FALL QUARTER 2 THE Phantom 0 1 PRESS INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 7 East-West Student Ambassadors!!! (from left to right) Rosalie Estrada, Karen Castane­ action it is. I think one of the best things I've done is help, even if it da, Arely Palomino, Michael Howard, and Myself was indirectly. (from left to right) at Student LEadership fundraiser.) Rosalie Estrada, Karen Casta­ By: Kisha Johnson We are kind, Courteous, and neda, Arely Palomino, Michael above all ambitious. We encour­ Howard, and Myself at Student As an Ambassador, oth­ age interaction and communica­ LEadership fundraiser. er students and myself represent tion. And most importantly, we Dean’s List, Spring East-West University as the bril­ help to bring a variety of oppor­ I would like to end this article by liant and intelligent minds that tunities to the university and saying that as a Student Ambas­ And Summer 2017 inhabit this institution. We are encourage individuals to attend sador, I wasn't always as outgoing a group of ethnic diversity and to experience them. and engaging as I am now (in a Lori Burns Tiffany Mendez we give outside eyes and curious way, I'm still not), but I've been Mohit Chind Nayef Mohammed minds the sneak peek into what Currently, the student slowly transitioning from a wall Chaitali Bimalkumar Desai Dhartiben Patel Naman Patel East-West is about. Ambassadors are continuing the flower to a social butterfly. Ghada Emmanuel Fadipe Nicholas Peterson work following the Take Back, Maya Fard Smita Rani Smita Rani Morrar and Ms. Barbara Abra­ Student Ambassadors do a va­ Give Back event we had in Feb­ Beatrice Fixon-Owoo Catika Smith jano saw how helpful I was (and riety of activities, from assisting ruary of this year. We have done Ashley Gaddis Ayub Syed still am) and asked me to partici­ with school related events (such research on resources and sta­ Xavion Jackson Jenish Kafle Najeeb Syed pate in events; that was one of the as the Leadership Dinner) to tistics to create an ideal solution Raquel Lazaro William Taylor best things I ever agreed to. Topics related to the Public (Take for the current violence problem Chang Liu YiWen Tong Back, Give Back). We guide happening in Chicago. Hopefully, Paris Logan Rahil Vahora Shout out to Rosalie, Karen, Are­ individuals in the right direction, we can announce the good news Prashanniah Mahindanraj Noelani Valle ly, Michael, Moises, Lizet, and all Patryk Malanowski Vidhi Vyas provide them with relevant infor­ in the near future! the other Student Ambassadors Carol Medina Ziyan Xiang mation, and greet them with en­ past and present who help make thusiasm. We also participate in As a individual, I try my best to things possible. events from time to time and give exude warmth and friendship, speeches, such as the Take Back, which I believe is a good trait for If anyone is interested in becom­ Honor’s List Spring 2017 Give Back event. Three other stu­ any student Ambassador. I also ing a Student Ambassador, Please dents and myself went on stage like to make people laugh, which see Ghada Morrar on the 8th Lydia Basanes Kushal Patel and shared personal experiences I think is the best ice breaker for Floor of the West Building. If you Joshua Bengochea Masuk Rajeshbhai Patel on how we have suffered from meeting new people and making have a willingness to help, you Cicily Byas Raj Patel Chicago Violence. them feel comfortable. will be considered. Tian Tian Ge Aranie Pereira Eva Guadarrama Titiana Rice "As a student ambassador, you Comedian/Actor Elizabeth Harrington Dominique Scott can be told how to do your job, Robin Williams, Jiaxin Li Abel Torres you can be taught how to fulfill my role model Israel Lopez Adnan Usmani your role, but usually one would Riddhi Chintukumar Modi Armando Vasquez Zhaoling forget some of their responsibil­ One of the best Mohamed Shehan Saleem Mo­ Wang ities. The real way to learn how ways to live life hamed Isam Raquel Washington to be an Ambassador is from is to help others; Jarrett Moore Mario Weathers being involved with the role." it doesn't matter Mykhaylo Moskalyk Jnissi Wheeler -Arely Palomino, EWU student how big or small John Oden Amze White ambassador or what kind of FAll Quarter 2017 T 2 Academics The Fruits Of Labor Of Being a Biology Student By Jose Ignacio Blancas outdated science, but it still has changed when I arrived at my University as I gotten depressed fix and create new inventions. I an effect even today because it first class at Millikin university. and needed to be around family. invited a portable phone power When I started at my made me who I am. From 3rd At first, I saw new terms, pub­ So my decision was to come back bank that had a 25,000 mAH original college named Millikin grade onward I became the top lished papers about diseases, new to Chicago and go to a school /14.8 Wh capacity, with 2 USB University, they taught me every­ science student in all my class­ pathogens, etc, and I felt numb. called East-West University as a ports in the front. The only way thing that I have to understand rooms because science just ‘clicks’ For the first time, I can say that I freshmen. It was a cheap price I could have created a power in order to be somebody in the in my head, which allowed me to didn’t know what was happening, to attend which was a plus, and I bank was by a soldering iron, and real world. I always knew that I rise and stay with the students of however, there was a girl named was lucky enough to be accepted careful calculations. It took time, wanted to be a biology student, Honors and AP classes back in Samantha, who saw me strug­ in time. I met tons of wonderful but I managed to invent it. ever since the little 6 six year 2011. gling in all my science classes, people in my 4 years here, and old that saw a magazine called When I got accept­ and invited me to spend time I do not think of a day where it I thank my major for this new “National geographic”, and was ed into Millikin University, I studying together. Studying for would have been different. I even found knowledge, and I will amazed at the scientific discov­ felt excited to learn even more classes was essential, after all, we had the chance to work with hard soak up all the computer science ery at that time. Of course it was about biology. However, that all were both freshmen. Over time, working students who taught me information that my little brother we bonded and got into a rela­ more than I could ever know. will tell me all about. For it is tionship, and studying became a his major, which I think he will everyday thing for us at that time. Recently in the sum­ do excellent work in the years to Everything was beginning to look mer of 2017, when I was seeing come. This way, I can fix com­ up for me until I found out she a movie called “Naked among puters in a more meaningful way had leukemia, and died of com­ Wolves”, it occurred to me that instead of just putting “windows plications just before our mid­ back in the 1930’s, there were + R” and putting “cmd” and then terms. From there on, I vowed “good enough” technology that putting in a code to check for ab­ to take science to a next level the nazi’s were using to commute normalities. Once again, I thank throughout my college years. I their commands to other bases. my biology major for exposing vowed to help those afflicted by I got curious and decided to take me to a higher level of education the same disease that took her; It apart a lot of old technology at and knowledge, and granting me is what she would have wanted. I my house, and I noticed that the opportunities to meet won­ knew that I had to leave Millikin I can use math and science to derful teachers and associates. How To Succeed In College By Keyla Montanez important group of friends who support no interaction with anyone and up. Once I made that first step to each other. When I first started at no attempt to make friends. start interacting with my fellow Hello, new freshman, I 7. Enjoy yourself and know EWU as a young mother I was all I quickly realized that I was students, I realized I enjoyed the am a senior graduating this quar­ that great things will come your about coming to class and going becoming a zombie just walk­ company. I also realized they ter, and here is my survival guide way home - getting my work done ing around the building and if were people who like me had on how to graduate from EWU. One thing I noticed about college and leaving. Everything was all I didn’t understand something a full time job, kids, and went 1. Get your work done. is that it is beneficial to have a business with no play. There was I just let it go without follow to school. I thrived better as a 2. Ask questions to your peers student with the support of my and professors. peers and it never hurts to have a 3. Take advantage of office homework or study buddy.