Western Oregon Journal

10 Questions

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Tom Bergeron has been a music professor at Western since 1990. The saxophone is his instrument of choice, but he can also play the flute, clarinet, piano and percussion.

Q: What is your favorite class to teach and
why?

A: Music Theory. Theory is at the
heart of how composers and improvisers think about music.

Academic excellence showcase

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

For the third year in a row, students at Western were given the opportunity to show off the research projects and scholarship they have been working on all year for the Academic Excellence Showcase. Over 350 Western students from a vast majority of fields presented their work this past Thursday, May 29.

congrats, grads

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Graduating Lady Ruggers,

Thanks for all the memories and all the magic you brought to the team. You inspired us and motivated us every day to give it our all. We will miss you, but will also grow from the knowledge you gave us. You better bring your "A Game" to the alumni game next year.

Greening schools for the better

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The 21st century Green High-Performing Public Schools Energy Act, or H.R. 3021, was passed by the House Education and Labor Committee on April 30 by a margin of 28-19.

According to a press release provided by the House Education and Labor Committee, the bill would enhance "public schools around the country with billions of dollars in much-needed renovation and modernization funding.

last words

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Mathew Fescenmeyer
Hometown: Fairfield, Calif.
Major/Minor: Social Science

Plans after graduation:
Flight training to become a professional pilot.

What do you see yourself doing in ten years?
Flying for a major airline and owning my own aircraft.

Advice for underclassperson:
Try to save your money up over the years.

Non-traditional students face unique expereince

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The reasons people have for returning to school after a lengthy absence differs widely from person to person. Reasons such as the empty nest syndrome, increasing income capability or fulfilling lifelong dreams are among the top reasons listed by older students surveyed at Western.

TORTURE

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

We've all seen them. The photos that ignited the Islamic World when in April 2004, CBS' "60 minutes" showed photographs of the naked, bound and hooded prisoners with electrodes attached to their bodies, piled into human pyramids and humiliated sexually in a number of ways.

Turn back now, it's a look into mobright's mind

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Hmmm�6:40 p.m. on production night and I'm just now starting to write my column. For those of you who know me, this is a regular occurrence-writing something at the last minute. I am the current President of Procrasti-nation and contrary to popular belief among my friends, and my parents, it is not a position I hold with pride.

What I have learned in six years

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I sat across from her with a puffed chest and wine drowned, glassy eyes to proudly say, "I am waiting for that one great piece of design that can change the world," only to have her stare back. Her face was expressionless and distant. I arrogantly wondered if this is what it felt like, to awe someone much, much higher on the ladder than you.

Commencement: What you need to know

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The time has come for another school year to end, and some of the student population must prepare for their last moment at Western before stepping out into the much anticipated, if not feared, "real world." Commencement is 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 14, at McArthur Field.

Finding the next generation

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As I interviewed the first round of Journal staff applicants, it hit me. As next year's editor in chief, I have the responsibility of hiring the next round of Journal staffers. Simple, right? Not exactly. In only one short week, I have to find, hidden behind all of the politeness, predictability and generalities associated with the interviewing process, those persons that posses the qualities needed to part of the next generation of Journal-erns - a rare breed of slightly complicated, slightly courageous and slightly crazy individuals.

From one EiC to another

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Graduation is a bittersweet time. It is a time for celebration of achievement and goodbyes to friends. Among the Class of 2008 graduates will be this year's Journal Editor-in-Chief, Gerry Blakney. (Yes, that's right he is finally graduating.)

I first met Gerry in 2005 at the ASWOU Leadership retreat during one of the workshops he was facilitating.

puns, sexuality, & quaint quirkiness

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The newest theatrical feat at Western was "The Three Musketeers" that opened May 28 in Rice Auditorium. The show was jam-packed with sword fighting, choreographed numbers to music including dancing and sword play, and yes, beat-boxing.

Set in Paris, France, the plot stays true to the traditional Three Musketeers, but adds in a little more spunk and the occasional light-hearted vulgarity.