1970_0428 ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 1 ---------- western front Vol. LXII no. 30 Western Washington State College Bellingham, Washington 98225Tuesday, April 28, 1970 10c Drugs: the only way to fly? Bob Burnett editor-in-chief "Pot is the only wayto fly," a Western coed said recently. But according to a local mechanic,. "Marijuana leads directly toheroin and other hard drugs." A Western instructor was heard asking, "If you roll a joint with a filter on it, will you get a lower high?" This and many other questions concerning drug use and abuse are beinganswered by three local radio stations who have formed a special network in an effort to inform people on all aspects of the drug problem. In an unprecedented move, radio stations KGMI Bellingham (790A.M.), KARI Blaine (550 A.M.) and KBRC Mount Vernon (1430 A.M.) have joined to present the program entitled "Project 70" which began yesterday. "The biggest problem concerning the drug dilemma inthis nation today is ignorance," according to James L. Hamstreet, general manager for KGMI. BobSavage, producer and moderator of Project 70, spent three and one-half years interviewing nearly 3,000experts in preparation for the program. The series begins at 3 p.m. each day this week with an hour ofpre-recorded interviews, case histories and expert opinions followed by an hour of open line telephonediscussions. It resumes again at 7 p.m. with a similar format. KGMI Program Director Bob O'Neilannounced that there are four open, incoming telephone lines, and that KGMI will accept collect long-distance calls from anywhere in the listening area. There will also be two lines for the specific purpose of getting answers to listener's q u e s t i o n s from experts throughout the United States and Canada, he said. " D r u g s - m a r i j u a n a , amphetamines, methedrine and all the rest—are only a small p o rt i o n of the total drug-chemical problem, but that is where the most interest lies," Savage said. "Drugsdenote different things to different people. We can't hope to answer all of the ..questions—only togenerate interest, to get people involved. "The drug-chemical problems of abuse represent one of thegreatest threats to society today. And it's not just a local, regional or national problem, it's a world-wideproblem. "We've got to stop talking about legislation and start thinking about personal responsibility.People must have access to the facts in order to lean toward a more constructive type of thinking,"Savage said. He hopes Project 70 will be used by radio stations throughout the U.S., Canada andAustralia as an industry-wide campaign, but he emphasized, " I t ' s the follow up—the communityinvolvement after the radio stations build up the interest that reallv counts." "Our purpose is to pique thecommunities' interest and given each individual an opportunity to decide things for himself after hearingthe facts—all the facts." Protestors await Dossible charges AS tries to create pub board The .ASLegislature may establish its own publications board this afternoon in an illegal attempt to unilaterallygovern all student publicatons on campus. This move follows a student government decision last weekto abolish the Western Front and to found an "independent" student newspaper which, in their words,would be free of administration, faculty and departmental control. The official power to disband a student publication lies with the Committee on Student Publications which is responsible to the Board ofTrustees. Until a revised publications board structure is approved, student government has assigned itsthree student representatives and two additional student appointees to be selected this week to serve as an interim publications board. The official publications board normally consists of three s t u d e n trepresentatives appointed by the Associated Students and five faculty members appointed by thecollege administration. The AS Constitution and By-Laws do not include legal provisions to permit theAS Legislature to amend or abolish the official publications board in favor of one of their own design. In a special session last Thursday, the AS Legislature instructed Front Business Manager Bill Woodland tomake the following changes: 1. Inform Front advertisers of the changes in the name and staff of thestudent newspaper. 2. Cut off the Front's staff salaries following this issue and transfer those salaries tothe new " a u t h o r i z e d " student newspaper, which is yet to be published. 3. Inform all creditorsthat the Front is no longer the authorized student publication and that debts incurred after this issue will not be honored by the Associated Students. 4. Inform the Front staff that it is encouraged to serve onthe new interim newspaper staff. So far, Woodland has not carried out student government's instructions. Bellingham Police Chief Cecil B. Klein, City Attorney Richard Busse and Mayor Reg Williams areawaiting the return of film footage shot by plains-clothesmen at the Moratorium peace march, April 15.Once the film is returned by a Seattle processing firm, the decision will be made whether charges will be brought against those protestors who marched down Holly Street chanting "Holly Street for the people." Klein said that his department will not attempt to arrest all 500 or so Moratorium marchers who defied aCity Council ruling against using Holly Street enroute from the campus to a Federal Building anti-warrally. However, upon order from Williams and Busse he said that he will order warrants for the arrest ofthose who can be easily identified. "They're not planning a mass prosecution and the matter is not thatserious," Busse said. "If we decide to arrest anyone, the charge will be minor and it will probably be thepersons who caused the action to take place." When asked by the Front what the "minor charge" would be, Busse said, "How about jay-walking?" Originator of Teach-in to speak on environment The originator of the environmental teach-in idea, Senator Gay lord Nelson of Wisconsin, will speak on theenvironment at 2 pjn. Friday in theVU lounge. Nelson's proposal was made seven months ago in aspeech before the Washington Environmental Council in Seattle. In response, over 1500 colleges arid10,000 secondary schools participated in the nationwide teach-in. In his speech Nelson called for the"stimulation of the constructive energies of American youth in a massive educational effort to halt theaccelerated pollution and environmental destruction. ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 2 ---------- 2 'Western From i uesciay, April'28, 197; Jackson to atten eco-symposium A state-wide symposium on environmental education will attract several noted politicians, including Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.),to the campus May 8. Jackson is the author of such landmark conservation legislation as the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act, the Redwood National Park and the North Cascades National Park. The day-long symposium is programmed for educators who are interested in developing environmental educationprograms in the state's public schools and colleges. President Charles Flora is scheduled to deliver theopening address at 2:30 p.m. in the music auditorium. Six afternoon panel discussions will close withan omnibus panel at 7:30 p.m. on "Can We Achieve Environmental Quality'' Panelists will include Sen. Jackson; Ian McHarg of the University of Pennsylvania; Terry Cornelius; Mrs. Lee Minto, president ofSeattle Planned Parenthood; and Glenn Paschall, legislative assistant to the governor's office. StateSenators Martin Durkan and Frank Atwood will also participate in an afternoon panel on the role of thestate government in dealing with Sen. Henry Jackson Another afternoon panel on educating the publicto the environmental issues will include Herb Altschull, KING-TV news analyst; Walt Woodward,editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle Times; and Mrs. Dolly Connelly, photo-journalist fromBellingham. The general theme for the symposium is "Education-The Catalyst for Coexistence Between Man and Nature." The symposium's sponsors a r e the N o r t h w e st Environmental EducationCenter, the Associated Students, Huxley College and the Department of Continuing environmentalproblems. Studies. Convention to include faculty, staff delegates Faculty and staff at Western will berepresented by delegation along with students for the first time at next week's AS convention, StevePlancic, newly-appointed elections board chairman, said Friday. The convention, which will signal thebeginning of campaigning for student government offices, will run Tuesday, May 5 through Thursday,May 7. A total of 453 delegates is expected, 265 to represent off-campus students, 139 for dormresidents, 27 for faculty and 22 for staff. "Only 145 delegates have signed up so far to represent off-campus housing," Plancic said. Nominees for AS offices will be elected on the last day of theconvention. Jim Baker Western Front Staff The official announcement of the man to fill the new post ofProvost Dean may come after the next Board of Trustees meeting May 14. If so, it will be the first majoraddition to the administration in many years. Both the Provost Dean position and that of Dean ofWestern were created by the splitting of chores now done by the Academic Dean. College PresidentCharles Flora, as well as others, have emphasized the undue burden on the current dean, R. D. Brown.As Flora puts it, "All the guy has time to do is respond to problems." He added that the entireadministration is presently "undermanned." Dr. Robert Monahan, professor of geography, is chairman of the 11-member committee which has sifted through 70 to 80 applicants for both posts. The committeewas to chqose two or three candidates for each post and make its final, recommendation. The Provostcandidates are Dr. Frederick Sargent, acting dean of the College of Environmental Sciences, theUniversity of Green Bay; and Dr. Arnold Biella, dean of instruction, the University of California at Hayward. The committee is less sure of its choices for Dean of Western and met last night to review theapplications. Prospective candidates for AS Government positions are reminded to submit theirstatements of policy or platform to the Western Front office prior to 3 p.m. May 7 in order to appear inthe May 12 issue. Candidates should present themselves to have their pictures taken. Statementsshould be no longer than 300 words. JL "Mystique" by ( ortange blosttom from $260.00 Everything new! everything brilliant! . . . everything perfect! Your future begins with the seventies. Begin the wedding vows with a vow to select her diamond from Milton Terry, Jeweler. A perfect beginning to a perfectfuture. Milton E. Terry Jeweler "WHERE JEWELRY IS OUR BUSINESS" 1326Conmal 733-2030 "If Iwere asked to state the great objective which Church and State are both demanding for the sake of everyman and woman and child in this country, I would say that that great objective is 'a more abundant life'."Franklin D. Roosevelt 1 , : ' .js S1' Roosevelt Dime MONEY TALKS And its tone is persuasive with anNBofC spe- UI cial checking account. A great way to organize #7 your budget... . have money when youneed it. Learn how convenient it is—and how effective —to have your own personal checking account!NBC The Provost will be the top-ranking administrator in the absence of the President. Otherwise, hisduties will include supervision of the i n s t r u c t i o n a l program, distribution of the college'sresources, maintaining contact with the deans of the cluster colleges, the director of the ComputerCenter and the library, the office of space and schedules, the office of registrar and admissions, theoffice of educational media and the Dean of Western and working closely with the President. The Deanof Western will work with the Provost on the budget. The 24 departmental chairmen {including thedepartment of continuing studies), the director of science education, the director of general educationand the director of the honors program will report to him. The Dean will chair the curricular council, andit will be his duty to oversee the development and evaluation of academic programs. The President willstill maintain direct contact with the Dean of Students, the Graduate Dean, the Dean of Research andGrants and the Business Manager. The Provost will attend presidential meetings with these officers.Dean Brown said that, in general, the Provost will deal with all-college and graduate -services andprograms while the Dean of Western will take care of undergraduate areas. The committee has beencharged by Flora to select a man for Provost who has strong administrative ability, is innovative, hasteaching experience and is well recognized as a scholar, primarily by his record of publication. TheDean of Western is required to have similar qualifications. Monahan chided the students, saying theyappeared "less than intrigued" by the prospect of a new administrator. He was referring to the teas heldin the Viking Union for each candidate which were open to the college community. The committeeincludes all three sections for the college community. Comprising administrative representation are Dr.Ronald Williams, dean of ethnic studies and speech professor and Dr. J. Alan Ross, dean of graduate s t u d i e s and psychology professor. Representing the faculty are Dr. Joseph Black, assistantprofessor of technology; Miss lone Foss, assistant professor of art; Dr. Harley Hiller, associate professor of history; Dr. Alta Hansen, associate professor of women's physical education; Dr. Richard Lindsay,physics professor; Monahan; and Dr. Marjorie Ryan, associate professor of English. From the studentlegislature are Larry Phalen, chairman of t h e Academic Reform Commission, and Steve Cooper,administrative assistant. Initiative attacks litter T h e n o - d e p o s i t, non-returnable beer and softdrink containers are the target of an initiative measure filed by Dr. Robert H. Keller, Jr., assistantprofessor of Fairhaven. Keller filed the measure last week with Washington Secretary of State A. LudlowKramer in the hopes that it will appear on the November ballot. Initiative 255, the "Keep AmericaBeautiful Act," will need 101,229 valid voters' signatures before July 3 to get on the ballot, Keller said inan interview. The initiative would place a five-cent deposit on beer and pop bottles. "Litter is just a small issue in the scop-e of ecological problems," he said. "It [littering] symbolizes society's mania forconvenience and the way in which it wastes its resources." According to Keller, the greatest oppositionto the initiative can be expected from the can manufacturers. Keller said he is relying largely on studenthelp to address envelopes and circulate the petitions when they are ready. Hopefully, they will be ready this week, he said. Plans are being made to circulate the petitions in Wenatchee during the AppleBlossom Festival the first weekend in May, Keller said. The measure stems from a drive by Keller and a group of Fairhaven students to .clean up Sehome Hill. "Most of the student help so far has been fromFairhaven," the sponsor said. "It is a college projeet—an experiment in the use of the initiative processas grassroots democracy." NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE LANGE V0LKSWAGEH 112 SamishWay 734-5230 Safes: New and used Volkswagens. Service: We will provide transportation forcustomers to and from the campus while your car is being serviced. Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday— Saturday ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 3 ---------- Drugs easy to get at college Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Western Front 3 Pssst! Hey buddy, want somemarijuana? According to a Western student who smokes grass himself, it's as easy to get as walkingto the VU lounge. Grass isn't the only thing peddled in the VU; you can pick from an assortment ofdrugs. He guessed that between 50 and 60 per cent of the students, including some faculty members,use drugs and avail themselves of this unofficial campus service. He added that there is no harassmentof the dealers or the users. "Faculty members take a neutral attitude and are mainly curious about theeffects." The police only give the users a hard time when they gather together. Relating how he gotstarted on grass, he said that he had heard a lot about marijuana and drugs and decided to study thesubject. "I read every angle on it and concluded that there were a lot of falsehoods about grass." Heexplained that he leaves drugs alone because, "you don't know what's in them." Some drugs sold bypushers have been found to have strychnine in it, enough to send the user on a trip that he will neverreturn from. Asked if he would ever quit, he said that if marijuana ever interfered with his career, hewould. He added that he could walk away from grass as easily as he could a fetish on pizza. ' WesternFront photo by Shoblom Government gives little help to youths busted overseas Coffee shop seeks tohelp 'ex-heads' More than 400 Americans are now in jail overseas for drug violations, according to theState Department, which is urging youth "not necessarily to stop using drugs, but to realize theconsequences of getting caught." The figure of 404 in March of this year is up 262 from the same timelast year, Mrs. Barbara Watson, administrator of security of consular affairs, said. All those in jail arebetween 16 and 30 years of age.. Mrs. Watson said "there is really very little the government can do foryou." She said that while a consular official will visit a prisoner and arrange for help from home, thegovernment will not get him.a lawyer. Many Americans are turned in by the person who sold them thedope, Mrs. Watson said. This nets the pusher a reward and keeps him in good with the police. She said that many youths think other countries allow violation of their laws, "but that simply isn't so."Sentences for Americans range up to three years for possession and up to 15 years for selling.Possession of more" than half a kilo of marijuana normally is considered proof of intent to sell. Drugstatistics give false security The drug situation at Western cannot be stated in terms of statistics for itgives a false security to know percentages of numbers, Dean of Men Ray Romine said. Romine, amember of the Drug Education Committee on campus, said that there is a considerable number ofpeople who have experimented with marijuana. However, there has been no problem in the area of hardnarcotics use. There has been experimentation however, with LSD and other drugs. "One observation isthat some students dropping out of school admit to a drug history; there is a conjecture of correlation,"Romine said. "One of the difficulties of society in coming to grips with the drug scene is a lack ofunderstanding of roots of the issue. "Society itself currently uses a variety of drugs, alcohol andtobacco. "There is a tendency to put all people who use drugs in the same categories as well as drugsthemselves. People have to recognize the differences that motivate people to use drugs and thedifferences in the drugs themselves," Romine said. According to Cal Mathews, a member of the drugcommittee, some groups and individuals who are emerging from the heavy drug use patterns can now be observed. Some are "turning on" with strong religious faiths and some are "turning on" naturally to new intellectual, academic, economic or social pursuits. "What we need to do in education is to seekalternatives that we can offer our students, and public opportunities for introspection, relief from day today tension and ultimately happiness without using external devices such as drugs," Romine said. "We have directed our efforts at treating the symptoms accompaning drug use, rather than the motivatingfactors." Mary Peebles Western Front Staff The Superior Cleaner is a newly opened coffee shopdesigned to help drug-scene drop-outs to drop back into society. The coffee shop, at 1140 State St., isrun by two young men who prefer to be called Dewy and Volkert. Both made the drug scene for threeyears. "I ' went from a society of get-aheads to a society of be-heads," Dewy said. Capt. Bill Nottle ofthe Salvation Army" said they're concerned with the spirituality of young people today. The spiritualoutreach program that the Superior Cleaner is trying, is to help kids come off drugs through anencounter with Christ, he said. There are beds upstairs and at "the house of the most-high" at 1021 High St. Doctors are available if physical need is more immediate. Presently funded by the Salvation Army,the Cleaner does need donations. "We plan to have rock and folk music on the weekends, somusicians are welcome. It'll be Christian music, but it'll be good music1,4 Volkert said. The hips callthem straight and the straights think they're hip, but they're there from early afternoon until everybodygoes home and the phone, 733-1411, is open to incoming calls. "We're trying to be a stop-gap here.We're not here to cram it, we're here to share it," Nottle said. Flora says pushing worst crime "Thepusher of hard drugs is guilty of the highest crime and should suffer the maximum possible penalty short of capital punishment," Dr. Charles J. Flora said in an interview last week. Flora referred to "harddrugs" as heroin and its derivatives. When asked what he would do to cope with the drug problem,providing all of the powers of legislation were under his control, Flora said that punishment laws should.reflect the nature of the crime. He said he agrees with minimal punitive measures for the first offenderssmoking marijuana, but recommended maximum punishment for pushers, especially those pushing"hard" drugs. "There are two schools of thought concerning what we ought to do to cope with the drugproblem," Flora said. "We can ignore the problem in hopes that it will go away, but it would be better ifwe confront the problem, seek to understand it and solve it." He seemed to feel that drug education was one way to cope with the problem, but cautioned, "There is no education worse than education withignorant teachers. We would then only be pooling our ignorance." Meeds proposes questions to Seattle educators Congressman Lloyd Meeds, in a speech in Seattle April 4, labeled drug abuse as a"Chemical Cop-out". He went on to ask educators to pose the following questions to their students: "Will marijuana eliminate the draft?" "Will LSD clean up pollution in our lakes and rivers?" "Will heroin helpyou pass a difficult examination? "Our task is to tell it like it is Western Frontphptq by Shoblom andmake it like we know ii should be," he declared. The Meeds bill for drug education was passed in theHouse last October 31 and is n o w in the Senate Subcommittee on Narcotics and Alcoholism. Itauthorizes $29 million over a three year period for curriculum development and testing, teacher training,pilot high school programs and community 'drug alert' seminars. ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 4 ---------- Western Front Tuesday, April 28, 1970 between the lines........... B I I I I I I B I B I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I IDrugs: everybody's habit staff commentary One of the most pressing problems confronting the worldtoday is man's use of chemicals, pills and drugs—from psychedelics to herbicides. One of the factorsthat makes it such a serious problem is the average man's lack of factual knowledge concerning theirproper use. There are far too few real authorities on drugs, and far too many users and pushers whopurport to be authorities when they are not. I am appalled by the ignorance of drug users concerning theactual contents of all those little, multi-colored pills, chemical concoctions and whatever else our drugoriented society ingests. And the problem is not limited to the users of illegal drugs. We all use drugs.We use them to help us sleep, to wake us up, to relax us and to relieve our headaches. But how manyof us know exactly what amount of any particular drug constitutes an overdose? Exactly what is it in potthat affects the user's mind? Is pot really psycholgically addicting? How much truth is there in the claim that LSD affects the chromosomes of an unborn child? Perhaps you know the answers to thesequestions. Perhaps there aren't any conclusive answers. Investigative experimentation is only one way to find the answers. Consultation with experts is another. This week, we all have an opportunity to do justthat—consult an expert. All we have to do is get on the phone. In an attempt to cope with the drugproblem, and to provide their communities the widest possible range of information concerning drug useand abuse, radion stations KGMI, KARI and KBRC are presenting a 24-hour series entitled Project 70. . As Project 70 producer Bob Savage puts it, the program does not try to preach at anybody or persuadeanyone to quit using drugs. It is designed solely for the purpose of giving everyone an opportunity to learn more about drugs. Now is the time to ask our questions. Call KGMI during the open-line discussionportion of Project 70 from 4 to 5 p.m. and from 8 to 9 p.m. If they don't have the answers, they will callthe experts throughout the United States and Canada that do have the answers. Do you know all youneed or want to know about drugs? Don't join the ranks of the apathetic ignorants. Listen in, learn, andget involved. -Bob Burnett Earth Week forever! Earth Day and Earth Week are officially dead and buried, uh, cremated. The trash-ins, teach-ins, demonstrations and rallies attracted significant numbers ofstudents and even a few eco-conscious citizens who joined together for a few hours to meet thepressing demands of the environmental crisis. But most of America was content with going about itsusual litter-strewn way, standing knee deep in garbage and throwing rockets at the moon. Blackleaders in this nation told their people to ignore Earth Week activities since they believed that it was aplot by President Nixon to divert attention away from Civil Rights and the Vietnam War. But thosesame leaders failed to tell their people that the clean-up of America's cities will benefit the majority ofBlacks and other minorities which inhabit them. The environmental dilemma demands a radical changein every American's life style. Earth Week must last forever. And that means that we are going to have to cut down on our electrical consumption for a start. So, turn off your electric toothbrushes, swizzlesticks, can openers, scissors, razors and extra lights. We can walk to work and school and abandonthose automobiles which drink oil and belch toxic fumes into the air we breathe. It means that we should stop buying non-returnable bottles so that the chain grocers will be forced into bringing backreturnables. They were the ones who called for one-way bottles in the first place. And it means correcting your fellow man when you see him drop his cigarette butts, wrappers and cans on our roadways, in ourparks and on our beaches. Look around and take care of this planet. It belongs to you. —John StolpeOpinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of the editor or other staff members. Letfreedom ring Don DeMaico Western Front Staff AS President Greg Baker appears to be imitating SpiroAgnew. Agnew, you will recall, brought a mailed fist of government criticism down on the press in 1969and accused it of being "fat and irresponsible." Baker and his cabinet have set their sights on destroyingthe Western Front and replacing it with a government approved "student" newspaper. Last Thursday, 10student legislators unanimsouly rubber-stamped their approval to a neat piece of cabinet legislation (BillNo. 101) choking off student funds that pay for a portion of the Front. Bill No. 101 also declared that theWestern Front "is no longer the authorized student publication," as of April 28. Today. This Agnewian (oris it Orwellian?) government license to do what it pleases is frightening, to say the least. The mostimmediate issue we face as a student body is to decide if student government should control the fate ofour press. Then, we must determine whether decisions of this magnitude concerning the entire studentbody should be made by a rubber-stamp non-dissenting legislative minority or by the student, faculty and administrative stockholders in this institution. Finally, the time, has come to re-evaluate what is going onin student government. The preamble to Western's Constitution is quite clear: "We the students ofWestern Washington State College feel that the purpose of student government is to serve [emphasismine] as the representative body of the students." Greg Baker, his cabinet and the student legislature are not, in my opinion, serving the best interests of this student body. thewestern front official weeklynewspaper of Western Washington State College second class postage paid at Bellingham, Wash. 98225 phone, 734-8800 editorial, ext. 2277 advertising, ext. 2276 Bob Burnett John Stolpe Jill StephensonAdele Saltzman editor-in-chief managing editor assistant to the editor copy editor Bob Taylor sportseditor Lynn Watts feature editor BUI Woodland business manager R.E. Stannard Jr. advisorDanShoblom Jerry King BUI Todd MikeErickson photo editor head photographer assistant photographercartoonist Reporters: Chris Anderson, Forrest Anderson, Jim Austin, Jim Baker, Ted Bestor, DebColeman, Robin Courtwright, Don DeMarco, Jim Diedrick, Barbara Dinner, Dave Haeck, Billie Haragadine,Gary Harrod, Mike Hull, Diane Jacobs, Bill Johnston, Tim Knopf, Jay Long, Jackie Lawson, JulieMcCalib, Bob McLaughlan, Paul Madison, Mary Peebles, Mike Pinch, Stan Shawn, Jill Stephenson,Margaret Thornton, Rob Turner, Doug Van Boven. Deadlines: 5 p.m. Tuesday-display ad reservations 4pan. Thursday-news copy, letters to the editor, classified ads display ad copy. Represented by NEAS,360 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017 Price per copy, 10 cents. Subscription, $3.50 a year, $1.50 aquarter. Member: U.S. Student Press Association, CoUege Press Service, Associated College Press,Intercollegiate Press Service and Liberation News Service. ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 5 ---------- Tuesday, April 28/1970 Western Front feedbackfeedbackfeedbackfeedbackfeedbackfeedbi RESENTSBATEMAN'S GENERALIZATIONS Editor: I would like the opportunity to publicly reply to Mr. Bateman'sletter in last week's Front. First of all, Mr. Bateman, whatever gave you the impression that you speakfor all veterans? You certainly have the right to your individual opinion concerning protests anddemonstrations, but your pretentious assumption that you speak for all veterans implies that you thinkall veterans succumbed to the armed services' propaganda program as you so obviously have done.This is hardly the case. You see Mr. Bateman, I too am a veteran, but I actively participate in many ofthe local protests against our immoral actions in Vie tnam. Perhaps our opposing viewpoints are due tothe fact t h a t we had different experiences in the service. While you were in Korea, I was with theinfantry in Vietnam; while you were talking to a friend who was almost killed in a "Non-War Zone," Iwitnessed scores of my friends begin the trip home in a plastic bag; while you were "sickened to see the amount of protesting and demonstrating going on back in this country," I was sickened by the sight ofVietnamese civilians being murdered, maimed, and tortured, their villages and farms destroyed, largesegments of their population being subjected to the most inhumane treatment and conditions. And all of this under the guise of "protecting a people's right to self-determination." The logic of that statement inlight of this country's actions seems to be quite similar to the logic of fighting for peace--and we allREITERATES MORATORIUM GOALS Editor: 1 am not speaking for all the protestors in the April 15march on the Federal Building as Mr. Philippe Bateman would speak for all veterans, but I would like toreply to certain points in his letter. 1. I did not know that one had to be a student of WesternWashington State College to protest against a cruel and unjust war. Are demonstrations to be limited toa select few, who are given the "privilege" of protesting? This march was for everybody, not just for thestudents of a certain college. 2. I would like to correct Mr. Bateman concerning the grape boycott. Thisboycott has to do only with table grapes—not the ones you drink. The grape boycott in San JoaquinValley is only another symptom of the United States government exploitation of minority peoples as ishappening in Vietnam. 3. If Mr. Bateman read the signs of the marchers he would have seen that theywanted the war to be stopped now. I have been sick and tired of hearing projected plans and timetablesto end the war which lacked results. Lyndon Johnson gave us promises that never ended the war andnow Mr. Nixon is giving us his promises. There are . soldiers being pulled out of Vietnam now but howmany replacements are being sent over this week and in the weeks to come? How many VIETNAM VET SAYS BATEMAN UNINFORMED Editor: In last week's Western Front a number of questions wereposed by a Korean veteran P.J.E. Bateman. The questions were not rhetorical as he had intended, butwere instead a rather obvious indication that Mr. Bateman is indeed unaware of the proposed goals ofthe Peace Movement. I am also a veteran. While I was in Vietnam, it seemed to me that the onlypeople who gave a damn whether 1 lived or died were the protestors. They tried actively to put animmediate end to the war while the Silent Majority sent cookies and re-elected War Hawk politicians.Secondly, Mr. Bateman seems to be laboring under the misconception that peace concerns only thestudent. The Peace Movement unlike many other of our traditional institutions is completelyunrestrictive. The Moratorium Committee, I'm sure, was more than happy to hear his report concerningthe large number of "strangers" present. Finally, Mr. Batemen did not understand what grapes had to do with the Moratorium. He answered his own question later in his letter. He asked (rhetorically, of course)why his Black sergeant should want to SOCKS IT BACK TO STOLPE Editor: Mr. Stolpe of the Western Front staff seemed to take pride in being a part of the Peace March festivities last week. His editorialcomment in the paper really socked it to all those people who were in class that day trying to learnsomething. I'm glad there are those who need no more education and so have the time to demonstratefor the rest of us. Mr. Stolpe must know what he is talking about and demonstrating against. He was ahelicopter gunner in Vietnam and volunteered for an additional six months. Perhaps the war lookeddifferent from 1500 feet up than it did ass-deep in the paddies, where some of the rest of us wereoccasionally. (Thank goodness the G.I. Bill money is the same, right, John?) Yes, there is a time for civil disobedience. I suggest that Mr. Stolpe read Civil Disobedience by Thoreau to find out exactly what the animal is. As for the obscene gesture he relishes having given the officers know what that's like. Inanswer to your questions: 1. I don't think anybody counted the number of students in the march .Whatdifference does it make? The Moratorium activities are a community project open to participation by allconcerned citizens. 2. The Army made grapes an issue by increasing their orders for table grapes by800 per cent since the grape pickers' strike began. Draw your own conclusion to that. Also, tablegrapes are harvested separately from any grapes used to make commercial wines. 3. You must beputting me on with this question. The Moratorium is for pulling out all G.I.'s not just a token 150,000 oreven 300,000. Bring all the troops home now! That's the alternative, Mr. Bateman. I hope you can "hear"it now. Don Smith senior Soc/Anthro are now being trained to serve in Vietnam? Mr. Bateman cannotspeak for all veterans, only as a veteran of Korea, an area whose "Non War" has not progressed to thecaliber of Vietnam. There were veterans of Vietnam marching April 15, protesting a war that theythemselves had fought. The next time Mr. Bateman feels the urge to write to the editor, I suggest that he make his arguments clear and not assume to speak for the group. Mary Frances Stuck freshman artreturn to the racism in the United States. The exploitation of migratory labor exhibited by the grapegrowers is one of the most flagrant examples of racism in this "great counry of ours" and reflects anattitude of the United States toward non-white people throughout the world. I feel Mr. Bateman barelyhas the qualifications to speak for himself, much less for all veterans. There are still some vets whohave survived the brass' brainwashing and retained their sanity. Peace! John Wesselink junior Englishfrom the Federal Building steps, I will say this: if marchers are prosecuted and he is among them, I willlift that same finger to help him. Jack C. Benedict senior English (Ed. note: John Stolpe, managingeditor of the Western Front, was a helicopter crew chief in Vietnam for two years. During that time heearned more than 20 Air Medals and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action.) COMMITTEEAPOLOGIZES FOR "DREADFUL OPERA Editor: The Arts and Lectures Committee, greatly concernedabout the poor performance of Much Ado About Nothing on April 6, authorized Dennis Catrell of thespeech department to issue the following statement on its behalf: "Several weeks ago, the Arts andLectures—sponsored production of Berlioz' opera Much Ado About Nothing was presented onWestern's campus. The Arts and Lectures Committee would like to offer its sincere apologies for thatdreadful event. Making mistakes is part of the risk of making decisions and we do not ask to beexcused. Our real concern is that someone might think that the performance had some redeemingqualities, or, worse, that any member of the Arts and Lectures Committee thought so. It was aninsufferable travesty! Most of us are overly polite in the theater but this was so bad that people boltedfrom their CHARGES EDITOR WITH FACTUAL ERRORS Editor: •Your editorial response (4/7/70) toour letter splendidly documented the very point about which we complained: Western's inability toexamine critically its impact on the local environment. We need not respond to your whitewash job pointby point. The federal banning of 245-T, which Mr. Mikelson pronounced harmless, illustrates only oneerror in your facts. More important are the issues which you ignored, including our major assertion thatthe values of the college, constant g r o w t h and maximum convenience, are similar to those ofindustry. An inference drawn from your editorial is that Western and its long range plans are ecologically pure and do not seats, practically running to the exits. The production of the Opera Theater of NewYork suffered in these specifics: the performers could not sing; the performers could not act nor movewell; the dancing was extraneous, sloppy and embarrassing; the music was unexciting and badlyperformed; the . visual aspects of the production were unimaginative and tawdry; the libretto, astranslated into English, was at the very most insipid. Anything about the production that we have notmentioned is not exempted from contempt. Programming of theatrical events is difficult and we attemptto select the best we can within a very complicated set of limits; however, Much Ado About Nothing hadlittle to do with a satisfactory theatrical or musical experience." Dennis E. Catrell, member JeromeGlass, chairman Arts and Lectures Committee merit open investigation and criticism. Since thesuggestion that part of the Ecology Teach-In be devoted to such investigation was ignored, we no doubtwill have had another week of noble sentiments directed against Georgia Pacific, Dow Chemical, U.S.Steel, Intalco, Alaska oil, large families and the vague "all of us." Meanwhile the college bulldozes intoSehome Hill. Meanwhile the college will build a $5 .million student center complete with swimming pooland a ten-lane bowling alley while pouring a raw sewage of a 10,000 person (22,000 by 1984) populationinto Bellingham Bay. Sehome Hill Improvement Troops EXPECTS SOLUTIONS TO NOTEWORTHYPROBLEMS Editor: Congratulations on your issue of April 21. It bordered on interesting. Particularlynoteworthy were the letters from Philippe Jean Edward Bateman and Julie Humling and the remarks ofJohn Stolpe concerning the Moratorium. I assume the solutions will appear in today's issue(?). SteveCunningham senior economics AS AC seeks commissioners Applications are being taken for positions of AS public events and recreation program commissioners, Dennis Hjeresen, coordinating chairman for the Associated Students Affairs Council has announced. Both positions are open to anyone willing towork, with no requirements on grade point, or class standing, Hjeresen said. Public eventscommissioner will coordinate activities including art exhibits, drama, feature films, popular and classicmusic, art films and lecture series. Recreation commissioner will handle outdoor programs, specialevents and club sports. Applications can be obtained from the AS secretary on the top floor of the Viking Union and should be returned to Hjeresen at the AS offices in the Viking Union before next Tuesday.WUS needs organizer World University Service (WUS) needs an organizer to get a program going atWestern. WUS works with university communities in sixty countries in all continents. It promotes thesharing of knowledge, experience and resources of the universities in attempts to resolve basic university problems. Anyone interested in organizing for WUS are urged to contact John Miles, Viking Unionprogram director, or AS President Greg Baker. ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 6 ---------- 6 Western hront Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Udall blastsmotherhood Rep. Morris K. Udall (D. Arizona) spoke last week on the necessity of population control Western Front photo by King Klipsun yearbook viewsthe individual as student The Klipsun, Western's yearbook, will look at "the individual as student," TimHeitzman, yearbook editor, said. The book will be 144 pages of colored and black and white photographs and poetry, all original work by students. The cover will give an impression of Red Square at night. Itwill be released in August. The interest the students show in this yearbook and the people in charge ofthe yearbook next year will decide whether there will be one next year. Yearbook sales have been lowso far. Only about 300 have been sold. Applications for the 1970-71 editorship are due May 8.Response to Trash-in 'mild' The Trash-in at Ennen's Thriftway last week received a mild response fromthe community. One elderly man stopped and talked with Environmental Quality Council (EQC) member Dan Nelson and commended them on a "good job." Litter gathered from Sehome Hill was deposited intwo parking stalls at the store. Three people added to it during the day. About 2 p.m., EQC membershauled the trash off to the dump. There's something about your COLLEGE RING *{ that sayssomething about YOU .THE FINEST SYMBOL OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT ORDERYOUR RING NOW STUDENTS , * STORE No Store More Convenient Jim Diedrick Western FrontStaff A Mormon father of six whose grandather had two wives and 16 children has spoken out againstmotherhood. Rep. Morris K. Udall D.-Arizona), calling for a philosophy "that thinks in terms of qualityinstead of quantity," said that we should no longer consider large families and a large gross nationalproduct a blessing. Speaking to a standing room only crowd of about 250 in the VU lounge lastMonday, Udall called overcrowding due to the p o p u l a t i o n explosion self-inflicted torture. Problemsof increased crime, pollution and mental disorder are a result of overcrowded conditions in the cities, hesaid. To house a population predicted by President Nixon in his State of the Union message (over 300million in the U.S. by the year 2000) we will have to build a city the size of Tucson, Arizona (pop..250,000) every month for the next 30 years, Udall noted. Udall introduced a bill in Congress in 1961proposing the formation of a committee to study population growth. It was then considered "sacrilegious political suicide," he said, indicating how times have changed. R e f e r r i n g to the policy-making endof the environmental crisis, Udall said that Nixon should be on national television "talking priorities." U d a l l proposed an "Environmental Bill of Rights" for America. He said that 20-30 billion dollars should beput into the preservation of the environment each year. Urging a strong commitment to improve thequality of life, Udall called Americans "trustees for following generations." Proposed college wouldexpect community help Jackie Lawson Western Front Staff Tentative plans for an environmental satellite college were outlined by Dr. David Clarke, associate professor and chairman of the political sciencedepartment at the Academic Reform Commission meeting last Wednesday. The college would belocated in a valley, 20 miles from Bellingham, on a 100-to-200 acre site. The land would be cleared andfarmed by the college community as a part of t h e school's activities. The community would consist ofabout 200 people, two-thirds students and one-third faculty with their wives and families. To obtainachievement it is imperative to avoid conflict, according to Clarke. "People are compelled to interact witheach other. The college would provide an environment where people could not escape into the city every evening, which is the reason for its site far from town," Clarke said. P o s s i b i l i t i e s for theconstruction of the campus appear "favorable" due to plans for inexpensive buildings. Structures wouldbe built from 2x4 construction, which is cheap, attractive, and easy to build and demolish, giving thecollege the opportunity to adapt, evolve and change. "Courses would provide training in the social andpsychological skills needed for community building, and would include a general study of the relationbetween philosophy and community," Clarke said. Curriculum offered would consist of phenomenology of religion, philosophy of history, ethics, psychology, drama, art and music. Practical studies wouldinclude home economics, forestry, farming, carpentry, or whatever combination is needed to generatethe skills to run the community, according to an article written by Clarke titled "A Modest Proposal; AnExperimental Community in the Northwest," published in The Northwest Passage. "It is impossible tosay in advance what things would constitute the highest rewards in such a community. They would have to be discovered through experience; however before life in a close and relatively permanent communityof this sort could begin to be successful and rewarding it would be necessary to develop techniquesthrough which each individual could reach a level of emotional maturity much higher than that which isusual today," stated Clarke in his article. The overt goal of the college is to offer to individuals, who have "reached the end of their tethers with the existing society," an alternative. The purpose is to train people to see other variations of existence elsewhere; to develop a pattern of living which is in harmony withthe environmental imperatives, according to Clarke. The college would not be an anti-establishment unitproduced by the present society in an attempt to change. There will be a belt between the college andthe establishment. He mentioned another imperative; the need to achieve and maintain the human scale. This means creating a community that is stable and small enough for people to know others well. Thetask is to make the college a viable and satisfactory community. Because of this, the pace of the school will be slowed to half-pace. "This means student and faculty will have half the day to do their own thing. However, it is realized that too much leisure time becomes threatening," Clarke said. Because theeducational pace would be slowed, graduation would take eight years instead of four. "I propose a newand different kind of cluster college, which shall be a kind of nursery garden for new cultural patterns. Ina decade or so we shall be needing such patterns in a desperate hurry. Now is the time to start evolvingthem" Clarke stated in his article in the Passage. now featuring JIM S SHIRLEY 9p.Tn.-2a.m Mon.-Sat. t i l CASHTO ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 7 ---------- Tuesday,'" Apr i l: '28,' 1'97'0 Western Front Coming events: APRIL 25 -MAY 15- Seventh AnnualDrawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Western Gallery. TODAY- 8:15 p.m.: John Mclntyre, facultypiano recital, music auditorium. THURSDAY, APRIL 3 0 - Noon: Gerald Wilson, "Are There FalseProphets Today?" VU 10. 3:30 p.m.: Keith Abbott poetry reading, coffee den. 7 p.m.: Daniel Larner,"Film Psychology and the Art of Editing and Montage," L-4. FRIDAY, MAY 1 - 2 p.m.: Senator GaylordNelson, address on the environment, VU lounge. 8 p.m.: Ravi Shankar concert, music auditorium.SATURDAY, MAY 2 - 1 p.m.: OCIC Utter clean-up, Red Square. 8:15 p.m.: Michael Lorimer guitarconcert, music auditorium. Noon: Organization meeting for supporters of Initiative 256, banning no-deposit, no-return bottles, VU lounge. SUNDAY, MAY 3 - 8 p.m.: Activities Commission film, The Fixer,music auditorium. MONDAY, MAY 4 - 8:15 p.m.: Bernie Weiner poetry reading, coffee den. History club selling books to finance essay competition Phi Alpha Theta will hold a book sale on campus Tuesday to help finance future essay competitions, according to Secretary-Treasurer Gary Cruzan. "We hope tomake the paper competition an annual event," he said. Proceeds will also be used for other historyhonorary club activities, such as speakers and films, Cruzan added. "Books will cover a variety ofsubjects." The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in either Red Square or in front of the VikingUnion, "depending on weather and construction," he said. Moms to get dose of coed life A showing ofwedding fashions, "Wedding Bells." will start off Mother's Weekend at 1 p.m. Saturday in the VU lounge. A skating party will follow at 3 p.m. in the Armory. Saturday evening will feature a buffet dinner at theBellingham Hotel from 5-7 p.m. A movie, The Twentieth Century Woman, will be shown after the banquet in L-4. Time of the film will be announced later. Mama Sunday's, in the VU coffee den, will featureformer professional entertainer Phil Lucas, from 9-10 p.m. in a special program for the mothers. Girlsexpecting their mothers to be here are urged to sign up at the VU desk or at their dorms so theorganizers have some estimate of the number coming. telle IrlcTal m formal sLoppe you and yourmother | are invited to come and see our selection of over 300 WEDDING GOWNS BRIDESMAIDGOWNS iv jDrv *j0WNS in stoo Chemical, bacterial warfare film shown on Earth Day " A Plague onYour Children," a film on chemical and biological warfare, was shown on Earth Day last week. The filmwas produced by BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). According to the film which was sponsored by the Activities Commission: C B warfare (chemical and biological) is the poor countries' atomic bomb.Countries all over the world are producing nerve gas and bacteria concentrates because they are soeffective and inexpensive. One breath of G.B. (code name for one type of nerve gas) would mean instant death. A pail of G.B. would be equivalent to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, but the building wouldremain. Another type of gas coded Richard Morse to give consumer education talk The chairman of theAdvisory Committee to the Consumer Credit Commission will speak on consumer education at 8 p.m.Thursday in L-2, according to a home economics department release. The public lecture will bepresented by Dr. Richard L. D. Morse, chairman of the family economics department at Kansas StateUniversity, and is co-sponsored by the home economics department and the Arts and LecturesCommittee. Morse is also a member of the American Bankers Association's Advisory Council onConsumer Affairs. He will be the guest of honor at a student-faculty coffee hour at 4 p.m. Thursday inOld Main 3. G.V. is an effective skin contact agent that causes a slower death. One drop of G.V. on aman would shrink his pupils, make his nose run, cause muscle spasms, diarrhea, urination and finallyparalyze breath resulting in death. This could take-several days. The Geneva Convention of 1954 madenerve gas illegal. The Accord was signed by all countries involved except the United States. C.S., aweaker form of nerve gas, has a 10% adult death rate and 90% child death rate upon exposure. Plantsdie when contaminated with CS. and it takes years for the soil to recover to the point where plants maygrow again. Bacterial warfare is a process where germs are massively r e - p r o d u c e d and thenfreeze-dried and canned. engagement rings for men? Of course! The time is right for the jewelryinnovation of the century. Now men can share the pleasure of an outward sign of an inward commitmentwith these matching wedding sets. His is massive and masculine; hers is distinctly feminine. Seethese new designs at Weisf ield's. lilliliilillilliilli^ Weisiield's has credit for students of promise.•:/•*© •?7A* ,/ gt;# CT4 /? / / ? C 1327 CORNWALL AVE. J'S'i WIIT. JP. P. S ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 8 ---------- 8 Western Front Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Walter Zuber Armstrong Forrest Anderson assistant copyeditor Black jazz musician Walter Zuber Armstrong will not return to Western as a lecturer in musicnext year. Why was Armstrong not rehired? Various people had many answers and feelings on theseemingly easy question. The decision was based on confidential student and faculty evaluations, justas with other f a c u l t y members, Music Department Chairman Philip Ager said. The evaluation results led Ager to a decision not to rehire Armstrong. The evaluations indicated that Armstrong's teachingabilities are not as good as his performing and musical talents, Ager hinted. Ager said that the musicdepartment's budget did not allot enough funds to keep an artist in residence. A teacher can't be hired or rehired just because of his m u s i c a l r e s e a r c h or performances, Ager said. The increasedstudent enrollment, the relatively slow increase of faculty, and the size of the budget, make it necessary for every teacher to be qualified to teach several subjects. Ager said he looks forward to the day whenthe department will be able to have artists in residence, but it isn't possible yet. Armstrong was hired on an experimental program as a lecturer, on a temporary basis, Dr. Charles North, professor of music,said. "Anybody hired as a lecturer is hired without promise of tenure," North said. North, who wasdepartment chairman when Armstrong was hired, said he "hired Walter as a musician, not as a jazz mu s i c i a n . " Armstrong's seriousness and dedication to music were more important than the fact thathe didn't have a BA degree. He had studied many things, many instruments and creative forms. Histhinking was different, and chance and time ISSUES CONFERENCE WHATCOM ROOM, BELLINGHAM HOTEL 0 0rt „ . . SATURDAY, MAY 2 8:30 Registration 9:00 U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson,Wisconsin—Keynote Address ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM AL SWIFT, Moderator 9:30Preservation: Planning and Development Panel: George Bartholick, Architect Joe Entrikin, Director,Whatcom County Developmental Council Harry Fulton, Whatcom County Planning Director Ken Kertz,Whatcom County Parks Director Don Holzer, Real Estate Man and leader in rural Whatcom Countyspeaks Vernon Lane, Chairman, Lummi Tribal Business Council Ron Peters, Graduate Student, WWSC Roberta Ryan, Northwest Environmental Education Center, WWSC 10:45 Coffee Break 11:15 Can LocalGovernment Do the Job? and Standards and Styles of Living: Must They Change? Panel: , Bill Clement,Local Retail Businessman WWSC Dr. George Drake, Assistant Professor—Anthropology-Sociology,Rev. Leonard Erickson, Minister, Central Lutheran Church Mary Knibbs, Teacher and Bellingham CityCouncilwoman Dr. Dick Page, Asisstant to Mayor Wes Uhlman, Seattle Frank Roberts, WhatcomCounty Commissioner 12:30 Lunch Law and Orders (Al Swift, KVOS) 1:30 Law and Order Panel: i StanPitkin, U.S. District Attorney for Western Washington Jim Wilson, Washington State Attorney General'sOffice Dan Larner, President - Whatcom County Chapter American Civil Liberties Union A local policeofficer or attorney Sponsored by WWSC YOUNG DEMOCRA TS and WHA TCOM COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY made him available. North's reaction when he heard of Armstrong not being rehired was one of regret. He assumed there had been criticism of the experimental program, he said. He later heardthat the program is going to be continued and that the decision was one based on personal andacademic matters. Western Front photo by King He was certain the procedure for evaluation wasperfectly normal. When asked how he felt about Armstrong's musical talents, North said he had the"utmost regard for his musical ability." . Ager considers Armstrong a "very sincere, dedicated person."Some [of his compositions] I like and some I don't, but this is true of all music," he said. "He's improved since he's been here," Ager said. Armstrong believes "there's more to it than student and facultyevaluations." He said that only 20 of the 41 students in his three jazz classes and approximately 16faculty members evaluated him and were responsible for his contract not being renewed. Ager said itwas the responsibility of the instructor to conduct the evaluation and his prerogative to release theircontents. Every full-time faculty member responded, but three didn't evaluate Armstrong because theywere new, to the department, he said. North said he thought student reaction was the key to COMESEE FOR YOURSELF!!! what ever your thing demands, Dress or Casual or ?? Solids to go with yourPlaid or Patterned Sports Coats, stripes to go with the Blazers and Solids, Casuals in checks, stripes,novelty weaves - ? ? things like blue jeans or white, cords, denim stripes - be our guest, t ry on a pair ofeach . Sizes 29 to 38 waist. Mon. - Fri. 10 to 9 lt;K~ ( - n . A - I C Where there is acres of free parkingSat. 10 to 6 p.m. QD.OU t o 3 gt; IP At t h e Be||jngham M a l l _ Sun Noon til. 6 | | ff | 11J J j ) J | | | | jf jfTTl • lt;0 gt; HffTWWTm) IJ H IH HI H f IKSportswearSpeciansts)^ the decision to not rehireArmstrong. The ultimate recommendation, which is the responsibility of the department chairman,was reached when. Ager simply wrote his own evaluation and counted it in the tally. Ager said he would not consider overriding a faculty decision concerning the hiring or firing of any teacher. The finaldecision was based on equally weighted evaluations by both faculty and students, Ager said. His guess was that weight had been placed on student evaluations. He couldn't imagine a decision to not rehireArmstrong if the evaluations had differed between students and faculty members. Ager said he merelyadded the weighted items in the evaluations and added the percent ratings, to arrive at the statisticaldecision. He said he didn't count the written comments every heavily because they tended to beextremely for or against the instructor, and balanced each other out. The three areas of evaluation wereteaching skills, scholarly research, and service to the department, Ager said. Armstrong said that even if others considered him weak in classroom ability, the chairman could have suggested he remainbecause of his strength as a performer. Bill Little, a BSU member, believes there was a systematicconspiracy by the faculty to fire Armstrong. Little considers Armstrong a musical genious and resentsthe fact that he is being fired, even if he's being replaced by another Black instructor. "We feel thatArmstrong relates closer to the students t h a n any other Black instructor," Allen Stowers, a BSUmember, said. Armstrong's lack of a BA degree was one reason Stowers and Little cited as a possibleexcuse for Armstrong not getting rehired. After Armstrong heard he was not being rehired he said, "Iwas very hurt because I was working like Hell to make the music department known." He and hisensemble have played at numerous concerts in Canada and at Western, and will be playing at SkagitValley junior College tomorrow evening. The ensemble drew more people than Cannon ball Adder lywhen their concerts were scheduled for the same night last • quarter at Western. More than 500people have attended each of his concerts at Western, Armstrong said. "I've composed all my ownmusic for my concerts." "You've got to keep up or you'll be stale." He thinks the music departmentshould have younger ideas and younger teachers. Students are concerned with contemporary music, not just with classical music or music theory, he believes. He hopes the music department will follow hisexample of teaching by the playing of instruments and records, rather than just teaching theory or bylecturing. "In the two years time I've been here I've reached a lot of people." Armstrong thinks that more than just traditional types of music should be taught in Western's music department. Rock, blues andcountry western music would make the curriculum more relevant. "I wanted to study country westernmusic by a Western faculty member, but there was no one there," he said. Armstrong said he lost asummer job working at UBC because of the announcement of the decision not to renew his contract atWestern. His job losses haven't slowed his future plans, however. He hopes to hold a special farewellconcert with Prince Lasha, another jazz musician from Vancouver, B.C., at 8 p.m,, Friday. May 22 in the music auditorium. He has been accepted for the month of September at the MacDowell Colony inPetersburg, New Hampshire, to work on his music. Only twelve artists, musicians, or poets per monthare accepted to enjoy the facilities at the colony, Armstrong said. Leonard Bernstein is one musicianwho has been there, as has Robert Huff, Western's poet and associate professor in English. Armstrongconsiders his invitation a great honor, and he looks forward to his future. Aardvark loves bookworms Two good books for all All Monarch Notes, including outdoorsmen and women are titles by Hemingway,Steinbeck, Foods in the Wilderness, $1.50 Dickens, Salinger, Orwell, and Common Edible andf/se/w/ioriginally $1.00 now 50c. Plants of the West at $1.50. Good selection of posters Foretell yourfriends' and including W.C. Fields, Raquel your futures with Tarot Cards. Welch, Peter Fonda, HellsAngels We have Egyptian, French and a and Brigette Bardot are now new set of Swiss cards at $5.00 a$ 1.00. deck. Open week nights till 9 pjn THREE DOORS SOUTH OF SHAKEY'S ON N. STATE ST. AARDVARK Books Arts 734-4043 J ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 9 ---------- Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Western Front Billie Hargardine Western Front Staff There's a new place togather and it's happening at Toad Hall. Toad Hall is in the basement of an old bank, building at thecorner of 1 lth and Harris streets in South Bellingham. It's a large hall with a stage, tables and chairs,games to play, books to read, people to see and talk with, things to look at and groove on. It's a kitchen that serves up homemade health foods, soup, sandwiches and a variety of teas and coffee. It's livemusic just about every night. Cliff, Charlie and Gordy, the regulars, play funky, down-home music. Acouple of local blues bands play there on an irregular basis. John Blethen and Jeff Winston, owners and operators of Toad Hall, say it is a place to come and relax, to rap with people, to be with and part of the community. Their future plans include art exhibits and a sidewalk cafe when the weather gets warm. Itopens at 3 p.m. on week-days, noon on week-ends, and closes when everyone goes home. If you'relooking for an off-campus house, the listing service is now located in the AS Housing Commission office(in VU 227) instead of in the Housing Office. The change of location occured so there would be onlyone center for all off-campus needs. The Housing Office previously acted only as a referral center byposting a list of available rental units on the wall cor prospective tenants to read. In addition to listingavailable housing, the AS Housing Commission will recruit, inspect, and reinspect housing, to providean up-to-date record of conditions of each rental unit. Inspections of all available and listed studenthousing will begin the first day of Summer quarter. The Housing Office will continue to supervise andAS business manager labels bookstore 'a Political scientists to gather The Pacific Northwest PoliticalScience Association will hold its annual meeting Friday and Saturday at the Leopold Hotel. „ Themeeting will begin with panel disucssions at 10 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Representatives frompolitical science departments from universities and colleges from five western states and two Canadianprovinces will be participating. "The book store has become a monopoly on campus," Les Savitch, ASbusiness manager told the Front last week. Savitch is also the chairman of a task force assigned toinvestigate the book store's operations. He added that due to the lack of competition the book store has not had to look for ways to improve its internal operation and bring prices down. Savitch said that theinvestigation report must be submitted to AS President Greg Baker by Friday. He added that he wouldlike to hear as many of the complaints of students before that date as he can. He said that complaintscan be registered in person at the AS business office, VU 211 or by phone at ext. 2272. provide fundsfor the listing service. Policy decisions concerning the service will be made by the housingcommissioner and Jerry Brock, housing director, and must be approved by the Housing and DiningAdvisory Council. The housing commissioner is then responsible for the execution of the policy and forthe supervision of the listing service. Craig Cole, chairman of the Tenants Union will become housingcommissioner beginning Summer quarter, relieving Gary Evans, current commissioner, from his duties.M a r y H i l d e b r a n d, coordinator-secretary for the listing service, will process and list availablehousing for both faculty and students. * She'll be on hand to answer questions during the hours of theservice, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. 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Use the coupon below to make your orders and mail at ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 10 ---------- 10 Western Front Tuesday, A p r i l 28, 1970 CCM house needs new location; to be replaced Hiring andRetention Committee Gives students a voice T h e t h r e e - s t o ry Victorian-style CCM House belowthe Viking Union on Garden Street can be yours for the cost of moving it. That is, as soon as the college buys the property. Currently the price is being disputed and may end up in the courts. Western wantsthe land so it can build an access route to a planned multi-level parking' ramp. The house's owner, theUnited Campus Christian Foundation (UCCF), is willing to sell—at their price—though they have noplace to move. A state assessor has set the property's value at $47,000. An independent assessor forUCCF has put the price at $62,000. ^ UCCF has estimated the cost of building a structure with similarfloor space at $120,000 in a minimum time of two years. The college has formally filed a "friendlycondemnation" suit in order to determine the price. The Rev. Max Oliphant, UCCF chairman, expects an out-of-court settlement. UCCF was the original Christian organization on campus and bought the housein 1952. After being told by the college in 1958 that it had no plans for expansion onto the property inthe next ten years, UCCF remodeled the house and added a wing. Three years later the college drew uplong-range plans which included the house. UCCF was not made formally aware of the condemnationplans until 1968. The college, UCCF and CCM have all tried to help CCM relocate, but the college couldnot offer college space because of constitutional limitations. CCM has bought a lot on Highland Drive.The Rev. William Sodt of CCM said that the sloping lot is unsuited for the CCM House. Rev. Oliphantexplained that UCCF had considered selling the house to the college and buying it back again for thecost of moving. However, this was found impractical, he said. The Alumni Association and the MentalHealth Clinic have both expressed interest in the house. The Whatcom County Historical Society hasexpressed concern about the college's plans to tear down the 60-year-old historical landmark. Thecollege has tentative plans to build a 337-space multi-level parking ramp to accommodate visitors andthose going to performances in the new music building. The CCM House stands where the entrance and exit lanes are planned. Give your contact lenses a bath toiMit In order to keep your contact lenses ascomfortable and convenient as they were meant to be, you have to take care of them. But until now youneeded two or more separate solutions to properly prepare and maintain your contacts. Not withLensine. Lensine is the one lens solution for complete contact lens care. Cleaning your contacts withLensine retards the buildup of foreign deposits on the lenses. 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Jim Austin Western Front Staff The six-membercommittee on student participation in retention and hiring of faculty members issued a four-page reportrecently in which the members agreed that students should have a voice in the hiring and retention offaculty. The committee, consisting of three students and three faculty, proposed the establishment of astudent committee on hiring and retention in each department. The committees would consist ofdeclared graduate students, majors and minors in the department. To be qualified to serve on acommittee, a student needs to have completed 45 credit hours, including a minimum of 15 creditstoward the major or minor and must be in good academic standing. The departmental committees would each consist of seven members and four alternates to be elected no later than November of each year.They would serve for that academic year. Under the committee proposal, each department would berequired to conduct the election. For the election to be valid, at least 40 per cent of the declaredgraduates, majors and minors in the department would have to vote. Should the election be declaredinvalid, a second election would be called. The department is not responsible for calling more than twoelections in a year. However, a committee elected by a third election, conducted by students, would be,recognized if it is declared valid. The one exception to the above procedure will be made in the case ofthe general studies department during the first year. The department chairman will appoint thecommittee from a list submitted by the AS president. The out-going committee will select itssuccessors from a similar list in subsequent years. Each list submitted by the AS president will requireat least 15 names. The education department's committee will come from the students who have beenadmitted to teachers education program. The department shall have the power to recommendemployment of faculty. If the committee opposes the employment of a candidate, the department shallnot hire that candidate. The student committee will have the same power in retention of faculty. Thestudent committees will be entitled to any information in the department's files on candidates foremployment, unless the candidate specifically requests the information be read by faculty only. Anydepartmental recommendation regarding hiring or retention must be accompanied by written approval ofthe committee unless: 1 . No valid student committee has been established, or 2. The studentcommittee fails to make a recommendation within a reasonable amount of time determined by thedepartmental chairman. If the student committee opposes the hiring or retention of any facultycandidate, no action will be taken until an agreement has been reached between the student committeeand the department. The candidate will not be hired or retained unless such agreement is reached. The committee's report also recommended mandatory faculty evaluation by students, the results of whichwould be used to form the basis for decisions regarding the hiring and retention. Committee memberGene Oliver told the Western Front last week that the report will be submitted to the Board of Trusteesat the next meeting. Give Mom a Bigfffe early. And make Mother's Day last longer. Call or visit an FTDflorist today. A nd order a BigHug Bouquet to arrive early. He'll send it across the street. Or country. Aspecial arrangement. For a very special mother. Yours. Usually available at less than $12.50 he r *$*? far"*! If". If^f" ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 11 ---------- Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Western Front 11 Veterans receive benefit increase Improvement policyproposed More than 22 , 0 00 Washington veterans, servicemen on active duty, wives, widows andchildren, including 666 at Western will receive an increase in educational allowances, according to themanager of the r e g i o n a l V e t e r a ns Administration office in Seattle. Manager John B. Kirschassured veterans that the increase will be retroactive to Feb. 1 and that payments reflecting theretroactive increases for February through April will be made May 15. No action is necessary on the part of the students, Kirsch said. The only recipients not receiving the increase on the check in May will bestudents u n d e r the vocational rehabilitation program. These students will receive their increase inJune, Kirsch said. Single students enrolled for full time (14 or more credits) will receive $175. Full-timestudents with one dependent will receive $205 and those with two dependents will receive $230. Anadditional $13 per month is allowed for each additional dependent. S t u d e n t s e n r o l l ed three-quarters time (10 to 13 credits) will receive $128 per month without dependents, $152 with onedependent, $177 with two dependents, and an additional $10 for each additional dependent. Thosestudents who are enrolled for only half-time studies (7 to 9 credits) will receive $81 if they ..have nodependents, $100 if they have one dependent, $114 if they have two dependents and an extra $7 foreach additional dependent. Students enrolled for less than 7 credits will be reimbursed what they payfor tuition, Kirsch said. A proposal to set up a committee to review all capital improvement plans forlandscaping, roads, lighting and campus furniture has been approved by the Long-Range PlanningCommittee. The campus planning office suggested the policy with the intent of establishing physicalfacilities used on campus so that they will reflect the values and committments of the college to itsstudents and faculty. To attain this objective, Western will seek leaders in the professions ofarchitecture, engineering and landscape architecture to help plan and develop the appropriate physicalfacilities that will be conducive to campus environment. It will also be an objective of Western to provide"a private office for every full-time ranked faculty member in recognition of faculty needs associated witht e a c h i n g ; research and counseling, classrooms, libraries and laboriatories of such size to meet the optimum educational effectiveness as well as e f f i c i e n c y ; adequate recreational, physicaleducation and cultural facilities for the academic and housing program and fine, applied and performingarts facilities tc meet the academic program and the cultural needs of the college and t h e relatedcommunity programs." T h e p l a n n i n g and development of this committee will result in "greaterinstitutional capability to maintain options and flexibility for such planning concepts as cluster collegesand it will result in reduced overall capital project costs for the college and the state," Barney Goltz,campus planner, said. Geologists tour for experience, fun Wick, Western claim old construction debtsWick Construction Co., now working on various campus projects, has made a legal claim that Westernowes $319,000 in "extra costs," according to Andrew Wick, company owner. "It involves the extra costs incurred in not having the east access road to Fairhaven open. We were supposed to be able to use itby Sept. 20,1968, and we got it about five months later instead," Wick said. "Our materials had to bestored a block off the construction area creating inefficient material handling. Materials had to be loadedinto trucks and hauled to Fairhaven's cramped inner court area." Wick mentioned that the original planswere to have the materials stored close to the construction area. Then a crane could have been used tomove materials back and forth. In the meantime, Western has filed a cross-claim that Wick owes thecollege about $135,000 due to lost revenue when the cluster college's facilities were not completed ontime. Out of Fairhaven's 12 dormatory facilities only four were completed and ready to be occupied bylast Fall quarter. Remaining students had to be scattered over the college campus for housing, andthose doubled-up received rent cuts. However, the college does not know exactly how much its claimagainst Wick will be until Fairhaven is completed, according to Bert Metzger, state attorney generalrepresentative for Western. "It's the first time we've had such a difficult problem, and it's complex but allprojects are complex," Barney Goltz, campus planner, said. Both Goltz and Wick would not discussthe claims any further because "it is a legal pending claim." Jim Baker Western Front Staff About 30geology students are spending this quarter outdoors, touring various geological areas in the West,gaining 16 credits worth of practical experience and having fun doing it. The students, mostly seniors,spent the first two weeks cramming on structural geology, stratigraphy (the study of rock layers) andfield methods. They are now camped in the Calico Mountains of the Mojave Malnutrition topic tonightThe department of home economics, in conjunction with the Whatcom County Medical Association, ispresenting a public lecture on "The Impact of Malnutrition on an Advanced Society," at 8 p.m. today in L-2. Dr. Sheldon Margen, professor of human nutrition, department of nutritional sciences, University ofCalifornia (Berkeley), will be the featured speaker. Margen is the co-author of two medical books, andhas published approximately 60 works in scientific journals. At 4 p.m. today a student/faculty coffeehour will be held in Old Main 3. Gorton favors change in age Attorney General Slade Gorton announcedhis endorsement of HJR 6, the ballot measure to lower the voting age to 19 years, at a Spokane pressconference. ' ' We will h ave an opportunity, in November, to grant young people a larger role in oursociety," Gorton said in Spokane recently. Gorton has met with students all over the state and believesthey are responsible people. He said they work and study and pay taxes and raise families and serve inthe military. In his view, they have earned the right to have a voice in their government. Gortonparticularly hopes that the irresponsible acts of a few youths will not cause anyone to vote against all 19and 20-year-olds, most of whom are mature responsible young citizens. He says he feels confident that most voters will make that distinction quite clearly. He felt much more could be said in support of thisissue, but t h a t the late President Eisenhower summed it up well when he said: "If young men 18 or 19 are old enough to . . . fight their country's battles . . . then they are old enough to take part in thepolitical life of their country and to be full citizens with voting power." WE'RE NOT EXPENSIVE We Just Look That Way. HOWARD'S CHAR BROILER 1408 Cornwall 1 Typewriters and Adding MachinesSat*:;, Service and l«ntaU Spec gt;of Student Rental Rates BELLMGHAM USINESS MACHINES(Next to Bon March*) MltCMNMfcal 734-3630 Desert. Here they will take three weeks to study and mapthe area, a windswept region which presents a multitude of geological features. From there they will goto various national parks: the Grand Canyon in Arizona; Zion, Bryce and the Arches National Parks inUtah; and the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in Wyoming. Whether they go on to Glacier National Parkor return home depends on the time factor. During the 8,000-9,000 mile trip the students must readliterature on each site they visit. After the trip they must each write a formal request. Some students doindependent research, as well. Graduate students are allowed to go, but they cannot do research ontheir theses. The trip is announced early in the Fall and those who sign up are extensively briefed. Thisgives them time to decide if they want to endure two months outdoors and do the required work, andalso allows them time to prepare. The idea of such a trip came into being and was carried through in1968. At that time 12 students and Dr. Ross Ellis, associate professor of geology, took the tour.Participation grew to 19 the next year and Dr. Edwin Brown, associate professor of geology, joined thetroupe. The selected route attempts to span "virtually the total spectrum" of geological f o r m a t i o n s, Dr. Don Easterbrook, chairman of the geology department, said. He said this project is much incontrast to the present limited Summer programs now offered elsewhere. Each student pays out $150for gas for the convoy of cars. Since the students will have no rooms to rent for the quarter, finances arenot usually a problem. Food is extra and is often shared communally. Many also provide their owncamping equipment, but others use provisions from physical education. The geology department paysfor the costs incurred by Ellis and Brown. Each group is covered by college insurance. Also, the groupincludes a few trained in., basic first aid. The Climbers' Shop FRANZ GABL'S 1515 CornwallBellingham, Wash. - 733-5888 franchisee/ dealer of: ft Pacific tent ft CM.!, ft Lowa • Dolt ft Voyager ft Jansport ft Eiger Mountain products w Mamutte Perlon ftTubbsGoldline ft Oregon Freeze-dry ftMountain products Climbers' Checklist: Ten Essentials: Compass Map Flashlight Goggles First A idKit Knife Matches Fire Starter Warm Clothes gt;Food Technical Gear: Carabiner Pitons RopeWebbing Slings Pulleys Ascenters Crampons Ice Axes Hard Hats Open 10-9 Mon. thru Fri. Til! 6Sat. Other Gear: Sleeping Bags Nylon Foam Pad Ensolite Day or Summit Pack Pack Board Canteen Stove Tarp Tents ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 12 ---------- 12 gt;fWestern Front Tuesday/April 28, 1970 Panel discusses BOQ A lower standard of living is seenas one solution to the pollution problem by VU program director John Miles. Miles participated last week in the first Spring quarter Book of the Quarter panel discussion of The Environmental Handbook. TheHandbook was prepared for the n a t i o n - w i de environmental teach-in on April 22. An anthologycontaining essays on the meaning of ecology, the book also suggests eco-tactics, measures thatindividuals can take to improve the environment. Other panelists included Ted Boss, chairman of theEnvironmental Quality Council at Western; Dr. Phillip Jones, Whatcom county Health Officer; Joseph W. Entrikin, manager of t h e Whatcom County Development Council; and panel moderator William H. O.Scott, special projects librarian at Western. Although Jones and Entrikin objected to the book'sidealization and propaganda techniques, it was agreed that the book was a good primer on theenvironment. A question of personal sacrifice was raised. Boss and Miles agreed that our presentaffluence is killing us. Such commodities as throw-away containers, super-charged engines, andelectric toothbrushes must be eliminated, they said. The Whatcom County Development Council'sprimary concern is to assist local industries in their growth, according to Entrikin. Secondly, the Council encourages outside industries to enter Whatcom County. Jones realized the need for populationlimitation and pollution controls, but called the concept of a total return to nature "phony." Wilkinsonforesees cftance of 1984 "Nineteen eighty-four will come, blessed by Congressional authorization,"according to Frank Wilkinson, national chairman of the Committee to Abolish HUAC (House Committee of Un-American Activities). Wilkinson was speaking on campus recently on American freedom andrepression in the 70's. Wilkinson's main concern was a bill called Defense Facilities and IndustrialSecurity Act of 1970 (H.R. 14864). The United " gt; » • States House of Representatives passedthe bill this year 288 to 81. Wilkinson warned that if the Senate passes the bill "everything will be adefense facility under the power of the Secretary of Defense." Designated in the bill as defense facilitiesare "any plant, factory, industry, public utility, mine, laboratory, educational i n s t i t u t i o n , researchorganization, railroad, airport, pier, waterfront installation, canal, dam, bridge, highway, vessel, aircraft,vehicle, pipeline." The Secretary of Defense has the power to decide who can have access to suchdefense facilities. Wilkinson also suggested that U.S. Sen. Henry Jackson be invited to Western andasked to commit his vote one way or the other on the bill before he leaves. At present, Jackson isuncommitted. Applications are now being accepted for the 1970-71 editorships of Klipsun and'Jeopardy. Interested students should apply to the Publication Board, College Hall 311 by Friday, May 8- Included in the applications should be a statement of qualifications, experience and editorial goals,letters of recommendation and other supporting documents. Werner night to be effluvia Dr. BernardWeiner, coordinator of the Northwest Free University, will present "Effluvia: A Whole Evening (for thestrong at heart) of Bernie Weiner," at 8:16 p.m. Monday in the VU coffee den. We:rner,formerly assistant professor of political science at Western, will show his recent films, Orpheus Rides Again, A Wan andA Moman, and Sex Film. For the program Weiner will also sing some songs and read from his newbook of poetry "Sewer Radiances." The program, sponsored by the activities commission, is free. -tGOODYEAR POLYGLAS TIRE SALE 40% OFF on Blems. Tires SAMISH WAY SHELL 141 SAMISHWAY FREE PICK-UP AND DELI VER Y 734-5144 Theater could become reality Underground theatermay become a literal reality on this campus in the near future. Dr. William Gregory, director of theater;Dennis Catrell, technical director and Joe McConkey, president of Western Players, met with theAcademic Facilities Committee last week to discuss the possibilities of an experimental theater belowthe present music auditorium stage. Gregory outlined the need of space for rehearsal and p r e s e n t a t i o n of student produced plays. He indicated that present space limitations precludes student use offacilities most of the time. "If experimental theater space can become a reality and if the new rehearsalrooms which will be available in Miller Hall are completed, we will for the first time be able to offer aprogram in theater which will not only give an opportunity for full-fledged productions, but also forstudents to learn about the real problems in acting and directing." Gregory said. The Committeeunanimously a d o p t e d the following recommendation: "that the proposed project be studied as to itsfeasibility architecturally (especially as to acoustical and ventilating problems), financially and as to theprogram." "We're very happy with the decision of the Committee and congratulate them on theirdecision," McConkey said. "I personally appreciate Dean Brown's help in reopening the question."'Jeopardy' features focaf, national talent, on sale Western's Je opardy, the creative writing magazine, isnow on sale in the bookstore mezzanine, complete with a Marvel Comics Group and violet-coloredcover. Two students featured in Jeopardy, David McElroy and Steven Kahn, have been chosen forpublication in Intro, a nation-wide student volume of Cocker deemed too expensive The Joe Cockerconcert scheduled for last Wednesday did not take place because Joe was too expensive. John Miles,Viking Union program director, said that the concert sponsor, Seattle Mercer Limited, did not deem itfeasible to pay Joe Cocker his $6,000 fee. If Carver Gym sold out that would be $7,000 at $2 a ticketand out of that Seattle Mercer Limited would have to pay $700 for the use of the gym leaving them with$300 for publicity, miscellaneous expenses and a profit. short stories. Kahn will publish his short storyConnelly and McElroy will publish his poem Haunting the Matchless Mine Shack with Old Man Tabor'sGhost. Poets William Stafford and Richard Eberhart and writer Richard Brautigan are a few of the non-local talents featured in the supplement. An art section done by Western students and faculty, aphotographic study by Stafford and illustrations of many features make Jeopardy diversified. Festivalneeds more publicity Many people are needed to publicize the Multi-Arts Festival around the state,especially to the colleges. Transportation is being provided and gas is to be paid. If you are interested in spreading the word about the Fesitval contact Leslie Wicklund, VU 007, ext. 2272. STUDENTS L£rfSTORE NO STORE MORE CONVENIENT ON THE MEZZANINE Ecology books that are available are:Environmental Handbook The Unclean Sky Perils of the Peaceful Atom The Ultimate Folly The FrailOcean Population Bomb Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons Defoliation •Other new titles: TheNegro Novelist by Hughes White Racism by Schwartz The American Mind by Commager Sense of anEnding by Kermode ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 13 ---------- Tuesday, April 28, 19/0 Western hront 13 7 Viking baseball coach Connie Hamilton discusses strategywith first-baseman Ron Porterfield (14) during the Whitworth game last Saturday. Western Front photo by Todd Vik diamondmen sink Whitworth The Viking baseball team remained in contention for theEvergreen conference title defeating Whitworth College twice, 4-1 and 10-0, last Saturday at Civic Field.Jess Clark continued his masterful pitching in the first game allowing only one hit and one unearned run,that coming in the second inning. He struck out 12. Western jumped off to a one run lead in the first on consecutive singles by Steve Anderson, Jess Chavez and Ron Porterfield. Jerry Workman scored whatproved to be the winning run in the second when he got on via an overthrow by the shortstop and scoredwhen Pirate starter Rod Taylor made another errant toss of Clark's bunt. In the fourth inning the Viksscored two insurance runs when Dave Miller doubled in Clark and Anderson. Clark Babbitt threw ashutout in the nightcap, making only 52 pitches and giving up three scattered hits. Western made eighthits and capitalized on four Whitworth errors in scoring ten runs, their biggest production of the season.Miller and John Perucca led the Western attack with two hits apiece. Porterfield drove in three runs on atwo-run single and a sacrifice fly. Babbitt had two runs batted in and Jess Chavez and Dick Merendaeach scored twice. Western is now 10-10 on the season and 3-3 in conference action. Tomorrowafternoon the Viks will host Seattlef Pacific at Civic Field. Game time is 2 p.m. On Saturday CoachConrad Hamilton's squad will travel to Spokane for a conference double-header with Whitworth.Women's tennis team downs Seattle Pacific Western's intercollegiate women's tennis team, picking uptheir second victory in as many meets, downed Seattle Pacific College, 4-1, last Friday in Seattle. Onthe very windy and cold court, Barbara Fisher defeated her opponent 6-3 and 6-2, while Alice Textor outnetted her opponent 7-5 and 6-4. In the doubles matches, Sue Ray and Kay Kramer were victorious with scores of 6-1 and 6-1. Also, Trena Page and Karen Hyde took their opponents 3-6, 6-1, and 6-2. Theweek before the women's tennis team bounced by Skagit Valley Community College 4-1. Tomorrow'saction will see Western take on the University of Washington (UW) here at 3 p.m. Friday, the teamplays Skagit Valley Community College at Mt. Vernon, and Saturday they will attend the UW Invitational Tournament in Seattle. BUNK'S DRIVE-IN HOME OF JUMBO BURGERS Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. - 12:30a.m. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 1:30 a.m. Sun. noon - 12:30 a.m. 2220 Cornwall Avenue Vik booters elect Carr president Western's soccer club elected its new officers for the 1970-71 season last Wednesday. T h e new o f f i c e rs are: president—Bill Carr, vice-president—Joe Peterson, and secret a ry-treasurer—Jerry Soanka. The soccer club urges new players to participate in their practices at 4 p.m.Tuesdays through Thursdays at Battersby Field across Whatcom Middle School. Experience isn'tnecessary to participate in the practices. The Vik booters will end their 1969-70 season with theWashington State University Invitational on May 8-10. Viks to face new teams Western's athleticdepartment has beefed up their basketball schedule for next Winter with some new opponents. Tahoe-Paradise of California will help the Vik hoopers open their season at Carver on Dec. 1. One week later,the Viks entertain Sacramento State, which made the Western regional playoffs of the NCAA collegedivision this past season. Southampton College of New York, a branch of Long Island University, will beanother new face the Viks will meet. The New York team will perform in Carver next January on part of a trip through the Northwest and Alaska. Western has also booked games with the University of Alaskaat Fairbanks in mid December and will return to Turlock, Calif, to defend their Turlock Invitiational Titleagainst Stanislaus State, San Francisco State and Southern Oregon College. SOC enters the Evergreen Conference, (EVCO) this Fall and will change the old four-game EVCO series to a new three-gameone. Because of the new change, the Viks, for example will play three games against Central, with tv/oof the contests here. 1 Day Shirt Service COMPLETE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING Free Pickup Delivery 734-4200 PROSPECT Western's Jeff Clark unleashes a pitch at a Whitworth batter. Clarkwho had been the "hard-luck" hurler for the Viks in previous games, finally got some support in last week's games. Western Front photo by Todd r Western bounce Western's baseball team found the hitting togo with its t o p f l i g h t pitching last Wednesday, when the Viks captured a doubleheader from P a c if i c L utheran University (5LU),6-l,and 11-1 atPLU. In the opener, pitcher Jeff Clark, who the Big Bluebatsmen hadn't scored a run for in 19 straight innings, got the support he needed with a big three-runthird inning. Ron Porterfield drove in two runs in the third inning with a booming triple to right field. Clark, who scattered four hits and struck-out eight, helped". his own cause with a fourth inning home-run.Roger Miller and Steve Anderson led the Vik attack in the second game, as they both collected threehits apiece. Roger Miller had a double and triple amongst his three hits, and scored four times. TheViks collected 14 hits, in all, with Porterfield the top runs-batted-in man. Bob Bridges, a transfer hurler 's batters PLU twice from the University of Arizona, stopped PLU on three hits and struck-out 10 Knights. Mike Clayton's towering home-run in the third inning, helped the Viks to a three-run lead. Three PLUerrors also helped the Viks cause. The Viks scored four times in the fourth, with Jerry Workman andBridges driving in runs, and Porterfield doubling across two. The Viks capped their scoring in theseventh, when Roger Miller tripled to drive in Clayton and Kevin Miller followed up with a long sacrifice flyto center to score Roger Miller. r Bellingham's fashion leader sun fun with prescription lenses availablein several tints BINYON OPTOMETRISTS 1328 Cornwall 733-9300 ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 14 ---------- Mike Clayton (24), a star basketball player for the Viks last Winter, shows intense concentration in waiting for a pitch from a Whitworth pitcher. Western Front photo by Todd Clayton gets honors at basketballbanquet The annual Western Washington basketball banquet was held last Friday evening at theBellingham Yacht Club. Mike Clayton received three awards. The senior guard won the Captain's Award,the Darigold Sportsmanship Award, presented by KGMI sports director Haines Fay and a special trophy given to him by Athletic Director Dr. William Tomaras for becoming Western's all-time career scoringleader. The Inspirational Award went to junior guard Neal Larson, who will captain the 1970-71basketball squad. Coach Chuck Randall presented framed copies of the "Athlete's Prayer" to graduating seniors Ron Caderette, Clayton, Dave Hemion and Jeff Sherburne. The master of ceremonies wasDean, of students C.W. McDonald and the main speaker Dick Stark, KPUG sports announcer. CoachRandall was given a gift by varsity team members and assistant coach George Asan was presented with a trophy by his JV squad. lt;w Complete Menu Service Pixaa Br oasted Chicken HamburgersPrawns Alaskei^vern. v^^^Mltr^-?^ C%X\U T » ^ ~ ^ card room , T^STEAK t Broasted potato and toastfashion fabrics knitting yarn needlework crafts young fashion ideas in k n i t t i n g , sewing secondfloor QM 125 W Holly Bowlers get title Five Western freshmen composed a team that won the Birchwood Men's Bowling League Championship Playoff last Monday at^ Bellingham's Park Manor Lanes.Bob Johnson, Rick Travis, Bruce Colley, Robert Ezell and Jay Long comprosed the team which defeated Artie Circle Drive-in, 2725-2613. Long, who had the league's highest average of 180, bowled a 634, withsingle game scores of 215, 188 and 231. Johnson had a 499, Travis, 482, Colley 513 and Ezell 495.Golfers to host UPS Western's golf team, idle since April 16, has two meets shceduled this week. ThisThursday, Dr. James Lounsberry's linksmen take on Seattle University at the Oakbrook golf course. OnFriday, the Vik golfers host the University of Puget Sound on the greens of the Bellingham Golf andCountry Club. Next Monday, Western's linksmen travel to Tacoma for a meet against Pacific LutheranUniversity. Long takes second Bob Long, instructor of Butokukan karate at Western, headed a team ofWestern students that appeared in Central April 18-19 for an All-College karate tournament. Long, whoholds a first-degree black belt in Butokukan, captured first-place in the light-weight black beltcompetition and finished second in the grand championship. Fred Bolster, green belt, won first place inthe' heavyweight colored belt class, while Ed Fetlis, orange belt, captured thrid-place in the samedivision. Western's spikers gallop past SPC Western's track squad swept to a 93-52 victory over Seattle Pacific College last Saturday afternoon at Seattle. The win was the Viking's fourth dual meet victory ofthe season against two defeats. The Big Blue thinclads won 12 of 17 events, including sweeps of theshot put and discus and triumphs in both relays. Sprinter Tom Frank was a two event winner for theVikings. The Seattle senior took the 100 and 220 yard dashes in respective times of 10.5 and 23.2. JimSchmidt, Rich Boyd and Jim Wilcox led Western sweeps of the discus and shot put. Boyd threw thediscus 132' 5" for top honors in that event while Schmidt tossed the shot 46' 5" in his winning effort.Larry Nielson and Scott Taylor continued their mastery of the distance events. Nielson taking the twomile in the time of 9:30.1 and Taylor the mile with a 4:18.9 clocking. Both continue undefeated in dualmeet action this spring., Other Viking running event victors were Dan Bunten in the 120 yard highhurdles (16.2) and Gary Vandegrift with a 52.7 time in the 440. Western's field event winners alsoincluded Lance Wilson in the long jump (21' 4") and Chuck Brown in the high jump (6' 0"). The Viking440 yard relay team, composed of Frank, Bunten, Larry Anderson and Don Goddard, won in 43.5. Themile baton-passers consisting of Anderson, Ed Miller, Jeff May and Vandegrift, were victorious in 3:27.4. This Saturday Coach Dick Bowman's team will compete in the Vancouver Relays at Vancouver, B.C.Viking rowers compete in Corvallis Invitational Western's four-man crew team "A" lost a close race in the finals of the Corvallis Invitational Regatta in Oregon last weekend, as the Staters Rowing Club fromOregon took the 2,000 meter course in 6:44, six seconds ahead of the Viks. The preliminary race sawthe Big Blue row past Seattle University and Lake Merrit Rowing Club, enabling them to make the finals. This Williamette River meet, one of the largest in the nation, had over 24 schools and clubs fromWashington, Oregon, and California participating in it. Overall, the Lake Merrit Rowing Club won themeet, as they scored the highest number of points. In other Vik action the eight-man team with a timeof 6:25, were aced out of the finals by four seconds, as the University of Washington (UW) fourth varsity team slipped by them. Western's four-man "B" team were defeated in the preliminaries by the StatersRowing Club and Pacific Lutheran University in earlier action. This Sunday, Western will host the U Wlightweights on Lake Samish. The exact time of the meet was not available at press time. Western'sfootball squad schedules four new opponents for Fall season against Oregon College of Education (OCE) at Monmouth, Western's football schedule will have a new look this season. Instead of playing thecustomary two game series in Evergreen Conference play, the Viks will meet Eastern and Whitworthonce only, while playing Central twice. The change in scheduling is due to the new membership ofSouthern Oregon College which joins Evco this Fall. The Viks face SOC on Oct. 3 in Ashland. CoachBoyde Long's gridders open their season on Sept. 19 m Orders to go CHINESE and AMERICAN x*2-^ FOOD Open 11 a.m. daily; 2 p.m. Sunday Oregon. OCE is just one of the many schools that Evco istrying to lure into the league. In the OCE game, Long will pit forces against his former head coach, Dr.Bill McArthur, who Long served under before coming to Western. On Sept. 26, Western hosts PacificLutheran University, and Oct. 17, the Viks face another Tacoma school in the powerful University ofPuget Sound. The Viks conclude their season on Nov. 14, Homecoming week at Western, against arch-rival Central. Church Sunday Services 11 a.m. — Lutheran 4 p.m. — Episcopal THURSDAY" 6:30p.m. — Catholic CCM House ---------- Western Front - 1970 April 28 - Page 15 ---------- uesday, April 28, 1970 Western From V. Steve Doerrer, Western's number one singles player, leaps up to knock down a smash from his Seattle Pacific opponent. Western Front photo by Todd Netmen top PLU blanked by SPC Western's tennis team split two matches last week, dumping Pacific LutheranUniversity (PLU), 6-3 on Tuesday, before getting whitewashed by Seattle Pacific College (SPC), 9-0 onFriday. Against PLU in Tacoma, the Viks swept four out of five singles matches and took the secondand third doubles matches. Arnie Larson, number four singles, won his second straight match of theseason, winning Jr \ Classified Advertising X r 6-1, 6-3. Steve Doerrer won 6-0, 6-3; Steve Adelsteinwon 8-6, 6-2, and Dan Flinn took his rival, 6-1, 6-1. Playing-on their home courts, the Viks were handedtheir worst defeat of the season by SPC. The Falcons swept every match but two by two sets. Nextaction for Coach Don Wiseman's netters will be this Friday, when the Viks travel to Monmouth, Oregonto play Oregon College of Education. On Saturday, Western plays against the University of Portland inPortland. superman in Taylor Paul Madison Western Front Staff Two weeks ago Scott Taylor,,Western's freshman miler, toured the oval in 4:16.2, the finest time of his young career; For Super'' Scott it was his fifth straight mile victory. And more amazing was that the undefeated runner had won all fiveraces with seemingly effortless ease. Track Coach Dick Bowman's eyes light up when he talks of hisfine young runner. "Maybe I'm expecting too much of Scott, but I feel he has the potential to be anational champion." A statement such as this from a man of Bowman's experience is ample testimonyto Taylor's ability. "This kid has a seemingly limitless capacity for work," Bowman continued. He doesall that I ask of him and wants more. "All he really lacks is experience." And as Bowman is quick toadd, "Remember he's only 18 years old." Assistant Coach Boyde Long has many of the same feelingsregarding Scott. "Taylor has what it takes in the two key areas, his head and his heart. He thinks whilehe's running and has what it takes to stick in there until the end." Bowman believes Scott is headed forthe nationals this year, and is possibly only two years away from being the NAIA's top miler. Suchpraise and prediction must put pressure on the youngster, but one thing is for sure. There isn't a runnerin the conference that can touch him. 10 MISC. FOR SALE Wetsuit Fins $35. 733-6919. 51 FOUNDFound: 10 speed bike, 734-0669. 30 ROOMMATE WANTED ,_ One roommate wanted for summerquarter. Also two for month of August. Contact Barry at 617 N. Forest or call 734-0370. 10 MISC. FORSALE Human hair fall reddish-brown, worn twice, free matching wiglet. Was $70 now $30. 733-5902.Olympic typewriter 1 yr. old - $60; Barb Becker 733-9668. 11 CARS AND CYCLES HELD OVERWINNER msTiupponinoACiims APA R R 22 s(00LDieHawn)DUK Like new 50cc Yamaha-only 230actual miles $175. 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