The Clipper Volume 70 Issue 5

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Henry yarsinske JrManaging editor

The suicidal part of winter is upon us. No more holidays, no more fun. Rain, wind and cripppling depression are on the menu until spring decides to rear its head.

This issue was, frankly, one of the hard-est we’ve ever put together at The Clipper. 20 pages is nothing to sneeze at and something The Clipper hasn’t done in, well, a long-ass time. Even though the pepper shaker was held under our collective noses, nobody snot-rocketed.

There was an issue with a story that I was reporting on: the EvCC Confessions Twitter page that has sprung up. I and my staff wres-tled with the idea of giving this page any sort of exposure (even this, I feel, is too much) after seeing that it is filled with anonymous sexist, racist and childish remarks that are mostly targeted at the various sports teams at EvCC.

A word of advice for these students run-

ning this account: stop. You will get found out; and giving an anonymous forum to pit sports teams against each other is a great way to make yourselves out to be a bunch of assholes.

Regardless on if you carry your sporting life into the professional realm, I feel that athletes, even at the community college level, should be acting like the ballplayers that they look up to, not like high school douchebags (unless you’re looking up to someone staring down a DUI charge like Russel Lynch, or yelling racial epi-taphs like Riley Cooper or Ritchie Incognito, or abusing dogs like Michael Vick, or injecting steroids and then lying about it like the major-ity of baseball players in the 1990s and early 2000s... maybe I made a bad analogy).

Student athletes at EvCC can break the ste-reotype of “neanderthal entitled manchildren” that student athletes carry, but from the looks of this Twitter page, stereotypes are alright for most of EvCC’s athletes.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

DAnCE, DAnCEJake nicHollsstaff Writer

The next free-with-Student ID dance is happening on Feb. 21 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Fitness Center. The “Modern Masquerade” dance is a service to students provided by Student Activities, so pa-trons will need to either have or be with someone who has a Student ID card in order to attend.

Special Events Coordinator Emily Barrett calls the dance “a mix between Venetian carnival and Marti Gras.”

The dance features DJ Mikey from KISS 106.1. The dance also features a mask competition, a candy bar and a free photo booth. Face painting is available for those without a mask for either $1 at the dance or free with a coupon from the Student Activities Office, Parks 209.

There is no dress code, but masks are encouraged. The decision to have a dance came from a poll taken at the Snack and Chat booth during the Student Activities Kickoff. Somewhere between 100-200 were sampled, said Barrett. The Modern Masquerade theme came from another Snack and Chat in front of Gray Wolf on Jan 15.

DJ Mikey agreed to do his set for $400, which is $3000 less than last year’s DJ, Beatamaxx. He was brought to the U.S. for a tour and a national campus events convention. This reallocation of funds is due to a different set of activities for the year. Some of the funds are going to Game Night, a party preview for an upcoming basketball game.

Money for these events comes from Student Activities Programs Board’s general fund. The students have been under budget for the past couple years, said Program Manager Lindsay Hudson.

“The point is not to spend all their money down to zero because what they don’t spend rolls into the fund balance and can be used for students in future years” said Hudson. However, that money all goes into a reserve and can be used for other things, not just the events put on by Programs Board.

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HONORS PROGRAM

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While graduation from college crowns all the hard work a student has accomplished over the years, graduating with honors distinguishes student achievements in an even more special way.

Since 2011, Everett Community College has established an Honors Program to offer students the opportunity to further their studies by doing Honors-level academic work while earning their AAS degrees at the college.

In order to qualify for admission to the Honors Program, students are required to have a GPA of 3.5 or better in their college level courses taken at EvCC. Moreover, students must complete ENG &101, HUM 195 HNH and HUM 196 HN with at least a B or better grade to be admitted to the program.

Being described as “gateway courses” of the Honors Program, HUM 195 HNH and HUM 196 HN accent student’s developments on writing and critical thinking. HUM 195 HNH, which is named

“Honors Seminar: The Integration of Knowledge,” studies the theme of

“happiness” by looking through a variety of disciplines. HUM 196HN, on the other hand, is an “Honors S y m p o s i u m ” that features different guest speakers and events regarding a particular theme every year.

The Instructor of both courses, Joyce Walker, said one of the goals for the courses is to create a team atmosphere so that students can investigate topics at a deeper level and share their experience together.

“I hope that the biggest takeaway is students feel empowered to persuade their personal and professional lives, also [to develop] the ability to think across disciplines to see how you can gain perspectives by looking through other lenses,” said Walker. “I hope that would be opening to one’s mind.”

Once students are admitted to the program, they have to complete 20 credits of Honors courses, for which they can either take courses in Honors section or make Honors contracts arrangement with an instructor. Meanwhile, students will also have to work with a faculty member on a specific discipline to create an Honors Capstone Project.

Peg Balachowski, director of the Honors Program, thinks engaging in the Honors Program is a great way for students to enhance their experience at EvCC. She believes students are able to think more deeply about what they have learned in class by doing honors-level academic work. She also thinks the Capstone Project allows students to “work one-on-one with an instructor which students don’t often get.”

“In addition to their enhanced education, students get an opportunity to be a leader,” said Balachowski. “They are intellectual leaders among other students and as they move into their

universities doing the courses that they want to, they are going to have the opportunity to stand out.”

In fact, not only would graduates from the Honors Program stand out from the crowd academically, they would also be given a special recognition during the night of graduation. At last year’s graduation, EvCC’s first Honors Program graduates, Dennice Bryant and Tu Le, were called upon to walk first at the graduation and wore white mortarboard with a special Honors

pin.Being one

of the very first honors g r a d u a t e s in EvCC, international student, Le, said the initial reason he

joined the Honors Program was because he wanted to have a better-looking transcript for college transfer. Despite the challenges in cultural references, Le said he really enjoyed participating in the program.

Le mentioned the program gave him extra opportunities to work with instructors one-on-one and learn about things that he is interested in. For the Capstone Project, Le was able to make his own film by working with Art faculty member, Sandra Lepper, and by getting equipment support from the Art Department even though there are no filmmaking classes offered at EvCC.

“The program gave me goals and clearer direction for my future,” said Le. “The Capstone Project gave me a good start for my resume, and when I graduated I got admitted to different video production internships.”

In addition to standing out from the crowd, participating in the Honors Program might also be a good way for students to challenge themselves. Nada Yousif, who is currently enrolled in the Honors program, thinks the program challenges her to achieve success because Honors classes allow her to learn things more thoroughly than other classes.

“It’s definitely challenging, but you will be fine as long as you have the motivation, and don’t forget why you are doing the program. I wish a lot more students challenged themselves and did the Honors Program,” Yousif

said. Currently, five students are actively

enrolled in the Honors Program and three of them are going to graduate in June. To promote the program, Balachowski said she has been visiting classes, talking to faculty and going to different department meetings. She is also working with Media Services to create a marketing video to introduce

and explain the Honors Program. “As the Honors Director, I see that my

role is making sure that more students and more faculty know about [the Honors Program.] I hope they understand we welcome everyone, and this is an incredible opportunity for all students regardless who you are, how old you are, what your goals are,” Balachowski said.

“The program gave me goals and clearer direction for my future,” - Former EvCC student Tu Le

EvCC’s first honor students Dennice Bryant and Tu Le at Graduation. //Everett Community College

SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ON CAMPUS

On Separation of Church and State:If you are a person of faith, how do you separate having your faith and believing in those values and your job. Is that a challenge? How do you deal with that?Wiggins: “I am a person of faith, but when I have studied issues of justice, my interpretation of justice, and this is purely a matter of faith—it comes out of the Bible to me—is that justice consists of restoring right relationships and restoring balance to a relationship and encouraging right relationship and I think that that is something that’s always in the back of my mind when I look at a situation. I don’t always accomplish that because I have to follow the law, and so there is a little cog-nitive dissonance there and it’s the same with other political or ideological or social belief I might have. I kind of have to step back from that.

“I think I view issues, constitutional is-sues that involve religion as—I have to separate myself from the way I might feel as a person of faith—and so that doesn’t interfere, but it sensitizes you... I think of our decision recently that involved an exemption from the [Washington] law against discrimination for religious non-profit groups. The court divided very much on that, in fact, that decision was a 4-1-4. There was no majority decision.

“It really brought home the difficulties of reconciling the free exercise clause with the establishment clause in the constitu-tion. I think you feel that differently prob-ably from a faith perspective than from a non-faith perspective.”

Gordon McCloud: “It’s an interesting question. I’m Jewish, [and] I don’t think my Jewish faith really has any impact on the way I do constitutional analysis or statutory analysis or anything else. I think what I bring to the table is the fact that I was brought up in a minority religion. Every Justice on the Supreme Court has a different background and brings some-thing else to the discussion. Whether it’s an urban background or a rural back-ground a state government background or a private enterprise background. So I was brought up in a minority religion and maybe it makes me sensitive to the impact of decisions, but I would say that’s what I’m able to bring to the table by virtue of that background.”

Wiggins: “I would just elaborate on that. There are certain religious groups that have real strong inclinations about abor-tion, prayer in school, the death penalty, [and] things like that. I don’t think my faith drives me to reach a particular deci-sion in those areas. I just don’t.”

Is it a struggle at all? Or is it just “you’re going to work, you’re at work.” It doesn’t play into…Wiggins: “I think if you are doing your job you’re always conscious of the fact that you have backgrounds, you have beliefs and you’re always conscious of the fact [that] I can’t decide this case the way my belief structure might lead me—if I was the king of the world—because I‘m not the king of the world. I think we do, always, have to think about that. At least that’s the way I feel.

“Is it a struggle? It’s a struggle in that sense. That it’s always an issue there and you always have to put it aside. I don’t know how you feel about that, Sheryl.”

McCloud: “I don’t find it to be a struggle. I think we have different relationships with our religions.”

Background:What do you do?Justice Wiggins: “Our primary function is to interpret the constitu-tion and the laws of the state of Wash-ington.” Wiggins went on to say that the Supreme Court Justices take cases from the court of appeals, administra-tive cases and election challenges filed directly to the Supreme Court. Every case that we take and decide, we have to issue a written opinion, and those opinions are all published in the Washington reports and become a staple of the law of Washington.”

Justice Gordon McCloud: “I agree [with Justice Wiggins] that’s our primary job, and it’s a public job. The court is open to the public.

“[Supreme Court Justices] also try to be the face of the court to the general public.”

What brings you to EvCC?McCloud: “Your invitation. We love to have people be involved in what we’re doing and watching arguments and interacting with us. The court is always open to people to watch the arguments, but as a practical matter not everybody can come to Olympia and not everybody thinks to turn on TV-W. So we’re thrilled to go out to places where people are going to be interested in watching the arguments [are] curious about them and the natural places are schools.”

Wiggins: “Our fellow Justices are going to high schools around the area so that’s a great experience, too.”

Where do you get the robes dry-cleaned?Wiggins: “We don’t know because that’s one of the bailiff’s jobs.”

McCloud: “I don’t know [either], but in a pinch, you can wash them by hand.”

How do you keep your political affiliations out of your work, and what would you say to those who say that you have an agenda?Wiggins: “I would say to people that my agenda is to enforce the constitu-tion and the laws as enacted by the legislature and to evaluate the consti-tutionality of the laws. That’s literally my agenda. I did not come on the court in order to protect a particular group.”

“I didn’t come to the court to push the law in a particular direction. Of course, everyone who comes on the court comes on with experiences and with beliefs and ideas—and I feel very strongly about this—that it’s not my job to impose my political ideas on the law. It’s my job to decipher what the legislature intended.”

“When we’re interpreting legisla-tion, I don’t believe that I’m to have an agenda...I feel very strongly about that. Now at the same time you do develop real sensitivities to issues that you might not have wrestled with be-fore, and so you do become sensitized to issues, but that’s a different matter than to having an agenda.”

McCloud: (Speaking on a statu-tory interpretation case) “I think you would see that most of the decisions are sort of, even if there’s an opinion and a decent, they’re starting from the same place. They’re starting from the language of the statute, then they’re going to the rules of interpretation and they’re reaching a conclusion—maybe favoring one rule of interpreta-tion over another—but it’s sort of a tried and true process. [Sometimes] the rules are not clear. We’re being asked to rule in an area that the leg-islature has not controlled, and other jurisdictions facing the issue have gone in a variety of different ways, so we’ve got to try and figure out what’s really the best way, given our consti-tution and our laws and the values in our state.”

Henry yarsinske JrManaging editor

On Feb 12, two Washington State Supreme Court Justices, Sheryl Gordon McCloud and Charles Wiggins, travelled to

EvCC to speak about the court. The Clipper sits down with both Justices to hear their opinions

on education, equality and legal marijuana.

Supreme Court Justices Sheryl Gordon McCloud and Charles Wiggins// Nathaniel Lynch


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On I-502:McCloud: “From talking to the lower court judges and read-ing the newspapers, it’s clear that there are some issues that are going to come up. There was a case that one judge was talking to me about… there was an arrest, cops seized the marijuana, the arrested person was not convicted and wanted the marijuana back. Is there a duty to give the marijuana back? Would that be comply-ing with state law? Is there a risk of violating federal law? Those are some of the issues I’ve heard about.”

Wiggins: “I’ll give you an example of something that I think is going to come up. As you may know, marijuana stays in your system for a long time after you use it, so how do you prove that somebody—I mean it’s not like blowing a breath test—how can you prove that you’re under the influence, not under the influence—there are interesting issues that are going to be like that, and our court has had case after case involving DUI’s and the breathalyzer tests and all of these other things, so that’s going to be kind of a ‘down to earth’ issue where somebody is going to be arrested and they’re going to fight their conviction.”

McCloud: “It comes up in our rulemaking authority also, there’s a proposal in front of us—people are setting up marijuana busi-nesses and lawyers are advising them. Well, we have a rule of professional conduct against advising a client to commit a crime. There’s a proposal in front of us to deal with the potential conflict by allowing attorneys to give advise about something that would not be a crime under state law and there are different versions of it that would go through…”

Wiggins: “But it’s a crime under federal law. And lawyers are really concerned about this. If I advise my client on how to set up the legal structure, how to handle the banking in order to [set up a legal marijuana business], am I collaborating or facilitating a criminal enterprise? And is the Barr association going to file a complaint against me for doing that?

On the McLeary education case affecting EvCC running start students:Wiggins: “It’ll have a lot more to do with your kids than with you. The whole Mcleary decision has to do with our ordering the legislature to fully fund, or adequately fund education because the constitution says ‘education is the paramount duty of the state’, and so how do you translate that into reality? In our constitution there has always been a distinction between K through12 and higher [education], and higher ed is outside of this.”

Wiggins went on to say that there is a bill that wants to put more money into higher education than K through 12, but he doesn’t know “how that’s going to play out.”

On Equality:In an interview that you [Justice Wig-gins] did with Seattle Gay News in 2010 you said that you’re “…several generations removed from high school. Their attitudes are so different. On LGBT issues - I have to be honest with you - I have to consciously think about my own attitudes, to put them aside. My kids don’t have that. It’s totally foreign to them.” Who’s attitudes were you talking about?Wiggins: “Well, what I’m talking about is my own attitudes that date from my youth. There was a real sense of ‘this is abhorrent behavior…’ Let me put it this way: In 1973 I started law school and that was really the time that all laws started being challenged and started changing, and so biographically I can look at that and see the sea change that has occurred since 1973 and its dramatic, and as you see it’s accelerated and I wouldn’t have thought that in 1973 that things were going to happen the way they did. I have to sort of get past that.”

“Now, having said that, the way you feel about these sort of preconceptions you carry through life, they don’t always mesh up with how you live your life. I mean, one of my roommates in college was gay. Nobody said ‘gay’ back in those days and I didn’t know it for quite a long time, but I don’t think it affected my relationship with him. I have to sort of get past that and look at things as objectively as I can.”

So do you personally agree or disagree with marriage equality?

Wiggins: “Marriage equality, that’s a different issue to me.”

What are you trying to “get past,” is my question. Wiggins: “Bias. Get past bias. Marriage equal-ity, I think, as a social matter, as a practical matter, it’s a good thing because why should you deny those rights, or those benefits that come with marriage to somebody?”

On being asked about marriage equal-ity questions in 2010, Wiggins’ election year, to now in 2014 and the escalation of gay rights in Washington state:Wiggins: “The big question in that year [2010], was ‘how would you have voted in the marriage equality case, Anderson vs. King County, that was decided in 2006,’ and I had to say ‘I prob-ably would have been with the majority in that case.’ Would I still say that? I don’t know what I would do. How I would vote now, but I said that then [in 2010]. It certainly didn’t help me with

the gay community. The only thing that helped me with that was the guy I was running against [former Supreme Court Justice Richard Sand-ers] was worse than I was on that [issue]. So they [the gay community] really took him on. So that was the only advantage I had.”

“The Stranger, in their recommendations, [said] ‘hold your nose and vote for Wiggins.’”

Justice Gordon McCloud, this question is for you. I was reading on your bio that you’ve done some things for gender equality. What have you done for gen-der equality?McCloud: “When I started out as a lawyer, one of the first pro bono cases that I took on was a pregnancy disability leave case. It was in Califor-nia. California had passed a pregnancy disability leave law. There was a receptionist at a bank who got pregnant, had her baby, wanted her old job back and the bank wouldn’t give it to her. She evoked California’s pregnancy disability leave law which seemed to say ‘I can take this time off for my pregnancy disability and come back to my old job,’ and the bank said ‘no that conflicts with equal protection guarantees in the federal constitution. The pregnancy disability leave law is invalid.’

“That was one of the first cases I took on not as her lawyer, but as an amicus, or a friend of the court, which I did with a former professor from my law school. We did our briefing in the United States Supreme Court and the decision was is-sued, I think, in 1986. We won and the United States Supreme Court said that ‘laws designed to protect pregnant workers do not conflict with the federal constitution,’ so the effect was that all over the country, states were permitted to pass those laws.

“As time went on I was taking up gender equality issues in the course of my [legal] work, so gender equality in sentencing. Gender equality in terms of trying to convince the Washington Supreme Court that trial courts could take into account a woman’s role as a mother and whether her bond with her kids was something worth considering when deciding whether to impose a jail sentence or not impose a jail sentence and other issues of that sort.”

In your bio it also says that you “believe that ‘courtroom doors should be open to all regardless of how much money they earn.’” What does that mean?McCloud: “Gaining justice, unfortunately, can cost money. People often need lawyers to go into court and lawyers often charge money, but not always. I started out as a public defender in Seattle at the Defender Association and I felt devoted to the notion that anybody caught up in the justice system, whether they had actu-ally committed the crime or not, was entitled to representation and was entitled to the best representation that they can get and shouldn’t suffer just because they didn’t have the money to hire a famous lawyer. So to me, what it means is that the role of the judge is to apply the law to both parties regardless of how much money they have.”

Justice Wiggins//Nathaniel Lynch

Justice Gordon McCloud // Nathaniel Lynch


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Everett is no stranger to crime, but how safe is our campus?

From unknown substances to car prowls, EvCC cam-pus crime varies.

A total of 13 car-related crimes were reported in Janu-ary alone, concentrated mainly to lot I, which is located across 10th street.

Signs around campus warn students that late 1990’s Hondas and Toyotas are the hardest-hit vehicles. Simi-larly, what seemed like a problem of the past, a rise in catalytic converter theft has been noticed over the past month.

Marc Tolle, Director of Campus Security and Emer-gency Management, warned drivers of lifted vehicles to be aware of where they’re parking. Within the catalytic converter lies a piece of platinum that can easily be sold .

Tolle also warned students of the easy theft of tabs. Tolle suggested when applying new tabs to one’s license plate to first clean the area thoroughly and then apply the new tab. After application, Tolle said to take an X-Acto knife, or sharp blade, and create two slits in it. This will prevent the thief from successfully being able to remove the entire tab.

Tolle also warned students of license plate theft and the importance of knowing their own license plate, which surprisingly not many college students are aware of.

Randi Reed, a student at EvCC, said “Who checks their license plate number on a daily basis? It’s a hard crime to catch.”


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OCEANOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP

Sophia WalShStaff Writer

On the gorgeous, sunny weekend of Jan 24, Steven Grupp’s Geology 104 and Oceanography 101 classes took a field trip to Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory.

The classes spent the weekend traveling to many diverse beaches on Fidalgo Island and Whidbey Island studying rocks, water temperature, waves and sediment. Students had the chance to do hands-on samples of the water at many of the beaches they studied. Along with studying the earth and its waters the students got the chance to become closer with their classmates, forming friendships and classroom relationships.

Grupp had mentioned that he does not get paid to take the students on this weekend field trip,

what he just does it because it helps the students get hands-on field experience for their geology or oceanography class studies. Grupp has been taking his geology and oceanography classes on this island-hopping field trip for many years and has contacts that can get him the access to special beaches on the trip.

The three-day trip is somewhat like a vacation where one learns. On the trip, the students had the opportunity to study, sample island-hopping, and learn about Rosario Beach, Deception Pass, Cranberry Lake, Fort Edby, Larrabee Park, Bay View, Washington Park and Shannon Point. If students wanted, they could use Internet access to watch Netflix or play games, or they could spend their free time enjoying nature and taking small hikes near Rosario Beach.

Students climb on rocks by the ocean. // Sophia Walsh

A EvCC student looks out over a cliff . // Sophia WalshStudents get hands on observing nature. // Sophia Walsh

EvCC student Joe Morgan scans beach for neat rocks. // Sophia Walsh A starfish found living among the rocks. // Sophia Walsh

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WHERE DOES THE BLOOD GO?

Levi JuchauStaff Writer

Sherrie Thompson of the Puget Sound Blood Bank (PSBB) and director of the EvCC Blood Drive gave an inside look at the blood donation process and what happens to your blood after you donate.

Most students are probably aware of the blood

drive that happens nearly every quarter. A lot of people out there with O+ or O- are probably more acutely aware, being that you’re a universal donor. But what makes blood donation a life-saving un-dertaking?

Thompson takes us through the pro-cess from the donor walking through the doors to the finished product.

The donors go through a very thor-ough screening. “I believe there are 52 [questions], approximately, and it has to do with your personal health his-tory. A lot of it has to do with your sex-ual history, and you know, travel,” said Thompson.

The more personal questions concern-ing people’s sex lives are often a source of contention among donors.“It is never our intention to alienate. We really ap-preciate any one who takes the time to donate,” said Thompson.

The PSBB is concerned with getting the most accurate data they can so they can be sure that they are producing a safe product. The PSBB is regulated by the FDA and the American Association

of Blood Banks.“We adhere to their standards for quality … we have

to follow really strict guidelines in order to keep the blood that we are giving to people safe,” said Thomp-son.

While blood is not considered a drug, the various products produced with the blood are, so the FDA needs to make sure that the ingredients being used in the drugs are safe.

The really interesting stuff happens after the blood leaves the EvCC campus.

After the blood is packaged up and shipped to the main lab, the technicians there run a battery of tests. Thirty-two separate tests have to be run on each pint of blood that comes to the PSBB. They take a few small samples of each pint. Four small vials are all they need to test for the diseases that can be transmit-ted from the blood they draw.

After the blood gets tested, it gets processed. How it’s processed depends on how they are going to use it. Thompson said “typically they are going to separate it from whole blood, plasma and platelets. So, there are different things they can do with one whole pint of blood. They may just use whole blood. It gets used for many different things.” This is actually where the

“save three lives with one donation” slogan comes from. When you donate whole blood it is typically separated into three distinct components that get used for very different drugs.

Vampire movies make it out like there are just freez-ers full of blood sitting around that no one will miss if some of them disappear. Sadly, for those in need of blood, this is not the case.

“We never have an excess sitting on the shelves,” Thompson said. And that is why it is so important that every drop of useable blood that the blood bank col-lects gets used.

“There is never really a time when we throw blood away,” Thompson said, “Whole blood has a shelf life of 42 days.” Apparently it rarely reaches this critical age as most blood is used very quickly.

“It’s not like we have blood sitting around expiring,” said Thompson.

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BoB NearyStaff Writer

Local kids who grew up with a skateboard in their closet remember struggling to find a decent place to shred.

In the Pacific Northwest, the abundant rain makes open air parks unusable much of the year. As a result, outdoor skateboarding is compacted into a short season. Back when the nearest indoor parks were down in Seattle, all but one of which have now closed, your winter skate session was a daylong excursion.

All that changed, however, in early spring of 2013 when The Garage opened. Everett’s “exclu-sive indoor skate park” provides fun, year-round, all-season, legal practice space for the growing lo-cal skate scene.

When The Garage first opened, owner Jordan Sanchez was “blown away” by the turnout. “It made me feel like this was really important to peo-ple,” he said.

EvCC student Dustyn Tisdel has been with The Garage since it opened last year. Slowly returning from a back injury, Tisdel has been taking it easy, but still finds time to practice. “It’s chill here. I can just come in and skate.”

Rolling up to their one year anniversary, San-chez likes “having a place where [he] can see kids come in and learn how to skate.”

“We tailor our schedule towards the school kids … they can come and skate for however long they

want for $8,” said Sanchez. The park opens at 2 p.m. on weekdays, just as school gets out.

In the summer time and during school breaks, The Garage also offers skate camps for all ages. Sanchez said The Garage is about teaching kids how to skate and getting them psyched about skateboarding.

“It’s really just a fun atmosphere,” said Sanchez. The park just concluded its mid-winter break skate camp on February 16.

Periodically, Sanchez hosts demos and compe-titions. At their upcoming one year anniversary bash, Stance Socks is sponsoring a best barefoot trick contest – crazy colored and patterned socks being awarded to the winners. “I’m pretty stoked about that,” said Sanchez.

Other games like the sticker slap always get people pretty pumped on the action. Sanchez said that it’s going to be a super fun day, and even if you don’t skate you can come and watch. Admis-sion fee for the event will be $5.

Sanchez, a local skater for more than 15 years, said his project is representative of a more “con-scientious” skater. Built on a collective engine of local skate companies and shops like 35th North and Amigos, among others, have a presence here.

“We try to represent the people who are putting hard work into supporting the local skate scene, Sanchez said.

The Garage is located at 2927 Rucker Ave.

ALL THESE GUYS CAN KICKFLIPPreston Weaver - frontside boardslide. // Felim So

Jordan Sanchez - Ollie. // Bob Neary

Owner Jordan Sanchez outside of The Garage. // Bob Neary Board art by Mouse. // Bob Neary

Signage at The Garage. // Bob Neary

Eddie Dabrowski - wallride to 5-0. // Bob Neary Eric Thongdy - backside crook. // Bob Neary

Fun with mini-ramps. // Felim So Joseph “Bucky” Jimicum - eating dinner. // Bob Neary

Skatepark etiquette 101. // Bob NearySam Nelson - local Garage character. // Bob Neary


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Kolby Losik - frontside 5-0. // Bob Neary

God bless skateboarding. // Bob Neary

Sam Nelson - ollie the gap. // Bob Neary

Joseph “Bucky” Jimicum - frontside smith. // Bob Neary

Tyler Williams and Eddie Dabrowski - setting up a new deck. // Bob Neary

Dustyn Tisdel looking trippy. // Bob Neary



All students are now eligible to submit art and have the opportunity to be published in Vibrations this upcoming spring. Every spring since 1963, Vibrations has been publish-ing student work in the fine arts, graphics, English, music, photography, theater, ceramics and multime-dia categories. Work will be published in print and online, allowing recordings to be a part of the collec-tion. Each student can submit up to three pieces of work in any of the categories per year for a chance to get one published. For step-by-step instructions on submitting work, visit the Vibrations Magazine page, which is located under the EvCC website. The Clipper interviewed faculty involved with Vibrations to find out the ins-and-outs of the maga-zine.

Rich Ives, EvCC English teacher and former adviser and editor for Vibrations:

Q: If you were to describe Vibrations in one sentence, what would you say?A: “Visual and focused because the book is designed by the graphics class, so the visual appearance is re-ally important.”

Q: If you could change one thing regarding Vibrations, what would you change?A: “I would like to see it alternate focus on visual and written arts. They’ve done a great job of visual, but I’d like to see more focus on the written parts.”

Ives went on to say that the students who have sub-mitted written arts tend to fight for more focus on their area. Ives said that there are no pictures with the written arts because it would be a “misinterpretation of the text as seen by the writers.”

Q: Is there anything else that you would like to share?A: “There is always something interesting that comes and something that surprises me. Surprises keep me going.”

Lacie Gevaert, instruction & classroom support technician for the Arts and Learning Resources Division:

Q: If you were to describe Vibrations, what would you say?A: “The best part is that [the magazines] are vastly dif-ferent each year, just like how groups of students are vastly different. They are never boring or redundant. There are completely different styles and artwork each time.”

Chris Larson, Graphics 251 adviser:

Q: Does the magazine have a permanent slogan or mis-sion statement?A: “[No]. Its slogan should be: ‘we are not a yearbook,’ because I think that’s what people see it as. [The magazines] are free and filled with beautiful work of your classmates, people you’re going to college with, and they are pursuing the arts and people just walk by them. We have more than we can distribute for a free magazine. [We distribute] all over campus, so that is a shame. That is something that we are addressing this year: how to really raise awareness that this is some-thing worth grabbing a piece of.”

Q: What do the graphics classes do for Vibrations?A: Two classes work with the publication of the maga-zine: the winter class, Graphics 251, and the spring class, Graphics 252. The classes are like stepping stones; “Graphics 251 prepares a design that is not as collaborative as next quarter.”Larson said that Graphics 251 campaigns for students to submit work, then they jury over what work “rises to the standard of a publication that’s been around since 1963,” as well as some introductory designing. Then Graphics 252 has to assemble the magazine, make ap-propriate edits and eventually release it online and in print at the end of spring.

Q: If you could change one thing regarding Vibrations, what would you change?A: “I’m afraid that it just gets confused with a yearbook.

That people don’t pick it up because they think it’s just going to be pictures of faces and names and graduating classes, and they don’t even think twice about it. So, one thing that maybe I would change is the date on the cover. It’s irrelevant and I think that is what confuses people into thinking that it’s a yearbook when it’s not. So I would like it to be emphasized more that this is an art and literature publication rather than a yearbook, but I know they have the date on it, because each year is different and unique. What I would like to see as more people on campus just picking them up.”

Jennifer Rhodes, Director of Student Activities:

Q: The funds the magazine has comes from a manda-tory collection that Student Services gets for various things. Could you describe the financial process?A: “A portion of student tuition includes a Services & Activities Fee (S&A Fee). Each student pays $10.35 per credit for credits 1-10 and credits 11-18 is half of that at $5.17 per credit. All Community & Technical Colleges in Washington State have this fee, but at varying amounts. The State Board for Community & Technical Colleges determines the maximum amount the fee can be, and each campus, through recommendation by its student government, has control over raises to the fee based on that direction. This fee is collected and man-aged by Student Government at EvCC, with final ap-proval by the Board of Trustees. The ASB Financial Code lays out the process we fol-low. A synopsis is…the ASB VP of Budget & Finance convenes the S&A Fee Budget Committee and puts out a call to campus organizations, clubs, services and activities for budget proposals for the next fiscal year. The committee collects all of the budget requests, holds hearings, prepares a proposed allocation, hears appeals, holds open meetings and then recommends a balanced budget to the ASB Senate for approval. After the ASB Senate approves the budget, it moves to a review by the College President and finally to the BOT for approval. We are in the heart of this process now. Proposals were due last Friday, Jan 24 and hearings on the requests begin soon.”

Q: What other activities receive a budget amount from Student Activities?A: “Tons! In addition to Vibrations, the S&A Fee pays for or contributes funding towards Athletics, student clubs, The Clipper, The Russell Day Gallery, Theatre, Drop-In Tutoring, Student Government, Student Programs, The Paperclip, Graduation, Student Ambassador Program, the Early Learning Center, Outreach, Diversity & Equity Center, Child Care

Assistance, and many more. There are ap-proximately 80 different budgets funded by S&A Fees.”

Q: Would you like to add anything else re-garding Vibrations magazine?A: “Vibrations Magazine is an awesome op-portunity to showcase the many talented stu-dents we have at Everett Community College. I look forward to seeing it each year!”

Greg Kammer, Graphics 252 adviser:

Q: What is Vibrations budget and where does it come from?A: “The $8,050 budget for Vibrations comes from a branch of student services, student activities. $7500 goes to printing cost, $500 to supplies and materials and $50 for trans-portation.”

Q: If you were to describe Vibrations in one sentence, what would you say?A: “A beautiful publication representing the best in visual, performing and written arts at Everett community college designed by and for the students.”

Q: How does the magazine promote the need for contributions for the magazine?A: “There have been some interesting things in the past. Classroom visits, posters, chalk on the sidewalk, [postings] on the [school and Vibrations’] websites and this year they are thinking about maybe a web banner. Marketing is always tough because students are busy. Students in graphic, performing

and written arts tend to be interested, so we focus on them. We [also] heavily rely on faculty.” All faculty know about the magazine and many help with editing, especially those who teach design, pho-tography, visual arts and literature classes. In addition, faculty will share their input of what work they think should be considered with the Graphics 251 and 252 students. Graphics 251 and 252 students learn criti-cal evaluating under guidance of faculty and advisors. However, the students in Graphics 251 and 252 are not part of a Vibrations class. The two classes take on the project of the magazine because it is based on what they are learning.

Q: If you could change something regarding Vibrations, what would you change?A: “I wish we had a little more money in order to do a little more experimental work. In other words, con-cepts of magazines have changed. We now have e-books. I would like there to be an e-book of the maga-zine. [Also,] explore what it means to be a publication. Exploring different book formats, letterpress is an option, more hands-on techniques. I think that would enrich students reading the [magazine], the science...STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art [and] math.”

Q: What are the submission rules?A: There is a one-year interval deadline for a former student to be able to be published. If a former student missed the March deadline and had submitted their work before graduating EvCC, their work will be con-sidered and possibly published the following year even if they’re no longer a student.

Q: Is there anything else that you would like to share?A: “I think that it is a great magazine; a great accom-plishment of students at the college. Clubs and organi-zations are a great way to show their accomplishments and Vibrations is one of those. It is a nice visual docu-mentation of visual work. [The magazine is] a capstone that’s not only available for the college, but the world because of the website.”

Students also shared commentary with The Clipper regarding Vibrations Magazine.

Liz Morrill, EvCC student

Q: What are you studying at EvCC?A: “Studio arts. I am going for a certificate so that I

BEHIND THE BRUSH WITH EvCC’S ART MAGAZINE

can open my own studio and hopefully teach someday. There is a lot to learn.”

Q: Do you know of the magazine?A: “No” Upon seeing the 2013 issue: “That’s neat. These all are so beautiful.”

Q: What thoughts are going through your head as you are looking at the magazine?A: “Seems like it’s a great interpretation of the differ-ent mediums, genres. It’s pretty impressive. It makes me think of what I want to paint. It’s interesting seeing these faces painted and drawn.”

Ashley Piper, EvCC student

Q: If you were to describe Vibrations in one sentence, what would you say?A: “An opportunity for student artists to publish their

artwork, most for the first time.”

Q: What are your contributions to the magazine?A: Piper was published in the 2013 Vibrations for her charcoal drawing from one of her EvCC art classes. Piper said in 2013 Vibrations:

“Using the studio lighting from above, I chose to do a dramatic self-portrait from the perspective of someone looking down.”

Q: How many pieces of work have you submitted? Would you like to describe the meaning behind the work?A: “Just one. The piece was one of my first self-portraits and one where I felt I successfully executed a sense of drama in a drawing. It was a big stepping stone, this drawing was for me and I’ve grown a lot since then.”

Q: What made you submit your work? Were you seek-ing out a publication or was it more like on a whim?A: “It looks good on a resume to say you’ve been pub-lished or have exhibited in shows. I think everyone should seek out this opportunity if they’re trying to get into the art field.”

Q: What thoughts were going through your head when you saw your work in the publication?A: “The first thing I thought was ‘Oh my gosh! It looks so professional!’ It was very exciting.”

Q: Have you been published in other things? How was it a different experience with that/those publication(s) compared to Vibrations?A: “I was in a high school magazine, but I wasn’t as proud of the work I had published then. Vibrations was much more well-done; more professional looking. And they held a whole event for it too, it was awesome.”

Q: If you could change one thing regarding Vibrations, what would you change? A: “It was beautiful, and the concept consistent. But I don’t think it was as widely distributed, and I didn’t feel that close in contact with the Vibrations team. Also, I wanted to hear more about who got their hands on Vibrations besides those at school.”


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Self Portrait // Ashley Piper

An example of some of the art included within Vibrations. // Meagan Baron A old cover of Vibrations. // Meagan Baron

A example of the photography featured in past issues of Vibrations. // Meagon Baron

To see last year’s issue of ‘Vibra-tions,’ go online here:

http://www.EverettCC.edu/Vi-brationsOnline


STUDENT FASHION ROUNDUP

Sophia WalShStaff Writer

Students at EvCC like to express themselves, just like any other human being, but some students on campus express themselves through their clothing.

Some students spend time putting their outfits together while others kind of just let the creativity flow as they throw on random pieces, creating interesting looks.

Sean Coffman, EvCC student, describes his style as a “hybrid of 1950’s chic: sweaters, cardigans, button ups with leather shoes.” Coffman believes “the simpler, the better.”

Coffman, like many young people these days, often finds his stylish pieces at thrift stores. Coffman mentioned that he tries to create his looks around how he is feeling that day. A vast amount of Coffman’s style is influenced by different eras rather than a particular person or brand of clothing.

EvCC student Robert Lund, is another creative dresser that says his style has some “hipster influence” but claims that he is in fact, not a hipster. He typically shops at thrift stores such as Value Village and Goodwill and consignment shops. Lund wears what he wants and doesn’t spend a lot of time putting together his unique and eye catching outfits.

EvCC student, Kelly Graham, finds her cute “cheap chic” pieces in her best friend’s closet and consignment shops like Buffalo Exchange and Crossroads Trading Company. She is “very picky about fit and silhouette,” so she tends to spend a lot of time shopping and putting together her outfits. Graham says that her style is an

“expression of color” showing others who she is. Graham tends to dress for her particular body shape, particularly highlighting her long legs.

EvCC student, Emerald Adams, describes her style as “artistic.” Her outfits aren’t planned because she doesn’t have much time to put them together. Adams says that if she were to have a fashion icon it would be Audrey Hepburn.

EvCC student Emerald Adams. // Sophia Walsh

EvCC students Robert Lund. // Sophia Walsh

EvCC student Kelly Graham. // Sophia Walsh

Evcc student Sean Coffman. // Sophia Walsh

Jake Nichollsstaff Writer

When I went to go and get my brand new Student ID card, I felt pretty OK about myself. My hair wasn’t too off and I’d trimmed my beard in the last three months. What could possibly go wrong?

Stepping onto the foot shaped pad and looking at the camera lens, I gave it my best smile, confident I would get back something that encapsulated my unwavering handsomeness and my will to succeed.

Needless to say, that wasn’t what I got back. What I expected to be a good photo made me look as if I lived under a bridge, and judging by the yellowed, lop-

sided grin, I liked it that way.Surely, I thought, others must hate

their Student ID photos as much as I did.With this in mind, I set out on a quest

with a camera to find these people whose beauty was lost to the vile, soul sucking flash of The Paperclip’s camera lens.

That is not what I found. The Paper-clip staff member who took my photo said that most students like their IDs and prefer it to their driver’s license

photo. I found this to be true, and most of the students who let us photograph them for this proj-ect liked their ID pictures. And if someone like me were to com-plain before the ID was printed

– I swear, it looked fine on the screen – The Paperclip would

gladly re-take my photo.I guess I just don’t photograph all too

well.Be it to see how they’ve changed since

coming to EvCC or to see how nice their

hair looked on that one day two years ago, these brave students agreed to place their Student ID photo next to a professionally shot photo of themselves for comparison.


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EvCC student Monica Coker. // Nathaniel Lynch EvCC student Andrew Preston. // Nathaniel Lynch

EvCC Student Taylor Warner. // Nathaniel LynchEvCC student Dexter Peterson. // Nathaniel Lynch

EvCC student Benjamin Skewis. // Nathaniel Lynch

EvCC student Mathew Simms. // Nathaniel LynchEvCC Student Cassie Sevigny. // Nathaniel Lynch

STUDENTS TRACK ID PROGRESS

I set out on a quest with a camera to find these people whose beauty was lost to the vile, soul sucking flash of

The Paperclip’s camera lens.


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NathaNiel lyNchStaff Writer

When you think of a movie based on the tiny yellow Lego figures we all grew up playing with, your first thought is that it would not be very good at all.

This is where you would be wrong.

“The Lego Movie” is surprisingly well-made with great morals and a plot that is relatively easy to follow. The gist of the film is that the main character, Emmett, is learning to not be such a worrywart and to think outside the box, or in this case, outside the Lego bin.

An all-star cast voices the wide array of characters, such as Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman and Will Ferrell, all whom work perfectly with the exaggerated characteristics of these famous characters. There are even many stars that lend their voices for only a couple of lines, such as Channing Tatum as Superman and Jonah Hill as Green Lantern.

“The Lego Movie” has a unique style that hasn’t been done recently. All of

the animation is made to look like Lego bricks through mixture of stop motion and computer effects. For example, when you see liquids like the ocean or explosions, it is all made up of tiny Lego bricks, which is quite impressive.

One unique thing “The Lego Movie” was able to pull off is the ability to bring so many characters from different series alltogether because of all the licenses that Lego has. What other movie could you see characters from DC Comics, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all in the same film?

“The Lego Movie” has done well at the box office so far because so many people grew up

playing with Lego and can remember creating and imagining new worlds with them. To see Lego come to life in this way was amazing, especially with the unexpectedly charming twist ending.

I would definitely recommend “The Lego Movie” for all ages of people. Little kids will like the energy and craziness of the movie, while the adults will love the nostalgia and quick wit.

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SICK BEATS AND OBAMACARE: DO THEY MIX?

Felim SoStaFF Writer

The Sochi Olympics starts with four Olympic Rings, some imperfect architecture and lots of hackers on Russia’s public network. When all the mediums from the world focus on the “Sochiproblems” has tag and the Americans are still yelling “U.S.A” for the entire event, in Day 6, a Hong Kong Athlete has finished his performance.

To enter The Olympics is the glory of being an athlete and requires hard work. While the world focuses on the medal rankings, it is not bad to show some respect to the participants and learn about the story behind the athlete from Hong Kong, which is not a country, but has an independent Olympic team.

Why can a city in China have its own Olympic team?

Hong Kong was a part of the British oversea territory for more than a century and was handed over to The People’s Republic of China on July 1, 1997. In fact, Hong Kong first attended the Summer Olympics in 1952 as “British Hong Kong” because the former British Hong Kong government joined the International Olympic Com-mittee with the code HKG, “Hong Kong Government.”

Therefore, Hong Kong stands alone as a nation in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is not the only entity to separate Hong Kong from China. For example, Hong Kong students at EvCC are not Chinese students. Of course, if people ask if they come from China, most of the Hong Kong students will immediately cor-rect them and say, “No, I come from Hong Kong.” This arguement between Hong Kong and China has been brought to the land of freedom since 1997.

It is an undoubtable fact that Hong Kong is a city in the People’s Republic of China. The full name of Hong Kong, however, is “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China”. Literally, Hong Kong is a special place. A con-crete example is the Hong Kong Olympic team and their independent government. Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Justice, which approves and assigns Certificate of “Eligibility for Nonimmigrants”, puts Hong Kong in the “country of birth” and

“country of citizenship” columns. Moreover, the American visa puts HNK in the na-tionality box, not CHI.

The United States of America, in fact, treats Hong Kong separately from China. Back in 1992, before the Hong Kong handover ceremony, the United States Congress passed the “United States-Hong Kong Policy Act”. According to the act, the Ameri-can Government will treat Hong Kong separately from China in politics, economy and trade after 1997.

In the US, Hong Kongers find their characters, but not in Hong Kong.

For more than 14 years, a lot of Hong Kongers have been trying to explain that they are not Chinese, even though people said Hong Kong citizens have Chinese DNA. As a developed city, history teaches a lesson.

It is dangerous and uncivilized to use genes, ethnicity, race and color to classify humans. In addition, in 153 years of being a Crown Colony, Hong Kong has devel-oped an international city that is mixed with western and eastern cultures. Hong Kong creates her own cultures, habitudes and values. Those elements, sadly, cannot give a clear character for people with the Hong Kong Identity. The Hong Kong ethnic identity is blurry and ambiguous nowadays.

According to the “People’s Ethnic Identity Opinion” poll by the University of Hong Kong in 2013, 34.8 percent of people said they are Hong Kongers and 42.6 percent of people said they have a mixed identity. Only 21.8 percent said they are Chinese.

The 21.8 percent touches some Hong Kong news commentators’ nerves. They ex-press worry that the one-sided immigration policy directed by the People’s Republic of China government dilutes Hong Kong values little by little.

In fact, the former colony has several divided voices: Some citizens want indepen-dence, some accept they are Chinese, and some want to return to the U.K. because the British Government governed Hong Kong successfully and China ruins the 153 years of effort in seventeen years. Hong Kong is losing their core values and its world position.

The situation of Hong Kong is just like the Hong Kong winter Olympic team in Sochi. People around the world only see the success stories. However, the podium is not only built for the winner. The podium is made by other competitors’ stories. They might practice by themselves, they might compete with themselves and they fight with themselves. And they are only looking for an assurance; assurance that may come simply from the other countries’ competitors saying their name correctly.

For Hong Kongers, if we keep trying, we can have a seat in the world stage even though we only stayed in the Sochi Olympics for six days. Don’t give up.

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BoB NearyStaFF Writer

The Washington Healthplanfinder, in partnership with Live Nation Entertainment (the producers of Sasquatch! Music Festival), has launched a new marketing bonanza designed to attract attention from ‘young invincibles’ – the 18 to 34 age bracket on which the success of the Affordable Care Act depends.

The state based exchange – whose logo resembles a Trivial Pursuit game piece with the geography and history pie slices filled – is taking an “innovative” approach to reaching younger audiences on the suicidally dry subject of healthcare. (Suicide, inci-dentally, is still not covered by any existing health insurance plan.)

According to a press release, Richard Onizuka, Chief Executive Officer of the mar-ketplace, is hoping to “leverage” the “trust that Washington concert-goers […] have for music to bring them information about Washington Healthplanfinder.”

To that end, a cornucopia of web age hoodoo has been spread across the net. Their Facebook banner image features a mustachioed man enduring a hanging wedgie off the side of a boat. (Moses Lake perhaps?) The caption reads “[i]t was at that moment, Steve realized he needed to be covered in more ways than one.”

Guffaw.

‘Like’ the page, however, and you’re entered in a sweepstakes to win V.I.P. passes to both weekends of Sasquatch! 2014.

So far, much of Washington Healthplanfinder’s $18 million ad budget appears to have been put towards spreading the word about sponsoring the summer music festi-val. It’s not hard to see why the state exchange is banking on this stupendous market-

ing opportunity. Last year, all 110,000 Sasquatch! tickets sold out in less than an hour.

This promotional program only has until March 31 to attract as much attention as possible, then being the final day of the first open enrollment period since the law went into effect.

“The hardest thing about the ‘young invincible’ audience is it’s hard to get their at-tention,” said Bethany Frey, a representative of the exchange. “The partnership with Live Nation helps to cut through the noise.”

Cozying up to an international producer of epic bacchanals, in an effort to spread information about affordable healthcare, seems a quixotic way of cutting through that noise.

Live Nation Entertainment’s website looks like some grand parallel universe. Throngs of naked apes congregate in their finest street wear to be baptized in a rain of confetti and “urban” phraseology.

Will the average 20 something be able to seriously contemplate healthcare options after taking two points of molly? What about when some dude is fingering his girl-friend in their tent after three days of using only hand sanitizer? When psilocybes cause dysentery, will Washington Healthplanfinder branded toilet paper in a fetid port-a-john spark a sobering reassessment of one’s well-being?

Well, stranger things have happened. Ticket sales are final, so at least Live Nation is getting their cut.


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40-year-old former EvCC student and Tulalip artist, James Madison, has infused the Russell Day Gallery (RDG) with his unique style of Native American spirit known as the “Genera-tions 2” exhibit.

Madison wrote on his website, JamesMadisonArt.com, “I cre-ate art with an open mind in the sense that I am always thinking of new ways to add a modern twist to a traditional piece. This allows for me to help to keep my culture alive. As we move into the future, so does the teachings of my ancestors.”

“I think the exhibit is beautiful,” said Greg Kammer, director of RDG. “[Madison] is the most transitional Native American artist. He always attempts to combine traditional ways, subject matter, but he’s always pushing for modern and for a slightly different approach. He uses bronze and glass, [which is not traditional Native American materials] and even invents his own symbols. I’m happy he has the exhibit.”

In addition to the exhibit, a Native American dance by North-ern Star dancers was hosted at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13 to introduce the artwork which will be displayed until March 14.

According to an EvCC news brief, this is the Madison family’s second exhibit with EvCC’s RDG, the first being “Generations” a few years ago. Even though most artwork is presented by James, there is also artwork from James’ sons Jayden and Jevin Madi-son, father Richard Madison, grandfather Frank Madison, Sr., uncle Steve Madison and cousin Steven Madison. All the artwork presented by the Madison’s is rich with their culture which they share with not only EvCC but also the entire state of Washington as well as New York, New Mexico and Canada.

Liana Krushelnytska, RDG receptionist and EvCC student, was asked to describe the experience of looking at this artwork in one sentence. Krush-elnytska said, “The Native American spirit.”

“This is beautiful. A lot of stories are presented here. You can sit back to see the story clearer. Very nice,” said Ester Moss, an individual who was viewing the display.

When asked which art piece stood out to her in the entire exhibit, Krush-elnytska said “It’s supposed to be a kitchen table,” as she pointed to My Wife’s Table which hangs on the wall by her desk.

“I love the way he made a hat out of glass,” said Kammer when he was asked which art pieces stood out to him in the exhibit. “I doubt it can be worn, but I really enjoyed that. [Also], My Wife’s Table. He made it for his wife for Christmas, but the gift was postponed because of the exhibit. The table will have a glass top [when it is eventually used]. The butterfly and other designs [on the table] are presented in an interesting way. It’s ap-plied art; it’s useful. The table is wonderful. Another piece I liked was the talking stick. It allows the one person holding it to talk when with a group of people.”

Kammer said that diversity and unity are important factors that makes this exhibit culturally important for students.

“[The exhibit is beneficial for the students] for two reasons,” said Kam-mer. “One, diversity. I think that it is good for people, students especially, to see as many cultures as possible. Traveling is expensive, so students usually don’t get the opportunities because of money. There are many cul-ture opportunities in the state but many don’t get the opportunity to expe-rience them. Many don’t get exposed and it’s good unity.”

“I’m big on unity,” continues Kammer. “Unity helps us enjoy what we share in common and what we do differently. Everyone gets brought up differently. It’s good for students to learn and see similarities and differ-ences. Looking at art breaks barriers.”

RUSSELL DAY GALLERY DEBUTS NEW EXHIBIT

Photos courtesy of BoB Neary


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BEER AND GLOATING AT THE SUPER BOWL PARADETanner Tokarysck

sTaff WriTer

I was born a Seahawks fan. Growing up, I’ve known nothing but watching my team play every Sunday with my parents. Through the good times of the Mike-Holmgren era and the dark times of the mediocre 4-12 season, the bust that was Aaron Curry and the rebuilding of the franchise. I watched half the fan base hop off the bandwagon and the entire state hop on after last season. It’s annoying, but welcome to professional sports.

My friend Pete, my girlfriend, my sister and I all headed down in Pete’s WRX at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, expecting heavy traffic and a day we may never experience again. We stopped at McDonalds on the way, grabbed some breakfast, and hopped on I-5. It was relatively clear until Everett, where we were stuck for about 20 minutes in heavy traffic, which cleared up again after Mill Creek. Twelfth Man flags were on around a third of the cars on the freeway.

Once we drove into the express lanes in Northgate, traffic was clear up until the tunnels. Almost immediately, my girlfriend took the 12th Man flag we had in the car and stuck it out the window. Almost at once, 75 percent of the cars began honking and yelling “Go Hawks!” for the entire duration of the express lanes.

We took our exit and looked for parking, which was scarce. After about a half hour of searching, an older gentleman who owned part of a train yard opened up the yard for event parking — FREE event parking. We got our stuff together, planned for a break-in of our car and went on our 40-minute

walk to the parade route. It was cold — around 14 degrees

without the wind chill. It was a clear, sunny day with no clouds in sight. Seattle was alive and well, everyone but the occasional 49er fan wearing nothing but all the blue and green they could find.

Around the time we were close to CenturyLink Field, the smell of cigarettes, coffee, weed and alcohol filled the air. All over the place there were red Solo cups, fifths of vodka, whiskey and tequila, vape pens, joints, blunts and cigarettes. That was the smell for the day, besides the occasional fresh air during the constant chilling wind that occurred throughout the entire parade.

In the air, four or five media helicopters cycled through gathering video of the massive amount of people that showed for the event. The streets were 100% full surrounding the SoDo District,

one group of Native Americans brought drums (one gave theirs to Marshawn Lynch), cops roamed the streets both on

foot and bikes, kids walked hand-in-hand to keep from being separated from their parents. It was organized chaos in the narrow, ill-equipped (at least, for a Super Bowl parade) streets of Seattle.

As we walked through the crowd, I saw less than 50 people wearing anything other than a new Seahawks jersey — keep in mind there are thousands of people around me. We pushed our way to the corner of a turn on the parade route: a place we knew would be perfect to see everyone and everything.

I was surprised by the friendliness of the crowd — almost everyone was in good spirits with a huge smile on their face, but then again a majority was either drunk or stoned. However, there was an electricity in the air that

I’ve only felt at the five Seahawks games I have been to, which I haven’t seen since the fight to keep the Sonics here in Seattle or the Seahawks’ successes last season. The city had a Super Bowl championship, the first in Seattle’s history, and it felt good. It felt really good.

We waited for the parade to start for about two hours. My toes were so numb that they hurt. Despite being packed in the crowd, unable to move, there was no warmth transferred from one person to another. Fans were on buildings, bridges, street signs, street lights and some even climbed trees. One middle-aged drunk man stood out the most. He climbed to the top of the trees bordering the street, swayed back and forth as much as he could and attempted every 30 seconds to start a Seahawks chant. It didn’t work.

Marshawn Lynch was at the head of the parade standing on the Ride the Ducks amphibious boat-car carrying the Sea-Gals. He threw Skittles like bullets at the crowd, taking advantage of the chance to throw at the fans for a change. The crowd went wild. He at one point stretched across the hood of the vehicle and reached for a fifth of Fireball whiskey. Probably not the best idea, considering he’s worth around $15 million and awaiting a DUI case, but it was a day for fun and not responsibility.

Besides Lynch, the first 20 minutes of the parade were full of people that didn’t matter to me — friends and family of the players and execs of the organization. Eventually, the players did roll through, and when they did, not a single person stopped cheering around me. iPhones and other smart devices were in most of the crowd’s hands (mine included).

Richard Sherman started a Seahawks chant with the crowd, Super Bowl MVP outside linebacker Malcolm Smith took a selfie with the crowd and around half the players took pictures of the drunk

guy in the tree.

I wasn’t super excited until I saw the trophy. That was all I wanted out of the day. I knew it wouldn’t feel

real that we had won the Super Bowl until I did. I was around 10 feet from the trophy. I couldn’t stop smiling and I didn’t stop yelling.

Afterward, we walked another 20-minute trek to the Hard Rock Café by the Pike Place Market to meet up with the rest of my family to have lunch. They had all the TVs playing the broadcast of the ceremony in CenturyLink Field for the team, which only allowed season-ticket holders inside. My dad started a Seahawks chant that the entire restaurant participated in.

I was surrounded by at least a thousand people out of the 700,000-plus that showed up for the celebration. It was an experience I will never forget and hope that I will get to be a part of again in the coming years. For a lot of fans, it probably wasn’t as special for them as it was for me. But being a fan that has been watching games for as long as I can remember, it meant a lot. It’s definitely something every fan should be able to experience.

The Vince Lombardi Trophy being hosted over head as the Seahawks paraded through the streets of Seattle. // Sophia Walsh

“Around the time we were close to CenturyLink Field, the smell of

cigarettes, coffee, weed and alcohol filled the air.”

“Eventually, the players did roll through, and when they did, not a single person stopped cheering around me. iPhones and other smart devices were in most of the crowd’s hands”


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ON THE SIDELINES FOR THE PARADE

Above Left: Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch leads the parade as he throws skittles into the crowd. // Sophia Walsh

Above Right: The Seattle Seahawk, Blitz, sits on the front of a vehicle in the parade. // Sophia Walsh

Left: Crowds of people adorned with new Superbowl XLVIII gear. // Sophia Walsh

Below Left: Crowds gather along the streets through out the city to get a glimpse of there favorite players. // Sophia Walsh

Below Right: Cornerback Richard Sher-man pumps up the crowds of people in Seattle. // Sophia Walsh

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