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     Western Front - 1991 October 25 - Page 1

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I  Civil disability rights  discussed in seminar  Page 3  Oct.
25,1991/Volume 84, Number 8 WesternWashington University please recycle 
Forum examines university codes on freedom of speech  ByGeoffrey Patrick 
staff reporter  Issues which in recent debates  have been lumped under the
labels"academic freedom," "diversity" and  "political correctness" were
discussed  Wednesday at a forumentitled  "Freedom of Speech in the
Classroom  for Faculty and Students."  About 50 people attended theforum,
the first of a series co-sponsored  by the Faculty Senate and the 
Associated Students under the general  heading "Western As It Enters the 
21st Century."  The panel consisted of faculty  membersHarry Ritter,
history; Kenneth  Hoover, political science; and  Constance Faulkner,
Fairhaven, as  wellas students Michael Dumas, A.S.  Social Issues
coordinator, and Erin  Middlewood. Before opening thefloor  to the comments
of the audience, each  panel member spent about five minutes 
summarizingtheir views on the  issues.  An article called "Free Speech  for
Campus Bigots?" by John Wiener  from theJan. 26 issue of The Nation  had
been distributed to the panelists  as a suggested starting point for
thediscussion. The article dealt with the  rationale for and against codes
which  have been instituted at anumber of  American universities
prohibiting  verbal harassment of racial minorities,  women, homosexualsand
other minorities.  One incident discussed in the  article was the statement
of a student  in aUniversity of Michigan classroom  discussion in 1989. The
student said  he considered homosexualityadisease  treatable with therapy.
Hewascharged  in a university disciplinary hearing  with violating
theschool's harassment  code. A district court judge  eventually ruled in
Sept. 1990 that the  university'srules violated the First  Photo by
Jonathan Burton  Panel members for the "Freedom of Speech in theClassroom
for Faculty and Students" forum included (from left to  right), Harry
Ritter, Erin Middlewood,Kenneth Hoover, Michael Dumas and Constance
Faulkner.  Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  Thearticle drew
distinctions between  broad and narrow codes which  have been adopted by
variousuniversities.  The broadest codes, such as the  one instituted at
the University of  Michigan, prohibit arelatively wide  range of actions;
the University of  Michigan's prohibited "any behavior,  verbal orphysical,
that stigmatizes  or victimizes an individual on  the basis of race,
ethnicity, religion,  sex,sexual orientation, creed, national  orientation,
ancestry, age, marital  status, handicap or Vietnam-eraveteran  $1810$." 
Codes based on the narrow approach  prohibit only the most threat-enmg 
andinflammatory casesof face-to-  face abusive speech, according to  the
article — an attempt to deal withthe
concernsofcivilUbertarians. Some  scholars contend there is a legal basis 
for these kinds of rulesunder the  "fighting words" doctrine created by 
the Supreme Court in the l942caseof  Chaplinsky v. NewHampshire.  The
comments of most of those  present at the forum indicated that  while
sensitivity isneeded, freedom  of speech considerations outweigh  any
rationale for instituting such codes  at Western.No one actually endorsed 
any specific reforms which should be  enacted by the Associated
Students,Faculty Senate or administration.  "I believe that the university
is an  institution for the expansion ofknowledge, and that this is only
possible  through free discourse,"  Middlewood said. "Once we validate
censorship as a tool... it wjll be used  Please see Forum,  page 4 
Fairhaven program strives fordiversification of legal profession  By George
Tharalson  staff reporter  A two year law program designed  to get
underrepresented groups more  involved in the legal system began  this year
at Fairhaven College.The law and diversity program is  aimed at developing
the skills and  knowledge necessary for law school, targeting students
whose ethnic, social  or economic community is  underrepresented in the
legalprofession.  Underrepresented groups include  ethnic minorities,
people from backgrounds  of povertyand people who  are gay or interested in
gay rights,  said Rand Jack, faculty member at  Fairhaven andone of the
leaders of  the program.  The program got its spark after  Washington State
Supreme CourtJustice Charles Z. Smith spoke on  campus about the lack of
ethnic minorities  in the legal system,Jack said.  Various law schools
encouraged  Fairhaven to begin with the program.  Jack said.Encouragement
also came  from within. Fairhaven Dean Marie  Eaton and Western Provost
LarryDeLorme were both very supportive,  he added.  The program officially
kicked off  Sept. 21, when JusticeSmith led the  first seminar.  "Since all
of this was his fault, he  had to get it started off," Jack saidjokingly. 
"There is no other program like  this we know of," said Lorraine  Bannai,
Fairhaven facultymember  and the other leader of the program.  Bannai was
hired last spring specifically  for this program. "I've taught  in the
law-school environment for the  last 10 years," she said.  "We are
delighted. She wasthe  best of all possible applicants (for this  job),"
Jack said.  The program contributes to the  goal ofdiversifying the legal
profession,  something that really needs to  happen, Bannai said. It
encouragesparticipation from ethnic minorities  and the disadvantaged. It
exposes  them to the legal profession andequips  them with the skills they
will need to  enter and successfully complete law  school, she said. 
Theprogram is a preparation for  law school. It is a junior-senior program.
 To enroll, students must havecompleted or nearly completed their  GURs. 
The program is law-related and  skill-related, Bannai said.Students  will
receive instruction on the  American legal system and the  American
political system. Theywill  be exposed to legal issues relating to 
minorities. Students will also receive  instruction in writingskills,
verbal  communication skills and analytic  skills—all of
which are important to  the practice of law.Fifteen students are enrolled
in  the program, Bannai said. These IS  will stay together over the next
twoyears.  "The students are very committed  and energetic, hard-working,
they  want to achieve goals andwant to be  vehicles for social change. They
want  to go to law school," Bannai said.  "(The program) isreally
exciting,"  she said. "It's exciting to be  working with undergraduates." 
Since the program is new,a few  things remain up in the air. It is not 
known yet if a new group will enter  the program next year,Bannai said.  It
will depend on the success of  the program and the availability of 
resources, Jack said."We have no control over resources,"  Jack said. "We
will have to  start addressing this question soon." ButBannai said this
question does  not change the commitment to the IS  students currently
enrolled.They will  be here for the next two years, Bannai  said. "That
commitment has been  made."  "We hope(this) can be a model  program for
other schools to pattern  their programs after," Jack said.  The Law
andDiversity Program  Please see Law and  Diversity, Page 5

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     Western Front - 1991 October 25 - Page 2

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2 The Western Front NEWS October 25,1991  Copsbox  Bellingham Police 
Department  Wednesday,Oct. 23,8:22 p.m.  A female resident of the 1600 
block of James Street reported  having problems with her ex-boyfriend.  He
had been driving by her  residence repeatedly. The officer  advised the
woman toobtain a restraining  order. She said she would  think about it 
Wednesday, Oct. 23,5:15 p.m.  A maleresident of the  3200 block of Laurel
wood reported  the theft of his "No to Initiative 119"  sign from his front
yard. He stated  friends of his have reported similar  incidents. It
appears the only signs  missing are "Noto 1-119" and "No  to 1-120." There
are no suspects.  Wednesday, Oct. 23,5:32 p.m.  A man reportedongoing
problems  with vandalism to his mailbox.  He believes students from Sehome 
High School areresponsible, as he  is a teacher there. The man requested 
extra patrols.  Wednesday, Oct. 23,12:10 p.m.  A male resident of the 1900 
block of 20th street reported a small  amont of change missing from
hisvehicle's ashtray.  Thursday, Oct. 24,11:53 p.m.  Two persons living in
the 400  block of Clarkwoodreported that  they received two messages on
their  answering machine from a person  claiming to be from the King County
 Police. The King County police were  contacted and they did not make the 
calls.Western Police  Department  Tuesday, Oct. 22,5:05 p.m.  A purse was
reported stolen off  the top of adesk in the Student Coop  Bookstore. 
Tuesday, Oct. 22  A female resident of Buchanan  Towersreported that
sometime in  the last two weeks $2,000 worth of  miscellaneous jewelry was
stolen  from her room.  Wednesday, Oct. 23,1:10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21,4:00
p.m.  An anonymous citizen reported  shewas talking to a friend over the 
phone when she heard a scream and  the phone disconnected.  Stereoequipment
valued at  $520 was stolen from a locked car  parked in lot 3R. The vehicle
was  entered bysmashing a window.  Briefs  Homecoming Feedback  The
Homecoming Planning Committee is seekingfeedback concerning this  year's
homecoming events. All members of the campus community areencouraged to
give their opinions. Anyone who would like to get involved in  next year's
planning shouldcontact the Alumni Office at 676-3353.  Extended programs
still offering fall classes  University ExtendedPrograms is offering
several courses beginning in late  October and early November. Classes in
family life,technology for parents and  their children, book production and
wine appreciation will be offered. Forinformation or to register call
University Extended Programs at 647-6288.  Multicultural fair  The
Bellingham Herald is sponsoring a multicultural fair on Saturday, Oct. 
26,1991 at Assumption Gym, 2116 CornwallAvenue.  The event will feature
food, entertainment and information provided by the  area's
ethnicrestaurants. This event is a unique opportunity to learn about the 
ethnic diversity of our community. Forinformation contact the Bellingham 
Herald at 676-2600 or 384-8078.  Travel writing class  UniversityExtended
Programs will host a class taught by Jacquelyn Peake,  the writer of nine
travel books andhundreds of magazine articles. All aspects  of writing and
distribution will be explained thoroughly andclearly. The class  meets from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26. Tuition for this non-credit class is $55 and 
spaceis limited. For information call 647-6822.  Trick-or-treaters invited
to the Ridge  Ridgeway residents areholding a special trick-or-treat
afternoon for children  of staff and faculty from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday,Oct. 27, in the Omega and  Sigma wings. Children should wear
costumes. For information call 676-4100.Correction  In the article
"Pornographic files removed from Western's USENET  system," (Oct. 22)
JeffWandling was misquoted as saying, "...I can see myself  holding a gun
to somebody's head telling themto read something."  Wandling had said "in
the near future, I can see holding a gun to  someone's head tolet me read
anything."  Around  the nation  Senate votes to  investigate leak in 
Thompson hearingsWASHINGTON (AP) The  Senate voted on Thursday to hire a 
special counsel to find out who  leaked tothe press the sexual harassment 
allegations against Supreme  Court Justice Clarence Thomas.The Senate today
passed a  resolution authorizing a four-month  investigation. President
Bushdemanded  the Senate appoint this  counsel, vowing to limit future 
Congressional access to FBI reports  on executive branch nominees. The 
Democratic-sponsored resolution  includes plans for investigatingleaks that
hurt the Democrats during  the Ethics Committee's Keating  Five
investigation.  Suicidemachine assists  in two more deaths  (AP)
Authorities say suicide-machine  . inventor Dr. JackKevorkianhas helped two
more  women kill themselves. According  to Oakland County,
Mich.,prosecutor,  the doctor himself called to  report one of the
"physician-assisted"  suicides. The doctor's lawyer  said the two women
took their  lives Wednesday night in a campground  near Pontiac,
Mich.Scientists isolate gene  related to cocaine  addiction  WASHINGTON
(AP) Scientists  say they'veisolated the gene  for a brain protein that's
sensitive to  cocaine. The two groups of researchers  clonedthe protein
— called a  dopamine transporter —
and showed  its action could be blocked by cocaine.Dr. George Uhl of the
National  Institute on Drug Abuse and the Johns  Hopkins medical school
said thefinding helps scientists understand  how cocaine works at a
molecular  level in the brain. Susan Amara,associate  professor at Oregon
Health Sciences  University, co-authored the  other study. She saidthe
finding could  eventually help scientists break the  addiction process. The
studies are  published inFriday's edition of the  journal of the American
Academy for  the Advancement of Science.  Around  thestate  Orangutans
escape from  cage at Woodland Park  Zoo  SEATTLE (AP) Woodland Park  Zoo
visitors were evacuated Thursday  afternoon after a troop of five 
orangutans escaped from their cage.  Theorangutans were discovered in a 
holding area adjoining their cage  around 1 p.m. by a gorilla keeper
whoradioed for help. Zoo spokeswoman  Gigi Ogilvie said the apes never 
reached public grounds. Ogilvie said the apes may have pulled open a gate 
to their enclosure.  The troop included a male adult  leaderweighing about
300 pounds, a  baby male and three female adults.  Zoo workers d herding
them back  with water hoses, but that didn't work.  The adult male and at
least one other  orangutan were shot withtranquilizer  darts. The five apes
were returned to  their holding quarters and kept from  public view.
Theywere recaptured  within two hours and the zoo was  reopened around 3
p.m.  Seattle City Council  repealsanti-busing  initiative  SEATTLE (AP)
Backers of an  anti-school busing initiative said  they will
retaliateagainst a Seattle  City Council decision to repeal the  measure on
Thursday. The council  vote will free up$ 14 million dollars  to balance
the city budget. Initiative  34 was passed two years ago by  voters
whoobjected to Seattle's  school busing plan. It set aside 6  percentof the
city's annual sales tax  revenues,stipulating that the city  would get the
money only if it ended  student busing. The school board  neveradopted the
initiative's anti-busing  plan. Initiative backer Doug  Chandler said
citizens might submitpetitions or a new anti-busing  initiative.  Tribal
members favor  gambling, ballot says  NESPELEM, Wash.(AP) Results  of a
ballot show 67 percent of  Colville Confederated Tribe's  members say they
favor some form  of a high-stakes gambling operation.  The most popular
option was a  Las Vegas-style casino at a resort  on the reservation.
Questionnaires  sent to 1,654 tribal adults asked  whether they opposed
high-stakes  gambling, or favored any of three  options for locating the
casinos. The  option favoring casinos ata resort  within the reservation
boundaries,  such as Lake Roosevelt, drew the  mostvotes: 742.Fivehundred
forty-nine  people opposed all forms of  casino-style gambling. Choosing 
from more than oneof three options,  559 said they favored establishing 
casinos in reservation cities and  towns, while aproposal to establish 
off-reservation gambling operations  in major cities in central and
EasternWashington drew 336 votes.  WWU Official Announcements  Deadline for
announcements in this space isnoon Friday for the Tuesday edition and noon
Wednesday  for the Friday edition. Announcements shouldbe limited to 50
words, typewritten or legibly printed, and  sent through campus mail to
"OfficialAnnouncements," MS-9117, fax 647-7287, or taken in person to 
Commissary 113A. DO NOT ADDRESSANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE WESTERN FRONT.
 Phoned announcements will not beaccepted. All announcements should be
signed by originator.  PLEASE POST  • TODAY (OCTOBER25)
IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH A HALF REFUND. This procedure is completed
in theRegistrar's Office. It also is the last day to drop a course or
change to/from pass/no pass grading. Fromthe fifth through ninth  week of
classes, only students with late-drop privileges may withdraw from courses.
For more information, check with the  ..Registrar's Office, OM 230. 
• ADVANCE REGISTRATION FOR WINTER QUARTER will be
November 5-20. Appointments will be mailed to students in late  October.
Ifyou have moved recently, make certain the Registrar's Office has your
current local address so you willreceive your  appointment. 
• WINTER QUARTER DEGREE AND INITIAL CERTIFICATE
CANDIDATES: All students expecting to graduate and/or receive  a teaching
certificate at the close of winter quarter must have a senior/certification
evaluation on file in the Registrar's Office,  OM 230, by December 6.
Selfevaluation packets must be returned by November 22 to allow for
processing time. To pick  up a packet go to OM 230; for an appointment,
call 676-3430. Deadline for spring graduates is March 13,1992. 
• SAFEE COMMITTEE meets at 7a.ro. October 28 in the Hall
of Fame Room, Viking Commons. Agendaincludes opening  remarks,
introductions and history and description of the SA fee process. 
• EASTASIAN COLLOQUIUM meets at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October
30. Dr. Henry Schwartz will present a paper,"Left and  Right." WL
Presentation Room.  • THE JUNIOR WRITING EXAM will be
offered at 3 p.m.November 5, 13, and 18. The test takes about two hours;
there is no  fee. You must register in OM 120.• THE MATH
PLACEMENT TEST will be given at 9 a.m. October 30, 2 p.m. November 4, 7 and
14 andat 9 a.m. November 18.  You must register in Old Main 120. A $10 fee
must be paid in the exact amountat the time of registration. Test takes Vfa
hours.  • MILLER ANALOGIES TEST is by
individualappointment basis with the Testing Center. For appointment, call
X/3080.  • VILLAGE PEOPLE come to Carver Gym, 9 p.m.
tonight (October 25). Cost: $5.  • AN OVERSEAS TEACHING
information sessionwill be held 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, October 30, in the
Library Presentation  Room. Provides an opportunityto meet with people who
have taught in Japan, Europe, Africa, Cuba, Norway, England and  Taiwan.
Tosign up or for more information, call 676-3240. Free.  ' CAREER PLANNING
AND PLACEMENT offers freeworkshops on resume preparation, cover letters,
and interviewing and  workshops and self assessmenttests for choosing
careers and majors. Contact Career Planning  Placement, OM 280. 
On-campusinterview schedule  American Home Food Products, Monday, October
28. Submit CIF at signup.  1University of San Diego, Lawyers Assistance
Program, Monday, October 28. Attend information session.Drop in 9-11 a.m. 
1 The Boeing Co., Wednesday, October 30. Submit CIF at signup. Attend
informationsession, 7 p.m. October 28, OM 280. Bring completed Boeing 
application to interview.  K Mart Fashions,Thursday, October 31. Submit CIF
when you sign up to interview. For company information see bind andcompany
file in CPPC  resource library.  High Mountain Management, Thursday.
October 31. Submit CIFat signup.  Target Stores, Friday, November 1. Submit
CIF at signup.  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,Tuesday, November 5. Submit
CIF at signup. Check signup folder to see if there is a required
application.Russ Berrie Co., Inc. Thursday, November 7. Submit CIF at
signup and view 12-minute video and company binder before interview.

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October 25,1991 NEWS The Western Front 3  Seminar addresses civil
disability  rights for disabledstudents  By John Lindblom  staff reporter 
With more and more disabled  students on post-secondarycampuses,  civil
disability rights have become an  issue many institutions across the 
country are dealingwith on a regular  basis. Adequate accommodations for 
the students is a growing concern,  and Westernis dealing with the issue 
and taking steps to recognize and  satisfy the needs of those students 
with awide range of mobility and  learning disabilities.  Disabled Student
Services sponsored  a seminarWednesday on this  issue, featuring guest
speaker Salome  Heyward, an attorney advisor onhandicappedstudentservice
programs  in post-secondary education.  Heyward deals with cases
involvingthe legal rights and responsibilities of  institutions with regard
to federal  statutes and regulations. Theseminar  lasted throughout the
course of the  day and was attended by many  members of the staff
andfaculty.  Heyward said post-secondary institutions  have been losing
decisions  in cases involvingdisabled students.  It has become clear that
if a student is  qualified to be admitted into a program,  they cannot be
denied the right  of admission without clear evidence  the individual will
jeopardize theacademic integrity and credibility of  the institution's
program. However,  post-secondary schools arehaving  problems justifying
their denial in the  court system. They decide on defenses  like: the
student issimply not qualified  to be in the program or they will  cost the
program too much.  "If you can't justifyyour own  decision, you yourself
are injuring  the very thing you say you want to  protect If you
can'tpresent clear-cut  reasons why this student can't be  accommodated
for, then you lose  cases. And thatmeans you lose academic  freedom and
academic integrity,"  Heyward said.  She gave the exampleof the  University
of Alabama's failure to  provide adequate services to its disabled 
students. Theuniversity had a  business education program on the  third
floor of one of its buildings and  had no accessfor disabled students. 
Consequently, the university would  only allow disabled students to
participate  in the program by having  them either take the courses on the 
first floor which deprived them of  participation with the rest of the
students,  or take the courses on a pass/  fail grading criteria. If the
students  didnot want this, they were not allowed  to enter the program.
This case  was taken all the way to the U.S. Court of Appeals and the
University  of Alabama lost every case on the  way there.  The
Rehabilitation Act of 1974  states all disabled individuals have  the same
right to participation as any  non-disabledindividual. The federal 
government, as Heyward asserts,  provides major funding to
post-secondaryschools and has set standards  under the Rehabilitation Act
of 1974  for federal institutions to abide by.The University of
Alabamadidn't  abide by them and lost in every case.  As long as schools
cannot provide legitimate reason for their decisions,  they will continue
to lose cases,  Heyward said.  Institutions havebeen slow in  facing up to
the fact that they must be  able to justify themselves.  Heyward gave three
basic responsibilities  institutions have neglected,  but should follow in
order to comply  with federalregulations:  1. Do not discriminate on the 
basis of disability. Treat students  equally regardless of theirlimitations
 and admit them if they are qualified.  2. Provide "meaningful" access  to
facilities andprograms.  3. Balance all of the rights of  students.
This-includes balancing the  The Western FrontAdvertising Sales
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ATTENTION  FORMER GIRL SCOUTS  Come to a pizza gatheringWednesday, October
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well as learn about programs that Girl Scouts  offer that you can help
with—including  outreach to homelessgirls in Bellingham.
 Partner in the United Way  possibility of jeopardizing the programs 
efficiency andintegrity, the  rights of the non-disabled students,  and the
rights of the disabled students.  A difficultaspect of the issue  involves
the degree to which a disabled  student must be accommodated for. 
Thepossibility of preferential treatment  should not become a part of the 
controversy. A disabled person isto  only be provided with what they need 
in order to be equal to the rest of the  students without being ahindrance
to  theprogram, Heyward said. However,  every post-secondary school must be
 able to justifyits decisions regarding  the disabled. There must be clear 
reasons for the provision or non-provision  ofservices by the institution. 
"The thing that we have to understand  — and it's the
thing that  most post-secondary institutions are  having the most
difficulty with now  — is for years we've had
admissionstandards and criteria for participating  in programs that
everyone spoke,  and now all of a sudden wefind  ourselves in this legal
arena where  people are saying to you," Why are all  these things important
toreceive a  degree?'...If you want to protect your  academic freedom, then
you have to  begin to come upwith answers to the  question 'why,'" she
said.  The post-secondary schools doing  the best job are theones that are 
the most creative, said Heyward. They  are the ones trying to figure out
ways  of educatingall students. In order to  do this, they have evaluated
their  programs on the basis of what the real  purpose of their programs
are. They  are the ones trying to figure out what  skills they are trying
to teach andwhether that is hurt by accommodating  disabled students. 
There is a degree to which an  institutioncannot accommodate the  disabled.
Heyward recognized that  some institutions have limited resources. The
money can only go so  far and services can only be provided  Construction
begins  on science facility  photo by John Ketcham  A construction worker
from Tacoma puts up a fence to  close off the sciencefacility area.  up to
that point.  "We're on our way. Money is the  big problem," Amy Webb, one
of  nearly300 disabled students at  Western, said.  Some of the facilities
at Western  that could use improvementare the  new fitness center in Carver
Gym,  Welcome Back Students  The Elephant and Castle Pub
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4 The Western Front NEWS October 25,1991  St. Luke's Foundation grants
Counseling Center $15,000By Laura King  staff reporter  A $15,000 grant
from the St.  Luke's Foundation will help counselors  atWestern's
Counseling Center  reach more students. Counselors  at the center say the
grant will gotowards buying desktop publishing  equipment, making the
counseling  center, a relatively unknown anduntapped  resource on campus,
evenmore  accessible to students.  James Orr, counselor and
grantadministrator, said he believes the  publishing equipment should be
fully  functional by December andaccessible  to the students at that time.
The  new equipment will provide brochures  on topics that affect students
both  physically and mentally. Hopefully,  by providing the brochures and
posters,  studentswill be able to receive  resources and information they
might  not have received without them.  "With thenew equipment we  will be
able to make flyers, posters,  and pamphlets to reach the students,"  Qrr
said."For example, when the school  needed the freshmen students to get 
measles shots last year, we justdidn't  have the capabilities to print out
any  of the brochures," Orr said. "It is  important to get informationout
to  the students."  The health and mental wellness  of the students are
correlated, because  manytimes a student will go to Health  Services with a
problem that is related  to a mental problem, or vice-versa.  Orr said he
is looking for graphic  design students interested in doing  work study to
produce thebrochures.  The grant is from the St. Luke's  Foundation, a
foundation established  in 1983 when St.Joseph's Hospital  bought St.
Luke's Hospital and decided  to setup a non-profit foundation  to
supportWhatcom and Island  County health concerns. Western received  an
estimated $2,000 grant from  St.Luke's to help stock the Counseling 
Center's lending library. Located  across from the Counseling Centerin 
Miller Hall 263, the lending library  provides students with books on
various  mental and healthissues.  The Counseling Center staffs five  full
time counselors and provides free  professional counselingto Western 
students. The counselors provide short  term services —
which Orr refers to  as "focus brieftherapy" — to help 
with problems ranging from parents'  divorce to problems with social
skills.  *TheCounseling Center is a well-used  service that actually can
help  empower students," Orr said. Orr said  he has seen a rise in the
severity of the  problems affecting students, but attributes  the increase
toanational trend.  The number of students using the  center's services has
increased over  the last 10 years. In 1981 -82,9 percent  of Western
students using the Counseling  Center's services reported severeproblems.
In the past two years,  24 percent of its clients have done so.  Forum
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validated, you no longer accomplish  the goals of giving aminority  a
voice, because in the end they  will be the ones that are indeed silenced."
 "There is no fixother than the  attitudes that we all bring into the 
classroom. There is no legal fix,"  Hoover said.Managerial and legal
considerations  define the outer perimeter of  the sacred space which the
university  occupies, he said, "but they do not  supply its real
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celebration of intolerance," he said.  A few people also expressed the 
sentiment that Western should embrace  amore critical, multicultural  and
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far the majority of the materials  that we use in the classroom have  been
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October 25,1991 NEWS The Western Front 5  Low turnout for A.S. Special
Events creates financial woes By Clayton Wright  staff reporter  When the
Village People take the  stage tonight in Carver Gym,Associated  Students
Special Events will  try to erase part of the financial hole  created by
the lowturnout from their  first sponsored event.  A.S. Special Events
Coordinator  John Sims said he's alreadyspent  $40,000 for fall quarter; a
large figure  considering he's initially allotted a  $30,000 base
operatingbudget for  the entire school year.  "The A.S. Board has supported
 me for the Village People," Sims said. "They'll underwrite me since I've 
spent my budget. They trust it will be  a good show. If this show
doesn'tfly,  you can write off the rest of the year."  Even though Sims is
leery of failure  following the fiasco ofthe first  show, he assures a
top-notch performance  tonight.  "There'llbe nothing likeit,"Sims  said.
"It'sthe original Village People,  no b.s. They'll really be singing, 
wearing the same costumes, performingtheir old songs using dancers  and
other psycho stuff. It'll be totally  hilarious."  In an all-out effort
toupgrade  entertainment at Western, Sims went  out on a limb to bring the
acts students  want.  Sims saidhe had faith in the  student body. He
listened, and he  booked the acts.But they didn'tcome.  In the firstshow,
the David Alan  Grier and Mark Curry comedy night,  A.S. Special Events
lost approximately$7,000.  Why, you ask? Sims has no clue.  "The interview
I gave for the  Welcome Back issue statedclearly  that I needed to sell out
my shows,"  Sims said. "It's crucial because these  shows cost more and
it's a smaller  venue."  Hoping to revitalize the success  of comedy on
campus, Sims took the  initiativeand looked to book other  comedy acts for
the future. Now,  however, such shows would be far  too great a risk. 
"It's really too bad this campus  isn't getting behind comedy. I don't 
have enough faith in thisschool, in  (the students') ability to support 
comedy to bring another act here,"  Sims said. "I can't takethat risk
again.  I took the risk and I lost my shirt."  Sims said he feels confident
that  when jazz greatBranford Marsalis  makes his appearance on campus, the
 returns will at least equal the costs.  "I'm notworried about the students
 supporting me. They don'tneed  to this time," Sims said. "That's the 
oneshow I got that if the students tell  me to go to hell, great. I'll
still get my  money back. Those who knowhim  come, not just from here but
from all  over. It's a guaranteed sell out."  Nevertheless, Sims said
hefeels  some of his effort has been wasted.  "Seeing the shows that I
really  wanted to bring and the things I was  looking toward have failed,
it means  I have to change my direction and go  towards something elseand
maybe  shrink the venues," Sims said.  "Everyone around is saying 'Oh  my
God, you're putting things in the  gym and the P.A.C., you're doing  such
an excellent job because you're  not settling for the (Viking Union  Main)
lounge.' Now if I have to start  pushing things back to the main  lounge, I
don't want peoplecoming  up to me and saying 'Where the hell is  the
entertainment?' "  "I tried. I provided. If they don'tsupport me, they're
basically screwing  themselves. I'm trying to provide  a diverse line-up,"
Simsconcluded.  Sims said he'd like input to help  schedule for winter and
spring quarter.  He can be reached in VU 108.  Law and Diversity continued
from page 1-  is a wonderful opportunity for Western  to dealwith the whole
issue of  diversity on campus and the issue of  underrepresentation of
minorities in  thelegal profession, Jack said.  Access to the U.S. legal
system  points to power, Jack said. Minorities  aretraditionally
underrepresented in  the legal field. According to the Law  and Diversity
Program brochure, inWashington state — as well as
nationwide  — very few judges, interpreters,  lawyers or
courtemployees  are people of color.  "To be on par with the majority 
population, the number of African-American lawyers must double, His-panics 
triple and Native Americans  increase by four times. In half the  counties
in our state, there are no  minority lawyers," according to the  brochure.
"Access to court isaccess  to justice in our legal system. Minorities 
being underrepresented  makes it more difficult forminority  communities to
exercise their legal  rights."  "Through programs like this, we  encourage
minority students and expose  them to the opportunity of going  to law
school," Bannai said. Many  minority and underprivileged groups  feel they
have to be straight-A students,  but that's not necessarily true. 
"Manydon't understand law can  be a vehicle for social change. If you  come
from a minority background,  maybe you only see the bad end of the  law,"
she said.'The students seem  pretty excited about the possibilities (the
program) has opened for them."  Each student will have a lawyer  as a
professional mentor. Inaddition,  students must complete a legal
internship.  The program is open to anyone  with a stronginterest in issues
of law  and diversity. According to the brochure,  Fairhaven is
particularly  "looking forstudents whose ethnic,  social or economic
community is  underrepresented in the legal profession  and who have the
potential to act  as leaders and role models in their  community."  For
further informationabout  Fairhaven's law and diversity program,  contact
Linda Hopper,  Fairhaven admissions coordinator,at  676-3682.  Don't drink
and drive,  Charles J. (Jerry) Flora  will be signing  Normal College
KnowledgeMonday, October 28th  from 12 -1 pm  at the  Students' Co-op
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6 The Western Front ACCENT October 25,1991  The legendary Village People to
visit Western  By SueKldd  staff reporter  Some of you may remember the 
ancient disco days of platform shoes,  strobe lights,bell bottoms and white
 polyester suits. You may recall older  siblings dressed in disco gear
while  theylistened to the vibrant melodies  of the Village People on their
8-track  stereos.  Your chance to re-livethese disco  memories is here! The
Village People  willperformtonightat9p.m. inCarver  Gym with Feast
ofFriends opening  the show. The show is a Halloween  costume party and
tickets are $5.  Since theconcert is a costume  party, everybody is
encouraged to  dress in an imaginative costume. The  show issponsored by
Associated Students  Production Special Events.  Jonathon Sims, ASP Special
EventsCoordinator and Troy Ragsdale, ASP  Special Events Assistant
Coordinator,  have collected a widerange of  prizes for the event.  The
prizes will be given to three  winners who wear the best costumes.Sims
hopes prizes will "...inspire  people to dress coolly."  Ragsdale and Sims
said prizes  include: freepizzas, tickets to a Mama  Sundays conceit,
breakfast at the  Bagelry, cases of Pepsi, "way cool"  beersigns and a
"totally kick-ass" Up  and Up Tavern t-shirt.  Sims said he got the Village
 People here bywriting a letter to them  "expressing his interest" in a
performance  at Western. Their agent responded  and Sims put the show
together  with Ragsdale.  Sims said, 'If you don't show up  (for the
show)Winter Quarter will  suck. I need at least 2,000 people  there. If we
get that many people  there, we'll make up all the money we  lost at the
comedy show."  This quarter ASP special events  have beenunsuccessful;
namely the  comedy show earlier this quarter. Sims  hopes to get larger
acts at Western in the future. The Village People show  will be a stepping
stone for the future  success of ASP events.Village People have a "real
following"  at Western, Sims said. In the  past two years Sims, Ragsdaleand
 others have performed Village  People's "Macho Man" and  "Y.M.C.A." at
Western Jam.  For those of you who have not  followed the success of the
Village  People in the last decade, Sims said  they have"...toured in
Europe for  years and will be in Portland before  they perform at Western."
 As for the historyof Village  People, Ed Ward, Geoffrey Stokes  and Ken
Tucker, authors of "Rock of  Ages," said "TheVillage People was  a pop
concept invented by producer  Jacques Morali..." that stunned fans  in the
disco era.  Their hilarious and cheery jingles  set to heavy disco beats
were a success  in the 1970s.Between 1977 and  1979 "In The Navy",
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October 25,1991 ACCENT The Western Front 7  Smothers Brothers brings show
to Bellingham  By AmyWold  staff reporter  Tom and Dick Smothers are 
coming.  What more could possibly be  said for acomedy team that has lasted
 more than 30 years? The Smothers  Brothers will be appearing at 8 p.m.Oct.
26 at the Mount Baker Theatre  for one show only.  The Smothers Brothers
had their  own comedyshow, "The Smothers  Brothers Comedy Hour," which ran 
from 1967 to 1969. Through their  classic gagssuch as the Yo-Yo Man,  "take
it Tom" and Michael Row the  Boat Ashore, the Smothers Brothers  foundtheir
way into the hearts of  many Americans.  The Smothers Brothers sing folk 
songs, with Tom playingthe guitar  and Dick on bass, that are constantly 
interrupted with Tom's antics. Tom  plays the slow-witted brother who  goes
"emotionally vague" at some of  the most inopportune moments.  Meanwhile,
hisbrother Dick is constantly  trying to get Tom to grow up  and actually
put on a mature show.  "Youhaven't done one adult, responsible  thing on
this stage since  you arrived," Dick said at aperformance  covered by the
Calgary Herald  on June 6,1989. "Yes, I have. In fact  right now I'm
wearinga condom,"  Tom replied.  The Yo-Yo Man is also part of  the
Smothers popularity. Tom performs  yo-yotricks while Dick narrates.  Tom
doesn't talk when he is in  the "state of Yo" because as he explains,when
he's in a state of Yo he is  too hip to verbalize anything.  Their show was
canceled at the  end of the1969 season because of  disputes that some of
the material that  they wanted to use was toocontroversial.  Political
tensions and the Vietnam  War were situations that the  Smothers had to
fightto talk about on  television. The cancellation came as a  shock to the
writers and performers  becausethey were still in the top  ratings.  The
Smothers went on to other  things, like starting their own winery,and did
another show in 1975. However,  they felt they were only being  hired to
play the part of theSmothers  Brothers with no artistic input so they  took
a break for the next five years.  In the early 1980s,the Smothers  reformed
their comedy team and began  working the comedy circuits  again. A
20-yearreunion show in  1988 brought together many of the  people who
worked on the Smothers  Brothers showin the '60s. Steve  Martin made an
appearance as one of  the, now successful writers and performers,that got
their start on the  Smothers Brothers show.  The Smothers Brothers have won
 many awards andwere honored with  a star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame in
1989.  Tickets areonsaleatMountBakerTheatre Center, 104 N. Commercial  for
$25 or $22.50 for upper balcony  seats. No discounts are availableand 
tickets are selling quickly. For more  information or tickets call
734-7200.  Summer Stock's Quiltersrevived for another sold-out season  By
Karl Jensen  copy editor  Quilters, Western's most successfulSummer Stock
'91  production, was carried over for a second run this quarter because  of
theoverwhelming public response. Tickets for each performance  during both
the summer and fall seasonswere sold out  weeks prior to opening night. 
Quilters' fall performances officially began Thursday and  runs through
Sunday. Lines are expected for each show in the off  chance that no-show
tickets may becomeavailable.  "It's very gratifying to have something that
people look  forward to and seek tickets for early,"Theater Arts Chairman 
Doug Vander Yacht said.  Because of the staggering public response to
Quilters,Vander  Yacht held 50 seats for each performance exclusively for
students  until Oct 14. After that datethe tickets were made available to
the  public.  "We're seeking all kinds of ways to bring more studentsinto 
the mix of an audience we have," Vander Yacht said. Approximately  30-40
percent of the averageWestern theater audience is  students, he said. 
Quilters is a historical musical-drama, based on the reallife  experiences
of pioneer women in the American Southwest It  evokes emotional and
striking images,although it may be hard to  imagine that a "musical" could
do so.  The setting is simple, as is the music.Yet, on the whole, both  are
very effective and necessary.  "I think that the actors were able to bring
asense of portrayal  — not a cartoonish or caricature of
the people that tried to bring  some real humanfeeling and life to those
moments within the play  that, I thinkmakes the play go well, "Director
Ruben VanKempen,  of Seattle, said.  Quilters is definitely an actor's and
director's play. With over  90 separateroles, the all female cast bounces
from children to  grandparents, from male to female impressively andrather
realistically.  The staging and directing choices made by Van Kempen  were
both natural andintricate. His ability to blend the jump-cuts  into
different characters with the predominant characteridentities is
impressive, as is the flexibility of the actors.  "I'd seen Quilters once
before and I 'd loved it. Ithought it  would be just a real big director's
challenge — which it really  was," Van Kempen said. 
Thehighlight of the production is the stunning acting  throughout the cast.
The seven member female ensemble draws  the audience into the play with
incredibly moving dialogue and  stirring pain and passion.  "At firstit
seems like you're distant from this — very  distant
— but then at the end you find that you're notdistant 
from it at all, but a part of it It's very moving," audience  member and
Environmental StudiesProfessor Richard Mayor  said.  It does require a bit
of conditioning to begin to enjoy the  play, however.The surreal music and
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8 The Western Front October 25,1991  Thrift shops give bargain shoppers a
dizzying selection  By RickJones  staff reporter  There is something about
the  dusty, junk-filled aisles of a thrift  shop that frees thehunter
gatherer in  each of us. Even the most civilized  shopper's eyes glaze over
and palms  moisten,when confronted with an  enticing array of unnecessary
plastic  objects.  Here in Bellingham, many haveopted to shun the glitz and
glamour of  Bellis Fair for the down and dirty  world of thrift shopping
(orthrifting,  as it is lovingly referred to by its  devotees.)  From the
grand scale of Value  Village, on the northside, to the  claustrophobic
intimacy of thedown-stairs  collection at Pace New and  Used,
Bellingham'smany thriftshops  offer bargain shoppers a dizzying  selection
of perfectly good stuff.  Value Village is byfar the largest  of the local
thrift shops. Its size would  probably qualify it as the only "thrift 
emporium" intown. Racks of used  apparel stretch for 10s of yards from 
Value Village's spacious entry,  topped-by-glass shelves covered with  a
mingling of fashion accessories and  household items. Men to the
right,women to the left and kids in the  center, the Village earns its
title as a  "value department store."  ButValue Village isn't without  its
detractors. A Bellingham woman  who asked to be referred to as JoyceTaylor,
(her family still thinks she  shops at the Bon), appraised Value  Village
with mixed feelings."Overall, Value Village is the  best for furniture, but
they're by far  the most expensive for clothing,"  Taylorsaid.  Taylor, a
self-confessed thrifting  addict, says that she frequents the  local thrift
shops every week.And  while that may seem obsessive, the  frequency of her
thrift shop visits  Lyn Allen tries on a second-hand hat at The Mad Hatter.
 may be a key to her success as a  "thrifter."  The Salvation Army
ThriftShop,  Taylor's favorite bargain source, has  become a battleground
in the  "thrifting" war.  "You have to hitthe place frequently,  because
all of the dealers are  always there getting the best stuff,"  Taylor
said.The dealers Taylor refers to are  the owners of private thrift shops
who  stock their stores with vintageitems  purchased from the bigger
non-profit  stores, in addition to items found at  garage and estate sales.
The rise in popularity of vintage  goods has made the market for recycled 
stuff much more competitivethan it's been in the past, and forces  the
thrift shopper to approach bargaining  in an analytical manner.Often,  to
find those treasures that disappear  so quickly in the cosmopolitan 
Bellinghammarketplace, shoppers  must look elsewhere for bargains.  "I
often go down to the Mt.  Vemon SalvationArmy Store,"Tay-lor  said.
"They're not as aware of  vintage values in ML Vernon."  To illustrate her
point,Taylor  mentioned that the Bellingham store  had created a vintage
comer, a feature  unlikely to appear ina less vintage-conscious  area.  So,
what is hot these days?  Stephen Stimson, the owner of  Lone Wolf,a
memorabilia shop next  to the Whatcom Museum, says that  the big sellers
today are leftover toys  ofthe baby boomers.  "I like the '50s and '60s
kind of  stuff — the things I remember from  my
childhood,"Stimson said.  Lone Wolf's shelves reflect  Stimson's passion
for the things of  the innocent '60s.Strangely, what  should be comforting
in its familiarity  ends up grotesque in the Lone  Wolf setting.
Theatmosphere is like  David Lynch's playpen. No offense,  Stephen.  The
love affair with recycledmerchandise in Bellingham has fostered  a sizeable
circuit of thrift and  vintage stores locally. Taylor,like  many bargain
hunters, has her favorites.  Along with the Salvation Army,  Taylor has
taken a shineto Y's Buys  on Holly Street. Despite the relatively  small
size of the shop, Taylor notes  that she's found a number of treasures 
there.  "They're inexpensive...and the  women who work there are so sweet,"
 Photoby Jonathon Burton  Taylor said.  Another of Taylor's favorites is 
the Mad Hatter, a downtown vintageclothing store. Taylor stresses the 
distinction between thrift store and  vintage clothing store.  "At
thriftstores, you really have  to scrutinize the clothing. At vintage 
clothing stores like the Mad Hatter,  all themerchandise is pre-washed or 
dry cleaned," Taylor said. "And  generally, the clothing is of much 
betterquality."  It's a strange and wonderful world  that lies behind the
doors of the thrift  shop. Cheap, cheerfuland full of neat  stuff
— it's worth a peek.  By the way, does anyone need a 
Vegr-_aa-_m«naattiirc*?7Used items - a cheap alternative for
college budgets  By Laura King  staff reporter  Antique stores havetheir
own mystical quality, because once  you enter the store, you enter a room
full of other peoples'memories. These stores are packed with items that
have been  previously used and now are being resoldfor someone else to use.
 These stores carry furniture, knickknacks, jewelry, books,  almost
anything youfeel the urge to buy. With some good luck you  can find some
real treasures. Bargain hunting reallybecomes a  factor for a good antique
store hound.  In Bellingham, you can find a majority of the antiquestores 
close to campus on Holly Street. These antique shops range in  price from
inexpensive toexpensive, depending on the item. The  stores are in walking
distance of each other and offer a wide range of items.  One of the first
shops that you'll come across going west on  Holly Streetis Aladdin's
AntiqueMall and Espresso Bar. Aladdin's  carries an unusual array of odds
and ends.  Employee Walter Robinson said, "Our store has about 20 
different dealers with different specialities, giving us a diversified 
inventory."  The store also has an extra bonus because it sells Tony's 
coffee and espresso for those shoppers thatneed an extra push of  caffeine
while they shop. The store does carry rare collectibles for  the
moreserious antique shopper along with the inexpensive  useful stuff for
college students on a limited budget.Further down Holly Street, you find
the higher concentration  of antique stores. Starting with theBellingham
Antique Mall  which carries items for the more serious shopper with more 
serious money tospend. This store carries the more expensive  items, so it
may not be the store for those who are lookingfor a  thrifty purchase.  As
you head further west down Holly, you will see quite a few  small stores,
eachwith their own personal touch and charm. One  of these stores is
Bristol Antiques. Bristol Antiques hasbeen open  for 20 years and is run by
Estella Gelder. Gelder's husband  formerly taught at FairhavenCollege as a
math teacher.  Gelder's speciality is reference books on antiques, but she 
sells everythingfrom furniture to glass china. Her store targets the  more
serious collectors, because most of her business is repeat  business from
antique dealers.  "I'm very moderately priced because a lot of my sales
goes todealers and they only buy things that are cheap to resell," Gelder 
said.  Despite Gelder's steady influx ofbusiness from dealers, she  did
recall a college student that had come in the week before. The  girl
hadcome to Bristol's because she had needed a coffee mug to  put her hot
chocolate in and she knew thatshe would be able to find  an inexpensive mug
at Gelder's store.  Bellingham Bay Collectibles is anotherstore on Holly
that  carries such items as clothing, books and jewelry for relatively low 
prices. This storeis full of good bargains for the shopper that is  willing
to take the time and effort to look for them.  Cyrano'sis a small store
with furniture, such as tables and  chairs and a wide selection of
collectibles to choosefrom.  "We're very moderately priced because our
items are second  hand. This means that we have to becheaper than anywhere
else,"  employee Frances Farnsworth said.  Next to Cyrano's is an antique
storecalled the Pink Flamingo.  This store is crammed with goodies for the
thrifty shopper. It has  furniture andknickknacks galore. The store also
comes equipped  with two cats that greet the customers as theyarrive. 
Pace's, a little further down the street, carries new and used  furniture
and a wide range of tools.The store is a little more on the  expensive end
of the price range.  This is just a list of a few of the antiquestores in
Bellingham.  These stores can save you a bundle and their fun to explore.
That's  one of the bestpart of antique stores, you never know what you '11 
find.  Antique stores are the perfect place for a college student to  pick
up items that are in good shape and that don't cost an arm and  a leg. So
some daywhen your looking for that perfect desk, plate,  bookshelf, mug.
Instead of running down to the mall, whynot take  the time to check an
antique shop. It just might be worth .your  while after all. What do you
haveto lose? Hey, who knows, you  just might find a perfect bargain! 
Speedy O'Tubbs:  JumbalassyBellingham Bay Brewing Company:  Freakscene 
Squirt  The Up  Up:  YeJlowdog reunion  SpeedyQTubbs:  Ramadillo and Buzz
Feedback and the Distortions  Bellingham Bay Brewing Company:  ThePicketts
and Somebody's Daughter  Speedy O'Tubbs:  The Meek  Bellingham Bay Brewing
Company:Ed's Redeeming Qualities and Crayon  Old Main Theater:  "Birdy" 8
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October 25,1991 ACCENT The Western Front 9  Recycle used records and CDs 
By Rob Gwinn  staffreporter  If you are no t going to listen to it any
longer,  don't throw it away, recycle it.Manypeoplearecashing
intheiroldrecords,  tapes and compact discs for cash or trade at  various
usedrecord stores around town. But this  isnotjustarecent trend, however,
asBellingham  has been involved inthe used record business  since 1972. 
Buying and trading used records, tapes and  CDs has been themajor economic
staple of  business for the last 20 years at Cellophane  Square, 115 E.
Magnolia St."We've only been doing new products for  the last 10 years,"
said Chris Conner of Cellophane.  The main market used to be in the trading
of  old records, but that is no longer the case.  "Records themselves have
fallen off lately.  People are not buying them as much as they used  to,"
Conner said. "(Records) are stilla good  business, but not what it once
was. Tapes and  CDs are where it's at."  Cellophane Square movedto its
current  downtown location about two and a half years  ago, a move which
has done nothing butincrease  business, as the traffic flow of the area is 
much greater than the store's former northsidelocation.  "Its a good
business. (There are) four stores  that buy CDs within four blocks of here.
There's  adefinite market (here)," Conner said.  Conner said the three
Western Washington  area Cellophane Square stores are doing so well,  the
owners are planning to build a fourth store  sometime soon. He said
theBellingham Cellophane  store has been "stockpiling tapes and CDs  for
months" in anticipation of thegrand opening  of the new store.  Cellophane
has simple rules for buying and  selling. You need to be 18years of age and
must  have a valid driver's license. The only thing  which fluctuates is
the value given onyour  trade-in. How much it is worth to Cellophane 
depends solely on what it is you are bringing in.  "If you bring in Milli
Vanilli, you'll probably  only get a quarter, because we have a ton of 
them. But if you bringin the new Guns N' Roses,  you'll obviously get a lot
more," Conner said.  He also said the value for cashsales is about 20 
percent lower than straight trade-in exchanges.  Cellophane will buy or
trade for anyCDs,  tapes, or records that are in good condition, even 
those purchased through record clubs atdiscount  prices.  "Some stores
don't buy them (record club  items), but we do," Conner said. "There isno 
legal distinction (between record club and non-record  club items).  Conner
said most stores will nottake record  club items for trade because they are
uneasy  about the material the items might be made of.  He said the main
concern occurred when record  clubs would mass produce albums by using 
cheapvinyl, but he said record club tapes and  CDs are now made with the
same quality materials  as storebought tapes and CDs.  To those looking to
trade in their old music,  Conner offers this advice: "Clean thedirt and 
stuff off your records and CDs before coming  down here, because we don't
have the time toclean them and if they are dirty, you will  sometimes get
less money (for your trade)."  Cellophane Squarehas two coupons in 
Western's Big Blue Bonus Book, which are  good for discounted purchases of
usedCDs,  records, or tapes. Both coupons expire at the end  of this month,
and neither may be used towardssale items or other discounts  Photo by
Steven Kennedy  Cellophane Square employee, Ken Wick,organizes the records
In the  store.  Jumbalassy to throw  liif^ntfn  :#am|§^  inch
vinyl album. A costumecontest  fourth and fifthi place fiiushers will 
receive a free Jumbalassy compact  llllllil!^  with a costumeand $8 without
Adr  Vance tickets are availableatZephyr  ages c * ^^  Jumbalassy's new
lead singer, Alex| | a i i ^^  album is over 75 minutes long and 
|opn|$||f|^  l l l l l f l ^ ^  firstmusic video. "Breakaway," theiastcuton
the band's new CD, is the  was shotlocally and includes Seattle  street
scenes and a view of theSan  (KTZZ channel 22) and Montage.  pflaiibii
yideo, produced by EVR,  that features clip^firbiiv bandswith  shot and
directed Jumbalassy Y  dude: Oiyrhpia, Foitlandi Eugene,  : Arcadat San
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10 the Western Front ACCENT October 25,1991  Seattle women artist's votive
paintings illustrate powerfulstories  By Art Hughes  staff reporter  A
collaboration by some of the  top artists in Seattle, works inspired  by
the expressive and narrative tradition  of Latin American votive paintings,
 is at the WesternGallery now  until Nov. 2. The exhibit, "100 True 
Stories. Pleas and Thank Yous," is  the effort of 60Seattle artists
— a  group impressive both in its size and  expressed
talent. The all-women  groupproduced 100 paintings for this  show, each on
the same size sheet of  tin.  The two lines of flat, frameless  paintings
on three walls of the gallery  look stark and incomplete from a  distance:
small rectangles ofcolor  lined up uniformly on the white walls.  As you
get closer, however, you realize  the impact of these paintings is 
revealed in a very expressive and  intimate way.  Once close enough, you
're drawn  in by the magnitude of genius that can  be expressed on such a
small scale.  Walking down the line of paintings,tacked modestly to the
wall with pushpins,  you become overwhelmed as  each tiny piece of metal
tellsits own  very personal, very powerful story.  Sarah Clark-Langager,
the gallery  director, saidcollaborations such  as this one are a
continuing theme in  contemporary art  "A collaborative work likethis is
sort of like building a quilt,"  Clark-Langager said. "What (the  artists)
are saying is if you take away  one of the artists, you're taking away  an
importantcontribution to the entire  work."  Traditional LatinAmerican
images  are used by some of the artists in  "100 True Stories;" bright red
hearts  (the kindseen more in anatomy books  than on Valentines) and
stylized  skeletons in some of the paintings  invoke traditional sacred and
secular  Mexican images. Some artists use  traditional techniques such
asimprinting  the tin with designs or spelling  out words. The artists also
make full  use of the votivepainting tradition of  combining text and
images. The use  of tin is itself a traditional element of 
votivepaintings.  Clark-Langager said votive  paintings are usually very
expressive  works.  "It's a type ofexpression which  traditionally displays
a reference to  an icon — some sort of religious 
figure," Clark-Langager said. She  added that the works by the Seattle 
artists were not necessarily limited to  anyspecific subject, religious or 
otherwise.  Mostly, she said, the artists have  reinterpreted the
votivepaintingstyle  with their own voices.  Gene Gentry McMahon, one of 
the original eight who organized thecollaboration, has several pieces in 
the exhibit. Her essay describing her  work reveals the very personalnature
 of this show.  "My pieces are an affirmation of  life," McMahon wrote,
"made in both  lightheartedremembrance of fleeting  magic episodes, and in
profound  gratitude for peace following loss,  and for joyfollowing
sorrow."  One of McMahon's works has a  heart-shaped cut-out in the middle
of  the sheet of tin.A painted portrait —  a tiny
memorial bust — hangs by a  red ribbon from the top of
the heart.Embossed crudely above the heart is  the word "Recuerdos," the
Spanish  word for remembrance.  Manyof the artists wrote  short
explanations of their work. The  collection of essays —
the only writteninformation offered — is collected  in a
notebook and not posted  near the paintings themselves. Some 100 True
Stories. Pleas and Thank yous is on display at  the Western Gallery through
Nov. 2.  artistschose not to add any verbal  explanations; without titles
or specific  explanations, the flat, notebook-paper-  size paintings are
forced to speak  on their own.  The exhibit is one in a series of  shows at
theWestern Gallery focusing  on the art and culture of Chicanos  or Latin
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October 25,1991 ACCENT The Western Front 11  Used bookstores offer large
array of books  ByJeffFlugel  staff reporter  Looking for a good book, but 
unwilling to fork over the five bucks  or more a new paperback costs in 
stores like B. Dalton's and  Waldenbooks? Then one of  Bellingham's several
used bookstoresmay be just the place for you.  Whether your tastes run to
Harlequin  romances or Henry Miller, EastAsian folklore or biographies of 
Winston Churchill, chances are you '11  find what you're looking for in
atleast one of these stores' eclectic  collections of newer and
out-of-print  books.  Arguably the Mecca ofBellingham's used bookstores is 
Michael's Books, 109 Grand Ave.  For sheer shelf space and browsingroom,
Michael's reigns supreme, offering  over 100,000 used books. The 
atmosphere is cozy andcollegiate,  and the overall selection is exhaustive.
 Here the intrepid bookshopper can  while away manyan hour searching  for
whatever tickles his or her fancy,  without being pestered by any nosy 
staff.Michael's boasts an impressive  array of books on numerous subjects. 
Of particular note are the store'sscience  fiction/fantasy and mystery
sections,  which take up a great deal of  shelf space. Michael'sclassics
room  is also generously stocked.  Like most used bookstores,  Michael's
pays cash or givescredit  (for use only in their store) for books  brought
in for exchange. You can  usually get a quarter to athird of a  book's
original cover price, depending  on the condition, quality and rarity  of
the book. (Note:Michael's is fairly  picky and won't take a title if it has
a  number of them already in stock.)  Michael's isalso a good place to  go
if you're looking for inexpensive  older editions or versions of certain 
textbooks.And, joy of joys, they even  offer a 10 percent student discount
if  you show them your University Clubcard.  As good as it is, however, 
Michael's is not perfect So many of  their fiction hardbacks are set onhigh
 or top shelves that you must either  constantly climb, descend, shove 
along, and climb again one oftheir  foot-stools or suffer the consequences 
of a stiff neck from craning your head  upward for too long ofa time. Also,
 their prices are on the high side for  used books. (Good thing about that 
discount, huh?)Across the street from Michael's  is its formidable rival,
Henderson's  Books. Although it is slightly smaller and usually less busy
than its higher-profile  neighbor, Henderson's carries  just as large and
diverse aselection  (including many new books at reasonable  prices), and
(unlike  Michael's) the books here arealways  in good, often mint,
condition.  In many cases, Henderson's selection  of tides ranks as themost
 complete in town. The atmosphere is  a shade less convivial, butmany gems 
await the patientcollector, as well as  the only- partially-interested
browser.  Henderson's, too, deals in used  textbooksand pays cash for your 
books, but they are even more picky  than Michael's as to what they will 
andwon't take. Prices are generally  equivalent to Michael's, but
reasonable,  considering their books'areoften  in pristine condition. Alas,
 Henderson's doesn'toffer any student  discounts.  Even thoughcomparisons
be-tweenMichael's  and Henderson's are  unavoidable (and endless) due to
their  closeproximity and size, the best  policy is to view them as
complements  of each other. Often, if one doesn'thave the particular title
you're looking  for, the other will.  Besides the Big Two, other used 
bookstorescan be found scattered  throughout the area.  Fairhaven's Eclipse
Books, 915  Harris Ave., offers amodest, but  valuable selection of fiction
and reference  works in a small but sunny,  well-lit andcharming store
— definitely  worth a look.  Blackberry Books is
currently  closing its shop on CornwallAvenue,  but its other branch is
still open, although  it's a bit out of the way on  Cedarwood,
offNorthwest. Though  it now seems but a shade of its once  respectable
self, Blackberry's still  rewards theoccasional visit with an  exciting new
find.  Other paperback collections can  be found in Bellingham
BayCollectibles  and the Granary. The latter  is more noteworthy for its
small, but  fine Georgian library ofantique books  than its random sampling
of paperbacks,  both of which are surrounded  by numerousantique paintings
and  pieces of furniture.  So remember, there is something  for everyone in
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12 The Western Front ACCENT October 25,1991  Live From the Pulpit  By Dave
Lambert  suede columnist  Ursus horribilis. Grizzly Bear. I  think it got a
bad rap with a scientific  name like that. It sounds more like a  bacteria
that causes bad breath than  an omnivorous mammal on the endangered 
species list. Notonly that, it  is probably the most feared animal in 
North America due largely to bad  press.  From 1900 to 1985, grizzly bears 
were responsible for fewer than 200  injuries and fatalities. This is a
relatively  small number compared to the  amount of human induced violence 
that takes place on any given day in  thecrowded phallus city of New York. 
Hell, I would even wager that more  than 200 police brutality suits arewon
annually.  On the other hand, over 77 grizzlies  were killed in the
Canadian  province of Albertaalone from 1979  to 1988. These bears are
being  slaughtered outside the boundaries of  provincial andnational parks
by  hunters and ranchers largely because  Canada has no Endangered Species 
Act.According to bear biologists,  grizzlies are leaving these parks
because  of increased pressuresresulting  from petroleum and natural gas 
drilling. You see, for every drilling  site, the Canadiangovernment builds 
approximately two-miles of road.  Bears do not feel comfortable with 
roads. They split.Then they are  gunned downby someone whosebrain  is being
starved of oxygen because of  tightsuspenders.  So why does Canada drill
inside of  their parks? That's the tough one.  Because you and Ileave our
friggin'  lights on and drive automobiles the  size of whales, that's why.
We import  about half ofCanada's natural gas  and petroleum resources. But
wait,  the causal chain continues...  Grizzlies don'tadorn themselves  with
tattoos of the American flag.  They, unlike donkeys and elephants,  are
truly non-partisan, despite what  California thinks. Unfortunately,  many
of the bears in Glacier National  Park andthe surrounding National  Forest
lands in Montana are able to  cross the narrow treelessswath markingthe
border between us and Canada.  Come to think of it, they probably  don't
even get strip searched bysmiling  border officials. In fact, male 
grizzlies have a range of up to 4000  square kilometers in a givenyear, 
making it quite possible for one to  travel from the southern most part of 
Glacier, well into thedanger zone of  Alberta. This case is indicative that
 ecosystems, like bears, do not stop at  borders.  Butit seems that our
culture values  rarity: be it in art or cars, stamps  or jewelry. Our
economy is based on  gold- araremetal. Our senate is based  on ethics,
rarely. And our aloneness,  which we value greatly, is a rareness. 
Moreover, we associate rarity with a  sort of reverence. Such reverence for
 the grizzly ismanifest in Gummi  bears, Care bears, Teddy bears, and  even
the Chicago bears. We are content  with the image of the ever elusive 
grizzly upon post cards and phone  books. It is our way of comprehending 
something that we do not understand.  But these images are merely
surrogates  for some realnesson all fours,  feeding on elk. They are like
urban  landscapes sufficing for wilderness.  Indeed, we havereached a point
at  which the image is in conflict with the  beast. In the midst of our
consumptive  drivefor the image, we are losing  sight of its source. And
its source is  disappearing justlike the light that weleft on in the
bathroom this morning,  making us both look more and more  like dodos. 
Shanghai stringquartet brings warmth and feeling to PAC  By Beth Matthews 
staff reporter  Western's Performing ArtsCenter  (PAC) welcomes the
internationally  celebrated Shanghai String  Quartet at 8 p.m. Monday,Oct.
28.  Originally forming in China in  1983, the Shanghai String Quartet  has
established an astonishing reputation  as one of the leading chamber 
ensembles in the United States.  Among the Quartet's many accomplishments 
is its winning of the  prestigious Chicago Discovery Competition  in
1987.Currently the Shanghai String  Quartet is the "Quartet-in-Residence" 
at the University of Virginia. In thepast they've held residence at the 
Tanglewood and Ravinia Festivals  and the Julliard school.  The Quartethas
also appeared on  the "Great Performers" Series at Alice  Tully Hall,
Lincoln Center's Mostly  MozartFestival and at New York's  92 StreetY.  The
New York Times has  awarded the Shanghai String Quartetas being,"... among
the finest young  foursome of the day."  Other reputable critiques have 
also praisedthe Quartet's ability to  weave fire and emotion into their 
music.  "These musicians play with  warmth andintense feeling, yet with 
such clarity and dead-center intonation  that you can hear every note
andsavor every combination of tone and  texture. ...The performance went
from  strength to strength,"—Richmond  Times-Dispatch. 
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October 25,1991 SPORTS The Western Front 13  Funds come from Donation  Crew
gets new shellFootball players find new home at Western  By Clayton Wright 
staff reporter  Are sports or educationmost  important in college? For many
students  it's one or the other. For juniors  Mike Dunford and Mike Wagner
it  had to be both, and Western provided  the perfect atmosphere to
accomplish  just that.  ForDunford and Wagner, former  classmates at St.
Monica's High  School outside of Los Angeles, the  perfect college was one
where they  Photo by Steven Kennedy  Betty Haskell christens the Jimmy H
with somelake water.  She and F. Murray "fled" Haskell donated $10,000 to 
Western, $7,000 of which was used topurchase the four-oared  racing shell.
"Red" Haskell is the Chief Executive  officer of the HaskellCorporation,
and rowed for two years  at the University of Washington in the 1940s. In
addition,  "Red"Haskell donated $10,000 in 1969 which paid for  Western's
first shells, and made the crew programpossible.  The Jimmy H. is named
after his late son.  Mike Wagner  would have an opportunity to playfootball
while maintaining academics.  Western turned out to be that  school. 
"There's a lot of emphasis on  academics, which is important,"  Dunford
said. "One of the first things  Coach (Rob) Smith said to uswhen  we got
here is that you're a student-athlete,  and in that order."  "I wanted to
play football and  getan education," Wagner continued.  "At big schools
they care if you're  eligible. Here they care if you getyour degree.
Everything Western offered  was right; education, football,  location."  It
wasn't until aformer high  school coach made the move to Western  that
Dunford and Wagner considered  theuniversity as an option.  Andre
Patterson, referred to as  Coach P. by Dunford and Wagner, 
originallycoached at Renton High  School with Smith. Patterson then  took
the head coaching job at St.  Monica'sduring their junior year.  "Me and
Mike got real close to  Coach P. for various reasons," Wagner  said.
"Hestuck his neck out for us, he  really did. If anything went wrong at 
school, me and Mike were in the  office. Coach P. kept us on track." 
"Coach P. was a player's coach  and a coach's coach. He knew how torelate
to players," Dunford added.  Patterson left St. Monica's after  one year
and moved on to WeberState University. Smith, who then got  the head job at
Western, contacted  Patterson who agreed to come and  coach at Western.  It
was at that time, after receiving  letters from Patterson, Dunford  and
Wagner learned about Western.  But it took a serious meeting between  the
two to arrive at the decision to  attend Western.  "We got kicked outta
class together,"  Wagner said. "We had a  business class in highschool our
senior  year and got tossed out for  throwin' eraser bits. We just went out
 and started talkin'about where we  wanted to go to college."  For Wagner,
Western wasn't the  only option.  "My junior year I thought I'd  end up
going to a junior college, but  my senior year, colleges started getting 
in touch withme," Wagner said.  "Some Division I schools talked to  me, but
they were leery because of  my size."  "Alot of coaches told me that  when
you get into college, football  becomes a business," Wagnercontinued.  "At
least now we're havin' fun.  I enjoy the team I'm on and I enjoy  being
here."  Eventhoughbothlike the school,  the distance from home, friends and
 family often occupies their thoughts.  "Itwears and tears," Wagner  New
marketing scheme for athletics to draw fans  By Rob Gwinn  staff reporter
Every team player should know  their role. The new director of marketing 
and promotions for Vikingathletics, Kevin Bryant, knows exactly  what his
role is.  "My job is to get the word out and  get thecommunity involved in
our  (sports) programs," Bryant said.  "(We) want to do different things to
 attractmore people to the games."  Bryant, a former men's assistant 
basketball coach at Western, hascommitted himself full-time to the 
marketing and promoting of  Western's athletics. His objectives 
areclear-cut: Put people in the seats  and raise money for the Athletic
de-partment  and its programs.  Withthe restructuring  of  Western's
budget,  certain departments  will be asked to fully  utilize their
abilitiesto raise additional  funds for their programs.  The ones  who are
able raise  the most money  outside theUniversity  will have their  budgets
cut back the  most.  "(For example),  the biology department  doesnot have 
the ability to make  outside dollars,  (unlike) the athletic  department,
the  Performing Artsdepartment, and the Housing and  Dining department,"
Bryant said.  The Marketing and Promotionsdepartment has already launched
an  aggressive marketing campaign  aimed at local business support ofViking
athletic programs, with another  aimed at filling the stands.  "The key is
making (every game)  anevent," Bryant said.  He understands the need for
his  marketing programs to succeed, as 40  percent ofthe Athletic
Department's  budget coming directly off of gate  receipts and marketing.
Bryant also  said 30percent of the department's  budget comes from student
fees, with  the final 30 percent from state funds.Already Bryant has his
marketing  efforts succeeding. This season every  home football game has
had atheme,  such as Senior Citizens Night, the  Homecoming Game and the
final  home game was billed asParent's  Day, with all of the games having 
pleasing attendance figures. There is  also this year's halftimefield
goal-kicking  contest, with the winner of  the finals receiving a trip for
two to  Reno, Nev. Bryant hopesto continue  the "event theme" success into
the  men's and women's basketball season.  "The(basketball) games will be 
much more enjoyable than in the past,"  he said. "The bottom line is to
getpeople in the seats."  Bryant plans to have various local  businesses
sponsor a halftime three-pointshooting contest, and expects to  see a more
exciting cheerleading  squad, who will be doing morecheering and less
dancing. The  dancing may be handled by Bryant's  bringing back the popular
dancegroups that performed at various  games last year. Bryant has also
been  talking with the AssociatedStudents  Special Events department about 
several ideas for increasing the basketball  attendance.Although no details
have been  worked out, Bryant discussed the  possibilities of a reduced
admission  toa post-game event with a game  ticket, withtheevents being
anywhere  from a comic performance toJumbalassy, for example.  Bryant is
also working with TCI  Cablevision in an attempt to bring a  WesternGame of
the Week to local  television. TCI is currently showing  Viking Sports
Talk, a half-hour showhosted by Bryant, along with head  men's basketball
coach Brad Jackson,  from5:30 to6p.m. everyTuesday  evening on TCI Channel
10.  said. "I hated leavin' my mom 'cause  she's my sweetheart"  "It'stough
going away from  home," Dunford continued. "There's  no one to tie your
shoes, you gotta  take onall new responsibility."  "There's times whenl
just warma  say forget it, pack up and go home.  Primarilybecause we're far
from  home, but sometimes I just get tired  of the grind," Wagner added. 
Regardless,both admit to culture  shock after coming to  Bellingham, but
neither regret coming.  However, homeis home and  Mike Dunford  both plan
to return to Los Angeles  after college. Dunford described thedifferences
between Bellingham and  Los Angeles like this:  "It's like you can take a
boy  outta the city,but you can't take the  city outta the boy
— It's stuck. For  example, if it was a car, in L.A. 65 
(mph)would be the fast life. Then I  pull into Bellingham, I gotta slam 
shift into second, grind my gears,  twisteverything up and go about 30.  It
ain't bad, it just takes a little getting  use to," Dunford
concluded.Excercise  your right  to vote  Briefs  Compiled by Sports 
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14 The Western Front OPINIONS October 25,1991  Mpir~~ - ^ ^ N M M J ^ J J 
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.•"  Thetrue meaning of death  By Clayton Wright  staff
reporter  Death — a term so commonly used that its  true
meaning is practically defunct. A noun substituted  frequently to describe
the termination of anythingformerly in existence. But the true, undefined
meaning  of death prevails only to those who understand.  Idon't
understand. But last week I became  painfully aware of its presence, I've
never even seen  death, but I know it lingers. My life is unmarred when  it
comes to such personal tragedy, butl now realize how  deathcan clutter a
clear conscience.  Last Sunday my mom called, her wavering  voice signaling
panic, to tellme my dad was in the  hospital with amysterious illness. The
symptoms were  rare and extensive, theprognosis undetermined. Our  highly
developed, highly technological medical institution  poked andprobed, but
were unable to come up with an  accurate diagnosis of the problem.  For a
few brief moments,as I clutched the phone, I  incurred a mental lapse. My
usually clear thought and instinctive  dialogue were lost. I felt fear.
True fear. My grasp on the  receiver turned my knuckles white. I stood
motionless, stunned  by the turn of events, paralyzed by fear. A force of
fear I can  not remember ever experiencing.  As mycognitive abilities
returned, I thought about  death. For one shortmoment, I saw death. So
personified, such  immediacy.  My dad is now home recovering; weak and
aggravated,  but recovering. My temporary fear of death has faded.  I
managed to elude its plague. But I know it's there. And the  next time I
use theword, I'll think about what it really means.  Barbecues and bake
sales:  The revitalization of the CIA  ByJohnny Herber  staff reporter  The
White House has rats.  This isn't really startling news to most. I'm
suremany of us remember the story last year of how Barbara  Bush came face
to face with a rat while taking adip in  the White House swimming pool. The
unfortunate  animal was promptly drowned by PresidentBush; sort  of his
"Zero Tolerance" policy for rats.  In fact, William Seale's history of the
mansion,  "ThePresident's House," dates the rodent problem  back to 1809.
It also talks about how in the 1860's,President Andrew Johnson's daughter
proclaimed a  "War on Rats." But while she spared no expense forall  manner
of traps and legions of cats, she was unsuccessful  in solving the problem.
 Part of herfailure might have been due to the fact  that President Johnson
was in the habit of leaving flour  and waterout atnight in case any of the
rats got hungry.  That's like the contemporary "War on Drugs."  This time
the CIA was in the habit of leaving little  dishes of money out at night in
case any rats like  Manuel Noriegagot hungry.  What possessed them to do
that? I mean, Noriega,  isn't exactly one of those dancing micefrom 
"Cinderella." Did they really think of him as a cuddly  little pet?  I have
to wonder why, in the midst of an arms race  with the Soviet Union, the CIA
had nothing better to do  than to play "Let's Make A Deal"with drug lords? 
What scares me is the thought of the kinds of mischief  they'll get
themselves into nowthat they'll have more  time on their hands. Obviously,
they need something  else to do to keep them out of trouble.  One option is
that there's always work for them in  the 12 new Soviet republics. Given
theagency's penchant  for peddling U.S. influence around the globe, all 
they'll have to do to make inroadsinto the new Soviet  governments is to
change the image of the average CIA  agent from the cloak anddagger persona
of the past into a new  type of agent who merely wants to make friends,
maybe throw  abarbecue: kind of a used car salesman with a shoulder 
holster.  But there's only 12 republics. Only a partof the agency  can be
kept busy over there.  Of course the CIA also has their ongoing operations
in  LatinAmerica to keep them occupied, but in reality, the only  threat
south of our border is that Mexican potatogrowers may  begin outselling
U.S. potato growers.  All that the CIA would have to do in that case is to
airdrop  a bunch of agency Mr. Potatohead's armed with portable 
Cuisinart's(and disguised in littlesunglasses and sombreros)  into Mexican
potato fields and the problem would be solved.  So again, whatwill we do
with the rest of the CIA? We  can't really fire them. After almost a half a
century of fighting  theforces of Communism, giving out pink slips might be
 enough to cause agency ideologists tospontaneously combust.  Ironically,
the new Soviet "spymaster", Yevgeny  Primakov, has another solution. He
feels that U.S. and Soviet  Intelligence should team up in the battle
againstdrug trafficking  andinternational terrorism.  While I do commend
Mr. Primakov for the thought, I also  think that his Glasnosticvision is a
little short sighted. We  need to first look at how our traditional methods
of "rat  catching" havefailed to work in the past before we waste  further
energy on them.  It seems a simple enough solution, just kill the rats and
the  problem should go away. But every time we do, more rats  come along to
replacethem. Anyone who knows about rats  will tell you that if there are
rats in your house and you want  themout, clean up your house. If the rats
have nothing to feed  on, they will either die or go away. At the
worstthey'll get  desperate and careless, eventually setting themselves up
to be  caught by a skilled rat catcher.  It works the same way with our
drug problem. Our  problem isn't the international drug cartels. They
arerun by  rats; they are run by survivors. As long as there is a market, 
see Rats, com. on pg. 15  Iffllllffii  Allwomen were victims  in Thomas'
hearings  A dangerous precedent has been set in American  society. Inthe
aftermath of the Clarence Thomas confirmation  hearings, the efforts of the
thousands of women who  have been fighting for years for recognition of
sexual  harassment have been virtually erased.  An article in Thursday's
Seattle Times regarding a  Senate subcommittee on discrimination and
harassment in  theworkplace states that three women who were scheduled  to
appear decided not to show up. According tothe article,  the women decided
that to appear before the committee  would put their careers in
jeopardy.They made this decision  after watching the Judiciary Committee
tear apart the  credibility of Thomas'accuser, Anita Hill. Two members  of
yesterday's subcommittee, including the chairman, were  on theJudiciary
Committee.  The reactions of the three women is unsettling. It shows  that
they do not have faithin their government to treat their  concerns fairly
or compassionately. The "glass ceiling"  which has keptwomen from moving up
to high positions in  our society has once again been slammed down on
thefingers of women everywhere.  The results of the Thomas hearing are not
the issue. It's  how the wholesituation was handled that has sent women's 
rights back 15 years. Rather than taking a serious look atthe allegations,
Republicans (and some Democrats) on the  Judiciary Committee jumped on the
Bushbandwagon and  began attacking Hill, claiming she was fantasizing the 
allegations, or that she was "ascorned woman."Bush's  campaign to discredit
his nominee's accuser will have  dangerous meaning in asociety already
insensitive to  women's issues.  The power-hungry men in society received
governmentendorsement to continue trying to dominate women in the 
workplace. They can now follow the example oftheir  President and trash the
reputation of any woman who dares  to bring forward charges of harassmentor
discrimination.  Such women can be labeled as opportunists or fantasizers. 
And the "glass ceiling" willslam down even harder.  Editor, Steve McClure;
Managing Editor, AlexandraM. Page; News  Editor, HollyBorba; Asst News
Editor, NoelleKompkoff; Campus  Govt. Editor Chris Schneidmiller, Sports
Co-Editors,Josh Jenkins  and Troy Ragsdale; Features Editor, Gloria
Robinson; Asst. Features  Editor, Darryl Carr,Accent Co-Editors, Joan
Elmenhurst and  Suzi Zobrist; Copy Editors, Debra Disbrow and Karl
Jensen;Photo  Editor, David Willoughby; Illustrators, Eric Brown and Sean 
McWhinney; Graphics, ScottFriesenand Tim Mitchell; Publications  Manager,
Brian Porter, Adviser, Pete Steffens.  The Front is the officialnewspaper
of Western Washington University.  Editorials reflect the majority opinion
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October 25,1991 OP/ED The Western Front 15  Readers compliment  writer for
rape article  Dear Editor,We are writing to compliment John Lindblom on his
accurate  and sensitive article entitled "DateRape—A
Fearful Reality for  College Students," which appeared in the Oct. 22 issue
of The  WesternFront. Rape and all forms of sexual assault are most 
definitely a real and powerful concern for students on campus. 
Unfortunately, rape is also vastly unreported, which accounts for  the fact
that University Policelacks concrete statistics as to what  the prevalence
of sexual assault is on our campus.  Rape is a crimeof violence, both
physical and emotional.  Verbal threats and coercion can be just as
frightening andforceful  as physical threats and bodily harm. Physical
bruises are not  always necessary to createemotional scars. Whenever a
sexual  situation lacks actual words or conduct indicating freely
givenconsent for sexual activity on the part of all persons involved, a 
sexual assault is occurring. It is estimated that one out of six  college
women will be sexually assaulted this year.  The idea of rape conjures
upimages of a woman being  drug by her hair into a dark alley by an unknown
assailant in adark  hat andtrenchcoaL The unnerving truth is that roughly
85 percent  of rape or attempted rape victims knew theirassailant, and that
not  all rape victims are women.  But what can one person do to change the
odds ofsexual  assault from happening? Actually, there is a plethora of
preventative  measures that protectstudents from becoming statistics. 
Follow security measures. Do not prop residence hall doors open.Always walk
with a friend after dark, or call Security at 676-3555  for an escort. Lock
your doors. Be strong and assertive. Educate  yourself and others about
sexual violence. Carry mace, keys, a  rolling pin, orother possible weapon
when going out. Learn self-defense.  Name rapists everywhere. Leave
abusiverelationships.  Do not be accommodating. Volunteer at Whatcom County
Crisis  Center (671-5714 or 384-3748) or Womencare Shelter for Battered 
Women (734-3438 or 671-8539). Be aware of the fact thatover 90 percent of
date and acquaintance rapes involve the use of  alcohol. Walk tall, be
proud, and takecharge of situations.  Demand justice for rape, murder and
battering crimes. Dial 911  and report crimes.Publicize your anger. Take
care of yourself, and  be a healer. Learn to say "NO".  It can take months
oryears to heal from the trauma of a sexual  assault. If you have been
assaulted, get help. Contact theSexual  Awareness Center (VU 214/647-6117),
the Counseling Center  (MH 262/676-3164), HealthServices (High Street Hall
25/676-  3400), VP for Student Affairs/Student Life (OM
390/676-3846),Whatcom County Crisis Center (734-7271/384-1485,24-hours), 
University Police (676-3555), orBellingham Police (911). Do not  try to
deal with the problem on your own. Seek the support you  need and
deserve.Rape is a terrible violation of one's sense of  security and
self-worth, but it is a wound from which one canheal.  Sincerely,  Michelle
Hull  Robyn Rogers  Sexual Awareness Center  Clarification  It has come to
the attention of The Western Front editors that  headlines used on the
letters page (Oct. 18 and Oct 22)regarding  Initiative 120 have caused some
confusion. By referring to the first  letter, by Mark Ellis, asreader
opinion and the second letter, by  Amy Willis and Deidre Washburn, as facts
about Initiative 120,The Front has appeared to have take a position on this
issue. The  Front strives to maintain objectivity inbringing issues to its 
readers. The headlines were taken from comments made within  the
lettersthemselves and are not a statement of the validity of one  point of
view over another. The Front apologizesfor any misconception.  Rats, com.
from pg. 15  they or someone like them will find a way to sell theirpoison.
 The true battlefield in a war on drugs is at home.  Thus there is a better
role that the CentralIntelligence  Agency can take for our country: the
promotion of intelligence  in our country.  Agentscould become teacher
aides, tutors and counselors,  putting their information gathering skills
to positiveuse.  They could help care for our nation's elderly, work in 
hospitals and create community centers whereour youth can  safely play. 
They wouldn't and shouldn't solve our country's problems,  but they
couldhelp us along by becoming a kinder,  gentler CIA.  Why not? It's
better than them getting tangled up in the strings of their own puppet
dictators.  Why not? They've got budget money allocated to them  already
andwe could u the help.  Why not? It's a way for them to help our country
to  finally rid itself of all these rats: a "Zero Tolerance" policy  for
ignorance.  What is it you're saying? That type of innovation would 
betotally beyond reason to leaders like President Bush and  Robert Gates?
There are just too manyobstacles for this plan  to overcome?  Rats? 
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