1989_0110 ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 1 ---------- WILDCAT SCRAP Men's hoop loses, Women beat Central page 10 TUESDAY 1 WEATHER: Rainmixed with snow through today and partial clearing through the week. TODAY'S THOUGHT: Blessedare the young, for they shall inherit the national debt -Herbert Hoover [Sl*J*Jt~l CAREER MOVESCenter helps with decisions page 7 w* ! i The Western Front HMHHW^BI IlipPiPIMiiiPiiMPPiiliiiiiWMiiBBjiiiH Wages meet minimum By Sara Britton The Western Front About 900 Western studentemployees will get an unexpected after-Christmas bonus this January. Student employees earning lessthan the new state minimum wage of $3.85 per hour will be given an automatic pay raise, said FredOndeck, job developer for Western's student employment center. By law, Western is not required to paystudents more than the federally required minimum wage of $3.35 per hour. Ondeck said the studentemployment office assessed the possible impact of wage increases to Western's budget See Wage page 2 City recycling creates surplus By Ellis Baker The Western Front An increasing number of cityrecycling programs has created a surplus of recyclable materials on the West Coast and a subsequentfinancial crisis for the Associated Students Recycling Center, coordinator Jim Madison said. Droppingmarket prices for many types of materials will cause an estimated shortfall of $7,400 in the center's 1988-89 budget unless a proposed rate increase of about 40 percent is approved, he said. This is me first rateincrease request since the Physical Plant began paying the Recycling Center two years ago, Madison said. The center, which opened in 1970, also receives funds from the AS budget and the sale ofprocessed materials. The dropping market prices have affected many materials including office waste,which consists of mixed waste paper. Office waste represents the greatest volume of recyclable materialprocessed by the recycling center. It now costs $20 per ton to dispose of material the center used to sell for $10 per ton, Madison said. Other materials — newspaper, cardboard and ledger paper — arebringing about half the revenue formerly earned. Glass, aluminum and computer paper markets are stillstrong, but those materials represent a small percentage of the center's volume, he said. In the pastsix months, the center has processed more than 130 tons of material. Madison estimates the center See Recycling on page 2 Pete Kendall/The Western Front Ridgeway-Delta residents, Christina Deitz (left)and Stacy Nielsen, enjoyed the snow Sunday by using garbage bags to slide down the hill in front of OldMain. Big Melt: School's In Students' thoughts of school cancellation came and went with the snow,which accumulated to more than three inches before melting by Monday. As the snow melted Sundaynight, so did students' anticipations for a free Monday. Yet students thought it was fun while it lasted, as witnessed by the amount of snowmen, sleds and snowball fights on Western's campus. The issueconcerning school closures was the most widely asked question by Western students Sunday. But atWestern, school closures are "very rare" said Peter Harris, vice president of Business and Finance. "The college has closed only once in the past 30 some years," Harris said. Western canceled classes threeyears ago after a November snowstorm. The decision on whether to close school begins withcampus security, Harris said. If snow poses a problem, security will contact the Physical Plant DirectorClyde Snodgrass, who visually examines the problem. If Snodgrass believes closure of the school isnecessary, a recommendation is sent to Harris, who will then make a recommendation to UniversityPresident Kenneth Mortimer. Mortimer makes the final decision about school closure. Jim Thomsen/TheWestern Front Danny Dietz, 7, (left) and Eric Winchell, 8, engage in a snowball fight with the snow thatsoon disappeared. Trustees appeal police contract ruling Timothy K. King The Western Front The fate of Western's attempted contract with the city of Bellingham for police protection will remain a mysteryfor at least a year, said Wendy Bohlke, assistant attorney general. The university is appealing the Dec.l decision by Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Stro-phy, who ruled Western's contract withthe city illegal. Because of court backlog and the amount of paperwork necessary, the appeal couldtake 12 to 18 months to reach the oral argument stage. The court's decision would probably follow thearguments by three to 12 months, Bohlke said. "The process went quick up to this time because itwasn't too complicated," she said. Last summer, Western's Board of Trustees decommissioned theuniversity police force and established a contract with the city for university police protection.Strophy's decision favored an earlier appeal by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE)and ruled that forming a contract with the city would violate the university's contract with campussecurity. Bohlke said the decision upheld the trustees authority to de-comisssion the campus policeand the issue now is whether the contract is valid. "We're challenging the ruling that says Western isprohibited from entering in a contract with the city," she said. Lt. Don Miles, liaison between Westernand the Bellingham Police Department, said the city will provide police protection to the universitywhile the contract appeals are being decided. South campus burglarized Four Birnam Wood, threeFairhaven apartments and two Beta rooms — all of them located on the ground floor of the complexes— were burglarized during winter break, a majority of the burglaries occurring between Dec. 9 andJan. 2. Detective Will Ziebell of the Bellingham Police said the burglars took stereo equipment, amongother "unusual items," including a jar of peanut butter, a quilt, a guitar and costume jewelry. For morecampus crime, see page 2. ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 2 ---------- January 10,1989 The Western Front ^^^^^^^^^^^^^H KUGS stereo; celebrates 15 KUGS radio, Western'scampus FM station was scheduled to broadcast in stereo Monday. KUGS, which began as a 10-wattstation in 1974, now broadcasts a 100-watt stereo signal at 89.3 on the dial. At the end of January, thestation will celebrate its 15-year anniversary. Fee charged for replacement I.D. The cost of replacing a lost Western ID.-Library card has gone up — from nothing to $2. The fee covers the cost of issuingboth a temporary card and a permanent plastic card. Replacement cards are available at the WilsonLibrary loan desk. A card is required to check out library materials and to use the reserve room. Art-history prof chosen for board Thomas Schlotterback, a Western art-history professor, has beenselected to the board of trustees of the Washington Commission for the Humanities. The Commissionfor the Humanities is a non-profit foundation which awards grants statewide to schools, libraries,museums and community groups. Grants are for public programs in the humanities, which includesliterature, history, art, religion and ethics. The commission is based in Seattle and is supported by funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Staff directory available at VU The Western campusdirectory will come in two flavors this year. One part, available today at the Viking Union Informationdesk, will list faculty and staff. A second edition, available in February, will cover students. In pastyears, the directory contained faculty/staff and student listings in one book. However, frequent fallquarter student housing changes made the book outdated. The new student issue of the directory willuse phone numbers and addresses confirmed during winter quarter registration. Concerns for accuracyhave caused the separation of what has previously been a single directory. "The (previous) Fall listings are so inaccurate...there are so many changes that it becomes virtually useless," said Steve Inge,directory of publications. •A.S. board meets 4 p.m., today V.U. 408. Information items on the agendainclude: oiled bird rescue, the minimum wage increase and Descend Olympia planning. •TheAssociated Students Environmental Center is sponsoring a lecture on Permaculture—Designing forSustainability. Michael Pilarski, founder of Friends of the Trees Society will introduce this method ofpermanent agriculture, 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Viking Union Lounge. •The Western Gallerypresents an open house with informal tours and refreshments, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The newgallery is featuring "Milton Avery: Progressive Images." •The Western Circle K Club, a volunteerservice organization, is meeting 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Viking Addition 463. All are welcome. •TheCollege Republicans first general meeting of 1989 is 3 p.m. Thursday in Viking Union 460. Agendaitems include legislative strategy for 1989, the College Republicans' state convention and the election ofnew club officers. • A lecture titled "Darwinian Incentive Modification as Opposed to Pavlovian Behavior Modification" will be presented at noon Thursday in the Wilson Library presentation room. The lecture will contrast the two different processes that occur in any learning sequence. The lecture is part of theBureau for Faculty Research/Sigma-Xi Research Lecture Series. •The Chrysalis Gallery presents guest lecturer Louise Williams, 6 p.m. Thursday in Fairhaven 213. Over Winter break Belling-ham and campus police responded to the following incidents: Saturday, Dec. 10 Someone broke into the Physical Plantparking area in an apparent attempt to steal mopeds. Two mopeds were found hidden in brushoutside the 8-foot fence, two or three tipped over, and one was missing. Monday, Dec. 12 Equipmentvalued at $1,004, including a VCR was stolen from the Fairhaven Administration Building. Monday,Dec. 19 A hit-and-run caused $450 damage to a vehicle parked in the 21P parking lot. Tuesday, Dec.20 Jack G. MacDonald, 37, 1411 Grant St. was arrested on outstanding warrants after a distubance in the Students Co-op Bookstore. Friday, Dec. 23 An exhaust fan on the roof of the Viking Commonsburned, setting fire to the roof of the building. $500 worth of equipment was damaged. Sunday, Dec.25 An $800 mountain bike, a microwave oven and other appliances, totalling over $1,100 werereported stolen from the Fairhaven dorms. Sunday, Jan. 1 A 19-inch color television worth $300 wasreported stolen from the Fairhaven dorms. $7,000 to $8,000 worth of stereo equipment was reportedstolen from the Beta residence hall. Monday, Jan. 2 $20 was reported stolen from a Birnam Woodapartment. An hour later, another $1,000 was found missing. Joel E. Aro, 19, 441 Gamma, wasarrested in Gamma Hall on investigation of being a minor in possession of alcohol after being reported as an unwanted guest. A burglary of $5 worth of equipment in the P.E. department caused $100 damage to the men's cage door. Wednesday, Jan.4 A theft in Miller Hall accounted for $125 in miscellaneousitems, including $115 cash and some coffee. Office equipment and master keys to the PAC werereported stolen from a theatre-dance department office. Thursday, Jan. 5 A purse containing keys andcredit cards was reported stolen from a Birnam Wood apartment. Friday, Jan. 6 A 2P parking permitworth $24.79 was reported stolen from a car in that lot. The victim said she may not have secured thecar's passenger door after dropping a friend off. Saturday Jan. 7 The rear window of a car parked in lot15C was shot out apparently with a pellet gun. Loss was estimated at $300. Recycling Continuedfrom page 1 Wage Continued from page 1 will process 137 tons of material during the next six months. The center currently charges the Physical Plant, Housing and Dining, and University Food Services atotal of $16,765 to pick up and process campus waste. If Peter Harris, vice president of Business andFinancial Affairs, approves the rate increase, those three departments will pay about $24,000 this fiscalyear for waste disposal. Corrections The Western Front tries to be accurate in every story itpublishes. When we do err, we want to correct the mistake. To submit a correction, please call theeditor or managing editor at 676-3162. Dennis Smith, safety, waste and environmental programsmanager of the Physical Plant, said recycling cuts the cost of waste disposal for the university. "I'vewritten a letter to the vice president saying I'm in full support of that (increase). We are definitely going to go with the rate increase, and it'd still be a savings," Smith said. Smith said the center charges $90 per ton, compared to $118 per ton for commercial waste disposal. In a related matter, Madison said theRecycling Center will phase out acceptance of cardboard, tin, aluminum, glass and newspaper at itsdropoff center beginning in April when Bellingham starts its city-wide curbside recycling program.After consulting with the financial aid office and President Mortimer, Western opted to adhere to thestate-mandated minimum wage of $3.85 per hour, which was passed last November. "We're really gladto see it happen," Ondeck said. The automatic pay raise will not affect Western's salaried employees or hourly employees who already earn more than $3.85 per hour, work-study counselor Mary Murraysaid. Individual departments will be encouraged to give corresponding pay raises to hourly employeeswho already earn more than $3.85 per hour. New pay rates for all hourly employees based upon the$3.85 minimum wage will be implemented in July, 1989. Initiative 518, which passed Nov. 8,1988, raised the state minimum wage from $2.30 per hour (passed in 1976) to $3.85 per hour in 1989 and will raisewages again to $4.25 per hour in 1990. Ondeck said the initiative did not revise the original law whichexempts Washington schools from the state minimum wage requirement. He said both EasternWashington University and Washington State University will continue to base student pay levels onthe federal minimum wage of $3.35 per hour. Western has not decided whether to raise pay levelsagain in 1990 when the $4.25 minimum wage goes into effect. "We hope to get an early answer to the 1990 wage requirement," Ondeck said, adding that, the decision should be made before fiscal year1990, which begins July, 1989. An estimated 2,700 Western hourly employees will be affected by thenew pay scale by July, 1989. The average student employee affected in January was earning about$3.55 per hour, Murray said. In comparison, off-campus work study and privately employed studentsearned slightly more than $5 per hour, she said. Ondeck said some student employees saw the lowerschool wages as a trade-off. "Some students felt the flexible hours and convenience of on-cam-pus jobs made up for the lower pay," he said. ONY3 ees eas. TM COFFEE HOUSE Serving our own freshroasted coffees espresso, toddy, teas, juices milkshakes Soups, salads, sandwiches pastries •EVENING ENTERTAINMENT OPEN DAILY 7:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m. 11th Harris — Fairhaven 733-6319Copies 21/ 2 EA. (81/2"x11")WITHTHISAD ALSO AVAILABLE FAX SERVICE TYPING SERVICE(TERM PAPERS/RESUMES) FREE PARKING 209 EAST HOLLY ST. 676-4440 V/2 BLOCKS WESTOF KINKOS ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 3 ---------- The Western Front January 10,1989 3 University evicts Rufus school By Star Rush The Western FrontThe Rufus M. Jones School Association no longer has a permanent address. The building that housed the non-profit, independent school was moved Sunday from its location at 444 21st St. The Rufusschool has leased the building from Western for 15 years. The last lease, in August 1987, wasn'trenewed. Western gave the school one year's notice to move. "There is no conflict," said the school'sheadmaster, Rosemary Harris. "The building and land belong to Western. We had no voice." WhileWestern retains ownership of the one-acre lot, the building was sold to Mark Cleary. The house,moved by three trucks and assisted by police escort, was on its way to a new site at 916 Otis St.Sunday. Along the way, three power lines werecuton21stStreet and a number of trees were bent onSouth College Way to make room for the house. The building's previous lot was between two private lots. Harris was unsure of the university's plans for the lot, but she said rumors were that Western wantedthe land for a parking lot. Western owns a lot on the eastside of 21st Street near Bennett Street. It'sused as a free parking lot with a capacity of 300 cars. Harris said the Rufus M. Jones School will be re-built at a new site, which hasn't yet been determined. The non-profit, independent school serves gradesK-12 and is supported solely by funding drives and tuition. The First Baptist Church, at 110 Flora,served as a temporary home for the school last quarter. Harris said classes will be moved to Christ theServant Lutheran Church, 2600 Lakeway Dr., for the remaining two quarters of the school year. DavidCuillier/The Western Front Workers watch as the Rufus M. Jones school moves from its 21st Streetaddress, tying up traffic on Bill McDonald Parkway near Sehome High School Sunday morning. Galleryreopens with oil exhibit By Eric C. Evarts The Western Front Joelle Johnson/the Western Front TheWestern Gallery reopened Monday. After an almost eight-month hiatus, the Western Gallery reopened at 10 a.m. Monday in the newly renovated Art-Tech building. The gallery opened with "Milton Avery:Progressive Images." An open house will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The glass foyer of thebuilding looks out on the refurbished plaza on the main north-south campus walkway and on RichardSerra's Wright's Triangle sculpture. The plaza outside the building may also be used as gallery space,gallery director Sarah Clark-Langager said. Its regular hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Each Wednesday at noon, the gallery will have tours of the current exhibit, as well as of the campus sculpture collection. The gallery will also have videos explaining the sculpturesin the sculpture exhibit for those who would rather not brave the weather or the exercise of the tour, Clark-Langager said. A new information window will sell brochures on the exhibits, including Milton Avery's.Later the information booth may be converted to an art store, Clark- Langager said. She said she hasnot yet decided what to do with the space, but that in the future the space inside the gallery foyer may be used to sell or display student art or design projects, as well as art books, supplies, and paraphernalia."We want to do something unique," she said. "The Whatcom museum already has a souvenir shop. Idon't see any reason we should have two of those in Belling- . ham." Inside, the new Western Galleryhas 4,500 square feet of display space. The old gallery had only 1,200 square feet. The gallery is laid outin a large "L," containing 3,000 square feet with a high 16-foot ceiling and the rest with a 10-foot ceiling.The Avery exhibit consists of medium-sized paintings, but the space will be useful for displays of moremodern artists' work, which tends to be much larger, Clark-Langager said. The space may also be used to exhibit sculptures. See story on gallery director page 8 Students feast on dining hall completion ByPeter Ide The Western Front A celebration of the completion of the Fairhaven dining hall's renovationincluded unusual cuisine and a pomp formal dinner of the sort usually found in expensive restaurants.After several months of headaches and delays, the renovation of the Fairhaven dining hall, with theexception of a few minor details, was completed on Jan. 4, with the hook-up of the new garbage disposal. The renovations began June 13, as soon as students began leaving for summer break, Fairhavenmanager Karen Mooney said. The dining hall was completely refurbished, from the new salad bar andserving line to the new furniture and dishwasher. The celebration of the completion at the dining halloccurred Wednesday with the serving of special entrees throughout the day and a special dinner,Mooney said. The breakfast entrees consisted of a bagel bar and eggs Benedict The lunch entrees weretortellini Alfredo and fajitas. The dinner was different from usual courses because diners had to makereservations and were treated to a restaurant-style meal consisting of halibut or chicken Kiev. Dinerswere served by members of the food service personnel, resident advisers and Fairhaven ResidentDirector Shelly Keuther, who were all dressed as waiters and waitresses. Fairhaven resident Chris Knight said the dinner was a great change from the usual grind of the cafeteria-style dining on campus.BLACKBERRY BOOKS 308 W. Champion 647-1747 Used and New Books Poetiy kfteratureWystety/scln northwest History £°«0c«dr Qovt now-To Metaphysical Children's Arts Ar CultureEnvironmental Native American Diet Health OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9:30 am - 9:00 pmSTUDENTS!! Get 10% off every day! (must show student I.D.) ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 4 ---------- January 10,1989 The Western Front Birds hit by spill may come here By Sara Olason The WesternFront Some water birds caught in oil from a December spill off the Washington coast may be coming toWestern for rehabilitation later this week. Bellingham resident Lois Garlick, who operates a wild birdrehabilitation center called , Raptor Roost out of her home near Chuckanut Drive, said she expected toreceive 20 murres and scoters from Ocean Shores last Sunday. Garlick, who worked as a technician inWestern's Science Education Center for 17 years, said the birds will be transferred to Western'sEnvironmental Studies building later this week. Garlick said she has the federal and state licensesrequired to keep and release migratory birds. A veterinarian at the Ocean Shores Convention Center,where birds are being cleaned, asked Garlick if she would be willing to rehabilitate some of thehundreds of oiled birds there. Garlick agreed but then had to travel to Ocean Shores to prove herexpertise after birds entrusted to other rehabilitation centers were mistreated, she said. Ocean ShoresConvention Center has a backlog of birds that are almost ready to be released, Garlick said. More birdswill eventually be brought to Bellingham, but the final number depends on how many drivers withcovered vans are willing to transport birds from Ocean Shores. She said "at least 25" people are nowbeing trained at Ocean Shores to help rehabilitate birds in Bellingham. Though no formal certification isrequired to help, these workers will be "under (her) tutelage" when they work with the birds here. DvaneMerrill, program manager for Huxley College, said Friday that the birds would be housed in room 64 ofthe Environmental Studies building, which has drains in the floor. The birds brought to Western willhave already had an initial washing at the Ocean Shores Convention Center. The other bird rescuecenter is at the Makah Indian Tribal Council Center in Neah Bay. "They won't be emergency cases, butwill need rehabilitation," she said. Housing the birds at Huxley will "give students a chance to learnabout the rehabilitation process," Merrill said. She said she is compiling a list of volunteers who wish to help with the birds and will contact them when she knows the details of work schedules and the type ofwork needed. Tony Tenorio/The Western Front As of Thursday, volunteers had received a total of 5,200birds at the Ocean Shores Center, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported. But 3,200 birds had died andone-half of those alive at the center were also expected to die. The Neah Bay center opened after oilbegan to wash up on beaches as far north as Vancouverlsland. Sixty birds had died as of Thursday, theP-I reported. The spill occurred Dec. 22 about two miles off of Grays Harbor, when a tug rammed an oiltanker owned by Sause Bros. Ocean Towing of Oregon. The tanker leaked about 231,000 gallons ofbunker oil.Global Diving and S alvage, a Seattle company, is cleaning oil from the beaches. At a meetingof Puget Sounders last week, member Dave Schmalz estimated oiled birds have a 25-65 percent chanceof survival if cleaned. The survival rate depends on the birds' strength, how much oil they ingested whilepreening and how long they were without food before being rescued, Schmalz said. Four species of bird,scoters, western grebes, common murres and loons were hurt by the spill, Schmalz said. Birds' feathershave natural oils which repel water and provide a buoyant, insulating layer of air next to their skin.When coated with oil over even as little as 15 percent of this feather surface, the birds can die ofhypothermia and drowning. The oil is also toxic to birds when they try to clean themselves and topredators, such as eagles which may eat oiled birds, he said. Oiled birds need time to regain thiswaterproof layer and to eradicate toxins from their blood, Garlick said. Schmalz said the birds'buoyancy is tested, and their blood analyzed for traces of oil toxins before they are released. As ofWednesday, 27 birds had been released, he said. Volunteers have surged to both the Neah Bay and the Ocean Shores rescue centers to help clean oiled birds and to search for birds which have sought shelter on beaches. Workers at both centers said people should call their hotline numbers the day of theirdeparture, to find out what the centers' needs are and what housing and food are available. The hotlinenumbers are 289- 4430 or 289-4431 for Ocean Shores, and 645- 2334 at Neah Bay. A worker at theNeah Bay hotline number said volunteers are especially needed on weekdays, to search beaches forbirds. See Birds on page 5 ^ ^ e ^ ^ e 4 ^ ^ n the BellinghamTowers lobby 119 N. Commercial StreetBellingham, Wa 98225 (206) 676-0666 ^ % ARABESQUE III ^ 1200 Harris j In the FairhavenMarketplace (206) 647-9604 Sv ly/Avnp fei. the Qkvncek V ^yymrutU ASSOCIATED STUDENTS R E C Y C L E 07 -All grades of paper V^ •Aluminum •Glass A.S. Recycle Center 519 21st 676-3088A.S. Recycle Education Viking Union 113 676-3460 Give Garbage a New Life gt; RECYCLE! Bellis Fair Fountain Dist. 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For Schedule and Routinginformation CALL 676-RIDE Transportation Authority ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 5 ---------- The Western Front January 10,1989 5 Political conference urges involvement By Paul Mahlum TheWestern Front The Associated Students Board sponsored a legislative conference Saturday in theViking Union designed to get students involved in politics. Guest speakers Mayor Tim Douglas andPresident Mortimer AS sponsors Olympia walk The Associated Students Board will take part in theannual Descend Olympia program, planned for Jan. 25-26. Students from all five state universities willstart walking from the University of Washington's campus on the 25th and reach the student rally on thecapitol steps on the 26th. This is the first time students have attempted the walk, AS PresidentTammy Fleming said. Fleming said she expects 15 Western students to take part in the event. Forthose students unable to make the walk, a bus will leave Western for Olympia on the 26th. stressed the impact Western students can have on state and local politics. Douglas recommended studentsvolunteering service with local parks, recreational centers, the university crisis hotline and the city'sannual garbage cleanup campaign. "Students have to know what the university's priorities are. Usuallystudents are more interested about tuition than administrators are," Mortimer said. Western facesconsiderable opposition in Olympiaregarding lifting the enrollment lid and acquiring additional fundingfor academics and student financial aid, Mortimer said. "Western's top priority is improving the qualityof instructional support,"Mortimer said. Western has informed the state that it believes it could operatemore efficiently with an increased enrollment, Mortimer said. In the past, legislators have oftenresponded to this request by pointing out how well Western has fared with so little funding, he said.Western receives about $500 less per student from the state treasury than Central or EasternWashington University, he said. According to the agenda, the Higher Education Coordinating (HEC)Board, in its consideration of escalating costs for higher education, "has recommended a $ 12 millionincrease in the state's financial aid program, including a greater opportunity for fifth-year students toreceive financial assistance. Volunteers help clean oil-soaked birds at Neah Bay. Photo courtesy ofRick Lestina Birds Continued from page 4 Joe Martin, Operations Manager for the Makah Indian tribeat Neah Bay, recommended volunteers bring RVs or campers. Martin said the Red Cross wasproviding some food, but the hotline worker recommended volunteers plan to feed themselves. About 400 birds had been cleaned at Neah Bay, said a Department of Fish and Wildlife officer. Saturdaywas the first full day of clean-up at the newly-established center, the officer said. "You could tell they(the volunteers who were cleaning birds) were tired, but they seemed pretty optimistic, and happy tohelp the birds," Western student Kathy Hansen said. Each bird requires about an hour to be cleaned,and then workers blow on their feathers to test their cleanliness. (If the feathers fluff, they're clean.) After washing the birds, Hansen and other volunteers put them in drying and resting pens and fed them fishand grain by hand. At Ocean Shores, volunteer Kirk 1 Thomas at the center's public information office said Saturday that the rescue center was taking names of volunteers who can help during this week.Another volunteer at the hotline number said no more volunteers are needed at Ocean Shores onweekends. Some local hotels may give discounts, and volunteers may find housing at the communitycenter in sleeping bags on a first-come, first-served basis. 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The total number for the last year has doubled compared to theprevious year, motor Holly Map i North Campus Viking Union -«— Oak fi -VilsooL gt; ibrary 1Highland Dr. ./^k A W1 j y% *^\ m1 W /yr 2** Ridgeway 1 vv Birnam N : [ Fairhaven | ^ Buchanan (Towers \ £ Harris Wood / Ferry ,. . r Douglas pool coordinator Katie Lallas estimated. The increase in riders is credited to simplifying the route, reducing the fare and aggressive advertising, whichbegan in fall 1987. "Our main concern is to provide the residents of Bimam Wood and BuchananTowers a safe access to the library after a normal bus is shut down," said Roger Oettli, businessmanager for the housing and dining system. "It's too cold to walk," Oettli said. "Last quarter the officeadded an 11:15 p.m. run for students who work in the Viking Union and the library." Since the presentsystem is successful, the office has no future plans for anymore changes. Students riding the shuttleappreciated the service, although a few had suggestions for different operating hours. Patty Wiszman,shuttle rider, said the service should run early Sunday mornings. Jeb Richardson said he chooses toride the shuttle because it allows him to avoid the hassle of parking. He said the shuttle runs should beextended past 11:15 p.m. Driver Brian Johnson said he enjoys transporting people around campus onthe shuttle. "I like talking to people," he said. "You haven't had fun until you have ridden the shuttle. It's a good service." The present shuttle service is "something that we are really happy that we can still do togive students a convenient, economical and safe way to travel around the campus area at night," Hartsaid. Service does stop after 11:15 p.m., but the time was extended Hart said because life doesn't stopin the university at 5 p.m. Rider Chris Blea said the shuttle should be an emergency form oftransportation when Pete Kendall/The Western Front The Western Evening Student Transit shuttle waitsfor passengers at the VU. snowy weather makes it hard for students to travel. The shuttle costs 10cents per run and Whatcom County Transit Authority tokens aren't excepted. Transfers are also notaccepted. The shuttle doesn 't have wheelchair access because of the door dimensions. W.E.S.T. stops at all Whatcom Transit Authority stops and Western parking lots along its route. The shuttle leaves theV.U. on the hour or half hour. The service begins at 7 p.m. and continues until 11:15 p.m. Schedules can be picked up at the V.U. Information Desk or on the shuttle . The Schedule Departs Viking UnionKappa-Theta Hall Fairhaven Hall 21st and Harris 24th and Douglas 32nd and Ferry Birnam WoodBuchanan Towers Kappa-Theta Hall Wilson Library Indian and Holly Nash Hall Viking Union First RunSecond Run :00 :01 :02 :05 :07 :09 :10 :13 :14 :15 :16 :18 :20 30 31 32 35 37 39 40 43 4445 46 48 50 OK'd angled parking on High Street could ease PAC parking problems Concert andtheater-goers may not have to travel long distances to find a parking place to attend events at thePerforming Arts Center. In an effort to make Western more 'user-friendly" for the community, RobertSylvester, dean of Western's College of Fine and Performing Arts, has negotiated with Bellingham city officials to allow angled parking on High Street during performances that draw large crowds. "Because of this plan, we can accommodate at least 75 or more vehicles right next to the PAC," Sylvester said.Sylvester began negotiating with city officials last summer and said he found them to be extremelycooperative. The angled parking will start at the west end of the PAC and continue to the bookstorewhere the street narrows, said Ann Wallace, director of parking. "When angled parking is in effect,High Street becomes one lane and is open only to those wishing to park and emergency vehicles," shesaid. During PAC events, attendants are present to help patrons park. WINTER QUARTER DEGREE INITIAL CERTIFICATE CANDIDATES: All students expecting to graduate and/or receive a teachingcertificate at the close of winter quarter, 1989, must have a senior evaluation and degree application on file in the Registrar's Office, OM230, by Jan. 25. An appointment must be made in that office. -TCCCMEETING: The Teacher Curricula and Certification Council will meet at 3 p.m. Wed., Jan. 18, inMH210. -THE UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE will present Dr. Charles P. Le Warne, author of Utopias on Puget Sound, at 3:30 p.m. Wed., Jan, 18, in the WL Presentation Room. His topic will be "Washington'sUtopian Heritage." gt; PARKING RESERVATIONS: Lots 12G 19G are reserved for ticket holders tobasketball games Jan. 14 18. Reserved season ticket holders will be admitted to 12G. A parking fee of$1 per vehicle will be charged for admittance to 19G. These lots will close to unauthorized vehicles at 4p.m. Jan. 14 and 5 p.m. Jan. 18. Unauthorized vehicles will be cited. On-Campus Interview ScheduleSeniors and certificate and master's candidates must be registered with the Career Planning Placement Center to interview. Read sign-up folders for additional requirements. • U.S. Marine Corps OfficerProgram, Tues.-Thurs., Jan. 17-19. CIF optional; sign up in OM280. • Extra Space Inc., Tues., Jan. 17. Submit CIF and sign up in OM280. • U.W. Graduate School/Public Affairs, Wed., Jan. 18. Infointerviews only. Submit CIF and sign up in OM280. • U.S. West, Wed.-Thurs., Jan. 25-26. Submitresume and CIF in OM280 by Jan. 11. Employer will contact you. • Howard Johnson Co., Tues.,Jan. 31. Submit CIF and sign up in OM280 beginning Jan. 17. More Than Copies Copies • FaxService Binding • Office Supplies Laser Typesetting Pick-Up Delivery kinko's Open 24 hours. 647-1114 501 E. Holly Corner of Holly Garden HIE NORTHWEST CENTER FOR THE ENACTMENT OFI'fiACE ML AJ BML %$l^ CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS CALL MOW FORINTRODUCTORY SPECIAL AIKIDO MOVEMENT ART CENTER, INC. 1417 1/2 CORNWALL,BELLINGHAM HAY PEACE PREVAIL ON FAP.TM VINTAGE CLOTHING FOR MEN AND WOMEN 215 West Holly 647-0303 FAIRHAVEN DEPOT Be sure to ask for Joann! Hairstyling for Men and WomenAppealing Extras Special College Rates! J to CVJ Woo S2 lt; N U C O Across the Street FromBullies, In Old Fairhaven. ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 7 ---------- The Western Front January 10,1989 7 People Fighting life's challenges By Mary Beth Neal The Western Front A big challenge many college students face is setting career goals and deciding on a major. TheCareer Planning and Placement Center, located in Old Main 280, is equipped to help students in thisdilemma. Dana Barker, a student paraprofessional in the center, hopes to find a job in the business field.She is using the center's services to assist her. "(The center) is really helpful for all aspects of the jobsearch," she said. Barker found an internship with Allstate Insurance using the center's internshippostings. Workshops are another service she has used. "Cover letters, resumes — they're all something you hear about, but workshops help you see the art of it," Barker said. She said workshops explain how using effective wording can make a big difference. Director Louis Lallas said the center is a multi-purpose facility designed to handle the career choices students make from the "entry to exit" of their time at Western. During the career planning stage, the center helps students refine or focus on their attitudes toward the work environment as well as how they see themselves in that environment, Lallas said.Lallas emphasized that the center's career planning service is a centralized one, helping students fromevery department at Western. "Hopefully, we'll have something for everyone," he said. The center'sclientele includes beginning freshmen, transfer students, graduating seniors and alumni. Tina Brinson,associate director, said the ideal time for students to start contacting the center is while they still havethree-fourths of their college career left before graduating. While this might seem early, she said thesooner students use the center, the more information they'll have when they start applying for jobs.Although Brinson stressed, "the earlier the better," seniors and graduates who have never been to thecenter are still welcome. "It's never too early; it's never too late," she said. However, it's generally easierto help students who are still enrolled in classes than it is to help alumni, she said. Brinson said careerplacement begins as the student approaches graduation. Some of the services the center offers areindividual advisement, help with writing or updating resumes, workshops and videotaped mock-interviews.One of the most visible services is on-campus recruitment. This is when companies come to Westernand interview seniors. Since advertising makes these companies visible, Brinson said studentssometimes come to the wrong conclusion that they are the only companies the center can advise themon. Barker plans to interview with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Boeing in lateFebruary as a result of the on-campus recruitment program. Lallas said the center receives 17,000 to18,000 job listings each year from various companies. Despite the large figure, Brinson said three-fourthsof the jobs available in the work force are never listed with the center. Even so, the center can still helpstudents research the companies which don't list openings, so students can approach them foremployment, she said. Sometimes employers call the center looking for qualified graduates. While thecenter does not screen students for employers, Brinson said they will give the company a list of seniorsgraduating in the appropriate fields. Contact lists are also available for students. Barker said she is alsoworking on a placement file with the center. This is where a student can compile all their personal jobinformation, including schools attended, work experience and letters of recommendation. Students tellprospective employers their reference information is on file with the center, she said. Employers thencall the center to obtain it. The center offers a large library of occupational Tony Tenorio/The WesternFront resources, including employer directories. Seniors registered with the center can subscribe to amailed weekly publication, "Job Opportunity Bulletin," which lists openings in many companies. Brinsonsaid some companies, such as Microsoft, regularly have listings in "JOB" but usually the-listings changeevery week. Students who don't subscribe to "JOB" can find its listings posted in the center. Lallas saidliberal arts majors often.don't realize their broad career potential. The center can help them findemployment in fields they may not have considered,. he said. "The average job search takes three-to-six months," Brinson said. Students interested in career planning should visit the center in Old Main280. From 'Messenger' to 'Your Mother,' it's all just fishwrap I've resigned myself to being a card-carryingmember of the Humanity-minded Liberal Kind Of History Person's Club. You know, the kind of peoplewho LIKE to take history courses. I wasn't always a humanities wimp. I once lived in Ferndale—a town10 miles north of here — and even had invested in a gun rack. The change was hard on my parents,but now that I'm out of the closet, they let me visit on Christmas. History is neat. Granted, all thosedates are hard to remember, HISBH^^^ but then most of my dates aren't memorable either. Some of thebest history is of the stuff that we can relate to, like Western. And every Tuesday issue of the Front Iintend on probing the musty archives of Western, finding jewels of knowledge, great wealth and perhapsmy old slinky I lost a while back. For example, this newspaper you hold in your hands wasn't alwaysused for practical purposes, like fish wrap and bird-cage liner. In 1899, when this school first opened,The Normal Messenger was headed by editor Bessie Griggs, who wanted the campus publication to"enter your hearts and awaken therein a warm sympathy and a kindly interest in thrie behalf." To helpawaken therein, Bessie published poems and stuff like the school yell: Skookum turn turn Klosh wahwah, Whatcom Normal, Rah! Rah! Rah! Well, they shoved so much stuff into this little magazine wahwah thing that students could jimmy doors with their school paper, or bludgeon large livestock intocomas. As the paper developed, it took on nine different names, including the Northwest Viking (1928) and Collegian (1962). When they decided to change the name in 1967, after one of those Get To KnowYour Inner Soul Gatherings, they came up with several alternatives, including the Daily Planet, WesternUnion, The Paper, Mind Excursion and Your Mother. Fortunately, they picked The Western Front. Iwould hate to work for a newspaper that flaunts Your Mother all over campus, or my mother, for thatmatter. ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 8 ---------- January 10,1989 The Western Front FACING ART HEAD ON New Western Gallery director approaches job with experience By Mary Hanson The Western Front Sarah Clark-Langager, director of the newWestern Gallery, believes all students can learn from art. "I feel strongly about the experiences students can have (with art) during their college years. I want the students to feel the gallery is an interestingplace to go," she said. Clark-Langager brings a wide variety of experience to her new position. Herbackground is primarily in museum work. Before coining to Western, she was director of the University of North Texas Art Gallery in the Jim Thomsen/The Western Front Clark-Langager wants to prove herself. Dallas-Fort Worth area. She has also worked at the Yale University Art Museum, the San FranciscoMuseum of Modern Art and the Seattle Art Museum. She enjoys working in a university setting, andfeels involvement is the key to a successful future in the art world. "Sometimes, my practical experiencemeans more than the various degrees I've accumulated along the way." Clark-Langager hopes to bringin a variety of artists from both the East and West coasts. She said the structure of the gallery lendsitself to thinking big. "This is an extremely impressive space," Clark-Langager said. "It's very flexible,large in scale, with good lighting and ventilation. A lot of universities in the area are going to be verysurprised. We can do a lot of interesting things here." She also wants to incorporate music and danceinto the gallery. "Those particular art forms interact. I don't believe art should stand isolated in ourculture," she said. Clark-Langager was on campus last quarter overseeing the construction of thegallery. She also had to work on funding. She said the gallery was given a certain amount of start-upfunds that will cover them to the end of the fiscal year. Next year the gallery will rely more on grants andprivate contributions. "Any university gallery always has to look at funds carefully and decide how tospend them. They also have to look to outside sources for funding. We're like any other artsorganization," she said. Clark-Langager said she has submitted a budget to President Kenneth Mortimer, outlining what she felt the gallery required for the coming year. She hopes to receive contributionsfrom outside the university, but knows it may take time. "It's my personal view you can't go to a privatesource and expect them to give you something unless they've had contact with %Z§0$H' Sarah Clark-Langager Jim Thomsen/The' you before," she said. "You have to prove yourself." Clark-Langager saidshe is always amazed at the people who think booking an exhibition is easy. "Exhibitions are notcheap," she said. "We can distinguish ourselves by not following in the footsteps of other universitygalleries who have a lot of student and faculty shows," she said. •••••- "The thrust of thegallery will not be on internal art." "I feel strongly about the experiences students can have with artduring their college years." —Sarah Clark-Langager "(Finding) a good exhibition is quite a task — most artists think two to three years in advance." Clark-Langager anticipates the gallery being in full swingby next year. She does not rule out displaying student and faculty art, but said the gallery will not focuson it. Clark-Langager is considering hosting a competition for student artists, with an outside jurorcoming in and judging the student's work. She hopes to work that out with the faculty. The new gallerywas opened to the public yesterday. The first exhibition features paintings by renowned American artist Milton Avery. Western Institute studies wildlife By Michelle Partridge The Western Front Westernstudents interested in environmental research are getting hands-on experience at the Institute ofWildlife Toxicology at Huxley College. Senior Jim Cowles has been working for six months on a studyof the effects of PCBs (an insulator in electric transformers) on wildlife in Puget Sound, CommencementBay and Samish Bay. The Institute's primary purpose is to study the effects of poisonous chemicals,mainly pesticides, on wildlife. More than 300 students have been hired part-time by the institute in thepast four years. Cowles began his research by studying the accumulation of PCBs in theenvironment. His next step was to correlate the levels of concentration in the sediment to levels foundin fish and eventually birds, such as the Great Blue Heron. Western is the only institution in the country to offer formal courses in wildlife toxicology as well as in other environmental studies areas."Clinical toxicology and wildlife biology is a unique combination," said Catherine Bens, section leader ofthe Quality Assurance and Data Management Program. "It's a very interdisciplinary field." Theinstitute is currently doing groundbreaking research on a large area of land in Iowa to assess theimpacts of pesticides and chemicals on the wildlife, said George Cobb, an analytical chemist andsection leader for the institute. "Western's program is one of the best." —Jim Cowles Many animalsare killed by these chemicals, but researchers are now looking for other effects. "Researchers used to just look at whether a chemical killed an animal directly or not," Cobb said. "Now we look to see if theanimal has been impaired in such a way that it can't get food, take care of its offspring or protect itselffrom getting eaten." Bens said this type of research is a developing field of study. "We are at theforefront because we are looking at the broad impacts on wildlife," she said. "No one else has lookedat the problem on such a large scope." Cobb believes Western's program is successful because of itsinterdisciplinary approach. He said very few research groups can work so closely together. "Eachresearch head is highly educated in a specific area," Cobb said. "Seldom do you find researchers from different disciplines who are willing to have certain parts of their research dictated to them. It's a largeamount of give and take." Cowles likes the program because of its willingness to allow students toparticipate as equals. "Western's program is one of the best because it gives the opportunity toundergraduate students to do original research," Cowles said. Graduate students work on up to threeprojects during a year, and undergraduates usually work on two, Cobb said. Students work in allphases of research, including lab work, field work and writing. Bens said the need for more programslike Huxley's is so strong she "suspects that many other educational units will develop a similarprogram." The institute works on projects for state and federal agencies as well as corporations.These agencies provide the funding for the research. The institute will receive an estimated $2 million in1989 for such projects. Grants from agencies help pay the salaries of graduate and undergraduatestudents hired for the projects, Cobb said. Bens said the institute, which was founded in 1984, hasearned a reputation for its ability to find funding for its projects, as well as for being committed to doingresearch. "We have one of the few programs that has a quality assurance program built into its study,"she said. "Western's program will continue to grow as fast as space constraints will allow," Cobb said."The opportunities are unlimited." Basic bi Western's College of Bus offers many courses for the int^ no business background. People talk about the natior an economics course to find out some, of the talkmeans. Courses on personal financ are offered if you want to mj better. A real estate course is off wantto know more about buyirj erty. Now I am not saying if yoj area of business you will end streets, but Iam encouraging curious about business issues* Business majors on camt of the importance of goodbus^ everyone is a business major. This column is for those o| yet ventured into Parks Hall, place asyou may think. As I was growing up, I alwa my grandparents to listen to: his wisdom. Before I left forcollege, wi my grandpa told me he didn't took, just as long as I studied | I never asked Grandpa whjword for truth as I always h« ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 9 ---------- The Western Front January 10,1989 Kimball bridges world, students n Western Gallery will be formallyopened ;cial ceremony Jan. 14. The celebration :lude a presentation by Warren Newman* - jctor of theNational Endowment of the ^very exhibition will run through Feb. ^•e shows include "Specific Gravity,"g works by Northwest artists Jack Cheva- Allen Jensen, Nancy Mee and Susan (Feb. 27 to March 17);"The Avant-and Text," which will focus on a rare on of paperworks produced from 1909 (March 27 to April 28); and "Private ^c Visions," which will highlight con- % art from private collections in the May-June).rk-Langager is very optimistic about the f the gallery. e Western Gallery has done some fine 've inheriteda very good track record." lery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.By Kim Hauser The Western Front Linda Kimball, a well-cultured Western anthropology professor, ismaking an impact on her students and a difference in the world's literature. Kimball uses her energy andexperiences of living in various countries and writing several books to add to her lectures. "She's veryinteresting to say the least," freshman Katie Hume said, who is taking Kimball's Introduction to Cultural Anthropology class. "She's been everywhere and today she acted like a monkey." Before beginningher teachings at Western in 1976, Kimball was the Senior Fulbright Exchange Lecturer at the Universit.iKebangsaan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she taught in the Malay language. Kimball, who received her doctorate from Ohio State University, learned the Malay language while doing her doctoralresearch for two years in Brunei on the island of Borneo. There she studied the traditional literature ofBrunei and how children spoke and acquired the Brunei Malay language. "I lived on a farm in an areaonly accessible by boat and helicopter. I learned how to deal with, water buffalo and other large animals," she said. Kimball said during her research in Brunei she was "adopted into a whole, lovely Brunei familyof 10 brothers and sisters," who she often sees on subsequent visits. Kimball, an author of many booksand papers, was inspired by her Brunei mother, who was a traditional practitioner of medicine, to write amedical book. Kimball said her book, Borneo Medicine, "could serve as a textbook for Brunei Malaypractitioners." It covers topics ranging from giv- Jlm Thomsen/The Western Front Dr. Linda Kimball usesher experiences to enliven her classes. ing out love potions and amulets for success and s' businessto more usual practices, she said. The first book Kimball wrote was an anthropology textbook co-authored in the Malay language. She has co-authored An Introduction to Peoples and Cultures of 'Asiaand Anthropological World, which are both textbooks. During her last visit to Brunei, Kimball recitedtraditional Brunei literature on television and radio ' to stimulate the students to be interested in theirliterature. Ten years from now, Kimball wants to be done with her writings on the Brunei culture, including her ethnology largely about linguistics and her roughly 600-page book of traditional Brunei Malay folktales. "I feel I have a scholarly obligation since so many people there have taught me so much," shesaid. Kimball was made a fellow of the Nommensen University in Medan, Sumatera, after writing a paper on the traditional Batak calendars. '1 suppose it's safe to say I'm now the world's leading expert (on thecalendars), which might not be fair since I'm the only one." Kimball is currently translating the Kalmuckof the Southern Vulga Steppe from Russian to English and writing an extensive introduction for it. She isalso translating the Brunei Malay National Epic, Awang Simaun (Tale of the Ancient One) into English. Kimball is bilingual with English and Brunei Malay. She is reasonably fluent in standard Malay, Russianand Spanish and has a working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Italian, Latin andMurut. She began studying Yindjibarndi, an Australian aboriginal language, in December. Her hobbies,aside from writing, include walking, climbing pyramids and doing Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art, whichshe demonstrated both in slow and fast motion. Kimball is also teaching Anthropological Linguistics this quarter, which "will be lively i when I get into some of the very strange animal ' sounds used," she said.Along with a solid understanding of the course .material, Kimball wants her students to leave with theidea that "life is a big adventure... to enjoy it as much as they can." Speech adds professor KeithWestern's Speech department has a new professor this quarter. Kari Whittenberger- Keith is "pinch-hitting" for Dr. L a r r y , Richardson, department chair. Richardson underwent quad-bypass heartsurgery at the end of fall quarter. Whittenberger-Keith recently finished herPh.D in CommunicationStudies at the University of Texas in Austin. Her areas of specialization are political communication,mass media studies and cultural studies. , She is teaching two courses: ' Rhetoric of Social Movements (Speech 492) and Persuasion (Speech 405). Dr. William Keith is taking over Richardson's Expositionand Argumentation class. The debate coach for this quarter is Tim Allen. Dr. Richardson is recovering nicely. "He's doing fine," said Gail Grafwallner, speech department secretary. "He's very eager to return to work. He was in the office yesterday." Richardson is not scheduled to resume teaching until springquarter. Whittenberger-Keith said she does not anticipate being on staff spring quarter. iness sensebegins in classroom ^Economics' student with iomy,sotake ill, or at least investments your moneythose who selling prop- • explore the mper on the to be more eady aware nse, but not MollyKrogstadt Business writer gt;t ho have not as scary a gt;yed visits to ither share lajorinmind, hatclasses I s. stead took his Although in college my main area of study is journalism, I have not forgottenwhat I was told and have gone on to also seek knowledge of the business world. Through my studies Ihave found an answer to my unasked question: why is knowledge of business so important and whydid my grandfather advocate it so profusely? The answer: Business is everywhere and everything isbusiness. You may say the answer is broad, but business is broad. All we do in our daily activitiesencompasses some aspect of the business world. Some people are afraid of anything having to dowith business, thinking it only for stuffy businessmen with stiff collars and imported ties. But businessis for everyone. Business is everyone. In a sense, your own life is a business. Your money needs to be managed and kept track of in order to make ends meet. Hopefully, it will overlap so you can buy whatyou want, as well as what you need. Your time needs to be managed and allocated to your job and yourfriends with some extra time just for you. Knowledge of business enables you to better understand therelationships between buyers and sellers in order to get the most for your money. I assume moststudents want a college degree to earn more money than the average high school graduate. That beingthe case, hopefully the day will come when you will have extra money to invest. A basic knowledge ofthe business world can help you in making better investment decisions. Knowing the principles behindbusiness laws enables you to be more aware of your rights as a citizen in matters of lawsuits and otherlegal issues * concerning your money and your property. Consider learning more about business. It isinteresting and helpful. And more importantly, grandpas are never wrong . World must adopt healthyenvironmental practices Sara Olason Science writer Scientists are discovering the earth is aneighborhood of nations. They tell us each country's treatment of the .nature within its bordersaffects the health of the whole planet (the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and holes in the ozone layerare teaching us this hard lesson). As we learn more about the global consequences of our actions, welearn, to regulate environmental practices. Western's Thomas Lacher, a professor of environmentalstudies, recently returned from Brazil, a country whose poor environmental practices have beeninternationally criticized. While a visiting professor at the University of Brasilia, Lacher became part ofa team that will study how a dam project on the Manso River (west of the federal capitol, Brasilia) affects the birds, mammals and reptiles that live in the area which the dam will flood. Such sensitivity topossible environmental problems is a fairly recent development in Brazil, and is partly a response tointernational pressure. "For the first time, the people that are doing the research associated with (aBrazilian hydroelectric project) are from universities ... in the past they've always been fromenvironmental consulting firms," Lacher said. . Besides hiring qualified researchers for the project, thegovernment must spend 1 percent of the cost of the project on environmental concerns. This meansabout $3.4 million is used to purchase lands for ecological study and for a park, and to house and equipre- Lab Notes searchers. The government seems to have litde choice but to comply with theseenvironmental standards, because Brazil relies on international agencies such as the World Bank to fund its development projects. ."Whenever there's perceived negative public impression about what they do, that reflects on their ability to get money , from the banks," Lacher said. Brazilians also worrytheir country's reputation as a tropical paradise is changing, he said. Public interest in environmentalissues has made the environment "the second most important issue in the (Brazilian) mass media rightnow, behind the domestic-economic cri- SIS. But should rich neighbors dictate, via loans, how theirpoorer neighbors plant their gardens? "You have to understand a little bit the perspective of theBrazilians," Lacher said. He estimated 60 percent of Brazil' s people live at or below the poverty level."To be a realist rather than an idealist, there's going to be development in the Amazon," Lacher said."The important thing that has to be done is that the development has to be very carefully guided." Thosewho act as guides, usually leaders of industrialized na- ' tions, must also acknowledge their ownenvironmental failure i We don't have all the answers '• for our own problems, let alone for those ofanother culture. But as global neighbors, we should have some say in how other nations use the moneywe loan them to change . the planet. ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 10 ---------- 10 January 10,1989 The Western Front Sports Wildcats chomp Vikings, 67-64 White 'takes charge' with clutch points in the crunch By Butch Kamena The Western Front For 35 minutes, Western andCentral battled toe-to-toe as the longstanding adversaries that they are. But in the last five minutes itwas the new kid on the block who determined the outcome. Jock White, a transfer from New MexicoState University playing in only his fourth game for Central, scored eight of his 10 points in the final fiveminutes, leading the Wildcats to a 67-64 men's basketball victory Western 64 Central 67 Game highs Points: Western: J.D. Taylor, 18; Manny Kimmie, 17; Rich Baxter, 9. Central: Carl Aaron, 18; ArtHaskins, 13; Jock White, 10. Team numbers Field goals: 9 pt. reg Western: 24 of 67 attempts (.358)Central: 28 of 69 attempts (.406) Rebounds: Western: 44 Central: 50 over the Vikings before a capacity crowd at Carver Gym Saturday night "I had to take charge," White said. "Someone needed to spark us." The loss dropped Western's record to 11-3. The Vikings are in third place in the NAIA District 1standings with a 6-1 record, behind Lewis Clark State and Whitworth College. "This was a big early-season game, but it's only one game," said Western Coach Brad Jackson. "We still play them again." The game was close the entire night, with 11 ties and nine lead changes. Western got off to a quickstart, grabbing a 5-0 lead and 11 minutes into the game, leading 18- 12. Central rallied to tie the game,and took a 35-28 halftime lead by holding the Vikings without a field goal for the last four minutes of thefirst half. The Vikings, however, began the second half with a bang, outscoring the Wildcats 9-2 in thefirst two-and-a- half minutes. They took the lead, 39-37, on a three-pointer by senior forward J.D. Taylor.Taylor led the Vikings with 18 points and 14 rebounds. "This was a pretty intense game; you had tokeep your mind in it the whole time," Taylor said. "Our shots justdidn'tfall when we needed them to fall." The two teams traded the lead five times in a four-minute span before White took over. With theWildcats leading 52- 51, White dribbled to the right side and hit a 10-foot bank shot. Western's Manny Kimmie then hit a free throw to cut the lead to two, 54-52, but White scored two more buckets, first ona drive, then on a short jumper, to put Central up, 58-52, with 3:37 left. "He took control of the game inthe late minutes," said Central Coach Dean Nicholson. "He's becoming a catalyst for us both offensivelyand defensively." Pete Kendall/The Western Front The ball was just out of reach for Western's RichBaxter and so was a Viking victory as they lost 67-64 to Central on Saturday night in Carver Gym.Western was not ready to fold, however. Kimmie, who had 17 points, scored a pair of buckets, thesecond one off his own steal, to cut the lead back to two, 58-56. Central's Carl Aaron then traveled,giving the Vikings a chance to tie. Dan Olson was fouled, but missed the front end of a one-and-one.Kimmie grabbed the rebound, but moments later, Taylor was called for travelling. White scored onanother bank shot with two minutes left, and Aaron, who had 18 points, hit a jumper from the corner togive the Wildcats a six-point lead, 62-56, with 1:30 left. Western was then forced to foul, and Central hitenough of its free throws to preserve the victory. "We showed we are a team to be reckoned with,"Nicholson said. "We definitely are a contender." Jackson said the Vikings hurt themselves bycommitting 23 turnovers. "It wasn't their defensive pressure as much as it was our own poordecision-making and carelessness," he said. "There's no question we can play with anybody, but wehave to take better care of the ball." Western will be in action tonight, playing at Seattle PacificUniversity in a non-district matchup. Men win 5 of 7 during vacation; Kimmie breaks 1,000-point mark By Butch Kamena The Western Front Prior to Saturday's game with Central Washington University,Western's men's basketball players had not only been putting points on the scoreboard, but they hadbeen racking up frequent-flier points. Before Saturday, the Vikings played seven games since the end of finals week. Western played in four states (Washington, Arizona, Alaska and Montana) during that span. The Vikings posted a 5-2 record in the seven games, scoring 100 points or more in all five victories.Western defeated Colorado Christian College, 119-52, University of Alaska Southeast, 101-85, Sheldon Jackson College, 115-69, Grace College, 101-79, and Seattle University, 100-57. The two lossescame to Emporia State, 85-78, and the University of Montana, 90-63. Western opened the winter breakin Arizona at the Grand Canyon Tournament. A rematch between the Vikings and the defending NAIAchampion Grand Canyon Antelopes did not occur, however, because the Vikings were defeated byEmporia State. The Kansas school held" the Vikings to a season-low 34.5 percent field goal shooting and knocked Western into the consolation round of the tournament. The Vikings defeated ColoradoChristian to take third place in the tourney, as junior center Ed Briggs scored 24 points and broke a 28-year-old school rec- - — — •— — • - — — — — «1 I ord with 25 rebounds. FollowingNAIA District 1 victories over Alaska Southeast and Sheldon Jackson in Alaska, Western traveled toMissoula, Mont., to face the NCAA Division 1 Montana Grizzlies. The Vikings trailed just 65-56 withseven minutes left, but didn't score another field goal until the dying seconds. After a 10-day layoff,Western resumed action by hosting Grace College of Indiana last Tuesday. Despite a 40-pointperformance by Lancer guard Brooks Koble, the Vikings won easily. Western broke two school records,shooting 69.8 percent from the field and scoring in triple digits for the eighth time this season. The finalgame prior to the matchup with Central was a district counter at Seattle University. The Vikings defeated the Chieftains for the fifth straight time, breaking open the game with an 18-4 run midway through thefirst half. Western was ranked 20th in the first NAIA regular season poll, which was released in mid-December. The next poll is due out this week. Junior guard Manny Kimmie, who leads Western inscoring at 14.9 points per game, became the ninth player in school history to reach the 1,000point.plateau with his seventh point against Seattle University. Kimmie now has 1,029 career points,sixth on Western's all-time list. He is also fifth in steals (183) and eighth in assists (257). *.Jf Jf^RM %HP HP* %M H %. 3F Luxurious bed and breakfast accomodations for visiting dignitaries or §S$weekending parents Jf | | p 671-7828 m iwtden Street 1014 BellinghamJ-Washington 98225 **r'if s m-KEGS to go Special PABST LIGHT AVAILABLE $2 OFF v ! at the BEECH HOUSE PUB With thiscoupon, expires 1/18/89 I-A- ! _ Beer Cups Trnu I U » w»upuu, Mpucs u i w o 7 • •• * i i --COUPON-- Students get $2.00 off any pitcher of Premium Beer 1 per customer per visit-not valid withany other offers i I I I I I I I I I a(^odau£tjiJ/^8|gaJ ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 11 ---------- The Western Front January 10,1989 11 Viking women beat Lewis Clark, Central By Erik K. JohnstonThe Western Front After completing a successful stretch of eight consecutive games on the road, theVikes are still rolling. Off to its second best start in the school's history, the Western women'sbasketball team upped its record to 12-1 overall and 7-0 in the district by slapping Lewis Clark State 71-50 and defending District 1 champion Central Washington University 79- 62 last weekend. The Vikingsdid not coast to an easy victory Friday night in Carver Gym against the Warriors of LCS as the scoremay indicate. The largest lead held by Western in the first half was only seven points. LCS kept thegame close, riding the excellent shooting of guard Lisa Kihl who scored 10 of her team-leading 13 points in the first half. "The difference in the first half was at the free throw line where they (LCS) never had theopportunity to score," Viking Coach Lynda Goodrich said. Western outscored the Warriors 15-4 fromthe line. The Vikings only committed nine personal fouls the entire game. "We played excellent defenseall night and that is what kept us in the game before we opened it (the lead) up at the end,"senior forward Anna Rabel said. The Vikings put the game away as they dominated the court for the Western 79Central 62 Game highs Points: Western: Alayna Keppler, 22; Anna Rabel, 21; Kerri Browitt, 12.Central: Sonia Swan, 18; Lynda Laughery, 13; Nikki Pusey, 12. Team numbers Field goals: Western:34 of 66 attempts (.515) Central: 24 of 52 attempts (.462) remaining eight minutes of play, outscoringLCS 20-5. Rabel led the way for Western with 21 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Sophomorecenter Cim Hanson added 13 points and three blocked shots while senior forward Donna Monette cameoff the bench to pull down a game-high eight rebounds. After the Vikes' quick stop at home, the teamwent on the road to play in another foreign gym for the ninth time this season. While the men's teamplayed host to Central, the Lady Vikings traveled to Ellensburg to battle the Wildcats. The Vikesshowed once again that home court advantage does not have much effect against them as they raisedtheir road record to 8-1 by pounding the Wildcats by 17 points. The game was never very close asWestern outscored Central 14-1 in the final 3:18 of the first half to build a comfortable 38-19 half timelead. With 8:28 remaining on the clock, the Vikes upped their lead to 31 points, 65-34. Central started to make a comeback, taking advantage of several steals in the backcourt to close within 21 points, but itnever got closer than the final margin of 17. Senior forward Alayna Keppler led all scorers with 22 pointsand Rabel scored 21 for the second consecutive game. Central's honorable mention NAIA All-American center Sonia Swan led the Wildcats with 18 points "and 12 rebounds. The next battle for theVikings will be tonight as they travel up the road to Burnaby, B .C, to play Simon Fraser University.Women breeze through road trip By Erik K. Johnston The Western Front While the majority ofWestern's students went home for winter break, the women's basketball team went on the road.The Vikings traveled to three states over three weeks after spanking district rival Pacific LutheranUniversity 101-61. The team met up with two good teams in Oregon, two district foes in Alaska andfinished its break with three games in California. Until losing to NCAA Division II powerhouse Cal-Pbly Pomona 65-58, the Vikings had won their first 10 games and were off to their best start since the 1972-1973 season when the Vikes started 19-0. "Our team has been playing very balanced," Viking CoachLynda Goodrich said. "Everyone is doing their jobs. When one is not quite on, someone else is alwayspicking up the slack. That is why we are winning." While in Oregon, Western edged 1988 District 2runner-up Concordia 80-79 on senior guard Donna Monette's only two points of the game with onesecond left at the free throw line. The Vikings moved on to beat Western Oregon 77-64 led by juniorforward Alayna Kep-pler's 22 points and 17 rebounds. Western breezed through its games with AlaskaSoutheast 90- 49 and Alaska Pacific 100-49 before moving on to California. The change in climate didnot seem to phase the Vikes as they posted back-to-back 100 point efforts for the first time in theirhistory after pounding UC-Riverside 100-71. Western moved on to beat CSU-Northridge 67-57 to uptheir season mark to 10-0, but that was the last win for the Vikings during their holiday break as theylost a close one to Cal-Poly Pomona before returning home. "The teams we played were very good, and by doing this, we have gotten a good opportunity to see our weaknesses that we need to work on andstrengthen," Goodrich said. The Vikes will be playing district rival Simon Fraser University tonight atBurnaby, B.C. Western holds a 25-7 series advantage over the Clan, winning two of three meetings lastseason. On Saturday, both of Western's basketball teams battled Central Washington UniversityWildcats. The all-time season series doesn't reflect how closely these arch-rivals have played in recentyears, however. Western vs. Central WINS LOSSES Women (since 1972-73) 37 6 Men (since 1937-38)63 121 Scoreboard Standings NAIA DISTRICT 1 MEN Lewis Claik State Whitworth Western CentralWhitman Simon Fraser St Martin's Seattle Alaska Southeast Alaska Pacific Pacific Lutheran Sheldon Jackson Northwest College District Overall W L W L 6 0 11 8 0 7 3 1 11 3 1 11 4 1 7 4 1 8 7 1 8 8 1 2 11 7 8 6 8 4 7 4 10 0 14 NAIA DISTRICT 1 WOMEN Western Simon Fraser Seattle PacificWhitman Puget Sound Pacific Lutheran Central Whitworth Alaska Southeast Lewis Clark StateAlaska Pacific Seattle St. Martin's Sheldon Jackson Northwest College District Overall W 7 4 7 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 L 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 5 8 9 W L 12 1 8 5 11 1 6 6 6 5 7 4 77 5 5 9 6 8 7 3 8 5 5 4 9 3 13 0 10 MEN PLAYER M. Kimmie R. Whatley JX). Taylor ILSchuiman E.Briggs R. Baxter R. Ootsey D.Olson J.Curtis MDahl S. Carlson WOMEN PLAYER A. Rabel A.Keppler C.Hanson L. Munday E. Porter K. Browitt K. Kennedy D. Monette B.Hudson C. Garrison M. Clemans G 13 14 14 9 13 14 14 14 8 12 11 G 13 13 13 2 13 13 13 13 13 6 7 FG% .537 .545 .540 .618 .466 .548 .511 .481 .460 .525 .463 FG* .480 .500 .528 .643 .587 .468 .458.508 .436 .385 .235 FT% .588 .656 .690 .690 .680 .756 .660 .909 .636 .400 .636 FT* .736.641 .435 .667 .833 .792 1.000 .800 .727 .000 333 PTS 193 189 177 no 156 150 137 103 5870 48 PTS 231 170 170 22 128 121 91 89 47 20 9 AVG 14.9 13.5 1Z6 12.2 2.0 10.7 9.8 7.4 13 5.8 4.4 REB AVG ASTSTL 43 102 60 38 142 68 27 26 12 42 22 AVG REB 17.8 13.1 13.1 11.0 9.9 9.3 7.0 6.9 3.6 3.3 1.3 102 126 99 6 41 53 20 57 18 19 8 3.3 7.3 4.3 4.2 10.94.9 1.9 15 1.5 3.5 ZO AVG 7.9 9.7 7.6 3.0 3.2 4.1 1.5 4.4 1.4 3.2 1.1 43 21 31 23 17 2459 48 16 3 11 AST 49 50 51 3 41 55 17 21 22 3 3 35 30 19 19 18 21 25 23 13 5 9 STL 27 36 5 3 27 26 19 11 14 7 6 Post-Holiday Clearance! up to 5 0 % selected items Natural FiberClothing Scarves, Earrings, Accessories Little Panda Boutique 208 W. Magnolia St. DowntownBellingham Phone 671-2929 Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6 Sat 11-5 VISA • MASTERCARD • AMERICANEXPRESS • LAYAWAYS ANTIQUES Buy/Sell/Trade •Estate and Costume Jewelry •VintageClothes •Sterling Silver Items •Glass/Watches •Unique Fine Collectibles •Books 314 W.Holly Old Town Bellingham 676-9201 f— 1413 yctt Graffiti Gift Ideas for the entire failyl All year long! Where quility and \ KrvioB meet all ^ your T-ihirt needs. Open seven days a week CORNWALL •BELLINGHAM • Sweat shirts Posters Patches Caps 733-9222 Getting all the necessaryexperience for life and a career on your campus? Visit the Foreign Study Office Old Main 530 SpringDeadline January 25 Choose NICSA programs in AVIGNON * BATH * COLOGNE * LONDON * SIENA* See your campus STUDY ABROAD advisor SUMMER JOBS IN ALASKA atlas tours ATLAS Tours,Canada's largest operator of tours to Alaska/Yukon, is now accepting applications for its 1989 summerseason May 25 - September 10. Full job descriptions and application forms at your STUDENTEMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT CENTER s\ 5th floor, Princess Bldg. 609 W. Hastings Vancouver, B.C.CANADA V6B4W4 ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 12 ---------- 12 January 10,1989 The Western Front Fans entertain at Central game By Mark Watson The WesternFront While Western's athletic department enjoyed its first sellout basketball game of the season, a few enterprising students decided to share in the profits of Saturday night's game against CentralWashington University. The high demand for extra tickets and an early sellout made for goodbusiness to students scalping tickets to fans wanting to see the game. "So far I've sold one ticket for$18, three for $14 and six for $10," said one scalper, 'Chris,' who wished to keep his last nameanonymous. "It wasn't my intention to scalp tickets tonight," Chris said. "I needed two myself andbought them for $2 and $3. When I saw how many others wanted them I sold those two for $ 10 andthen found more tickets to buy. I never paid over $3 for a ticket and didn't sell one for under $10."Probably the highest price offered to get into the game was given earlier in the week to one ofWestern's statisticians, who was offered $100 for her press and parking passes. Most students,however, could not afford or wouldn't pay the scalpers' prices and resorted to other means of getting in to watch the game. Some students used old ticket stubs they flashed at the gates, while others snuck inthrough the back doors with the help of friends with tickets. Western's Sports Information Director, PaulMadison, said Belling- Pete Kendall/The Western Front Some of the 3,311 frenzied fans at Saturday'sWestern-Central men's basketball game celebrate a Western bucket. With tickets being sold out fourdays in advance, basketball fans had to buy from scalpers or find other enterprising methods of entry.ham police were cautioned about the possibility of ticket scalpers, but no arrests were made. Instead oflooking for scalpers, the police concentrated on checking people for alcohol and toilet paper beingbrought into the game. "We've confiscated just about every type of alcohol, from Jack Daniels to thathigh quality Monarch rum," said Bellingham police officer, Todd Ramsay. "Mostly we're getting toiletpaper from the students." The toilet paper has become a big-game tradition by tossing it onto thecourt immediately after the Vikings score their first points of the game. This in turn has caused asecond Western tradition, the first technical foul of the game. Police efforts, along with anannouncement over the public address system, helped in keeping Central from scoring an additionalpoint in the Wildcats' 67-64 victory. Students used a number of ways in which to smuggle alcohol intothe game, most of them failing in the process. "Guys came through the door with certain bulges thatshouldn't be happening at that time," said Ramsay. "This year the students are a lot better than lastyear. They 're just up for a big game and partying." Madison agreed that Saturday's fans were muchmore controlled than last year's, creating less problems during the game. "We learned a lot from lastyear. Everything went much smoother this time. Our own game management was much better," saidMadison. "We want the students to come to the games because they are a big part of our team'ssuccess, but we need to control the alcohol and toilet paper to make the game better for everyone."Madison said Western is in a good situation for a small college because of its fan support. "No othersmall college around gets the type of response from their fans like we do. Central doesn't even sell outtheir home game against us," said Madison. Madison said the athletic department still will selladvanced tickets for big games to cut down on the mass rush for tickets before the game. He also saida door will be open for reserve ticket holders so they will not have to wait in line to get into the game."We had a few complaints about last night's sellout from people who didn't get tickets, but overall, thecomplaints were far below previous years," said Madison. "People need to remember that they can buyan athletic pass for $10 which would allow them to get into all of Western's football and basketballgames. There are also a number of games left in the season for Western fans to INTERNATIONALNEWS • MOTTO CODE BLEU • TRICOLORE • EXIT WEST NOW ON SALE 10 to 50 OFF G-G-SDORT 1 • *LutfllOQaAS 1302 12th St. Fairhaven . Mon-Thurs 11:00-6:00 Fri, Sat 11:00-8:00 Sun12:00-5:00 SHE'S LEAN! SHE'S MEAN! AND SHE'S GREEN?? 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Afterthe interview, Smith was unanimously recommended by a seven-person selection committee, consistingof department heads and two players and was named head coach on Dec. 23. "It's a great feeling,"Smith said last week. "And the fact that I was the unanimous choice shows good support. It's great to get support." Smith believes in his abilities to coach and in the team's ability to win. "I'm a believer inWestern. We're on the verge of great things." Smith was defensive coordinator in 1988. His defensiveteam helped the Vikings achieve a five-game winning streak. But offense is nothing new to Smith. "Iplayed offense all my life," he said. He played in the 1978 Rose Bowl for the University of WashingtonHuskies and was a three-year lettennan. His ability as a running back enabled him to sign on as a freeagent with the New- York Giants. Twenty running backs played in pre-season. Smith was cut after thesecond pre-season game. Smith leftRenton High School in 1987 to come to Western. He worked thelast seven summers as an associate director of Don Heinrich's All-Star Football Camp and Rob Smithserved on the administration of the state high school all-star football game since 1983. Lynda Goodrich,Western's athletic director, said, "Rob is an outstanding coach who can take the football program to thelevel of excellence we wish to attain. I think we're fortunate to get a coach with the qualities that hepossesses." Smith's contacts with many of the high school coaches in Washington will be beneficialfor recruiting. "Rob Smith's contacts with high school coaches was one of many reasons why he waschosen," Goodrich said. "I believe I can attract high quality players and coaches," Smith said. "We'rebehind right now in recruiting, but we'll catch up." Next year's squad has a strong return with seniorsScott Lohr, Kelly Susee, Mike Minnehan and John Barger. Walter Bailey will also return to play hissecond year for Western, Smith said. "Coach Smith is really good. He's a players' coach, and he'spulling together a great staff," Susee said. When Smith was asked what next year's squad will look likenext season, he smirked and said, "An exciting wide-open team with balance. I won't be onedimensional." The main priority now is to fill in the gaps, particularly for the run defense^ he said. Heplans to strengthen the defensive line and to be strong in the inside linebacker position. Smithemphasizes a winning attitude for success. "You win with attitude — in the classrooms, off-seasonand on the field," he said. Smith has expressed his excitement about the opportunities that lie ahead forthe Vikings. Some of the players have also recognized a promising outlook of the future. "I wish I had afew more years to stick around," Susee said. Smith replaced Paul Hansen, whose contract wasn'trenewed after last season, to become the sixth coach of the 75-year-old Viking football team. In Hansen's six years as head coach, he posted a 17-35-4 record. ilHiiiiiii Intramurals All intramural sports listedbelow are free unless noted and are open to faculty, staff and students. Aerobics is offered three days aweek with a $10 fee. Entry forms are due Jan. 10. Co-Rec Indoor Soccer League is five-aside soccerwith the games played on either Saturday or Sunday. Entries are due Jan. 12 and play begins on Jan.21-22. A Hot Shot Contest will be Jan. 24 and entry forms are due Jan. 23. Three-on-Three Schick Super Hoops Tournament is Jan. 31. Entry forms are due Jan. 26. Co-Rec Volleyball Tournament for three-men, three-women teams. Tournament will be from Jan. 27-28. Entry forms are due Jan. 25. Racquetball Workshop from 6-8 p.m., starting Jan. 26 in Carver Gym. The cost is $2. Singles RacquetballTournament will run from 4-6 p.m., for two weeks starting Feb. 6. Entry forms are due Feb. 1.Racquetball Challenge will run for five weeks winter quarter, starting Jan. 24. Entry forms are due Jan. 17. Pickleball Tournament from 4-6 p.m., Feb. 16 in Gym A. Sign up at the event. Badminton Tournamentfrom 3-6 p.m., Feb. 23 in Gym B. Sign up at the event. A wrestling tournament will take place at 5 p.m.on Feb 15. Sign up at the event. HHHHI Men's basketball Western (11-3 overall, 6-1 district) at SeattlePacific University (10-2 overall), 7:30 tonight. Women's basketball Western (12-1 overall, 7-0 district) atSimon Fraser University (8-5 overall, 4-0 district), Burnaby, British Columbia 7, tonight. 1256 N. State St. Bellingham, WA 98225 THE WHATCOM FAMILY Y FACILITY INCLUDES: • Gymnasium •Heated Indoor Swimming Pool • Weight Room Facility • Racquetball Squash Courts • Men Women Steam Sauna • Heated Therapy Pool • Licensed Massage Practitioner MONTHLYMEMBERSHIP RATES: Adult/Student $22. 50 Couple $35. 25 Family $42.75 YMCA Members takepart in fitness classes at no extra charge. Classes are held every day except Sunday. 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ProjectorLamps Most projector lamps in slock. 1221 Railroad Student Discount 733-1669 ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 14 ---------- 14 January 10,1989 The Western Front Opinion Frontline Editor explains Front's facelift We at TheWestern Front this quarter are serious about providing you all the news, opinions and entertainment fit toprint. As the editor for winter quarter, selected in December by the Student Publications Council, I wantto lead the 70 staff members toward producing a professional product. For you. It ought to be for you,since your student fees pay for four pages of every issue. The rest is paid for by revenue generated by anadvertising staff of about five students. To give you the best our little journalistic hands can type up, weare making a few changes this quarter. You'll notice new design elements, including "teaser" boxes onthe top of the front page with the weather and a quote of the day. The new sans-serif headlines reflect atrend in newspapers led by award-winning newspapers, including The Seattle Times. We hope to providean appealing and consistent paper that is enjoyable to read. Also, coverage of campus news is beefed up with a new editorial position, campus government editor. Two special projects this quarter on important issues also will add to the depth of the Front. Accent is now a lifestyles-entertainment "section B," toprovide a consistent place to find stories on serious issues, features, art coverage and entertainment,including movie listings. Columns on science, business and Western's history will be featured in the"people" section Tuesdays. As editors in past quarters, I'm open to suggestions. We'll make errors, andyou'll notice them. Because the university trusts the editor to avoid libel suits, and because the adviserdoes not participate in the Front's production, I'm going to do my best. Coach has future We 're on theverge of a great thing.'' Those are the words of Western's new head football coach, Rob Smith. Such arewords that were often used by ex-coach Paul Hansen before a football season. Words that often cameback to haunt the underdog team. But now it's Smith's turn to make the predictions: And prove them. He has a good start and appears to have the ability to build a winning football team, if not for the snickeringstudent body, at least for the players. The selection committee chose him unanimously, based on hisexperience as defensive coordinator for the team in 1988. Smith played in the 1978 Rose Bowl for theUniversity of Washington and made it onto the New York Giants briefly. . Also, the players seem to likeSmith's "winning attitude." So, come September, when all that Big Blue rah-rah stuff is bouncing around,the Vikings may indeed develop into a winning team. More than likely, it will take a couple years before Viking football becomes the dream of every high school jock. At least Smith has a good start.:BIlliiiiiliIIlllll David Cuillier, editor; Laura Gordon, managing editor, Jeremy Meyer, news editor, Timothy K.King, assistant news editor, Don Hunger, campus government; Kathy Hansen, special projects; NicoleBader, Accent editor, Gail Skurla, assistant Accent editor, Mary Hanson, People editor, Jim Wilkie,sports editor; Tina Pinto, Doree Armstrong, Alana Warner, copy editors; Jim Thomsen, photo editor,Brian Prosser, editorial cartoonist; Tony Tenorio, illustrator, Ed Treat, typsetter, R.E. Stannard Jr., adviser The Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University. Editorials reflect the majorityopinion of the Front editorial board: the editor, managing editor and news editor. Signed commentariesand cartoons are the opinions of the authors. Guest commentaries and letters are welcome. The Front isproduced by students. Four pages are funded by student fees. The rest is funded by advertising revenue.Advertisements in the Front do not reflect the opinion of the newspaper. The newsroom is in College Hall9, the business office is in College Hall 7, and the Front is composed in College Hall 106. Phonenumbers: 676-3162 (newsroom), 676-3160 (advertising), and 676-3247 (composing room). PublishedTuesdays and Fridays. Entered as second-class matter at Bellingham, WA 98225. USPS identification #624-820. Doctor fodhaf i, is Mj) prescription i n Vet \ -V* SAeevsS 1 osser® Industrial-sizeddisillusionments Tacoma reeks of concrete It was the end of finals week. My body was weak. My heartached for the pleasure of staying in my own bed. I was sure my last final yielded an F. I kept my mindconstantly on the fact that I would finally get to spend some quality time with my family. For the firsttime in almost a year and a half, I would spend more than a day in my home town of Tacoma. My firstweek in Tacoma produced an allergic reaction that lasted the duration of my stay there. I sniffled myway through the rest of December. What my nice little vacation turned out to be was a trip into thedepths of hell. My lovely little bed was gone. My parents gave it to Goodwill. As a result, I slept on apullout sofa with a lump in the middle of the mattress. That was just one of the little disillusionmentssuffered in my short stay there. I spent 21 years in that town, playing in woods that are now part of ashopping mall and building snowmen where MegaFoods grocery store now stands. The new shoppingarea confused the traffic so much that I once entered the freeway against my will. Perhaps the mostirritating moment was being force fed "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," while attending churchon Christmas. I realize that every town expands and changes, but all the changes seem to destroy the greener areas of town. It is a cliche, but the trees are being replaced by concrete. One strange part isthe residents of the city do not seem to know why all of this construction is occurring. One thing that my recent experience did do for me was give me a greater appreciation for the city of Bellingham. Theday I returned, I took a long walk down the Interur-ban Trail on Valley Parkway. I gazed at all the treesdripping with fresh rain. Then came the gust of fresh air. I had not inhaled air through my nostrils innearly a month. What a treat it was to smell something other than the exhaust fumes I inhaled whilejogging down Tacoma Mall Boulevard. It is good to be back, but school is still a drag. Abortion issuecomplex Choice requires thought Ido not favor abortion. The decision to abort is perhaps the mostdifficult choice a woman can make. I wish that people would use birth control and that it was 100-percent effective. I would like it if all of the people who became pregnant were mature, financiallysecure, emotionally stable, loving and at a point in life where they were ready and willing to parent. I wish that there were easy solutions. There are none. Labeling women who choose to abort,"murderers," or "promiscuous," is not only an abstract and malicious, oversimplification; it is incorrect.Pro-lifers would have me believe that life begins at conception, that there is an instant during intercourse" Laura Vance Women's Center coordinator when a human life springs into existence. Life does not"begin." It is a process, a cycle. Sperm have life. Is ejaculation that does not result in an infant murder?I have a friend who had an abortion several years ago. She locked herself in a bathroom. She used awire coat hanger. She almost died. No one knows how many women have died from illegal abortions.Estimates range from tens of thousands to millions. Abortion was made legal to protect women,women whose lives were endangered by primitive medical technology. I am bothered by the simplisticand narrow arguments that pro-lifers present. I am angry that predominantly male religious leaderswant to make decisions about things they will never be confronted with. I don't think abortion is a goodexperience. I do believe that for many women it is preferable to an unwanted pregnancy. I don't wantpeople to think what I think. I simply want them to think. And to listen. ^ ---------- Western Front - 1989 January 10 - Page 15 ---------- The Western Front January 10,1989 15 Associated Students wants you! Success rests on support Students who ventured down to the Associated Students last quarter to find out how to get involvedprobably didn't get a short answer. With the assortment of paid jobs, volunteer positions, committeesand clubs available, it is hard to give a brief response to such a question. But for those of you whodidn't ask, my message will be brief in hopes that you will finish reading this article. We need you to beinvolved. The AS exists to work for students. Our goals and projects seek to respond to your needs.More importantly, our projects require student support and participation to succeed. Take, forexample, the Associated Students' Big Blue Bonus Book. Tammy Fleming Associated Studentspresident This coupon book provides savings for students and uses all the profits to create studentscholarships — a feature not present in other coupon books. The coupon book cannot besuccessful, however, unless many students use it. Another project that depends on your support isDescend Olympia. On Jan. 26, the AS will take a bus to Olympia, where we will tell legislators aboutour needs for low tuition, increased financial aid dollars and a higher enrollment lid for Western. Ourefforts will go nowhere if that bus isn't filled with students to voice these concerns. Other activities .youwill see us working on include the construction of a new day care center and the creation of an ethnicminority center. Now that you know what the AS is doing, getting involved is easy. Use your couponbooks and take a few minutes to stop by Viking Union 227 to sign up for a project or at least tell us what you think about it. We're counting on you, not only to tell us what you want and need, but also to helpus accomplish it. BiSHHIl Letters should focus on issues that are in the news or are of general interest.Letters 250 words or shorter will get preference. Longer letters may be shortened or discarded. Lettersshould be typed or carefully printed and double spaced. Letters must be signed. An address andtelephone number at which you can be reached must be included so we can verify that you wrote theletter. If a letter is not signed or cannot be verified, it will not be published. Writers who have notsubmitted a letter recently will receive space priority over those who have written within the preceding 30days. Mail letters, or hand deliver, to: Letters to the Editor, The Western Front, College Hall 9, WesternWashington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. our parents'money Just their signature It's never beendifficult for students to convince their parents of the need for a Macintosh® computer at school.Persuading them to write the check, however, is another thing altogether. Which is why Apple createdthe Student Loan-to- Own Program. An ingenious loan program that makes buying a Macintosh as easyas using one. Simply pick up an application at the location listed below, or call 800-831-LOAN. All yourparents need to do is fill it out, sign it, and send it. If they qualify, they'll receive a check for you in just afew weeks. There's no collateral. No need to prove financial hardship. No application fee. Best of all, theloan payments can be spread over as many as io years. Which gives you and your parents plenty of time to decide just who pays for it all. « IntroducingApple's Student Loan-to-Own Program Student Co-OpBookstore 501 High Street ©1988 Apple Computer, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh areregistered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ADVERTISING PAYS IN THE WESTERN FRONTCLASSIFIEDS CALL 676-3160 CLASSIFIED UNWANTED ITEMS+WESTERN FRONTCLASSIFIEDS=QUICK CASH CALL 676-3160 FOR SALE FIATSTRADA Very clean! Runs great! I'mmoving up but It's been great transportation. A steal at $950. Contact Danny eves. 733-8433. I bought a house full of furniture but I only need the house. My extras mean cheap furnishings for you! Call 647-2202, leave a message.. HELP WANTED OVERSEAS JOBS! $900-2000/ mo. summer, yr. round, allcountries, all fields. Free info Write IJC, PO Bx 52-WA01, Corona Del Mar CA 92625. SERVICESTYPING you can count on. Includes some editing. $1.25/p Pat 676-0328 or 647-2322 (mornings only). EUROPE WILL NEVER BE MORE AFFORDABLE! Western has spring quarter programs In BATH andLONDON, England; SIENNA, Italy; AVIGNON, France; COLOGNE, W. Germany. Program fees startat $3100 and includes tuition, lodging, excursions, textbooks, local transportation, and more! Prices are going up next year. Enroll now, before the Jan. 25th deadline. Contact FOREIGN STUDIES OldMain 530b, 676-3298 or 3299 for further information on these and other opportunities to study, work or travel abroad. TYPING - $1/page. Rush extra. Jan 676-0413. GO INTERNATIONAL! The ForeignStudy Office has programs exchanges in 38 countries. Let us help you find one that suits yourinterests pocketbook. Sign up now for SPRING and SUMMER programs! Write, phone or visit ouroffice, Old Main 530b, 676-3298 or 3299. PERSONALS LOST! BETH FRIES Call Chris 328-1249.Reward. LET THE CLASSIFIEDS WORK FOR YOU! 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