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Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. 1arr!Jrras ;l1J!;)Yd a4i 8IOZ A.11muef Ill JilSSJ III JUIIlJOA IN THIS ISSUE 20 DoN'T BELIEVE A CRocomLE's HYPE WHAT'S HAPPENING Why Zimbabwe's New President Won't Do Opening in November The Rain Thoughts & Talks by Jason Mekkam Concerts & Events 13 PROPAGATING HATE The Embedded Network of White Supremacist Propaganda by Camille Martins 22 A FOOLPROOF GUIDE TO NEW YEAR'S 7 RESOLUTIONS LETTER TO THE EDITOR Grain of Salt In Response to 'J\ramark Falls with by Shane Johnson Autumn Leaves" 15 TuE REBELLION AGAINST Sci-FI PRECEDENT The Last Jedi: In a Galaxy Far, Far Away, even Minor Characters have Value. by Emma Ritter 24 8 TuE DISASTER ARTIST CHARTWELLS CHARGES ONWARD The Friendship That Spurred the Best­ WITH CAMPUS DINING Worst Movie Ever Made The Compass Group USA Subsidiary by Alexandra Louis has Big Renovation Plans and Addresses Employee Complaints 16 Movrn PAss by Jessica Pollard The Future of Hollywood or an Unsustainable Business? by Shane Johnson 25 TuE PRINCESS WITHOUT A VOICE "The Shape of Water" proves Guillermo 10 del Toro's Prowess TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR by Alexandra Louis The Story of the Silence Breakers by Savannah Quarum 17 ON PECANS, AOL, AND 'FACEBOOK }AIL' An interview with the founder of one of Facebook's trendiest political satire groups. by Andreas Bassett 26 NINTENDO IS STUCK IN THE PAST 12 Their Love for Nostalgia will be Their Tim FREEDOM OF THE " EXPLORE Downfall FEED" by Aurora Mak Facebook's Recent Experiment could Spell Media Oppression for some Countries by Jessica Pollard 2 THE PACIFIC SENTINEL STAFF FEATURED THIS MONTH Alexandra Louis is a psychology student Aurora Mak is a lovely freshman at PSU E DITOR- IN-CHIEF in her final year and is mostly just using and is studying Mathematics and Theater Kasey Colton this job as an excuse to see all the academy Arts. She enjoys being alone and Socratic award contenders. seminars. MANAGING E DITOR Jessica Pollard Jessica Pollard is a geography major at McKenzie Lee is done with life. PSU. She wishes someone had bought her PRODUCTION MANAGER a New Yorker subscription for Christmas Savannah Quorum is in her second year McKenzie Lee because she keeps wasting free articles on of the PSU graphic design program. She the Horowitz Report, which is actual fake just celebrated her one year anniversary of I:.- MULTIMEDIA E DITOR news. writing for the Sentinel. She also designed Jason Mekkam this issue's cover. Josie Allison is an international studies l.,, ARTS & CULTURE E DITOR major who has been known to yell about Shane Johnson is a business major and Alexandra Louis donuts and Christmas music. writing minor at PSU. He is a frustrated ~ idealist, aspiring humorist, and pizza I NTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL Andreas Bassett is a senior majoring enthusiast. P OLITICS E DITOR in English. He is currently working on l Andreas Bassett proving his theory that the Voynich man­ Camille Martins is a junior at PSU pur­ uscript was written in code for phonetic suing a degree in Economics. They are a SOCIAL & E NVIRONMENTAL Latin. transfer student from the US south who JUSTICE E DITOR covers economics, media, and politics. Josie Allison Jason Mekkam studies English. He hates waffles but loves pancakes. Emma Ritter is a psychology major with a OPINION E DITOR minor in Women's Studies. To the general ~urora Mak Kasey Colton is a double major in Phi­ public she appears to be an angry hippie losophy and Arts & Letters. Her aesthetic liberal with some punk influences. is a Wes Anderson remake of "Inglorious Basterds:' HO WE ARE CONTACT [email protected] .icific Sentinel magazine offers an inclusive forum incorporating :pth content from the PSU community. We advocate on behalf of The Pacific Sentinel marginalized, explore the merits of cultural artifacts, and initiate Smith Memorial Student Union I S29 ~rdisciplinary communication. Portland State University -OPYRIGHT © 2017 THE PACIFIC SENTINEL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1825 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97201 The Pacific Sentinel is published monthly as an independent student news magazine governed by the PSU Student Media Board. Views and editorial content expressed herein are those of the staff, contributors, and readers and do not necessarily represent those of the PSU student body, faculty, staff, or administration. THE PACIFIC SENTINEL 3 CONCERTS & EVENTS Steve Gunn & Julie Byrne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. January 13 & 14@8 p.m . Mississippi Studios Alt-rock artists Steve Gunn and Julie "Help the Hoople" Benefit Concert Destroyer Byrne are bringing their tour to Portland's and Online Auction January 10 @ 9 p.m. Mississippi Studios for two nights on January 5 & 6@ 8 p.m. Wonder Ballroom Jan. 13 and 14. 'The show is a 21 and over Scott Mccaughey, a Portland musician Alt-rock group, Destroyer, will play event. Doors open at 7 p.m. and music who produced and played with bands like with opener, Mega Bog, at the Wonder starts at 8 p.m. R.E.M., Wilco, and The Baseball Projects, Ballroom on Jan. 10. The doors open at 8 't' suffered a major stroke in November and p.m. with the show starting at 9 p.m. The Lewis Black's The Joke's On Us l is now in recovery. "Help the Hoople" concert is a 21 and over event Comedy Tour is a two-night benefit concert featuring j January 19 @ 8 p. m. a lineup of musicians and friends of Girl Fest Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall J Scott's. All of the proceeds will go directly January 10@ 7 p.m. Stand up comedian Lewis Black will bring to Scott's medical and rehabilitation Holocene his blunt comedy to the Arlene Schnitzer Founded in 2013, Girl Fest is an annual expenses. Concert Hall on Jan. 19. The show is all J concert celebrating the talents and power ages. The doors open at 7 p.m. and the The first night of the event will be held of women in music. This year's line up event starts at 8 p.m. at the Star Theater on Jan. 5 and will will include Gifted Gab, a hip hop artist feature the following musicians: from Seattle; Wynne, a hip hop artist from Tyler, the Creator & Vince Staples Alejandro Escovedo Portland, Oregon; Fritzwa, an R&B artist January 27 @ 6:30 p.m. Corin Tucker, Mike Mills, Peter Buck from New York; Parisalexa, a Pop/R&B Veterans Memorial Coliseum Janet Weiss artist from Seattle; Sheers, a trip-hop duo Rappers Tyler, the Creator and Vince ) Count Kellam from Portland; and Dreckig, a kraut-rock/ Staples are coming to the Veterans Fernando cumbia duo from Portland. The event is Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 27. The show James Mercer (The Shins) open to all genders and all ages. The show is an all ages event. The doors open at 6 Jerry Joseph will start at 7 p.m. p.m. and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. Justin Townes Earle I M. Ward School of Rocle Portland performs Mike Coykendall Elliott Smith's "XO" I Patterson Hood (Drive-by Truckers), January 12@ 7 p.m. Chris Funk (The Decemberists) Holocene I Portland's School of Rock will perform IN OTHER I The second night will be held at the Elliott Smith's first major release album, ; Wonder Ballroom, January 6th and "XO" on Jan. 12 at Holocene. The doors NEWS ... f will feature: open at 5 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m. The show is open to all ages. •••••••••••••• Casey Neil J Limo driver Mike Hughes, a big prof DharmaBums of the Flat Earth Theory, planned to! James Mercer (The Shins) Maria Bamford Live a homemade scrap metal rocket 1,8(;. Corin Tucker, Peter Buck, Kurt Bloch, January 13 @ 7 p.m. feet into the air in order to prove that Mike Mills and Janet Weiss Revolution Hall Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford will earth is a flat disc. Hughes states, "I dot The Decemberists perform live at Revolution Hall on Jan. believe in science:' and his planned trip< 13. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the show into the earth's atmosphere was to debun, The event is 21 and over. starts at 7 p.m. This is an all ages event. the spherical earth once and for all. Unfortunately, his efforts were for naught, as the Burea~ of Land Management told Hughes that he would not be allowed to launch his rocket on public land. Shortly after being notified of this, his rocket broke down in his driveway. We sincerely wish Mike all the best! 4 THE PACIFIC SENTINEL learning more about the direction PSU is Pacific Northwest are doing to prevent Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Henry Walker headed, and maybe speaking your mind wage cuts, job outsourcing, and more. This was awarded $7.5 million for falling and on an issue you feel is important to the event will also be a kick-off to organizing shattering his hip while shopping for a student body.