Motown Dance Party

The Center for Diversity and The Black Student Union held a Motown dance party last night to moderate turnout.

“We just thought this would be a good way to kick off black history month,” diversity officer Leah Shelton, one of the organizers, said.

Students were slow to join the dance party; a half hour into the event staff members and their children still out numbered CWU students. Students could be seen at times dancing to the music out in the hall, far away from the revelry.

“I told my students to come down here,” said UESL staff member Sarah Luerken, who brought her husband and sleeping infant to the dance, “but I’ve not seen any yet.”

“You know what I think is sad?” asked former Black Student Union staff member Coleen Gelatt, “How many people there are outside looking in, wanting to come in and dance, and afraid to.”

Students meandered in and out of the wide open rooms, where staff members continually danced joyfully while small children ran and slid on the dance floor. A DJ MC’ed the event via microphone, letting the revelers know which Motown musicians were responsible for which songs and judging a series of dance contests and trivia questions. The winners of the dance contests, such as a twist contest, and trivia questions, such as name that artist, were awarded with a piece of CWU merchandise of their choosing.

“I love it!” former CWU student Megan Henderson enthused, adding that she loves dancing here.

“I think it’s a great event,” said Blanca Ramos, who works for the diversity center, “inviting a lot of diversity, ethnicities, to come.”

The party goers gamely danced solo, in small pairs, and as a whole-at one point forming two lines that individuals uniquely danced down; another time they formed a human train, that made its way around the room.

According to Mal Stewman, another diversity officer, there will be “a lot more Black Student Union events this month.” On Monday a poster, with the rest of the month’s event’s, will appear around campus. Other upcoming events will be held on Feb 11^th , 25^th, and 26^th.

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Harmony Cipollina-Dreven

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• Persuasive and effective communication skills
• Keen observer with the ability to quickly learn tasks
• Enjoys customer interactions and strives for overall satisfaction and happiness
• Proficient with computers and internet technologies
• Adaptable team player

 

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• Placed 2nd out of 100 in most donations earned for a fund raiser while at Whole Foods

 

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• A.A degree, College Of Marin 2007

 

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Sears RoebuckCo.

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Santa Rosa, CA – November 2011 – January 2012

• Organization of products
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Whole Foods Market

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San Rafael, CA – July 2011 – November 2011

• Excelled at meeting employer’s standards
• Quickly promoted to Cashier position

 

Ghiringhelli’s Pizzeria

Waitress

Fairfax, CA – July 2006 – July 2007

• Greeted and seated customers
• Order taking, preparation, and delivery
• Order cash out
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Applebee’s Restaurant

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San Rafael, CA – January 2006 – May 2006

• Greeted customers
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Challenger on Display

Harmony Cipollina-Dreven

 

Central Washington University’s theater ensemble spent six months crafting a devised work about the Challenger space-shuttle crash in 1986; which they performed over the past three weekends. Eight student actors, along with a director and a dramaturg, wrote a script together based off of an idea and a setting that grew into an entire play. Although not the most consistent work, Challenger has small moments of brilliance, brought to life by three of the best actors in the company. Every cast member in Challenger is a woman between the ages of 18 and 27 which, according to the actors was not a conscious decision on the part of their director Elise Forier Edie. “It just came about that way,” said actor Jessica Matheson, 23, of Port Orchard, WA. Matheson “helped to revise the finished script” and put on the “finishing touches;” an experience that she says helped her to learn about herself.

Challenger follows numerous characters and subplots leading up to the ill fated launch of that space-shuttle; which quickly burned up killing all seven passengers on board. The audience meets those characters and follows their paths leading up to their deaths; then follows a secondary character as she tries to move on from the event. That character goes up in another space-shuttle launch years later, an event the ensemble was eager to include. “You start out hopeful,” 19 year old actor Kylie Rose, of Kelso, WA, said. It was important for the young playwrights to show Challenger ending “on a hopeful note,” “a really uplifting ending;” Matheson added.

Challenger suffers from too many secondary characters and too many subplots that don’t go anywhere. It would make a bigger impact on the audience if the scenes were rearranged, with the unnecessary ones being cut. There are multiple false-endings that ring more true than the one they actually end on. The material can and should be salvaged, especially with the excellent work three cast members bring to the show.

Blog Post number 4

An oasis of action-packed calm

by Harmony Cipollina-Dreven

Central City Comics and Collectables, in Ellensburg, WA, is a real treasure and an excellent find. Tucked between other undiscerning storefronts on 3^rd avenue, one would miss it if not for the scifi posters in the window. 

CCC&C has existed for eight years with the majority of its business, about 60% according to owner Gus Foster, coming from the local college. “I would think that’s true of everyone in town,” Foster continued, adding that a percent of his business does come from the local community, mostly middle school and high school kids. 

When asked how business was Foster replied “It’s good. It’s not great. We’re  still in business so that’s good.”

 

 

 

 

There is a sleepy charm to Central City Comics, making it feel like an oasis of calm. The owner’s dog sleeps fitfully on the couch or in a chair; waking with a start whenever customers approach to pet him. 

CCC&C has shelves loaded down with graphic novels and boxes literally upon boxes of single issue comic books. What’s more Foster can order issues of comic books or graphic novels for interested parties. 

In late March, CCC&C will be getting in a small shipment of the Husbands graphic novel, compiled from the six single issues of the comic of the same name; written by Scifi tv mainstay Jane Espenson and actor/writer Brad Bell.

 

CCC&C will be participating in national Free Comic Book Day this May 4^th. Foster joked that he expects to hear plenty of “May the fourth be with you,” jokes that day. The long awaited Killjoys comic, by musician/artist Gerard Way, will be one of the free comic books offered that day. 

 

 

Bio

Harmony Cipollina-Dreven, 29, is a junior journalism major at Central Washington University.

She writes for The Observer, CWU’s college newspaper, as a Scene reporter.

She is a former student-journalist for The Tamalpais News, the award-winning Tamalpais High School newspaper in Mill Valley, Calif. Cipollina-Dreven wrote for the Tam News for three years, working as an editor on the Living page for one year and an editor on the Sports page for a second year. As an editor, she supervised younger reporters; proofreading their work and making sure that they turned it in on time. Her work appeared in every issue of the Tam News between 1999 and 2002, including the award winning Tamalpais News from Havana edition, which won nine awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (second place in the nation for overall design, second place for Single Feature Photo, second place for Title and Content Page, third place for Personality Profile, two Certificates of Merit for Single Spot News Photo, Certificate of Merit for Opinion Page Design, Certificate of Merit for Color Cover Design, Certificate of Merit for Typography) in 2001, the year after it came out.

Cipollina-Dreven attended the College of Marin, in Kentfield, Calif., between 2002 and 2007, earning an Associates of Arts degree in Liberal Arts. Her name appeared on the honor roll every semester that she took 12 units or more. During that time, Cipollina-Dreven also worked full time at a number of retail and food service businesses.

After graduation from COM, she continued to work in the retail and food service industries. She decided in 2010 to return to school and finally did so in the fall of 2012.

Cipollina-Dreven aspires to write for various mediums. She wants to one day write plays, tv shows, and novels but her short term goal is to become a professional tv recapper. In addition, she enjoys writing non-fiction essays and articles. She is also a music fan interested in writing about music in music magazines, such as Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Spin, Big Cheese, etc.

Cipollina-Dreven is looking forward to completing internships in her chosen fields; indeed it is one of the main reasons why she returned to school.

Cipollina-Dreven enjoys writing recaps and reviews about music and television. In 2009, during season eight of “American Idol,” she reviewed the show every week, posting her reviews on her Myspace page and sometimes drawing as many as 75 readers. She currently recaps tv shows on her blogger account; and she continues to write non-fiction and fiction in her spare time. She also enjoys reading books, listening to music, and watching various tv shows. Her current favorites are Smash, The New Normal and the venerable British institution Doctor Who.