The AS Review, Vol. 28 #5, 10/22/12

10.22.12Vol. 28 #5

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COVER PHOTOSee Labyrinth, pg. 5

FALLING WHISTLESSee Whistles, pg. 6

NEW DESIGN DEPARTMENTSee Design, pg. 8

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The promotional artwork for the AS Women’s Center’s literature and arts journal, Labyrinth, which is currently accepting submissions.Photo by Jake Robertson& Cade Schmidt// AS Review

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3 CONCERT RECAPPhotos from the Head and the Heart, who played on Oct. 12

SUSTAINABILITYThis week is filled with events for Environmental & Sustainability week

EVENTS CALENDARSee what’s happening around Bellingham this week

‘TIS THE SEASONElection Rundown covers another hot topic: national security

WHISTLES & WARWestern Senior’s internship led her to advocate for peace in the Congo

9 NEW DEPARTMENTDesign program breaks into its own department

9 RESTORATION CLASSHuxley offers a class in Ecological Restoration

8 COFFEE ADDICTIONAS Review looks for the best coffee in Bellingham

5 SUBMISSIONSLabyrinth, the Women’s Center’s annual publication, looks for student work

The Associated Students Disability Outreach Center and the AS Social Issues Resource Center are teaming up to host the 3rd Annual Costume Ball.

The event is on Friday, Oct. 26 from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room. Tickets are $3 for Western students and $4 for general admission and are available in advance at the PAC Box Office.

Catherine Jorgensen, the Coordinator of the DOC, has attended the event for the past two years, but this year is enjoying her role in organizing the dance.

“I’m excited to see students have that first experience of going to the Costume Ball,” Jorgensen said. “I remem-ber very fondly my freshman year going to the dance.”

The dance will be catered by University Dining Services and will feature Audio Innovations as the DJ. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Jorgensen said she believes the dance offers a fun and safe way to celebrate Halloween, especially for underclassmen.

“It’s particularly open to freshman because it’s on campus, it’s cheap and they can have their friends from

other schools come,” Jorgensen said. Because the dance is hosted by the DOC, Jorgensen said she is making sure it as accessible as possible.

“An important aspect to this dance is that we’re mind-ful of being very inclusive,” Jorgensen explained. “We’ve talked with the DJ about putting a speaker on the ground to make sure that you can feel the vibrations.”

The dance is also tied to an event hosted by the Social Issues Resource Center and the AS Women’s Center called Cultural Appropriation,Exotification, and Sexual-ize Violence during Halloween, which will be held in Vendor’s Row from 12-4 p.m. on Oct. 24-26.

“It’s talking about what kind of costumes you are put-ting on your body and what they represent” Jorgensen said. “We definitely want to incorporate that with the Costume Ball, just making sure you’re representing your-self well in the costume that you’re choosing.”

Jorgensen encouraged anyone interested in volunteer-ing to help decorate for the dance to contact the DOC at [email protected].

THIRD ANNUAL COSTUME BALLKylie Wade • AS Review

8 BUSTED!Student rights are explained at an event by the Legal Information Center

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THE HEAD AND THE HEART

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Associated Students Productions Pop Music kicked-off the year with the Head and the Heart, who played on Oct. 12 to a sold-out crowd in the Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room. Bryan John Appleby and Curtains for You opened; the Head and the Heart’s second show at Western.


The President of the United States, also known as the commander-in-chief, commands and directs the mili-tary, and is responsible for military strategy, according to Federalist No. 69, an essay in the Federalist Papers.

The United States has about 700 military bases around the world, costing about $100 billion a year to maintain-ing them all. With the world’s strongest military, the United States has its hands in many different parts of the world for reasons ranging from combat, to peace-keeping, to patrolling, says Evan Fowler, the president of Western’s American Campaign Transparency. Of the roughly two million troops, there are one million abroad and one million at home.

In the November, whoever is elected president will be responsible for America’s troops home and abroad, and both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have different approaches to national secu-rity.

There are two main purposes for troops abroad: peacekeeping and patrolling the sea lanes, Fowler said.

“Generally speaking, we don’t just in-vade a country,” Fowler explained. “Iraq was kind of an exception, [but] normally we have compelling reasons to be involved. For example – Afghanistan – of the 100,000 NATO troops, around 68,000 are American and the re-maining 32,000…are European, so in Afghanistan, we’re in that together.”

Afghanistan is the only place where America has ac-tive-duty forces, aside from covert matters, Fowler said.

The Middle East has a very long and very thick his-tory, said Jered McCardle, associate director for the Associated Students’ Representation and Engagement Programs. That area is the only place in the world that connects three different continents and stands in the middle of so many trade routes. It is always where people have come either for resources or diplomatic reasons, thus The Middle East is always where conflict starts, Mc-Cardle said.

With that said, even with our presence in The Middle East, we are not at war, McCardle said. The only entity that can declare war is Congress; we have not been at war since 1945. What is happening in The Middle East is a conflict, McCardle said.

Under the Obama administration, the military has not been used as a primary tool of national and interna-tional matters. With past administrations like the George

W. Bush administration, the president was much more “trigger happy,” Fowler said. With the primary difference between those administrations, it can be inferred that the military is not President Obama’s biggest fan; the mili-tary tends to like Republicans, Fowler said.

Romney’s believes we should more engaged in Syria, where there is a civil war going on with the death tolls be-ing around for 30,000, Fowler said. He also wants to esca-late America’s presence in Asia. One of the key points of Romney’s ideas for international relations and security is to increase military spending by $2 trillion over the next ten years – that is the equivalent of about two China mili-tary budgets.

“Over the last ten years, if you were to combine all of our military spending and then we just stop – com-pletely stop – and if China were to maintain their cur-

rent expenditures, but never go above that, it would take China 100 years to catch up with us,” Fowler noted.

But is all this spending necessary? The answer is compli-cated. There is a lot of weight on either side of the debate, Fowler said.

If one were to add up the rest of the world’s spending –

combining them all – it would equal America’s; this ideal is what one side of the debate claims, asking “Is this all necessary?”

Then there is the other side proposing “What if we didn’t?” What would happen if our military budget was cut in half, and what would the geo-political scene look like now? The obvious answer is no, Fowler said. Amer-ica would not have as much authority around the world if it were not for our military. All in all, the answer to this debate can be interpreted as creating a balancing act be-tween fiscal responsibility and austerity. For example, instead of building another tank, maybe we could build a bridge, Fowler said.

Even though President Obama and Romney repre-sent different parties and have different views on matters of the military, their traits as American president and presidential nominee hold a commonality.

“Between Obama and Romney, both of them, com-pared to European Parliamentary candidates, prime min-isters or industrialized head-of-state, Obama and Rom-ney are crazy war-hawks,” Fowler explained. “They’re ‘finger-on-the-trigger’ ready to go at anytime. That’s a characteristic of American politics for the last 60 years, ever since World War II.”

ELECTION RUNDOWNThis week: National Security

Lauren Simmons • AS Review

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W. Bush administration, the president was much more “trigger happy,” Fowler said. With the primary difference between those administrations, it can be inferred that the military is not President Obama’s biggest fan; the mili-tary tends to like Republicans, Fowler said.

Romney’s believes we should more engaged in Syria, where there is a civil war going on with the death tolls be-ing around for 30,000, Fowler said. He also wants to esca-late America’s presence in Asia. One of the key points of Romney’s ideas for international relations and security is to increase military spending by $2 trillion over the next ten years – that is the equivalent of about two China mili-tary budgets.

“Over the last ten years, if you were to combine all of our military spending and then we just stop – com-pletely stop – and if China were to maintain their cur-

rent expenditures, but never go above that, it would take China 100 years to catch up with us,” Fowler noted.

But is all this spending necessary? The answer is compli-cated. There is a lot of weight on either side of the debate, Fowler said.

If one were to add up the rest of the world’s spending –

combining them all – it would equal America’s; this ideal is what one side of the debate claims, asking “Is this all necessary?”

Then there is the other side proposing “What if we didn’t?” What would happen if our military budget was cut in half, and what would the geo-political scene look like now? The obvious answer is no, Fowler said. Amer-ica would not have as much authority around the world if it were not for our military. All in all, the answer to this debate can be interpreted as creating a balancing act be-tween fiscal responsibility and austerity. For example, instead of building another tank, maybe we could build a bridge, Fowler said.

Even though President Obama and Romney repre-sent different parties and have different views on matters of the military, their traits as American president and presidential nominee hold a commonality.

“Between Obama and Romney, both of them, com-pared to European Parliamentary candidates, prime min-isters or industrialized head-of-state, Obama and Rom-ney are crazy war-hawks,” Fowler explained. “They’re ‘finger-on-the-trigger’ ready to go at anytime. That’s a characteristic of American politics for the last 60 years, ever since World War II.”

ELECTION RUNDOWNThis week: National Security

“It’s our feminist journal,” said Kristy Hathaway, co-ordinator for the Associated Students Women’s Center in regards to Labyrinth, a yearly publication published by the Women’s Center.

Labyrinth, comprised of student submissions, is launched in February, and the AS Women’s Center is looking for submissions of art work, stories, memoirs, photos and any other kind of publishable expression that will convey this year’s theme and the overall mission statement of the journal.

This year’s theme for Labyrinth is “Bodies in Motion: Identity Expression to Perpetuate Momentum.” Chosen by Anna Ulmer, creative programming director for the AS Women’s Center and editor of this year’s issue of Labyrinth, which is a continuation of last year’s theme, “Beyond the Body,” Hathaway said.

Active since the 1970s, Labyrinth was started as a journal for women and by women, Ulmer said. The pub-lication originally focused on empowerment and pro-vided an opportunity for expression. But now, in 2012, the theme of the journal, which is different every year,

has evolved into not just focusing on the empowerment and expression of women, but to ultimately explore the intersections of identity, Ulmer said. The interweav-ing of race, gender and sexuality stand as a newer part of Labyrinth that has widened the number of Western students able to contribute.

“I definitely feel like it has become more inclusive,” Hathaway added. “It’s not just about women or females – anyone can submit to it.”

Anyone can submit to the publication and any gender-identity can speak on any gender-identity issue, Ulmer explained. The magazine always tries to find an interesting balance of incorporating new view points, while remaining respectful to the initial reasons why the publication came to be decades ago.

“We’re trying to help Labyrinth grow, instead of try-ing to change Labyrinth,” Ulmer said.

Aside from the opportunity to share a perspective, opinion or personal experience in Labyrinth, students should submit work to be published because the journal celebrates creativity and allows others to see the talents

of their peers. If someone is not an art student or do not write a lot, but do it a hobby, submitting something is a way to get involved and try something new, Hathaway said.

With that said, this year Ulmer has offered two deadlines for submissions. The first deadline, Decem-ber 14, is a primary deadline for feedback. People who take advantage of this deadline will be able to receive feedback from Ulmer, as well as use her as a resource to help develop their pieces. This deadline is suggested to new submitters and those who may not be as confident in their submission, Ulmer said. The final deadline is Jan. 1 for all submissions.

All submissions will be emailed to: [email protected]. If interested in submitting artwork, the following needs to be included in the email: name of piece, dimensions of the piece, a brief artist statement about how their piece relates to the theme and the medium of the piece. The only stipulation for artwork is that it needs to be able to fit in the Viking Union Gallery, Ulmer said.

LABYRINTH 2013: BODIES IN MOTIONLauren Simmons • AS Review

DesigneD by Jake RobeRtsonPhoto by CaDe sChmiDt


BUSTED!Associated Legal Information Center educates students on their rights

Nick Markman • AS Review

Looking in your rear-view mirror or out the window at a friend’s party, you see the flashing red and blue lights of a police car. Shortly after, there is an assertive knock-ing at the front door, a flashlight or high beams shining brightly in your face, and the iconic uniform and badge of an officer with a not-so-happy look on their face. Anyone familiar with this scene knows how intimidating and scary an encounter with the police can be, but what they might not know are the legal rights they are entitled to and can assert during such situations.

The Associated Students Legal Information Center will host “Busted: A Student Guide to Legal Rights” on Monday, Oct. 22nd from 7–9 p.m. in Academic West 204. The event is free for all students.

Two Bellingham attorneys will facilitate a 30-min-ute presentation regarding commonly overlooked legal rights and provide students with the information needed to assert them. The remainder of the event will consist of a question and answer period.

Attorney Sean McKee will present at the event and said he hopes to provide a general overview on certain legal rights that are applicable to students including

those associated with DUIs, MIPs and possession of marijuana.

“It’s not my goal to tell people how to break the law, but if they’re faced with this kind of thing, it’s confusing and I think it would be good to know what the possible consequences are,” McKee said.

McKee said that one of the biggest mistakes students make during police encounters is not exercising the right to remain silent. He said that people can always choose not to answer a police officer’s questions, and that doing so usually makes it easier on all parties if a case goes to trial and ensures that an individual doesn’t incriminate themselves.

“People don’t understand how to exercise the right to remain silent,” McKee said. “A lot of times when faced with questions they don’t want to answer, people will lie. Lying to an officer is a new crime.”

Not only is lying to an officer a crime, McKee said, it is a false statement charge, which is an impeachable of-fense in court. This mean that during trial, in which your criminal history is usually kept out, impeachable of-fenses such as theft, false statement and forgery charges

are allowed to be used against you.The Legal Information Center Coordinator, Rachel

Cochran said that while this event will teach students on how to best avoid negative legal situation, there is a large emphasis on respecting police.

“If you’re respectful, the cop can come to court and say that you were really good. If you are disrespectful, they’re going to have no interest in acting in your inter-est,” Cochran said. “It’s just really important to respect the police. They have a really dangerous and unsafe job.”

McKee said that most criminal trials are settled in pre-trial processes through negotiations with the prosecuting attorney, who works hand-in-hand with the police. If you are rude and disrespectful to an officer, he said, it will paint a negative picture in court and the chances of getting a good deal are greatly diminished.

“It may not help you hugely, but being rude to an officer is definitely going to hurt,” McKee said. “There are ways to do everything that you want to do politely, respectfully and you can absolutely assert all your rights without having to curse at anybody or make it an ugly situation.”

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REDESIGNING DESIGNProgram seperates from the Department of Art


In 1965, Western Washington University’s Depart-ment of Technology was granted $490,000 from the Ford Foundation to establish a Visual Communication Educa-tion program, known today as the Design program. Since then, the program has undergone many transfor-mations, merging with the Department of Art in 1993 and establishing its own major. On Friday, Oct 12th the Board of Trustees approved the program’s application to become its own department.

The Department of Design Chair Elsi Vassdal-Ellis said that the Design program had been discussing the possibility of department status for over six years. Up until the Board declared Design its own department, the program was housed within the Department of Fine arts.

“Design is not a fine art; it’s not a performing art. It comes out of an art background, but it’s a professional program,” Vassdal-Ellis said. “There are greater needs for design professionals that are separate and distinct from the fine arts studio.”

The Department of Design has reconstructed its cur-riculum as well as the degrees offered. Current seniors of the Design program were required to undergo a portfo-

lio review process during their junior year; that sepa-rated them into one of three concentrations: graphic design, production design or new media. The new department is doing away with those concentrations to provide a more integrated educational experience.

The department offers two, revamped degrees in de-sign. Students can either pursue a 62-credit Bachelor of Arts degree with a required minor, or a 115-credit Bach-elor of Fine Arts degree. Vassdal-Ellis said that although the department eliminated the three concentrations, the new curriculum provides students an additional course in both graphic design and new media. Both degrees require taking courses in graphic design, visual commu-nication, typography and digital media design.

“In reality, they’re short one class if you’re to look at having a specialization and that’s where the minor comes in,” Vassdal-Ellis said. “It allows them to tailor some of their experiences that they’re more interested in by completing a minor.”

Senior graphic design major Lacey Nagel said that she is excited about the recent change to the Depart-ment of Design because it will create a necessary iden-tity separation between art and design.

“Art is really an expression of what the artist wants to do. It’s just kind of what makes the artist happy and their style. With design, you have a client and they have a very specific need so you always have to change things from your original ideas,” Nagel said. “We’re not here to make things pretty, we’re here to make things work.”

Vassdal-Ellis said that while the design minor is currently only available to art majors, she hopes that through hiring more full-time faculty, the department can open its doors to non-majors wishing to minor. She said that in the future, the department would like to move its entrance portfolio requirement until after the completion of the 200-level foundations courses so that those applicants who were not admitted to the major would still receive a minor in design.

“I think one of the biggest things that students have to accept is this profession continually changes. It’s driv-en by current fads and trends,” Vassdal-Ellis said. “There will always be something called good design, but if you’re not willing to embrace the changes in technology, the changes in social norms that would affect the kind of work that you do, then you ought to find something else pretty quick.”

Within Western there are numerous ways in which students may pursue hands-on experiential learning. One popular class, modeled around volunteer projects on campus, is Topics in Ecological Restoration.

In 2007, Dr. Jim Helfield, an associate professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences at Huxley College, was teaching a class on ecological restoration. He remembers how in the first year of teaching the class there was less hands on experience.

“The students gave a lot of presentations and wrote papers evaluating restoration projects,” he recalls.

At the same time, Dr. John Tuxill, an associate pro-fessor at Fairhaven College, was teaching a very similar class for Fairhaven students.

“Dr. Tuxill and I realized we were both teaching restoration courses at the same time and that we both wanted to accomplish similar things, so we decide to just join forces,” said Helfield.

In 2008 that is exactly what they did. Now, every fall term Helfield and Tuxill bring students from Fairhaven and Huxley together to undergo and learn from their own restoration projects.

The restoration projects are centered here on West-ern’s campus so that students may easily access the proj-ect sites. In past years students have removed invasive species such as English Ivy and Holly from the Sehome

Hill Arboretum, replanted native species along Boot-sucker Creek, and worked to restore wetlands through-out the AS Outback Farm.

“Primary objectives for the students are to under-stand the basic concepts of ecological restoration,” said Tuxill. “[Students] get experience in actually designing, carrying out and evaluating [their] own project. That’s hand-on learning.”

Another major part of the class is working with existing organizations to collectively understand project objectives and develop methods for success.

“The projects that students are doing, it’s of interest of somebody else on campus, whether it’s the Outback, whether it’s facilities, whether it’s the Arboretum. There are people involved in managing all those areas, and they are very interested in what the students are working on. That’s pretty unique,” Tuxill said.

When students are not working on their group projects they are evaluating other ecological restora-tion projects. Helfield has been able to share with the class his personal experience from a salmon habitat restoration project that he worked on for three years in Sweden. Additionally, the class will be taking two-field trips this fall. One will be to a salmon habitat restoration project on the South Fork of the Nooksack River and the other will be to Whatcom Creek.

“When I was in college the focus was really more on limiting degradation, limiting the destruction,” Helfield remembers. “I think it’s only in recent times that we’ve seen more emphasis and more technological ability to actually fix the things that have been messed up.”

“If you’re a practitioner of ecological restoration, this is a pretty good place to be and a pretty good time to be here,” he said.

“There is all sorts of similar work going on through-out Whatcom County, throughout Washington State. So you are gaining skills that are directly applicable to work and a career that you can go into,” explained Tuxill.

Helfield has had numerous students go on to work for the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Agency. In-fact he recalls, “I’ve had at least two students tell me that they got their job directly because they were able to take this class.”

Topics in Ecological Restoration define hands-on learning. It is an opportunity for students with differ-ent interests and skills to put their talents together and improve the environment they inhabit.

In Tuxill’s words, “It’s a great experience. It’s a way to actually leave something very tangible behind once you graduate. It’s an accomplishment that you can come back to, check out and see how it’s doing two years, five years, ten years later.”

STUDENTS IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATIONWestern class offers hands-on environmental learning

Todd Wells • AS Review


This week, students will have the opportunity to participate in a series of events geared towards learn-ing about what they can do to work towards a greener future. Several environmental groups at Western are collaborating to put on Sustainability Week, which will feature a different sustainability themed event each day.

Nina Olivier, the Associated Students Environmental and Sustainability Programs associate director, said the primary emphasis of the week is education.

“We’re not trying to make everyone ride their bike or things like that, but we’d like to educate them about what if they actually did.”

In the past, Sustainability Week has taken place at the end of the year, but this year it will take place from Oct. 22-25.

“We’re doing it at the start, so students can start thinking about sustainable practices and the environ-ment right off the bat,” Olivier said.

The week will feature five different events and will kick off on Monday with “Parking Day,” a sustainability info fair. The info fair will take place from 12-4 p.m., in the C-Parking Lot if weather permits, or in the Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room if it rains. Olivier said the emphasis is to get students thinking about the environ-mental implications of driving cars that goes beyond the carbon dioxide they emit.

“We also have to reflect on with cars, comes the need for spaces for them,” Olivier said. “I’ve been to Targets and Wal-Marts and their parking lot is two times or three times the size of the actual store.”

The goal is to transform the C-Lot into an open park featuring decorations provided by the AS Outback Farm, info-tables and possibly live acoustic music. Ol-ivier said the point is to consider the allocation of land, and think about what Western could use the C-Lot for if it didn’t need the parking spaces. The Office of Sustain-ability, Western’s Wildlife Conservation Club, Students for Sustainable Water, the AS Environmental Center, the Recycle Center, Students for Sustainable Food and Students for Renewable Energy all plan to have tables at

the info fair. On Tuesday, Oct. 23, there will be a showing of the

film “Fixing the Future, Building Local Jobs, Income & Sustainability”.

Seth Vidana, Western’s Campus Sustainability Man-ager, said the film “highlights Bellingham as a leader in producing a local living economy.” The movie will air in VU 525 at 4 p.m. and will be followed by a discussion.

Wednesday will feature two events; the Local Foods Farm to Table Lunch and a keynote broadcast entitled “Preparing Students for a Changing Climate.” Olivier said the lunch will feature food from local farmers and businesses and is the event she is most excited for.

“I love that day because, to be honest I think eating is our number one connection to nature,” she said. “It’s what everyone has in common, whether you like the environment or not, you got to eat right?”

The lunch will be in the Viking Commons from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and students can either use their meal plans or pay for admission into the dining hall.

The broadcast will be in VU 567 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Vidana said it will be focused on “prepar-ing students for a changing climate.”

“It will run the gamut from jobs to education to all sorts of areas,” he said.

Thursday, Oct. 25 will feature the week’s biggest event, Western’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Awards. The event is aimed at recognizing different members of the Western community who have made an outstanding ef-fort working towards sustainability.

“We’re so pleased that so many different facets of Western that are working on sustainability in their own way,” Vidana said. “We’ve got submissions that have to do with individuals that have taken it upon themselves to go the extra mile in adopting sustainability behaviors, academic teams that are researching sustainable technol-ogies, student groups that are active in encouraging the student community to be engaged in sustainability issues and some specific academic programs as well.”

The event will also offer students an opportunity

to hear from keynote speaker Alison Gannett, Outside Magazine’s “Green All-Star of the Year.”

In a unique and undeniably sustainable twist, Gan-nett will deliver her keynote speech via Skype.

“It goes towards what we’re for,” Olivier explained. “She’s all the way in New York right now and rather than expending all that carbon and fuel to get her clear across the country, we’re going to have her Skype-in.”

The Sustainability Awards will take place in the VU MPR from 4-6 p.m., and Vidana said it’s the event he’s most looking forward to.

“My hope is that people will attend everything, but we really want people to come see Alison speak and see their fellow students, staff and faculty be recognized for the good work that they’ve done,” he said.

Whether they go to every event or just one, Olivier encouraged students to take part in the week’s festivities.

“Each event has something for students to really touch on and that’s what I love about this year’s Sustain-ability Week,” Olivier said. “It doesn’t matter if you miss one or the other, as long as you go to one event there will be a take-home message for something you can do when you get home yourself.”

Both Vidana and Olivier stressed that long after the week is over, students can still get involved in working towards a more sustainable campus.

Olivier says one of the most important ways students can help out is with their buying power.

“Rather than resorting to big-box companies, looking into your local stores here in Bellingham,” she said. She also encouraged students to look into alternative trans-portation and join one of the many on-campus clubs devoted to sustainability.

“Though we face some complex challenges, there are multiple ways for students to do something about those challenges,” Vidana said. “Whether it’s in class, whether it’s what they buy on campus, how they transport them-selves to campus, or what they do in their student clubs. There are choices to be made at really every point of the road.”

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONSustainability Week comes early, with events all week


MONDAYParking Day and Info Fair

12-4 p.m. in the C-parking lot or Viking Union Multi-Purpose

Room, in case of rain.

TUESDAYFilm-Showing

VU 525 4 p.m. Showing: “Fixing the Future, Building Local Jobs,

Income & Sustainability”

WEDNESDAYLocal Foods to Farm & Keynote

Lunch table will be in the Vi-king Commons 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., $7-8. Keynote in VU 567

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

THURSDAYSustainability Awards

Second annual awards will in-clude a keynote speaker, Alison Gannett. In Viking Union MPR.

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to hear from keynote speaker Alison Gannett, Outside Magazine’s “Green All-Star of the Year.”

In a unique and undeniably sustainable twist, Gan-nett will deliver her keynote speech via Skype.

“It goes towards what we’re for,” Olivier explained. “She’s all the way in New York right now and rather than expending all that carbon and fuel to get her clear across the country, we’re going to have her Skype-in.”

The Sustainability Awards will take place in the VU MPR from 4-6 p.m., and Vidana said it’s the event he’s most looking forward to.

“My hope is that people will attend everything, but we really want people to come see Alison speak and see their fellow students, staff and faculty be recognized for the good work that they’ve done,” he said.

Whether they go to every event or just one, Olivier encouraged students to take part in the week’s festivities.

“Each event has something for students to really touch on and that’s what I love about this year’s Sustain-ability Week,” Olivier said. “It doesn’t matter if you miss one or the other, as long as you go to one event there will be a take-home message for something you can do when you get home yourself.”

Both Vidana and Olivier stressed that long after the week is over, students can still get involved in working towards a more sustainable campus.

Olivier says one of the most important ways students can help out is with their buying power.

“Rather than resorting to big-box companies, looking into your local stores here in Bellingham,” she said. She also encouraged students to look into alternative trans-portation and join one of the many on-campus clubs devoted to sustainability.

“Though we face some complex challenges, there are multiple ways for students to do something about those challenges,” Vidana said. “Whether it’s in class, whether it’s what they buy on campus, how they transport them-selves to campus, or what they do in their student clubs. There are choices to be made at really every point of the road.”

EVENTS CALENDAR

L veMuSiC Monday

Swing Dancing Class

Environmental and Sustainablity Film Busted:A Student Guide To Legal Rights

Rock Climbing: Vantage, Wash.

Halloween Themed Car Show

Costume Ball

Snowboard Movie Premiere: “Too”

Cabin Tavern

Where: YMCA

Where: Fraser HallWhere: AW 204

Where: Vanage, Wash.

Where: Hardware Sales Parking Lot

Where: VU Multi-Purpose Room

Where: Wild Buffalo

For more events and info. go to as.wwu.edu/events

When: 9 p.m.

When: 9 p.m.

Price: $3-4

Price: $5

Price: FreePrice: Free

Price: $105

Price: Free

When: 7:30-9 p.m.

When: 6-8 p.m.When: 7 p.m.

When: Oct. 27-28

When: 10 a.m to 2 p.m.

Price: $59

Boundary Bay Brewery

Underground Coffeehouse

Wild Buffalo

Meet My Shadow, Thegn, Old Mutt, Ali’s Band

The Listers, The Reds, Tople$$,King of Crows

Karaokew/ Amy G

Urarider, Lord Dog,Bright Weapons

$4 $3

$3 $7 $5$6

$5-7 $12-15

Tom Waits MF Doom nightw/ DJ Aaron Apple

Keaton Collective, Black Tommy, The Hoot Hoots

Soul Nightw/ DJ Yogoman

Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart

Chrisopher Nunn and The Movie, Jon Dee and the Hobarts

Lonesome Shack, Lonebird Ganges River Band Curtis Eller’s

American CircusOpen Mic Night

Revenge of the 90’s

Scary Monster &The Super Creeps

Cadence Weapon,Chance Random

Buxton,Chamberlin,Pawnbroker

Sonido AcuarioThe Blessed

Coast

The ‘Wait... What? Comedy Show

Retroid NightDelusion’l

Con Bro Chill, Wishbone

Fly Moon Royalty, Side Pony

Acor Project, My Dad Bruce

Glow

The Shakedown

Green Frog

Wednesday

Wednesday, Oct. 24Monday, Oct. 22

Saturday, Oct. 27

Sunday, Oct. 28

Thursday, Oct. 25

Friday, Oct. 26

Tuesday, Oct. 23

SundayFridayThursday SaturdayTuesdayOct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 28

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COFFEE, COFFEE, COFEEEA delicious look at Bellingham’s top coffee houses

Lauren Prater • AS Review

Rocket Donuts306 W Holly St.Pumpkin Cheesecake Latte 8oz, $2.39

Lastly, downtown Bellingham’s Rocket Donuts pro-vides a fun environment to drink coffee and eat tasty do-nuts. As you walk into the fun-filled cafe, you are greeted with energetic baristas and artful movie memorabilia. The walls of this colorful cafe are covered in everything from movie posters to colorful artwork and even au-thentic monsters bulging out of the walls. Along with handmade donuts, cinnamon rolls, muffins and quiche, Rocket Donuts is famous for their organic, fair-trade espresso and brewed coffee. They offer gluten-free and vegan donuts, as well.

I was handed a cream colored ceramic mug filled to the brim with a thick layer of foam and an artistic drizzle of caramel to decorate the top. As I smelled the warm steam, I was immediately reminded of fall. Hints of pumpkin and caramel spice warmed my nose. After taking a hearty sip, sweet spices and eggnog offered a sweet treat. The last few sips at the bottom of the cup is where all of the flavor is; as I tilt my head back and finish off the last of the drink, my taste buds do cartwheels and handstands.

Avellino1329 Railroad Ave.Cafe Rolo Carmel Mocha 8oz, $3.33

If you’re looking for a fun yet classy location, try Avellino. Avellino has been at its current location on Railroad Avenue for almost 15 years, and it’s definitely worthy of being a Bellingham favorite. The owners believe that a coffee shop is the perfect place for an art gallery; therefore, Avellino has become an avid sup-porter of the local art scene. Avellino is more of a tradi-tional coffee shop with free wi-fi and daily newspapers. The cafe also provides many gluten-free options for those who want to enjoy a special treat. The company believes they are sporting a fair price for an above aver-age product and experience.

A caramel, chocolate rush is the only way to de-scribe the creamy deliciousness that I sipped on. With little flakes of chocolate blanketing the creamy foam at the top of the mug, I knew I was in for a treat. It tasted like I had just bitten into a small chocolaty piece of candy, and my taste buds were at a loss for words. The coffee taste was almost non-existent because of how sweet and creamy it was, which I like better. You could tell the cup was hand-crafted to perfection.

The Black Drop300 W Champion St.Level 10 Fireball 12oz, $4.46

Imagine this, you walk into a coffee shop and you hear one of your favorite songs playing in the distance, you sit down on a soft, welcoming light blue sofa and enjoy a steaming cup of your favorite coffee. As you look around, your eyes are met with beautiful glass vases, mugs and colorful artwork. This is what you will find at The Black Drop. The Black Drop is a homey, funky, place with a welcoming atmosphere. Starting off as a quiet little coffee shop, The Black Drop has grown into the unique, authentic coffee shop that it is today. This individually owned coffee experience is sure to brighten your day.

“This will be beautiful,” said the barista as he handed me a steaming cup. Although the name itself is very unique, the taste that met my taste buds on the warm layer of foam was incredible. The Level 10 Fireball is a warm blend of coffee with chipotle powder, resulting in a warm, yet sensational taste. As I finished off the cup of coffee, my mouth was met with an unexpected heat followed by a surprisingly sweet taste; my mouth and tummy were left warm and happy.

Craving a fresh cup of Bellingham’s finest coffee? Or have a sweet tooth for a sugary donut? Although there are an eclectic amount of coffee shops scattered around the beautiful city of Bellingham, there are a few that de-serve to be highlighted. I traveled into the heart of down-town Bellingham to visit these three coffee shops myself, and this is what I found. At each of the three locations I enjoyed a cup of one of their unique creations. All I can say is that at the end of my journey my taste buds were jumping for joy in all different directions.

Pictured: Hot-Mulled cider, 8oz, $1.63 Pictured: MaPle-Bacon Baiz and an aMericanoPictured: cafe rolo carMel MocHa, 8 oz

The AS Review, Vol. 28 #5, 10/22/12

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