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CONTENTS Editor’s Note
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Staff Page
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EDITOR’S NOTE I recently played Candy Land with a 3-year-old and was somehow beating her. My cousin Harlee is extremely good at Candy Land. She gets two turns for every players’ one turn, so how I was winning is still a mystery. I knew she had to catch up sooner or later, but every time she took her turns she would look at me, tilt the top of her head back and forth and matter-of-factly say, “I’m going to win, Devin.”
OUR TOWN Social Media Rehab Finally Legal
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Where Are They Now?
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SPARE CHANGE Internship Tips and Tricks To B.C. or Not to B.C.?
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MIND & BODY Back to Paperbacks
Editor-in-Chief Devin Larson
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KISS & TELL Never Been Kissed
cwupulsemagazine@gmail.com www.facebook.com/ cwupulsemagazine
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PASSPORT Couch Surfing
Art director Virginia Holman
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SPOTLIGHT
Adviser Jennifer Green
Wildcat Ink 24 Sweet Peet
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FASHION Naomi Faith
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Sporting Fashion
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Business & Advertising Manager Kristin Gaskill
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FOOD & DRINK Students Who Brew
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AFTER DARK Fast Cash
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Photo Credits
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Being the competitive person I am, this made me want to beat this little girl so much more. We were neck-in-neck, five colors until the end. And then it happened. Harlee drew a purple and it was game over for me. She started jumping up down excitedly repeating, “I win, I win, I win.” But it was the next move she made that stopped me, leaving me stunned with no response except laughter. She turned to me and while throwing her whole arm to point at the board said, “And that’s how you do it.” This issue is full of how-you-do-it moments. Social media may take over our lives at times, or multiple times a day, but who often do YouTube videos go viral? For Pulse writer Jake Updegraff it happens more than you think. You can read and then watch videos of Justin Bieber’s Birthday video as well as “how he did it” The Making of the Justin Bieber video on Page 6. Wildcat Ink showcases the body art of students at Central. Each piece is different. Much like how each student’s story is. They show you “how it’s done” on Page 24. Naomi Faith, an artist in every aspect of the word, shows you “how she does it” in a profile about her and her unique jewelry on Page 38. Pulse is a magazine that demonstrates “how we as students do it.” On behalf of the Pulse crew, I’d like to say that we all worked really hard this quarter. I learned a lot about being an editor, a teacher, a peer and a professional. I just got back from the Associated Collegiate Press Conference, held in Seattle this year, and I realized that there is so much knowledge out there. I received the best advice I was ever given by a guy named Jeff Halliday. He said not to graduate college looking for job, but rather graduate as a professional. And that’s how you do it.
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If you won $20 million in the lottery, what would you do?
MATTHEW WORDEN
Lindsay Rose
I would start a Camera for Kids type of foundation in Sri Lanka, which would allow disadvantaged children access to cameras to learn and capture art around them.
Travel, Travel, Travel! Seeing the world is a dream of mine!. Other than that I would buy something outlandish and put the rest away for the future. Oh, and then give some to mom and dad of course.
Kelsey Greupner I would want to travel all over the world, take a cruise with my parents and go skydiving and zip lining in another country.
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Dessa Boyle
Cambree Benetua
Jake Updegraff
Kim Fairbanks
Pay off loans, buy all my friends new cars, buy a home in the South of France for my parents, and travel, travel, travel.
I only got 20 million? I’d pay off my student loans, buy a dolphin and my parents a house. Oh, and I’d buy my pup a diamond collar. And the Coach purse I’ve been wanting forever.
Besides buying a nice house, a pink Jetta and giving a ton of money to my family, I’d spend a large amount of it to set up a vacation in Las Vegas with Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Rihanna and Betty White. It would be epic.
Buy my own television show to host.
Corey Smith
Travis Kleckley
Scott Herman
VIRGINIA HOLMAN
Buy a really expensive house, buy a really expensive car, buy a lot of other stuff I don’t need, then give some to a charity or a good cause.
I would spend all of it on an indestructible robot body. I’d look, feel and act like a normal human, but really I’d be a fire breathing monster who shot lightning out of his hands and moved at twice the speed of sound.
I would give it all to orphans and donate it to good causes... because that’s what girls want to hear.
Buy a huge amount of land and build a co-op with houses for of my family. Build an awesome generator and grow/make every thing my family ate and consumed. Then, in my spare time, I would take up illustration/ design jobs for fun.
Bryan Eaton
Maecy Enger
I would keep $5 - 6 million for myself and donate the rest to schools that are struggling to get by.
I would travel the world in my own private jet. Then I’d buy a house and a puppy. Pretty much live the rich and famous lifestyle for a year.
KEVIN CHANG I would start a design studio and hire the most bad ass designers. We would basically run teh industry. We would have free Starbucks for employees, beer Friday in place of casual Friday and a play place for people to bring their dogs to work.
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OUR TOWN No student can deny that they have at one time or another (let’s be honest, multiple times a day) moseyed their way to a dot-com rather than staying focused on a Word document and their impending assignment of doom. From Facebook to Pinterest there is something out there to feed a variety of people’s Internet addictions.
Social Media
REHAB Cambree Benetua
Post, Tweet, Pin and Link: The Internet has become a black hole of procrastination and lets the world know what you ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sometimes it feels like your eyeballs are going to fall out from staring at a computer screen, updating statuses and Pinning cute pictures of puppies or vicious video games. The Internet has opened up endless possibilities of reunions with old friends and makes sharing your latest accomplishment easy.
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Freshman Stephani Bailey is no stranger to this. “I start out with the greatest intentions. I’ll go on to check my e-mail and instead I go onto Facebook telling myself ‘oh only for 10 minutes,’” says Bailey. “Then 10 minutes turns into two hours and I end up forgetting to do my homework and I’m back to square one where I started.” At times it may seem like social media wants to ruin your grade point average, but in moderation, as with everything, it can be a great way to be inspired and help others while you’re doing it. “I love all the new idea recipes that I see on Pinterest, desserts mainly. It’s the pictures that get me to want to try them,” says Bailey. “I also see a lot of cute outfits to try which helps me step out of my comfort zone, there’s also a Pinboard
for posters which is always filled with uplifting and funny sayings that you just need to hear sometimes.”
The Book, Bird, Board: Whether you prefer to update your status or Tweet, there is something out there for everyone. There are so many social media outlets that are all striving to improve their specific site making each one better, faster and with more features to fly your freak flag in every way possible. “I prefer Pinterest out of all the social media sites,” says undeclared sophomore Raquel Vazquez. “It’s a mindless get away and you don’t have to really see anyone else’s drama filled, five-page love letter to their ex. You can just look at what you want to see and they always say pictures speak louder than words, and Pinterest is all pictures.” There are pros and cons to each website from the new Facebook timeline, where everyone can see what you did in the sixth grade posting mirror pic’s to the non-stop Tweets. But with millions of followers across the board on these media sites it
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looks like if you’re on one, you’re on them all. One social media outlet does not prevail. Each one offers a variation of new features so often that they are continuously battling to have the latest and greatest online trend. The moment one of them does produce something new, another site is close behind.
Social Media: We’ve all seen that look from adults and older generations when they see us drowning in our technology that they never had growing up. Younger generations have already been stereotyped as, up to their ears in iPods and cell phones that house apps for one of many things including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. It’s surprising to older generations that younger folks don’t already have carpel tunnel in their thumbs and pointer fingers from all the texting and clicking done on a computer. Estelle Mathews, lead secretary in the Psychology department has dabbled in the social media pool of temptation. “I have a Facebook account but mostly started using it because I was planning my 30 year class reunion,” says Mathews. “It was a good way to get the word out and connect with some of my classmates, but certainly not all of them were on Facebook. What I like most is connecting with classmates and friends that I have not seen in a long time.”
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We’ve all seen it. What is that pound symbol attached to everything and why is it popping up everywhere? Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or trending topics in a Tweet or post. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. Hashtags also help you find interesting Tweets. Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other hype around that hashtag. A hashtag is simply a way for people to search for tweets that have a common topic.
Top Hashtags: • #tigerblood • #threewordstoliveby • #idontunderstandwhy • #japan • #improudtosay • #superbowl
Single Sign On = Social Media Frenzy
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Although Facebook has provided reconnections with lost classmates, Mathews isn’t convinced people use social media for what it is actually meant for. “Seeing all the hourly, daily posts of some of my contacts seems [they] have nothing else to do or else they too are addicted to this social media,” says Mathews. “I just don’t log on very often anymore because it seems like the same few people have the most to say, it just isn’t important information that I want to hear.” So the cliché saying goes: everything is okay, in moderation. The same mantra should be held for social media. It can be a big battle between the angel and the devil that so happily rest upon your shoulders, but it can also take over your life and have some unhealthy consequences. So unplug, unwind, un-book, un-Tweet and un-Pin. Go out to smell the roses ... try to refrain from posting, Tweeting or Pinning it later. Some things are better left to be said.
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Social media has become even easier to log onto one account and, with a push of a button, you can post the same thing to multiple sites all at once. It can also propose a greater issue when you are friends with people through multiple outlets and you see the same thing multiple times. When you post to your Facebook you can now tweet it to all your followers
“Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social services in the world. Our mission is to connect people through their common interest,” Pinterest’s small productions team writes on its website. “Every day, people use Pinterest to discover new recipes to cook, products to buy and places to visit. Pinterest is loved by millions of regular people: school teachers, gardeners, techies ... even our Moms!” The buzz around this website has blown up like Furbies in the 90s: the most agonizing part of it all, you have to be invited. When you do get that pesky email that you had to badger your Facebook friends for or send begging Tweets for, it’s a glorious, not to mention time consuming, moment. We’re talking getting picked first for a dodge ball team kind of glory.
What is Pinterest? Pinterest lets you organize into boards and share all the nifty things that you find on the Internet, have pictures of or created. People use Pinboards to share their personal style, decorate every room in their house; people even use it for motivation in fitness and future goals.
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finally legal:
February 14, 2012: Lights! Camera! Bieber! Valentine’s Day is the perfect way to start the filming of the video. Myself and fellow Pulse reporter, Kimberly Fairbanks, decide to sit out in front of the SURC blasting Bieber’s number one hits while trying to encourage students walking by to send birthday wishes. We even decided to create a “making the video” type video blog for our Pulse reader’s to actually see the making of the birthday video. You can check it out by clicking the screen shot at the bottom of the page.
BIEBER
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February 24, 2012: The Voice
A column by Jake Updegraff
Creating a video that will go viral is not something you can plan. There’s a rare chance but if it happens, be ready for the whole world to see. You may not be ready for the attention it will receive. 30-year-old pop singer Britney Spears recognized Central Washington University last December after I made her a birthday video of students and professionals from the University wishing her a happy birthday. I’m ready to do it again, except this time, for pop sensation (and kid who is owning the world) Justin Bieber.
February 1, 2012: The First Step
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It’s one month until Justin Bieber is finally 18 years old. I figure this one might be a bigger challenge than the Britney video, so I decided to take advantage of social media and post a status on Facebook asking Central students if they’d be willing to be a part of a video wishing the barely legal star a simple “happy birthday.” The response I received was what I had expected and will help make this video a success.
At this point, I really only have about eight videos of people. This is not enough to make a complete video for the almost-big man. My main problem is getting people and using my voice. I just get so nervous around large groups of people to ask them record a message for Justin Bieber, so I decided to ask Pulse Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Devin Larson, to help me out. If you met this chick, you’d understand why I asked (or if you watch the making of the video in my last entry by clicking on the cupcake). This was the perfect idea. With Devin helping me get people as I film, we rack in about 40 to 50 clips of footage involving over 30 people. I would be well on my way to start editing, which I knew was enough to complete this video.
February 26, 2012: 12 Hours of Bieber I knew this was going to take a long time. Keep in mind it is 4 p.m. when I start the editing process. This includes, downloading the videos, downloading Justin Bieber music videos I want to incorporate, importing them, rendering them, the list goes on and on. Little did I know that I would be editing for 12 hours (with a 1 hour break in between for dinner). The thing about editing is that I enjoy it. I love Bieber, I love editing, and I love making videos. These 12 hours went by fast believe it or not. And I appreciate every minute of it. I finish at 4 a.m. It’s time for bed at that point and will upload the video in the morning.
People started texting me impatiently waiting for the video, which in turn, made me impatient. Poor Kim has to see my temper rise because of the frustration. Keep in mind, I am running on three and half hours of sleep from the night before because of editing. After grueling hours, I finally upload it to YouTube. The last step? Getting it to Bieber.
February 28-29: Social Media Overload I’ve done everything I could with filming and editing. What’s left is getting the video to Bieber. The best way to do that is through social media. It’s not like I can call the guy up and say, “Hey Justin, I made you this video.” I have three days until his birthday to get him the video. I have asked my good friends to help get the video out using social media sites. I posted it on Facebook and in one day 35 of my Facebook friends shared the video. In less than 24 hours, it received almost 1,000+ views. I have been spending hours upon hours Tweeting the video to his best friend, his mother, his father, his manager, his backup dancers, and anyone that is connected to him. All while tagging him in the messages. I am already obsessed with social media, but the fact that I have to use it intensely to get the video to go viralmake me obsess over it. I am ready to put Justin Bieber before my homework to get him to see the video. Priorities first. Only time will tell what will happen, but one thing is for sure, I’m a “belieber.” I’ve proved my loyalty to Bieber, and hopefully one day, he will notice.
February 27, 2012: Upload Complete Uploading was the most difficult part for me. I literally spend hours and hours trying to compress the video, upload it, and make sure it looked right on YouTube. Thankfully, my sidekick, Kim Fairbanks, is able to help me. I started to get really aggravated by this uploading business. I had said earlier that I was going to post it in the morning, but I didn’t even upload it until 5 p.m.
Central’s self-p roclaimed #1 Bieber fan professes her love and birthday wish in jake’s viral video
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Alan Page
1971 Ron Sims,
Jill Jones on campus
Doug Wood: check out that sweet sweater!
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Notable CWU Alumni Maecy Enger
Scott Battishill The first in his family to go to college, Scott Battishill picked Central Washington University because it was fairly close to home. After graduating in 1993 with a degree in Mass Communication and a specialization in Broadcast, Battishill leapt into reporting. He also worked for Intel, Boeing and KAPP TV. After several years he founded Curator, which produces public relations and social media for large companies. Social media wasn’t even around when he was going to school so it was important for him to become an independent thinker. “I love cooking,” Battishill says. In his line of work he works with food companies and learns worldwide food trends, incorporating his passion with his work. His advice for those graduating in a few months is to get the experience through internships. You “need a track record.” Battishill also says you need to be comfortable and professional in your area of study. “Writing is the foundation for everything.”
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Alumni Alan Page has come a long way from his original department of study at Central. Page works as a Test Architect for Microsoft and has been working there for 17 years. He graduated in 1988 with his undergrad work in Music Composition and Music Education. Continuing his education, Page received his masters in 1993 for Music Composition. Page first entered the work force as a bike messenger. Then he worked for Midisoft, working with music software. From there he became a network administrator and software tester for about a year. He quickly learned in his master’s program that a University is not a Vocational school. “You have to have critical thinking to be able to advance in any field,” Page says. His word of advice for graduates, “You’ve only just started to learn.” In Page’s spare time, he plays soccer and has played every week since he was 8-years-old.
Jill Jones An insider’s view of entertainment industry and behind the scenes work is what many people would call a dream. For Jill Jones it’s a reality. Jones started her studies at Central in Graphic Design. Graduating in 1981, but graduated with a bachelors in Mass Communications, focusing on Journalism and Advertising. “You kind of follow a path and where it leads you,” Jones says. After an internship at KING television, primarily working with the radio station, she entered the industry of developing consumer products, entertainment marketing and creative services. Jones worked for Disney, MGM and Universal Studios in promotions, marketing and public relations, until she started her own company. Owner and Creative Officer is her official title. “I feel fortunate that I made a life doing something I like to do,” Jones says. She has been doing a lot of creative work for others, but within the last 10 years she started studying oil paintings. A hobby she has wanted to start. She also created film merchandising programs and developed creative strategies for Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
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Doug Wood
Ron Sims
As the President and Chief Operating Officer of Tommy Bahama, Doug Wood as a lot on his plate. However, he didn’t start out on top; Wood grew up around Kittitas with friends whose parents worked on campus, making his choice to attend Central obvious. His wife and niece are Wildcats as well. “[Students] come out with such a great foundation,” Wood says. After graduating in 1987 with a Business major and specialization in Finance and Business Economics, Wood went to work for Boeing. He left after seven years to work at McCaw Cellular, creating phones for airplanes. The company was later bought by AT&T. In 2001, Wood joined the Tommy Bahama team. He loves being a part of the different parts of the company. “At one point I could be in retail and the next second working with internet and the e-commerce group,” Wood says. He didn’t think a lot of what he learned would be important until he had to use the skills in the work force. He encourages students, “It’s a journey and [will] always be open for opportunities.”
From the Capitol to the Washington D.C. Ron Sims has made his mark in the political world. Graduating 1971 in Psychology, Sims had already been the president and vice president of the student body. It was in these positions where Sims learned how to run for office. “I love politics,” Sims says. He always had a desire to work in public policy. During his time at Central, protests and historical events, such as the Vietnam protest and the Kennedy assassination, added to an already rewarding experience. For 12 years Sims was a King County Council Member and for an additional 12 years he was appointed King County Executive. Recently, he was nominated Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sims is now retired and occupies most of his private time to reading numerous, “magazines, newspapers and books.” His advice to students, “if you quit learning, you’re done.” He also says it doesn’t matter what college you come from as long as believe in yourself to have the success you want.
Nancy Worden Being a self-employed Professional Artist doesn’t normally come right after graduation. With more than 30 years under her belt Nancy Worden has achieved that goal. She graduated Central in 1977 with a degree in Visual Arts. Afterward she attended grad school and began working for a jewelry manufacture. The she went to work for galleries and art museums, teaching across the states and in Europe. “All along the way I kept doing my own art work,” Worden says. She had grown up in Ellensburg and had taken a jewelry class at age 17, falling in love with the craft. At Central she “practically lived in the Art department.” Beyond working with metals, she attributes a lot of success to her writing abilities and being able to promote herself. She must sell her work, be a boss, bookkeeper and problem solver. None of those jobs could have been done successfully if she didn’t go and work for someone else first. Her work has been published in galleries across the states, in Europe and has been published in books.
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INTERNSHIP
TIPS & TRICKS Bryan Eaton
Can you imagine, after all your hard work, not walking out of this school with a diploma? Many of Central’s majors require an internship. Without an internship opportunity, this could happen to you. The economic downturn of our nation has caused opportunities to dry dramatically in the job market. So what can you do to get you ahead of the other students across the nation seeking the same internship as you? According to Dwayne Douglas, the ITAM Internship Coordinator, the perception of the economy crushing internships is apparently not a reality. There are over 55,000 internships available and two-thirds of all new hires usually start out as interns. “It’s the best way to get hired in today’s market,” Douglas says. Douglas also says that students who start early searching for internships tend to do extremely well in obtaining one. He also says that students should brainstorm as many places they can think of they would like to work, not just ideal jobs they are striving for. There is also a strong emphasis to avoid unpaid internships where possible. Lastly, Douglas strongly suggests doing more than just sending a resume. “Companies get thousands of resumes for internships and pick five of those resumes,” says Douglas. “Give them a reason to pick you.” To stand out from that mass of resumes, Douglas adds that any applicant should consult with professionals about the position, give employers a reason to notice your application, and get to know them by visiting or communicating with them before applying.
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Pulse also sat down with Jackie Johnson of Career Services for more insight into how to get an internship. Johnson suggests students clean up their social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook as potential employers like to scour the sites looking for issues with applicants. She also suggests that students open a gmail account as their professional email. “Be resilient,” Johnson says, “that’s [coming from] the counselor and mom in me.” Johnson also says that students should start reading professional journals in their field to get a feel for it. In addition, students can attend the career fair April 12 to make contacts for potential jobs and internships. Central alumni Joel Stamm, class of 2011 and former Business major, suggests that students should be involved heavily in student organizations related to their majors so that they can network with professors who can put their name out there when an opportunity arises. Stamm also says students should heavily proofread all their documents, dress professionally and avoid saying inappropriate things in interviews. “You would not believe some of the things on applications and in interviews I have seen/read/heard,” says Stamm. Douglas, Johnson and Stamm put a heavy focus on networking. All suggest informational interviews with employers and professional colleagues. Picking the brains of people in the field can give anyone a little heads up by giving useful information and sticking a possible applicant in their minds. Johnson also recommends joining LinkedIn, a professional networking site. In addition, all three recommend that students use Career Services as a place to obtain internships. Johnson notes that they keep a large book of all the internships that have been given out to students. That is available to help new internship applicants. Stamm also adds that there are other web-based services that can assist as well such as SimplyHired.com. Lastly, Stamm gave us the most important tip and it’s a simple one. “If you don’t get the first internship you apply to, don’t be discouraged. It is an extremely competitive market out there, which means that, even for paid internships, you may have to apply for several.”
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“TO B.C. OR
NOT TO B.C.?”
How many people do you know who sit down and read a good book?
Central Students Favorite Books Written by Bryan Eaton Design by Kevin Chang
According to a recent Pulse poll, oneonethird of all Central students doesn’t do not read or do not have a favorite book.
Happy birthday! Besides voting and the ability to buy tobacco products, the USA doesn’t really have anything to offer for 19-year-olds. Two more years until a birthday celebration in Vegas is an option. Until then, Oh Canada, here you come!
REMEMBER THESE THINGS: Tylenol
United State Driver’ s s Licen se
Enhanced Passport/Driver’s License
Once 19, Canada’s border opens a door to alcohol consumption. British Columbia’s casinos and bars are within reach. The choice is yours, to B.C. or not to B.C.?
After the rise of television and video games, books began to fall the wayside.
Ileaha Lewis, a junior in Communication Studies, took a trip to Canada summer 2011.
With the release of the Kindle and the frequent Wikipedia searches college students make, words of fiction have made a triumphant come back.
36 students participated in the poll.
“It was an exciting experience to be inside the bars in Canada, when I wasn’t legal in the United States. It was awesome.” Getting to the true north can be challenging. Driving may not be an option. Other transportation includes bus and train, with Greyhound and AmTrak making trips across the boarder on a regular basis. Tickets should be purchased in advance. While being able to party in Canada may seem like a dream come true, here are some reminders to not: don’t drink and drive. Drinking and driving laws are similar in Canada to the U.S. Spending the night in jail in a foreign country would be a real buzz kill. Remain sober while crossing the border either way. If you appear under the influence, chances are the charges won’t be a happy birthday memo.
Three students enjoy dramas. Out of 36 students, five are Harry Potter fans. One perfers the Hardy Boy mysteries.
Out of 36 students, two like Game of Thrones.
Two readers are avid readers of the Fantasy genre.
Make a road trip out of your birthday with friends. Shop, hit the mountains, drink and don’t forget to pay your tab. -Corey Smith Two are prefer of the Bible.
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KISS & TELL Former CWU student Melissa Weiner is as pure as Snow White when it comes to receiving her first kiss. It isn’t the kiss that is important to Weiner, but rather the moment and person she’s kissing. “I really wish I’d been kissed by now, but at the same time I want my first kiss to be just right,” says Weiner. “That is why I wait. I need it to be perfect. I want the first kiss I have to be memorable.” Not all virgin kissers are waiting for the right moment; some are even skeptical of it ever happening. Freshman Eric Zils, majoring in History and Social Studies Teaching, reveals to Pulse magazine that he may be a little biased toward the idea.
never been
kissed Jake Updegraff
That magical moment when you experience a first kiss will stay with you for the rest of your life. It’s a pivotal time that only happens once. Some experience it at an earlier age than others, but what about those who haven’t experienced that once in-a-lifetime kiss at all? It may be for religious reasons or the fact that the right person just hasn’t come along, or maybe a lasting fear of cooties, but there are people all around who are still waiting for the moment to happen.
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“On the one hand, I understand that it is a big deal when you get your first kiss. I haven’t experienced that and that does create a sense of bitterness,” says Zils. “But on the other hand it seems, it just feels like it’s also a bit of hype. Primarily generated by groups like Hallmark who seem to profit from it.” Zils says that he hasn’t put much thought into how he imagines his first kiss to be because it really isn’t that big of a deal to him. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing that he has never locked lips. A kiss is a sign of intimacy and can cause emotional attachments, which is one good thing about never being kissed, at
Melissa Weiner (left), Eric Zils (right) least according to Zils. “You don’t have to worry about those sorts of attachments and you are free to make your own decisions.” Wiener, on the other hand, is waiting anxiously for the day it happens. She feels conflicted by the fact that she knows why she hasn’t been kissed yet, but wishes it would just happen already. Although she is feeling impatient, she has high hopes for that special day when it does come. “I hope it is someone who is madly in love with me, and I am madly in love with them … in a romantic place,” says Weiner. These college students may be waiting for their first smooch, but when experience their perfect moment it will likely be well worth the wait.
1“6-8-12” — Brian McKnight 2“Ain’t No Sunshine (When
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She’s Gone)” — Bill Withers 3“Your Letter” — 112 4“Broken-hearted” — Brandy & Boyz II Men 5“What Hurts the Most” — Rascal Flatts 6“From the Bottom of My Broken Heart” — Britney Spears 7“Gone” — N’Sync
8“Good-bye to You” — Michelle Branch
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9“Heartbreak Hotel” — Whitney Houston 10 “How Do I Live” — LeAnn Rimes 11“Leave (Get Out)” — JoJo 12“I Will Always Love You”
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COUCH SURFING Seeing the World One Couch At a Time
Cambree Benetua
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When you think of couch surfing, what comes to mind? Video games, junk food and college students without a year lease? But sweatpants and greasy popcorn fingers have nothing to do with couch surfing when you’re traveling across the country and into foreign territory. It has been given a whole new meaning with people across the world traveling to new places by using other people’s open couches to lay their head on. Although there are a slew of ‘couch surfing’ social networks out there, couchsurfing.org has become the largest social network for travel hosting, with over 2 million users in 237 countries. Founded and inspired by a group of four men in 1999, they assembled a team that was excited about exploring the world and the different cultures within it. CouchSurfing.org is a hospitality exchange social network that allows you to search for and ask other couch surfers if you can stay with them while traveling. In turn, you can optionally offer up your dwelling as a place for other members to stay when they travel. “[Our team] would need to be trustworthy, experienced people who could deliver results,” couchsurfing.org co-founder
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Casey Fenton write in the web’s mission statement. “It was also very important to me to include people who were excited about exploring different cultures and the world. I was lucky enough to have three such contacts from my time working in dot-coms. [Co-founders] Dan Hoffer has business experience. Sebastien Le Tuan is a user interface designer. Leonardo Bassani da Silveira is a graphic designer. We are all very different people, but our drive to build a new type of global community brought us together.” College students are no strangers to nomad friends crashing on their couches, or even themselves needing a willing friend. Senior Geography major Cameron Stewart is one of the many college students that have made the voyage outside of Washington to different couches and beyond. “While at the University of Nevada-Reno, my fraternity brothers and I would make trips all up and down California and Las Vegas to visit other chapters of our fraternity, and couches were always our beds,” says Stewart. “Couch surfing Las Vegas was the most interesting. A bunch of my friends and
I all got RV’s and road tripped down to Las Vegas, we didn’t arrive until about midnight, but we had kegs,” says Stewart. “So we posted up in the Excalibur parking lot (about 5 RV’s) broke out the kegs, called everyone we knew in Vegas and had about a 300 people party in the middle of the parking lot, that was until the cops shut us down. So the rest of the time the RV’s were to packed and stuffy, so I went to a bunch of my friends houses and crashed on a different couch each night until it was time to return to Reno.” Not all couch surfing has to be done with people that you know. There are people, even here in Ellensburg, who are waiting for a passerby to dawn their doorstep and make a bed out of their couch. Many couch surfing trips are spur-of-themoment and can be planned and executed without even using a couch surfing website. Although you might not be able to hop on a plane and travel to foreign lands, sometimes couch surfing outside of your own humble abode can be just what you need for some spontaneous fun. “It was more of a spur-of-the-moment thing each time,” says Stewart. “Come up with a fun idea, have no plans really, and call people for a couch to sleep on. It just added to the adventures of college. Friends are always willing to put you up on a couch for the night. Just don’t overstay your welcome by staying more than a night or two.” No matter where you live, who you are or the kind of car you drive, everyone needs a little adventure once in a while. Couch surfing with your best friends or by yourself can lead to some of the best memories. You may also meet people that will turn into friends you will always remember and talk to throughout the years. So research, call, buy a plan ticket or whatever you have to do and score some sweet couch.
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Wildcat Ink There is one piece of art so special that the people who own it take it to their grave: tattoos.
Symbolism, religion, remembering a loved one or simply being rebellious, are among the reasons people choose to permanently ink their body. Since the beginning of time people have gotten tattoos and the tradition continues today. Pulse searched Central’s campus to find what unique body art Wildcats are wearing. Mondo Davila, senior Spanish major, says that tattoos are a taboo in his family. The first time he saw tattoos on anyone he was at his first show in Spokane. He fell in love with the subculture and a few months after that was when he got his first one. Since then he’s continued to add. He says they are a reminder of the love he has for music, family and his way of life.
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Many people deal with depression, and senior Film and Video Studies major Jordan Simmons is one of them. After his diagnosies, he wanted to find a piece of art that he could relate to. “The Scream” by Edvard Munch is what he connected with. Jordan wants to encourage people to keep going in life and to not be ashamed of who you are.
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On senior Spanish major Laura Wilson’s 18th birthday, she got 18 stars and a piercing. She has been addicted ever since. Her tattoos are a reminder of her past and are mottos that she wants to hold for her future. The tree is her most recent tattoo, only a few weeks old. It represents growth in life. She plans on adding more to it and she says one thing is for sure: she’ll never quit this addiction.
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SPOTLIGHT Ronnie Sharts, a junior Communication Studies major, is nothing short of not a family man and he believes in staying true to his roots. On his chest he sports a sort of family collage in the form of a heart; his grandma’s name is on top of the heart, his mom’s name is in the heart and his three sisters’ names are under the heart. “Faith in family” is written in Korean. His upper sleeve is an eclectic mix that reflects the main man himself. A lion head on his shoulder symbolizes Sharts’ Leo sign; his birthday is written in Roman numerals and the word “Tacoma” covers his inner bicep representing where Sharts was born.
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If you need a conversation starter, then look no further than the body art on Kallee Knudson, senior Law and Justice major. She started getting tattoos as a sign of rebellion when she was young—looking for a way to get something permanent on her body that her family couldn’t do anything about. As she grew up, she started to appreciate the beauty and diversity in tattoos. All of her other tattoos are accessories to her body. She put a lot of thought into where she wanted to place them because she plans on attending law school.
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SPOTLIGHT From the moment senior Public Health major Nicole Hedgcoth was young enough to know about death, she feared it. Her father always told her that the fear of death would do nothing but consume you. And she thinks he was right. This is the reason why she picked a tattoo that represents death and darkness—a tiger. But it also represents beauty, strength and passion. The tiger is a reminder to Hedgcoth that you cannot avoid death, but that she will eventually surpass the pain that comes along with it, ultimately finding beauty in life.
Dani Micenko, a junior Exercise Science major, wanted a tattoo that people could look at as a piece of art rather than just body ink. She wanted a rose because of its simplicity and classic beauty. It’s there to remind her to stop and appreciate the beauty in the world.
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Music is senior Film & Video Studies major Simon Ballmes’ passion. That explains why he has the entire last paragraph of Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven” tattooed on his arm. On top of that sits Pandora’s Box. Ballmes explains that hope sits at the bottom of Pandora’s Box and he enjoys the imagery of that. Plus, he always wanted a female tattooed on his arm; he often tells people it’s his mother.
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While rebellion is the reason for many to get tattoos, a Post Baccalaureate in Cellular Molecular Biology, Christian Stjern, got his body tattooed for the opposite reason. Stjern is straightedge. That means no alcohol, no drugs and no sex. The three X’s on his body mean the most to him. He sports nine stars on his body: his last name means star in Norwegian and he’s the ninth generation in his family. Stjern celebrates his family by having his father’s birthday in the middle of his tattoo of an octopus in its eye.
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Out of sight, out of mind, thinks the 11-yearold boy. If they don’t see the candy, they won’t know he has it. The dust that has been gathering for months atop the refrigerator is a friendly reminder that his plan to successfully store the candy he’s not supposed to have, will work. Though he is the youngest, he is the only one who can reach that high.
He believes it’s normal to be living life as a little person. Most people would consider this to be anything but normal, but that life is all Montzingo knows. Walking through his house, an average-sized person could easily feel like a giant. You can reach the door knob with your hand at your side, easily step onto the countertops, and turn off the lights with your toes. Most rooms also have the added accessory of a step stool. But this life didn’t bother Montzingo one bit; he grew up with this being his normal.
Peet Montzingo is the youngest of three and the tallest of five. He was born the only average-sized child in a family of dwarfs. Though his height was an asset at times, growing up he felt weird being “normal.”
“I appreciate that I was given the opportunity of growing up being educated in a family of dwarfs,” Montzingo says. “I wonder how people born into average families feel, to me that’s just weird.” Living life as if he was a little person, Montzingo would often forget it wasn’t normal to his friends and others around him. “When friends came over I didn’t think to warn them my family members were dwarfs,” Montzingo says. This brought interesting reactions when Montzingo would have play dates at home. He remembers the very time a friend came over. “He walked inside, and after being greeted by my mom, he just stood there and stared for a long time. When I took him in my room, he became more comfortable. He started asking many questions and walking around touching everything [because it was all lowered].”
Over time Montzingo has been able to accept who he is in totality. Now he is creating a name for himself as an actor in Hollywood, with appearances on several TV shows and a new video game intro.
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“I have always wanted to be an actor,” Montzingo says. “As a kid I think I just wanted people to notice me and be accepted because of my insecurities. As I got older, I grew a genuine passion for the arts.” Montzingo says that his insecurities weren’t caused by his family being little people, rather by the fact that he was average-sized. He recalls many occasions on which his mother would hold him in her arms as he wept. He his tears were not from being teased at school but because he didn’t feel that he fit in at home. “I would always tell my mom that I wanted to be normal.”
Montzingo remembers having a tough time creating and maintaining friendships throughout school. He remembers not “fitting in” with the other students at his middle or high school. But that all changed when he came to Central. “In college, I realized that I didn’t have to cling on to something, and I could just be an individual,” Montzingo says.
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Peet and family Deal OR NO Deal host with Howie Mandel Montzingo stands at a gangly six foot one, more than double the size of his family members, weighing no more than 140 pounds. He likes to jokingly blame his family member’s for his lanky stature.
if he received that opportunity six months earlier, he would’ve totally taken it; however, the advice given from another manager helped bring him to this new place.
“At dinner, my siblings would get lesser portions because their stomachs were smaller. Maybe that’s why I’m skinny,” he says, chuckling.
“[He] advised me to go into true acting, because after five years as a reality TV star I’d most likely be done,” Montzingo says.
He has messy brown hair, pasty white skin and blue eyes. He describes himself as Edward Cullen 2.0, a comparison most people would not deny. He is a wrinkled blue jeans and t-shirt wearing kind of guy, the embodiment of a Microsoft computer programmer or perhaps the more fitting description of a Hollywood screenwriter.
He views his last six months as a shifting paradigm. He was recently cast as a vampire in an upcoming show and has been given a role in the intro of the video game Blaster Master. Though he is not going to be the star of a show tracking his progress in becoming a teen heartthrob, Montzingo is positive that he will achieve the heartthrob status soon.
The summer of his junior year of college, Montzingo was inspired to move to Los Angeles in order to follow his dream of becoming a reality TV star. In high school, Montzingo was cast in reality TV shows including Deal or No Deal and Wipeout; however, an X-factor audition brought him new opportunities, ultimately bringing him to a crossroads in his acting ambitions.
“I definitely see myself as a teen heartthrob, Zach Effron or Justin Beiber 2.0,” Montzingo says confidently.
“It really changed after X-factor. I got offered my own reality show on the discovery channel called I Want to Be a Teen Heartthrob.” He goes on to explain how
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He now says he’s comfortable with who he is, no matter his stature or demeanor. He sends that message of encouragement to others. “It’s all about following your dreams. If you want something so bad, and you believe you are going to get it 100 percent, you will get it. My family members are short but have done so much in their lifetime.”
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In the artistic maze that is Central Washington University’s Randall Hall, Room 144s heavy wooden door rests slightly ajar, almost beckoning the unending questions that its contents are guaranteed to attract. The view of the room, from any angle of approach, provides casual passersby with a glimpse into the mind of Naomi Faith, a glimpse that is almost certain to elicit a wide array of reactions.
But reactions are what Faith’s work is all about. Her conceptual jewelry has been the cause for double-takes and craning necks from art galleries in Seattle to St Louis. Faith has experienced early success in the art world, all while working towards her Masters in Fine Arts at Central Washington. A large portion of her work is inspired by the fascination she has for the human body and its miraculous ability to function and grow. The adornments in her most recent collection replicate societal taboos such as bodily processes or sweat, making the impossible
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FASHION to talk about, impossible to ignore. One of her pieces, a simple boxshaped necklace, simulates a heart, emitting a soft pulsating beat when a button is pressed. Taking the cliché ‘wearing your heart on your sleeve’ to a whole new level, Faith has stayed steadfast in her work, using progressive thought to push the buttons of our politically correct culture. For some, her art provokes thoughts that are difficult to discuss casually. “It’s too close, too close to home, too close literally to the inside of us.” Faith said. A step over the door’s threshold into Faith’s imagination and one’s conscience floods with curiosity. On the right, metal shelving houses intricate accessories that would make Lady Gaga blush. A collage of body
parts, neatly cut from magazines, decorates the far wall above a standing work station. The girl, petite and dressed in black, stands at the station working meticulously on her craft before whipping around to greet her 3 p.m. interview. Growing up as an only child Faith found herself without another person to compare herself to. There was no sibling to compete with, no older version of herself to emulate and for a girl growing into her body, no other body to observe growing. It was this stage of her life that sparked her curiosity of the human element. A recent bout with wrist tendinitis as well as a rash of other injuries suffered this past summer inspired her foray into the concept of mortality. She speaks maturely and openly of bodily demise and of death, heavy concepts for most people to handle at such a young age. “I’ve never broken a bone; I’ve never had a sprain in my entire life; I’ve never had any long term injury and now I’m dealing with multiple injuries, which is really weird because internally, I’m the healthiest I’ve ever been,” said Faith. Her work is meant to encourage discussion of what people are
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Naomi ma ki g a neckln ace ma de white cho colate beof ads typically too timid or privatized to discuss. If your body is a temple, then Faith’s studio provides the doors to the sanctuary, with the hope of each visitor coming away with an appreciation for what lies within. “We have a heart that’s constantly working extremely hard inside our bodies, and the only time you pay attention to it is if it starts to give you trouble, but you just casually ignore it most of the time.” Faith speaks passionately about her work. She addresses technical styles as if reciting the alphabet of artistic expression or the times tables of modern art. She carries on her belt a crowded ring of keys showing the weight of responsibility she has as a lecturer, a task ironically placed on someone with such a youthful exuberance for the arts.
well as the oils that reside within it. More specifically, her newest work contemplates the differences between how past cultures, such as the Romans, encouraged oil treatment on skin. A stark contrast to how our society does everything within it’s power to eliminate the oil in the creases of our nose with the use of soaps and harsh chemicals. All of the grossness and forum of what is taboo and what isn’t can be traced back to one insatiable instinct Faith recognizes in everyone. “A body doesn’t want to recognize that it will die, someone doesn’t want to admit that it’s totally happening as time proceeds.” Although the reactions she receives are, and forever will be, a large part of Faith’s work, her art is about so much more than shock value. Sure it is almost guaranteed to turn heads, but every head that turns to look will be bombarded with thoughts and emotions of the most aggressive kind. The concepts she ever so carefully crafts are thought provoking, mind numbingly thought provoking. But that’s what makes her work stand out. With a return step into the hallway, back into the world of political correctness and ‘discuss- me-not’s,’ Faith’s art studio returns to its appearance as a room of curiosity and intrigue. From that studio she will continue to churn out art that gets people thinking, building upon her growing body of work.
During the interview she folds into a ball on her old swivel chair, but talks eagerly and intelligibly over her knees about her fondness for the body and its unique abilities. Naomi discusses one of her major influences, her favorite horror film director David Cronenberg, as excitedly as some girls discuss their plans for the weekend. Right now Faith’s focus has turned to the largest portion of the body, the skin, as
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FASHION design does not compromise the performance aspect. I wanted to make sports clothes for women that didn’t look like an afterthought. The key is these clothes enhance your performance, they look good but do a good job.” Products include everything from footwear and underwear to swimwear and jackets.
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Stella McCartney for Adidas
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Who knew one day we would be able to wake up and have it be completely acceptable to wear workout clothes in public? Now, more than ever, fashionable sportswear is a trend to run away with. Since the birth of the yoga pants, it’s been all about clothes that look great and are comfortable. It’s the combination of two worlds college students love: fashion and sports. Fashion designers are teaming up with well-known sports brands to create fashionable styles with sporting appeal. CWU Fashion Merchandising advisor and Student Fashion Association Coordinator, Andrea Eklund, explains that Americans are used to being comfortable at all times so fashion designers are heeding the call by athletic clothing with a fashionable edge.
According to Eklund, “This is fulfilling a consumer need and so far designers creating these lines have been very successful. Many people want to be comfortable but don’t just want to wear yoga pants and a tee, these designers are using aesthetics and principles of design to create clothing that blends current fashion trends with performance textiles. Hussein Chalayan has collaborated with Puma to once again bridge fashion and performance wear. “Motion is what keeps fashion designer and PUMA Creative Director Hussein Chalayan curious. It inspires him to re-configure a shoe, a jacket, a lifestyle,” reads the Puma Black Label website. This special collection by Puma is promoting a sports-like style with fashion flare.
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Nike, a familiar brand if ever there was one, has collaborated with Vogue and six emerging designers. Their goal is to re-create Nike’s famous N98 jacket by revamping it using their own flare to reconstruct the extraordinary piece. Each of the six designers has been paired up with a different British athlete to work with on designing a piece that fits their athletic needs in performance wear. “The athletic fashion apparel is a trend that is here to stay,” says Eklund.
“Multiple brands are bringing in guest designers to create more athletic oriented fashion lines like Adidas, Puma and New Balance and they continue to be successful,” Eklund says “From this trend there have been new companies that solely create athletic clothing with a fashion edge like Northwest based Lululemon Athletica.”That company saw annual profits of $223 million in 2010, according to Eklund. High fashion designer Stella McCartney has collaborated with Adidas designing a unique sportswear line. McCartney’s goal, according to her website, was “to strike a balance where the
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FOOD & DRINK Whether you’re underage and can’t find a hookup or if you’re a mad scientist looking to experiment, the delicate art of making booze is a very important skill. If all of a sudden society collapses and all of the beer companies are gone, you’re going to be very glad you can brew your own. Not including equipment, brewing beer costs around $20 to $50.
Part 1: Materials needed: -Grain, corn, wheat, barley, even rice can work. -Hops.: type depending on the recipe. -Spices: depends on the recipe. -Two big pots. -A strainer. -A 10 gallon water jug or something similar works for fermenting. -A keg or other container for the finished product. -Copper coil optional. Brewing beer is a science. Luckily, Pulse caught up with senior Recreation and Tourism major and seasoned home brewer AJ Keagle. There are multiple recipes, but it’s always fun to experiment on your own. Step 1: Grind up the grain Grind grain and put grounds in a container.
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Step 2: Heat up water The water should be anywhere from 150-182 degrees. Any hotter than 182 degrees and you will kill off all enzymes on the sugars and nothing will be converted into alcohol, leaving you with as Keagle calls it, “beer tea.” You can do this on purpose if you want to make non-alcoholic beer. Travis Kleckley Step 3: Making mash Add the grain. Depending on the recipe, let it sit at this step for 50-90 minutes. For a more alcoholic beer, simply add more grain. This step is the most difficult because you have to maintain whatever temperature the recipe calls for.
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Step 4: Strain liquid from the grain Keagle uses a false bottom on his container to strain the water, but you can use any method you want. Take
hot water, anywhere from 170 degrees to boiling and pour it over the grain to catch any remaining sugars from the first runoff. Step 5: Boiling Transfer all of your liquid into another container that you will use to boil it. Bring this to a full rolling boil for an hour to two hours depending on the recipe. This will kill off bacteria that may contaminate and ruin your batch. Add hops, sugars, spices, along with anything else that you want to flavor the beer. The earlier you add your hops, the more flavor it will add. Adding hops towards the end of the boil is just for the aroma. Salt can also be added to control the acidity, affecting the taste of the beer. Step 6: Chilling the Beer Keagle uses a copper coil dropped into the liquid and then runs cold water through the copper coil so it doesn’t touch the beer, but cools the coil, cooling the beer. The beer needs to be cooled enough to safely add yeast. The target temperature is between 65 and 75 degrees. Here is where you choose if you want ale or lager. For a lager, cool the liquid down to around 50 degrees before you add yeast. Step 7: Fermentation Move the mixture to another container and add yeast to the cooled liquid. The yeast will eat all the sugars you captured from the earlier steps and convert it into alcohol and CO2. Ale, can take around two weeks and lager will take around three to four weeks depending on the recipe. All the yeast will drop to the bottom of the container. Fun Fact: Yeast actually adds to around 70% of the flavor of the beer. Step 8: Chill again Move to keg and cool to around 34 degrees. All of the extras will truly fall out and you’ll be left with a crisp, clear beer. Some people add more sugar for whatever remaining yeast to eat that sugar and release more CO2 into the beer. That is usually done in bottles, but if you are going from keg straight to glass as Keagle does, you can hook up your keg to a CO2 tank and let it sit for a few days. The colder the beer is, the more CO2 it will absorb and effectively carbonate your beer.
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Fermenting Fine Wine
As opposed to beer, making wine can seem relatively easy. Take juice, add sugar, add yeast and wait. That’s all there is to it. In three weeks, you’ll have yourself a very disgusting alcoholic beverage that you can make in your closet. Pretty cool? Yes… if you’re hiding in the freshmen dorms or in prison. Trick to making something delicious takes a few tweaks, a little ingenuity and a few more steps. Pulse caught up with junior Electrical Engineering major and evil genius Aaron Johnson to learn more.
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CO2 out. It should be really foamy by the time it’s needed. Only a small amount is needed because yeast multiplies. Step 3: Cleaning the liquids Empty the two cans of concentrate into a big pot and fill it with water. Bring this to a full boil. This kills bacteria that can contaminate your wine leaving you with terrible tasting wine or no alcohol (worst case scenario). Step 4: Add sugar Put two cups of sugar in the jug.
Materials needed: -Juice from concentrate: two cans per gallon. -Sugar: two cups per gallon. -Yeast. -A big pot. -A big jug. -A small bottle. -A measuring cup. -A funnel. -Zip-lock bags. -Rubber bands. -Hydrogen Peroxide (you can get this at the dollar store).
Step 5: Put the boiled mixture into the jug Use a funnel and scoop it in a clean cup. It’s easier that way and makes less of a mess.
In his experiments, Johnson has found that grape juice works the best, but you can mix other juices to get different flavors. He prefers Lalvin 71b-122 yeast. That code may sound ridiculous, but don’t worry, it’s nothing complicated. You can find it online easily. Packs of five usually run for $4. Johnson uses empty Carlo Rossi jugs as storing containers.
Step 9: Open the jug and conceal Place a zip-lock bag over the opening and rubber band it in place so there is a little space left open on the top.This is so if the yeast bubbles over it won’t make a big mess.
Step 1: Clean the jug Johnson runs his through the dish washer then rinses a small amount of hydrogen peroxide inside for sterilizing. Be sure to dump the hydrogen peroxide out. If you are really worried about, leave the jug open as you continue with the next steps and it will evaporate. Step 2: Priming the yeast Johnson mixes warm water with a small amount of sugar and yeast in a smaller bottle. He said this allows you to get more use out of the yeast. Let it sit with the cap half screwed on to let the
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Step 6: Mix in sugar Cap the jug and shake it. Step 7: Cool the liquid It should be at around room temperature or it will kill off all the yeast. Step 8: Adding the yeast Pour in the yeast mixture.
Step 10: Leave it in a warm place and come Back in 3 weeks A temperature of around 70 to 75 degrees is optimal, but if you don’t have a temperature controlled room, because you are making this in a closet, leaving it in front of the heater is fine, but don’t let it get too hot or the yeast will die. If this happens, the wine will be nonalcoholic. Step 11: Transfer wine to another container This is to avoid the sediments that accumulate at the bottom of the bottle. You can siphon it however you want. From brewing beer to fermenting fine wine, making alcohol is easy enough to at home.
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FAST Nude CASH: Modeling A column by Travis Keckley
Because you’re reading Pulse Magazine, you’re probably a beautiful person. As a beautiful person you probably understand us beautiful people want to share our beauty with the rest of the world. And the best part is you can get paid for it. Yes, I’m talking modeling. Not just any modeling, the best kind, nude modeling. Not everyone can do it. It takes superior genetics and an extremely strong work ethic. That’s a lie. Everyone can do it and it’s extremely easy. Disclaimer: You won’t pick up chicks by nude modeling. Well, you may, but I most certainly didn’t.
Applying When applying, you don’t submit a picture or anything like that. You can be ugly as absolute sin and it’s totally fine. They don’t tell you this, but they choose people completely dependent on how your class schedule matches theirs. And I had to learn that the hard way.
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I had applied with a friend to do it at the same time (not to model together at the same time, that’d be weird) and when I heard he got accepted to do it I was pretty displeased. I immediately chalked it up to racism. Though there was no way they knew I was a black guy. I wanted to know if I’d ever get to do it so I called them … a lot. I probably called almost every day until finally the receptionist said, “Look man, we choose people based on their schedule, yours didn’t match up. Please stop calling.” She didn’t say that exactly, but close enough. Don’t constantly bother them, they don’t like that. I didn’t get called in until the next quarter after applying again.
or a warehouse) with a chair. As she closed the door behind her she said, “You can wear your boxers if you want.”
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“Can I wear this hat?” I said. She let me, which made me happy.
The professor had a really strange office number. Something like 342.5. After wandering the maze, Randall Hall, for 15 minutes I finally found it. It was quite literally a closet on top of another closet that was also part of 342. The professor was an older woman with dark brown hair. “Is this your first time modeling?” she said in a thick European accent. “Yes,” I whimpered nervously. She was like a James Bond villain and I was terrified. Then she gave me chocolate and ended up being really nice.
Showing up The room was very hot. It has to be hot because you’re going to be naked. It was a very large, concrete room, like a warehouse but with giant windows (they were very opaque so no one could see you naked). The desks formed a large semi-circle around an island that consisted of a stool, a lamp with no lights—really just a stick with a base—and what looked to be a big mattress. Over the mattress looking thing was a sheet topped with a red pillow. It looked extremely out of place. Kind of like when you’re watching a porno and its set in a basement. And out of nowhere pops this mattress and you’re thinking to yourself, “What is this mattress doing in this basement? Who put it there and why doesn’t anyone else find this weird?” It was like that, except there was no confusion. That was where I would present myself.
I wasn’t going to wear my boxers. I was prepared to show my junk to every single one of those people. But my body was not ready. I had to make an executive decision. I walked out wearing my boxers, my giant orange and green hat, and my socks. “What are those?” yelled the professor as she glared at my socks, “Take those off!” She really didn’t like my socks.
Getting drawn As I climbed onto the mattress I quickly realized that it was not meant for sleeping on but rather a stage. It was a big wooden box. Disappointing? Yes, but I soldiered on. It’s extremely awkward watching them draw you. When you’re up there it’s like you’re not a person, but an object. You may as well be a bowl of fruit. And that’s exactly how I felt except the fruit was made of chocolate.
The Aftermath I walked out of there with a big $36. Before you laugh, that’s not so bad for a little over two hours of the easiest job ever. Two years later, one of my friends sees one of the pictures getting auctioned off in the SURC for breast cancer research. My mom dropped $50 on that picture. I ended up having to deliver the money for her and was instantly recognized by the girl. She was already excited because they made $50, but then she became even more excited, “You’re the guy from the picture! This is so awesome!” Awkward. Should you ever decide to join the elite ranks of a nude model, remember: don’t ever let your mom know, because she’ll buy one of the pictures. And then she’ll show it to other people and that is just embarrassing.
Getting naked The professor led me to a room where I could change. It was a closet (every room in Randall is either a closet
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