SUMMER 2018 ISSUE 08 PEACE CHRONICLE The latest peaceworld news, views, and announcements Who includes diversity and is Nature, Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth, and the great charity of the earth and the equilibrium also, Who has not look’d forth from the windows the eyes for nothing, or whose brain held audience with messengers for nothing, Who contains believers and disbelievers, who is the most majestic lover, Who holds duly his or her triune proportion of realism, spiritualism, and of the æsthetic or intellectual, Who having consider’d the body finds all its organs and parts good, Who, out of the theory of the earth and of his or her body understands by subtle analogies all other theories, The theory of a city, a poem, and of the large politics of these States; Who believes not only in our globe with its sun and moon, but in other globes with their suns and moons, Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day but for all time, sees races, eras, dates, generations, The past, the future, dwelling there, like space, inseparable together. KOSMOS by WALT WHITMAN In This Issue A Mindful Summer On the Infinite Life of Plastic Straws Spotlight on Kindness Golden West College p. (714) 892 - 7711 a. 15744 Goldenwest St. Huntington Beach, Ca 92647 e. [email protected]publication designed by Karen Mao “The Stand” and “The Rack”
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SUMMER 2018ISSUE 08
PEACE CHRONICLEThe latest peaceworld news, views, and announcements
Who includes diversity and is Nature, Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth, and the great charity of the earth and the equilibrium also, Who has not look’d forth from the windows the eyes for nothing, or whose brain held audience with messengers for nothing, Who contains believers and disbelievers, who is the most majestic lover, Who holds duly his or her triune proportion of realism, spiritualism, and of the æsthetic or intellectual, Who having consider’d the body finds all its organs and parts good, Who, out of the theory of the earth and of his or her body understands by subtle analogies all other theories, The theory of a city, a poem, and of the large politics of these States; Who believes not only in our globe with its sun and moon, but in other globes with their suns and moons, Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day but for all time, sees races, eras, dates, generations, The past, the future, dwelling there, like space, inseparable
together.
KOSMOSby WALT WHITMAN
In This Issue
A Mindful Summer
On the Infinite Life of Plastic Straws
Spotlight on Kindness
Golden West Collegep. (714) 892 - 7711a. 15744 Goldenwest St. Huntington Beach, Ca 92647e. [email protected]
publication designed by Karen Mao
“The Stand” and “The Rack”
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Used 50 billion plastic water bottles last year, and a shocking 500 million plastic straws are used daily
Produce 4.4 pounds of trash per day, compared to the global average of 2.6 pounds, culminating to a nationwide total of 254 million tons of garbage per year
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ON THE INFINITE LIFE OF PLASTIC STRAWSSingle use plastics and the overarching culture of convenience in the United States have damaging consequences to the environment and our planet.
It’s not just one straw, it never is. Hundreds of thousands of straws are making these journeys every hour, every instant. And more often than not, the waiters at our restaurants and cafes just assume we’ll be needing one. As if we need to be polluting the ocean with plastic spears.
The Ocean Conservancy estimates that single-use plastic straws rank on the top ten list of items picked up on beach clean ups.The plastic used to create plastic straws never fully degrades. It gets smaller and smaller over time, but continues to exist in our atmosphere forever.
to reduce their use of single-use items and make the switch to reusable plastics. Bring reusable bags to the grocery store, decline straws when offered at restaurants, invest in a reusable water bottle, and always reuse when possible.
This summer, we challenge our readers
by LAURA NELSON AND ROBYN DICK, GWC students
photo courtesy: Justin Hoffman
photo courtesy: Caroline Power PhotographyAMERICANS ON AVERAGE...
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SPOTLIGHT ON Kindness
Golden West strives to create Oceans of Opportunity for students through a culture of inclusivity, opportunity and equitability. The EOPS program, food pantry, and the recent addition of ‘The Rack’, which provides professional interview clothing forstudents, exemplify the best characteristics represented at GWC and the benefits ofkindness.
The EOPS program offers economically disadvantaged students special support services such as specialized counseling, transfer assistance, priority registration, parking passes and assistance buying textbooks. Rocio , a full-time student workingtwo jobs, found out about EOPS this semester through classroom outreach and immediately knew how beneficial the services could be for her. I asked Rocio how EOPS has impacted her experience at Golden West.
by ROBYN DICK, GWC student
Getting to know The Rack and The Stand, GWC’s newest EOPS programs - from the students’ perspectives
“It feels great to be a part of a program in school and to be involved, especially with one that cares so much about the students success! They have provided me with so much help and it has relieved some of the stress as a college student. They have made it feel like its possible to graduate,” said Rocio. Since joining EOPS, Rocio has been able to enroll in full time classes next semester and expects to be finishing this semester on the Honor Roll.
The food pantry, known as ‘The Stand’, and ‘The Rack’ have also been greatadditions to the GWC campus this semester, and are available to all students with a current student ID. Mayra , a GWC student who works at The Stand, said her experience there has changed her perception of who uses the services, saying that students of all backgrounds are represented and love the accessibility of the program. Jose , a full-time GWC student, says he pops in from time to time when he has an especially long day on campus, and loves how inclusive the space is.
Visionaries of the Project: (Left to Right) Claudia Lee, VP of Student Services and Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona, Student Success and Support Program (SSSP)
The Rack and The Stand are located across from the new Student Services building. Donations are accepted any time during operation hours. To find out more about EOPS and its programs, visit www.goldenwestcollege.edu/student-equity/.
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A MINDFULSUMMER7 inspirational and thought-provoking films, books, and contributions for your blissful break
FILMS
BOOKS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHANGE
Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich)Home (Yann Arthus-Bertrand)Unity (Shaun Monson)Jane (Brett Morgan)Racing Extinction (Louie Psihoyos)
“A River Runs Through It” (Norman Maclean)“Gilead” (Marilyn Robinson)
“Man’s Search for Meaning” (Viktor Frankl)“A Mercy” (Toni Morrison)
“Between the World and Me” (Ta-Nehisi Coates)“A Thousand Mornings” (Mary Oliver)
“Garden Time” (W.S. Merwin)
Assist with the care of rescued animals at Farm Sanctuary (Los Angeles)
Build homes with Habitat for Humanity (Anaheim/Santa Ana)
Participate in a beach cleanup with Orange County Coastkeeper (Costa Mesa)
Explore the native land while volunteering with Irvine Ranch Conservancy Native Seed Farm
Help NGO’s with local refugees through the Tiyya Foundation (Santa Ana)
Donate your time and goods to homeless, women, and children shelters nearby like Amnesty International and Colette’s Childrens Home (Irvine and Huntington Beach)
Inspire a stranger with your own Random Act of Kindness
