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The Rise
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NEWS

TWO YEARS
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PG 4

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THE ART OF
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DOGS & PEOPLE PG 11

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Kristina Johanson | The Communicator

Nikki Lawson and Mike Crimmins try there best to imitate those who have made it onto this weeks list.

THE LIST

best kisses in film

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2

Brittany Tolleson
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Coming in at number one is The Notebook,

featuring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.
Its just such a passionate movie and the
kiss is pretty iconic.
-Jorge Ortegaw

The Princess Bride, featuring Robin Wright and

Cary Elwes.
It used to be one of my favorite movies
when I was a kid and the kissing scene is just
awesome!
-Peter Sokoalis

Number 3 was Titanic, featuring Kate Winslet

and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Its a classic love story.
-Melissa Brown

Number 4 was Frozen, featuring the voices of

Kristen Bell and Jonathan Groff.
Its quirky and clean.
-Tracy Smith

Number 5 was Brokeback Mountain, featuring

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Its one of the first male-on-male kisses
in filmOf course it would be iconic!
-Russell Barnwell

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Obamas proposal: Two years free tuition

Jeremy Logan
The Communicator

President Obama has taken the first

step in bringing universal and free
community college to anyone who
attends school at least half time, and
maintains a 2.5 GPA.
Americas Promise [the proposed
plan] would cost 60 million dollars
over the span of 10 years with the
federal government covering 75
percent of the cost of tuition and states
that choose to participate covering the
remaining 25 percent.
Right now about a third of
our costs are paid by tuition and
about two thirds from the state, and
thats becoming less and less, Janet
Gullickson, president of SFCC, said.
So pretty soon its going to be about
half and half.
The presidents plan is modeled
after a similar plan in Tennessee [The
Tennessee Promise] that was led by
Republican Governor Bill Haslam, in
which state lottery proceeds cover the
cost of community college tuition that
is not covered by Pell grants and other
forms of financial aid. 12 thousand
students are expected to enroll under
the new state program.
In his State of the Union Address,
Obama looked at the US, free K-12
education system as an example for
the potential outcome of his plan.
America thrived in the 20th
century because we made high school
free, sent a generation of GIs to
college, and trained the best workforce
in the world,
Obama said.
A 2012
report by the
Bureau of
Labor Statistics
shows that
one third
of all jobs
require at least
an associates degree, and Obama
projects that that number will double.
By the end of this decade, two in
three job openings will require some
higher education, Obama said.Two
in three. And yet, we still live in
a country where too many bright,
striving Americans are priced out of
the education they need. Its not fair to
them, and its not smart for our future.

Kiki Johanson | The Communicator

Already two thirds of the students enrolled at SFCC make use of some sort of need-base financial aid.

Thats why I am sending this Congress

a bold new plan to lower the cost of
community college to zero.
Robby Krieg, an audio engineer
student at SFCC says he has seen the
progression take place.
When I was in high school they
said, you cant get anywhere without
a high school diploma, and then I
graduated and it was, now you cant
get ahead without a two year degree,
Krieg said. And now that Im in a two
year program its like, now you cant
get ahead without a four year degree.
The Promise would bring the
expectation that students maintain a
2.5 GPA, as opposed
to the 2.0 already
required by financial
aid.
I think its good that
they at least have a
limitation on the GPA,
-Janet Gullickson but literally a donkey
could keep a 2.5 GPA.
Krieg said. For each
state they should hold an interview
process like I went through [for audio
engineering] to see if people are
ready to go to school.
While Americas promise would
bring higher expectations to students,
Gullickson says it is also asking
community colleges to be wmore
efficient.

There is no single bullet

that will help every single
student,

President Obama is saying to the

Community Colleges, you also have to
step up your game and help students
complete on time, help students who
may need remedial education or
need developmental Ed [education]
in math, or english, or reading.
Gullickson said. We will also be
expected to offer programs that end in
transfer, and the technical jobs we are
teaching need to graduate students to
a dead-end career. Hes challenging
us, I see it in a positive light to do a
better job with the money we have.

While money might help get

more students in the door, it doesnt
necessarily guarantee their success.
There is not one medicine that will
help a student who is under prepared,
who is poor, who may have an illness,
who may be a single parent, who may
be in an abusive situation. Gullickson
said. There is no single bullet that
will help every single student, but if
we keep at it, it may be just enough to
lift them over the bar of success.

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Barnes and Noble takes over SFCC bookstore

Mikayla Davis | The Communicator

Alexie Poe and Alyson McGinnis make their way through the old campus bookstore before the eventual makeover that will take place over the summer.

Mikayla Davis
The Communicator
Barnes and Noble has taken a page
from Sodexo and set up shop at SFCC.
In September, CCS began talks
with Barnes and Noble in the hopes
of finding better textbook deals for
students. On Dec. 15, the management
service contract was signed and Barnes
and Noble took over.
Lisa Hjaltalin is the Chief Financial
Officers for CCS and the one who has
been working on the contract with
Barnes and Noble.
Its really difficult for a single
bookstore to be able to compete with
the bigger sellers like Barnes and Noble
or even amazon, Hjaltalin said. And
we want to be able to give our students
the best possible opportunity to get the
least expensive textbook option they
can find.
The switchover occurred over winter
break and students are already seeing
changes.
We can get books by ourselves,
again, said Krysta Knowlton, an SFCC
student. I hated when they got our
books. All of the signs look like Barnes
and Noble, too. The store looks a lot
more open.
The store will be going through
further renovations this summer.
According to Hjaltalin, Barnes and
Noble will be spending $150 thousand

to renovate the stores at SFCC and SCC.

Other changes students will notice
are price differences and a larger
variety of book formats.
They actually have prices for new,
used, and renting, Knowlton said. So
I can decide if I want to buy or not.
There will be more online textbooks
available for students as well, so
students can look for new technology,
such as Nook e-readers, to soon be at
the college store.
I think youll see more electronics
like the Nooks and tablets that we
just werent able to offer before, said
Hjaltalin.
Teachers have an open house at the
end of January so they can get help
learning the new book ordering system.
This will give teachers the opportunity
to view the prices for all of these
formats beforehand.
When teachers make a textbook
selection then they will know exactly
what a student is going to pay for that
book, Hjaltalin said. This will give
them more resources so that they can
make better choices for the students,
because no faculty wants to have
students pay more than they need to for
something.
However, with the new items come
new policies. The rental policy is one of
many changes that students will see.
According to the school stores
website, students who return their

books late will face more charges.

Replacement Cost is 75% of the
selling price of your book at the time of
purchase. Processing Fee is 7.5% of the
selling price at the time of purchase.
These fees are in addition to the rental
fee.
The buyback policy has also
changed.
Barnes and Noble has a much
better buy back program, Hjaltalin
said. If that book is going to be used
again next quarter, they will buy it
back. There is not a fee involved for
students to do it. They dont have a
buyback period so students can come
back at any time and do that.
CCS is not the first of schools seeing
this switch to Barnes and Noble.
WSU, Whitworth and many schools
on the west side of the state have also
contracted the chain to sell their books.
Max Shuman, a former student at
Seattle Central, was a member of the
student government while his school
went through the change.
Seems to me like a better deal for
the school and ultimately students with
the set up, Shuman said. For one, it
puts the burden of success on Barnes
and Noble. Also, some students need
the bookstore. Certain scholarships
provide books, but only at the
bookstore.
CCS is in a five year revenue
sharing agreement with Barnes and

Noble.
We get 7% of all of the gross sales,
said Hjaltalin. That money goes
back to the colleges and then back to
students.
Barnes and Noble is also giving the
CCS Foundation an annual donation of
$10 thousand.
That money will go to scholarships
for students, Hjaltalin said. That is
usually what they offer to show that
they are good citizens.
There are other things that the
foundation can do that CCS doesnt
have the ability to do, she said.
Thats why the money is going to the
foundation. They have the ability to
help students out with individual things
that they might need, maybe a bus pass
or a payment to a baby sitter or maybe
a rent payment they cant make.
Students can expect to see many
changes over the next few quarters, but
the bookstore will still belong to the
school.
Its still our building and its still
our employees so we maintain local
control at everything that happens at
these locations, Hjaltalin said. Weve
brought in their technology, their
knowledge of the textbook industry
and their management of the textbook
buying process and so thats what
theyre really doing for us.

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Culture

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Art of the
Couch Potato

Caroline Rhodes | The Communicator

Couches, sitting, potatoes, art. All of the best things.

Caroline Rhoads
The Communicator
Viewers entering the SFCC Art Gallery in Building 6 will be met with the
strong smell of popcorn and a place
to relax from now until Feb. 6.
Couch Potato is a viewer-participant installation featuring video art.
There are three couches and a large
rug piled with pillows for viewers to
spread out and watch a stream of videos that project onto a screen.
The playlist at Couch Potato
changes daily.
Somedays, its geared more towards a particular style or different
artists, SFCC student Susan Morski
said.
Sometimes it is films and others are
interviews with artists. There might
also be videos about different pieces
such as sculptures and performance
pieces that are typically experienced
live.
It gives you exposure to obscurity, Morski said. We live in a sheepish world. As an artist, woman, and
mother, I think the exposure is really
important; there is so much more out

there.
Stephen Seemayer, Creator of
Young Turks, one of the films
presented at the exhibit, visited SFCC
on Jan. 22 to talk about the film and
some of his other works.
Young Turks documents the art
scene in Los
Angeles during
the 1970s and
1980s, when
artists could rent
huge spaces
to create their works for very little
money. According to Seemayer, this
created a very exciting community.
That kind of energy created by a
group of people getting together can
be really good for the community,
Seemayer said during his presentation. Its important to document that
to make sure that it doesnt just fritter
away into outer space, all that experience, all those images, all that music,
Video art differs from regular television programs and movies because it
does not necessarily rely on the same
theatrical conventions.
When I have a film, whether its
Young Turks or Tales of the Amer-

ican or even if I make a film of my

work, I am trying to tell a narrative
story, Seemayer said.
Doug Aitkens Black Mirror,
another video being shown during the
gallery, was originally a video installation piece featuring multiple screens
and mirrors
that played and
reflected a video
- Tom oDay all at once, completely immersing viewers not
only mentally, but physically.
Its not the typical sort of storyline, Tom ODay, the SFCC Gallery Director, said as the video from
Black Mirror played on the screen.
But yet there is this underlying element that builds the story. The viewer becomes part of that process of
building the story; you have to kind of
enter into it.
Although it may not be immediately noticeable, Couch Potato also
makes use of multiple screens. In
addition to the big screen, videos can
also be watched on the computer just
to the left of it. In a small corridor at
the entrance to the exhibit, a tele-

Its not the typical storyline

vision allows viewers to watch the

participants in real time, as well.
The cameras on top of the big
screen capture what is happening in
the moment, but are not recording.
You kind of get to see the reactions to what theyre seeing; its really
cool, Teja Carlen, an SFCC student,
said.
For students interested in creating
their own videos, Jenny Hyde, who
teaches film art at Eastern Washington
University, will be doing a film workshop on Friday, Jan. 30.
She is going to be here from noon
to two, and shes going to create a
video that people will take a part in,
ODay said.
Just come over and hang out,
some of this stuff is really fun and
some of it is more challenging. Its an
experience that they wont have in
a regular theatre, so its gonna seem
different to them. But, you know,
come over and hang out, eat some
popcorn.
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Culture

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How to ensure there

will never be a
second date
Even if you dont have an account,
make one. Make one while youre on
the date. If they dont pick up what
If youre out there searching for The youre laying down, show them and
One, or the next one, youre going
ask them if they think the person
to be subjected to a lot of first dates.
youre considering is attractive.
Whether its a random from Tinder (or
Mention that you just finished an
one of the other billion dating apps/
introductory psychology class and
websites), or someone you met in line offer to psycho-analyze your date. If
at the grocery store, they could be the they say no, tell them they have trust
issues.
love of your life. Or an axe murderer.
Make sure you add the air quotes.
According to the American PsyHowever, if they say yes, this could be
chology Association, in Western culthe most fun
tures, more than
part of your
90 percent of
date.
people marry by
Tell your
the age of 50.
date
that youre
About 40 to 50
living with
percent of those
your ex-signifimarriages will
cant other.
end in divorce.
The key is to
Furthermore,
be
really vague
the Nationabout
your
al Center for
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C
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for
H
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S
tatiStiCS
relationship
Health Statistics
status in order
reports that 60
to give them
percent of marreasonable
doubt
that
you
are not
riages for couples between the ages of
actually
available.
20 and 25 end in divorce.
Straight up tell your date that youre
No matter how promising the initial
a jerk. People have a tendency to be
conversation, theres a pretty high
honest when theyre talking about
probability that youll end up with
themselves.
someone who makes you want to eat
If it doesnt work out, at least this
your own hair. So, if youre minutes
way you gave them a fair warning.
into a first date with someone who
If theyre a negative person all
you absolutely cant stand - or just
around, and theyre not nice in generisnt your type - and youre looking for al, I dont think theres going to be a
a way out, here are some suggestions: second date, Nicholas Fortner, SFCC
Bring up your eclectic taxidermy
student.
collection in the first five minutes,
If all else fails, at the end of the
rather than waiting the appropriate
date, tell them youre falling in love
three dates.
with them.
Its important to share the best parts
Its cute to tell everyone at your
of your life, but this, much like poliwedding how you fell in love at first
tics and religion, can wait.
sight. Its creepy to do it twenty minStart every sentence with as a
utes after you meet someone.
taxpayer, I think
Or, this might be totally crazy, just
Perfect for the aforementioned
be honest with them.
politics conversation, but can also be
No matter what you do, there will
applied to every other subject.
always be someone out there who will
When they inevitably ask you what try to make it work. Telling someone
kind of music you listen to, reply, I
the truth seems to be the most diffidont or you mean Muzak?
cult thing to do, and it hurts the most
These people are the automatic
at first, but its absolutely the most
wildcard. Like Gary Busey.
effective.
Make sure to be swiping through
sfcc.mallory.biggar@gmail.com
Tinder throughout the entirety of the
@_communicator
date.

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Even if you only have 14 dollars, you too can go out this Valentines Day Season

Going out on a budget

Cassie Russel
The Communicator

we can see movies we both like for

the price of one.
To save on parking at the AMC
There is a definite art between
theatre downtown, park after 5:00
juggling school, work, families, and
P.M. for $2 parking instead of $7. The
relationships. Because of the fact that
Regal Cinemas at the Valley Mall has
money is precious cargo to students,
free parking.
how can you date without breaking
For something unique, the tramthe bank?
poline park at Northtown Mall called
Belle Sherry is a student at SFCC
Get Air! has trampolines, basketball
and understands the struggles of want- courts, foam pits, obstacle courses,
ing to go out for a nice date with her
and dodge ball, and is only $12 per
boyfriend but being unable to afford
person for an hour.
the extravagant date.
If movie night or jumping around
Ever since I was three, my mom
on trampolines is not appealing, then
and I have gone
building
ice skating for
a fire in
my birthday,
a fire pit,
said Belle. Its
roasting
a tradition that
marshmal- NatioNal CeNter for HealtH StatiStiCS lows and
will forever be in
my life, and this
spending
year I finally took my boyfriend, and
time together is also a fun option.
he was the first boyfriend to join in on
During warm weather I like walkthis tradition. It was a blast.
ing in the parks around town with my
According to Riverfront Parks web- girlfriend, Alex Lacy, an SFCC student
site, there are specials: $2 Thursdays, said. Lately we like to spend time in
$1 Wednesday with College ID, $5
the libraries and coffee shops since its
After School Special including skate
too cold to be outside for long.
rental.
If you want to spend time together,
Belle also enjoys staying in with
go out and share a little extra love,
her boyfriend and just cooking dinner you can go the local Humane Society
together and then watching a movie.
and volunteer to help out with the
However, to save on ticket prices
dogs and cats.
at the theatre, Northtown Mall has a
Spending time together and
special every Tuesday where tickets
learning things together is a lot of fun
are only $5 each.
and it will help you create a stronger
My girlfriend and I are both off
relationship, said Belle.
on Tuesdays, said Nick Lee, a former
sfcc.Cassie.russel@gmail.com
SFCC student. It works out great and
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Ever since I was three, my mom

and I have gone ice skating

National Center for Health

Statistics reports that 60
percent of marriages for
couples between the ages of 20
and 25 end in divorce.

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Beards,
flannel,
beanies,
glasses.
Rise of the
Lumbersexual
Gavin Andrew
The Communicator
In the realm of male fashion trends,
the metrosexual has finally met his
match. Clear the runway for the lumbersexual. But wait. It seems hes been
here all along, hiding out in the densely wooded Pacific Northwest, and on
the SFCC campus.
Lumbersexual is defined by
Urban Dictionary as a metro-sexual
who has the need to hold on to some
outdoor based ruggedness, thus opting
to keep a finely trimmed beard. So, if
metrosexuality defines a man who is
fastidious about grooming and fashion, a lumbersexual is a guy who is lax

Kiki Johanson | The Communicator

Johnny Bruzas

about shaving and says, fashion be

damned. He wears the same stuff hes
always worn: flannel shirts, well-worn
jeans, and maybe a knit cap to keep
his long hair out of his eyes.
Its a look familiar to us in the Pacific Northwest. Men have been adopting it here for decades. Its practically
the standard Northwest Guys uniform.
Now it has become a national thing,

with columns on the topic appearing

in such diverse sources as GearJunkie,
The Independent, Cosmopolitan and
Time.
Rebecca Cook, a Spokane voiceover artist, is happy she lives in the
Great Northwest, where she can
observe this specimen in its natural
habitat.
I am totally in, Cook said. This

may be my favorite look on a man. Of

course, I actually love wearing mens
flannel shirts, too. Whatever. Im into
it! Ive always been into it. Im cool
with it being a trend.
But not every Spokane woman is so
quick to endorse the trend.
Lumberjacks dont do a thing for
me, Kez McIntosh, a Spokane jew-

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beard?
Enter the Beard
Contest
Look for details on
our Facebook page
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Nathan Grady

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evolve into plumbersexuals, and buttcracks become all the rage!

Troy Nickerson, a Spokane hairdresser, spoke of the look from a same
sex perspective.
The lumbersexual look is becoming very popular in the gay community, Nickerson said. Cuffed jeans
leather boots, flannel, even suspenders. The hipster community has
adopted this look as well. Of course
you should be sporting an impressive
beard.
Tim Teeman, a correspondent for
the political website The Daily Beast,
sees the fashion trend as an emblem
of gender pride and celebration.
Something, he says, straight men
learned from the LGBT community.
The lumbersexual is just straight
cultures latest belated attempt to
theatricalize masculinity, decades after
gays got there first, Teeman wrote.
Some, however, believe the trend
is a reaction to our rapidly-changing
gender roles. Time correspondent
Denver Nicks, in his article Confessions of a Lumbersexual, wrote that
he believes the trend comes out of
the male perception of losing control
in the age of female empowerment.
Men are embracing a cloak of iconic
rugged masculinity, Nicks says, as a
reaction to women stepping into roles
traditionally reserved only for them.
If not a breadwinner, not ogreishly
aggressive, and not a senior member in good standing at a stuffy old
real-life boys club, what is a man to
be?, Nicks wrote.
Others also see the lumbersexual as
a poser, trying to look like the man he
wishes to appear to be.
Personally, I think men and women
should wear what they enjoy wearing
and not be too into following trends,
Amy Sherman, a Spokane actress and
model with Mitchell Artist Management, said.
Allen James Teague, who owns
a painting company in Priest River,
Idaho, was even more critical of the
trend.
You can always tell the phonies,
Teague said. They resemble those
urban cowboys with scuffing on the
boots where scuffing doesnt really happen and they shy away from
rodeo bull pens, manicure their facial
hair and get their coffee at espresso
stands.
Fashion trends come and go, and
the same will likely be true of the lumbersexual. However, its a fair bet that
the look will be around in our area for
some time to come. We invented it.

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Members of the Alliance Club gather to enoy pizza and community in the Loft: building 24, Room 325

SFCC Club Spotlight: The Alliance

Thania Clark
The Communicator

All are welcomed.

Three simple words that have stood
as the backbone for a club that includes all, just as the rainbow includes
all colors: The Alliance.
The motto of the Alliance is to
be an all-inclusive; include all students, all walks of life, and all are
welcomed, said Dan Kiesecker, the
current club president.
It was created to be an all-inclusive title, he said. The idea that
whether youre gay, whether youre
bisexual, whether youre lesbian,
straight, asexual, or gender queer,
theres so many different types of
individual expressions of sexuality. But
regardless of that, you can be an ally
in the Alliance.
SFCC has had a longtime dedication to being an inclusive and tolerant
community, welcoming and establishing the club in 1999.
Meetings are held in building 24,
room 325, every Friday at 1:00pm.
They are also held every first and third
Tuesday at 3:30pm. The last Friday of
each month is game day.
You shouldnt feel scared to join,
said Lauren Grosse, a current member
of the club. Its good to have some
form of a support group.
The Alliance provides a safe space,

referred to as The Loft, for those who is 18 to 26. Kiesecker said that this
feel uncomfortable both on and off
is also the current age range for STD
campus. The Loft is located in building transmissions. The club is focused on
24, across from room 325 where the
raising health awareness and providteachers offices are located. With rain- ing resources for people in need.
bow colored cones standing tall atop
The ultimate message that I always
the lofts walls, its hard to miss.
want to send, and that everyone in the
We provide a safe haven from the
club agrees with, is our motto, all are
discrimination or the rejection that
welcomed, said Kiesecker. Were not
people feel in the Spokane area and
a limited, exclusivist kind of group.
on campus as well, said Kiesecker.
Were very inclusive, and we want evIf neederybody who believes
ed, you can
in human rights for
talk with
everybody and for all
the club
humans. So anybody
represenwho is willing to
tatives,
stand with their fellow
advisors, or
students and support
just hang
human rights is exout with
tremely welcomed in
friends in
this club.
the space.
Members agree that
-Dan
Kiesecker
The Allino one should ever
ance takes
feel scared, intimidatpart in helping, as well as educating
ed, or discriminated when joining a
the students of SFCC.
club.
We try to raise awareness of the
Jonathan Shumate, who at the time
LGBT community in Spokane, said
was attending his first Alliance club
Kiesecker. Were a very student acmeeting, was asked what his thoughts
tivism focused club. Weve done STD
were of the club and their goals.
awareness campaigns, weve worked
I love the idea, said Shumate. I
with Planned Parenthood, Spokane
want to be involved, and I want to
Aids Network, and many different
help grow the awareness.
groups like that in the past.
For more information contact:
According to the SFCC website, the
teri.tucker@sfcc.spokane.edu
average age of students on campus
katie.clemons@sfcc.spokane.edu

anybody who is willing

to stand with their fellow
students and support human
rights is extremely welcomed
in this club.

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Resources for victims of Date Rape

Kiki Johanson
The Communicator
In the modern age when meeting
and communicating with people is
easier than ever, people can lose their
inhibitions behind a screen and forget
what can happen in real life.
Whether it be from dating sites
such as OkCupid.com, apps
like Tinder,
or going on a
good old fashioned blind
date, youre
are at risk of
running into
some sketchy
people.
When
engaging in
sexual activities with a
partner there
are guidelines that show what consent
is, and what it is not.
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP) is a
non-profit organization that strives to
unite agencies engaged in the elimination of sexual violence.
According to WCSAPs website,
there should be words or conduct that
indicates consent. Body language
can be misinterpreted, so always talk
prior to action,
The website states that freely given
consent means that there was no manipulation or coercion compelling an
individual to say yes when they may
want to say no.
Someone who is drunk, drugged,

or incapacitated cannot legally give

consent, according to WCSAPs
website. Consent is the presence of a
yes, not the absence of a no. Thus, if
a person does not object
or fight back, this is not an indication of consent.
Lutheran Community Services is a
non-profit human services agency that
specializes in
rape education,
outreach, and
prevention.
College-age
people are the
most at risk for
rape, said Jenn
Davis Neilsen,
an advocate for
Lutheran Community Services.
When a rape
is reported and
the authorities
are notified, we can send an advocate to a hospital we work with such
as Deaconess, Sacred Heart, Holy
Family, or Valley Hospital, to help the
victim with making decisions about
what to do next, Neilsen said.
In Washington we have a constitutional confidentiality right to have
an advocate present during any part
of a legal process, an advocate cannot
testify against you in court, and cannot
reveal notes on your case.
According to the Rape, Abuse &
Incest National Network is is the
nations largest anti-sexual violence
organization.
According to Rainn.org about 10
percent of all rape victims are male.
WSCAP.org states that 43 percent

Freely given consent

means that there was no
manipulation or coercion
compelling an individual
to say yes when they may
want to say no
-WCSAP

of lesbian and bisexual women and

30 percent of gay and bisexual men,
reported having experienced at least
one form of sexual assault victimization during their lifetimes.
Among adults who are developmentally disabled, It can be as many
as 83% of the females and 32% of the
males are victims of sexual assault,
according to WSCAP.org.
SFCC students have resources right
at their fingertips to get help. Campus
security is always accessible from any
point on campus.
We have the blue phones located
around campus to call security, said
Campus Security Officer Jovonna
Dunbar. And we have people here
24/7.
There are books of sex offenders
(the ones most likely to repeat offences) in the library for students to access,
and in the campus security office in
the Student Union Building.
Theres a whole enrollment process
those people have to go through to
come to school, said Dunbar. That
includes meeting with campus security
and the vice president.
Also, the database of crime on
campus is kept in Vice Principal Jim
Minklers office.
Be aware of your surroundings,
Dunbar said. If youre going to be in
a situation where youre consuming
alcohol, bring your drink with you to
the bathroom. Travel in pairs, especially for women.
Know who youre hanging out
with, Dunbar said. Unfortunately
its too easy to have a roofie slipped
in your drink, and thats typically the
means of getting date raped.

How to spend Valentines day alone

Grant Wengeler
The Communicator
Valentines Day is all about relationships, so being alone can be a
challenge when many others are off
enjoying their time with a significant
other.
I dont really have any plans,
just homework, SFCC student Trish
Swagerty said. Probably Netflix marathons, and possibly overdosing on
chocolate.
Valentines day to Trish is a day that
brings to light your singleness.
There are plenty of things to do

alone in Spokane. At Simply Dance

Studio on Monroe Street Saturday
Night Salsa is offered to the public.
For seven dollars anyone can have
a dance lesson from 8:15 to 9:15,
followed by open salsa dancing until
12:30 am.
Being alone due to a long distance
relationship can also be a struggle on
Valentines Day.
My boyfriend travels for work,
SFCC student Cassie Brown said. I
dont have anyone to talk to.
The couple make up for their lack
of time together by using Facetime to
talk almost every night and by sending

gifts.
To battle loneliness on Valentines
Day, Brown plans to invite her friend
over for what she calls a girl date,
a good old fashion hang-out with a
friend.
Loneliness can be avoided by utilizing human contact, even if it is not
romantic.
However, if students do not want to
be alone, SFCC student Deborah Hill
suggests speaking up.
Dont beat around the bush, Hill
said. If theres someone you like that
you know is single, just ask them out.

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Instructors
sound off
How to improve the student/
teacher relationship

Thania Clark | The Communicator

Laura Read and Connie Wasem-Scott

*Make sure the teacher knows

your name and that you know your
teachers name.
Ask questions about things you
dont understand.
Teachers need to make explanations clear, but we dont always know
when we are unclear.

Thania Clark | The Communicator

Dr. Cameron McCormick

Im interested in what youre doing

outside of class. I might be able to
make your lecture more pertinent.
Ask questions. If you dont know,
ask.

Thania Clark | The Communicator

Norm Thomson

Speak up in class
Be sociable.

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Throwback

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Read
Between
the colors
Jeremy Logan
The Communicator
Poor white people who think that the
police killing unarmed black men
doesnt affect them personally are in a
for a rude awakening.
When you look at the disenfranchisement of todays poor whites and poor
blacks, the two groups have much
more in common with each other than
they do with their so called peers of
similar skin tone. Especially when it
comes to the criminal justice system.
When looking specifically at race it
would appear that mass incarceration
and police justified homicides are
black problems, and understandably,
some blacks feel this way as well. This
is what they see in their community.
If you look at race alone, blacks are
three times more likely to be killed by
police than whites. On the surface this
appears to be a huge disparity, and it
is, but mostly that disparity lies within
the classes.
Candace McCoy -- a criminologist at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice at
the city university of New York -- told
Punditfact.org, The reason blacks are
more likely to have a violent encounter with police is because they are
convicted of felonies at a higher rate
than whites, however; this has more to
do with class than it does race. Felony rates for poor whites are similar to
those of poor blacks.
According to a Bureau of Justice survey of state prison inmates, more than
half of all prisoners made less than 10

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thousand dollars in 1991. Currently

72 percent of prisoners lack a high
school diploma, and 55 percent of
prisoners were without full time employment at the time of their arrest.
The FBI website hosts Crime in
the U.S. which the site states, is
the most comprehensive analysis of
violent crime and property crime in
the nation, but if you are trying to
find out how many citizens are killed
by police in the US, you will find no
such data.
It would appear, to me, that the lack
of information in the FBI database on
police homicides is hiding something.
For example, they only keep data on
police homicides that were found to
be justifiable. So apparently the feds
think it is unimportant for US citizens
to know how many people the police
kill without provocation. This has to
be troubling to anyone with any kind
of compassion for their fellow man.
Living in Spokane, where poor white
men appear to be fodder in the war
on drugs, gives me a unique perspective, I believe, on this subject. During
the long hours I have spent researching this topic, I became curious as to

the percentage of poor whites killed

by police. I found no specific data
but the numbers I came up with were
surprising, even to me.
There are 19 million poor whites in
the US and 7.8 million poor blacks.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention keeps data on fatal injuries
from 1999 to 2011 and one category
is homicides by legal intervention. The
CDCP data shows that over the span
of more than a decade, 2,151 whites
were killed in justifiable homicides by
police, compared to 1,130 blacks.
If incarceration rates are any kind
of reflection on who gets killed by
police, than we could assume that the
majority of them are poor.
Now if I am correct in this, which I am
sure I am, then the difference between
poor blacks, and poor whites who are
killed by police in justifiable homicide
would only indicate a 22 percent disparity, as opposed to the 300 percent
indicated when comparing all blacks,
and all whites.
This would mean that poor whites are
not only incarcerated at nearly the
same rate as poor blacks, but they are
also nearly as likely to be killed by

police.
Native Americans lead the pack,
however, making up only .08 percent
of the population while accounting for
1.7 percent of police killings.
The Black Panthers acknowledged the
similarities between poor whites and
poor blacks, and the importance of addressing poverty as a whole when they
argued that no fundamental change
could occur without the help of poor
whites.
Huey P Newton pointed to poor
whites as another group, a larger
group, that were also oppressed by the
white wealth in this country.
King also saw it when he started the
Poor Peoples Campaign shortly before
his death.
There are 45.3 million poor in the
US which means 15 percent of the
country makes less than 11 thousand
dollars a year, and another 25 percent
live paycheck to paycheck, on nothing
more than 20 thousand.
If all of these people were united as
one we could send a deafening roar
throughout congress, and force the
changes we believe need to be made.

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Flavors

The Communicator

01.29.2015

Salmon:
Chicken
of the
river

Melt in your
mouth Enchiladas

Kiki Johanson
The Communicator

What you will need:

1 Salmon Fillet, fresh or frozen
4 tbsp. Olive Oil
2 to 3 Bell peppers (green, red, yellow, or orange)
1 Large onion (Walla Walla, sweet, or
yellow onion)
Seasonings to taste:
-Garlic salt
-Pepper
-Basil
Lemon juice
2 tbsp. Butter

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Brittany Tolleson
The Communicator
Makes 7-8 servings
Prep time: About 30 minutes
Cook time 40 minutes
Ingredients:
3-4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts
2 bars of cream cheese (8 oz each)
2 packs of mexican shredded cheese (2 cups each pack)
Large flour tortillas (8 pack)
2 cans of green chilies (4 oz each)
1 16 oz can of green enchilada sauce

Directions:

1. Cut chicken breasts into small bite sized cubes

2. Cook chicken in large skillet until fully cooked
3. Add in cream cheese and chile peppers until all the way
melted
4. Preheat oven to 350
5. Add chicken mixture to tortilla and then sprinkle in a
small amount of shredded cheese
6. Fold tortillas and place into a large baking pan (A 13x9
is perfect)
7. Pour enchilada sauce over entire pan
8. Sprinkle any remaining cheese on top of the enchiladas
9. Place baking pan in oven and set timer for 40 minutes
(optional) Serve with mexican rice.
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Directions
1. Set your burner at medium heat
and add olive oil to a 10 inch skillet.
2. Begin chopping your peppers and
onions.
3. Place the salmon in your skillet and
add the chopped veggies.
4. Saute veggies with the salmon as it
cooks.
5. Add seasonings to the fish (dont
overpower the fishs flavor).
6. Squeeze a few drops of lemon juice
on each fillet.
7. Cook salmon until it appears to be
a solid pink-white color.
- If salmon was fresh it should take
15-20 minutes to cook.
- If salmon was frozen it should take
approximately 25 minutes.
- To test if its done, carefully take a
fork and poke the middle of it, giving
it a little twist. The fish should flake
apart. It is not done if it has a translucent color and a spongy texture.
Serve with butter & herb rice or a side
salad. Enjoy!
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Orlandos Resturant
Review
Desirae Knight
The Communicator
Orlandos, a student-run
restaurant inside Building 1 at SCC
opened Wednesday, January 14th for
the first time this quarter.
According to Janet Breedlove,
a Program Coordinator at SCC, said
that Orlandos is a restaurant directed
by Inland Northwest Culinary Academy (INCA) faculty and run by students
within the culinary program at SCC.
Students in the dining room
class serve in the restaurant, Breedlove said, Students in the kitchen
classes prepare the food served in the
restaurant.
Im in my final quarter,
Michael Reed, a student in the Culinary Program and waiter at Orlandos
said. Our class is split in half because
of a new order of rotation that has
just started. Half of us are working as
cooks, and the other half are working
in the dining room.
Orlandos has a modern,
fine-dining quality to it, with ambient
lighting and plush chairs, much like
some of the fine-dining establishments
in downtown.
Some students have experience in the industry already, but most
do not.
Many students enter our program with no previous experience,
Breedlove said. We provide all training during the program.
Ive worked in the restaurant
business for 10 years now, Reed said.
Ive worked in big restaurants where
some nights we had 200 to 300 plates
go out. Working here is a much calmer environment.
Some students were nervous
about working with customers.
This is the first time Ive ever
served in the dining room, Keiko Wilfong, also a SCC student in her final
quarter of the Culinary Program said.
I just got my first job as a line cook in
another establishment, but this is the
first time Ive worked with customers
face-to-face, and I was really nervous.
The program provides students
with necessary training to work in the
industry once they have completed

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the course, which also includes creating a menu.

INCA faculty work with students to create the menu selections,
Breedlove said. Several selections
on our menu stay the same throughout the quarter and four entre items
change each week, keeping with the
weekly menu theme.
The students get to taste items
on the menu themselves once it has
been created.
I got to test the food after the
menu was created, Reed said. So
that I could give an honest and accurate opinion on the food we serve.
Our INCA Bacon Cheeseburger cant be beat, Breedlove said
when asked about her favorite menu
item. It is the most melt-in-yourmouth, tastiest burger in town!
Orlandos serves students,
but also those who do not attend the
college.
Orlandos Restaurant is open
to the public and at least half of our
guests are not students or employees
of SCC, Breedlove said. Many of our
guests are from local senior centers
and assisted living centers as well as
the general public.
Orlandos also offers other
amenities.
Many students do not realize
that our menu items can be taken To
Go, Breedlove said. We also have
a Bistro Dinner each quarter where
we serve a four-course meal with or
without wine accompaniment.
The restaurant also offers
banquet dinners for a party of up to
45 individuals with at least 48 hours
notice.
Also available at Orlandos are
non-credit cooking classes.
Several years ago we developed the INCA after Dark program
to offer non-credit cooking classes to
the general public, Breedlove said.
Most classes are $49 and are held
from 6pm to 8pm. Classes are taught
by INCA faculty and regional chefs.
Participants can register online or by
contacting Non-Credit Registration.

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The Closest Way to

His Heart is Through
His Stomach
Cassie Russell
The Communicator

Since Valentines Day is right

around the corner, have you ever
wondered what kind of food can
set the mood? Aphrodisiacs are
foods that have built in chemicals
shown to create a higher sexual
desire in people.
1.) Chili Peppers has a chemical
in them called capsaicin which
causes your body to heat up
and increase blood flow. They
also cause your brain to release
more endorphins, the feel-good
chemical. With both of these
effects playing into your hand,
your sex drive will be turned up.
2.) Chocolate is not only a girls
favorite but, a square or two of
low sugar dark chocolate will
help spark a release of dopamine
in your brain. Chocolate also

contains phenylethylamine
(PEA), which stimulates the same
hormone that your body releases
during sex.
3.)Honey isnt just sweet tasting
but it can be sweet to your body
as well. It not only supports
testosterone production, it also
has boron which is used in
estrogen production, causing
more female pleasure as well.
4.) Cinnamon helps your body
heat up which can cause your sex
drive to heat up as well.
5.) And heres the big one, oysters!
Because this shellfish is coated
with Zinc, this mineral helps
the testosterone level shoot up
causing a longer, higher sex drive.

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SidelineS

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01.29.2015

Seahawks vs.
Patriots, Superbowl XLIX
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Because of an unusually small team, Khadija Neumeyer and her team are putting extra effort into their training and games.

CCS womens basketball games

Megan Meyer
The Communicator

With a season record of 11-6, the

CCS womens basketball team is on a
path to victory.
In the pre-season games, the team
came home with two victories in two
different tournaments and second in
another.
The team only had two returners
from last season, Bianca Gonzales
from Chiawana, and Emily Schramm
from Chelan. With their recent loss to
Wenatchee Valley College, their first
league loss, it seems that the team has
experienced a setback.
I think were going to get back

on track, Schramm said. We need

to work on our confidence, were a
good team if we believe it.
Although they have a good record
this season both players and Johnson
feels like they need to work on a lot
to get their drive up & running again.
Trusting your teammate to pass
well and catch the ball is something
we need to work on, Gonzales said
when asked what the team, as a
whole, needs to improve on.
We arent as deep as I thought
we were going to be. Theres not as
much size on the team as in the past,
Johnson said.
Losing four players due to injuries,
the 15 man team that started this sea-

son is now down to 11.

According to Johnson and the
players, they are much stronger defensively than offensively. One thing
the coach would like them to work on
would be to cause more turnovers on
defense, stealing the ball and scoring
from a defensive turnover.
We like to play pressure defense,
we like to get out and run, Johnson
said. We need to shoot the ball better
and we need to get back on track.
The season is halfway done but the
womens basketball team is not even
close to being over. The team plans
on coming back strong and hope to
make it to the NWAACC tournament
in March.

On Feb. 1, Washingtons own Seattle Seahawks go head-to-head with

the New England Patriots. Both teams
stand with a 12-4-0 regular season
record.
Seattle had a total of 2762 rushing
yards and 3250 passing yards during
the regular season.
Defensively, they allowed 1304
rushing yards, and 2970 passing
yards. The Seahawks had 20 passing
touchdowns, 20 rushing touchdowns,
zero kick/punt returns for touchdowns, and three defensive touchdowns.
The defense had 37 sacks (tackling
the quarterback before he throws
the ball while in the pocket), and
the offense allowed 42 sacks. Their
field goal kicking percentage was 83
percent.
The Seahawks were 10th in the
NFL for points score, 27th for total
pass yards, and 1st in total rush yards.
Their defense was 1st in total points
allowed, 1st for total yards allowed,
1st for total pass yards allowed, and
third for total rush yards allowed.
New England had a total of 1727
rushing yards and 4121 passing yards
during the regular season. Defensively, they allowed 1669 rushing yards,
and 3837 passing yards.
The Patriots had 34 passing touchdowns 13 rushing touchdowns, 1
kick/punt return for a touchdown, and
four defensive touchdowns.
The defense had 40 sacks, and the
offense allowed 26 sacks. Their field
goal kicking percentage was 95 percent. The Patriots were 4th in the NFL
for points scored, 9th for total pass
yards, and 18th for total rush yards.
Their defense was 8th in total points
allowed, 13th in total pass yards
allowed, and 9th in total rush yards
allowed.
How good you are on paper will
only get you so far. Once the game
has started, its all about how you play
the field. That being said, who do you
think will win Super Bowl XLIX?
All stats provided by nfl.com.

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SIDELINES

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Mt. Spokane invites skiers dogs onto trails

Margaret Myhre
The Communicator

Fiddo runs down snowy trails,

while his owner follows behind him
on cross-country skiing.
Skijoring is a Scandinavian sport
where a person goes cross-country
skiing with one or two dogs harnessed
to a belt around their waist.
Its a Scandinavian word meaning
Ski drive and was done initially with
horses, I believe, Diana Roberts, who
leads skijoring clinics on Mt. Spokane, said.
Although the sport is associated
with towing the person, even dogs
who are small or dont pull a ton can
do it.
Sometimes my dog thinks I should
lead on the uphill, Roberts said.
It depends on the dog, high
school student and skijorer, April
Hughes-Brauner said. The main thing
is you need a dog who wants to pull.
A dog that likes to take walks will
probably enjoy skijoring.
At Mt. Spokane we promote recreational skijoring for family dogs rather
than racing, Roberts said. Dogs that
are very small and get cold easily
might not enjoy it as much or give
their human much of a pull. The dog

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Sundays and Wednesdays, Diana Roberts and her dog ski together on Mt. Spokane.

does not need to be huge, or powerful

or bred for the sport to have a great
time.
Its not uncommon for dogs to get
distracted on the trail, and change
direction if they see a squirrel or another dog.
You have to stay focused on what
the dog is doing, said Shelley Richards, who skijors on Mt. Spokane.
Even the most attentive skier is

bound to fall sometimes.

Falling in the snow is part of the
sport, said Roberts
April does her best to avoid crashing into her dog.
Dogs are pretty agile; theyll jump
out of the way, April said. Id avoid
being behind her if I started to catch
up.
Improper equipment could injure
the skier and the dog. Without a har-

ness, the dog could strain its back, or

end up with a damaged neck.
You need a harness for the dog;
you should not ask the dog to pull
from their collar as this can damage
their neck. Roberts said. You also
need a belt for the human and a tugline. You can find gear online for $70
to $150.
If trying out the sport sounds fun,
but buying new equipment is too
much of a commitment, its possible
to rent equipment at Mt. Spokane.
I have harnesses to rent out and
skies, so all you need to supply is
yourself and the dog, said John
Drumm, who runs the Fitness Fanatics
rental trailer up on Mt. Spokane.
As far as public relations go, be
kind to all skiers and pick up after
your dog, Richards said.
Skijoring at Mt. Spokane is allowed
all day on Wednesdays and after
12:00 pm on Sundays. Skijoring trails
are well marked.
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For more information:

contact Diana Roberts at:
skijorspokane@yahoo.com
or see Skijor Spokane on Facebook