WEBVTT 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.000 Hello everyone, I'm Patrick Moser 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.000 I'm the associate director of University Housing. And, welcome to 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:20.000 a presentation of On Campus Living at Western Oregon University. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.000 I'm going to be talking about today, the housing options that Western Oregon University offers 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000 for first year students, and potentially some transfer students. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000 I'll also talk about campus dining, because when you live on campus at Western Oregon University 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000 you also eat in our dining hall. I'll talk about some of the accommodations 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.000 that our residence halls offer, some of the ways you can get involved when you live on campus 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000 and then also, talk about our application process. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.000 I've been here at Western for seventeen years and I've worked in housing. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:52.000 Before that I was a student at Western, obviously Western is a great place and is the reason 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:56.000 because it's such a wonderful place it's the reason 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.000 why I've stayed here for so long and love working with the students and hope that 00:00:59.000 --> 00:00:64.000 you'll be one of the students in joining us here in Monmouth. Let's go ahead and get started 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:08.000 and talk about on campus living. First thing that 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000 is important to note. That when you come to Western Oregon University 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:16.000 as a first year student, we do have a first year living requirement. 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:20.000 What that means is all students who enroll at WOU 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 within one year of their high school graduation are required to live on 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.000 campus. Now, there are several reasons we have that requirement 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.000 and all of them are very beneficial reasons, because what we found are actually national 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:36.000 research has shown that there are difference between residence halls 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000 students and students who commute to their 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:44.000 school their first year. What they found is that students who live on campus 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000 are able to carry a higher class load, they get more involved 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.000 with activities, because they have access to those activities 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.000 they often times statistically maintain a higher GPA 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:60.000 They graduate at higher frequency and they are shown to have a greater satisfaction 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.000 with their undergraduate experience. For all those reasons 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:08.000 and more, we really do think it's important and valuable for students to live 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:12.000 on campus their first year as they are transitioning to their 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.000 college life. Now, with that we do also have some 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.000 exceptions or some exceptions to the first year 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.000 living requirement and there's three of them. Students who are living at home 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000 with their parents and they must be living at home with their parents within a commutable 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000 distance of Western Oregon University and what we define that 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000 as is 30 mile radius. Students who are married 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 or in a registered domestic partnership are not required to live on campus their 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000 first year and then students with dependents, so students who have children or someone they're 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000 taking care of are not required to live on campus their first year. Now, if that is something 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 that you fall, if you fall into that category you do have to petition 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.000 with our office and we have a petition process. You can go online and get one of those 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:60.000 petitions and send that into our office to review by our director. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.000 Assuming that you are coming and you are going to be living on campus. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.000 We do have four options for students who are 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.000 first year students as far as residence halls go. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.000 A couple of these options also house upperclassmen students 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.000 or transfer students and I'll kind of point that out incase there are any transfer students 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.000 who are watching today. The residence hall options that we have are 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.000 first year students are Heritage Hall, Landers Hall 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000 Barnum Hall and Ackerman Hall. And actually Ackerman Hall we'll talk about that 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.000 even more in a little bit, but Ackerman also houses upperclassmen students as well 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.000 Barnum Hall has the capability of housing upperclassmen 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.000 students but the layout is exactly the same as our 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:48.000 upperclassmen housing in Butler. So, we'll go through these four different 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:52.000 housing options to give you a little bit more information about them. Landers 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:56.000 has smaller communities compared to some of the other first year living communities 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:60.000 there's just 18 people per floor. There are shared bathrooms 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:04.000 down the hall for those 18 folks and movable furniture. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.000 The floors are separated by single gender 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.000 in that community there will be all females or all males 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.000 but the community is also defined in the larger sense 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.000 of the residence system who serves that community also has another floor 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.000 and that floor that you could be a part of the community with could be male or female 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.000 floor but on that particular floor it could be all males of females. Hopefully 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:32.000 that makes sense. There is more floor space in each of the rooms compared 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:36.000 to our Heritage Hall so there is a little bit more square footage in the Landers option 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.000 and a lot of our students find that as an attractive feature along with 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:44.000 the smaller community sizes. Next we have heritage hall another 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:48.000 traditional residence hall. Just so you know Landers does house about 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.000 first year students. There's larger communities, there's 30-34 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:60.000 people per floor. [Read slide] 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.000 A majority of our 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.000 communities actually house both males and females. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:12.000 That's per room so in a single room there would be two males and in another room there could be 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.000 two females and they could actually be next door to each other. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:20.000 We don't house students in a single room that are male and female, but 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.000 by room type. Hopefully that makes sense as well. 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:28.000 Because there are two bathrooms in this facility 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.000 one bathroom in our co-ed communities is designated as male and then the other is 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.000 designated as female. Another 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:40.000 houseing option that we have for first year students is 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.000 Barnun Hall. Barnum Hall is more suite style rooms 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.000 They have their own private bathroom and that is something that some students 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:52.000 are very interested in. The rooms are accessed from the outside 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.000 There's no internal core door like in Heritage and Landers 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:60.000 It tends to be a quieter study environment and 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.000 a situation where you know more than one person and you want to be their roomate. Barnum 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.000 might be a nice option, because actually three people can live in those rooms and as you can 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:16.000 see on the floor plan there on the powerpoint. There's kind of 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.000 that study space in the front or in the entry area. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.000 And then the bedroom is in the back and it has its own private bathroom. 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:28.000 Our final option and like I said Barnum 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:32.000 Hall is the type of housing that upperclassmen could live 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:36.000 in Butler as well. Our final hall is Ackerman Hall and this 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.000 is actually our newest residence hall that opened in 2010 and is a live learn 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:44.000 residence hall. One of the unique things about Ackerman Hall is 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:48.000 it's a LEED Platinum building which means it was built to the highest standart 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:52.000 of sustainable building and it was actually the first LEED 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:56.000 Platinum building of it's size in the nation 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:60.000 In little Monmouth Oregon we had a very 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.000 exciting project that our students benefit from everyday 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:08.000 by living in this very nice building. There's 33 people 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:12.000 who live on each floor. They're Co-ed communities 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.000 all of our communities in Ackerman have both males and females 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.000 living in that community. There's a mix in class standing, so 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.000 first year students and upperclassmen students live in the first community and this 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.000 year the mix is about 50% upperclassmen students and 50% 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:32.000 first year students. There's three room sizes, so there's a 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.000 double a delux double and then a 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.000 single room. We actually have 90 singles that are in Ackerman Hall. Then there's 2 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.000 shared bathrooms and 2 private bathrooms which are gender inclusive bathrooms. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:48.000 That are in each community. A little more information 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:52.000 about Ackerman Hall, because it's so unique and to give you some 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:56.000 more information about the Live/Learn aspect from it is 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:60.000 there's additional programing or themes that happen in this community 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.000 in this hall [read slide] 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:32.000 Our themes that we are offering next year 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:36.000 is for 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:44.000 That community really focuses on 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:48.000 sustainable living and ways to treat the environment. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.000 We have a future educators community, so any 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.000 folks who are interested in exploring being a teacher in the future, this is 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:60.000 the community that they may choose. We have outdoor adventure 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:04.000 The arts, which can be any sort of arts. Visual, performing 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:08.000 any sort of 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:12.000 arts. Global village which is a community that a 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:16.000 lot of our international students choose to live in and domestic students who would like to have 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.000 an international student roommate or international students who want a domestic 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.000 roommate, this is the community that they sign up for and they learn about 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.000 cultures in this community. Pre-nursing 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.000 is anyone who is interested in the nursing profession. We have 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:36.000 a community for that. American Sign Language 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.000 we have a very strong ASL program on campus and we have a lot 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:44.000 of folks who either sign or are learning to sign who live in that community. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:48.000 Then we have an Honors community. We do have 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:52.000 about 325 students. I didn't mention that earlier but around 325 students 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.000 live in Ackerman Hall. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:60.000 Alright so campus dining like I mentioned before if you live on campus in one of our residence 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.000 halls you'll also be eating on campus, because 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:08.000 you are required to have a meal plan. With campus dining 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:12.000 there's lots of different options. I'll talk to you a little bit 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.000 here are the different areas in the dining hall that are open basically 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.000 from 7am to 11pm. Not all of these things 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.000 are offered all day long, but different portions of the day like 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:28.000 breakfast lunch and dinner time you'll have this large 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:32.000 assortment of different options. To give you a little bit more idea about 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:36.000 the meal plan and how it works is 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:40.000 We have 5 different meal plans which are called 'a la carte" 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:44.000 basically what you are doing is that you're paying for each of your 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:48.000 items individually. Some campuses have an all you can 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:52.000 eat. We don't have that because we want to provide our students more options. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.000 We have an 'a la carte' system. What ever specific 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:60.000 item you want for your meal. You pay for that specific item. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:04.000 Meal plans are set up like a debit card so you have a declining balance 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:08.000 your balance decreases as you purchase items. Balances do carry 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:12.000 over from term to term but not at the end of the year. You either spend 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.000 all your money or you lose it at the end of the year unless you are staying 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.000 a second year and moving into one of our upperclassmen halls and then you can 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.000 retain that money. Meal plan 3 if you are looking at what meal plan 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.000 is the most common, is meal plan three. That's a good place to start 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:32.000 as the term goes on if you run out of money if meal plan 3 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:36.000 wasn't enough for you, you can change that meal plan prior to 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:40.000 the beginning of the next term. Likewise if you find that meal plan 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:44.000 was too much, you can change to a lower plan to the next term as well. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.000 A little bit about our application process, just so you know 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.000 we have been accepting housing applications since October 1st. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.000 It's not too early to apply. In fact I would encourage you if you're 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:60.000 coming to Western to apply as soon as you can. You must apply 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:04.000 however for admissions before applying for housing, but you don't have to be admitted 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:08.000 by admissions to apply. You just basically have to 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:12.000 fill out the admissions application before you have access to the housing application 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.000 we do suggest that you apply early like I said. We've already accepted applications 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.000 you can apply online or you can fill out a paper application. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.000 either one that you do choose to fill out, make sure you fill out that roomate 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.000 questionnaire, because we use that information to pair up folks that might have 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:32.000 some similar interests in living together. You can note a 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:36.000 rommate preference if you have one. Jus make sure that the other 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:40.000 person also notes you. If both of you want each other as roomates and as long 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:44.000 as you do that early enough we are pretty much able to accommodate that 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:48.000 in most cases. Either submit your application either by clicking 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.000 the send button on the online application or by sending the paper application to our office 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.000 and know that there is a $40 non refundable application fee 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:60.000 we will need to have that fee before the application gets processed 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:04.000 As far as some additional amenities that you get when you 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:08.000 live on campus. We have whats called a Residential Service Center 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:12.000 and in this center we have an information desk. The center is open from 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:20.000 days and in that service center there's mail services 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.000 that's also where students get their packages so if there is any 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.000 families watching, make sure that you send them care packages 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:32.000 I did that for you student's so hopefully that's helpful. There's also 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:36.000 cable television in every room. We have laundry facilities 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:40.000 that actually are free laundry 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:44.000 because the laundry fees are included in your room and board. 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:48.000 At the machines you don't have to use any quarters or any card or 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.000 anything. You just go to the machine and you are able to use it as long as that machine is 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.000 open. That's really nice, our students enjoy that. We also have wireless 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:60.000 internet access in all of our rooms as well. 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:04.000 A little bit about our policies. We do have anytime 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:08.000 that you live on campus. No matter where you go whether it's Western or somewhere else they'll have a 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:12.000 community standards. We'd like to share a few of our community standards 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:16.000 just so that you understand what those might be if you choose to come to Western 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.000 First of all, the use of alcohol and other drugs are prohibited on the residence halls 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.000 regardless of your age. Even if you're of the legal age to 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.000 consume alcohol, you can't consume it on campus and drugs 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:32.000 of course nobody would be of the legal age to consume drugs. We have a 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:36.000 noise policy and with that comes our 24 hour courtesy hours. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:40.000 Basically what that means is at any point everyone has the 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:44.000 right to study or sleep without interruption and 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:48.000 if someone else's noise is interrupting that opportunity for them, they have the right to 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:52.000 go and talk to those students and those students are 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.000 requested to follow those guidelines. Also 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:60.000 we are smoking and tobacco free. The use of of tobacco 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:04.000 or smokeless tobacco is prohibited in the residence halls. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:08.000 We have a dog there, but the dog has to go away, because we don't 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:12.000 actually allow pets on campus 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.000 except for aquarium fish and how we define aquarium fish 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.000 because believe it or not we've had to define aquarium fish. Is anything that has gills 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.000 and scales, would be considered an aquarium fish. We have several 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:28.000 other policies and I would encourage you if you choose to come to Western to make sure you go 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:32.000 online and take a look at those policies, look at our contract it's always 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:36.000 a good idea to know what kind of community 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:40.000 standards that you will be asked to live under regardless 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.000 of where you go and hopefully that's Western. There's lots of ways to get involved 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:48.000 while living on campus and actually that's probably one of the main advantages of 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:52.000 living on campus your first year is all the different opportunities that you have. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:56.000 I've listed some of them right here. We have residence hall governments 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:20.000 Hall Hosts show our residence hall rooms 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.000 to tour groups throughout the year. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:28.000 As of other tours on campus and hopefully you'll be able to come on campus at some point. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:32.000 And take one of those tours and you'll see the hall hosts and get to meet them 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:36.000 We have 5 Hall Hosts positions and that's something that you can apply for and they do 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:40.000 interviews over the summer. The Housing and Dining Advisory Committee, one thing that 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:44.000 that's really neat about housing and dining it's very student 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:48.000 focused and so we want to get the input from the students who live on 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.000 campus. We have a committee where students can voice their 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.000 opinions so that we can make on campus living better 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:60.000 throughout the year. The Residential Conduct Board is unique 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.000 opportunity in that students it's a peer conduct board that hears 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.000 judicial cases in the residence halls and they are able to 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:12.000 help educate students about community standards 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:16.000 and so those violations aren't repeated in the future 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:20.000 also lots of on campus employment opportunities in the residence halls in fact 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:24.000 valsetz is the largest that's our dining hall. It's the largest 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:28.000 employer on campus. Lots of opportunities to get jobs there. 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:32.000 Clubs and organizations are not run through our office but we have a lot of our students 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.000 that live on our campus who are involved in those and lots more. 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:40.000 One thing that I always enjoyed about Western wether I was a student here or I'm 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:44.000 working here. If you want to get involved at Western 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:48.000 you can pretty much choose what that is for you and get involved. We're small enough 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.000 campus where you can hit the ground running if that's something that you want to do 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:56.000 We also provide a lot of programming 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:60.000 in the residence halls that help our students to get involved. This is the variety 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:04.000 of programing that we do. We have large scale weekend programs through our weekend wolfpack 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.000 events and they pretty much are doing one or two programs on weekends 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:12.000 so you have something to do on the weekends. The Student Activities Board 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:16.000 We work with them. The Residence Hall Association does programs their RA's will do 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:20.000 programs. Hall Governments do programs. We have lots of things to do. 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:24.000 if you said that there's nothing to do when you'e here at Western. You're probably not looking hard enough. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:28.000 Because there's plenty of things to do. Also Varsity Athletics 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:32.000 We like to have our students help support our varsity athletes when they're out performing 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:36.000 on the field and the Intramurals. We don't run that program, but 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:40.000 what happens is that a lot of our communities get together and put together intramural teams 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.000 and compete against other communities and that's always a fun 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:48.000 and unique opportunity for communities to get together and work 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.000 together and to get to know each other better. So, lots and lots of ways to get involved 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:56.000 and like I said one of the main advantages not only of coming to Western 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:60.000 because of our size, but also living on campus, because you have access to all of these things. 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.000 Alright well that concludes 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:08.000 my presentation and we hope to see you in the fall or even sooner 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:12.000 than that here at Western. Thank you.