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BLAZING SADDLES A local fireman participates in the controlled burning of a house on D Street and University Way.
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The roof is on fire
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� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011 NEWSEditor// Weston Morrow
• Someone was reportedly knock-ing and kicking a door on North Walnut Street.• A person was reportedly sleep-ing on a bench inside a store on South Water Street.• A person called to report that someone was telling lies about him and asked that an offi cer tell the person to stop.• A person called to report a sat-ellite or meteorite sighting, he was told that sightings were to be re-ported.• A truck that couldn’t get through a locked gate drove through a fence and was seen dragging part of the fence down the road.• A man dressed in a dog costume was reportedly running into the roadway and barking at passing vehicles.• A person reportedly found a meth kit in a rose garden and brought it inside the building for offi cers to pick up.• A person was reportedly dump-ing leaves on her neighbors prop-erty saying that they were from the reporting party’s tree and she would continue to dump them.• A person called to report that they saw someone driving a golf cart on their way to work and be-lieves it was stolen.
• A person called in reference to a homicide that happened 15 to 20 years ago.• Five men walking around with bottles of vodka were reported-ly walking into random peoples houses.• A person called to ask about underage drinking because they wanted to go to a party on Water Street.• Two men reportedly brought two goats to the Palace and tied them up outside the lounge.• Two men were reportedly drag-ging goats into a restaurant on Main Street.• Approximately 100 people were reportedly walking up and down West 26th Avenue with open con-tainers.• A woman who had been drink-ing called to report that she was walking home and was afraid of walking home without being on the line.• People were reportedly harassing goats that were tied up on Main Street and a person requested that an offi cer check on the goats wel-fare.• A man reportedly knocked on a person’s door on Thorp Highway asking for directions to town.
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3NEWS The Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011
(ABOVE) Two firefighters stop the water on the hose as the house continues its controlled burn on Saturday. The crew will be burning the adjacent house on Saturday November 3.
(LEFT) Cliff York, Curtis Storer and Steven Dueker watch the fire across from campus. The three are Central students.
(BOTTOM LEFT) The fire crew sits and watches as the house rages in the background. Deputy chief Rich Elliott said, “You’ll want to stand behind something, because it’ll get too hot to stand so close.”
(BELOW) The Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue Department administer a controlled fire across campus on October 29.
Photos by Gaby Chaidez
This weekend’s hot spot was on the corner of University and D Street across from campus as firefighters and trainees participated in a simulated fire drill. The crew began the process hours before the fire was lit, taking out any plastic and filling the rooms with wooden crates to facilitate the spread of the fire. This train-ing allowed volunteer firemen to gain a perspective on the reality of dealing with domestic fires.
The fire department had to get a per-mit from the state Department of Ecol-ogy in order to start a controlled burn. Things got heated later in the afternoon, as onlookers began to gather along the sidewalks and down the street. Some students brought marshmallows for smores, and many stood by to get warmed up by a giant bonfire.
The fire department will be burning the adjacent house Saturday, Nov. 5.
Burnin’ down the houseBy Gaby Chaidez
BY NICHOLE WILLIAMSON
Assistant News Editor
Students who are opposed to the reten-tion incentive given to President James Gaudino by the Board of Trustees (BOT) during the Oct. 7 meeting at the Lynwood satellite campus now have an opportunity to voice their concerns.
The Associate Students of Central Washington University Board of Direc-tors (ASCWU-BOD), in collaboration with students from a First Amendment communications class, are circulating a petition against the incentive.
The petition raises concerns about where the funding will come from and that the contract was not made public until af-ter it was fi nalized.
Students are concerned the rising cost of attending Central and “that an ad-ditional fee or increase to tuition might put them at risk of not completing their degrees due to the overall cost of atten-dance,” reads the petition.
“I would be doing this with or without class credit, there are better ways to spend this money,” said Ashley Sorenson, senior interdisciplinary studies and petition orga-nizer. “They haven’t given us a real clear picture of where it’s coming from… We can’t even give basic things to departments like printers for students to print off their work.”
As of Tuesday 500 signatures had been gathered. The group hopes to have at least twice that many signatures before they present the petition to the BOT at the Dec. 2 meeting.
“I would like to see 2,000 and I think that’s an attainable goal. I’d love to see 5,000,” said Mike Merz, BOD vice presi-dent for legislative affairs.
The group said the petition has re-ceived positive feedback from students.
“I think it’s crap,” said Jason Leather-man, a graduate student who stopped to
sign the petition on Tuesday. “I don’t want them raising our tuition to give a bonus to someone who doesn’t deserve to be here.”
While the petition is aimed at students, staff, faculty and community members are welcome to sign as well.
Faculty members petitioners have spo-ken to said “they’re in full support of what we’re doing,” said Michael Najera, junior public relations, and one of the group members organizing the petition.
The petition will be tabled from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and again next Thursday in the Student Union and Recreation Center (SURC) dining area.
Copies of the petition are also circulat-ing through various classes and the protest on Wednesday afternoon.
Students can also sign the petition in the BOD offi ce, located in SURC 236 un-til Dec. 1.
NEWS� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 20114
BY ERIK PAGUE
Staff Reporter
Political science professor Matt Man-weller is running for representative of the State Legislature.
Manweller an-nounced his cam-paign on Sept. 10 and will be running to represent the 13th Legislative District that serves all of Kit-titas County and most of Grant County.
Right now, Man-weller’s campaigning doesn’t interfere with classes since he waits until after school to do so, but he has or-
ganized a leave of absence with President James Gaudino for the coming winter quarter if he wins the election.
Manweller will be running for the Re-publican Party and said that one of the main reasons he’s running is because he feels that higher education is underrepre-sented in this part of the state.
“We have seen a state legislature who has continued to balance budgets on the backs of 18-year-old students by raising tuition and then cutting funding,” Man-weller said. “I just believe there has to be somebody there that says higher-ed
should be a priority. Students shouldn’t bear the brunt of budget cuts and that’s one of the main reasons I’m going.”
This is Manweller’s fi rst time running for public offi ce though he was asked by the university last winter quarter to go to Olympia to advocate for education sup-port.
Manweller said that he found that few people are willing to work to make higher education a funding priority and contrib-uted to his desire to become a representa-tive.
“Our state constitution says our pri-mary obligation is education,” Man-weller said. “If that’s the case, why is it that we can’t fund our schools?”
Manweller has taught numerous classes on the study of constitutional law and said that he be-lieves our state rep-resentatives have lost sight of the Con-stitution and aren’t focusing on priori-ties that he feels are more worthy.
If elected, Manweller said that he would vote to reform or roll back certain regulations he feels are stifl ing the poten-
tial of Washington workers.People “are so overburdened by ex-
cessive regulations, cumbersome taxes, property right restrictions,” Manweller said. “They’ve got ideas to create jobs, to generate tax revenue, they’re just held back.”
Manweller said that if government got out of the way and loosened restrictions, then Washington residents could get back to work and the government could begin carving away at the budget defi cit.
Jimmie Applegate, a committee of-fi cer in the local Republican Party, has
pledged his sup-port to Man-weller and said that Manweller’s done a “superb” job as the chair of the Kittitas County Republi-can Party and has earned a reputa-tion as the go-to guy.
“He was able to get people to agree,” Apple-gate said about Manweller’s ex-
perience as platform committee chair for the state Republican Party four years ago.
Applegate has worked with Manweller in the Republican Party for some time
now and said that he is very involved with the lawmaking process and that his teach-ing experience will pay off if he’s elected.
Linda Huber, who works in Central’s Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, had been involved with an altercation between her husband, Fred Huber, and Manweller.
Last year, the two men got into a heat-ed argument and resorted to blows out-side of the KXLE radio station, where Manweller hosts a conservative talk show.
Manweller was hospitalized for a bro-ken hand which he got during the fi ght with Fred Huber.
The men applied for but were denied restraining orders last year, according to an article published in The Daily Record.
Linda Huber said that her husband went to the radio station after Manweller accused her on air of acting inappropri-ately during a parade featuring Republi-can politician Dino Rossi.
“It absolutely, positively didn’t hap-pen,” Linda Huber said.
Manweller said that the fi ght with Fred Huber might have an effect on his campaign success but shrugged it off ad-mitting that he has his fair share of sup-porters and detractors just like anybody else in the public eye.
“It was an unfortunate incident,” Manweller said. “I wish it hadn’t hap-pened.”
BY ALEA THORNE
Staff Reporter
Noise can be a problem in a college town, especially in the residence halls. With late nights and parties, it’s expected that students get too loud at times, but sometimes things can get a little out of hand, causing neighbors to complain.
“The most annoying thing is the marching band practicing at 8 a.m. on the weekends,” Malana Carlson freshman said. “Since I live in Wendell, I can’t sleep in with all the noise.”
A part of the First Six Weeks program at Central Washington University, the Campus-Community Coalition (CCC) and the Wellness Center presented Pump Down the Volume. It was an interactive role-playing series that teaches students new ways to confront noise issues that come up on a daily basis.
The program started with students who were renting apartments off of cam-pus. Students often have problems with neighbors being too loud, causing tension between each other, according to Lynne Harrison, CCC coordinator. Students would complain to apartment manag-ers or cause confl ict with the neighbors instead of sorting out their problems in a civil manner. Since this problem is also an issue for students living in the resi-dence halls the CCC, the Wellness Center, and Residence Hall Leadership Council (RHLC) worked together to come up with a program dealing with these issues for the First Six Weeks Program.
“We’re trying to help students come up with nonviolent confrontations to sort out confl icts,” Harrison said. “It’s a useful skill that can be used with a boyfriend, friend, neighbor or family members.”
On Thursday, Oct. 27, Pump Down the Volume was hosted in Kamola. The session consisted of numerous skits given by Residence Hall Association (RHA) stu-
dents. The students acted out skits, like having people going back twice to ask nicely for their neighbors to be quieter. The student showed that through a brief explanation of why the noise is bother-some to the person and maybe by going back a second time and being a little more direct and serious the situation can be handled by the individuals themselves.
“We understand that it [talking to other students] doesn’t work 100 percent of the time, some people are not going to listen. That’s why we have other resources avail-able,” Harrison said. “We have RAs and RHCs to sort problems but if you can fi g-ure it out by yourself you will feel better about yourself.”
During the session, Harrison also dis-cussed with the audience about noise problems involving alcohol. If the police come out on a disturbance call they can issue a $513 ticket for the fi rst offense. The price of the ticket goes up for each ad-ditional offense. Even if the student isn’t drinking or it’s not their house, it doesn’t mean they’re safe from being ticketed.
“A lot of students got tickets because they were the only sober one there, the DD[designated driver] or the one that answered the door,” Harrison said. “Stu-dents should talk to the host of the party if the party is getting to wild to protect them-selves and others.”
The main goal is to help students confront others and sort out noise prob-lems on their own in a nonviolent way. Through the use of skits and speaking to the students, Pump Down the Volume was able to meet its goal by providing students new ways of confronting others and infor-mation on who to talk to if things ever get out of hand.
“It was very helpful. They gave us use-ful information that we can apply,” said Katie Wells, freshman. “It seems a lot easier now to ask someone to be quieter if you need to.”
We have seen a state legislature who has continued to balance budgets on the backs of 18-year-old students by raising tuition and then cutting funds.
“We have seen a state “We have seen a state legislature who has continued “legislature who has continued
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-MATT MANWELLERPolitical science professor
Central prof runs for legislature
Students petition bonusStudents exercise 1st Amendment rights
ASCWU-BOD President Steve Ross read into the record a letter addressed to Gover-nor Chris Gregoire during the public meeting on Nov. 1.
The letter was to bring her “a prevailing and grave con-cern, as well as a resolution,” the letter reads.
Ross goes on to ask Gre-goire to support the students of Central and revoke the retention incentive.
Pump down the VolumeInfo session tells students to turn it down
MATTHEW MANWELLER
Political scienceprofessor
BOD writes Gov
BY NATHANIEL IVEN-DIEMER
Senior Reporter
Professors Nelson Pichardo and Rex Wirth, with the help of the Sociology Club and the Diversity Education Center, held informational seminars last Tuesday and Wednesday regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The intention was to inform the pub-lic about what the movement is and why it exists, as well as its impact on Central Washington University students.
Pichardo, a full professor of sociology and the director of the Ethnic Studies pro-gram, spent much of the lecture explain-ing what the Occupy Wall Street move-ment is and how it was started.
After being inspired by the uprising in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, the left-wing group Adbusters started the movement that con-sisted of 500 protesters camping out in New York City’s fi nancial district on Sept. 17, 2011.
As a result, Occupy Together move-ments are forming all over the country, and it has spread to the Marines and po-lice forces.
More than 40 days into the move-ment, news media outlets are fi nally start-ing to report on it, but Pichardo said that much of the media has distorted the real story, mentioning that Fox News recently claimed “Islamic Jihadists” had infi ltrated the movement, among other things.
The highlight of the teach-in was the presentation of the fact that student debt is estimated at $1 trillion, which is the sec-
ond highest debt in the U.S. behind only mortgage, and that student loan debt can-not be removed or forgiven through bank-ruptcy.
The U.S. has the fourth highest income inequality level, after Chile, Mexico, and Turkey, making the nation a soon-to-be third-world country, Pichardo said.
Not everyone agreed with Pichardo’s views on the economy and higher educa-tion.
“Get out there and work hard--this is the only country in the world where you can work hard and become a billionaire,” said Bill Thelen, county resident.
Dozens of students attended the teach-in, and many found it to be particularly ef-fective. Sophomore undeclared Kailonna Crawford thought the teach-in was espe-cially good, despite being unsure about her initial expectations.
“I wasn’t entirely sure [what to expect], but there had to be more people than me who wanted things to change,” she said.
Leah Shelton, assistant director for the Diversity Education Center (DEC), said she was approached by Pichardo about bringing some education regarding Oc-cupy Wall Street to Central.
“Education about social change, social movements, and their power is a value at the DEC,” she said. “I think anytime we come together and use our voices it makes an impact. It’s essential that we use our voices.”
The Occupy CWU movement, while titled as such, was not actually a protest like the ones occurring across the country.
Shelton said that the events were designed by the faculty and staff, but the rest is up to the students.
“I think the students will continue to organize, [be it] protests, teach-ins, com-munity meetings, anything,” Shelton said.
Sophomore Leena Athan does not see a town protest doing more than showing that everyone is united.
Students who want to make a differ-
ence are encouraged to get involved now while they still can.
“Don’t wait till your senior year and [it’s too late] to get involved,” Athan said.
Pichardo also strongly implored listen-ers at the teach-in to register to vote, spe-cifi cally in Ellensburg, so that a difference can be made both immediately and locally.
“Victory goes to those who show up,” he yelled near the end of the presentation.
5NEWS � e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011
During last Wednesday’s Occupy CWU teach-in, much publicity was given to the Facebook organization known as Fix Central.
According to the page’s creator, Leena Athan, sophomore unde-clared, Fix Central is meant to act as a discussion forum where people can discuss what they want changed at the university.
“I felt that people with the same ideas should have a positive place to throw out ideas without getting ridiculed,” Athan said. I want the “site to be used as a funnel for people to take positive action.”
Fix Central allows people to do just that. By sending Fix Central a friend request via Facebook, people can send messages to the page regarding various problems they believe exist within the university. Fix Central will voice those concerns in publicly posted notes and others can respond accordingly with suggestions for how to address the issue.
The page has been up and running since Oct. 18, and already has over 100 friends. Athan says her goal is to educate and get as much knowledge and idea circulation out there as possible
Those who wish to make a di� erence by voicing and discussing their concerns with Central are encouraged to become friends with Fix Central on Facebook.
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� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011 OPINIONEditor-in-Chief// Katharine Lotze
It seems as though President Jim Gaud-ino’s $500,000 bonus is all the talk around campus. I would like to use this letter to take an objective viewpoint on the subject and have people see the bigger picture. So, I would like to give credit where credit is due, on all sides.
Being a Junior, Gaudino has been pres-ident of CWU for my entire academic ca-reer. I personally have seen Pres. Gaudino very little, but I know, at least vaguely, that he does a lot for the university. Last year, he successfully represented CWU during the PR nightmare that was the Roslyn incident. Under Gaudino, enrollment is at record levels and we have a much im-proved reputation in the state.
Does his track record show itself wor-thy of such a large bonus? I honestly don’t know, because I am not familiar with the details of his work. Further, I would ven-ture a guess that most of the protestors are
as familiar with his job as I am. What protestors are missing is the much
bigger picture of the state of the univer-sity. On the State level, Christine Gregoire has cut higher education funds immensely to make up for a state budget defi cit.
According to a report by KING 5 News, Gov. Gregoire has proposed cut-ting higher education funds in the state by $533 million. I’m not a mathematician, but $500 million seems muchww bigger than $500,000.
So before you go and blame the BOT or the “greed” of Gaudino for a bonus check, look at who the bigger culprit is: The State that you and I live in. The Oc-cupy movement has inspired CWU to gather in force, but we must assemble for the right causes to have our voices make a difference.
--Michael Tobias, junior, political science
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Dear Readers,
Dear Editor,
It all started with Britney Spears: her fi rst marriage lasted only 22 hours.
Kim Kardashian is just the latest celeb-rity to untie the knot, and this isn’t her fi rst rodeo.
Celebrity marriages have a tendency to fall apart as rapidly as they come together. They’ve made marriage into a novelty, a passing trend. Whatever happened to “’Til death do us part?”
Much like their sway over the defi ni-tion of “beautiful,” celebrities have now successfully redefi ned marriage: it’s no longer a permanent commitment.
The shadow of negativity that used to envelope divorce has been replaced with megawatt smiles. They make it seem so easy. Just sign some papers and you’re on your way. Like Heidi Klum says on “Proj-ect Runway”: “One day you’re in, and the next day, you’re out.” They change spous-es like they change clothes.
The average twenty-something is prob-ably up to their ears in college debt and doesn’t make the millions per episode like the Kardashians make to blow on a wed-ding, only to spend another heap of mon-ey to get divorced when they realize they didn’t know each other that well in the fi rst place. At least she was smart enough to make him sign a pre-nup.
Divorce is much more expensive than a wedding, too. Each spouse has to hire a lawyer, pay court fees, divide up their property and bank accounts. It’s messy.
And you thought breakups were bad.
Don’t make it more complicated by in-volving a legal and/or religious agree-ment. Make sure you know what you’re getting into legally and emotionally before you pop that question or accept that ring. Your marriage and possible divorce won’t be as public as Britney’s or Kim’s, but it will have a bigger impact, fi nancially, on you and your spouse--or ex--than it has on them.
Don’t do it because “they” expect you to. Who are “they” anyway? This is the twenty-fi rst century, not the 1950s. You don’t need a spouse to get a bank loan, or to buy a car.
Some people say, “When you know, you know.” The key is when. It’s different for everyone, but if you say “when,” you’d better be willing to pay for it.
Celebrities have been known to use marriage as a publicity stunt. How many times have people seen Brad and Jen in the news, even though they haven’t been together in years? Why are they still in the spotlight?
The Average Joe doesn’t have any fame to gain by getting married too soon. In other words, they’re not going to make millions selling quotes to People magazine when your marriage only lasts 72 days.
Why not save money and time by wait-ing, or dating, awhile for the right person? Give yourself choices before making a de-cision.
Editorial Board: Katharine Lotze, Nicole Swapp, Mende Smith, Amber Benoit, Giancarlo Gonzalez
If you woke up on Sunday dressed as a chip & dale dancer in a bath tub fi lled
with packing peanuts and a cat licking pea-nut butter off your nether regions, then you defi nitely weren’t the only one.
I’m not saying that’s what happened to me… but, you know. I’m not going to say it didn’t.
And you can’t blame the cat. I’m
sure it was just there for the peanut butter. Totally harmless.
My Halloween weekend was pretty tame, but from what I’ve heard, mine was in the minority.
Let me tell you, I nev-er thought I’d see the day when a man wouldn’t let a goat into The Palace. What is this world com-ing to?
What does that say about society, when an honest goat gets harassed outside Club 301 and can’t get a pita at 2 a.m.?
Come on! It just wanted a pita.
Looks like Pita Pit isn’t so PETA friendly after all. They should call them Anti-PETA pit.
I did think it was funny that the guys with the goats couldn’t get their livestock into any of the bars, however.
Doesn’t anyone care about their rights anymore? Let’s run through a couple of the easiest scenarios here to get your goat
(no pun intended) into the bar.“Excuse me sir, we don’t serve goats in
this establishment.”“Oh this goat? Don’t worry, he doesn’t
drink.”Alright so, there’s your go to. But if that
one fails go with this one.“I’m sorry sir, no goats allowed.”“What goat? Oh this goat? That’s just
my buddy’s costume. Great job by the way, Steve!”
I mean, there have got to be at least a couple people dressed as farm animals out there on any given Saturday night, right?
If neither of those fi rst two work I’ve got one more for you, but
you should only use this one as a last resort.
“Sir, we don’t allow animals inside.”
Look slightly off to his left and say:
“But sir, this is my seeing-eye goat.”
Okay, no more goat jokes., I’ll stop kidding around.H A H A H A
Okay, seriously this time.
I’ll talk about something else. I heard a girl almost ran her car through the Starlight.
I’ve always said Red Means Go was
setting a bad standard in this town.I think it was all part of her outfi t. She
was probably wearing a big red bowl of Kool-Aid.
I bet she was planning on busting through the wall and shouting, “OHH-HHH YEEAAHHH!!!”
WES MORROWNews Editor
But sir, it’s my seeing-eye goat!
FALLIN’ FOR FALL Leaves cover the Chestnut mall before maintenance blew them away last Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
MENDE SMITH/OBSERVER
My Halloween weekend was pretty tame, but from what I’ve heard, mine was in the
Let me tell you, I nev-er thought I’d see the day when a man wouldn’t let a goat into The Palace. What is this world com-
What does that say about society, when
you should only use this one as a last resort.
animals inside.”
left and say:
If you like it, wait to put a ring on itMarriage should be more permanent than celebrities make it seem
COURTESY OF KENDYL KINGERY
� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011SCENEEditor// Pete Los
CWU facility thrives with life and learningSta� and students intellectually interact with unique, colorful classroom environment
TropicalThis room is home to plants that would normally be found in the upper stories of tropical rain forests where there is much light. Plants in the tropical room include orchids, bromiliads and (above) giant trumpet vines.
Tropical JungleThis room contains a mixture of tropical plants from around the world. Plants in the tropical jungle room include banana trees and swiss cheese plants, also called the hurricane plant.
ResearchThis room is used for research purposes as well as growing plants for the general biology laboratories. The research room is also home to a small variety of unique plants, such a touch sensitive plant, used for tour lessons.
DesertThis room holds an abundant species of cacti and plants that have adapted to survive in high light and low water con-ditions. Plants in the desert room include agave and aloe. The desert room is also home to a 40 pound, six-year-old African tortoise native to the hottest deserts of Africa.
ASSISTED POLLINATION Page Wooller, graduate biology student demonstrates the pollination process involved in Alison Scoville’s research on the monkey flower.
PHOTOS & STORY BY PETE LOS
estled on the edge of a small patch of trees behind Dean Hall stands a weathered, windowed
building that may go unnoticed by stu-dents who fear biological sciences. This building is the CWU biology greenhouse.
The greenhouse serves several dif-ferent purposes in-cluding research, classroom instruc-tion and public tours. According to Jonathan Betz, instruction and classroom support technician, the greenhouse has seen more than 7,000 visitors since 2008. Art students also frequent the greenhouse for sketch-ing or photography projects. Greenhouse open hours are 2:30 - 4 P.M. on Thrus-days.
The plant life in the greenhouse comes from all over the world including: Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. The plants are separated into four rooms: re-search, tropical, tropical jungle and desert.
The greenhouse doesn’t maintain itself, the students do. Whether for work-study or research studies, they take on the tasks of regular cleaning, watering, fertilizing, pruning and propagating among other chores. New to the department, Teo Bic-chieri, freshman undeclared, works in the green house and said he will most likely major in biological sciences or chemistry.
“I’ve done a little bit of pruning on the plants and the trees and bushes,” Bicchieri said. “Probably at least once a day some-body goes in there to do something along those lines.”
According to Betz, there is usually
somebody working in the greenhouse at any given time.
Alison Scoville, assistant biology pro-fessor is currently conducting research on epigenetic inheritance in monkey fl owers.
Although the Monkey fl ower grows lo-cally and is native to the area, Sco-ville said the green-house is essential to her research. The greenhouse pro-vides a controllable environment so she can manipulate how the plants are crossed and polli-nated.
“It’s been a great facility,” Scoville said. “I wasn’t actu-
ally sure I would have such a nice space to work in but it’s perfect. It’s one of the reasons I came here.”
Scoville has been working on the proj-ect for approximately one year. Grow-ing about 1,500 plants at a time, she has roughly fi ve students that work with her regularly to help grow the plants and col-laborate on the project. Page Wooller, biology graduate student and jack-of-all-trades, has worked with Scoville for a year and has seen the plan and focus of the monkey fl ower project develop.
“It’s a long process,” Wooller said. “But it’s fun.”
The greenhouse is just one element of what the biology does. It provides a suit-able environment for students and staff to conduct biological research. Without the facility the greenhouse provides, Scoville’s work would not be possible.
“It makes it easy to have a lot of stu-dents working in my lab, which is great,” Scoville said.
It’s been a great facility. I wasn’t actually sure I would have such a nice space to work in but it’s perfect. It’s one of the reasons I came here.“It’s been a great facility. “It’s been a great facility.
I wasn’t actually sure I would “I wasn’t actually sure I would “
-DR. ALISON SCOVILLEAssistant biology professor
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Concert for the causeSCENE� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 20118
BY ASHTON CERMAKStaff Reporter
Engines roar as a large mechanical arm approaches to lift a bin full of pa-pers over a large shredder. It was the semi-annual free prescription drug take back and document-shred-ding day on Oct. 29. This was the fi rst time the two events where held together.
“The sher-iff and I started working on the drug take back day a couple years ago,” said Carol Findley, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Kittitas County. “This is a national thing, this is going on all over the United States right now.”
The drug take back is done in con-junction with the sheriff ’s offi ce.
“Seniors have gobs of medication in their homes because they hoard it,” Findley said. “What happens is a lot of younger kids would go see their grandparents and go through their medicine cabinets, steal drugs and go sell them on the street.”
Aside from receiving medicines, the drug take back also saw the disposal of needles and syringes. Sheriff ’s deputies were on hand to receive and
process the medications, not even the event staffers are allowed to touch the drugs.
“When they do the take back in Walla Walla, they have to have a DEA agent on site,” Findley said.
Although there are specifi c days when the drug take back is done as an event, it is available anytime.
“We need to get the word out that you can drop off your medica-tions any time,” Findley said.
The document shredding is done in an effort to cut down on identity
theft and educating the community on how to prevent identity fraud.
“The shredding has been going on for years,” she said. “I write a grant twice a year because it costs $2,000 to bring the shredding truck and the driver for the day.”
The shredding truck is equipped with a small viewing window so you can watch as your important docu-ments turn into confetti.
“This is actually very environmen-tally conscious,” she said. “That pa-per gets turned into those cardboard dividers you fi nd in boxes of apples or pears.”
Findley also combats identity theft
on a more personal front. “One of the sheriff ’s deputies and
I give talks on fraud, identity theft and scams just to make people aware,” she said. “One of the new scams that is going on happens when people take out their credit cards when they are in line at the store, someone behind them will pretend to talk on the phone while they are actually taking pictures of your credit card.”
Everyone that disposed of docu-ments got an informational packet about ID theft, document disposal
and medical ID fraud, something that affects elderly citizens.
“Sometimes health care companies will charge people for items or services they never needed,” Findley said.
Among the information regarding document disposal was a set of tables laying out how long you need to keep what documents before they can be thrown out.
“Most people don’t know you only need to keep canceled bank checks for a month,” Findley said. “Most people keep them for a whole year.”
Proper drug disposal
TOSSIN’ PILLS Community members gathered unused perscription drugs and tossed them away in red hazard bags.
BRITTNEY CASINI/OBSERVER
When they do the take back in Walla Walla, they have to have a DEA agent on site.“When they do the take “When they do the take “
-CAROL FINDLEYDirector of Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program of Kittitas County
BY KELSEE DODSON-CARTERAssistant Scene Editor
The SURC Pit was transformed into a concert last Wednesday where students had a front row seat to enjoy great music and support a great cause. This benefi t concert was hosted by the Civic Engage-ment Center’s Unheard Voices program and de-signed to bring awareness to breast cancer prevention and treatment. All donations went directly to Kitti-tas Valley Com-munity Hospi-tal to help fund mammog rams for those who cannot afford this very im-portant procedure.
Among the festivities were $1 raffl e tickets for prizes donated from Ace Ap-parel, Bluestone Academy, 301 and the Seattle Sounders. Redbull donated 200 cans that were selling like hotcakes at a dollar a piece.
Service-learning fellow Jenna Fernan-dez thought the event turned out very well. She said that people don’t have to be plastered in pink to bring awareness to breast cancer.
“I want students to know it happens to everyone,” Fernandez said. “Everyone knows someone who is affected.”
The Bridges Program was another sponsor of this event. Bridges sends col-lege mentors to public schools to tutor and mentor disadvantaged students. Accord-ing to Ashley Mastin, retention project
coordinator, Bridges is not well known so they are doing their best to get more in-volved on campus.
“I love being informed every time about new things,” Mastin said. “It opens your eyes to things that you would never know.”
For Mariah Crockett, freshman ele-mentary education and volunteer, this event plays a per-sonal tune because her grandma died from breast cancer.
“I know how much breast can-cer effects people,” Crockett said.
She knows the expenses for ex-ams and tests can be quite expensive.
She hopes that by donating the money raised, people will be able to catch the cancer before it’s too late.
One student, Katie Johnson, fi fth year senior elementary education, was brave enough to share her story.
“I’m not trying to scare you and I don’t want you to feel bad for me,” she said. “My story is important and people need to hear it.”
Two years ago Johnson attended one of the clinics sponsored by the Civic Engage-ment Center. She didn’t think it was a big deal, but when she got home and did a self exam, she found a lump.
“It was probably the scariest moment of my life,” Johnson said.
She decided to have the lump removed, which turned out to be a benign ping pong sized mass. Now Johnson has a routine mammogram.
“I’d rather have a mammogram ev-ery six months than sit around and worry about it,” Johnson said.
She loves any opportunity to share her story and said it’s important to talk about the issue of breast cancer.
“It’s not something that comes up all the time, but you should defi nitely talk about it with people that you love and care about,” Johnson said.
She said she likes supporting this event especially because it hits home for her.
Live music was performed by a variety of musicians including: Night Will Never Fall, The Walktalls, Stand in Motion, Ben Newby, Chris Azueta and Audre Belt Band.
Ben Newby, senior public relations and member of Blue Like Jazz, performed solo singing original songs as well as a cover of Lil Wayne’s “How to Love.”
“It feels good to play here because you’re not just playing for yourself,” New-by said. “You’re playing for a cause and helping someone out.”
Concert for the causeMusicians rock SURC Pit to foster greater breast cancer awareness
I’m not trying to scare you and I don’t want you to feel bad for me. My story is important and people need to hear it.“I’m not trying to scare you “I’m not trying to scare you and I don’t want you to feel bad “and I don’t want you to feel bad “
-Katie JohnsonFifth year senior elementary education
SLAMMIN’ Guitarist rocks a pink wig while rockin’ out for breast cancer.
PHOTOS BY GABRIELA CHAIDEZ/OBSERVER
JAMMIN’ Ben Newby, senior public relations strums and sings to an original song titled “Black and Blue.”
9SCENE � e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011
BY MADDY SHORTT
Staff Reporter
Central usually holds job fairs through-out each school year for students to wan-der through a smorgasbord of possible employers. However, this year the term “job fair” didn’t begin to scratch the sur-face of what was available for students.
Central held a fall job, internship and graduate study fair - everything in one.
According to Jaqualyn Johnson, di-rector of Career Services, this is the fi rst time gradu-ate schools have been involved in the fair. Graduate universities present at the fair includ-ed, among others: Bastyr University, Washington State University and Se-attle University.
“I was wonder-ing why there were other colleges here,” said Colin Snow, senior broad language study, as he looked over his shoulder at the Washington State University booth.
Snow has been to a job fair at Central once before but says as a senior this is his fi rst time actually taking it seriously.
“I was just looking for something to catch my eye that I could get into right af-ter graduation,” Snow said.
The Japan Exchange and Teach-ing Program (JET) booth immediately grabbed Snow’s attention.
Snow, familiar with JET, was unaware they’d be at the fair, described the pro-gram.
“They just basically pick applicants to go over to Japan and teach Japanese for a minimum of one year and a maximum of fi ve,” Snow said. “They helped me with knowing the specifi c requirements to get in, as well as what programs and clubs like study abroad I could be in now to help.”
U.S. Bank, Snoqualmie Casino, Kraft Foods, the Navy and the Peace Corps also had booths and representatives ready and willing to answer questions and provide information.
Linda Zahava, a Peace Corps represen-tative since 2010, is a bubbly woman with silver-colored hair that had a small section
dyed bright purple. She stood in the red, white and blue Peace Corps booth and cheerfully shared stories and information with students who will listen.
The Peace Corps regional offi ce is lo-cated in Seattle. They have representatives visit fi ve different states: Washington, Ida-ho, Alaska, Oregon and Montana.
“We like CWU because it’s Peace Corps friendly,” Zahava said, describing volunteer and service orientation as be-ing something CWU faculty and students
demonstrate. After being in-
volved in small business develop-ment for women in Morocco, Zahava has a memory full of moving stories to share.
“When I recruit, I get to tell my sto-ry over and over again, it’s fun and I wish everybody
could have this opportunity,” Zahava said. In the Peace Corps “all of your expenses are paid, your basic needs are met and you don’t have to rush … it’s hard not to come back.”
Zahava did business-based service work, but she says that the Peace Corps is currently in need of people who speak French and Spanish and those with a background in agriculture, forestry and the environment.
Melanie Forthun, Peace Corps public affairs specialist, said there are currently eight Central graduates abroad through the Peace Corps.
According to Forthun, there have been hundreds of Central graduates in the Peace Corps.
“The total count is 306,” Forthun said. “That is quite a good number from CWU.”
The timing of the event caused some issues for students. The fair hours ran from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - a time frame that didn’t seem to work well with many students.
“I received e-mails saying ‘Why do you stop so early, I work during those hours etc’, ” Forthun said.
Forthun agreed that the fair should have longer hours, but mentioned that the
main reason behind the short hours in the middle of the day were because compa-nies in the fair have to travel back to the west side by a “decent time.”
This fair was the fi rst of its kind at Cen-tral, somewhat of a trial run.
“I would have done [each fair] at sepa-
rate times because if someone’s going in there for internships they don’t want to see a bunch of grad programs and vice-versa,” Johnson said.
According to Johnson, there was a steady fl ow of people that totaled to, what she believed to be, over 600 people.
BY AMANDA BOWERS & KELSEE DODSON-CARTER
Staff Reporters
According to domesticviolence.org, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. October is na-tional domestic violence awareness month and has been since 1987. Each year, Congress passes an act for domes-tic violence.
Anne Vassar, junior anthropology, started planning for domestic violence week the last week of September. The Center for Student Empowerment teamed up with the Civic Engagement Center to host a hygiene drive for do-mestic violence awareness week.
The centers collected hygiene supplies and make up for domestic violence victims. The donations were given to the Abuse Support Prevention Education Now (AS-PEN) center in Ellensburg to help out local victims.
“I’m really proud of the outcome of domestic violence week,” Vassar said. “We met all of our goals, especially for the hygiene drive.”
The week of Oct. 24 to Oct. 28 was domestic violence
awareness week on campus, with an event held each day. Monday, Wednesday and Friday purple ribbons were handed out and the hygiene drive for ASPEN domestic violence shelter collected various hygiene products.
“Collecting hygiene items for domestic violence vic-tims is a good idea because when women get out of that situation they don’t always have money to buy the products that help boost self esteem, such as make up, after a relationship that destroyed it,” said Tiffany Tack-ett, sophomore undecided.
Tuesday, Oct. 25, was wear purple day signifying support for survivors of domestic violence.
“On Tuesday I wore purple to honor the survivors that I know personally,” Tackett said. “It really meant a lot to see all the people wearing purple this week.”
Domestic violence week has been a tradition at Central for more than ten years. In 2009, there was a survivors panel, in her shoes and silence day.
On silence day, volunteers did not speak for an entire day and wore signs saying “ask me why I’m silent” then handed out information to people who passed by.
“I’m really happy they are acknowledging domestic violence,” said Mari Martinez, freshmen psychology. “It’s not something that gets brought up and it’s painful, but I’m glad that it is being put out there.”
Placemats were scattered on the SURC tabletops Thursday, Oct. 27, in honor of domestic violence aware-ness weeks entitled “Empty Place at the Table.”
The goal was to set 528 placemats on the tabletops to represent the 528 domestic violence related deaths in Washington since 1997, but it got too cluttered.
“It graphically demonstrates that when someone dies from domestic violence they are gone forever,” Vassar said. “Their place at the table will never be fi lled again.”
Vassar said that seeing all of these placemats makes her sad be-cause each one represents some-one’s death that could have been prevented.
According to Vassar, domes-tic violence affects everyone in the community and people who are being victimized shouldn’t be afraid or afraid to ask for help.
“Its not your fault,” Vassar said.For those who know of someone that is being abused,
Vassar said to take action before its too late.
Goals reachedHygiene drive supports victims of domestic violence
It graphically demonstrates that when someone dies from domestice violence they are gone forever. Their place at the table will never be filled again.“It graphically demonstrates “It graphically demonstrates
that when someone dies from “that when someone dies from “
table will never be filled again.
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table will never be filled again.
-Anne VassarJunior anthropology
Job & internship fair invades Central campusCareer day focus on relationship building
When I recruit, I get to tell my story over and over again. It’s fun and I wish everybody could have this opportunity.“When I recruit, I get to tell “When I recruit, I get to tell my story over and over again. “my story over and over again. “
could have this opportunity.
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could have this opportunity.
-LINDA ZAHAVAPeace Corps representative
GET A JOB Peace Corps representive Linda Zahava recruits students by sharing stories and information about the program.
MICHAEL HARRISON/OBSERVER
Call for helpPeople who know a victim of domestic violence and need more informa-tion call ASPEN at (866) 925-9384. All ASPEN services are free and con� dential.
SCENE� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 201110
BY JEFF COTÉ
Staff Reporter
After the so-called “Disney renais-sance” fi zzled in the mid 1990s, the void was quickly fi lled by two exceptional protégés. The masterminds at Pixar Ani-mation Studios gave us “Toy Story” and “A Bug’s Life,” while DreamWorks Ani-mation, headed by the recently ousted Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, was nearly on par with fi lms like “The Prince of Egypt” and “Shrek.” Both studios pro-vided audiences with an perspective on animation that had yet to be fully explored in American cinema.
However, while Pixar generally delved into original concepts and strayed away from re-hashing their previous ideas, Kat-zenberg’s studio found the need to make a sequel for every picture they released that found a decent level of popular suc-cess. Hence why in 2011, a full 10 years after the release of “Shrek,” the movie-going public is given director Chris Mill-er’s “Puss in Boots,” a spin-off from the popular series that serves as the franchise’s fi fth title.
“Puss in Boots” stars Antonio Banderas as the titular feline lothario who entangles himself in a scheme to steal a goose that lays golden eggs in order to repay an old debt.
Along for the ride are his de facto love interest Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) and his old school chum Humpty Dumpty (Zack Galifi anakis).
Banderas’ character was always one of my favorite elements of the “Shrek”
franchise. Puss’ sharp dialogue and ador-able kitty stare were more than enough to make him a memorable character. Sadly, the fi lmmakers at hand have failed to give this beloved character a decent movie on his own.
First and foremost, the screenplay penned primarily by Tom Wheeler and David H. Steinberg is an absolute mess. Some of the more visible problems in-clude terrible pacing, one-dimensional characters, a loose plot, pointless subplots, poor dialogue and worst of all, unbeliev-ably painful predictability.
Based on the title alone, it is kind of a given that Marlin will fi nd his son by the end of “Finding Nemo.” Yet, the journey to fi nd Nemo was so fun and heart-warm-ing that no one would ever give it a second thought. In this regard, nearly every great fi lm has some element of “predictability.”
When this predictability actually stands out is when a fi lm has a serious problem, especially in the case of “Puss in Boots” and its haphazard “twist ending.” Anyone over the age of two could see the “twist” coming from a mile away.
“Puss in Boots” is one of the most infu-riating fi lms I have ever seen. Every decent aspect of the fi lm is countered by some-thing even worse. Though the quality of the animation is remarkable, with its lush color and splendid quality of shading, this is only spoiled by the horribly animated Humpty Dumpty character – an odd, darkly portrayed, downright creepy-look-ing creature the fi lmmakers expect you feel sympathy for.
Not only do I lack any sympathy for
Miller’s Humpty Dumpty, I fi nd such con-tempt for him that he might just be one of the most unlikable characters I have ever seen on screen. I would much rather make an omelet out of him than to be forced to feel sorry for him.
Unless people go the the theater having taken out half of their brain cells, I can’t see any good reason why they would be entertained by “Puss in Boots.”
Miller’s attempts to create a new DreamWorks franchise fails to incite any excitement and instead calls into question whether or not anyone involved in the pro-duction has ever taken a basic fi lmmaking course. Stay away from this train-wreck and watch an old Pixar fi lm at home in-stead.
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17th annual Boo Central spooks again, allowing kids to be kidsBY MENDE SMITH
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Trick or treat? At Central Washington University’s 17th annual Boo Central, children and families of both. Black and orange balloons and festive crepe papers hang stiff as zombie limbs while a creepy soundtrack plays from a small CD player in the main entry.
Boo Central, a no cost candy-collect-ing, ball-tossing, pumpkin decorating, and face-painting event has drawn hundreds of local power rangers and princesses to the Central Campus for years. Every year brings another parade of happy spooks both seen and unseen, vying for the “best costume” award, pop-up door prizes, or a creepy consolation prize.
Open to the public, the event makes
Halloween in Ellensburg a little more fun. In Central’s Student Union and Recre-ation Center (SURC). The event is open to local children through the fi fth grade and their siblings are also encouraged to come out for the spooky sojourn.
Each year, around 500 kids turn out to the SURC for the event, which in-cludes a sweet competition for the most candy in buckets, an apple bob-bing station, daringly original demonstra-tions of goo and jello brains by the Chem-
istry Club, and bright rows of fi shing booths and crafty installations for Octo-beresque prizes and art projects. The near-
by downtown H a l l o w e e n trick or treat event has been draw-ing neighbor-hood spooks for three gen-erations, and the SURC’s annual event is a close sec-ond alterna-tive to knock-
ing on doors down chilly dark streets. Year after year, the CWU students put
on a memorable event. The Observer
caught up with Mary Beautel, a local woman and her two grand children, at-tending the Boo Central Event for the fi rst time.
“I think it is a fun event for the kids,” Beautel said. “My granddaughter (Sophia, 1, ladybug) was getting handfuls of candy from the CWU students, ten times more than she could ever eat.” Beautel said that the crowds were pushy at the downtown businesses and though the majority of lo-cal shops were open and shoveling skit-tles and tootsie rolls fervently into plastic buckets, her merchant neighbor’s down-town event was not well organized. The SURC, she said, was better for the kids.
The best part is that each child goes home with a bag of treats and gets a chance to walk the costumed-only red car-pet wearing a smile.
TRICK OR TREAT Children of all ages put on thier best costumes and attended the Halloween celebration of the year, Boo Central on Monday.
GABRIELA CHAIDEZ/OBSERVER
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the CWU students, ten times more than she could ever eat.“My granddaughter was “My granddaughter was
getting handfuls of candy from “getting handfuls of candy from “
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� e Observer • Nov. 3 - 9, 2011 SPORTS Editor// Giancarlo Gonzalez
T he Ellensburg High School gymnasium was packed wall-to-wall
Saturday evening, with fans eager for the roller derby to get un-der way. Quite a stunning sight was beheld, as players and fans alike dressed up in their Halloween best. Clowns, zombies, mad hatters, and a show-stopping medieval chicken strutted for an entertaining costume contest.
Introductions began with the visitors, the Rolling Hills Derby Dames, hailing from Pullman. Each skater had a unique persona, complete with a quirky derby name such as Mad Mina, or Hang Em Heidi.
After the Dames were named o� , the Ro-deo City Rollergirls (RCR) made their chill-ing entrance. Dressed to match, the posse crawled and hobbled onto the � oor as skat-ing undead to making their introduction.
As many spectators don’t fully understand the inner workings of roller derby, a short brie� ng on the sport is in order.
The game is played with � ve players per side: eight blockers that make up “the pack” and two jammers. The pack is lined up on the frontline, several yards ahead of the two jammers, and on the � rst whistle, the pack begins moving. On the double whistle, the jammers then take o� after the pack and � ght for a leading position.
The � rst jammer to make it through the pack without drawing a penalty, or getting knocked out of bounds becomes the lead jammer. Points are scored by jammers pass-ing the pack after making it through the pack the � rst time. So essentially, points are scored for lapping opposing players. Both jammers can score points once they have cleared the pack the � rst time, but the lead jammer has control over the “jam”.
A jam is a two-minute period, comparable to one series of football action. The jam is only over when either the two minutes are up, or the lead jammer touches her hips, ending the jam. The point of ending a jam
early is more simple than it sounds. If the lead jammer
is ahead of the other by a long margin, the lead jammer can score her points and call o� the jam before her opponent has a chance to score. It is the pack’s duty to block the op-posing jammer and keep her from scoring. The game is played in two, 30-minute halves and is one of the only games where the pen-alties are called in real time. Nothing but a timeout stops the clock, and if a player com-mits a penalty they are removed from the game for one minute.
The bout began with a Dames jammer, .50 Cal Killer, claiming the � rst lead. The Dames kept the pressure on as Kraken the Whip claims the next lead as well. Af-ter the end of two jams, the Dames held a 20-10 point lead over the Roll-ergirls, and they didn’t stop there. The next few jams yielded a 40-28 point lead in favor of the Dames
Nearly half way through the � rst period, the Rollergirls found their rhythm and began rack-ing up points. A clever blocking scheme allowed War Paint Wenda, an Ellensburg native, to rack up quite a tally of over 25 points.
“We need to work on switching from of-fense to defense,” War Paint said. “Today we were a little slow on making the transition and it led to a lot of unnecessary points scored against us.”
Rodeo City continues their onslaught and racked up a respectable 30 point lead over the Dames with less than three minutes to
go in the � rst half. Mad Mina, a 40-year-old Ellensburg local, proved that age has
little sway on playing this brutal sport. As the oldest player on the posse, Mina envel-ops the ideal of clean, fun sportsmanship. She enjoys the physical challenge presented
by this one-of-a- kind sport, but also holds her experience very sentimentally.
“There is a league in Seattle, The Rock City Rollergirls, they have been around since 2006 maybe longer, and they are REAL people,” Mina said of her role models.
“They are so willing to teach other players, like let me show YOU something. Just like you might look up to a quarterback or an NFL coach, those girls are awesome, its al-most like we’re family.”
The RCR managed to keep their heads above water with superior conditioning and well executed blocking schemes through-out the second half. The Dames felt the thrill of taking the lead early on, but RCR made sure to keep them wanting, as they racked up more than 150 points.
The � nal jam was similar to something out of a ‘feel good’ movie as fans roared and
cheered, rising to their feet in a near animalistic fash-ion. The jammers gave it all they had and sprinted for the pack, with Rodeo City claiming the lead. After scoring a few � nal points, lead jammer Critical Erin, called o� the jam as well as the game. The Rodeo City girls cheered and took a victory lap as they celebrat-ed their 176-163 point win over the Derby Dames.
Roller derby, although a serious and competi-
tive sport, � nds room for a little fun on the track as well. With music playing constantly throughout the bout, players and referees alike could be seen dancing and singing. There was also a sense of camaraderie, even between opposing teams.
“There is a large entertainment value that goes along with this sport, there’s nothing like it,” RCR’s Lucy Ballbuster said. “I mean its di¦ cult but its really fun, people love to come watch.”
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They are so willing to teach other players, like let me show YOU something. Just like you might look up to a quarterback or an NFL coach, those girls are awesome, its almost like we’re family.
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HANG ON A Central student demonstrates proper rock climbing technique at the rock climbing wall in the Rec center on October 31.
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BY evan thompson
senior Reporter
Students who have wandered by the Rock Climbing Wall in the SURC are a short climb away from nirvana. The rock wall offers a unique experience; par-ticipants can choose to either take on the intense bouldering section, that varies in routes and difficulties, or attempt to peak the towering harnessed climb. Built as a part of the SURC in 2005 and situated in the north section, approximately 40 climbers per day use the rock wall as a part of their daily work out or exercise.
“Physically it’s very challenging,” said Ryan Hopkins, who is the challenge course facilitator for the University Recre-ation department. “It’s unique in the sense that it’s not just a physical challenge, it’s also a mental challenge.”
The rock wall offers a controlled envi-ronment and climbers know what to ex-pect if they follow the rules and take the necessary precautions.
The bouldering and harnesses sections both have easiest-to-most difficult routes, with different handholds marked with dif-ferent colors.
In an environment like this, the vary-ing degree in difficulty gives climbers the leeway they need to better themselves, de-pending on their current skill level. Climb-ers can make climbs however easy or dif-ficult as they prefer.
Rock climbing is also completely an individual sport and the wall challenges each climber individually.
Freshmen Jannicke Moffat said her friends are the reason she first tried the rock wall.
“A bunch of my friends convinced me to go one day with them and I got addict-ed to it and I go almost every day now,” Moffat said.
Moffat is undeclared in her major but is sure that she is interested in exercise sci-ence, and what better a way to study then to go to the rock wall?
“I enjoy that it’s a challenge,” she con-tinued. “And it’s a good workout and its fun to do.”
Moffat goes to the rock wall every day, varying from 45 minutes to an hour of climbing, and prefers the harness rather
than the bouldering section. She also said that the level of intensity depends on what specific routes you take, and that is solely a personal test.
Fellow freshman Jordan Vidorme who is planning to major in graphic design, climbs at the very least two or three times a week for around two hours a session, de-pending on if he does easy or hard routes. He enjoys the rigors of climbing and when the staff changes the hand holds and foot holds to increase the challenge and mix things up.
“I like it a lot,” Virdome said. “They change it up all the time, there’s always new routes to climb it’s really nice.”
Virdorme agreed with Moffat on how physically demanding the sport is, and also prefers the mental aspect of figuring out the most efficient way to make one’s way up the wall.
“I like how it’s just basically problem solving and how to get up and how to do the next move,” Vidorme said. “But it’s also physical so it’s a workout.”
Vidorme is on the Central Washington climbing team that competes against other schools. He said the fees are a bit higher than the climbing club, but it is worth the experience.
The bouldering competition is rated by how difficult the problems or routes are. Judges use a point number between 100 and a 1,000, the more points the harder it is. Once the problem is completed you get that many points.
Even though he competes regularly, Virdorme prefers climbing more for the joy of it.
“I do it more for fun,” Vidorme said. “It’s nice to meet different climbers and see what other people do for a problem and get ideas on their techniques to better yourself.”
Rock climbing is a great way to allow one’s mind to wander from the daily strug-gles of school and life in general. Climbers say the intense focus it requires can stop many negative thoughts that may be lin-gering in their mind once they get there.
The rock wall is a safe and effective way of overcoming any fears of heights that students may have.
Many climbers agree that the challenge allows them to push their mind, body, and
spirit, and allows them to reach new limits.Hopkins feels the group of climbers is a
well rounded group of individuals.“It’s a great community,” Hopkins said.
“You’ll meet a lot of people and there’s been some extremely strong relationships formed hanging up together and partici-pating in the rock wall together.”
sublime cliff hanging challenge
BY connor vanderweYst
staff Reporter
Central’s dreams of a playoff berth after the season were destroyed Thurs-day when the women’s soccer team fell to Montana State University-Billings 3-0 in Billings, Mont.
The loss eliminated the Wildcats from post-season contention. Central’s record fell to 8-4-4 overall and 7-3-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). Coach Michael Farrand summed up Central’s playoff chances in two words: “We’re done.”
“Division II soccer is the toughest level to come out of,” Farrand said. “Even with our record and things like that we had to have a perfect way out.”
Farrand was disappointed with the end result, but thought the team played well once the mental errors were corrected.
“I’m not going to say [the Yellow-jackets] outplayed us as much as we gave things away a little bit,” Farrand said.
The Yellowjackets drew first blood when the Wildcats gave up an own goal in the 29th minute.
On an otherwise dismal afternoon, junior forward Carson McKole was hon-
ored as the GNAC women’s soccer player of the week. This was her second time winning the award.
“It was really cool because I got recog-nition for my hard work,” McKole said.
Central bounced back Saturday against Northwest Nazarene with a timely goal from freshman Danielle Brandli. The Wildcats won 1-0.
“We stayed positive and we stayed through the whole game. We didn’t let down,” sophomore goalkeeper Kori But-terfield said.
The win marked Central’s ninth of the season bringing their overall record to 9-4-4 and 8-3-2 in the GNAC. The Wildcats overtook Montana State University-Bill-ings for second place in the conference af-ter the Yellowjackets lost to Seattle Pacific Saturday.
The Wildcats have been a resilient team all season. With this victory, the Wildcats finished the season without los-ing two games in a row for the second time in the 25-year history of the program.
Central’s season finale is next Saturday at Seattle Pacific. The Wildcats will look to upset the nationally ranked Falcons who will come into the match riding an eight game winning streak and have only one loss in conference play.
The Wildcats will need to bring some swagger into Saturday’s match if they want to leave Seattle with a victory.
“We just need to be a little bit cocky and a little bit confident,” Butterfield said.
CWU soccer collapses
TOUGH TO SWALLOW in this photo taken september 22 vs. W. Oregon, taylor stanley is injured during a jump ball. the image sums up their season long struggles.
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FOOTBALL
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CROSS COUNTRY
RECENT GAME:L 49-35 @ West Texas A&MQuarterback Jose Mohlerʼs 358 yards were overshadowed by the 430 yards A&Mʼs Dustin Vaughan racked up against the Wildcats.
NEXT GAME:11/5 at Simon Fraser 2 P.M. Central looks to rebound across the border.
RECENT GAMES:L 0-3 at MSUB W 1-0 (OT) at Northwest NazareneCentral is now 9-4-4CONFERENCE W L TSeattle Pacifi c 12 1 0 Central Washington 8 3 2 MSUB 7 2 4 Western Oregon 8 4 1 Western Washington 4 6 3 Saint Martinʼs 4 9 0Northwest Nazarene 2 11 0 Simon Fraser 1 10 1
NEXT GAMES:11/5 @ Seattle Pacifi c University.SPU is the last game of the season for Central. Itʼs a 1 p.m. game.
RECENT GAME:W 3-0 vs. Saint MartinsL 2-3 vs. Western OregonCONFERENCE W L Seattle Pacifi c 13 2 Western Washington 11 3 Alaska Anchorage 11 3 Northwest Nazarene 10 4 Western Oregon 10 5 Central Washington 6 8MSU Billings 4 11 Saint Martinʼs 4 11 Alaska Fairbanks 2 12 Simon Fraser 1 13
NEXT GAME:11/03 at Alaska Fairbanks
RECENT GAME:M: 8th W: 10th GNAC Championships in Yakima. NEXT GAME:11/05 NCAA Division II West Re-gion Championships @ Spokane
CONFERENCE W L Western Oregon 6 1 Humboldt State 5 1 Central Washington 3 3 Dixie State 1 5 Simon Fraser 1 6
BY ALEXANDRA SHERK
Staff Reporter
For a season that has been chalk full of ups and downs, the Wildcats volleyball team continued their tedious trend on Thursday and Saturday night at Nicholas Pavilion.
After winning in dominant fashion over St. Martins 3-0, Central fell to Western Oregon 2-3, losing by a close three points in the fi fth set.
Central now sits at 12-9 overall and 6-7 in the Great Northwest Athletic Confer-ence (GNAC).
Against an improved St. Martins team, the Wildcats’ balance of offense and de-fense was in full swing. The Wildcats went on to sweep the Saints in three sets 25-23, 25-17, and 25-22.
Offensively, soph-omore Erin Smith and senior Meg Ryan each had 10 kills. Central had a total of 38 kills by fi ve different players. In later sets, Central’s setters were success-ful in getting them the ball in different scoring positions.
The Saints “have great defense,” Ryan said. “So our whole game plan no matter what was when they keep digging us up to just keep going back and playing our game and coming back even stronger on defense.”
Smith contributed to the Wildcats’ nine blocks, which left St. Martins with a hitting percentage of .016 for the match. While Central shined on offense, their de-fense was what won them the game.
“Poise was the biggest [goal], because we knew St. Martins was going to dig the ball and keep returning it,” Head Coach Mario Andaya said. “They did a great job, they kind of stifl ed our offense in the fi rst game, but we did stay poised and accom-plished that goal and wore them out in the end.”
In the second set, the Wildcats came back from being down 19-15, scoring six points to take the lead 21-19. Central then had to work hard to come out on top. Smith ended the set with a kill.
“We have had a little rough spill over this past week, but I came in with an open mind,” Smith said. “I was a little frustrat-ed in practice this week from losing two
games in a row.” Ryan was close to achieving a double-
double with a total of nine digs, while ju-nior Jordan Offutt also had nine digs.
With their shortly gained momentum and hopes of leaving the weekend un-scathed, the Wildcats played the Western Oregon Wolves, once again hosting a GNAC game at Nicholas Pavilion Satur-day night.
Central came back to force a game fi ve after being down two sets, but couldn’t come up with the defensive answers los-ing a close fi fth set. The fi rst two sets the Wildcats lost 25-17 and 25-23, Central then rallied from behind and won two consecutive sets 22-25 and 19-25. The fi fth and fi nal set was a roller coaster ride but the Wildcats couldn’t pull it together
in the end, losing just 15-12.
Offutt started off slow but eventually came through for her team fi nishing with a team best 17 kills for the match. She couldn’t help but be remorseful.
“You know, it’s frustrating, because I know I didn’t do my
best at the beginning, and that’s what the team needed,” Offutt said.
Offutt triggered a fi ve point serv-ing swing at the end of the fourth set to advance the lead to six, 24-18. Central forced an essential fi fth set after a service error by the Wolves.
“She knows she came out slow, [her] mind wasn’t quite there, she got back into it later in the game and we rallied, not just with her, but with other people too,” An-daya said.
Sophomore Emmy Dolan came off the bench for the Wildcats with a total of 14 kills and a team best .242 hitting percent-age. Ryan also tallied up 10 kills and 20 digs, with senior Carlee Marble ending with 47 assists and 19 digs on the night.
“It’s kind of hard because it was so close and we really wanted the game. I just wanted to go out and step up for my team,” Dolan said.
Western Oregon gained momentum off three blocks and three service errors by the Wildcats, leading them to the fi ve set victory.
“Granted Western Oregon played well, I don’t think they played well enough to
beat us at our best,” Andaya said.Western Oregon had four players in
double digits for kills, while totaling 18.5 blocks as a team. Krissi Kemper led the wolves with 16 kills, while three other teammates added 15, 10, and 10 kills apiece.
Central will venture off for their fi nal week on the road against both Alaska teams hoping to make a fi nal statement. The Wildcats will then return home for their fi nal matches against Western Wash-ington and Simon Fraser, Nov. 10 and Nov. 12.
Halfway homeBY DANNY SCHMIDT
Assistant Sports Editor
The NFL’s now halfway through the 2011 season and the playoff pictures is still far from decided. Games are extreme-ly meaningful to players, so lets take ad-vantage of that. Here are the week nine pickups.
QUARTERBACK: Sam Bradford (STL): You may think I’m crazy but pick up Bradford this week. He is playing Ari-zona this week and St. Louis is on their longest winning streak of the season: one.
Bradford has most likely been dropped from many teams around different leagues, so pick him up if possible. Don’t play him over Tom Brady, but if Blaine Gabbert is running the show, go for it.
RUNNING BACK: Dexter McClus-ter (KC): Aside from San Francisco, the Chiefs are the least talked about good team in the NFL. After starting 0-3, Kan-sas City has reeled off four straight wins and is tied atop the AFC West. McCluster is a risky pickup because he is predomi-nantly a receiving running back. I’d take a chance on him because the Chiefs host Miami this week and McCluster could see more action than usual.
Jonathan Baldwin (KC): Sticking with the Kansas City theme, Baldwin fi nally stepped up last week against the Chargers. The rookie caught his fi rst touchdown pass of the season last week on a deep ball. Against Miami, Baldwin could be targeted frequently.
WIDE RECEIVER: Michael Crab-tree (SF): Crabtree stepped up last week in the 49ers win over Cleveland. This week the team travels to the nations capital to take on the struggling Redskins. Expect the 49ers to get their passing game going
and Crabtree is always a great red zone threat and can make big plays happen.
Laurent Robinson (DAL): The Cow-boys host the pitiful Seahawks this week and will be angry after a Philadelphia beat down last Sunday. Dallas will try and run the score up in a hurry, and the way to do that against an above average run defense, is throwing the ball. Seattle’s pass defense schemes will heavily focus on Dez Bryant, Miles Austin and Jason Witten. Expect Robinson to take advantage this week.
TIGHT END: Brent Celek (PHI): Philadelphia is hosting Chicago this week on Monday Night Football. Michael Vick and Andy Reid should take advantage of the spotlight. The game should be a tough game for both teams, leading Vick to throw to his big tight end as much as he can. Brian Urlacher and the Bears defense will be paying close attention to DeSean Jackson and the other dangerous receivers the Eagles have.
DEFENSE: Houston Texans: The Texans host Cleveland this week. Houston is hot and their defense will look to keep up their consistency against a mild Browns offense. Houston will try to keep up in the division shut down Cleveland.
Volleyball shows heart, resilience in 3-2 defeat
READY SET SPIKE Carlee Marble sets up Julie Hulbert for the spike.
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