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Vol. 93 No. 3, Jan. 24 - 30, 2013
SHOOTING FOR SAFETYA look into CWU’s gun policy & how ready the campus is for an emergency
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§ A cleaning lady reported that she was locked in the foyer and was unable to get her keys out of the front door. She was requesting as-sistance.
§ A person reported walking to the library to return some books, and the door was unlocked. The person realized the library was closed and no one was there.
§ A person reported a semi-truck hit something as it went over the bridge, puncturing the fuel tank and spilling at least 50 gallons of fuel or more.
§ A person reported someone stole their Oxycotin.
§ A person reported an ongoing problem with the school bus run-ning stop signs. The person was concerned for the welfare of the children.
§ A man requested traffi c control assistance while he moved sheep across Kittitas Highway.
§ A person reported a chestnut horse in a pasture on the North side of the freeway. It appeared to be
thin and underfed.§ A person reported a man struck
his dog with a closed fi st. The man was seen walking West toward Main Street.
§ A person reported a deceased fawn was in their neighbor’s yard. The neighbors were on vacation and wanted to know what to do with the animal.
§ A person reported their neigh-bors cat looking at their cat through the window in the middle of the night. They said it is causing a dis-turbance.
§ A man reported fi nding his bike that was stolen. It was on a bike rack but had someone else’s bike lock on it.
§ A person reported hearing two gun shots, but couldn’t see anyone. They said this has been an ongoing problem.
§ A man reported that someone had tried to run him over at the crosswalk in a white Toyota Ta-coma.
� e Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 2013NEWSEditor// Santos Herrera
BY MATT THOMPSON
Staff Reporter
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, there is one subject on many minds in this country: gun violence.
“Anytime you have a school shooting it’s a very emotional event and it becomes very scary,” said Mike Luvera, chief of Campus Police. “But statistically speak-ing, we’re at a pretty safe place being on campus.”
As a national conversation is being con-ducted in Washington, D.C., students may wonder what preventative measures Cen-tral is taking to keep the campus safe.
“We’re as ready as we know how to be,” President James Gaudino said. “We do the best job that we can to prepare for that sort of situation.”
Except for the Washington State Patrol, all other law enforcement agen-cies in the county share a dispatch center and would respond to an active shooter situation in the local area.
A mutual agreement has been made with other departments to supply all avail-able units to a report of a shooting either on campus or in the community, Luvera said.
“We’re going to have a strong response from across the county,” Luvera said. “So at that point it depends on how many peo-ple are there with fi rearms, what the loca-tion is, so as to fi gure out exactly what the response should be to stop the bloodshed.”
Several times a year, the old Samuelson Union Building is the setting for active shooter training for state and local police agencies, he said.
The campus police have two instructors who train offi cers in shooter scenarios.
“Based on our training, you can bring a group of offi cers together from different agencies and they all go in together and work as a team,” Luvera said. “That shows that our concepts, ideas, working relation-ship, and end goal is all the same.”
Students have a different re-sponse procedure which is outlined
in the in-structional video “Shots Fired.” The video is shown to freshmen during orienta-tion and again at the request of different school departments.
“ S h o t s Fired” advises students to use
the “fi ve outs” in the event of a gunman on campus.
If an escape route is available, students should get out quickly and safely, but if that is not possible, students must hide in a room. In this room students must be able to keep out the shooter, call for help, and spread out if there is more than one stu-dent in the room.
The fi ve outs are not applicable to ev-ery scenario, and students must put them-selves into a survival mind-set to ensure their own safety, Luvera said.
“You may have to take out a shooter,”
Luvera said. “Being unarmed yourself, it may come down to you having to do something to save your life.”
The 2007 Virginia Tech tragedy was a catalyst for introducing new
t e c h n o l -ogy to quicken the
response to any danger on campus.
Students and faculty will receive phone calls, text messages and emails with infor-mation regarding any situation deemed harmful.
“One of the lessons learned from Vir-ginia Tech was our ability to communicate with faculty, staff and students,” Gaudino said.
Due to a state law, Central maintains a strict no guns on campus policy regardless of whether the student or faculty member has the proper documentation to carry a concealed weapon.
Some students feel this is an infringe-ment of their rights, whereas the state cites it as necessary to ensure a safer environ-ment.
“That’s always been a tension between law enforcement and students,” said Matt Manweller, local state legislator and CWU political science professor. “I understand both sides, so I’m sympathetic to both.”
Students living on campus may check in their fi rearms to the campus police lockup and those fi rearms can be checked out at any time.
Locked and loadedChief of campus police says county is prepared
BY JOE COLUCCIOStaff Reporter
Washington is one of 47 states, along with Georgia, New York and Texas, who have classifi ed their fl u activity as “wide-spread,” according to the Washington State Department of Health.
“Infl uenza is preventable and should be taken seriously,” said Rhonda Holden, chief nursing offi cer of Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, in a press release. “We are taking preventative measures in order to protect our patients, visitors, and employees from infl uenza.”
People who are exhibiting fl u-like symptoms are urged to visit their prima-ry health care providers, who can better serve patients.
The “fl u is a serious illness that can be fatal, and several Washington residents have died from infl uenza this season,” Secretary of Health Mary Selecky said in a press release. “Taking simple steps to prevent the fl u can help people avoid this miserable and potentially dangerous illness. We urge people who haven’t been vaccinated to do it now.”
Between Oct. 1, 2012, and Jan. 5, 2013, there have been 3,170 confi rmed infl uenza-related hospitalizations in the United States, with seniors (65 years and over) comprising more than 86 percent of those cases.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), annual vaccination against seasonal infl uenza is
recommended for people at high risk. This includes seniors, young children,
pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions such as asthma.
“I’ve noticed that there are a lot of people in class who are sick; they cough and don’t cover their mouths,” Wayo Yza-guirre, a senior accounting and fi nance major, said. “I’ve got an exam on Tues-day and I’m sick, so it’s hard to deal with both.”
The national infl uenza outbreak has Ellensburg citizens concerned.
The emergency room at KVCH has had 120 patients come in experiencing fl u-
like symptoms. The laboratory at KVCH reported 22 cases of infl uenza in Ellens-burg since Dec. 1, 2012.
“We’re a little busier,” said Dr. Jack Horsley, medical director for the Student Health and Counseling Clinic. “We have students coming in making sure they don’t have the fl u because they don’t want to miss a week of school.”
The fl u can come on quickly, with symptoms which may include coughing, muscle and body aches, sore throat, fever and chills.
In most cases, people who contract the fl u recover within two weeks, but further
complications, such as pneumonia, can develop as a result of the fl u. For some, complications can result in hospitalization or even death.
“The best thing you can do is get im-munized every year,” said Amy Diaz, com-munications director at KVCH. “The best way to protect yourself is hand-washing, and the best way to protect other people is to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze and to stay home when you’re sick.”
Flu vaccines are available for all age groups at Safeway, Bi-Mart, Fred Meyer and Rite Aid. Prescriptions from a doc-tor will be required for children 10 and younger.
“If you have had the symptoms for more than two days, there is not much we can do for you,” Horsley said. “Just stay home and keep up with your fl uids, and use Tylenol or Advil to control your fever.”
State categorizes � u as widespread
Several times a year, the old Samuelson Union Building is the setting for active shooter training for state and local police
The campus police have two instructors who train offi cers in shooter scenarios.
“Based on our training, you can bring a group of offi cers together from different agencies and they all go in together and work as a team,” Luvera said. “That shows that our concepts, ideas, working relation-
Students have a different re-sponse procedure which is outlined
in the in-structional video “Shots Fired.” The video is shown to freshmen during orienta-tion and again at the request of different school departments.
“ S h o t s Fired” advises students to use
Luvera said. “Being unarmed yourself, it may come down to you having to do something to save your life.”
The 2007 Virginia Tech tragedy was a catalyst for introducing new
t e c h n o l -ogy to quicken the
response to any danger on campus.
Students and faculty will receive phone calls, text messages and emails with infor-mation regarding any situation deemed harmful.
“One of the lessons learned from Vir-ginia Tech was our ability to communicate with faculty, staff and students,” Gaudino said.
Due to a state law, Central maintains a strict no guns on campus policy regardless of whether the student or faculty member has the proper documentation to carry a
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School Shootings in the U.S.Since Feb. 27, 2012
Total:13Total Wounded: 20Total Deaths: 41Total Deaths by Suicide: 3
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Flu FactsUnited StatesWidespread u: 47 statesCon� rmed cases in U.S.: 3,170Kittitas CountyPatients with u symptoms: 120Reported u cases: 22
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NEWS� e Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 20134
BY SAMANTHA MONTERREY
Staff Reporter
The Wellness Center will combine pho-tography and qualitative research to share drinking as seen through the perspective of students. “Photo Voice” will break the common stereotype that college students just drink, party and make poor choices.
“Photo Voice” will be on display Thurs-day from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Wellington Event Center in Barto Hall. The exhibit will have interactive commentary, and one-day only opportunity. The Wellness Center invites students to share thoughts and comments on a live feed which will be displayed on a projector. Both campus residents and community members are encouraged to attend.
Last year, the Wellness Center gave away air fresheners on posters stating “2/3 of Central Washington University students drink less than once a month or not at all,” revealing the drinking culture of Central students.
The facts seemed unrealistic to many students, and some were left curious as to where the information even came from. The answer rests among pictures to be showcased at a photography art exhibit Thursday.
“For the most part, a lot of times stu-dents can enjoy alcohol in the same way adults do,” said Pearson, assistant profes-sor of public health education.
According to Pearson, the stereotype is that students make poor decisions around alcohol.
Central students are able to “enjoy their time and [not] put themselves or oth-ers at risk,” Pearson said.
Pearson played a key role in the re-search behind the Photo Voice exhibit. The project is funded by the Social Norms Institute, which sought out student input regarding social norms surrounding al-cohol consumption and alcohol abuse. In 2011, the Wellness Center conducted student outreach in search of willing par-ticipants for the project. About 10 students attended weekly meetings throughout the
year and committed their time to discuss fi ndings along the way.
Students were given a camera and asked to snap photos of what alcohol rep-resented in their lives. The students then shared their photos with the group. The best photos were voted on and mounted for display at the Wellington Event Center in Barto Hall.
The photos tell a new story about al-cohol: that Central students do drink and party, but many are able to do so without making high-risk decisions.
Laura Osborn, public health major and peer health educator at the Wellness Center, said the exhibit is not meant to lec-ture students about their drinking habits, but instead it should show students that alcohol shouldn’t play a big role in their lives.
Last spring, a group of students used “Photo Voice” to create a research report for SOURCE, which demonstrated how social science and qualitative research are combined to conduct studies on commu-nity health issues. Upon completion of their research project, these students were able to see the reasoning behind the pho-tography aspect of Photo Voice. The pho-tos serve to voice the perceptions which students have about drinking.
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Central reduces computer lab help BY CHLOE HILDEMAN
Staff Reporter
Central Washington University pre-viously had 24 lab assistants on campus. Now that number is down to four.
“There just isn’t a use for one in each lab anymore,” Carmen Rahm, assistant vice president for information technology, said.
Under the new lab system, the campus is divided into four zones. Each zone has one lab assistant who is expected to moni-tor every lab in his or her zone.
There were a number of factors that went into the decision to change from one assistant per zone instead of one per lab, Rahm said.
“Back in 1996, there were two main reasons for lab assistants,” Rahm said. “One is that most students back then didn’t know how to run a computer. The second reason was theft, which has ceased to be an issue.”
With the computer age in full throttle and more security precautions put into place, the original reasons for having assis-tants in the labs are obsolete and outdated, he said.
Another reason for the switch to the zone system is that some people felt the system was being abused.
“When I fi rst came here eight years ago, I would hear ‘You should work as a lab assistant, you can just get paid to do homework,’” Rahm said. “We also had a lot of instances where the assistants
weren’t properly trained.”The funding for hiring lab assistants
comes from the technology fee that every student pays. The money from the tech fee is managed by a council of students, who
decide how it will be spent. When there was an assistant in each
lab, more than half of the total money from the fee was used to pay for lab as-sistants. Many people felt it was a waste.
“We asked the students and they said they would rather have other things,” Rahm said.
With the zone system, the amount spent on assistants has decreased by nearly 80 percent.
The money which previously went to paying lab assistants is now primarily used to pay for printing expenses and purchas-ing the latest technology, Rahm said.
Some of the spare funding also went into the development of the widely requested CWU Mobile app, which launched last January.
There has been little feedback regard-ing the change. Rahm said any negative comments he has received have all been from professors who prefer to have addi-tional help in the classroom. The lab assis-tants themselves don’t seem worried about the increased responsibility.
“I’ve been here through all the transi-tions, so it really wasn’t that diffi cult,” said Sara Melton, senior public relations major and lab assistant.
“You just get used to the work, and it’s really not that hard.”
TECH SAVVY The number of lab assistants has decreased by 20 throughout cam-pus since students have become more tech savvy.
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PHOTO VOICEWhere: Wellington Event Center
(Barto Hall)
When: Thursday Jan. 24
Time: 4 - 7 p.m.
Sponsored by: CWU Wellness Center
Photos courtesy of CWU Wellness Center
Graphics by Seth Lonborg and V
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5NEWS � e Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 2013
BY ROWENA RANAN
Staff Reporter
Students pursuing higher education can always practice better spending hab-its even with their modest income.
Apart from tu-ition and fees, books, supplies, and room and board, other ex-penses amounted to about $2,928 during the 2011-2012 aca-demic year at Cen-tral, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
The defi nition of other expenses is “the amount of
money (estimated by the fi nancial aid offi ce) needed by a student to cover ex-penses such as laundry, transportation, and entertainment,” the NCES said.
Attending college may be creating debt for most students, but it is a fair ar-gument that it is a justifi able investment.
Students must make conscious efforts to avoid accumulating debt outside of academic endeavors.
While the coined term ‘struggling students’ is most appropriate, it is not al-together unavoidable.
Ways to save are at every student’s disposal.
According to Chase Theil, Central management professor, individuals must have a plan and a budget.
“You need to set boundaries and rules for yourself,” Thiel said.
In order to make these rules, one must identify which transactions are much more important than others.
Thiel explains that purchases should be split into two different groups: non-discretionary purchases (which include food, housing, taxes and anything else unavoidable) and discretionary purchas-es (which are more luxurious wants and should be limited and carefully decided upon.)
According to Thiel, once the distinc-tions are made, make sure the necessities are taken care of before anything else.
CHASE THIELManagement Professor
Money talksBetter budgeting on a student income
“I pay off my line of credit, buy food, and I usually order some stuff from the internet. I’m going to buy some snow-boarding boots.”
“I put it in my bank account and I save it for something I might really need. It gets really hard to try not to spend it on things I really want, but I have to do it. This last check I got more and I was really compelled to get things I don’t really need. But in-stead, I bought grocer-ies. I did buy a new pair of sneakers, but it’s because my old pair of running shoes were really worn out.”
“I tend to save it if I need money for later – say if I run out of food on my meal plan – just emergency-type things, and gas if I go home.”
“I use my fi nancial aid to pay rent far in advance, to pay my other bills like cell phone, then the rest of the money to save.”
Scott Hansberry, senior, mechanical engineering tech.
Jerrica Black, junior, biology
Vandara Tay, senior, communications and political science
Garrett Townsend, junior mechanical engineering tech.
Tip$ from Thiel• Limit visits to stores• Make a list and
stick to it• Decrease use of plastic
(debit/credit)
Graphic by Vicky Valdovinos
The Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 2013 OPINIONEditor-in-Chief// Danny Schmidt
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BY EVAN THOMPSONSports Editor
As an English major, my life is one of constant fear. If it’s not at the frightening lack of jobs post-graduation, it’s of the in-evitable party question: “So what do you plan to do with that?”
If you don’t answer “teach-er,” guests will al-ready be memo-rizing your name to save them a nametag glance at the nearest hardware store.
But alas! A solution could be on the horizon! McDonald’s has
recently become the biggest book distributor in the U.K.—via Happy Meals. The restaurant giant has partnered with publisher Dorling Kindersley and bookseller WH Smith to distribute more than 15 million books to children over the next two years, accord-ing to its website.
This prompts a serious inquiry: Could this change take place in the United States? Could it work? Would these Happy Meals still be happy?
Books are credited with a child’s level of future success, and McDonald’s is con-stantly on a quest to improve its image. First it was healthier salads, then apple slices, and now books. The new attitude is basically, this: If you’re going to buy any-thing, buy it here – we’ll wrap it for you and put a nice logo on it.
One could argue this change forces books down the throats of children who shouldn’t have anything else shoved down their throats. But what if this had a posi-tive, unexpected effect? If McDonald’s creates more intelligent consumers, will those people continue to eat there?
I can imagine it now: CEO Don Thompson sitting alone in his black chair, laughing maniacally at the scene—mil-lions of customers reaching their greasy, salty hands skyward in a grand reprisal, toppling the restaurant chain once and for all. Meanwhile, he makes his getaway on an executive yacht to an unmarked island.
Or maybe an inspired child, who read his first book at McDonald’s, will shape the chain’s environmental consciousness. To many, the idea of McDonald’s existing as a positive social force is kind of like a stuffed animal bin for lost children—ex-cept the children are all regular custom-ers. I would remind naysayers that Ronald McDonald Houses are pretty awesome.
There is no telling what the outcome will be if this catches on, but I can tell you this: In a world increasingly dominated by digital media, paperbacks are back in the U.K., baby. They may be dusted with fry salt, but the stories and pictures are there. This means we, fellow English majors, may once again get paid to shovel drivel down the mouths of consumers from behind a desk rather than a restaurant counter.
Would you like verbs with that?
A McModest Proposal Manti Te’o and the Fighting Irish
received a healthy amount of scrutiny following their calamity of a perfor-mance in the 2013 BCS National Cham-pionship.
After the press conferences finally concluded and the players were dismissed from team ac-tivities, they thought the in-tense examina-tion, criticism and doubts wouldn’t re-sume until the next time the Fighting Irish took the field.
But nine days later, one Fighting Irish player re-ceived more attention than they could have ever imagined.
The bizarre story involving the Notre Dame star and his non-existent girlfriend is, at this point, still very much up for de-bate and probably will be for quite some time until the man behind the scam, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, came out and re-vealed his side of the twisted story.
Believe me when I say this: I have as much doubt as the next guy in Manti Te’o’s story in regards to the recent false-identity hoax that came to the nation’s attention Wednesday, which is now sim-ply being referred to as, “The Hoax.”
I mean, doesn’t it seem odd to you that after almost two years of being in a relationship, Te’o and the person he
thought was his girlfriend had never once met in person?
On Jan. 16, Deadspin.com revealed that the story of Te’o’s girlfriend dying from leukemia last September, which captured the entire nation and swung support in favor of the Fighting Irish, never actually happened.
And as it turns out, “Lennay Kekua,” Te’o’s alleged girlfriend, whom he main-tained regular contact with for two years, wasn’t even a woman at all. Rather, Tuiasosopo had created Kekua as part of a revenge plot against a former high school classmate by using photos of a woman he had repeatedly stalked online. And according to others who have spo-ken out, Te’o wasn’t the only one to be fooled by Tuiasopsopo’s scam.
But the means of Tuiasosopo’s de-ception over Te’o is what has the nation buzzing. A wide range of theories have been presented, but to me it seems like there were obvious indicators that Kekua wasn’t real.
For instance, Te’o’s relationship with Kekua began on the one website where even Joe Nobody could start a conversa-tion with a famous athlete: Twitter.
There’s red flag No. 1.But despite even his own doubts,
Te’o said he began to develop feelings for Kekua over the next two years, and their relationship quickly evolved to be-ing more than just “friends.” Te’o later admitted that he and Kekua hadn’t ever met in person. Their relationship was solely through phone and online messag-ing.
The “couple” planned to meet several times, but family problems and other is-
sues prevented them from ever going through with it.
There’s red flag No. 2. But whether you believe Te’o was the
victim of an elaborate fabrication that fooled the entire nation, or that, rather, he took part in a scheme directed toward drawing hype for Notre Dame’s football program, you still have to feel bad for the guy.
Right?Well, the general consensus has al-
ways been that poor decisions usually lead to poor outcomes. To say that Te’o was wrong in conducting a relationship with a woman he had never met in per-son would be a huge understatement.
But while Te’o’s decision to conduct such wasn’t the best, the outcome of the situation wasn’t just “poor,” it was pos-sibly the worst chain of events that could have happened to him.
Te’o used the adversity from his grandmother and girlfriend’s death in the same day to spark a fire underneath the Fighting Irish, which eventually led them to the national championship and Te’o finishing second in the Heisman voting.
But what had risen to become one of the biggest storylines in college football this season has now become a world of doubt directed toward Te’o.
His draft stock will likely be reconsid-ered and his integrity will be questioned. Simple precautions or efforts could have been made to prevent this from ever happening for Manti.
After all, who doesn’t have the time for a Skype date?
Ever heard of Skype, Manti?
BY JAYNA SMITHAssistant News Editor
Following the custom of having a big-name star sing the national anthem at the inauguration, Beyonce belted out
her rendition on Monday.
Once again, credit for snag-ging anoth-er term was snatched from President Barack Obama. Much of the news cover-age surrounding the inauguration has been cen-tered on whether
or not Beyonce actually sung the nation-al anthem, or if she was lip syncing it.
Historically, at a high-profile event such as the inauguration, artists are known to lip sync just to prevent any mis-takes. Call me biased, but we all know Beyonce has a beautiful voice. As of right now, the Marine Band has conflicting
stories as to whether or not she actually sang the song live.
Why does it matter whether she actu-ally performed the song live or not? She has performed numerous shows—preg-nant and in heels. Her professionalism shouldn’t be the issue on the chopping block.
As a nation, people should be more focused on the larger piece of history.
President Obama, the first African- American president, was re-elected for his second term.
During 2008, an issue arose about whether or not he was properly sworn in, which pretty much stole the initial glory of his historical accomplishment.
According to the Los Angeles Times, ratings for the inauguration fell by 61
percent in comparison to 2009’s inau-guration. The decrease is common for most presidents the second time around. When George W. Bush was sworn in his second time, his ratings fell by 46 percent, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Such a decrease in viewership speaks volumes when MSNBC reported that Obama’s inauguration was expected to cost a record-breaking $150 million. For such a high-priced ticket, you would think there would be a greater value on what actually went on at the event, and not on one minor aspect of it.
Most likely, President Obama and Be-yonce have both been attacked enough to not allow pointless speculation to steal the glory of performing at, and being the subject of, the presidential inauguration.
Inaugural flawSome seem more interested in Beyonce’s performance,
rather than Obama’s historic day
Truth will be impossible to find about hoax
� e Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 2013SCENEEditor// Chanet Stevenson
Finding the magic CWU student interns at Disney World
DISNEY FACT!The Tree of Life,
found in the Animal Kingdom of Disney World, is 14 stories tall and has over 300
animal carvings.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA.COM
BY CHARLENE WILSON
Staff Reporter
Central Washington Universi-ty student Connie Wood is mak-ing her dreams come true.
Wood, senior nutrition major, lives in Orlando, Fla. working as an intern for the Disney Com-pany. A lifelong fan of Disney, Wood learned about the Disney internships program from fl y-ers around campus and in the Student Union and Recreational Center (SURC).
“The application process takes a few weeks,” Wood said.
To work as an intern, a stu-dent must be enrolled full time and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.
Once the main applications are sorted through and appli-cants are chosen, the next stage is a web-based interview, fol-lowed by a phone interview.
Out of these fi nalists, only 8 percent are selected to live in the happiest place on earth for one quarter.
Wood remembers when she received her congratulations email.
“I was so overwhelmed with shock and excitement that I screamed and dropped my phone to hug my friend right next to me,”Wood said.
After fl ying to Orlando and living with three other interns in Disney housing, Wood is still in the training part of the program.
“I’ve been going to training, then to Downtown Disney in the evening,” Wood said.
Disney interns get free admis-sion to parks and rides, as well as other discounts and perks in the parks’ food establishments and merchandise shops.
University of Washington se-nior Lindsay Baumann attended the program in Florida last year.
“Depending on what your specifi c interest or major was, we would work right next to Dis-ney’s employees and learn under their teachings,” Baumann said. “Working with the other fashion majors, we learned what goes into all the pajamas we wore
when we were young.”
Interns must adhere to strict appearance regula-tions, which include no bright nail polish or facial piercings. Wood said she has even taken princess lessons from Auro-ra, the princess in “Sleeping Beauty.”
According to StaticBrain.com, The Walt Disney Compa-ny currently employs 133,000 people in 40 countries, and all of its employees must remain up to company standards on visual presentation.
Wood said the compa-ny goes to great lengths to keep the magic alive for
everyone.
Interns also receive a behind-the-scenes view of Disney World, including tours of the park and meet-and-greets with characters.
Interns have the opportu-nity to play games with Alice, dance with Pluto and learn inside facts about the park.
Wood said she has seen how many of the classic and modern movies were pro-duced, as well as daily opera-tions of rides and the amount of work which characters go through before they are al-lowed into the park.
In a world where interns join Mickey Mouse for a pancake breakfast or share a cup of hot chocolate with Aladdin, it’s hard to imagine Wood ever wanting to come back to Ellensburg.
“It’s been warm, so any time we have free time we’re outside doing something,” Wood said.
Although she loves being able to wear shorts year-round, Wood does miss the snow and hiking in the Ellens-burg area. She will be return-ing at the end of the quarter.
“Hearing about the pro-gram has opened up a lot of doors for me for possible employment with them in the future,” Wood said, although she does not plan on return-ing to Florida once she com-pletes her internship.
After returning home, Bau-mann said she has applied much of what she learned to her schoolwork as she prepares to graduate in the spring.
“Living in Florida, on the opposite coast, and learning so much with my best friends was the greatest part of the internship,” Baumann said. “Everyone always says to do something you love, and I was fortunate to start my career with such a prestigious and successful company.”
The internship is available for students of all majors or fi elds of studies. For more information about the Disney
internship, visit: www.disneycareers.com.
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Carnival of career optionsBY HENRY VAN LEISHOUT
Staff Reporter
Students seeking clarifi cation or in-formation about any major, minor or specialization should make their way over to the 11th annual Majors Fair.
The Majors Fair will be held in the SURC Ballroom on Jan. 30 from noon to 3 p.m.
“[It’s] not just for undeclared ma-jors,” said Kristina Paquette, secretary supervisor of the Career Center, de-spite the fact that there are 2,933 unde-clared students this quarter alone.
Career Services has invited chairs, deans, faculty and advisors to come and share their knowledge and infor-mation with the students of Central Washington University to help with the stressful and confusing decision about which major is right for them.
This year in particular is a special one. The Career Center has invited local high school seniors to attend the majors fair for the fi rst time ever. It will be the Career Center’s fi rst attempt to help future Central students before they enroll.
There is a workshop scheduled for these young hopefuls which will teach them how to choose the perfect major. Anyone who wants to attend the work-shop can, however.
“Majors Fair was a turning point for me,” said Lizz Stewart, a sophomore double majoring in primate behavior ecology and anthropology.
When she was still in high school, Stewart thought she wanted to be a biologist. She later visited Central’s Chimposium and knew exactly what she wanted to do.
Stewart attended the fair last year because she wanted more information on her already chosen major. She was able to fi nd out all the information she needed to decide on her second major.
Stewart brought a group of unde-clared friends with her. None of her friends left the fair having made a deci-sion, but they all left with a good idea of what direction they might want to go in and what kinds of classes seemed interesting to them.
“The Majors Fair will get you where you need to be,” Stewart said. “Even if you have no idea what you want to do.”
Students may not experience the epiphany Stewart did, but they might be able to fi nd out about some classes which can point them in the right di-rection.
Information on job opportunities, fi eld school and graduate school, as well as majors, minors, and specializations are just a few of the many resources students can access at the Majors Fair.
Some of the tables at the fair will have brochures, four-year plans, busi-ness cards and other helpful giveaways for students.
“Majors Fair is an opportunity for [the faculty and advisors] to be a part of helping the students fi nd direction and stay connected to Central,” Pa-quette said.
The majors Fair will be closing shortly after 3 p.m.
Residence halls on the hireCampus housing on the early look-out for student employees
BY BRADEN DENHERDER
Staff Reporter
Every year, Central Washington Uni-versity Housing and New Student Pro-grams hires around 76 residents.
Student housing has seen a great infl ux of student participation in the residence halls, and Ian Miller, associ-ate director of Student Life, is pleased with student in-volvement this year.
“We continue to see a high student involvement with our Residence Hall Leadership Counsel, which forms our larger Residence Hall Associa-tion,” Miller said.
Every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Wel-lington Event Cen-ter, close to 100 on-campus residents and some faculty gather for the weekly RHA meeting.
Because retention is important to Stu-dent Housing, Jenna Hyatt, director of University Housing and New Student Programs, is excited about how many stu-dents have continued to live on campus and work in the residence halls.
“Our retention is great,” Hyatt said. “We are right on for what we normally expect.”
One way Student Housing works to keep residence halls and apartments up to student standards is through a variety of surveys.
“These are a direct connection to us for feedback about housing, our staff and their experience,” Hyatt said.
This quarter, Housing is continuing the process of acquiring students to fi ll these positions.
“For hiring for Fall, we are right on tar-get,” Hyatt said. “This is exactly when we always do it so folks can make plans about
deciding where they are living next year.”
Student Housing holds resident assistants to high stan-dards and expects them to be a valuable resource and example to the residents they oversee.
“Candidates are evaluated on their application, resume, the individual inter-views and the group interviews as well as the references they give us,” Miller said.
In addition to new or returning resi-dent assistants for next year, University Housing is also looking for orientation
leaders for this coming year. “We’re seeking really highly exciting,
interested ambassadors for the University to be orientation leaders,” Hyatt said.
The application for orientation leaders can be found on the University Housing website.
One new opportunity for interested students this year is the online application. This can be found on the Student Housing website.
Students can go to the Central Housing webpage to fi nd a link for
the applica-tion
O t h e r than the online ap-p l i c a t i o n , S t u d e n t Housing is not expect-ing any new changes with the Resident Assistant appli-cation this com-ing year.
To apply for a Resident Assistant or Orientation
Leader position, visit:
https://www.cwu.edu/housing/
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BY HaileY NelsoN
Staff Reporter
The small Nicaraguan communities of Little Corn Island, Jiquillillo, and Chinandega now have new schools and storage facilities. They also have chil-dren with the ability to read, write and speak English—all thanks to the efforts of Central Washington University stu-dents.
Created in spring of 2012, Central’s Growth International Volunteer Ex-cursions (GIVE) club is in partnership with the Seattle GIVE organization.
“Seattle GIVE builds second-ary schools out of recycled materials, which provide means for education. The majority of the schools created are built out of plastic soda bottles that are filled with sand,” said Andrew Mason, junior biology major and a member of GIVE who has helped with the efforts in Nicaragua.
The nonprofit organization is run by volunteers with a desire to help Third world countries.
“We focus on community develop-ment in Ellensburg, as well as recruiting volunteers to help in Nicaragua,” said Kevin Sprague, senior business major and Central GIVE club president.
Beginning with only six members last spring, the club has grown to 35 members and has formed other GIVE clubs at UCLA, UC Santa Barbra, University of Central Florida, Gonza-ga, and Arizona State University.
The goal of Central’s GIVE club is to raise enough funds to send students to Nicaragua and Africa this summer. To raise funds, the club will be host-ing bake sales, restaurant “takeovers,” speed dating, and “humans vs. zom-bies” fundraisers.
To help offset travel costs for the members, GIVE is sponsored by the Grove Apartments, and recieves do-nations from the Palace Café and Starbucks. The club is also working in partnership with Rotaract, a Central community service club on campus.
“We are not only trying to build international communities, but local communities as well,” said Christopher Nenniger, junior environemental geol-ogy major.
Every two weeks, from May through Aug. 30, GIVE members in the United States travel to the small communities of Little Corn Island, Jiquilillio, and
Chinandega. During their stay, mem-bers help build schools, supply build-ings, and teach students to read and write in English.
“In Little Corn Island… one little boy looked up at me and said, ‘I didn’t know I could read,” said Liz Keck, sophomore business major and vice president of CWU GIVE.
The communities in which GIVE travel to lack fresh running water, are built upon garbage dumpsites, have lit-tle or no electricity and residents wear little to no clothing.
“Volunteers were advised to not drink the water, but we would see the kids run over and drink the water,” Ma-son said.
Houses in the various communities have walls created out of scrap metal, roofs made of straw or tarps, and no flooring or foundation.
“A lady in her mid-40s had the life aspiration in this community to one day collect enough bricks to build a
new house for her family to live in,” Sprague said.
During the first week of the excur-sion, the volunteers lived in the com-munity of Jaquilillio, where they filled two-liter plastic soda bottles with sand, which were then used to create the walls of the secondary school and a septic system.
“In Jaquilillio, during the first week we built a septic system so they could have fresh water and a working toilet,” Keck said.
For the second week of the excur-sion, GIVE members traveled to Little Corn Island, where they taught the lo-cal children how to speak English while building a storeroom to be used to store and sell school supplies.
“The students on Little Corn Island were on student holiday break while we were down there, but once they found out the volunteers were there to teach them, they came flooding in to learn,” Sprague said.
During their two-week stay in Ni-caragua, GIVE volunteers not only learned to how to build schools out of recycled materials, but also to appreci-ate the things first-world countries take for granted.
“The people in Jaquilillio were hap-py with just having the clothes on their back and clean fresh water,” Nenniger said. “They were twice as happy as I was with the stuff I have in the United States. I don’t think anyone that volun-teered on the trips was happier than the people who lived in those commu-nities.”
This year’s goal for the Central GIVE club is to return to Nicaragua and travel to Tanzania. GIVE looks for members who want to better the lo-cal and international communities. For those interested in joining or helping GIVE reach their goal, meetings are held every Wednesday in SURC 140 from 4 to 5 p.m.
9SCENE The Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 2013
Central students G.I.V.E. internationallyNew club travels to small Nicaraguan community to build homes, schools
GIVING (Above) The GIVE club has been traveling to Nicaragua since last spring to help build schools and tutor kids. (Below) Left: Club members pose for a photo during one of their trips. Right: GIVE club members assess a building site.
PHOTOS COuRTESy Of KEVIN SPRAGuE
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BY LAUREN NOLTON
Staff Reporter
Music – alongside Dr. King and oth-er civil rights activists – has been a part of the fi ght which helped to shape the meaning of freedom in America.
In the 1960s, Charles Mingus was a talented musician, and outspoken hu-man rights activist. Mingus played on bandstands and often spoke or played music to display his feeling towards op-pressed people in America.
This is why graduate student Dean Snavely will conduct an elegy concert tonight for Mingus around the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The piece he’s con-ducting was com-posed by Timothy Broege, who arranged fi ve of Mingus’s most well-known pieces. Snavely spe-cifi cally picked this 30-minute piece because Mingus expresses his feelings toward the oppressed.
“Mingus himself was a very outspo-ken activist, not just for civil rights, but for everything,” Snavely said.
Putting on this concert inspired Snavely to research more into the jazz
musician’s role in the civil rights move-ment, which he said has long been for-gotten.
“It has been a mind-expanding ex-perience,” Snavely said. “I am excited and a little overwhelmed.”
A talented jazz quartet, formed of three Central alumni and one Central faculty member, will be performing the elegy.
The quartet features Gary Hobbs on drums, Saul Cline playing tenor
s a x o p h o n e , Revel Lubag on the piano and Johm Hamar on bass. The CWU Wind Ensemble will accompany the quartet.
D e L a n e Doyle, a percus-sionist with the wind ensemble, has been prac-
ticing percussion since fi fth grade. He will be playing xylophone, timbales (Latin drums) and cowbells alongside the jazz quartet.
This isn’t Doyle’s fi rst Charles Min-gus tribute concert.
“It was a really weird experience because I had never heard that type of music before,” Doyle said. “Now that we are playing his music, everything
that I heard years ago makes a lot more sense.”
“It’s a really great experi-ence,” Doyle said. “It is re-ally cool music and a chal-lenge musically. I am excited to be with the jazz quartet on stage.”
Daniel Hig-gins, dual ma-jor in music education and clarinet performance, will be the only bass clarinet player on stage during the concert.
“I am really looking forward to hearing our guest artists,” Higgens said. “They are going to be amazing and I can’t wait to play with them.”
Michael Towey, also a percussion performance major, is looking forward
to playing in a chamber ensemble set-ting with the jazz quartet.
“It’s one of those things that you don’t normally get to do – it’s called third s t r e a m , ” Towey said.
T h i r d stream is a mixture of jazz, wind
ensemble and orchestral ideas coming together to form one piece.
The jazz quartet will perform a free concert at Prosody Events on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. Several jazz ensemble students from Central will be opening for the quartet before they play. The quartet will also hold several clinics on the day of the concert.
Graduate student to conduct elegy for civil rights leader Tribute jazz concert in memory of Charles Mingus coming to CWU
“No Sun, No Shadow” and the elegy for Charles Mingus will be:
TONIGHT7 p.m.
Jerilyn S. McIntyre Music BuildingPresentation will open with a video and short lecture on Min-
gus and the jazz musician’s role during the civil rights movement.
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-DEAN SNAVELYGraduate Student
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wait to play with them.-DANIEL HIGGINS
Music education, clarinet performance
11SCENE � e Observer • Jan. 24 - 30, 2013
BY CODY SPENCER
Staff Reporter
Hebeler Hall, formerly College El-ementary School, is an important arti-fact which links today’s campus to the past.
For anyone who has ever had a class in Hebeler Hall, it is obvi-ous the building was constructed to serve the needs of children. The hallway is lined with miniature lockers, water fountains and doors.
These are remnants of the build-ing’s past life as a “lab school,” which gave student teachers the opportunity to observe elementary school students while studying alongside college in-structors.
Although Central’s academic focus has expanded since the lab school’s es-tablishment, the strong faculty group Central has today is an extension of the tradition of excellence started in this building.
Amanda Hebeler, after whom the building was named in 1963, was the innovative leader who sparked the cre-ation of the lab school.
Hebeler arrived in Ellensburg by train in 1924 as the newly hired su-pervisor of Washington State Normal School’s off-campus student teaching program.
Five years later, Hebeler became the director of College Elementary School, teaching classes there in addition to the courses she taught at the college.
T h ro u g h o u t the 1930s, Hebel-er was an integral part of the plan-ning for a new elementary school building.
Her efforts paid off in 1938 when the build-ing known today as Hebeler Hall was constructed.
At the time of its completion, Col-lege Elementary School represented the future of student teaching.
“It was a cutting-edge program with a very strong mission,” Central Wash-ington University archivist Stephen Hussman said. “The faculty worked quite well together. They were effi cient and well-prepared.”
Hebeler was the core of the faculty group’s excel-lence. Striving to improve the standard of stu-dent teaching, she recruited highly qualifi ed teach-ers who were fully committed to stu-dent success.
“The faculty was totally com-mitted and very
involved,” Hussman said. “They want-ed their students to be successful.”
It was logical for Ellensburg par-ents to send their children to College Elementary School, but the renowned academic program also attracted the attention of parents from around the region.
The program quickly became a fi xture in the evolution of education. Because of its effectiveness and com-mitment to student success, the school earned recognition from numerous re-gional and national publications.
Hebeler continued to infl uence edu-cators and students until she stepped down from her position as director of College Elementary School in 1956, after having served the institution for 27 years.
In 1963, the building was named af-ter Hebeler in honor of her lifetime of achievement and dedication. In 1969, 45 years after she fi rst arrived in El-
lensburg, Hebeler died of a stroke.
College El-ementary School at Hebeler Hall functioned until 1982, when bud-get cuts forced the school to close.
The build-ing was quickly converted into a
college learning facility. Today, many college classes are held in rooms once occupied by young children and their student instructors.
Maintaining the physical structure
of Hebeler Hall is a continual process, but so far no major repairs have been necessary.
“It is one of my favorite buildings on campus because of the way it has held up,” said Robert Tosch, director of plant operations and maintenance.
Although Hebeler Hall’s peak of infl uence has passed, the building will
stand at the corner of 10th and D street for many years to come.
Its primary purpose has changed since 1938, but the goal remains: to produce educated, professional citi-zens.
“You could write a book on He-beler,” Hussman said. “I’m surprised nobody has done that.”
The History of Hebeler HallA look into the building’s past life
Hebeler Hall Historical Facts:Built in 1938
Named after Amanda HebelerWas an elementary school until 1982
TIMELESS The historic Hebeler Hall stands on the corner of 10th and D street.SETH LONBORG/OBSERVER
It is one of my favorite buildings on campus because of the way it has held up.“It is one of my favorite “It is one of my favorite “
-ROBERT TOSCHDirector of Operations and Maintenance
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� e Observer • Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2013 SPORTS Editor// Evan � ompson
The Wildcats enter their matchup with No. 5 Western Washington with momen-
tum on their side.
PAGE 14
Rivalry Week:CWU vs. WWU
Central battled with No. 6 Seattle Pacifi c un-til a late rally allowed the
Falcons to pull ahead.
PAGE 15
Wildcats fall short of upset bid
Wildcats return home from Moscow with experi-ence and several fi rst-place
fi nishers.
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Track and Field: Idaho Collegiate
ZACH OLNEY/OBSERVER
THE OBSERVERʼS “GAME OF THE WEEK”
PREDICTION: CWU 89, NNU 75
BY QUIN WALKERStaff Reporter
The Wildcats will pass the halfway mark in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play next week against Northwest Nazarene on Saturday night in Nicholson Pavilion.
The Wildcats (10-6, 4-4 GNAC) fell to No. 6 Seattle Pacific University 80-71 last week and are currently fifth in the conference standings. After CWU plays NNU (9-7, 3-5 in GNAC) on Satur-day, the Wildcats will take on the Alaska Anchor-age Seawolves (11-4, 4-3 GNAC) on Jan. 31.
Nazarene enters Saturday’s matchup having lost four out of their last five. Junior guard Mark McLaughlin still leads the GNAC in scoring and has converted 54 percent of his shots from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line. Al-ways a critical factor in games, McLaughlin will look to settle in to his scoring groove through his free throws.
“I have been trying to get to the line more, it’s easier to get yourself going rather than jump shots,” McLaughlin said.
McLaughlin hasn’t been the only one stepping up his game during the final stretch of the sea-son.
Senior Jordan Coby has been providing very important minutes as of late. Coby averages 11 points per game while Senior Brandon Magee recorded his third double-double of the season in the Wildcats 80-71 loss to No. 6 Seattle Pacific last week, racking up 10 points and 10 rebounds.
This will be the first meeting between the Cru-saders and the Wildcats this season. The player to watch for NNU is senior guard Kenny Jones.
Jones, a former UCLA Bruin is coming into the game averaging 15.9 points per game and is the Crusaders’ leading scorer in 10 of 16 games this season. Jones has 45 points over the past three games staying true to his average. Head coach Greg Sparling noted Jones’ and the Crusaders defense.
“They have a lot of new guys,” Sparling said. “Kenny Jones has been playing very well for them. Hawkins does not turn the ball over very much. They mix it up defensively and keep you off tilt.”
The Wildcats will look to improve on their rebounding verus NNU, after recovering 15 of-fensive rebounds against SPU but only scoring six points.
Because of this Sparling’s main focus in prac-tice is rebounding.
“In the games we have lost, rebounding has been a huge issue,” McLaughlin said. “They’re really scrappy and well coached, real competi-tive. Coach has been talking about playing a full 40 minutes, it’s easy to get up for the big games but when you are playing a team at the bottom of the standings it’s no different, you have to play every game the same.”
After the Wildcats play NNU, they will make the trek to face the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves on Jan. 31. The Seawolves are currently in fourth place in the GNAC standings and lost to the Wildcats during their last matchup 81-72.
Junior guard Kyle Fossman scored 24 points and collected five rebounds on 7-13 shooting and 6-6 from the free throw line.
“We will throw some things at him, but right now our focus is on Nazarene,” Sparling said. “We will watch the tape, he is a good player, a winner.”
McLaughlin knows where the Wildcats can ef-fectively slow Fosssman’s scoring and how tough it could be to come away with a win.
“We have to find him when he crosses half court,” McLaughlin said. “He is a good shooter, he hit a couple threes against us last time. We just need to be better defending pick and rolls, it’s always tough to win up in Alaska but we just
need to play our game.” Two wins this week can propel them into
fourth place and knocking on the door for third.
Wildcats will reach halfway mark in GNAC this Saturday with every single game remaining
being crucial toward postseason seedings
SPORTS � e Observer • Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 201313
SATURDAYʼS GAMEGreat Northwest Athletic Conference
Central Washington
GNAC STAT LEADERS
Central Washington (6-7, 1-4)vs.
Northwest Nazarene (9-7, 3-5)Nicholson Pavilion, Ellensburg
Tip-off @ 7:30 p.m.Live Stream: http://client.stretchinter-
net.com/client/cwu.portal#
Steals: No. 1 (143, 8.9 Avg/G)Free Throw Pct: No.1 (322-426, .756 Pct)
Turnover Margin: No. 1 (CWU-204, Opp-268, +4.00) Scoring: No. 1 - - Mark McLaughlin (374 pts, 23.4 Avg/G)
Steals: No. 2 - - Mark McLaughlin (29, 1.8 Avg/G)
PLAYERS TO WATCH
#32 JR Mark McLaughlin
6’6 | GuardWhile McLaughlin still ranks in the top-10 in scoring in the Division II, he has quietly snuck up the GNAC lead-erboards in steals. McLaughlin ranks second behind Western Oregon’s Devon Alexander with 29 steals and averages roughly two per game.
#25 JR Kevin Davis 6’9 | Center/Forward
Having returned from an injury sus-tained last season, Davis’ tall frame will provide the Wildcats with much-needed size inside. He already made an impact altering shots this past weekend while also converting 4-6 of his � eld goals and hitting all of his free throws.
Wildcats � fth in GNAC, Northwest Nazarene up next
DOUBLE-TROUBLE Senior Brandon Magee record-ed his third double-double of the season vs. No. 6 SPU.
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14SPORTS � e Observer • Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2013
BY CLAIRE COXStaff reporter
The Central Washington University Women’s basketball team will return home to compete with two nationally ranked teams this week, taking on archrival West-ern Washington University tonight at 7 p.m., followed by Simon Fraser University on Saturday at 5:15 p.m.
The Wildcats swept the Alaskan teams in the GNAC this past weekend, beating Fairbanks 69-49 and then cleaning up in Anchorage 74-64.
Junior Leslie Stillar contributed 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in the University of Alaska Anchorage game on Saturday night. Stillar, who made her second-consecutive start for the Wildcats Saturday night, is averaging 9.1 points per game.
Another standout player this past week-end was freshman Jasmine Parker, who scored a total of 14 game points, adding nine rebounds to the Wildcats’ win over the Seawolves.
The Vikings, however, will be the real test for the Wildcats.
“Western Washington’s team is re-ally big,” said head coach Shawn Nelson, “So we are really going to have to focus on being tough and winning the battle of rebounding and just sticking to what has made us successful the past couple games.”
The Vikings were ranked No.8 in last
week’s USA Today Sports/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll. They now hold a record of 13-2 overall and top the GNAC standings at 7-0, following their seventh consecutive victory.
Senior Viking Corinn Waltrip is the 2012-2013 GNAC pre-season all-confer-ence pick, scoring a game- and career-high of 24 points against the Montana State University Yellowjackets this past weekend.
The Simon Fraser University Clan holds a record of 13-2 as well, with a GNAC record of 6-1 after their win Sat-urday night against the Seattle Pacifi c University Falcons. Clan senior Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 GNAC First Team All Star, was the evening’s top scorer with 20 points.
“We have really high expectations and I believe our players are really starting to get higher expectations too,” Nelson said. “That’s what you want when you’re try-ing to build a program. We are just tak-ing it one game at a time and the Western Washington game is all we are really fo-cused on right now.”
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PreviewCentral ready for rivalry
FLYING HIGH Junior Jessica VanDyke (22) lays up the ball. VanDyke leads the GNAC in three-point field goals made with 41 on the season and averages 2.7 per game.
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The deep three-pointer off the hands of Jordan Coby hit nothing but net, sending the crowd into a frenzy and tying the score at 66 against Seattle Pacifi c University, the No. 6 ranked team in the nation. Junior guard Mark McLaughlin led Central with 18 points and senior guard Brandon Magee fi nished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, giving Magee his third double-double of the season. But the Wild-cats effort wasn’t quite enough, as Seattle
Pacifi c held on to win 80-71 on Saturday. The Wildcats (10-6 overall, 4-4 GNAC) dropped to fi fth place in the GNAC as SPU (13-2 overall 6-1 GNAC) now sits a half game behind Western Washington University in the standings. The Wildcats played strong in the fi rst half, leading by as much as three before heading into the locker room trailing by two, 34-32. At halftime, the Falcons held a 12-0 advantage in second-chance points, despite having the same amount of offensive rebounds as the Wildcats. The Wildcats opened the second half slowly as SPU increased its lead to eight within the fi rst 90 seconds. Sparling cred-ited Seattle Pacifi c’s offense. “We played poor at the beginning of the second half,” head coach Greg Sparling
said. “ I think we let [SPU player and former WSU player] Patrick Simon score eight straight against us.” SPU increased its lead to 10 before Central was forced to call a timeout and regroup. Over the next four minutes, Central converted on eight free throws and guard Jordan Coby hit the deep three-pointer to tie the game up with three minutes left to
play. But the Wildcats went scoreless from the fi eld in the last four minutes and SPU con-verted on its free throws to seal the game. SPU out-rebounded the Wildcats 42-38 and scored 36 points in the paint. “We tried to let our athletic ability take over and tried to get some easy looks,” Magee said. The Wildcats face Northwest Nazarene
University next Saturday at Nicholson Pavilion. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.
15SPORTS � e Observer • Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2013
BY THOMAS LORANZ
Staff Reporter
After winning two games in Alaska, Central Washington University women’s basketball team im-proved its record to 8-7 overall, 3-4 GNAC.
The Wildcats began in Fairbanks against the Uni-versity of Alaska. Junior Jessica VanDyke led the charge with 21 points. Junior Daisy Burke, sopho-more Courtney Johnson and freshman Jasmine Park-er also had double-fi gure games, which helped the Wildcats defeat the Nanooks 69-49.
The Wildcats came out slow, trailing 15-8 in the fi rst eight minutes of the game. The Wildcats quickly bounced back with a 16-6 run, and at halftime the score was 27-26 with Central in the lead.
The fi rst 10 minutes of the second half saw both teams trade the lead back and forth. Burke, John-son, Parker and VanDyke helped the Wildcats pull through in the end with a 16-1 run in the fi nal min-utes of the game.
Parker fi nished with 11 points, 17 rebounds, and fi ve steals. Parker’s fi ve steals were the most amount by a Wildcat since 2008.
On Saturday, the Wildcats traveled to play the
University of Alaska Anchorage. Junior Leslie Stil-lar’s season-high 22 points helped the Wildcats defeat the Seawolves, 74-64.
The Wildcats came out strong with a controlling lead of 24-13 in the fi rst 10 minutes of the half. They reached a 17-point advantage with four minutes left in the half before the Seawolves answered with an 8-0 run to enter halftime.
The Seawolves’ momentum continued in the sec-ond half with a 20-6 run, pushing them in front of the Wildcats. Central kept its cool and returned with 14 unanswered point of its own. The Seawolves got within two points of the lead, but Stillar went 6-6 in the fi nal minutes, which ultimately gave the Wildcats the win.
The Wildcats were the fi rst team since 2005 to sweep both of their games in Alaska.
The Wildcats return home to the Pavilion where they play rivals Western on Jan. 24 at 7 p.m., fol-lowed by Simon Fraser on Jan. 26 at 5:15 p.m.
SCHOOLED Senior Derrick Davis (44) takes an open look against No. 6 Seattle Pacific University. Davis finished with eight points.ZACH OLNEY/OBSERVER
RecapWildcats rally but fall to No.6 Falcons
RecapWomen’s basketball on the rise after sweeping in Alaska
We tried to let our athletic ability take over and tried to get some easy looks.
-MARK MCLAUGHLINJunior guard
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#CWUWBBALL OPEN HOOP Junior Daisy Burke (14) drives to the lane in the Wildcats victory over Northwest earlier in the season.
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MENʼS BASKETBALLRECENT GAME:L 80-71 vs. Seattle Pacifi cSenior Brandon Magee had a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in Saturdayʼs loss to No. 6 Seattle Pacifi c.
NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE:1/26 Northwest Nazarene @ Nicholson Pavilion | 7:30 P.M. 1/31 Alaska Anchorage @ Wells Fargo Sports Complex | 7 P.M.
STANDINGS #3 Western Washington #6 Seattle Pacifi cAlaska FairbanksAlaska AnchorageCentral WashingtonWestern OregonNorthwest NazareneMSU BillingsSaint MartinʼsSimon Fraser
CENTRAL WASHINGTON WINTER SPORTS STANDINGS/SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE7-06-15-24-34-43-43-52-52-50-7
OVERALL16-013-210-511-410-68-79-79-96-95-10
WOMENʼS BASKETBALLRECENT GAME:W 74-64 vs. Alaska AnchorageJunior guard Leslie Stillar had season-highs of 22 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists in Saturdayʼs win at Alaska Anchorage.
CONFERENCE7-06-15-25-34-43-43-42-51-60-7
OVERALL13-213-213-211-510-610-78-78-76-112-13
NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE:1/24 #5 Western Washington @ Nicholson Pavilion | 7 P.M. 1/26 #7 Simon Fraser @ Nicholson Pavilion |5:15 P.M.
LOCATIONSeattle, WAMoscow, IDMoscow, IDSeattle, WANampa, IDSeattle, WA
Birmingham, AL
SCHEDULE UW InvitationalVandal IndoorVandal Collegiate UW OpenGNAC Indoor Track & Field ChampionshipsD-II Last Chance Qualifi erNCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELDRECENT MEET:Idaho CollegiateFreshman Jayna Inderbitzen won the womenʼs 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.98, leading a trio of Wildcats among the top six in the event
DATEJan. 25-26
Feb. 1Feb. 2Feb. 10
Feb. 15-16Feb. 23
March. 8-9
STANDINGS #5 Western Washington #7 Simon FraserNorthwest NazareneMSU BillingsSeattle Pacifi cSaint MartinʼsCentral WashingtonAlaska AnchorageWestern OregonAlaska Fairbanks
BY PANCHO ARCEO
Staff Reporter
The Central Washington Univer-sity track team competed at the Idaho Collegiate Meet last Saturday, hosted in Moscow, Idaho, where four Wild-cats fi nished the meet as champions. Freshman Jayna Inderbitzen took fi rst in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.98. Since the last event, In-derbitzen is now sitting in 8th place in the GNAC 400-meter-dash standings.
Senior Kelsey Kreft also took a fi rst place spot in the women’s 5000 meter race with a time of 18:43:70. As for fi eld event competitors, junior Lewis Meyers competed in the men’s high jump and placed fi rst with a mark of 6’ 4.75 meters. Meyers’ high jump measured to 1.95 meters and is currently sitting in fi rst place in the men’s high jump stand-
ings.Junior Becki Duhamel also placed in
fi rst for the women’s weight throw with a launch of 16.45 meters. Duhamel is also sitting in fi rst place in the GNAC stand-ings along with her teammate Kelsey Kreft.
The women’s 4x400-meter relay team took control in Idaho and received fi rst place with a time of 3:32:98.
The Wildcats will be at it again this Friday and Saturday in Seattle at the UW Invitational at 1 p.m.
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LEAP OF FAITH Junior Jamie Larsen pole vaults at the UW Indoor Preview last week.SARAH RUIZ//OBSERVER
BY SCOTT HERMAN
Staff Reporter
At a time of year when most of the popu-lation would prefer to remain inside, content to be warm and bored, Central’s Outdoor Pursuits and Recreation is busy fi nding ways to get people outside to fi nd better forms of entertainment.
This last weekend the OPR hosted a cross-country skiing expedition in the Methow Valley. Led by OPR’s Trevor Berg-strom, junior mechanical engineering major, and graduate assistant Tom Potter, the group left Friday afternoon and spent two days tak-ing in the sights and experiencing the snowy terrain in central Washington. Potter was pleased to report that the trip appeared to be a success.
“It was a beautiful blue bird day, and relatively warm out,” Potter said. “Everyone had a great time, and those that haven’t had a lot of experience developed the skills they needed.”
Bergstrom also doubles as the shop man-ager at the OPR and has been cross-country skiing since his parents fi rst put him on skis when he was 8 years old.
Bergstrom also noted that the OPR’s win-
ter events are suited for anyone who wants to get off their couch and partake in the fun.
“We gear things more towards begin-ners,” Bergstrom said. “If anybody’s never done something like this, and they want to show up, we’ll cater to them and their skill level.”
The group of 11 people went up to the Methow Valley, located about two hours north of Wenatchee. It’s one of the biggest cross-country skiing trail networks in North America. The trail itself offers a pleasant ex-perience for skiers of all abilities, Bergstrom said.
The trip covered about 16-20 kilometers, at a clip of about three to four hours of ski-ing each day. At night the group was able to sleep in a cabin that was built along the trail. To add to the weekend’s fun, Bergstrom and several others made the trip in style, sporting multi-colored spandex on the trail.
Because of the full moon that was out this weekend, the group was able to partake in some well-lit night skiing. Bergstrom said that although visibility is obviously limited at night, there are still some amazing views to take in after the sun goes down.
“It’s just beautiful out, with the moon re-fl ecting on the snow,” Bergstrom said.
OPR o� ers skiing under the moon
Recap Wildcats keep their cool in Moscow
16SPORTS � e Observer • Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2013