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Spokane evicts homeless from I-90

Volume 44 | Issue 5SPOKANEFALLS.EDU/COMMUNICATORJan. 24-Feb. 6, 2013

Corbin BronschThe Communicator

Once again the homeless will have to pack up their gear and tear down tent city.

After many complaints from lo-cal businesses and residences, the Spokane Police Department along with the city communications direc-tor, and the director of community and neighborhood services swept through a newly developed tent city under the interstate clearing out all illegal campers. Police and city of-ficials gave the campers 24 hour notice, saying they need to pack their things by noon on Friday, Jan. 11. The Spokane Police Department then proceeded to evict residents from the tent city under I-90 on that day.

Campers took everything they could carry with them and left the rest for the city to either throw or give away.

“I got what I need,” Douglas Sei-bold, a former tent city resident said to police officers. “The rest is yours.”

Once city officials arrived on the scene with Spokane Police officers the removal of campers went fairly

smoothly. “All of the people here have been

compliant,” said Spokane Police Lt. Scott Mullennix. “It’s going very smoothly and some of the people have already vacated before we got here.”

The ones who remained were up-set that they had to leave their home, and their ‘family.’

“I consider all of the younger ones:

my kids,” said Sharon Richard, a former resident of tent city and also known as ‘Mama.’ “I chose to live this way because this is my family. The other night I took one into my tent because they were cold.”

Most of the campers who stay rela-tively sober are upset because drugs,

HOMELESS | Page 2

Ari Foster | The Communicator

Crazy, who has been homeless his “entire life,” made this sign to “spread joy” in Spokane.

Slip and fall, who to call?

Emily NortonThe Communicator

Winter has hit the Inland North-west, bringing frigid temperatures, snow, and icy driving and walking conditions on campus at SFCC.

Maintenance crews on campus work diligently to keep sidewalks and parking lots cleared of snow, and act quickly to maintain conditions here at the Falls to keep students and faculty safe while walking and driv-ing on campus.

“Campus Security alerts our crew once snowfall has reached a depth of about one and a half inches,” said Jeff Tiel, Director of Facility Opera-tions here at SFCC. ”Depending on the storm, how hard it’s snowing, and the time of day the storm blows through, we start our clearing proce-dures with a focus on inner campus snow removal,”

“We have a crew of six mainte-nance workers who work 10-hour rotating shifts, mostly overnight, to make sure snow and ice are cleaned up as much as possible prior to first classes starting. We’re are also re-sponsible for maintaining the lodge (Building 9) and other local business-es as well as SFCC,” Tiel said

Despite maintenance efforts at

Here is who to call:

If you see dangerous, icy or wet areas on sidewalks or in the

parking lots, please call the

Facilities Department at 533.8630

If you are involved in an accident on campus, alert

Campus Security at 475.7040

And...

Wear shoes with adequate tread for rough winter weather.

A heavy backpack can challenge your sense of balance; try not to carry too

much.

For student perspectives on Spokane’s tent cities, see

Page 3.

SNOW | Page 2

Fashion under $50Kimberlie BartonThe Communicator

Fashion can sometimes be dif-ficult for college students to afford. An alternative to high cost shopping is searching the racks at local thrift and consignment stores for the latest fashions.

Winter displays line the aisles of Plato’s Closet; belts, boots, jeans, jackets, sweaters and scarves. Em-ployees who are trained to be friend-ly, know the labels and make great outfits are helping customers at the counter.

“Layering is very big this year,’” said Kristi Schmidt, a Co-Manager at Plato’s Closet. “Layer Spring, Fall and Winter colors and blend them throughout the entire outfit.

“Key pieces for this winter are blazers, high-lows and leggings or tights.”

An average outfit at Plato’s Closet is priced accordingly: shirt $6; jacket $10-$12; bottoms $18, shoes $8. Altogether, the cost of an outfit total-ing an average of $45 or below. To further assist a shopper with prices,

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Did You Know?: Washington is in the top ten states for homelessness. Source: pbs.org

Homeless:Drugs, and theft anger residence of the tent city

From page 1

robbery, and prostitution is the rea-son the city council cites for enforc-ing their code.

“Two guitars were stolen from a couple out of their car a few weeks ago near Dick’s Hamburgers and the guitars were traced back here,” said another former resident of tent city who goes by the name of ‘Crazy.’ “A bunch of bikes and other belongings have been stolen and that ruins it for the rest of us.

“If everyone in our community worked together we wouldn’t have these kinds of problems.”

Tent cities have been put up and torn back down in Spokane before. In 2005 the number of homeless persons in Spokane was over 6,000, according to Spokane County’s ten year homeless plan. The Spokesman Review showed in an article that

the number has greatly decreased to a little over a thousand people in 2012. Instead of allowing these tent cities to continue, the Spokane Police Department evokes the city’s ordinance, created in the summer of 2005, which prohibits any camping on public property.

“We gave them notices and offered different services,” said the director of Community and Neighborhood services in Spokane, Jonathan Mal-lahan. “We have warming centers open for the night and there are some beds available at the Union Gospel Mission. Homelessness is a complex problem but these are unsafe condi-tions.”

The Spokane Police Department will most likely be doing follow ups to make sure people abide by city code.

“If we find people still camping here then it will most likely depend on their attitude if we give them a ticket or, in the worst case, take them to jail,” said Mullennix. “We don’t want to use a hammer when we can be using a feather to move these peo-ple.”

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Ari Foster | The Communicator

Sharon Richard gathers her belongings and clears out from the I-90 tent city; Richard worries that the tent city evictions will break up her family.

clearing snow and ice from walk-ways and parking lots, slick spots can still be found throughout campus. If a student slips and falls on an icy area in the parking lot or on a sidewalk, what should they do?

Scott Jones, a Safety Professional at SFCC, said, “Students need to alert the Facilities Department or Campus Security if they see icy or slick spots on campus, and we will take the ap-propriate action right away.”

Students are encouraged to alert faculty members if they see potential-ly dangerous areas in the parking lots or sidewalks that could cause a fall resulting in injury. Faculty is trained to call the Facilities Department in the event that inclimate weather causes dangerous conditions. Stu-dents can also call the Facilities De-partment themselves, if they’re con-cerned about an icy spot on campus.

“We never want to see a student or faculty member injured from a fall, so we do everything we can to prevent this from happening,” said Jones. “If a fall does happen, even if it doesn’t result in an injury, we want to know about it right away so we can address the problem and resolve it quickly.”

Students who are involved in any kind of accident on campus are en-couraged to notify Campus Security, and fill out an accident report within 24 hours of the accident. If there are witnesses to the accident, their in-formation should be included in the report.

“Often times after a slip & fall, a student may not realize they’re in-jured until a couple of days later, so it’s important we know about the ac-cident right away so that we have a detailed record of the injury and any witnesses,” Jones said. “Campus Se-curity will close off the area and take pictures to document where the fall took place and the conditions of the

Corey McDermett | The Communicator

The 2012-2013 winter has brought icy conditons with it and has maintanence working overtime.

area. They will then alert the Facili-ties Department to address the area as soon as possible in order to pre-vent any other injuries.”

If a student is injured and has filed the appropriate accident reports to document their claim, they can also file a tort claim with the District Busi-ness Office which is then sent to the state administration for further review in order to determine whether or not the school has been negligent based on the evidence in the complaint.

“We certainly do our best to make sure that injuries don’t happen, but every student has the right to file a tort claim if the need should arise,” Jones said. “One of the biggest things students can do to prevent slip and fall injuries is to invest in good shoes with appropriate tread, and to be aware of the types of surfaces they’re walking on.”

Since slick areas can be a problem regardless of footwear, the Facilities Department encourages students and faculty to communicate if they see areas that might be icier than others or could potentially cause damage to vehicles or pedestrians.

“We never like to see accidents happen, and the crew works hard to prevent them. If you see a slick area definitely let us know; we will take care of it,” Tiel said.

The harsh weather has SFCC’s maintenance crew working hard this winterFrom page 1

SpokaneSnow

Records

2008-09Hold the largest yearly

snowfall record

93.6 in

Jan 7, 2013Largest

daily snowfall record

6.9 in

Lowest ever temperature recorded in Spokane,

WA

-25 degrees

Source:www.ncdc.noaa.gov

New building for faculty

The administration building (Build-ing 1) is scheduled to be demolished in order to continue construction of a new joint classroom and administra-tion building.

The new building is slated for com-pletion in Fall 2013. The two story structure will house most of the ad-ministration department as well as more classrooms and places for other student and faculty services.

“The new Classroom Building was funded by the State of Washington as a replacement project, and our con-tract with the State says that we must remove Building 1 after the classroom building is completed” said Director of Capital of Community Colleges of Spokane Cheryl Groth. “We do not have a choice. When buildings get too expensive to maintain and oper-ate, they are replaced.”

The construction of the project cost $14.5 million which includes the price of tearing down Building 1. As funding is approved, a new structure will be built in the old footprint of Building 1.

“Because Building 1 is too hard to maintain, too hard to upgrade, we may put too much money into it for the square footage we get,” said Groth. “So it has to come down.”

The new building will not only serve to replace the administration offices, but will also include areas for student use.

“There will be areas for tutoring, testing, counseling, plus faculty and administrative offices in the new building,” said Groth. “It will also house the campus communication hub that is currently in Building 1.”

Some students are behind the choice to replace Building 1, citing the possible benefits for students.

“I don’t think its a waste of money because it gives people a new envi-ronment, we get more stuff, and we get more learning,” said Nichole Bry-an a student.

However, the construction site has caused some problems in SFCC’s aca-demic environment, leaving some un-able to concentrate on study.

“I don’t study near the construction, and I feel it is very noisy,” said SFCC student Rachel Milps.

According to Groth, when the con-struction of the new administration building is nearing completion, they will begin building a new Early Learn-ing Center, possibly as early as next summer.

“The Early Learning Center build-ing will be placed in the plot between Building 5 and Parking Plot P4, and the Early Learning Center in Building 16 will move to this new separated building,” said Groth.

“Not only will the new building be modernized for the program, but also will provide a more secure and safe facility.

Construction of the Early Learning Center is scheduled to begin in 2013.

Administration building coming Fall 2013

Tu NguyenThe Communicator

Contributed Photo | The CommunicatorConstruction of the new administration building is on schedule.

erspectivesPspokanefalls.edu/communicator Conner Nuckols | Editor

3Did You Know?: That there are over 23,000 homeless people in Washington. Source: http://endhomelessnesswa.org/about/

It’s never easy living on the streets. Especially with the freezing winters Spokane is known to have.

Recently the homeless people of Spokane once again formed ‘Tent City’ under I-90.

“Tent City’ allowed the homeless to unite and ride out the rough winter together in some sort of shelter.

But it also made local residents uneasy.

The city of Spokane responded by sending the police who told them to clear out and find a new place to go.

Help us homeless! Help us help yourselves

Answer to tent city problem: community involvement

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Spokane cannot provide shelter and services to Spo-kane’s homeless population, then shouldn’t the homeless at least be allowed to care for them-selves?

On Jan. 3 in a press release, the City of Spokane announced that “The City of Spokane has formal-ized a coordinated approach to address illegal homeless camping within the City. The approach is de-signed to provide individuals with opportunities for social service as-sistance before proceeding with an enforcement action.”

The basis of the City’s “enforce-ment action” is transient shelter or-dinances that only allow up to two permits of 14 days’ length each. The ordinance is more stringent for camping in public parks. How can the City and the community, in the dead of winter, refuse the use of public and private land to those who have no place to go?

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop-ment reported an estimated 1,273 homeless people within the City of Spokane. This included 274 fami-lies, 546 individuals, and 6 families without adults in the household. These are only estimates based on one-night counts which means that, if anything, the total count is even higher.

According to the 2009 Annual Update for Spokane’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, the top five most commonly reported causes of homelessness were lost job, family break-up, eviction due to non-paid rent, domestic violence, and men-tal illness.

In addition to people that are currently homeless, the 2010 Census counted 65,675 persons living below the Federal Poverty Line in Spokane County, including 40 percent of college students; at any given point a medical bill or unexpected death could plunge 40 percent of your classmates into homelessness.

The services for the homeless in our community are overtaxed to

the breaking point. According to Shawn Antrim, a former volunteer coordinator who worked with Spo-kane’s homeless in 2010, House of Charity, Hope House, and St. Mar-garet’s homeless shelters are filled every night. Over 900 people were turned away in 2010 due to capac-ity issues just at those three shel-ters. The Salvation Army shelter is full to capacity every night. Hope House, a women’s shelter located in downtown Spokane, estimates that there 1800 homeless single women in Spokane; the facility only has 34 beds.

And, by the way, when faced with numbers that don’t add up I prefer to get my information from the source: experts and volunteers who work with the homeless every single day.

Many homeless individuals are unwilling to part with family to stay in gender-based housing such as Hope House. A significant portion of the homeless population have drug or alcohol addictions, which often mask deeper issues of mental illness; many shelters require sobri-ety, which means that a significant

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What’s the dif-ference between a homeless person camping in a tent for weeks on end and a Gon-zaga basketball fan camping in line for game?

I had to think about it for a good a minute. Oh wait. No I didn’t. The difference between a basketball fan camping out and a homeless person camping is the basketball fan will eventually leave!

If you came up to me and told me that the ‘Tent City’ under I-90 was just a temporary shelter area that for the homeless I would say that you are crazy.

Tent City has been going on for the past six winters to my knowl-edge.

The homeless are retaliating

against Spokane claiming that the city has not done enough for low income housing. So logically that means they should stay in a tent in the middle of winter under I-90.

Yes, I understand that the House of Charity, Hope House, St. Mar-garet’s, and the Salvation Army are full every night. But there are so many options that people don’t know about.

Some homeless shelters that are often forgotten are the Union Gospel Mission, Truth Ministries, Family Promise of Spokane, and SNAP East.

So right off the bat there’s four places the homeless people can go to get better shelter than a tent under I-90.

The Homeless Coalition of Spokane posted the myths and facts about the homeless people in Spokane. Of all the people Catho-lic Charities helped last year, 70% of the people claimed to have a

mental health issue and were look-ing for help.

Why not try one of the seven mental health institute in Spokane.

I’ve been told a significant por-tion of the homeless people have mental illness due to a drug and alcohol problem.

Why not check into one of the nine drug and rehab centers in Spokane to get help.

A majority of these centers and institutes also happen religious. Hence why some of the homeless people refuse to go to them.

No offense but if you’re home-less you shouldn’t be picky about who helps you. I’m a religious per-son and if I were at the end of my rope and the only shelter in town was the Atheist House of Charity I would get help from the Atheists

The objective of the homeless centers are to help the homeless. Not convert the homeless.

How many homeless people

are there in Spokane? Well the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, (HUD/U.S.), estimates there are 1,273 people in the City of Spokane.

But according to Hope House theres an estimated 1,800 home-less single women in Spokane. Two words. Not true. I trust a statistic from the HUD/U.S. over Hope House.

Now lets take into account the people who get stranded here via train and bus.

Spokane is the first big town between Chicago and Seattle, and that can add to our homeless rate, but it won’t add 1,800 homeless women alone.

I feel Spokane can do more to help the homeless, but at the same time if the homeless won’t meet Spokane half way to get themselves help, then we will always have homeless people in Spokane.

portion of the population is left without treatment or basic housing. So the homeless establish tent cit-ies, a place to escape the cold for a few hours of sleep.

Maybe downtown isn’t the place, but if not there, then where? I know that Spokane’s tent cities are not a permanent solution, but by tearing down the Downtown tent cities the CIty of Spokane has evicted hundreds of people from relative safety and forced them to find other options in a city that has fewer and fewer options with each budget cut.

If the City is concerned about violence, drugs or crime in the tent cities, they should protect the areas with officers of the law. If the City can rent U-hauls to carry away the possessions of the homeless, they can rent port-o-johns too.

My question is why Spokane never reached-out to its citizens or asked for volunteers to facilitate a temporary tent city on an ac-ceptable plot of land. I know my community; we would have answered.

Did the city of Spokane make the right call to tell the homeless to tear down ‘Tent City’?

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Plato’s Closet takes in donations of all brands and after they sort through your items, will pay you 30-40 percent of what they will sell your products for in the store. Plato’s Closet asks that clothes are brought in laundered and folded in bags or boxes, that you present a photo ID and that clothing is gently used.

Centrally located near Northwest Blvd. and Ash, Teen Challenge Thrift Store prices average lower than Pla-to’s Closet.The price of an average outfit (in this case: shirt,pants,shoes) would range between $10-$20, with negotiable prices.

“Don’t take a price tag at face val-ue,” said Gary Rainwater, the man-ager of Teen Challenge Thrift Store. “If you walk in and see a price tag, you don’t like the price and you think it is too high, find the manager

and ask about it.”Teen Challenge Thrift accepts

any donation, but does not offer monetary values to those who do-nate. Teen Challenge does offer tax benefits to those who donate. Teen Challenge also employs those who are recovering drug and alcohol ad-dicts; customers support their mis-sion with each purchase.

“I get to see real people come here from the Teen Challenge Pro-gram to work and I get to see them change into a better person,”said Rainwater.

Value Village also sells used and new clothing for discounted pric-ing. Located on Boone, Value Vil-lage also accepts all donations in exchange for a tax benefit. Due to accepting a large amount of dona-tions, there is a large variety of old and new items.

“I get to see different products; I see rare new things through the store,” said Heidi Williams, Value Village’ Manager. “For people who are trying to find clothes on a bud-get all you really need to do is look.

“You will find designer clothes and accessories with average and affordable designer clothing be-cause it’s used and decently priced.”

Fashion:The latest fashions at Plato’s Closet include belts, blazers, tights and high-lows; the average price is $45 for an outfit.

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Hottest Brands: BKE’s and Rock Revivals. Black skinny jeans, tights and leggings.

For spring, look for: Minty ColorsFloral Prints

This spring look for high and low style shoes. Go for boots thatfoldorbasicflats.

Tops range from heavy knit sweaters to light, sheer fabrics.

Present your request correctly and the CCS’ bookstore may take your name.

Supervisors at CCS are search-ing for the perfect name, and students at SFCC and SCC have the opportunity to change the name of their bookstore. The competition is called “New Year, New Name, Store Name Contest” and is sponsored by SCC/SFCC College Store; both stores will be sharing the same name.The name change is ex-pected to bring in more custom-ers and send the message that the bookstore sells more than

just books.“We are trying to promote that

we sell more than books,” said Melissa Derry, a Shipper/ Re-ceiver and part of the Marketing Team at SFCC’s bookstore.

According to Derry, food is a top seller and students may find a variety of supplies such as games and tools for stress relief.

“I just starting going (to SFCC),”said Benjamin Anguia-no, an SFCC student. “I’ve only been a few times and usually buy food and school supplies.”

According to Derry, the book-store is continually changing, reaching for a diverse inventory and to serve their customers.

“It is always nice to see peo-

ple coming in and shopping and more involved in how the cam-pus runs. We are continuously innovating,” Derry said. “We of-fer a lot of services like discount movie tickets, and we also offer the cheapest place in town to get the First Night tickets each year.”

The prizes for the name change competition include an iPod Touch, a Kindle Fire (full color) and a Fuji Digital Camera with a case. There will also be a competition and prizes for the logo to change. The Marketing Team is working on the guide-lines now, the details breaching spring quarter.

Students on campus have mixed views about participating in the name change.

“I knew about the contest. I’m not planning on participating; I have too much stuff going on,” SFCC student Kylie Spain said.

Derry believes that some stu-dents may prefer to not partici-pate but hope that most of the student body will.

“I’ve heard students walking down the hall trying to come up with a way to put their friends’ name into the new bookstore name,” Derry said. “You can suggest whatever you’d like.”

There are guidelines, so when your creative juices are flowing, be sure to stay in The College Store’s context. The entry form is literally a contract, stating that any participating member:

“Fully understand the official rules of the contest... and re-lease any and all rights of the store name including, but not limited to, monetary gain or royalties.”

The name game: campus bookstore to change name

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Sam’s Restaurant Randy BreedloveThe Communicator

Walk into Asian Restaurant and you’ll hear the sound of noodles frying over a range.

Suawat “Sam” Kae opened Asian Restaurant in 1976. Together with his wife, Gai Kae, he runs a small restaurant that specializes in Thai and Chinese dishes.

Sam Kae was born in Thailand. His wife, Gai Kae, was born in China. Sam Kae is an alumni of Eastern Washing-ton University; he graduated in 1960 and started cooking shortly after.

“It took me awhile to graduate because I was in school when Spokane dealt with discrimination,” Sam Kae said.

He was told by an instructor during his time at Eastern that it wasn’t worth his time learning how to cook.

“I was told I shouldn’t cook because no one would eat what I made,” Sam Kae said.

Over 35 years later Asian Restaurant is still in business. While it is open only Tuesday through Friday, 11am to 9pm. Sam still claims they do good business.

“We sell upwards of 120 lbs of chicken every week,” Sam Kae said. “Our biggest rush is during lunchtime and then around 6:30 when dinner time comes around.”

Asian Restaurant offer dishes from several cultures, both Sam and Gai Kae work on the dish after it has been ordered.

“We buy Thai powder, chili powders, and black rice,” Gai Kae said. “We buy over two kilos of Thai powder that goes in the Thai tea.

Asian Restaurant closes down once a year for a week while Sam and Gai travel to Thailand to purchase fresh ingredients.

“Everything we make here is from scratch,” Gai Kae said. “There are no preservatives in anything we make.”

Sam Kae believes that good health comes from spicy and natural food.

Asian Restaurant has many regular customers that order special meals. Many of these have made it onto the menu such as General Sam’s chicken, formerly General Tsao’s Chicken, or the Kitchen Sink.

“I have a customer (who) always orders pork, beef, chicken and vegetables,” Sam Kae said. “Other customers started to notice, and I put the dish on the menu.

“I thought ‘well it has everything in it,’ so I called it the Kitchen Sink.”

Along with their customer named meals, Asian Restau-rant makes homemade peanut sauce and fresh Thai tea.

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Polka Dot potteryRiver park square (509) 624-2264

Monday-Sat 10-9 Sun 11-6polkadotpottery.com

Offers a variety of pottery activities and events. Prices start at $5 and date night , thursdays and Fridays

night events, pizza night

Wave/TASTY525 W 1st Ave(509) 747-2023Hours may vary

wed nights are TASTY for 18+

The Knitting Factory 919 W Sprague Ave Spokane, WA

99201(509) 244-3279

Hours and prices vary upon events happening

Offers great concerts and shows at reasonable prices for both 21+ or ages below to all come together

and enjoy music

Simply Dance820 W Spague, Spokane, WA.(509)

892-1480hours may vary please check out

simplydancestudio.comLearn to Salsa, Walz, east coast

swing, and other classes are avail-able

Neato Burrito/Baby bar827 W 1st Ave Spokane, WA 99201

(509) 847-1234hours vary

Eat mexican food and drink when it gets later at night when it becomes

the baby bar

The Blue Spark 15 S Howard St, Spokane, WA

(509) 838-5787 bluesparkspokane.com

Hours vary Come get drinks and meet with friends on certain nights for live music like Monday open mic

night, weds live reggae, and thurs live new music.

Ice PalaceRiverfront park (509) 456-4386

Hours vary on days of the weekspokaneriverfrontpark.com

$2 tuesdays, wild weds which is college night $1 admission,

$3.50 Rentals

What to do to beat the‘Winter blues’

Things can get a little boring with all the snow caving us in like bears for winter, especially when your budget is already stretched. Luckily there are solutions to fixing boredom and tight money by simple looking at the map below and finding something interesting that suits your interests or hobbies. Whether you’re drinking age or not, there is plenty of activities or events that involve little traveling and money but get you out of the house to get away from it all. Go iceskating with friends, make some pottery, take up dancing, get some sushi or drinks and catch a show while youre at it. You don’t have to look far.

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Obsessive Behavior: Wall to WallSFCC’s on-site art gallery is cur-

rently hosting a show called Obses-sive Behavior: Wall to Wall, which features the work of three prominent members of the local art community, showcasing not only their work but their commitment to their art.

“I picked these guys because they’re all three artists that work in the studio every day,” said Tom O’Day, instructor and advisor for the Art Gallery Club. “They don’t just make work for a show, they make work to make work, and for me that’s what an artist is.

“For (these artists) it’s an activity, a daily activity and an important as-pect of their well-being and who they are.”

Stepping into the gallery, one is confronted with the lefthand wall filled with colorful painted work by Ric Gendron, a former SFCC student who later attended Cornish College of the Arts.

“I paint because that is what I do and who I am,” Gendron said on his website. “I attempt to capture what I am feeling at the moment - love and loss; joy and pain; awareness and anxiety; light and darkness.”

In the center of the gallery and along the right-hand wall are sculp-tures and other artworks by Richard Schindler, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who earned an under-graduate with an emphasis in Paint-ing from the San Francisco Art Insti-tute followed by an MFA in painting from Stanford University.

Many of his works in the gallery incorporate what appear to be found objects: machinery, wood that he has worked, painted-over objects ren-dered unidentifiable and unique.

In the promotional material for the gallery, Schindler said, ”The most important part of the artistic-making process is for me the point where all things dissolve into the moment, a point in which I am most lost in the grace of the flow.”

At the back third of the gallery are

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sculptures and other works by Har-old Balazs, an artist best known for his various public works throughout the Pacific Northwest. Amongst his public works is the Rotary Fountain featured prominently in Spokane’s Riverfront Park, created in 2005. In 1967, Balazs was awarded a gold medal by the American Institute of Architects, and a Washington State Governor’s Award in the Arts in 1988. In 2009, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Seattle Metal Guild.

Many of his works incorporate the phrase “transcend the bullshit”, in-cluding an untitled sculpture known colloquially as Lantern in Riverfront Park.

“I make stuff because it’s better than not making stuff,” said Balaz in the gallery flyer.

The gallery and its events are free and open to the public 8:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Monday through Friday from Jan. 3 until Feb. 9. On the 9th there will be a closing reception from 11a.m. to 2p.m.

Mireesha Huff | The CommunicatorHarold Balazs, whose art is featured above, also designed the Rotary Fountain in Riverfront Park.

The body is a machine: like your car, the better the fuel, the smooth-er it runs. We know that cooking for ourselves is the healthiest – and often cheapest – option, but does the college student of today have the time?

“I often convince myself I don’t have time to do any cooking,” SFCC student Ben Snover said, “Between work and school and so-cial life, I just neglect it. Food on-the-go is always my choice; usually cup noodles.”

It doesn’t have to be that way, however. For Dino Sarma-Weier-man, chef and manager at Sacred Chow in down-town Manhattan and au-thor of the book Alter-native Vegan, cooking isn’t just something he does at work, but at home for himself and his family.

“It’s a question of knowing what I want to make before I walk into the kitchen, and then pulling stuff from my shelves as I cook.” said Sarma-Weierman “I find that if I’m faffing [messing] about with getting all the things ar-ranged in front of me, I’ll take too long to get the food done.”

This only works when it’s not a mystery of what to cook or how to cook it. Sarma-Weierman contin-ues, “In other words, all my orga-nization and preparation happens in my brain, by knowing exactly what I want to make, what I’m go-ing to put in there, and knowing where in my tiny kitchen all those things are.”

If, on the other hand, it’s a new recipe or an unfamiliar technique, he takes another tack: “In those cas-es, I read the instructions first, then I’ll read the ingredients list, and

pull out every single item I’ll need and set it in front

of me. I’ll get out all my measuring stuff, and lay that

down too.” This is commonly known in professional kitchens as mise-en-place; a French phrase that

translates as “every-thing in place” – every-

thing set up.“Then, one after another,

I’ll measure out the ingredients, and start using them up. As I finish measuring something out, it goes back in its place...It prevents me from wondering whether or not I actually added the baking soda,” Sarma-Weierman concludes.

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Time, food, other things students lack

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“You only have two jobs; work hard in the classroom and work hard in practice,” Head Track Coach, Jason Cash said.

Coach Cash works his athletes to the best of their potential, along with the other coaches.

“We act as one big family” Roy Walser, a fresh-man from SFCC said.

Walser, along with Hina Pavlov were brought onto the track team because of the skills they pos-sess in the 400 meter dash and 4x4 meter relay their senior year in high school.

“School is pretty good,” Pavlov said, “but going to practice and be-ing able to talk to people and have

fun while working out is even better.” Coach Cash and the other coaches

train their athletes at SCC by starting practice out with a flexibility work-out and stretches then splitting into their workout teams.

The track team all agreed that the coaches are there to help them make a difference.

“The coaches encourage us to try out different events, see how they fit us” the rest of the track team said.

The team works hard to meet their goals, but not to the point of injury.

“After running, we all go to the weight room, lift weights and cool off from our workout,” Ariana Cole, a sopho-more said.

Coach Ryan Weidman stays at SFCC with the throwing athletes. They spend an hour in the weight room then head outside for 45 minutes just to work on throwing technique.

“No breaks,” Coach Weidman said, “there are throwers in Oregon

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that go outside to throw, in the cold, and so will we.”

Dylan Seitz, who was told that he wasn’t meant for hurdles back in his freshman year of high school, is now one of the best hurdlers for SCC.

“Track is definitely a fun experi-ence for me” Seitz, the SCC sopho-more said.

The sprinters head upstairs, above the jumpers to start their running workout, while the distance goes

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Staying healthy for your New Year’s resolution is easier than you think.

Spokane Falls offers many different fitness classes to help students reach their goal of a healthier lifestyle.

“Most people who make the deci-sion for themselves to be healthier will find success.” Sheri Staudinger, Wellness Coordinator for The Falls, said.

At SFCC students have access to a fitness center, a weight room, a multi-purpose gymnasium, and an aerobic gymnasium; all of which can be used just by signing up for a fitness class.

“Keep goals small, don’t bite off more than you can chew,” Eric Den-ney the Health and Wellness instruc-tor at The Y said.

The best way for a student to start exercising is to find an activity they enjoy.

“People quit exercising because they did not make the right choice for their personality.” Staudinger said.

At SFCC exercising does not just have to be done in the fitness center, there are many different classes such as dancing and yoga that do not involve the use of the machines. The alternate work out classes are also counted as a college credits just like regular classes.

“I started by running on Doomsday Hill and after that a treadmill was like nothing to me,”

Kristie Friesen, a SFCC student, said.

According to Staudinger not all students need to start their exercise routine with such a large step, the

fitness center offers free counseling to students to help them create their own routine. Setting a goal is impor-tant because it helps provide motiva-tion for the workout.

“Most people fail because of lack of motivation,” said Ben Panas a se-curity officer at SFCC who was going to school to be a personal trainer.

Exercising with a friend is a great way to stay motivated because both people rely on each other to keep the goals in check.

“Having a friend helps keep you motivated, I could run longer and faster,” Friesen said .

Many students also fail to keep their resolution to stay healthy be-cause they can not afford to pay for a gym membership or fitness class. The YMCA offers a membership designed for students and people with families that is based on the income for the person applying. SFCC students can also participate in different intramu-ral sports or fitness activities. There are teams for almost every sport for

people to play on that are completely free for students. Options available for the not so sport oriented there various days where different activities are offered for free like the Tai Chi Work-Shop by Doctor Erik-Andreas-son.

“Recommit every day; it will reinforce the decision. You want to be at the point where you can’t imagine not doing it,” says Staudinger.

Denney says, “There has been a change in people’s perspectives. People used to think you needed big chunks of time in fewer days, but now it’s found out that it is better to exercise for shorter periods of time more frequently.”

Finding the time and effort to keep exercising is a life choice that many people struggle to keep but it is easier than they think. It requires time and effort but is possible as long as you have support and motivation to keep it up.

Staudinger says, “Life is a choice and your choice is your life.”

Don’t quit, be fit

outside, all bundled up for a nice relaxing jog.

Ariana Cole, or Ari, as the team calls her, loves long distant events. Before devoting herself to the track team, Ari was out on a foot injury, but is now hoping to prove her strength by running the 5k and the 10k races.

“The coaches care for each athlete and only wish to improve their abili-ties” Cole said.

“there are throwers in Oregon that go outside to throw, in the cold, and so will we.”

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The CCS track and field teams are preparing for the spring track season.

CCS 100 meter record

MensDevin St. Clair

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WomensStephanie Cummings

12.20

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Resolutions

Drink Less Alcohol

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Get a Better Education

Get a Better Job

Get Fit

Lose Weight

Manage Debt

Manage Stress

Quit Smoking

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Save Money

Take a Trip

Volunteer to help others

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NBA returns to Seattle, Washington

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NBA Basketball is coming back to Washington.

In a press release on CBS Sports, Chris Hansen and a group of Seattle investors announced on Jan 21, 2013 that they had purchased the controlling interest of the Sacramen-to Kings from the Maloof family, the current owners of the Kings.

They made it clear that the NBA team will return to the court next year as the Seattle SuperSonics.

Five years ago Seattle had lost their basketball team to Oklahoma City. Had that team not been sold Seattle could have an elite basket-ball team with a NBA finals appear-ance last year.

The Sonics will play at the Key Arena for their first two seasons and then they will move to a new arena being built.

The Kings roster is expected to stay the same. This would include the return of a local basketball star from the University of Washington, Isaiah Thomas.

Thomas was one of the elite play-ers for the Huskies from 2008 to 2011 averaging 15 points per game each year as well as shooting 30% or better behind the three point line each year.

Also included would be the Na-tional College PLayer of the Year of 2010-11 from BYU, Jimmer Fredette.

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