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Serving Edmonds Community College and the surrounding communities of Lynnwood and Edmonds
November 17, 2014 Volume 31 Issue 4

Warming climates threaten mountain-fresh powder snow

By Emily Ullerich
Staff Writer
The best view of Edmonds is a walk
down Main Street hill on a clear day, look-
ing out over the shimmering blue Puget
Sound waters, below the snow capped
Olympics turning to look and see countless
evergreen trees leading up to the white tops
of the eastern Cascades.
In years to come this view will no
longer be what I have become so familiar
with, the walk will end up looking out at
permanent summer-mountains, with no
glaciers and hardly if any snow at all. Non-
existent trees, just stumps turned into hous-
ing developments, will mark shorelines.
Refreshing air no longer clear, but plagued
from exhaust.
It is horrifying to think that in a closer-
than-imaginable future, the seasons that
humans depend on will change drastically
because of the habits they have created.
Dreaded most of all are the changes to the
winter season.
Like any other skier out there, when
asked what my favorite season is, I will say
with as much enthusiasm as I can muster, Photo By: Rebecca Mullinnix

that winter is incomparable to spring, sum-
mer and fall. I was born with snowflakes
in my veins; by three years old there were
skis attached to my feet and now I sleigh
steep mountain slopes as easily as I breathe
air. Winter is my passion, skiing is my life.
I am passionate about keeping winter
alive. I am not an expert on the subject, but
I care a lot about it. Researchers and scien-
tists have put many hours of work into their
studies. Studies I gathered information
from to share with readers on why winter
is an important season.
Over the last decade our average glob-
al temperature has gone up, graphs from
Weather Underground provide evidence
in the change. With rising temperatures
snowfall has weakened in the last decade.
Bare slopes and empty chair lifts scatter ski
hills along the west coast and other parts
of the country. Artificial snow makers have
become popular with ski areas that can af-
ford them, these machines allow hours of
Skiers and snowboarders live for the sound of fresh powder snow crunching under their boards while gliding off Northwest mountains.
operations but can never measure up to
the real thing. They create popcorn snow
that is not has enjoyable to ski on and does
not produce the snow pack needed to keep
many skiers satisfied.
It is not just drought that is seen at ski
hills in other regions, there has been record
snowfall in the last couple years. Our Pa-
cific Northwest areas have had some of the
longest seasons people have seen in years.
But just because we get snow does not
mean we are safe from the dangers of glob-
al warming. As temperatures globally con-
tinue to rise, the snow level will as well.
The term snow level refers to the height in
elevation that will be at a cold enough tem-
perature to freeze water, to produce snow-
flakes. So even if the PNW continues to
get record setting precipitation in years to
come it will be in liquid form rather than
delivered in snowflakes.
It is not just skiers and snow boarders
who should be wary of the lack of snow
pack, city folk should be worried just as
much, if not more. Many of the human
residents do not realize the domino effect
created by lack of snowfall and warmer
temperatures. Each spring melting, snow
and ice provides rivers and humans with
water to sustain them through the summer
months.
Due to the lack of snow levels in the
Sierra Nevadas, California is in a never-
ending drought. The drought is caused by
the lack of storms hitting the Sierra Nevada
range. In the atmosphere, there are areas of
high atmospheric pressure called Blocking
regions. The wall of pressure changes jet
stream patterns, by blocking their path to
certain areas, such as California. Scientists
from Stanford University have put a lot of
research into a particular blocking region
that is preventing storm clouds from reach-
ing shore, one nick named “The Triple R.”
Thanks to this very strong build up of pres-
sure, storms bounce up to the Arctic Circle
rather than the West coast of the United
States. Just think if this build up of pres-
sure was not here, the PNW could have
seen an even higher record-breaking snow-
fall at ski resorts.
Blocking regions are not the only is-
sues that climate change is causing. Pro-
tect Our Winters website, also known as
POW, says that the build up of energy in
the atmosphere is due to the higher levels
of moisture, causing storms to be more
powerful. Storms like Hurricane Sandy is
predicted to become more common, rather
than being a phenomenon every hundred
years or so. In the PNW hurricanes are not
much of a worry, but heavier rainstorms
can lead to more flooding.
Unfortunately there are many people
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Janet Guenther The Seattle Seahawks

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In This Issue:
Student Voices, p. 3
Campus Notes, pp. 4-5
News, pp. 6-8
A&E, pp. 9- 10 Athletics Instructor is also a This season of ups and downs for
Celebrity News, p. 11
Features, pp. 12 - 13 Champion weightlifter. the Superbowl champions.
Opinion, pp. 14 - 15
Right VS. Left, p. 16
Environmental, p. 17 Class days left
Sports, p. 18-19 Sports // page 19 Sports // page 18
Events Calendar, p. 21
Games & Comics, pp. 22-23
 2 November 17, 2014
The Triton Review Staff Blog

Chief’s Notes A&E Opinion Sports

Todd M Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief
So we are almost finished with Fall
quarter, and I hope everyone has enjoyed
reading the Triton Review.
I have heard some really positive
things about this paper, this year and it
pleases me to say that we have a good staff,
and wonderful writers for the paper.
I hope that it will continue into winter
quarter. Our paper is not just a community
college paper anymore. Since last year we
have been sending it to different places in
the city of Edmonds and the city of Lyn-
nwood.
It has become a popular paper in these
areas and more people have been reading
it, and commenting on different articles.
Some were bad and some were good,
but they have been reading them, so that is
a really good part.
Within the next few issues you might
see some changes that will be happening.
They are good chances, I am hoping they
will improve the readership of the paper
also. Have a good Thanksgiving and enjoy.
your days off.
Dylan Welsh
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Hello all. I had a wonderful variety of
articles submitted to me over the last two
weeks. Thank you, as always.
There are some really great nearby
events coming up for the end of the quar-
ter. Though finals are fast approaching and
your workload may be heavy, it would
behoove you to get your face out of the
books and attend something exciting.
On Thursday 11/18, celebrated singer-
songwriter Parfait Bassale will be spend-
ing the entire day at the Blackbox giving
lectures, leading workshops, and playing a
concert.
The EdCC Music Department will
also be busy at the Blackbox all through
the rest of the quarter, presenting the culi-
mating concerts of the jazz, classical, and
vocal students. Be sure to check out the
Blackbox Theater’s calendar, and come
out to support your fellow students.
Regardless of what you choose, at-
tending a cultural event in your communi-
ty will help you to grow as a person. With
free events so near, why not attend?
Ivy Raines
Opinion Editor
Brrrr, Hello, Edmonds Community
College! We’re now approaching mid-
terms and find ourselves in the peak of
quarter and actively waiting to approach
our Thanksgiving break.
As many of you are busy preparing for
the end of quarter The newspaper is busy
bringing you a broad rangle of articles
from differing perspectives of happenings
on campus.
As the Triton Review is primarily
a college newspaper whose direct audi-
ence consists of staff, faculty and the stu-
dent body, the Triton Review additionally
serves the surrounding community (i.e.,
Lynnwood and Edmonds area)
Thus, opinions and thoughts are not
only limited to the campus geographic area
but also anything internal that is relevant to
the community, which Edmonds Commu-
nity College is proudly part of. Look out
for a views on campus safety and religous
presences on campus in this issue. Happy
relaxing over break! Stay opinionated Ed-
monds Community College.
Sean Bigelow
Sports Editor
On Saturday, Nov. 15 the EdCC Men’s
Soccer team will play their match
against the North Idaho College Car-
dinals in the NWAC semifinals. The
game will be held at the Starfire Sports
Complex in Tukwila, Wash.
Whatever the outcome of the game,
the Tritons have played a respectable
season with 8 wins, 6 losses, and 5 tied
games.
Upcoming games this month: the
Men’s Basketball team will play
against South Puget Sound on Nov. 21,
Blue Mountain on Nov. 22, and Green
River on Nov. 25. The Women’s Bas-
ketball team will play against South
Puget Sound on Nov. 29.
Finally, I’d like to remind students
that they have free access to the gym
with their Edpass. We’re only a few
weeks away from finals week, and
many people find that exercising reduc-
es stress; you should take advantage of
gym facilities before the quarter ends.

A Student Publication of Photographers

Edmonds Community College Rebecca Mullinnix
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98036 Tritonphotographer@gmail.com
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The Triton Review is a student-written and -produced newspaper for Edmonds Community College and the surrounding community. The opinions expressed in the Triton Review
do not necessarily reflect the views of the Triton Review staff or of the college.
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community and by supporting the open exchange of a diverse range of viewpoints and opinions.
The Triton Review strives to be impartial in its reporting and adheres firmly in its First Amendment rights.

Newspaper Policy
1. The Triton Review covers issues and events as they relate to the Edmonds Community College campus community and surrounding areas.
2. The Triton Review editorial staff reserves the right to comment editorially on any issues the staff finds newsworthy and important.
3. The Triton Review resists the influence of advertisers or special interest groups on the selection of news content or editorial expression.
4. The Triton Review will consider for publication signed letters to the editor or contributed opinion pieces reflecting student opinion on relevant topics, as well as those of other
on or off-campus constituents when submitted according to publication guidelines.
5. The Triton Review strives to uphold State and Federal Laws and Edmonds Community College policies, particularly the Office of Student Life Code of Ethics and the Society
of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.

Letters to the Editor

The Triton Review welcomes letters to the editor. Letters submitted should be no more than 400 words, signed legibly, and accompanied by a phone number in order to verify
authenticity. Some letters may not be printed due to limited space, because they are similar to other letters received on the same subject, are potentially libelous, or are illegible. The
Triton Review reserves the right to edit letters.
 Students Voices
The Triton Review is
excited to announce the
2014 Fall Quarter Photo
contest.
Triton Talk
As a student you can voice your opinion about anything you want, keep
it clean though:
Send you voices to Todd M Clayton Jr, Editor-in-Chief, Triton Review at
Tritoneditor@gmail.com
With the Up coming Thanksgiving, What Are you
Thankful For?
I’m grateful for the people who sup-
port me in this journey called life. - Cas-
till Hightower Career Action Center/ Vice
President BSU
My birthday is near thanksgiving, and
I have promised myself to be thankful for
being another year older. It is a privilege
to grow older and something that not ev-
eryone has had the opportunity to do. I am
thankful for the genuine time I get to spend
with my family and friends! -Erin Dellino
Coordinator for Residential Education
I am grateful for inspiring students,
the reason why I love my job. – Rachel
Wade EdCC Physics Faculty
I am happy that I can be here in Amer-
ica to learn and grow. Although my parents
are worried about me, but I am also grate-
ful that they put their trust in me to be here.
Never take things for granted! There is al-
ways something that somebody out there
have always needed, just be thankful for
10 day weather forecast
Three photos will be selected to
appear in our December issues of
the paper. Themes of the photos
should be of Fall and Autumn Holi-
days, around the EdCC campus or
Lynnwood / Edmonds City. Please
include a written caption that de-
scribes the photo.
Send submissions to
tritoneditor@gmail.com.
describe the photo. Photo defini-
tion needs to be 300 ppi or higher.
Photo Contest Deadline
Nov. 21, 2014
every things! – Kevin Perkasa CSEL En-
tertainment Programmer
I’m grateful to live in the USA, where
at least for now I can practice
my Christian faith as a dictated in the
Bill of Rights, under God, and
for my colleagues who pray with me
weekly for our campus and each
other. - Janet Andree, Faculty, Interna-
tional Division
I am grateful for the family and friends
I have and the wonderful experiences I
have been a part of because of them. – Lisa
Laush Edcc Enrollment Services
I am grateful for my family who are so
loving. To know you are loved and cared
for is a great feeling.
- Andrea Villarroel
I am grateful for life (a gift each day),
for a job I love (teaching here at EdCC),
and good friends and family to share it all
with. – Nancy Marx Mathmatics Faculty
Dear Triton, ...
If you have a burning question or problem feel free to drop it off in the folder taped
to our door on the second floor of Brier, room number 234; We look forward to helping
you in anyway possible.
Dear Triton, ... is helping one student at a time.
Dear Triton
I received an invitation to attend a
Thanksgiving party from an old friend.
He sent the invitation via social media, the
guest list was open, and I accepted via so-
cial media.
Attending the party will be a few old
friends I hardly ever see. My girlfriend and
I are looking forward to it, after I accepted
I received the following message via social
media from an old acquaintance: “Hey I’m
wondering if you could not go to the party
so that I can attend. I kind of dislike you
that much. Much appreciated.” It’s hard for
me to imagine what his problem is regard-
ing me.
I know he went on one reportedly ter-
rible date with my sister. I also dimly recall
that a year ago he wanted to be friends, but
I wasn’t interested and declined his invi-
tations. We obviously don’t care for each
other, but I could certainly chat amiably
with him at a party.
I’m still planning to attend, and I have
been struggling with the appropriate re-
sponse to his message. Should I call him
for a heart to heart? Suggest to him some-
Letters to the Editor
To The Triton Review and the many
readers it reaches,
I just recently read your article about
same sex marriage, and I just have a few
words to say.
Is America a democratic republic? Is
this country’s freedom preserved under the
separation of church and state? If so, mar-
riage is a fundamental right for all at least
according to the few. But it is not, mar-
riage is a right only under God.
Some say that “Marriage is not on tri-
al, but America is” a few religious people
seem to prefer that incongruous, theocratic
principles govern in a democratic society.
It is time they accepted the new cul-
tural norms in the 21st century, which
seems to be degrading the values of the
upstanding citizens that still believe in a
higher power.
Constitutionally, “life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness” defines Ameri-
ca. This has led many states to recognize
homosexual marriage as a fundamental
right. Marriage involves privacy, associa-
tion and liberty — homosexual or straight.
Thus, 30 states have legalized homosexual
marriage. The legalization of homosexual
marriage in the remaining states is inevi-
table, and that is a shame.
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one hacked his email?
Tell him I’m going? Another friend
thinks if I don’t respond it indicates acqui-
escence to his request. Suggestions?
-RSVP
Dear RSVP,
It is not clear from your letter whether
the same person that extended the invita-
tion to the party is the same person who
does not want you to attend.
It is also not obvious whether the per-
son who sent you the do-not-attend request
was invited to the party or was trying to
get you bumped off the guest list so they
would have room to attend.
No guest has a right to dictate the guest
list, so proper protocol would be for you
to contact the host and mention the social
media exchange, perhaps without dropping
names. Tell them your RSVP still stands.
If the host chose to invite both of you,
be sociable during encounters. Your invi-
tation is of some value or you would not
have been invited. Eat well!
-Triton
I believe the people that believe in ho-
mosexual marriage will lose in the end, and
we the faithful will win out and this nation
will be under God again.
I am against homosexual marriage and
I believe that a newspaper that has so many
young readers should stop promoting alter-
native life styles. Homosexual marriage is
against God’s plan and will destroy Ameri-
can values and corrupt young people.
I have home schooled my children so
they wouldn’t have to see the immoral ac-
tivities that go on in the public schools and
community colleges.
Joseph Fernando
Lynnwood
The Staff of the Triton Review does
not take part in the Letters, they are
emailed or mailed to the Editor in Chief,
and we post them as is. If you have a con-
cern about an article in our paper, please
submit a letter to the editor and we will
will consider publishing in this section.
People have the freedom to disagree with
any articles in our pages.
Thank you.
Editor in Chief.
 4 Campus Notes November 17, 2014

Library shelves contain the joys of cooking and eating

Library
It is that time of year when most of us
will get together with friends and family
and, whatever your practices or traditions
may be, food is usually at the heart of those
gatherings.
Will you be preparing a meal for 12 or
2? Are any of your guests gluten-free? Do
you have a vegan in the family? The library
has an excellent collection of food-related
books to guide you through the challenges
of satisfying all tastes and needs.
We have traditional cookbooks:
• A to Z World Food & Recipes: 175
Countries - Appetizers, Soups, Salads,
Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Desserts, Bev-
erages and Holiday Favorites, by Sibylla
Putzi-Ortiz.
• Northwest Essentials: Cooking with
Ingredients that Define a Region’s Cuisine,
by Greg Atkinson
• The World Cookbook for Students,
by Jeanne Jacob and Michael Ashkenazi.
• Joy of Cooking, by Irma S. Rombau-
er, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan
Becker
• The Pleasures of Cooking for One,
by Judith Jones.
• Pike Place Market Cookbook: Reci-
pes, Anecdotes, and Personalities from Se-
attle’s Renowned Public Market, by Braid-
en Rex-Johnson
• Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cy-
cle Celebrations, by Lois Sinaiko Webb
We have vegan and gluten free cook-
books:
• One World Vegetarian, by Troth
Wells
• The Inspired Vegan: Seasonal Ingre-
dients, Creative Recipes, Mouthwatering
Menus, by Bryant Terry
• Vegan Yum Yum: Decadent (But Do-
able) Animal-free Recipes for Entertaining
& Everyday, by Lauren Ulm
• Gluten Free Every Day Cookbook,
by Robert M. Landolphi
• 125 Gluten-free Vegetarian Recipes:
Quick and Delicious Mouthwatering Dish- Photo By:EdCC Library
es for the Healthy Cook, by Carol Fenster Many of the different types of cookbooks that can be checked out from the EdCC Library.
• Simply-- Gluten-free Desserts: 150 • Cookies: simple and delicious easy- • Anything That Moves: Renegade
Delicious Recipes for Cupcakes, Cookies, to-make recipes, by Lesley Anne Leach Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of
Pies, and More Old and New Favorites, by Finally, if you are interested in food a New American Food Culture, by Dana
Carol Kicinski. traditions and the future of food, check out Goodyear.
We have cookbooks for delicious des- these titles: • Bite Me: Food In Popular Culture, by
serts: • Feast: Why Humans Share Food, by Fabio Parasecoli
• Sweetness: Delicious Baked Treats Martin Jones • Cooked: A Natural History Of Trans-
for Every Occasion, by Sarah Levy • Consider the Fork: A History of How formation, by Michael Pollan
• Wild Sweets: Exotic Desserts and We Cook and Eat, by Bee Wilson To find these books and more, come
Wine Pairings, by Dominique and Cindy • Adventures In Eating: Anthropologi- to the library, or call (425) 640-1472 and a
Duby cal Experiences Of Dining From Around librarian will help you.
• Macarons: Authentic French Cookie The World, edited by Helen R. Haines and Bon appetit!
Recipes from the Macaron Café Clare A. Sammells.

Crossing the ocean for priceless knowledge and experience

ISS/Study Abroad
Every year, EdCC participates in In-
ternational Education Week, an initiative
by the US State Department and Depart-
ment of Education designed to celebrate
international education and cultural ex-
change.
International and domestic students
are encouraged to participate in festivi-
ties together, enjoy performances, share
experiences, learn about foreign cultures,
and make connections with students from
around the world!
On Tuesday, November 18th, West
African born singer-songwriter, activist,
and academic Parfait Bassalé will visit
EdCC.
Bassalé will give a lecture, workshop
and performance in the Blackbox Theatre;
see our poster for more details.
Other activities include a Cultural Cel-
ebrations fair, an international sports day, a
Conversation Partner Program gathering, a
showing of the film “Lose Boys of Sudan,”
and a Salsa Lesson and Dance.
To learn more about each program and
RSVP, you can visit International Educa-
tion week on Facebook at www.facebook.
com/IEWEdmonds.
Studying abroad is an investment in
your future. As our world grows increas-
ingly globalized, it is becoming more im-
portant for students to gain international
experience and immerse themselves in
other cultures.
Studying abroad can help you do
this and more. Other benefits of study-
ing abroad include: strengthening an ap-
plication to a university; enhancing your
resume; building foreign language skills;
improving your confidence, as well as
communication, organizational, and prob-
lem-solving skills; gaining responsibility
and independence; increasing your aware-
ness of the world and your place in it; and
discovering new things about yourself.
In addition, you can meet new people,
try new foods, and see amazing sights with
your own eyes. (Wouldn’t your selfies be a
million times cooler if they had the Louvre
in the background, or if you were petting a
kangaroo?)
With Edmonds CC Study Abroad, you
can broaden your horizons while earning
credits you need. Each program comes
fully equipped with the experience of a
lifetime. Photo By: Sean Bigelow
Side view of the ISS office building on the
east side of the EdCC campus.

Good food and dining within the boundaries of the campus

Campus Food
Campus Food Services Regular Hours
Brier Grill
Location: Brier Hall, first floor.
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
Food: Breakfast until 10 a.m., home-
made pastries, wood-fired pizzas, pastas,
burgers, fresh fruit, salads, sandwiches, su-
shi, coffee, energy drinks, candy, and vari-
ous grab-and-go items.
Happy hour: 3-5 p.m. Monday-Thurs-
day. Save $1 on your hot entree or sand-
wich order.
See regular Brier Grill specials on
their Facebook page.
College Café
Location: Brier Hall 105.
Hours: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday
through Thursday (most weeks).
Food: A full service restaurant with
new entrees each week prepared by Culi-
nary Arts students.
Keep up to date with the College Cafe
on their Facebook page.
Closed during summer.
Phone: 425.640.1405.
Triton Espresso
Location: Mountlake Terrace Hall
lobby.
Hours: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through
Wednesday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, and 8
a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
Food: The campus espresso stand with
grab-and-go pastries, cookies, soups, and
sandwiches.
Phone: 425.640.1490.
Triton II Espresso
Location: Mukilteo Hall lobby.
Hours: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Friday, and open
for selected Black Box Theatre events.
Food: The campus’ second espresso
stand, with grab-and-go pastries and cook-
ies.
Closed during summer. Photo By: Todd Clayton Jr
The sign posted on the wall of Brier Hall showing the dirction to The Brier Grill on campus
 5 Campus Notes
Respectful request regarding requirement to register on EdMail
Testing Center
Welcome to the Testing Center!
We work to ensure that all students,
visitors and members of the campus com-
munity have a positive, if not transforma-
tive, experience while engaged on our
campus.
To this end, we promote respectful col-
laboration, communication and interaction
among visitors, students and employees,
and we pledge that student services staff
will be empathetic, responsive and caring.
The Testing Center staff proctors and
administers tests for both Edmonds Com-
munity College students as well as students
and individuals located in the community.
This includes proctoring tests for stu-
dents who wish to attend other colleges
and universities nationwide.
EdMail:
You are required to use it! It is the way
we communicate with you. Photo By: Sean Bigelow

The college assigns all students Ed-
Mail (email) accounts within a couple of
days after they register for their first class.
Note: if you are a former student re-
turning after time away from school, check
with the Enrollment Services Office to
confirm what email address we have on file
The testing center is the gateway for community members, students and future students to advance their education, located in MLT.
for you. Closure Notice: Monday.
We use the address recorded in the En- The Testing Center will be closed dur-
rollment Services records. To gain access ing Thanksgiving Break [Ed note: Inclement weather an-
to your account, follow the steps at www. We will resume normal business func- nouncements are sent to EdMail so if the
edcc.edu/edmail. tions and hours at 1:45 p.m. That following weather is bad, check your email.]

Service for Students with Disabilities provides assistance

SSD
Our program helps students with all
types of disabilities, such as those who are
deaf, blind or visually impaired, have mo-
bility or language issues, learning disabili-
ties, or who have chronic health, neuro-
logical, psychological, or emotional issues.
We also help students work with out-
side agencies and other programs to ensure
they succeed in college.
Services offered include:
Academic advising
Campus orientation
One-on-one tutoring
Interpreters for the deaf
Test scribes
Readers
Priority registration
Tape recorded books
Large-print materials
Braille
Attention SSD Students:
If you are registered with SSD, please
complete our survey to help strengthen our Photo By: Sean Bigelow
services in the future. The shield that you see outside the Service for Students with Disabilities Office in the Mountlake Terrace Building, near the walkway.

Students get involved! Lead and succeed all at EdCC

CSEL
Get involved! Research shows that
students who participate in activities are
more likely to achieve their academic and
personal goals.
At Edmonds Community College, the
Center for Student Engagement & Lead-
ership (CSEL) provides events, trips, lec-
tures, intramural sports, concerts, clubs,
multicultural programs, and leadership op-
portunities. Powered by your student fees!
The Associated Students of Edmonds
Community College (ASEdCC) funds
more than 60 programs and services across
campus including child care, performing
arts, clubs, lectures, trips, athletics, servic-
es for students with disabilities, and the in-
formation center. You can also get involved
to have a say in how student fees are spent.
Make the most of your college experi-
ence! Ask questions, voice concerns, and
share ideas with your Associated Students
of Edmonds Community College Execu-
tive Board.
The Executive Board is the official
voice of the student body. The board leg-
islates, promotes, and regulates student ac-
tivities and affairs. It represents Edmonds
Community College students to faculty,
staff, administrators, and legislators. The
board can only act on issues raised by stu-
dents, so please voice your concerns and
share your accolades.
At the beginning of winter quarter,
the ASEdCC Executive Officer for Budget
and Finance shall provide opportunities Photo By: Rebecca Mullinnix
Bennet sitting behind the computer at the front desk of the CSEL office doing important work
for members of the campus community to
apply for recognition as a subsidized pro- new programs. The Executive Board shall To add your department to the cam-
gram. Prior to the initiation of the S and A determine which programs shall be eligible pus notes, send a maximum 500-
Fee Budget Committee deliberations, the for funding and shall provide that informa- word article to Editor-in-Chief Todd
Executive Board shall evaluate all current- tion to the S and A Fee Budget Committee. M Clayton Jr at tritoneditor@gmail.
ly funded programs, and the requests for com
 6 News November 17, 2014

Washington State and EdCC’s Paralegal Program pave a new career path
by Rebecca Mullinnix
Staff Writer

Edmonds Community College’s

(EdCC) Paralegal Program has joined
Washington State in a groundbreaking new
career path for paralegals – practicing law.
A paralegal is not allowed to practice
law.
They are prohibited from taking action
that would indicate providing legal advice,
directing clients, setting legal fees or con-
ducting activities other than what they are
approved to under their paralegal technical
degree.
Those activities consist of assisting,
researching, organizing, and interviewing
clients or witnesses, under the watchful
eye of their supervising attorney.
Legal correspondence is often re-
searched and prepared by the paralegal.
The paralegal’s work is required to be re-
viewed by the supervising attorney and
correspondence involving legal advice or
opinion must be signed by the attorney.
However, a new opportunity to step
Photo By:Clark College Law Department
into the field of practicing law is now avail- Layne Russell, paralegal program director at Clark College, talks to students about the Limited License Legal Technician program
able to paralegals, and only in Washington
State. Haddock, via email, provides some must also attend classes held at an ABA She states, “There are three big no-
In June 2012, Washington State Su- EdCC history: “The paralegal program at approved law school (e.g. University of no’s: 1) representing clients in court, ad-
preme Court approved the new Limited Li- EdCC is one of the oldest, most established Washington Law School). ministrative, or alternative dispute resolu-
cense Legal Technician, also known as the programs in the country. It is also the larg- These classes are “defined as a ‘Prac- tion (mediation) proceedings; 2) they are
“Triple-L T“ (LLLT), program. This new est program in the Pacific Northwest, one tice Area,’ such as family law,” Haddock not allowed to negotiate their clients legal
certificate was created due to a recognized of only 260 programs in the nation ap- continues. rights; and 3) not allowed to communicate
issue relative to the general population’s proved by the American Bar Association “In addition to the educational compo- their client’s position to another party –
inability to obtain legal representation, due (ABA). nents, the candidate must complete 3,000 e.g. not allowed to negotiate settlements
to the increasing attorney costs. Often, law firms will only hire para- hours of substantive law-related field ex- for their client or contact opposing coun-
Steve Crossland, appointed by the legals who have graduated from an ABA perience, supervised by a licensed attorney, sel/opposing side.
Washington State Supreme Court as Chair approved program. EdCC is one of a few and pass a two-part examination adminis- The pro se client will be in the position
of the LLLT Board, stated in an interview ABA approved schools in the Northwest.” tered by the Washington State Bar Associa- of communicating for themselves to other
with “The Paralegal Voice,” that one of the The LLLT program reaches beyond tion.” individuals about the case.”
roots of this program’s concept is a “huge a typical paralegal position and bridges a Thea Jennings, Washington State’s The Limited License Legal Techni-
unmet civil legal need. gap between clients and attorney represen- LLLT Program Lead, in her interview with cian’s role will be to support and help citi-
Washington State research indicated tation. the “Paralegal Voice,” explained which le- zens represent themselves.
that 85% of poor and working poor do not Haddock explains, “Specifically, the gal functions an LLLT will and will not be The three areas of law Washington
have civil legal needs met.” LLLT allows paralegals to do some work able to perform: State has determined a legal representative
Citizens cannot afford an attorney to of a lawyer, without having to go through “Paralegals will be allowed to assist need are Family Law, Immigration Law,
help or represent them with their proceed- the expense and time associated with a for- pro se (self representing) clients in court, Landlord-Tenant Law and Elder Law.
ings. mal law school. with their practice limited to informing At the present time, the state has only
The Washington State Bar Association Paralegals are required to work under clients of procedures in the course of legal approved the LLLT program for the area of
(WSBA) manages and monitors Wash- the supervision of an attorney, a LLLT is proceedings, providing approved and law- Family Law.
ington State licensed attorneys, and their not, and may start his or her own LLLT law yer prepared self help materials, reviewing The U.S. legal industry is watching
practice methods. The Washington State practice without attorney oversight.” documents or exhibits from the opposing Washington State – and EdCC’s ABA ap-
Supreme Court has assigned the WSBA to However, before starting an LLLT party and explaining their relevance to the proved Paralegal Program – implement
administer the LLLT program. practice, stringent academic and field ex- client. They’re allowed to advise clients this exciting industry advancement.
“People who will be licensed to the perience requirements must be completed. what they may need, assist them in obtain- Please contact the EdCC Academic
LLLT will be held to the same standards In addition to the core curriculum ing documents and are able to conduct fact Advising Office for information about the
and requirements as lawyers,” continues requirements at EdCC, an LLLT student finding for their client.” program.
Crossland.
“They will have a stringent academic
program, take an exam, participate in con-
tinuing education, held to the same stan-
dard of care and subjected to rules of pro-
fessional conduct that apply to lawyers.”
The first step of the LLLT program is
to complete the core curriculum at an ap-
proved college. EdCC’s paralegal program
hosts these required classes.
Scott Haddock is the Paralegal Pro-
gram Department Chair. He also is the
school’s representative to the LLLT Board
and serves as a member of the State LLLT
Committee on Admissions and Licensing.

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out there that do not believe that our cli-
mates is changing, maybe it is fear that
our planet is not has safe as it once was or
maybe from lack of education. Education
will help dissolve fear, the more people are
educated about what is happening to the
world the more likely we can start chang-
ing our disruptive habits and start saving
what we have left. Over the last century we
have been using natural energies nonstop
and now it is coming back to bite us in the
butt.
 The Review
Conflicting gun controls I-591 and I-594 confused electorate
by Jesslyn Freeman
Staff Writer
At the beginning of November, Wash-
ingtonians had a controversial vote on their
hands: two gun-related votes, I-594 and
I-591, were on the ballots.
Students probably have heard the gist
of the initiatives, but were the initiatives
completely clear for what people were vot-
ing for?
With the recent school shooting in our
own Snohomish County, thoughts were
churned on gun control.
What is I-594? The 594 Initiative won
just barely with 60 percent yes for added
background checks in gun control. (King
Staff).
The new law won’t change who can
buy guns because it still uses the current
safety and criminal background check that
Washington has in place.
The initiative will diminish loopholes
for those individuals that wanted to avoid
the background checks by requiring back-
ground checks at gun shows and private
online sales and transfers. The new rules
will have these private sales go through a
licensed gun dealer.
Washington Alliance for Gun safety,
whose top supporters include Bill and Me-
linda Gates, point out that it makes sales of
guns less sketchy and more professional.
“When a private seller and buyer arrange
to meet in person to conduct the transfer,
they would meet at a licensed dealer, in-
stead of in a parking lot or another public
place.”
Although the paperwork and forms
have to go through a licensed dealer for the
background check, the private sale stays
“private” in the essence that buyers don’t
have to pay for sales tax.
The law doesn’t change a few of the
exceptions for background checks that
Washington had before. Those include
gifts between immediate family members,
sales on antiques for guns made “in or be-
fore 1898,” as stated in the Washington
State Initiative Measure, temporary trans-
fers for self-defense, and loans for hunting
or sporting activities.
What is I-591? Our other gun control
vote was in the opposite direction as I-594.
This initiative did not win though, even
though it had a 45 percent yes from voters
this November.
Initiative 591 was to prohibit Wash-
ington State from requiring background
checks on buyers unless the whole nation
requires a background check standard. In
other words, from National Journal, Ep-
stein, who writes “unless the federal gov-
7
ernment mandates expanded background
checks—highly unlikely in the current
political climate—the state of Washington
would not be allowed to do so.” Gottlieb
is the main backer to this initiative in sup-
port of the “Right to Keep and Bear Arms”
from our second Amendment.
He also wanted to ensure that this ini-
tiative would prohibit government agen-
cies from being able to seize firearms from
individuals.
With two different initiatives, this vote
could have confused people. For example,
There are some people who believe that the
government should not be able to seize fire-
arms and so vote yes to 591, but then also
believe that the government should have
more background checks for our safety.
Then these two initiatives would lit-
erally be refuting the other. One for more
background checks and one for none be-
yond our current federal law, two contra-
dicting laws.
“We have no statute or case law deal-
ing on rival initiatives passing in the same
election, so it would be up to the Legisla-
ture or … the courts to resolve,” says Dave
Ammons, communications director for
Washington’s Secretary of State’s Office in
National Journal.
With the possibility of voting for a
paradox, voters need to be aware of what
they are voting for.
With all this talk of guns, many people
are reminded of the late October shooting
at Marysville Pilchuck High school.
One of the students pulled out a gun
and shot five students around him and then
himself. Three girls and one boy, Zoe, Gia,
Shaylee, and Andrew are now dead, and
Nate just released from hospital care on
Nov. 6th. Photo By: Jessly Freeman
“Authorities say the handgun used by An American flag flying on November 4, one of many that you can see to show support for the
democratic election process of this country.
freshman student Jaylen Fryberg was le-
gally purchased, which means the owner research team observed that out of the last sibility and she finished with “Yesterday’s
had to pass a criminal background check,” 15 shootings, 12 of them were students victory is just the beginning.”
Radil reports from KUOW News. who had shot the gun. “Texas has a law that 32nd District State Representative
The new initiative 594 wouldn’t have if the child kills someone with a gun, then Ruth Kagi, for the next year, wants to in-
made a difference in this case because Jay- the parents are held responsible.” troduce a bill in Washington that makes it
len still had access to the gun legally. But A student from EdCC said during an illegal to leave or store a loaded gun where
Radil reminds us that having the new law interview, “People need a wake-up call. a child could get access.
in place will “dramatically reduce access Kids shouldn’t have had access to a hand- This type of law could have an effect
to guns by criminals, domestic abusers and gun in the first place especially if he wasn’t on school shootings and could prevent fu-
other dangerous people from buying fire- properly trained to use it,” said Evan, an- ture ones from happening.
arms.” other student from EdCC. With I-594’s passage in Washing-
But school shootings are not always It doesn’t look like the people fighting ton State, there will be more background
caused by criminals but rather students for more gun control in Washington State checks for guns sold, but if this Initiative is
who had access to a gun. are going to back down. just the beginning to the gun control, look
In the USA in the last 18 months there At a news conference the day after out for more gun laws on voting ballots.
have been 74 school shootings, a statistic I-594 won, Sandy Brown said “We are here There are people who will fight strong
found by past New York Mayor Michael this morning to announce that we are not on both ends for more and for less gun con-
Bloomberg. packing up our tents.” She is the president trol, so make sure, voters, that you under-
When looking at past events, a CNN of the board for the Center of Gun respon- stand what new initiatives will change.

Breaking it down -- too much

oversimplification.
Although conflicts of interest and
fact-checking fails are crucial problems in
today’s news culture, the oversimplifica-
tion of the news is even more pervasive.
A fast-paced, slice-and-dice approach to
journalism is embraced at each and every
mainstream media outlet.
By Taylor Cleary
Political ideas, social issues, important
legislation and noteworthy events, instead
We Americans love news. We eat it up
of being given the thoughtful analysis they
-- all day, every day. If we don’t summon it,
demand, are dissected and re-presented in
it plants itself firmly in front of us. Lucky
a way that does little to shed light on the
are we who live such a privileged life that
core subject.
we are able to, at any moment, learn what
The complexities of debate are re-
is going on in any part the world.
duced to black-and-white “agree vs. dis-
But despite widespread availability
agree” items, and are presented to viewers
and informative content, our media outlets
as such. This approach to news has stripped
tend to ruin the news. And I don’t mean
the credibility, layer by layer, from almost
blatant bias or shoddy fact-checking (al-
every major news organization.
though these problems are important).
The fault is not theirs alone. Granted:
I mean, more than anything, gross
They have the manpower and platform to
deeply analyze key topics, and they don’t;
but we’d probably change the channel if
they did.
Thorough academic analysis is not
viewer-friendly, so the state of our infor-
mation fluency is disastrous: People who
don’t actually want to know anything are
“informed” by outlets that want only to
keep those people watching.
The media report complex stories
in a tiny amount of space and time, then
move on to something else before they
lose the attention of the viewer. In reality,
“the news” gives us exactly what we want:
something else, quickly.
It’s no wonder young people are seen
as apathetic or uninterested. We realize it’s
too little. We think, “You know, I’d tell
you whether I agree, but I don’t KNOW if
I agree because you haven’t provided me
any context.”
Our 24-hour news cycle displays a
commitment only to sustaining viewers,
not to disseminating news. Ergo, in an at-
tempt to make content less alienating for
those who can’t understand it, these out-
lets purposely reduce highly contested and
complicated issues down to sound bites
that last 30 seconds on a good day. Does
that make sense?
***
Taylor Cleary’s column “Does That
Make Sense?” appears regularly in Pow-
Wow Press, a weekly news service for
college-age readers. Contact Taylor at
Editorial@PowWowPress.com. Check out
The Pow-Wow Press Facebook page (offi-
cialpowwow) or contact them at contact@
powwowpress.com.
(c) 2014 PowWow Press Inc.,
Dist. by King Features Synd., Inc.
 8 News
Get involved in undergraduate research at EdCC
Written By: Devin Harper
Staff Writer
Thomas Murphy, professor of anthro-
pology at EdCC, said all anthropology
courses at EdCC involve service-learning,
some of which involve undergraduate re-
search. ANTH 201-203 and 270-275 are
the anthropology department’s undergrad-
uate research courses.
I went on a salmon monitoring sur-
vey at the Big Gulch (gulch aka stream) in
Mukilteo at Murphy’s offer to experience
some of this undergraduate research my-
self.
The salmon monitoring is part of
EdCC’s Center for Service-Learning
program and the Learn and Serve Envi-
ronmental Anthropology Field (LEAF)
School. You don’t have to take a class to
contact them, sign-up, and volunteer.
I carpooled with three other students
to Big Gulch, but first we each picked out a
pair of chest waders, life vest, hard hat, and
neon vest from storage at the college. The
hard hats and neon vests were for the con-
struction going on at the water treatment
plant next to Big Gulch.
We parked by a small bridge before we
reached the water treatment plant and put
on the equipment when we got out. When
we walked up to the fence of the water
treatment plant, instead of going inside the
gate, we started to walk between the fence
of the plant and the stream.
We eventually crossed the stream
and walked on the opposite side until we
reached the train tracks. That’s when the
fun began.
We then walked down into the stream
and walked all the way back upstream
through the water, counting the fish along
the way.
My job was tallying the fish for the
survey. By the time we were back up the
stream a couple hours later, we had count-
ed 15 live chum (a variety of salmon) two
of which were clearly breeding next to a
redd (a nest of fish eggs).
Murphy had joined us part-way
through the survey and continued on up-
stream when it was time for the rest of us
to leave. He counted a live coho (another
variety of salmon).
We counted two dead chum and one
unidentified fish carcass that we collected
for further study. It smelled. Murphy found
several dead coho as well.
Grace Coale, pursuing her associate of
science degree in aquatic research at EdCC
and leading the team for salmon monitor-
ing that day, said that the salmon usually
swim downstream when people start walk-
ing close to them. One of the chum we
were passing squirmed between my legs
for a moment as it went downstream.
Ashley Pickard, who has already
earned her bachelor’s degree from Pacific
Lutheran University (PLU) in comparative
historical theology and political science, is
working as a field and lab tech for the an-
thropology department here at EdCC.
She said she came to EdCC because
there weren’t any archaeological hands-on
training opportunities at PLU, and EdCC is
one of the few places that offers such op-
portunities.
With the hands-on training she re-
ceived at EdCC with LEAF, she said she
has gone on to other research opportunities
at other field schools which Murphy helped
her find.
She said she has participated in exca-
vation at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
summer house where she found an imprint
of a pre-Jeffersonian barn where his slave
quarters stood, as well as, bricks and nails,
bottles, a glass decorative bead, and ceram-
ic dishware.
She said she then became an intern at
Colonial Williamsburg, and later went to
the Badia Pozzeveri field school as well
before returning to EdCC where she is con-
tinuing her career in archaeology.
Robin Datta, professor of political sci-
ence at EdCC and “point-person” for the
national Community College Undergradu-
ate Research Initiative (CCURI) organiza-
tion, said that undergraduate research is
teaches the process of scientific inquiry
through real-world problems with hands-
on learning.
Mary Whitfield, professor of chemis-
try at EdCC, is involved with the chemistry
department’s undergraduate research.
She said one of the undergraduate re-
search projects she maintains is having stu-
dents compare the ingredients of commer-
cialized products of Dead Sea salt with the
actual mineral content of salt she person-
ally obtained from a trip to the Dead Sea.
Another project she has available for
students to work on is analyzing the pollen
of honey samples taken from the college’s
apiary to find out which plants honey-bees
need the most to make honey.
Whitfield says the database for the
sources of honey is not yet complete, and
students are welcome to continue the re-
search when the bees come out of hiberna-
tion in spring.
Jessica Pal and Bunraj Grewal have
worked on the honey-bee pollen database,
and they said that they did so with honors
for General Chemistry III.
Grewal said that undergraduate re-
search is a great way to learn how to use
the tools for a career as a scientist, but Gre-
wal and Pal both said that they plan on go-
ing to medical school.
Pal said over email that undergraduate
research “can be a very good thing in an
application for university because it shows
that you are willing to learn, encouraged
to go beyond what each class offers and it
shows that you are well prepared for higher
level classes.”
Grewal said that EdCC didn’t have a
bee suit that was tall enough for him. So
when he went without one, he got stung by
one of the honey-bees and had to run away
from it.
Pal and Grewal said that they pre-
sented the pollen research in Brier Hall at
EdCC as well as at the University of Wash-
ington (UW) Undergraduate Research
Symposium (UGRS).
They said that they are both tak-
ing three science lab courses this quar-
ter at EdCC; in addition, each of them is
involved with undergraduate research
projects at UW. Pal said her project is on
plasma water while Grewal said his project
is on water purification through evapora-
tion with affordable, off-the-shelf materi-
als. Grewal said over email that the purifier
will be built with “a bucket, a shirt, a water
bottle,” for example.
Pal said she will be traveling to Ala-
bama to present a Mars rover to NASA
soon.
Pal and Grewal said that you don’t
need to take a class to be involved with un-
dergraduate research, you just have to con-
tact the right faculty who have projects that
need to be worked on if you have the right
experience. That’s how they are work-
ing with UW professors while enrolled at
EdCC with honors for engineering physics.
Rachel Wade, professor of physics at
EdCC, is involved with the physics depart-
ment’s undergraduate research.
She says that undergraduate research
at the college can be part of class activ-
ity (individual or group projects), or it can
take place outside of class-time, especially
for large projects. Undergraduate research-
ers can sometimes use the college’s own
test equipment even when the project is not
Students taking notes during a class to prepare for thier undergraduate work at EdCC
part of class activity.
Wade said that two physics students
from EdCC will be traveling to North
Carolina for a Community College Un-
dergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI)
poster session. CCURI’s website says that
the poster session will be held at Gaston
College in Charlotte city on Nov. 22, 2014.
Wade said that one of the two will
present a project about a high voltage
nuclear fusor while the other student will
present a project about the biomechanics of
a golf swing on a handicap-assisting golf
cart.
Tom Fleming, professor of physics at
EdCC, is also involved with the physics
department’s undergraduate research.
He says he has multiple students every
quarter who come up with theoretical mod-
els that more accurately match physical ob-
servations than textbook formulas. He said
one such observation was that kinetic fric-
tion is dependent on velocity, especially at
low speeds.
Other times, Fleming said he has had
some students who have even found sys-
tematic errors in test equipment which
affects the whole scientific community’s
measurements. He said one of the system-
atic errors had to do with timers, the other
with magnetic field probes.
As Fleming said, “Our knowledge of
nature is approximate.”
Undergraduate research at EdCC
seems to be narrowing that approxima-
tion to be more accurate and precise every
quarter.
Fleming said class projects only have
to be new to the students who choose to
research them but, “very quickly,” their re-
search gets to the point where it’s new to
everybody.
Gem Baldwin, professor of women’s
and diversity studies at EdCC, is involved
with the anthropology department’s under-
graduate research.
She said students of her Introduction
to Women’s Studies course review local
businesses under the ethnographic Map-
ping Sustainability project available at
edcc.edu/sustain/map.
Baldwin said ethnography literally
means to write culture. She said ethnog-
raphy is participant, observant, informal,
unstructured, and experiential. It’s about
dialogue; it’s about immersion, learning
by interacting with people in their “natural
environment,” she said jokingly, pointing
out that it’s an anthropological joke to use
November 17, 2014
Photo By: Mark Stewart
the term “natural environment” for humans
when it’s commonly used to refer to ani-
mal habitats because it helps remind us that
we’re animals too.
Alicia Kelly, one of Baldwin’s stu-
dents, a Diversity Studies peer mentor, and
a lab tech for bioanthropology at the col-
lege, said that Mapping Sustainability is an
interdisciplinary project, partnering with
the English department through Daniel
Griesbach.
She said that Mapping Sustainability
focuses on the good sustainable practices
the businesses are doing in the area and
beyond.
According to Mapping Sustainabil-
ity’s interactive map on the Internet, there
is a review in Hawaii, the east coast, the
gulf coast, and southern California. One,
although still in the Northwest, is across
the border in Canada’s Vancouver Island,
showing that people in this project want
more people to get involved and use it.
Laithem Caldwell, another one of
Baldwin’s students, said what kind of work
goes into ethnographic research for the
Mapping Sustainability project. He recent-
ly submitted a review for a coffee shop in
Mill Creek: the Spotted Cow. He said the
process goes like this: you go there, order
something, feel the environment, and ask,
what’s the age demographic—who is this
business catering to?
Caldwell said each review requires
research. The manager for the coffee shop
gave Caldwell contact information for the
distributor of the coffee beans, but the dis-
tributor did not get back to him, he said.
Fortunately, Caldwell said he found
some his answers from the information
available at Spotted Cow’s website. He
said he found out whether the beans the
coffee shop uses are ethically sourced; for
example, the sources have to give adequate
wages to their workers and, Baldwin said,
they must not use child or slave labor—the
working environment must be safe and
just.
The salmon-monitoring project is
funded by the city of Mukilteo and the
Paine Field Airport, according to last
year’s report at Social Science Research
Network called “Mukilteo Salmon Survey
2013 – Japanese and Big Gulches.”
Thomas Murphy was just given the
KSER 90.7 FM radio station’s Voice of the
Community award for Community Impact
by an Individual on Nov. 5, 2014, accord-
ing to KSER’s website.

Black Box Theatre: a place to express your artistic talent
By Julynn Triplett
Staff Writer
Doing business is a daily exercise of
thinking outside the box for Jennifer Mat-
thews – actually, that would be outside the
Black Box.
Matthews is manager of Edmonds
Community College’s Black Box The-
atre, and to make the operation viable she
makes a continuous effort to look beyond
the college campus to try to build the the-
ater into a community resource.
That, she said, is not just the best
pathway to making the theater sustainable
in the long run – it is also the best way to
make the theater valuable and relevant to
the campus community.
“We are strong supporters and propo-
nents of supporting local art, local artistry,
and local entertainers and performers,”
said Matthews.
She says it is important that the the-
ater sticks to really finding local connec-
tions so that students here can get expo-
sure and really invest in what’s happening
in their own region.
Local connections are important so
that the theater can support its own econo-
my as well as the local community.
Awareness of the theater can be an is-
sue since there’s only so much that posters
and articles can do.
“I knew it [the Black Box Theatre]
was there but I didn’t know what exactly
went on inside it,” said Nathan Ringness
who is a student at EdCC.
With the fluctuation on whether to
keep drama classes or to withhold them,
9 A&E
classes were eventually dropped in 2010.
With this drop the theater has had to
get a little creative when figuring out which
events to hold, what type of events to hold,
and how to tie in outside theater events to
the college.
Finding local connections and events
to put on in the Black Box may not always
be easy, but Matthews said, “We have seen
a lot of growth in the last 3 years that I have
been in on board with the theater. Our at-
tendance right now is up about 10 percent
over last year and we have as many events
booked this quarter as we did this time last
quarter.”
When booking events Matthews either
goes to possible people that could put on
those events, or they go to her. The primary
way of bringing in events to the Black Box
Theatre is through the theater’s website
(http://www.blackboxedcc.org). Photo By: Black Box Theatre
Along with the Web site, anyone can Jazz Choir performing in front of an audience at the Black Box Theatre in Mukilteo Hall.
get information from the ticket office (lo- portunities to get involved in so many dif- “[It all is] depending on who’s sup-
cated first floor of the Mukilteo hall along- ferent ways that reach so many different porting what in that venue but we’re stay-
side the theater itself) or by talking directly types of people,” she continued. ing afloat, we’re staying in the positive. We
to Matthews (her office located in the first Since the theater is so diverse on the are not in the red – we are just positive,”
floor Mukilteo hall as well). types of events that it holds, Matthews was she continued.
When looking at what types of events very excited to talk about the musical that Matthews’ hope for the future of the
to book, the theater likes to give diverse is coming in spring. Auditions will be held Black Box Theatre is that they can con-
options. “We have lots of fun opportuni- in January with the performance held in tinue following their mission statement
ties for people that range from everything May. which at the moment is, “The Box proudly
from an ethics challenge where people are Even though the Black Box Theatre supports local and independent artist of all
talking about ethical issues in a game show hasn’t had the easiest of times[,] Matthews genres; creating a diverse array of innova-
format to sometimes STEM and science says, “Money is kind of an interesting way tive and educational progress that spark
doing a performance of their magical sci- to talk about it [the theater] because a lot of imagination, foster dialog discussion, build
ence experience,” said Matthews. it is internal campus revenue so its money community, and inspire action.”
“We also do weekly comedy and our that the college has that is just transferred For more information on the Black
music departments play almost all of their from one organization to another organiza- Box Theatre you can visit the website or
concerts over here so there are lots of op- tion.” stop by Mukilteo hall.
 10 A&E
Girardi’s Osteria: affordable & authentic Italian food
By Maney Orm
Staff Writer
Girardi’s Osteria, a small family
owned restaurant located in the heart of
downtown Edmonds, is just few minutes
away from EdCC students.
It’s hard to imagine that such a small
restaurant would have such an explosive
menu; rich ingredients, such as asiago
cheese, help bring the menu to life.
The ambiance in the restaurant, is
equally explosive. While giving off a wel-
coming vibe right off the bat, the families
that fill up the restaurant make the atmo-
sphere even more “emozionante,” or excit-
ing in Italian.
With fairly cheap prices most of the
day, one would wonder why the chef, Bru-
no Girardi, still gives so much effort to his
dishes.
Using true Italian cheeses like the
classic mozzarella, he also brings unique-
ness to the table by adding ingredients, like
gorgonzola sauce, to his signature dishes.
Girardi understands the rarity of these
ingredients in mainstream Italian food
chains. Hence, this highlights his goal to
revive the life of genuine Italian culture in
Italian-American restaurants.
The food tastes creamy and rich, some-
times zesty, depending on what one orders.
Their penne granchio, rock crab meat in a
vodka sauce, was perfectly creamy with
just enough crab in it to compliment the
sauce.
The pasta was not overly cheesy and
the sun dried tomatoes blended well. The
staff also liked grating chunks of cheese
onto every pasta dish.
Many students from EdCC have had
positive experiences with the restaurant.
Marshall Leeds, a current student at EdCC
and a regular at Girardi’s Osteria, com-
mented on the restuarant’s inexpensiveness
and quality:
“The happy hour runs all day, which
is what most people go for and you receive
very good portions of food for a great
price,” said Leeds, “The service is also
great all hours of the day.”
This restaurant, named after founder
Patrick Girardi, literally translates into Gi-
rardi’s “small, simple Italian restaurant.”
The menu signifies simplicity, yet has a
distinct taste that customers would not for-
get.
Bruno Girardi, brother of founder
Patrick, is the head chef. He is also the co-
owner of the restaurant. This makes the
restaurant more personal to each customer
because he executes his food the way that
he wants his guests to remember him.
Within 10 years of Giradi’s career,
Bruno opened up two other restaurants:
Bruno’s, in Everett, and Ciao Stella Mia,
in Edmonds. Next to Walnut Street Cof-
fee, and across from Opus Bank and Chase
Bank, this restaurant resides amongst
many other small chains in the Downtown
Edmonds Waterfront area.
When walking into the restaurant,
guests are introduced to the open bar right
off the bat. The bar is able to accommodate
up to six people. Also right at the entrance,
a waiter awaits to serve the customer with
seating.
When walking to the table, one would
notice that there are dozens of acrylic paint-
ings spread across the two dining areas, as
well as a fountain that accommodates the
guests who sit outside to eat.
There is a fire place in the middle of
the dining room. Every table has wine
glasses ready to be served with red hand-
kerchiefs and a candle lit. A romantic am-
biance is present at the restaurant.
“It has a very intimate vibe to it, the
lights are very dim” said Leeds, “[it is a]
Platter of penne pasta gracefully basking in tomato sauce, covered with a slice of parmesan.
very good place to have a date or to go out
to eat with a group of friends.”
The environment can get rowdy, de-
pending on the time that one decides to go.
During the evening, many families like to
take out the whole family for small social
gathering.
During lunch time, it much quieter,
especially on weekdays. This small res-
taurant welcomes all friends and families
looking for a good, inexpensive meal.
Girardi’s Osteria
504 5th Ave S.
Edmonds, WA 98020
312-578-0763
Photo: Rebecca Mullinnix
Triton Review rating: 4 stars out of 5
Open: Monday-Saturday: 11:30 a.m.
– 10 p.m.
Sunday: Noon – 9 p.m.
Happy Hour: Mon-Sat lunch 11:30 -6
p.m. & 8 p.m.-Close
Sun Noon -6 p.m. & 8 p.m.-Close
Entrée Prices: 6 p.m. -8 p.m: $9.95-
$24.95
During Happy Hour: $4.95-$9.50
Credit cards: A, DC, DS, M, V
Reservations: Available Noon – 3 p.m.
Noise: Conversation-friendly
Other: Wheelchair accessible
November 17, 2014
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” (PG-
13) -- In a gray and smoldering future, gi-
ant androids called Sentinels are on a mis-
sion to exterminate the world’s mutants,
and they’re doing a pretty good job. The
remaining X-Men band together for a last-
ditch effort: send Wolverine back to the
1970s to stop the Sentinel program from
taking off. To do this, he has to break 1970s
Magneto out of his super-prison and repair
the broken friendship between himself and
1970s Professor X.
The action and special effects are as
awesome as you’d expect from bahjillions
of dollars and an experienced director in
the chair. However, it’s the cast that really
blows up the screen. Professor X is played
by James McAvoy and becomes Patrick
Stewart. Magneto is the dreamy Michael
Fassbender in the 1970s, and evolves into
Sir Ian McKellan when he grows up. Halle
Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Peter Dinklage
and many more are left with too much tal-
ent and not enough screen time.
“Mr. Peabody & Sherman” (PG) -- Not
to be outdone by the X-Men, a different
ensemble of time-traveling buddies made
their bid for the box office this summer.
Mr. Peabody (Ty Burrell of TV’s “Modern
Family”) is a dog/genius who takes his ad-
opted human son, Sherman (Max Charles),
on educational trips to historical turning
points in their time machine. After a dis-
pute with a girl in Sherman’s class, the duo
wind up on a time-spree, encountering ev-
eryone from Agamemnon to Washington.
This is one of the better adventures
from Dreamworks lately, though it’s not a
threat to the popularity of “How to Train
Your Dragon.” The humor is rather snarky
and punny -- both titular characters are
known for their smarts -- but still acces-
sible to the kiddos and always done with a
trace of civility.
“Whitey: United States of America v.
James J. Bulger” (R) -- The most notorious
criminal of his time was finally brought to
court in 2012, raising questions about just
who was helping Whitey Bulger get away
with so much for so long. Some say he was
in step with the FBI, but Bulger insists he’s
every kind of criminal but a snitch. This
documentary examines the trial of Bulger
(who was a real-life inspiration from Jack
Nicholson’s character in “The Departed”),
but the details revealed in interviews only
raise more questions.
“Beneath the Harvest Sky” (R) -- Two
teenagers in a weedy rural town in the top
corner of Maine hatch a plan to get out
of town while they come of age. Casper
(Emory Cohen) gets roped into helping his
father’s little operation smuggling drugs
across the Canadian border, thus jeopar-
dizing his friends and his future. Really,
the plot isn’t the appeal here. The way the
directors handle the pacing and visual sto-
rytelling creates an almost palpable atmo-
sphere.
TV RELEASES
“Murdoch Mysteries, Season 7”
“Fargo Season One”
“Penny Dreadful: Season 1”
“2 Broke Girls: Season 3”
“The Honorable Woman: Season 1”
(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

All about Meghan Trainor, and her continuing hits of beat music
By: Todd M Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief
Meghan Trainor is an American sing-
er, songwriter, and producer. She started
writing songs when she was 11 and soon
produced them on her computer 2 years
later.
At 18, Trainor signed a songwriting
deal with Big Yellow Dog Music, penning
tracks for Rascal Flatts and Disney star Sa-
brina Carpenter.
In 2014, Trainor gained prominence
with her debut single “All About That
Bass”, which reached number 1 on the US
Billboard Hot 100.
On October 21, 2014, Trainor released
the single “Lips Are Movin’” to contem-
porary hit radio stations as the lead single
from her upcoming third studio album Ti-
tle, which is set to be released on January
13, 2015.
With its throwback soul beat, its body-
positive message couched in a cute meta-
phor, and its dance-filled, candy-colored
Zombies or crime scenes can’t keep this actress from her love
By: Todd M Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief
Emily Kinney is an American actress
on the popular AMC TV show “The Walk-
ing Dead,” where she plays Beth Greene.
Emily Kinney maintained a blog about
her experiences in Hollywood, in which
she stated that she is a vegetarian. She dis-
continued the blog in late 2012.
She studied and graduated from Ne-
braska Wesleyan University.
She then moved to New York City,
where she pursued a Broadway and act-
ing career, and having a singing career as
well. Kinney was born August 15, 1985 in
Wayne, Nebraska
Kinney started her career at the age
of 23, when she participated in the play
“Spring Awakening,” in which she played
the role of Anna, a smart and carefree resi-
dent in a strict city,
Then it was announced that Kinney
was cast a role on Showtime’s “The Big
C,” playing the role of Emily.
Later, Kinney appeared on NBC’s
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” where
she played the guest role of Jeannie Rich-
monds.
Kinney made her film debut with
“Aunt Tigress,” where she played the role
of Aunt Gina
Kinney was cast as a recurring charac-
ter on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” where
Favorite reads being made into movies for fans
Q: I know you like to read, so I was
wondering if you knew the answer to this.
I heard that one of my favorite books is be-
ing made into a movie. It’s called “Veiled
Threats” by Deborah Donnelly. Is that
true? -- Regina T., Akron, Ohio
A: It has indeed been made into a
movie, now retitled “The Wedding Plan-
ner Mystery,” and it will premiere on the
Hallmark Movie Channel on Sunday, Oct.
19, at 9/8c. The show stars Erica Durance
(“Smallville”), Brandon Beemer (“Days of
video, Meghan Trainor’s “All About That
Bass” couldn’t have been better designed
to go viral.
Two months after it was quietly re-
leased online, “Bass” has become a
straight-up pop phenomenon—racking up
YouTube views, inspiring an untold num-
ber of online tributes, and rocketing up the
Hot 100, where it’s currently sitting at a re-
spectable number 28.
No matter if you like Trainor or not,
she has an interesting way showing her
music talent and style.
‘All About That Bass’ has hit the fan-
dom world of geekdom with a parody of
the song dedicated to the Star Wars Death-
star, performed by Team Unicorn, which
can also be seen on Youtube.com
A group of mother’s liked the beat of
the song. so they made a parody talking
about needing their space away from their
children, titled, “I need some space.”
Trainor seems to be a big hit among all
generations of music listeners.
Emily Kinney at a red carpet event at the premier of Season 5 of the “Walking Dead” on Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.
she played Beth Greene, the 16-year-old
sister of Maggie Greene in Season 2, being
25 years old at the time.
After being on the show for two years,
she received a promotion to series regular,
along with Chad Coleman and Sonequa
Martin-Green. She then released her first
extended play “The Blue Toothbrush.”
Kinney participated in “The Walking
Dead: AMC Original Soundtrack,” Vol. 1,
Our Lives”) and Andrew Walker (“When
Calls the Heart”). I spoke with Brandon
recently, and he told me about working on
the film and with Hallmark and with the
lovely and talented Erica Durance.
“I’ve always heard that Hallmark was
a great, great network to work for. They run
a tight ship. They know exactly what they
want, and they know exactly what they are
doing. I read the script, and I thought it was
pretty fun, and it was good. I also loved the
fact that I’d be working in Vancouver. I’ve
never been to Vancouver. I was very grate-
ful. So I went to Vancouver and had one of
the best times shooting a project that I’ve
probably ever had. The people were so
great. And Vancouver was so awesome.”
***
Q: I just got caught up on season one
of HBO’s “True Detective,” and I won-
dered if you could give me any scoop about
season two. -- Kyle L., via email
Celebrity News
Meghan Trainor posing with decorated cakes and floral designs for a photo session.
in which she collaborated with Lauren Co-
han on the single, “The Parting Glass.”
In an interview with AMC, Kinney
talks about the story of the album: “’Ex-
pired Love’ is about my story.
“But I do think that with my acting ca-
reer, my style seeps into my career a lot.
My songs are similar to Tom Waits’ in that
they’re little stories.
“Sometimes I write songs based on
A: I can tell you that Colin Farrell
and Vince Vaughn have signed on to star
in next season’s hit HBO series, which is
rumored to be about the “bloody murder of
a corrupt city businessman found dead the
night before a major transportation deal.”
It will involve three police officers from
different cities working together.
***
Q: Can you give me any info about the
latest 007 movie? Is it still happening? --
Paul T., via email
A: The 24th James Bond film is in-
deed happening, Paul, with actors Daniel
Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris re-
turning, along with director Sam Mendes.
They start shooting in December, with an
anticipated fall 2015 release date. Sam
confirmed that the latest film with be the
second of a two-part project, meaning it
will be a continuation of “Skyfall.”
***
11
Photo By: Megan Trainor
Photo By: AMC Studios
one word or feeling that keeps popping up
for me.”
Kinney made an appearance at Emer-
ald City Comic-con last April, where she
drew a large crowd of Walker fans, and
younger fans of her music.
No matter what she seems to do, Kin-
ney does it with perfection and talent that
is missing from a lot of younger actors
nowadays.
READERS: I have some exciting
book-to-series news for you. Hulu an-
nounced that it has ordered a nine-hour
series adaptation of Stephen King’s 2011
bestseller “11/22/63,” a thriller in which
high-school English teacher Jake Epping
travels back in time to prevent the assas-
sination of President John F. Kennedy.
The series is being developed by J.J.
Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.
Of this latest project, Stephen King
said: “If I ever wrote a book that cries out
for long-form, event-TV programming,
‘11/22/63’ is it. I’m excited that it’s go-
ing to happen, and am looking forward to
working with J.J. Abrams and the whole
Bad Robot team.”
Write to Cindy at King Features Week-
ly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475; or e-mail her at letters@cin-
dyelavsky.com.
(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
12 Features November 17, 2014

YWCA adopt-a-family donation drive for the holidays

Photo By Matthew Williams

Many companies around the King and Snohomish county are helping the YWCA and United Way in the Adopt-a-Family program, by collecting many donated toys and gifts for the families.

By: Emily Ullerich
Staff Writer
Many people in our community wake
up on Christmas morning with out gifts un-
der the tree, hopes of waking up to wrapped
goodies are crushed; but this Christmas
does not have to be like past ones.
Adopt-a-family donation drive hosted
by Young Women Christian Association,
is a chance to give present to families in
need. Anyone can donate to these families.
Last year over 1,592 families were
given gifts for their young ones. Let us get
in the spirit of the holidays and help out
more families in the Seattle area.
Become a sponsor by going to YWCA
Seattle’s website to find more information
and a form to fill out to become an official
sponsor.
While filling out the form a person has
the choice to either donate just gifts, gift
cards or both! The gift cards are a new op-
tion for this holiday season.
Giving gift cards allows parents the
opportunity to pick out the perfect gift for
their little ones.
Another thing to choose would be the
donation location, the nearest donation
drop off site to Edmonds Community Col-
lege is 6027 208th Street S.W. Lynnwood,
WA 98036. Which is on the east side of
highway 99, while EDCC is located to the
west of highway 99.
There are multiple other location
choices, but once one is chosen that is the
site to drop of the gifts.
After filling out the form, a name of a
family will be given to the donator. At this
point it is time to start shopping! There are
many options out there, a gift can be found
for anyone.
Depending on what drop off loca-
tion was chosen there could be one or two
drop off days. Make sure to turn in gifts on
time to ensure children have their gifts for
Christmas morning.
If becoming a sponsor is not the best
option for any reason but there is always
the choice to just simply donate.
Money donations are accepted on-
line at the YWCA website. Any amount
of money is accepted; it is the thought that
counts after all.
As the days grow colder and shorter,
make sure to find the time to donate money
or become a sponsor.
Make sure that Christmas is a warm
happy day that will be filled with memories
to last a lifetime.
 Review The 13
Heartwarming display of Poetic Justice at the Black Box
By: Todd Clayton Jr
Editor-in-Chief

As the people started to come in at

take their seat at the Black Box Theatre
for what would be a night of a great poetry
reading and an education of personal rights
for everyone.
They were greeted by associates of the
theatre, and by Amanda, the advisor, for
Between the Lines, Edmonds Community
College’s annual publication.
After everyone was seated, the audi-
ence was silenced by special thanks that
were given to the Visual Media Service,
the ACC Department, and Between the
Lines who put the “Poetic Justice” event
together.
Poetic Justice is the insertion of po-
etry, and politics of our lives with social
justice, and it made a really good evening
of the people that were reading. The first photo by Rebecca Mullinnix
poet that read was Rahwa Reyan, she read Moe Stevens talking to the audience about laws and many topics that are covered during the Poetic Justice readings at the Black Box theatre.
an untitled poem that she wrote that talked
about Trevan, Jordan and Michael. about the difference of people growing up years protesting the Vietnam war. All in all it was a worthwhile event,
Reyan had put to spoken song on how in school together. The war on drugs had nothing to do and Between the Lines handed out copies
she felt about the situation that unraveled Robert Jackson, a student who at- with health issues, it had to do with power of their current publication for people to
between those incidents. As she read it, tended the readings commented, “This is (Shafer Commission 1972), it was consid- take and to read.
you could feel the passion coming from a great group of people. Black Box The- ered the School-to-Prison pipeline and it is Charles Anderson, a member of the
her, and the heartwarming thought that atre should put these on every month, I just still in effect today. Corporations help keep audience said, “Wonderful poems and
she had put into the piece and it was very can’t believe the emotions that came from the prisoners in with the contracts with the inspirational words,” then he went on to
thought provoking also. the poets.” states and private run prisons. comment on each of the three poets and the
Raul Sanchez was the second poet up The third poet was Feven Haile and Spencer went on to talk about the guest speaker.
and had mentioned that there was a couple she started right off reciting her poem Prison Industrial Complex and Correction “The poets were really in depth with
of his books on the table that he had written about life’s ups and downs titled “ Allow Corporations of America about how corpo- the way they had written their words on
for people to purchase. But first he read one me to Introduce myself,” and then she con- rations profit from not decrimalizing drugs. paper, and how Moe Stevens spoke about
of his favorite poems from the poet Martin tinued one with the poem, “Soul Sister” The event closed with a spoken word sang the way that Nixon corrupted the system to
Espada’s book “The Republic of Poetry.” which was about two people who were dif- by Feven Haile and Rahwa Beyan about work to his advantage.”
Sanchez then went on to read ferent but the same in many ways. Poetic Justice.

Inversion Aversion
a few of his own poems Moe Spencer was the
starting with “Right Time, Wonderful poems guest speaker for the event
Wrong Place” from his and was introduced as the
published book “All Our and inspirational key note speaker, he is a
Brown Skinned Angels.” words... trial attorney who has tried
The poem was about an 38 criminal cases on drugs, can utilize it to explain its deadly actions
experience of being sin- murder and sex. Spencer in concealing an ignition problem. In this
gled out and arrested. -Charles worked in Seattle practic- case, companies are using it as justification
His second poem that for ditching their homeland, in effect de-
Anderson ing criminal law, then began claring that the bottom line trumps every-
he read was the poem of practicing family law, deal-
where the title of the book ing with custody battles, and thing, including patriotism.
comes from. And his third now he practices drug law So what is to be done? In fact, our office-
poem, “Assault on America,” which was a helping legal marijuana growers. Maybe it’s time to get really tough, my fel- holders agree that the tax code needs major
make -you-sit-and-think-about poem. Most of what he spoke about was low Americans. Without a doubt, someone improvement. But try to reform anything
“Behind the Barbwire,” a poem about Nixon and the Comprehensive Drug Abuse needs to be creative in coming up with these days. If it involves politicians, as
being an immigrant in America, was a very Prevention and Control Act of 1970 es- ways to punish those corporations that are New Yorkers say, “fuggedaboutit.” Be-
heart warming piece that Sanchez also tablished the National Commission on bailing on the United States of America -- a sides, what they’re talking about is incredi-
read. Marijuana and Drug Abuse—known as place where they made their fortunes -- and bly complex. What we need right now is to
He went on to read a couple more po- the Shafer Commission after its chair- renouncing their citizen responsibility to come up with ways to make some of these
ems from his personal writings and then a man, Raymond P. Shafer. The Nixon Tapes pay the going tax rate at home. guys pay a price, make them squeal a little.
poem from a poet who he had helped get talked about the student movement on the The tactic is known as “inversion.” Ameri- Here’s one approach: Maybe those cor-
published titled “Growing Up in America” White House lawn, and making marijuana can corporations, such as Chiquita Banan- porate entities that want to relocate, while
which is a poem about being an immigrant illegal, which was giving the administra- as or the medical-device giant Medtronics, continuing to prosper because of the infra-
in America. tion legal reason to remove and arrest the merge with or buy into a company in some structure and system of laws that protect
Sanchez then closed with a poem college students counter culture, and 70, 71 country with a much lower corporate tax them here, should pay for those services.
rate than the U.S. imposes (before loop- How about charging huge fees for the
holes). Ireland is an example of such a streets that serve their plants and the po-
country. They then declare that their head- lice who offer security and the schools that
quarters are located in the overseas compa- educate their workforce?
ny and, presto chango, they suddenly can That’s not going to happen either, not with
be taxed as if they were a foreign corpo- most politicians in their back pockets. So
ration. While they live this accounting fic- maybe it’s time for a little citizen action,
tion, they continue to be based in the good like scrounging enough money for ads that
old U.S. of A. identify the corporate defectors, so the rest
It’s just one of the scams we like to call of us can decide whether we’ll continue to
“loopholes” that the rich have arranged patronize them.
through their lobbying and campaign-fi- In addition, let’s make it an election issue.
nance bribery to get written into the code. Let those of us who are holding the bag
But the practice is metastasizing, as more decide if we really want to vote for those
and more conglomerates discover the vir- who allow this kind of economic injus-
tue of having no virtue. It’s a gimmick, but tice. Until these insidious inversions are
a very costly one to all of us, nearly $20 brought under control, they’re another way
billion in tax revenue. ordinary citizens are played for suckers. In
The executives argue they have a respon- our country, the one these corporations are
sibility to their stockholders to maximize abandoning, we still have a right to vote.
profits by every means possible. It’s such a Let’s use it.
handy rationalization. It can explain away
all sorts of bad behavior. Cigarette manu- (c) 2014 Bob Franken
facturers use it all the time. General Motors Distributed by King Features Synd.
 14 Opinion November 17, 2014

Don’t be scared, be prepared at EdCC

By: Melissa Gueiros
Staff Writer

An issue that concerns students, teach-

ers, parents, and visitors is the safety on
campus. We are never completely safe,
there is always a chance to be in danger.
Edmonds Community College Security de-
partment is in place to prevent any risk of
danger. However, active shooter events are
increasing in US. It’s possible to say that
danger can occur anywhere and anytime.
For example, in Oct. 24, 2014 the shoot-
ing in Marysville-Pilchuck high school.
A freshman student killed three girls and
himself. That all happened before the secu-
rity was able to prevent it.
.So the question is: are we safe at the
Edmonds Community College campus?
“No, I don’t feel safe at school be-
cause you never know who is around you.
I rarely see security around” Mark Glinsky
an EdCC student dentist major said. EdCC
has over 20,000 students per quarter and
only seven full-time officers. There is no
way that seven full-time officers can make
sure every single student is safe.
EdCC security department consists
with two security sergeants, seven full-
time officers, one part-time officer, and stu-
dent assistants. Daniel Guerrero, the EdCC
security sergeant said, “We are trying to
prepare our security for a situation like that
[Marysville shooting], and we work very
closely to the Lynnwood police department
Photo by: Alison Revell
and Snohomish sheriff department because
Two campus security vehicles that are always patrolling EdCC. They have telephone numbers on the vehicles for people who are seeking help.
they’re the ones that would be responding
to a shooting situation.” routes but it’s never mentioned by profes- imminent danger, attack the attacker. Secu- their choices. “Take things seriously. Be
There is no assurance that EdCC is sor or staff. rity pamphlets are given to any student that prepared. We should all be aware. Things
safe place for total protection from a shoot- It consumes time and effort, but our concerns about a shooting situation. comes unexpectedly” Naylea Villalpando
ing. The only way to be completely safe is campus should have drills to test our se- Run, hide, and attack are the three an EdCC student’s security assistant said.
being prepared both mentally and physi- curity and inform our students to prepare main tactics to survive/prevent a shooting, Besides being prepared and aware,
cally. for any situation as a shooting, fire, earth- but remember to call 911 when in a safe talk about it. Edmonds Community Col-
Normally pepper sprays and teasers quake, robbery, and many dangerous situ- zone. lege provides free counseling and resource
might help in the physical protection, but ations. Even though we might never experi- center for all students. From personal
on EdCC campus that’s illegal. “That’s We are never safe, danger can occur ence a shooting situation, self-defense counseling to career counseling; one can
absolutely ridiculous! We should have any time with any person. So the solu- classes motivate and encourages us to be find more information at Mountlake Ter-
the right to protect ourselves” Valerie tion to prevent any danger is awareness. prepared for any situation. It also moti- race Hall, Room 145, or call 425.640.1358.
Gordeyev a current student at EdCC said. EdCC website page about campus safety vates any student to be brave and smart on Don’t be scared, be prepared.
Besides not having enough security to and security has a crime prevention and
cover over 20,000 students safety tips for any students
and not having the right to willing to read and be in-
protect ourselves with any No I don’t feel formed.
weapon, our security does safe at school... “Safety and crime
not carry any gun nor teas- prevention starts with per-
ers. who is around sonal responsibility. Lack
“We are a weapon free you of vulnerability is the key,”
and drug free campus be-
cause we want to have as
-Mark Edmonds Community Col-
lege site in campus safety
safe environment as pos- Glinsky and security article adds,
sible to insure that our stu- “A criminal looks for an
dents can study and learn in the exploits perceived weaknesses.
safest and healthiest environment as pos- The less vulnerable the person or vehicle
sible” Daniel Guerrero said. appears, the less chance of a crime occur-
It’s safe to say that the school would ring.”
be a safer place if our security was armed An additional solution would be go-
and handle the situation right away instead ing to the EdCC security department. The
of delaying the situation for the police de- security building is Woodway Hall on the
partment to handle. second floor. Going there myself, Sargent
Some students were shocked with Daniel Guerrero gave me four different
weapon free security information. “Secu- pamphlets about safety precautions. “The
rity should at least carry a teaser!” Glinsky most important personal consideration,
said. “What? So how can the security pro- when talking about danger, is situational
tect us? By force?” Valerie Gordeyev said. awareness. Being aware of your surround-
There’s not much the security guards can ings and your environment as you walk to/
do to prevent a crime, would armed officer from classes” Guerrero said.
be more efficient? Another solution is to be mentally
“I feel that if high schools feel the need and physically prepare for any situation.
to have an officer on duty in their school, Edmonds Community College provides
we should have armed officer in our col- Self-Defense class. Sansei Arai prepares
lege too” Jessica Filimonchuk an EdCC students in different danger situations. She
student in ultrasound tech said. also talks about three options in case of a
Jessica Filimonchuk said, “I don’t shooting.
think we are prepared. I actually don’t First is to leave belongings behind and
know any evacuation route on campus and run to the exit. Second is remain quiet and
we barely have any drills,” which is unfor- hide from the shooter’s view. Third is as
tunate that EdCC has exits and evacuation a last resort and only when your life is in
 The Review 15
Religious groups stirring controversy
By: Marina McDermott
Staff Writer

As you stroll through the Edmonds

Community College’s campus, you may
find more than one person thrusting a reli-
gious paper or pamphlet in your face.
Why? To try to convince you to join
their religion. Now, some folks are nicer by
simply handing you their little papers, but
still make sure you don’t slip away without
receiving anything.
While the First Amendment provides
people with the freedom of religion and
freedom of speech, is it really fair for those
on campus who either hold no religion or
belong to a different religion than those
handing out the information? I don’t be-
lieve so, and I feel as though the college
shouldn’t allow any religion to have the
option to attempt to recruit people on cam-
pus.
I am not religious, nor am I against
anyone who is religious. However I don’t
enjoy it when someone goes out of their
way to hand me something that isn’t rel-
evant to me. As such happened on a cold
morning while I waited in front of the cam-
pus for my ride. I was sitting down and not
paying attention to much around me, when
suddenly I was approached by a young in-
dividual who said,
“Here, read this while you wait” and
proceeded to hand me a thick booklet with
excerpts from the bible. They walked away Photo by: Stewart Carver

before I had the chance to decline their of-
fer.
I stared at the book for a moment, then
proceeded to go recycle it. The following
day I was eagerly given a small purple slip
talking about more religion, as were those
walking in the same direction as me.
I would like to say it is easy to avoid
getting these papers, but sadly it isn’t un-
less you veer far away from the area they
stand in. Even then you could still be ap-
proached by someone, similar I was that
unlucky morning.
To find out why these groups are al-
lowed on campus I turned to Christina
Castorena, the EdCC Vice President for
Student Services.
She informed me that as a public in-
stitute they follow the first amendment and
guidelines for facilities. She then directed
me to Wayne Anthony, who is the Director
Bibles sitting on a bench waiting to be handed out to students passing while heading to their next class. These are given out almost every week
by people that want to talk about their faith.
of the Center for Student Engagement and
Leadership, and is in charge of approving
groups on campus.
Anthony explained over email that the
campus courtyard is designated as the “free
speech zone”. It is required by the courts,
who say that the college may determine
“time, place, and manner for the exercise
of free speech rights”.
Anthony made sure to mention that the
college does not and cannot censor any-
one’s viewpoint or group content, so that
the campus will remain “content neutral.”
Perhaps those allowed on campus
should be told certain guidelines as to how
they can go about business. My suggestion
would be to not allow them to force their
papers or pamphlets onto people.
Allow the people to choose to go to
them, and not go out of their way to fol-
low someone to hand them anything. An-
other suggestion would be for them to
wear badges or name tags that states their
purpose, and offers their name in case of
any disputes and identification is needed.
Though that would only be in worst case
scenario, but religion is a rather sensitive
topic and people handle it differently.
Everyone should feel comfort coming
onto campus, and if this is stopping people
from doing so I believe there needs to be a
change now.
I would not have written on this topic
had it not brought me discomfort consider-
ing that there are people very uncomfort-
able, myself included, that these individu-
als are allowed on a community college.
If you are someone who had to endure
with religious information and you had no
desire to do so, understand that you should
have a choice to say no to them. If they
make sure you are given something hand it
back to them. Tell them no thanks, and en-
courage anyone you know who feels just as
uncomfortable or annoyed to do the same.
The students of EdCC are the targeted au-
dience, and if we continue to smile and ac-
cept what they force upon us nothing will
change. If we can’t change their presence
on campus, change it by our dissatisfac-
tion.

The Callow President

“Stop just hatin’ all the time.” If you
haven’t been following the news, you
might not know whether this bon mot was
uttered by a character on the ABC Family
show “Pretty Little Liars” or by the presi-
dent of the United States.
Of course, it was the leader of the free
world at a recent Kansas City, Missouri,
rally, imploring congressional Republicans
to start cooperating with him. The line
struck a characteristically -- and tellingly
-- juvenile and plaintive note.
How many books and articles have
been written by conservatives seeking to
divine the philosophical beliefs and psy-
chological motivations lurking beneath the
president’s smooth exterior?
It’s certainly true that the president is
much further left than he’d ever admit, but
the deepest truth about Obama is that there
is no depth. He’s smart without being wise.
He’s glib without being eloquent. He’s a
celebrity without being interesting. He’s
callow.
It’s a trope on the right to say that
Obama has quit, that he’s not interested
in the job anymore. It isn’t true. If you are
smug and unwilling to bend from your (er-
roneous) presumptions of how the world
works, this is what presidential leadership
looks like.
Obama evidently has no conception
of the national interest larger than his ide-
ology or immediate political interests. In
terms of his sensibility, he’s about what
you’d get if you took the average writer for
The New Yorker and made him president
of the United States.
The notion that Obama might be a
grand historical figure was always an illu-
sion. Once the magic wore off, it became
clear he’s not really an orator. His greatest
rhetorical skill turns out to be mockery.
The man who once promised to tran-
scend political divisions is an expert at
the stinging partisan jab. What Winston
Churchill was to thundering statements of
resolve, Obama is to snotty put-downs.
During the 2012 campaign, he hit Re-
publican nominee Mitt Romney with relish
over his promise to cut funding for public
television: “Elmo, you better make a run
for it.” He has called the Ryan budget a
“meanwich.” He has made the Republi-
can reaction to his lawlessness an ongoing
joke.
The president’s constant complaints
about everyone else in Washington playing
politics while he high-mindedly devotes
himself to substance have all the maturity
of Holden Caulfield’s plaints about “pho-
nies.” Please, grow up.
Ever since he lost the House in 2010
and could no longer operate on the basis of
sheer brute force, the president has relied
almost entirely on tactical cleverness. It has
been impressive on its own terms, whether
it involves the invention of the “war on
women” in 2012 or the double-dog dare to
Republicans to impeach him now.
But this is basically all he’s got -- be-
sides his infamous “pen and phone.” He
has already expanded the powers of the
office beyond their legitimate bounds and
may well take another quantum leap with
an executive amnesty. But rarely has the
presidency felt so small, at the same time
discontents at home and chaos abroad
loom so large.
It’s not “hatin’” to expect something
better -- or at the very least a little less pet-
tiness.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National
Review.
(c) 2014 by King Features Synd., Inc.
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Text message dating: spellcheck or torpedo your love life
By: Robert Hefferman & Charles Abbott
Guest Writers
Text message dating: the new pre-
ferred mode of communication. Lamenta-
bly, gone is the era of the love letter, the
love poem a relic from the days of yore.
Today, we think we’ve snagged ourselves
a good one when we receive a <3. Isn’t he
sensitive?
Perhaps it’s the ease of use, perhaps
we’re all plain lazy now, but dating text
messages seem to have replaced phone
calls.
I can’t count the number of times that
a date has ended with “I’ll text you later”,
and, much to my dismay, actually finding
myself happy about receiving his text mes-
sage.
Spending days clutching my phone
everywhere I go, jumping at every little
beep and vibrate, cursing my girlfriend for
texting me about her cat.
And nonetheless, we have let dating-
by-text go on. For all its downfalls, you
have to admit that text message dating defi-
nitely have its pros.
Text message dating pros #1
Inhibitions go out the window
Dating text messages are a pretty safe
mode of communication, giving you a
bit of a cushion when wanting to say the
things that you would normally be too shy
to say face-to-face.
We’re not all well-versed flirters, be-
coming flustered when faced with sexual
innuendos or saying the wrong thing in a
moment of panic.
It’s easy to freeze up when faced with
a strong flirter, the pressures of coming
up with the perfect response besting you.
More often than not, the light bulb only
goes off as you walk away – the moment
of ‘should’ve.’
But the texted flirt session is easier to
handle. When not faced with a dazzling
smile, away from having to witness a bad
reaction with your own eyes, your creative
juices can flow freely.
Much like a strong cocktail, your in-
hibitions are freed with text messages, and
suddenly you find yourself becoming the
Shakespeare of dirty talk, penning one-
liners that would make a porn star blush.
Text message dating pros #2
Time is on your side
If you are oft-tongue tied, text mes-
sages are your best friend. A tied-tongue is
usually the product of fear – of rejection, of
not living up to expectations, of saying the
wrong thing,
Of course, like all fears, it is perfectly
irrational and lives only in your head. Not
that it makes it any easier. But with text
messages, you are being given the freedom
of time.
You can take as much or as little of
it as you need to breathe until your brain
reboots. You can wait until you’re ready
to formulate your “right” answer without
coming off as a mute – a luxury that the
face-to-face interaction does not afford.
And with text messages comes the lib-
erty of the edit. You are suddenly able to
write, read, revise, think, and revise some
more. It’s like being given a rewind button
in life.
Moreover, you can enlist your room-
mate, best friend, sister, mother, and any
other female in close proximity as your
trusty editor.
Take it from me; feedback and critique
may be hard to take at first, but can also
save you from a world of embarrassment.
Text message dating pros #3
Never be out of touch
For those of us happily in love, espe-
cially in the early stages of dating, we want
to be with each other all of the time. We
want to be able to reach out to him to share
our every little thought and daily event.
With the text message, it doesn’t mat-
ter where either of you are, you can always
be together. At work, the park, a movie,
you are never far from each other.
Text message dating pros #4
Easily ignored
Rejection isn’t easy, whether you’re
giving or receiving. We’ve all been on the
other side of it, and recognize the sensation
of your heart dropping into your toes.
Nobody wants to be the cause of that,
to have that memory attached to our name.
With the text message, you can subtly send
your message by not sending a message.
Sure, it might be tinged with passive-
aggression. Is it the most mature course of
action? Absolutely not.
But because the text message is so
unreliable, with it comes a myriad of ex-
cuses for not responding: I didn’t hear my
phone, I never received it, I left my phone
at home/the office/in the car, my battery
died, my dog ate my phone, and a whole
slew more.
With the text message, you can pretty
much get away with a level of rudeness not
acceptable in normal social interaction.
Text message dating cons #1
Easily ignored!
By the same accord, texts are easily
ignored! There are too many good excuses
for not responding.
You know what they all are – you’ve
used them. When you suddenly find your-
self on the other end of the unresponsive
text, it’s inevitable that you grow paranoid.
Did I scare him off? Did I say too much?
Was I too forward? Why is he ignoring
me?!?
The tumble down into crazy land is
swift and steep.
But you also know that therein lies
some truth. For every excuse that you are
being given, it has actually happened to
you at least once. It both rings true and
false at the same time, in perfect unison,
making you feel both better and worse.
Really, it only prolongs your stay in
crazy land.
A big part of it is your want or need
to believe him, but there’s always a little
voice in the back of your head that’s just
screaming, BS!
Unfortunately, as there really is no
established text message etiquette, permit-
ting behavior that isn’t socially acceptable
in any other context, the text can ultimately
be plain confusing.
Text message dating cons #2
Lost in translation
Only adding to the confusion fac-
tor, the text message is so easily misread.
A texted conversation is like broken tele-
phone on steroids.
The risk factor for misinterpretations,
hurt feelings, outright insult is so much
greater.
In a text message, it is almost impos-
sible to decipher tone, intonation, and im-
plication.
You don’t have the pleasure of catch-
ing a devilish glint in their eye. You miss
the slight tug of a suppressed smile. Never
mind how cute those little moments are;
they also serve as cues that he is teasing.
Without the audio-visual to accom-
pany the humor, it can read as just plain
insulting.
Sarcasm often doesn’t play well in the
text, even when followed up with a smiley
face. Moreover, especially if you’ve grown
used to people’s snarky ways, genuine
feelings start reading as sarcastic.
The text message is the cynic’s worst
dating tool. It’s hard enough as it is to be-
lieve that someone is actually good, that a
relationship is actually progressing. Then
you are given free reign to interpret.
Add poor texting skills and you’ve got
a recipe for disaster.
Text message dating cons #3
Freudian text messages
With the text, especially in an impor-
tant conversation, it’s almost too easy to
screw everything up. Especially, if like me,
you send before re-reading, text while on
the go, or after a couple of drinks.
Suddenly your heartfelt, prophetic
message takes on a whole new meaning.
The conversation swerves into the ditch,
and your left completely befuddled.
November 17, 2014
Only after going back through your
sent messages do you realize what just
happened, and you’re left with a heaping
mess.
From personal experience, I know that
accidentally omitting three little letters,
like an N, O and a T, changes everything.
“I am not sleeping with him” now has an
entirely different, and unintentional, mean-
ing. It’s a pretty deep hole to dig your way
out of,.
Text message dating cons #4
Impersonal
The text message, although so conve-
nient, is also entirely impersonal. If you
start out relying on text messages as your
main vehicle of communication, you can
find yourself having gone through the get-
ting-to-know-you stage without actually
having heard his voice.
It’s almost too easy to hide behind the
text message, keeping each other at arm’s
length.
Text messages can build up until
you’re left with a wall to authentic inti-
macy.
Sincerity and authenticity are almost
impossible to translate via text message in
the beginning. Even if you’re dating a great
wordsmith, it can be very difficult to truly
believe the words you read.
With the text message, you are left
without the sparks that fly between two
physical bodies. There are no moments
of electricity when you catch each other’s
eye, no heart flutters when a coy smile
breaks across his face. Too easily can your
words be left hanging, accidentally over-
looked and left to smolder in his inbox.
Text message dating leaves evidence
Possibly worst of all, if it all fizzles
out, he is left with all this incriminating
evidence.
The removed nature of the text freed
you to be the girl you always thought you
were too shy to be. It was exciting in the
moment when you fired off an indecent
proposal; you got high from the boldness
of those come-hither pictures.
But now, you’re left with only the
cringes, as you run through all that he has
at his disposal.
 Environmental Issues
The Green Team wants you to sack taking plastic bags
The Green Team, with waste gathered and sorted into different piles from around EdCC, recycle, compast and trash. Be aware of the bins to throw in your waste.
By: Lia Andrews
Guest Writer
No-Shave November may save you
some time in your morning routine, but
this monthly event may net you a prize!
The Green Team and the Barnes & Noble
Triton bookstore have teamed up to bring
you No Bag November!
When you shop at the bookstore, you
can refuse the option to use a plastic bag
and be entered to win a prize, with there
being a new winner each week.
We use plastic bags in excess, with
most finding their way into landfills and
our rivers and oceans. Pollution caused by
plastic bags may be an issue.
You can do your part as a conscious
consumer this November and all year long
to forego them. The bookstore sells cheap,
reusable and sturdy bags, and you may be
entered into the weekly raffle for purchas-
ing one as well. Don’t miss out!
Whether you’re in need of service
learning hours, class credit, mentoring ex-
periences or a vested interest in the waste
circulating our campus, Trashy Tuesdays
have got you covered.
Every Tuesday a quarter, service
learners gather waste from garbage bins
for sorting. Often, the results are quite sur-
prising.
Those who participate watch a presen-
tation about how trash affects their com-
munity and environment, an hour spent
getting their hands dirty, followed by a re-
flection on their findings and lessons.
To get involved, visit the service learn-
ing website (https://sites.google.com/a/
email.edcc.edu/service-learning-edcc/
home) and you will find the option to sign
up under Descriptions & Sign Up.
Just one day will leave you with a
thorough knowledge of what’s in your gar-
bage and what you should be doing with it!
Finally, looking to get involved in
some inside operations? The Green Team
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is eager to hear your voice right from your
mouth.
Open staff meetings will soon be im-
plemented into the group’s weekly sched-
ule, meaning you can address each mem-
ber directly with your ideas, questions and
concerns for sustainability on campus.
Every proposal will be subject to fur-
ther discussion on the team’s agenda and
followed up on.
Why should this matter to students?
The Green Team and its operations are
directly funded by student money.
The fifty cents a credit that composes
the Green Fund may sound small at first,
but with thousands of students taking at
least a dozen credits it quickly adds up
into an enormous amount of money with
a small group of people deciding what to
do with it.
Details of when and where these open
staff meetings will take will be sent out in a
campus email, so keep an eye out! Further-
more, if you want to schedule a meeting
you can email the Green Team at green-
team@email.edcc.edu.
Or you can simply walk in and ask for
a member at the CSEL office in Brier 252.
Don’t hesitate to get in touch with your
voice!
 18 Sports November 17, 2014

Seahawks rev up the engines as season continues

By:Ulises Sanchez
Staff Writer
The Seattle Seahawks - home of the
12th Man, 2013 NFL Champions and first-
time Super Bowl Champions - are hav-
ing an unexpectedly rough 2014 season.
In February the city of Seattle rejoiced,
for we had finally won a championship tro-
phy and a world championship banner to
proudly hang in Quest Field. After the Su-
per Bowl win fans were already thinking
about next year and whether they could win
it all again and be back-to-back champions.
This feat hasn’t been accomplished
since the 2004 and 2005 seasons by the New
England Patriots. As of week ten of the NFL
season, and with a winning record of 6-3,
why are fans still worrying about the team?
“It should have been three easy
wins against the Rams, Panthers, and
Raiders, we lost to the Rams and bare-
ly beat Carolina and Oakland” said
Sean Divis, an ex-student at EdCC.
“ I don’t know how we are going to com-
pete when we play against better teams.”
His concerns are all valid; the teams Se-
attle has recently played against include the
Rams Panthers, Raiders and most recently
the Giants. All have losing seasons are not
considered contenders for the playoffs.
Yet the St. Louis Rams who are in last
place in the NFC West with a losing record
of 3-6 managed to beat the Seahawks. What
was supposed to be an easy thrashing of
the Rams turned into an embarrassing loss
and to add insult to injury they pulled an
amazing punt return trick play on Seattle.
When Seattle played against the strug-
gling Carolina Panthers, Seattle barely
won the game with a final score of 13-9. photo by : Jonathan Ferrey

The Panthers, with one of the
worst defensive lines in the NFL ,
managed to hold off the high scor-
ing offensive of Seattle to 13 points.
The Oakland Raiders are the worst
team in the NFL right now; they have not
won a single game at all this season. So
did Seattle stomp all over the Raiders as
expected? They won the game, but it was
not a blowout with a final score of 30-24.
Seattle just recently played
the Giants and won that game with
a score of 38-17 - much closer to
their expected level of performance.
Now the next four games for the Seattle
Seahawks are going to be interesting. First is
against the Kansas City Chiefs, who have a
record identical to Seattle of 6-3. this game
will take place on Nov. 16 at Kansas City.
The Seahawks approaching the huddle during a game. Their high spirits have carried them through several losses early in the season.
The Kansas City Chiefs are simi- Even though they are strug- ahawks expecting too much from their
lar to the Seahawks as they don’t pass gling they can be explosive at team? Yes, give them a break. Seattle
as much and love to run the ball. But times putting up high numbers. was bound to lose some games, but
the Chiefs score when they need to and On Dec. 7 Seattle travels to Philadel- that doesn’t mean they are horrible and
never say no on a third down situation. phia to take on the Eagles, who as of late you should quit supporting the team.
Seattle hosts as the Arizona Car- been playing well despite a weak beginning. Seattle is not the best team in the NFL
dinals come into town Nov. 23. Not “They have been playing like some right now - Arizona is - but Seattle has a win-
much to say here as the Cardinals are rookies, but I have faith ning record. Could they
the best team in the NFL with a impres- in my team” says Marvin still be playoff bound?
sive record of 8-1 and with a high scor- Griesson, who stands by It should have Yes, of course, it all de-
ing offensive that seems to score at will. his truck with a large 12th pends on how they play
This will show us what the Man decal on the side as he
been three easy their upcoming games
2014 Seattle Seahawks are capable waits to pick up his cousin wins against the and how other teams
of, and if they are playoff material. who attends EdCC. “I really fare in their schedules.
Rams, Panthers
On Nov. 27 after only four days rest, hope they find their rhythm Many fans of the
the Seahawks play division rival San Fran- soon, we have some tough and the Raiders. Seahawks are on edge
cisco 49ers - a team that’s playstyle is the teams to play ahead of us.” and I don’t blame
opposite of Seattle, they love to pass the ball Seattle Seahawks them, their division ri-
fans feel connected to the
-Sean Davis vals the Arizona Car-
team as if it is part of them. During in- dinals are the hottest team in the NFL
terviews and when talking to fans they and show no signs of cooling down.
use words such as “we” and “us” when Last year around this time Seattle
referring to the Seahawks. “We could was being hailed as the best team in the
play a lot better I know it, we shouldn’t NFL. We can only wait and see how the
have lost to the Rams” states Sean Divis. Seahawks perform, but keep the faith and
Are the fans of the Seattle Se- show support for your Seattle Seahawks.

photo by : Kelly Bailey

Marshawn Lynch and Mike Williams during a 67-yard touchdown against the Saints.
 The Review 19
In her late fifties, Guenther ruptured she was immediately drawn to the idea.
Not your average bodybuilder a disk in her neck, and had to put a halt
on building for a while, “I watched my-
“It’s destiny,” she thought, “I’ll jump in!”
And it was there that a new chap-
self wither away.” But it was no more ter of her competitive nature opened
than a few months and there she was and she began training, compet-
pushing herself and her body to get back ing and loving a sport all over again.
in to competition material. Guenther “It’s such a wonderful camaraderie,
is not one to give up or settle for much you don’t find sports like that,” she said.
less than 100% of herself or her effort. She began with Cottage Lake, a quar-
From there on it was history, Janet ter mile swim, 4.5 mile bike loop, and
Guenther was blowing away competi- 1.6 mile run, and for the past four years.
tions and competitors everywhere, win- Guenther still has yet to be
ning ten titles in the Emerald Cup Masters, beat by anyone in her age group.
then five titles in Iron Man Masters and She has ‘tried’ at Lake Tye, and Just
Overall Iron Man within a five year span. last year she placed third in Washington in
Guenther believes that her best year overall sprint at the Lake Meridian triathlon.
truly was 2007, where she won the Em- At the moment, while teach-
erald Cup masters, Iron Man Open, Van- ing here at Edmonds, Guenther still
couver Natural and not soon after placed makes time to train year round with
third in heavyweights at Nationals. spinning, swim, and tri-bike training.
She is appreciative and fond of all She is looking forward to this com-
the experiences, memories, and bonds, and ing season which begins around June, and
believes she has learned a lot from body is hoping to complete a sprint with a half
building. But it seemed like the time had mile swim, Olympic, and a half Iron Man.
come when she had to make a change, and in Guenther is a one-of-a-kind woman,
Photo By: Mark Mason
2011, Guenther gave up ‘the sparkly suit’. who “would love to be that 88 year old
Janet Guenther displaying her dazzling smile at the Emerald Cup bodybuilding competition.
But it isn’t in her nature to just leave a woman still goin’ and goin’,” as she put it.
By: Nicola Harris “I was never handed anything I sport behind and just teach P.E classes like I know there are many students and
Staff Writer wanted, I had to work for it,” Guenther a normal teacher. Janet Guenther is far be- people who would benefit from listening
Janet Guenther watched as a woman said. She wanted to become a natural yond the normal, and this is why you Tritons to her lectures, taking one of her classes,
paraded across a stage flexing and dis- body builder (body building without the and EdCC are incredibly lucky to have her or just hearing her inspirational story.
playing her muscular, defined body. “I use of drugs, illegal supplements, or hor- as an instructor, and even more so, a friend. It may just change your
don’t want to put on a little sparkly suit mones), so she began working towards Retirement may be in the foreseeable life; I know it changed mine.
and flex,” said Guenther; body build- competing at a small tavern competi- future, which is why you should sign up for Guenther has dedicated her teach-
ing did not appeal to her in the least. tion one of her students told her about. any one of her classes from crossfitness to ing career to helping others experience
However when her friend men- The competition was only her first nutrition to body conditioning and more. the joy of lifetime fitness. A competitive
tioned that the competitor was a surpris- and the prize was a hundred bucks or so She goes beyond the scope as a teach- ‘natural’ bodybuilder for over 25 years,
ing 54 years old, it set a spark in Guenther. instead of a sword, but Guenther won sec- er to help her students become healthier, Janet’s has been using the sport of body-
“Sign me up.” ond place, right behind a nationally ranked achieve their goals, and to bring her out- building to help control her type 1 diabetes.
She took one look at the magnificent woman. She knew that this was only the be- side activities in to the gym to make class- Janet’s Philosophy - “you can never
swords that were awarded to the winners ginning and was eager for the road ahead. es enjoyable and exciting to learn from. be too strong and you can never have too
and said, “I want one of those swords, I At the aim of competing when After body building training much fun!” Check out Janet’s PE 250
know I can do this.” she was 50, Guenther began the intense stopped, Guenther began getting in to class - nutrition and life fitness; where
Guenther was determined and not only training and workouts and proceeded spinning classes. One day her instructor you will learn the ‘why’ and ‘how’ to
did she get ‘one of those swords’, but she to sign up for her first real competition: mentioned competing in triathlons and reach your own lifelong fitness goals.
now has 13 or 14 of them. The Emerald Cup here in Washington.
For those of you Tri- However, it wasn’t a
tons who are unfamiliar I want one of few months out like she had
with the ever-so-talented planned for training; it was
and ageless Janet Guen-
those swords, I a miniscule 4 weeks away.
ther, first of all you are know I can do But Guenther with her in-
missing out. And second this. credible drive and can-do
of all, you will be pleased attitude, trained like the
to know you can meet her next day was the competi-
as she teaches right here -Janet tion so when it came time
on our campus, instruct- for the Emerald cup, she
ing five different phys. was proud of the work in the
ed. and health classes throughout the week. time given, even though she didn’t place.
If you ever happen to walk through Through the years she ate and trained
the Seaview offices, you might be able as a professional bodybuilder and Guen-
to peek around the corner and take a ther says that lifestyle helped to control her
glance at the varied and numerous tro- type 1 diabetes, which she believes was one
phies and awards that insulate her office. of the biggest benefits of the sport for her.
Guenther said of each trophy: “I’ve Never did she use drugs or hormones
achieved every one of them.” As I looked to ‘up her game’ or to improve results, she
around the room, I could almost feel the believed in doing it naturally for her health.
achievement within the trophies; the dedi- But though she made right deci-
cation, determination, perseverance and sions for her health, sometimes prob-
spirit that make up their winning stories. lems happen despite efforts made.
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Around campus and the community
Lost Boys of the Sudan
Nov. 20
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
SNH 304 A
International Assistant
Program
Apply online
tinyurl.com/WinterIA
Deadline Nov. 19
Celebrate Cultures
Wed Nov. 19
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Brier Lobby
21
Parfait Bassele Thanksgiving Dinner
Tues Nov. 18 Thursday Nov. 27 Film and Panel:
12:30 p.m. Seating at 11 a.m. Lost Boys of the Sudan
Black Box Theatre Food 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Westgate Chapel Sno 304A
Start Tech Talk
Nov. 18 International Week Law Association Club
Workshop: Nov 17-21 First Thurs of the Month
Advanced Google Sites 4:30 - 6 p.m.
1 - 2:30 p.m. Cultural Celebration Fair Sno 304A
Lynn 207 Nov 19
11 a.m. -1 p.m. Black Student Association
Dependable Strengths Brier Lobby Mondays
Nov. 18 4-5 p.m.
2 - 4 p.m. Brown Bag Lecture MLT 204
MLT 138 Nov 18
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Black Box Lecture

Arts & Entertainment

EdCC Campus EdCC Clubs Edmonds Lynnwood
Join a Club! There are many on Campus
Brown Bag Lecture Edmonds Artwalk Lynnwood Library Booksale
Parfait Bassale Geek Culture Club Third Thursday 5 p.m. Mon.-Sun. during library hours
Nov. 18 Fridays 1 - 3 p.m. Downtown Edmonds Lynnwood Library
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Brier 233
Black Box Theatre Driftwood Players If you find something
Global Volunteers Club Miracle on 34th St. of interest
Non-Instructional Day Fridays 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28 - Dec. 21 that is not located on
No Classes Brier 231-233 Wade James Theatre the calender
Nov. 26, 27, 28 8 - 10 p.m. Thurs -Sat please let us
Happy Thanksgiving Ignite Fellowship 2 - 4 p.m. Sun know @
Mondays Tritoneditor@gmail.com
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Brier 244

Sports
Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Sports Clubs
Nov. 22 Rugby Club
Nov. 21
6 p.m. Fridays 1 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
vs. All-Star Frances Anderson Field
vs. South Puget Sound
Home Edmonds
Away

Nov. 22 Nov. 29 The EdCC Soccer Club

4 p.m. 3 p.m. Mon. & Wed 5 - 6 p.m.
vs. Blue Mountian vs. South Puget Sound Triton Soccer Field
Home Away Seaview Gym

Dec. 6 Dec. 6 Don’t see a sport that has a club?

7 p.m. 4 p.m. Find an adviser and
vs. Pierce College vs. Teasure Valley start one, there are many
Away Away sports out there for you to
enjoy, maybe an
EdCC Karate Club
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Horoscope
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A
changing situation calls for a change in
plans. Although you might prefer the
schedule you had already worked up, you
could do better by agreeing to make the
needed adjustments.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That
once seemingly rock-solid proposition
you favored might be hiding some serious
flaws. Take time to check it more carefully
and question anything that seems out of
kilter.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Finish
up those lingering tasks so that you can
then arrange to spend some time in quiet
reflection. This will go a long way in re-
storing both your physical and spiritual
energies.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A fam-
ily situation could heat up and boil over
unless you deal with it as soon as possible.
Try to persuade other family members to
work with you to help cool things down.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Cheer up,
Kitty Cat! That low feeling will begin to
ebb by midweek, and you should be back
in the social swirl in time for the weekend.
A long-postponed deal could be starting up
again.
VIRGO (August 23 to September
22) Going too fast and too far on too little
knowledge could be risky. Best to slow
down and check for any gaps in your in-
formation. It’s what you don’t know that
could hurt you.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)
Trying to make peace among quarreling
family members, friends or colleagues can
be tough. Expect some resistance, maybe
even some expressions of resentment. But
stay with it.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November
21) Changing your mind doesn’t have to
be a problem once you realize that you
might have good and sufficient cause to do
so. Make your explanations clear and com-
plete. Good luck.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-
cember 21) An unkept promise can be irk-
some and easily raise the Archer’s ire. But
instead of getting into a confrontation, take
time to check why someone you relied on
came up short.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to Janu-
ary 19) A new workplace distraction cre-
ates an unnecessary delay. The sooner you
deal with it, the better for all concerned. A
personal matter also should be attended to
as soon as possible.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February
18) Once again, the Aquarian’s gift for ap-
plying both practical and creative methods
to resolve a situation makes all the differ-
ence. Personal relationships thrive during
the weekend.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A
relationship appears to be losing its once-
strong appeal for reasons that might be dif-
ferent from what you think. An open and
honest talk could lead to some surprising
revelations.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your life is
bound by your belief that character counts
more than anything else.
(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. LANGUAGE: What is the most
commonly used letter in the alphabet?
2. GEOGRAPHY: In what body of
water can the island of Santorini be found?
3. ACRONYMS: To an engineer, what
does the acronym CAD stand for?
4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What
is a shillelagh?
5. POLITICS: What was the emblem
of the Progressive Party of 1912?
6. ANATOMY: What is the glabella?
7. ACADEMIA: What does a vexil-
lologist study?
8. MOVIES: What was the title of the
movie that featured the line, “Love means
never having to say you’re sorry?”
9. TELEVISION: What was the name
of the town that was the setting for “Mary-
Hartman, Mary Hartman”?
10. GAMES: How many playing piec-
es do you have to remove from a body in
the game “Operation”?
Answers
1. E
2. Aegean Sea
3. Computer-aided design
4. A cudgel that can be used as walk-
ing stick or a weapon
5. Bull Moose
6. The skin between the eyebrows and
above the nose
7. Flags
8. “Love Story” (1970)
9. Fernwood, Ohio
10. Twelve
(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
• It was British Prime Minister Win-
ston Churchill who made the following
sage observation: “A lie gets halfway
around the world before the truth has a
chance to get its pants on.”
• Play-Doh was originally marketed
as a wallpaper cleaner. It wasn’t until kids
started using it as modeling material that
the company saw its potential in the toy
market.
• Those who study such things say
that when bears, squirrels and other mam-
mals hibernate, the flow of oxygen to their
brains can drop by as much as 98 percent.
• You’ve surely heard of the long-
distance buses known as Greyhounds, but
you might not be aware of the company’s
humble origins. In 1914, a car dealer
named Carl Eric Wickman ran a car deal-
ership in Minnesota.
When business was slow, he used one
of the unsold cars to offer rides between
the towns of Alice and Hibbing to miners
going to work. The idea was so profitable
that Wickman opened long-distance routes
within two years.
He painted the vehicles gray in or-
der to hide the road dust, prompting a
hotel owner along one route to comment
that the cars looked like greyhound dogs.
Wickman liked the idea so much he started
using the slogan “Ride the Greyhounds,”
and the rest is business history.
• In 1955, just a few weeks before
he was killed in a car crash, actor James
Dean made a commercial aimed at teenag-
ers. The subject? Auto safety. In the ad he

This week in History

1871 – The National Rifle Association
is granted a charter by the state of New
York.
1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s
“Slavonic March” is given its premiere
performance in Moscow, Russia.
1885 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: The de-
cisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
1903 – The Russian Social Democrat-
ic Labour Party splits into two groups: the
Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and
Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
1922 – Former Ottoman sultan Mehm-
ed VI goes into exile in Italy.
1933 – United States recognizes So-
viet Union.
1957 – Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of
British European Airways crashes at Bal-
lerup after the failure of three engines on
approach to Copenhagen Airport. The
cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing
system on the aircraft.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy
dedicates Washington Dulles International
Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., re-
gion.
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on opti-
mistic reports that he had been given on
November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B.
Johnson tells the nation that, while much
remained to be done, “We are inflicting
greater losses than we’re taking...We are
making progress.”
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis is con-
demned to death for attempting to assas-
sinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopou-
los.
1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets
football game in the eastern United States
are denied the opportunity to watch its ex-
citing finish when NBC broadcast “Hei-
di” instead, prompting changes to sports
broadcasting in the U.S.
says, “Drive safely. The life you save may
be mine.”
• If you’re like the average American,
you drink only one-sixth as much wine as
1969 – Cold War: Negotiators from the average French citizen.
the Soviet Union and the United States ***
meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I Thought for the Day: “I’m living so
negotiations aimed at limiting the number far beyond my income that we may almost
of strategic weapons on both sides. be said to be living apart.” -- E.E. Cum-
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant Wil- mings 
liam Calley goes on trial for the My Lai (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
Massacre.
1970 – Luna programme: The Soviet
Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium
(Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first
roving remote-controlled robot to land on
another world and is released by the orbit-
ing Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando,
Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells
400 Associated Press managing editors “I
am not a crook.”
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic upris-
ing against the military regime ends in a
bloodshed in the Greek capital.
1979 – Brisbane Suburban Railway
Electrification. The first stage from Ferny
Grove to Darra is commissioned.
1982 – Duk Koo Kim dies from in-
juries sustained during a 14-round match
against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompt-
ing reforms in the sport of boxing.
1983 – The Zapatista Army of Nation-
al Liberation is founded in Mexico.
1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolu-
tion begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student Have story ideas?
demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot
police. This sparks an uprising aimed at - Is something going on around campus?
overthrowing the communist government Comments on
(it succeeds on December 29). stories?
1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount - Letters to the editor are a good way to
Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Pre-
fecture, Japan, becomes active again and let us know what’s working and what’s not.
erupts. Or want to write for us?
1993 – In Nigeria, General Sani Aba- Drop us a line at:
cha ousts the government of Ernest Shon- tritoneditor@gmail.com
ekan in a military coup.
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