DIVERSITY page 3
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Vol. 123 NO. 2
NEWS page 10 October 5, 2022
Burgstock shines a light on up and coming talent Performers and attendees reflect on experiences
Shooting in Seattle U-District leaves four UW students injured Katherine Camarata Lead Editor
Cigman Fraud frontman Andrew Parker takes the Burgstock stage. Photo by Brevin Ross
Katherine Camarata Lead Editor Dozens of parked cars lined N. Alder Street as the electric sound of local bands and the illumination of rainbow stage lights permeated the night air on Oct. 1 during a free community event titled Burgstock. The event included a culmination of several blossoming music acts and music department students who came together to create an immersive experience for the town. Acts included the following groups: Melancholyrh, Plantfood,
House of Ash, Tinted Red, Fluke Brothers and Cigman Fraud. Event planning was spearheaded by Ellensburg High School (EHS) and running start students Corgan Smith and Elian Calderon who make up the group Fluke Brothers, a rock duo. The pair said having live music in the park was their focus. “We just wanted to invite tons of people, especially with college coming into town,” Calderon said. “We wanted to get some exposure.” According to Smith, the sense of community that was built
through the event was a highlight. “We enjoyed getting to know all the bands,” Smith said. While Fluke Brothers are only brothers in concept, Plantfood is a local duo made up of Gus and Milo Crane, two brothers and EHS students who had an experimental, improvisational approach to their set. “It was fun to really let loose, especially because we couldn’t see the audience,” Gus said. “I didn’t feel as much pressure.” Milo said their performance was an emotional release that allowed them to express their feelings.
“The connection with the audience was almost stronger, because people were just moving and vibing,” Milo said. “I could see glow sticks going on and I thought that was really exhilarating.” According to Andrew Parker, Cigman Fraud frontman and senior in the Theatre Department, this was the most intimacy he had ever felt with an audience. He said a lot of behind-the-scenes preparation went into it that the audience wasn’t able to see.
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APOYO struggles to find food donations Megan Rogers Senior Reporter
Allied People Offering YearRound Outreach (APOYO), a local food bank, is struggling to find meat donations. “Northwest Harvest hasn’t been sending the usual chicken that we usually get on our Wednesday deliveries,” Jesús Erasto-García, an administrative assistant at APOYO, said. According to Erasto-García, a board member has been buying “chicken for some of our committed volunteers,” along with over $200 in hamburger meat. Erasto-García said APOYO serves approximately 250-300 fam-
ilies monthly, so food donations are vital to them. “People can donate food at our office during our office hours, which is Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” Erasto-García said. Hope Amason, APOYO board member, director of the Museum of Culture and Environment and associate professor of Anthropology, said students at CWU can help with this food donation shortage. “We really need students to intern [for APOYO] and they can find that internship on the Wildcat Career Network,” Amason said. Amason said they are also looking for volunteers. Some of the work involves unloading their shipments, organizing and
taking inventory and making sure the food is stored at the right temperatures. To help out APOYO, people can also make monetary donations. “Food is a human right,” Amason said. “Nobody should ever have to go hungry.” Amason said while some people may have enough money for food, they might not have enough for other bills; food banks help people reserve their money for other things. “Maybe it allows you to get your cell phone turned back on, or maybe allows you to make sure that you can pay your internet bill so that you can do online school,” Amason said.
Amason said besides food donations they are hoping to expand APOYO off of CWU’s campus due to limited space. To help do this they are holding a fundraising event called Fiesta Latina. This event will take place on Oct. 8 from 6-9 p.m. at the Kittitas Valley Event Center. “We need to raise about $700,000. We’ve raised about $300,000 or so now but we’ve got $400,000 more to go,” Amason said. “It’s really intimidating.” Additional volunteering information can be found by emailing Hope Amason at Hope. Amason@cwu.edu and donation information can be found at apoyo-community.org
A shooting incident occurred in the vicinity of 43rd Street and University Way near the University of Washington (UW) Seattle campus that left four students injured, according to a UW Alert system notification sent out early on the morning of Oct. 2. The four injured students were transported to Harborview Medical Center for “non-life threatening-injuries,” according to a UW News release. UW President Ana Mari Cauce issued a statement in response to the tragedy which stated, “We are grateful the students’ injuries were not life-threatening … Regardless of the severity of the physical injuries, events like this are life-changing and reverberate both in the lives of those most immediately affected and our entire community.” According to a report by Seattle police outlined by UW spokesperson Victor Balta, witnesses reported two men having a fight outside a bar at approximately 1 a.m. which led one man to fire three to five gunshots. The Seattle police department is still investigating the incident. In response to this scenario, Assistant Chief of CWU Police Eric Twaites gave his perspective on the matter and what precautions CWU takes against shootings. When asked if he was worried about a similar situation happening here, Twaites said, “absolutely not.” “It’s always a risk and a concern that we don’t take for granted, so we train and prepare ourselves in case something like that does happen on campus,” Twaites said. “However we don’t have any indication or insight that something like that would happen on or around campus.” According to Twaites, campus police collaborated with the Ellensburg Police Department, the Kittitas County Sheriff’s office and the Washington State Patrol to hold a Mass Casualty Incident drill at Brooks Library. He said the drill simulated a shooting by involving library staff and faculty while campus police practiced responding to the shooter and victims.
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