desk: Take the “I” out of team

Lago Larsen | Former Sports Editor

With both the NHL and NBA playoff races in full swing, whittling away teams to find the 2019 champions, something caught my eye. Maybe there is an “I” in team. By this, I mean that the whole of professional sports is seeming to drift away from the notion of “teams win championships” to the selfish idea of “individuals win championships.” This cultural shift became more evident to me as I flipped between watching the San Jose Sharks and Portland Trail Blazers fight for the next game in their respective series.

As a person with a love for both watching and playing sports, it pains me to see that the idea of being a part of a team no longer seems to matter. With the explosion in popularity of fantasy sports, viewers don’t appear to care about franchises anymore. Due to fans abilities to select single players from the entire league to belong on a pseudo all-star team, fans focus on single players instead of franchises. This has led to individual athletes falling under the assumption that they are more important than the team they play for, thus inflating player egos much larger than they should be.

As a fan of the NHL, I became accustomed to seeing players work together as a unit. It was commonplace to see athletes dive in front of shots and put their physical well-being aside to help earn their team a bid to the postseason. But with the soaring egos of athletes in other sports, it’s now a regular occurrence to see athletes throwing tantrums on Twitter over petty issues or franchise hopping with the hopes of snagging a ring and a nice paycheck.

Seeing players engulf themselves in social media drama shows younger athletes that only they matter, and that maybe there’s no I in team, but there’s an I in champion. I don’t believe individuality should be outlawed in sports, nor is that the point I’m trying to make. I just think leagues should try to reintroduce to players the idea of actually caring about the rest of the roster.

Having played team sports my whole life, it was instilled to me that sometimes the group is more important than the player — that it doesn’t matter what your stat sheet read as long as you did your job. That’s what I believe team sports are about. Not how many triple-doubles or hat tricks a player got, but instead, the final score.

According to Gallup, 72% of Americans aged 18-29 watch sports in some capacity. And with such an overwhelming majority of young viewers tuning in, I believe we should be shown that it’s okay to be a part of something bigger than you; not everything is always about standing out. In the words of Olympic gold medal winning hockey coach Herb Brooks, “When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.”

 

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Noche internacional: La vuelta al mundo de Western en una sola noche

Caity Healy | Redactor Jefe

For many students at Western, while Monmouth or the surrounding areas may be where they live, it isn’t necessarily what they’d call their “home.” And for some of these students, “home” is somewhere outside of the U.S. To give these students an opportunity to not only share a piece of their culture, but to give them a way to feel home away from home, Western hosted its 48th Annual International Night on May 10.

Before the festivities could begin, International Club had to put in work to make the event as extravagant as it was.

"My team, friends and club officers have helped so much in planning and getting things together for the event,” said Berlyn Buncal, president of International Club. She also added that putting it on took “a lot of work, coordination, communication and trust.”

When the doors opened at 5:30 p.m., the Pacific Room in the Werner University Center began filling with the faces of students, families and staff from all over, ready to experience a night packed with dances, songs and socializing. Welcome to a meal consisting of food from several different countries, the audience grabbed their plates, found a seat and waited for the performances to begin.

For those involved, this night meant a lot to them. It wasn’t only a way for them to show what the club has been doing, but a way to feel connected to the places they call home.

“International Night is a night where I get to learn about different cultures all parts of the world,” said Buncal. “It is an important night to me because we all miss our home, I miss my home. I want to give a chance to all our friends and students a chance to experience home in some sort of way, and we do that with our foods, performances and fashion show.”

And from there, the show began. The audience was presented a show consisting of 10 different performances. Western’s African Dance class performed a dance called the kpanlogo; student Zeya Gao sang a solo performance of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”; Jay Archer performed a violin piece he titled “Ghibli Songs”; Ruijiaming Yang sang “Can’t Love You Enough,” accompanied by Kenneth Soh on guitar; Hawai’i Club performed a dance to “Lei Ho’oheno”; Binit Shrestha played guitar and sang “Kanchi Nani Blues”; Yilei Zhao sang “Eternal Love”; A group of four girls called Heart Dust performed an upbeat dance to “Kill This Love” by Black Pink; Hermanos Del Valle performed a dance titled “Marinera Norteña; and to finish it off, Fili and Family danced in a performance titled “Samoan Sivas.”

When the performances came to a close, the fashion show commenced. Strutting the stage donning the clothes of several different countries, the performers took to the stage in twos. Showing different examples of what each country’s traditional clothing looks like, including the apparel of Mexico, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Japan and more, the models kept the audience in all smiles.

Finally, as this event fell on Mexico’s Mother’s Day, each mother in the audience was asked to stand. Then, those involved in the event delivered a rose to each standing audience member, a gift from the International Club.

At the end of the night, there was a closeness felt amongst many in the Pacific Room, even if they were strangers only hours ago.

“We get to draw closer as a family because we show so much respect for one another and we can represent that throughout the event and our lives,” explained Buncal.

 

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Los educadores se manifiestan a favor de la Ley de Éxito Estudiantil

Bailey Thompson | Editor de noticias

Levantándose temprano, uniéndose y vistiendo camisetas rojas, los educadores de Oregón en Portland, Salem, Eugene, Medford, Bend y Klamath Falls hicieron una declaración el 8 de mayo de 2019. Con miles de maestros, estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad saliendo a sus vecindarios en todo el estado, su mensaje fue claro: aprobar la Ley de Éxito Estudiantil.

"La Ley de Éxito Estudiantil es un proyecto de ley que está diseñado para empezar a compensar la desinversión en educación que comenzó a principios de los noventa con la Medida 5. Reduciría el tamaño de las clases, proporcionaría atención de salud mental y financiación para la educación preescolar. Se reduciría el tamaño de las clases, que proporcionaría atención de salud mental, que proporcionaría financiación pre-k - que realmente haría mucho para cambiar nuestras escuelas y empezar a volver a donde pertenecen", dijo Ben Gorman, profesor de Inglés en la Escuela Secundaria Central. "No es el final del camino ... pero esto es realmente un excelente comienzo para nuestros estudiantes y lo que necesitan".

El día del paro, un gran número de profesores del Distrito Escolar Central se levantaron temprano para apostarse frente a CHS, luego ir a un evento más grande en Salem y finalmente regresar a CHS al final del día. Los miembros de la comunidad tocaban continuamente la bocina para apoyar a los que llevaban pancartas.

El 8 de mayo, esta legislación había sido aprobada por la Cámara de Representantes de Oregón; sin embargo, el 13 de mayo fue aprobada también por el Senado de Oregón.

Al hablar de la motivación de este paro escolar, Gorman compartió el sentimiento que había llevado a muchos profesores a protestar.

"A menudo los profesores están agotados por un trabajo muy difícil, y se dicen a sí mismos: 'Tengo que centrarme en mis propios hijos, y no puedo centrarme en la política de cómo apoyar a mis hijos'", dijo Gorman. "Pero hemos llegado a un punto en el que los profesores dicen: 'Ya basta. No puedo hacer esto'".

Después de que los educadores protestaran de forma similar el Día del Presidente sin que la legislatura reaccionara, la Presidenta de la Asociación Central de Educación y profesora de matemáticas, Laura Waight, describió el cambio que se produjo.

"La conversación empezó a cambiar a '¿cómo llamamos la atención de los legisladores? Y la única manera: cerrarlo", dijo Waight. "Cerrarlo y demostrarles que estamos dispuestos a tomarnos un día no remunerado para demostrarles lo serios que somos".

Mientras que algunas personas pueden oponerse a la Ley de Éxito Estudiantil por temor a que sus impuestos aumenten, Gorman compartió por qué este temor es infundado.

"Una de las cosas que se oyen es 'esto va a suponer una subida de impuestos para la gente de nuestro estado', y eso es falso. De hecho, si se aprueba, será un recorte de impuestos para el ciudadano medio de Oregón", dijo Gorman.

"Lo que ha hecho la Ley de Éxito Estudiantil, que es histórico en Oregón, es pedir a las corporaciones que ganan un millón de dólares o más en el estado de Oregón un pequeño impuesto sobre ese dinero", añadió Waight. "Las mismas corporaciones que estaban en contra de algo así (con proyectos de ley en el pasado) ahora están a favor: Nike, Powell's, HP y algunas otras grandes empresas de Oregón dicen ahora: 'por favor, pónganos un impuesto porque vemos el resultado de tener escuelas infrafinanciadas'".

Al final, tanto Waight como Gorman afirmaron que el apoyo a los estudiantes es algo que debería ser un objetivo universal -no algo considerado partidista-, incluso si se cree que debería hacerse de otra manera, como hacen aproximadamente 25% de los profesores del distrito.

"No podemos decir que pararnos en una esquina o ir a Salem vaya a cambiar nada, pero lo que sí sabemos con certeza es que si seguimos sin hacer nada, nada cambiará", afirmó Waight. "Tenemos que cambiar el juego".

El último paso antes de que se apruebe la Ley de Éxito Estudiantil es que la firme el Gobernador Brown.

 

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Disponibilidad de clases en tiempo real

Bailey Thompson | Editor de noticias

While students may not think very much about the way that they find their classes on a daily basis, a significant percentage of Western students became upset when they learned that the Real-Time Class Availability feature had been removed from Western’s Portal.

Noticing this frustration among students, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kathy Cassity, turned to Honors Program Director Gavin Keulks to get a feel for student approval or disapproval for the new system along with why.

“Our registrar’s office works extraordinarily hard to develop or reimagine processes for everyone’s benefit,” said Keulks, acknowledging the effort that went into the new scheduling system.

With that said, however, Keulks also noted that the way students responded to the new system was primarily negative.

“I think their intentions were in the right place with this change, but the regular real-time availability function is beloved by students, well formatted and easy to use, so that made changing it harder than anticipated,” said Keulks.

After sending out a survey at Dean Cassity’s request, 83.3% of students surveyed indicated that they either “strongly disapproved” or “disapproved” of the new system, citing ease of use, speed and layout as their primary reasons for disliking the new system.

With this information in hand, Amy Clark, the University Registrar, shared the news with students via email on April 30 that they would now have both options to choose from.

“The Real-Time Schedule View is back by popular demand,” said Clark.

Having delivered this update, Clark then shared with students some of the benefits that using the new system could have, if they were willing to learn the different format. With the new system, students can use the enhanced search feature to find classes based on location, instructional method, course attribute, title, days of the weeks, start and end times and/or credit hours.

Both of these options are now available for students to use on Western’s website.

 

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Western’s Dance Department hosts 2019 Spring Dance Concert

Mikaela Wong | Redactor

Western Oregon University’s annual Spring Dance Concert commenced over the weekend, May 9-11, and with it, brought intricate dance routines incorporating styles such as ballet, neo-classical, and contemporary. The various dance styles were accented by bold costumes and makeup which further emphasized the themes of each piece.

One piece called “To Become Without Fear” consisted of black clothing, dark makeup and jerky movements which highlighted the theme of conquering one’s fears and hardships in hope for a better life. Ali McCarthy, a senior English major, expressed the difficulties she faced portraying a much more intimidating style of dance.

“I’m so used to doing ‘pretty’ kind of dancing which is more flowy, has proper movements and is a lot of fluid (movements),” said McCarthy. “This is more scary, edgy and like possessed kind of dancing so it got me out of my comfort zone.”

Sharon Oberst, one of the main choreographers, announced her retirement after 32 loyal years in the school’s dance department. Her piece, “End Pointe”, captured both the beauty of the pointe dance technique and the sentiment of the end of her legacy at Western. Pointe is a form of classical ballet and is a technique that requires the dancer to support all their body weight on the tips of their fully extended feet whilst wearing specific pointe shoes which have special material in the front to support them.

Eva Batenhorst, a junior pursuing a double major in dance and biology, was the soloist in Oberst’s piece and expressed her gratitude to the soon-to-be-retired choreographer.

“This the final dance that she choreographed for it and she blessed me with a solo in it, so that’s awesome,” said Batenhorst. “I haven’t done a pointe (piece) since senior year in high school and this will also be my last time doing a pointe piece.”

The final piece of the show was called “Into the Mystic” and seized the attention of the audience through mesmerizing light-up props and baton spinning while telling an enticing love story. The intricacy of the movements along with the long duration of the piece itself made the skills of the dancers even more palpable.

Throughout the show, various dancers in different costumes performed expressive pieces that showcased not only their physical capabilities, but also their ability to portray emotion through facial expressions, interactions between dancers and purposeful body movements. The variety of dances included dancers from all kinds of different backgrounds and experiences, while the clean-cut dance routines and articulate costumes reflected the hard work and practice that the dance department had invested in the last six months.

“We try to take it as professionally as we can and not a lot of people realize how much we really put in,” said McCarthy. “Everybody has a place here which is nice because you can have any level and someone is going to find a place for you.”

 

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