1983_0719 ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 1 ---------- Jobs available for skilled workers WESTERN By GREG COWAN Students are not fully awake to theidea, but they are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of job readiness, according toRobert Thirsk, Associate Director of the Career Planning and Placement Center. Record highunemployment coupled with a record number of Bachelor degree recipients is making the job search adifficult experience for new graduates. But Thirsk called "malarky" the conception that people are nothiring. "Those who really want to prepare themselves for finding jobs are marketable," Thirsk said. Anannual report released by the Center shows many fields are strong despite a sputtering economy.Computer Science, engineering, accounting, actuarial science, marketing and sales, and health care"provided the greatest opportunities for employment for graduating students" last year, according tothe report. In Washington state, tourism, recreation, hospitality, health services and electronics areareas to look into, Thirsk said. When preparing for jobs, students should not look at majors solely asa means of getting a job, Thirsk said. "There is no real relationship in most cases between a job and amajor," Thirsk said. "The purpose of a college education is to expand one's knowl- FRONT WesternWashington University, Bellingham, Wash. Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Vol. 75, No. 38 edge, skills andunderstanding of others. And if that is used as a motivation, students will find themselves more flexiblefor a changing job market/' Thirsk said. According to Bureau of Labor statistics, 25% of jobs currentlyexisting will disappear by 1990 and workers will make 7 to 12 career changes in their lives. Thirskrecommends students find the area they enjoy, pursue it and then add what they need to get a job.Many graduates will have to grapple with their expectations of Former Western student Jennifer LeeHavlin is welcomed home Tuesday after being crowned Miss Washington. Photo by Heidi Jo YearginUpward Bound challenges young minds By MARGIE HA1GHT The Western affiliated chapter of UpwardBound, a wholistic program for gearing motivated, but disadvantaged high school students for academicachievement, is one of the oldest, most challenging, and most successful chapters in the country,said the Western project director. Forty-two Upward Bound participants currently are living inWestern's Alpha dorm, taking three to four classes a day during the six-week summer session toprepare for college entrance in the fall, or to try to raise their academic standing in high school. Thesummer session follows a school-year program requiring six hours of supervised study per week, inaddition to regular high school work. Despite the rigorous curriculum, participants, who are tested;interviewed and screened before acceptance, consider it a privilege to be part of the program, saidMark Robertson, resident life assistant for Upward Bound. Upward Bound is a federally-funded programwhich accepts students from low income families or families in which neither parent has attended acollege or university, Harrison said. Aside from these requirements, Harrison said he attempts tointegrate students from different backrounds to create an environment which emphasizesunderstanding and acceptance of many kinds of human experience. Harrison, at 19, was a high schooldropout, back from two years in Vietnam with no marketable skills, but a lot of street savy. Afterfinishing a liberal arts degree at the University of Southern California, Harrison said he came to vieweducation as an ability to think critically, not just regurgitate facts. Harrison points out to students thatmany of the world's greatest people are not limited to one field of ability or interest. Albert Ein- • SeeUPWARD/page 2 getting "good" jobs. The possibility of a society filled with college educated blue-collar workers is not a bad idea to Thirsk. It would create a "healthy respect for education that will be passedon to their kids . . . along with effective citizenship," Thirsk said. Tech chair named By HEIDI JOYEARGIN Paul. E. Rainey, associate professor in the engineering technology department at TexasA , M University, will take over as chairman of Western's technology department on Sept. 1. Raineywill replace Clyde M. Hackler, who leaves the position to become coordinator of Western's off-campustechnology degree program Rainey has been a member of the Texas A M faculty since 1979. Heserved as acting chairman of the engineering technology department and the mechanical program during the 1982- 1983 academic year. Hackler and James Davis, dean of the College of Arts andSciences, expressed pleasure with the appointment. "Rainey is an all-around outstandingcandidate who has the type of broad experience we are looking for in the engineering technology area.He comes to us with excellent recommendations," Davis said. Rainey, 39, worked as a co-opengineer and mechanical engineer with the Stellite Division of Cabot Corporation. He also worked inthe metallurgy department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a research assistant. He earned bachelor's' degrees in mechanical engineering (honors curriculum) and metallurgical engineering atPurdue University. He also has a master's degree in" metallurgy from Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology and a Ph.D. in industrial education from Texas A M University. In addition to hisindustrial experience, Rainey has taught at colleges in Wyoming and Texas. Inside: • 1' Kl^^piTwilight n n l P ^ zoned out V^jg- Page 3 I ^ ^ ^ ^ H | j | j | Step back ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H l a t Hovander ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 2 ---------- 2 Western Front Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Pole-vaulter Murray Giles: Dual Ail-American Geology deptreceives grant By DON HUDDELSTON For the second year in a row, Western's geology departmenthas received a $7,000 grant from the Sohio Petroleum Corporation. Myrl Beck, of the geologydepartment, said last years grant was earmarked for the geophysics program. The grant from Sohio, and an additional WO TIME This Week LOCATED BOTTOM OF GARDEN ST. TOP OF HOLLY OPEN 7DAYS A WEEK 10 A.M. -11 P.M. FRL-SAT. 10 A.M.-MIDNIGHT DELUXE INSIDE DINING FASTORDER TOGO 16 YEARS SERVING W.W.U. Home of the «OriSinal" TACO SALAD Scholar jocksnab top honors BY DAN RAMSAY Five Western athletes were named io the 1383 NAIA Academic All-America track and field teams for men and women. They are Kristy Dees, Murray Giles, Jeff Neubauer,Deborah Ocken and Jeanna Setera. Dees, honored for the second consecutive year, won the District 1 meet in the high jump with a jump of 5'6" and also attended the national meet for the second straightyear. The junior from Puyallup, a visual communications education major, set the school record with a5'7 1/2" jump during the regular season. She has a 3.45 (4.0 scale) grade point average. Giles is alsoa repeater on the Academic All-America team and earned All-America honors on the field as well with afourth-place finish in the pole-vault at the national meet. He cleared 15'4" at nationals and set the schoolrecord - by clearing 15'8" in dual-meet competition. The senior from Oak Harbor has maintained a 3.31g.p.a. Neubauer, a sophomore from Bellingham's Sehome High School, placed second in the decathalon at the district meet with a school record 6,744 points. A qualifier for the national meet, he was unableto compete due to an injury. A pre-major, Neubauer has a 3.85 g.p.a. Ocken, the District 1 champion in the 100-meter hurdles with a 15.57 clocking, was a member of Western's sixth-place 4 X 800- meterrelay team at the national meet. The senior biology major from Olympia has a 3.59 g.p.a. Setera was the second-place finisher in the District 1800-meter race, posting a 2:15.71. Also a member of the 4 X 800-meter relay squad, she has a 3.34 g.p.a. The junior from Maple Valley is majoring in elementaryeducation. $4,000 from Mobile, was invested by the Western Foundation, the fund-raising arm ofWestern. The interest, Beck said, is used for scholarships and field trips. "I support one scholarship,now," he said. "Next year I hope to have two." Beck said the grant money especially is appreciatedbecause no paper work is involved. The Education beyond books • UPWARD, from page 1 s t e inmade three slapstick comedy films, which were • e l i u l t l l uv '_i £•_!"_" 121 tJULi'JtlL'JI'i whowanted students to feel only somber respect for the scientist, Harrison said. "When I found out he was a comedian I had a lot more interest in the Theory of Relativity, " he laughed. "Compartmentalizing ineducation is ridiculous," said Harrison, who attempts to intersect the curriculums of Upward Boundcourses. Students studying "Antigone" in drama class might be asked to critique the work in Englishclass, and debate whether Antigone was an antagonist or protagonist in a argumentation course,Robertson said. Joe Shahan, 20, is a former Upward Bound student who last quarter earned a 3.7 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at Whatcom Community College. Harrison and Shahan agree thatShahan probably never would have graduated from high school without Upward Bound. Shahan said heheard about the program after being kicked out of school for calling the Sehome dean of students an"asshole." "At that time I wanted to be a fireman," said Shahan, who was accused of arson by the dean, and later absolved of the charge. Shahan said too many schools label kids as troublemakers instead of kids with troubles. He was occasionally abused as a child and told of one particularly bad day when hewent to school with two black eyes and put his fist through a window in a fit of rage. The school officialsdidn't even phone his parents. Shahan scored in the 95th percentile in math, and the 99th percentile in spatial relationships on a national deferential aptitude test in high school, but teachers still made nomove to stimulate him. He continued to fail almost every-i i u n u p v r p n r a r t wtlPI'H " H a i w ; i vs Ow~r»H»« 1, . .- J - did more than was required. Shahan, whose family moved so often that he neverspent more than a couple of years in one school system, said Upward Bound provided cohesion,available help, and rewards in the form of recreational opportunities for those keeping up withstudies. The success there built on itself, he said. The program coordinators try to maintain a familyfeeling by organizing group hikes and picnics for students and staff, Robertson said. "A teacherseems more human when you play frisbee with him," Shahan said. Harrison blames lack of money andlack of guidance from high school counselors for the large number of students who fail to achieve in highschool. "Counselors should make a commitment to not design curriculums in such a way that kidsfall flat on their faces when thev walk out of school," Harrison said. "Educators must be passionatelyinvolved with education" He called Upward Bound the finest training ground for young educators. Thefour to six resident life assistants in the program are education majors who attend classes with, livewith, and tutor Upward Bound students. "We are trying to destroy the mystique traditionallysurrounding teachers," Harrison said. He tells his students, "Don't do me the disservice of pretendingto always agree with me, it will only make me look like a fool." "Life and education are evolutionaryprocesses," Harrison said. money is given with virtually no strings attached. "Oil companies like ourproduct," Beck said, which is well-trained students who help them find oil for profit. While Western'sgeology department is not on the scale of Stanford's, where it is not unusual to receive more than $1million from the oil conglomerates, they do place graduates in the field. Typical starting salary for agraduate employed by an oil company is $30,000-33,000 with a Master's of Science and $27,000-30,000 with a bachelor's degree, Beck said. "I have former students making more than I do, and I've been here for 14 years and have a Ph.D," joked Beck. "But they have to live in places like Tulsa."AVAILABLE \AD VER TISING SALESPERSON FOR FALL 1983 WITH THE WESTERN FRONTAPPLY AT THE FRONT OFFICE IN COLLEGE HALL, ROOM 7 OR CALL 676-3161 CONTACTMASOOD SAHBA BETWEEN 9:00-12:00 A.M. ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 3 ---------- Western Front 3 Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Myriad of events slated W o l f e C O n d e i l i nS By HEIDI JOYEARGIN team up for a performance of bluegrass-oriented music. They It's been a hectic quarterfor theplay banjo, guitar and mandolin c o o r d i n a t o r s of W e s t e r n ' s to present a spectrum of Ameri-Bauhaus and home Summer Activities Program. They've been scheduling and presenting everything fromfree folk performances, to wine tastings and a trip to Pacific Waterslides. Keeping the summerschedule packed with events is the job of Chip Drake and Chris Barnes. They're responsible for theplanning, publicity and staging of all the activities. This week, they're presenting three musical shows. At noon today, Wednesday and Friday, Western students can catch a variety of folk artistsperforming their own special styles of music. Today, Pop Wagner, a renaissance folkie, plays acollection of folk, blues and country songs. His sound has been compared to that of Mississippi JohnHurt and Elizabeth Cotten. Wagner's standard line is that he can take a crowd of strangers and turnthem into a group of friends. Drake, program coordinator, has seen Wagner perform and describes himas "very hot." A distinguished traditional Swedish band, J.P. Nystroms, takes the stage Wednesday atnoon. This five-man ensemble is a versatile group of accomplished musicians who play a dozeninstruments, including fiddle, accordian, pump-organ, piano and string bass. Friday, Orrin Starr and Gary Mehalick from Boston, Mass., can music. In 1976, Starr won the largest bluegrass guitar contest in the country, the National Flat-picking Championship. All three shows are slated for noon in the Viking Union plaza. In case of rain, they will be held in the VU lounge. No admission will be charged. In addition tomusical events, the Summer Activities Program has been busy offering the "Monday Movies" series of films. Coming up next Monday is Walt Disney's attempt to combine high-tech with fantasy andmake it profitable, "Tron." Shows are at 6:30 and 9 p.m. in Arntzen Hall 100. Admission is $1.50.Recreational trips also are part of this summer's program of activities. A river raft trip on the Fraser Riverin British Columbia will take place next weekend, July 30-31. One and two-day trips are offered. The firstday will include rafting through the 43 kilometers of the Fraser Canyon and eating a buffet lunch on theriverside. Those who want to camp overnight will find a secluded campsite where they can fish andswim. The next day they'll continue on into the mountains to experience the scenery and larger rapids. Cost for the one-day trip is $50 per person. The two-day trip is $100 per person. Both must be paid inthe VU Finance Office, 207, by 5 p.m. tomorrow. By SHAUN McCLURKEN Former New Journalist Tom(The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) Wolfe's latest tome, From Bauhaus to Our House — anindoctri-sometime, and Wolfe's Bauhaus In Bauhaus, Wolfe stylishly tra-summer Book of the Quarter. WilliamH. O. Scott, Wilson Library documents librarian and discussion moderator, said the Book of the QuarterCommittee determined no book on art or architecture had been chosen for some time, and Wolfe'sBauhaus promised lively subject matter. The panel discussion, "International Style Architecture inAmerica: Box Populi, PoxPopuli," takes place from 4 to 5:30 this afternoon in the Wilson LibraryPresentation Room. Admission is free and public participation is encouraged. In Bauhaus, Wolfestylishly traces the rise in post-World War I Germany of artists and designers with a new vision forrecreating the ruins of Europe—"Starting from zero," in their phrase. Socialism and Picasso were theflag-bearers of a new world. Through Wolfe's words, we see the new warriors shun the affected, slobberyaesthetic of the Old (ruined) Order, developing the sneering curse, "how very bourgeouis," for applicationto all works seen as too compromised or insufficiently daring. Wolfe relates how the groups assembledinto compounds (literally and figuratively) and issued manifestoes, setting out to design a workerenvironment substituting functionalism for bourgeouis affectations (such as peaked roofs and eaves,seen to symbolize the crowns of kings and nobility). Fleeing Hitler's regime in the '30s, many of theexpatriates found themselves heading American architecture departments and colleges, with eagerAmerican architects awaiting the Word. The gray, beige or glass boxes have graced or cursed theAmerican scene ever since. "This book is controversial in many ways," Scott said. Julian Riepe, i n te r d i s c i p l i n a r y arts, elaborated. "It may be the worst piece of criticism I've ever read," Riepesaid. "It's cute and intellectually dishonest. It was infuriating to read that book. Bauhaus (stylearchitecture) deserves criticizing—there are some things wrong with it—but not in that limp, facile,quixotic, fallacious reasoning.' " The Christian Science Monitor said, "always entertaining and oftenbrilliant," though the Library Journal said, "Wolfe believes that modern architecture is utterly alien toand inexpressive of America of the twentieth century...Cynically dismissing the ideology of thetwentieth-century modernists as a pose, (he) writes about modern architecture as if it were somethingthat had been put on earth simply to irk him, with no social and cultural history." Other panelists LindaFusco, art; Eric Nasburg, campus architect; and Vic Trodella, Bellingham architect, will meet withRiepe, Scott and the public for the 90- minute discussion. "We want the audience to carry away anawareness of how architecture relates to daily living, basically," Scott said. Twilight Zone festattracts faithful By DAN RAMSAY The night life scene in Bellingham has gotten a shot in the armwith the latest brainchild of Michael Navalinski — The Twilight Zone Festival. Every Wednesdayevening this month (and the first Wednesday in August) Navalinski, entertainment coordinator for theHideaway Tavern, shows his video tapes of The Twilight Zone television series to the faithful zoners'who gather for the event. Showtime is 8 p.m., then it's 10 of Rod Serling's best in a row. Navalinski isan admitted Twilight Zone nut and has amassed about 70 of the old classics by taping themweeknights at 2 a.m. "It turned out to be real timely with the release of the movie," he said, rathermatter-of-factly. But he admits he didn't set out to take advantage of the movie's popularity, he's beencollecting the old eipsodes for years. "The Twilight Zone strikes a chord in people's memories that'snostalgic for them," Navalinski said, "And these are some very well made shows; production,direction and the whole idea was top quality for its time." "Outside of'Leave It To Beaver, The TwilightZone is the only other old show worth being put into a time capsule," he said. The first Wednesday inJuly attracted about 35 people, Navalinski said. The next week it more than doubled, evidence of a hot idea. The Hideaway Tavern features $2.50 pitchers of beer during the 1101 Harris Ave. in Old Fairhaven 733-6319 The Finest, Freshest coffees now also available at Dana's Cafe downtown the Upper CrustSilver Beach. Expressd Entertainment in our Coffee House Open Evenings The Hideaway The Sharx— high energy rock-n-roll at the Hideaway July 21, 22, 23 Thurs., Fri., Sat. $2 COVER Don't forgetTHE TWILIGHT ZONE festival every Wed. evening at 8 p.m. and JAZZMANIA Invades the Hideawayevery Sunday evening. Live jazz music and only $1 cover!! 1414 Cornwall, Downtown Bellingham 647-0371 KIDDMAUEY JtamAu/ig u. corner of samish maple mon.-sat. 11-9 sun. 12-8 Hippo BirthdayCards! 1220 NO. STATE ST. • Pick your • favorite.. 1U1U Special Shows JULY! $3?° AllSeats! Every Weekend in July 22 23:. Sehome Cinemas 3300 Fielding St., Bellingham 671-7770festival, with $1.50 pitchers of soda pop for those who would rather not drink beer. Navalinski also popslots of popcorn and hands out hors d'oeuvres of deviled eggs and Richard's bar-b e q u e d doggies(cocktail hotdogs). Navalinski, a former Front a r t s and e n t e r t a i n m e n t editor, has read everyone of Serling's TZ shows. The real TZ fanatic, as Navalinski puts it, is Marc Scott Zicree, who edited the book containing all 156 episodes, The Twilight Zone Companion. Showing tomorrow will be one ofthe original stories remade in the Twilight Zone Movie, "Kick the Can." Also making an appearance will be a younger Telly Savales, who goes nuts because of a doll. The final week of the festival will includeone of Navalinski's favorites, "Terror at 20,000 Feet,'' and the silent and horrifying episode entitled "The Invaders," with Agnes Moorehead, better known as Endora in the television series "Bewitched." Thesetwo shows epitomize Serling's truly talented ability to utterly horrify the audience. ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 4 ---------- 4 Western Front OPINION Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Front Line Samantha in the USSR US officials fearsuccess When Samantha Smith wrote,a letter to the Soviet Union, she didn't even expect a reply. But toeveryone's surprise, she got a two-week tour of the country and a chance to spread her message: worldpeace. Experts throughout the United States are calling this eleven-year-old's vacation everything from"propaganda" to a "conspiracy." They say the Soviet Union is pretending to be in favor of peace and isactually manipulating the minds of America through this little girl. Malcolm Toon, a past US ambassadorto Moscow, has carried this theory too far. He said Samantha's message of peace could obscure theconcerns of both the United States and the Soviet Union, with "the possible result that we could end upin a confrontation that nobody wants." What this military doublespeak means is, "Watch out, talkingabout peace will lead to war!" This makes plenty of sense. This same man said Samantha's trip will beused to demonstrate that some Americans are unhappy with Reagan's foreign policy. This is closer toplain fact than propaganda and America's disillusionment with Reagan isn't news to anyone. It seems the US government is overly apprehensive about this schoolgirl. Although it would be wonderful if her plea forworld peace was heard, it more likely will fall on deaf ears. What really bothers all the politicians is theability of an eleven-year-old to wade through all of the bureaucratic nonsense and express what mostAmericans are thinking. As she said when leaving a Soviet youth camp, "Let our countries be friends."Continuous education Learning is point In this suddenly education-conscious society, one might be gladto learn of programs dating from times when education wasn't a tad. The international Elderhostelprogram has been going on for years — here at Western for three of them. Elderhostel gives folks over60 a chance to battle the "senior citizen" stereotype while enriching their lives. Upward Bound, whichhelps talented but disadvantaged high school students learn how to learn, has operated at Western formany years. Western's own Center for Continuing Education has been involved with the "Youth andComputers'' week-long workshop as well as Adventures in Science and Arts, a July series of week-long workshops for junior and senior high school students (some from Alaska and New York), dealing withsubjects from chemistry to electronic music. The point of all this academic alternative activity is to eraselabels and compartments. If ever the straight-line "K-12, and then maybe college" notion of school andeducation (with the subfect ready for his or her place in the world after grade 12) had any legitimacy, itdoes no longer. In a complex society, a "basic education" does not exist. People begin learning the daythey're born, and can't stop until they die. — and perhaps not then. As exemplary as the aboveprograms are, they are necessarily limited in size, scope and time. The goal of those now examiningand fighting over America's education system should be to make such individualized attention and service universal. The education system was, decades ago, perceived to have a great purpose. The system nowneeds the life a new great purpose would provide. Western Front Gordon Weeks, Editor • PeggyLoetterle, Managing Editor Carolyn Casey, News Editor • Shaun McClurken, Opinion Editor HeidiYeargin, Photo Editor • Don Huddleston, Photo Asst. Margaret Carlson, Head Copy Editor • DanRamsay, Copy Editor Margie Haight, Vicki Siggs, Production Managers Robin Henley, Staff Artist •Masood Sahba, Business Manager R. E. Ted' Stannard Jr., Advisor Reporters: Vickie Jones, JackieSpinks, Deanna Shaw, Stedem Wood Ad Sales Staff:Kamian Dowd, Greta Evans, Laurie Rossman,Masood Sahba, Stacy Schill, Alan Wang. Editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Western Fronteditorial board: the editor, managing editor, news editor, opinion editor and head copy editor. Signedcommentaries and cartoons are the opinions of the authors. Guest commentaries are welcomed.r^UDDENLy**"* VKJiVE* T/I7/B3. THE HOUSE ETHICS CCWiiTTEE RECEIVED THREE MORE A DrAISS IONS FROM REPS SEX WITH PAGES.. . v /AY TAX DOLLARS AT WORK.7 V Beauty in America Miss America pageant is perpetuating false ideal No longer will Whatcom County be known as just thehome of Western Washington University, the Lummi Indians and the Northwest Washington Fair. Now,Whatcom County can be acclaimed as the home of Miss Washington and, potentially, the home of Miss America. Ah, to be able to brag that the ideal representative of American female beauty, a la 1983, isfrom the same stomping grounds as me, and that we even went to the same university, will be quite anhonor. Local reaches goal I'll be able to say I was one of the 100 or so people who showed up towelcome Her Majesty home to Whatcom County after her crowning as Miss Washington. I will be ableto attest to the fact that, yes, her hair, make-up, dress Vnd the oh-so-important crown were perfectly inplace, as was her smile. She made the pageant's sponsors proud. But at what expense? Isn't itpainful to have to tweeze, pluck and train eyebrows so they achieve the perfect arch? Doesn't it feelstrange to have to apply so many layers of cosmetics to appear beautiful to the pageant's judges andto the adoring public? Doesn't wearing high, spiked heels make it difficult to walk? Doesn't countingevery calorie of every piece of food consumed get tiring? Doesn't it hurt to be treated as an objectrather than a person with intelligent thoughts? Beauty beats brains Face it, the stereotype exists thatbeautiful women have no brains. Intelligence tests are not a part of the Miss America Pageant Heidi JoYeargin, Photo Editor and talent contests are only a recent addition. The meat and potatoes of the Miss America contest is the bathing suit competition. Participants explain the bathing suit competition asa test of poise. It is, however, a blatant display of women as objects. The contestants' bust, waist andhip measurements are given, as well as height, weight, eye color and hair color. Those things add up topoise? The Miss America contest has been in existence since 1921 and lots of others have sprung up— Miss U.S.A., Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Teen America, Miss Black America, and even Mrs.America. Some offer scholarships, but all are centered around beauty, not brains, and sometimesnot even talent. Meet the feminine ideal The Miss Universe pageant does not have a talent competition and the most recent winner, Lorraine Downes, from New Zealand, doesn't believe one should beadded to the contest. "Miss Universe is really beauty inside," she said. "The main thing I want topromote is naturalness and health." Surely, shaving legs and underarms, getting permanents,constant dieting and wearing makeup are not seen as natural and healthy, are they? Rather, they're standards that women (especially in America) feel they should meet in order to resemble the feminineLetters Policy • The Western Front welcomes letters on all points of view. Address all letters to theOpinion Editor, Western Front. Letters should be typed double-spaced and limited to 300 words. TheFront can assume no responsibility for errors because of illegible handwriting. Letters should includethe author's name, address and telephone number for verification. Letters may be edited to fit space andto correct grammar or spelling. Western Front • The Western Front is the official newspaper ofWestern Washington University. The newsroom is in College Hall 9 and the business office in CollegeHall 7. The Front is composed at the printing plant in the Commissary and prin ted fay the BellinghamHerald. Phone numbers: 676-3160 fnevvs-room), 676-3161 (advertising). Published Tuesdays (exceptholidays) for the si^-week summer session. ideal — Miss America. Miss Washington, Jennifer LeeHavlin, will spend the next few months "in training" for the Miss America contest. She'll participate inmock interviews, refine her dance routine for the talent competition, work with weights and be instructedhow to fix her hair and make-up. This is "naturalness" and "inner beauty?" What price "natural beauty?" Outer beauty is often equated with inner. If you are beautiful on the outside, you will feel beautiful on the inside, supposedly. Life will be peaceful and easier. Is this why we try to reach the female ideal of MissAmerica? Is it to be popular, loved, successful or admired? Is this why so many American womenspend millions upon millions of dollars each year on cosmetics, weight-loss clinics, diet pills,cosmetic surgery and fashion magazines which dictate how to be beautiful? Is this why anorexianervosa, a disease which afflicts mostly women and causes them to starve themselves, is striking morewomen annually? Can you imagine starving yourself to death because you felt too fat to be accepted?Karen Carpenter, of the soft-rock duo, the Carpenters, recently did just that. What a terrible, lonelyway to die. Miss America bad example Women looking for the ideal in beauty should not look at MissAmerica as an example. Miss America is an example of consumerism and narcissism. Beauty andhappiness are not possessed by only those women with 36-24- 36 "dimensions. Attempting to achievebeauty standards dictated by industry is certainly not worth dying for. Miss Washington feels that her dream has come true. Her dream to represent the ideal beauty for American women may come true.That is a fate I would not wish upon anybody. ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 5 ---------- Western Front 5 Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Words on music Melodies reflect one's personality I used to beself-conscious about to whom I told my tastes in music. Today I will tell everyone who reads this. Mytastes include John Denver and classical music. I am willing to try anything once, but don't push iton me, because I'll walk away without a word of thanks. My brother is tired of walking into the housewhile I listen to KUOW-FM and KSEA-FM. KUOW plays mostly classical music and occasionallybroadcasts recitals. KSEAis the "Beautiful Music station. My brother plays' KJET-AM as loud aspossible while he drives. Since he has driver's privilege, I don't change the station, but every time a discjockey interrupts the music, he changes the station. Back home he began yelling at me. After the tapeplayer on my stereo broke, I played my Jajnes Galway (Irish classical flute) tapes on the living-roomsystem. He got tired of it. I got tired of KJET (loud, unintelligible stuff) and others of his favorites,changing songs whenever a D.J. comes on. I like to relax to the stereo; he goes into perpetual motionand won't quit. That is, until our parents get home. I guess he took pity on me, or began to understand;I'm not sure. One day he came up from his room carrying a green album cover. "Listen to this, please,"he asked. I listened. It was slightly eerie. It was strange and beautiful. It became scary, to the point ofsending shivers up and down my spine. It began to remind me of something else. "Gregorian chant?" Iasked. "Nope. Keep listening." So I kept listening. It was neat. I enjoyed it. I even told him so. "Wouldyou believe it's Edgar Allen Poe set to music?" He showed me the album cover and sure enough, theAlan Parsons Project, "Tales of Mystery and Imagination," Poe set to music. "Got any more?" I didn'twant to admit it at the time, but I was. hooked. Now don't get me confused. I still like Denver, Galwayand classical music. I just multiplied my listening pleasures. Here at school, I've got the Alan Parsons Project, Denver, two classical sm. /tyltvUy ?//(, tapes and my favorite Galway tape, so I get by. Theseand an AM/FM cassette recorder keep me happy. I have other tastes in music as well, but these areamong my favorites. Music is a personal thing, between you and it. Whether you play an instrument(I've been known to practice my flute), sing or just like to listen to the radio, it's personal. All eras andcountries have their own brand of music. If I mentioned the "Roaring '20s gt;"you could probably imagine the flapper Charleston contests in little speakeasies. Or if you heard Oriental music, could you seeladies in kimonos walking through beautiful oriental gardens? Music can create its own images. Musiccan make you high without any synthetic stuff — which is illegal anyway. It can calm you down after aweek of final exams. You can dance to it, jog to it or study to it. Some people exercise to it. Theowners of roller and ice rinks play it, since the sound of wheels rolling and people falling quickly becomemundane. Gymnasts and ice-skaters do athletic routines to music, thereby making the sport lookmuch easier. Music, like happiness, is different things to different people. Music has charms to soothe the savage beast. Thoreau said we all walk to a different drummer. That's what makes peopleindividuals. Probably my tastes don't agree with yours, but who said they had to? Letters Cowan tells different tale Western Front: KUGS-FM, 89.3, respects the privilege to be featured in the Front but notat a reporter's personal discretion of facts. Errors in "KUGS Names Power Date" (July 12) include;KUGS is not "required" to be anything other than non-commercial. It is a self-directed station run bystudents. Most of the work for 100 watts was not done by students. The question "What isyour chiefconcern?" was not asked. Every quote was fabricated. The reporter was not lead to believe otherwise. Furthermore, some real news items remain. Want to know how many listeners KUGS has and whothey are? We now know. Do a story to find out. Greg Cowan KUGS station manager El Salvador not agame Western Front: In response to Peter Ramsey's letter of recruitment for CISPES, which began"Cheer up, summertime doesn't have to be all that boring!" I wonder, are blockades of militaryshipments and demonstrations really his idea of summer fun? His tone is that of an overzeal-ous soldier beaming at the prospect of confrontation. Blockades and demonstrations are not for the amusementof petulant, bored children, Mr. Ramsey. They are serious, sometimes dangerous games, and only formature dedicated people who understand the situation from more than one point of view. Though Ihope Ramsey is correct when he assures us that most Americans are opposed to military intervention in El Salvador, I suspect his basis for such a conclusion. Certainly, Reagan would not agree. And forRamsey to cite the Front editorials as a reflection of majority opposition to aid to El Salvador seemshardly fair when so many of the letters dealing with the subject were written by Ramsey himself. I hopeCISPES remains dedicated to alleviating suffering in El Salvador, and not just the summer boredom ofuniversity students. Margie Haight WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OFFICIALANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE POST Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Monday for theTuesday issue of Western Front. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legiblyprinted, and sent through campus mail or brought in person to the Publcatlons Office, Commissary 108.Do not address announcements directly to the Western Front. Phoned announcements will not beaccepted. All announcements should be signed by the originator. SUMMER BACHELOR DEGREE ANDTEACHING CERTIFICATE CANDIDATES: Pay degree and/or certificate fees to the cashier by Fri., Aug.5, if you have not already done so. List of fees required for summer graduates is on file at the Cashier'swindow, OM245, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or at the Plaza Cashier, V.U. Plaza, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Questions on graduation requirements outstanding should be. directed to the Credit Evaluation section ofthe Registrar's Office, OM230. Candidates are reminded that adjustments to evaluations on file must beapproved in writing and submitted to the evaluator in OM230. BOOK OF THE QUARTER: "InternationalStyle Architecture in America: Box Populi, Pox Populi" is the title of the panel discussion of the summerbook of the quarter, From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe. It will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m.today (July 19) in the WL Presentation Room. Panelists include Linda Fusco, Art Department; EricNasburg, Facilities Development; Julian Riepe, College of Fine and Performing Arts; and Vic TrodellaBellingham architect. W. H. O. Scott, documents librarian, will moderate. FUTURISM: The SummerSession Lecture Series on Futurism will present "In the 21st Century Will We All Be Japanese?" by Dr.Ronald Loftus (history) at 7:30 p.m. Tues., July 26, in BH112. Admission is free. Other lectures scheduled are "A Farewell to Nuclear Arms" by Dr. David Ziegler (political science) on Aug. 2 and "GeneticEngineering: Problems and Potentials for the 1980s" by Dr. John Erickson (biology) on Aug. 9. SUMMER STOCK '83 opens Wed., July 27, with Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, set to run through Sun., 'u'y 31.The second show is Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, playing Wed.-Sun., Aug. 3-7. MeredithWillson's well-known musical The Music Man rounds out the season with t v o performances, runningWed.-Sun., Aug. 10-14 and 17-20. Season tickets, which include all three major productions, are $10 forgeneral admission and $8 for students and senior citizens. Individual show tickets are $4 general, $3students and senior citizens. Curtain time for all productions is 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 2:15 for theSunday matinee. For information on ticket reservations and group sales, call the Summer Stock boxoffice, 676-3873. CHILDREN'S THEATRE: Summer Stock '83 will present Don't Ever Cross A Crocodile, a collection of selected international folk tales with an original musical score, at 1:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sun.,July 21-24. Tickets are $1.50 per person, with group rates for parties of 10 or more. For information andreservations, call the Summer Stock box office at 676-3873. Janines Personal Hair Design "The NaturalChoice" Salon location: Inside Clancy's New Health Center 16I8 North State St. Bellingham, WAJanine Lindsay owner , manager ) M M H a M a a K , H I HI For Appointment call 676-8758 I $50 0 OFF I Regular s35°° | L. Cysteine Natural Perm Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9-6 I Classifieds Rates: 70$ per line (27 characters) first insertion; 65$ per line each additional insertion. Deadline: Thursday noon for Tuesday'spaper. Western Front office, College Hall Room 7, phone: 676-3161. Checks only; in advance ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 6 ---------- 6 Western Front RECREATION Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Turn-oj-the-Century Stroll through Hovander'spast By DEANNASHAW Life in the fast lane got you down? Six-o'clock news making your shouldersdroop? Maybe it's time to make a relaxing day of it at Hovander Homestead Park. Nestled by a bend ofthe Nook-sack River, this gem of a park seeks to preserve a glimpse of turn-of-the-century farm life.Only the picnic grounds and an o c c a s i o n a l l a w n m o w e r or sprinkler interfere with the illusion of having traveled back through time. The ground at Hovander is still tilled. Hay fields line the parkentrance and an acreage of peas stands near the parking lot. A young orchard matures beside thehouse. The magnificent old Hovander home is wreathed in a garden of wildly rioting, colorful flowers —the old fashioned kinds that g r a n d m a liked to grow — snapdragons, daisies, nasturtiums,marigolds, and the rest. The house itself, designed and built between 1901 and 1903 by HokenHovander, a Swedish immigrant, reflects the high quality of workmanship of the time. Hovander sought out the highest quality materials and the most skilled craftmen available to build the family home,according to a bulletin of historical information available at the house. He even went to Minnesotaseeking a "finish'' carpenter to complete the multi-gabled house. Inside the home, treasures of theera, donated by the Hovander family and others, provide a window to the early 1900s. High-buttonshoes rest beside a quilt-covered bed, the table is set for This group of youngsters found the old treesthat grace the lawn of the Hovander home much more challenging to their imaginations than the mainattraction. dinner, and, in the kitchen, pots, pans and implements on stoves and sideboards leave theimpression that the cook will return momentarily. Visions of children playing dress-up to tag arestirred when you glimpse the massive and open upper floor, which was never completed. It is filled withtrunks, magazines, old clothes, toys and other good attic stuff, and the urge to sift through some of therelics is held in check only by the ropes which bar passage. Outside the house everyone can findsomething they like. A vegetable garden, planted this year by the Whatcom County Master Gardeners (a group of gardening experts who share their skills with the community), lies outside the back door. It isNestled by a bend of the Nooksack Biver, this gem of a park seeks to preserve a glimpse of turn-of-the-century farm life. Only the picnic grounds and an occasional lawnmower or sprinkler interfere with theillusion of having traveled back through time. filled with small, experimental vegetable plots. Small farmshops stand in orbit around the mammoth barn. The machine shop, tool shed, and other outbuildingsbulge with farm tools and implements of the era. The barn is empty, however, except for a few nestingswallows and chickens, and the emptiness emphasizes its grandiose scale. Penned near the barn arepigs and piglets, goats, sheep, horses, cows and domestic fowl of every description — all of whom arecrazy about edible handouts. A bag of carrot and apple chunks, a loaf of stale bread, or the leftoversfrom your picnic make for great fun no matter how old and s o p h i s t i c a t e d you are. But beware ofthe goats; they'll eat your hair, the buttons off your shirt, your jewelry, your shoelaces and anythingelse reachable over the fence. The large, L-shaped picnic area at Hovander has a barbeque pit, sink and facilities for large groups as well as more intimate tables under the trees. Also, plenty of room forthrowing frisbees or playing croquet, baseball or volleyball is available. A playground, complete withtreehouse, lies beside a bushy a r e a h o n e y c o m b e d with secluded paths ideal for strolling loversor a wild game of hide-and-seek. You may consider a climb to the top of the great tower moreappropriate, and the exertion is well worth the effort. The view is beautiful. Across the picnic grounds are numerous paths winding down through the trees and brush to the sandy river banks. Park Aide, BryanPolinder, said about amile of the Nooksack is accessible to the public. Wading, fishing, or merelystrolling by the river are popular pastimes with park visitors. Perhaps because of its location, the park is one of the better-kept secrets in the county and rarely is overcrowded. To reach the park fromBellingham, travel north on 1-5 and take the Axton Road exit to Ferndale. Turn right over the overpassand drive to the railway overpass near the Nooksack River. Turn left onto Hovander Road and follow thesigns. The park is well marked. The house and outbuildings are open weekends from 11 a.m. until 5p.m. The park itself is open seven days a week until dusk. In 1978, the National Trust for HistoricPreservation gave the President's Award for Achievem e n t in P r e s e r v a t i o n of Community-Wide Significance to the Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Board for its efforts at Hovander Homestead Park. The farm is also on the National Register of Historic Places, a listing of sites with prevalenthistoric value, Polinder said. The stately Hovander home, completed in 1903, still embodies the qualities and high standards of the era. Photo by Don Huddleston ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 7 ---------- Western Front 7 Tuesday, July 19, 1983 RAINY ru^c M APAADC \ It's wet, it's cold, it's depressing andit's plentiful . . . It's rain. Bellingham always has been recognized for its heavy rainfall, but this summerwe have gotten more than our share. The five-day forecast on the evening news usually is the same,"Rain through the weekend, changing to showers by Monday and more rain expected by Wednesday.''Experts really don't know what is causing this bad weather or how long it will last (one nationally-knownmeteorologist predicts these gloomy conditions may persist all summer!) but one thing is for sure, itdampens plans for summer activities. Each day it rains, picnics are postponed, softball games delayedand family outings cancelled. Television sets are turned on, feet kicked up and boredom sets in.What can you do in rainy weather? You can do the usual rainy day things like sit around and sulk, eat a big lunch and take long naps. Or, you can take advantage of some of Bellingham's indoor attractions.The Whatcom Museum of History and Art is an interesting place to spend a rainy afternoon. Themuseum is located in Bellingham's old City Hall at 121 Prospect. The back side of the building, whichwas built in 1892, overlooks Bellingham Bay. The three floors of exhibits include samples of men's andwomen's clothing from the 1800s, a barber shop, dentist and bank scene from old Bellingham, andIndian artifacts from the Northwest. A continuous slide show compares the streets of Bellingham, thenand now. The museum is open noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free. Rainyweather often puts an end to physical exercise. Oneway to get those muscles working indoors is to goroller skating. Mead Rolladium skating rink is open for skating Thursday through Saturday, 7 to 10 p.m.and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is S2 and you can rent skates for 50 cents. TheRolladium, N. State and E. Pine, also is open Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. for $1.25.Skate to music (bring your headphones if you like rock'n'roll) and stretch out those stiff muscles. Anafternoon of bowling is a way to get rid of the rainy day blues. Western students with I.D. can bowl from3 to 5 weekday afternoons forSl a game at Twentieth Century Bowling, Inc., 1411 N. State. Night andweekend rates are $1.30 per game. Don't let the rain depress you. Bellingham offers many indooractivities to fill the long, wet afternoons. Summer is a time for recreation and outings, nobody said it hadto be sunny every day. (This story was going to be on a day hike, but it was rained out.) 5_. 0 lt; •H* I \ Thoughts for the rainy season It's helpful to remember on these drizzly summer days that theBellingham climate has been a great inspiration to bards of greater and lesser fame throughout theages. Time and again, we find it immortalized in song and verse. Included here are but a few smallexcerpts to lift your mind to a soggier plane. "Lord, is this an huge rayn! This were a weder for to slepen inne!" —Geoffrey Chaucer "Where Bellingham low lieth The rain clouds stop and spilleth The sunethnever shineth Precipitation's endleth The earth is never dryeth Where Bellingham low lieth." —Alford,Lord Tennisanyone "Once upon a July dreary, While I pondered bleak and bleary, O'er many a quaintand curious raindrop dripping on my floor . . . Suddenly there came a brightening! — Maybe it wasmore like lightening — Shining on my 'partment door. 'T'is the sun/ I muttered, 'Shining on my 'partmentdoor!' Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'." —Poe-et (b. 1809, d. shortly after) "Hello raindrops, my old friend,I've come to walk in you again. But a vision of sunbathing Disturbed my thoughts as I was studying, And the vision that was planted still remains —Still's the same — And echoes with the sounds ofsinus(es)." —Singun' and Garfunky "The rain creeps in on little webbed feet..." —Carl Sandbox For alonger read, I recommend Hem-mingway's classic, "The Sun Also Rises." And finally, the provocativebiblical story of enduring interest to all Bellinghamsters, Genesis: chapters seven and eight. ---------- Western Front - 1983 July 19 - Page 8 ---------- 8 Western Front Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Saudis digest English; not hamburgers ByDEANNASHAWAfter eight months in the United States, Tuleb Faridi and Adel Algohani anxiously are counting the daysuntil they return to their families in Saudi Arabia for a visit and some real homecooked Arabic food. Thetwo men are part of a group of 14 Saudi Arabian students currently attending English language classesat Western through a company called American International. The private company, which contractswith the university for teachers and facilities in return for furnishing their service, teaches English reading, writing and speaking to speakers of other languages. It is housed in Fairhaven, and many of theirstudents—and all the Saudis in this group — live in the dormitories. This is the second group ofSaudis sent by their government to American International at Western to learn English. They are here toprepare for careers in airplane maintenance. After training, they will work in US airports for Saudi Arabian airlines. Neither Faridi or Algohani could speak much English when they arrived at Western. Now, it ishard to believe that these two self-assured, relaxed young men ever wrestled with the language as theylaughingly recall some of thier tougher moments. "We studied English at high school and we studied six months of English before we came, that was too little," Faridi said. In their short time here, they havebecome relatively fluent by studying hard. They attend classes in English grammar and reading and atechinical class in airplane maintenance from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day in Arntzen Hall. Theirschedule consists of two quizzes and one test a week. Some daily homework and a monthly evaluationsession determine their progress in class. Algohani (left), and Faridi (right) now laugh at their previousfrustration with Ma Bell and pay phones as they anticipate a visit to their homeland. The three teachersemployed by American International speak only English to their students in class, said Mike Regan, the company's director. Gestures and pictures are used, especially at first, to fortify the spoken and writtenEnglish. Because the Middle East has a strong tradition of spoken language, Middle Easterners tend to learn to speak English much more quickly than some other groups of people, Regan said. They usuallyhave more difficulty learning how to write it, he added. Algohani said he has found it hard to learnEnglish. "Some words in Arabic don't translate well into English, and some English words don'ttranslate into Arabic," he explained. "In English, there is one word with 100 different meanings; in Arabic, a word will have one or maybe two meanings." He said he found English particularly frustrating duringhis first weeks here and laughed as he recalled his early experience with Ma Bell and pay phones. "Wedidn't have the language to help us, and we wanted to call home. The operator would cut the linebecause she didn't understand we wanted to talk longer than three minutes, and we didn't understandher." For Faridi, one of the main problems learning to speak English was learning to use the mouth andtongue more to enunciate the words correctly. Arabic uses more gutteral sounds, he explained, and this has often made it hard to be understood by Americans. He has made progress, and his excellent dark eyes crinkle as a smile breaks across his face when he tells of a very rewarding experience he hadrecently. "I received a present from the director last week. I got $115 for having a B' (grade) for threemonths. It makes us work hard," Faridi said. He added that a couple others had received over $200 forearning As'. "My company (Saudi Arabia Airlines) has decided these rules," he explained. "If you'reabsent for one day, V" h«\/ lt;= gt; S^n liftfiri frnm vniir salary," Algohani said. The penalty increaseseach day classes are missed, he said. When the group isn't studying, they enjoy a game of soccer.They have formed a team and play often. They also work on their hobbies and phone and write lots ofletters home. On weekends, they like to do things together, Faridi said. "We try to be together andremember our country. We play cards and sing Arabic songs. We stay up until three or so in themorning," he said. A favorite activity is visiting Seattle. Algohani has been there a number of times andFaridi has gone twice. "When I go to Seattle, I find an Arabic restaurant first," he grinned. "Then I gosee things and visit friends." At first they rode the bus but they discovered rental cars, and now theydrive to the city in small groups. While they have become accustomed to living in the U.S. culturaldifficulties remain. Their biggest complaint is American food, and both men shudder when that greatAmerican staple, the hamburger, is mentioned. "They try to cook Arabic food here but it doesn't comeout right," Algohani added. They also had to adjust to the cold winter rain during their first month here,and Faridi remarked that one of the first things everyone bought was an umbrella, They miss the warmSaudi climate, and, when asked if it was often sunny there, Faridi joked and pinched his bronze skin. "Iwas born white. And now see!" American women were another surprise. Saudi women, because of theMoslem culture, are modestly covered from their wrists to their ankles, explained Algohani, and it tooksome getting used to the way American women dress. Adjusting to being a Moslem in a non-Moslemcountry has been the greatest difficulty, though. Particularly troublesome was the observance ofRamadan, the month in which the Koran was first revealed. During this period, which recently ended, astrict fast is kept. No eating, drinking, smoking or sexual intercourse is allowed from dawn to sunset,and devout Moslems rigorously honor the restrictions. Our long summer days proved a problem. "It'sbeen hell because we fast 18 hours a day here," Faridi said. "In our country, it's 12 hours a day." Somemembers will leave for a month-long visit to their homeland on July 26, then will return to the UnitedStates for further training. They spoke warmly of their experience here, and Faridi remarked, "We havegood friends here. They always come to visit me, and always, I try to keep in touch." A new group ofSaudi Arabian students will arrive for study through American International in early August.PPPPP