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Volume 32 Issue 10 An independent student voice since 1973 May 16, 2016

In This Issue: Your mother doesn’t work here

The hard working life
of EdCC’s custodians.
Part One

Geek Pride : page 4
So what is Geek Pride Day,
and how do you celebrate it.
“Don’t Panic”, and always
remember where your towel is
Napping is natural : page 5
Taking naps during the day is
a good thing. Its very natural
and there is a reason why we
should do it.
By Thomas Commons
Staff Writer
You’re asked to stay late at work be-
cause a blizzard swept in and the water
pipes froze over. Someone needs to climb
into a cramped attic and thaw the pipes
with a heat gun. How would you respond?
If you were Josh Portteus, you’d say
yes with a smile.
“One of the things I’ve had to do is
crawl around in the attics with a heat gun,
and unfreeze the water pipes for the water
and heating systems, because they all froze
over. The pipes didn’t get wrapped before
the big freeze, so about two hours on my
hands and knees crawling in an attic with a
little tiny heat gun…”
Josh is one of the many Edmonds
Community College daytime custodians
who worked together to unfreeze the pipes.
He’s 33, married, and has two children.
Before coming to Edmonds three years Photo by Thomas Commons
ago, Josh worked graveyard shifts as the This is some of the heavy equipment which consist of floor waxing and buffing machines
Custodial Supervisor for Swedish of Red- that the custodians use to keep the college floors clean.
mond. He wanted more time to spend with old; it’s not going to smile at you when you chemicals to the minimum that still does
his kids, and so took a cut in pay to work look in on it… Sanitary doesn’t always the job,” shared Charlotte Cushing, the
at the college. have a look, but it’s our main focus.” Custodial Program Manager. Charlotte has
Since coming to EdCC, Josh has joined The job doesn’t stop there. Avoid- been with the college since there were only
the custodial team in the mission of turning ing unnecessary detail, some of the worst five buildings (and she insists you figure
their department into a customer service- messes Josh has cleaned up involve fecal out how long that is on your own.)
based department. “I’ve really tried to put and blood art in the bathrooms. Although Charlotte has also made the campus
a face to our department, instead of ‘those
pesky custodians.’”
the custodians don’t regularly deal with greener by bringing in Green Seal cleaners
Josh makes sure he comes into work
blood or blood-borne pathogens, incidents
still occur. Both stabbings and fights have
and chemicals over the years, and imple-
menting practices that limit the use of pa-
with a positive attitude and stays respon- broken out on campus, and a head wound per products. “We’ve gone to microfiber
sive to whatever demands come his way. caused by a fall can also leave a significant rags, dust mops, and wet mops that encap-
“We affect them every single day,” he not- amount of blood on the ground. sulate more dust and debris.”
ed, speaking on his department’s commit- The custodial staff take sanitation Even her business card is low-impact
ment to the campus community. very seriously, but they also avoid overuse on the college’s use of paper; she prints
“Priority number one for us is sani- of hazardous chemicals in order to keep
tation. But not always does sanitary look
clean. Some of these floors are 40 years
students, employees, and the environment Cleaning continued on page 3
safe. “I’ve worked hard to get our list of

Gender-neutral bathrooms big step forward

Rio in the spotlight : page 6
The summer olympics are
coming, what does that mean
for Rio and the term oil that is
happening at the moment
News p. 3
A&E p. 4
Opinion p. 5
Sports p. 6
Games & Comics p. 7
By Rel Konot
Student Writer
New Washington State Legislation put
into effect late last December will allow
Transgender Individuals to use whichever
restroom fits their Gender Identity. More
so, the legislation extends to all gender-
segregated facilities, such as locker rooms,
dressing rooms, and
homeless or emergency
shelters. It’s a huge step
for transgender citizens
Opinion
statewide, and will prog-
ress the social evolution of stronger civil
rights legislation nationwide. Every step
counts! And of course, as with all civil
rights issues, every step attempts to be
tripped.
The backlash has already been heavy
on the state to revoke these new policies.
Questions regarding safety have arisen
from an ever-lingering fear of assault,
harassment, and persecution from both
sides of the civil rights discourse (By the
by, I warn of many mentions of sexual as-
sault if you are uncomfortable with that).
Predominantly, cisgendered people (non-
transgendered individuals) are concerned
about transgender predators or assaulters
posing-as transgender person, using these
laws to their advantage, slithering into pri-
vate spaces and assaulting people under the
guise of the law.
Is it a valid concern?
Absolutely. Everyone wants
to feel safe. However, evi-
dence defending the notion
that this concern is worth infringing upon
the rights of transgender people nation-
wide is not only unjust but unfounded all
on it’s own.
The fact of the matter is, there have
been no confirmed or dependable reports
of Transgender people assaulting anyone
in public restrooms, despite laws similar to
this being in effect in other states for years.
In 2013 The Daily Mail published an ar-
ticle that a transgender girl at Colorado’s
Florence High School had been harassing
female students in changing rooms, only
for it to be debunked as a flanderization of
the real story; a parent had shown concern
and called the local news, despite no ha-
rassment accounts whatsoever. The story
was redacted, but not fast enough; Fox Na-
tion broadcast the original fear-mongering
story to the country.
This happens constantly. Even more
wild stories are defended endlessly but
based on little to no evidence. It’s a le-
gitimate phenomenon of unsourced propa-
ganda, so as a reader I beg of you all to
check sources and research any informa-
tion regarding these issues. I’ll be real with
everyone too; bathrooms are dangerous,
and people are messed up. Critics of trans-
gender reform shout “We told you so!” in
Bathroom continued on page 5
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June 2015
Have story ideas? - Is something going on around campus?
Chief’s Notes
life of Douglas Adams the author to the
“Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy” by car-
Comments on rying around a towel with you all day.
stories? Todd M Clayton Jr We have a very exciting issue for you
- Letters to the editor are a good way to Editor-in-Chief this time around, talking about gender neu-
tral bathrooms and the Running Start Pro-
let us know what’s working and what’s not. Hello everyone and welcome to the
gram.
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them herself from a template in Microsoft
Word. “I’m just trying to be more sustain-
able. I could put them on cardstock I guess,
but I don’t need a box of 500 business
cards, so why go to that expense?”
The custodians face many other dan-
gers on the job. Falling off a ladder when
changing a lightbulb is a looming hazard,
so is an accident with one of the heavy ma-
chines they use to clean and treat the floors.
Michel’le Cheatem works as the regular
night custodian in the daycare, and waxes
the floors during quarter breaks:
“When the wax [stripper] gets spread
on the floors, it gets really slippery. The
machine we use to get the wax off is pretty
heavy, and it kind of pulls you - you have
to have control of it. Being on a floor that
slippery, with special shoes, and having to
maintain a machine that’s pulling you for-
ward, you have to have a lot of balance and
upper-body strength. There’s been a few
times that I’ve slipped but didn’t get hurt.
But it’s still really dangerous.”
Josh spoke similarly about the ma-
chines the custodians work with. “You
know, I don’t think people quite have the
respect for the machines we use now. In the
past it’s been a mop and a rag, and that’s
kind of the traditional tools people associ-
ate with custodians. We use big machines
that if you don’t use right you can get hurt,
really bad. I’ve kind of been wondering
why we aren’t considered tradespeople
now... I think the preconceived notion that
we just have brooms and mops is gone.
That’s ten years past.”
The introduction of these large ma-
chines and other technology has eased the
burden of the custodians in some ways,
but it also brings up a host of new issues.
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boxy machines, each with a specific task.
She has gotten to know the machines well,
and keeps them maintained herself.
“I’ve been fixing my own machines
for about a year now, if I can. Or I’ll ask
my supervisor if she knows anything about
it, and we’ll get the product book out and
try to figure it out, you know? But basically
she’ll just send me out on my own and I’ll
figure it out myself from the instruction she
gave me.”
Often custodians fix their own ma-
chines because of time constraints or a long
backlog of requests. “The first time a piece
fell off of it, I didn’t even know where it
came from to put it back on,” Michel’le
mentioned, talking about trying to treat the
floors during a quarter break on a tight time
schedule. “I didn’t have the time to send
it to the shop because I had to finish the
floors right away. So I just said, ‘Okay, let
me figure out how to put it back together,’
and I did.”
Michel’le and the other custodians of-
ten go beyond the call of duty and do tasks
that fall outside their job description of
Custodian 2, including fixing broken light
fixtures and helping the staff who work in
the buildings they clean finish their tasks.
“Today, there was a note on my door that
said, ‘Please put laundry in the dryer,’ and
I’m sitting here thinking to myself, ‘Am I
supposed to do y’all’s laundry?’ I mean,
maybe they just didn’t get a chance to do it
in time, but you know, I’ve never done the
laundry before, so I didn’t know if that was
something I was supposed to do.”
The custodians receive annual per-
formance evaluations, and Charlotte gives
transparent, honest feedback. As for ad-
vancement, Josh said, “I think there are
very good chances for me to move up,
but it’s mostly because of my previous
experience and knowledge. I have super-
425.352.5000
visor training and a lot of certificates as-
sociated with this kind of work.” Josh has
participated in hiring new custodians, and
stresses that at the institutional level, a full-
time custodian is no longer an entry level
position. Custodians can apply to the Or-
ganizational Development and Employee
Training (ODET), a division of Human
Resources at the college, to have extra
training and certifications relevant to their
position paid for. ODET will cover up to
$500 a year for an employee’s training, if
the division has the money to spare.
Custodian 2 starts at a salary range
of $26,112, or $12.51 hourly before tax-
es. Other advantages include a full state
benefits package and a tuition waiver for
college classes. Even with these benefits,
the program has a tough time finding new
staff, part- and full-timers. That shortage of
qualified employees has impacted the cus-
todians by piling on more work and addi-
tional stresses. “It would be nice if we had
more people so that I would feel comfort-
able enough to take a vacation,” Michel’le
admitted.
“It’s kind of hard for me to take vaca-
tion in this building, because there aren’t a
lot of people that can thoroughly clean the
day-care. I’m not trying to sound like I’m
the best at it, but every time I leave and
there’s a part-time person, there’s always
a problem and it’s not up to their standards
the way that person cleaned. So it makes
me look good, but at the same time it
makes me feel like there’s not anybody I
can depend on, or enough staff. Even if I
teach someone how to clean the building,
they want it a certain way. It took me a long
time to figure that way out.”
Others in the Facilities department
confirmed that competition for qualified
custodians is high right now. One custo-
dian at EdCC recently left the college for
a higher-paying job. An anonymous cus-
todian noted that pay at most neighboring
elementary schools is better, and the kids
leave their school cleaner than the adults
at EdCC do.
“The pay rate for custodians has al-
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ways been horrible,” Josh stated plainly.
“I think the biggest problem is that we’re
misclassified. Instead of just necessarily
the pay, I think the classification on us is
incorrect now. Because of the technol-
ogy and the advances in the department, I
would classify us as building maintenance.
When you throw in the machines and the
chemicals and the other dangerous aspects
of the job, it’s not what it used to be, and I
don’t think that custodian is a fair evalua-
tion of what we are today.”
Custodians perform vital tasks every
day to ensure the college adheres to strict
health code guidelines and stays open.
Their diligence directly and indirectly in-
fluences students’ abilities to learn and
staff’s ability to work. When they have to,
the custodians resolve to put students first.
“Students are our customers,” according to
Charlotte. “Without the students, we would
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not have jobs.”
Josh’s mission of making his team
look good on campus helps out when an
overwhelming week leaves them behind.
“Until you’re a face and a person,” he rea-
soned, “you’re always going to be just that
pesky night shift custodian. I’ve found that
complaints about an area significantly drop
when I become Josh and not a custodian...
I would love to see that perception change,
instead of us having to change that. I have
to put out a lot of effort and positive atti-
tude to get that response back. I always try
to encourage the night guys to do the same,
but at the end of the day, they shouldn’t
have to.”
It can be easy to forget that you work
with someone when you never see them.
Many of the night shift custodians don’t
see their fellow custodians when they clean
their assigned buildings. Josh shares, “That
guy that cleans for you, he’s part of your
group whether you see him or not. You
might never have seen him, you might not
know his name, but that guy is a part of
your group, regardless of your relationship
with him… For a custodian who already
feels lower on the totem pole, it would
mean a lot more to be invited into that cir-
cle than to put themselves in that circle.”
Michel’le agrees, “I know sometimes
they wish I could do more, but I’m only
one person… It would be nice if I was just
a little bit more appreciated for what I do.”
“There could always be improve-
ment,” admits Charlotte, “but just be-
cause we have a custodial department here
doesn’t mean that we’re here to bus your
tables. Don’t spit your gum out on the floor
or the carpet… I don’t think they really
care. Walk through the cafeteria, what do
you see? Your mother doesn’t work here;
pick up after yourself.”
Charlotte pointed out that the entry-
level pay for Custodian 2 is lower than
the $15 minimum wage will be in Seattle
once implemented. The Washington State
Department of Personnel sets salary ranges
for all state employees. According to their
website (hr.wa.gov), any state employees
with an entry level salary range of 37 or be-
low are compensated less than $15 an hour.
Custodian 2 has a salary range of 28. This
may bring up contention - will custodians
at state buildings in Seattle be paid their
state salary, or the city minimum wage?
The union that represents custodians
at EdCC is the Washington Public Employ-
ees Association (WPEA). Patty Polardo is
one of the WPEA Shop Stewards on cam-
pus, and stated the union has as-of-yet con-
fidential plans to address this pay discrep-
ancy during their next biannual contract
negotiation, which started on May 11th.
Coverage of this story will continue in
the next issue of the Triton Review, featur-
ing an update on the WPEA’s new contract
negotiation, the ethics of custodial pay, and
the wage conflict involving state employ-
ees in the city of Seattle.
Email:
Todd Clayton
tritoneditor @ gmail.com
for more information
Email:
Todd Clayton
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Remember your Towel for ‘Geek Pride Day’
By Todd M Clayton Jr
Editor in Chief
Members of the Geek Culture Club
at EdCC will be carrying a towel on May
25 which is worldwide Geek Pride Day!
You’re surrounded by geeks every day.
Your commute is filled with people playing
Dots. Your best friend spends her Saturday
nights creating Everquest fan art. And you
constantly imagine scenarios in terms of
endless loops.
Geek Pride Day is an initiative to pro-
mote geek culture, celebrated annually on
25 May. The initiative originated in Spain
in 2006 as “Día del Orgullo Friki” and
spread around the world via the Internet. In
2008, Geek Pride Day was officially cel-
ebrated in the U.S., where it was heralded
by numerous bloggers, coalescing around
the launch of the Geek Pride Day website.
Math author, Euler Book Prize winner, and
geek blogger John Derbyshire not only did
a shout out, but announced that he would
be appearing in the Fifth Avenue parade,
dressed as number 57, on the prime num-
ber float - prompting some bloggers to say
they’d be looking for him.
By 2009, acknowledgment of the day
had reached the Science Channel, with spe-
cial programming on 25 May to celebrate
and events took place to commemorate the
day in Ottawa, home to the Canada Science
and Technology Museum and a notable re-
search centre in Canada. While in 2010 the
festival spread further, taking in cities as
diverse as Halifax, Nova Scotia; Budapest,
Hungary; Tel Aviv, Israel; Timişoara, Ro-
mania and San Deigo, California.
In 2013, a Geek Pride parade was held
in Gothenburg, Sweden, and it was decided
that it would be an annual event.
In honor of the occasion, global IT
staffing and recruiting service Modis will
conduct a survey in geek pride, finding that
it’s no longer necessary for Americans to-
day to “sneak their geek.
Ninety percent of all respondents said
that if they were trying to impress some-
one, they would take pride in their geeky
books and comic books, even if they don’t
consider themselves to be a through-and-
through geek. Sixty-five percent also said
they would be proud to show off their geek
toys and pajamas.
Apparently, geeks are better at getting
jobs too. Seventy percent of respondents
who self-identified as a geek are employed,
compared to only 54 percent of non-geeks,
according to Modis. So maybe there is a lot
to celebrate, but why the 25th of May? the
date was likely chosen as an homage to the
May 25th, 1977, release of “Star Wars,”
though the date is known to “The Hitch-
hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” fans as yearly
“Towel Day.”
All the wonderful art in Edmonds
By Kyla Blair
Student Writer
Edmonds boasts watercoloresque sun-
sets and views worthy of musing. But it
also offers opportunities to immerse your-
self in the art its residents create.
Opening this past August was the
Cascadia Art Museum, located on Sunset
Avenue, just lSouth? If you are facing Sun-
set, it would be to the right of the Edmonds
Ferry loading zone. The draw of this mu-
seum is that it showcases local artists and
their art that is specific to the Northwest. It
features six galleries, a multi-purpose edu-
cation room and even a gift shop. Tickets
for adults are $10, seniors and youth (18
and under) are $7. Their hours are 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, and on Thursdays from 11
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Hoopy froods (The name for Fans of the Hitchhikers series) celebrating International
Towel Day 2015 in Aachen, Germany. Always remember where your towel is.
April Sanders a self proclaimed geek
“I’m celebrating Geek Pride Day by por-
ing over my oddball collection of “Star
Trek” gear, wearing “Battlestar Galactica”
(the recent television reboot) dog tags, and
sporting a Miskatonic University shirt.”
On this day, fans carry a towel with
them, as described in Adams’ The Hitch-
hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, to demon-
strate their appreciation for the books and
the author. The commemoration was first
held two weeks after Adams’ death on 11
May 2001. 2012 In January 2012, The
Huffington Post listed Towel Day as one of
ten cult literary traditions.
In 2011, for the very first time, an in-
tergalactic “Towel Day Ambassador” was
elected. The initiative came from the very
active Toronto froods. They organized a
competition and asked hitchhikers all over
the universe to vote. Winner, from several
excellent candidates, was the ravishing Ms
Deena Roth from Tennessee, USA, Earth.
The most important thing that you
need to remember in order to celebrate is
DON’T PANIC; no matter what the day
throws at you, draw comfort from the
knowledge that you’re armed with your
trusty towel. Whether you’re a fan of high-
tech, circuitry-enhanced towels with more
features, bells and whistles than a super-
computer, or if your towel of preference
is a simple, old-fashioned fabric hug, all
that matters is that your towel never leaves
your side.
James Nash “I will say it loud, “I’m
geeky and I’m proud!”
Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
books take note: It’s the anniversary of The
People’s Revolution of the Glorious Twen-
ty-Fifth of May and a day to wear the Lilac
in honour of the passing of Terry Prachett
from alzheimers.
People also learned these movies are
If paying to view art doesn’t seem to
be in your budget, Edmonds offers many
free art events, including their Art Walk.
The Edmonds Art Walk is hoste the third
Thursday of every month from 5-8 p.m.
and gives you free admission to all the art
galleries in Edmonds, as well as free ad-
mission to the Cascadia Art Museum.
A new addition to the fences of Ed-
monds is the temporary art display titled
“On the Fence”. The first addition to this
growing installment is the “Seastars” dis-
play on the Frances Anderson fence along
Main Street. Next time you are driving
down Main Street, look for the bright or-
ange starfish. The artist encourages you to
make many visits to see how they change
overtime.
There are also many projects in the
works that should be completed within the
next few years. The 4th Avenue Interim Art
Photo by Oren Mashkovski
not just for entertainment anymore, but a
way for people to wonder what it would be
like to live in another galaxy. A galaxy that
experiences the good and bad associated
with every society.
On this planet we learn to live with
different races of people, with planets lo-
cated in the Galactic Empire, they learn to
live with different species of beings. Not so
different in the eyes of a Cosplayer.
If you ever get the chance to visit a
Star Wars convention or any type of sci-
ence fiction convention like, Comic Con,
or StarFest, just don’t go there for the mer-
chandise because that’s not the main draw,
the main draw are the spectators;
That’s where the real fun is, looking
at all the costumes and talking with all the
Cosplayers.
If you have enough time to sit in on
some panels, you might learn what’s in-
volved creating your favorite TV show or
movie. You’ll always walk away learning
something new, and if that wasn’t enough,
you might even get a chance to meet one or
two of your favorite actors.
This year also marks the 50th anni-
versary of Star Trek, with the EMP/SCI-FI
Musuem Celebration that opens on May
21st.
Towel Day, the day two weeks af-
ter Douglas Adams passed in 2001, when
hoopy froods keep their towel handy
The anniversary of the first Star Wars
film, Episode IV: A New Hope, released on
May 25, 1977
Glorious 25 May, the day in Terry
Pratchett’s Discworld when wearing lilac
and hard-boiled eggs (and raising aware-
ness around Alzheimer’s research) is ap-
propriate.
Happy Geek Pride Day! May you get
to indulge in your favorite nerdy activity
without any teasing whatsoever. But al-
project has been proposed and decided on,
and is now in the works of installing the
pieces. By 2016, you will be able to see the
installed lights in the pavement of 4th Av-
enue; the lights represent the original grid
lines of Edmonds.
Also in the works, and at the ground-
breaking stage, are the Dayton Street Plaza
projects and the artful reconstruction of the
Edmond Public Library’s parking lot and
book drop.
In the far east corner of Edmonds is
the Edmonds Center for the Arts. They host
many events such as musicals, lectures and
even, most recently, a TED X Talk. They
offer student discounts on tickets, with stu-
dent ID. Schedules and upcoming events
can be found on their website, www.ed-
mondscenterforthearts.org.
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“The Finest Hours” (PG-13) -- When
their oil tanker is ripped in half by raging
waves off Cape Cod, the crew of the SS
Pembleton has only a few hours left before
what remains of their vessel sinks. Chief
engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) has
to improvise to keep the half-boat afloat,
while rallying a crew growing more des-
perate by the moment. The Coast Guard
already has its hands full, leaving the
near-suicidal rescue mission up to Bernie
Webber (Chris Pine) and a couple of other
volunteers in a tiny boat pointed straight
toward 70-foot waves.
It’s a based-on-a-true story produced
by Disney, detailing an incredible 1952
rescue mission. The movie follows the con-
ventions typical of disaster-rescue movies,
but does so with excellent pacing and de-
ployment of CG effects. The characters
don’t show a huge range of emotion, but
the leads (including Webber’s sweetheart,
played by Holliday Grainger) still manage
to show some depth of feeling in their lines
and looks.
“Risen” (PG-13) -- This rather gritty
faith-based film tells the story of the execu-
tion and resurrection of Jesus (he’s called
Yeshua here) from the perspective of a
cynical centurion trying to lay down the
law. Joseph Fiennes stars as Clavius, a Ro-
man soldier tasked by Pontius Pilate (Peter
Firth) with keeping Christ’s body locked
up, and then relocating it when it disap-
pears. Clavius and his sidekick Lucius
(Tom Felton) have to Sherlock their way
through Judea, interrogating witnesses, in-
cluding Mary Magdalene (Maria Botto).
Clavius eventually finds the body, but not
in the way he expected.
The movie works by giving us a hero
with actual layers, well-handled by Fi-
ennes. Clavius is jaded and weary, but
still intense and committed to fulfilling
his duty. More than just a sequence of ser-
mons, there is actual excitement and char-
acter development attending the story’s
intended conclusion.
“How to be Single” (R) -- Alice (Da-
kota Johnson) dumps her college boyfriend
and movies to the Big City to figure herself
out, mostly by dating and partying, and
taking lessons in dating and partying from
Robin (Rebel Wilson), her wild-and-crazy
co-worker. Distractingly wedged into this
narrative are the stories of two more wom-
en on the Your-Life-is-Defined-by-Dating
spectrum: Alice’s career-focused big sis
(Leslie Mann), learning to be wooed by a
younger man, and poor sweet Lucy (Alison
Brie), who keeps reeling in oddballs from
her sea of dating apps. Like an unhealthy
relationship, this movie snipes at the hokey
cliches in rom-coms, but is clearly depen-
dent on them and knows no other way.
“Zoolander 2” (R) -- Fifteen years
after foiling an assassination, the world’s
most vapid supermodel, Derek Zoolander
(writer/director/star Ben Stiller), is con-
jured from his self-imposed exile in New
Jersey to foil a new fashion-based conspir-
acy. Returning with him are his frenemy
Hansel (Owen Wilson) and manic villain
Mugatu (Will Ferrell). The film has far too
many cameos to count, and most of them
fall flat. It seems like everyone on-screen
is having more fun than anyone watching
ever could.
TV RELEASES
“Call the Midwife: Season Five”
“Major Crimes: Season 4”
“Outsiders: Season One”
“The Wonder Years: Season 5”
“Lou Grant: Season One”
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Bathroom from front page
regards to Christopher Hambrook, a preda-
tor who had pretended to be transgender
in order to assault two women in a shelter
back in 2014.
The Toronto Sun published the article,
and with it, Hambrook became the single
poster boy of anti-transgender rights in
regards to restrooms and shelters, despite
confirmations that not only was he cisgen-
der, but had a long history of sexual assault
previous to the incident. Toby’s Law, the
Ontario version of Washington’s new leg-
islation, was blamed for somehow making
this horrible event possible, despite the
Law not yet being enacted even a month
after Chris Hambrook’s crimes.
As terrible as the situation was, this
wasn’t a man who would have suddenly
given up his evil ways in the event that the
disguise hadn’t worked. More-so, it cannot
rightfully dismiss millions of transgender
people’s rights to feel safe as much as any
cisgendered person have that right.
Fortunately, the real facts are a lot
more comforting than the propaganda.
According to William Hoshijo, executive
director of the Hawaii Civil Rights Com-
mission, Hawaii’s non-discrimination laws
passed in 2014 “has not resulted in in-
crease sexual assault or rape in women’s
restrooms. The HCRC is not aware of any
incidents of sexual assault or rape caus-
ally related or attributed to the prohibition
against discrimination on the basis of gen-
der identity or expression”, he stated in a
Media Matters interview.
Iowa’s 2007 Civil Rights Act and
Maine’s 2005 discrimination legislation
has the same results, according to Des
Moines Police Department spokesman
James Halifax. He quipped in the Media
Matters interview, “I doubt that’s gonna
encourage the behavior. If the behavior’s
there, [sexual predators are] gonna behave
as they’re gonna behave no matter what the
laws are.”
Maine since 2005, Massachusetts
since 1997, and Minneapolis since 1993
have all had spokespeople state that there’s
absolutely no factual or even possible rel-
evance between transgender anti-discrimi-
nation laws and changes in sexual assault
crimes. Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
Rhode Island, and Vermont have similar
results.
Even with those comforts, with some
straightforward rationalization we can as-
Napping: It’s OK if you do it
By Ulises Sanchez
Student Writer
Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy,
Thomas Edison and Ronald Reagan what
do they all have in common? They all were
devoted nappers, and firmly believed in the
power of napping. Most have a negative
view on those who take naps, it’s regarded
as childish, unproductive and a sign of lazi-
ness. With recent research done by recog-
nized institutions, your view on naps will
change.
Eighty five percent of mammals have
polyphasic sleep cycles which means they
sleep multiple times a day. The natural
sleeping patterns of humans are still un-
known to this day, but theories are that hu-
mans are part of polyphasic sleepers. Now
humans belong to the monophasic group
one sleep period and the awake period.
“Napping should not be frowned upon
at the office or make you feel guilty at
home” says Dr James. B. Maas a psycholo-
gist and sleep expert at Cornell University.
The main reason why most don’t take naps
is the stigma behind it, usually very nega-
tive. When most feel sleepy they run to the
Pictogram of an all gender restroom at a on EdCC campus , Located in Brier ground floor near science classrooms “Anyone can use
this restroom regardless of gender identity or expression”
sume that our Washington State policies
will not have negative effects. No one is
above the law; if someone is harassing you
or attempting to hurt you, it’s still as ille-
gal as it’s always been. Gay people have
always existed in locker rooms as much as
transgender people will now have the op-
tion to. Taking a peek at anyone will never
be worth the social and painfully physical
repercussions.
So hooray! A large portion of Wash-
ington State communities are very likely
safe from any oncoming assault epidemics
related to this legislation. It’s truly some-
thing to be happy about, especially in a
time where so many people just don’t feel
safe.
Yet despite these policies being put
into effect at the beginning of 2016, don’t
expect to be seeing a dramatic influx of
transgender students celebrating in the
Edmonds CC restrooms. The 2011 Na-
tional Transgender Discrimination Sur-
vey (NTDS) found that 78% of those who
identified as transgender or gender non-
conforming in K-12 schooling experienced
harassment, many of which included phys-
ical assault and sexual violence. Mean-
while, 90% of workers openly identifying
coffee machine or open an energy drink. It
is true that the added caffeine will give a
momentary boost, but in a couple of hours
you will find your self in the same tired.
“ A debt in your sleep bank account is
not reduced by artificial stimulants” says
Dr.Maas.
NASA has been conducting experi-
ments on the benefits of naps over many
years and has found not only physical
benefits but also psychological benefits
come from naps. NASA had two groups of
military pilots group one had a 40 minute
scheduled nap, group two had no planned
nap.
Those who were given a nap time had
performance improvement of 34% and
alertness of 100%. Those who napped felt
like it was a break from the day to have
some personal time. In an 2010 an Aus-
tralian study found that nappers had higher
brain activity all day than compared to
those who didn’t partake in napping.
Before you start napping, you should
be aware that there is certain way to nap
properly to receive all the great benefits.
First off your schedule should allow some
Opinion
as transgender or gender non-conforming
experienced harassment, mistreatment, or
discrimination. Just in general, 53% of re-
spondents reported verbal attacks made in
public accommodations.
To reiterate: There have been next to
zero reports of transgender people attack-
ing others in bathrooms. But over half of
transgender people in our country have
been harassed in public spaces due to their
gender identity or expression. Everyone
needs to worry about safety, and every-
one’s safety is of equal concern, but the
facts are the facts; the trans community
needs acceptance. They need help.
From the same National Survey, there
are reports of double the unemployment
rates (quadruple for trans people of color)
and one-fifth had experienced homeless-
ness due to or relating to their identity. And
just when these people are in the worst
place you possibly could be in our capital-
ist anti-trans society, many (55%) also re-
ported being harassed, assaulted, or turned
away from homeless shelters.
This is why legislation allowing trans-
gender people be accepted in public spaces
involving gender-segregation is incredibly
important; those risks and dangers still ex-
time to sneak in a nap, the recommended
time is 30 minutes. Even a 20 minute nap
has shown to boost performance and alert-
ness, but a 30 to 40 minute are the the ones
to aim for. You should find a nice dark,
quiet and warm place first, if you are on a
work break have an alarm set up.
The worst thing to happen during a
nap is oversleeping! Another reason for the
alarm is sleeping too long is the grogginess
that happens when you nap too long. This
is called sleep inertia, your body attempts
to receive a full nights rest, but quickly re-
alizes that the body clock is wrong.
The affect would be that at the night
your body has completed a cycle of sleep,
and you would not be able to fall asleep.
After awaking from a nap it is recom-
mended you should some have a snack or
refreshment. Some studies even show that
a moderate intake of caffeine after a nap is
very beneficial.
Be aware that napping has a negative
side to it as well, socially and physically.
For those who have a history of heart dis-
ease, it is recommended that you don’t nap.
Studies have shown that those who have
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Photo by Axel Boldt
ist, but with laws to defend the once de-
fenseless we’re ushering in an age of ac-
ceptance and safety for all people. Who
doesn’t want that?
Fortunately at Edmonds Community
College, we have a pretty balanced and ac-
cepting community. I asked around on if
students felt comfortable with these poli-
cies. “I think I’d feel totally comfortable
with that,” Natalia, an Edmonds CC stu-
dent, stated in an interview. “Even mixed
gender bathrooms don’t bother me too
much, I think what would make me un-
comfortable is if other people were making
a big deal of it.”
So yes, it’s restrooms. It’s a tricky situ-
ation. Safety is an important aspect of our
society and we do need to strongly consid-
er the implications of the policies we put
into effect.
But more than anything, it’s a terrify-
ing world right now, and transgender peo-
ple aren’t the ones you should be afraid of;
they’re some of the people you should be
reaching out to.
At the end of the day, it takes accep-
tance and understanding from everyone
in order to create a better safer world for
everyone.
heart disease and are nappers have high
mortality and complications rates.
When others see you napping the first
thing that comes to mind, is a negative
thought. Napping is usually only for kids,
elderly and the sick, anyone who doesn’t fit
into these categories are considered lazy.
“ I take a short nap usually at 12,
sometimes little earlier or later but I need
my nap” says Lin Yuqing student from
China. “ I have two classes in the morn-
ing and one later in the afternoon, my early
P.E. class takes a lot of energy out of me.
If I don’t take a nap I get really tired in my
later English class”.
You should consider taking a nap if
you are feeling tired throughout the day.
Reaching for the coffee will not fully stop
the tiredness, it is only a temporary fix. Just
be sure you have the time in your day to
take a nap, and you have a place to nap at.
“Nature has not intended mankind to
work from eight in the morning until mid-
night without that refreshment of blessed
oblivion which, even if it lasts twenty
minutes is sufficient to renew all the vital
forces” Winston Churchill
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Is Rio ready for prime time

By: Lucas Barringer
Sports Editor

The torch is winding its way around

the country in a three-month relay ending
at the opening ceremony.
Even if the country is preoccupied
with the impeachment of President Dilma
Rousseff, organizers insist the Olympics
won’t be touched by the ongoing political
turmoil.
“The organization of the games is ab-
solutely following the right path,” Carlos
Nuzman, head of the organizing commit-
tee, said Thursday. “And it will continue
the same way.”
The 2016 Summer Olympics are com-
ing up in Rio this August, but just recently
and with no shortage of controversy to
boot. Brazil has spent $11 billion thus far
on facilitating the games, with question-
able returns on their investment.
Rio was chosen as the host city for the
2016 games after an extensive and com-
petitive bidding process which took place
in 2009, wherein the Brazilian representa-
tives beat out bids from Tokyo, Madrid and Photo by Tânia Rêgo
The mascot of the 2016 Olympic Games, Vinicius, greets passer bys and the building crew of the stadium, at the Olympic Park in
even a presentation for Chicago which in-
Barra da Tijuca, Rio, Brazil where the Olympics will be held this summer.
cluded an appearance by President Obama.
The main case for Rio centered around weeks in the summer. Dropping a herd of the presiding economy gets worse. If Bra- for countries around the world to try and
the unique culture and scenery of the area naive sports fans from all over the world zil falls into a particularly deep recession feel superior to one another. Afterall, if you
which includes the famous Copacabana into a country with a massive kidnapping at or around a time when there’s a surplus can’t win with bombs then you may as well
beach and the fact that it would be the first problem and third world level drinking of foreigners whose governments will pay win with sweet javelin throws.
Olympic games to be held in South Amer- water is so dumb that I can’t even think of good money to have them returned home But is this nationalism helping any-
ica. an adequate way to describe how dumb it safely, then you can bet more Brazilians body? Particularly modern impoverished
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, argued is without just stating exactly what they’re will turn to such drastic measures. Brazilians?
that this opportunity to host the games doing. Assuming that the reason for Bra- Some people may think so. Brazil’s
would provide jobs for the people of Bra- Regardless of the safety of foreigners, zil’s desire to host the Olympics is not for economy is in the tank, their political sys-
zil, a country which has seen its fair share the people of Rio are not likely to benefit the sake of empowering the cartels or for tem is even dirtier than their water, and in
of economic turmoil. To what degree his from hosting the games either. embezzlement opportunities for those in the last world cup they lost by six points to
claims were accurate is questionable. What Greece hosted the 2004 summer charge, why would Brazilians want the Germany on their home turf.
is much clearer; however, is that accord- Olympics in Athens, requiring billions in Olympics in Rio? The last things that the nation has to
ing to Bloomberg.com, Brazil is currently infrastructure spending on dozens of ven- The most obvious reason is the same be proud of are their scenery and another
heading towards its worst recession in over ues. Greece then infamously fell into the reason the Olympics still even exist today; attempt at the sporting champion world
110 years. worst of the 2008 global recession which nationalism. Or as people seem to think title. It may not do anything to ease the
Brazil is still a developing nation with it has yet to climb out of. This huge invest- sounds better: national pride. daily suffering of Brazilians day to day, but
a host of serious domestic issues. It’s prac- ment in stadiums which are now empty and Ever since their revival in 1896 the it just might give them something to feel a
tically a foregone conclusion at this point decaying only served to give Greeks tem- Olympic games have been an opportunity little better about for a couple weeks.
that the country is run by cartels and politi- porary jobs at the cost of massive realloca-
cians whose corruption would make Saudi tion of public funds.
Arabia jealous. They have abnormally high If Brazil is truly teetering on the edge
rates of violent crime, drug trafficking and of a major recession then the last thing
kidnapping. Further, there are countless their people and their economy need is
stories currently circulating about the mass billions of dollars to be wasted on a short-
pollution of the water, something which lived pastime. Hosting the Olympics could
has made up a portion of the cost of host- turn out to be one of the best recruitment
ing the Olympics. tools the cartels will have outside of the
This clearly isn’t a place where we war on drugs.
want hundreds of thousands of tourists and Crime, particularly the gang-related
the best athletes in the world to spend a few variety, has a way of getting worse when
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Horoscope
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Home
conditions still demand attention. Also,
keep an open mind about a sudden ques-
tion of trust involving a close friend. All
the facts are not yet in.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) With
summer just around the corner, travel be-
gins to dominate your sign. Make plans
carefully to avoid potential problems in the
first half of June.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A ro-
mantic Libra sets a challenge that your
“sensible” side might question, but your
idealistic self finds the prospect too intrigu-
ing to resist. The choice is yours.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Those
tense times in your personal life are just
about over. Concentrate on reaffirming
relationships. Your love of travel opens a
surprising new opportunity.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Big
Cat usually loves to be in the center of
things. But this week it might be wiser to
watch and learn from the sidelines. A Pi-
sces wants to make you purr.
VIRGO (August 23 to September
22) “New” is your watchword this week.
Be open to new ideas, both on the job and
in your personal life. A romantic Aries or
Sagittarian beckons.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)
Some difficult family decisions have to be
faced, but be sure to get more facts before
you act. Be careful not to neglect your
Games & Comics 7
health during this trying time.
SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem-
ber 21) You still need to support a loved
one through a difficult time. Meanwhile,
things continue to work out to your benefit
in the workplace.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to
December 21) Aspects continue to favor
expanding social opportunities. A Gemini
reaches out to offer a chance for re-estab-
lishing a once-close relationship.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to
January 19) There’s a potential for mis-
understanding in both your job and your
personal life. A full explanation of your
intentions helps smooth things over.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February
18) You might be feeling restless on the
job, but delay making any major moves
until all the facts are in. A Scorpio has a
surprising revelation.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20)
Your business sense works to your advan-
tage as you sort through the possibilities
that are opening up. A Libra is Cupid’s
best bet for your romantic prospects.
BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift
for being open-minded about people. This
helps you make friends easily. You would
do very well in public service.
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1. GAMES: What are the odds of get-

* It was 20th-century television, film
and culture critic John Leonard who made
the following sage observation: “In the cel-
lars of the night, when the mind starts mov-
ing around old trunks of bad times, the pain
of this and the shame of that, the memory
of a small boldness is a hand to hold.”
* You probably won’t be surprised to
learn that a group of hedgehogs is known
as a prickle.
* In almost every state, there is a stat-
ute on the books making it illegal to jump
off the top of an office building. Unsurpris-
ingly, there’s not much call to prosecute
those who violate the law; district attor-
neys aren’t in the habit of filing charges
against corpses. However, in a few states,
if you survive jumping off a building and
are tried and convicted of violating that
law, you could be sentenced to death.
* Those who study such things say
that among social media users, those who
use Twitter are less likely to smoke than
users of other platforms.
* Just as humans have distinctive fin-
gerprints, dogs have nose prints -- no two
are the same.
* You doubtless know of Theodore
Geisel -- better known as Dr. Seuss, the
beloved author of such children’s classics
as “The Cat in the Hat,” “Horton Hears
a Who” and “Green Eggs and Ham,”
among many others. You might not realize,
though, that his first book, “And to Think
That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” was re-
jected by more than two dozen publishers
before it finally made it into print.
* Did you know that dogs appear in
the Bible? Yep -- 41 times. No mention of
cats, though.
Thought for the Day: “What sculpture
is to a block of marble, education is to a
human soul.” -- Joseph Addison 
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ting four cards of a kind in five-card poker?
2. EXPLORERS: Where was the ex-
plorer Marco Polo born?
3. SCIENCE: What is the green pig-
ment in plants called?
4. MYTHOLOGY: Which of the
Greek Muses was associated with history?
5. GEOMETRY: What is a polygon
with eight sides?
6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the
average gestation period of a hamster?
7. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only
river that flows both north and south of the
equator?
8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which
of Santa’s reindeer comes last in the list al-
phabetically?
9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the
19th-century novel “Sense and Sensibil-
ity”?
10. ASTRONOMY: What planet is
closest in size to our moon?
9. Jane Austen
8. Vixen
7. The Congo
6. About 16 days
5. An octagon
4. Clio
3. Chlorophyll
2. Venice, Italy
1. 4,164 to 1
Answers
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