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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Grant Perdew

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Whether you realize it or not, there is a powerful connection between humanity and the environment we inhabit. Our habitat has influence on where and how we live, it can shape the way we think, and affect the way we make decisions. This last Tuesday marked the world’s 45th Earth Day, an occasion set apart to demonstrate support for environmental protection and awareness. It is a day to remember the importance of keeping our Earth and environment clean and forming new habits to help make that happen.

The battle for a pure environment continues in our ever-changing climate of urgency, with the issues becoming more important every day. I think it is easy for us to assume that everything will be okay, because we either cannot see immediate results or we believe we won’t be on this earth for much longer. Regardless of the answer, we are still here and we may as well make the best of it. We’ve come

far in the fight, however. Los Angeles is breathable; superfund sites have helped people be able to drink their well water — a lot has improved since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Now, even though Earth Day has passed, we shouldn’t have to wait for a holiday to be aware. Every day is a new opportunity to protect the environment where you live, work, play, and grow. I encourage you to discover new energy from the Earth and channel it into nurturing and building a clean, beautiful world for generations to come. This week’s feature serves as a seed to grow discussion; we look at the history of the environmental movement and the issues today, in hopes that we will be empowered to change and influence generations to come.

If you’re coming back to the campus for the first time in forever for Alumni Weekend, welcome! We’re happy to have you here for a momentous 100th anniversary celebration.

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C O N T E X TNEWS | 3

The Havstad Alumni Center will be reopening this coming weekend. The main floor has been remodeled, and the ongoing renovation of the bathrooms and elevator will be featured in an open house this Friday, April 25.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 1:45 p.m. at the entrance off of 4th Street. All are welcome to attend.

Havstad Alumni Center Remodel //

“The vision for the newly remodeled Alumni Center is for it to provide the univeristy community with a new high-quality venue for all kinds of social events and meetings,” said Art King, Walla Walla University Alumni Association president.

The new space has the potential to be used for banquets, seminars, receptions, student organizations, reunions, and parties.

The advancement office that previously occupied space in the Havstad Alumni Center moved this last summer to the 4th floor of the Administration building.

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The arrival of the new art show at WWU’s Mary and Clyde Harris Gallery, located in the Melvin K. West Fine Art Center, marks the 40th anniversary of the gallery while remembering the talents of a past faculty member.

From April 24–29, the Fine Arts Center will display art work by Vernon Nye, a previous faculty member who worked for the department for four years. The pieces were donated by members who have enjoyed his work throughout the years. The pieces that will be on display depict many nature scenes that Nye has observed throughout his life. His artwork includes mediums such as watercolor, acrylic, and sketched pieces.

“His primary artistic output was original pencil drawings that were superb, and also excellent watercolors. The work in our current show is quite varied and there is not a particular

theme. California, Oregon, Washington, and Massachusetts are states represented. He loved to draw and paint outdoors, ‘plain air’ style,” said Tom Emmerson, chair of the art department.

This show and celebration is a perfect combination of Walla Walla University's fine art department and its history. The gallery, which was opened in 1974 through the donation of Clyde and Mary Harris, major

Celebrating Forty Years of Art //Lester biggsStaff Writer

supporters of the art program at WWU, has been a great way for students and staff to display their work. The official look of the gallery came from then art professor Ken McIntosh, who came up with the idea to have the area enclosed with glass windows to expose the great talent on campus.

“One of the best features is to be able to see the various shows, day and night, as the

lights are shining and the glass is inviting,” said Emmerson.

An open house event will be held Saturday, April 26, from 7–10 p.m. Refreshments will be served, and this will be a great opportunity to view the artwork. This event is also scheduled to coincide with an alumni knowledge bowl, which will take place in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium.

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Record Store Day 2014 was celebrated last Saturday, April 19. The occasion was introduced in 2008 by the band Metallica at Rasputin Music in San Francisco. According to Record Store Day's official website, this day gathers “independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture [of] independently owned record stores in the US and internationally.”

The site says that this day is about “dealing with real, live physical, indie record stores — not online retailers or corporate behemoths.” Record Store Day is celebrated on every continent, with the exception of Antarctica, which does not currently have a record store. If a job

Record Store Day 2014 //after graduation does not pan out for you WWU seniors, a record store in Antarctica may be a viable entrepreneurial venture.

The “holiday,” taking place the third Saturday of April each year, exists also to bring together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores across the world. Many artists release special editions and limited copies of their records and singles on Record Store Day as well. This year, Coldplay released a 7" vinyl of their new single “Midnight.”

In promoting Record Store Day, Sam Phillips, producer for Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and many others, said, “There would be no Elvis. There would be no Johnny Cash. We owe all of that to the independents and the independent people that work so hard for us to have something that could be accepted through their efforts, hard work, and desire to keep a personal feeling in every record.”

Walla Walla has two record stores that participated in Record Store Day: Hot

Poop, located on Main Street, and CD Exchange of Walla Walla, located on Melrose Street. There is also AU Records, located in Richland, Wash.

Hot Poop — stereo, video, and record store — has a funny name and an overwhelming music selection. Not only do they sell beautiful vinyl and hilarious T-shirts and stickers, but they also carry instruments, sound systems, and a hemp aroma more penetrating than the café stink. If you forgot Saturday, take the opportunity to exchange your CDs at WW CD Exchange or culture yourself with some folktronica (folk and electronic) or some crunkcore at Hot Poop. Between studying for those abysmal midterms, listen to some rockin’ tunes, or buy an awesome “Hot Poop” button and support Walla Walla’s local record shops.

If you missed Record Store Day this year, be sure to celebrate it next year on April 18, 2015 by catching some new tunes and collecting some vinyl.

SENATE UPDATENew BusinessG.L. 21 — Kate Heinrich for Faculty Senate

G.L. 22 — Senate Procedural Rules Revision

G.L. 23 — Elections Manual Revision

Old BusinessG.L. 19 — Judiciary Manual Revision

G.L. 20 — Media Board Manual Revision

Ryan Thornton has filed a declaration of candidacy for the vacancy in Sittner North. If anyone wants to oppose his declaration, he has four days to file his own declaration of candidacy.

Senate is continually seeking ways to improve student life. We encourage you to talk to your senators about any suggestions, comments, or ideas.

Join us at 9 p.m. on Thursdays in WEC 217

Newslauren LewisStaff Writer

Two book signings for the newly released book Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet will be held this weekend. Walla Walla University's professor of history, Terrie Dopp Aamodt, one the book’s three co-editors and a chapter author, will sign copies of the new book published by Oxford University Press.

On Friday, April 25, the first signing event will be held at 4 p.m. in the Administration Building lobby. It follows a homecoming seminar by Aamodt titled “Ellen White and the Public.” Aamodt wrote one chapter of the book on this topic. The seminar will be held in the building’s Room 117.

On Sunday, April 27, at 9:30 a.m., Aamodt will sign books at the ABC Christian Family Bookstore at 505 S. College Avenue (across from post office).

The books available at the signing events are among the first that have been released by Oxford University Press. The new biography will be published officially in May.

The book, intended for non-Adventist readers, will introduce the Adventist prophet to general readers, as well as to history students and teachers. In 18 chapters prepared by 20 authors, Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet examines her ideas and the impact she has made on the Seventh-day Adventist church and American religion in general. The books other two editors are historians Gary Land and Ronald L. Numbers.

“Scholars have identified Ellen White with Anne Hutchinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Baker Eddy, and Aimee Semple McPherson as one of the most prominent women in American religious history,” said co-editor Aamodt, “yet she is one of the least studied and understood.”

The volume began to take shape at an October 2009 conference in Portland, Maine, the site of Ellen Harmon’s early upbringing. Chapter authors and respondents sought to examine the breadth of Ellen White’s 70-year public career while avoiding extremes of iconoclasm or hagiography. Two scholars, one familiar with Adventist studies and the other a specialist in an area of the chapter’s historical context, reviewed each chapter in detail. All 67 conference participants

Book Signings Scheduled for Ellen White Book //

also read the chapters and applied a rubric to identify gaps and potential biases in the material.

“Collaborative research, writing, and editing shaped the book,” said co-editor Gary Land, professor of history emeritus at Andrews University. “This project’s scholarly exchange between Ellen White specialists and students of her broader contexts would take decades to achieve in occasional meetings at professional conferences.” Rosa jimenez

Senior Manager of University Relations

C O N T E X T

Thursday

Friday saturday

50-year Reunion Breakfast8:30 a.m.

Alaska Room

Awards Celebration CommUnity

11 a.m.University Church

Alumni Luncheon12:30 p.m.

Alaska Room

Ribbon Cutting1:45 p.m.

Havstad Alumni Center

Undergraduate Academic Symposium

2–5 p.m.WEC 209

Seminar | Beverly Beem“Listening to the Mary's: Voices

of Early Adventist Women”2 p.m. | Library

Seminar | Jim Kincaid“40 Years of Flying Ministry —

Wild Alaska”2 p.m. | KRH 346

Seminar | Greg Cheney“Johnny and the Pronto Pup

Stand: Tales of Legal Woe”2 p.m. | CTC 128

Homecoming Awards Banquet | 6 p.m. | Alaska Room

Bird Walk with Drs. Galusha, Nestler, & Lindsey

6:30 a.m.Rigby Parking Lot

Prayer Breakfast8:30 a.m.

Fellowship Hall, U-Church

FirstServe: Larry Unterseher9:30 a.m.

University Church

ReNew Sabbath School10 a.m.

Conard Chapel

50-year Reunion Sabbath School

10:30 a.m.Heubach Chapel

General Sabbath School10:30 a.m.

BWH 105

Collegiate Sabbath School10:30 a.m.

Prayer House

Berean Fellowship10:30 a.m.

FAC

The Second Service: John McVay11:45 a.m.

University Church

Seminar | Jim Nestler“Sea Cucumbers: How to Eat Dirt

and Lose Your Guts”3 p.m. | CSP 154

Seminar | Terrie Aamodt“Ellen White and the Public”

3 p.m. | ADM 117

Seminar | Merlene Olmsted“Lasagna Gardening: A Layered Approach to a No-Dig Garden”

3 p.m. | CTC 105

Randy Yaw Pi Contest3:14 p.m.KRH 107

ASWWC/ASWWU 100th

Anniversary Dinner4:30 p.m.

Alaska Room

Committee of 500 Appreciation Dinner

5:30 p.m.Havstad Alumni Center

Piano Vespers6:30 p.m.

FAC

Homecoming Vespers:PRISM Concert

8 p.m.University Church

Prayer, Praise, & Popcorn9:30 p.m.

Prayer House

Sabbath Lunch1 p.m.

WEC Gym

Alleluias & Meditations4:30 p.m.

University Church

KGTS Studio Dedication5 p.m.

PLR

Social Work Honor Society, Pi Xi Phi Alpha Induction

5 p.m.Heubach Chapel

Evensong7 p.m.

University Church

College Bowl Reunion8:30–10 p.m.

FAC

Young Alumni Night8:30–10 p.m.

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Financial Aid Deadline for 2014–2015 | 4 p.m.

Hairstyle Appreciation Day

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16th Annual Alumni Car Show10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Havstad Parking Lot

Steel Band Concert7 p.m.

Gesa Powerhouse Theatre

Autumn/Winter/Spring Quarter Registration Opens

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Great Poetry Reading Day

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C O N T E X TNEWS | 8

Campus Ministries

“Be anxious about nothing but by everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving make your requests known to God and then the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your mind and heart through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Philippians 4:6–7

It’s the middle of the quarter. Things are hectic, busy, and all-around stressful. I don’t know about you but it’s been a little insane lately. Today, as I felt close to crumbling I felt the whisper of a reminder, “Be anxious about nothing ….” God has us in the palm of his hand and is there with life-giving peace. So, call upon him and he will fill you with a steady reassurance. He promises he will.

— Rachael Coon

Tom miller to play with wwu steel band //

What exactly is a steel pan? As you can see from the picture, it’s a bowl-like percussion instrument, played with small mallets. Interestingly, they were originally invented by hammering used oil drums to produce specific pitches.Though this may lead some to think they’re just old oil barrels turned into island-sounding musical instruments, to others, they’re a way of life and a constant fascination.

For Tom Miller, the steel pans (also called steel drums) are more than those things — for him, they’re a career. Miller is a renowned steel drum performer, composer, arranger, and educator. He directs the steel drum ensemble in the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver and is, among other things, founder and president of Pan Ramajay Productions, one of the foremost steel drum music publishing companies.

In addition to all that, he’s played with people like Ray Holman, Alison Krauss, and

John Denver, and has been featured in Sony commercials, as well as the in-game music for the SIMs computer games.

This Sunday, Tom Miller will join Walla Walla University Steel Drum Band at 7 p.m. in the Gesa Powerhouse Theater for their spring concert. I had a chance to talk with Miller for a few minutes on Tuesday, and here’s what he had to say:

The Collegian: To start, what first attracted you to the steel pan?

Tom Miller: Well, if I go way back, before I even knew what the steel pan was, I heard a recording of a song that had the steel drum on it. I was really fascinated by that sound, and I remember playing this recording over and over just to hear that sound. I joined a steel drum band in college and really just had a blast. That experience cemented my love for playing the instrument. I never thought I’d do anything as a percussion major, though, but I at least had my fantasy fulfilled of playing steel

drums. I later went to LA and the Caribbean and studied the steel drums and eventually made them my career. As the saying goes, “you don’t choose your instrument: your instrument chooses you,” and the steel drums chose me.

C: Do you have a favorite aspect of steel drum playing?

TM: I’d say that it’s the community aspect of it. In Trinidad, the cultural aspect of music was really deeper in the society: a lot of people play steel drums, in the same way that people

here are in clubs or play baseball. The whole cultural-social aspect is wonderful. I’ve never really seen in an orchestra the same sense of community that a steel drum band has. The sense of teamwork is just different, the members coming together to do this one thing.

C: What is your vision for the instrument?

Nathan StratteAssistant Editor

TM: I’d love to see steel drums grow in community groups — there’s over 600 university and school groups out there. I’d also like to see a lot more regional activity. I host a festival every summer at the University of Denver, and there are some festivals on the east coast, but I’d love to see the development of more festivals happening throughout the U.S., so everyone has a chance to attend one without incurring major travel expenses. In terms of music, I’d love to see young composers writing for the instrument, and maybe not writing in the same way that composers of my generation have written, and take it to a different level, in another direction.

C: Do you have any parting advice for this Sunday’s concertgoers?

TM: Come with an open mind. Be ready to move if the moment strikes; remember, your seats are your enemy! Have some fun and really try to become part of the energy of the steel band. It really makes for a full concert experience.

Sunday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Gesa Powerhouse Theater

photo by tom miller

P E R S P E C T I V EOPINION | 9

Campus Ministries

Carlton HenkesOpinion Editor

A Great Controversy over film //

On April 11, a group of Seventh-day Adventist church leaders decided to permanently suspend the release of The Record Keeper. The group of decision makers was comprised of various leaders from around the world. The Record Keeper is a live action film depiction of The Great Controversy, based on the biblical account of Creation, the fall of man, redemption, salvation, and the angels who observe and participate. It was produced by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as an episodic web series.

World church president, Ted N. C. Wilson, called for creative approaches “to reach segments of the population that will never be impacted by traditional evangelism.”1 Despite Wilson’s wishes for such creative and effective outreach, the Biblical Research Institute devised a 13-point document in which they suggest that The Record Keeper deviates from biblical truth and SDA church writings. The document was a weak, but successful attempt to undermine the church’s evangelism.

Among the so-called deviations was the use of the word “pardon” instead of “provision” when referencing Christ’s death. Also, apparently the depiction of angels participating in prophecy on earth somehow constitutes a denial of God’s foreknowledge. The BRI further asserts, “Satan seems to be in charge of ‘hell,’ where good angels can visit and evil angels can be tortured.”2

I spoke with Jason Satterlund, the series director and co-writer, on Wednesday. He said, “I don’t know where they’re getting all that. For instance, ‘hell’ is mentioned one time in passing and it’s not in that context at all. And it’s never mentioned as a place of torture ever.” Perhaps the BRI was not privy to the fact that the script was tediously written with the testing and approval of several church committees, including the Ellen G. White Estate. Production did not even begin until the script was completely approved. General Conference representatives were also present to supervise every single day of production.

Satterlund said, “When the BRI report came out, it was a shock because we had gotten the green light from everyone. A lot of the problems were not theological, but story problems.

Nobody ever asked that we depict the creation of the world.” When asked if he would consider making more creative outreach films, he said, “Absolutely. That has been my mission since I can remember. God works with and without the church. He is bigger and much broader. We wanted to open up these Bible stories and help nonbelievers and believers understand the Bible in a new way.”

In the meantime, Satterlund continues to show his appreciation for the blessings that came out of the film production process: “I saw lives changing on set. I watched actors and boom operators having conversations and asking questions about the story with incredible curiosity. The costume designer bought a set of The Spirit of Prophesy for her Catholic mother. Actor, Rigo Sanchez, prayed with producer and co-writer Garrett Caldwell on set. The film wasn’t even done and this was the result it was having.”

This example proves the potency of film production as evangelism. The Bible repeatedly shows that God’s true church members can do his will even without bureaucracy. Hopefully the great controversy over methods of the Great Commission will no longer be a stumbling block for the Adventist church.

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New Jersey family sues school district over ‘under God’ in pledge of allegiance.Possible change: “One nation under the 1%.”

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W I S D O Mcollegian

This week, we have celebrated our planet by observing Earth Day. We have renewed our love for our home and hopefully developed ideas that will allow us to continue to live here in harmony for the time being. And of course, the key to preserving this Earth is to respect it, is it not? As I was pondering what to write this week, I started to think about the concept of respect and how it pertains to other aspects of our life, besides keeping our planet healthy.

My thoughts were provoked further when I began to reminisce about a certain CommUnity I attended last quarter. A friend of mine performed special music. They performed a difficult piece on a difficult instrument and it was very well done. However, I had to strain to hear the entire time because an irritating

R-E-S-P-E-C-T //buzzing sound had come over the room. I soon realized that several people (basically the majority of the congregation) were talking. Most were whispering, but some were not even trying to lower their voices. Did people not know that their actions were incredibly disrespectful, or did they simply not care? Unfortunately, this lack of appropriate behavior has become a trend, and it is disconcerting.

It seems as though many are under the impression that in order to respect something, you have to like it, which is not necessarily the case. There have been times when I did not agree with what a person was saying. I often find myself coming to the conclusion that I do not particularly care what the person next to me is talking about. There have been times when I simply did not like someone, for some unknown reason. But disliking someone or something does not inhibit me from showing respect to that person or thing. Being respectful does not imply that there will always be a sense of agreement between people. There

A Canadian couple decides to name their child via internet poll, then back out.Cthulhu All-Spark does have a nice ring to it, though.

are several ways in which you can respectfully argue your opinion, or inform someone that you do not agree with them without fanning the flame of irritation.

As a human race, it seems that we have forgotten what it means to be respectful towards other living things. Wars are started, grudges are held, and general disorder ensues when we fail to respect the beliefs and practices of others. What causes conflict if not ignorance and hatred, which stem from the lack of respect and reverence for a person that one may not agree with or like?

In order to have respect, we must to listen to the opinions of others, get to know them, be aware of them as unique, different individuals, and simply afford them the same opportunities we would like to be given. We are so often trying to convince others that our opinion is right and that it is the opinion to have, that we fail to listen to the perspectives of others. In order to respect the Earth and all that abides in it, we must observe the Golden Rule. Every situation in life is accompanied by an appropriate (and conversely, an inappropriate) action that we might pursue. Being respectful correlates with which behavior you choose to emulate.

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“Beauty, it seems, is immutable, at least when incarnated — fixed — in the form of art, because it is in art that beauty as an idea, an eternal idea, is best

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I have a cough tonight and I want to tell you about the first time I remember dawn. My cough is deep and heavy-set; when my lungs contract I feel a friction in my chest that echoes loudly. I’ve made myself some tea, the way my mother used to make it — a spoonful of honey, a spoonful of lemon. She would boil hot water, a flash of light in her eyes and a whisper at her lips about the thrill she got when she poured lemon juice over honey on a spoon, something about the acid eating the sugar. She liked to make believe the kitchen was a science lab, showing me the accidents that sometimes happened with old food in the back of the refrigerator — “Madz! You wanna see a real Bill Nye the Science Guy experiment?” — when a salsa jar grew white fuzz in the lid, when I was young and thought it was cool and when I was older and still thought it was cool, but tried not to show it. If I had a friction in my lungs — “a seal cough,” my mother called it — she would make me tea. When I was young, I wanted more honey and when I was older, I still wanted more honey but tried not to show it, asking for more lemon instead.

I had woken in the night with a friction in my lungs and my mother had known, intrinsically, the way mothers do when their child is sick in the night and will not be comforted without a palm on the forehead and a kiss on the cheek. I couldn’t have been more than four or five — memory doesn’t trust — but she came into my room and lifted me out of my tossed sheets, letting me wrap my legs around her middle. I sleepily grasped the cotton Disney nightgown she wore, Disney, but if I remember right, she was forty. I rubbed the fabric between my fingers — “mommy fabric,” I named it later, my inarticulate speech failing the memory of the material in my hands. I loved the way that nightgown felt. She walked us down the hallway, past my brother’s room and the living room with the piano and into the kitchen, and she set my feet on the wooden floor. She made tea, with boiling water and lemon juice and honey. We stood at the kitchen counter, and she whispered her part about the acid and the sugar in the spoon and I just stood there hacking out my lungs and feeling miserable and wondering why that seal coughed so loudly in my chest and why she couldn’t put just the tiniest bit more honey in the mug. She handed me the brew, picking me up again, and again I wrapped my sick frame around her middle. She walked us out the sliding back door, and I thought it was deep night in the world, the kind of bottomless deep where acid eats honey. But it wasn’t night. She took me outside, wandering past the glass walls of the sunroom to the flagstone step in the back yard. The air was rose gold — cool, for a summer morning. I sipped the linctus my mother gave me and she sang softly, never venturing onto the grass but standing on the flagstone step, holding me up to breathe the cool air and see the gold cover the wide grass and the fence posts and the wild mountains way out in the west.

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I was restocking some drugs when I suddenly tuned in to something Mama TeClaire was saying. There were voices going on all around me, but her last sentence caught my ear. “Don't be angry, Mama; I have the same problem as you — it’s not easy, but don’t be angry.” Instantly I knew what the situation must be with the girl and her mother at the window. I went over and took the medical book on the counter to collect the drugs as TeClaire was punching the calculator to get the prices. Flipping back a few pages confirmed my suspicion. Bold red letters identifying lab results read, “PREGNANCY TEST: POSITIVE.” Flipping one more page read, “AGE: 15.”

Talking to her just a few days ago, I learned more disheartening pieces of Mama TeClaire’s situation with her own daughter. Young, no longer able to hide her pregnancy, left school, won’t divulge the father’s identity, angry, volatile, hurt.

I often wonder how much the cultural divide inhibits me from getting a clear read on a patient’s emotions. Sometimes mothers who miscarry or patients who discover they’re HIV-positive are straight-faced and clear-eyed like they feel nothing. In this case, though, it was pretty obvious. The mother was literally seething, muttering under her breath and fumbling with her handbag in frustration. Her daughter was very small, and in looking at her book, I realized she’d come in for basically a back-to-school check-up, with a form to fill out before she starts her next term. I’m sure the positive pregnancy test was a terrible shock to her mother, but I couldn’t help but feel for the silent little girl who never looked up.

“You need to tell your mother when you have problem — she will help you.” TeClaire was talking to the girl now. “Your mother is your best friend, you should tell your mother.”

It was this compassion and pure empathy that struck me most. I have seen the pain her daughter has brought her, and yet I watched her recognize another mother and daughter’s lives be similarly transformed and respond with that good heart of hers. It was really beautiful.

He has never left me //Hannah King |Cameroon The mother bought the medication and I

gave them a quick run-down of the pre-natal services we offer. I’ve been watching for her face, hoping she will show up for a check-up, but no sign yet.

Fast forward to Friday. We’d just closed the clinic after a brutal week. Not brutal as in bad — just particularly exhausting, and this Friday I was counting hours till I could lay down and be dead to the world for a bit.

I slept some, read, hung out with some of the other SMs ... and felt so restless. With only 75 days left in Cameroon, I found myself wishing I could make a silent escape and be back home: planning Sierra’s wedding, seeing all my friends, and eating cold cereal in our sunny kitchen. I wish this basically only when I feel a creeping sense of failure; that I’m not the missionary I should be, so I just want to go home. And what excuses do I have, after being here almost six months?

I thought about skipping choir practice, but out of obligation I made myself join Brooke and Christine before thinking too much. And five minutes after practice started it hit me: how much God is there for me every day and how much He has always been there for me. Frank is leading us through warm-ups, I’ve just had about 15 hearty greetings, and feel like our little group has been pals for ages. I am overcome by how affectionate Smilings’ hug is when I thank her for leading the alto part for me, the caring in Frank’s eyes, the general comfort and camaraderie with these people I’ve known for such a short time. Right there, in the middle of my exhaustion and inadequacy and restlessness, God reminds me that I am here for a reason, more than full of blessings, and loved. This peace just washes over me and I am so incomprehensibly glad I didn’t skip choir. How often do I miss Jesus loving on me by staying home or zoning out? I love this experience in Cameroon. I love everything I get to learn and love that I am so safe. I love our little church that is a different world from my church experiences at home, but still manages to surprise me by randomly singing a song I grew up with thousands of miles away. I love that we are all not as different as I used to think. I love that I am never alone.

portland update Six Things I Didn’t Know About the Summer Program

Rachel LiemShout out to the sophomores — by now,

those of you who are accepted into the summer nursing program are probably freaking out, and those of you who don’t have to take the summer program are sympathetically smiling because you actually get a summer. It is called “intensive” for a reason, but here are a few tips from a fellow survivor:

1. Yes, a lot of information gets thrown at you. If the schedule is the same as last summer, you will learn something Monday, practice it Tuesday, and perform it in the hospital (yikes!) on Wednesday. The program is fast, but the teachers and tutors are there to help you.

2. Speaking of teachers — the professors in Portland are some of the best I’ve had so far at WWU. During the summer program, they do push you to excel, but within reason. They realize that it is a 10-week program and you are getting bombarded with knowledge and they genuinely want their students to succeed.

3. Unless the hospital changes the heating system, it is ALWAYS freezing in the classrooms. I wore jackets inside the classroom, which is ridiculous for the summer. Be warned!

4. The cafeteria is in the hospital, and it’s wayyy better than Sodexo (sorry-not-sorry, main campus). There is no dreaded meal plan,

and the caf offers many options to choose from that are affordable. I usually pay about $3 for a meal.

5. I was worried that the other students in summer program were going to be weird, antisocial transfers or something, but fear not: they are. Just kidding. Everyone last summer was normal and just as scared as I was about the program. You’ll be good friends by the end of the program — something about giving shots to each other really bonds people.

6. You can do it — some days you will wonder why you are up at 5 a.m. in the summer when everyone else is posting pictures of vacationing in Hawaii, but after it’s all over, it’ll be worth it.

Have any questions about the Portland campus or something you’ve been wondering about? (Yes, we still exist down here.) Shoot me an email: Rachel.Liem@wallawalla.edu and I may feature your question next week!

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P E R S P E C T I V EDIVERSIONS | 13

Eric WeberDiversions Editor & Pontificator

Recently, I moved into a new apartment and am now living alone. I thought it would be a harder transition, going from a house with three guys to a small apartment with just me and some stolen tulips. Don’t get me wrong; there has been a learning curve. When you’re living in a house with roommates, there are always noises. Whether it’s someone making a midnight snack or a running toilet, there’s always something happening. When you’re living alone, noises aren’t always comforting. Sometimes you wonder if this is the start to your own private Home Alone trilogy. Another downside of living alone is in the name: You are in fact alone. If you leave the oven on after making a delicious meal, it’s your fault. If you eat all of your ice cream, it’s because of your own depressive state, not someone else’s. There is, however, a real sense of grown-up-ness; I really feel like a mature adult! My lack of kitchen appliances would beg to differ, but that’s beside the point. Readers, I encourage you: Before you leave this bubble we call a university, take that next step, get out of your comfort zone. It may be scary, but I think Macaulay Culkin turned out alright — actually, maybe not. ...

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IT’S EASY BEING GREEN:HOW TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AT WWU

brooklynn larsonFeature Editor

When it comes to “being green,” it’s easy to feel like there’s nothing you as an individual can do. Reusing grocery bags and recycling our pop cans only goes so far. In the grand scheme of things, we can’t all personally rescue polar bears or replant rainforests. We can, however, make it easier for ourselves to live “green” and limit our environmental impact. Take a look at some of the following tips for having an environmentally friendly college experience!

We all know that plants turn CO2 into O2, but did you know that plants actually filter the air you breathe? Plants like aloe vera, the

gerbera daisy, chrysanthemums, and English ivy can help remove formaldehyde, benzene, fecal matter particles, carbon monoxide, and xylene from your dorm room air, as well as add interest to your decorating. If you’re not the best at keeping plants alive, try buying spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum). This plant is resilient enough to survive even the most forgetful of gardeners.

When you and everyone you know is extremely busy with school, their social life, work, and sleep, teaming up can seem like a daunting

task or an extra responsibility. If you work together, though, forming “green” habits can be easier than if you tried to do it alone. Together, you and your friends/roommate can:

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Remind each other to turn off the faucet to save water while brushing your teeth.

Leave your window open — especially during spring quarter — to regulate the temperature in your room and let fresh air circulate.

Remind one another to turn off the lights when you leave your dorm room.

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In the end, you might not personally save a baby seal from the melting ice caps or invent an emissions-free car (although I challenge you to try! Chemists and engineers, feel free to invent the U.S. into energy independence!), there are lots of little ways that you can be “green.” Through an understanding of the practices of the past, a recognition of our current situation, and the commitment to making things better in the future, each of us can do our best to take care of the Earth we call home.

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Don’t take my word for it — look for yourself. Check out http://www.vanishingbees.com.5 don’t kill bees

When asked what WWU students could do to be more eco-friendly, Professor Buell made two suggestions:4 Listen to Monty Buell: KISS (Keep it simple, stupid)

Recycle paper products. Old quizzes, notes, paper cups, and outdated syllabi can be recycled and used again by the paper industry, saving trees from destruction and your desk from clutter.

Don’t drive from class to class! With ASWWU bikes and the relatively small size of our campus, it’s easy for most of us to get from class to class without burning fossil fuels. If you drive to class, try parking in a relatively central location so you can drop off and pick up belongings from your car as needed without having to move the car every time you need something that’s not in your backpack.

Making sure your purchases are “green” is sometimes difficult, especially when you have a college student’s budget to keep in mind. There are lots of ways, however, to be confident that you are purchasing a product that is truly environmentally conscious.3 Purchase Environmentally Responsible Products

Be wary of claims like “eco-friendly” or “all natural” on product packaging. These terms have no standardized meaning, so any company can advertise their product as “eco friendly” without backing up their claim. Look for claims that are more specific, like “100% organically grown” or “Made with all-natural products.”

Do your research! A simple Google search will tell you if the product you are using was imported from deforested land in Brazil or from a local farm a few miles away. In an age when information is readily accessible, why not do a little extra reading on where the beef in your burger comes from?

Look for labels that certify a product’s eco-friendly status. Labels like the USDA’s Certified Organic and Smithsonian’s Bird Friendly labels will help you determine if a certain food product is grown in a responsible way.

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HIstory of Earth day Brandon TorkelsenFeature Editor

Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, founded Earth Day in 1970. It was originally meant to draw awareness to air and water pollution. The first Earth Day had 20 million participants, including thousands from colleges and universities. The event led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passing of several pieces of environmental legislation.1

In 1990, Denis Hayes, who had served as the national coordinator for the first Earth Day, organized 200 million people in 141 countries. Earth Day 1990 led to the 1992 U.N. Earth Summit and inspired President Bill Clinton to give Gaylord Nelson, the original founder, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. Earth Day 1990 also featured the first-time American, Soviet, and Chinese climbers roped together; the climbers ascended Mt. Everest, and collected over 4,000 pounds of trash left by previous expeditions.

Since 1990, every 10th Earth Day has been extra special. Earth Day 2000 featured 5,000 environmental groups in 184 countries, and hundreds of millions of participants. It was organized in diverse ways — from the Internet to a talking drum chain. Four hundred thousand participants gathered in Washington D.C. for an event hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio, who also hosted an Earth Day special on ABC that day.

Earth Day 2010, which was run by the Earth Day Network, featured a 225,000-person rally in Washington D.C., 40 million acts of environmental service, and the launching of an initiative to plant a million trees. Earth Day’s online community now features over 900,000 members.

This year, the 44th anniversary of Earth Day was celebrated by over a billion people in 190 countries. The theme this year was Green Cities, and The Earth Day Network decided to emphasize the creation of sustainable communities.

A celebration in Spokane is scheduled for this Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will feature local music, street performers, spoken word, and local food. It will take place in Riverfront Park and serve the double purpose of honoring Expo ’74, the first environmentally themed World’s Fair.2

1. Clean Air, Clean Water, Endangered Species acts, to be specific. 2. earthdayspokane.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/KCG_Sponsor_Letter_04112014.pdf.

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The magic three in Walla WallaKatherine PekarFeature Editor

Brandon TorkelsenFeature Editor

1. See http://www.epa.gov/lmop/faq/public.html for specific ways landfills harm the environment. 2. See http://www.whitman.edu/about-whitman/campus-sustainability/current-efforts/ for more info on Whitman’s sustainability program. 3. See http://www.wallawallawa.gov/depts/publicworks/solidwaste/ for more info.

In 2006, singer-songwriter Jack Johnson merrily implored children (and their parents) to adhere to the “magic three” — “reduce, reuse, recycle” — on his track “The 3 R’s.” The track encourages implementing basic clean-living practices for a more sustainable lifestyle. Johnson’s song is part of a larger movement embodied by Earth Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness to our earth’s susceptibility to human abuse and neglect. Johnson’s simplistic tune doesn’t explain why the “magic three” are important, though, leaving the listener wondering why the extra effort required to properly dispose of waste is necessary. Why should we reduce consumption and waste? Why reuse when we could buy new? Is recycling all that helpful? And if the “magic three” really are important, how do we implement these lifestyle changes?

Why bother recycling? It’s simple: humanity’s current waste output is not sustainable. Since the Industrial Revolution, the life expectancy and average wealth in the world has steadily increased, resulting in an exponential increase in waste production. This drastic rise is dangerously coupled with the development of products that are not biodegradable. We dump our trash in landfills that not only destroy ecological systems, but also release large amounts of harmful chemicals such as carbon dioxide and methane (as well as other volatile organic compounds, and hazardous air pollutants) into the atmosphere.1 And since the landfills are our first choice for trash disposal, we perpetuate a system that destroys natural resources and ecological systems while usable materials sit stagnant in a sea of trash.

Walla Walla is one of many municipalities employing an effective three-pronged system waste-reduction model (see the graphic below).

As Jack Johnson suggested (and as the EPA mandates), the three R’s have been built into Walla Walla’s sustainability project. The tenants of Earth Day are made manifest in a program devoted to protecting natural resources and the environment. Yet these effective waste-reduction methods, which are used here in our community at large, are sadly lacking on the Walla Walla University campus. Unlike our neighbor, Whitman College, there is no centralized recycling system, composting facility, or emphasis on environmental responsibility.2 As a university devoted to both “generosity in service” and “beauty in expression,” the negligent attitude regarding sustainable waste practices is both surprising and distressing. However, despite the lack of awareness on our campus, we as individuals can change not only the way we live our own lives, but the way we contribute to our larger community.

In honor of Earth Day, be aware. Be aware that driving across campus harms both people and the environment. Be aware that simple changes like recycling old paper can drastically reduce our harmful effect on the environment. And be aware that, while you are not personally responsible for all environmental ills, you are part of an interconnected system in which it is important to respect the earth and your fellow humans.

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Garbage: Items that are not considered yard waste or recyclables are picked up and taken to the Walla Walla landfill. Walla Walla’s goal is to reduce the incoming levels of garbage by increasing reliance on compost and recyclable collection. By limiting garbage, Walla Walla can reduce the landfill’s impact on our community.

Compost and Green Waste: A significant portion of what we consider trash is composed of yard waste. These waste items are particularly harmful because they largely increase methane production in landfills. Walla Walla offers a separate composting facility, where yard waste is composted into saleable gardening compost. The revenues from these sales continue so support the compost program.

Recycling: Recyclable items make up over half of residents’ waste. Walla Walla implements a bi-weekly recyclables collection to minimize the amount of recyclable items ending in the landfill. This process has the dual purpose of eliminating landfill emissions and decreasing the destruction of natural resources. Recycling allows a continued reliance on products such as paper while reducing the environmental cost necessary for its production. 3

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God’s not Dead //

This week I bring to you a film that is, in the eyes of the public, leading the Christian film industry. God’s Not Dead was released on March 21, and since then has gained a significant dose of negative reception.

The film follows the tense relationship between college freshman and devout Christian Josh Wheaton and his argumentative philosophy teacher, Professor Radisson. When instructed to admit that “God is dead” in his class, Wheaton refuses, and the irate Radisson accepts the challenge by assigning Wheaton to prove God’s existence.

It isn’t difficult to find testimonials from friends or bloggers about the blessing that the film has been on personal walks of faith, but there are many disapproving opinions as well. Critics overwhelmingly agree that the portrayal of religion and anthropology in the plot inaccurately captures the struggle of faith.

As I encourage you to watch God’s Not Dead, I do so with two comments. The first is that critical acclamation is not required for something to be a true blessing; after all, Jesus was at odds with the Sanhedrin. The second is that everything should be taken with a grain of salt. You have a big squishy brain in your head and you can find inspiration in an imperfect message.

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“What is Love”Haddaway

“The Man”Aloe Blacc

“Boomerang”Lucy Schwartz

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upcoming events

The Whitman College department of music presents jazz on stage, directed by Gary Hemenway.

Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert Whitman College, Chism Recital Hall

April 24, 7:30–8:30 p.m.Admission — Free

A classic historical Renaissance Faire featuring live music, performers, theatre, local merchants, and more! Learn more about the schedule

and activities at http://www.whitman.edu/faire/.

Whitman College’s 44th Annual Renaissance FaireMemorial Lawn, Whitman College

April 26, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.Admission — Free

Local company SuitCase Dances presents The Relatives, a full-length modern ballet and gothic fairy tale.

The RelativesGesa Powerhouse Theatre

April 26, 7:30–9:30 p.m.Student Admission — $8

The local community college presents jazz to welcome in spring as well! Choose wisely between this jazz concert and Whitman’s.

Main Street Jazz Band and Mill Creek Jazz Ensemble WWCC Performing Arts Auditorium

April 24, 7:30 p.m.Student Admission — $5

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Andrea JohnsonFood Editor

Ok, the title is a little misleading, I admit. I’m really giving you a recipe for citrus bars, and even that is slightly inaccurate. The story goes: Last week, I forgot I didn’t have a recipe to write and got overzealous buying oranges, lemons, and grapefruit to make a seriously delicious recipe for you all. But thankfully, that extra time allowed me to experiment and tweak. Sadly, in all that time, I failed to try the recipe with limes. Lime bars would be so yummy! Someone, please try it out. If you make lime bars, the first person to send me a picture or put it on Instagram (#wwufood) automatically wins a free drink to The Atlas, even if your attempt goes horribly wrong. I promise — scout’s honor (pathfinder’s honor?). Also, note that orange bars are much less tangy than lemon or grapefruit, so if you want that zing, add lemon zest or juice to the recipe.

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, cubed butter, salt, and powdered sugar. Mash with a fork or potato masher until mix is dry and crumbly. Press evenly into pan and bake 12–15 minutes. While crust is baking, beat together zest, sugar, juice, and eggs. Whisk in baking powder and flour, taking care to get rid of lumps. Pour filling over the baked crust and bake another 20–25 minutes or until the filling is set. Let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Crust:- 1 cup flour- ½ cup butter (room temp.), cubed- ¼ tsp. salt (omit if using salted butter)- ¼ cup powdered sugar- 8x8” baking pan

Filling:- 1 tsp. citrus zest (of your choice)- 1 cup sugar- ¹/3 cup citrus juice (of your choice)- 2 eggs- 3 tbsp. flour- ¼ tsp. baking powder

This week’s #wwufood winner is Rychelle Willis. Your chicken stew and homemade biscuits look amazing! Enjoy your free drink at The Atlas! To enter for next week, hashtag photos on Instagram with #wwufood or email submissions to andrea.johnson@wallawalla.edu. The photo must be yours and you must have been personally involved with the creation of the food or drink.

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Now Hiring A NEW VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD //

Justin mockHealth & Outdoors Editor

Sources:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.Taylor, S. (2011). Health psychology. (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.Psychology Today. Mar/Apr96, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p10. 1/6p.http://www.pickthebrain.com.

Most of us are all too familiar with that voice inside our head telling us we just can’t. You’re too slow, too stupid, too overweight, too awkward, too shy, not good looking, not creative, not a “math person,” and things aren’t going to change. The list goes on and on. This voice, with its negative comments, may go unnoticed for a while, but when I stop to think about it,

these negative thoughts can really snowball quickly. However, there is good news. If I believe I am the boss of my own brain and my own thoughts, then I can fire this nasty, little voice and hire a replacement that will do a much better job.

The Right One for the JobIn my Health Psychology class this

quarter, I’ve gotten to learn more about the process for hiring and training a new voice. It turns out, psychology has a name for this new voice: It’s called Positive Self-Talk and it is defined as an individual

providing him or herself with direct and specific encouragement. Positive self-talk isn’t arrogant or conceited, nor is it bubbly and unrealistic. Just like a great teacher or coach, positive self-talk is straightforward and realistic. It acknowledges the challenges and potential barriers, and then finishes by saying, “But hey, you have what it takes.” That is what makes positive self-talk the perfect one for the job of the voice inside your head.

My Hiring ProcessIn my Health Psych. class, each student

is working on a behavior change project, using the techniques we learn in class to change an aspect of our behavior. For my project, I am working on cutting down on frustration about trivial matters, such as the purple box on Mastering Chemistry that says, “Try Again, four attempts remaining.” Throughout this quest to reduce petty frustration, I have found that firing the negative voice inside my head and hiring a new one has made all the difference. The funny thing was, I never even remembered hiring that negative

voice, but after some long talks about his job performance, I realized it was time to let him go. Now, I start the day with a little positive self-talk and I am able to combat frustration even before it happens. I think about some potential challenges and the frustration that they might bring, and then I remind myself that these challenges will be overcome.

New Employee TrainingThere is one important thing to

remember about hiring a new, positive voice. As is the case with any new employee,

the first few days on the job can be difficult. Effective positive self-talk takes practice and perseverance. That negative voice, the one who got fired, is always trying to steal his old job back and it takes quite a bit of positive thinking to keep him at bay. That is why it is so important to train your positive self-talk even if it takes awhile. Here are a few tips to train your positive self-talk:

Training RegimenLook for antecedents: What happens right

before the negative voice starts talking? Look for those cues such as people, places, tasks, or situations that seem to get the negative thoughts rolling. Then work on preparing your mind before you enter into those situations.

1. Combat negative thoughts with positive affirmation: Repeat a short and believable phrase to yourself, such as “I can finish this assignment.” Say it out loud like you really mean it.

2. Think in the present tense: Often times it isn’t worth it to worry about the next step when you still have to complete the present one. Focus your energy on the task at hand and then worry about what comes next.

3. Avoid things that promote negative thinking: Although we can’t run away from challenges, there are some things in life that we can walk away from. We have to look carefully at various aspects of our lives and decide if those things are truly healthy for us.

Future Employee of the Month

With all that’s involved in training of this new employee it may seem like starting a habit of positive self-talk isn’t worth the time. However, while a friend and I were working on a class project we came across

some studies that showed why positive self-talk could become your new employee of the month.

Hitting the MarkThis study involved a group of dart

throwers. Each dart thrower was asked to use a specific style of mental performance enhancement prior to throwing darts. Among others, these styles of mental

performance enhancement included meditation, visualization, and self-talk. The dart throwers who used positive self-talk as a means to prepare themselves before throwing had higher levels of accuracy than dart throwers who used the other techniques.

Going the DistanceThis study involved a group of 24 cyclists.

These cyclists all underwent a test in which they pedaled until exhaustion. Then, 12 of them, the control group, went about their normal lives for two weeks, while the other 12, the test group, underwent a positive self-talk regimen for two weeks. At the end of the two weeks they performed the cycling test again, and the cyclists who had undergone a positive self-talk regimen showed an increase in amount of time they could pedal before exhaustion, while the control group showed no significant changes.

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Sources:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.Taylor, S. (2011). Health psychology. (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.Psychology Today. Mar/Apr96, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p10. 1/6p.http://www.pickthebrain.com.

champions will rise //Grayson AndreggSports Editor

This spring has become an incredibly eventful season in almost every sport: NFL free agents have been moving teams like crazy, baseball has an unlikely leader, and the NHL and NBA playoffs are in their prime — not to mention the great talent that was shown in the WWU Senior Showcase basketball games, where dozens of high school seniors tried to prove they have what it takes to play for our athletic department. What all

of these events have in common is that they each show potential for a bright future in sports — all sports.

The Milwaukee Brewers have shown the MLB that they have the components it takes to build a championship team, and have the best record in the league. The thing is, we’re only 11 percent of the way through the season. Milwaukee is going to have to show their endurance throughout the next 89 percent.

Last weekend, five traveling NBA teams

w e n t i n t o t h e i r higher-seeded opponents’ arenas and prevailed in victory to get an early jump on their run for the Finals. The only

home teams that did not get upset were the three best teams in the league: Spurs, Heat, and Thunder. The next six weeks should be exciting and more competitive than

anticipated.

The Senior Showcase games last Saturday night were a blast to watch, where lots of local and even distant talent was flashed before the scouts. Locals Matthew Cosaert and Dustin Rose showed that they could both drive and shoot from

the outside; they are sure to be excellent prospects for next year’s teams, along with many others. Other representatives were from Sitka, Ala.; Portland, Ore.; and Battle Ground, Wash.

No matter who comes out on top in any sport in the following year, we know that the talent provided is only getting better.

Walla Walla University’s Ladies Softball team has lots of games coming up, so make sure you try to get out and see them play. The Wolves Softball Classic is this weekend; games will be held all three days on both of the University fields at the WEC. Show up and bring your spirit. Go Wolves!

What was the transition like from playing for a high school team, and then switching to an Adventist college team?

The game is played the same; collegiate rules are pretty similar to high school rules. People hit at you a lot harder in college volleyball. This one guy from UW (I think) has major hops and he looks like Jesus. It’s pretty cool.

Do you see the athletics program progressing in the right direction at WWU?Yea, they should give the volleyball club team money though.

What are your personal future athletic goals?To hit like Lucas Earles or Zach Gilbert.

Athlete heroes?Brook Fesler, MVP of FC Walla Walla

Athlete Profile

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Jon MackTravel Editor

The European Lodging Crisis //

Backpacking, solo exploring, and family tripping are common ways individuals experience Europe for the first time. Unlike the United States, you won’t find many big hotel

chains that are conveniently located AND fall within your budget. There are also many different options for lodging selection. Hostels, hotels, and apartments; couch surfing; camping in airports; and sleeping in rental cars are all options my friends have tried. They all survived and claim to have had successful journeys. This week in the Travel section, I’ve outlined some of the common lodging arrangements and addressed their pros and cons.

HostelsHostels can be a fantastic option for

individuals or groups of three or fewer. Often, hostels can be found within walking distance of major attractions or cheap public transportation. Sometimes, certain hostels can put you up in private rooms to keep your belongings safer (yet may only offer shared restrooms), but most of the time, hostels will have you in a dormitory setting with mixed-gender sleeping areas. Hostels almost never offer the privacy a hotel will, but the price is usually cheaper. Note, however, that hostels often have hidden fees that should be inquired about before you agree to stay in one.

apartmentsApartments are my personal favorite places

to stay. They are ideal for groups of five of more. Often, the apartments are not located in extremely convenient locations, so it is a good idea to find one that is near a bus line or other good method of transportation. I like staying in apartments because they are often owned and rented by a local individual who can tell you the ins, outs, do’s, and don’ts of their hometowns. Locals do have a way of getting chatty with Americans, so be wary. Locals may even find it in their hearts to drive you to the airport or train station if need be. Another pro for staying in an apartment is the reduced food cost. Apartments typically have a small kitchen that can be used to cook your own meals. You can stop by a grocery store and pick up ingredients to cook for yourself and cut costs of eating out.

hotelsHotels are great for couples looking

for more privacy than that of a hostel. Typically, hotels within walking distance of major attractions are more difficult to hunt down, and the other hotels usually require some method of transportation to commute to tourist destinations. Hotels offer a great location to crash in peace and quiet after a long day of walking next to lots of other excited tourists. Hotels often are considerably more expensive than hostels; however, if a breakfast buffet is included in the cost of the room, hotels may be a good option.

the rest: Airports, couch surfing, and rental

car sleepingAirports have no privacy and the ground

is dirty, cold, and hard. Often, loudspeaker announcements are made 24/7 and will keep you awake all night. If you do manage to sleep through the night, you may wake up only to notice that all of your belongings have been jacked. Couch surfing is adventurous. You really have no idea who you may end up staying with, but at the same time, the host may be an awesome person and it may be one of the highlights of your adventure. If you are sleeping in a rental car, you’re doing it wrong.

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

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item of the weekFamous for:

Being able to use pigeon post on Great Barrier Island. 1 in 3 Aucklanders own a boat.Sky Tower is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.There are about 50 volcanoes in the surrounding area.It is the largest Polynesian city in the world.

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My idea starts with the Game of Thrones intro/theme. We’ve all seen it. The camera pans over Westeros and (in recent seasons) Essos, and gear-driven castles are erected by the epic cello which sounds something like “Duh duh, duh-duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh.” Gear-driven castles are archaic, however. The real bread and butter here is the sun — or rather, the gold, house-crested rings revolving around the sun.

I was tired and therefore susceptible to “revelation,” and I thought, “Wow, those rings look like gears. Flipping-giant gears!” Gears are used to transmit or control energy, and planets are nothing more than spinning, flying masses: the textbook definition of kinetic energy. Earth Day provides us with an opportunity to be completely geocentric and preserve our natural resources and energy sources … by harvesting energy from other planets! Operating under this newly defined Earth Day model, we are literally flying through a space full of energy which is ours for the taking.

Here’s a quick and painless (I promise) physics crash course on energy. Step 1: A body has mass. Step 2: That body is flying/driving/zooming ( i . e. translating) or that body is rotating. Step 3: We can calculate the various parts of its energy. This diagram ought to help:

Now through a series of buck-wild events, the modern world has learned to turn rotational

energy from a turbine somewhere and turn that into thermal energy in your house.

Let’s do the same with Pluto! Pluto isn’t a planet. Pluto is a dwarf planet, so let’s start there when destroying things, as this will likely have the least negative impact on Earth. If we zap its kinetic energy, it’ll sit there, well-rounded and stagnant (not unlike a college undergraduate) until the sun pulls it in and burns it up. Pluto’s mass is about 1.31E22 kg, its mean tangential velocity is 4.72 km/s, its radius is 1,195 km, and its day runs about 153 hrs. Using the equations of energy, this gives us 138 yotta-Btu’s (yotta means 10^24) of translational energy, and 462 exa-Btu’s (exa means 10^18) of rotational energy. For comparison, in 2010, the world consumed 511 yotta-Btu and the U.S. consumed 98 yotta-Btu

(nearly 19% of the world’s total).

W h o a . Hold up.

passing planets and transfers the energy to a turbine. The details (such as the logistics of manufacturing an astronomical net) are still being ironed out. And what happens in the event of total solar system meltdown because we stopped Jupiter? Ah, you thought we scientists didn’t think of a plan B.

If the net thing doesn’t work out, maybe a spring will. Let’s convert one day’s worth

of consumed energy to potential energy in a stretched spring. Now, consider stretching a rubber band (which we model as a spring). You can stretch a rubber band to about 5 times its original length before it begins deforming. So, we will take a bunch of rubber bands and store up 511 yotta-Btu, while only stretching them to about 5 times their original

length. The average rubber band is, say, about 0.0762 m (3 inches) long,

and the average rubber band spring constant is about 30.7 N/m. Using the

equation for potential energy storage in a spring, we will require 3.78E29 rubber

bands. This energy storage is also enough to launch the earth out of its orbit with an extra 425 m/s. Slower than Pluto, but perhaps enough to get us to another sun when we have destroyed our solar system.

Again, the manufacturing of all those rubber bands is still being worked out, as are the details of having Jupiter brought so close to Earth, but if space elevators and reptilian shape shifters can have listeners, can’t planetary net/slingshot systems?

Converting all the kinetic energy of Pluto into usable energy would only fuel the world for

about 7.2 hours?

And ‘Merica would only last about 17 hours? Indeed. Time to hit the weights, Pluto.

Jupiter, on the other hand, would give the world enough energy for the next million years. Now that’s more like it!

Likely, when my brilliant concept of stealing another planet’s energy comes to life, it will come in the form of a net which catches

Harvesting Other Planets: A Tribute to Earth Day //michael slusserContributing Writer

Got a question?Have a bonkers question? Have a serious question? Want to talk about cats in space? Send me questions on anything as serious as electron spin or as silly as frosting-covered rabbits on pogo sticks and I'll do my best.

— Joe (joseph.hughes@wallawalla.edu)

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Rachel Lo g a nBackWord Editor

It’s spring, people, and love is in the air! It’s blowing through the trees of College Place and nobody is safe from its gusts. Two quarters ago I told you to stop coupling off, but it’s a new season and who am I to tell you not to find your one true love at the Gatsby Gala? That being said, it’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and nobody wants to look like a fool in the pursuit of a “happily ever after.” Here are some things to remember while you look for someone to split a Sweet Basil dinner with:

Know the difference between being direct and being creepy.

It’s good to be forward. We’re in an era when we use 140 characters to communicate — we don’t have time for all the games. Smile there, “hi” here; six weeks later and maybe you’ve exchanged names? If you see someone on campus who intrigues you, do something about it. “Hi, I’m Barbara. I think you’re in my World Music class? You

“I will try to lecture you into submission, after which we will have

some nice discussion.” — Paul Dybdahl

“Peter, are you on crack?!”

— Troy Fitzgerald, on Peter the Disciple

“Don’t tell Kellie Bond I said she was like a Pharisee.”

— Carl Cosaert

“Do you want me to jump on this table and sing my rap song?”

— Terry Gotschall, on waking up his 8 a.m. class

Have something funny to report?Email me at: Rachel.Logan@wallawalla.edu

So, you know that tree on campus out by the FAC? That beautiful old

one that’s probably been there for a hundred years? And you know that

wonderful, long branch that saw years of singing, studying, hammocking, and

adventuring? The one that cracked and fell to its doom? Yep. That was us.

We broke it.

Sincerely, Three Fatties on a Limb

seem like a cool guy. Would you be interested in grabbing a coffee sometime?” Boom. It’s all out there. There’s no confusion of “is this as friends?” or weeks of hoping that they’ll make a move. Going to coffee isn’t committing to vespers dates for the rest of the quarter, or a promise to share coupons at the International Food Fair — it’s a coffee date. If it goes badly, you have to sip coffee awkwardly for half an hour and then go your separate ways. Worst-case scenario: You realize there’s no chemistry and you move on. No big deal. Best-case scenario: You meet a person who you’re about to have a lot more fun with sooner than you would have if you had continued staring at the back of his or her head in class while listening to Tuvan throat singing.

Don’t be creepy. If you ask someone to meet for a small

date and they don’t seem interested, back off. You’re in college, and it’s about time to start learning some social cues. If they are giving

you one-or-two-word answers and not asking questions to continue the conversation, then they are not interested. Do not keep pushing for something that isn’t being reciprocated, and please, if they are edging away from you, do not move closer. They aren’t playing hard to get. They don’t care that you came from a touchy family and that you still kiss your mom and dad on the lips when you go to sleep — step back three feet, smile, and wish them a good day.

Learn to deal with rejection.One of the main inhibitors of new

relationships is the fear of rejection. What if she doesn’t think I’m attractive? What if he doesn’t like the way my hair curls under? Put aside everything you think you know about rejection — a word I hate, by the way — and listen up. Not everyone is going to think you are attractive. It’s impossible. It will never happen. There are people out there who don’t think Angelina Jolie is attractive. There are people out there who believe George Clooney is ugly and old. So the notion that “if one person doesn’t find you attractive then nobody will” is ridiculous. If you are 5'2"

and the guy you are crushing on only likes tall girls, there is nothing you can do to make him like you. And you shouldn’t be trying! Who cares? Find someone who likes you the way you are and own it. You are the only person on this planet who has your style, your personality, your brain, and your face. Work that individuality! People respond to people who are confident — if you don’t think you are attractive and worth getting to know, then why should anyone else?

Not everyone is going to like you. It’s just a fact. But when you feel rejected, just remember all the people in your life who do see you as funny, smart, and attractive. Think of all the friends who enjoy your company, even when you are hungry and act like a raging lunatic.

So get out there! The sun is finally shining and people are ready to mingle on the lawn. Try to meet new people, and then try again! And to my ladies out there, don’t be afraid to make the first move. Happy hunting!

spring fever //

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“I would be a human GPS and have all the coordi-nates for everything so I could find all the amber alert children.” —Sarah Linfoot, junior, social work

“I would be a natural disaster resister — my presence would stop natural disasters from happening.” — Caleb Tessema, freshman, mechanical engineering

“I would have the power to restore and regenerate anything and everything.” — Katie Sloop, sophomore, biochemistry

“I would have the ability to provide food to the hungry.”

— Eddy Darisme, sophomore, theology

“If you could have any super power to help save or better the world,

what would it be and why?”