theTHUNDERWORD Highline Community College October 6, 2011 Volume 50, Issue 2 Higher enrollment means longer waits By Thunderword Staff already tired of long lines. With some textbooks running out, With enrollment up this quar- some students reported waiting ter, Highline students are having over an hour to buy their books to compete for parking spots, from the bookstore. books, and a seat in class. Other students ordered text- The first day of Fall Quarter books online, which some stu- saw 7,468 students enrolled. dents said was easier and, in This is about 100 more stu- some cases, cheaper. dents than were enrolled last “I got them all,” said student fall. Running Start also saw an Chris Ngy, of ordering his text- increase of about 100 more stu- books online, “for how late I did dents, putting this fall’s number everything.” over 1,000. Additionally, the Some students are also find- number of international students ing out that it’s easier to either increased by a small number. enroll earlier as well. With more and more students Olya Petrova, a sophomore, Kaley Ishmael/THUNDERWORD all wanting to pursue college ed- said, “We know we have to do Refugee farmers and student volunteers sell produce at Highline every Wednesday through October. ucation each year, Highline has it sooner.” had trouble accommodating all Students have mixed feelings of them in many areas. about waitlists. While some From class sizes and avail- students drop the class if they Refugee farmers plant roots at Highline ability, book availability, park- do not make it in by the first ing, lines, and tuition increases; day, other students retain some By ERIKA WIGREN Student Union every Wednes- camps. the demand often exceeds the hope, and attend class to see if Staff Reporter day for the first few weeks of In 2004, the family resettled supply. they will make it in. October. in the greater Seattle area, where “I still haven’t gotten the “I was the 11th person on Ramadhan Mugasa and his Mugasa and his daughter, they began to learn how to farm program I need for my BTECH the waitlist but then most peo- family plant hope for the future. Halima Muya, are Bantu farm- organically. class because they ran out by the ple just gave up and I actually For the second consecutive ers from Somalia. Muya and her Despite the hardships, Mu- second day,” said returning stu- ended up as the second on the year, Highline’s Kevin Stanley six siblings spent the majority of gasa was all smiles last Wednes- dent Craig Brown. is helping refugee farmers sell their childhood in Somalia until It was only the first week of garden-fresh vegetables at a being forced out of their country school and many students were See Enrollment, page 12 reasonable price in front of the and placed in Kenyan refugee See Farmers, page 12 Goats eat greens to help Highline become green By TYLER CONNELLY This is another action from May and October. Staff Reporter Highline to go green. The ponds “I enjoy it, I love being out- are an important part of the cam- doors and it is directly related to If you are wondering what pus and the local ecosystem. what I am interested in,” he said. that was behind you, it was a Their main purpose is to collect “My wife and I talk every day. goat. garbage that would otherwise be We calculated that if we had 8-5 Craig Madsen, a livestock washed into the sewer, and ulti- jobs we wouldn’t see each other farmer from Eastern Washing- mately the Puget Sound via the much more than we do.” ton, returned to campus this Des Moines Marina. Though Healing Hooves was week with his goats to clear Healing Hooves LLC is a on campus back in June of this brush and debris from High- company owned and operated year, Madsen’s goats are here line’s west end retention ponds. by Craig and Sue Lani Madsen. this time to clean up a different “The goats are coming on Both participate in their com- section of the drainage park on Saturday, Oct. 1 and will be pany’s weed control services, the west side of campus. here through Oct. 5,” said Cen- which keeps them separated and “We are here for four to five tral Services Supervisor Dave on the road for up to six months Corey Sun/THUNDERWORD Kress. So if you noticed a large at a time all over Washington. A group of goats were invited to lunch at Highline’s drainage park herd of goats and a few sheep, Madsen typically works in an effort to go green while cleaning up. they were supposed to be there. away from his home between See Goats, page 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE P6Business booms P7Men’s soccer P9Have fun the for Des Moines team stays easy and the Farmers Market undefeated cowboy way Index Campus Life 3 Opinion 4 Puzzles 5 Sports 7-8 Arts 9-10 News 11-12 campus life 02 The Thunderword / October 6, 2011 Highline remembers Marge Command Margie M. Command (Mar- mand, and they were married munity College Hall of Fame for gie Mignon Command), 78, on Aug. 5, 1962. her early work in creating and passed away on Sept. 20, 2011 She taught nine years at supporting athletic programs in Federal Way. the junior and high school lev- for community college women. Crime and She was born on May 17, els before being selected as the The tennis courts of Highline 1933 in Seattle, the daughter of women’s physical education and are named in her honor. Punishment John and Margery Rouse. She health teacher at Highline in the She enjoyed outdoor activi- was raised in Yakima. After fall of 1964. While at Highline, ties including gardening, ten- graduating from high school, she served as women’s tennis nis, boating, fishing, and clam- Graffiti found she attended Yakima Commu- coach. She retired from High- ming. After retirement, many nity College, earned a bachelor line in June 2000. months were spent on their boat Graffiti was found near the of science degree from Wash- She enjoyed teaching physi- in the San Juan Islands and trav- main entrance to Building 30 ington State University, and Marge M. Command cal education and found even eling to many places across the on a pole with a “No Smoking” earned a master’s in education When teaching junior high more pleasure teaching adult world. sign on Sept. 26. Pictures have from Central Washington Uni- school she met another junior community college students. There will be no public ser- been taken by Campus Security. versity. high teacher, Edward M. Com- She was selected into the Com- vices. Laptop stolen A Highline student reported 3 room 102 at 2:20-3:32 p.m. and the Learning and Teaching at Highline.edu. theft of a 14-inch black Dell The series features faculty who Center are working together to laptop computer. The student present topics related to their put on events to promote aware- reported it was stolen from the field. The series also explores ness of the lesbian, gay, bisexu- Apply for the Academic second floor of the Library on scientific discoveries, studies al, transgender, questioning and Achievement award Sept. 26. and worldwide interests The intersex (LGBTQI) community next presenter will be Amelia The Winter 2012 Academic News Briefs on campus. Phillips on the topic of comput- Achievement Award scholar- Security called er/digital forensics. ship application is now avail- The plankton of Puget History Seminars are held Security officers were called Children’s book author able. The scholarship offers every Wednesday in Building to the library after a previously promotes tolerance Sound explored tuition waivers to full-time stu- 3, room 102. The next present- admonished individual was de- dents with a 3.5 GPA or higher. er will be Lonnie Somer on the manding contact information of Children’s book author Cher- Woody Moses will present Running Start students, non- topic of American Degeneracy. a woman who formerly worked yl Kilodavis will be coming to The Plankton of Puget Sound resident students, and interna- These seminars can be tak- at Highline. The subject left Highline to talk about her book, on Saturday, Oct. 8 from noon- tional students are not eligible en for a credit. without incident after the offi- My Princess Boy: A Mom’s 12:45 p.m. at the MaST Center. for the scholarship. cers asked him to leave. Story About a Young Boy Who Attendants will have the op- The scholarship application Likes to Dress Up. portunity to collect plankton can be found online at www. Correction Inappropriate activity Kilodavis will be talking using nets, amd then examine highline.edu/home/pdf/Acad- about her book in on Oct. 11 in them under a microscope. Achieve.win12.pdf. In the Sept. 26 issue, an ar- Building 7 from 9-9:50 a.m. A The M.a.S.T. Center is locat- ticle on James Spack should A couple was found engag- book signing will follow from ed four miles south of Highline’s have said that Spack began his ing in inappropriate activity in 10-10:30 a.m. main campus at 28203 Redondo Attend a seminar work at Highline in 1999 at the a dark sedan on Sept. 28. They October is lesbian/gay Beach Drive South. For further Center for Learning Connec- left campus when Security Of- awareness month. Multicultur- information and driving direc- Science Seminars takes tions and started in Safety and ficers asked them to leave.