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the - ujestern front western Washington state college  Vol. 66  No. 17 
FRIDAY  December 7, 1973  TenCents  Recycle all paper  Recycle all paper 
Last Front of the Quarter  MORE OR LESS PASSIVE  Themost  breathtaking
issue yef.  Services claim cuts unjust  by RICROFF  SONJA BROWN  Prefacing
itsrecommendations on  how to cut the budget of student  services, the Ad
Hoc Committee on  StudentPersonnel Budget pointed to  President Charles
Flora's "apparent lack  of insight and understanding" andthe  Board of
Trustees' "precipitous action  based in part on eleventh-hour pleas."  In
its report to Dean ofStudents C.  W. "Bill" McDonald on ways to cut the 
budget by 30 per cent, the committee,  after meetingalmost daily for the
past  three weeks, urged McDonald to advise  the president of the "grave
concern"over the reduction, to request a formal  audience before the Board
of Trustees  and to convince AcademicVice  President Jerry Anderson and
Business  Manager Don Cole that the reductions  be shared by otherareas
besides those  falling under the Dean of Students  Office.  In the face of
what seemed to themunjust reductions, noting that library  acquisitions
were cut none at all, the  committee (composed of RayRomine,  associate
dean, who chaired the  committee; Dr. Kenneth Jernberg,  director of the
StudentHealth Service;  Saundra Taylor, director of the  Counseling Center;
and Louis Lallas,  director of theCareer Planning and  Placement Office)
made the following  recommendations of where funds might  becut: 
—$42,000 by transferring resident  directors and aides
to the Housing and  Dining budget;  -$10,000or $5,500 by reducing  stipends
to graduate students in student  personnel administration;  -$30,000
(in1973-74) by returning  to financial aids federal overhead  monies
generated by that office;  -$20,000 byreturning to the  placement office
monies generated by  that office;  -$11,000 by reductions in theCounseling
Center;  -$20,000 or $10,000. by reducing  h e a l t h services budget;
also  recommended was the transfer of the  health service to St. Luke's
Hospital;  —$53,213 by 10-month employe  appointments; 
—$26,656 by 11-month employe  appointments;  $42,000 or
$84,000 by assessing  students a $2 or $4health fee.  McDonald will present
a "progress  report" on the cuts at the Board of  Trustees
meeting,tentatively set for  Jan. 10.  'Everyone is hurt,  but no one is 
bleeding to death.'  Dr. Kenneth Jernberg,director of  Student Health
Services, defended his  area during testimony to the committee  saying
that3,000 students a quarter  pass through its doors, and for some it is  a
service which enables them to stayin  school. Those students who do not use
 it nevertheless have a right to expect a  health service to beavailable,
he said.  In answer to Romine's belief that  educational functions should
have  priority overservice functions, Dr.  Jernberg testified that the main
purpose  of health services was indeed to providehealth care therefore
regulating health  e d u c a t i o n to second place.  "However, we are now
buildingprograms in nutrition and preventive  health care into the
service," he said.  With the elimination of theCounseling Center students
would lose a  voluntary, free and confidential  counseling service, which
lastyear  served 17 per cent of the student body,  Saundra Taylor, director
of the center,  reported.  About 800students a year have  problems of
"moderate severity,"  Taylor said, adding that close to 200 a  year could
"drop out of school without  counseling."  The Bellingham community would 
be unable to provide thepsychological  crusading students need and
workshops  and self-study projects would not  provide anadequate
substitute.  Associate and assistant deans  defended their services,
expressing a  desire forstrong leadership and  coordination of services. 
One suggestion for lifting the "fog"  surrounding theirfunctions was 
clustering several of the services into a  development center.  Judging his
office to beamong the  most crucial to students Richard  Coward of
Financial Aids said the least  effective servicesshould be cut rather  than
making across-the-board cuts.  Louis Lallas, director of Career  Planning
andPlacement, pointed out  the changes in the employment  situation since
1969, which marks the  end of an era of plentiful job  opportunities. "More
than ever  graduates have to demonstrate job  readiness and learn the skill
of job  seeking," he said. Ninety per cent of  1971-72 graduating seniors
used his  office's service, he added.  The committee designed the proposal 
so as not to seriously eliminate any one  service areaor personnel.  But it
was met with general  disapproval by the student services  heads.  Romine
stressedhis committee's  efforts to find "loose and floating  RAY ROMINE 
funds" rather than hurting one servicearea more than another.  Coward
termed the proposal as a  "cop-out" by the committee since it  "cuteveryone
across the board."  "I'm not for sorting people out,"  Coward said. "But
the committee is  takingthe easy way out. This way  everyone is hurt but no
one is bleeding  to death."  Coward further supportedhis  feelings saying
the committee's duty  was to determine which services, met the  student and
college's need and that it  should have found out what services it  could
do without.  Assistant Dean Tim Douglascriticized the Board of Trustees'
action  in hastily accepting the Mitchell Report  that detailed reductions
incollege  services.  "We should go to the board and raise  Cont. on pg. 9 
Heating fuel rationing  couldclose Western  BLOOD THIRSTY-The King County
Blood Bank obtained 186 pints of blood  during itsTuesday drive at the
Viking Commons and a bank spokesman called the  drive a success. The blood
willbe used wherever necessary in northwest  Washington. ....
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atWestern may have to be  suspended from time to time next  quarter due to
critical gas and fuel oilshortages.  There is a "dramatic possibility" of 
closures next quarter if the "middle-cut  oil" Western'sphysical plant uses
as a  secondary fuel for heating comes under  proposed government
allocation plans,according to Gerald Brock,  administrator of Western's
business  management office.  Any decision toclose the college in  the
event of such an emergency would  ultimately rest with College
PresidentCharles Flora.  Flora would not deny the possibility  of closures
but said he expects no  shutdowns at thistime.  There have been rumors of
the  possibility," Academic vice president  Jerry Anderson said, "But
weanticipate  no closures yet."  Anderson was confident that  periodic
closures would not affect theeducational process at Western.  He said that
all alternatives would  have to be considered before anyshutdowns could
occur.  The basic heating fuel used at  Western is natural gas, according
to  StuartLitzsinger, head of the physical  plant.  Because Western is on
an  "in terr up table-industrial" schedule,the plant has had to rely on
industrial  fuel oil for heating purposes as gas  deliveries are being
suspended"more  and more," Litzsinger said.  If the fuel oil is allocated
under the  government plan, Western wouldbe  limited to using equal or less
amounts of  oil than were used last year.  "We only had to switch to oilfor
58  days last year," Litzsinger said, "But  this year we may have to rely
on it for  90 to 120 days."  As a result, Western may need  600,000 to
700,000 gallons of oil this  winter as opposed to 300,000 gallonslast year.
Under proposed government  allocation plans which limit oil usage to  last
year's amountsWestern might be  lucky to get even 300,000 gallons.  This
could mean that Western will  get less thanhalf the oil it needs to heat 
the campus during Winter quarter.  Interruptions in gas deliveries will 
continue until mid-April, according to  Hal Munton, vice president of
Cascade  Natural Gas in Seattle, Western'ssupplier. Curtailments are due
primarily  to a reduction of gas coming from  Canada, he said. 
Fuelallocations will probably go into  effect this month, according to Herb
 Hunter, chief buyer in the division ofpurchasing for Washington State in 
Olympia.  Hospitals and institutions will receive  the highest prioritiesin
fuel allocations,  he said, but there is no guarantee that  Western will
get enough fuel to operate  fully.Western's business office is studying 
plans that would allow the college to get  more gas, but at a highercost,
and only  under a contract that would be binding  for one year. The
physical plant budget  is alreadyunder stress, however, because  of the
high price of the fuel oil  currently in use, Brock said.



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'2'.r Western Front ' fnfoysU mbfr^, 1973^  Anderson grapples with crisis 
by JIM BROOKS  Grappling with the worst budget  crisis in Western's 75-year
history is no  easy task. But Jerry Anderson didn't  expect it to be when
he took on the  challenge of vice president of academic  affairs just 68
days ago.  Since hisarrival at Western from  Michigan, Anderson said he has
had  "feelings akin to the residents of  Londonduring the blitz of the
Second  World War."  Having dispensed with the usual  "honeymoon" period to
getadjusted in  his new job, Anderson began by  working 18-hour days toward
solving  the immediateproblems facing the  campus.  If the next legislative
session votes  to slash Western's appropriation, for1974-75 by $1.6-million
due to the  enrollment drop, Anderson now believes  the college is prepared
tomaintain  quality education.  Anderson said the goal has been to  achieve
zero reduction in personnelwhile preserving the quality and  reputation of
the college.  "I've been very impressed with  faculty, studentand community
 response in finding alternatives to deal  with the short-term problems. At
least,  we will beable to sustain existing  programs and honor our
commitments  to the students."  He said that faculty andstaff are  planning
to share cuts in salary and take  leaves. He has met with most  departments
in Arts and Sciences and  the cluster colleges and found that  "pride and
professional commitment is  still here."The maintenance of quality must be 
our number one concern. Any other  position would be self-defeating. Unless
 we are responsive and maintain quality,  we can only look toward a
continuing  decline inenrollment."  Anderson said the "prevailing  concept
that Western is going to be  nothing more than aglorified  community
college is absolutely not  true."  He said colleges in Michigan faced 
similarenrollment declines three years  ago. And, that through careful, 
long-range planning, their enrollmentsstabilized and increased and the 
legislature responded accordingly.  "I believe we can take pride that
thescar tissue and disruption of our  teaching-learning environment has
been  kept to a minimum as opposedto other  campuses facing similar
problems."  He said he doesn't see "how the  legislature can help but be
highly  responsive to our institution given its  reputation for past
accomplishments in  its service to thepublic."  Anderson rates Western in
the top five  in the nation for excellence among  schools of its sizeand
mission.  He said there has been "a concerted  effort to improve an
atmosphere of  trust and to keepopen the channels of  communication which
are so vitally  necessary."  "I am aware that the alternativesbefore us, in
most cases, require some  sacrifice on the part of faculty. But we  hope
these are onlytemporary  measures."  He looks for Western to emerge from 
its present dilemma and show favorableresults by the end of this academic
year.  "In the long run, we will be way  ahead if we do our best job
ofinternal  long-range planning. We can emerge  from this crisis stronger
and better than  ever before."Matters of immediate attention  include :  -A
close look at academic and career 
advisement.—Curriculum analysis and the  advoidance of
course duplication,  individualized learning and programs for  students,
re-examination of admission  JERRY ANDERSON  standards, repackaging of
financial aid,  a tt e n t i o n to career education  complementing the
liberal arts tradition,  and reorganization of theacademic  affairs
division to be more responsive to  the academic needs of the college. 
—A look at thecommittee structure  to ensure that time
and energy is not  spent without receiving impact.  "Through long-range
planning, we  can push onward and upward so we  never again have to face
this kind of  crisis,"Anderson added. "We must all  work together."  _ / 
Visitors to judge Ecology, energy ideals collidedoctorate proposal  Leona
E. Tyler and Frederick  Lighthall will judge the  doctorate proposal, its
qualityand the capability of the college  to offer this proposal. They are 
at Western today.  Tyler is the presidentof the  A m e r i c a n
Psychological  Association (APA). She is the  fourth woman to be picked for
 thisposition.  Tyler is a diplomat in  counseling, which is a  recognition
of confidence in an  applied area givenafter five  years experience after
the  doctorate. She was the first  woman dean of a graduate  school in the
country.  Tyler has written four books.  Work of the Counselor is being 
used at Western in Psychology553.  Frederick Lighthall is  presently the
chairman of the  Educational Psychology Faculty,  department of education
at the  University of Chicago.  Lighthall is the associate  editor and
consultant for the  Journal of School Psychology  and is a life member of
the  American Association for the  Advancement of Science.He is a  licensed
consulting psychologist  in the state of Connecticut.  Some of Lighthall's 
publicationsare Anxiety in  Elementary School Children,  and Pedagogisk
Forskning  The psychology departmenthopes to get the approval of  Tyler and
Lighthall for the  d o c t o r a t e proposal. The  comments
andrecommendations  of the two will be incorporated  into the final draft
of the  proposal and will be presented to the Graduate Council which  will
determine if it is ready for  review.  by BOB SPEED  The
NixonAdministration  opened up several areas in the  Rocky Mountains to
shale oil  research and developmentWednesday.  T h e e n v i r o n m e n t
al  implications of this action are  potentially more disastrous thanstrip
mining for coal. Coal  stripping has laid waste to huge  analysis  parts of
several eastern states,especially West Virginia.  Over 99 per cent of the
shale  ripped out of the Rocky  Mountains will have to be  dumped
somewhere. The  proposal offered Wednesday was  to fill in mountain valleys
and  create newpeaks which are  "environmentally compatibile"  with the
surrounding areas.  do//ff!ed/I  10 MISC. FORSALE  * * * Stereo Systems
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country ski  boots, 1974 model-size ll%reg.  $35.00 now 28.00. 1 pr. X.C. 
boots, used, size 11%-$ 10.00. 1  pr. used hiking boots - top  shape-$60.00
value-size  liy4-now $20.00. Phone  733-5461^ ask_forJrank.  12 REAL ESTATE
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college.Save  brokerage fees, owner.  5A2-%21^  20_FJ0RRENT  Room for rent,
2 girls to take  our room in neatold house off  campus. W/W carpet, picture
 window, share large kitchen  (gas) and bath with 5 girls onsame floor.
Laundry facilities  and additional freezer space in  basement. Mr. Fixit
Landlord.  $50 each permonth. 733-6049  or_7 33-9968.  IL^PESJUDERS  Share
drivint  /or ride. Mt.  Vernon area-B'ham, MWF 8 am,  class_ou_t at_3_.
424-9891.  32 WANTED  Wanted: male student witJi  son needs a
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HELP WANTED  Counselling, coordinator, Rarma  Clinic,experience, in
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Secretarial help wanted in  newspaper office.Experience  helpful. Contact
Western  Front Business Manager. Leave  class schedule   phone  number. 40
SERVICES  S.C.U.B.A. - Just getting  certified? The air may be getting 
colder but the water's aboutthe  same. Get your wetsuit now (for  x-mas?)
and don't wait till spring  to start diving. Customs by 1IMPERIAL - see the
new  swim-position Penguin suit  complete line of equipment.  Divers Supply
676-8029, Mon.  nights or call anytime this qtr. a  student_next^ a shop. 
Young learners: A learningexperience for 3 to 4 year olds,  for information
call: 733-7242.  C 0_M E T~ "ST C7)~S~M1 CSIGNIFICANCE, world 
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98507.  Expert typing, fast service.  734-9176_.  52 LOST AND FOUND  Lost:
a black wallet. Lost on  campus Thur., Nov. 30. I.D.  papers andsentimental
value.  If found please call 733-2666  or return to V.U. Lost and  Found
Main desk. REWARD! Lost: reddish-brown afghan  puppy. Red harness collar. 
Call 734-1560.  Lost: Doctor's bag full of skiequipment. Reward! Lost 
between "J" Street and North  Lake Whatcom, Call: Tom  734-8253.  53
FREEMiddle size two-year old, honey  blond, people lover. She's a  boarder
collie-mix. Will hold  until x-mas.676-0631. Or 1016  PugetSt.  ;  No
environmental restrictions  were proposed for the project in  theWednesday
decision.  There must be a better way.  During the remaining 27  years of
the twentiethcentury,  energy will be a key question.  This will be the
period of the  energy "crunch," when demand  willoutstrip available
supplies.  Nuclear power is proposed to  be the main new source of  power.
It has beenstated in  previous articles in this series  that although
nuclear power  plants can be operated safely,  thewastes are among the most
 poisonous substances known.  Oil use will continue to rise,  but is a
finiteresource with a  limited future. Coal will again  become one of the
most  important fuels, as technologicala d v a n c e s improve its 
performance.  Technological improvements  for coal include the production 
ofhigh quality oil from coal.  With most fuels, pollution is  one of the
main considerations  Coal and oil bothproduce  hydrocarbon pollutants,
carbon  monoxide and other chemical  pollutants, as well as heatpollution.
Nuclear fuels produce  radioactive emissions and wastes  and generate heat
waste.  Nuclearfusion, the power of  the hydrogen bomb, is being 
researched. Within the past two  years, Sovietscientists have made 
breakthroughs which make  fusion a practical process,  relatively
pollution-free.  The major problem with  fusion lies in the extremely high 
temperatures which must be  generated to beginand maintain  the reaction.
No material exists  which can withstand the  temperatures, over one
milliondegrees Centigrade, so research is  b e i n g done u t i l i z i ng 
electromagnetism as a shield.Electrolizing water into its  c o m p o n e n
t parts, and  recombining them electrically,  produces powerwhich could be 
used on large and small scale  operations to produce power.  Only one waste
product isproduced - water. Hydrogen  generation has been suggested as  a
feasible alternative to fossil  fuel forrunning automobiles.  Electrolytic
converters have  been suggested to produce  power for homes.  The sun is
already being used  in many places around the world  on a small scale. In
Japan, vinyl  pillows placedon roofs heat  water for home use, especially 
bathing. In the U.S., some  housing developments are being  c o n s t r u c
t e d experimentally,  utilizing solar-cell panels in roofs  which
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Friday, December 7, 1S gt;7  Western Front 3  AFT would keep faculty, cut
fees  by KEITH MYETTE(Ed. note: This is the final  installment of a series
tracing the  growth of the local chapter of  the AmericanFederation of 
Teachers.)  Most state legislators have  seen education as a commodity  to
be used for thebest interests  of the community. With that is  mind,
Western was ordered to  give back $1.62 million ofstate  funds budgeted for
students that  didn't register last fall.  This means a reduction in up  to
100faculty positions, and the  American Federation of  Teachers (AFT),
largely  composed of young,untenured  teachers (who would be the first  to
go if reductions would be  based on tenure and seniority)felt the crunch
with the rest of  the college community.  Reductions were ordered  because
enrollmentfigures  forecast by the state's Office of  Program Planning and
Fiscal  Management (OPP   FM) did  notmaterialize.  Gov. Dan Evans later
vetoed  the measure, but it will be  brought up again this January. 
AFTposition papers insisted  on the "primacy of the  instructional program"
and  demanded that instructionalbudget cuts "come only after  the exercise
of every other  possible means of saving  money," but cutswere still 
forecast.  Local AFT President J. Kaye  Faulkner of the economics and 
business departmenthas tried  (thus far unsuccessfully) to  impress upon
legislators the need  to hold back on the cuts.Faulkner does not fit the 
stereotype of the professorial  scholar. At home in the  classroom or in
the laborhall,  Faulkner puts the problem  facing the AFT quite simply: 
"We should be getting these  bastards thatare oppressing us!"  Faulkner has
cultivated  relationships with community  and state labor leaders,playing 
down "the elite characterism, of  We should  get those bastards  oppressing
us.  collegeprofessors" in discussions  with labor.  The local AFT chapter 
supported the oil chemical  workers' strikeagainst Shell Oil  last year,
and Faulkner has  expressed support for the  striking retail clerks
unionagainst the downtown Bon  Marche.  Languages face cut  Unable to come
up with  concrete reductions infull-time  equivalencies (FTEs), the foreign
 language department finds itself  facing a sub-unit analysis bythe 
administration.  Department chairman Walter  Robinson said the department 
had been unable toguarantee  around two of the seven FTSs  r e q u i r e d
in t he  reduction-in-force policy of the  college.The department was 
reduced from 19 to 12 FTEs in  the Mischaikow report.  Because of the
uncertainties  in the implementation of the  reduction, the department's 
faculty has been reluctant to  sign letters ofintent to  participate in a
reduction  program.  W e d n e s d a y , however;  department members
signed  le t t e r s specifying which  professor would do what in the 
reduction program. According to  a Dec. 4memo to the  department from the
Academic  Coordinating Committee (ACC),  the letters of intent were tohave 
been signed and turned in by  n o o n W e d n e s d a y or  administration
would have to  start theirown sub-unit analysis  in preparation to FTE 
reductions.  The department's professors  disagreecompletely with the 
policies of the Mischaikow  committee in regard to  reallocation and
reduction inforce according to the letters  signed Wednesday.  The letter
says the faculty  signed "for humanitarianreasons" and agree to take part 
in the program.  "If we do not- sign the  letters," Eunice Faber said,
"theadministration will implement  its own sub-unit analysis for  laying
off faculty."  Wednesday Loreh Webb of t h e ACC informed the  department
that they had  already done a sub-unit analysis  of the departmentand came
up  with reductions of 2.5 FTEs in  French, 2 in German and  Spanish, .25'
in Russian andLinguistics, and none in- Classics.  tf 7X gt;1^
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Fiction.  Faulkner sees Western'ssalvation lying with the  legislature in
January, and he has  secured "explicit support" from  the WhatcomCounty
Central  Labor Council, which represents  most AFL-CIO affiliated unions 
in the county (the AFT is an  AFL-CIO affiliate).  The labor council has 
approved and sent to other  councils a position papersupporting the right
of faculty  members to bargain collectively  and strike,and ask for changes
in  tuitionand fees that would  "enhance, rather than kill," the 
opportunities for working-class,  students to attendcollege.  According to
Faulkner, this  support would bind union  lobbyists in Olympia to "massive 
support" for higher education  funding.  Besides asking for labor's  lobby
support, Faulkner plans to  initiate acollege-wide faculty  poll asking for
institution of a  collective bargaining agent, most  likely the AFT.  Most
proposals aimed at  easing the budget crisis were  drafted by AFT members, 
i n c l u d i n g the Summer  (Stanford) Plan, which would, in  effect,
hire professors for a  three-quarter period.  Besides keeping more 
professors employed by the  college, the plan would stop  older, tenured
faculty members  from teachingduring the  summer session.  A few members
have resigned  from the local AFT chapter, but  Faulknersees the remaining 
It isn't another  coffee club. We have  an emotional commitment  to
action.'members (there are currently  167) as dedicated.  "It is not simply
another  coffee club," he said. "We have  an intellectual and emotional 
commitment \ to action."  The increasing pace of the  union's
activities,which has  drained Faulkner, has led to fewer  meetings and more
executive  committee sessions, asituation  Faulkner dislikes and promises 
to correct..  "Things have moved fast," he  said. "We (theexecutive 
committee) are almost a shadow  administration at this point."  But he
added, "You either trust us or you don't."  FRIDAY NITE: SEAFOOD BUFFET 
DINNERS - $2.75 plus tax  LUNCH-$1.80 plus tax1315 COMMERCIAL 734-8085 
wcvs CHUCICMGON  The  LDS  INSTOT  Presents  this quarter:  TheFollowing
Classes:  REL. 442: History and Doctrine of L.D.S. Church:  (1820-1844). (2
credits)  Sections:Mon. 10:00- 11:30am  Tues. 3:00-4:30 pm  Thurs.
7:30-9:00 pm  REL. 238: Contemporary Issues:  Current Religious questions
and issues. This course is designed to allow  students to discuss openly
many areas of religious concern that grow out of  their own current
personal questions or interests. (1-2 credits)Sections: Sections: m  Mon.
12:00-1:00 p.m.  Tues. 8:00 - 9:30 p.m  Thurs. 12:00 -1:00 p.m.  THECHURCH
OFJESUSCHRIST  OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS  Music 10: Institute Chorus:  (Anyone
admittedwithout audition.)  Music Director will be,  Phillip D.Grothaus.(l
credit) .  Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm TuesdaysBellingham Institute of Religion 
90 Highland Drive  Next door to the Campus Christian
Ministry.•..y,: lt;/5»^.v_
•V.v.vA.-.'-V  VA can get  vets' checks  by Monday 
Veterans who aren't gettingtheir educational benefits should  contact the
League of Collegiate  Veterans, according to LCV  directorGary Thompson. 
Many vets enrolled at Western  this quarter have been having  trouble
collecting theirbenefits,  he said, but they can get action  by contacting
the LCV before  Monday. The director of theVeterans Administration Office 
in Seattle, W. R. Phillips, has  assured the LCV that he will 
personallyhandle all problems  pertaining to veterans checks.  For more
information  contact the League of Collegiate  Veterans, Viking Union 226,
or  phone 676-3460.  •K-SIiW.iXMXv:': lv\-K v.^v.y,v^.'-



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4 Westejsv Front Priday, Pep^nj^er 7, 1973  GRAND OPENING  Pioneer Sound
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Intelligence Tests  (NITWIT) has sent us our final  exams forthis quarter.
However,  they inform us that they will not  be able to grade the answers 
since they aredisbanding to save  energy.  Once again, a team of local 
researchers who share the  NITWIT philosophyhave added  a number of
questions pertaining  to local issues.  National Issues  - 1) Egil Krogh,
Jr., aWhite  House "plumber," has recently  pleaded guilty in federal
court.  His crime was:  a) installing'a faultyflushing  arm in the White
House John;  b) failing to adequately plug up administration "leaks"; 
c)authorizing the burglary of a psychiatrist's office;  d) getting caught. 
2) Energy czar John Love recentlyresigned from the Nixon  administration
because his views differed from those of the  President. He hadproposed: 
a) cutting his own work week down to two days;  b) converting the engine of
Air Force I to runon peanut butter;  c) rationing gasoline to consumers; 
d) heating the entire Capital with the hot air given off by the Oval 
Office.  3) Time Magazine last month printed its first editorial in 50
years.  The editorial called for:  a) the re-instatement of Spiro Agnew; 
b) more government controls of the press;  c) the WashingtonRedskins to try
more end runs;  d) the resignation of the President.  4) A recent survey
indicated thatgarbagemen are among the most  trusted individuals in our
society. In light of this:  a) The Republicans will probably nominate a
garbageman for  President in '76;  b) a team of 13 garbagemen has been
appointedto replace the  Watergate investigating committee;  ' c) Spiro
Agnew is taking a correspondence course inlarge can  handling.  Essay
Questions  I) Compare and contrast the Royal families of England and
theU.S., especially noting similarities of the recent royal wedding in 
Britain to the earlier wedding, in thiscountry, between Princess Julie  and
Sir David of Ike.  II) President Nixon is seeking support these daysby
boldly  announcing that he is "not a crook." What is the name of the last 
national official to make sucha claim? (Hint: If you don't remember  his
name now, perhaps you agnew it earlier this year.)  HI) Applyingthe
nation's agricultural policy to the gasoline  shortage, what are the
chances that the government willsoon start  importing large automobiles
from the Ukranian U.S.S.R. to use up  the gasoline we don't have? Local
Issues  1) The Viking wrestling team will be seeking its first dual meet 
victory of the season:  a)against Oregon College of Education;  b) against
Eastern Washington State College;  c) against KahouTech;  d) for along
time.  2) Wayne Morse recently spoke at Western. He is:  a) the inventor of
thetelegraph code;  b) a former U.S. senator from Oregon;  c) enrolling as
a physical education major;  d)being held prisoner in the basement of
Wilson Library.  3) In order to cut down the number of students who leave 
Western at the end of this quarter, the college administration is going 
to:  a) lock the doors;  b)lower the Winter quarter tuition to 17 cents; 
c) ask Santa Claus for 1,000 toy students;  d) pray.  4) The"AFT" is an
important group on campus these days.  "AFT" stands for:  a) Asking for
Tenure;  b) Ailing,Failing and Trailing  c) American Federation of
Teachers;  d) Associated Friends of the Trustees.  BonusQuestion:  What is
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Friday, l cember 7, 1973 Westerri Front  editorial  Cop-out charge wrong
Boycott wines  ^ ^^ ^^ The United Farm workers Sunnnrr fYimmirree here at 1
 After hours of arduous meetings listening to  heads ofstudent services
tell their stories, the  committee to recommend cuts decided not one 
service should beeliminated.  The problem faced then was how to give 
students the same services for less cost — how topry
loose the dollars without collapsing the  edifice.  Some termed it a
"cop-out." They wanted only  the"necessary" services to remain.  A student
is not going to need all the services  all the time, but there aretimes
when a student is  going to need one of them — any one
of them.  This is the reason a totalprogram of services,  without gaps, is
needed.  There are also those critics who say that a  collegeenvironment is
unnatural and that "all  those services" make it even more unnatural, 
hence wrong. There is nothing unnatural about a  college campus. If growth
is natural then a campus  can be the most natural ofplaces.  The point of
student services is that they either  hold the student together so that he
can grow orthey actively aid that growth.  There is a cop-out the committee
still has a  chance of performing, however.That is, to fail to  make heard
that the services need reorganizing and  that they need to be more
visibleand available to  the students and others on campus. The associate 
and assistant deans' functionsespecially need such  clarification.  Maybe
Jerry Anderson, the new academic vice  presidenr, is right:there are
problems now, but  there are opportunities.  commentary  Gay compliments
'warmth'  "I wasbiased, having heard  you speak before. I expected  cold
rhetoric — you extended  warm feeling. Iexpected you to 
flaunt an attitude of aloof  security-lost in your own trip to  your own
view of the world."  Ihave been so engulfed by  the warmth of the response
to  "Troubadour" from people here  at Western, thatI can no longer  contain
my joy. Hence, I am  compelled to share with you  excerpts from letters I
havevreceived. I too was biased while I  was in preparation for this 
performance. I thought surely  that peoplewould miss the  essence, lose it
in their  judgements about my artistic  ability or their struggle to 
maintain validity in the  foundations of their bigotry.  The oceans
• of support from  Alliance members inleafleting,  having
the tickets, programs,  posters printed, etc. gave me no  clue that this
performance of"Troubadour" would be an  especially humanistic experience 
for myself as well as others.  " . . . Instead Iencountered  vulnerability,
love, and concern  for others . . . I found grains of  tolerance as you
spoke ofoppression — I was awaiting  bitterness.  S o ,
excuse me for  my expectations and thanks for  your giftof self."  When I
walked off the stage  during the first night's  experience, I went to my 
dressing room torecuperate  from the tremendous emotional  trauma. I sat
for awhile with my  head in my hands trying tostop  my tears. When I looked
up, the  room was full of people, all  looking at me, who had been 
standingquietly as I put myself  together. I smiled and found  m y s e l f
i n s t a n t a n e o u s ly  submerged in acommunal hug.  " . . . I t has
long been  observed that much of the  prejudice against gay people
isderived from reaction in  heterosexuals to fears about  their own latent
sexual  tendencies."  The secondnight my mother  was there. Also my great
aunt,  also my lover's mother. I knew  that my actions thatevening  would
be forever bronzed in  their minds from then on. I felt  every second on
stage to be  climatic. I was exhausted after  my first few opening lines. I
 wanted to walk off and forget  this whole business.Thank God  I didn't.  "
. . . Although predominantly  heterosexually-oriented, I  occasionally find
myselfphysically attracted to other  men. For awhile, after I  recognized
and admitted this to  myself, I found itdisturbing,  almost frightening. I
have,  however, come to accept this as  not unnatural; certainly the
gayliberation effort has had an  influence in my change in  attitude.  God
bless you."  When my mother walked up  to me that night and hugged me, 
saying, "Honey, that was  beautiful," something I've been  waiting all my
life to hear, when  people that I've never met began  to approach me on
campus and  in broad daylightgreet me with  handshakes, hugs, and even 
kisses, and when these  wonderfully uplifting letters,  notes,and phone
calls arrive in  the office, I know it has all been  worth it. I've never
known any  artistic orhumanistic endeavor  on my part to have been such a 
fulfilling experience. For what  it's worth these days, I love you  all. 
Thank you,  Rebecca Valrejean  GPA  r  ADVERTISING: 676-3160  EDITORIAL:
676-3161 EDITOR: Rodger Painter  MANAGING EDITOR: Stephanie Smith  NEWS
EDITOR: Sonja Brown  ARTSAND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Victoria Hamilton 
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Judy MooersASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER: Carolyn Hugh 
SPORTS EDITOR: O.K. Johnson  COPYEDITORS: Jim Brooks, Charles Child, Ken
Rosenthal  PHOTO EDITOR: Jim ThomsonPHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Bertram  AD MANAGER:
Cliff Portman  GRAPHICS: John Manly, Dave PorterBUSINESS MANAGER: Elnora
Eitelgeorge  REPORTERS: Eden Alexander, Bruce Blizard, Jack Broom,Greg
Cohen, Bill De Witt, Mary Lu  Eastham, Anthony Floor, Ray Fumess, Nick
Gardner, Bruce Hayes,Michael Hennessy, Moises  Hernandez, Carolyn Hugh,
John Hymas, Sherry Johannes, Patt Johnson,Rahn Lahti, Robert  Laird, Lyn
LaSorella, Erik Magnuson, John Manly, Debbie Matuizek, DeborahMcBride, 
Timothy Moore, Keith Myette, Eric Nelson, Ken Olsen, Dave Peterson, Louie
Phillips, CarolynPrice, Dan Raley, Alan Reed, David Rispoli, Dennis
Ritchie, Scott Roberts, Ric Roff, Kathi  Sandboe, SueScott, Robert Sims,
Kathy Singrey, Benno Steckler, Sherry Stripling, Bernie  Thomas, Duff
Wilson, Duane Wolfe.  The Western Front is the official newspaper of
Western Washington State College. Editorialopinions are those of  the
writer.  Entered as second class postage at Bellingham, Washington 98225.
The Front is represented by NEAS, New York.  Regular issues are published
on Tuesdays and Fridays.Composed in the Western print shop and printed at
the  LyndenTribune.  ADVISER: Pete Steffens  TheUnited Farmworkers Support
Committee here at Western has  begun a boycott campaign against Gallowines
as part of its regular  activity.  This effort is part of a nationwide
campaign now underway in  supportof the U.F.W., which is on strike against
Gallo.  The Farmworkers signed a contract with Gallo, the largest  domestic
wine producer, in 1967. This contract was renewed in  1970. However, when
it came up forrenewal this vear. Gallo refused  to sign, and instead signed
an agreement with the Teamsters Union.They did this as part of an attempt
by the California growers to bust  the U.F.W., which through itsorganizing
efforts has for the first  time won basic rights for farm labor in this
country.  Farm workers,mostly Chicano, are one of the most oppressed  and
underpaid sections of the work force. They arespecifically  excluded from
present labor legislation, and therefore cannot call for  a N.L.R.B.
election tosettle the question of which they want to  belong to.  For that
reason, the Gallo field workers had no choice but to go  out on strike to
support their right to be represented by the U.F.W.  The Teamsters
Unionleadership has no interest in improving the  lot of agricultural
labor. If they did, they would simply keep out,  and not disgrace the labor
movement by aiding the big growers in an  attack on the U.F.W. 
Recentrevelations about Teamster contributions to the Nixon  reelection
campaign, in return for a halt to a federalinvestigation of  misuse of
Teamster pension funds, shows the real character of the  present
Teamsterleadership.  Gallo wines include "Boone's Farm," "Spanada,"
"Tyrolia,"  "Ripple," "Thunderbird," "RedMountain" and "Raisano," as well 
as the "Gallo" brand. Any wine with "Modesto, Calif." on the label  ismade
by Gallo.  The U.F.W. Support Committee here is asking students not to 
purchase these wines.Presently, however, the boycott campaign here  in
Bellingham is centering on convincing local merchantsnot to  stock Gallo
products. This effort has already met with considerable  success, with the
FairhavenTavern, Cal's Tavern, Pete's Tavern and  the Wine Cellar all
agreeing not to purchase any further Galloproducts when their current
supply is sold out.  The committee is planning to work from this base
ofsupport  until all retailers have agreed not to stock Gallo wine. Those
who are  unwilling to comply with theboycott will have their names 
published on a list to be distributed among local students and
tradeunionists.  Aside from the Gallo boycott campaign, the Farmworkers 
Support Committee here is regularlyengaged in- picketing Safeway  and
carrying out a variety of other activities.  The committee holds
regularweekly meetings which are open to .  all interested individuals.
These meetings are held every Thursday at  7:30 p.m. in the MECHA office,
Room 010 Viking Union.  Karl Foreman  United Farmworkers  SupportCommittee 
letters  'Right on' housing ad  implies sexual bias  Editor, Western Front:
 We would like toquestion an  advertisement which seems  sexist to us.  The
housing advertisement of  Nov. 16 pictures ayoung man  looking at a book
The Calculus.  The words run "Why walk a mile  for a class? Live close.
Live on.  Housing 676-2950." Because of  the macho appeal, it seems  n e c
e s s a r y to read theadvertisement with a hip and  rugged voice. "Right
On"  conveys a very sexual base tinge.  The young man is hard as  evidenced
by his scarf and  general aura, yet a "pretty boy."  The Michael Landon,
Mark Spitz "I drink milk" sex model that  sells both milk and sex.  We do
not know if this is all  conscious or sub-conscious, it  would seem both.
If housing  advertises they are saying  on-campus housing is not
justordinary, but better than  ordinary. And so the young man  has
everything because he does  live on-campus, or will. He has  "brains,"
observe the Calculus  book he is holding. It is our  hypothesis that
thisyoung man  would not be presented with a  music book in hand, not an
art  book, not a language book,since  none . of these would fit the 
somewhat "cool image." The  young man appears more  analyticalthan
emotional, as  men have been so characterized  for centuries. Areas of
study are  seemingly dividedinto their  respective analytic-masculine  a n
d emotional-feminine  categories.  As a fashionableheterosexual  male, the
women are "just  implied." This young man is  what women are supposed to 
want and men are supposed to  want to be like. This young man  is thus
"sold" by housing to the  consumer.There are other messages  certainly. The
hole in his shoe  shows he will be better off living  on campus . .. but we
did not  even notice this until pointed  out to us.  We are posing our own
biases  certainly, but wehave obtained  them through such advertising as 
this. We are urging that some  consideration be given to matters of this
sort in hopes of  surpassing our stereotyped,  commercialized notions.  We
would invitereplies from  housing, The Front and others.  Janet Horton 
Jonathon Apples  Mariann Cimino  SueEdwardsen



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734-3630  Next to the Bon  by JOHN HYMAS  EDEN ALEXANDER  The Northwest
Passage, Washington's only  'alternative' newspaper, is alive and kicking
in its  tiny office above rapidlychanging Harris Street.  The Passage first
appeared on the streets in  1969. It was one of the manyalternative papers 
which sprang up in the discontent and turbulence  of the late 1960s.
Circulation is now4,200.  "Obviously," said John Brockhaus, Passage 
worker, "the Bellingham Herald is very right-wing.The Passage serves as an
outlet for a lot of people  in Bellingham, Seattle and points in between, 
whoseinterests aren't reported by even the more  liberal papers."  The
Passage has a distinct, rather low-keystyle  which separates it from other
alternative papers  such as the Berkeley Barb or Los Angeles FreePress. 
Four-letter words are used with discretion, and  sexist language and ads
are carefully screenedout.  A policy was adopted last fall to eliminate the
 universal "he" in material submitted to the Passageand replace it with
"he/she".  The content of the Northwest Passage reflects  the people
working on it. One issue may be mostly  "down home funk" and another, "hard
core  , political stuff," Brockhaus said.  ThePassage calls itself a
"fortnightly journal of  ecology, politics, the arts and good healthy
living."  Each ofthese take turns being the outstanding  feature.  For a
while the Passage had a very strong  ecologicalflavor. Although the
environmental  bend has never diminished, the content gradually  moved to
back-to-the-land articles, such as goat  raising, organic gardening and
other related topics.  Currently it has lostsome of its country flavor and 
increased its political content.  Articles printed in the Passage
arecontributed  by members of the community and staff and are  completely
unpaid. Anyone can work on the paper. Editorship is rotated each issue
among   gt;Jjiose fairly experienced with Passage production.Recently a
cooperative editorship has been tried.  Passage staff member and part-time
Western  studentBilly Patz explained that there are fewer  students on the
paper at present. "Most of the  workers now arefrom the community
(Southside)  so there's more community orientation."  This system of a
totallyvolunteer paper is not  without its problems. Often the paper seems
to be  on the verge of collapse.Complete turnovers in the  staff take place
frequently. No one currently  working on the paper began with itfour and a
half  years ago.  The staff doesn't do as much of the writing  these days
because of fewermembers, and so less  time. Community sources are depended
on for  news and events. Most of the staffworkers are  "self-taught
journalists with no previous experience.  "The kind of people who relate to
thePassage  don't commit themselves — people just don't
stay  with one thing too long anymore," saysPatz. "We  often think about
ways to get people interested,  but are successful only to a certain
degreebecause  of today's culture."  It is hard to generalize about just
who works  for the Passage. People comeand go.  fortnightly journal of
ecology,  politics, the arts and living.'  Financial problems are also
commonfor an  alternative newspaper in a small city.  The main crisis,
insists Brockhaus, is the people  working on the paper; or lack of them. 
He has doubts as to whether the spirit of  volunteerism is still around,
andfears that unless  "some way is found to pay a few coordinators; 
chances are fair that it (the Passage)may fold."  "But not" he added, "in
the near future."  Many people have been burned out trying to  keep the
paper together because they also have to  spend time working for a
livelihood. After a  certain point, thelimitations imposet  all-volunteer
paper finds some who have  lot of time to it to move on.iVith a fewmembers,
Brockhaus felt, the quality  Passage would improve. More time  devoted to
organization andkeeping  events.  Rumors that the Passage was going  were
"one disgruntled staff member  Brockhaussaid.  This summer when the demise
of th  seemed imminent, the larger advertising  Seattle and greaterhuman
resources were  A crisis meeting was called to discuss th(  relocation. 
The Passage officeoverflowed  concerned folks who immediately put  the idea
of moving. There were many peo  chaoticmeeting but, unfortunately,  without
a good idea of where they could  As a result, although firmly piBellingham,
the Passage staff is as small  been.  The Northwest Passage survives becau 
still feel there is a need for more  Bellingham paper and a" few have
enougl  help put it out. Articles on Bellingham  lobby,local food
conspiracies,  entertainments and the events calendar  be found in a copy
of the Bellingham Hei  Staff members next week will attenc  conference of
Oregon and Washington fr  to discuss problems andideas to  circulation and
financing. According  direction of the conference will be  toward
productive ways of support, com  as a source for social change and to 
stronger line of communication with  Environmentalproblems, the same throu 
Northwest, will be another topic.  Tom Begnal, staff member for a year 
told ofthe upcoming holiday issue. It  "Christmas, Hanukkah, and other
cultura  as well as winter crafts and artwith  politics as possible."  d  
gt; bellingham  travel  Zurline   Piovesan  Charters to Europe 
CompleteTravel Service  Leopold I nn Bldg. 733-1270  Apologies are extended
to those  who may have feltdiscriminated  against or felt injured by
posters  appearing around the campus which  offered summer jobsto
Christians  only.  These signs were posted in  connection with the
Southwestern  Company, TimesMirror  Corporation.  It was not my intent to 
discriminate against any individual  on the basis of race, color, creed, 
national origin, age, sex, marital  status, or physical, sensory, or 
mental handicap, as provided by  Washington State Law Against 
Discrimination, in any recruiting or  hiring procedure in which I
aminvolved.  Persons who feel so  discriminated against, please  contact me
at:  Mr. Doug Leber11518S.E.240th  Kent, Washington 98031  Phone: UL 2-4703
 I will attempt to make  reconciliation.  Thisoffer is made in agreement 
with the Washington State Human  Rights Commission in
conciliationofCaseNo.E-2238 ^ ^ ^  Doug Leber  Student life  by ERIK
MAGNUSON  Disgruntled dorm residents fed up with the  high cost of Saga
food might be interested to  know that at one time $2.75 bought three
squaremeals a day for a week. The source of the eats  wasn't Saga, but a
boarding house on High Street  —and the year was 1899. 
In 1889 Fairhaven was a thriving community  with a salmon cannery and
fishingfleets.  Bellingham had a respectable 22,000 people. Holly  Street
was a plank road.  The campus itselfwas dotted with logs and  stumps, much
of it was swampy and students had  to walk on boards to keepfrom getting
their feet  soaked.  Life wasn't all that easy in the opening year of  "New
Whatcom NormalSchool", as Western was  called then. A history of the
school, called "The  First Fifty Years," was writtenin 1949 by a group  of
faculty members. This brief work provides a  vivid glimpse into the lives
of the early"pioneers."  "Students were scattered all over town in  rooms
furnished in many cases with a cheap  rentfor Western  washstand or a box
used for that purpose, a table  and a bed," the authors explain.  Therewas
a bright spot however - the  principal's wife often combed the streets of 
Bellingham for studentlodgings at her husband's  request. Apparently,
women's lib had not yet  come into vogue.  The 264students attending
Whatcom Normal  were at no loss for recreation, we are told. There  were
"steamerexcursions," up and down Lake  Whatcom and hikes along Chuckanut
Drive, "then  a narrow, steep,dangerous trail."  For the more
intellectually inclined there were  the joys of the "Thespian Club", and
five"literary  societies" were set up in the first year.  Dramatic troupes
went in small boats to islands(presumably the San Juans) or "traveled rough
 corduroy roads . . . to little lamp-lighted school  houses."Due to the
high percentage of Swedes,  Finns and Norwegians enrolled, an entire play
of  Shakespearemight be heard in a thick  Scandanavian accent.  It seems
students were content with such  dive  "NoWha  mali  "sm  pert  exp lt; 
but  valu  driv  "ze;  edu  thre  to  schc  yell  • * *!
./cft ^^i.K.  TheStudent Co-Op Bookstore Board and  Management would like
to announce a change  in the Bookstore'sUsed Book Policy.  Beginning Winter
quarter, the used selling  price on both hardback and paper texts will 
reflect a 25% savings off the new retail price.  Previously, the savings on
hardback texts  amounted toonly 15% off the retail price. In  conjunction,
adopted texts — quantities on  hand warranting
— willuniformily be bought  back at 50% off the new book
price.  Implementation of this new policy will  saveWestern Students $8,000
per year on the  cost of text books.  • gt;;. .M. Si ':
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Friday, December 7, 1973 Western Front 7  Ry Cooder plays  'devilish
rhythms'  ff  Le  Le  le  e  e  o  r  Le  by KEN ROSENTHAL  Ry Cooder,
flailing  maniacally on mandolin,  exorcising devilish rhythms from  his
guitar and singing strongly in  the studied manner of an  authentic
old-time blues man,  was warmlyreceived at last  Saturday's concert in the
Music  Auditorium.  His hour-and-a-half set, his  first liveappearance in
eight  months, featured a number ot  Sleepy John Estes tunes, some  Joseph
Spencesongs and such  obscure "classics" as "I Caught a  Stranger in the
House and I  Busted Him With aClub," "Call  Jesus on the Mainline and Tell 
Him What You Want" and a  song about Billy the Kid,referred to by Cooder as
"a  snotty, half-wit slob."  Personally, it was his  stringwork that was
impressive.In his hands the mandolin,  usually a rather unobtrusive 
instrument, became a powerful,  train-rolling forcebehind the  vocals. His
guitar playing was  likewise fine - particularly the  bottleneck stuff. 
There was aquality in his  vocals that turned me off once  or twice which
is not to say his  singing wasn't strong (itwas) or  appropriate to the
songs (it was).  It just seemed that this young  and talented White man's
vocals  were the result of a studied  reproduction of the Black men  w h o
s e music he was  predominantlyusing.  Which brings me to the  excellent
film about 75-year-old  Black singer-philosopher ManceLibscomb that
preceded  Cooder's set. Libscomb's rural,  h a r d t i m e s b a c k g r o
u nd  produced anauthentic musical  idiom that expressed very  personal
feelings about the  human condition.  Cooder'sHollywood hills 
reproductions of Sleepy John,  for example, expressed the  life-view of the
man but failedto  e l i c i t t h e d e ep  e m o t i o n
al-personal-attachment -  to life of the original. Perhaps  Cooder'suse of
a small amplifier  added to this effect.  Perhaps I quibble.  N o t w i t h
s t a n d i n g thesereservations, Cooder's set  contained many fine
moments,  the audience was very  appreciative (a three-song encore  was the
result of a standing  ovation) and the Program  His mandolin  became a 
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end to an outstanding  series ofconcerts that brought a  variety of
talented artists to  Western.  And then there is Winter  q u a r t e r
.Leading off a  f o u r - c o n c e r t Program  Commission line-up will be
the  Michael Bloomfield Group,Jan.  12 in the Music Auditorium at 8  p.m.
Tickets will cost $3.50 and  will be sold at the VU  InformationDesk, Puget
Sound  Records and the Fairhaven  Tavern.  The Paul Butterfield Blues 
Band, Bob Dylan, the Electric  F l a g , Super Sessions,  Triumvirate, etc.
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the accomplishedkeyboard man who played with  Butterfield for a number of 
years.  Would you believe Randy  Newman?Buy tickets early for  this sure
sell-out. The Newman  concert will be Saturday, Jan.  26, in the
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Friday, December ?,' 1973 Western Frimt  Service cuts recommended  Cont.
from pg. 1  holy hell on this," Douglas  exclaimed, "and prove to them 
that these services are necessary  to retaining students and that  they are
sufficient enough now  to do this."  Romine stated the reason for  the
Board's action asstemming  from a communication weakness  in the services
area. Testimony  from service areas to thecommittee was evidence of the 
communication block.  "If we didn't even know what  each other wasdoing,"
he said,  "how could the board?"  Kay Burke, director of the  Viking Union
and who served onImpeachment  discussion  Wednesday  ' ' S h o u l d Nixon
be  Impeached?" will be the topic of  University of Washington history 
professor Giovanni Costigan's  talk at Fairhaven Auditorium  Wednesday,
Dec. 12at 7:30  p.m.  Costigan, who taught at  Fairhaven College last year,
is  well known for his interest in  civilliberties and his activities in 
behalf of the civil rights  movement.  The talk is sponsored jointly  by
theWhatcom County chapter  of the American Civil Liberties  Union and the
Vietnam Veterans  Against theWar/Winter Soldier  Organization.  An open
discussion session  will follow Costigan's  presentation. Theevent is free.
 the Mitchell Committee stated  she couldn't defend the need of  Health
Services when itfaced  strong opposition because she  didn't have any
information on  what Health Services did.  Becauseof this she supported 
the feeling of not being able to  "communicate to the board  unless as a
group."Jernberg also attacked the  library fund that received little 
attention as "inordinately high."  Coward alsoexpressed  dissatisfaction
with library's  book aquisition fund as  unnecessary since having so 
manybooks for so few students  was futile.  Activities budget axed 13%  The
AS government anddepartmentally related activities  such as drama, men's
and  women's athletics and musical  organizations will suffer from 10  to
13 per cent budget cuts over  the next six months because of 
decreasedenrollment.  The departmentally related  activities budgets,
totalling  $255,286 under last spring's  estimate of 7,462 full fee paying 
students, will be reduced by  $33,357 to $221,929 coming  from the actual
figureof  approximately 7,000 full fee  paying students.  The AS will take
an  approximatley 10 percent cut bylosing $15,000.  Each of the full fee
paying  students pay $ 11.10 out of their  tuition and fees for
thedepartmentally related activities.  The AS receives an additional  $6.40
from each student.  Informed onMonday of the  exact amount of money to be 
lost, representatives from each  activity decided to take theloss  equally
with each activity losing  between 12.9 and 13 per cent.  I n c l u d e d
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10 W^teitf Fjofrt fnSdyi December \ 1973'  Hoopsters fall in opener  men
and women  to bowl at regions IsFive men and five women  won the right to
represent  Western at the Associated  College UnionsInternational  (ACUI)
Regional Games  Tournament, in Gresham, Ore.  by winning the intramural 
bowlingtournament held Nov.  28 and 29.  The men topped a field of 24 
entrants, and the lowest qualifieraveraged over 181 for the  eight-game
tournament. The  winners and their totals are John  McDonald,1,539; Cal
Speer,  1,507; Bob Weinstein, !,475; Al  Wickland, 1,456; and Rahn  Lahti,
1,453.  Only sixwomen entered the  tournament. The top five are  Cyndi
Scott, 1,226; Cathy  Crockett, 1,200; KathleenKirsop, 1,096; Corlis
Boulton,  1,053; and Kitty Seaborn, 900.  The sixth woman, and first 
alternate incase one of the top  qualifiers can't make the  regionals trip,
is Joan Enslow,  Who bowled an 873 series.Lahti, the men's fifth place 
finisher, came in tied with the  men's first alternate, Mike  Steward,
after theregulation  eight games. The two had a one  game roll-off the next
day to  decide who would qualify for  the regionals.  Lahti, who wears an
artificial  leg as the result of a boyhood  accident, shot a 224, without
anopen frame, to steward's 173  game with two splits.  The regional games,
held Feb.  7, 8 and 9, and beingsponsored  by Portland State University and
 Portland Community College,  will include competitors from26  schools
throughout Washington,  Oregon, Idaho, Montana and  Canada.  by O. K.
JOHNSON  The jinx of Royal Brougham  Pavillion is still frustrating 
Western basketball teams.  Wednesday evening theVikings  never overcame
their first game  jitters and dropped a lackluster  66.-49 contest to
Seattle Pacific College in Seattle.  Today and tomorrow, the  Vikings will
be in Tacoma  participating in the DaffodilTournament hosted by the 
University of Puget Sound.  Western will play UPS tonight at  8 p.m. and
willface either the  winner or loser of the Portland  State-Fresno State
game.  Wednesday evening, Westerncould not get untracked  offensively.
After taking an early  4-2 lead on baskets by Chuck  Fisher and RobVisser,
the  Vikings went into a six-minute  cold spell that enabled the  Falcons
to establish a lead thatwas never headed.  Seattle Pacific's Mark Stream 
erupted for six of his 10  first-half points late in theinitial  period to
propel the Falcons to a  22-10 lead. The Vikings closed  within nine points
on baskets byKeith Lowry and Visser with  1:18 remaining, but Stream's 
passing and scoring propelled  SPC to a 28-17 halftime  advantage. 
Battling back from a 13-point  deficit early in the second hal"  the
Vikings, pulledwithin seven  points on a Fisher basket with  15:18 left to
play. It was as  close as Western got the rest of the night.  The Falcons
capitalized on  Western turnovers and used a  fast break offense during the
 nextsix minutes to breeze to a  commanding 51-31 lead. The  biggest Falcon
lead came with  4:48 left to playwhen SPC's  Nate Townsend's jumper gave 
the Falcons a 60-35 lead.  Craig Nicholes, Jim Hotvet  andChris Brown
finally caught  fire late in the contest to bring  Western within 17 points
as the  final buzzersounded.  Other than lack of scoring  power, Western
failed to  rebound aggressively against  their shorteropponents, giving 
the Falcons two and sometimes  three shots at the hoop in order  to score. 
Visser, atransfer from Grays  Harbor Community College, was  the workhorse
for the Vikings,  leading the Big Bluewith 11  points and pulling down 14 
rebounds. Hotvet was Western's  second leading scorer with eightpoints,
followed by Dick Bissell  with six. Stream led the winners  with 18 points,
followed by Al  Peelerwith 12.  Western's junior varsity  watched a
seven-point halftime  lead melt away as the Falcon  juniorvarsity rallied
to a 70-62  victory.  Western is now 0-1 on the  year while Seattle Pacific
is 3-0.  Western'sfirst home game will  be Jan. 3 against SPC at 7:30  p.m.
 Women harriers dominate  UW Invitational inSeattle  The women's
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note  lastSaturday at the University  of Washington Invitational in 
Seattle.  Although no official team  score wastabulated, Western's  H H
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The  Vikettes' Ronda Minor won the  individual title with a time of  17:30
for the2.6 mile course.  She was followed by Sue  Stange in third, Margie
Lindberg  in fifth and Sue Rivard insixth.  The host school was the only 
other complete team in the  meet. On the basis of unofficial  dualmeet
scoring Western beat  the University of Washington  9-19.  Western coach
Ralph  Vernacchia hasexpressed great  satisfaction with the progress of 
the team. None of the girls on  the team had run cross-country  before this
season.  It is hoped that the success of  this year's team will provide the
 impetus for a much improved  women's cross-country program  at Western. 
Tankers ready  for wef season  With onlyone returning  letterman, Western's
men's and  women's swim teams will be  facing an extremely uphillbattle  in
one of the toughest areas of  the country this season.  The Viks will face
such  expectedopponents as Pacific  Lutheran University, second in  the
NAIA championships last  season; CentralWashington,  perennial Evco
champions;  Southern Oregon College, last  year's Evco champion andHighline
Community College,  one of the strongest community  college teams in the
Northwest.  Theschedule of times and  dates for the teams is still being 
drawn up by the athletic  departments of thevarious  schools. The first
meet is  expected to be held several  weeks'into Winter quarter.  The
10member men's team  will be led by Paul Simmerly,  lone letterman and
finalist in the  100 and 200 yardbreast strokes  and medley relay in the
Evco  championship meet last year.  One performer from last year,  Robin
Allen, diver, is a possible  performer.  Other competitors on the 
predominantly freshman teaminclude Bob Lytke, Jeff Smith,  Greg Laing, Mark
Davis, Bill  Sawhill, Darrell Kimmerly, Joe  Coverson, JeffMickle, and Doug
 Danner.  The women's team, under the  tutelage of Coach Don Wiseman,  who
alsocoaches the men's  team, will have its ranks  increased by three
swimmers  who will join the team whenthe  volleyball season is over, 
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Friday;: Decembfe^?, '^0  Wessteffi Frori# 11 =:  Mingo takes first at
tourney pe|e Fires to meet  as Vikmatmen place second Capilano tomorrow 
Coming off a second-place  finish in the Simon Fraser  U n i v er s i t y
Invitational  tournament in Vancouver, B.C.  last week, the Viking
wrestling  team will travel toEllensburg to  participate in the Eastern  W
a s h i n g t o n Invitational  tournament tomorrow.  Injuries and upcoming
finals  will prevent the Viks from  taking a full contingent to the 
one-day tournament. MarkReiman and Tom Tripple are  sidelined with
injuries.  In last week's high finish  behind Pacific University,Western
was led by Dale Mingo,  118, who captured first place.  Second place
finishes were  garnered byMike Guthrie, 134;  Mark Reiman, 177, and Brett 
Bennett, heavyweight.  Other Vikings winning placesinclude Dan Bailey, 158,
who  grabbed third, and Charlie  Walker, 150, who took fourth.  Over
theweekend, John  Adams, 136, placed second at  the Canadian tryouts at
Thunder  Bay, Ontario, for theBritish  Commonwealth Games. Adams  was
pinned by Egan Byler, a  member of the 1972 CanadianOlympic team, after
going into  the third round tied 0-0. Adams  said, "I just made a mistake
and  he rolled me into a pin." In the  event Byler is unable to compete  at
the games to be held in  Auckland, NewZealand, Adams,  as first alternate,
will be given  the invitation.  Volleyball team eighth at 
Western'svolleyball team,  while finishing eighth in the  regional
tournament hosted by  Oregon College of Educationin  Monmouth, Oregon last 
weekend, had the satisfaction of  beating rival Washington State 
Universityand coming close to  defeating a few top rated  Northwest teams. 
Western faced six teams,  winning twoof seven matches.  The wins were
recorded over  Eastern Oregon and the Cougars.  Western gave topseeded 
Oregon State a scare in losing  the first match 16-14, 15-5.  The second
match, against  WSU,saw the Viks forced to  come from behind to win 15-13 
after leading 11-1 in the first  Trotters, cagers,swimmers, volleyballers 
finish up exertions after busy quarter  Fall quarter intramurals are 
grinding to ahalt with the  conclusion of volleyball,  racketball,
swimming, the turkey  trot and men and women's  o n e - o n - p n e b a s k
e t b a ll  competition.  In women's one-on-one  basketball competition, a
new  activitystarted this quarter by  student requests, Wendy Hawley 
defeated Margaret Bolek for the  title. Hawleyhas chosen to  compete
against the seven men  remaining in the single  elimination tournament. 
Sevenmen remain as of  Wednesday evening going into  the quarter finaL
round of  action. The seven are DaveKnodel, Skip Houser, Mike  Wheat,
Charles Remsberg, Roger  Mithoug, Jerry Rise and Scott  Curran.Curran is
scheduled to  go against Hawley.  The semi-finals of the  women's
volleyball tournament  wasscheduled to be held  Wednesday evening. The four
 teams remaining in the  competition are theLeftovers,  BSU All-Stars,
Go-Getters and  Stripling's.  In racketball, Rob Harcus  won the men's
titledefeating  Rugby squad  to play UW  behind gym  An even win-loss
record will  be the goal of Western'srugby  team as it will face the 
University of Washington behind  C a r v e r Gym tomorrow  afternoon in the
last game of the  first half of the season.  The second team, with a  3-1-1
record, will begin the  action at 1 p.m. and the first  team, 3-4, will
take over at 2:30  p.m. After tomorrow's games  the ruggers will rest until
the  start of the second half of the  season in February.  The top teams of
each school  will be fairlyclosely matched as  far as season records are 
concerned. The UW, at 3-3,  boasts two all-stars fromEngland and more
experienced  backs.  The Viks will be coming off a  two-week layoff as
their game  lastweekend against Surrey  rugby club in Surrey B.C. was 
cancelled because of field  conditions.  After aslow start due chiefly  to
inexperience, Western has  come on strong, with recent  wins over
WashingtonState  University and the Seattle  Rugby Club. Western combined 
with the best of the Chuckanut  BayRugby Club for the win  over Washington
State.  Paul Gawenko. Cindi Scott  captured the women's titledefeating Nori
Bowman.  Nine men and four women  competed Nov. 20 in the second  annual
turkey trot in which two  men and women won turkeys  for Thanksgiving. 
Myrnie McCormick was the  fastest womanaround the  two-mile course,
covering the  distance in 11:36. Kristine Olsen  came closest to her
predicted  time, being off only 3:47.  Dean Powers was the fastest  man
around the three-mile  course, covering thedistance in  18:13.3. Jeff
Schultz came  closest to his predicted time,  being off 34 seconds.  In
swimming competition,  Syd Jacobs won the 550 meter  breast stroke and the
100 meter  individual medley to taketop  honors for the women.  Bruce
Johnson won the 100  meter individual medley and the  50 meterbackstroke
while Don  Williams won the 50 meter  freestyle and fly competition for 
the men.  Nextquarter, men and  women's basketball, racketball  and
swimming will be offered. In  addition, wrestling andhandball  will also be
offered for the men.  Dick Bartsch, director of  Intramurals, suggested
that ifstudents would like to see a  particular sport or event offered,  to
contact him or leave a note at  CarverGym 112 or 182.  Western's Club
basketball  team, the Pele Fires, looks for  their second win in a
rowtomorrow when they take on  Capilano College in West  Vancouver, B.C.
Tipoff time is  scheduled for 7:30.  The Fires, fresh off a rather 
convincing win over British  Columbia Tech last Sunday, are  regionalsgame.
The Viks won the second  game 16-14.  The Viks then threw a scare  into
Portland StateUniversity,  defending regional champs, by  winning the
second game before  bowing 15-9, 13-15, 15-9.The tired Western team could 
no nothing against the  University of Oregon Ducks in  the last
Fridaymatch, losing on  their own mistakes 15-5, 15-4.  Starting out fresh
on  Saturday the Viks came frombehind in both games to defeat  Eastern
Oregon, 16-14, 16-14.  Lack of concentration  appeared to beWestern's 
downfall in the first playoff  game, against the University of  Washington.
The Huskiescapitalized on Viking mistakes  to win easily, 15-4. 15-3.  Next
year's squad should  have an abundance of experience  as only one starter,
Kathy  Dooley and reserve spiker, Bev  McKissick will be lost
throughgraduation.  a team that plays in spurts. The  Fires lost their
first two games  of the year, then won four ina  row, dropped two more and
now  are, hopefully, on another  positive tangent following  Sunday's win
over B.C. Tech.  The Fires are a young team,  consisting of three
sophomores  and eight freshmen, and" are"starting to jell," according to 
coach Pete Burns. "We're  playing more together now than  even before this
season. We're  becoming a 'team' team."  Burns cites a tough, "man to  man"
defense as the team'sstrongest attribute. Their biggest  weakness, he
points out, is their  inconsistent snooting. The Fires  shotonly 28 percent
from the  floor in their last loss, a 71-66  upset administered by a team 
from the WhidbeyIsland Naval  Air station.  The Fires have picked up  wins
over the faculty-alumni  teams from Ferndale,Sehome,  Meridian and
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12 Western Front Friday, December 7, 1973  New editor  quits board  Duff
Wilson, selected by theStudent Publications Council as  Winter quarter
editor of the  Western Front, said Wednesday  that hehas resigned from his 
position on the AS Board of  Directors "because of the  possibility that
the generalpublic might see my dual role as  a conflict of interest."  AS
President John Wolfe  attributed Wilson'sresignation,  recommended in a
vote of the  Front staff, to the staff's "basic  mistrust" of the
ASgovernment.  Wolfe said that recent  decisions by the AS board of 
directors which assure winterpublications funding through the 
comptroller's office and provide  for one more publications 
representativeon the AS  Communications Council were  intended to soften
that  "mistrust."..  Wolfe told the senate atits  last meeting that its
start at  implementation of the  publications council was an  unnecessary
andsecondary  action in light of the board's  actions.  Since then, the
senate has  voted, 23-5, in a mail ballot,to  submit the publications
council  to an early Winter quarter vote  of the students.  If approved by
thestudents,  the publications council would  become the fourth council of 
the senate. The senate'scommittee on councils and  committees would
recommend  the new council's structure, and  the newcouncil itself would 
recommend its policy, both  subject to senate approval.  "Tremendous," said
Fronteditor Rodger Painter, when told  the results of the ballot. "I'm 
glad that this on-going hassle  may soon be resolved."  The Gadgetree 1413
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goers...  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT .11  JANUARY 12th - MICHAEL
BLOOMFIELDAND GROUP  Bloomfield started on his way to fame by appearing
with Bob Dylan on his early electricalbums, he then went on to join both
the  Electric Flag and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, before coming out
on those notorious "Super-Session" albums. He has been in  semi-retirement
for the past few years,but now Bloomfield is back as big as ever with a
group that includes keyboard player Mark  Naftalin.Tickets for this very
special concert on sale when you return from vacation.  JANUARY 26th -
THEGENIUS OF RANDY NEWMAN  Newman is one of those highly adored cult
figures with many people, butjust as many have yet to discover his wit and
wisdom. He  is a songwriter's songwriter. Harry Nilssonrecorded a whole
album of just Randy Newman songs and one of Three Dog Night's  earliest
hits wasNewman's "'Mama told Me Not to Come." In fact, so many people have
recorded songs by Randy Newman that  everyone has heard a Newman tune at
one time or another, whether you know it or not! A publicappearance by this
notorious  recluse is an event - And this will be his first ever and only
appearance inthe Northwest!!  FEBRUARY 16th - THE MICHAEL WHITE ENSEMBLE 
Whoever heard of WeatherReport?! Whoever heard of the Paul Winter Consort?!
Whoever heard of Michael White?!  Michael Whiteplays the violin. In years
past he has appeared with performers like John Handy, Pharoah Sanders
andJerry Hahn,  as well as being a founding member of the excellent, but
short-lived, Fourth Way. His presentgroup is one of the finest collections 
of musicians alive. Ed Kelley plays piano majestically, Prince Lashais the
reed wizard and Kenneth Nash plays all sorts of  percussion. This group is
guaranteed to stimulateand satisfy with sensitivity all your sound senses! 
+++Some surprise events are bound to happen whenyou least expect them -
stay tuned!!!  AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO  BE A COLD WINTER
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ECCH  Poisonous Leak  Near a small college town in Ohyeasure,  Idaho, a man
reported urinating against a building  known to carry radio-active waste
evaporators.  Immediately following his escapade themachinery  broke down
creatingone of the most disastrous  radioactive crisis ever in the history
ofOhyeasure.  Police apprehended the man minutes after he  waste spill and
dharged him with "recklesslytaking a poisonous leak".  Now in protective
custody, the man is being  held suspended in mid-air withhisfeet pointed 
towards the sky.  Canuck Slugs  On The Slime  An invasion of giant slugs is
headed southfrom  Canada. The slugs, ranging from four feet in height  and
up have been bred espcially for the growingstuffed slug culinary industry. 
Several of the slugs, originally thought to be  harmless, overpowered
ascientist and two guards at a  secret research installation and slimed
them  to death.  The slugs breedrapidly and travel at alarming  speed for
creatures so large. They are easily killed  when seen, but theirnocturnal
habits and resemblence  to piles of trash make them hard to detect. People 
are cautioned thatthe slugs are especially dangerous  when cornered or
wounded.  The killer slugs are especially fond ofbeer, and  several taverns
have been attacked and taken over  by the slugs. 11 has been difficult to
getescaping  tavern patrons and residents to call the police.  The people
are afraid the slugs arehallucinations.  A favorite tactic of the slugs is
to crash through  back doors of houses to get at therefrigera- tors.  One
slug was recaptured after crashing a house in  suburban Vancouver and
breaking intothe liquor  cabinet. When overpowered, the slug was  comsuming
expensive Scotch and quality Cubancigars while watching a re-run of the
Untouchables.  People are advised to barracade their  back doors and to be
very careful about how they  answer the front one. A case of beer near the 
garbage cans with a tripwire alarm might deter the  slugs long enough to
split the scene, but fast!  How To Cope  When Cork Pops  For the survival
minded, the Passive has  compiled some helpful suggestions in coping with a
 futureenvironment that appears inevitable in light  of the awesome nuclear
capabilities of the  major powers.When the cork is popped and the earth  is
scorched, be sure and keep a folded copy of these  tips in yourtattered
jeans.  1) water—a questionable commodity to  locate
since the terrain of the nuclear wastelandwill not conform to present day
topography. Should  one adapt to the new "quality" of the crust  and
lowertin can, garbage pail etc. tied to strips  of cloth until a splash is
heard. Trial and error  is very important inthis technique.  2)
fuel—sources of energy will be in  short supply then as
they are now. But heated caves  will be of comfort. Burnt stumps of trees, 
chipped with the sharp edge of arock until the  outer layer isremoved will
reveal slightly  radioactive, but burnable wood. Be sure to locate new 
honestead in area oncedesignated "forested.".  3) food-contrary to past
attitudes that  vegetation is sufficient for survival, theenvironment  of
the future will dictate new conditions. Since all  vegetation will be
defunct, food sources will be restricted  to the already dead and cooked
carcasses of the animal  world. Once again radioactivitymust be adapted to.
 Storage will also be a problem. Such an acute one,  incidentally, that the
Passiveregrets that it has  not the answer.  4)
socialization—in the past, has led to  close ties
amongst groups,while at the same time  designating "others" as enemies.
Ergo, defense systems  were built. In the future,all groups, communities, 
states and nations should be avoided in order  to prevent the situation you
havejust  found yourself in!  page 2  USING YOUR OWN . . .  TO GROW YOUR
OWN . . .  by art a. chokesHi. You wonder just what the headline means? 
Simply, in just two words, it's fertilizer and dope.  That'sright,
fertilizer, or more potently, you  OWN fertilizer to grow your OWN dope.
You  think I'skidding? I'mnot.  Some of the best shit around today is being
 grown with human excrement and if you are like I  am,smoking shit has
become such a habit, that you've  started growing your own.  But most
likely you aren'tusing your own to  grow your own and if you aren't then .
. . well, the  thought is just sickening to me. Youare obviously  smoking
someone else's shit raised in  someone else's shit.  Therefore, I 've taken
thedelicate task of telling  you what to do to grow your own while using
your  own, starting from consumptionand blast-off  toretrivation.  To begin
with, I should note that in growing your  dope this way it costs youonly
$1.49 fur a butterfly  net, perhaps $2 for a silver spoon and around  $20
for a good set of pots andpans.  Most importantly, the shit has to be at
least  a foot high before the fertilizer is used so that whenapplication of
the dung comes (dunger time), it  does not shock the hell out of the plants
system. (If  theplant is any smaller than a foot, it can die  before
contact is made. Plants are sensitive. They  KNOW.)Once fertilizer is
applied to the plant, you must  water like mad or the plant will collapse
of  dehydration.The plant will not die but just collapse.  When it is
watered, it will shudder right back up fine.  B and Sbaked beans, corn,
prune juice and  radishes I find are the best things to eat and  should be
measured out in even portions, brought  to a boil, simmered for five
minutes and then allowed  to cool before drinking.That's right, this is the
 consumption part—so vital to plant health,  growth and
welfare during its body-building days.  The only drawback here is that
painfu I diarrhea  may occur, making the fertilizer totallyinaccessible  to
netting after blast-off. It has been found  by my talking to others that
taking deepbreaths helps to relax this situation a little.  However, it
doesn't do anything else.  I f at first you don'tsucceed, try, try, again. 
After awhile your body will become accustomed  to fighting the mixture
atconsumption and  therefore dispose of it in appropriate, firm little 
pebbles.  Immediately following asuccessful launch  (blast-off) is where
the $1.49 butterfly net and silver  spoon come in (retrivation). 
Withpractice you will soon be able to  retrieve the fertilizer blindfolded
and might  even want to. Noseplugs arerelatively inexpensive  so you may
want to use them also. Clothes  pins will also work.  What you do isgive
the net a qu ick  right twist with your wrist, plunge downward  and then
snap it back. Will you besurprised!  It works!  Once retrivation is over,
the  flight is a success. I t's now dungertime and  you shouldinstantly
apply the fertilizer to the  plant in order to prevent the shit from 
becoming stagnant. It can lost its  potency while the plant can die during
this time.  {11 does no good to try talking to the  plants. Theyseem to
refuse listening  to anyone at this stage).  Finally comes application
time. By  taking the silverspoon you should mash the fertilizer  thoroughly
while adding water. By making  holes in the dirt the plantis growing in
(with  spoon handle) you can pour the solution into  the roots of the
plant. The dirt may bevery hard.  This is because the plant in its defense 
has drained all water from the vase, thereby  creatingan almost patrif ied
rock.  The lighting you installed during  the dopes early growing period
should now  beremoved completely from the plant. No light  should be
allowed to reach the plant from now  until harvesttime (when plant is three
to  12 feet tall). For some strange reason, it  will now thrive on
darkness.  Afterharvest, will you ever be  surprised! It is extremely
potent shit.  And there you have it. I started  growing my plants about two
weeks ago after  learning this process and have had to raise  the roof of
my closet twice. The plants are  now 12 feet high.  Remarkably, the dope
smokes smooth  and light and liaves a faintscent of burning  rubber. I also
find a slight after-taste of  Georgia-Pacific lingering until well after I
'vesmoked it. (People living in Bellingham  find this to be true. However,
I have talked  to people in Everettwho have tried this method  and they
find Weyerhauser lingering.)  My biggest problem now is what  to doabout
the loud erruptions and rushes of  stale air from the closet.
Sound-proofing and  insulatation have not taken care of the hassle. 
Otherwise, there have been no other  problems with this fun and easy
process. Anyway, it's worth it. Enjoy your  SELF and stay high.  CRYPTIC 
Plans are being formulated for the  new student co-op cemetery to be laid
out in Red  Square. The cemetery is one of the many projects  of
therecently created "Class on death," and  is designed for those students
doing research  for the classesrather extensive final examination.  Lowell
Z. Plotz, the cemeteries coordinator,  sees the cemetery as amarvelous
undertaking. "All  the students are excited about it, and really wsant  to
participate." Plotzstressed that student  involvement, the cooperative
effort, is what will make  go. "I n fact," he said, "with all that's going 
on, I expect a lot of business. That's why we've  reserved a special
section for the untenuredfaculty."  Plotz emphasized that business will  be
good this time of year, because students see  thecemetery as a viable
alternative to going  home with their grades. "And they don't have to  pay
back theirNational Defense loan," Plotz said  enthusiastically.  "Boy, it's
just erally neat how  all the students aregetting involved, ya know?" They 
really like getting their hands into old mother  earth," said Plotz. And
forthose cooperative  students, Plotz is planning a special treat. 
Inspired by the famous Firest LawnMortuary in L.A., where visitors can see
film  clips of a famous movie star at their grave site,  Plots has his own
line of special "casket features,"  to lend comfort to the departed and the
departee.  I n the crypts ofdeparted English  Majors, there will be
continuous showing of that  epic film, "Ma and Pa Kettle meetBeowulf." For 
the ecology buggs there are giodegradeable caskets, and  for Campus
Christian Fellowshipthere are piped  in tapes of Billy Graham. Second
Coming enthusiasts  will have caskets with special trapdoors.  As the
cemetery is getting "underway,"  Lowell has begun a novel based on the
project. "Thecharacterization is a little stiff," he said. "But  the plot
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RECYCLER  i traveled the world over, and seen many - - - -  srful
inventions of mankind.  fore I settleddown here at Monroe State Reformatory
 ded extensively in the Zmabezi. Or was it  ddle Fork of theCongo? No, I
believe it was the  lgerof the Nile.  jre I met one of the most truly
remarkable  have met in mylife, and I 've been in nearly every  monestary
from here to Mozambique,  yes. He was a true genius, aman of many  . He was
the son of an English anthropologist and  Indian native woman of high
caste,name was Punjab Mahatma Jevves. Lord  , they called him in the
environs. His blue  lpressed the nativesgreatly,  i of the items he most
desired from the  i world was one he had become accustomed to while 
nEngland with his father, toilet paper.  ves insisted on importing choice
American  japer. The native varieties were excruciating, as  'ere made of a
hardwood similar to mahogany,  th h is meager resources anddifficult
delivery  2, Jeeves was forced to conserve. And since necessity  mother of
invention, Jeevesrevolutionized the toilet  of thousands of the Upper Nile,
 re in Amerika it is becoming necessary toconserve, too.  ven here. So, I
give you the basic plan for Jeeves'  wention, using only the
equipmentavailable to him.  very same items are available right where you
live.  Resident number 67352290  MonroeState Reformatory  ETRAINING  day,
when all values are being challenged and  being discarded, somehave been
left un-ed,  taboo, as it were, even to the most hard-socialist 
individualists,  we've all heardthose bathroom gutter jokes  the taboo
subjects, but after many hours of  nplative study, concludedsomething had
to  ie.  taboo subject to which I am referring, is of  , defecation. I
mean, shit. This subjecthas  eft untouched too long. It's the age-old a  f
the turd inthe punchbowl,  y, i asked myself, do 200 million Amerikans sit 
eyes forward, feet planted firmly on the floor, as if  at some kind of
perverse call of"Attention!"?  because, i concluded, nobody ever 
questioned the autoiritarian principle behind it (so tospeak) which goes
back to toilet training. Not without  plan is the fact that the damage is
done early,  soearly that no one remembers it. How  can one expect to
question something they don't  even remember.  Idid extensive research and
found that  this fascist Amerika has spent millions for cancer  research,
butNOT ONE PENNY for research into defecation!  My destiny all but slapped
me in the face one  day, while i meditated. It came so hard that i nearly
fell  off the stool.  How could i have been so constipated  for somany
years, to accept this fascist mathod  of defecation? i asked myself, i felt
like  kicking myself in theass.  The very next time nature called,  i began
my investigation of alternative methods  the counter-culture might use to
advantage to break  away from th is Amerikan pattern.  The first new
alternagive i tried outwas  this. I stood on my head over the toilet bowl,
with my  feet straight up in the air. This didn't work verywell.  The next
time, i tried thesame  basic position, but with my legs drawn up into the 
lotus position,with my head pointed down, but  in the opposite direction
this time. The results  were similar, i didn't needa third try to  assure
myself there must be a better way. I did  need another shower.  I n order
to clear mymind of past  propagandistic indoctrination, i tried fasting. 
This did not produce the desired results, so ibegan a steady diet of prunes
and Explax. I  found this allowed the creativity to flow  much more freely.
 I n the next few weeks, i must have  tried a thousand different ways to
defecate.  Some of the moresuccessful ones were:  Clumbing a flagpole (i
imagine a  telephone pole would do in a pinch) whilemeditating on  the
mystical sound OM.  Squatting off the back end of a fast-moving  truck,
while holding on tight to the ra[ling,  while talking in tongues, as loudly
as possible.  This method is highly recommended,but watch for  the State
Patrol and be careful of the wind  chill factor in winter. Exposure might
beembarrassing  to explain to either a trooper or a hospital attendant.  i
finally came up with the BESTmethod of  all, which is not at all what my
authoritarian parents or  first grade teacher said was nroper.With my feet
firmly  placed on the bowl of the toilet, i faced backwards towards  the
wall, on which hadbeen placed a picture of Richard  M. Nixon and his dog
Checkers, and chanted Kizzmaiaz,  kizzmaiaz atthe top of my lungs. The
combination  never failed to produce the desired reaction, and  the positon
itselfallows one to peruse the entire  wall area for graffiti in the
absense of a picture  of Nixon, i do recommendthat everyone carry a 
picture of him, to places where none are  available and you are feeling a
bit irregular.  Remember, the family that shits together  showers together.
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Away  The Environmental Procrastination Agency has  announceda ban on
breathing in all metropolitan  areas with a population exceeding one
million  persons.  "Air quality tests indicate that the  atmosphere in most
large cities is unfit for human  consumption, so we decidedthat the best
way  to rectify the situation is to ban breathing," an EPA  spokesperson
said.  To enforce the breathing ban, the EPA is  equipping special "breath
partols" with sonic  lung analysis kits. The patrolswill take  spot checks
of passing motorists and pedestrians .  anyone found to have air in his/her
lungs will  be subject to an indefinite banishment to  the suburbs.  Nasel
Sticks Nose Up  At Gravity  Consumptionadvocate Ralph Nasel recently 
called for Congress to repeal the law of gravity as  the "first
progressivestep towards conserving our  vital energy resources."  The
natural energy that is wasted on "just keepingthings down to earth" could
be harnessed for clean  industrial power, Nasel said.  Nasel pointed out
that ifthe law is repealed  all immobile objects could be anchored to the 
ground and people could carry leadweights in their  pockets.  "I n the face
of the current energy crisis, it is  ridiculous to allow this waste
ofnatural energy  resources on keeping things in place," Nasel said.  T.V.
Out Of This  World  Rumors havebeen spreading across the  United States
that television sets are in reality aliens from  the planet Darvon,who have
come to take over the world.  Although NASA, CBS and the FCC all deny 
these allegations,thousands of people have either  disappeared completely
or become frozen in  a sitting position for yearsreciting over and  over
"good-night David, good-night Chet."  More ominously, authorities recently
crashedthrough a back door of a suburban Seattle home to find  a television
set blaring loudly while sipping  abottle of Jack Daniels and smoking
expensive  Cuban cigars.  Down On Typewriters  Ralph Mader,consumption
advocate, pressed the  Environmental Revulsion Agency to ban typewriters. 
Recentconsumer probationstudies have shown that  the long-term effects of
the bell ringing at the end of  eachline drives people crazy.  Mader Fails
To Score  Recent studies have shown a dramatic decline  in thequantity and
quality of beaver around Bell-ingham.  A recent beaver hunt on a dark and
cold and  lonelyFriday evening netted not one beaver. None  were even
sighted, according to local beaver expert  RalphMader. Each beaver captured
is termed a  "socre," Mader said, and commented " I didn't  score all
night." Mader did saythere is an ample supply of local  crabs, however. 
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3 WASTE IS A SHITTY THING  Cut down the tree, oh, woodsman  and kill its
gentle life  and use its sweet body to make your vulgar money  It never
asked for love  It never asked for help  It never asked foranything  You
Shithead  Spare the air, you over there  And don't pollute my meager share 
'Cause whenyou do, it just ain't fair  I hope you get eaten by a bear 
Water polluters take note,  some day fish may vote  Pollution is the lump
in life's mattress  Pollution is the rain in life's day  But at least it
helps me sellpoetry  I wouldn't have it any other way.  SLOBBING IS AN 
ART...I KNOW  I walk the same old street.  Itseems to be my beat.  I stop
for something to eat  And spill chili on my seat.  I wander around the
townseeing friends, getting down.  Some folks think I'm a clown,  A human
joke to pass around.  But I see lifein other ways  In minutes, hours and in
days.  Which makes it seem a crazy maze  To keep me in thisconstant daze. 
DIFFERENT STROKES  LOVE, TRUTH, BEAUTY  IN ONE NEAT LITTLE 
PACKAGECONCERNING  THE COMPOST PILE OF LIFE  Sex  I feel I'm in a cage. 
When will \ be of age?  He says he's gay, "What are you?"  "I'm. uh.
hetero-sexual."  With all my might  I can't feel right.  "Bisexual,
andyou?" she asks,  "I'm, uh, hetero-sexual."  Is my mind so small?  Can I
be loose at all?  "Sheep are nice,"he/she says, "And you?"  " I 'm normal!
I'm normal! I'm normal!"  Roses are red  Violets are blue  Potatoesare
brown  MISCONCEPTIONS  B.D.: There's a snow storm  out at Jim's, lets hit
the slopes!  Bring yourski equipment and  scales — Jean
Claude.  SAMMY MUDDER - I'm stuck hitchhiking  at the Algerexit, and  need
a ride before I die of  exposure and starvation. Wiil  take a ride to
anywhere.  ANYONEHAVING SITZ BATHS  out there in the dingles?  I'd really
love to get away  from my shower stall in thecity and groove but I don't
know  if I could take the change  of water. I have a skin  rash whenever
thewater's  below 105 degrees.  CARLAFRIESEN  ALL OWNERS OF  UNWANTED
GOLDFISH  I have amuch loved goldfish  that needs a friend but all  i can
give him is a "Goldfish"  cracker. I'm getting tired  ofseeing him mpoing
in  his gravel. ANDREW MORGANTHAL  I NEED A TOAD urgently.  My fairy
godfather told me that  if one would be delivered before  Christmas, if I
could kiss  him without getting a wart,  Iwas told he would turn  into a
charming prince. I usually  don't believe fairy stories but  at 45 I'm
gettingdesperate.  MARGARET CHASER  page 4  FREAK OF NATURE FOR  SALE OR
TRADE - Half growntwo-headed black and white  goat. A cute pet for
children.  Trade for almost anything or best  cash offer.Call
Dick-733-0124.  I'm in hell and loving the rays  down here. For anyone 
interested in joining me at the"SPA" there's a great primeval  hole at the
end of the West  Shore Drive on Lake Whatcom.  Enter it andit's just a 
matter of time. THE DIGGER MAN.  ALL AUNTS AND UNCLES who want  to be
heard-UNITE!We've got  nothing to lose but out in-laws.  We've got a nation
of nieces  and nephews to gain. No  matterif you're black or blue,  red or
white, we must  be remembered.  HAVE A TREE OR BUSH  that would likea
better home?  Bring it to Mr. Dirt's  Swamp. There are plenty of  dogs that
would like you  immensely ifyou would and  our house in the tulies  would
smell a lot nicer.  JAMES BACKENFORTH-Would  youplease stop  commuting and
make up  your mind. The Garden isn't the  same without your wow herbs!Who 
do you want anyway—ME or  your mother? RHODA TRANE 
AJOB$$$ !! -Full-time  job as lightbulb changer. No  experience needed.
Call K. Imus,  Fairhaven.  LOST BACKPACK ON HOLLY  ST.Contains valuable
papers and  has "FUCK NIXON" written on  back. Keep the dope.
Returnto1414HilliardSt. No  questions asked.  STEVE NEFFRADIGHTY-I  may be
the bitch of your gripes  butI'm hot after your  ugle bod just the same. Up
 here in Cottongrove—CLIO  BOOTERS BEWARE!-TheSilver 
Silver has been reported in  someone's cleats but we don't  know who's.
From all we can gatherthis vile thing was smuggled  in by the coach  of the
CRUDE team because  he needs some raw recruitsto find more shells on the
beach.  Do not give in to this  terrible menace! From THE MEN  STILL
FIGHTING  THE MEAT SHORTAGE? If you  don't mind living in  the country I've
got a wonderful  MAMFAM bull thatneeds a little  more fattening up than I
can  give him. He drives the cows  crazy shasing them and losesall his
weight. Inquire at the  HURKY TURKEY FARM.  FREE BEER —
for those who want  to help foldcopies of our  community paper on Monday 
afternoons. Just come upstairs  and bring a friend.  ANYONEOUT THERE GOING
through  MENOPAUSE? I want to know what to  expect. Any post-menopausewomen
 out there with stories to tell  I'm writing a sequel to EVERY  WOMEN DOES 
to be called THERECAN BE JOY  AFTER THE OVEN CLOSES. I want  to know if
that's a true  statement. REUBEN ofSANDWICH.  I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE 
with telepathetic people but '  all I seem to get is staticand the damn 
radio stations. Put your left index  finger to your ear lobe at esactly 
8:45 p.m. onDecember 7  and yell three times, "captain kangaroo  is an
imposter." I'll try to hear it.  GUESS WHO.HORIS-lf you don't get yourself 
back here soon I'll turn you back  into a cauliflower just  as I found
you.THE GERIATRIC  GARDENER  WE NEED A TEEPEE TO LIVE IN  but for some
reason they're asscarse as igloos in Alaska.  We know some Indians still
live in  them because our 9th grade  historyteacher said so. Let us  know
when you find a vacancy.  JOHN   IvlARTHA, Washington, D.C.