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BREATH OF FREEDOM
March 2, 2015 Volume 31 Issue 8

By: Brendan Kurack

Staff Writer

Conflicted, brave and angry is what

the African American men were who
fought for our country in Germany and the
rest of the world during World War II.
What many people do not know is that
the civil rights movement was triggered by
what happened to African American sol-
diers during and after the war.
There were over a million African
American troops during World War II.
At the beginning of the war most African
American units were confined as service or
engineer units rather than combat units so
that an African American wouldn’t have a
chance to become a war hero.
African American troops were also
segregated into their own units, dining halls
as well as blood banks. African American
troops that weren’t from the south and had
to go to basic in the south were succumb to
a rude awakening.
Joseph Hairston was from Philadel-
phia and said, “I had to learn the hard way”
when it comes to the way you treated white
women in the south, you couldn’t look at
them in the eyes and if you were to walk
by them on the sidewalk you had to step
off the curb.
Leon Bass recalled on his way to basic
training that he had to stand at the back of
the bus because, it was full and had to stand
photo by Rebecca Mullinnix
there for one hundred miles even though Guest panelists from right to left Ray Miller, Herbie E Martin and Aletha Tatge shared their perspective on how their military service has
there were open seats in the front and he impacted their own lives.
had just volunteered to join the army. The training was done at the Tuskegee at this time as our army was being pushed have their own freedoms back at home.
At one point there were over 260,000 Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. The Afri- back by the German Nazis. Leon Bass, felt at that point that the,
African American troops in Europe. How- can American pilots that trained here be- If it wasn’t for the extra enforcement “country was using him.” Many felt angry
ever, less then nine percent of them were in came known as the Tuskegee Airmen. of the African American troops at this time because, they were fighting for the same
combat units. During World War II they were sent of the war there is a good chance this war rights back at home as what they were
After World War I many African out to protect the air raid bombers from en- could have been lost, if not extended for a fighting for for the United States in the war.
Americans were upset that they had been emy planes. lot longer than it was. In 1945 Leon Bass went to the con-
reject as pilots for the war, this caused In 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge However, at this time African Ameri- centration camp of Buchenwald and it
them to fight for that right which they got the U.S. Army broke segregation rules and can troops became angry and conflicted as changed him forever. He understood now
in 1939 thanks to Public Law 18 which the 761st Armed Division or the “Black they were fighting to preserve the freedom why they were fighting this war and felt a
provided an expansion of the Army Air Panthers” were put into combat. of the United States and other people in the
Corps. They were in need of black soldiers countries in Europe but, they didn’t even Breathe continue on page 6

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In This Issue:
Student Voices p. 3
Campus Notes p. 4
50 Shades of the movie The value of women’s history
News p. 5-8
A&E p. 9-10 If you have seen the movie or March is Women’s History Month,
Celebrity News p. 11 not, it is hard to dispute that it and the EdCC Campus is support-
Lifestyle p. 12-13 is a success on the big screen. ing the knowledge of women in
Opinion p. 14-15 The movie ‘50 Shades of
Grey” is a must see, even if
history. who have done something Days until
Spring Break
Environmental p. 17 to remember.
Sports 18 -19 you think you’ll hate it.
Events Calendar p. 21
A&E // page 9 Campus Notes // page 4
Games & Comics p. 22-23
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The Triton Review Staff Blog

Chief’s Notes A&E Sports Opinion

Todd M Clayton Jr Vacant Sean Bigelow Vacant
Editor-in-Chief A&E Editor Sports Editor Opinion Editor

Well it seems that this quarter is al- This Saturday, the EdCC Men’s’ and
most over , we have this issue and the next Women’s basketball teams will be com-
issue, that will be it for the winter quarter. peting against their Skagit Valley College
Next quarter there will be a few new counterparts in the Seaview gym. From
things coming, hopefully new staff mem- there, the Men’s team will head on over to
bers to fill the empty spots that we have. the NWAC Championships that are taking
We will continue with the photo con- place from March 7-10 in the Tri Cities.
test, but there is a new added contest. Since We don’t know who they will be playing
spring is a time for romance and getting to- yet, but the final game of the championship
gether, we will have a cutest couple photo will be held on Tuesday, Mar. 10th, and we
contest along with the regular contest. all hope our team will be taking part in it!
Other then that I really don’t have With these clouds and the rain in the
much more to say, except that finals will lowlands, we can finally say that there’s
coming up in two weeks. been some snow up in the mountains – at
Hope everyone has a good week and least around Stevens Pass. Though it’s
studies hard. not too much they do expect some more
Don’t forget to pick up the last issue in snowfall over the weekend and possibly
two weeks also, the winners of the Winter for Monday and Tuesday as well. While
Photo Contest will be in the paper, so come I don’t think there will be a major storm
and see if your photo was chosen. – and nobody else is predicting it either
– there will be enough snow to refresh
the slopes at Stevens pass, and the slopes
should be closer to what we expect winter-
time to actually be like. Snoqualmie, sadly,
remains closed

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So what are students Spring Break plans this year, and what do you plan on doing
for Spring quarter?
Over spring break I will mostly be work-
ing as a soccer referee and as a dietary
aide. I will also be playing a lot of soccer
and preparing for multiple tryouts. During
the quarter I’ll be taking Chemistry 121,
English 100, and Math 151.
I’m going to Florida for spring break to
visit my brother and his fiancé. It should
be really fun. Then next quarter I’m going
to be taking English 102, Math 100, and
either music 103 or digital music.
Over the spring break I will be moving
back to Eastern Washington. For spring
quarter I’ll be taking online classes which
I don’t know which ones yet, but the excit-
ing thing about spring quarter is that I will
be graduating at the end of it.
I’m so excited because my birthday
is coming up! I plan on partying, going to
the club, and working. Then when school
starts back up I’ll be re-taking Math 90
for a better grade. Aside from that I’ll be
12-day weather forecast
taking Math 141, World History 148, and
Survey of Anthropology.
For spring break I’m going to take a
road trip with some friends to Phoenix,
Arizona to catch some rays. Then when
school starts back up I’m going to be tak-
ing African American History, PE, English
100 and Eco Tourism.
This spring break I’m gong to be
working mainly but I’ll relax with some
friends at hookah bars and go clubbing.
As for school next quarter I plan on taking
Physics and English 101; then my last class
will either be Chemistry 141 or Math 142.
Over spring break I plan on going to
Canada with some friends break. I also
want to go skydiving and hopefully I can
take a small road trip to Yellowstone Na-
tional Park in Wyoming. As for spring
quarter I know I’m going to take General
Chemistry (Chem141), Pre-caluculus 2
(Math142), and the third class I still don’t
know what I want to take.
Dear Triton,
Recently, I had a falling out with my
best friend since middle school. Her and I
have been super close for such a long time,
and I already miss her and her family. I
am feeling really alone, since most of our
friends have also taken to her, and left me
behind in the dust. Its really hard, and I feel
like I don’t really have anyone to talk to
anymore.
Thanks, Friendless
Losing friends is always a very hard
situation, and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed
and lonely, especially if the two of
you have known each other for quite some
time. Just remember that there are plenty
of people who love you! Have you tried
reconciling with your best friend? Some-
times just some breathing room and time
to think are the best remedies, followed
by some thorough communication. If that
doesn’t seem like a plausible outcome,
though, take some time and let the water
settle. Friends will occur naturally, usually.
If you’re feeling especially lonesome, the
counseling center is always a good option
as well. Aside from popular belief, a lot of
people attend counseling during hardships.
It definitely makes it a little easier to get
through. Hope you the best, and brighter
days!
Dear Triton
Recently my girlfriend has been sort
of “falling off the face of the Earth”. she
always seems to be busy studying, out with
her other friends, or just not responding to
me.
I’m concerned that there is a possibil-
ity that she may be cheating on me, or even
losing interest in our relationship.
During this time of the year, it seems
like a lot of people get Spring Fever, and I
am hoping that is not happening to our re-
lationship. We’ve been together for almost
a year, and this is the first time this sort of
thing has happened. Should I bring this up
to her?
Thanks, Concerned Girlfriend
Hello Concerned Girlfriend,
Open communication in a relationship
is always a key part in making it work,
but it is one of the most difficult parts to
achieve.
I recommend making or thinking
about a list of things that are incredibly
important, things that you absolutely are
not willing to budge for such as distance
to/from family, friends, and lifestyle. From
there, I would think about what areas you
would be willing or not willing to live in,
and think about what you would like to
study.
I would give it a little bit of time,
some- times the sunshine makes people do
funky things, since most pacific northwest-
erners are not used to getting Vitamin D.
If you still find the problems are con-
tinuing over the next few weeks, I would
bring it up gently.
From there, it makes it a little easier
choosing a college. If you are entirely un-
sure, or have any bumps along the way
with you decision, it is also always good to
check with the advisors, they are definitely
such a help! I wish you the best with your
decisions!
Sometimes people can be caught off
guard by this sort of conversation, and
immediately become defensive. If you do
plan on talking to her about it, I would start
off with your feelings of distance.
Remember in these sorts of conversa-
tions to avoid the use of “you” and replace
it with “I feel” to convey that there is no
accusation that may create arguments. I
hope the best for you and your girlfriend.

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 4 Campus Notes
The Student store rentals and returns for textbooks
Student Store
Hi! Your college bookstore is your go-
to resource for textbooks, a quick snack
and any other school supplies you need in
a pinch. We know the costs of textbooks
rise every quarter, but The College Store-
YOUR campus bookstore has a huge rental
selection (over 50% of required texts!) that
saves you a whole lot of money. Not only
do our rentals save you money, we offer
both new and used rentals, which offer
huge savings!
Renting is easy! Check us out online
(edcc.bncollege.com) to see if your book
is rentable.
On our website we provide a list of
books and price ranges (like those listed
above) for all your classes! Just come into
the store with a picture ID and a credit card
(to secure your rental) and we can get you
in, out and on your way to saving money
Women’s history month is celebrated on EdCC campus
Library
March is Women’s History Month!
The library has an excellent collection of
resources documenting the achievements
and contributions of women in the United
States in all areas of society. We have bi-
ographies and memoirs, fiction and non-
fiction about women whose lives are well-
documented and celebrated, such Susan B.
Anthony, Rosa Parks, and Eleanor Roos-
evelt, and women who have been left out
of the spotlight but whose contributions
are no less significant.
Here are some interesting books, eb-
ooks and videos available through the li-
brary:
Books & eBooks
The Madame Curie Complex: The
Hidden History of Women in Science, by
Julie des Jardins.
Creating Their Own Image: The His-
tory of African-American Women Artist,
by Lisa E. Farrington.
Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of
Women in Wall Street’s History by Sheri
J. Caplan.
The Girls of Atomic City: The Un-
told Story of the Women Who Helped Win
World War II by Denise Kiernan.
The Lost Women of Rock Music: Fe-
Come see what’s new in engineering technology
Engineering
New staff; new equipment; new
class…so let’s take those in reverse or-
der…
New class – ETEC 100 – have you
ever wanted to try making something,
where you get to work with 3-D printers,
a little welding, a little machining, a little
drilling, riveting, etc.?
Well, we now have a 2 credit lab class
for you to do just that. First offered this
Winter quarter with 9 students enrolled,
this class will be offered in Spring quarter
as well – no prerequisites needed!
All students work on the same proj-
ect (fondly referred to as a “gerbil cage”
though no animals are ever caged therein),
each creating one product by the end of the
course.
If you like hands-on, creating things,
or fiddling around in a workshop, this
might be a class for you.
If you’ve thought about careers such
as engineering technician, industrial tech-
in minutes!
Don’t want to come in right now?
That’s ok! This online tool lets you find
your books, choose the option that is right
for you, and order them from the comfort
of your own home, while avoiding that
huge line during the first week of class!
Just go to the online-order counter, pick up
your books and go!
For example; MATH& 141 (Pre-
Calc):
• New Book: $122.65
• Used Book: $92.00.
The rentals are even more affordable:
* New Rental: $79.70
* Used Rental: $55.20!
* Renting Used saves $67.45 (~
55%)!
* A second great example;
Biol&175 (Human Bio):
• New Book: $267.35
• Used Book: $200.50 Rentals
again, save a whole bunch:
male Musicians of the Punk Era by Helen
Reddington
When Everything Changed: The
Amazing Journey of American Women
From 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins
Full-Court Quest: The Girls from Fort
Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champi-
ons of the World, by Linda Peavy and Ur-
sula Smith.
From Out of the Shadows: Mexican
Women in Twentieth-Century America, by
Vicki L. Ruiz
Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Ex-
traordinary Women Who Have Shaped
America’s Environment, by Robert K. Mu-
sil
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal
Accounts by Women in SNCC, edited by
Faith S. Holsaert
Films & videos:
Compañeras.
Documentary following the 12 mem-
ber Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, the
first all-female mariachi band in the United
States.
Some Spirit in Me
Documentary examining the impact
of the feminist movement on the lives of
women who were not high-profile activ-
ists.
Where Did You Get that Woman?
nician, test technician or aircraft assembly,
you might like trying this class on for size,
so to speak.
New equipment – as we retire a couple
of older 3-D printers, we have also brought
in 4 new 3-D printers, including one that
works with flexible materials (you should
see the cool blue octopus we printed!)
These printers complement the long
list of other equipment we have for stu-
dents to use when creating many types of
things, from race cars and kayaks, to wind-
mills and smaller objects made with com-
posite materials.
Our newest Science Technology Engi-
neering and Math (STEM) staff is Celine
Pastore, who is our STEM Student Success
and Retention Coordinator.
Celine is working with Relationships
in Science Education (RiSE), coordinat-
ing the new STEM advising/study area in
SNH 126; if you are a STEM student and
haven’t visited there yet, the room is open
from 12:30-4:30 pm Monday through Fri-
day; different faculty and student instruc-
March 2, 2015
• New Rental: $133.70 book page, and give us a shout! We look
• Used Rental: $80.20! forward to seeing you soon!
We are your campus bookstore, and
we want you to get the best deals around.
We encourage you to join our mailing
list in the store so you can be the first to
know about flash sales, new promotions
and bookstore events.
Signing up in-store also gets you 10%
off any non-clearance logo item of your
choice! We want you to be informed about
how we can help you,
Not only does the bookstore save you
money, we’re involved on campus! You
can see us at home games and college
hosted author readings/lectures like the
college’s upcoming Women Entrepreneurs
event and Earth Month speakers/readers.
We also carry awesome spirit gear for
games and college events, and we carry
speaker’s books in-store so you can pick
up a copy before and at the event!
See what events we’re at on our Face-
Photo By EdCC Library
A photo of the Woman’s Suffrage movement in the early 20th century.
Documentary portrait of Joan Wil- tabases for articles, essays, images, and
liams, a 77-year-old African-American biographical information. The databases
washroom attendant, and her journey from can be accessed remote through the library
an Oklahoma farm to the wartime factories website at http://edcc.libguides.com/ar-
of Chicago. ticles_databases.
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story For help finding resources, talk to a
of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. An- librarian, in-person (3rd floor Lynnwood
thony. Hall), on the phone (425/640-1472), or on-
The history of the women’s suf- line (http://edcc.edu/library/ask.html.
frage movement in the United States told For more information on women’s
through the friendship of Elizabeth Cady history, go to http://womenshistorymonth.
Stanton and Susan Anthony. gov.
You can also search the library’s da-
Photo by; Rebecca Mullinnix
a student using one of the few 3-D printers that EdCC has on campus for use on projects
tors will help staff that room; for more ing marketing materials while also con-
info, please see www.edcc.edu/rise. ducting outreach activities.
So, who am I? I was hired as the Out- If you are interested in touring Monroe
reach, Recruitment and Operations Man- Hall or learning more about any of the En-
ager for Engineering Technology (ETEC) gineering Technology programs (Materials
and Pre-Engineering, a position funded Science degree, Robotics and Electronics
with a high-demand aerospace allocation. degree, plus some shorter certificates),
I started in November and am now please email me at etec@edcc.edu or call
managing the ETEC web pages and updat- me at 425.640.1980.

“The Girl on the Train” a psychological thriller
By Megan Jensen
Staff Writer
On the first day of the year, the new
psychological thriller, “The Girl on the
Train,” by Paula Hawkins, was released.
Hyped to the max, this novel is said to be
the next “Gone Girl,” filled with twists,
turns, and a supposed unreliable narrator.
But hasn’t that become a little gimmicky?
This book is a fairly quick read, an ‘af-
ternoon’ type of read, meaning you could
pick it up and finish it in less than a day.
Unlike “Gone Girl,” this novel has a
quick pace from the start, and rarely slows
down or speeds up. The plot is obviously
outlined well, and the story is told by three
of its characters: Rachel, Megan, and Anna.
Rachel is a black-out drunk who
spends her days taking the trains to London
to make her roommate believe she still has
a job. But she doesn’t.
After being cheated on, fired, and
made into a disappointment, the only thing
she has left to hold onto is her view from
the window.
From that view she sees her old house,
now occupied by her ex-husband, his new
wife, Anna, and their baby girl-the baby
girl Rachel could never have.
Through her window she also sees
a couple from a house two doors down.
Jess and Jason-she calls them-the perfect,
young, happy couple. They sit in their gar-
den drinking coffee and smiling, to her,
they have the life she wanted with her hus-
band.
Megan is the person with the ‘perfect’
life that Rachel sees through her window,
aka Jess. But not the romanticized version
that Rachel sees from the train.
She, too, lost her job, and becomes
increasingly wary of Scott, her husband.
Edmonds Community College recognized
for culture of wellness by the American
Heart Association
LYNNWOOD, Wash.—The Ameri-
can Heart Association has named Edmonds
Community College a Gold Fit-Friendly
Worksite for the fourth time, for creating a
culture of wellness in the workplace, which
puts the college among an elite group of
awardees for this initiative.
Edmonds CC was honored for recog-
nizing the importance of a healthy work-
place and for its support of employees.
“Edmonds CC employees greatly ben-
efit from working in an environment that
promotes health/wellness and provides
opportunities to reach individual wellness
goals,” said Barbara Pardo, program coor-
dinator for Edmonds CC’s LiveWell pro-
gram.
The program assists students, employ-
ees, and their family members in making
voluntary behavior changes that reduce
health and injury risks, improve health
consumer skills, and enhance individual
productivity and well-being.
Being recognized at the gold level
means that Edmonds Community College:
• Offers all employees physical ac-
tivity support;
• Provides a number of healthy eat-
News 5
We learn from the start that there is another
man in her life, and a dark past.
Anna is the person whom Rachel can-
not stand. She has her husband, her child,
her life.
But her life doesn’t seem all it’s
cracked up to be. Paranoia begins setting
in after an incident with Rachel, and she
has to constantly fight back the ideas that
something might happen to her or her
daughter.
One day, Rachel sees Megan doing
something she knows can’t be right-and
this leads to a night that, for the rest of the
book, is extremely blurred.
We can’t seem to pick out what to be-
lieve, mostly because, from the start, we’ve
been told that Rachel is not someone to be
trusted. To me, that seems to be the starting
problem.
How can we try to pick and choose
what is real and what isn’t real, if we know
some of the things we are being told didn’t
actually happen?
At least with “Gone Girl” we can try to
figure out the mystery, but with this novel,
we have to patiently wait until the author
tells us what is real and what is not. There
aren’t clues for us to pick up on, at least not Photo by; Rebecca Mullinnix
clues that we could ever really see. The cover to the audio book for the book ‘The Girl on the Train’, read by Clare Corbett.
Paula Hawkins was obviously trying trating if we didn’t even have to pay atten- knowing that they would just have to sit
her hand at the idea of the ‘unreliable nar- tion to the story, but we do, mostly because down and enjoy the ride, this book might
rator’ but did it work? The thing with these we can’t tell what is real and what isn’t. be good.
types is that we shouldn’t be told from the But the story also ‘cheats’ a lot. It But a well-written thriller should have
get-go that this person is not to be trusted, gives us an unreliable narrator but then something more. It should give you the
we should have to figure it out on our own, tries to make her reliable. clues to figure out the ending, but surprise
or, if done well, not until the very end. The characterization seems forced, we you when you can’t figure it out, even if it
All of the clues, all of the signs should are being manipulated into hating her and was all there to begin with.
be laid out for us, but not in this story. then growing fond of her. Readers can un- This book didn’t seem to successfully
To the books credit, I must say that it doubtedly tell when an author tries to ma- do this.
successfully tells a story from a split per- nipulate them, and it usually doesn’t spring A fun afternoon read? Sure, but a well
spective, and it doesn’t dumb anything the best reaction. done psychological thriller? Maybe not.
down. It would have been much more frus- If someone wanted to read a thriller
ing options;
• Promotes a wellness culture; and
• Embraces at least nine criteria as
outlined by the American Heart Associa-
tion in the areas of physical activity, nutri-
tion, and culture.
Pardo stated that Edmonds CC has
met the high standards of the American
Heart Association to be designated as a
Gold Status Fit-Friendly Worksite in the
areas of administration support, cafeteria
and vending choices that are heart healthy,
workout/exercise availability, educational
and informational classes and newsletters,
community-building, on-site self-care, in-
process policy-making, counseling and
Employee Assistance Program services in
campus-wide efforts to create a culture of
wellness.
As a Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite,
Edmonds CC receives recognition on the
AHA’s website, and recognition by the
AHA at local events, and in communi-
cation material supporting the program.
In addition, the college can now use the
AHA’s Fit-Friendly Worksites gold seal on
all internal and external communications
for recruitment purposes.
 6 News
The Cafe Louvre review
By: Jeremy Allegre
Staff Writer
Sinking into the couches Cafe Lou-
vre and there is a couple of microphones
near the corner of the cafe with a couple of
musicians tuning their guitars and getting
ready for their performance.
The staff, smiling, makes small talk
before the orders are placed and you feel
very welcome and appreciated. The first
employee I talk to just happens to be the
owner, Haifa Alhssieni. She takes pride in
her cafe who owns it with her husband.
The music starts to play and it is very
subtle. Easily to talk to a person sitting
near you but audible throughout the whole
place.
Every Friday night from 6-7 pm Ed-
monds Tunes puts together a live music
session in Cafe Louvre set up by Calvin
Martin who’s a local musician. Edmonds
Tunes puts together some local artists to
play there and they are usually different
artists each week.
All the artists that I witnessed were all
very good and easy to listen to. Each art-
ist takes about 15 to 20 minutes for their
set and they usually have stations for more
information on their music. Not all of the
musicians have this information but they
all seemed very willing to talk about their
passion, music.
If you like the sound of raw music in
a friendly setting then this is definitely the
place for you Friday nights and it is a place
for everyone. The crowd isn’t big but most
passing looked inside the window and
showed interest.
The cafe on the other is something just
as good to go to. The walls are covered in
local art created by local artists and there is
a fireplace in the very center of it all.
There are tables outside for when
the weather is nice and more than enough
room inside the building. There are more
than enough options for food and drink of-
fered at Cafe Louvre and from what I had
there it was all very good.
The coffee they serve is roasted in the
Pacific Northwest by Caffee Umbria. The
coffee is very good, not too bitter doesn’t
taste burnt, and can be a little strong but
that might be my pickiness for coffee.
There is all kinds of options for coffee as
like any respectable cafe but the food is
Poem the week
Guidebooks for the Dead
Cynthia Cruz
Mother’s crimson leather bags
Crammed with saint cards
And tiny glass bottles of liquor.
The bright stitch
Of God’s final coming.
Dirt and dregs, silt and stars.
The sweet song
Of poverty
Rinsing through me
Like the memory
Of a dream.
March 2, 2015
something that might just send you back
there.
Haifa gets her pastries delivered every
morning from Macrina Bakery so they are
fresh and just melt in your mouth but there
is something else that makes this cafe im-
pressive.
Some of their croissants are deliv-
ered from France, yes you read that right,
France. The butter and almond croissants
are delivered from France making this cafe
just that more worth a visit.
I went there for the music at night so
I got a sandwich that was very, very good.
The sandwich was spinach, tomato, ham,
and lettuce on Ciabatta bread. The bread
was slightly toasted and buttered perfectly.
What really set this sandwich apart was the
spinach.
Now I’m not a huge fan of spinach but
with the combination of everything in your
mouth the spinach wrapped it all together.
They have options for everyone with a new
vegetarian aspect to their menu. Cafe Lou-
vre has all the makings for a one stop food Breathe continued from page 1 nity of people back home.
destination. The feelings that African American
The cafe itself is very welcoming. The transformation within himself. veterans had during World War II trans-
staff is all very nice and they are genuine Once the war was over Germany be- pired into the Civil Rights Movement of
in what they do. Alixandra Gonzalez, an came occupied by US soldiers, this is when the late 1950s and the 1960s.
employee at Cafe Louvre, mentioned that African Americans had their “breath of Roscoe Brown, a Tuskegee Airmen
they are like a family there. “When they freedom”. said that, “Segregation denies the whole
first introduced me, they introduced me as They were given this because, there fruits of our ability” That is true.
‘the newest addition to the family.” wasn’t any segregation in Germany, espe- They had fought, they flew their
She went on to say that she never felt cially after the war. planes and protected the freedom of our
as welcomed into a job as much as she did The expunging of Nazism had started. country and the freedoms of many people
at Cafe Louvre. The only downside to this There was a helplessness felt with the Ger- in the countries of Europe.
is that if you are in a rush to get coffee it man people as a lot of them were unaware However, when they came back home
can take a little longer than usual because of what was going on and they had felt that from the war they were confronted with the
for their friendliness. they had been used, just as many of the same fight that they had been fighting dur-
The art that I mentioned on the wall is African America soldiers had felt during ing the war. Thus the Civil Rights Move-
all for sale and all the proceeds go straight World War II. ment had begun.
to the artist, there is no commission taken Many of the African American sol-
from the cafe to put it up on the wall. It diers had become used to the customs of
changes about every 4-6 weeks depend- post-war Germany as there was no seg-
ing on the piece and the artist. Some of the regation, and because of the uniform that
works of art are expensive but most of the they were wearing they were respected by
art is fairly priced. the people of Germany, some people might
Overall this cafe is worth checking out not have liked them but they were respect-
and I thoroughly enjoyed most everything ed and treated with dignity.
it had to offer. You can check out Edmonds Unfortunately, for African American
Tunes on Facebook and if you’re a musi- soldiers their homecoming wasn’t so much
cian then you can also find the scheduler of a homecoming at all.
on there. Many of them came back to the same
You can find Cafe Louvre on Face- segregation they had to deal with before
book for location and reviews. the war, and after being used to the living
in an unsegregated country, the civil rights
movement had been triggered.
Charles Evers, brother of Medgar
Evers recalled that when he was discharged
About this poem and on his way home in Mississippi he sat
down on the bus and was asked to move to
“I am currently at work on a new col- the back because, he was, “still a negro” Photo: Darwinek
lection of poems ‘on’ or ‘around’ ruins- even though he had fought in the war it “Keep us flying. Buy War Bonds.” poster of a
which, in my mind, is a photograph of the wasn’t enough to gain the respect and dig- Tuskegee Airman
end; of junk and rubble, of us with our
things. In this ‘snapshot’ is my mother,
while she was still in Germany, still a danc-
er, before she became a woman in exile.”
-Cynthia Cruz
About Cynthia Cruz
Cynthia Cruz is the author of “Wun-
derkammer” (Four Way Books, 2014). She
teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and
lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Academy of American Poets is
a nonprofit, mission-driven organization,
whose aim is to make poetry available to a
wider audience.
(c) 2015 Cynthia Cruz. Originally pub-
lished by the Academy of American Poets,
www.poets.org. Distributed by King Fea-
tures Syndicate
 The Review
After the new year resolution phase has left
By: Parmvir Rai
Staff Writer
As February draws to a close, one-
sixth of the year has nearly passed, and for
many, their New Years’ Resolutions have
fallen by the wayside.
The University of Scranton released
a study showing that over 40 percent of
Americans usually make New Year’s Res-
olutions, with approximately eight percent
achieving success in their endeavors. The
most popular categories for New Year’s
Resolutions include weight loss, quitting
smoking and/or drinking, and saving more
money.
“You see a lot of people coming in and
joining the gym in hopes of getting in bet-
ter shape” said the general manager of a
notable gym in Lynnwood.
“I’ve been in this business for a de-
cent length of time and for the most part, a
lot of people don’t stick with their program
and never end up meeting their goals, how-
ever there are always a few people who end
up transforming completely”.
Working in a gym myself, the new
year always brings in people and can lead
to frustration and overcrowding in the
group aerobics classes and through the
gym overall.
As the month of January passes by and
February begins, more space on the floor
opens up and there are fewer members ex-
ercising during the peak hours.
“It’s sad to say it, but a lot of people
have no clue how to exercise and when
they don’t see results, they stop trying”
said a personal trainer at LA Fitness.
“In my experience, people who decide
to invest in personal training have higher
rates of success in attaining their goals be-
cause there is someone there with them,
pushing them.
We know what we’re doing so you’ll
see results that are real. I’ve found that
people who are dedicated to a healthier
lifestyle will achieve it no matter what, I
don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions at
all.
If you want to get something done,
just go and do it, there’s no need to wait
until a new year”.
“I signed right up during the first week
of January and have had some decent re-
sults from being in the gym just a couple
days a week” said Emily Olsen, a new
member at a local gym.
“I’m not sure what contributes more
to a healthier lifestyle, but exercise and a
healthy diet have really helped me get in
better shape. I’ve started losing weight and
I have so much more energy now. I just feel
like a healthier individual”.
Another popular New Year’s Resolu-
tion is quitting smoking.
A report by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention stated that smok-
ing is the primary cause of preventable
death and disease in the United States, with
nearly seven out of 10 smokers in the US
wanting to quit.
Here at the college, the counseling
center provides free smoking cessation
Photo by Edward
A no to new years resolution sign, for some
people that don’t stick to the resolution any
way.
classes that are open to all students.
“It can be tough to fight through crav-
ings, especially if you are a heavy smoker.
I know I had a hard time quitting cold
turkey, and I even a couple relapses, but
eventually I was able to quit smoking com-
pletely” said Nathan Kingsley, a former
smoker who is now at Western Washington
University.
“I tried quitting first in December of
2013, but I didn’t become cigarette-free
until around February, so I wouldn’t nec-
essarily consider it a full-on New Year’s
Resolution”. Kingsley said that support
from his father, who was once a heavy
smoker helped him overcome his addiction
to nicotine.
“Having someone to help you over-
7
come your dependence really makes a dif-
ference”.
Whether you’re committed to losing
weight or quitting smoking in order to ob-
tain a healthier lifestyle, there is no need
to wait until the New Year to change your
habits.
Individuals who are dedicated to insti-
tuting a change in their life will accomplish
it regardless if it’s January or July. Speak-
ing from personal experience, I started
weight lifting after I got hired at a local
gym, around December 2014.
I wouldn’t call it a New Year’s Resolu-
tion, but I started to lift because I got tired
of being freakishly tall with toothpicks for
arms.
In contrast to many resolutions, my
goal was to gain weight throughout my
body, but it still requires me to be dedi-
cated to eating right and exercising daily.
Regardless of your weight or lifestyle.
Those who are dedicated to improv-
ing themselves will gain success in their
endeavors, and will be in the eight percent
of Americans who follow through on their
New Year’s Resolutions.

Black Box success

By: Scott Spicer
Staff Writer
The Black Box theater is a strange ad-
dition to our campus. Back in the days that
the college had a drama program, a theatre
seemed like a perfect addition to our cam-
pus.
But what happened? Few students
ever attend an event in the Black Box, and
some hardly know what it is. So what hap-
pened to push our theatre into being this
peripheral part of campus? In searching
for this answer, I found many people who
were deeply invested in the theatre, com-
munity, and campus.
But there is no better place to start
than at the beginning. The Black Box first
opened in January 2008, as a major project
by the then-head of EDCC, Jack O’Harrah.
Back then, EDCC had a drama department
that had intended to use the stage for pro-
ductions.
The theatre, a fully-furnished, 200
capacity stage with flexible seating, gave
multiple departments a place to host pre-
sentations for the campus and the com-
munity as a whole. The drama department
staged full plays in the theater, most nota-
bly of which was a production of Rocky
Horror Picture Show that was highly pub-
licized in the Lynnwood area during 2010.
And then, disaster struck. The college
announced that it would not be offering
theatre classes from the 2011-12 school
year.
The president of the school at the
time, Jean Hernandez, was quoted saying
“These are not easy times, and we’re try-
ing to be positive and forward-thinking,”
when she spoke to the Everett Herald.
Among the cited reasons for scrapping the
program were concerns over budget cuts
and low enrollment.
Jack O’Harrah, the very president that
oversaw the construction of the Black Box
recommended that the department be shut
down.
And that was the end of what the
Black Box had been... and it was time to
move on to being something new. It was a
slow start, and the Black Box sat vacant for
over a year.
The school could not let the theatre sit
empty and useless, it needed to rise from
the proverbial ashes. Enter Jennifer Mat-
thews. With twenty years of experience in
the theatre business, she was the perfect
candidate to make something meaningful
with the space.
“The college hired me in 2012 to do
… something. That was my commission.
Do something.” Matthews said. And do
something she did.
“In the last three years we’ve seen our
attendance increase by almost two-thirds.”
Matthews elaborated on the evolution of
the theatre.
Many different groups come to use
the theatre on-campus and it can be hard
to tell what events are related to groups on
campus, and what events are produced by
members of the community.
What many people don’t realize is
that clubs sponsor and throw events while
sometimes being pushed into the back-
ground.
“Roughly two-thirds are campus-
based events” Matthews said, meaning that
either clubs or classes initiated the event.
Students are also the ones who benefit
most from the programs and events.
Many times, movies and seminars
are held on the stage and sometimes even
prominent speakers are brought in to give
something to our campus. All members of
our campus should keep a close eye on the
theatre and catch a show, a seminar, or
even just see art by students such as Megan
McDermott.
The theatre is a beautiful and valuable
resource, take advantage of it!
 8 News March 2, 2015

Taste of chocolate is a delight at EdCC

By: Bennet Norman
Staff Writer

This year the Center For Service-

Learning hosted their annual event of
“Chocolate with a twist, Coffee with a
conscience” or as many students joyously
called it; Chocolate Day.
This year there were eight booths in the
lobby of Brier Hall showcasing a wealth of
knowledge about chocolate, coffee, some
great upcoming service-learning events on
campus, and even some information about
the ongoing RecycleMania competition the
Green Team is a part of.
Some of the booths hosted informa-
tion from groups on campus, while oth-
ers were booths from guests related to the
event. Some of the on guests from on cam-
pus included the Study Abroad information
table with information on how you can
spend a quarter in places like Costa Rica
and Australia.
Information on the upcoming events
from the Health and Wellness center. From
off campus there was a Nutrition major
who was studying at Seattle Pacific Uni-
versity who gave attendees of the event
a chance to learn about all the ways that
chocolate can actually be a nutritious thing
Photo by Rebecca Mullinnix
to eat, rather than a comfort food, best
served with a pint of ice cream. Many students attended the Chocolate fair that was held in Brier Lobby, it was a huge success, there were many different kinds of chocolate
The obvious highlight of the event and coffe too.
was that the was a large amount and vast Leadership (CSEL) office in Brier Hall. information about the college and events love. But a little chocolate now and then
variety of treats to choose from after you The Center for Service-Learning is happening locally, makes chocolate day doesn’t hurt”.
walked around the event and learned all located in the CSEL office on the second one of the most popular events here on Check out the calendar to see what
that you could ever want to know about floor of Brier hall, and frequently hosts campus each year. other activities are happening in the Brier
chocolate and coffee. events that qualify to take count for the Another year, another successful Lobby for the quarter and for Spring quar-
After listening to the different vendors Service-Learning hours needed by many chocolate day celebration, and it was just ter.
and information tables, students were re- classes here at Edmonds Community Col- like Charles Shultz said “All you need is
quired to fill out a brief survey of how they lege.
thought the event was handled, set up and There are a events each week, and
whether or not they found the information there is often a need for more volunteers
fun and not a dull lecture. at some of the bigger events that take place
After filling out a quick and painless here on campus.
survey you had access to the bountiful re- One of the volunteers for the Choco-
wards of your chocolate adventure, three late Day celebrations was Kendra Lacoste.
full tables full of different kinds of choc- Kendra is attending classes here at Ed-
olates and cookies and cake, topped off monds Community college before she
with a free cup of coffee given out by Cafe transfers to a currently undecided four year
Ladro, a local sustainable cafe from here in university.
the Pacific NorthWest. Kendra is just beginning her time at
All of the chocolate came from Theo’s Edmonds Community College and said
Chocolate, from their factory down in that “the event was a nice welcome to the
Freemont. college” and “that it was nice to see that so
Taylor, a running start student here at many students are interested in helping at
Edmonds Community college, stated that events and want to be a part of what is hap-
“this was one of the first events that she pening on campus”.
had attended here on campus, and it was Many of the other volunteers and
cool to see that students were willing to of- vendors agreed with her view on the event
fer their time to help put on events for other and were also impressed with the over 150
students”. students who found themselves waiting
Any student wanting to volunteer at for a sample of one of the many treats that
future events was welcomed to check the awaited them at the event.
Service-Learning website at the Edmonds Over 16 types of chocolate were avail-
Community College homepage, or to stop able to sample at the event and with all
by the Center for Student Engagement and these treats and the bountiful amounts of

Photo by Rebecca Mullinnix

some of the different kinds of chocolate that was served at the Chocalte with a twist event.
 A&E 9
‘50 Shades of Grey’ proves to be a sensual success
By Lindsey West
Staff Writer

On Valentine’s Day, was the perfect

time to release the “Fifty Shades of Grey,”
movie.
Women all around the world have
been eagerly waiting to see this erotic phe-
nomenon about a young women that falls
in love with a troubled young billionaire
who likes to be dominant/submissive rela-
tionship only if he can accompany it with
quite formal, stylized corporal punish-
ment.
It has been a couple of weeks now,
and Fifty Shades of Grey is still being
talked about.
I have heard good and bad reviews
concerning this movie, so I decided to go
see this movie for myself and see what all
the fuss is about and to be honest the mov-
ie was not so great.
I wasn’t the only one that thought so.
“I thought the actors were very stiff, like
cardboard. There wasn’t a lot of chemistry
between the casts. The script could have
been good, but the movie just didn’t flow
right.” Parmvir Rai.
The chemistry between Jamie Dornan
as billionaire Christian Grey and Dakota
Photo: courtesy of Universal Studios
Johnson as the inquisitive college student
Anastasia Steele was horrible. Things get steamy in the elevator with Anastasia and Christian in the movie adaptation of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ from Universal Studios.
An article from USA Today wrote, onstrating Christian values.” People of different prospective and first four days in theaters, the movie raked
“Dornan spends most of his time frowning Countless of women believe that Fifty values on what they do and see. So of in $94.4 million in the U.S., plus $172 mil-
while Johnson stares vacantly and bites her Shades romanticizes sexual violence, im- course there is going to be a lot of ex- lion more internationally.
lip. Clearly, she went to the Kristen Stew- plying that women seek to be controlled. change about the movie. According to Box Office Mojo, about
art School of Acting.” What goes on between consenting If there wasn’t then the author and the 32 percent of moviegoers were men.” Even
But not everyone though it was a bad adults on equal footing is one thing, but the director of the movie aren’t doing their though, the movie didn’t get the best rat-
movie, according to Q13Fox, “Russell power imbalance here is striking, especial- jobs. ings, people all around the world loved the
Wilson also got some unwanted attention ly given that a middle-aged woman wrote “The movie is a form of the people to books and we all know that when and if
after seeing the movie. Fifty Shades and its two sequels. express your ideas. Then I would watch the the second trilogy comes out people will
The Seattle Seahawks quarterback “I believe that this movie represent- movie “Fifty shades of grey”. Why not? be lining up waiting to get the best seat in
tweeted “great movie,” after the show. ing society negatively because it’s show- No prejudice.” By James Alben the house.
Many of his Twitter followers responded ing that women once again are being over Fifty Shades of Grey was the fastest-
with displeasure. Some said that the movie powered and ruled by men.” Said Sarah selling novel of all time. According to The
is immoral and that Wilson was not dem- Anderson a student from EDCC. Washington Post, “ Over the course of it’s

Photo courtesy Universal Studios

Movie poster for Fifty Shades of Grey with the two stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele
and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey.
 10 A&E
50’s modeling making a comeback
By Todd Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief
Modeling is a subject that seems to be
on a lot of peoples minds at this point in
time.
With the news of a plus size model
gracing the pages of the ‘Sports Illustrat-
ed Swimsuit Issue, to stores adding retro
clothing to the new clothing line up.
But there is a new craze in modeling
that more or less came from the fans of
Victorian and Steampunk genre, and that is
the 40’s and 50’s pin up model.
It has been gaining in popularity since
the return of the classic style Berlesque
modeling and models such as Dita Von
Teese, Sabrina Kelly and Maryam Maquil-
lage.
Becoming a pin up model is not a
stigma for models as it was in the past.
Many regular and super models do the
pin up photos on the side of their regular
modeling careers, or even quit doing regu-
lar modeling and stay with the pin up style
modeling.
People right from high school and
early college are getting in to the pin up
and 50’s style modeling and learning what
it takes to do 40’s and 50’s clothing.
Getting into the pin up modeling is
not hard as it once was, either with the ad-
vancement of technology and social me-
dia. Any one with a good sense of camera
operations and a person wanting to do the
modeling can do it.
Why the 40’s and 50’s for pin up
modeling, well that is a good question and
many people have different answers to the
question.
Sarah Cook “ Ah, modern pinup mod-
els; that curious throwback to the times
when even a tiny bit of female skin could
set a persons heart racing. As the field of
pinup models regains popularity, we can’t
help but reflect on how much has changed Polly posing in front of her house, showing that she loves being in front of the camera.
since those bygone days of the “cheesecake
model” who, with her stylized poses and
seductive glances, brought so much com-
fort to troops stationed abroad during times
of war. In today’s bare-it-
all age of internet mod-
els, these girls perhaps
When
don’t get the recognition down, make the best of had and does have love. (Being well-turned out) is almost like
they deserve Instead, your own life rather than women that are you do. When things get you down, make
modern pinup models
worrying about what ev- working in the field the best of your life rather than worrying
prefer the traditional
eryone else thinks.
road to arousal. Their
fans require an imagina-
tion above all else and
don’t feel the need to
degrade to achieve the
desired effect.”
The classification of a pinup model
can be a bit confusing too. Naturally,
there is some cross-over with other types
of modeling, such as fetish, glamour and
lingerie.
Kathleen Jones a upcoming pin up
model and student at EdCC enjoys what
she does.
“I started modeling when I was very
little doing baby clothes and young tween
lines, and when I turned eighteen, I wanted
to move into the pin up world and classic
fashion modeling , and yes since it was
brought up, I have done some nude model-
ing, I enjoy the nude body and mine are
tasteful and artistic.”
She goes on to showing some her
photos in her portfolio and adds.
“I can’t remember when there wasn’t
a camera in my face, I have always been
a show off, so modeling was the perfect
choice.”
Details of the shoot are always dis-
cussed before hand either by her in person
or on the phone through her manager.
March 2, 2015
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,
No Good, Very Bad Day” (PG) -- Based
on the beloved kids book, this family-
film adaptation gives us a likable account
of unfortunate events in the lives of an
11-year-old and his (briefly) family. Alex
(Ed Oxenbould) is the victim of escalat-
ing misfortunes, from gum in his hair to
sharing a birthday with an infinitely more
popular kid. Once Alex has his bad day, he
wishes his parents (Steve Carell and Jen-
nifer Garner) and siblings could feel what
it’s like -- and they soon do.
Disney delivers a satisfactory update
of the original story, without pushing any
boundaries. Alex, for instance, has to face
the new-age humiliation of seeing his face
photoshopped into a mocking image. Ul-
timately, we get a few chuckles while
learning an important lesson -- good luck
swings both ways.
“Nightcrawler” (R) -- Jake Gylenhaal
plays a ruthless amateur clawing his way to
the top of the local news game. Lou Bloom
(Gylenhaal) is an ever-smiling, self-taught,
ambitious and amoral kind of “reporter”
-- his bread and butter come from filming
blood, car wrecks and other types of may-
hem. He’s energetic, yet dead behind the
eyes. On his way to the top, Bloom winds
up at the center of one of his own gruesome
stories.
The force of the film comes from Jake
Gyllenhaal’s performance as a charming
sociopath. On one hand, you can’t stop
watching him, while on the other hand, you
really believe this guy would chop up his
photo courtesy of Cupcake Photography grandma if somebody would pay for the
pictures.
“Force Majeur” (R) -- This dark com-
Once you have started to build your the attention. edy gathered good buzz at the Cannes film
portfolio and networking with other pin up “I’ve learned in my adult life that my festival as one of the best foreign-language
models and enthusiasts, you can start mak- vulnerability is a strength. I love to be seen flicks to hit the screen. It follows a Swedish
ing yourself be sen for who I really am. I’m not hiding behind family taking some quality-time at a high-
around the scene. a facade or a mask of makeup; it’s just end ski resort, under the constant threat
things get you EdCC has something I do as a woman. It’s a ritual I of “controlled” avalanches that keep the
slopes how they’re supposed to be. During
a small group of having good manners. It’s just, like, what one such planned avalanche, Tomas -- the
dad of the family -- gets frightened and
makes a run for safety, leaving his wife and
of the 50’s fashion about what everyone else thinks.” kids, well ... behind. The avalanche turns
and pin up model Pin up and vintage models (as the ac- out to be nothing, but Tomas’ act of cow-
area. tual term is called) can be from any where ardice becomes a comical crisis of its own.
-Dita Von Teese They enjoy it and from any city, Edmonds and Lyn- “Rosewater” (R) -- This directorial
and they don’t have nwood has a few photographers that do pin debut for Jon Stewart (TV’s “The Daily
any thing bad to say about the profession. up and vintage photography. Show”) uses the real-life story of an Ira-
This is something they feel comfort- Amber Johnson vintage model and nian-born journalist (Gael Garcia-Bernal)
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From Jurassic World to Pete’s Dragon, Howard shines
By: Todd M Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief
Bryce Dallas Howard a very talented
actress. The daughter of director Ron How-
ard, she made her acting debut as an extra
in her father’s film Parenthood and went on
to have small roles in films and make stage
appearances for the next several years.
After she came to the attention of
M. Night Shyamalan, he cast her in what
would be her breakout film, the psycho-
logical thriller The Village and then in the
fantasy thriller Lady in the Water.
Howard became more recognizable to
audiences as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man
3 and as Victoria in The Twilight Saga:
Eclipse and Terminator Salvation.
They are among her most financially
successful movies, but all three garnered
mixed reviews from the press.
She is currently playing the role of
Claire Dearing in the science fiction adven-
ture film Jurassic World (2015), the fourth
installment in the Jurassic Park film series.
Howard attended Stagedoor Manor, a
performing arts camp in upstate New York,
with actress Natalie Portman.
During her time in New York, How-
ard was also a member of downtown the-
ater company Theater Mitu, in residence
at New York Theatre Workshop, who are
known for their exploration of theatrical
forms.
Celebrity News 11
Howard has recently finished direc-
torial duties for the short film When You
Find Me, a social film developed through a
collaboration with Canon.
The film was developed under the
premise of gathering inspiration through
images selected from a photography con-
test. 96,362 entries were accepted, while
only eight final images were selected to be
utilized for the production of the film.
Howard married actor Seth Gabel,with
whom she now lives in Hollywood, Cali-
fornia.
The two met at New York University
and dated for five years.
She had only one previous boyfriend
and claims to have pursued Gabel vigor-
ously after first meeting him.
They had planned to start a family to-
gether in their 30s. However, seven days
after their wedding, she learned that she Photo By Lady Lotus
was expecting their first child.
Howard as her character from the Twilight films preparing for a publicity shot.
Howard gave birth to their child, a son
named Theodore Norman Howard-Gabel, careful in keeping his childhood years as Just one problem: She felt it sounded too
nicknamed Theo, on February 16, 2007. normal as possible, Bryce’s parents were much like an adult film star’s name.
Theo’s godfather is actor Josh Gad. also cautious about their children getting Like her father, Bryce Dallas Howard,
Howard openly discussed having ex- too close to the Hollywood limelight too who sometimes goes by the nickname of
perienced post-partum depression. soon. As a result, Bryce Howard and her Bry, isn’t shy about working on big-budget
Bryce Dallas Howard is in early talks siblings grew up far from Hollywood’s Hollywood films.
to play the female lead in Disney’s “Pete’s glare, in Greenwich, Connecticut. So when Jurassic World hits the the-
Dragon” reboot. Robert Redford is also in But carrying the Howard name still of- atres go and check it out, and keep in-
talks to star with Oakes Fegley playing the fered up some burdens, and as she began formed about Pete’s Dragon coming to a
title character. to think more seriously about her career, theatre in the near future.
Just as Ron Howard’s parents were Bryce considered dropping it completely.

Asylum entertainment the new king of ‘mock-busters’

By: Todd M Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief
If you haven’t heard of Asylum, that’s
okay, most people really haven’t, but most
likely you have seen their movies.
Mistaking them for the actual block-
busters or passing through to the Syfy
channel.
They are an American film studio that
was founded in 1997, its focus is on pro-
ducing low budget direct to video and en-
tertaining movies.
These films are similar to those of
the current blockbuster genre, which they
make their own version and some times a
little bit cooler.
They have been dubbed the “mock-
buster”, not because they are making fun
of the blockbuster filme, but because they
want to appeal to an audience that loves
low budget and high budget films.
Asylum usually has a film out that
copies a major motion picture before the
actual ones hit the theatres.
The company was started to make
films in the horror genre was founded by
former Village Roadshow executives Da-
vid Rimawi, Sherri Strain, and director Da-
vid Michael Latt.
The Asylum produced Z Nation for the
Syfy Network. The show about an a group
that attempts to get the only known person
with immunity to a zombie virus from New
York to the last operating lab in California.
According to show-runner Karl Shae-
fer, the show will bring “a sense of hope to
the horror of the apocalypse.” Ratings for
Z Nation have been about 1.6 million per
episode, and has been renewed for a sec-
ond season.
The Asylum’s usual budget for a pro-
duction is reportedly “well under a million
dollars”, and it typically breaks even after
about three months. The Asylum has never
lost money on a film.
The Asylum has also produced films
with strong religious themes.
For example, The Apocalypse was
initially developed as a straightforward di-
saster film in the style of Deep Impact, but
Latt states that certain buyers wanted the
company to develop a religious film. As a
result, the company consulted priests and
rabbis in order to incorporate faith-based
elements.
The division Faith Films was cre-
ated in order to distribute titles with such
themes. Sunday School Musical was pro-
duced after The Asylum staff attended a
seminar for marketing to a Christian audi-
ence where the seminar’s host suggested
that the perfect film would be a Christian
version of High School Musical.
The Asylum productions sometimes
feature more overt sexuality or graphic
violence than their major studio counter-
parts, because The Asylum’s releases are Photo by Asylum Studios
Copies of their movie posters, showing a few
not in competition with films. of the mock-busters that they make.

Christina Ricci becomes Lizzie Borden in a new movie

Q: I absolutely loved Lifetime’s
“Lizzie Borden Took an Ax,” and was so
happy when you wrote that the network is
turning it into a series. Can you give me
any more information? -- Steff S. in Florida
A: I do have a few more details about
the Lifetime limited series, which sees
Christina Ricci taking up her ax again as
Lizzie Borden, with Clea DuVall returning
as her sister, Emma. And more great news
for fans: “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles”
has been extended from six episodes to
eight, with the series airing sometime this
April.
“Chronicles” delivers an intense and
fictionalized account of actual events and
people surrounding Lizzie’s life after her
controversial acquittal of the horrific dou-
ble murder of her father and stepmother
in 1892. The exonerated figure lives a life
awash in newfound celebrity and filled
with scandalous love affairs. But when nu-
merous people close to Lizzie -- ranging
from her half-brother, William, to Broad-
way luminaries and business associate/
underworld kingpin Mr. Flowers -- start to
die mysteriously under brutal and strange
circumstances, legendary Pinkerton detec-
tive Charlie Siringo becomes determined
to prove her involvement in their deaths.
Jessy Schram plays Nancy O’Keefe,
an alluring and ambitious actress and
dancer who befriends Lizzie, while Emmy
nominee John Heard portrays William
Almy, the business partner of Lizzie’s mur-
dered father.
***
Q: You told us that “Hannibal” would
be back as a midseason show, but I haven’t
heard anything about when it will be on.
Please help! -- Daniel S., via email
A: I promise I did not lie to you, Dan-
iel. NBC merely changed up the timing of
the season-three premiere of the cult-hit
drama. The network announced that it will
air the series this summer, which I think
will actually be good for the show, which
sometimes is lacking in the all-important
viewer numbers. With less competition
over the summer, maybe more people will
find their way to “Hannibal” and help pro-
pel it to a much-deserved fourth season.
The new season will take story elements
from Thomas Harris’ “Hannibal Rising”
and “Red Dragon” novels, and will include
a different origin story for Dr. Lecter, ac-
cording to show runner Bryan Fuller.
***
READERS: A few months back I
answered a question about whether “Out-
lander” would be available on DVD. I
wrote that of course it would, we just
didn’t know when yet. Well, now we
know. “Outlander: Season One, Volume
One” will be available March 3 on DVD
and Blu-ray. The two-disc set will include
the first eight episodes of season one, some
“making of” featurettes, a 32-page book
with photographs, and deleted scenes. The
Blu-ray version will have even MORE de-
leted scenes and featurettes. It might even
be enough to keep you occupied as you
wait for the second half of season one to
begin April 4 on Starz.
(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
 12Lifestyle
Teaching about religion in public schools
By: Ivana Schoop
Staff Writer
Education is a large topic with many
different debates regarding what should be
done, and possibly one of the largest de-
bates is whether or not religion should be
taught in public schools.
Many argue that teaching about reli-
gion isn’t objective, and that a lot of prob-
lems can arise from teaching it in public
schools. I believe that religion should be
taught about in schools.
The first step in discussing this is to
separate the idea of teaching religion ver-
sus teaching about religion.
Teaching religion means that the class
is focused on learning a particular religion.
Teaching about religion means teaching
the history of religion itself, and a basic
overview of religions whilst remaining as
objective as possible.
Essentially, it’s less about teaching a
singular religion and more teaching a class
on comparative religions.
Many who are against teaching about
religions in schools argue that it will be ex-
tremely hard for this to remain objective.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the
Freedom from Religion Foundation, brings
this idea up in “The Dangers of Religious
Instruction in Public Schools”.
“Today in the United States fully
one in five adults and one in three young
persons identifies as ‘nonreligious.’ If
we’re going to teach religion in the public
schools, we must ‘teach atheism’ as well,”
writes Gaylor.
“Are Americans prepared to do that
in a fair and neutral manner? Will teach-
ers point out that the nonreligious segment
is the second largest ‘denomination,’ after
Catholics in the United States?”
Gaylor writes earlier in her article how
low America is on the list of industrialized
countries that teach evolution.
She asks “How can a scientifically il-
literate nation compete in global market?
What does it mean for our future when
half our population rejects fact and accepts
fable?” Evolution is something that should
be taught in schools.
It is a major scientific theory, and all
students should have at least a basic under-
standing of it. But teaching evolution and
avoiding teaching about religion is not be-
ing objective.
By only teaching evolution, we are
presenting kids with only one way to view
the world. Teaching about religion will
help students to understand how people
can view the world differently.
If you know me, you know that adver-
tising and manipulation are my two favor-
ite topics of conversation. I think it goes
without saying that I’m a big hit at parties.
And, hey ... speaking of advertising and
parties, the Super Bowl is coming up soon.
(Subtle segues aren’t really my thing.)
I have conflicted feelings about the
Super Bowl, which is probably true for a
lot of people. I’m neither a football fan nor
the gambling type, and the idea of spending
up to $16,000 for a seat in a crowded arena
It is certainly true that teaching about
religions will bring conflicts about objec-
tivity, as well as open the door to questions
about what religions to teach, and even
whether certain religions should be taught.
There is a possibility that a religion
may be taught incorrectly, or that one may
be stressed over another. With all this, it’s
not an uncommon thing to ask if we should
bother with religion at all.
Here’s the thing— religious hate
crimes are on the rise. According to the
Hate Crime Victimization report put out
by the U.S Department of Justice in 2014,
hate crimes that were motivated by reli-
gious bias were three times higher in 2012
than in 2004.
With the number of hate crimes we
are experiencing this year that number is
rising. People are constantly hurt by reli-
gious stereotypes, and because of a lack of
knowledge, it’s easy for the general public
to believe it.
If we teach students the basics of
different religions, and help them to un-
derstand, as well as respect, people with
different religions, we have a chance at
working towards a more peaceful world.
Charles C. Haynes, a senior scholar
at the First Amendment Center and direc-
tor of the Religious Freedom Education
Project at the Newseum, Washington, D.C,
writes that “For better and for worse, re-
ligious convictions play a central role is
shaping events in America and throughout
the world.
A cursory glance at the daily headlines
reminds us that religious differences are at
the heart of many of the world’s most vio-
lent conflicts.”
He continues on to write that “If we
hope to prevent religious discrimination
and division in the United States, schools
need to take religion seriously, not only to
increase religious literacy, but also to pro-
mote religious freedom as a fundamental,
inalienable right for every person”.
This idea of religious freedom brings
another opposition to teaching about reli-
gion in schools. Many think that the Con-
stitution “requires public schools to be ‘re-
ligion-free zones’” writes Joseph Laycock.
“This notion is not only inaccurate; it
undermines the very educational standards
that public schools are charged with teach-
ing.”
The case of Abington v. Schempp in
1963 banned devotional reading of the Bi-
ble in public schools, but presiding Justice
Thomas Clark remarked that “It might well
be said that one’s education is not complete
The Super Bowl of Advertising
seems frivolous at best. On the other hand,
I can appreciate any occasion that raises
a spirit of tradition and (mostly) friendly
competition, and gives me a reason to eat
finger foods covered in queso.
But what I enjoy most about the Super
Bowl, even more than I enjoy consuming
irresponsible amounts of melted cheese, is
... you guessed it. The commercials.
Super Bowl advertising is widely
known as a “cultural phenomenon,” and
for this reason, it fascinates me. Yes, the
ads are always entertaining and clever, and
like anyone, I like chatting later about my
favorites and least favorites, and which one
(or two)
made me cry a little. But there’s also
an important sociological aspect that can’t
be ignored.
As we all know, Super Bowl adver-
tising is the most expensive of all adver-
Students raising their hand to answer a question that the teacher has asked during a social
science lesson.
without a study of comparative religion or
the history of religion and its advancement
of civilization.”
Should it be allowed that a teacher can
say one religion is better than the other?
No, and it isn’t. But teaching about reli-
gion will help students to receive correct
information about other religions, and gain
both a better understanding and respect for
other people.
And while teaching about religion
would require that it be completely objec-
tive, schools demonstrate fairness when
the curriculum includes study about reli-
gion. It also gives students an opportunity
to discuss their own religion.
My little brother once told me a story
regarding his 5th grade class. A girl wore
a type of veil that completely covered her
head.
Being curious, the other children be-
gan to wonder as to why she wore it. May-
be she had lice? Maybe she was bald?
Finally one student asked her “do
you wear that because you don’t have any
hair?” The girl responded, rolling her eyes,
“Of course I have hair!”
While this interaction between stu-
dents was certainly innocent, this is how
religious misunderstandings and bias can
begin.
By teaching about religion, we can
tising. This year, a 30-second spot costs
around $4.5 million and will be viewed by
over 100 million people. With so many ze-
ros to account for, there’s no denying that
each of these clever ads is supported by
meticulous data-gathering, analytics and,
yes, a wee hint of manipulation.
I understand that advertising and ma-
nipulation are not necessarily one and the
same, but they do go hand in hand. Adver-
tising is so prominent in our culture that it
seems silly to even imagine a world with-
out it. And because it’s so commonplace
and cleverly presented, it can be difficult
to know where it ends and we begin. The
most successful ads tug at our heartstrings.
They seem personal. They tell us we’re not
alone, and that we deserve to have and feel
lots of great things.
These messages aren’t necessarily
evil, and they’re not necessarily greedy ...
March 2, 2015
Photo by : Sarah Jones
encourage students to understand, accept,
and respect other’s differences.
Teaching about religion will not be
easy, and there will be many problems
likely to occur along the way.
But if we can succeed, then we can
have a chance to maybe reduce the hate
crimes committed out of religious bias.
Teaching about religion can help
students of less familiar religions feel in-
cluded in their learning environment, and
diminish bullying based on religion.
America has become one of the most
diverse nations on the Earth. Charles C.
Haynes says that “If we can’t get this right
in public schools, we have little hope of
getting this right in the public square of
what is now the most religiously diverse
nation on Earth.”
If we can accomplish teaching about
religion in public schools, and do it cor-
rectly, we have an opportunity to change
the way this nation interacts with others on
a global scale.
but they ARE carefully constructed with
profit in mind.
And still, this is all perfectly fine, so
long as we view advertisements for what
they are. This year, when and if you watch
the Super Bowl of Commercials, watch it
with an open and inquisitive mind. Be en-
tertained, but hold on to those heartstrings.
***
Alison Datko is the editorial direc- tor
of PowWow Press, a multimedia news ser-
vice. Connect with Alison on Twitter (@
alidatko) or email her at alison@powwow-
press.com.
© 2015 PowWow Press Inc., Dist. by
King Features Synd., Inc.
 The Review
Part murder mystery, part farce noir, all fun
Death by Chocolate a mystery comedy starring from left to right Justin Tinsley as Francois Lepew and Sarita Benson as Bobbie Sue two of the characters caught up in a muder mystery.
By: Anne Sinlcair
Guest Writer
Death by Chocolate is a play written
with a purpose. That purpose is solely to
entertain an audience. With the help of a
great director and a wonderful cast, it ac-
complishes that goal well.
As you walk into the Wade James The-
atre, you are met with a lavishly decorated
set, bordering on over-decoration. Coupled
with the instrumental pre-show music
which lends a fun, macabre mood to the
scene and classic film noir movies being
played.
The set design’s frenetic style well
prepares the audience for the events they
are about to witness. There is almost too
much at which to look, but it does give you
that modern 1940’s feel.
Death by Chocolate begins, as murder
mysteries tend to, with a murder. And with
the murder the audience is treated to the
Surely you didn’t believe these guys,
with their promises of bipartisanship and
compromise? That’s what we got from
President Barack Obama, but particularly
from the Republican con- gressional lead-
ers after an election where Capitol Hill —
all the real estate under the dome and the
outbuildings — became a GOP fiefdom,
facing off against the Democrats’ shrink-
ing territory down the Pennsylvania Av-
enue no-man’s-land that ends at the White
House.
New Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell even offered a rationale for
cooperation, telling The Washing- ton
Post that his party has something to prove,
which is that it’s not a haven for nut cases:
“I don’t want the American people to think
farcical, convulsing, zany death scene that
is repeated throughout the play. Physical
comedy defines the performances in Death
by Chocolate.
Jon Woods who plays the main char-
acter of Nick Noir is fantastic as the absent
minded private detective, and his assistant
Selma played by Rita Baxter is the brains
of the two, they work well together.
All characters in Death by Chocolate
have their dark secrets or failings, making
them all suspects in the series of mysteri-
ous deaths.
Sarita Benson a new comer to the Drift
players, this her second show on the stage.
She was last seen the lawyer in Other
Peoples Money. Being away from the stage
so long, you would never know it from
her acting Benson just falls right into her
character, believing that she wants to be a
singer at the Grand Ole Opry.
Each character is a broad representa-
tion of a type. Nick Noir is the inept lead-
Barack, Mitch, John and Charlie
that if they add a Republican president to a
Republican Congress, that’s going to be a
scary outcome. I want the American peo-
ple to be comfortable with the fact that the
Republican House and Senate is a respon-
sible, right-of-center, governing majority.”
What’s scary is that he and his co-
horts could talk about cooperation with a
straight face. At least on the other side of
the Hill, in the House of Representatives’
action central, Speaker John Boehner also
was waxing eloquent about bipartisanship
... sort of: “May the fruits of our labors be
ladders our children can use ...”
Yes, his metaphors were mixed, but so
was the message he and his fellow Repub-
licans delivered with their first actions.
Instead of deal-making, they seemed
much more interested in embarrassing
President Obama. Potshot No. 1 will be
legislation that authorizes construction of
the Keystone pipeline, which would trans-
er, There’s the French Detective Francois
Lepew who thinks he is sexy.
Yolanda a grieving widow who is al-
ways crying and ready for revenge after-
wards.
The audience must wonder what more
is there to this character that makes her act
this way.
Christian Huey as the old man Henry
who sits in the corner listening to every-
thing.
Georgia Gore played by Hayley Erw-
erz also delivers a performance worthy of
praise.
Sky Grants portrayal as the lamp quite
fun and interesting always following Noir
around in the beginning and then as the
background lamp for the any-towners that
are always walking around in the back-
ground.
We see Nick discover many clues that
lead him to believe that innocent people
are the guilty ones.
port oil extracted from Canada’s extremely
dirty tar sands and swoosh it down to ports
in Texas.
Obama’s press secretary immediately
said that the president would veto the bill
if it passed Congress. The problem is that
this is a bogus confrontation. As the bril-
liant columnist Ron Fournier writes in the
National Journal: “They’re playing you
for fools on both sides of the Keystone XL
pipeline debate. Oil lobbyists and conser-
vatives call it a jobs project; they’re wrong.
Environmental lobbyists and liberals call
it a globe killer; they’re wrong.” In other
words, this is a tempest in a pipeline.
But it’s a chance for the R’s and the
D’s to stomp on one another and to lay the
groundwork for the next presidential cam-
paign. As we should know, 2015 is really
about 2016. The problem is that there are
plenty of ways this year that our politicians
can do us great harm. In mid-March, for
13
Photo By The Driftwood players
However, he also lovingly cares for
Selma, his assistant.
Death by Chocolate goes on as highly
entertaining and fun evening , even a date
night for you and you significant other.
Death by Chocolate keeps the audi-
ence guessing “Who done it?” while they
try to catch their breath from laughter.
With an assembly of characters
straight out of a clown college, a haunting
lighting design, and a fun soundtrack remi-
niscent of the old style crimes shows.
It is an enjoyable evening out any one
can appreciate.
The Wade James Theatre in Edmonds.
The play goes until Sunday March 8. show
times Thurs-Sat 8 - 9:45 p.m. and Sundays
2 -4:45 p.m. So come out and see it, it is
fun and enjoyable, you will not be disap-
pointed .
To order tickets call the box office at
425-744-9600 or visit the Box Office at
306 Main Street, Edmonds.
instance, that old bugaboo the debt ceiling
rears its ugly face like it inevitably does.
The country’s borrowing authority
again will be running out, and already the
extreme rhetoric is flying about, particu-
larly from true believers who insist that it’s
better if the United States defaults on its
financial obligations than if they move one
inch from whatever their grievances are.
Perhaps cooler heads will prevail, but
so far all we’ve gotten for assurance is the
promise of bipartisan constructive engage-
ment. As we’re seeing, that is an empty
promise.
Now, I’d like to depart for a moment
and ask for indulgence as I join my fellow
journalists around the word in saying “Je
Suis Charlie,” or “I Am Charlie.” If we
can’t feel secure in presenting ideas, then
we’re not free.
© 2015 Bob Franken Distributed by
King Features Synd.
 Opinion
14
Why choose to go to a community college?
By Azaria Keys
Staff Writer
As a current student at a community
college, Edmonds Community College to
be exact, I must say that one of the best
decisions I have made was choosing com-
munity college over a university.
Growing up I always had this
idea that I was going to graduate from high
school and instantly jump on a plane and
fly out of state to attend some large, presti-
gious university.
I was attracted to all the hype usually
associated with big universities. I was ex-
cited to get out of my mom’s house, join a
sorority, party every weekend and eventu-
ally walk across a big stage on graduation
night and accept my diploma. Up until a
certain age I had no idea what it actually
took to get into a university.
I was completely blind-sided when my
mom sat me down one day and told me that
we just couldn’t afford a university.
From that moment on, more and
more I began to see little glimpses of just
how hard it would be to afford a university
education.
If you are not someone that is capable
of receiving a full-ride scholarship, or is
someone who comes from a wealthy fam-
ily, then it is nearly impossible to afford
a university education without taking out
several loans. And the more I began to real-
ize how slim my chances were of attending
a university straight out of high school, the
harder I became on myself.
I think it is common for people to feel
as though they are failures or not ‘good
enough’ simply because they cannot af-
ford or attend a university. Thankfully the
moment I began taking classes here at Ed-
monds Community College, my perspec-
tive changed completely.
Since we live here in Washing-
ton, I will refer to one of the most popular
universities in our state, the University of
Washington. According to the University
of Washington website, Washington resi-
dents can expect tuitions and fees for the
school year of 2014-2015 to cost them
roughly $12,394. And if you happen to be
The so-called terrorist organizations in power
By Thomas Susnios
Staff Writer
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) was funded for years by wealthy
donors in Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia
and the three U.S. allies have dual agendas
in the war on terror.
Why is this? ISIS is murdering people
and beheading innocent people left and
right, so why would this the allies of the
United States be funding ISIS?
Maybe there is an irrational hate of the
religion of Islam or the United States is up
to something. If the American allies fund
ISIS, who is to say the United States isn’t
funding them as well?
From what we know, ISIS is very
wealthy and things do not look like they
are getting better.
The harsh reality of the U.S policy is
to help the government of Iraq against ISIS
and not Syria. One may ask, why?
It is very simple, the United States
wants ISIS too reinforce its fighters in Iraq
from Syria and vice versa.
By doing this, the United States will
and currently is successfully escaping
blame for the rise of ISIS by putting all the
blame on the Iraqi government.
In fact, these idiotic and contradictory
a freshman that is a nonresident, you can
expect to pay roughly $33,513 to attend the
University of Washington.
Now it might just be me, but I don’t
think too many of us are walking around
with that type of money just sitting around
in our bank accounts. And those numbers
seem even more obscene when you look at
the ‘Washington State Board for Commu-
nity & Technical Colleges’ website.
According to their numbers a resi-
dent can expect to pay roughly $1,333 in
tuitions and fees for one quarter (15 cred-
its), and roughly $4,000 dollars for the
entire academic year (3 quarters). And if
you’re a non-resident planning on attend-
ing a Washington state community college
you can expect to pay about $3,078 for a
quarter and $9, 235 for the entire academic
year. The numbers speak for themselves.
Not only does one receive a huge
financial break by spending their first two
years of higher education at a community
college, but there are several other benefits
that come with this choice as well.
Speaking for myself, I can’t begin
to remember the amount of times I have
questioned what I will be doing with my
future. It seems pretty common that in your
freshman and even sophomore year of col-
lege, you go back and forth on what it is
you want to study and what it is you see
yourself doing in the long-run.
Twenty-year-old Scott Spicer, a stu-
dent here at Edmonds Community College,
said it best, “it’s [community college] more
affordable and it gives an opportunity to try
many things and find the career path you
wand before shelling out loads of money.”
Community college allows an individ-
ual to not feel as pressured to pick a career
path because they might not be as stressed
as they would be if they were attending a
university.
But wait, there’s more! All some-
one has to do is watch a movie about col-
lege students, and instantly there is a de-
piction of this huge college campus full of
students enjoying that ‘college life’.
As exciting as that might sound, big
university campuses can often be over-
whelming to a freshman who is just trying
policies have created a situation in which
ISIS can survive and may well flourish.
All over the media is one-sided infor-
mation about ISIS and how bad they are,
which is very true because I do not con-
done killings of any nature. However, the
United States is the main culprit for the
ISIS situation.
A CNN report written by Greg Both-
elo explains the plans of ISIS. Greg says,
“Such violent, extremist organizations
(ISIS, Al-Qaeda) tend to gravitate toward
less stable, more turbulent areas where
they can operate more freely, recruit from a
desperate populace and build up resources
and momentum”.
Although ISIS is moving across North
Africa, the question is why? What is the in-
tention of these so-called terrorist groups?
We already know ISIS is a very
wealthy organization and our allies in the
west such as the United States, Great Brit-
ain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia fund them.
This leads to much suspicion among
many people including myself; creating an
enemy and then trying to go to war against
them seems stupid and redundant.
People need to realize this is getting
out of hand; a report from infowars.com
reported how the defense secretary Chuck
Hagel told reporters at the Pentagon that the
The EdCC campus Snoqualamie Hall building which also houses CWU Lynnwood classes.
to get the hang of things. Manika Boyer, a
23-year-old, former Edmonds Community
College Student, agrees.
In Boyer’s opinion, “A community
college gives students and opportunity to
experience higher education without the
overwhelming feel of a huge campus that
universities have.”
I feel as though attending a communi-
ty college allows for a smoother transition
into that fast-paced university life.
If you haven’t been able to tell
yet, I am a huge supporter of people attend-
ing community college before making that
move to a university.
I mean aside from all the awesome
benefits that I’ve already discussed, if you
pass all of your classes with an acceptable
GPA, you receive and automatic guarantee
that you will be able to transfer to any col-
lege/university of your choice afterwards.
That alone had me sold on attending a
community college. However I am aware
that not all people are as big of fans of this
option as I am.
According to Scholarships.com, some
cons of attending a community college are:
terrorist group is “beyond anything we’ve
seen,” and I am supposed to be calm?
I am a 20-year-old male who by law
might be forced to fight in the future.
ISIS is the best trained, most funded
and highly sophisticated terrorist group in
history. Apparently, the mainstream media
would more likely attempt to have people
believe such a thing exists rather than ex-
pose the blatant reality that yes, the U.S.
has trained and funded ISIS and without
the U.S. government, ISIS would not be
the threat it has become.
The United States hold secret databas-
es in Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan and almost
every country involved in this mess to train
people to put them into these so called ter-
rorist groups. Can this be true?
Former state department official An-
drew Doran let the cat out of the bag back
in June that some of these ISIS members
are actually combat veterans from Western
nations including the U.S. who have pass-
ports and could return home anytime basi-
cally asserting that ISIS could easily attack
America at any time.
If all this is true, then why all I hear on
CNN and FOX news that ISIS is the ter-
rorist and they are such a bad organization
when the United States and our allies fund
them?
March 2, 2015
Photo by Rebecca Mullinnix
limited curriculum (not a large amount of
courses to choose from), a lighter work-
load than most university students receive,
and students that in general are uninvolved
because they often don’t have plans of fur-
thering their college career.
I can definitely understand these
points made, but as long as you’re a hard-
working student dedicated to making a fu-
ture for yourself, I believe that it is easy to
overcome such challenges.
So there it is. Community college
might not be for everyone, but I believe
that it is a great option for most.
It’s important to ‘work smarter, not
harder’ and with this crazy costs of univer-
sities and the overpopulated campuses, it
seems to me that attending a community
college for the first two years is the smart-
est decision one could make.
And if President Obama’s proposal to
make the first two years of community col-
lege free, passes, then there should be no
reason to not attend a community college.
Remember, ‘think smarter, not hard-
er’.
I am truly aggravated that my money
as a taxpayer goes to all these secret proj-
ects without me even knowing, if my mon-
ey that I work for is going to be taken from
me, I want to know where it is going.
At the end of the day, all this mayhem
comes down to hypocrisy on the part of
the United States. First of all, we invade,
destroy, rape, kill, torture, and murder the
people of Iraq (almost 2 million dead as we
speak) just because we thought they had
weapons of mass destruction, which ended
up not being the case.
Then, we fund terrorist organizations
such as Al-Qaeda (which is nothing more
than a CIA database because prior to Sep-
tember 2002, the CIA was the Bush admin-
istration’s main provider of intelligence on
Iraq.) and ISIS and then blame the terrorist
groups themselves for committing acts of
terror, as if we haven’t done the BEST JOB
of that for the past decade.
And what is the worst part about this
thing is that the media lies about all this
information I am sharing with you in this
story with conjectures and fabrications to
twist people’s minds.
I truly think the United States creat-
ing its own enemies then declaring war on
them while putting the rest of the world in
grave danger.
 The Review
Many activities are always going on in Brier Hall
By Leah Carter
Staff Writer
Brier is a building at Edmonds Com-
munity College that houses the social trian-
gle of forces that inspire community within
the school.
Remodeled in 2009, Brier represents
the campus hub. Located inside are the
student government and Center for Student
Engagement and Learning offices (CSEL),
the bookstore, private meeting rooms,
club space, the Triton Review office, and
the Diversity Student Center office, all of
which exist to support EdCC students.
The main social attractions are located
on the first floor. The three forces that bring
students together to create new friendships
and a strong sense of community: Brier
Grill, the game room, and the lounge with
its cozy interior, comfy chairs, and fire-
place.
“It has an energy of its own,” said
Wayne Anthony, director of CSEL, who
refers to Brier as the college’s own ‘living
room’. “It can go from docile to bubbling
with activity.
It’s exceptionally important. Students
designed this place with the philosophy to
be the campus hub. It’s truly the students’
space. It’s whatever they bring here.”
According to Anthony, the former
Edmonds Community College (EdCC)
Student Union decided to create a bigger
space for students in 2009.
Moving the existing game room, eat-
ery, and meeting rooms from Woodway to
Brier and adding features from the campus
wish list. This was a $6 million project
which students are paying for over a 20
year period.
It adds about $2.50 onto tuition and
we are entering our sixth year of pay-
ing it back. This project added a room for
publication, pocket lounges, group study
rooms, club meeting space, and expanded
the campus cafeteria, a feature that has be-
come increasingly popular with students.
“In general, the food is pretty good,
the taste is alright, and the price is afford-
able, especially for students,” said Adriana
Hartono, a second year EdCC student who
works for the game room in Brier.
In 2009 Edmonds Community College
moved the campus eatery, originally called
Mulligans, to Brier and renamed it accord-
ingly. Since then, it has expanded both as a
cafeteria and flourishing catering business.
Run mainly by students or graduates
from the EdCC culinary department, Brier
Clint Eastwood’s new movie, “Ameri-
can Sniper,” marks the return of the Ameri-
can war hero.
Heroism on the battlefield had never
gone away, of course, far from it (wit- ness
the Medal of Honors awarded for acts of
extraordinary valor in Iraq and Afghani-
stan). But the classic war hero is more than
just brave or fierce. He is famous and al-
most universally acclaimed. On top of his
battlefield exploits, he is a cultural phe-
nomenon.
That is what “American Sniper” un-
questionably makes of Chris Kyle. The
late Navy SEAL sniper had already writ-
ten a best-selling memoir and was known
as “The Legend” with- in the military for
his record number of confirmed kills dur-
ing four tours in Iraq. The success of the
movie, where he is played by Bradley Coo-
Students moving around the Brier lobby during an event that was put on by CSEL and the student government during the quarter.
works hard to keep their food inexpensive,
convenient, local, and offer healthy op-
tions.
Jordan Basuel, supervisor of food op-
erations, said Brier Grill employees visit
other campuses through trainings, and that
on average, food items at Edmonds are
about three dollars cheaper than most other
school eateries!
“That is where all my friends go,” said
Minami Murata, an EdCC student from
Japan, who visits Brier Grill every day to
meet and talk with her friends. “First of all,
you want to relax. You don’t need to think
about studying.”
Brier Grill offers gluten free, vegetar-
ian, and some vegan options and are ex-
panding their line to include healthier and
more convenient options. They also partic-
ipate in a variety of practices to assist the
campus with their push to stay green and
exercise sustainability.
Brier Grill reduces their waste stream
by composting and recycling. They use lo-
cal and seasonal ingredients, and sell pre-
packaged food in compostable containers
with biogradable utensils. For the last 10-
15 years the culinary department has made
attending sustainability classes part of their
curriculum.
“I hope that everyone is thinking sus-
tainably and eating locally with more of
a farm to table mentality,” said Jennifer
The Return of the War Hero
per, also means he will be remembered as a
larger-than-life figure. Such is the power of
the silver screen.
“American Sniper” had the largest
opening weekend ever in January. It is pro-
ducing the kind of numbers usual- ly re-
served for mindless comic-book superhero
movies. It has played especially well in
Middle America, with its top-grossing the-
aters in places like San Antonio, Oklahoma
City, Houston and Albuquerque.
All of this is profoundly disquieting to
the left, which has so much sway in Holly-
wood. It hates and distrusts the idea of the
war hero, believing it smacks of backward-
ness and jingo-
ism. Its notion of compelling war
movies were the tendentiously anti-war
flops “Green Zone,” “Stop-Loss” and “In
the Valley of Elah.” Its reaction to “Ameri-
can Sniper” has been to belittle the movie
and smear Chris Kyle.
Actor Seth Rogen compared “Amer-
Opinion
Roeter, catering and food service manager.
She says the staff are always interested in
hearing students’ feedback and sugges-
tions.
“Everywhere you see green efforts, I
like that,” comments Htet Thu, an EdCC
student from Myanmar who visits Brier
Grill for lunch almost every day.
Lastly, Basuel added some tips about
on Brier. She said the least crowded times
to come are 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. As
an extra insider bonus, she also said if stu-
dents are in the cafeteria when Brier Grill
closes at 6 p.m. they often give out unsold
food.
Another reason to visit Brier is for the
free popcorn! The game room provides
popcorn from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every week-
day as long as you have a current Edpass.
Some students get as many as five
bags a day! Located on the first floor of
Brier, the game room provides pool tables,
TV, and a PS3 and Wii available for stu-
dents to rent out. Clubs often meet there or
groups who are practicing to perform.
“I love how you can interact with a
lot of people,” said Hartono. “There’s defi-
nitely a sense of community. Staff become
really close. And I definitely see strangers
talk with each other and become friends.
Friends can just come together and
hang out here. You see a lot of people do-
ican Sniper” to the Nazi propaganda
film featured in the movie “Inglourious
Basterds.” Director Michael Moore tweet-
ed that he’d been taught to consider snipers
cowards. Kyle “was a hate-filled killer,”
according to The Guardian, which also
deems him “a racist who took pleasure in
dehumanizing and killing brown people.”
One member of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences — “American
Sniper” is up for best pic- ture — told the
website TheWrap that Kyle “seems like he
may be a socio- path.”
One can only imagine, in this spirit,
the criticisms that might have been made
of past American war heroes. Why did
John Paul Jones have such destructive urg-
es toward British ship- ping? Did Joshua
Chamberlain have to be so bloodthirsty
when under assault on Little Round Top?
What was wrong with Alvin York and Aud-
ie Murphy that they were so obsessed with
killing Germans?
15
Photo by: Leah Carter
ing group work.”
About 150 students visit the game
room every day, and even more in the seat-
ing area and lounge outside. The lounge
includes a fireplace and several tables and
chairs for students to meet.
On an average day, students can be
seen doing anything from playing guitar,
to practicing for a cultural performance, to
simply playing cards or sleeping. Students
value the space and their time here and
have met many of their friends within the
walls of Brier.
There are always event from the
school being thrown that often include
games and free food.
“A lot of people gather here. You meet
a lot of friends through mutual friends. It’s
a big social place,” said Thu who expressed
that he likes the ‘bright atmosphere’ brier
has. “I feel a sense of community. I usually
hang out with new international students.”
“I wouldn’t want to work in any other
space on campus,” said Wayne. Who en-
joys passing through brier and greeting
the familiar faces always abundant there.
“People create the energy. People make it
what it is. I’m privileged to be able to work
in a place like this and it’s fun!”
Thu wraps up what many students
have expressed. “If I came back after many
years, I’d still want it to be the same thing.”
Despite the reaction against it in some
quarters, “American Sniper” is hardly
a simplistic glorification of warfare. It
shows its terrible cost, in lost and broken
lives. The New Yorker, accurately, calls it
“a devastating pro- war movie and a dev-
astating anti-war movie.” Kyle himself is
nearly consumed by the horrors of what he
experienced in Iraq, and his tragic death
at the hands of a disturbed vet is a heart-
breaking coda to his service.
Chris Kyle, who had his flaws like
anyone else, wasn’t a saint. He was an ex-
ceptional warrior whose bravery and feats
on the battlefield will now be remembered
for a very long time. He is, in short, a war
hero.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National
Review.
© 2015 by King Features Synd., Inc.
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 Environmental Issues 17
EdCC’s 2015 alternative spring break trip
By: Lia Andrews
Guest Writer
Every student stands somewhere
a little different with spring break, and
we all have a unique way of spending it.
The gamut traditionally runs from a long-
awaited week of vacationing and party-
ing to a do-nothing (but no less awaited)
week of catching up on sleep. For students,
however, there’s another way to enjoy your
time off school: the alternative break.
Every Winter and Spring, Edmonds
Community College’s Center for Service
Learning provides students with the op-
portunity to earn their service learning
hours by traveling to diverse environments
around Washington State, immersing par-
ticipants in the needs of the community and
performing several days’ worth of work for
local non-profit organizations.
This quarter, the Center for Service
Learning is encouraging students to rethink
their spring break with registration for Al-
ternative Spring Break 2015 opening!
From March 23rd to 26th, student
participants will be volunteering with Port
Townsend Marine Science Center, Wash-
ington Trails Association, and Washington
State Parks to restore the ecological integ-
rity of Ford Worden State Park.
Break Away, a national nonprofit or-
ganization that promotes the development
of quality alternative break programs, has
created a framework of eight quality com- Photo By The Green Team

ponents of an alternative break. Students
will find the components demonstrated
well in Alternative Spring Break 2015:
1. Diversity and Social Justice – Ed-
monds Community College is a campus
of great diversity, and that translates into
those who participate. Alternative break-
ers, representing the countries and commu-
nities they hail from, will explore and ex-
amine the social and environmental issues
of the project they assist with. At the same
The Winter 2014 Alternative Winter Break participants, after three days of hard work, celebrating on their newly constructed trail.
time, they will bring unique viewpoints to
the project for their classmates and com-
munity partners to observe.
2. Orientation – Orienting yourself
with the needs of the community you are
performing volunteer service is absolutely
essential for making your service mean-
ingful. Breakers will learn early on about
the goals and purposes of their community
partners with whom they will be working.
3. Training – Breakers will be pro-
vided with the skills necessary to carry out
the service project. This includes training
in manual labor, ecological knowledge of
their surroundings, interpersonal commu-
nication, and operation of any tools needed.
4. Strong Direct Service – The meat
of the alternative break. Strong, direct ser-
vice is hands on engagement in the project.
The work will involve outdoor restoration
(planting, removal of inversive species,
trail-building, etc.) and physical explora-
tion of the environment.
5. Education – Breakers will not only
learn about the complexities of the issues
through brief reading materials and speak-
ers representing the community and orga-
nizations involved but will have the chance
to educate others. For one of the four days,
there will be an opportunity for interested
breakers to go on a trip and share their
experiences at EdCC with a group of 5th
and 6th grade students through a College
Readiness presentation.
6. Reflection – At the end of the trip,
there will be time set aside for breakers to
reflect upon their work and learning as it
connects to broader contexts.
7. Reorientation – The journey doesn’t
end when breakers return to campus. The
spirit of reorientation is participants shar-
ing their experiences with others on cam-
pus and in their communities, starting
conversations and activities in civic en-
gagement. Providing a platform for partici-
pants to become active citizens is the entire
purpose of an alternative break.
8. Alcohol and drug free – Expecta-
tions of legality, liability and personal safe-
ty will be clearly addressed. Sorry, this will
have to wait for other parts of your break,
if you so choose!
With all that said, there will be more
to this break than simply service! There
will be plenty of free time to relax, hike
the trails, mingle, and explore the park and
spend time in Port Townsend.
So, who should get involved? Any-
one! Registration is open to ALL students
(Running Start, EdCAP, International,
etc.). If you are interested, or know any-
one who may be interested in this fantastic
opportunity to learn, serve and earn credit,
registration packets are free to pick up at
the front desk of Center for Student En-
gagement and Leadership, Brier 252. Any
additional questions can be forwarded to
Natalie Reszka at natalie.reszka@email.
edcc.edu. There are only 18 spots avail-
able, so register soon!
Just one more thing to keep in mind
that everyone can agree on: a fun spring
break vacation is expensive. All costs
(travel, lodging, meals) of this trip will be
covered by a mere $35. While pondering
your plans, consider that for a moment.
 18 Sports
New Men’s Soccer coach Relax with Yoga at EdCC
By: Keiko DeLuca
Staff Writer
After six years and three NWAC
North titles, Brandon Mitalas announced
that he will step down from his position as
head coach of the men’s soccer team. The
announcement was made on Feb. 3 to the
surprise of the team. Mitalas brought the
Edmonds Community College soccer team
to a higher standard during his six years
and was much beloved and respected by
the players.
“He’s one of the first coaches that I’ve
ever been able to really talk to about stuff
happening in soccer and outside of soccer.
He was always there for us, texting us how
we’re doing in big group messages.” said
player Ty Flemming. “He was a cool guy
outside of the coaching aspect.”
The ball has now been passed to Ogu-
zhan “Ozzy” Erkut who strives to carry on
the success Mitalas brought to the team.
Erkut had been coaching youth clubs when
he found an opening for the head coach po-
sition and felt that it was the prefect next
step in his coaching career.
This will be his first time as head
coach for a college team.
“For my coaching career, that was the
time to make the next step as a coach,” said
Erkut.
Erkut has a rich history of both play-
ing and coaching soccer. The game of soc-
cer was first introduced to him through his
father who was a professional player in his
home country of Turkey. Naturally, he fol-
lowed in his father’s footsteps and began
playing with the youth team for the Bursa-
spor FC at age seven.
From 1998-2001, he played profes-
sionally for FC Bursaspor. After another
two years with Bursa Merinos in Turkey,
he made the decision to move to America
to study and experience a bigger world.
In 2004 at the age of 24, he enrolled
at Bellevue College where he studied busi-
ness and played for the school’s soccer
team. After two years as a player, he was
chosen as the assistant coach during his
third year and began his coaching career.
A few years later, Erkut moved to
Hawaii for graduate school and continued
coaching soccer for both the women’s and
men’s team at Chimanade University. He
came back to Washington where he contin-
ued to coach for various schools and youth
teams.
Despite being a brand new experience,
Erkut is confident that his time at EdCC
will be a long and successful one. Through
his years as an assistant coach, he was able
to learn valuable lessons from the head
coaches he worked for.
Erkut says that his past experiences in
assistant coaching has put him in a place
where he feels ready and prepared to be-
come a head coach.
“I’m not nervous. I’m confident and
excited,” said Erkut. “I really appreciate
what coach Brandon built in here with the
athletics and it’s a strong program. I’m
aware of where am I coming in and to
keep the torch high and keep the standards
high.”
Having a background as a student
player at Bellevue College and in Turkey,
Erkut feels that he can be a good role mod-
el for the student players at EdCC.
He knows that being involved with a
team while also being a student and excel-
ling at both is not easy but he hopes that he
can show them that it is possible with the
right amount of passion and focus.
“I see myself as a mentor. I’m a men-
tor for the players. Obviously these are stu-
dent athletes right, and school comes first,
and then playing a competitive program.
I’m there to support them,” said Erkut.
March 2, 2015
“I’m a competitive coach yet an educa-
tional coach.”
Erkut is also interested in creating a
team that will positively impact the com-
munity at EdCC as well as the surrounding
community of Edmonds.
He is planning reach out through com-
munity service work with the team but also
wants the players to find ways that they can
help out on their own.
By showing how giving back to the
community will have a positive impact on
the team, he hopes that more players will
proactively find something they are pas-
sionate about. Just as he aspires to be a role
model for the players, he wants them to as-
pire to be role models for others.
In terms of more technical goals, Er-
kut is influenced by FC Barcelona’s style
of soccer.
Barcelona is known for a playing style
called ‘possession’ where the ball is passed
and shared within the team and move the
ball towards the goal together. This is in
contrast to other styles such as the English
Premier where the ball is passed to get to
the goal as quickly as possible.
He feels that the philosophy behind
photo by: Sam Kneuve
the ‘possession’ style reflects the true es- Students take Yoag classes just not to get fit, but to be at a better peace with in themselves.
sence of what it means to be a team.
By: Danielle Taiclet class helps her release her anxiety that is
“I want other teams to think ‘today
Staff Writer sometimes increased by the amount of tests
will be a tough day’ because Edmonds
she takes in other class.
plays like a team,” said Erkut.
Yoga is a practice used to establish “I feel more energized and relaxed
Adapting to a new environment is
relaxation, while unifying the mind, body throughout the day after doing yoga” says
never easy but Erkut plans to build upon
and spirit. Edmonds Community College Arvani.
what Mitalas left behind and the players
offers a 1.5 credit yoga course by instruc- Arvani says that at the end of each
seem to already be feeling Erkut’s passion
tor Megan Toney. class, Toney allows about ten minutes of
as a coach.
For a student looking for a good way guided meditation. The meditation aims to
The team has only met twice so far
to relieve stress while earning college cred- promote better, deeper breathing, to focus
but Flemming feels that Erkut will bring a
its, taking yoga may be a great decision for on areas of the body that may need healing
positive change to the team.
you. The aim of the course is to relax the and to bring the mind, body and spirit to
“He definitely has good knowledge of
body while also strengthening muscles and the present moment by letting go of stress-
the game and just from these two meetings,
increasing flexibility. es caused by the past and future.
I’ve been able to tell us what he like and
Niyoosha Arvani, a student currently In comparison to other yoga classes
his style of playing,” said Flemming. “It
enrolled in Toney’s yoga class says that the that Arvani has taken outside of Edmonds
feels like it’s going to be a good season.”
Community College, she feels that Toney’s
class is better because it focuses more on
healing rather than harming. Toney assures
that all of her students are comfortable in
the poses that they are doing so that they
aren’t hurting their body or pushing it too
far.
Arvani feels that other yoga instruc-
tors weren’t informative enough about cer-
tain poses which made it hard for Arvani to
do the poses correctly.
Toney even involves some aspects of
yoga philosophy in class by practicing bet-
ter eating habits and working on having a
healthier body overall.
Yoga philosophy began around 200
DCE and is included in sacred texts such
as the Vedas and is practiced in many re-
ligions including Buddhism and Hindu-
ism. The goal of yoga in religion is to
strengthen spirituality. Meditation is seen
as a way to become closer to the Gods and
to become more God-like. In Buddhism,
the goal is to reach Enlightenment which
is done through a lot of meditation. Yoga is
very important to many religions because
of the spiritual aspect.
Other than meditation, yoga focuses a
lot on flexibility, because this helps prevent
injury and helps heal the body. While yoga
works most on flexibility, strength is not
forgotten.
Many yoga poses require a lot of up-
per body strength and core strength. Down-
ward dog, a common yoga pose, requires
support from the arms and flexibility in the
hamstrings.
Altogether, yoga is a good practice for
the body and mind and students who are
interested in reducing their stress and anxi-
ety should consider taking Megan Toney’s
yoga class.
 The Review
“To be the best that I can be” not just in sports
By: Alicia Prasad
Staff Writer
A brilliant catcher with a Pop Time of
1.6 seconds and 2.8 Home to First base.
She has played on several teams, starting
with the Northwest Christian Sports league
T-ball team at the age of 6 and now cur-
rently on the Edmonds Community Col-
lege girls’ softball team.
Imagine looking out on the practice
grounds and seeing softball team players
from all around the world; Canada, New
Zealand, Australia, Japan. A front row seat
to see Amber Freeman, African American
catcher and Crystal Bustos, power hitter
from Team USA.
I had the fortunate opportunity to sit
down with a good friend of mine Antoi-
nette Watson, Edmonds Community Col-
lege student and softball player. I learned
about her experience in softball and who
she is outside of being an avid softball
player.
In 2002 at the age of 6, Antoinette
Watson joined her first t-ball team, The
Rockies, on the North West Christian
Sports League as the only girl.
As much as she dreaded it at the time,
she had no idea that she would begin to
grow such a passion for the sport and in
2015 end up on the same practice grounds
as the players of the USA National Softball
team.
Antoinette’s mother, Linda is a single
mother of two boys and 2 girls. She want-
ed to keep her kids active and involved in
sports and to have a backbone; something
for them to feel passionate about.
After 4 years on the NWCSL, Antoi-
nette moved on to Mukilteo Little League,
and that’s when Antoinette knew that soft-
ball became part of her life.
She has great respect for her coach
Kim Hobbs who taught her everything she
needed to know about being a great soft-
ball player. Antoinette grew up with many
of her teammates from the time she joined
the little league team until now. They be-
came a sisterhood and always showed
encouragement for each other and it was
never a competition.
“This group had such a huge sup-
port system” and that’s what led them to
great games each time. They created this
goal that when they saw the t shirts or tro-
phies that were up for purchase, Antoinette
would say “no one buy a t-shirt, we are go-
ing to win the championship t-shirts!”
From little league she moved on to
an All-star team. After one of her games,
this man that she had no idea who he was
approached her and asked “have you ever
thought of playing on a select team?” She
pondered the thought, mostly thought it
was creepy that this guy randomly came up
to her but she did consider the opportunity.
She started with the drills and she just
wanted to get it over with; she kept to her-
self most of the time.
At the end of practice, her coach came
to her since he noticed she wasn’t the same
as she was when he saw her at that All-star
game, he said “I know you are not familiar
with anyone here but you have to bring out
what I saw at your All-star game” with that
conversation between her and her coach it
then boosted her confidence and she was
selected into the Woodinville Reign.
In this team, she traveled all over
Washington and even Idaho, it was a brand
new experience for her and when she
played out of state there were other coach-
es watching her as well.
One of Antoinette’s greatest experi-
ences was when she was on a U18 team,
The Hurricanes and had a Tournament in
Canada playing other teams around the
world.
Antoinette with special ed. student Sebastian, one of the many Special Ed students she works and helps in her free time.
That’s when she looked out on the
field and saw teams from all across the
world and even two of her favorite players
that she really looks up to.
Crystal Bustos, from California one of
the best power hitters on Team USA and
African American catcher Amber Freeman.
Being African American herself it was a
heartwarming experience to see Freeman
playing right before her eyes and imagined
that being her one day.
Being on Team USA was a dream to
Antionette and she made it a goal to get to
have that experience.
Before the end of last year, Antoinette
was scrolling through Facebook and she
came across a post about Team USA Open
Tryouts “OPEN TRYOUT FOR THE JU-
NIOR NATIONAL TEAM AGES 98’, 97’,
96’” and Antionette is a 96’. She could not
believe her eyes, she was just awe struck.
Even as she was explaining this to me I
could see the wonder in her eyes.
Now, she has had many experience’s
where she has come across open tryouts
and they just did not seem legit. So she sent
this link over to her EDCC Coach Sheryl
to see if this was the real thing. Her coach
responded with “well it looks legit” with a
sigh of relief Antionette proceeded to fill
out the registration and was sent an email
back congratulating her on her registration.
Before she knew it she was on her way
to the Tryouts in Santa Ana, Calif. On Jan.
1, 2015.
Tryout day: She was immediately
encountered by a man who distastefully
asked her what team she plays for and she
said “Edmonds CC” she then asked him
what team his daughter played for, and he
responded grudgingly, “oh she plays for
LSU” with a little arrogance in his voice.
Antoinette told me that “it kind of
drained some confidence out of me” but
she didn’t let that get to her, she brushed
it off her shoulders and told herself “An,
don’t let that get to you! I am just as good
as her and I’m going to do what I do best, I
am here for Edmonds Community college
and myself and I am going to represent”.
Going in to the tryouts she knew her
Pop time was 1.6 seconds, which is the
time it takes from the pitcher pitching and
when she throws it to first base. Her home
to first base was 2.8.
The criteria to be met was a pop time
of 2 seconds and home to first at 3. So with
that practice she knew she was going in
with a good shot. Before her tryouts her
coach sent her an encouraging text “Go get
em’ tomorrow An, just relax and do your
thing, carry yourself with the same confi-
dence you play with, leave it out there, they
will know your name”.
It came time to find out the results,
they said that they would send out a text to
those who made it. She sat anticipating the
results and text message saying she made
it. As she was scrolling through Instagram
and Facebook she saw a post that congrat-
ulated those who made it and that’s when
she knew that she was unfortunately not
getting that text message.
She texted her coach and let her know
and said “it was one for the books!” Her
coach responded and said “you still made
your impact as only you could. You are
an inspiration to me, your teammates and
softball players who have dreamt of play-
ing on USA Softball and never did any-
thing about it.
You showed up and that in itself is
amazing. They will remember you and I
am so proud of you”. Though she didn’t
make the team, Antoinette was so proud of
herself for actually going for her dream, it
was such an honor for her to even get the
chance to be coached by those coaches.
She did not give up on going for her
dream. As she sat in front of me telling me
about her experience she had the chills and
shook it off.
It was such an amazing experience for
her and an honor for me to be able to hear
19
photo by: Alicia Prasad
about it.
She does have another shot at the
Women’s National Team when she’s 22
and I asked if she would do it again, she re-
sponded with “Oh yes, in a heartbeat, I will
be there! Make it or not I will be there.”
Not only does Antoinette have such
a drive about Softball but she is so com-
passionate to others. My last question to
her was “where do you see yourself in ten
years?”
She sees herself still in softball, wheth-
er it’s still playing on a team or coaching.
She also sees herself helping special needs
children. She has a huge soft spot in her
heart for these individuals which began in
High school when she was able to volunteer
to help out at the Special Needs classrooms
at Columbia Elementary in Mukilteo.
She wants to be a therapist for children
to be able to come to her and have the feel-
ing of comfort and joy.
Antoinette loves to set and list attain-
able goals, at the bottom of her list she
wrote “I want to be the best I can be”.
I admire the fact that she wrote that
last part “the best I can be” it doesn’t just
stop at “I want to be the best” but no mat-
ter what she’s doing the best she can and
all along her way of doing the best, she is
inspiring others.
Antionette Watson, is a compas-
sionate, self-driven and humorous young
woman and I am thrilled to have gotten the
chance to hear her inspiring story.
 20 March 2, 2015

Bright Future for

An educator, a mother
John Wall
By: Alexander Jones
Staff Writer
and that he would be back, but little did
they know what Wall has in store.
and a strong woman
In my personal experience I have
How passion changes a life. By: Pearl Reid
seen multiple people go from bad to good. cord” it’s the greatest feeling to cheer them
Everyone loves a good underdog sto- Staff Writer
Sometimes bad experiences can make you on.
ry. It gives them hope, and shows them like An educator, a mother and a strong
appreciate the good things even more. “The camaraderie between com-
an average person can do so many amazing woman. Kristyn Whisman has won multi-
Some people think that without going petitors” is by far her favorite part about
things. The story of NBA star “little john’s” ple first place prizes in the North American
through the bad, you cannot receive the strongman competitions. Whisman’s
life before the court shows just how much a Strongman Competition.
good. coach, Stefanie Tropea, also happens to be
passion can change a life. In college, Whisman was an avid
This plays into a more “Yin-Yang” a competitor as well. Tropea won the na-
John Wall, or as some people refer to swimmer, but she knew her swimming ca-
philosophy on life where everything is all tional championship in 2013.
him, “little john,” is the Washington Wiz- reer would come to an end once she gradu-
about balance and virtue. “There is nothing that makes me hap-
ard’s #2 point guard. His early life con- ated. She also knew that she needed to find
In this theory, as Wikipedia states it, pier than seeing my best friends do well in
sisted of breaking into cars, fighting, and another sport to curb her “competitive na-
“Describes how apparently opposite or the sport.” Whisman said. Two of Whis-
basketball. ture.”
contrary forces are actually complemen- man’s training partners also help her be
Wall tells reporters that is he wasn’t in That’s when she saw World’s Stron-
tary, interconnected, and interdependent in successful.
the NBA, he would be “In the streets or in gest Man and World’s Strongest Woman
the natural world, and how they give rise “They help me wrangle Emmett and
jail.” Wall was also asked about how the on television for the first time.
to each other as they interrelate to one an- push me to be my very best. They deserve
NBA changed his life and he responded To be such a great competitor, Whis-
other.” a lot of the credit for my latest win at na-
with, “A lot of people in the league will man starts her training about 12 weeks pri-
I recently spoke with local aspiring tionals, there’s no way I would’ve done so
say that. or to an actual competition. She lifts four
NBA star Jacob Warren, and he said, “I well without them.”
But this really was my days a week to help her body get “adequate
believe everyone should have a passion, In the nine years that Whisman has
escape.””Without basketball, that’s where time to adjust to the events and ensure [she
whether it’s for basketball or anything been competing in strongman completions,
I was going. No sense lyin’ about it or co- is] able to compete each event well.”
else.” she has taken away four first place wins for
min’ up with somethin’ that sounds good. I After a big event though, her body
“I do believe people can change and nationals; 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2014.
was going down the same road as my dad.” needs a little while to recuperate. She said,
go from bad to good with that passion.” Second place after her son, Emmett
John Wall was part of a Boys and girls “After about a month, I tend to start itching
Warren agrees that hard work and dedica- was born in 2013. Third place after having
club in his early life where he played bas- to lift heavy things again, so I just get right
tion can truly change a person in ways that surgery to fix a torn Anterior Cruciate Lig-
ketball, cussed out team mates, and was back into it.”
make them a much better person in the end. ament (ACL) in 2010 and at her very first
excessively angry, rude, and aggressive to- One of the reasons Whisman loves a
If people did not have the ability to time at nationals in 2006, she was awarded
ward everyone there. strongman competition is the “lack of con-
change and adapt, the world would be dor- sixth place.
John even developed a nickname trol that exists in the sport.”
mant, bleak, and lifeless. More of the amazing accomplishments
while he was there. Wall was asked about The only thing that she can do on a
Wall joined Oscar Robertson, Magic that Whisman has made are, carrying a 150
his nickname that stemmed from his atti- competition day is show up and do her best
Johnson, and Chris Paul as the only play- pound keg 60 feet, pushing a 1,000 pound
tude at the club. at lifting and moving the items she needs
ers to average at least 17 points, eight as- wheelbarrow 60 feet in 8.67 seconds and
“Crazy J was a bad kid that did every- to.
sists, and four rebounds in just their first dead lifting a Toyota Yaris nine times!
thing...Always did the wild things. Didn’t Whisman’s competitors further her
300 games. Currently Whisman is getting
think. Did whatever. Fightin’. Jumpin’ off love of this sport. “To see feats of strength
It just goes to show you, however ready for the 2015 Arnold Sports Festival.
the bleachers. Basically, like a stunt devil of which we are all capable is quite amaz-
your life situation looks right now, you can It will be held in Columbus, Ohio
who would do anything. I was mean at ing”, she said. She also said that when
turn it all around with hard work, patience, starting on March 6.
times. If you try me...” another person reaches their “personal re-
and a passion.
Wall recalls days where he would steal
cars with his buddies and cruise around
town, and times when he was at a house
party and he was shot at twice, and re-
turned fire.
John explains that this anger all came
after his dad died. The anger was present
in his family as well. Wall reported that
his brother went to jail right when his dad
died. Reporters found that Wall’s half-
brother, John Caroll Wall Jr was convicted
of second degree murder in 1999, and that
he will be released in 2018.
Wall finally killed his “Crazy J” men-
tality after his mother payed 200$ for him
to go to a basketball tournament, and the
lights turned off in their apartment for a
few days.
“There was no lights for a day or two...
That was it. If my mom was going to do
that for me, I was going to make sure she
was satisfied for life.” Two years later,
Wall turned Crazy J into the number 1
High School basketball player in America.
Many doubted Wall’s ability to play,
and openly expressed their opinion on the
matter. Big John Thompson, a 2-time NBA
champion said, “Hell of a lot of experts
said John Wall might not have it...Now
look. John is that guy coming out of the
dust.”
Wall’s future was looking bright.
ESPN.com reports on Wall’s
accomplishment,“John Wall owned Ra-
leigh.
His closest friends -- Bane, Eric “E.J.”
Grissett, Reggie Jackson and Ty Williams
-- had become uber-popular, hosting their
own parties, cruising the Southside Raleigh
loop for ladies. It wouldn’t be until the next
year’s NBA draft rolled around they coined
the name “5-Deep” for their crew, wearing
matching, diamond-studded pendants.”
When Wall left for the draft, he re-
called people saying he wouldn’t make it,
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Horoscope
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You
need to be certain that all the right con- di-
tions are in place before you take that first
step. It can’t hurt to listen to good advice
from those who have your best interests at
heart.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Be
careful not to get involved in other peo-
ple’s disputes unless you know the facts
behind the disagreements. That’s the best
way to be assured of making wise and hon-
est decisions.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You still
need to be careful about how you’re going
to spend those energy reserves you finally
got around to restoring. Best advice: Avoid
overdo- ing it. Let things take their course.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your
aspect continues to favor travel — alone or
with that special person. So if you’ve been
putting off making those getaway plans,
it’s still a good time to get started on them.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Those so-
called golden opportunities that continue
to dazzle the Lion still need to be carefully
checked out. Be sus- picious about any-
thing that looks like the “perfect” prospect.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)
Changes at the workplace could make it
more difficult to do things the way you pre-
fer. But the wise Virgo who shows some
flexibility could find it paying off in a big
way.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)
You might want to check out the explana-
tion you were given for a sud- den shift in
your duties. There’s a pos- sibility that you
haven’t been told all the facts that you de-
serve to know.
SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem- ber
21) Having confidence in your abilities is
important, especially when you could be
facing a new challenge, whether it’s in the
workplace or in a personal relationship.
Good luck.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-
cember 21) A new work-related opportu-
nity might not be all that it seems. Before
making any decisions, you might want to
check with others who have had some ex-
perience in that area.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to Janu-
ary 19) A situation involving someone
close could benefit from your timely inter-
vention. Avoid being judgmental. There’ll
be plenty of time later for those “little
talks” you like to have.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to Feb- ru-
ary 18) Travel could be a surprise element
in that new project. Be pre- pared for other
previously undisclosed aspects that also
might come to light as you proceed with
the work.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20)
Try to balance your work-related respon-
sibilities with the time you’re spending on
your recently revived social life. An old
friend might be planning to return after a
long absence.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your sensi- tiv-
ity makes you aware of the needs of others.
Have you considered a career as a coun-
selor?
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• It was feminist and social activist
Gloria Steinem who made the following
sage observation: “Logic is in the eye of
the logician.”
• Some historians claim that Moses
had a stutter.
• If you’re like the average Ameri-
can, your vocabulary consists of roughly
45,000 words.
• Despite the sound of the word, those
who suffer from amusia do not have any
impairment of their sense of humor; rather,
they’re tone deaf -- medically unable to
hear or accurately reproduce relative pitch.
• When the wildly successful 1965
film “The Sound of Music” was released
in South Korea, one theater owner felt that
the movie was too long. He took it upon
himself to remedy the situation -- by cut-
ting out all the musical numbers.
• If you’re planning a trip to the Ca-
nadian province of New Brunswick, you
might want to include a stop to see the
Reversing Falls of St. John. While the St.
John River flows into the Bay of Fundy at
low tide, high tide in the bay is so extreme
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flow from the bay back into the river.
• It’s been reported that famed chef Ju-
lia Child loved to eat corn chips with pea-
nut butter.
• You might be surprised to learn that
out of the 362 episodes of “Alfred Hitch-
cock Presents” that were produced over
the course of a decade, Hitchcock himself
directed only 20.
• Those who study such things say
that the fastest-growing sport among high-
school students in Minnesota is trap shoot-
ing.
Thought for the Day: “These are bag-
pipes. I understand the inventor of the bag-
pipes was inspired when he saw a man car-
rying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his
arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound
never equaled the purity of the sound
achieved by the pig.” -- Alfred Hitchcock
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Answers to
last issue puzzles

1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only

Central American country that doesn’t
have a coastline on the Pacific?
2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin
phrase “in media res” mean?
3. MOVIES: What movie featured the
line, “The point is, ladies and gentleman,
that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is
good”?
4. AD SLOGANS: What American
manufacturing company once used the slo-
gan “Quality is job one” to sell its prod-
ucts?
5. MUSIC: What does it mean to play
notes in a “staccato” style?
6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the
Secret Service’s code name for Ronald
Reagan?
7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How
many official languages does the United
Nations have?
8. MYTHOLOGY: Who were the
Norns in Norse mythology?
9. TELEVISION: What television sit-
com featured parents who were named Al
and Peggy?
Answers
1. Belize
2. In the midst of things
3. “Wall Street” (Michael Douglas)
4. Ford Motor Co.
5. Abruptly or in a disjointed manner
6. Rawhide
7. Six (English, Arabic, Spanish, Chi-
nese, French and Russian)
8. Female beings who rule the destiny
of gods and men
9. “Married With Children”

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