CWU Pulse Magazine

The Freshman Issue

CONTENTS Editor’s Note Staff Page

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Our Town Ermehgerd Ernernert Merms!

Our Summer Ablaze

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Mind & Body Ellensburg Works Out

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Kiss & Tell 3 Doors Down

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Passport The Political U

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Spotlight Freshmen 15 Freshman Vets

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Food & Drink Microwave Meals Jack in the Box

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After Dark Bullies in the Sauna

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EDITOR’S NOTE

I remember when I first came to Central as a freshman during the winter.

Snow, sleet, sociology classes, and temperatures so low I felt I was living in the Arctic. I hated the place.

Spotlight

When I was finally motivated to get involved with sports and activities on campus, like softball and Pulse, spring quarter came and sunshine filled the old Barto lawn—the happenin’ place. I would race out of class to meet my Beck mates and catch a tan. My opinion quickly changed: Central is awesome!

Fashion

Editor-in-Chief

Devin Larson Fashion

My point is, whether you love it or hate it here, you will soon form a bond with the ‘Burg. You’ll graduate before you know it, spending the winter months wishing you were trudging to class in a foot of snow.

Associate Editor

Mende Smith Assistant Editor Spotlight

Nathaniel Iven-Diemer

er Dark

Art Director/Designer

Lindsey Antilla Adviser

Jennifer Green website After Dark

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F T P E

Central Washington University’s policies and practices affirm and actively promote the rights of all individuals to equal opportunity in education and in employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age, material status, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The person responsible for CWU’s institutional compliance with various federal and state laws and institutional policies dealing with discrimination is Staci SleighLayman, Interim Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, Barge Hall 221, -509-963-2205 TTD 509-963-2207. CWU is an AA/EEO/ Title IX institution. Upon request, this document is available in accessible formats (Braille, large print or audio cassette). Contact Disability Support Services at 509-963-2171 TDD 509-9632146. Pulse falls under the auspices of the Student Media Board at Central Washington University. For more information, contact the Communication Department at http://www.cwu.edu/~comm/

Cover photo by Colleen Carroll

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Well, maybe not, but you get the idea. Treasure your time in college no matter what year you are.

But since this is “The Freshman Issue,” here is my advice to you. Get to know your peers. Fifteen can be found on pg. 32. Get involved in any and all campus clubs and activities. Learn about intramurals on pg. 14 and about active clubs in “The Political U” on pg. 26. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Get a good laugh at yourself reading and clicking on “Ermeherd Ernernett Merms” on pg. 08.

(And read Pulse regularly.)

Cheers,

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PULSE STAFF

Jordan Cox-Smith

Mende Smith “This was given to me by our campus nurse practitioner after smoke inhalation from the wildfires aggravated my allergies.

It keeps me on my bike and out of her office.”

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“You can always tell a lot about a man by his shoes.”

Nathaniel Iven-Diemer “In my everyday life, I use my phone so much that it has practically become a part of my body. It’s like my daemon. I can’t live without it being close to me at all times.”

Colleen Carroll Cassandra Nilsen

“I love my watch because it’s feminine but not frilly, and every time I see the heart it makes me smile.”

“They accompany me through hell and high water, even if they’re not really designed for it.”

Scott

Herman “I pretty much shot out of the womb with a hat on.”

Grace Gutierrez Leon

La Deaux “I always have to have my bracelet bands on or my wrists feel naked.”

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Peter O’Cain “The faux wood frames are a show of solidarity in the fight against erectile dysfunction.

Never forget.”

“I wear these shoes because they’re comfortable to work out in.”

Lindsey Antilla “I wear my ring every day because diamonds are a girls best friend.

It’s from my soon to be husband –we’re in love.”

CWU Freshmen 2012 Demographics

Males//673

Females//755 Unknown//2

Total Freshmen//1430

SAT Math//502.2 SAT Verbal//499.1 SAT Composite//1001.3

HS GPA//3.082

Asian//43 Black//27 Hispanic//209 Multiethnic//113 International//27

Native American//15 Pacific Islander//15 Unknown//11

White//870

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Advice to Freshmen Do everything, not everyone.

Matthew Principe

Put yourself out there. Some of the greatest times I’ve had [were] a result of my coming out of my comfort zone.

Jarred Johnson

Drink coke or juice if you don’t want to get drunk. Nobody will know.

Nora Litvak

Go to class and do the reading on time. It will save you hours of cramming later.

Tabitha Grimes

Join a club. Don’t ask why.

You’ll see.

Jordan-Michael Whidbey

Actually go to class. The easiest way to fail is to not go.

Amy VanderHouwen

Listen first, ask questions later.

Looch Worl

Ask for help as soon as you’re lost or confused. Professors want to see you succeed and asking for help when you’re lost is the easiest way to be successful.

Nicholas Saine

Don’t be afraid to change your mind.

Katharine Lotze

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ERMEHGERD

ERNERNERT MERMS! Nathaniel Iven-Diemer

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our town Mind & Body

Meme: an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.

Memeing has always been a societal behavior that we’ve never really thought about, but with the advent of the internet and the introduction of the internet meme, it was only a matter of time before the latter became common in real life.

Internet memes are usually created to describe people or acts that others perform in their everyday lives, usually in a succinct sentence or two accompanied by a photograph of a person or animal on top of a colored background. They have become such a popular aspect of American culture that the Comedy Central television series South Park created an entire episode dedicated to the practice.

Derek Flint thinks the memes targeting himself and his fellow freshmen are hilarious. “They’re funny because they’re true for a majority of freshmen,” he says.

But Internet memes are, of course, only accurate for a small number of people; college freshman memes are no different. As senior Special Education major Hanna O’Donnell says, these types of memes are like the others. “Mostly offensive and generalizing, but often comical because of the exaggerated nature of the joke.”

While he finds them funny, Flint doesn’t believe the memes are an accurate description of him personally. “I put grades first,” he says. Freshman Tania Ramirez also feels like some of them are true, “but some of them are too much.”

Tracy Gasca, another freshman at CWU, agrees. “[They make] it seem like that’s what everyone says or does, but that’s not true.”

And she’s absolutely right. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t still funny or of total inaccuracy. Senior Theatre major Trevor Williams says, “I think a lot of them have more truth to them than we want to recognize.”

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Top 10 College

Freshman memes: 1. “I love college!!!!!”

Classes haven’t even started 2. Acts like lazy college senior Fails out after first semester 3. Fails class Blames teacher’s accent 4. Drinks Four Loko Dies 5. Sees whiteboard on someone’s door Draws dicks on it 6. My dorm room posters really reflect my nonconformity Bob Marley, “Fight Club,” “Pulp Fiction” 7. “It’s so awesome being independent!”

Goes home every weekend 8.“Dude trust me, I live in the real world.”

19 years old 9.Wears high school seniors 2012 shirt In public 10.Reads college freshman memes Thinks they don’t act like one *All memes found on quickmeme.com

Our Summer

Ablaze Scott Herman

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Mind & Body

Senior Kaelan Nelson At the start of the Taylor Bridge fire that burned over 30,000 acres of land in the Kittitas Valley, senior Paramedic major Kaelan Nelson found himself sick and trapped in his room when his crew was called. The sickness wasn’t the obstacle. He could barely feel the flu’s effects with the new surge of adrenaline—his father perched in the doorway blocked his exit. Nelson wasn’t going anywhere.

He threatened to bolt for the fire station the moment his parents left him unattended, and for that reason he was under close watch until his 102-degree fever broke.

Few people have summer jobs that truly make them sweat. Most languish behind a counter or take up jobs in strip malls. Occasionally some guy might get lucky with a construction job trading grueling work and anti-social hours for a greater paycheck.

For some Wildcats there is no better way to get paid than fighting fires. It has more than it’s share of excitement. From the adrenaline of the briefing to the thrill of the flames to the exhaustion of endless attempts to harness its incredible power, a special breed of person gets an unmatched satisfaction from their job.

Nelson talked at length about receiving “the call.”

Whenever the volunteers of Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue (KVFR) are alerted, there’s instant reaction and preparation for what’s to come, and to miss out on

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the call can be more stressful than the fire itself.

ents an interesting adrenaline rush for fighters.

“These are the people you train with, live with, and bond with, you’d give anything to be along side them in that moment,” Nelson says.

Nelson bolted to the line to join his crew in a 72-hour shift of engine riding and ditch digging. At the fire line he was able to get a better idea of just how big the fire was by watching whole trees burn up like dried sparklers in a matter of seconds. After each 72-hour stint, the physical exhaustion found itself an easy muse for a nap. Unlike most crews working Taylor Bridge, KVFR was able to return home to their families and rest up. Nelson preferred to stay at the station in a spare bunk in case his services were needed again.

“You make good money, a lot of us would do it for free because we love it so much. We enjoy the money aspect, but really it’s fun to get out on a big fire, you know they’re always challenging,” says Nelson.

Standing tall with a camouflage hat and work boots on, Nelson blends in well with the sea of firefighters that have stormed into Ellensburg hoping to wash out an unusual summer of infinite flames and it’s smoky sky byproduct.

“You’re always working in organized chaos because fire is an unpredictable medium,” Nelson says.

The rewards of firefighting end up being pretty lucrative but more so than the money, the thrill of the challenge ahead pres-

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The lava red flames of this summer’s Taylor Bridge Fire casted a glow upon the smoke hovering in the night sky. Those flames were huge, devastating too, but Nelson is among the first to admit that it can be a spectacular sight. He kept cool at the thought of working alongside such tall licks of flame, until his radio reports said people and their homes were at risk.

“When I hear structures [are] threatened, my stress level goes up to about an 8; when I hear people are threatened, it’s everything, all hands on deck, ten out of ten stress—trying to figure out what’s going on where you need to be to make sure that they’re safe,” Nelson says.

Areas such as Wenatchee, Chelan and Richland were on fire through a significant portion of the summer and that’s just within the confines of Washington. There was an interwoven exchange of firefighters throughout the western states. Firefighters from the west side of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and even

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Senior Derek Alberthal Canada were brought in to help. Conversely, Washington sent personnel to other states in the region.

“This is my community, people that I, for all intensive purposes, see on a day to day basis,” Nelson says, “Close to home like this in your own community and your own county definitely made it more personal for me, after sitting the first few days of Taylor Bridge, it was hard, hard to sit on the couch and listen.”

If it weren’t for school starting Nelson could still be out there fighting fires, as the larger fires won’t be officially out until the first heavy rain or snowfall.

“I know people, friends of mine, heck they didn’t get off the fire line until a couple weeks ago, some of them are still on a fire line. We still have people doing fire patrols on fires around the state.”

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As the weather stayed dry across the draughtladen region, the rest of the west systematically began to burn. Senior Paramedic major Derek Alberthal found himself digging trenches in the Rockies of Colorado with his crew.

Colorado’s terrain was grueling, working an 18hour shift on the line digging ditches and returning to rest in the humblest of abodes, a little tent set in rows with everyone else in his crew.

“It sucks sometimes, there’s a lot of handwork, but the shifts go pretty fast,” Alberthal says.

In contrast on some deployments, Alberthal found himself off the lines helping with the more logistical aspects of fighting the fire.

Grace Gutierrez

Ellensburg Works Out 14

Exercise is not the same for everyone. Maybe you played a sport in high school or took a dance class all your life in order to get some physical activity. College is a new environment; searching for the right workout for you may seem like more of a challenge now that you’ve left the nest.

Don’t fret. There are many different ways to get your sweat on in Ellensburg and at all college campuses across the country—most without even leaving campus. The Rec center alone has every equipment machine imaginable, fitness classes, and an awesome rock wall. It’s not impossible to find time to get exercise with classes and loads of homework if you are willing to make gym time achievable.

Working out in a gym isn’t really your scene? There are alternative ways to get your blood pumping.

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Jordan Guthmiller, a senior Exercise Science major, gets her daily exercise at CWU’s Rec center. She juggles school, homework and a job, still finding time to spend an hour or more in the Rec almost every day. “I have a few sets of different workouts that target different muscle groups that I switch around a couple times a week. These ideas come from trying new things and using what I learn from classes.”

The sweaty aroma of the crowded gym doesn’t seem to faze Guthmiller as she moves from pushups to abs to weights. “I like working out at the gym because they have everything to offer. Any machine or weight you can think of which allows me to add a lot of variety to my workout.”

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Moving downstairs to the weight room or as some call the “big boy room,” Keefer Askin, an undeclared junior, and Mitchel Fiecke, senior Exercise Science major, are busy pumping some iron. Askin and Fiecke lift together as a way to hang out and still get exercise—agreeing that the most rewarding part of their workouts is the satisfaction of feeling stronger and getting bigger. Having incorporated gym time into their daily routines, it’s easy for them to balance time for school and homework. They like the variety of weights available, which can be found in almost every Rec center on college campuses.

If weights or abdominal mats aren’t your favorite, different fitness classes are available on most

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college campuses. Bethany Hansen, a senior Education major, has the pleasure of leading Zumba classes here at CWU. Zumba is a combination of dance and aerobic elements—typically around an hour long with music that incorporates fast and slow rhythms as well as resistance training.

Along with fitness classes, most campuses also offer intramural sports, recreational sports organized by students. There are a lot of options: soccer, volleyball, swimming, dodgeball, softball and many more.

Shane Brady, junior Education major, participates in multiple intramurals. Brady plays football on Mondays and Wednesday in addition to his Tuesday/ Thursday dodgeball schedule. He likes intramurals because of his love for sports. Brady plays on teams with his friends. The added bonus: they hang out while winning. Brady’s dodgeball team has been the reining champions consecutively for four quarters.

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Carli Sowder, a senior Math Education major, prefers off campus physical activity. Her favorite form of exercise is with her favorite workout buddy: her dog, Cedar. “Hiking with Cedar benefits both of us at the same time” Sowder explains, “I’m getting a workout and he’s burning energy by running around through the trails.”

Sowder’s hiking of choice are Manastash Ridge and the waterfall hike, both located in Ellensburg. “I try to find places with a river or lake because Cedar loves to swim and fetch sticks out of the water,” Sowder says. Not near Ellensburg, check out other places for hiking at http://www.tripleblaze.com/best/?c=51.

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Supplements

Strength & Power 5 g 30 min before each workout

Maximizes strength for new growth and restores ATP levels

BCAA’s

3-10 g immediately before/during workout

Amino Acids are metabolized in muscle itssue & used for quick energy

Whey Protein

15-30 g immediately before & after workout

Increases protien synthesis

Caffeine

before workout

Releases fatty acids into the blood stream for energy use & increased focus

Tyrosine

500-1000 mg 30 min before workout

Increases concentration during times of stress on the body

2-2.5 g 30 min before & after workout

Increases levels of Carnoside to delay the drop in PH which causes fatigue

3-6 g immediately Citrulline Malate before/during workout

Supports optimal blood flow & reduces feelings of fatigue during high intensity workouts

Creatine Monohydrate Muscle Growth

Energy & Focus

Endurance Beta-alanine

Anti-Oxidant (Muscle Protector) 100-400 IU 30 min before workout

Influences the activity of other Anti-Oxidants

Alpha Lipoic Acid

200-400 mg 30 min before workout

Protects red blood cells from damage by free radicals, increases muscle & decreases fat

N-AcetyleCysteine (NAC)

300-600 mg 30 min before workout

Improves potassium regulation to delay fatigue allowing stronger lifts

Vitamin E

For more information, check out http://www.muscleandstrength.com/expert-guides/pre-workout

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Jordan Cox-Smith

kiss & tell

College is the time for youth to escape the confines of home and experiment and grow as a person. There is no better place than the resident halls. As freshman quickly realize, the dorms here at Central Washington University are co-ed. Ask anyone who has made it a year in the dorms and they would tell you that having the opposite sex living in the same residence as you can prove to be extremely distracting.

The dorms are the perfect opportunity to get a crash course in social life. There are a lot of positives and negatives that come from dating within the dorm that you live in. You may find the love of your life or you might find yourself in an awkward situation.

When now senior Public Health and Pre-Nursing major Allie Washburn was living in Barto Hall, she met a young man by the name of Stan Langlow. Living just a few doors away, Washburn took the time to get to know him before jumping into the relationship.

“I think it’s important to have time with your friends as well,” says Washburn. Spending too much time with anyone can be detrimental. In addition to both being

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Safe Sex Pulse’s Jordan Cox-Smith snagged an inteverview on safe sex with Peer Help Educator and senior Public Health and Education, Laura Osborn, of the Wellness Center.

We have testing for students on campus at the health and medical clinic that we refer students to.

What advice would coming freshmen

The objective of the Wellness Center is to promote positive health behaviors, prevent negative consequences associated with high-risk behavior.

you on

give to insafe sex?

I would say that if you are interested in practicing safe sex you should join the Love Glove Club. The Love Glove Club gives out 20 free condoms a quarter to any student who is willing to provide their name and e-mail address and they can just come and pick it up.

What resources are available for students on campus to help students practice safe sex?

The Wellness Center is here on campus to cover all barriers of good health including safe sex.

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What is the purpose of the Wellness Center?

athletes, Washburn and Langlow were able to successfully balance time with each other and other friends.

Not everyone has the same experience as that Washburn and Langlow have, a lot of students experience failing relationships while trying to dorm date. Some students are haunted by the fact that their ex is looming around the place that you live.

“I tried out the whole ‘dormcest’ thing and it didn’t fly,” says Washington State University senior Construction Management major Nick Mead. “After [crap] hit the fan, things began to get a bit awkward around the hall. Going to brush my teeth became a dreadful task.”

“One of my friends in the dorm had a thing going on with one of the R.A.’s in my hall and things got really intense once that flame went out,” says senior Public Safety and Health major Michael Tager. “My R.A. ended up getting kicked out of the residence hall and had to move off of campus spring quarter my freshmen year,” said Tager.

Be wary of jumping into a relationship with someone in the same hall as you.

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The Political U Cassandra Nilsen

He stands in front of a table that is covered in red cloth, extra clipboards and pens are carefully placed for easy access along with “VOTE” buttons, waiting to congratulate students who stop by. Clipboard in hand, he watches each student approach. “Excuse me, are you registered to vote?”

Some students see him ahead of time and suddenly have a phone call, ignore his question completely or mumble an affirmative answer as they speed-walk their way past. Quite a few simply choose an alternate route.

“I’m incredibly happy that our Department of Diversity and Social Justice has these wonderful partition boards up about LGBT history month,” says sophomore Matt Baird, president of the Central Washington University’s College Democrats Club, “but the problem is where it is situated. A lot of people see us and they duck behind it,” he laughs. “As a student, I can say I’ve avoided my fair share of booths from time to time, but this is an important one. Most booths aren’t trying to get you to exercise a civil right that you have and that’s what we are trying to get students to do.”

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Who is “we”?

Brianne Wood, ASCWU Vice President for Legislative Affairs, began working with the Center for Leadership and Community Engagement (CLCE) last spring to coordinate what she deems “a massive voter registration campaign.” As members of the Washington Student Association (WSA), CWU is part of the Washington State Student Vote Coalition, a nonpartisan organization whose goal is to provide eligible college students access to voting at universities across the state. Jackie Spurlich, a senior majoring in Social Sciences, is an intern with WSA and works with students to both encourage and

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educate them on their rights as voters. “It’s not just registering voters, but helping to educate voters and getting them empowered and able to actually vote.”

Filled with freshly eligible voters, college campuses should be brimming with students ready to use their voting voice--that’s not necessarily the case. While student voting has been on the rise, it is still woefully behind other demographics. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education college students make up “nearly a quarter of eligible voters” but only 22.8 percent of eligible student voters actually voted in 2010. This is a problem student volunteers are trying so hard to address.

Why is it so hard to get students involved?

According to Matt Manweller, Associate Professor of Political Science, students are not yet thinking ahead about their life beyond college. “Students are indifferent,” he says, “because they are rarely affected by public policy at their age. They don’t pay taxes, they’re not making a mortgage payment [and] they’re not dealing with healthcare most of the time.”

Additionally, Spurlich believes that part of the problem is that students are busy and find it difficult to take the time to learn about the candidates. “Students don’t want to vote if they don’t feel like they know.”

Baird argues that many students wonder if their vote even counts. “In America, aMind lot& Body of people just have this idea that their vote doesn’t really count because they’re just one person.”

Regardless of opinion, the fact remains that student voting is significantly lower than it should be for a demographic that is actually greatly affected by government. Case in point – Central Washington University’s tuition has increased 14 percent over the last three years. “That tuition bill, [that] gave tuition authority to the board of trustees, has a sunset clause, which means it has an end date,” says Full name Wood. “In the next two years we’re approaching a date where we have to reauthorize that, or put tuition control back in the legislature. If students don’t become active in voicing their opinions about who they vote for, then they’ll probably just reauthorize it.”

Just in case you’re wondering if students can really have that kind of impact, get this –last year the undergraduate students faced the threat of a subsidized loan rate increase from 3.1 percent to 6.2 percent.

In partnership with the WSA, and as a part of the “Don’t Double My Rate” campaign, 12 CWU students traveled to DC and talked with representatives and senators to try to convince them not to double the rates and it worked, temporarily. “Unfortunately, that [bill] only went through for one year,” says Spurlich, “It’s going to come back up next year.”

According to Wood, the problem is not that students don’t have a voice—they just don’t use it. “We’ve noticed in the past couple years that legislators won’t listen to student issues unless students are actually voting.”

This is why your voice matters. This is your school, your money, and your future. It turns out you actually can make a difference.

It starts here, on your campus and moves up.

“Politics is local,” says Baird. “Local politics build upon itself to create larger politics, but it all starts locally.”

Who’s excited?

While student voting is an uphill battle, not all students are indifferent. “I registered a girl who just turned 18 this year, about a month ago and she was so excited and so thankful to me for just registering her to vote,” says Spurlich. “I could tell in her eyes that she was just really excited to be involved. There are people out there that are still

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excited to be a part of something, people who still believe in it, which is good. They should.”

Freshman Tabitha Fairbanks has been looking forward to voting since she turned 18. “It’s important to know who’s going to be representing you,” she says. Elizabeth Shore, freshman, has also been looking ahead to her opportunity to vote. What issues are important to her?

“Jobs, education, gay rights. I’m all for equality.”

So, what’s next?

Even though voter registration is over for this election, the work continues with education for students.

Keep your eye out for various events around campus as well as information about the specific candidates

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and what they stand for. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. The WSA and their efforts lie in educating students about the issues; not persuading students to vote one way or the other. “I just want to persuade you to vote,” says Spurlich. “Make your own decision, make up your own mind. This is college.

People should be doing their own critical thinking.”

Where do I vote?

Come Election Day, the Central Election Assistance Center (CEAC) will be set up on campus as a polling location where students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to vote. What if you forget your ballot that day? No worries. At the CEAC you’ll be able to go online to retrieve your ballot.

“You can pull up your ballot, vote on that ballot,

print it out, sign the voter oath. Then deposit it in the ballot box here on campus,” says Wood. “We’re trying to remove the barriers of voting at CWU.” This is the first time students will be able to vote on campus, but that’s not the only first for this election year. “Now installed in the SURC east patio is the first ever permanent ballot box on a university campus,” says Wood. Complete with the Wildcat logo, this box will accept all student ballots regardless of the county in which they are registered, and students won’t have to pay the postage for sending it.

Student voting is vital for student issues - nobody else is going to fight for you. “If they’re not representing you, they’re representing someone else,” says Spurlich. “If you’re not talking to your senator or your representative, they’re talking to someone else.”

Obama

Should abortion remain a legal option in America?

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Romney Kiss & Tell

Food & Drink

Should felons be allowed to vote?

Should the death penalty remain a legal option in America?

Is outsourcing jobs in other countries good for America?

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Should voters be required to show photo identification in order to vote?

Should the United States build additional nuclear plants?

Are more federal regulations on guns and ammunition needed?

Should gay marriage be legal?

Should marijuana be a medical option?

For your own research: Washington Secretary of State’s website League of Women Voters of Washington State Center for Responsive Politics

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men

15 Colleen Carroll

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After Dark

We’ve all been there: fearing the notorious “freshman 15” that new college students are warned about when packing up their bags for college. With CWU enrolling a hundred more students in the freshman class this year than expected, one could say that this year’s new class is really tipping the scales at Central. Let’s take a look at this “freshman 15” and how they could be shaping Central’s campus over their careers here.

Eric Chand A three year program in Physics at Central, followed by a two year mechanical engineering degree at WSU is what keeps Eric Chand’s future bright. Even though he’s very busy with his educational plans, in his free time he enjoys longboarding and drumming. Chand says, “Central is amazingly perfect. It became my home so quickly. I loved it from the get go.” He is looking forward to his time at Central planning on a good education and a little bit of fun.

Preston Bradley Preston Bradley is an active guy. He’s the kind of guy that runs into twenty friends just by walking from his dorm, Meisner, to the SURC. Bradley is interested in a Global Wine Studies degree. Bradley “loves everything about [Central] so far.” He likes that the classes are close together and he notices that the campus is a lot more relaxed than other campuses he’s visited.

In his free time, he likes to hang out with friends, eat a lot of food, longboard, and play pass with a football. Bradley really looks forward to Halloween, where he’s planning on dressing up as a male stripper.

Mike Smith Mike Smith has, “one of the most common names in America.” He is studying Mechanical Engineering and Physics. After he’s done with his ambitious degree, he wants to do something in the military.

He’s currently living in one of the Basetti dorms, Hitchcock, but hails from the city of Anacortes, WA. His favorite things about CWU so far are that there are small class sizes and “a nice homey feeling.”

Smith’s favorite free time activity is bodybuilding, which is about all he has time to do with his classes.

Jared Baxter Central is Jared Baxter’s steppingstone towards a career in aerospace and air traffic control. He will be spending his time studying Business Management and Accounting. He thinks Central is cool, he has noticed that people around campus are not as friendly as they are in his Residence Hall, Hitchcock. Though an education is the most important thing for Baxter during his time on Central’s campus, he does like to work out, ride bikes, eat, and sometimes play video games.

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Our Town

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Spare Change

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Passport

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Jackson Halford

Jacob Baxter

Hailing from Hilo, Hawaii, Jackson Halford claims that his move to Ellensburg has been “an easy adjustment”—feeling welcome during time on campus.

Jackson is part of the CWU cross country team and plans on running track in the spring. Running and going to class occupies quite a bit of his time, but he manages to create dubstep and house music in his free time. Halford is a resident of Kamola Hall.

“A fun dorm once you get to know people,” Jackson says. He has really been enjoying his time at Central claiming, “the teachers are great. The people are super helpful and cool about just hanging out and watching football.” Jackson is looking forward to the rest of the year and becoming part of campus spirit.

Jacob Baxter hasn’t decided on a specific major, but definitely wants to get a degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, or in electronics. Find him at work at five in the morning cleaning Dean Hall.

Not only does Baxter work hard and attend class, but he also likes to work out and socialize with people in his dorm. Baxter lives in Hitchcock, where he is dorm president. So far Baxter has been involved in several activities of Central life including: attending OPR events, being involved with RHLC, RHA, and being on committees around campus. “CWU makes it really easy and fun to get involved,” says Baxter. With all this craziness, he looks forward to the weekends during his upcoming college career.

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Erika LaCarney Erika LaCarney, an undecided freshman, has had a fairly large lifestyle change moving to the Ellensburg campus. Coming from the Vancouver, WA area, Erika is used to city life. She does not mind her relocation to the small CWU campus. She likes the change of pace, and she explains it as, “a good place to focus on school work.” Erika is considering studying Sociology because she wants to learn how people interact. After her homework, Erika likes to involve herself in “cliché” activities, such as meeting new people, exploring new places, and reading.

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Our Town

Mind & Body

Passport

Kiss & Tell

Food & Drink

Holly Kolb

Kelsey Wilder

Living in brand new Barto, a dorm that she loves, Holly Kolb has not yet decided on a major. She is considering something along the lines of achieving a Religious Studies degree. Kolb comes to Ellensburg from her eastern hometown—Spokane, WA. In addition to hanging out with friends and going to class, Kolb likes the outdoors. She is known to run and hike. Being able to get out and about will definitely help achieve one thing she’s excited to experience at Central: meeting new people.

The attraction of the stage is what brought Kelsey Wilder to Central. She is a BFA Performance major through our renowned Theatre department. Naturally, her love of acting keeps her busy in her free time, where she enjoys studying for the theatre production of Challenger—a piece on the Challenger space shuttle disaster set to hit the CWU stage for the first time in February. Kelsey is also a resident of Barto. The Maple Valley, Washington native is looking forward to new experiences as well as challenges in her major, and making more friends with “people to call family.”

Marissa Anthony A degree in Secondary Education with an endorsement in History of Family and Consumer Sciences is what Marissa Anthony plans on studying during her time on the CWU campus. She enjoys the simple things in life. When she’s not in class, she’s hanging out with her friends. A resident in the newly remodeled Barto Hall, Anthony is looking forward to include making new friends and lifelong memories and, eventually achieving what most of us want to, pursuing a career in her respective majors or interests.

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Spare Change

Jessica Fisher Working with kids is ultimately Jessica Fisher’s goal, although she has not quite decided on what degree she will be pursuing. In the meantime, after class she goes to movies, shops, dances, and spends time with her friends. She’s another resident in Barto Hall by way of her hometown of Spokane, WA. She likes the campus so far and says, “I’m happy that I chose to come here.” One thing she is really looking forward to at Central is attending CWU basketball games.

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Cody Hernkind “I like numbers. I like thinking” says freshman Cody Hernkind when asked why he’s chosen his path as a mathematics major. When he’s not crunching numbers, Hernkind can be found lifting weights and playing Madden in his temporary home in Davies. He is extremely fond of Central so far. “There are a lot of nice people here, I like the community feeling.” A community feeling that reminds him so much of his home of Oak Harbor, WA. He faces what he looks forward to most at Central: a new experience and a new chapter in his life.

Corey DeFanio Athletic training is Corey DeFranio’s ultimate career goal. Studying Exercise Science is something he’s really looking forward to over the next four years, as well as getting involved with sports. Playing a lot of card games with his friends is what DeFranio does to pass the time after classes and homework assignments have been completed. He also enjoys playing football outside. Adoring his time on the CWU campus, he says there seems to be quite a few things to do and that the people are extremely friendly.

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Meredith Parsons In Davies, Meredith Parsons can be found surrounded by friends and neighbors. Watching the game while hanging out with friends, as well as playing games on her Xbox keep her occupied when she’s not in class.

“Logic dictates. I should study more, but I’m working on that,” says the undecided freshman. She is considering either a degree in Geology or Law and Justice.

Central has been a great so far—she’s loving the campus, meeting a lot of great people, and taking decent classes. The food is better than she expected as well.

In the next four years, Parsons is looking forward to meeting more people, expanding her horizons on the social and professional realm, having some insane experiences, and is excited to get paid to do it all.

Mind & Body

Nathan Rojas With aspirations of becoming an airline pilot, Nathan Rojas is part of the CWU Aviation department.

It’s a tough major, but he’s looking forward to a good job market when he graduates. In his hometown of Puyallup, Nathan did not have much of a social life. “I did a complete 180 when I came to school,” says Nathan. With his new friends, Nathan can be found in Beck Hall, playing Dance Central and Super Smash Bros with friends. Rojas says, “I feel welcomed. I feel like I have a spot in society.”

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Kiss & Tell

Food & Drink

After Dark

Freshman Besides mountains and maybe pot, Ellensburg doesn’t share many similarities with Afghanistan. And other than plumes of smoke occupying the horizon, the ‘Burg doesn’t have much in common with Iraq either.

In the same manner, military life and student life are worlds apart. For student-vets, the days of convoys and flak jackets are gone, replaced by commutes and backpacks. It’s not as easy as it sounds—especially in the beginning.

KJ Stilling “The first two years I was here was probably the hardest, worst, most upsetting, most depressing, saddest years in my experience here,” says KJ Stilling, a senior Public Health Education major.

Originally from Camano Island, Stilling, 28, deployed twice to Iraq while in the Marines, once in 2004 and again in 2006. Today, he has a window office in the SURC where sits as ASCWU president. The position requires him to be something he once wasn’t: social.

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Peter O’Cain (US MC 2003-2007)

When Stilling began at Central in Winter 2009, he kept mostly to himself, choosing to ignore other students, particularly freshman.

“I didn’t feel like I was one of them,” Stilling says.

“I was a Marine veteran. I wasn’t 18. I wasn’t the son or daughter of some parents that sent me to college. I wasn’t some person that wanted to go get drunk and screw around in the dorm.”

The difference between how a college student perceives the world and how a combat veteran, like Stilling, perceives the world insulated his isolation. It gave him reason to remain introverted.

“They don’t understand real life. They don’t understand what war is about. They don’t understand what international politics is like.

They’re just living a naive life,” Stilling felt.

Based on those judgments, which he now admits were incorrect, Stilling’s first year was “pretty solo.”

He had a few friends, but they were bad company.

“I found myself in bars often,” Stilling says. “And I wasn’t happy about associating with people that were actively disrespectful to their friends, people they were dating—they were drinking their lives away.”

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“Only until I got to the point I started realizing I needed to make a change did it happen,” Stilling says. “Not because people are telling me, not because people are encouraging me—because this is what I want to do, this is the change that I want to make.” Stilling believes there’s a way for new vets to bypass the turmoil he experienced.

“Establish a support network that [you] feel comfortable with, that [you] believe in. Find a small group of people, find them and stick to them.

Allow yourself to be vulnerable, allow yourself to grow and allow yourself to trust them.”

Mike Porter Mike Porter is a different student today than he was in 2005 as a freshman at Central. Four years in the Marine Corps as an infantryman has made him more disciplined. Mentally, he is a better student.

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After Dark

Physically, however, school is difficult. Years of exposure to (very) loud noises caused him to develop tinnitus in both ears, which he describes as a constant ringing sound. This makes class a little more complicated.

Porter has also found time to act as Central’s Vet Corps representative. Vet Corps is a branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs that assists veterans transitioning into civilian life.

“I wasn’t comfortable sitting in front of the class where I could hear better ‘cause I didn’t like having 30 plus people at my back,” says Porter, a 25-year-old senior double-majoring in Construction and Business Finance. “So I sat in the back so I could observe.”

During his experience with Vet Corps, Porter has found that new student-vets are coming to college unprepared, both mentally and financially. He says many don’t know that there’s often a significant gap between the date classes start and the date they receive their GI Bill stipend

In the Marines, Porter learned how to monitor his surroundings while still paying attention to what was in front of him.

“With the tinnitus, I couldn’t hear in the back so I actually failed [a] math class,” Porter says. “That’s the first “F” I’ve ever got.”

Eventually, he made a compromise: sitting in the front and to the side where he could hear while still observing. He’s passing his classes now, even while averaging 17-18 credits per quarter and raising 3-year-old twins with his wife, who’s also a student at Central.

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Mentally, Porter believes student-vets need to be prepared for the loss of structure and camaraderie, as well as the security both provide.

“Some classes have a hundred people in there and the last time you were [alone and] surrounded by a hundred people was before you were in the military,” Porter says. “You come here and there’s no one watching out for you so you need to prepare for that.”

One way in which Porter is trying to help vets supplement the loss of camaraderie is with Ellensburg Wounded Warrior Softball, which participates in the Ellensburg city softball league during the summer.

Porter started the team last year and says about 20 people joined.

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actually really helped. pretty good friends,”

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We all bePorter says.

During his first year at Central post-Marine Corps, Porter says “it was just me essentially. Just going out by myself.”

After he started the softball team, “I now interact with [vets] on probably a daily basis.”

Tyson Miller On the first day of Fall Quarter, Tyson Miller drove his “dirt colored” Nissan Xterra from Puyallup to Ellensburg to begin his first year at Central. With only $150 to his name, Miller parked his Xterra in a shaded area of the Wendall Hall parking lot. For five days, he called his Xterra home.

“I was like ‘well, I can’t afford rent anywhere, but not going to school and working this crappy job is not going to make me any richer,’” says Miller, a senior ParaMedicine major.

Miller, 29, spent five years in the Navy as an engineering aid in the Seabees, twice deploying to Afghanistan.

“I just bit the bullet and was like ‘all right, well, I’ll start getting GI Bill money, then I’ll get a place but until then—I’ve lived in worse places than the back of my car,” laughs Miller. “There’s no scorpions, no cars, nobody’s shooting at me.”

Under the Post 9-11 GI Bill, student-vets receive a stipend based upon the number of days they were enrolled in school during the previous month.

Because classes were only in session for 12 days during September, Miller would receive less than half of a typical month’s stipend, which is normally around $1300. Meaning Miller may not have been able to afford an apartment until November.

However, Miller had a chance encounter with Vet Corps representative Mike Porter, who with the help of the Kittitas County Veterans Coalition found him a place without wheels.

“There’s apparently a lot of services out there if you say you’re a homeless veteran,” Miller says. “That’s a hot button; they really like to fix that, so that was just pure luck.”

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Although his status as a vet got him out of the parking lots, Miller says in order for new veterans to move on with life, they need to let go of the military.

“Don’t forget the fact that you’re a vet, but don’t let it be the only thing that defines you.

I guess, because now you’re in school and you want to do something else with your life.”

Miller suggests vets get involved with a club or program within their major, rather than relying on a vets club.

“Vets clubs are good, but it’s actually almost better if it’s just something that you like to do because then you’re dealing with real people again,” Miller says.

Food & Drink

After Dark

Microwavemeals Leon La Deaux

We’ve all been there. Standing in front of the dorm room fridge and microwave wishing that mom’s homemade leftovers will be sitting in there for a quick lunch. The harsh reality is that only Red Bull and yogurt stare back. Welcome to college.

For freshmen, college accompanies changes—including a sense of responsibility. Doing your own laundry, managing a busy schedule, and the big one, eating three solid meals a day.

“Walking to get my food, is by far the most annoying part about eating as a freshman,” says junior Geology major Chris Nenninger.

So why walk when it is perfect ably possible to cook in the comfort of your own room?

Most dorm rooms come with a microwave and mini fridge while select dorms have kitchens, either in an individual room or shared within a resident hall. With proper planning, getting three quality meals can be easy without leaving your room.

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Food & Drink Breakfast The most important meal of the day can be a quick snack on the way out the door or a continental breakfast for watching weekend football.

“I stole a toaster to cook my pop tarts in every morning,” says an anonymous freshman.

A hot breakfast is obtainable without toasting your bread. Here’s how to make a mini continental breakfast: Ingredients: Eggs Hash brown patties Sausage patties The above ingredients are sold in small containers—convenient for a smaller fridge.

Directions: Crack an egg in a small bowl and place a plate over the top to prevent yoke from exploding in the microwave. The egg should cook in the microwave for about 15-25 seconds. Then place a hash brown patty and sausage patty on a paper towel and then place in the microwave for 4560 seconds. Make sure to flip both patties over to cook both sides through. Place on plate and enjoy.

Lunch Mac & cheese, Top Ramen and soup are all great for a quick lunch inside your dorm room. “I’ll cook my favorite meal to cook, hamburger helper,” say Isaiah Davis a freshmen Business major.

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Davis chooses to cook hamburger helper because he is “comfortable cooking hamburger helper and Top Ramen.”

Dinner Everything that’s needed to have a healthy and hardy dinner is available at the C-Store—located in the SURC and North Village Café.

Senior Residential Dining Manager Edwin Torres-Pagan says, “There are plenty of foods that can be combined to make a good meal and you can use your connection card.”

A delicious dinner and can be cooked with a microwave and some hot water. Here’s how: Ingredients: Minute White Rice Veg-All (Mixed Vegetables) Campbell’s Chunky Beef Stew With pus

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water and heat to a boil Put stew and vegetables microwaving together unstir stew. Place rice on a on top. Cover with stew.

Scott Herman

Jack in the Box

As I barged in through the clear glass exterior doors I paused in the foyer before entering the mad house that lay before me. It’s as if I’m held in my own shark tank— intermittent yells find their way through the cracks of the swinging doors but for the most part I am silently staring at an incredibly messed up version of the Animal Kingdom.

This is not the Disney Animal Kingdom experience. It is very much Discovery Channel.

Also part of my pack is my good friend Chris. A jovial fellow in the moment, he needed a ride home from the bars. I agreed so long as he helped me with my homework and stayed out of trouble. He asked what kind of class assigns me to attend Jack in the Box at 2 in the morning after the bars have closed.

“The best kind,” I replied.

Futile male pickup lines and the stank of the last bar’s perspiration complement the aroma of seasoned curly fries quite atrociously.

The drunks can smell my sobriety, and it seems to anger them.

A nicely dressed, albeit intoxicated student shoves a well color coordinated ‘bro’ into the trash can and roars in his face something about his “kicks being stepped on,” presumably to start a fight for supremacy of their own jungle. Both make a pass at male dominance, however both afraid of acting upon said dominance they quickly back down and return to their respective pride of friends. No Lion King here.

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After placing our orders on Chris’ tab, I watch as a girl fled the scene having been taunted by a pack of she-wolves, her order of tacos being left a casualty on her abandoned table as she bolts out the door to assemble her herd of girlfriends for a counter attack. I snag a taco.

“…and a rum and coke…make it diet,”

I surmise that as the Manager’s last joke before the 24hour open lobby change, he or she put in place the extremely tall tables with the high barstool-style chairs.

They make quite a challenging obstacle for the drunks to play on safely. Over and over I watch as the inebriated scoot themselves to the edge of the wooden seats for what must seem to them like a ten-foot drop.

One survives the controlled fall and sneaks to the counter to ask if theirs was the order that was called.

“Thank you sir,” the employee retorts.

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the the

happiest counter

lady asks.

“Most definitely,” laughs ‘Jake’ while flipping her long blonde hair.

The poor fellow working the register attempts to decipher the order of a particularly over-served gentleman.

“Sorry sir, we can’t hook that up for you,” says the amazingly patient employee.

“You’re a jerk.”

The girl who had once fled returns with a flock of gal pals—that look in their eye that could only be triggered by a wronged friend. They meet upon neutral territory. Mean words are exchanged, followed by more mean words. Outfits are dissed and then onto love lives. At the end of the grueling skirmish, crying pod members are left alone in the tank.

As we finish our fries and head to the car, one more question is on my mind; self-actualization of sorts.

“Chris man, do we act like that when we come here after the bars?”

“Of course we do bud, it’s natural.”

“You want how many chicken sandwiches?”

“32,” chuckles the inebriated fellow “Sir, are you serious?”

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Nathaniel Iven-Diemer

Bullies in the Sauna

I try to lead a healthy lifestyle. One of the things I like to do as a part of said lifestyle is to lift weights at the SURC gym. I legitimately enjoy working out and I do my best to go to the gym between four and five days a week (I usually skip Saturdays because of work and Mondays because I know better).

Sometimes I even enjoy winding down by going to the sauna after a workout. I like being able to sit in a small, quiet room with wooden walls as I enjoy the silence and sweat out all the anxiety that I may have experienced over the course of that day. It’s all very therapeutic to me.

One thing I don’t enjoy about the sauna, however, is going in and having to listen to other people talking in there—especially after my most recent experience.

I went to the gym the other night to get in a quick legs workout. I figured going to the sauna afterward would be a good idea, but I turned out to be very, very wrong.

This was one of those nights where the sauna was packed with people, all of whom appeared to have bodies built by steroids. Two of them (one a Patrick Bateman-looking dude and his friend) were sitting in the corner opposite the heater talking amongst each other. Around the corner where I was seated, four Japanese exchange students were also chatting to each other. This caused the two guys in the corner to talk

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more loudly to themselves and others next to them, as if trying to drown out the opposing conversation.

I overheard Patrick Bateman’s friend talking about a student in his cultural anthropology class, saying he was a “f****t” because he “talked to girls in the class about his clothes and his jacket and about how much money he spent in Bellingham.”

“He said he was straight, but yeah, whatever,” the friend says to nobody in particular. I look at him like he’s crazy and am completely unnoticed.

Eventually, the Japanese kids all left the sauna at the same time, which the friend took as an incentive to start talking about them.

“Aren’t they supposed to learn how to speak our own language before coming to our country?” he asked, laughing. Patrick Bateman chimes in about how “they’re supposed to come here to learn.”

The friend continues, saying, “Yeah! But they all sit together by themselves,” complaining about how the Japanese exchange students “always talk about how many fast food restaurants we have. Of course we do its America. Go watch a documentary.”.

As they all laugh and the friend buries his sweaty face in a towel and laughs out, “Sorry, I’m an asshole.”

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you’re more than just an assbro. Try what comes out of it.

At that point, I couldn’t contain myself any longer. So over all the laughter I say out loud, “Are you kidding me?”

I explain that no, Japanese people are not required to learn English before coming to America and just because they’re speaking their native language amongst themselves doesn’t mean they don’t know yours. Not to mention the fact that they’re under no obligation to speak any specific language around anyone else.

I didn’t even address his use of homophobic slurs because, being a “f****t” myself, I know better than to call someone out on that when I’m alone in a room full of racist bodybuilders.

Needless to say, I won’t be frequenting the sauna until the university takes measures to ensure this kind of thing never happens again (I’ll settle for some kind of punishment against the individuals themselves, too).

Nobody should be or hear others being subjected to acts of intolerance in a place where everyone is supposed to be striving toward a common health goal.

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$10 Copper Hook Pitchers during the Huskies Game

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