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PG 3ALL CERAMIC REJECTSTHE NEWS PG4THE 50 HOUR

FILM SLAM FEATURESAN INVITATION TO READERS PG 7OPINION

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Gage A. LewisMANAGING EDITOR

Mallory BiggarNEWS EDITOR

Kyle WatermanFEATURES EDITOR

Khay Burrage

PHOTO EDITOR

Kiki JohansonPHOTOGRAPHER

E.V. BourlandAdviserJason Nix

WRITER

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Ceramics class annual dog show . . . . . . . . . Page 3

CONTENTSThe Communicator 04.30.2015 Communicatoronline.org

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50 hours later . . . . . . . . . Page 4

A Fond Farewell . . . . . . . . . Page 7

Marijuana possession on Campus . . . . . . . . . Page 3

ALSO

Shamrock shakes all year round . . . . . . . . . Page 4

Essentials of spring cleaning . . . . . . . . . Page 5

NEWSThe Communicator 04.30.2015 3

Kyle WatermanThe Communicator

Editor: Kyle [email protected]

Ceramics class throws its annual dog showSFCC’s Dog Sale, May 7th at 9:30 am in the Ceramics

room at the Art Building.The Dog Sale is an event here at SFCC in which all of the

unclaimed and donated pieces from our ceramics class are collected and sold once a year.

“The ones that don’t work out well are the dogs,” said Mardis Nenno, a Fine Arts instructor and the Composer of the Dogs Sale. “People make it but don’t glaze or don’t like them will donate their work”

These “dogs” end up making good presents, or knick-knacks for the offi ce and the money from the sale goes back toward the class.

“It’s really great,” Lillian Nielson, a ceramics student at SFCC said. “She does it all for the school, the profi ts go towards some of the little stuff the school won’t buy”

All pieces are low-priced too, so it works well for college students. Also, since the sale is right before Mother’s Day, you can grab something for mom while you are there.

“Prices usually range from about 25 cents to fi ve dollars,” Mardis Nenno said, “Also my teaching demos are for sale.”

“It’s a really cool show and, since it doesn’t break the bank, I can buy a whole bunch of new artwork,” said Shaquille Worthy, a Student at SFCC. “I love artwork and since its local art I feel like that’s even better. It’s a win, win.”

Get there quick People start lining up about 30-45 minutes before the sale to get fi rst picks.

Marijuana possession on campus can leads to expulsion, rehab

Marijuana use, or possession of the substance, can lead to the end of your educational career at any of the Community Colleges of Spokane.

Although marijuana is legal for recreational use in Washington State, the possession or consumption on campus can lead to expulsion.

“If we catch you, we will refer you,” said Ken DeMello, head of security at SFCC. “If you use it, you have violated a rule.”

Since it became legal, the use of marijuana has increased from 10.4 percent to 12.7 percent, according to a federal survey taken in 2014. This has caused an up-swell in security and law enforcement in the states where pot is legally consumed.

“We’ve been dealing with this issue more often than we did in the past,” DeMello said.

Washington Administrative Code 132Q-30-228 states that any form of marijuana, anywhere on campus, is prohibited, and the perpetrator will be referred by Campus Security to the Dean of Students to await further punishment.

According to WAC 132Q, “Use, possession, manufacturing, or distribution of marijuana, narcotics, or other controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, except as expressly permitted by federal, state, and local law” is prohibited.

“I’m totally fi ne with the regulations on campus,” Megan Meyer, a student of SFCC, said. “Its distracting in the

middle of class to smell marijuana.” Once referred by security, you are brought to the Dean

of Students where he can choose one of many options at his discretion. From WAC 132Q, punishment can be dealt in many different ways: You can be let off with a warning, expelled, or even be sent to treatment if necessary.

Kyle WatermanThe Communicator

Kyle Waterman | The CommunicatorLillian Nielson working to perfect her ceramics skills

“If We Catch You, We Will Refer You,” -Ken DeMello

Head of Campus Security

Other places you cannot smoke pot in Spokane

• Public places

• In the view of genereal public

• In or around cities or towns (on public property)

• Within or around goverment owned buildings

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FEATURESThe Communicator 04.30.2015 4

The 50 Hour Slam is a yearly com-petition in which filmmakers in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area vie to make the best movie they can, from conception to finished piece, in just over two days.

On Friday, March 27, a crowd of potential contestants, or “Slammers,” converged at KSPS-TV’s facility on South Regal for the launch of the 2015 50 Hour Slam. The contestants were given several parameters -- a lo-cation, a theme and a video element -- all of which had to be included in their films. Thirty-seven teams were sent on their way at 8 p.m., and by 10 p.m. Sunday, fifty hours later, 29 of those teams had delivered finished short movies of 3 to 5 minutes in length.

Many adventures took place in the intervening hours.

Four-time Slammer Jesse James Hennessy, a cook at Picabu Bistro, says he views the timed filmmaking competition as a “filmmaker’s work-shop.”

“I love the process of making a film, and with the 50 Hour Slam you get the whole shebang in a few days,” Hennessy said. “I use it to explore different ways to approach filmmaking. It’s good to be pushed out of your comfort level.”

The 50 Hour Slam began with a casual discussion over beers between festival organizers Juan Mas, Adam Boyd and Thomas Dineen.

“We started merging ideas of what we wanted to do with the Spokane film community to motivate it and push it do more than it was already doing five years ago when we start-ed,” Mas said

Since that time, the Slam has out-grown its original venue, The Magic Lantern Theater, and moved on to The Bing Crosby Theater, where the 15 top films will be screened on May 2 and awards will be given out.

Slammer Rebecca Cook, a voice-over artist, finds the competition to be a good-natured one.

“I like how the Slam really is a friendly competition,” Cook said.

“There's a certain feeling of camara-derie between all the filmmakers.”

Audio engineer Joseph Wynecoop returned to the competition af-ter not finishing last year.

“The first time around we had hang ups with locations and cast, but ended up with a decent eleven minute film, [which is too long for the competition],” Wynecoop said. “What we did this time was consider our locations and minimized moves. I've spent the last year honing editing

“I use it to explore different ways to approach fi lmmaking. It’s good to be

pushed out of your comfort level.” -Jesse James Hennessy

Slammer Contestant

skills and camera movements, along with massive reading about directing. Overall, we were satisfied, turning in

our submission.” Hennessy en-

couraged Spo-kanites to support its own by support-ing the 50 Hour Slam.

“Spokane has a really cool thriv-ing ecosystem of creative folk and

there are many avenues for pursuing filmmaking. The 50 Hour Slam is one of them.”

50 hours later: a slam to rememberRon Ford

The Communicator

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Craving a McDonald’s Shamrock Shake in the off-season? Now you can make your own.

What you’ll need:

1. 1 cup vanilla ice cream2. 1 cup milk (any fat percentage)3. 1/2 teaspoon mint extract4. 1 squirt green food coloring (if

desired) 5. Whipped cream, for garnish6. 2 maraschino cherries, for gar-

nish

How to do it

• Blend the ice cream, milk, mint extract and food coloring togeth-er in a blender until smooth.

• Pour into two 16-ounce glasses and garnish each with a squirt of whipped cream and a maraschi-no cherry. Serve immediately.

Shamrock shakes all year round

Kiki JohanssonThe Communicator

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Are you completing your Degree during Spring or Summer Quarter 2015?

If you’d like to walk in the Spring 2015 Commencement ceremony, your degree application must be submitted to the Admissions Offi ce no later than May 8th.

Students completing degree requirements Spring or Summer Quarter 2015 are eligible to participate in the June 2015 commencement ceremony.

ARE YOU READY?

The ceremony will be held June 19th, 3:00pm at the Spokane Veteran’s Memorial Arena. Additional information will be sent to eligible students by May 22nd.

For more information contact the Graduation offi ce: 533-3506 or [email protected]

Application Deadline

If you haven’t submitted a Degree Application now is the time ! To receive your degree and diploma you must fi ll out the degree application & turn it in to the Admissions Offi ce. Students may apply for their degrees when 50% of the degree requirements are met. Applications are available at www.spokanefalls.edu/Admissons/Onlineforms.aspx or in the Admissions Offi ce

Kiki JohanssonThe Communicator

Essentials of Spring CleaningCleaning helps keep people orga-

nized, happy and healthy.According to Statista.com, as of

2013, 72 percent of survey respon-dents reported cleaning their homes every year in the spring.

“Spring brings in a new energy; it’s a time to renew and refresh,” said Megan Hantz. a local maid at Maid Naturally.

Maid Naturally is a local cleaning service that sells its own brand of household cleaning products.

“College kids should especially focus on places like their bathrooms and kitchens,” said Hantz. “It can be hard to find the time to clean, so spring cleaning gives you the oppor-

tunity to do what you’ve been putting off.”

Hantz suggests digging in the clos-et to really downsize clutter.

Better Homes and Gardens sug-gests getting designated containers to help you address that mess.For example:

1. A container for gently used clothing, unwanted house-wares and amenities to donate to thrift stores such as Good-will or Value Village.

2. You could also host a garage sale and sell these items.

3. Gently used clothing can sometimes be sold to consign-ment stores like Plato’s Closet.

4. A container for non reusables (heavy duty garbage bag).

Once you’ve cleared out all the clutter and get rid of unwanted items, you can organize your things as you put them away, so you’ll know where to find them again.

Good Housekeeping suggests writing out a game plan in order to prioritize and get task-oriented. Have your cleaning supplies in a designat-ed container so you can take them from room to room.

“Spring brings in a new energy; it’s

a time to renew and refresh,”-Megan Hantz

Local Maid

A few places to tackle:

1. Windows2. Windowsills3. Drapes 4. Sliding door tracks 5. Doorknobs/furniture knobs 6. Behind the television7. Light fixtures8. Vent grates 9. Ceiling fans 10. Trash cans

Appliances like dishwashers and washing machines build up gunk over time, so Good Housekeeping suggests doing some maintenance on those as well.

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SIDELINES

Khay Burrage | The Communicator Thi Huynh, a local B-boy, showing off his sick moves at the Riverfront Rotary Fountain.

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Breakdancing has always been stigmatized, but one Spokane group wants to defy that.

Paper Cut Out crew is a local dance crew that has performed for local events in town.

B-boy and B-girl, or Break boy and Break girl, are terms that generated in New York City. These titles represent who they are and their passion.

“The title can only come from living the B-boy/B-girl lifestyle,” said Hector Aizon, a B-boy from Paper Cut Out crew in Spokane.

They are among the various street performers in the streets of downtown

Spokane; from singers outside the doors of Riverfront mall to flute play-ers at Macy’s. Most of which have an open case, hats or buckets out for anyone who would give them money for their performance.

Across the street, past the Bloomsday statues in front of the Riverfront Fountain, there are artists who perform for themselves.

Dancers who come together with their own torn linoleum mat and an amp. The music amplifies the area, and three more dancers approach the

others and greeted each other. This was a daily routine for them.

“This is our passion. We don’t dance for the money, we dance because we love it,” said Aizon.

Spokane’s break-ing scene consists of about a dozen dancers with about 8 serious dancers.

“Hip Hop can’t be seen as one thing,” said Thi Huynh. "It’s made of different elements like Emceeing, Bboying, Graffiti, Dj-ing, and knowledge. People don’t un-derstand that Hip Hop is something bigger than dance or music.”

“You can’t just be Hip Hop. You have to live it,” said Aizon.

These dancers are seen around Spokane throughout the year from the downtown streets, to parks and local events. Their goal is to educate those who don’t know about the culture and help others seek their own passion.

“We’re more than happy to teach anyone about breaking”, said Huynh.

“Not enough people appreciate the Hip Hop community; we dedicate our body and lives to this. We just wish that people knew how much fun this is”.

Khay BurrageThe Communicator

Breakdown of getting down: Guide to B-boy culture

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“YOU CAN’T JUST BE HIP HOP. YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT,”

-Hector Aizon a B-boy from Paper Cut Out crew

OPINION

Kiki Johanson | The CommunicatorMikayla Davis the Eternal Managing Editor of The Communicator.

The Communicator 04.30.2015 [email protected]

After six issues of not having a proper Opinions section, complete with letters to the Editor and Op-Eds from teachers and students, it was decided that I should write an invitation to you, the readers.

So, here it is: all readers of The Communicator are requested to submit questions and comments about the articles you have read.

Feel free to respond to any opinion pieces published in this paper. Heck, send us a well written opinion of your own. Of course, not everyone's writing can be published.

If there appears to be a lack of research to back up your opinions we will not run it. Anything truly unsavory will, of course be pushed

to the side. We will also refuse being baited into certain issues that don’t affect this campus directly.

Once a court of elite minds have read your opinions and decided them worthy, your opinions will be published in coming issues. Some opinions may be so interesting that we will respond immediately on our website.

All submissions should be no longer than 400 words. Anything in response to an article more than three issues old (or published before summer break) will be ignored. Of course anything accepted to run in the paper can and will be edited. Send Submissions to [email protected]

An open invitation to you - the readers

Gage A. LewisThe Communicator

sfcc.gage. lewis@gmail .comtwit ter: @SFCCcom

Working for a newspaper as a man-aging editor was not something I ever saw myself doing. While I’ve always enjoyed writing creatively, doing research and interviewing people was never a task I found fun.

I enjoyed learning new ways to use language, though, and I thought news production would offer me a view on writing I had never experienced be-fore. I was not wrong.

In my many years at SFCC and my shorter two years at EWU, I expe-rienced creative writing, academic writing, and even business writing.

But journalistic writing challenged me in ways I never thought possible. I had to get rid of all the fl uff and get straight to the point. I had to give the audience so much information in only a few short paragraphs.

I struggled and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Admittedly, working for The Com-municator would not have been near as much fun as it was had I not met so many wonderful people.

Our advisers, Mark and Jason, always told us that our staff should be like a family. For the paper to truly work, we needed to work as a team and trust each other.

Jason would always tell horror sto-ries about some of the drama he has

witnessed in his years of teaching, but I am proud to say that while working for The Communicator I saw little of that. We talked to each other when he had problems and we were always able to pull through.

I loved watching everyone become passionate about the subjects they were writing about or the pages they designed.

I loved the way we bounced ideas around, whether they were crazy or not.

I loved the way friendships were born from nothing except the shared space of that multi-colored room.

I loved working with the student staff of The Communicator.

I would be lying if I said there weren’t times when I just wanted to crawl under my desk and hide, but the friends I made in that room were always there to help me through. I know I will remain friends with many of them, even now that I have left.

I did not plan to leave before the year was out. I wanted to stay with the staff until the very end. However, I realized that in order to afford grad school next year I needed to work more and save up. I know that I let some people down and I apologize for that. But I know that the staff is in good hands and I look forward to every issue they release this spring and the years to come.

Mikayla DavisThe Communicator

A fond farewell

OPINION

Kiki Johanson | The CommunicatorMikayla Davis the Eternal Managing Editor of The Communicator.

The Communicator 04.30.2015 [email protected]

After six issues of not having a proper Opinions section, complete with letters to the Editor and Op-Eds from teachers and students, it was decided that I should write an invitation to you, the readers.

So, here it is: all readers of The Communicator are requested to submit questions and comments about the articles you have read.

Feel free to respond to any opinion pieces published in this paper. Heck, send us a well written opinion of your own. Of course, not everyone's writing can be published.

If there appears to be a lack of research to back up your opinions we will not run it. Anything truly unsavory will, of course be pushed

to the side. We will also refuse being baited into certain issues that don’t affect this campus directly.

Once a court of elite minds have read your opinions and decided them worthy, your opinions will be published in coming issues. Some opinions may be so interesting that we will respond immediately on our website.

All submissions should be no longer than 400 words. Anything in response to an article more than three issues old (or published before summer break) will be ignored. Of course anything accepted to run in the paper can and will be edited. Send Submissions to [email protected]

An open invitation to you - the readers

Gage A. LewisThe Communicator

sfcc.gage. lewis@gmail .comtwit ter: @SFCCcom

Working for a newspaper as a man-aging editor was not something I ever saw myself doing. While I’ve always enjoyed writing creatively, doing research and interviewing people was never a task I found fun.

I enjoyed learning new ways to use language, though, and I thought news production would offer me a view on writing I had never experienced be-fore. I was not wrong.

In my many years at SFCC and my shorter two years at EWU, I expe-rienced creative writing, academic writing, and even business writing.

But journalistic writing challenged me in ways I never thought possible. I had to get rid of all the fl uff and get straight to the point. I had to give the audience so much information in only a few short paragraphs.

I struggled and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Admittedly, working for The Com-municator would not have been near as much fun as it was had I not met so many wonderful people.

Our advisers, Mark and Jason, always told us that our staff should be like a family. For the paper to truly work, we needed to work as a team and trust each other.

Jason would always tell horror sto-ries about some of the drama he has

witnessed in his years of teaching, but I am proud to say that while working for The Communicator I saw little of that. We talked to each other when he had problems and we were always able to pull through.

I loved watching everyone become passionate about the subjects they were writing about or the pages they designed.

I loved the way we bounced ideas around, whether they were crazy or not.

I loved the way friendships were born from nothing except the shared space of that multi-colored room.

I loved working with the student staff of The Communicator.

I would be lying if I said there weren’t times when I just wanted to crawl under my desk and hide, but the friends I made in that room were always there to help me through. I know I will remain friends with many of them, even now that I have left.

I did not plan to leave before the year was out. I wanted to stay with the staff until the very end. However, I realized that in order to afford grad school next year I needed to work more and save up. I know that I let some people down and I apologize for that. But I know that the staff is in good hands and I look forward to every issue they release this spring and the years to come.

Mikayla DavisThe Communicator

A fond farewell

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