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Show CAMPUS 3 TIM SU the fourth Thursday in November, it can be a stressful and cheerful date for college students. Thanksgiving can mean a break from school, but at the same time, there are numerous students that have to think about what they want to do since they are stuck at schools miles from home. I usually travel to other states during holidays, said business James Soh, first-yefrom Singapore, major. Im which takes 20 hours for me to get to the United States. I see no point to fly back home if I can just do short distance travels. There is about 40 percent out of state students enrolled at Westminster. Since about half of On ar STAFF REPORTER students are far away from home, what do they do during Thanksgiving? I stay on campus for Thanksgiving because the flight is expensive, said Jason Makerd, first-yeaccounting major from Canada. The Canadian Thanksgiving is on the second Monday of October anyway. I wont be celebrating if I went back home. Students on campus said they like Thanksgiving for different reasons. My mom makes great stuffed ducks and mashed potatoes with amazing gravy, Makerd said. They are the only food for me to complete what is called a Canadian Thanksgiving.' Having these foods for Thanksgiving has ar always been a tradition for me. Indeed, there are many ways to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner. However, Thanksgiving celebrations in the U.S. usually involve turkey. There are more than 45 million turkeys that are eaten on Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Its a holiday that I can give myself an excuse to have tons of turkey, said David Gogishvilli, junior communication major from West Virginia. Turkeys are what make Thanksgiving a proper Thanksgiving. Have a favorite part of Thanksgiving or interesting tradition? forumfortnightly If ye&irs NATHAN GUYER The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen and Navy personnel from around the U.S. commemorated its years of service with an annual birthday ball. Participants in the ROTC program hosted this years celebration on Nov. 15 at the Westgate hotel in Park City. The ball was an evening of ceremony, libations, great food and dancing, with an inspiring speech from the President of Westminster College, Dr. Brian Levin-Stankevic- h, said Alexander senior. The event Blankers, left an amicable impression in the hearts and minds of all who attended. Westminsters President Brian served as the guest of honor at the formal event, making a brief address to the audience of NROTC participants, their guests and other active duty staff. Throughout the year, midshipmen participate in regular academic, physical and technical trainings geared towards their future careers. Regular Thursday Lab periods consist of everything from The House of Pain and to lectures about financial readiness and stress management. In addition, midshipmen are enrolled in multiple Naval science classes, are responsible for maintaining a high level Levin-Stankevi- ch self-defen- se, Midshipman first class and Westminster senior Ty Sterk simulates a cover fire maneuver in a recent Thursday lah period. During this training session NROTC members received a brief introduction in Marine Rifle Teams squad tactics. Sterk will be commissioning this spring and entering the Navy as an Aviation officer. Msstefesfi:? nils TAYLOR STEVENS Westminsters academic journal, the Myriad, has been reinstated after a four-yehiatus. The journals publication has been sporadic in years past, but according to Kailey Komhauser, who was one of the main executors behind its reinstatement, it has now been brought back to life. According to Sebastian Hooker, another of the major players in recreating the Myriad, the academic journal was chosen to receive a grant of $4,000 during the strategic planning process. I was primarily interested in reinstating the Myriad because it brings in over 5 percent of Westminsters website traffic, Hooker said. People were mming across an old version of the Myriad on accident, while ar searching for topics that our students had researched in the past. Once I saw this, I dug into the Myriad a little bit more and saw that it wasnt being published anymore, and could use a facelift. Reinstating the academic journal was just the first step. Now, the Myriad team is working on revamping the product altogether. We want it to be super interactive and interesting, said Jacqueline Dobbins, editor-in-chiof the Myriad. People dont just pick up an academic journal and read it. Nobody does that. To achieve this goal, the Myriad is going completely digital. It encompasses a lot of people on campus more because were all in the digital age, said Jane Jerman, assistant editor. Were going to be able to reach ef CONTRIBUTING many new people through that online format. The team is hoping to make the journal multimedia, with embedded pictures and videos. According to Hooker, The final product will be a beautiful digital publication that will look great on iPads, but will also be available on the web and other touchscreen devices. I want to see the Myriad as a hip, cool, inspiring publication to highlight the amazing work that our students are doing. I also want it to be widely distributed, which is much easier to accomplish digitally. As such, the revamped Myriad is looking to increase its diversity. We want a lot of different formats and different viewpoints discussed, Dobbins said. Its ssifae CONTRIBUTING WRITER of physical fitness, practice drilling routines and have the opportunity to take on various leadership positions within the unit. "Being in ROTC has offered many rewards in my college career in the way of critical life skills, said Zach Smith, sophomore. Without the challenges I have faced, I would not have the sense of honor or motivation that I have through being a midshipman. Every year, the NROTC battalions training culminates in a Northwest Navy competition. NROTC units come from Oregon, Washington and Idaho to compete in various physical and academic tasks. Last year, for the first time in 50 years, the University of Utah took first place. The day that our ROTC unit took home the Northwest Navy trophy for being the best unit overall was a day filled with pride and joy from all of the unit members, said Grace Puglisi, senior. Having been a part of University of Utahs ROTC program for four years and never achieving such a goal made this accomplishment all the self-discipli- greater. Nathan Guyer is the Public Affairs Officer of the Naval ROTC program at Westminster. aas3imii JramaE WRITER not just a science journal, its for everyone and we want everyone to be represented in it. Not only will the academic journal focus on the research of students but also on the students themselves. Were focusing on having really high quality and a good variety of research and kind of highlighting the students who are doing the research, Dobbins said. Because its just as interesting to know how theyre living their life, how they came up with that stuff, as it is to find out about the research. We also want students to have a really good tool to use when theyre doing their own research. The Myriad team has high hopes for the academic journal, especially because it will be rethinking nearly every aspect of -- the traditional academic journal. By creating a cross-disciplina- ry, multimedia, digital journal, we are creating something entirely unique to Westminster, Komhauser said. Submissions are due Nov. and the forms can be found 30, on Westminsters website. After a reviewing process of the work, the final product is tentatively set to publish on April 4. I think we have so many amazing students at Westminster that deserve more credit for the research that they do, Jerman said. This is a really incredible project, and people should submit their research so they can gain recognition for their hard work. |