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Save the date, donate a plateRachel Sandal

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The Western Community Outreach club is feeding those in need during the quarterly Be Our Guest event on Dec. 8. A gesture such as this may be familiar to most through the classic Disney movie “Beauty and the Beast,” and helping the less fortunate is a tale as old as time.

The event held in the Viking Com-mons uses guest meals donated by students to feed the homeless and has been put on by the club for years, junior co-president Hannah Svendsen said.

“I’m guessing the first idea was stu-dents sitting around and realizing how many meals go to waste on a student’s meal plan every quarter.” Svendsen said. “They wanted to do something to give that food to people who need it.”

The club coordinates with the What-com Transit Association to get free bus passes. Club members and other vol-unteers give out the passes downtown on the day of the event so people can have an easy and safe commute to cam-pus, Svendsen said.

The guests line up outside the com-mons until the event begins at 5 p.m. As students come to the commons for their normal dinner, members of the club ask if anyone has any extra meals to donate. If students choose to donate a meal, they are paired with a commu-nity member and the two will go inside and share a meal together, Svendsen said.

Junior Grace Parziale has been a part of the club since the first week of her freshman year. She is the co-pres-ident, alongside Svendsen. She has taken part in Be Our Guest in the past.

“There’s always extra meals at the end of the quarter. Everyone always has extra guest meals. There are people who are freezing outside, who are just hungry, and would like to use them,” Parziale said. “People will very often give five meals to guest people in. It’s like, ‘Why not?’

Junior club members Mason Pratz and Brooke Flores are fairly new to the

club, but that doesn’t discourage them from helping their community mem-bers. Both members plan to participate in Be Our Guest this December.

Flores participated in her first Be Our Guest event last spring when she joined the club.

“The line was so long before it even started,” Flores said. “It’s super cool Western has built a relationship with the community members.”

Pratz said the club has taught him to think about people in need, even though it is easier not to.

“You try to not think about it. I think

that’s just part of human nature. You try not to think about negative things, but this club has made me realize we do need to think about it,” Pratz said. “These are people out there suffering and it’s important. We, as a commu-nity, need to help these people as much as we can. It feels good to be a part of this club.”

The club is having a mini-distribu-tion on Dec. 3, the Sunday before the event, where they will be passing out a minimal amount of supplies and fliers letting people the know the date and circumstances for the Be Our Guest event, Svendsen said.

“We want the community to know Be Our Guest is that Friday. It is com-pletely free, we will bus them there and back,” Svendsen said. “Sometimes that’s the hardest part about Be Our Guest: getting the community to un-derstand that, yeah, there’s no strings attached. We will give you bus passes to come up and we will give you food.”

The club hosts many bake sales and other fundraisers to raise money and help those in need. A clothing drive is in the works and the next club meeting will be held Monday, Dec. 4 in Bond Hall 112.

“People just want love and people just want to feel a connection with somebody. They want someone to hear their story like we all do, but when you’re living out in the streets a lot of people just try to avoid you. We’re here to make people feel a little bit more loved,” Parziale said.

Students donate extra meals from meal plans to less fortunate in annual Be Our Guest event

Be Our Guest will be held in the Viking Commons on Dec. 8. // Photo by Katie Webber

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Western WeekendWeekly NeWs Briefs

Logan PortteusThe WesTern FronT

A Western student was assaulted on campus just after midnight Tuesday, Nov. 14, according to a Western Alert issued Tuesday night. The assault hap-pened when the female student was walk-ing from Wilson Library to Nash Hall on north campus, the report stated.

The suspect was described to Univer-sity Police as a light-skinned male with a deep voice, said the Western Alert.

“As the student approached the cross-walk intersection, where the emergency phone is located, she heard a person run up behind her. The student then felt two hands, which appeared to be male with light-colored skin, reach around her and grasp her breasts,” the report read.

The student elbowed the suspect be-fore he ran southbound into the trees by Wilson Library.

University Police are currently investi-gating the assault. Anyone with informa-tion regarding the incident can contact them at 360-650-3911.

Students, faculty and staff can request safety escorts provided by the Univer-sity Police while on campus, called Green Coats.

Western’s Consultation and Sexual Assault Support program (CASAS) is a free resource for students who have ex-perienced any form of sexual assault, including dating violence, hate crimes, harassment, physical violence, stalking, etc. Students are able to contact CASAS at (360) 650-3700, or by visiting their campus offices in Old Main 585B or Vi-king Union 432.

Student assaulted near Viking Union Tuesday

Ray GarciaThe WesTern FronT

The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and Whatcom County Search and Rescue teams are working together to locate two Bellingham snowboarders, Jake Amancio, 22, and Drew Lenz, 20, who went missing on Mount Baker Sunday, Nov. 12.

Search and rescue teams, along with various volunteers, searched the ski area Monday, Nov. 13, and Tuesday, Nov. 14, where they located the missing men’s vehi-cle, said Undersheriff Jeff Parks in a news release. The search is currently suspended due to extremely hazardous weather con-ditions including avalanche and visibility concerns.

Senior Madeline Salas, friend of the two who went missing, said she and her friend group remain hopeful about the situation.

“I think what’s important for all of us to remember is Jake and Drew are both real-ly smart, they would know how to handle snowy conditions and how to be safe,” Sa-las said. “That’s kind of everything we have to hold on to.”

A roommate of the missing subjects reported the two men were overdue from a snowboarding trip in the Mt. Baker Ski Area, Parks said. The roommate said the snowboarders planned to spend the day near the upper parking lot and return home by early evening Sunday, according to the report.

“The areas thought to be most likely used by backcountry skiers were checked as safely as possible by searchers with no

clues found and no sign of the missing snowboarders,” Parks said.

The search on Monday, Nov. 13, went from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 17 people from Whatcom County Search and Rescue, U.S. Border Patrol Search and Rescue and the Mt. Baker Ski Area assisting in the search.

It resumed Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, when 30 searchers and vol-unteers were pulled back to base area due to deteriorating weather conditions, ac-cording to the report.

At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, a deci-sion was made to suspend the search until the snowstorm was no longer in the area, according to the report. There was no of-ficial search team on Wednesday.

“[We] continue to maintain communi-cation and support to the families of the missing men,” Parks said. “As the week continues and conditions are assessed we will determine what options may be best for additional searching.”

The ski area is expected to receive ap-proximately four feet of snow between Wednesday, Nov. 13, and Friday, Nov. 17, according to the news release.

The Mount Baker Ski Area opens Thursday, Nov. 16. Salas cautioned visi-tors to be aware of their surroundings and remember that this kind of thing could happen to anyone.

She said both Amancio and Lenz are experienced snowboarders and had some avalanche gear the day they went out.

“We’re just trying to keep positive. Peo-ple can last a lot longer in those conditions than we think,” Salas said.

Two Bellingham snowboarders missing since Sunday, search suspended due to adverse weather conditions

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Shedding light on hungerMonique MerrillThe WesTern FronT

Several places in Bellingham open their doors to share a meal during the holiday

season. The L i g h t h o u s e

Mission Min-istries has been

hosting a Tur-key Dinner on the day after Thanksgiving for 94 years.

Jessica Hess, associate devel-opment director at the Mission, said they expect up to 500 people attending the event this year.

C l a s s i c T h a n k s g i v i n g dishes are served fam-ily-style, with everyone around a big table and plates brought to them like a restaurant.

Hess and Develop-ment Director for the

Mission, Rachel Tinnell, will be

among the coor-dinators for

this year’s dinner.

“ E v -eryone is just really t h a n k f u l

t o h a v e t h e f o o d a n d t h e o p -

portuni-

ty to be there and have time to be together. For us, meals are a re-ally important way of connecting with people to get them into our services more, to help

them transition out of homelessness,” Tinnell said. “It’s really like a first start for people sometimes.”

The Mission is a homeless outreach or-ganization in down-town Bellingham that has several buildings serving the needs of those who need it most.

“During the holi-days it’s very lonely for people and it’s a time for relapse or just real difficult, dark places,” Tin-nell said. “We try to make it as fun and festive as possible and really build relationships with people.”

The meal is served in Assumption Catho-lic School’s gymnasium from noon to 1:30 p.m., with the help of 135 vol-unteers.

Tinnell has seen a

share of success stories come out of the Mis-sion’s programming. Recently, a graduate of one of the Mission’s longer programs moved on from the course.

“He just was talking about how the Mission helped not just him, but his family, because they have a dad now. He was scared to be a dad because of his alco-

hol abuse p r o b -l e m s , ” T i n n e l l said. “So, just kind of re-b u i l d i n g f a m i l i e s . T h e r e ’ s just so m a n y good sto-ries of people.”

T h e M i s s i o n is a faith-b a s e d

organization, though there’s no religious re-quirement to access their services. It has a drop-in center, shelter for women and chil-dren, more long-term

Bellingham Lighthouse Mission to provide 94th annual Thanksgiving dinner for homeless community

Guests at the turkey dinner enjoy a meal. // Photo courtesy of Rachel Tinnell

housing and programs and classes available.

“We just ask that they can’t be using drugs and alcohol while they’re inside,”Tinnell said. “As long as they’re safe, we’ll welcome them in.”

The Mission’s drop-in center has been filled to capacity for the past few months, with 120 people staying there nightly.

In December, they host a Christmas din-ner, but Tinnell said it’s much harder to find people to volunteer on Christmas Day. The Turkey Dinner draws a much more steady crowd of help.

“People always re-turn to volunteer,” Tin-nell said.

Volunteer positions fill up a few weeks be-fore the dinner every year.

“The meals are just super fun. It’s just a really positive atmo-sphere, it’s festive, it’s a really fun thing to be a part of,” Hess said.

Scott Emory volun-teers in the Mission’s kitchen every Monday morning, helping pre-pare food for the day. This year will be Emo-ry’s fourth year volun-teering for the Turkey Dinner.

“What makes me go back every year is that it’s a really need-ed thing. And I guess, unfortunately, it’s be-

coming more and more needed,” Emory said. “Just over the last cou-ple years, the homeless situation here in Bell-ingham is getting really severe, and things like this are needed now more than ever.”

There were 719 homeless in Belling-ham in 2016, according to the Whatcom Home-less Service Center. Bellingham’s homeless population has been in-creasing since 2009.

Emory enjoys seeing the turnout at the Mis-sion’s event each year.

“It is really fun and rewarding to see all the volunteers show up and to see how much they enjoy serving,” Emory said.

This year, Emory is bringing about 17 peo-ple from his church, Hope and Christ, to volunteer for the meal. Emory encourages those around him to get involved with programs like the Mission’s Tur-key Dinner because it helps not just those in need, but the volun-teers themselves.

“When people work together as a team to do something useful, needed, with a purpose, it’s rewarding,” Emory said. “And I think peo-ple do feel rewarded when they do some-thing good like this.”

Another way to help support the Mission’s mission is through the

Western Community Outreach club. The club raises money to buy and deliver sup-plies to those in need every other week. Hannah Svendsen is the co-president of the club.

Svendsen said the club has been around for eight years and de-livers supplies to the Mission year round.

“We’ll go in there with food, toiletries and just whatever we can contribute,” Svendsen said. “Right now, we’ve been doing a lot of warm gloves and hats because it’s so cold out.”

Tinnell and Hess are both Western graduates and in-terned with the Mis-sion while they were at Western.

“We just really ap-preciate [Western’s] interest and love for the community, even if they’re here for just four years. We like having them involved here,” Tinnell said.

The Mission is among several places in Bellingham that offers a warm meal for those in need around the holidays. Old Town Cafe hosts a free Thanksgiving meal from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, as well as a few churches.

What makes me go back every year is that it’s a really needed thing. And I guess,

unfortunately, it’s becoming more and more needed. Just over the last couple years, the

homeless situation here in Bellingham is getting really severe, and things like this are

needed now more than ever.

Scott EmoryLighthouse Mission Volunteer

Illustration by Shannon DeLurio

TOP: Volunteers pose for a picture in Assumption Catholic School’s gymnasium, where the meal is held every year. BOTTOM: Holidays can be a hard time for people and the meal provides a way for the community to gather. // Photos courtesy of Rachel Tinnell

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Hair for a causeJulia Phillips

The WesTern FronT

To shave, or not to shave, that is the question.November is halfway finished and people all across

the country are participating in No-Shave November and Movember.

According to the No-Shave November website, the goal of the campaign is to raise awareness and to edu-cate about cancer prevention, save lives and aid those fighting the battle.

The tradition had been there for many years, but the children of Matthew Hill, who passed away from colon cancer in November 2007, took it a step further by us-ing the cause to raise money for charity.

This year, money donated through their website will go to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Fight Colorectal Cancer and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

According to their website, the Movember Founda-tion was started in Australia in 2003 by Travis Garone and Luke Slattery, who were having a beer and couldn’t understand why the mustache ever went out of style.

Senior Zak Lazar participated in No-Shave Novem-ber his junior year of high school, and is sort of doing it again this year.

“I think I originally started because it was something fun to do. And I was bored with shaving everyday,” La-zar said.

Sophomore Kayla Varney has done No-Shave No-vember in the past and is doing it this year as well.

“I did it up until I was 13, and then I started shaving consistently because people started making fun of me because I didn’t shave my legs,” Varney said.

Varney said it’s a waste of time to shave and doesn’t think anyone needs to shave.

“I think we should just stop caring about how we [look]. I didn’t have a mom to teach me how to shave and I didn’t have anyone to help me,” Varney said. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know what to do.’”

In the past, Varney thought No-Shave November was a ploy to get warm before winter time because the more hair on your body, the warmer you’re going to be.

This year, after learning there was a reason for peo-ple to participate in No-Shave November, she thought the purpose was amazing.

“I think it’s super awesome, but I think it should be more well-known. Maybe it could last a whole year,” Varney said.

For the most part, No-Shave November is more re-laxed when it comes to participation rules. Grooming and trimming are perfectly acceptable for people with a strict dress code at work and participants coming into November with a few whiskers are more than welcome.

Movember is a little stricter with its no-shave rules. Men are asked to come into November clean shaven and focus their growing and grooming on their mus-tache for the next 30 days.

When Garone and Slattery started the movement, it was simply to bring back the stache as a look. However, when men realized how much of a conversation starter their idea was, they decided to use it to start meaningful conversations.

Movember focuses its charitable contributions on three particular men’s health issues prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health and suicide preven-tion.

According to the Movember website, since its incep-tion in 2003, it has raised around $650 million that has helped fund more than 1,000 programs focusing on is-sues that affect men everywhere.

According to its website, No-Shave November also focuses its efforts on benefiting cancer research, but they open it up to all types of cancer instead of only prostate and testicular cancer. This web-based, non-profit organization donates no less than 80 percent of the donations it receives to participating charities.

Infographic by Ben Olson

Students participate in No-Shave November and Movember to raise awareness for cancer and mental health

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FRIDAYGOING ON

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WEEKEND SATURDAY SUNDAY47°/42° 49°/44° 47°/41°

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAYHoliday Festival of the Arts

Nov. 17 – Dec. 24 Time: 10 a.m.–7 p.m.Price: Free admission.

Location: Allied Arts Festival of the Arts, 4145 Meridian St. Bellingham

Gallowglass @ Stones Throw Brewery

Time: 7–9:30 p.m.Location: Stones Throw Brewery, 1009

Larrabee Ave. BellinghamPrice: Free Admission to American-Irish

folk music played live.“It’s really good Irish fiddle playing.

We’re American folk musicians who love Irish music,” Jan Peters of Gallowglass

said.

Pancake FeedTime: 8 a.m.– noon

Location: VFW Post 1585, 625 N. State St. Bellingham

Price: Tickets are $5.50 for one and $21 for five, and include eggs, sausage and beverages. There will be a 20 percent

discount for veterans at the door.

Turkey TrotTime: 9–11 a.m.

Location: Squalicum Creek Park, 1001 Squalicum Way Bellingham

Price: Entry to the 5K run and walk is $8 per person or $20 per family

Welcome Home Chuck Robinson!Time: 7–9 p.m.

Location: Village Books Readings Gallery, 1200 11th St. Bellingham

Price: Free admission“Chuck cannot go down without getting

back up again, he is infallible,” Paul Hanson, co-owner of Village Books,

said.

Southside Community Meal Time: 5–8 p.m.

Location: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church 1720 Harris Ave. BellinghamPrice: Free meal (main dish, salad

and bread) guests are asked to bring dessert to this open forum and

community gathering.

Photo courtesy of Bellingham Repertory Dance.

Weekend weather courtesy of weather.com

Events compiled by Alexis Edgar // Weather illustrations by Natalie Breymeyer

Other illustrations by Shannon DeLurio

Homeless Summit & Cold Weather Giveaway

Time: 3–5 p.m.Location: Maritime Heritage Park, 500

W. Holly St. Bellingham

Hot Cider & Cool Art

Nov. 17 – Dec. 30 Time: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Location: Morgan Block Studios, 1000 Harris Ave. Bellingham

Artist Ben Mann has a showing of his work in the studio.

Bellingham Repertory Dance: Emerge

Time: 7:30– 9 p.m. (Show starts at 5p.m. Sunday)

Location: The Firehouse Performing Arts Center 1314 Harris Ave.

BellinghamPrice: $12-$20

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S M T W T F S November 2017

Coffee Tasting

Time: 3–3:30 p.m.Location: Camber Cafe, 221 W. Holly

St. BellinghamPrice: Entry is free, no RSVP needed.

Tasting of small flights of single destination coffees will be served.

Pub Trivia Night Time: 7– 9 p.m.

Location: Archer Ale House, 1212 10th St. Bellingham

21+ Price: Free to play

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Sabryn Taylor

Probably my best gift ever is the car I got from my

mom, because I didn’t re-ally need a car but she got me one anyway so I could go to school, go to work, help with my sisters and

now I have it up here.

Tiffany Chamberlain

I guess a home for my friends whenever they have problems. At least provide some assistance in some

ways that branches out to providing them items or talking to them and their

family and whatnot. I guess that’s the most significant

thing I can think of.

Alex Fuller

I think the best one I’ve ever given was for my

girlfriend a while back. It was basically I had gotten all the pictures we’d ever

taken, like all the different times we’d gone some-

where cool or whatever, and put them onto this

board and made a timeline out of it.

Sophomoremarketing

Seniormanagement information systems

Freshmanchemistry

Brian Osterberg

The best gift I ever got was actually just for my birth-day a couple months ago. My lady financed my first

trip out of the country. We went and took a nice week-long excursion into

Canada, and it was the most awesome, eye-open-ing thing for me because I got to see a place that I’d

never seen before.

Seniortheatre arts

Compiled by Monique Merrill

you’ve ever given or received?Ask Western What’s the best gift