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CONTENTS

On the CoverWHITWORTH’S MOST FASHIONABLE STUDENTS:

After two rounds of voting for the most fashionable people at Whitworth, the votes have come in and expose the fashionistas prowling around campus.

Cover and above photos by Chrissy Roach

{ Trending Online}The most-read stories from the weeks

of March 27 through April 13, 2011.

1FACES OF WHITWORTH

2WHITWORTH’S MOST FASHIONABLE:

FINAL VOTE

3VOTERS GUIDE

4EMILY MILLER WRITES A NEW ANTHEM

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07 04 FIVE MONTHS, SIX REVOLUTIONS WHITPICS: LU’AU

NEWS04 FIVE MONTHS, SIX REVOLUTIONS: Let us revolt: What countries have acted on this desire for change and who has succeeded?

06 SOMEONE ELSE IS FRONTING YOUR EDUCATION: April 1 marked Tuition Freedom Day, where donors pick up the rest of the tab for your education.

ARTS & CULTURE08 CHECKING THE PULSE OF RELIGION ON CAMPUS: Diverse religious beliefs are alive on Whitworth University’s campus.Students’varyingviewsoffermanynew opportunities for others to strengthen faith and learn about new belief systems both inside and outside the classroom.

09 I SAW YOU

10 WHITWORTH’S MOST FASHIONABLE: After two rounds of voting for the most fashionable people at Whitworth, the votes have come in and expose the fashionistas prowling around campus.

OPINIONS11 WHITWORTH BUZZWORDS: TheOpinionsstaff explores the pros and cons of three of the most commonly-used words regarding Whitworth’s culture.

COMMUNITY: Taylor Zajicek and Haley Atkinson, pg 11.

SUSTAINABILITY: Sarah Berentson and Max Nelsen, pg 12.

DIVERSITY: AndrewGjefleandIrisWu,pg13.

SPORTS15 SOFTBALL: Softball splits weekend at home.

BASEBALL: BucsfightbackagainstBoxers.

THE JOCK STRIP: No matter the caliber of play, I still go broke buying hotdogs.

Guest Special14 NICARAGUAN LANDFILLS A HOME FOR MANY: Studying abroad opens student’s eyes to poverty.

UNDOCUMENTED, NOT UNAMERICAN: Senior Luis Flores is an undocumented immigrant who shatters the stereotype.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Abortion should not be merely an intellectual issue.

WHITPICS07 WHITPICS: WhitworthUniversity’s33rdannualLu’au.

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Forhan, Audrey Gore, Jenna Hansen, Emily Hanson, Maddie Hayes, Andrea

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More cons than pros to PostSecret project:

In recent weeks I couldn’t but notice a growing cluster of students just out-side of SAGA stopping to gawk at the ever growing posting of "confessions" of Whitworth students. Staring at this wall has become something that al-most all partake in, whether they ad-mit it or not. It is something akin to looking at the "National Enquirer" or "Star" magazine while checking out a grocery store, you don't really want to confess you were noticing how much cellulite a celebrity has managed to acquire. It’s an embarrassment. You don’t want to be caught reading them by yourself, that’s for sure, I mean, if you are with a group of people at least it's easier to divvy up the shame and laugh it off.

My point is this. There is some cheap entertainment value that we get out of having things like this up in Whitworth, yes, but is it worth what it might be

costing? Every day we have prospec-tive students and alumni paraded by what is arguably the most heavily traf-ficked avenue in our school. Do they really need to know about what you do to your roommate’s socks? What ex-actly it is you did with a midget once? Or my personal favorite, that one time you almost "overdosed on weed"?

I'm not saying that because these things are uncouth they should go un-disscussed, quite the contrary, there needs to dialogue. Neither am I saying that Whitworth students shouldn’t feel free to be who they are, what I am sug-gesting instead is that the board’s only real purpose is to provide a guilty plea-sure of entertainment for the greater student body. The problems being posted aren’t searching for solutions, but are rants with which to vent anger. This is hardly a healthy mode coping with frustration. This is no real solu-tion to the problems being posted, but instead is an airing of our dirty laun-dry (in some cases, more literally than

we'd like to discuss) and quite frankly, an unnecessary embarrassment to the community as a whole.

That Whitworth not only provides such an avenue, but embraces it bra-zenly enough to proclaim its presence with a whiteboard puts me off some-what. I’ve lived here for a while. Heck, I’ve lived in Mac. I’ve had time to ad-just. Let’s take a step back and consid-er what this might mean to those who are only visiting Whitworth.

Daniel Thomas, Freshman

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Double majoring can hinder a well-rounded education

Editorial: IN THE LOOPVOLUME 101, ISSUE 14

Students don’t need to be told that our society places a great deal of value on getting a college degree. Getting a job that pays a livable salary is difficult without one. The bachelor’s degree has become to our generation what a high school diploma was a generation or two before us. It’s expected that reasonably educated people seeking higher-in-come jobs will go to college; if you want to be well educated with the best jobs, you go to graduate school.

The pros and cons of this reality can be debated at length. Regardless, it is difficult to argue that the standards of what being educated means have risen.

It’s understandable then that many students feel pressure to not only do well in college, but to over-achieve. Grad schools and jobs are competitive; if having one degree is key, it would seem to make sense that having two would be even better. And why stop there? Some students triple major, or double major with multiple minors.

The truth is, however, obtaining mul-tiple degrees isn’t going to help stu-dents in any definable way after school, particularly in the job market. Most employers merely want to see that an applicant has finished school. In most instances, they don’t particularly care what the degree is in or how good or bad his or her GPA was. It’s a box to check before moving on to the resume bullet points they actually care about - extra-curricular experience and internships.

There’s certainly nothing wrong with being educated; having more than one degree isn’t a bad thing in and of itself. But double majoring, let alone triple majoring, takes a significant amount of time. It’s possible to do in four years, but only if many sacrifices are made. Having a job is probably out of the cards; being involved with school activities is difficult, and maintaining an acceptable level of

stress and staying healthy can be all but impossible.

One of the advantages of pursuing a liberal arts education is the wide vari-ety of majors and courses offered. Most majors at Whitworth contain a dozen or more courses specifically designed for the major, but the number of credits combined with the number of required general education credits doesn’t usu-ally reach the minimum number of credits required to graduate. While this leaves room for another major or a mi-nor, it also provides ample opportunity for students to expand their knowledge outside of their major by taking classes that genuinely interest them. Whit-worth administration and faculty are constantly updating the course cata-logs, tweaking already existing courses and creating new ones to suit student needs and interests.

The point we would like to make is not that overachieving academically is a bad idea; rather, we would like to cau-tion students considering more than one major that such a decision does not come without significant sacrifice down the road, and having two degrees won’t help much more than just hav-ing one when job-searching. If you are genuinely interested in majoring in two areas because you enjoy the subjects, then there’s value in that. But if you are only double majoring because you think it will look good on your resume, then perhaps you ought to reconsider. There’s a lot of opportunity to take the classes you want; don’t let that oppor-tunity go to waste.

Editorials in the “In the Loop” section reflect the majority opinion of the Editorial Board, which is made up of six editors.

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FIVE MONTHS SIX REVOLUTIONS A wave of revolutions and protests throughout Africa and the Middle East began in December 2010 and many are continuing through April. Countries in-

volved have seen high unemployment and extensive political oppression. With dictators in charge and a lack of access to uncontrolled media outlets, many protesters have used Face-book, Twitter and Youtube to spread the word throughout their countries and beyond. Most protesters are trying to in-fluence the government to work on finding solutions for high unemployment rates and massive food inflation, and many are trying to oust dictators and encourage democracy.

Violence has erupted in many areas as leaders try to con-trol the protests. In some countries, the Internet has been

shut down and journalists have been kicked out to keep the international community from being informed and to keep protesters from coordinating their actions. As protests and violence continue dictators have fled, given in to demands, and in some cases launched civil war.

As protesters demand democracy the international com-munity has become involved, with NATO performing air strikes in the area. International involvement has also been spurred on due to journalists being arrested throughout the area. Protests have also had other effects on the rest of the world as the price of oil continues to go up as big oil and gas exporters Libya and Algeria remain in turmoil.

Protests started in December 2010 in

the region of Sidi Bouzid after local fruit

seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on

fire in front of a government building.

Bouazizi was pushed to his drastic protest

after police confiscated his wares.

Hundreds came out to protest the gov-

ernment after Bouazizi’s self-immolation.

With a nationwide ban on covering the

protests in the media and a ban on most

video sharing websites, protesters took to

Facebook to post pictures and videos of

the crowds. They also used Facebook as a

way to stay in contact with other protest-

ers and organize more demonstrations.

Facebook spread the revolution around

the country, taking it from isolated Sidi

Bouzid to the capital and getting footage

and information to various media outlets.

After Bouazizi’s death Jan. 4, the largest

protest yet wracked the country culmi-

nating in President Zine El Abidine Ben

Ali fleeing the country to Saudi Arabia,

ending his 23-year presidency.

Though the actions of Bouazizi were

the spark that ignited the revolution in

Tunisia, it was helped along by a high

unemployment rate (almost 50 percent

among university graduates), food infla-

tion, massive government corruption

and widespread media censorship.

Protesters grew more and more persis-

tent as Ben Ali attempted to cut off Inter-

net access and had hundreds of protest-

ers shot and killed by police.

After Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, sev-

eral interim governments have come and

gone in Tunisia as it struggles against the

problems that led to its desperate eco-

nomic situation. The country continues

to remove members of the old govern-

ment who remain.

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2010

Protesting poverty, unemployment,

government corruption and calling for

President Hosni Mubarak to step down

after 30 years in office, Egyptians took

to the streets on Jan. 25. Inspired by

successful protests in Tunisia, Egyptian

protest coordinators regularly posted

updates to Twitter until the website was

blocked by the government Jan. 26.

After protests grew larger and pro-

testers branched out to other websites

such as Facebook and Youtube, the gov-

ernment worked against protesters by

blocking the Internet and cell phone tex-

ting capabilities and injuring hundreds

with batons, tear gas and cannons.

Initially, Mubarak agreed to not run

for re-election but that he would con-

tinue his role as president to ensure

peaceful transition with the next presi-

dent. As negotiations between Mubarak

and protesters continued, protesters

grew increasingly more agitated with

Mubarak as he refused to give up his

power and numbers of protesters in-

creased throughout February.

Violence escalated between anti- and

pro-Mubarak groups, especially in Tah-

rir Square, the epicenter for the protests.

On Feb. 11 Mubarak officially resigned

from office. Once Mubarak had officially

left office the Supreme Council of Egyp-

tian Armed Forces took over and are still

in charge of the country as of April 15,

2011. Still widespread protests continue

as Egyptians try to bring widespread re-

form to the government.

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Demanding Ali Abdullah Saleh end

his 30-year presidency, tens of thou-

sands of Yemenis demonstrated in the

capital Sanaa.

Like other countries that have faced

protests and revolutions this year, Ye-

men students, opposition members and

youth activists are calling for economic

reform and to end government corrup-

tion as people face poverty and hold few

political freedoms. Protesters are also

trying to prevent legislation that will al-

low Saleh to give his son the presidency

when he is ready to step down.

Protests in Yemen against the gov-

ernment have been countered by pro-

government protests. Protesters have

experienced violence against them dur-

ing demonstrations with more than 116

people killed since protests started in

February. Arrests of opposition leaders

have been rampant and with over half

the country owning guns it is feared that

violence will escalate. Protests in Yemen

have included attacks on police stations

and roadblocks. Women protesters have

been significant during this conflict with

women protesters showing a united

front in spite of the fact the President has

accused them of going against Islam by

protesting against him and mixing with

men to do so.

Saleh has promised to have elections

this year though he says he will stay in

power to facilitate a peaceful transition

and avoid civil war.

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FIVE MONTHS SIX REVOLUTIONS

LIBYACivil war continues in Libya as a rebel

army attempts to overthrow the long-

time leadership of Muammar el-Qad-

dafi who has been in power since 1969.

High unemployment rates, the desire for

more democracy and education as well

as the influence of other revolutions in

the region helped tip the scales towards

revolution in February.

Beginning Feb. 15, civil war in Libya

started as a series of peaceful protests

objecting to the Qaddafi government.

Qaddafi’s security forces attempted to

suppress early protests by violence and

censoring of the media and communica-

tion outlets.

As conflict escalates between the rebel

forces and Qaddafi’s forces, the UN Secu-

rity Council and NATO have become in-

volved in trying to draw up peace agree-

ments. The UN Security council has also

established a no-fly zone in an attempt

to protect the civilians who could po-

tentially become victims in the cross-

fire. NATO is also controlling limited air

strikes on Qaddafi’s forces throughout

the country as part of enforcing the no-

fly zone and in what NATO claims is an

attempt to protect civilians.

Through the push and pull of civil war,

both sides have gained and lost ground.

The civil war continues in April with

NATO air strikes in the pivotal cities of

Tripoli and Misrata. Qaddafi continues

to attack the small rebel forces that re-

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2011

Protests are ongoing in Syria as gov-

ernment security forces continue to

clash with protesters. Syrian security

forces have killed and wounded hun-

dreds of protesters with sticks, guns and

tear gas. Syrian citizens have claimed

that they do not want to completely

topple the government but rather be-

gin drastic reform in the government,

which current President Bashar al-Assad

promises to present next week.

Despite the peaceful nature of the

protests, attacks on protesters have con-

tinued and protesters who have been ar-

rested are often beaten and tortured by

electricical shocks.

Most protesters are trying to force the

government to declare the end of the

Emergency Law that has been in effect

since 1963 and which allows the gov-

ernment’s secret police to arrest people

without giving reason and hold them in

jail for years without trial as well as com-

pletely suspend most constitutional pro-

tections.

Syrian protests started small with

citizens making use of social network-

ing sites such as Facebook and Twitter,

which were allowed in the country for

the first time Jan. 1. Protesters called for

a “Day of Rage” against the government

on Feb. 5. There were also instances of

self-immolation, candlelight vigils for

protesters in other countries and sponta-

neous protests breaking out in response

to instances of government injustice.

Protests increased throughout March

and continued into April. The govern-

ment responsed with increased violence

toward the protesters.

Currently al-Assad remains in power

and protests and violence continue to

increase. On April 15 tens of thousands

of people gathered across the country

chanting “Freedom.”

SYRIA15March

2011

Though protests had been common-

place in Algeria throughout 2010, the

widespread protests and governmental

change that has ensued in other coun-

tries sparked a huge increase in protests

and riots in Algeria from Dec. 28 on. Pro-

testers demanded economic change as

already high unemployment rates and

food prices were hit with an even sharp-

er rise. January 2011 saw the greatest in-

crease in food prices.

Though the government took action

to deal with food inflation, self-immo-

lation in front of government buildings

continued. Opposition parties, unions

and human rights organizations contin-

ued to organize weekly protests though

the government had called for a state of

emergency, making protesting illegal.

In late February, the government

agreed to end the state of emergency

and the number of protesters in the

streets increased, with oppression, cit-

ing unemployment and infrastructure

corruption as their biggest concerns.

Protesters and security forces have not

been peaceful, as protesters have started

to throw Molotov cocktails at police and

police have retaliated. Near the end of

April, police started to join protesters in

demanding the government take some

sort of action. Still, violence between po-

lice and protesters has continued. Vio-

lence has also erupted among protest-

ers as followers of different opposition

leaders have started to fight against each

other on the streets.

On April 15 President Abdelaziz

Bouteflika gave a televised address in

which he promised to seek constitu-

tional amendments giving more power

to a representative democracy. He also

proposed more media freedom and

changing election laws. He has no plans

to leave power.

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Someone else is fronting your educationApril 1 marked Tuition Freedom Day, where donors pick up the rest of the tab for your education

Story by Evanne Montoya

As of April 1, Whitworth students’ tuition pay-ments no longer cover the cost of their education for the rest of the year. Instead, donor support, the endowment fund, and other university opera-tions foot the bill. Students on the Students4Giving Council worked to bring that message to students, and are now working to bring a new message.

“The point of Tuition Freedom day is that we as students are looking to raise awareness,” said junior Michella Sutherland, a member of the council. “We depend on our donors.”

Annual Giving Special-ist Delynn Hampton said club members took many roles in organizing Tuition Freedom Day including setting up Prime Time vis-its to write thank you notes to donors.

“We’ll include those when we send out a thank you packet to those who recently made their first gift ever to Whitworth,” Hampton said.

Donations made to Whitworth can have a direct impact on students.

“Your tuition dollars wouldn’t cover a full Whit-worth tuition even if you were paying full tuition, which most people don’t. There’s still another 30 percent that has to be covered by someone else,” she said.

Hampton serves as the adviser for the

Institutional Advancement half of the council. The group was started in two parts. While Hampton and others in Institutional Advancement had begun to put together a group to serve as student ambassa-dors regarding philanthropy on campus, Rhosetta Rhodes, director of service learning and commu-nity engagement approached them with a group of her own. They discovered that their groups had many similar goals.

“We started talking about how we could combine those things, and now we have the hybrid council

that is half Institutional Advancement-related and talking about alum-ni giving back to Whit-worth, and the other half Service Learning and working with the philan-thropy class,” Hampton said.

The Service Learning side of the club works with its adviser, Chapel program coordinator

Toni Sutherland, on philanthropy in the commu-nity.

The Service Learning side raise money both within the Whitworth community and in the rest of Spo-kane, partially to fund the philanthropy class, which will carefully choose local non-profits to receive funding in Whitworth’s name, Michella Sutherland said.

Students4Giving is working on an event to let

the campus know more about who they are. They are partnering with activities coordinator Pierre Biscaye for the concert April 20 featuring House of Heroes.

“He has graciously allowed Students4Giving to join forces with him and insert some information about philanthropy at Whitworth into the pro-gram,” Hampton said.

Along with having a couple speakers talk briefly in between sets about philanthropy, the club will sell snacks and hold a raffle. Profits will go toward the money to be given out by the philanthropy class.

“We want to make the Whitworth Community aware that Whitworth, in many different ways, gives back to the community,” Toni Sutherland said.

Students4Giving tries to create an understand-ing of the role philanthropy plays in a Whitworth education.

“We’re hoping to inspire a culture of giving at Whitworth so that once students graduate we can work together to continue to provide the type of education Whitworth is known for,” Hampton said.

Students who would like to become involved with either aspect of the Students4Giving Council can contact Hampton or Sutherland for more infor-mation.

Contact Evanne Montoya at [email protected].

“We want to make the Whitworth community aware that Whitworth, in many different ways, gives back to the community.”

- Toni Sutherland, Chapel Program Coordinator {

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33rd Annual Hawaiian

TOP LEFT: Fresh pineapple waits to be served for the Lu’au. TOP RIGHT: Hawaiian club members perform the No Luna i Ka Hale Kai.

MIDDLE LEFT: President Beck Taylor dances the He’ena i Ka ‘Ehukai at the Lu’au.

MIDDLE RIGHT: Crowds of people attend the Lu’au on Saturday for a Hawaiian feast and entertainment.

RIGHT: Hawaiian club members perform the Halalu.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Students sit on the Fieldhouse floor and feast on various Hawaiian dishes.

Photos by David Rurik

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ARTS&CULTURE

The story of a religiously diverse university campus

According to Whitworth’s 1890 mission state-ment, while the institution is affiliated with the Pres-byterian Church, it does not aim to be sectarian and opens its doors to all lovers of truth and learning. This remains true today.

A multitude of Christian religions along with Bud-dhism and Islam are all represented in Whitworth University’s student body.

The reality is, not all Whitworth students are Christian students and not all Christian students are of the same denomination.

Just what is the resulting religious climate on campus when Whitworth’s commitment to integrate faith and learning meets an assorted student body?

Fostering questions is a faculty goal

Though students of any faith are accepted, every-one still has to take the required classes along with a Biblical literature class.

One class in particular, Core 150, focuses on the Christian worldview perspective.

Theology and Core 150 professor Keith Beebe said some students have trouble seeing the difference between the class being prescriptive and descrip-tive.

“It’s not my job to proselytize or push a certain view on someone,” Beebe said.

Beebe teaches every class with the assumption that many students are not Christians. It forces him to teach differently and more clearly knowing stu-dents come from radically different view points.

Beebe’s goal is to simply get everyone to think through the issues, to show them the questions they should be asking and leave them to their own con-clusions, he said.

Mindy Smith, campus pastor for small groups, echoes the same objective. The chapel and small group ministries are not mandatory and are meant to draw in different types of students who are inter-ested in the Bible-based small groups.

“Our hope here is to foster good questions for people to ask,” Smith said.

Beebe said that idea is reminiscent of former pres-ident Bill Robinson’s notion of “the narrow ridge.” Whitworth is not afraid of its Christian heritage and it’s not afraid to ask tough questions.

“We are much more conservative than most Pres-byterian colleges, but we’re not as narrow as some

of the other institutions that call themselves Chris-tian,” Beebe said.

Many students at Whitworth may come from a world where their assumptions are totally different and the teaching faculty make it their goal to offer every student respect and welcome.

Agnosticism, “Jourdynism” and Buddhism

Freshman Logan Steele said he appreciates pro-fessors acknowledging each individual student’s beliefs.

“They don’t belittle you if you don’t believe a cer-tain thing,” Steele said.

Steele is agnostic. He was Christian until a year and a half ago when he started distancing himself from God and questioning God’s existence. Steele knows he wouldn’t feel uncomfortable talking to any professors about his beliefs.

Sophomore Jourdyn McClain also had a Christian faith before coming to Whitworth. She was raised Lutheran, but didn’t like how her church con-demned her parents for divorcing and her uncle for being gay.

“I’m not religious, and I’m not afraid to admit it,” McClain said. “It doesn’t work for me with my per-sonality.”

McClain said she can’t be an individual if she’s trying to follow other people’s rules. She jokingly refers to her belief system as the “religion of Jour-dynism.”

McClain is an English major and she notices when stories or poems are discussed in class someone al-ways seems to tie a religious meaning to it. It takes away from the learning aspect, McClain said.

“It’s not all about religion, and that’s where I get annoyed, when people think it’s all about religion,” McClain said.

Students with commitments to non-Christian re-ligions, even non-Western religions, compose the student body along with Christian, agnostic and atheistic beliefs.

Whitworth welcomes international students from more than 30 different countries. All have a com-mon understanding that the school is Christian, but when they arrive some are surprised to find just how Christian it is.

“Christian” means something different to them, Lulu Gonzalez, coordinator of international student affairs said.

Junior Priya Yeganathan noticed that when she started Whitworth as a freshman three years ago.

Yeganathan is a Buddhist from Sri Lanka who found her first year challenging, particularly her Core 150 and Biblical literature class. Now though, Yeganathan said she feels like she’s overcome this challenge and she’s used to the climate on campus.

However, most of Yeganathan’s classmates don’t know she is Buddhist. She shares only if asked, but her faith is very important to her.

“It has helped me make very big decisions. I rely on my faith a lot,” Yeganathan said.

Without a temple to attend that matches her Sri Lankan tradition, Yeganathan reads her own book of sermons every day.

Miriam Wanjohi, a junior and Presbyterian from Kenya said Whitworth should waive its Bible class requirements based on students’ beliefs, consider-ing students like Yeganathan. Wanjohi thinks both Christianity and Buddhism need to be emphasized in order for the school to call itself diverse.

Whitworth alumna May Runlertwikraikun is a Buddhist from Thailand who felt some parts of the community didn’t accept that she was not Christian when she attended. Now Runlertwikraikun feels the increase of international students has aided the the student body in becoming more diverse.

Campus Catholic Fellowship

Part of the campus religious diversity includes students from different Christian traditions. The Catholic Fellowship has about 20 Catholic students who are active in the club.

Because of Catholic Sunday Mass, the club’s main focus is to provide carpools to St. Thomas More each week. The club is also about the members simply saying “hi” to each other or getting together to play games.

“It’s more about fellowship and being there for each other as a minority on campus,” club’s presi-dent Katie Murphy said.

Catholic Fellowship members don’t feel they are discriminated against at Whitworth. They enjoy be-ing at the school because of the overall Christian at-mosphere, Murphy said.

Murphy is glad she came to Whitworth instead of going to a Catholic school.

“It has helped me discover my faith and why I am Catholic,” Murphy said. “It’s been a great learning environment.”

Murphy feels sometimes people in general see being Catholic as a negative thing, but at Whitworth Catholics don’t seem to have that stereotype.

Checking the pulse of religion on campusDiverse religious beliefs are alive on Whitworth University’s campus. Students’ varying views offer many new opportunities for others to strengthen faith and learn about new belief systems both inside and outside the classroom.

Story by Jo Miller

How would you describe the religious atmosphere among the student body?

“Coming to a Christian school has actually caused me to leave the Christian faith in search of something more personal and real to me. “

“Alive, and important.”

“I feel no real antagonism, and I haven’t seen any toward those of other religions. I hope there isn’t any.”

“Uniform, subservient, fearful.”

“Very rarely do I experience discrimination or prejudice because of my religious beliefs. Instead, there is an openness and a curiosity about other religions that sparks congenial debate and mutual, respectful discovery.”

“Tolerant to the point of meaninglessness. Nobody really talks about it, assumes that every-one is a Christian. When they find out differ-ently, awkward silence ensues. Yay conviction?”

“The atmo-sphere is Chris-tian in name, not always in truth.”

“Narrow-minded.”

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These quotes were submitted anonymously from 116 students in a voluntary survey.

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Submissions published as received.

Seen someone? Submit your ‘I saw you’ (limited to 50 words) to [email protected].

Pac-Man LoveI saw you run through Core 150 dressed as pac-man. Will you marry me?

Scan QR code to submit your own I Saw You from your mobile device.

Skateboard Fail I saw you completely eat it on

your skateboard on the path out-side Warren. The impact raised a big cloud of dust around you. It looked painful, but I admit that I laughed at the huge dust spot left on your black shirt as you rode away.

Hair FetishNot making this up at all.We saw you in the coffee shop,

licking/sucking/smelling your girlfriend’s braid. My friend’s waterbottle overflowed because we couldn’t stop staring.

Dream Man?I saw you in your room in the

basement of Duvall as I was driv-ing by. It was night, your blinds were open, your lights were on, and I saw the most gigan-tic, magnificent movie poster of The Notebook plastered on your wall. I had to slam on my breaks because I knew that was a guy’s floor, and I was in utter disbelief. Are you really that much of a ro-mantic, or are you just trying to get girls?

Perfect MatchI saw you wearing yellow

pants and a blue sweater. you matched your bicycle perfectly. can i have my heart back?

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Leapin’ LettersI saw you leaping just to see all

the way in. I feel kind of bad for you. It must suck to have a mail-box that’s higher than your head.

Old FashionedI saw you watching me from

across saga. Again. Because I was watching you. I’m an old-fashioned girl – you’re going to have to be brave and come ask me to hang out, or go for a walk, or grab coffee, or...whatever. Just as long as it’s you and me.

“Also, Whitworth really is open-minded, and non-Catholics often come to Mass with us as well as initiate great conversations,” Murphy said.

A Jewish student: not pushed, but loved

While many students maintain their religious traditions at Whitworth, Aaron Monheim found himself changed.

Monheim was part of the class of 2008 and he came to Whitworth as a Jewish student. He was a swimmer and noted that some swimmers told him he was the first Jew they had met.

Judaism was a big part of Monheim’s life and he felt out of his comfort zone at Whitworth.

Monheim recalled a presentation he gave on his faith and a girl who talked to him afterward. She told him she thought the presentation was cool, but told him straightforwardly he was going to hell. This made Monheim angry toward Christians and he considered transferring schools.

The occurrence didn’t reflect his overall experi-ence, but it was one which will forever stick out in his mind, Monheim said.

Through a long internal process, Monheim be-came a Christian during his time at Whitworth and was baptized by Beebe in August 2009.

Beebe, Jerry Sittser, and a friend of Monheim’s were very influential during the time of his conver-sion. They were unlike any Christians Monheim had ever met and he was drawn to be like them.

Before he became a Christian, Monheim spent a lot of time simply sitting and reading a Bible with his friend and figuring out what it meant to be a follower of Christ. For him, Whitworth provided a great place for his growth as a new Christian.

“I think the climate there was very good. I don’t feel like I was proselytized, “ Monheim said.

Monheim plans to get ordained as a Presbyte-rian minister and plans to return to Whitworth to help him accomplish his goals.

The experience he had with the girl who con-demned him shapes how he wants to do his min-istry.

“I hated the way that felt and I would never do that to another person,” Monheim said. “The thing that brought me to the Lord was joy, it was love, and it wasn’t damnation.”

The results at left and quotes on the opposite page were submitted anonymously from 116 students in a voluntary survey.

Contact Jo Miller at [email protected].

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Style: Constantly shifting based on my mood. I very rarely wear pants, sticking to skirts, dresses and shorts. I try to have fun with what I wear and mix new trends with classic pieces.Putting your outfit together: I usually focus on one item I particularly feel like wearing and build my outfit around that. I also keep images on my computer of outfit inspiration for days that I feel in a rut. Advice for someone who wants to be stylish: Don’t be afraid to be bold; if you feel confident you’ll look it. If there is a trend you love just try it, even if you end up not liking it you get to wear something new tomorrow. And always be comfortable; if you are uncomfortable in what you wear it shows. What have you seen on campus that you would call a fashion crime? Crocs, especially with sweatpants. It doesn’t take that much effort to put on jeans and a pair of shoes that weigh more than a paperclip.

Whitworth’s most fashionable

Style: Classic and girly.Fashion philosophy: Anything comfortable layered with lots of high-waisted skirts and short booties. Also pair basics with cute accessories to create a simple but chic look.Favorite places to shop: ModCloth, Etsy and local businesses.Fashion inspiration: Candy every day.

Graphics courtesy of Polyvore.com

Style: Classic but quirky.Fashion philosophy: Layering comfortable retro pieces and mixing them with clean lines and simple basics.Favorite place to shop: Fringe and Fray.Fashion inspiration: The Sartorialist.

After two rounds of voting for the most fashionable people at Whitworth, the votes

have come in and expose the fashionistas prowling around campus.

Story by Nejela Almohanna

Felicity BrighamFirst Place

Stephanie WileySecond Place

Michaela AllenThird Place

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If you find yourself on the verdant greens of Whitworth, keep an eye out for one of the campus’ most treasured, albeit fragile creatures. When it isn’t bouncing around the HUB, chit-tering cacophonously and lick-ing the hands of freshmen, you can find this delightful beast at Prime Times and late night study groups.

However, please take care to obey the numerous signs which read “Do not disturb (or feed) the community.” Community is an easily frightened mam-mal, whose skittish nature leads some to fear its extinction. Yet be warned: if prodded, it may attack.

From the first pre-frosh baby steps we take down the Hello Walk, to our final, robed stride across the graduation stage, the word “community” has been a constant companion–like that little blue fairy that follows Link around in the Ocarina of Time, only louder. Indeed, “buzz-word” is an apropos term. Just listen to anyone advocating this place to a group of pre-frosh, and you’ll hear community ut-tered so many times that it be-comes a low, chant-like drone.

To me, out of all of these cam-pus buzzwords, “community” is the most credible, and perhaps the most interesting. The social life that has been cultivated here is something unique and deserving of attention, and even praise. If you polled 100 Whit-worth alumni, I’d be willing to bet that each one would fondly reference “community” in some way. When I’ve recommended Whitworth to my sister’s high school friends, it’s the word that inevitably comes up. We’ve been taught to think in those terms.

Although “community” might be our one of our most com-mendable characteristics, we’ve implemented it in a number of unhealthy ways. “Community” has become some sort of deified monolith we all are supposed to bow down to. Yes, commu-nity is a jealous goddess and her priesthood of student leaders are a zealous bunch.

There’s always a danger of di-luting a word through overuse, which is why so many eyes are rolled at sustainability, commu-nity, diversity, etc. No one likes deceased equestrian abuse. But, I think that’s a fairly obvious critique, so I’ll move on.

Ironically, “community” has been distorted into a word of exclusion. When I was a student leader last year, I noticed that “community” is frequently seen in an extremely narrow way. It gets limited to Prime Time at-tendees and the people that show up to dorm programs. If a kid likes to spend all day playing video games online or chatting with his long-distance girlfriend, this means his com-munity must be broken.

In leadership meetings, we were encouraged to discuss all of the residents on our hall and how they were doing in the “community.” In the pro-cess, quiet, reserved students were seen as having some kind of malady which we were sup-posed to cure. So, Shy Reader, if your RA keeps popping into your room “just to say hi,” you now know it’s because you have been diagnosed with a commu-nity deficiency.

Similarly, we’ve turned “com-munity” into a wimp–something capable of being pushed over with a rolled-up newspaper. Sickly and delicate, community must not be “disturbed” or we run the risk of hurting its feel-ings. Campus shenanigans and diverging opinions are therefore taboo. By standardizing Whit-worth “community,” we’ve de-nied some its flavor.

This idea is rather absurd. Whitworth’s underground World of Warcraft devotees and stoner tribes are just as much a part of the campus’ color as the folks who go to Hosanna and like making macaroni crafts while dancing to Disney music at Prime Times. Our campus community is multi-faceted and motley, but our understand-ing of it is not. We should enjoy the quirky, unorthodox fringe groups, not exclude them from our conception of community.

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“The Whitworth communi-ty” is a phrase ingrained in our minds and hearts from the mo-ment of our arrival on campus. Traditiation is devoted to gen-erating dorm community, while Prime Times carry the commu-nity through the year.

RAs coordinate hall activities and open door policies to cul-tivate a strong hall community. The small group ministry is com-mitted to providing communi-ties of spiritual growth. Programs and events are created seeking to address specific needs of the community. First-year seminar courses are designed to fos-ter major communities. Com-munity Building Day facilitates positive interactions with the greater Spokane community. But beneath it all we have to ask is there a genuine community? I would argue yes.

Are we all running barefoot to the Back 40, Bibles and guitars in tow, to sing worship songs? Or the ring bearing/bridal maga-zine toting hopeful looking for his or her spouse? Or the Fris-bee throwing, pine cone catch-ing, plate dropping kid? No. Are some of us? Yes, and ultimately it is the combination of these stu-dents and many, many others who make Whitworth the vibrant community it is.

This week, as I have sat trying to write a positive perspective of the Whitworth community, I spent the majority of my time staring at a blank screen. I love the Whitworth community. I traditiated in Warren, spent a semester in BJ and am now an RA in East. But I know there are many students who do not have these warm and fuzzy connec-tions to our campus. I have been blessed to hear some of their sto-ries, learning Whitworth is not the Candy Land so many of us make it to be.

I wanted to write an opinion highlighting the wonderful and unique aspects of our commu-nity, but I do not want to alienate the members of my community who already feel isolated. The only means through which I am able to reconcile this tension is

appropriately framing my under-standing of community. I choose to believe the Whitworth com-munity is striving towards under-standing. A people seeking truth.

In many ways I am the mani-festation of the stereotypical fe-male Whitworth student. I am a white Protestant raised by two loving (Young Life) parents in an upper middle class neighbor-hood. I go to church on Sunday, wear Toms, drink coffee and am passionate about issues of social justice. While all of these are as-pects of me, they are only the box I could be placed in. There is a great deal beneath these exter-nal realities. It is in the sharing of my story and hearing the stories of others authentic relationships begin. These organic relation-ships are the foundation to a healthy community.

Far too often we view others in the box we have placed them. It is in these placements hostility towards the Whitworth populace emerges. In order to find and en-joy the community we boast of, we must be a people entrenched in the stories of those around us. We cannot nitpick the experienc-es and backgrounds that align with our own; rather, we must re-spect and give ear to those drasti-cally different from our own.

Living in a true community re-quires sacrifice, grace and truth. We must learn to forgo our time and perceptions and respect one another. As we aim at the objec-tive of intentionality, grace must be at the center, for one another and ourselves, communities are built gradually with caution and care. Lastly we need honesty, with ourselves and one another. Not every day is a good day, we must first admit this for our-selves, and be willing to hear the grievances of our peers.

The Whitworth community is far from Utopia, but I have come to know it is full of passionate, loving people carrying stories waiting to be told. It is in the pa-tient pursuit of individual rela-tionships we build our personal communities. It is in the culmi-nation of these idiosyncratic clusters the true Whitworth com-munity is found.

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Whitworth Buzzwords: The opinions staff explores the pros and cons of three of the most commonly-used words regarding Whitworth’s culture.

TAYLOR ZAJICEKCOLUMNIST

HALEY ATKINSONCOLUMNIST

Finding joy in others A jealous mistress

ATKINSON is a sophomore majoring in peace studies. Com-ments can be sent to [email protected].

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YThere’s no reason to oppose sustainability

Sustainability is a word that gets tossed around a lot, and not just at Whitworth. Some people argue that sustainability is just a buzzword thrown about in order to keep those people who adamantly “go green” happy.

I asked several students what they thought about sustainability, and the major-ity of them had a negative view of it. It was described as a hobby for the rich. The ste-reotype attached to being green was a Toms wearing, sometimes barefoot, homeless challenge, YoungLife yuppie.

It is a tragedy that such a negative reac-tion spawns from such a positive movement. Whitworth seems to be committed to being a sustainable campus, meaning we try our best to be green and to salvage the world that we share.

If sustainability makes you unhappy, your unhappiness is completely illegitimate. I know there are people out there who litter, who toss plastic into fire, who consistently destroy the earth, just to spite global warm-ing, as if sustainability were a liberal con-spiracy to brainwash the world into believ-ing in global warming.

Who cares about global warming? Re-

gardless of any views of global warming, the point is we continually destroy our earth without worrying about the repercussions. We make materials that are not biodegrad-able, dig landfills to fill with our waste, and refuse to cut back on our comfortable hab-its. Argue all you want about the effects of global warming, but you can’t deny things like landfills.

What would Jesus do? What would Gan-dhi do? What would anyone do who isn’t so selfish that they aren’t worried about main-taining the earth? They would probably join forces, drive around in a hybrid called The Green Machine, and they would recommend we save the earth.

Some anti-mother earth ad-vocates (as I like to call them, though they will vehemently deny it) are so irritated by the idea of sustainability that even seeing a hy-brid throws them into a fit of rage. When someone tells them that maybe burning that plastic bottle isn’t a good idea, they want to throw you in the fire instead.

Why? I ask these people; does it bother you when someone is feeding the homeless? No. The only difference is one person is do-ing charity unto people, and one is doing charity unto the earth, our home, that we all share.

The biggest stigma attached to sustain-ability is hypocrisy. Some students com-

plained that the very kids who advocate being green, also drive their car from the Hixson Union Building to Hawthorne. How-ever, I’d wager that almost everything people do is also plagued with hypocrisy. Let’s start with Christianity, or any major religion. Hy-pocrisy within this religion (though not by every Christian) is one of the main deter-rents to new believers. However, just be-cause every Christian isn’t as pure as Jesus himself doesn’t mean that the term “Chris-tianity” should induce an angered reaction. Yet, it often does. There is a strong parallel

between this and sus-tainability.

Here’s what is real. We are slowly de-stroying our earth, and there are some people who are at-tempting to change it.

They may not be perfect, but they are trying. Although some people just like the image of sustainability, other people truly feel like it is a just and important cause, because it is. It isn’t a conspiracy, it’s a fact. We are stuffing our world, like a turkey, with trash. Nothing about that is positive, but everything about sustainability is. So get off your high horse, and start doing a little bit more to help out.

Let’s choose our shade of green carefully

We hear a lot about sustainability at Whit-worth. We have the Sustainability Challenge, a sustainability committee, a Green Pirate, and forks made of potatoes. The Whitworth website officially explains Whitworth’s posi-tion: “Whitworth University is committed to promoting an understanding and apprecia-tion of sustainable practices on our campus and in the community and to increasing our employees’ and students’ abilities to partici-pate in a sustainable society.”

Yet beneath the compost piles and recy-cling bins, all is not as it seems. I’ll get right to the point. The concept of sustainability has some serious problems, three of which I will discuss.

First, the term itself is in-credibly vague. For instance, the Whitworth website states the University’s goals for sustainability, calling for an education that will “make human/environment interdependence, val-ues, and ethics a seamless and central part of teaching of all disciplines. All students will understand that we are an integral part of nature. They will understand the ecologi-cal services that are critical for human exis-tence and how to make the ecological foot-print of human activity visible and as benign as possible.”

Unfortunately, making human activity “as benign as possible” is best done, if taken to the logical extreme, by the elimination of human activity. While I highly doubt that this is what Whitworth has in mind, some on the international stage have argued for ways to decrease world population. It raises the

question: where should the line be drawn? At what point does being sustainable out-weigh human well-being?

Second, efforts at sustainability are gen-erally coercive. Sure, we volunteer to ride our bikes to work for a week, but few peo-ple are willing to make the significant life-style changes required by the sustainabil-ity movement. Consequently, sustainability measures are often imposed from the top down. Whether it be the U.N., the U.S. gov-ernment, or our very own Whitworth, sus-tainability measures frequently happen by fiat. For instance, I hear that in days gone by, plastic trays, now extinct, used to frequent the dining hall.

A more contemporary example can be found in Whitworth’s plans to become a bottle-free campus. According to Sodexo General Manager Jim O’Brien, the univer-sity is considering a plan to replace all of the bottled-beverage vending machines

on campus with c a n n e d - b e v e r-age machines. Also, Whitworth is considering installing a net-work of water bottle filling sta-

tions across campus, at a cost of about $1200 apiece. Bottled water and soda would no longer be sold in the Café, Coffee Shop, or the stand in Weyerhaeuser, though specialty drinks such as Sobe may still be available. All this would be done to replace the approxi-mately 5,000 bottles purchased on campus per year.

Thirdly, the benefits are often highly over-stated or come at a prohibitive economic cost. Too often, something sustainable is merely a PR stunt or political project which provides little actual benefit. For instance, Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center explains that, “Politicians, businesses and environmental activists have been aggres-

sive recently, highlighting the benefits of green projects… The data, however, do not back up these rosy claims—and project sup-porters often know it. Again and again, when advocates of increased government spend-ing on green projects are asked to support their claims with data, they either fail to pro-vide the data or simply hide the embarrass-ing reality by refusing to share information.”

Myers highlights several projects in Wash-ington, one of which took place at South Kit-sap High School, not far from my home, in which sustainability projects failed to deliv-er promised results, both in terms of energy and economic efficiency.

This is not to say that the sustainability movement is necessarily bad. However, in-stead of blindly pursuing sustainability and all that it entails, I would argue that econom-ic efficiency and personal choice should be the guiding factors in deciding what we do to be sustainable. Often, beneficial economic improvements are also sustainable.

Furthermore, if being sustainable can also expand, not restrict, options for individuals and businesses, then it should be pursued. Thus, Whitworth should proceed if it is cost-effective to pay for a network of water bottle filling stations and students who prefer the re-sealable convenience of plastic bottles are still allowed to choose them over cans. However, if the school (or government) uni-laterally decides to spend money and reduce student (citizen) choice, then sustainabil-ity’s value should be severely questioned.

Whitworth is prone to jumping on board with the latest cultural fads. In this case, Whitworth needs to carefully consider the specifics of exactly how far it wants to go in being sustainable.

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BERENTSON is a junior majoring in English. Comments can be sent to [email protected].

NELSEN is a sophomore majoring in political sci-ence. Comments can be sent to [email protected].

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The use of the word diversity on campus is disingenuous. People may think that the lack of small armies of ethnic-looking stu-dents like me running around campus is the problem. But it is precisely the fact that peo-ple think adding more minority students is an ideal and acceptable substitute for diver-sity that is the real issue.

Diversity has simply ceased to carry any weight because these days; it means very little apart from meeting a quota of minority students or workers, just enough to give the appearance that there is a small global com-munity at school.

Dedicating an entire old health center building to promote multiculturalism may be good and well, but it is emblematic of the wrong way to promote diversity. Creating these centers, adding more minority stu-dents, paying lip service to promote diversi-ty without dispelling the underlying stereo-typical perceptions with which minorities are regarded is utterly useless.

Diversity is not about how many centers a university dedicates to perpetuate the illu-sion of ethnic variety. Diversity is not about how many volunteer activities in urban communities your average upper middle class, white, Presbyterian kid can list on his college application as a way to show how he or she has been “exposed” to people from different walks of life. Diversity is not just about how many Hawaiian or Act 6 students the university can lure onto campus. While

we’re on that topic, why would one ever leave Hawaii to come to school in Spokane? But that’s beside the point.

Diversity is represented in personal back-grounds, thought, and ideas. I don’t think recruiting from the same white, urban, and Hawaiian demographics necessarily fits this perspective because all these people es-sentially hold on to the same beliefs and, get ready for it, worldviews. Part of this is because we are a Christian university, but that’s a whole other story. Our culture is so absorbed in its white guilt and desire to be politically correct, and so consumed with the need to compen-sate for the dearth of mi-norities on campus that we lose sight of what di-versity actually means.

Whitworth has done an adequate job trying to physically integrate in-ternational students and minorities by taking them to camps meant for 12 year olds, but what good is physical integration when people still think that all Asian kids obviously have black belts, eat boatloads of rice, and worship their dead ancestors?

I have been and will continue to be ex-oticized and by extension, marginalized to a certain degree because when people see, me they see the metaphorical Other. When I walk around campus, I am always the per-petual foreigner, and I will always have peo-ple hesitatingly ask me if I speak English. When I apply for jobs, I am not seen as just a regular applicant, but a diversity hire. So when Whitworth talks about the importance of diversity enhancing our educational ex-

perience with people from different walks of life, which is code for poor, urban, or plain non-white, I don’t buy it.

Unfortunately, Whitworth’s attitude to-ward the matter appears to be to offer in-centives for minority students to enroll and hope that their presence will project an aura of diversity around campus. Then they prob-ably sit around and pray that their freshmen minority retention rate stays high enough for the school to photograph them doing fun Whitworth things to put on the front of the

website. This makes Whit-worth about as diverse as the Board of Trust-ees, who were kind enough to grace us with their presence this month. The Board also seems to favor

Whitworth’s approach – they follow the old political adage of “Add women and stir.” That just does not work with diversifying a campus.

Adding black, yellow, or brown people and stirring does not mean we’ll end up with diversity by any means. Putting on cul-tural programs in which students need to be bribed with extra credit of discounted coffee is not effective either. Instead of succumb-ing to naïve co-optations of minorities, we need to return to the heart of what diversity means.

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The unattributed benefits of diversity

Diversity no longer has meaning

Rhetoric is an interesting thing. It can be used to effect any number of reactions, in-fluencing the way people interact and think of the world. In the context of a university, especially one with such a clear vision and purpose as Whitworth, it will play an in-credibly important role in creating a certain atmosphere or attitude among those study-ing there. It would seem, then, that the care-ful and effective use of certain words has potential to work much good among people living together, subjected to the same rhetoric.

Diversity is one of those words at which the mere men-tion sends people into rabid, warring factions, determined to make others feel bad or irrele-vant. At the same time, though, I believe it is important to recognize the benefits of using the word. When it boils down to it, I think most would agree that the use of the word diversity makes this college is a better place, rather than worse.

But it is not enough to just say it. One must understand its meaning, and I think misconceptions of what diversity really means is the root of most of the problems people have with its use. And that’s per-fectly understandable; if diversity seems to be an ironically narrow goal, it is easy to see how the average student might think it does

not apply to him or her. But a closer look re-veals the fallacy of thinking that way.

Hidden behind that dubious sentiment lays the beauty of it all! How is it possible to define “average student” or decide what the middle ground is? I think the word “diversi-ty” covers a broader scope of meaning than most people think.

First, diversity does not just mean hav-ing racial diversity. This is one of the most common misconceptions. While having people of different ethnic backgrounds at-tend Whitworth is certainly part of the goal of the rhetorical use of “diversity,” the more important aspect is going beyond the pres-ence of people of different colors to a deeper relationship with and understanding of in-dividual people; if one can grow to know

another, a knowledge of their particular culture and environ-ment, and how that affects them, is vital. Racial diversity is about more than pre-

venting a homogenous look to the campus; it’s about learning to relate to people who come from a completely different place than one may have grown up in. Rather than a contrived, generalized “global perspective,” it allows individual relationships to be more harmonious and meaningful.

Diversity can be intellectual as well. This is a place where Whitworth has done so well encouraging a diverse environment, we tend not to even notice it. There are few re-quirements as far as classes go, and people are free to study what they want. Compare

this to, say, Biola University, which requires every single one of its students to gradu-ate with a minor in theology. Even the Core program, despite its flaws, is designed to open students’ eyes to a wide range of ways of thinking and to push them toward what works for each individual.

Heck, even diversity of interests is al-lowed as well. There are plenty of outlets for different modes of expression, whether it’s dance, games, sports, movies, music, visual art, interpersonal bonding (I’m looking at you, No Shave November), appreciation of nature, writing … the list goes on. There’s even a party scene, and the fact that it is not attacked speaks to the university’s commit-ment to allowing people freedom to pursue what they will. It all falls under the term “di-versity.” There’s something for everybody, and Whitworth’s accommodation of various interests is admirable.

Yes, “diversity” may be misunderstood, it may be overused, and it even may be an ob-stacle to some people. But what it stands for, and the way the university functions in light of its use and its goals are undeniably posi-tive. Is it perfect? Of course not. Sometimes, the rhetoric is difficult to wade through. But with even a small amount of reflection, its influence can be seen to be just as beneficial as anything else Whitworth has instituted in its goals of educating both mind and heart.

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When you think about this topic, what kind of a response do you have? Do you feel some-thing in your gut, or merely in your head. When I was a stu-dent at Whitworth I would have definitely said I was pro-life. Killing babies is wrong. Period. Yet, my assent to this topic was limited to my head. I did not feel it. It brought little emo-tional response when I thought about it or discussed it. That is no longer the case. Now, when I hear the word abortion, discuss the topic or drive by a billboard promoting Planned Parenthood it affects me. My stomach turns at the thought of children being vacuumed out of their mother, piece by piece. It makes me an-gry. And I think this is right.

Abortion should not be an intellectual topic. If it is for you, then I would argue that you haven’t wrestled with it enough. Ignorance is the greatest friend abortion has. That is the only way we have allowed 52 million children to be killed over the past four decades in our country.

The change for me happened when I had my first child. Dur-ing my wife’s pregnancy it seemed surreal that our child was growing inside of her. How-ever, when our son was born, the weight of the past nine months truly hit me. That was the first point in my life when I realized how much I hate abor-tion. And that is when it moved beyond an intellectual topic for me.

I wish I hadn’t waited until I had a child of my own to wres-tle with this issue. I wish I had fought my ignorance much ear-lier in life. I wish I had viewed websites like abort73.com sooner.

What are you thinking or feeling right now as you read this letter? In 100 years I think people will look back on this era of our country with horror, unable to comprehend how we (Americans) and specifi-cally Christians within America stood by and allowed this atroc-ity to occur. I plead with you as young people not to let this is-sue lie dormant in the back of your minds. Find out what you believe. Fight your ignorance. But don’t just believe it. Feel it. And then do something.

Send comments to [email protected].

Abortion should not be merely an intellectual issue

Letter to the Editor by Mark Baker/

Assistant Registrar

My name is Luis Flores. I sit next to you in class. I am undocumented. That means that I am currently living in the United States illegally, but not by choice. It also means that I am only one traffic stop away from deportation. This is my reality.

My family and others like myself are not considered full participants in society despite having grown up in this country. All we ask for is an opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I have proven myself to be hard-working and, other than my status, law abiding. Because I am undocumented, I cannot receive financial aid through the federal government nor have I been able to participate in study-abroad programs. I cannot serve as an RA or dorm senator. Above all, I can be deported at any time.

My mother gave birth to me in a hos-pital without electricity. My family lived in a one-room shack without plumbing. They could not make enough money to put food on the table, much less move to a better or safer home.

It was not my choice to leave Mexico. I immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 7 with my family. They wanted more for their children and that is why they brought us to this country. With only high school ed-ucations, my parents have only been able to get manual labor jobs.

Even though I have grown up in the

U.S., I do not feel accepted by society. I cannot feel part of a society where laws make it a crime to be undocumented. The more I try to blend in and just be myself, the more I am reminded that I am not wel-comed here.

In summers I tutor incoming freshmen at my high school. I am a Young Life lead-er at Rogers High School. I have been an active member of society and above all, I have contributed to this country I call home. Yet, I am an “alien” that does not belong.

I constantly fear being deported out of the country. The fear leaves me para-lyzed. I also fear for my family’s safety. I have no interest in returning to Mexico where violence is getting out of control. This country is my home. I just wish I could go through everyday life without having to worry about my safety.

In my four years at Whitworth I have not been able to participate in study-abroad programs. Every time you asked me if I was planning on studying out of the country I found myself telling a lie: I am not interested. The truth is I was drowning in tears of frustration.

I wanted to go with you to experience Paris, The Great Wall of China and the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. I have done my best to get the most out of my education at Whitworth.

Finding scholarship money to help

pay for tuition was an entirely differ-ent process from yours. Because of my undocumented status I was not eligible for FAFSA or any federal financial assis-tance. However, through perseverance, I earned my way with three different scholarships to attend this school.

Unfortunately, those scholarships only cover my Bachelor’s degree. If I de-cide to attend graduate school I am left to scavenge for privately funded schol-arships once again. You think you are worried about jobs: I graduate knowing I will be lucky to get a job unpacking your grocery boxes or building your kitchen or mowing your lawn.

The only way I will ever feel “accepted” into society is through passage of the DREAM Act (Development Relief and Edu-cation for Alien Minors). This bill will allow me and thousands of students in my situ-ation to obtain citizenship. I feel entitled to my citizenship because I know I have earned it. The DREAM Act will take away my fear of being sent out of the country and above all, it will allow me to achieve my fullest potential.

My hope is that by this point you have gained a better perspective on why I de-cided to write this article. I hope you un-derstand my story.

Send comments to [email protected].

The smell, the rotting aroma that makes it hurt to breathe. It’s palpable even before we get off our air condi-tioned bus. Normally luxuries like soft seats, cool air and general comfort aren’t given a second thought, but now the bus feels like our only sanctuary.

Dumps, city landfills, basureros in this case, they all get a bad rap. It’s our garbage, and we forget about it once it leaves our hands. What about the people who have to take care of it, or worse yet, the people who live in it?

Nicaragua is the second poorest coun-try in Latin America, and it shows. The rundown buildings and constant beg-ging for loose change by inhabitants is evidence enough. Poverty infests it, changes the attitudes of the people and the images of the city, often times ruining its real beauty.

I have been out of the capital city, out-side the plastic wrappers and used soda cans tossed alongside the road, and Ni-caragua is breath-taking. It’s a beauti-ful country, with rolling hills, lakes and greenery, reminding you every second that life defines Nicaragua’s existence, growing and flowering everywhere.

But inside this city is a different story. In-side this dump is an unfamiliar kind of life, the kind we ignore and turn our minds from rather easily. La Chureca is the name of the city dump, and the dump city. More than 1,000 families at any given time live

here, many of them permanently. The idea of living here, eating what comes in on dump trucks and surviving on corru-gated cardboard, hot tin roofs, discarded Coca-Cola signs and barbed-wire clothes lines blows my mind.

I had the opportunity to take a short tour of this city, to see the conditions and see what lower-class existence really is. Hopping off the bus, we all became timid, not wanting to touch the walls and watching every step we take in case some foul liquid was on the ground that we didn’t want to track back to our home.

The tour started through a family’s house, and as we shuffled through, the man who owned it wouldn’t look us in the eyes and stared at the wall on the opposite side, all dignity gone, replaced with shame.

We broke through this barrier and came out on the other side, as we crossed over into the dump, into the corrugated city of dead dreams. At a glance, we see little kids running around with noth-ing but diapers or little shorts on, sores creating a terrible map on their skin. We climb a hill, seeing the shacks that fami-lies share with the animals they own. Some were larger than others; all thrown together like a million puzzle pieces.

Sewage creates a poisonous river flow-ing down the hill we climb. At the top of the hill my breath leaves me, as I look out over the sea of garbage and decay and

take in the true breadth of what we feared to look at. Houses upon houses, the heat so stifling I can only image what it must be like inside these metal boxes. And the smell, the olfactory agony that only trash and heat can create. Spending only two hours there made me hate it with every fiber of my being, and then I stop and think: these people live here. Wake up and go to sleep in it. Every night.

The existence here can be attributed to a multitude of things, from a poor gov-ernment to lack of money to a general disregard for the overall well-being of humankind and earth. The reality is that landfills are everywhere, created by each and every one of us. It’s the nature of hu-man kind, one we are revealing the hard way, as these dumps attest to. The irony is, all the poverty-stricken people living in this dump wouldn’t eat if we didn’t throw all our garbage away. It’s a terrible double-edged sword, one stuck deep in humankind.

No politician or nurse or billionaire can fix this. It starts and ends, as it always does, with us. Spain is working with the dump to cure this disease, but its only one dump. Next time you throw leftovers away, consider the person that pulls it out of the trash, finishes it, and thanks God that he/she ate that day.

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Nicaraguan landfills a home for many

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This special section of The Whitworthian features guest columns from Whitworth students and a letter to the editor.

The Whitworth Baseball team split a double-header at Pacific University (Ore.) on Saturday, los-ing the first game 2-0, and winning the second 8-2. The first game was dominated by Pacific sophomore Rob Dittrick, who pitched a four hit shutout, and increasing his per-sonal record to 8-2 on the season. Whitworth freshman Tyler Pfeffer had two hits in the game.

The second game was again dom-inated by a pitcher, although this time, it was Whitworth’s turn. Whit-worth senior Eric Anderson pitched a complete game, while only allowing three hits and two runs; Anderson is now 2-0 on the season. Whitworth’s batters had a great day as well; scor-ing eight times on 16 hits. Whitworth

freshman Gerhard Muelheims was four for six from the lead-off posi-tion. Whitworth junior Landon Scott added three RBI’s, and Whitworth ju-nior JR Jarrell contributed two RBI’s; both players hit two for four. Whit-worth junior Michael Takemura and senior Nick Ashley each had one RBI.

Sunday the Pirates faced Pacific University once again, and after 11 innings, the Pirates fell to the Box-ers, 5-6.

The Pirates had a rough start after senior pitcher Michael Taylor gave up five runs in just four innings. The Pirates came back later in the game to tie it up at 5-5 before going to ex-tra innings.

Whitworth freshman Ryan Be-liel pitched two solid innings, not

allowing a single Boxer on base. Whitworth senior Nathan Johnson also pitched well, only allowing one run in four and a third innings (al-though he did give up the winning run in the eleventh). Takemura had a good day batting, he was five for five with two RBI’s. Whitworth ju-niors Jarrell and Kevin Valerio each had an RBI, and Johnson also con-tributed an RBI.

Whitworth’s overall record now stands at 16-18, and 9-9 in North-west Conference play. The Pirate’s next game is at home against Wil-lamette at noon on Friday, April 22.

Contact Kyle Bohigian at [email protected].

Some cities breed failure. Have you ever no-ticed how there are a number of teams who are terrible every year, no matter what? (I’m looking at you Buffalo Bills and Golden State Warriors). Furthermore, have you ever noticed that often those same teams that are bad every year are from the same city?

Sports have an inexplicable power to unite a city. I can honestly say, I rank cities I’d like to visit based on the success of the sports teams. Why? Because I know the cities with teams making the playoffs every year have a sense of unity in their ability to rally around one common cause. For example, everyone wants to go to New York. It’s a bustling city, full of a diverse body of jerks, just seeking to ruin your day by stealing your cab. But we know New York is a great place to be because at the heart of every real New Yorker is a Jets fan. Why do you think nobody ever vaca-tions to Kansas City? There’s nothing going on there except for wannabe southern barbecue and the Royals, who are miserable every year. With that in mind, allow me to be your Travel Channel tour guide of the worst sports cities and places in America (on a scale of bad to gag-reflex), where the seats are empty, the winning percentage is always low and a hotdog still costs $8.50.

Bad: Milwaukee. In case you were wondering, nothing good ever happens in Milwaukee. It has no cop or hospital drama shows based there, it’s famous for poor tasting beer and brats (classy) and no good sports teams are present. Led by the MLB Milwaukee Brewers and the NBA Mil-waukee Bucks, we’re talking about a city that’s former poster-boy was “The Alien,” Sam Cassell. However, it hangs onto “bad” status merely be-cause of its close proximity to the great sports town that is Green Bay.

Dismal: Arizona (all of it). Let me start off by saying one name … Carson Palmer. If you’re not laughing already let me mention another … Channing Frye. The entire state of Arizona is a ramshackle (Sorry, Zach Parker.). We’re talking about a state that has had little to no success in the past five years. Yes, the Cards almost won the Super Bowl, but other than that, the Suns are dismal, the D-backs are beyond dismal and what hope there was for the Cards (Anquan Boldin and Kurt Warner) has been traded or retired.

Note: The common denominator between the two teams above is one of most mediocre players in MLB history, known only for his abys-mal batting stance, Craig Counsell.

Horrible: Northern California. There are only two teams keeping Northern California from being number one on this list, the Giants and the San Jose Sharks, both are good. Other than that, you’ve got the Kings and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA, the Raiders and 49ers in the NFL and the Oakland A’s in the MLB. All of those teams are horrible!

Gag-Reflex: Washington D.C. When I think D.C., I think humidity, politicians, dirt and sports teams I honestly cannot believe exist. The Washington Redskins just got done with a poor season, despite great coach Mike Shanahan and overrated quarterback Donovan McNabb (I’d also like to apologize for Dr. Mike Ingram for that statement.). The Redskins are bad, but the NBA Wizards are worse and even worse than them are the MLB Nationals. If I had to choose between solving problems in Congress or fixing the sports problems in the nation’s capital, I’m not sure what I’d address first. Simply put, D.C. is the worst sports city in the country.

Contact Colin Zalewski at [email protected].

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Bucs fight back against BoxersStory by Kyle Bohigian

The Willamette Bearcats traveled to Spokane and took three of four games against the Whitworth soft-ball team this weekend in Northwest Conference action.

In the first doubleheader on Sat-urday afternoon at Marks Field, Whitworth was swept by Willa-mette. The Bearcats won the first game by a score of 5-0 and finished the day with an 8-3 victory.

Willamette pitcher Alex Watilo kept the Pirate bats quiet in the first game of the twin bill, throwing a complete game three-hit shutout to earn the victory.

In the second game, the Willa-mette offense scored five runs in the third and fourth innings to take a 5-0 lead and go on to an eventual 8-3 win.

On Sunday, Willamette needed two extra frames to defeat the Bucs in the third game of the series, earn-ing a 5-4 win in nine innings.

After falling behind 4-1, the Bucs

scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie up the contest. Three of the first four Buc batters that came to the plate in the seventh got hits, and senior catcher Caty Lieseke drove in two runs with a double off the left field wall that was a matter of feet from being a walk-off home run. Instead Lieseke was left stranded on second base and the game went to extra innings.

After a scoreless eighth inning, Willamette scored what turned out to be the winning run with runners on first and third as a Bearcat run-ner scored from third when the Bucs threw out the runner attempting to steal second base.

The Pirates got revenge in the final game of the series, with an 8-1 victo-ry. Freshman pitcher Emily Anderson went the distance and earned the victory on the mound. She was also 2-4 at the plate, and part of a sixth inning rally in which the Bucs plated six runs. After taking a 2-1 lead in

the fifth, Bucs sophomore shortstop Heather Hesselgesser led off the bottom of the sixth with a stand-up triple down the right field line. Fresh-man centerfielder Kimmi Kumangai, junior second basemen Sami Parr, freshman leftfielder Jill Pecka and Anderson each had hits in the inning as well.

After allowing a one-out single in the top of the seventh, Anderson got the final two batters to fly out and end the game.

Willamette improved to 19-17 overall, and 16-12 in the NWC while the Bucs dropped to 18-16 overall, and 16-10 in NWC play. The regular season finale for the Pirates will be a doubleheader against Pacific Lu-theran in Moses Lake on Tuesday, April 19.

Contact Andrew Forhan at [email protected].

Softball splits weekend at homeStory by Andrew Forhan

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