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State funding for work study decreasing

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From left to right: Nick Boe, Sarah Howerton and Ethan Erickson are active members of SFCC’s student government. Like SCC, they hold weekly meetings in which representatives from all student clubs must attend in order to keep their funding.

SCC could lose campus newspaper Rockford Radke

for The Sasquatch Times. However, due to issues with attending ASG (Associated Student Government) acWithout a journalism class or club tivities board meetings, the fate of the assisted funding, the future of SCC’s newspaper is uncertain. newspaper, the Sasquatch Times, is in “They (Writers on the Storm) startquestion. ed off the year on With budgetary “I told them last spring suspension which concerns surroundmeant that they had ing Washington that clubs are supposed no ASG money,” State, many schools to go to student said Vice President have had to cut back government meetings.” of Student and Inon classes and prostructional Services -Robert Vogel grams; one of those Terri McKenzie.

SCC Instructor casualties was the “When the decision journalism classes at SCC. Losing was made to cancel the class they the class reduced the funding for the still wanted to keep the newspaper campus newspaper but the club Writ- going and used S&A (services and ers on the Storm continued to write activities) fees to do it.”

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The clubs are required to have a representative attend ASG activites board meetings, but because of apparent scheduling issues, the Writers on the Storm club did not meet those requirements in the recent past.

“We’ve had this problem, I told them last spring that clubs are supposed to go to student government meetings... everyone of our staff last spring (when) they got done with class at 11:30, they went right to work,” said SCC Instructor Robert Vogel and adviser to Writers on the Storm.

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College Facts

There are 34 community colleges in The State of Washington.

There are only seven community colleges in Eastern Washington.

Source: sbctc. edu/general/c_ index.aspx

From mid February to the end of April, the women and men of the V-day (Victory over Violence) organization hold annual events to bring awareness to the violence that women everywhere face.

V-day began when play-write and activist Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues in 1996, Based on dozens of interviews Ensler conducted with women, it is the stories of rape, abuse and violence against women and the stigma surrounding these things as well as female sexuality.

The proceeds from the events go to different organizations that help protect women and children suffering from violence around the world.

“When people first saw The Vagina Monologues they would ask Eve what they could do to help, or tell her their own stories,” said Executive Director of V-Day Susan Celia Swan.

“So we decided to preform the play V-DAY | Page 2

Future of SFCC’s bowling alley in question Courtney Brooks

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SFCC student Tony Adwards enjoys utilizing the bowling alley with his friends.

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The SFCC recreation center could be taking out the bowling alley in the near future.

PG.5 SFCC is one of the only schools in Washington that has there own bowling alley on campus and it’s one of the most used games in the facility.

SFCC also provides students with classes that teach you the proper ways to bowl and also the technique of bowling itself.

“They want more constructional building and conference space in the sub,” said Antaya Mack, activity coordinator. “I don’t think this will happen because the students don’t want this to happen.

“The recreation is very popular

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and we actually hire students to work shifts in the recreation center.”

The recreation center hires students at the beginning of each fall quarter.

“SFCC is one of the only colleges in Washington that has a bowling alley in their actual school, which is pretty cool,” said Heather McKenzieWaitE, Director of Student Funded Programs and Recreation Center.

The recreation center at SFCC also gives students the chance to experience sportsmanship with one another.

“I honestly don’t know what will happen with the bowling alley but I hope we can retain it for the students and allow students to take it easy in between classes,” McKenzie-WaitE said.

The recreation center gives student

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time to relax and play games between classes.

“The student’s really like our bowling alley and also it is really cool to say you can just go bowling at your school, or even take a class on it,” McKenzie-WaitE said. “What students don’t really know is that you can book a party, or event for the bowling alley and we will reserve two lanes for you and your friends.”

They also have bracket tournaments where they send the top students in each category to another tournament in Seattle.

The recreation center also has ping pong, pool and arcade games and everything is quarter operated.

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Reauthorization of the act is prioritized by advocates as an alternate Valentines day event.”

Swan said that V-Day is now more of a V-season, due to the many events and time conflicts around the world. Last year productions of The Vagina Monologues and other fundraising events earned V-Day over $4 million.

V-Day has also been working actively to ensure that The Violence Against Women(VAWA), first passed in 1994, is reauthorized by congress to allow programs that protect women and families from abuse to continue.

“Reauthorizing VAWA will send a clear message that this country does not tolerate violence against women,” said the Attorneys General in a letter to congress.

Improvements to the existing act would also be a part of the reauthorization. These additions include strengthening and reinforcing programs that target preventing and intervention of violence, developing tools for training and communication that will punish offenders and help victims and improving training and qualifications of the people who interact with victims so that

Bowling: Alley functions as a free hangout for students quarter, which will go to fixing games and the maintenance,” McKenzie-WaitE said.

There are many more games that don’t involve money that students can also play.

“The bowling alley also allows

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they can react to warning signs.

“We have been alerting our activists and asking them to help bring to light how important it is that this act is reauthorized,” Swan said.

There are 140 countries that participate and 900 colleges in the U.S. alone hold events. Over 20 colleges in Washington are holding events, including SFCC, University of Washington and Washington State University.

In 2010 and 2011, The Center for Disease Control conducted a nationwide telephone survey that sampled 16,507 American adults.

The study found that one in five American women report they have been raped or have experienced an attempted rape in their lifetime.

According to V-Day’s website, all the proceeds from the events are used for local projects and programs that benefit women in need, usually shelters or rape crisis centers. There are over 5,800 V-Day events annually.

According to Swan, the plays and art preformed at the events help show people how big of an issue violence against women is.

“V-day is a way for local activists to bring awareness to their communities,” Swan said. “The plays and the art have great power because they connects the heart, not to the head, and the heart is what moves people.”

the students to meet their peers, and have some friendly competition that is free of cost, all you need is to show your I.D. card to the front desk,” said Mack.

The bowling alley is a fun free way for students to hang out with there friends at no cost at all.

“There is no way they could take the bowling alley out, because there are always people playing and reserving times for the lanes,” said Olson.

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Tammy Messing looks for non-state funding sources to help the budget.

Work-study aid continues to fall for SFCC Rockford Radke

The Communicator Work study students have seen their state funding cut by more than 40 percent in the last 5 years.

In the past two years alone there have been cuts of approximately $312,000 and if this decline continues at the same rate there won’t be any state funding within three years.

However, it might not take three years for the state funding to dry up.

“There has been a significant decrease in the level of state work study funding,” said Tammy Messing, Program Support Supervisor for SFCC. “Right now we are waiting for the results of the special legislative session to determine at what level state work study will be funded for the next year and whether the program will continue or not.”

There will still be funding from other sources, but according to the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) this could affect 3,500 low-to-middle-income students by losing paychecks averaging about $3,000 per year.

Existing student wait lists can be difficult to wait for even in the existing structure, so if the funding continues its decline, the wait time to get a work study positions will increase.

“Probably 6 quarters ago I applied for financial aid ….about a year and a half later I got my work

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Students hang out in the bowling alley between classes.

Upcoming Events:

• February 23rd: Farmers Market outsides SUB lounges.

• February 27th-March 2nd: Intercultural Week.

• March 1st -4th and 8th-11th: A Midsummer Night’s Dream running in Spartan Theater.

• March 5th: “The Dating Doctor” with David Coleman in SUB lounges.

• March 7th: AWS Women’s Luncheon (RSVP)

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Created in 1921 Holds memberships for: newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, broadcast programs, and online publications.

Has award conventions for college newspapers including the ACP Pacemaker.

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study,” said SFCC student Lucas Tunkey. “There are a lot of people that need jobs that are applying for work study right now, so it’s definitely a long wait.”

The work study program is intended to do more than just give students employment during their schooling, it’s also designed to include real world experience that is invaluable.

“What I like most is the job experience,” said SFCC student Mitchell Hughes. “I get good job experience with communications and I learned the back parts of a bowling alley, which I’ve always been amused with.”

According to information from the HECB, the budget suspension for 2012-2013 will have many impacts and that nearly 40 years of program development, structures and functionality may be lost if the budget suspension goes through. They also report that more students will incur higher levels of debt in order to offset lost wages and more students will drop out of college because they no longer can afford the cost. For these and other reasons the SFCC staff is trying different strategies to keep funding levels up.

“Our institution recognizes the importance of our student staff, so that’s why as our state Work Study funding has decreased, we have introduced other sources of funding to keep our students working,” Messing said.

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SCC paper struggles with making its mandatory meetings of people available, it makes it hard to attend the ASG activities board meetings without clashing with student work schedules.

“I’ve been telling them that there’s a problem with that for years; that they need to have some alternative in the morning for clubs to do that,” Vogel said.

The ASG has reduced the meeting requirements from six meetings per quarter to only three. This was done to help accommodate club members, including members of Writers on the Storm, but it doesn’t seem to have changed the situation and the fate of The Sasquatch Times is still up in the air.

“What happened was they (Writ-

SFCCWorkstudy budget gains/ losses per year 20082009:

+$9,145 20092010: +$25,491 20102011: -$158,177 20112012: -$154,134 Source: HECB

ers on the Storm) were on suspension from last year (and) they decided they were going to come back; so we put them on probation and they got their constitution and all the other fun things put together,” said SCC ASG President Mike Thames.

“They didn’t make all their meetings and so at that point we would still have to keep them on probation and as of right now they have not made any meetings with us this quarter.

“Right now we are just seeing inactivity.”

With only a few ASG activities board meetings left in the quarter it will be a tight squeeze for the club to meet those requirements.

“When we get students that want to do it (journalism), they always take a great deal of pride in doing it, but it really hurts us a not having it as a class,” Vogel said.

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Perspectives

Womens’ health has always been a pressing issue in politics. Women should have the freedom to do what they want with their body and have access to free contraception, pap smears and mammograms. Women have fought for centuries to have the same rights as men. Without women there would be no men so it’s upsetting that the struggle for womens’ rights is not settled yet. Some politicians and government officials think it’s okay to tell women they can’t get an abortion if they want one. If men were the ones who got pregnant they’d probably be allowed to get abortions whenever they wanted and nobody would complain. Some far-right wing Christian groups even go so far as to bomb abortion clinics and murder doctors who perform abortions. It’s sickening that women are still subjected to discrimination in the 21st century. They’re not the only ones, gay people are also still openly discriminated against in this country and others. There are many other groups all over the world still facing blatant discrimination. We should band together as a whole to stop discrimination in all forms.

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Womens’

Health

Womens’ health is health related issues that concern the female parts of a human such as the breast and vagina. Issues such as maternal health including child birth, menstration and breast cancer are a part of womens’ health. Contraception is now also a growing health concern today.

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Women She found a lump in one of her do not seek resources or treatment breasts and went to the doctor. Docbecause they have no money. tors confirmed my aunt’s worst fear, Although they could be going about she had breast cancer. At first doctheir lives and not even know they tors thought the cancer was minihave breast cancer. mal and had not spread throughout Susan G. Komen is one of the her breast. Until she had undergone leading breast cancer charities, mastectomy surgery, where doctors helping many thought the size of “Some women don’t have women strugthe lump would be gling with breast the luxury my aunt did.” a pecan until they cancer. They put found the lump to -Shelby Miltner on fundraising Perspectives Editor be golf ball size. programs, have A few weeks later information my aunt went to available to women about breast the emergency room complaincancer, empower people to get ing of stomach flu like symptoms. involved, and are a support system The doctors treated her for but they for cancer patients, survivors and didn’t find the blood clot that filled their families. her lungs. The doctors believed my Recently Susan G. Komen pulled aunt passed away from compacbreast cancer funding from Planned tions of the surgery. Although my Parenthood. One of the most aunt had proper health care and prominent reasons was Planned treatment. Some women don’t have Parenthood was under investigation the luxury my aunt did. because Susan G. Komen impleTechnology over the last decade mented new policies on giving has come a long way for treatgrants to their supporters, according ing breast cancer. There are new to many media outlets. One thing is improvements and medicines. With for certain, many women are inquirthese new instruments and ways for treating breast cancer, many women ing about their health care now are leading a more healthy and because of this. longer life because of advances in When women become sick technology. they avoid going to get the proper Women who cannot afford the treatment because they either do proper health care and treatment for not have health insurance or do not breast cancer do not receive quality have means of getting treatment. care.

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Contraception Controversy

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he government should not interfere with women’s health or freedom of choice over her body.

Instead, the Ashley government should offer Hiruko birth control for women through social programs and not let religious groups interfere with something that isn’t their choice.

In Obama’s health care reform plan, he proposed that every health insurance plan would have to supply female employees with birth control. This also included Universities and businesses with religious affiliation. This policy had religious leaders in an uproar.

They believed that their religious rights were being stripped from them, that they should decide whether or not they do supply women with contraception as a part of their health plan. According to an article published by CNBC, President Obama announced on Friday that he would not require religiously affiliated employers to offer free birth control to their employees but is going to legally have insurance companies provide those contraceptives for workers receiving health insurance through those companies.

According to Guttmacher institute, “7 in 10 women of reproductive age (43 million women) are sexually active and do not want to become pregnant, but could become pregnant if they and their partners fail to use a contraceptive method.”

People from certain religions believe that sex was only meant

for and should only be used for the purpose of reproduction. Not everyone believes nor follows this belief. The lack of contraception will not disway anyone from having sex. Separation of church and state, that’s what our constitution guarantees. Why is it that churches are intervening with policies that hold businesses accountable for providing contraception for women.

Some women will have sex whether they do or don’t have birth control or the funds for birth control at their disposal. If you’re like the multitudes of other women that don’t have the funds to purchase birth control, you likely rely on low-income programs and businesses to provide this fundamental need.

Birth control pills, one of the most widely used form of birth control, can cost on average between $15 to $50 dollars a month, according to Planned Parenthood.

Other forms of birth control like the birth control patch, have a similar price range.

Religious leaders will not be the ones using the contraception; the female workers of these institutions will be the ones to use the contraception. Organizations with religious affiliations have employees that do not practice what the institution that they are employed under believes. Women would have more of an incentive to work with an organization that has no religious affiliation to ensure that they are guaranteed contraception.

As a country, we should offer free contraception to everyone that does not have the means to purchase it. We supply numerous people with food through social programs, birth control is just as important and should be provided.

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Feb. 25 - March. 7, 2012 Spokane’s Ras Justo Luis has been cleaning up graffiti in a unique way. He paints murals over what was considered a violation of law.

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Graffiti vs. street art

Ben Simpson

The Communicator For many business owners in Spokane the idea of graffiti represents property damage, city code violations or gang activity. Ras Justo Luis is a local artist that is trying to change that impression. His company, Upfulcreations, is available for commission artwork including outdoor, graffiti style murals.

According to Luis, this graffiti is different from your’ average street tag.

“I find solace in creating my works, they’re from the soul and made with love,” Luis said. “[My business] is small and I like it that way.

“I know each work in detail and take pride in their quality.”

In addition to murals, Luis markets screen printed material like t-shirts and hats. He travels to various festivals and does live art shows to generate income. This practice also provides a vehicle for his art to reach potential customers.

“I’ve been traveling for the last four years with my studio,” Luis said. “I do live painting at shows as well vending all summer.”

Unlike the permission walls, utilized by Luis, gang graffiti in Spokane is illegal. Karen Mobley is the Director of the Spokane Arts Commission. Her department is in charge of the murals that adorn the overpasses of Spokane and frequently cover gang graffiti. According to Mobely the process for creating a mural can be daunting.

“It’s a pretty big undertaking,” Mobley said. ”When we did the murals in 2010, the summer proj-

Igniting the stage Will Gilman

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"It takes a community to ignite a theatre." That is the catchphrase spoken at each show. Looking at a season including a foul-mouthed mother, idiot police, murder, chicken eating, and the world's fattest man. Ignite Community Theatre is reaching a piece of the audience left behind by other theaters.

Founded in 2004, Ignite Community Theatre started small.

Originally presenting shows at the Bayou Brewery near Bangkok Thai, the theatre met struggles early. "The building was sold, and the new owners wanted a lot more for rent," said current Board President Aaron Waltmann. "So, we had to change some things."

Adapting to new situations

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The Graffiti Removal Service helps local busineses remove graffiti. They proffessionally clean using agents and methods specific for paint removal. Pictured in front of a removal job. Left to Right: Forest Thunder, Josh Cameron skateboarding.

Famous street artists throughout history

ect budget was close to 20,000.”

For a mural to be created a wall has to be power washed and primed. The water has to be vacuumed up because of environmental concerns. The street has to be blocked and workers have to be paid Mobley said.

“People think that a bunch of kids just go out there get it done,” Mobley said “It takes a strong intention behind the planning phases to make sure the kids are successful.”

Mobley said that after a mural is done it typically won’t attract much attention from taggers.

These legal works of art are preferable to typical illegal examples of graffiti from a business perspective.

Deputy Eric Walker is the Graffiti Abatement Officer for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. According to Walker, businesses are responsible for cleaning up graffiti that occurs on their property.

“Graffiti attracts graffiti,” said Walker. “It needs to be removed as quickly as possible.”

The practice of painting “permission walls” is one that could be good for artists as well as business owners. According to Walker businesses have to remove graffiti within 10 days of receiving notice.

Graffiti Removal Service helps businesses do just that. Based in Spokane, GRS offers a “rapid response” to businesses that have

problems with graffiti. This is to help businesses comply with the city ordinance as well as deter future acts of vandalism.

“Everyone agrees that the best strategy for dealing with graffiti is quick and effective cleaning and removal,” GRS said on its website.

GRS takes a more professional approach to graffiti removal because amateur cleaning efforts often look worse than the graffiti that was removed.

“Often this is because involved personnel do not know what agents and methods are required, have not been properly instructed or have ignored city instructions,” according to the GRS website.

made Ignite a stronger institution.

No longer able to present steady shows in a steady environment, they presented different shows.

"We just changed what we did," said current Artistic Director Scott Finlayson. "Instead of building sets and costuming actors we did a lot of reader's theatre."

Reader's theatre is when the actors have scripts on stage, there are generally no costumes or sets, and the focus is on the words of the show rather than the spectacle.

Reader's theatre performances can happen almost anywhere. Ignite out together a hodge lodge of locations for their performances. "We started with The Blue Door Theatre" board vice president Brian Cheney said, "We were able to expand into the Teleconference Center at Gonzaga University, and then into St. Marks Lutheran Church. We were able to put together a traveling weekend of shows."

Each show is free, with donations accepted. But a theatre can’t rebuild itself on donations, the Ignite theater had to "scare" up funds from

other sources.

"Our primary fundraiser is the Riverfront Fright Haunted House" Finlayson said. "We're really lucky in the fact that we really just need the one fundraiser each year." this year, the Haunted House made enough funds to launch Ignite's first run of fully staged performances in years.

A total of four shows are to be presented in The Commandery Room at The Masonic Center. December brought "The Lying Kind", and February brought "A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody". There are two shows left in the season.

"I'm happy to be directing 'Beware The Man Eating Chicken," Cheney said. "We will close the season with Love, Sex, and The IRS." All of that, plus an upcoming festival of locally written plays, Ignite is ready to take that next big step.

Their mission is simple: "We hope to spark your curiosity, strike your interest, and kindle your hope for what our theatre organization can do to enrich our community.”

Ignite Community Theatre has finally found a foothold.

Left to right: Scott Sinlayson, Robert Nelson, Pamela Stark.

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New windows for the new generation Ben Simpson

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The Windows 8 developer version is already available for download on Microsoft’s website. The consumer beta version is set to release later this month. According to a press release from Microsoft Vice President of the Windows Experience Julie LarsonGreen, the Windows has a new face. “[Windows 8 has] a tile-based Start screen, which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps,” Larson-Green said. “These new Windows 8 apps are full-screen and touch-optimized, and they easily integrate with the capabilities of the new Windows user interface,” Larson-Green said that the new operating system would have elements of cloud computing integrated into it as well as a stronger focus on touchinput devices.

Windows 8 is designed to be utilized across multiple platforms. Desktops, tablets smart phones will all be able to use this operating system.

“The user interface and new apps will work with or without a keyboard and mouse on a broad range of screen sizes and pixel densities,” Larson-Green said. “Hundreds of millions of PCs will run the new

Getting to know the comedian

Outsider looking in

Will Gilman

It occurred to me recently that most of what I write here may not mean a thing to you the reader without context. You’ve got that photo of me next to these words, but that may be a lie too. For all you know, I'm an elderly Asian American woman typing this from Florida. So here is some context, and me someone to talk about. Here are the top 10 facts about Will Gilman.

10.) My birth name is Edina Marie Up until the moment I emerged from my mother, the doctors, and everyone involved in my mother's prenatal care thought I was going to be a girl. That fact may have lead to my extreme insecurity around women.

Thank goodness they noticed my man parts, but at the same time, my first picture has me wrapped in a pink blanket.

9.) I am undefeated in Mixed Martial Arts with a professional record of 1-0-0 I wasn't supposed to win. I was just a big guy getting a beating last a couple of rounds, and then lose.

I wasn't taking a dive, I was just up against someone who should have been able to tie me up like a pretzel, salt me, and serve me for lunch. That wasn't how it wentdown.

Windows 8 user interface.”

According to Microsoft, the Windows 8 customer preview will be available on February 29.

Kris Townsend, an instructor here at SFCC for the department of Information Technology and Computer Science, has tested the developer preview of Windows 8.

Townsend said that even though Windows 8 looks different it is still comparable to older versions of the operating system.

“Windows 8 is essentially Windows 7, and like 7 it can run on any processor including ARM.” Townsend said.

ARM is the company that manufactures the microprocessors that run our hand-held devices like smart phones and tablet computers according to their website.

Despite being available across a wide range of platforms Townsend did not think that the school would be quick to embrace a new operating system.

“I doubt we’ll adopt it because we have relatively few mobile devices compared to desktops,” said Townsend. “It won’t be practical until mobile computing devices are more prevalent.”

Townsend said that the proliferation of handheld computing devices

along with the software to support them would be an important issue for teachers.

“This issue is big,” said Townsend.

“I write college textbooks using MS office.

Townsend said that some of the applications that are web based are not currently as powerful as desktop applications.

“How is an instructor going to take an excuse, for example, I didn’t insert my footnotes because my web app wouldn’t support it?” Townsend said.

Instructor Max Josquin here at SFCC already has the developer preview on a PC in his lab. During a demonstration of Windows 8 Josquin said that the user interface was directly influenced by Microsoft’s

handheld devices.

“It’s just like their phone,” Josquin said. “You can really tell where they got their direction.”

Josquin said that even though the new user interface might appeal to people who want a closer experience with their PC, businesses would probably see little benefit from switching to the new operating system.

Josquin said that while there is still time left to add more features that would be useful to business he doubted that much would change between now and the release.

“They seem to have it where they want it,” said Josquin. “Some things could change but their core concepts and technology will be the same.”

Windows 8

Minimum requirements for Windows 8 dev. Beta 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multitouch

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Max Josquin giving a preview of Windows 8 developer version beta.

To run Metro style Apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or greater

My opponent threw his first punch, I dodged it, grabbed his arm and cranked. Next thing I knew he was tapping out, and I was scared.

Now, I'm sure some of you are asking why I would accept this fight.

Simple, I was three months behind on rent, and didn't want to be homeless. An ass-kicking seemed better, but somehow I got lucky.

8.) I was John Goodman's stunt double in the movie "The Artist" Kinda weird how much he and I look alike in black and white.

7.) My father is bald, and my mother is... Bald It runs in my family, the hair in my photo there is photoshopped!

6.) if you add Salt & Peppa together, you get a rap group.

I don't really know what that has to do with me... But if I were to have my own entrance music, it would be their song "Whatta Man"... Because I am.

5.) I can hold my liquor like a True Irishman.

One in each hand, am I right? I'd hi five you, but I don't want to drop a beverage 4.) My shoe size is 14 So if anybody can get me a shoe discount, or just tell me whee they sell big shoes. Email me.

3.) if you make out with me, I taste like Au Gratin potatoes Yummy, right? Right ladies?

2.) I once won a hundred dollars on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Let's just say, I didn't want to risk it.

I wanted to walk away with something.

1.) Jim McMahon and I lead the Chicago Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX So there we go, I hope that helps you get to know me. Just remember when approaching me for an autograph, have a five dollar bill ready...

Or if you're a lady, I'll sign for free.

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Feb. 25 - March. 7, 2012

Culture

Tavis Ferguson | Editor

Spokane: A Love Story...

Everyone knows Spokane is lame, and all the cool kids live in Portland and Seattle.

I’m going to move to Portland or Seattle one day. I don’t know how, but maybe if I complain about Spokane Jackson enough it’ll Colby magically happen.

Spokane just has nothing to offer. If only we had a river running through the city or something.. then maybe at least rafting would take off.

If only we had some sort of huge, annual sporting event.. something like the world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament..

Spokane is basically Michigan, with all the Tea Party conservatives.

Spokane is way too conservative. I don’t know exactly how to change this. But I figure sitting on my computer, listening to Ted Nugent (one of my favorite musicians), and telling all my Facebook friends how lame and conservative Spokane is might be a good start.

I can’t wait to be able to express myself and be an individual in one of the cool cities, as opposed to living in the conformist city of Spokane.

I’m so anti-conformist that I hang out with all the kids at the bus plaza downtown and whine about how much Spokane sucks, and they all agree with me!

If only something cool had happened here.. something like a world’s fair. That might have made Spokane cool, brought all types of interesting innovations and made our city recognizable worldwide.

Unfortunately, nothing like that ever happened.

If only a worldwide holiday like Father’s Day had been founded here.. I’m not sure where Father’s Day was founded, but it surely wasn’t in Spokane.

If a rapper like Snoop Dogg had given Spokane a shout out in a song we’d surely be the coolest city on the face of the planet.

Another thing that might make Spokane cool would be if we had some sort of art show on the first Friday of every month, where artists and musicians from all over the world display their art at a variety of venues downtown. I’m on my computer all night every Friday, updating my “I Hate Spokane” blog and talking to followers from Newport and Colville, so I can’t be sure this doesn’t happen.. but I know Spokane would never embrace such an awesome idea.

For now, I’m content to spread the word to everyone. There’s nothing cool here. I live here and pay taxes to the city but Spokane sucks!

It’s not that I’m just a negative person who complains about everything and doesn’t make any attempt to seek out anything fun or interesting. I promise you, when I move to Portland or Seattle everything will be completely different.

I might mention, I’ve never been to either city. Spokane, born and raised. I’ve never left home. But from what I hear, from what all my Facebook friends (that I haven’t met in real life) tell me, Portland and Seattle are where it’s at. Spokane? Ha! Been there, done that.

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The Communicator The new “place to be”, frozen yogurt is making its way up the list to one of Spokane’s new found loves.

“When thinking about going to desert with a couple friends, I tend to lean towards frozen yogurt,” said Mariah Kincaid, a local Shadle High School student.

“Most frozen yogurt shops are self serve and its great because your getting what you pay for. You get to decide how much yogurt and toppings you want and you aren’t confined to a certain limit,” Mariah said.

With just a single 4oz scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt with no toppings, its around 80 calories. Set next to the same serving size of 4oz of plain vanilla ice cream the calorie count has more than tripled to a staggering 260.

As some like to get a little something special and decide to get the classic banana split...with the

three 4oz ice cream scoops, two banana slices, topped with chopped almonds, whipped cream and three cherries, the calorie count has shot to 1,010.

“I’ve always loved frozen yogurt and I love the fact that it is very cheap.,” said Tyler Friends, Whitworth University Freshman.

“If a cup of frozen yogurt had as many calories as a cheeseburger, I would still eat it as much as I do now.”

To the average young adults and teenagers alike dont’ calorie count, and whether its sugar free or not is not something they prowl to find the information about.

“I don’t set out to find the sugar free or fat free frozen yogurt. I think that its just an added benefit,” said local Mead senior, Emma Cost.

Local shops look to put healthier options out for those who are looking to get a healthy treat. Some of the toppings offered are nuts and fresh fruits.

Iconic Spokane distillery offers tours of its facilities Aaron Emery

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Brad Lewis | The Communicator The distillery room located at DryFly at 1003 E Trent

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In Spokane, there are some breweries, a few wineries, but only one distillery; the Dry Fly Distillery.

Don Peffenroth, and buisness partner, Kent Heichemann opened Dry Fly Distillery in May of 2007 naming the business after their favorite past time, fly fishing. They are the first distillery to open in Washington since the prohibition in the early 1900s.

“We have been pretty successful getting our product out,” Poffenroth said. “We distribute to 30 states and almost every bar and liquor store carries our alcohol.”

After Initiative 1183 has taken place, Poffenroth says he is unsure of how it will effect his business because they currently have a smooth and orderly transition selling their products to the state.

“I think it will be a royal pain in the a-- for the next year or so after the new law has set in,” Poffenroth said. “I do not really know what is going to happen, but people do not

realize that the prices of alcohol will most likely go up.”

Dry Fly uses locally grown grains in which are from a farm 8 miles east of Rosalia.

After processing the grains, fermentation takes place then it’s followed by distilling and packaging the final product.

The distillery currently has one type of vodka and gin and 4 different whiskeys along with aging whiskeys that have not been released yet. Whiskey goes through a longer process to be made because it has to be aged while vodka and gin can be made and consumed within days.

People can buy the spirits at Dry Fly in 750 and 50 milliliter bottles.

All the spirits sell equally with the exception of vodka selling a little more. Hats, shirts, flasks, and many more Dry Fly products are sold at the distillery.

“The recession hasn’t really affected much of our business at all,” Distiller Pat Donovan, 27, said. “They say alcohol is recession proof.”

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Donovan, has worked in the distillery for over three years and say he enjoys his work very much, even after longs days of up to 18 hours of working. Only four people are employed at the distillery, and someone always has to be around the machinery while the equipment is running; this calls for long days.

Dry Fly offers a distilling class for those who are in the final learning process of wanting to own their own business.

“This may be the last year we are offering this class because we have been getting so busy,” Poffenrofh said.

A tour of the distillery can be made by appointment only and are free. The tour includes a showing of the equipment and how everything works followed by tasting spirits and answering questions.

The Dry Fly Distillery has won many awards including the World Spirit Competition in San Francisco, Calif. and the 2011 American Distilling Distillery of the year.

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Feb. 25 - March. 7, 2012

Happy Trails

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South hill Resident getting some Trail Time on the trails overlooking Highdrive

Trail running is a sport that will get you outdoors, feeling fit, and enjoying nature.

Gabriel Dillon

The Communicator Trail running is an extreme sport that combines a runners high with the beauty and spiritualism of nature..

While running on the streets on Spokane is enjoyable , it can be distracting if not dangerous. Trail running gives you a chance to leave your worries in the dust while getting your blood pumping and taking in the scenery of nature. It can be fun with friends or your dog, but all you really need is your legs and a pair of running shoes ( preferably trail shoes but any pair will do in a pinch).

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ground is mostly dry and the trails Spokane is a place to live for anyone who enjoys trail running. We have been cleared of most the fallen have many options. You can go in debris that accumulate during the any direction and find great trails to winter. Although a downed tree tear up. From Beacon Hill to the Buff may be laying in the middle of your off of Highdrive on the south hill trail , it shouldn’t stop you in fact it . The many trails along the river, to can add to the experience of your the trails of Riverside run. For the avid state park. It can be “Some people go to church trail runner it is enjoyed for most of a welcome sight the year depending to get their religion, I to see a such an on trail conditions. on the other hand hit up obstacle in the Technically the middle of the my favorate trails. It is a trail season is from trail for you to spiritual experience for March to October , jump or bypass me” but for the serious by going off trail ‘Trail hound’ it is for a bit. most of the year. Wind , rain or snow “Some people like to go to church is not going to stop you. It might fac- to get their religion. Said Gary Stacy tor into what trail you chose to run , a Spokane native and die hard trail but it doesn’t mean that you can’t runner. “ I on the other hand hit up run. my favorite Trails . It is a spiritual Ideal conditions are when the experience for me.”

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Trail running can let you explore places that you might not otherwise see , all the while taking in the smell of the trees, flowers and other wild vegetation . Hearing the birds chirp, seeing a chipmunk scamper across your path, or a butterfly flutter in front of your face. You can watch the sun rising over the hills during an early morning run or setting over the horizon during an evening session.

There is an added benefit to running the trails according to Active. com . Trail running can help prevent injury. It helps to strengthen your ankles because the uneven terrain . For the beginning ‘Trail pup’ , you will want to take it slow until you build the extra strength and flexibility in your related tendons and joints. Once you are strong on the trails , injuries like rolled ankles are less likely to happen.

Spokane has the Spokane river run coming up in mid April. In June the Dirty Dash , a trails meets obstacles and mud type of fun run will be in Spokane for the second year. This August the Dwight trail run will be on the 15th . In the month of September The Wild Moose Chase will be held on the 29th. Coming in October , the Sekani Trail run will take place On the 13th. In 2010 the National trail championships were even held here.

We as SFCC students have some of some of Spokanes best trails right in our back yard.

Directly behind our school in the Equestian park , a part of Riverside State Park. We have a vast trail system .

It is the location where the Dirty Dash was held last year.

trail running facts and Eqhiptment Trail shoes are running shoes that have added traction to keep you on your trail.

Camel Backs are are small backpacks with a soft plasic bladder that holds water with a connected tube that runs over your shoulder to keep you hydrated on long runs. you can also buy fanny pack water bottle holders.

Let the music move your body

Zumba is the hottest dance workout going on all around the country. People dance to the music and have fun doing it. The best part is that they get in shape at the same time.

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SFCC’s spring quarter is offering an unaccredited zumba course that is for everyone at a cheap cost, on Tuesday and Thursday from 5:15pm6:15pm.

Zumba is a growing exercise that is fun and you work on your dance moves that end up strengthening your body.

“The zumba course will be $46, for two days a week over a span of 11 weeks,” Carol Dyksterhuis, the teacher of the upcoming class said.

“That is going to be $2 per class, which is a great deal.”

Zumba is a Latin and international dance fitness workout system that has spread all across the world.

“The new zumba class is going to be great not only because it’s a good

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deal but you can bring your friends, mom and family member’s that don’t even go to SFCC,” said Dyksterhuis.

“Zumba is a great workout, by dancing you are working on Aerobic, Muscular, Interval Training, and Flexibility,” SFCC student Sarah Glover said.

When you are working out in zumba you don’t even notice how hard your body is working because you’re to busy having fun.

“Each category group has it’s own set of benifits,” Glover said. “ Zumba is great because you dont notice how hard you swear until it is over.”

Zumba can also tone muscle, helps control blood pressure, reduce body fat, increase flexibility and range of motion.

“The best thing about zumba is you don’t have to be worried about who is watching because everyone is doing everything at there own pace,” Mackenzie Williams, an SFCC student, said.

The up and coming class at SFCC offers bringing your friends and family to come work out that don’t have to attend the school.

“You never realize how much your

Womens Zumba class getting down with the music at the YMCA body is actually working out until the next morning and you can feel places that got worked,” Williams said.

Zumba doesn’t just work out your body but also can work on your dancing skills.

“I like the college setting for zumba because it’s like you’re one big family, everyone gets to know each other, work together, and are very welcoming,” said Dyksterhuis.

The classes that SFCC are offering are great because you don’t have to pay a lot or have a membership to attend.

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“The zumba class will be a lot easier to do at the falls since I am already here five out of the seven days a week,” Glover said.

SFCC is also offering two other basic fitness classes that you can receive credit for on MondayWednesday 12:30pm and TuesdayThursday 10:30 am, which offers a unit on zumba.

“I would recommend zumba to anyone, to at least try it once because you will never know if you like it or not and you could really be surprised,” Dykserhuis said.

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Zumba classes are offerd at most fitness clubs and many colleges, including SFCC. To find one near you just google Zumba and your city.