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Volume 48 Issue 9 June 8, 2017 - October 6, 2017

ommunicator SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

NEWS: INTERIM PRESIDENT A&E: WIRE HARP FEATURES: CADAVER LAB PICTURED: LUCY LUND (LEFT), JADIN WILBUR (RIGHT)

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MISSION STATEMENT

As a newsroom we aim to cover stories, events and achievements close to campus which affect students, staff and our community as a whole.

NEWS

3 NEW INTERIM PRESIDENT 4 TITLE IX

FEATURES

5 CADAVER LAB AT SFCC 6 NATURE NEAR CAMPUS 7 SKITCH TANK

OPINION

8 COST OF RUNNING START 9 THE SPIRIT OF RAMADAN

A&E

10 DECORATING YOUR APARTMENT 11 JUNIOR LILAC PARADE 12 THE WIRE HARP

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“It will be a pleasure to serve faculty, staff, and students this coming year.”

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Darren Pitcher

PITCHER APPOINTED AS INTERIM PRESIDENT DARREN PITCHER TEMPORARILY FILLS GULLICKSON'S POSITION AS SFCC PRESIDENT

BY RILEY OSBORN sfcc.riley.osborn@gmail.com

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FCC has appointed Darren Pitcher as the school's new interim president.

Pitcher currently serves as SFCC’s vice president of student services and student learning, and will serve as the acting president of SFCC during the 2017-18 academic year, effective July 1. The decision was announced by Chancellor Christine Johnson the morning of May 11 through a staff-wide email.

“I am excited and humbled to be chosen as acting President of SFCC. SFCC is a great place with extraordinary people,” said Pitcher.

“It will be a pleasure to serve faculty, staff, and students this coming year.”

Pitcher announced on May 11 that Chrissy Davis Jones will be

taking over his position as acting vice president of student services.

This transition will also become effective July 1.

“Dr. Chrissy Davis Jones will do a great job as acting vice president of student services,” said Pitcher. “She is passionate about student success and was a natural choice to lead the division this coming year.”

Since 2010, Davis Jones has served as associate dean of student development and recently as dean of student support services.

“Dr. Pitcher has been here almost as long as I have, and I think he’s well prepared to take over the acting position,” said Janet Gullickson, current SFCC president.

“I think he’s up to this job and I’m looking forward to what he will do

in his leadership role.”

Pitcher will hold this position for one year. The formal process to appoint a permanent college president will begin in January.

Preparation for the process will begin as early as November. The search for a permanent president will b e conducted nationwide.

Pitcher will be eligible to apply for the position.

“Dr. Pitcher provides continuity to SFCC,” said Chancellor Christine Johnson. “He has vast experience as VP of student services and VP of instruction, a dual VP role”.

Pitcher has an associate of science from Miles Community College along with a bachelor’s degree from Montana State. He also has a master’s degree from

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Fielding Graduate University and an educational doctoral degree from Fielding Graduate University.

“It’s a very formal process nominated by different parts of the organization,” said Johnson. “We identify the profile and experience the college is looking for”.

An organization made up of several representatives as well as a chairman selected by Chancellor Christine Johnson will be responsible for selecting the permanent president.

“I really would like the wonderful culture of the Falls to continue the cultural welcoming, the emphasis on welcoming, the emphasis on student completion,” said Gullikson.

“I would hope whoever comes in the next decades does that.”

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TITLE IX CHANGES

REVISIONS MADE TO TITLE IX AIM TO PROTECT STUDENTS

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hanges in SFCC’s Title IX aim to do more to defend student rights amidst claims of sexual assault.

In the past month, CCS has made changes to the way they handle the Title IX article, which primarily deals with sexual discrimination in educational settings. The changes were made to protect a wider range of people, specifically those who are accused of sexual violence, so there is now more equal opportunity for either party to defend their testimony.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 states “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to

discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”

The protections afforded by Title IX currently protects students from unwanted attention including from harrasment and sexual violence regardless of gender.

Spokane Falls has changed its code of conduct in the past month.

The changes made related to Title IX give both parties access to documentation related to the case.

The accused now have the ability to go through an appeals process as well.

“Our processes seem to work,” said SFCC Vice President of Student Services Darren Pitcher.

At SFCC, administration is required to have a Title IX

coordinator train them each year on current processes or any changes implemented.

The United States Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights defends Title IX through compliance reviews. These are investigations to discover systematic violations through sources, rather than relying solely on complaints.

“There are poorly trained administrators, faculty, and students investigating alleged criminal conduct, sitting in judgment and doling out punishment,” said Charles Wayne, quoted from a February 2017 article on nytimes.com, Universities Face Pressure to Hold the Line on Title IX. Title IX already gave schools the

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right to order a no-contact directive to prevent the accused student from approaching or interacting with the other. However, it does not allow schools to discourage either party from continuing their education.

Although the Trump Administration is working towards other possible alterations to Title IX, Pitcher isn’t expecting any drastic changes to Spokane Falls’ ways of handling a situation. Typically, only 6-7 cases are reported on campus each year, rarely any being a violent case according to Pitcher. They are handled as early as possible after a report. Students are usually sent to a different campus if they are convicted in a minor case.

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CADAVER LAB AT SFCC

SFCC'S OWN CADAVER LAB BURIED DEEP WITHIN THE SCIENCE BUILDING

BY HARRISON BALDWIN sfcc.harrison.baldwin@gmail.com

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FCC’s science department knows where the bodies aren’t buried.

In building 28, tucked around a corner and behind a set of large steel doors, room 135A houses SFCC’s cadaver lab. The lab exists to provide students with real-world experience of the actual body’s anatomy. Each cadaver studied by SFCC is supplied by either the University of Washington or Washington State University. SFCC has one of two community college cadaver labs in Washington state, the other being Clark College in Vancouver, Washington.

The University of Washington and Washington State University are responsible for transporting all of the cadavers to SFCC. These can stay in the lab for up to two years.

“All of the bodies that are here have been

donated by people who understood the importance of anatomical education,” said Anatomy and Physiology Instructor, Thayne Lacy. “Most of my students are dissecting geriatrics,” he added.

Although dissecting the deceased might be a touchy subject to some, but by the time the students reach Biology 241 they seem to be prepared to study cadavers.

“About 99.9% percent of students are excited, and have little or no problem, working on the bodies,” said Lacy.

Nursing student Bre Tolgyessy has utilized the lab for her own studies.

“I had no problem working on the cadavers,” she said.

SFCC’s cadavers are primarily dissected in the summer. The remaining quarters are primarily

Pictured: Body bags inside the cadaver lab at SFCC

used for touch up and study.

“The digestive and muscular system were the most difficult to grasp because of the amount of information to take in from the systems,” said Aaron Baines, SFCC nursing student. “I had no idea how much the body did until I studied it.”

For more information about donating your body to science visit: http://www.uwmedicine.org/education/ about/willed-body-program & https://medicine.wsu.edu/give/willedbody-program/

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NATURE NEAR CAMPUS

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FCC has no shortage of scenic views and hiking trails surrounding it. These vary from simple footpaths to exciting hikes. There are several easily accessible walks just minutes from campus, as well as further treks like the centennial trail. Just make sure to bring your camera, you might just spot Sasquatch taking a stroll.

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SHARK TANK FOR STUDENTS

SKITCH TANK COMES TO SCC TO HELP STUDENTS WHO HAVE BUSINESS IDEAS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT INTO ACTION

BY JARED GREBE sfcc.jared.grebe@gmail.com

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DECA sign on SCC campus.

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hink of your best business idea right now. If you want to know how to start making this idea a reality, get it out to the public, and make money off this idea, here is your chance.

Sponsored by the Deca club, an international institution that enhances the education and prepares leaders in marketing, business, and community involvement, Skitch Tank is essentially a Shark Tank for students. Put on by students and instructors in the Entrepreneurship program, students compete to win $250 for first place in front of a panel of judges in the bistro at Spokane Community College.

From salad dressing to homes for the homeless, students present their best business idea to win that money.

“Skitch Tank helps to clarify the visions of students and helps them learn the skills of becoming an entrepreneur,” said Mike Allen, Director of the Entrepreneurship program and one of the judges in Skitch Tank.

Allen works with Deca to create young businessmen and women in Washington State, as well as all over the world. However, they are specifically working locally to create an online marketplace for students called Campus Nabber.

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“This is where students can exchange information, marketing ideas, and connect with one another for business purposes,” said Allen.

Jason Biggs, President of the Deca Club at Spokane Community College and a contestant at the event, explains why Skitch Tank was originally established.

“Skitch Tank started up last year, and as soon as we were presented with the idea we decided to make it happen,” said Briggs. "The intention of the event is to implement leadership ideas, positivity, and professionalism in the business realm.”

Brian Harshbarger, one of the top competitors in the event with his business idea of single serving gourmet salad dressing, took home the second place prize and a check of $100 for presenting this product.

“When I was in the Entrepreneurship program I was shopping at Fred Meyer for dressing when I stumbled on this idea of single serving salad dressing,” said Harshbargar." I started off as a business major, but decided to go a different route and do something more productive with my life.”

Skitch Tank is a superb event for students to learn the skills and competence of presenting their business ideas in front of investors and promoters, as well as a way for you to turn your idea into cold hard cash.

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GETTING A RUNNING START IN COLLEGE THE PROBLEM WITH RUNNING STARTS HIDDEN COSTS

BY RILEY OSBORN & MIA WAMBOLD sfcc.riley.osborn@gmail.com sfcc.mia.wambold@gmail.com

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ince 1990, many high school ranging from $30 to $150. Many students have struggled to Running Start students are pay for the extra costs in obligated to come up with the college that aren’t covered by the remaining expenses of college Running Start program. textbooks.

Running Start students For students that are 18, financial participate in college classes aid may not be a possibility due to while still enrolled in high school the income of their parents or the during their junior and senior income that they make from their years. College tuition is completely work, and so they are then forced to covered for Running Start students, come up with hundreds of dollars however equipment and lab fees out of pocket to pay for textbooks as well as the cost of textbooks themselves. Loans for students are not always covered by the under 18 are unavailable due to the program. While Running Start helps student still being dependent on high school students get college their parents. credits, it leaves many searching “I have had to pay money out every nook and cranny for change of pocket every quarter to cover to help pay for supplies. The both books and fees,” said Laura colleges and universities should Neidhold, a current SFCC Running not let the students pay extra fees Start student. “I usually pay about because Running Start is a huge $350 a quarter to cover all my benefit for books, fees, students “I have had to pay money out of and a parking to get the pocket every quarter to cover both pass.” experience.

According books and fees," Lab fees to Melinda are not Bowman, covered by director of Laura Neidhold, the SFCC Running running start student Running Start at EWU, Start the cost for program. Often, Running Start a Running Start student depends students are faced with coming on the college and university. At up with hundreds of dollars for EWU, the only expenses that a book fees. Each quarter, a book student would be responsible for voucher is dispersed to Running are textbooks and course fees. A Start students and the voucher few courses with labs or equipment is redeemable at the college have fees as well as a parking bookstore. The funding for the permit, but all EWU students can book vouchers vary each quarter, ride the STA for free.

“To pay for my school expenses,

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I borrowed from family, and worked part time,” said Brady Noelle SFCC Running Start student.

Schools in Washington with Running Start include Washington State community and technical

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colleges, tribal colleges, Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Washington State University and The Evergreen College.

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THE TRUE SPIRIT OF RAMADAN

LOCAL MUSLIMS CELEBRATE HOLY SEASON OF FASTING AND GOOD DEEDS

BY ANDREW MARK MARIANO sfcc.mark.mariano@gmail.com

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amadan is a season of fasting and good deeds, but to local Muslims, it’s a challenging time in many ways.

When it comes to celebrating their faith, Muslims have faced many challenges here in Spokane.

Ramadan is a season that brings them together through age old traditions.

The Spokane Islamic Center serves the Muslim community of Spokane, including some from Europe, South-East Asia and the Middle East. The President

of the Spokane Islamic Center, Mahmoud El Aarag counters misguided views of Islam and Ramadan with an invitation.

“Get to know a Muslim person at least. I know there’s not that many in Spokane but you can find them here and connect with them on a people to people basis.

See what real Islam is about, not what you hear in the media,” said El Aarag. “They focus on the bad things and there’s really a minute number of Muslims that do bad things just like there are bad Christians and bad Jews.”

According to Muslims, Ramadan is one of the five tenets of their faith. It celebrates when the archangel Gabriel revealed their holy book, the Quran, to the Prophet Muhammad in the year 609. Muslims observe Ramadan

with various traditions, some started by Muhammad himself.

“It’s not mandatory but if we follow the footsteps of the Prophet, we get good deeds” said Zayed Mohideen, a Sunni Muslim, one of the two main denominations of Islam, who attends the Falls.

Mohideen is also the ASG Food Bank Manager who is observing Ramadan by not only fasting, but also by donating a portion of his income to the Spokane Islamic Center and carrying a pack of date fruits with a bottle of water in his backpack. The latter is one of the traditions that the Prophet Muhammad started.

“It is a very nutritious fruit from a biological standpoint” said Mohideen.

During Ramadan, Muslims fast from all food and drink, including water. Their fast starts at sunrise and ends at sunset based on their cycle of five daily prayers.

Mohideen and other Muslims in Spokane face a challenge unique to our part of the world.

“I sometimes fast for over nineteen hours because from

sunrise to sunset is pretty long here because of how far North we are” said Mohideen.

During Ramadan, devout Muslims like Mohideen give to charity, something that has helped build the Spokane Islamic Center in Spokane Valley. They will be celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2018. Before moving to the Valley, Muslims gathered at a small house on the north side for decades until the community grew too large for the place.

“People were doubting we could build it and when you do something with the intention to please God, God makes things happen,” said El Aarag. “This place runs on volunteers, the only paid member is the Imam and he doesn't really get paid that much.”

In addition to events related to the Islamic calendar, the Spokane Islamic Center hosts interfaith and community events like Meet Your Neighbors, which shares Muslim culture with non-Muslims who are curious about their neighbors.

“We’re open to everybody, you’re welcome anytime” said El Aarag.

To learn more about the Spokane Islamic Center please visit spokaneislamiccenter.org or call (509) 482-2608

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JUNIOR LILAC PARADE

SACAJAWEA MAKES THEIR WAY TO THE TORCHLIGHT PARADE

Sacajawea Middle School marches in downtown Spokane.

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he Junior Lilac Parade has been around since 1952 and still prospers in Spokane.

The parade celebrates the children of Spokane with elementary and middle school bands, youth groups, and an array of clubs. The parade, which starts on the Washington Street Bridge and ends on the Lincoln Street Bridge, took place on May 13.

One of Spokane’s middle schools, Sacajawea, ‘won’ the parade by scoring the most points from the judges, earning them a spot in the Armed Forces Torchlight Parade on May 20.

In late January Sacajawea found out the theme for the parade, the King and Queen of pop.

“We were told not to do Thriller

by Michael Jackson because we’d have all middle schools doing Thriller and there wouldn’t be any uniqueness,” said Patrick Shamblin, Sacajawea’s band teacher. “I waited until 12 band teachers responded and noticed no one picked Thriller, so I responded asking to do it.”

As advice to other schools

Shamblin explains that they choreography. Both the drill team should make it fun and do the and the band dressed up in ripped very best job they can and let the clothes and had gruesome makeup competition take care of itself. to look like zombies.

Sacajawea’s band and drill team “Winning this parade is special practice at different times until the for a lot of the kids because it’s their week before the parade, during first time going to the Torchlight which they prepare for the parade Parade,” said Nicholas. “It’s a lot of together. work for one more extra week, but “Our drill team practices every it’s well worth it to keep going.” morning the week before the It is possible for students to be parade, in in both band addition to drill team, “Winning this parade is special and their regular yet they have for a lot of the kids because performances to pick which for the school it’s their first time going to the to do for the and retirement parade. There Torchlight Parade,” communities,” was one said Nancy student this Nancy Nicholas Nicholas, an year who had adviser for a very hard Sacajawea’s choice to be drill team. either in drill “These performances serve as a team or in band during the parades. dress rehearsal for the parade.”

“It was super hard to choose According to both Shamblin between band and drill team. I love and Nicholas, one of the criteria them both, and having to choose judged is how much the school between them was terrible,” said adheres to the theme, this includes Makena Day, student of Sacajawea costumes, music selection, and Middle School.

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According to Makena, she loved the enthusiasm they got from the sidelines and heard so many people cheering them in both parades. There were shocked faces when the sideliners saw the costumes that the school was dressed up in.

Past students of Sacajawea can be proud of marching in the parade.

“When I was at Sac and just marched in the Junior Lilac parade, it was fun and interesting to see what the other bands did for the parade, what kind of music they played and how they compared to us,” said Atti Gunther, former band student at Sacajawea.

Atti's advice to middle school band members is to stay in band, practice often and learn your part in order to sound good as a whole group.

Winning the Junior Lilac Parade, and earning the opportunity to march with the bigger schools in the Torchlight Parade, is something these middle school students will always remember.

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UPCYCLING AND REPURPOSING

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HOW TO FURNISH AN APARTMENT INEXPENSIVELY

BY LEIGH ANN BRYAN sfcc.leigh.bryan@gmail.com

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oving from a childhood bedroom into an apartment is a rite of passage into adulthood. However, buying all of the furniture and accessories required to create a cozy space can be costly.

Still, with patience and a bit of ingenuity, crafting a personalized environment doesn’t have to break the bank.

Some of the best places for finding inexpensive furnishings are second-hand sources, particularly yard sales and thrift-shops.

Creatively transforming pieces is also a thrifty way to solve a particular design problem.

“Upcycling is the big thing now,” said Tanja Huffman, head of the interior design department.

“Scouring yard sales and thriftstores, finding something and repurposing it for your needs.”

Second-year interior design student Katie Eschenbacher concurs.

“What I usually do is find something I really like - like I’ll take a frame and repurpose it,” said Eschenbacher.

Of course, to the untrained eye, culling gems from a mountain of discarded goods may not be so

easy. Eschenbacher advises thriftstore and yard-sale seekers to change their perceptions by not viewing items as a whole, but as parts. For instance, if only a lamp shade is needed, offer to purchase just that.

Some items may not need repurposing at all.

“My favorite thing I’ve found is a blue tapestry with a mandala in the middle,” said Eschenbacher. “It’s like 6 feet wide by 10 feet tall. It’s huge.”

Tapestries are a great solution for adding visual interest to apartment walls that cannot be painted. For walls can be painted, however, it is often the best value considering its cost to impact ratio.

“You can do a lot with color and paint if your landlord will let you,” said Huffman.

Even without paint, Huffman explains that color itself can be utilized to inexpensively and easily create a new aesthetic to your space.

“Small pops of color, like pillowcovers, can be changed seasonally,” she explains.

Lighting, often overlooked by renters, is another way to create a dramatic effect. “Adding dramatic lights, like a can light on the floor,

Emily Inman working on AutoCAD

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will create an uplight which will resource for procuring free art is create highlights and shadows,” said the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Huffman, noting that it would be online image gallery. This past a good way to accent a particular February, the museum released piece of art. more than 375,000 art works into A quick search on google shows the public domain. Among the free, that Home Depot carries floor high-resolution images are pieces uplights from from modern "Scouring yard sales less than $9. artists like Need Paul Klee and and thrift-stores, finding something Juan Gris, and something and repurpose it even less photographs for your needs," expensive than of furniture thrifting? Don’t and pottery overlook handfrom antiquity.

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Just visit www. head of interior design The key is to metmuseum. make sure they org/art/ fit within the collection/ aesthetic of the space. and filter the results to show only “One cool vintage item I have is public domain works. my 1960s Volkswagen news articles Remember not to go crazy with about the new design of the Beetle,” ideas, however. In small spaces, a said Emily Inman, second year bit of thoughtful design and decor interior design student. “It was my go a long way. “I think you have to mom’s before that and she passed have the motto of less is more,” said them on to me, they are my favorite Inman. “We have little decor but thing in the house.” what we do is bold and I think that Inman also recommends using balances the scale more than trying Pinterest for inspiration on how to have too much going on at once.” to create low-cost art. Another

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THE WIRE HARP

BY CHLOE ROWLES sfcc.chloe.rowles@gmail.com

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veryday, we are surrounded by incredibly talented individuals, often unknowingly. The Wire Harp puts the work of those individuals into student hands.

SFCC’s annual creative arts magazine The Wire Harp showcases the literary and artistic talent of the college’s students, staff and alumni.

Among the publication’s staff is Connie Scott, a co-adviser with Doug Crabtree and Laura Read.

“It’s one of the biggest collaborative projects that we have at the Falls,” said Scott. “I think it makes our school all the more vibrant.”

Laura Stephenson is the literary editor of the Wire Harp and author

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of the magazine’s non-fiction piece, Wretched. She believes that the publication increases interest in poetry and short stories at SFCC. “The Wire Harp in particular makes our school a little more prestigious,” said Stephenson.

While the staff works hard to bring awareness to their publication and tries to get as many submissions as possible, the amount of work they publish is certainly finite. According to Scott, out of over 100 submissions, only 30 are published.

“We don’t publish more than two works by anyone,” said Scott.

The Wire Harp not only gives students a platform for their creative endeavors, it also gives students the experience of working on a magazine from start to finish.

“I wish I would have known

about the club sooner because I definitely would have joined sooner. It’s really fun,” said Macey Schallert, a staff member of the Wire Harp.

The Wire Harp got it’s name in 1984 from Almut Mcauley, an english instructor for SFCC and the faculty adviser for the Wire Harp from 1984 to 2005.

The magazine is named after a collection of ballads by East German writer Wolf Biermann published in 1965. In one poem, titled Ballad on the Poet Francois Villon, the barbed wire that lines the Berlin wall is compared to a wire harp as wind passes through it. In their 30th Anniversary issue, the Wire Harp staff explained the connection between this idea and their publication.

They wrote: “The ‘wire harp’ is a celebratory symbol for the creative voice that cannot, and

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The 2017 Wire Harp can be found on in Building 24 or online at http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls. edu/wireharp.

Submissions for next years issue will be accepted starting in October 2017

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