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Identifier: wwu:42683
Title: Associated Students Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 1956 Spring Quarter
Date: 1956-03/1956-06, 1956-03-1956-06
Digital Collection: Associated Students of WWU Board Minutes
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: University Archives
Related Collection: Western Washington University Associated Students Records
Local Identifier: asbod_1956-03_to_06_Spring
Text preview (might not show all results): March 28, 1956 The first meeting of spring quarter was called to order by the chairman, Roland Sayler, The minutes of the previous meeting were read, corrected and approved. Present were; Don Six. Barrie Brownell, Ken Moffet, Miss Nelson, Denny White; Bob Dunlap, Dr. Van Aver, Dan White, Joel Carlso

Identifier: wwu:40266
Title: Lambis truncata
Description: 11 shells, species might be lambis
Digital Collection: Departmental Shell Collection
Type of resource: still image
Related Collection: Biology Department Shell Collection, Western Washington University
Local Identifier: Dept_00034

Identifier: wwu:24422
Title: Blue Barnacles Swim Club, Members of the Blue Barnacles Swim Club Holding a Heart.
Date: 1958
Description: Six members of the Blue Barnacles Swim Club in the pool holding a large heart.
Digital Collection: Women's Recreation Association
Type of resource: Still image
Object custodian: University Archives
Related Collection: Women's Recreation Association Records
Local Identifier: WRA0257

Identifier: wwu:41000
Title: Trophon sp.
Digital Collection: Departmental Shell Collection
Type of resource: still image
Related Collection: Biology Department Shell Collection, Western Washington University
Local Identifier: Dept_00108

Identifier: wwu:41425
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 September 23
Date: 1969-09-23
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19690923
Text preview (might not show all results): Georgia Pacific Poisons chris condon One o f the greatest potential hazards to the safety o f the Bellingham c o m m u n ity lies in Georgia Pacific's c h lo rin e p ro d u c tio n plant. C hlorine, a ' h ig h ly to x ic , o fte n fatal gas is produced by separating raw sea salt (sodium ch
Part number: Volume 1, Number 11

Identifier: wwu:41427
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 October 21
Date: 1969-10-21
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19691021
Text preview (might not show all results): NEWS FRONT MORATORIUM MAKES COM ' As elsewhere in the nation, B ellingham 's Vietnam Moratorium Day began as a small movement - 3 or 4 key peopleseveral weeks ago and grew, like Topsy, into a mass-supported demonstration of revulsion and hope. Perhaps surprisingly, "Establishm ent&quo
Part number: Volume 2, Number 1

Identifier: wwu:41566
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 April 10
Date: 1969-04-10
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19690410
Text preview (might not show all results): jressor erfoot 'his is ace in e time correct em of >is war ps and is, dis South ct the ïamese »racy, affairs by the selves, reuniled by ss of :reprelave its olitical r, Mr. nits of, werful B. 52 carous ombat out a thing,' j" the ntimi- 79T THE NEWS Burley The first issue of the Nor
Part number: Volume 1, Number 2

Identifier: wwu:41565
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 March 17
Date: 1969-03-17
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19690317
Text preview (might not show all results): O photo by greg gable 0 OF FLAGS AND FREEDOMS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TWO INTERVIEWS WITH NLF THE NEWS FRONT F U G FIGHT A t about 12:30 p.m., Thursday, March 13, a group of students, estimated between ten and twenty in number, coverged on the SDS literature tabl
Part number: Volume 1, Number 1

Identifier: wwu:41570
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 August 05
Date: 1969-08-05
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19690805
Text preview (might not show all results): NEWS FRONT w Atlantis Peace Shop Busted T h e C ity of Bellingham took a big step in some yet undetermined direction last Frid a y afternoon as they arrested the ow ner of A tla n tis Peace Shop on charges o f displaying and selling obscene m atter. Shim Hogan, owner of the shop at 1205 C o rn w all
Part number: Volume 1, Number 8

Identifier: wwu:41420
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 May 27
Date: 1969-05-27
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19690527
Text preview (might not show all results): p h o to by greg gable &r -«Sr All Power To People’s Park Money was collected and sod was brought in, and a carpet of grass was unrolled. Trees and flowers were planted, a sandbox and swings were put in fo r the children, and brick walkways were laid. D u rin g the week the park provided a place
Part number: Volume 1, Number 4

Identifier: wwu:41426
Title: Northwest Passage - 1969 October 07
Date: 1969-10-07
Digital Collection: Northwest Passage
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Local Identifier: nwp_19691007
Text preview (might not show all results): The Amc,hitka ·Blast donald o. capstick Geologist & Seismograph Technician at WWSC · ,, "Amchitka", another contemporary synonym for controversy. Why is everyone so uptight? To start with, it's nuclel!r. Then it's in a wildlife refuge for rare animals, . Then it might leak an
Part number: Volume 1, Number 12

Identifier: wwu:34999
Title: Northwest Passage
Description: The Northwest Passage (1969-1986) was an alternative newspaper published bi-weekly in Bellingham, Washington (1969-1977), and then in Seattle. Digitization of this resource is funded by a gift of FairhavenHistory.com. Original issues of the Northwest Passage are housed at Special Collections, with a partial run at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. Users are advised that this collection may include content that is offensive, harmful or triggering.
Digital Collection: Western Libraries
Type of resource: Collection

Identifier: wwu:17101
Title: Western Front - 2005 October 18
Date: 2005-10-18
Digital Collection: Western Front Historical Collection
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Western Front Historical Collection
Local Identifier: wfhc_2005_1018
Text preview (might not show all results): 2005_1018 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 1 ---------- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 9, VOLUME 135 GRAND DREAMS Western s waterfront plans begin to take shape as university weighs development proposals BY JACO
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 2005_1018 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 1 ---------- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 9, VOLUME 135 GRAND DREA
Show more2005_1018 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 1 ---------- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 9, VOLUME 135 GRAND DREAMS Western s waterfront plans begin to take shape as university weighs development proposals BY JACOB BUCKENMEYER The Western Front Western's administration has begun to sort through the 23 proposals department chairs and directors submitted regarding the university's role in the development of the Bellingham Bay waterfront. Western president Karen Morse said the waterfront development will be the focus of Western's expansion for the next 30 years. Buff Schoenfeld, executive assistant to the president of the university, said Western's waterfront committee, which is comprised of students and faculty, has looked over the proposals and is meeting five times before February to talk about consolidating the most feasible plans. "We're looking at common spaces," she said. "For instance, if there are three different proposals, â€” all who need office spaces, seminar spaces and meeting spaces â€” then they could be sharing a facility." Atthis point, theuniversityhasnotcombined any of the proposals, Schoenfeld said. The most prominent plans are from departments with specialized needs for the space, such as machine shops for the engineering technology department or a campus to house all of Huxley College of the Environment. "Huxley is always mentioned because it has the most conceivable relationship to the waterfront," she said. "Yet that would be kind of a long-term thing, and there are all kinds of WESTERN'S HORIZONS This article is part of a series looking at Western's growth and its ever-expanding goals for developing the university. hurdles before we get there." Western officials will determine how much land will be set aside for Western and where the land might be located, but not until they know which functions will transfer to the waterfront. The 150-acre property, which the Port of Bellingham purchased from Georgia- Pacific in January 2005, is slightly larger than Western's current campus, said Sylvia Goodwin, director of planning and development for the Port of Bellingham. University officials are reluctant to move an entire department or college off campus because students on the waterfront would still have to attend classes on the main campus, Schoenfeld said. She said the change would require more travel for Western students but no more than students at larger universities such as the University of Washington, which has foot traffic over longer distances than the distance from Western's present campus to the waterfront property. Some of the proposals, which request the addition of specialty facilities to the waterfront, could also ease parking issues on see HORIZONS, page 4 JACOB BUCKENMEYER / THE WESTERN FRONT Western overlooks the dilapidated waterfront property on Bellingham Bay, which will be the focus of campus development for the next 30 years. Former students testify on Mills' behalf Hearing panel schedules more meetings for Wednesday, Thursday to decide Mills 'future PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDA WAGNER-MILLS Character witnesses (from left) Kevin Jenkins, Evan Bourm, Tim Boyd and Sarah Finley defended Western theatre arts professor Perry Mills (far right) Friday. BY CIARA O' ROURKE The Western Front Five character witnesses for Western theatre arts professor Perry Mills waited outside closed doors to testify on Mills' behalf at a meeting Friday. This was their first chance to formally speak out against Mills' suspension nearly a year earlier. "There's a lot of people who like the way I do business," Mills said. "It's gratifying to see them come back." The hearing panel that conducted the meeting scheduled two additional meetings this week at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday in Old Main 340 to deterrnine whether the university should fire Mills. Western's theatre arts department put Mills on paid suspension for conduct in October 2004, theatre department chair Mark Kuntz said. The panel conducted five meetings this past week. The Executive Council of the Faculty Senate selected five members from senate committees to comprise the hearing panel. The informality of Friday's hearing, which was closed to the public, surprised Western junior and character witness Evan Bourm, he said. "It didn't feel formal at all," Bourm said. "So the whole secretive thing kind of felt weird." Western's faculty handbook dictates the hearing should be private, unless the hearing panel, Western Provost of see MEETING, page 3 STARGAZING Physics majors supervise public viewing of the universe every clear Wednesday night FEATURES, PAGE 6 OFFENSE ON ICE Western hockey netted 12 goals in two games, winning both, improving its record to 6-1 SPORTS, PAGE 8 R-RATED Movies that promote malignant aspects of society should undergo some form of censorship OPINIONS, PAGE 10 WEATHER Wednesday: Sunny Hi: 56 Low: 40 Thursday: Sunny Hi: 56 Low: 39 www.westernfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS OCTOBER 18,2005 COPS BOX siparaj^ IreSgoiil^^ tsclat|cj^ IresppnÂ® ;iQuri|i^^ s:m lt;?ipp:|r^^ ;:of;;|ossi?p 'Wpeklpi^ ;:re^jpnded::ffe ;:imiqcnfift^^ responded to appnc6^S0^aSyef who w ^ ::ttie::;:;;;i^a1ity; .^..of,;:! '^mi-^ea^pldi, tiephewfjiyirig^ sex offender on the 4^ :^sterly;Rqa ^ Compiled'byiLomariSerkd: iking oices Where is your favorite place to eat on campus? Compiled by Susan Rosenberry Lucas Kress Senior, business management Emily Barker Sophomore, secondary education Riley Neff Sophomore, physics The Viking Union Market because of the wraps. The micro-wraps are the best. 59 The Underground Coffeehouse because of the atmosphere and the live music. â€¢ ) * ) Fairhaven Commons because you can sit there and eat all day. â€¢ ) * ) AP Wire news briefs STATE NEWS New biodiesel plant planned in Cowlitz County Officials at Bellingham-based Chemical Consortium Holdings said the company plans to build a plant in the Longview-Cowlitz County area to produce biodiesel, a partial substitute for gasoline. The company hopes to start constructing the plant by the end of this year. Company officials said it will be the first large-scale biodiesel facility on the West Coast. The project will cost $62 million and create 22 jobs. NATIONAL NEWS Tennessee inmate fails to change state's execution methods The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Monday against a death-row inmate who was challenging the Corrections In the Oct. 14 article "Characters face ethical dilemmas in Kuntz's play," Western senior Justin Emerick was quoted as saying, "It's fun to discuss dicks and pussies, and to discover new things we can do with it." The quote should have read, "The characters feel it's fun to discuss dicks and pussies, and to discover new things we can do with it." The Western Front regrets this and any other errors. The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. state's method of execution. Lawyers for the inmate, Abu- Ali Abdur'Rahman, argued the three-drug combination the state uses to execute killers amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The lawyers said the first drug, an anesthetic, might fail. And the second drug, which paralyzes the muscle system, might keep their client from crying out if he were in extreme pain. But the state's lawyers argued that inmates are unconscious in seconds and die painlessly from the drugs within five minutes. The state sentenced Abdur' Rahman to death for stabbing and killing a drug dealer in 1986. Hearing on Sept. 11 lawsuit continues A group of families whose loved ones died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is suing New York City over what they say are the microscopic remains of their loved ones buried in a landfill. At a court hearing Monday, Manhattan federal judge Alvin Hellerstein urged the city and the families to compromise. But family members said they did not see any way to compromise on their demand that the city dig up World Trade Center dust from the landfill and bury it elsewhere. . "My son is not going to be buried in a garbage dump," said Annemarie McAleese, who lost her son in the Sept. 11 attacks. INTERNATIONAL NEWS WHO says bird flu virus remains problem in Asia World health officials said Monday they are concerned about the spread of bird flu in Europe, but they are more concerned about the threat in Asia. Officials at the World Health Organization said bird flu has become a major problem in Asia. The organization's fear is that it could mutate into a strain that would spread from person to person, possibly killing millions. This weekend, tests confirmed the presence of bird flu in Romania, and last week they confirmed the virus had arrived in Turkey. A U.N. health official told the Associated Press the world is not prepared for the disease. Bird flu has killed 60 people in Southeast Asia since 2003. Tropical Storm Wilma heads for Gulf Coast Another storm is on the horizon for the Gulf Coast, which is still struggling in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The National Hurricane Center expects Tropical Storm Wilma to strengthen into a hurricane and hit the Gulf Coast next weekend. Compiled by David Wilhite AP Wire courtesy KUGS 89.3-FM WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Friday for the Tuesday edition and noon Wednesday for the Friday edition, except when otherwise noted. Announcements should be limited to 50 words and be typewritten or legibly printed. Announcements may be sent to FAST@wwu.edu â€” in the subject line include a one-word topic and clearly note that the item is for Official Announcements. Items also may be sent to "Official Announcements," MS-911 7, faxed to X/4343, or brought to Commissary 111. DO NOT SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE WESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. BIOLOGY SEMINAR. Christina Pince (PhD candidate, University of Washington), "Mutant Monkeyflowers: The genetics of Floral Evolution." 4 p.m. Oct. 19, Bl 234. Refreshments, 3:50 p.m. LOT RESERVATIONS. â€¢ Lot 6V will be reserved at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 for those attending the Chance for Change event. â€¢ Lots 11G and 14G will be reserved beginning at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19 for those attending a performance of if Dreams Came True. FACULTY ARE REMINDED THAT RESERVED PARKING SPACES are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G and Parks Hall. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT) will be held in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Mondays on Oct. 24, Nov. 7, 14, 21 and 28, and at 9 a.m. Thursdays on Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10,17, Dec. 1 and 8. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security number, and a No. 2 pencil. A fee of $15 is payable in the exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. FIND OUT ABOUT THE HUMAN SERVICES MAJOR at an information session from 2 to 3 p.m. Oct. 19 in MH 210, or call X/7759 for information. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST SCHEDULE AND SAMPLE TOPICS may be found at www.ac.wwu.edu/~assess/tc.htm. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) IS ADMINISTERED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY as a computer-based test. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or by calling X/3080. A $60 fee is payable at test time. The test takes about 1 Vi hours. Preliminary scores are available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. Anyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. Visit www.west.nesinc.com for registration information and a study guide with sample test questions. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. WEST-B test dates for 2005-06 are Nov. 19, Jan. 21, March 11, May 13, and July 15. WEST-E PRAXIS. Washington state requires anyone seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass a subject knowledge assessment in the chosen endorsement area (the Washington Educator Skills Test â€” Endorsement, or WEST-E). The state has chosen specific Praxis II series tests to meet this requirement. Visit www.ets. org/praxis/prxwa.html for online registration information. Registration bulletins are also available in MH 216. THE RECREATION PROGRAM APPLICATION DEADLINE is Friday, Nov. 18. Application materials and a pre-scheduled faculty interview must be completed by that date. For more information, stop by CV 6 or call X/3782. FALL GROUP OFFERINGS THROUGH THE COUNSELING CENTER include â€¢ Relaxation Training, drop in for one or all sessions, 4 p.m. Thursdays, OM 540; â€¢ Math Confidence Workshop, Part I, 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 19; Part 2, 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 26, both in VU 462B; â€¢ Ride the Emotional Wave, drop ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 3 ---------- OCTOBER 18,2005 NEWS Professor offers alternate view of hurricane BY MATT GAGNE The Western Front Thousands of people throughout America watched the. devastation Hurricane Katrina wreaked on the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts. Authorities deemed the aftermath of the massive storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. "We tend to oversimplify events like this," said Walker, an assistant professor for the Center for Geography and Environmental Social Sciences. "(Hurricane Katrina) is still truly a disaster for humans. But for the ecosystem in the long term it is not a disaster â€” it just is." The lecture is part of the Distinguished Lecture Series and takes place at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 19 in Communications Facility 110, Walker will present a different angle, on natural disasters. While not minimizing the devastation natural events cause, Walker said humans should consider natural disasters as sudden and unexpected natural events, she said. "We tend to personify natural events and therefore place a value on them," she said. She used the example of naming hurricanes and describing them with modifiers such as killer. "Nature is inherently change," Walker said. "We want things to stay the same. Disturbance and change are the natural state of nature." Humans tend to see only the immediate results and not the long-term effects of natural events, she said. In the case of Hurricane Katrina, Walker said storm surges built up the barrier islands along the shore, adding more protection from Katrina for coastal marshes and human habitat. Walker said she will use historical events as examples to show a positive perspective on natural events. The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, which killed 57 people, spread volcanic ash over thousands of miles, blanketing cities. That ash, which helps create nutrient-rich soil, is essential to the health of lush forests of the Pacific Northwest, she said. It would take 1,000 years to form the soil a volcanic eruption drops in one day. Even with bigger barrier islands, New Orleans was still at high risk from a devastating hurricane. Humans sometimes overlook an impending disaster, Walker said. PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Western professor Wendy Walker's lecture looks at the impact Hurricane Katrina had on ecosystems. When a storm hits or a volcano erupts, Walker said society blames the natural event, not bad planning. The idea to prevent this, she said, is to better prepare for unexpected natural events that could destroy human habitat. "To take something like Katrina and look at the other side is outside of what people normally speak of," she said. The series of lectures by Western faculty is open to the public, she said. The lectures are free and tickets are not required. THE WESTERN FRONT * 3 Meeting: Panel asked witnesses about Mills' treatment of women CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Academic Affairs Andrew Bodman and Mills collectively decide it should be public. Mills and his attorney James Lobsenz wanted to give the public access to the meetings, but the university kept them private because they are discussing personnel issues, Kuntz said. The meeting Friday started at approximately 3 p.m. when Mills' attorney James Lobsenz asked the character witnesses to wait in the hall until the hearing recessed. The witnesses went in to the room to testify, one at a time, Bourm said. Character witness Sarah Finley, a 2000 Western graduate, said the situation's controversial nature amazed her. Finley was the last to testify at approximately 5 p.m. The hearing panel did not introduce her to anyone in the room, she said. "I had no idea who these people were or what they did," Finley said. Because the theatre department suspended Mills because of insensitive comments he made to female students, Lobsenz asked Bourm and Finley if they thought Mills targeted women, Bourm said. Bourm told the panel he remembered an incident Mills used girls' Gucci bags as examples of materialism, but did not think it was evidence Mills targeted women. "Millswasanequal-opportunitygriper,"Bourm said. "He'd pretty much target everyone." Finley said she never felt Mills targeted her in class. She said Mills used humor to interact with his students and his behavior toward them was never cruel. "He was outrageous and used shock value to get students' attention," Bourm said. tkt atru^y^ Now ^Proudly Â£Â«: gt;? tSiif WERE"ITS AT'-.- â€ž In ArntzenHall http://dining.wwu.edu Hours: Mon-Thur 7:30a -7:30p Fri 7:30a - 5p College is hard. Finances dorrt have to be; Let WEGU ease your burden with: ; FREE On-line Telephone Bartking FREE ATMs on Campus and Around Town 1% Cash Back VISAÂ® If you live, work or go to school in Whatcom County, YOU can join WECUi 360.676.1168 www.wecu.com wecu Whatcom Educational Credit Union Holly St Fountain District Barkley Village Birchwood Ave Ferndale Fairhaven - OPEN NOW! Blaine - Opening in November Lynden Delft Square ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS OCTOBER 18,2005 Horizons: University wants student input on proposals CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 campus, Schoenfeld said. One of the proposals is to move the athletic department to the waterfront, which would provide more adequate parking for sporting events and commencement ceremonies, Goodwin said. Goodwin said the port would not place a facility such as a gym directly on the waterfront because the port wants to reserve that space for public access. The Port of Bellingham has plans to restore much of the waterfront to natural beaches with an eel grass habitat just off the shore for fish. Another special-events proposal involves moving aspects of Western's Performing Arts Center to the waterfront, which could benefit Western and the economy of the waterfront expansion as a whole, Goodwin said. "Something like the performing arts might have some merit because parking is sometimes limited on campus for evening events, and people could come down here and the students could take a bus down," Goodwin said. "That could also bring people who would shop and maybe go to restaurants." Goodwin said she did not want to see the waterfront draw business from downtown Bellingham by growing too fast. She said she would rather see the area develop its own niche in collaboration with existing Bellingham. Western has been working with the port and the city in the planning of the waterfront expansion since the city purchased the land last January, Schoenfeld said. Too many variables exist at this point for Western to estimate the cost of the expansion or guess where the university will get the money, Schoenfeld said. "We haven't even talked any dollars whatsoever," she said. "It depends on what kind of space we make it. Scientific space is much more expensive than a couple of meeting rooms and classrooms and office spaces." Some proposals that Western's faculty submitted are contingent upon the movement of several departments, including the department of facilities management. Tim Wynn, director of facilities management, said one of the department's proposals would move aspects of engineering technology, such as high-emissions plastic and chip manufacturing, to the waterfront, where the programs would have room to expand. Facilities management would then move maintenance mechanics and control technicians from the physical plant on 26th Street. A move of mechanics onto campus would increase efficiency in transportation and response time for maintenance problems because they would be closer. Wynn said the facilities management proposal depends on what happens in regard to other departments. , "Obviously, the hole in JACOB BUCKENMEYER / THE WESTERN FRONT Remnants of the Georgia-Pacific plant will remain to give the property a sense of history. JACOB BUCKENMEYER / THE WESTERN FRONT The city is discussing extending Laurel Street to go over the train tracks to bridge Western's campus with the waterfront. that proposal would be getting the proposals are narrowed down. an acceptable facility for the engineering technology program," he said. Western junior Andrea Barber, a member of the Bellingham waterfront committee, said the university wants student input once "I think this is one of those things where they would take into account someone who disagrees with a plan they're doing," she said. "They really are interested in all student input, not just from the students on the committee." UPFRONT I O XL r\ I JtY JLJ Shows every Friday Saturday at 7:30 10 pm Box Office Opens One Hour Before Showtime â€¢ $10 General â€¢ $8 Students with October 21 St ZZ The Upfront Players with Ryan Stiles October Z8 St 29 Halloween Improv Special Movember 4 Si 5,7:30 9:30 pm. The Cody Rivers Show A New Works Might every Thursday The Good, The Bad Â£The Ugly, 8pmfonly$s Advance Ticket Sales: Wednesday - friday. Noon till 3pm Call or visit the Box Office the week of performance IMPROV * 1208 BAY STREET, BELLINGHAM * 733-8855 AH ages welcome! WWW.thetipfront.COni Now serving beer wine! Buy One Ticket Get Second One Half Price With This Ad! Not Valid Thursdays, Expires 11/06/05 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 5 ---------- FEATURES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRGNTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 5 Artificial dog testicle inventor awarded Ig Nobel Prize The inventor of artificial dog testicles won an Ig Nobel Prize Oct. 6. The awards ar.e a spoof on the Nobel Prizes given out every December. The science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research gives the awards at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. Some awards are meant to provoke debate about science, but most poke fun at current culture, the magazine's editor Marc Abrahams said. "Now in their 15th year, the Igs honor achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think," Abrahams said. Gregg Miller of Oak Grove, Miss., won an Ig Nobel in medicine for his invention of Neuticles, which are artificial replacement testicles for dogs. According to Miller's Web site, "Neuticles allow your pet to retain his natural look, self esteem and aids in the trauma associated with neutering. With Neuticles, it's like nothing ever changed." Man wins $1,000 for eating 19 sandwiches in 10 minutes Ed "Cookie" Jarvis of Long Island, N.Y., won the grilled- cheese-eating championship at the Arkansas State Fair Oct. 8. *He ate 19 sandwiches'duririg the 10- min gt; ute contest and walked away with $ 1,000. In second place, Patrick Philbin of Moon-achie, N.J., ate 17.5 sandwiches. Michael Finnell of Sherwood, Ark., won third place after eating 11.5 sandwiches during a one-minute tiebreaker. The online casino, GoldenPalace.com and the International Federation of Competitive Eating sponsored the event. Little Rock, Ark., was the 11th city on the 15-city circuit for the GoldanPalace.com World Grilled-Cheese-Eating Championship. At a yet to be determined time and place, Jarvis will join other first-place winners to compete for the world championship title. Police find naked man hanging from ceiling of Check 'n Go Police officials found a naked man hanging from the ceiling in a cash-advance business after they responded to an alarm Oct. 6 in Darlington, S.C. An officer noticed tiles, insulation and wires hanging from the roof of the Check 'n Go, Darlington Police Lt. Danny Watson said. The naked man then dropped from the ceiling and tried to walk out the front door, according to the police report. "He had a charming story to go along with it though," Watson said. "He said somebody threw his keys on the roof and that's why he was up there. He kind of got a little fuzzy on the taking all his clothes off and sliding in the store part." The police charged Michael Gilbert, 22, with burglary. The Check 'n Go does not keep money on the premises, officers said. Cambodian parents suck daughter's blood A Cambodian couple bit off their daughter's thumbnails to suck her blood, officials said Oct. 9. Chheng Chhorn, 46, and Srun Yoeung, 37, bit a small part of their 12-year-old daughter's nose and bit off her thumbnails to drink her blood, said Keo Norea Phy, a police official in Kampong Cham, the province where the incident occurred. After receiving treatment at a hospital in Kampong Cham, approximately 50 miles east of her home in Phnom Penh, the girl was placed in the custody of other villagers. Relatives took her parents to a black-magic healer to chase out the evil spirit they believed possessed them, police officiate said. "We, the police, just have no idea what offense to charge them with," Phy said. Madonna's tune upsets rabbis Madonna's upcoming album, which includes a song praising a 16th-century Jewish mystic is upsetting the rabbis who guard his legacy. The rabbis are accusing Madonna of sacrilege. "Confessions on a Dance Floor" includes a song titled "Isaac" in reference to Rabbi Isaac Luria, founder of the Kabbalah school of mysticism. "There is a prohibition in Jewish law against using the holy name of our master, the Sage Isaac, for profit," the seminary's director, Rabbi Rafael Cohen, told the Israeli newspaper Maariv Oct. 9. Madonna, 47, considers herself a devotee of the religion. "This is an inappropriate act, and one can feel only pity at the punishment that she (Madonna) will receive from Heaven," Cohen said. "The Sage Isaac is holy and pure, and immodest people cannot sing about him." ; Santa Claus to clean up act by December A secret summit of Santas drew up guidelines for physical traits and general demeanor. "Santa is a magical and cuddly man, not a fat, smelly slob," said James Lovell of the Ministry of Fun Agency. "I even saw a Santa last year wearing trainers (sneakers)." Santa has to clean up his act or hang up his red suit. Lovell's agency fills 500 Santa positions each year. Starting this December, Santas must be neat, have a bushy white beard no longer than 6 inches and a girth between 46 and 48 inches. Sexual theme park to open in London Developers announced plans on Oct. 7 to open a $8.3 million sexual theme park. The multimedia attraction, the London Academy of Sex and Relationships, is scheduled to open next spring near London's Piccadilly Circus, home to the statue known as "Eros" after the Greek god of love. "Titillation is not the goal," said Alex Rayner, a spokesman for the project. "It's meant to be educational. It's meant to be informative." Cities such as New York and Paris also have erotic museums, which exhibit anything from pornography to paintings exploring local sexual culture. Gardeners submit ugly vegetables Britain's National Trust announced a campaign Oct. 6 to find the country's ugliest vegetable. The trust, which oversees many historic gardens in Britain, started the contest to counter the trend of retailers stocking only perfect-looking vegetables and fruits, with disregard for their taste. The Trust will announce winners in September 2006 at the British Food Fortnight. Compiled by Megan Muldary At the corner of State Ohio Mon-Sat 6am co 2pm â€¢ Sun 8am to 2pm * 734-8687 Breakfast and-luncii served aii day! r Free Medical/Dental School Plus $1279.00 a month! The Army's Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) provides: 100% Tuition. 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P r o f e s s i o n a l in office w h i t e n i n g s y s t em N e w P a t i e n t s E m e r g e n c i e s W e l c o me We o f f e r C o m p a s s i o n a t e C a re 360-734-3011 3800 Byron Ave Bellingham JVIon.-Fri. 9:30-5 Suite #122 ( R i g h t n e x t d o o r to Dept. of M o t o r Vehicles) 6*1*2M*/Q Now In* Scary Halloween Beads Being struck by lightning is rare. Having a disability is not. One in live Americans will acquire a disability in his or her lifetime. Please support: the work of. Easter Seals. Creating .loiutioth*, changing //\vÂ«*. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT FEATURES OCTOBER 18,2005 D THE UNIVERSE with telescope at dusk BYjf||ejOBBuCKENMEYPt* ^" je^Westem-Frdnt Last spring, Western's physics and astronomy department began offering Bellingham residents a chance to view the universe through the lens of Western's 12-inch LX200 Meade telescope. Even though Western has had the telescope for nine years, until last spring students used it only once or twice a year for astronomy research, said physics professor Kristen Larson, who supervises astronomy research and the public-viewing program at Western. Several physics majors, including Western seniors Leah Knapton, Crystal Anderson and Justin Conroy, will supervise public viewing with the telescope at dusk on the lawn in front of the Communications Facility every clear Wednesday evening this year. The inspiration to start the public-viewing program came from research sessions, Larson said. "We would have (the telescope) out in Red Square, and people would just be walking by and we started offering them a chance to look through the eyepiece," Larson said. "We decided we should make it a regular gig." Although Larson was in charge of making the telescope available to the community, she said the physics majors are the ones behind the program. "This was really a student initiative," she said. "Right now, it's all volunteer because we don't have sufficient funding to support a full staff." Knapton said she was the first of the students involved in the project to learn how to use the telescope and to discover and point out stars and planets during the public-viewing sessions. Western does not offer a major in astronomy, only in physics, so Knapton is earning an astronomy minor. One of the reasons few students worked with the telescope for so many years was that it is difficult to set up, Knapton said. Larson requested the help of Jim Mullen, an engineering technician who works in Western's machine shop, to build a cart that would make the telescope more mobile. "(Larson) wanted to be able to roll it out somewhere, and with relatively niinimal setup, be able to have it up and going," Mullen said. "I got a few ideas off of the Web site she showed me, and finally what came out of it is just kind of what I thought up over time." The cart suits the telescope perfectly, Larson said. Even though Mullen has not made it to any of the viewing sessions, which started last spring, he said he is glad to hear the cart is allowing more people to have access to the telescope. "I like it because people are using it," he said. "The biggest joy to my job is to make something that's popular, like 'Yeah, this is cool; it works.' I hear some nights they have quite a few people." Anywhere from two to 40 viewers show up each Wednesday, Knapton said. Astronomy is something she has always been interested in, and she said the public-viewing sessions are a great opportunity for anyone to stop by and take JACOB BUCKENMEYER / THE WESTERN FRONT The telescope is available for public use Wednesday nights. a look through the eyepiece, she said. "We looked at Jupiter and Saturn over the summer," Knapton said. "You can definitely see the weather bands on Jupiter. You can see Saturn's rings. It's really cool, and people get really excited." A process that takes several weeks, Knapton said she learned how to use the telescope when she was doing research during summer 2004. Knapton said that since then she has helped teach the other physics majors how to use the telescope, and they are now leading the sessions. The only way to learn is by taking the telescope out and practicing how to set it up numerous times, she said. "You have to learn how to align it, and then you have to learn a little bit about what you're looking at â€” 'Oh that's a planet, oh that's a globular cluster or whatever,' " Knapton said. Other universities, such as the University of Washington, have permanent telescopes for public viewing, she said. Western has a mobile telescope, not a fixed indoor telescope. The physics department is working to bring its planetarium viewing and the telescope program together, Knapton said. "This isn't set up yet, but it's something that we're working toward," she said. "So that then, even if the weather's bad, someone could at least get a planetarium show in." PHOTO COURTESY OF CRYSTAL ANDERSON Western senior Crystal Anderson took these shots of the moon July 20 with the physics department's telescope. Several physics majors, including Anderson, supervise public-viewing sessions with the telescope on the lawn in front of the Communications Facility every clear Wednesday evening. Technician assembles custom cart JACOB BUCKENMEYER / THE WESTERN FRONT Jim Mullen, Western's engineering technician, spent approximately 50 hours constructing a unique cart for the physics department's telescope. BY JACOB BUCKENMEYER The Western Front Jim Mullen has worked as an engineering technician in Western's shop in Bond Hall for 17 years. During this time, he has built research equipment for various departments on campus including the biology and chemistry departments. Recently, Mullen built a custom cart for the physics department to use with its telescope. Professor Kristen Larson, head of the physics department's telescopic-viewing program, said Mullen helped make community use of the telescope a reality. "Having the cart has really allowed us to just wheel it out, and it's really pretty ingenious because when I asked Jim to make me something, I asked him to make me basically a handcart, like a trolley," Larson said. "He was really smart â€” instead, of listening to what I thought I wanted, he listened to what the problem was and came up with something that's a much better solution." The cart is one of a kind and took approximately 50 hours to design and build, Mullen said. Mullen did most of the work once he got a few ideas from the Web site of a man who designed a similar telescope cart to fit in the back of his car. Mullen said he made the cart mostly out of plywood, with metal out riggers, which stabilize the telescope once it is in position. "(Out riggers) are devices that fold out and lock and you can screw them down to level up the cart," he said. "We level it out that way because having it level is pretty important in the setup of the telescope." A compartment on the cart holds a car battery which powers the telescope's lighting and camera functions for viewing, Mullen said. The university funds the shop where Mullen works and is in the process of making large aquarium tanks for Western's facilities at the Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes, Mullen said. "We'll do work for all departments on campus, and we only charge for materials; we don't charge for labor," he said. "That really helps because generally materials aren't really expensive for any project. Usually labor costs are where things get out of hand." Twenty-three years after graduating from Western with a Bachelor of Science in industrial technology, Mullen said seeing his projects in use is what he likes most about his job. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 7 ---------- OCTOBER 18,2005 FEATURES THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 Ageless education PHOTO COURTESY OF LEON GOLDEN Academy students, led by Western geology professor Scott Babcock, spent a day in fall 2001 studying rocks at the Mount Baker National Park. Academy offers classes, excursions for older adults BY LOREAN SERKO The Western Front Students file into the Environmental Studies building for a lecture on pollution and the environment. One thing may appear to be different about this college class â€” most of the students are retired. In its seventh year of operation, Western's Academy for Lifelong Learning gives older adults looking for personal enrichment through college courses the chance to explore areas of interest and engage in discussion. "I am curious to study things that I couldn't before," academy member Bill Baldwin said. Baldwin holds a bachelor's and master's from the University of British Columbia and a doctorate in chemistry from Oregon State University. The academy, a branch of Western's Extended Education and Summer Programs, has 275 members and is growing,1 academy director and chair Leon Golden said. Academy students do not earn credits or grades; they simply have a passion for learning, he said. Reading is not a requirement, but students are given reading suggestions. "A curious mind never retires," Golden said. The academy offers a variety of courses for its students. Fall courses include: Russia: from czars through Putin, the universe and everything in it, and mental illness recovery. Members of the academy also have the option of taking various excursions throughout the Northwest. This quarter's expeditions include trips to the Vancouver Opera Oct. 29 and The Nutcracker ballet Dec. 18 at Skagit Valley Community College. The trips build connections between students and help them see areas they may not normally get to visit on a regular basis, Golden said. "Lots of friendships are formed, and the people can make connections that they would not normally," he said. Current Western faculty, retired Western professors and experts from the Bellingham community teach the classes. Some classes take place in Western's facilities, while others are taught at the Bellingham Public Library or The Willows retirement facility in north Bellingham. "Our teachers are a real mix of knowledgeable community members and Western professors," Golden said. "Teachers come from all walks of life." In her second year teaching academy classes, Huxley assistant professor Ruth Harper-Arabie is teaching a series about pollution and the environment. "I truly enjoy interacting and learning from all the students," she said. Teachers attempt to run the classes much like a typical PHOTO COURTESY OF LEON GOLDEN Babcock explains rock formations to academy students during a fall 2001 visit to Mount Baker. college class, Golden said. "There are many similarities, but in the academy classes the students bring much of their own experiences and opinions into the classroom," she said. "I let the discussions take more of their own direction in class since I do not have information that the students have to learn." Many of the members have college educations and just want to continue learning about topics they could not before, Golden said. "It is a marvelous program for me to keep my education going," academy member Ken Lennon said. "It's just natural for me to be here." Lennon, a 1963 Western graduate, has been involved in the academy as a student for two years. He is also on the academy's board of directors, which determines the curricula and picks classes. Funding for the academy comes from Western's Extended Education and Summer Programs and member fees, Golden said. A full year membership for the first household member is $65 and each additional member costs $45. Member fees provide basic financial support for the administration and continuation of the academy, he said. Membership in the academy includes privileges such as optional membership at the Wade King Student Recreation Center, use of Western's library, student rates at Western events, use of Western's Lakewood facilities and a 10 percent discount at Village Books in Fairhaven. Interest in the academy has grown since its inception in 1998, and is continuing to grow, Golden said. "When we first started out in 1998,15 was a good class," he said. "Now we are looking at 30 to 40 students per class." ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 8 ---------- SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 8 Hockey wins two, improves to 6-1 BYMATTGAGNE The Western Front With duct-tape numbers and the Western logo missing on half of the jerseys, the Western hockey club took to the ice for home games against the sharply dressed University of Puget Sound Loggers Friday and Saturday nights. Appearances, it seems, are only puck deep. The Vikings iced the dapper Loggers at the Bellingham Sportsplex in a show of skilled offense and teamwork, netting 12 goals during the two games. The club won Friday, 5-3 and Saturday, 7-4, bringing the team's overall record to 6-1. "We had some good play, some good shooting," Western senior and team captain J.R. Bynum said. "We have some stars on offense." Senior Jason Chadick led those stars, scoring two goals in each game. But the team also has some 'We had some good play, some good shooting. We have some stars on offense.' J.R. BYNUM Western senior and team captain younger players making an impact. Western freshmen Jeff Bulger and Jeff Swiontkowski lead the team in goals this season, both with 10. Bulger chipped in two goals against the Loggers Saturday, and Swiontkowski scored once in each game. Saturday's game was closer than the final score indicates. The two teams traded goals in the first two periods before the Vikings took control in the hard-hitting third. The Vikings took advantage of inopportune line changes and the Loggers goalie being out of position and scored the goal. S w i o n t k o w s k i scored on a textbook wraparound shot, and Chadick beat Logger goalie Brenden Goetz with a slapshot in the top right corner of the opponents net. Chadick scored his first goal in the second period. After breaking his stick, he raced back to the bench to get a new one and moved into position just in time to deflect Western junior Boris Bragin's shot from the top of the ice. Bragin and Bynum had the assists on the play. But, despite the two wins, Bynum said he is not satisfied with how Puget Sound scored some of its goals. "We had some weird breakdowns in unusual spots," he said. "But if we play this bad and still get the win, we are still OK." At 6-1, the club is in better shape than last year, when it finished at 6-13. Western head coach Dan Whitford, a 2004 graduate of Western, said he came back to the team to help them win after last year's dismal season. The club has encountered several obstacles aside from its duct-tape uniforms. The team often practices at 11:45 p.m. due to limited funds and ice time at the Bellingham Sportsplex. Games are also late â€” the games against Puget Sound started at 8:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Despite these challenges, club president Mike Jasklowski said the MATT GAGNE / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior and team captain J.R. Bynum comes to a stop during the second period of Saturday night's game. players are dedicated. "It's tough," Bulger said of the late game and practice times. "But you can't really complain about it." The Vikings will go on a road trip to play Gonzaga University and the University of Washington before returning home to play the Huskies again at 5:15 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Bellingham Sportsplex. Starting Salary: BAY ST. ;: K. Manufacturing arid Supply Chain Management WWU College of Business and Economics i 530 Operations Management WWU College of Business and Economics PflPPPP MAITQP wfc ' lt;?# iVNoi your ordinary coffee home,.. 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Reseive your seat by Friday, October 21, 2005 Kairina.Schaeffer@wwu.edu â€¢ 650-7265 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY A.A/EO Institution ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 9 ---------- OCTOBER 18,2005 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 Football finds run on road Vikings defeat Western Oregon University 38-16 behind 196 rushing yards, 476 total yards BY MICHAEL LYCKLAMA The Western Front Western senior running back Duncan Sherrard's return to a feature role led the Vikings football team to a 38-16 road victory Saturday against the Western Oregon University Wolves. Sherrard paced the Vikings, 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, with 158 yards on 25 carries and added 16 yards on two receptions. The Vikings never trailed throughout the team's 38-16 victory against Western Oregon, which is 2-5 and 0-3 in conference play. "He ran very well today," Western head coach Rob Smith said. "He had a lot of 8-, 10-, 12-yard runs." Western had lost three of its previous four contests at McArthur Field in Monmouth, Ore., the home of the Wolves, including a 52-49 loss in four overtimes October 2, 2004. Last year's overtime thriller made it the third year in a row overtime decided the winner in Monmouth. Only two of the last nine meetings between the two teams have been decided by more than five points. Sherrard, the team's leading rusher during the past three years, had played a limited role since tearing the meniscus in his right knee in the first half of the Vikings' victory against Mesa State College Aug. 27, causing him to miss the next three games. Sherrard had only carried the ball seven times and had one reception in the last two games since his return against Humboldt State University. "I'm definitely not used to getting that many carries," Sherrard said. "But as long as we win, I don't really care if I even play. W's are all that are important to the team now." Western senior running back Jake Carlyle also gained 46 yards on 14 carries and two touchdowns, adding 44 yards on three receptions. Western ran the ball a season-high 46 times for 196 yards. "Those two guys are going to share the position," Smith said. "I don't think either one cares who gets the most yards or who gets in the end zone." Western junior quarterback James Monrean, who completed 17 of his 27 pass attempts for 271 yards and four touchdowns, said having two effective running backs, with Carlyle's pounding style and Sherrard's shifty-back style, benefits the offense. The Vikings had no turnovers in the game, a contrast to the seven turnovers Oct. 8 in the team's 37-17 loss to Central Washington University in the Battle in Seattle. "It makes all the difference in the world," Smith said. "If we don't go out and beat ourselves, we are a tough team to beat." Western sophomore wide receiver Matt Wilson scored the game's first two touchdowns on a 19-yard corner route, and Western junior offensive tackle Brandon Torrey sprung Wilson down the sideline with the key block on a 45-yard screen pass. Wilson, with two catches for 64 yards and two touchdowns, had only caught two touchdown passes in his career before Saturday's game. Eliot Vinzant, Western Oregon junior Game notes back Duncan Sherrard and Western sophomore inside linebacker Brandon Elliott as GNAC Players of the Week. Sherrard shared the offensive award with Central Washington University freshman quarterback Mike Reilly after rushing for 158 yards on 25 carries. Elliott won the defensive award after recording 11 â€¢ After the Vikings turned the ball over seven times on four fumbles and three interceptions Oct. 8 against Central, Western had no turnovers against West- â€¢ Keeping the ball on the ground with a season-high 46 rushing attempts, Western won the time-of-possesion battle. Western held the ball for 31 minutes and â€¢ Western senior wide receiver Andy Olson, who came into the game tied for Western's school record for career touchdown catches with 30, did not catch a running back, answered with a 43-yard counter for a touchdown late in the first quarter. Vinzant, the GNAC's leading rusher, ran for 144 yards on 21 carries for a touchdown and added 18 yards on three receptions. After Carlyle failed to score on three consecutive attempts inside the 1-yard line on the following drive, Smith called a time-out. "They were putting a lot of people in the box," Carlyle said. "We tried a couple, different plays, but they weren't working. Coach called us over and said, 'You know what, we are going with our bread and butter.'" Before the snap, Western senior wide receiver Andy Olson tied for the Vikings career-touchdown record with 30, went in motion away from the formation, drawing a defender with him. Monrean instead turned around and handed off to Carlyle again, who punched it up the gut into the end zone. "We just wanted to show our offensive line could be physical," Monrean said. "That put us ahead for good for the rest of the game." Having missed the two previous extra points, the Vikings went for the two-point conversion. The Wolves' junior defensive back Jamil Wynn intercepted Monrean's pass and returned it 100 yards for two points, leaving the Vikings ahead 18-9. The Vikings further sealed its victory with a 3-yard Carlyle touchdown run and a 15-yard screen pass to Western sophomore wide receiver Casey Dell in the third quarter, increasing its lead to 31-9. Dell's touchdown was the third touchdown resulting from a screen pass in the game. The Vikings will travel Saturday to Humboldt State University, 4-3 overall and 1- 2 in GNAC competition. The Vikings defeated Humboldt State 21-16 Oct. 1 at home. "Hopefully (the win) will get us back into the groove of things," Monrean said. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 10 ---------- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢PAGE 10 U.S. Supreme Court or bust Dear Mr. President, nominate a breast man to the Supreme Court â€” and fast. A pair of America's biggest boobs is hitting the U.S. Supreme Court. To earn back the money she spent to make her breasts the size of Manhattan, Anna Nicole Smith is trying to solidify her stake in the $474 million estate of the Texas oil tycoon, J. Howard Marshall, whom she married in 1994 and who died in 1995,.according to a Sept. 27 Charlotte Observer article. Give her the money. Smith was Playboy Playmate of the year in 1993 and screwed an 89-year-old man. The man was 63 years older than her. She deserves at least $63 million. Think back to before Smith was a drooling moronic whale beached in Painkillerville, U.S.A. She was hot. She could have had any man in the world with a predisposition to boobs â€” which could be as many as 98.5 percent of men. But, she stuck it out with Geezer McGee for two years like a champ. Like any dedicated gold digger would. But, according to an Oct. 6 Chanticleer Online article, the newspaper of Jacksonville State University, Marshall's son screwed it up. The whole estate went to him initially. Marshall's son, apparently, is a part of the 1.5 percent of men who do not like boobs. That means a possible 98.5 percent chance exists that this man is gay. Being gay is not a bad thing in and of itself, but, boobs are a good thing, and therefore the fact that this man is bankrupting such large breasts is a travesty. The Supreme Court justices expect to make a ruling on the case by mid- 2006, according to the Chanticleer Online article. People much like E. Pierce Marshall, the boob-hating son, would say that because the elder Marshall did not write the boobs into his will, they are not entitled to anything. Sir, that is outrageous. They are boobs, man. Give them a little green. America must stand for what is right and give back to Anna Nicole Smith what she has given to the country â€” copious amounts of something that is sure to bring one pleasure. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Zoe Fraley, Brittany Greenfield, Molly Jensen, Stefani Harrey, Jessica Dignan, Taylor Williams, Lauren Allain, Peter Jensen, Adriana Dunn, Blair Wilson, Devin Smart, Bradley Thayer, Eric Sanford, Tiffany Sheakley andJared Yoakum. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Zoe Fraley; Managing Editor: Brittany Greenfield; Head Copy Editor: Molly Jensen; Copy Editors: Stefani Harrey, Jessica Dignan; Photo Editor: Taylor Williams; News Editors: Lauren Allain, Peter Jensen; Accent Editor: Adriana Dunn; Features Editor: Blair Wilson; Sports Editor: Devin Smart; Opinions Editor: Bradley Thayer; Online Editor: Eric Sanford; Staff Photographer: Jared Yoakum; Cartoonists: Terrence No-wicki, Susan Rosenberry; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall; Community Liaison: Tiffany Sheakley; Columnist: Travis Sherer Staff Reporters: Mary Andom, Laura Belzer, Tali Bendzak, Nichole Boechler, Jacob Buckenmeyer, Michael Coffman, Michael Curtiss, Taurean Davis, Shannon Deveny, Kirsten DuBois, Samantha Everts, Matthew Gagne, Daniel Grohl, Krista Grunhurd, Amy Harder, Tess Hembree, Lance Henderson, Graigre Hill, Deanna Holmquist, Tyler Huey, Andrew Irvine, John Kara-bias, Mari Kariya, Thomas King, Zach Kyle, Kendra Langston, Jacqueline LeCuyer, Kara Leider, Brian Lenzmeier, Kyra Low, Michael Lycklama, Peter Maclean, Kristen Marson, Justin Morrow, Megan Muldary, Kimberly Oakley, Ciara O'Rourke, Shannon Proulx, Susan Prussack, Samantha Roberts, Susan Rosenberry, Beckie Rosillo, Lorean Serko, Loren Shane, Lea Shawn, Andrew Sleighter, Julia Waggoner, Shawna Walls, Jennifer Whitford and David Wilhite. Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pageslaretheviews of the authors or cartoonists and are^ not necessarily theviews of The Western Front staff, managers or arisen "; "More than any other time in history, mankind feces a crossroads^ One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly." â€” Woody Allen, comedian Hollywood vices influential BY SAMANTHA EVERTS The Western Front Just as sex, drugs and alcohol affect the rating of a film, they also affect American society. Americans live in an R-rated society. A team of three Australian health experts led by Dr. Hasantha Gunasekera recently examined 87 of the most popular movies aimed at an adult audience from the past 20 years and found that only a quarter of the films did not contain scenes with drugs, alcohol, smoking or unsafe sex, according to an Oct. 3 Agence France-Presse article. With movies as popular as they are in today's age, rules and guidelines are essential to prevent filmmakers from making movies carelessly. According to the Box Office Guru online, a database of figures related to ticket sales, at the box office this past weekend the top five movies brought in approximately $47.5 million. This multimillion-dollar industry should be wary of the lifestyles it promotes to millions of people. Gunasekera and other physicians fed up with unrealistic depictions of unhealthy lifestyles in Hollywood films filed a report blasting the unsafe sex scenes of movies such as "James Bond: Die Another Day" and "American Pie 2." Hollywood could demonstrate the negative effects of risky behavior by mentioning the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases in films containing sex scenes or having a character who chain smokes suffer from emphysema, according to the report. Drugs, alcohol use and sex already affect the rating of a film in the same way they wreak havoc on society. The more sex, drugs and alcohol in a film, the more the rating progresses to an R or adult rating. No rules exist, however, addressing the consequences of such reckless behavior. In reality, unsafe sex does not lead to a higher rating â€” instead, it leads to sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. After examining the 87 films, Gunasekera and his team found that 53 contained sex scenes. Of those 53 films only one, "Pretty Woman," suggested using a condom, according to the AFP article. Movies attract people hoping to escape from their boring lives. Some look at film as reality, making see FILM, page 12 FEMA does not need military help BY AMY HARDER The Western Front The way tosolve a problem ;is to fix it ^ not to avoid it br avert effort from it. -':;;Â£ The Bush acinimistration does not seem to understand this concepts In the aftermath of Hurricane: Kafriha, it advocates] broadening the military's power and lessening the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during natural disasters from now on, according to a Sept. 27 New York Times article. Deeming every American problem the military's responsibility is ridiculous. Natural disasters are not the military's battle to fight. The way the roles currently stand, the military acts at the request of FEMA, the lead federal agency for dealing with natural disasters. Since FEMA joined the Department of Homeland Security to increase protection against terrorism following Sept. 11, the president can release military support for relief efforts during natural disasters in conjunction with aid from local authorities and FEMA, according to a Sept. 26 Washington Post article. ^Iroadening the military's power would require changing the 1878 ;Posse Comitates Act, which restricts the military's role when acting on domestic soil, according to the New York Times article. President George W. Bush told The New York Times on Sept. 26 he promotes a greater military presence in situations where catastrophic disasters take place. Increased troops translate into more military presence on domestic ground. This creates a feeling of combat on American soil when the military becomes the head agency for domestic disaster relief. Military support for natural- disaster relief would stretch U.S. troops too thin. According to an Oct. 10 Associated Press article, the number of troops in Iraq topped 150,000 this month, and the article stated the Pentagon cannot maintain present troop levels between Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately 49,000 troops are actively supporting hurricane relief efforts, according to a Sept. .2.6 Washington Post article. That is almost one-third the number of troops currently stationed overseas, and the Bush administration wants to increase that number. When the troops are already stretched too thin, it does not make sense to stretch them even further for domestic duties that other agencies can handle effectively â€” if the see FEMA, page 12 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 11 ---------- OCTOBER 18,2005 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 Women must prove man enough for presidency BY BECKIE ROSILLO The Western Front Before women could even vote, they were running for president. The time has come for America to shed the patriarchal cloak covering the nation. ABC's new TV show "Commander in Chief," stars Geena Davis as the U.S. president, and it has been drawing considerable attention from the media since its Sept. 27 debut. Since 1872, when Victoria Woodhull attempted the first female presidential campaign, women have been trying to break the glass ceiling of male-dominated hierarchy in government, according to a Sept. 27 ABCNews.com article. Since then, only 19 women have attempted to run for president of the United States. Sadly, only three attracted real media attention. Geraldine Ferraro made it to the ballots with her 1984 vice presidential nomination by Walter Mondale, Elizabeth Dole made a feeble attempt at the Republican Party presidential ballot in 2000 but removed her name due to insufficient funding, and Carol Moseley Braun was on the presidential ballots in 20 states in 2004, according to the article. The problem is not that women are incapable of running a country. Women have served as prime ministers in Israel and Britain. Germany named Angela Merkel as its first female chancellor. These leaders have proven women are up for the job, but gaining U.S. citizens' a_____===s trust remains a roadblock. Ninety-two percent of Americans said they were willing to vote for a female president, according to a 1999 Gallup Poll cited in the ABCNews.com article. Poll results for the same question fell to 72 percent in May 2005. The uphill battle of whether to elect a woman has created a generation gap. One in four Americans older than 65 are against electing a female, whereas only one in 20 people younger than 30 opposed a woman in the White House, according to an Oct. 16 USAToday. com article. Electing a woman as president could fall into the hands of younger Americans. Endeavors to empower women, such as feminist Marie Wilson's creation of the President Barbie in the 2000 campaign, 'Breaking down such a carefully structured glass ceiling is a tiring task when viewing the meager success had in the past.' give girls the idea women can be intelligent and powerful, according to a Sept. 30 Newsweek.com article. A September Notre Dame study of 27 nations found girls are more likely to have greater political aspirations in countries where women hold higher elected positions, according to the USAToday.com article. Still, even with hopeful speculations of seeing Hillary Clinton = _ _ _ _ . or Condoleeza Rice on the 2008 presidential ballot, a recent USA Today telephone survey found some women still believe they should leave politics to men and women should be responsible for domestic affairs. Ironically, another USA Today poll found two out of three Americans agree that a woman would be successful in handling domestic policies. But two out of three also agreed a man would be better suited for international affairs, according to the article. With conflict still occurring in the Middle East, not having enough faith in a woman's ability to handle foreign affairs is more than enough reason to keep her out of office. Unfortunately, women are feeding the male-dominated cycle of leadership by not attempting to change the political system. Current senators such as Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said that while women are perfectly capable of being president, she had not considered running for president, according to the USAToday.com article. She also expressed concern about how much a woman could handle while taking care of a family and raising children. In a society in which men are traditionally the breadwinners and women are the homemakers, expecting a role reversal is quite a stretch. The trend has already begun to change somewhat in recent years. Having women with immense political power waiting around for others to step up to the plate offers little ambition for someone to actually follow through with high political aspirations. If female politicians are as indecisive as the citizens USA Today polled, America surely will never see a woman in the Oval Office, except one who is calling her husband for dinner. Breaking down such a carefully structured glass ceiling is a tiring task when viewing the meager success had in the past. But recent dips in approval of President George W Bush's way of handling U.S. policy might be helping push open the window of opportunity. Antiquated patriarchal views insist women are best suited for the home. Get modern â€” put women in a bigger house, perhaps even a white one. lÂ»P|aÂ«raii|| Are Your BRAKES making noise? 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SPRING/SUMMER INTERNSfflP - Seattle, Bellingham,Northside, or Eastside! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. College Pro Painters is looking for students take on the challenge of our internship program! Gain experience in leadership, marketing, financial management, sales, and customer service. This is a huge resume builder with Awesome Earnings Potential. Email jervvinÂ® collegepro.com or call (206-365-2905) to inquire, www.collegepro.com ---------- Western Front 2005-10-18 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS OCTOBER 18,2005 Film: Movies help viewers escape reality but blatantly market potentially unhealthy lifestyles saw on television. Forcing show business to stop creating these scenes, which impact all of its members, can only benefit modern society. Requiring Hollywood to have higher standards is the first step in creating better movies. Accurate and responsible filmmaking cannot occur without expanding rules and regulations to require the inclusion of negative repercussions in movies. Doctors have every right to be concerned about what Hollywood is releasing to the public. If movies continue to portray sex, drug use, smoking and alcohol use as having an insignificant effect on life, society will suffer. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 it dangerous for movies to depict sex as not requiring a second thought about protection. Children are the most susceptible to the dangers of movie scenes containing substance abuse and sex because of their impressionable young minds. According to a survey by the Parents Television Council, 62 percent of parents say sex on TV and in movies influences kids to have sex too young. If writers make a scene containing drug use, smoking or alcohol use, the Motion Picture Association of America should require that they write in an extra scene to explain the consequences of using these substances. Involving doctors is the best way for Hollywood to correct the problem of portraying unsafe sex and drug use scenes. Doctors could read through scripts or view films before their release and offer suggestions about how to make the unsafe activities safer and healthier, or at least how to add warnings. Those who oppose loose censorship say movies are fantasy, a place to escape reality and get lost in nonexistent situations. Those who watch movies to avoid life do not want to hear how smoking can give them cancer and how a one-night stand can produce a baby and turn into a lifelong commitment. If movies continue with far-fetched situations such as recurring unprotected sex without consequences, they will eventually affect society on a larger scale. Society's imitation of what it sees on TV and in movies can cause unplanned pregnancies and an increase in drug use. Forexample,childrenwhosawprofessional wrestling on television and attempted similar moves learned the consequences of violence quickly. According to a March 2, 2001, Associated Press article, 12-year-old Lionel Tate killed his 6-year-old playmate Tiffany Eunick while performing the same moves he FEMA: Military spread too thin to worry about natural disasters CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 government structures them properly. FEMA did a horrible job managing Hurricane Katrina. The media plastered the agency's failures on every news channel for weeks after the disaster. Michael Brown, former director of the agency, was a lawyer with no experience in natural-disaster emergencies â€” which became painfully obvious in the weeks following the hurricane. Joe Allbaugh, Brown's predecessor from February 2001 to March 2003, also did not have experience in handling emergencies. The current interim director, Robert David Paulison, who took over after Brown's resignation, was a firefighter with 30 years of rescue experience. This is a step in the right direction but is still a far cry from increasing overall expertise in the agency. WhenFEMAjoinedHomeland Security in March of 2003, the government downgraded its responsibility and budget, according to a Sept. 1 Washington Monthly magazine article. Terrorism became the No. 1 concern, putting natural-disaster response on the back burner. Once this happened, FEMA's reduced $3 billion annual budget was not enough to adequately combat natural disasters. The major argument supporting broadening the military's power is the need for more specific control and organization than FEMA can handle in catastrophic natural disasters. The Bush administration said Hurricane Katrina clearly demonstrated the military's lack of sufficient control to manage the disaster because of the power struggle between the troops and FEMA. The Department of Defense is not attempting to completely take over in emergencies, according to The New York Times article. Instead, the department claims it would only handle relief efforts in three ways â€” maintenance of civil order, urban search-and-rescue support and damage assessment when other agencies could not handle it. Numerous exceptions to the 1878 law already give the president the ability to release troops in the case of natural disasters, according to the Washington Post article. In the case of natural disasters, FEMA and local authorities could request military help. This gives power and management to FEMA instead of military generals. The problem does not lie in the amount of power or number of troops the military uses for natural disasters. The problem arises when communication between relief organizations' various levels of authority fail. The government can more likely achieve this necessary organization through FEMA, a designated emergency-management agency, rather than through a military hard- pressed because of over-application in times of war and counter-terrorism efforts. No, President Bush, hurricanes are not spreading terrorism â€” leave natural disasters to FEMA. The good, ?JS The Western Front's own version of a rants and raves forum will begin printing in next Tuesday's issue. Send a short blurb about something you love, hate or just don't understand â€” whatever's on your mind. All topics are welcome, whether they concern stories we've run, local or national news, or just something you feel needs to be said. Submissions are subject to editing at the discretion of The Western Front. Please include your name, age and year or position at Western or in the community. Send responses of 250 words or fewer to thewesternfronteditor@yahoo.com. Call (360) 650-3162 with any questions. Fire Safety for Your Life Fire/Medical Aid/Police 911 University Police 3911 CASAS 650-3700 [Confidential support following sexual assault or other violent crime] Chemical Emergency 650-3064 For the 2004-2005 academic year, 7 out of the 11 students in the U.S. who were killed in student housing fires died in OFF-CAMPUS housing. Since January 2000, 75 deaths have occurred in U.S. student housing. Over 75% occurred in OFF-CAMPUS housing. What Common Things Were Found When Students Died in OFF-CAMPUS Fires? â€¢ Missing or disabled smoke alarms â€¢ No automatic f i re sprinklers â€¢ Careless disposal of smoking materials â€¢ Alcohol consumption This is a resident's room in Mathes Hail after the November 1997 fire. NO ONE was injured. EVERYONE got out immediately. Learn what to do. Save your own life! If you live OFF CAMPUSâ€” â€¢ Always keep your smoke detectors working â€¢ Choose a sprinklered building, if possible â€¢ Use care when smoking â€¢ Be aware that alcohol use can cause more than a hangover Data from Campus Firewatch July 2005 Issue Environmental Health and Safety A Part of the Business and Financial Affairs Division Safety Building 111, Mail Stop 9070 â€¢ 360-650-3064 Email: ehs@wwu.edu â€¢ Website: www..wwu.edu/depts/ehs PPPPP
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Show more2005_1021 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN FRONT OCTOBER 21, 2005 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 10, VOLUME 135 To check for whooping cough, Western physicians swab patients' throats. The physicians bottle the samples and send them to a laboratory in Seattle to see if any bacteria is present. Whooping cough hits campus TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT BY AMY HARDER The Western Front The Student Health Center diagnosed two Western students with cases of whooping cough the week of Sept. 26, said Emily Gibson, director of Western's Student Health Center. The cases are Western's only confirmed cases of whooping cough, which doctors formally call pertussis, and involved two students living off campus who knew each other and had continuous close contact, Gibson said. "We-have had two weeks without identifying a case," Gibson said. "I feel more comfortable with an outbreak not occurring on Western's campus with only two sporadic cases confirmed that we are keeping a close eye on." Gibson said she wanted students to know pertussis is a disease that affects people other than infants, which is a common misconception. Last year the health center diagnosed pertussis five times, Gibson said. "People come back to campus after being exposed to pertussis in their home communities," Gibson said. "It wasn't something they picked up here." Pertussis is a respiratory disease that is life-threatening to infants but not to adolescents or adults, Gibson said. The illness is still uncomfortable, see COUGH, page 4 KVIK expands programming University Residences grants station access to its channels BY SUSAN ROSENBERRY The Western Front Since April 2005, streams of color were the only thing students could watch on Western's two campus channels, channels 15 and 16. A residential student committee, however, has the opportunity to replace the 24-hour color bars with a variety of programs from Western's broadcast organization, KVIK, as soon as November. Because University Residences owns the channels, its residential advisory committee would review the KVTK programs in November and decide which ones to air, University Residences director Willy Hart said. The residential advisory committee is comprised of elected student officers in the Residence Hall Association, the governing board of Western's residence halls. Also included in the committee are representatives from the National Residence Hall Honorary, a national organization comprised of top resident officers from colleges and universities, Hart said. "I'm not interested in making these decisions," Hart said. "Students should have a more participatory process see PROGRAMS, page 6 TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Doug Sacrison holds Western senior Matt Acosta as Western senior Dan Erickson films. The three were filming a show about tripping on bricks on campus Thursday to air some time this spring. Minutemen spur protests Local citizens accuse Minutemen of racism due to statements about border protection BY LOREN SHANE The Western Front Whatcom County resident arid Washington Minuteman Tom Williams decided he would make a political statement this month to express his concern about illegal immigration in the United States. Along with 13 other citizens of Washington, 12 of whom are Whatcom County residents, Williams said he is serving with the Minutemen group of 13 at the U.S.-Canada border to express to law enforcement officials the need for tightened security in a time of national crisis. "We're out there to stop people trying to infiltrate into our country," Williams said. "We don't want people coming in with bombs and blowing stuff up." Williams, a retired Marine Corps officer and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy first joined the Minutemen in April when he moved to Tucson, Ariz., to volunteer with the group at the border between Arizona and Mexico. "Our mission is to report any person who attempts to enter U.S. borders illegally," he said. A few members of the Minutemen have permits to carry firearms at all times. Williams, however, said he does not encourage any of the members to bring a firearm while on patrol. Williams said he wanted to make it clear the Minutemen are stationed at borders to strictly observe and report, not to detain anyone. "A good citizen alerts authorities if they see a drunk driver or someone illegally using the carpool lane," he said. "What we're doing is no different." Minutemen protesters, including Western sophomore Ian Morgan, disagree. "The Minutemen target those who see BORDERS, page 6 IMAGE COURTESY OF TOM WILLIAMS Posters appealing to citizens' patriotism have the Minutemen growing in rank. PUNK PARADISE Four hardcore punk bands hit a high note for a full house on campus Saturday ACCENT, PAGE 9 ROAD WARRIORS Western's football team stays on the road against Humboldt State University SPORTS, PAGE 10 OPPOSITE DAY The Bush administration's contradictions prove that every day truly can be opposite day OPINIONS, PAGE 14 WEATHER Saturday: Sunny Hi: 58 Low: 44 Sunday: Sunny Hi:56Lpw:44 www.westernfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT -NEWS- OCTOBER21,2005 COPS BOX lliiiiB(jBB^Hilllll! Oct 18,10:58 p.m.: UP responded I^MllSillllBBIlilSBilil iBBHiilSliSS abusing her son on the 1300 block arrested and released a 22-year-old man on suspicion of driving iinder Oct 18,4:2Â©pjn.: Officers received a report of a suspected drug house IBM! about htm. The suspect was also in possession of swords and refused woman running in the street on the 500 block of Lakeway Drive. After medics determined she had eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms, they responded to an intoxicated man on the 300 block of Magnolia Street lllilliillii^BWiiiHiHtti Toi iking oices What is your least favorite class? Nick Meymer Junior, history Laura Gylys Junior, Spanish Noah Martin Senior, theatre education Compiled by Jen Whitford Anthro210. In lab we got to draw pictures of monkeys, but they weren 't on , the test 55 I'm pretty much an academic goddess, and I love all classes. 99 Philosophy 102. I took it in the spring, and it seemed illogical to be sitting in a logic class when it was sunny outside. 99 APWke news briefs STATE NEWS Police investigating if murder connected to fight with Seahawk Police are investigating a report that a man shot to death in Seattle early Monday morning was one of the men involved in a fight with Seahawks player Ken Hamlin earlier that night. The dead man's brother said the man had been involved in the fight with Hamlin hours earlier outside a nightclub. A jogger found the body of the 31-year- old man near Seward Park in downtown Seattle. Police said they have found no connection between the fight and the shooting death.." \ Hamlin remains in intensive care at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center with a head injury. Someone hit him in the head with a street sign during the fight. According to the police report, Hamlin was the victim in a fight that broke out as he and his The Western Front Online www.westernfrontonline.com The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. girlfriend were pushing their way out of the nightclub. Larry Culp, the owner of Larry's Nightclub, said Hamlin, was the one who pursued the altercation. NATIONAL NEWS Forecasters say Wilma could become major hurricane . Tropical . Storm . Wilma strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday on a path that could threaten Florida, tying the record for the most hurricanes to form in the Atlantic Ocean in one year. Wilma is the 12th hurricane of .the season â€” the; same number as 1969, which was the highest since record-keeping began in 1851. Wilma had top winds near 80 mph, or 6 mph above the hurricane threshold at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Forecasts show Wilma could hit western Cuba or Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula before heading into the Gulf of Mexico by today. Computer models showed Wilma turning to the northeast and bearing down on Florida and the Atlantic Coast this weekend. Buck runs amok in Pennsylvania supermarket A 130- ppund deer crashed into the front window of a Pennsylvania supermarket Monday evening and then dashed through the cash-register aisle. Officials said the buck was in Weis Grocery for more than an hour. It took two game officers and four Berks County-area police officers to corral the deer with shopping carts. They subdued the buck with tranquilizer darts. Police reported no injuries. The game commissioner of Pennsylvania said animal control will euthanize the deer due to the risk from the chemicals used to tranquilizer. Otherwise, he said a hunter might harvest the deer and eat the meat. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Beckhams seek libel damages over claims of unhappy marriage Soccer star David Beckham and his wife, former Spice Girl Victoria, are suing a British tabloid for running a story that their marriage is in trouble. The high-profile couple is seeking libel damages from the News of the World newspaper because of an article that carried the headline: 'Tosh and Becks on the Rocks." The trial is set for December in London. .In a. ^re-trial hearing Monday, the couple's attorney said the story contained no truth by alleging that the pair was maintaining a false image of a happy marriage to protect their financial interests. Compiled by Julie Waggoner AP Wire courtesy KUGS 89.3-FM WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST ALL STUDENTS EXPECTING TO GRADUATE at the close of spring quarter must have a degree application on file in the Registrar's Office by Dec. 2. Students wishing to graduate during summer quarter 2006 must have a degree application on file by March 10. LOT RESERVATIONS. â€¢ Lots 11G and 14G will be reserved beginning at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20-22 and at 1 p.m. Oct. 23 for those attending performances of If Dreams Came True; â€¢ portions of lot 12A will be reserved at 1 p.m. Oct. 25 for those attending an internship fair. FACULTY ARE REMINDED THAT RESERVED PARKING SPACES are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G and Parks Hall. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT) will be held in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Mondays on Oct. 24, Nov. 7,14, 21 and 28, and at 9 a.m. Thursdays on Oct. 27, Nov. 3,10,17, Dec. 1 and 8. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security number, and a No. 2 pencil. A fee of $15 is payable in the exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST SCHEDULE AND SAMPLE TOPICS may be found atwww.ac.wwu.edu/-assess/tc.htm. STUDY IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND. Learn more about AustraLearn between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 24-25 at the VU Lobby Information Table. For more information contact International Programs and Exchanges, X/3298. AN INTERNSHIP, VOLUNTEER, AND SERVICE LEARNING FAIR will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 25 in the VU Multipurpose Room, sponsored by the Career Services Center and the Woodring Human Services Program. For a participant list, see www.careers.wwu. edu/internfair.asp. BIOLOGY SEMINAR. Adam Smith (University of Washington/Edmonds Community College), "Insights from the Threshold Of Eu-sociality: What The Facultatively Solitary And Eusocial Tropical Bee Megalopta Can Tell Us About The Evolution Of Social Behavior." 4 p.m. Oct. 26, Bl 234. Refreshments, 3:50 p.m. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) IS ADMINISTERED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY as a computer-based test. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or by calling X/3080. A $60 fee is payable at test time. The test takes about 1 V$ hours. Preliminary scores are available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. Anyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline, visit www.west.nesinc.com for registration information and a study guide with sample test questions. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. WEST-B test dates for 2005-06 are Nov. 19, |an. 21, March 11, May 13, and July 15. WEST-E PRAXIS. Washington state requires anyone seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass a subject knowledge assessment in the chosen endorsement area (the Washington Educator Skills Test â€” Endorsement, or WEST-E). The state has chosen specific Praxis II series tests to meet this requirement. Visit www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.html for online registration information. Registration bulletins are also available in MH 216. THE RECREATION PROGRAM APPLICATION DEADLINE is Friday, Nov. 18. Application materials and a pre-scheduled faculty interview must be completed by that date. For more information, stop by CV 6 or call X/3782. FALL GROUP OFFERINGS THROUGH THE COUNSELING CENTER include â€¢ Relaxation Training, drop in for one or all sessions, 4 p.m. Thursdays, OM 540; â€¢ Math Confidence Workshop, Part 2, 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 26, both in VU 462B; â€¢ Ride the Emotional Wave, drop in for one or all sessions, 3 to 4:20 p.m. Wednesdays, OM 540. Employers On-Campus For updated information including locations see www.career.wwu.edu or stop by OM 280. Oct. 21: â€¢ Deloitte6cTouche,LLP; Oct. 25: â€¢ Ernst Young; Oct. 27: â€¢ Abercrombie Fitch â€¢ Progressive Insurance; 31: â€¢ SafeCo; Nov. 1 0 : * Holland America; Nov. 14: â€¢ Apex Systems, Inc. â€¢ Federated Insurance. Oct ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 3 ---------- OCTOBER 21,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Western constructs submarine for race BY KIRSTEN DUBOIS The Western Front Western's plastics engineering department is preparing to build a submarine for the International Submarine Races in July 2007 at the David Taylor Model Basin in Bethesda, Md. The Foundation for Underwater Research and Education plays host to the event, which is a five-day competition to test aspects of speed, design and presentation from each team. Western students are designing and constructing the submarine. Only four students from the department are currently involved in the project, but the group has yet to meet and is looking for recruits, said Nicole Larson, the project's leader and assistant professor of engineering technology. Larson introduced the idea of the competition to Western's engineering department two weeks ago. She has competed in the competition previously and felt it would be valuable for students. Western has never been involved in the competition, though the team already has one experienced student. Western junior Edward Larocque transferred this year from Edmonds Community College, where he participated this past summer in the 2005 International Submarine Races. Western students will design their submarine winter quarter. This will give the team more than a year to complete and test the model before shipping it to Maryland two itoionths priof to the competition. The shipping process takes two months due to the size of the submarine. Western team members willconstruct the submarine in the engineering composites lab. When it is complete, the team will either use Lake Padden or Lake Whatcom to test it, Larson said. "It'll probably be pretty cutting-edge," Larocque said of Western's design. "Especially with the resources Western has." The engineering building is equipped with shop space, donated materials, tools and left- over materials lying around, creating an advantage for the construction of the submarine, Larson said. Not every team that enters the races is comprised of college students. High schools, businesses and individuals also compete. Though a large part of funding will come from Western, the team of students will have to fundraise to cover the $1,000 entry fee. Building a submarine means the final product will not be watertight. One or two students who will be inside the submarine during the competition will need to be scuba-certified before going into the water. Larocque already has his certification from last summer's competition. The submarine will be fully submerged, and the students inside will get oxygen from tanks built into the hull of the submarine. The competition is about more than just performance in the water. Judges rate contestants in seven categories, including most-innovative design and best spirit during the races. Those not inside the submarine during the competition have plenty PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID HOBBY A safety boat follows Western junior Edward Larocque as he drives "Triton" through the model basin pool last summer. He is helping Western build its submarine for the 2007 competition. to keep them busy. Team members are stationed at the starting line, lowering and loading the submarine. Only one submarine is in the pool at a time, but safety-is still the main concern, said Jerry Rovner, director of the International Submarine Races. The requirements for the design of the submarine also focus mostly on safety. The most important is a type of clamp the driver must hold onto while inside. If the driver lets go, the submarine releases a buoy informing those above water there is something wrong with the drivers inside the submarine, Rovner said. The model basin is a 35,000- foot indoor pool for testing mini military submarines, but every other summer The Foundation for Underwater Research and Education uses it for races, including the one in which Western will participate, Rovner said. Also, the submarine must be neutrally buoyant. This is the process of balancing the pressure inside and outside of the submarine to make it hover in the middle of the water, Western sophomore and team member Wes Petersen said. The team members have a few choices in designing their submarine. They have to decide whether they want the submarine to be able to hold one or two people, and whether they want to have an external propeller. "I'd like to have a two-man submarine built because more people can experience what it's like underwater," Larocque said. The submarine must be human powered, which has a huge effect on control, Larson said. Being human-powered means human strength powers any propulsion occurring within the submarine. The majority of entries to the races accomplish this by creating a bicycle-like pedal inside the submarine for one person to control while another steers from the front, Larson said. Share your space, but live on your own. All furnishings piclured are )rom Wal-Mart. Storage WAL*MART Get everything for your dorm room at Walmart.com and still afford tuition. ALWAYS LOW PRICES. vwoinrartxoni ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS OCTOBER 21,2005 Director of University Communications will retire after fall quarter BY JUSTIN MORROW The Western Front Lynne Masland, director of the Office of University Communications, is retiring at the end of fall quarter after 21 years at Western. Maslund, 65, said she is retiring to spend more time with her family. Masland is responsible for shaping Western's identity for the media and public, said Paul Cocke, assistant director in the Office of University Communications. "She built a highly respected and professional communications office here at Western," Cocke said. "The lofty reputation Western has enjoyed over the years is due in no small part to her efforts." Masland began her career at Western in 1984 working for the Public Information Office, which changed to University Communications approximately five years ago. She said she has been working as an adjunct professor at Fairhaven College, where she .periodically instructed classes about narrative voice. She also chaired Western's yearlong Centennial Celebration in 1999-2000 for Western's 100- year anniversary. For the Centennial Celebration she edited a book documenting Western from 1899 until the millennium. The book gives people a sense of what the century at Western was like, Masland said. As an unofficial part of her job, Masland is a historian for Western and has a wealth of information regarding the school's 106-year existence, said Jo Collinge, assistant director of the Office of Communications from 1990 until 2003. "Lynn is a treasure trove of knowledge about Western," Cocke said. "She has a superb sense of what Western has been and how it has evolved." Masland said she is always learningmore about the university and its history. "When I started working at Western, I was very interested in the history of Western," she said. "I felt that it was interesting to explore the lives of people who have taught and worked here and what they did to make the university the way it is today." Cough: Disease may be contagious in 3-foot range Pertussis symptoms CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 however. A dry spasmodic cough persists for longer than two weeks after the initial runny nose and cold wears off in three to four days, Gibson said. Infants produce the whooping sound when they breathe in, Gibson said. Adults typically suffer continual coughing spasms instead. Pertussis is contagious for those in constant contact with others such as roommates or co-workers, Gibson said. Pertussis can be contagious in a 3-foot range surrounding the infected person. "It's not something where if you're in a lecture hall you're going to get it," Gibson said. The prevalence of pertussis in the United States has grown dramatically in the past year and a half, said Buffi LaDue, manager of disease response and control at the Whatcom County Health Department. Middle school children and adults are more likely than infants to contract pertussis because most have not immunized themselves since infancy, LaDue said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site, since the 1980s the increase has been greatest among adolescents. "The whole country is going through a surge of adults and teenagers who are no longer immune and getting it and passing it around," LaDue said. The pertussis vaccination adolescents and adults received as infants wears off, and then they do not have the proper antibodies to fight the infection, Gibson said. "Washington state has more problems (with pertussis) because of the liberal policy of immunization," Gibson said. "Parents are allowed to waive immunization." Washington is well above the national average for pertussis cases, according to the Washington State Department of Health's Web site. In 2003 the-rate was 4.1 per 100,000 people in the United States and 13.8 per 100,000 people in Washington state. The Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine that would fight pertussis in adolescents â€¢Pertussis is a contagious bacterial infection that causes coughing spasms and occasional choking. â€¢The initial symptoms are cold-like with a runny nose and cough and possible, but not likely, fever. Spasms of coughing start within one or two weeks. Between coughing spells, the infected person may look and feel fairly healthy. â€¢Pertussis is spread when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. â€¢Antibiotics do cure cases of pertussis. People with pertussis should avoid contact with others until the first five days of the antibiotic treatment have been taken. Information courtesy of the Student Health Center and adults Oct. 2, Gibson said. Western and most physicians are not yet providing it, pending an official recommendation from the FDA. Gibson said that once the FDA starts recommending it, Western will consider providing the vaccine. The Residence Life office and resident advisors work to prevent illness outbreaks in the on-campus residence halls, University Residences director Willy Hart said. "Primarily we work very directly with the Student Health Center," Hart said. "They have the responsibility with coming up with interventions on campus." Bulletin boards, flyers and communication keeps students informed about possible outbreaks of any infection in the residence halls, said Western sophomore Dan Morford, a resident advisor in Fairhaven. Hart said no outbreaks have occurred in the residence.halls this year. "The Student Health Center does a good job with letting us know," Morford said. 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Western communication professors Breanna Form and Korry Harvey created the "Let's Talk" forum after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to provide a safe atmosphere for students to express themselves, Harvey said. The monthly forum most recently dealt with fluoride in Bellingham's water. Although the title of the discussion topic was, "WWU Student: Community Member or Just Passing Through," drinking and disruptive partying dominated the conversation. The Campus Community Coalition, a Western group working to blend students into the surrounding community, co-sponsored the event. "I think a lot of the problems community members face are noise violations, partying, and drinking and driving," said Western senior Sally Low, who attended the event. Monfictioii Whateom County's Certified ORGAMC Produce Department 1220N. Jtorest â€¢ Open every dqy from 8 am - 9pm Another student at the forum, Western junior Dan Jeremiah, said some students come to Western expecting the party lifestyle. "A lot of people come to school and want to do their thing, live the 'Girls Gone Wild' sort of party life," Jeremiah said. "The city relies on the students for the growth that they need, but at the same time we need to respect the fact that we are guests." . Campus Community Coalition coordinator Lara Welker said she agreed that drinking and loud partying are the main issues dividing college students from the rest of the Bellingham community. "The issue that is giving rise to the , tension between college students and nonstudent community members is partying," she said. "The issue I hear over and over again is the litter, the parking problems and disruptive parties." Richard Maneval, president of the Association of Bellingham Neighborhoods, said without a hint of irony that students could throw ice-cream socials rather than disruptive parties. "I don't think the drinking = is the wedge; the partying is the wedge between full-time, year-round homeowners and students who rent," Maneval said. Maneval said difficulty integrating students into the community is due to the constant influx of new students into neighborhoods. "Every year we're going to be dealing with new (students), so every year we have to build bridges between those new residents and the full-time residents," he said. One step to close the gap between home owners and students is for neighbors to introduce themselves 7 think it's sad the generations can't have fun together.' KATE NICHOLS Bellingham resident to one another, Low said. "I think right now in neighborhoods it is really easy for families and students living right next door to each other to never know each other at all," Low said. Bellingham resident and forum attendant Kate Nichols, 58, said she feels conflicted when students tell her not to call the police about their party because they are underage. 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'We just want to see Illegal passage into CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 don't look like Americans, specifically Latinos who are not white," Morgan said. "I feel that, armed or not, the Minutemen are intimidating immigrants and creating dangerous situations." Williams commented for anyone who considers the group racist. "Those who call us racist are the ones who want borders freely open and don't want to stop illegal infiltration," he said. "Our group of 13 serving in Washington consists of four women and three nonwhite residents." Morgan, along with = = = == approximately 25 other county residents, said people walk through tne United States also he protested against the fne ff0ni door at the ^a s a n e c o n o i m c effect border and sign the guestbook.' Minutemenatthe Whatcom County Council meeting Oct. 15. Morgan said he and the protesters were at the meeting to express to TOM WILLIAMS on property owners at the borders, Williams said. "Landowners can make $10,000 a month by opening or leasing their the councilmembers their Whatcom County resident I a n d md b a m s t 0 0 le ,' , and Minuteman toward the disapproval Minutemen, "There was no emotion from the councilmembers, but you could feel a strong presence from citizens against the Minutemen," he said. Morgan said he plans to continue to educate people in the community about the negative effects of the group and offer support to those the group targets. "Minutemen are not trained border patrol agents," he said. "They are not in a job where specific rules are followed." The Minutemen want to make it clear they are not trying to be border-patrol officers, but are strictly making a political statement, Williams said. Deputy chief of the Blaine Border Patrol sector Joe Giuliano said the U.S. Border Patrol is indifferent. "The minutemen are doing something they, like any other citizen, are allowed to do," Giuliano said. "As long as what they do doesn't break the law, they're OK." trying to traffic drugs into the U.S.," he said. "These people, of course, don't want us up here or any form of border patrol for that matter." Williams said if he had his way, immigration would simply use the government-run border patrol. "We just want to see people walk through the front door at the border and sign the guestbook," he said. "It's the Department of Homeland Security's job to figure out if they should be let in or not." The Bush administration authorized the addition of 1,000 border-patrol agents throughout the United States after Sept. 11, but supplied only enough funding for 400, Williams said. "More people are calling wanting to volunteer, and I can't get off the phone with news organizations like FOX News and USA Today, who both want to run stories about us and our political statement," Williams said. Programs: Committee must approve KVIK shows CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 with the voice on what should be aired on campus channels." Hart said the residential advisory committee will determine if it wants to assume the decisionmaking responsibilities at the next Residence Hall Association council meeting Oct. 27. KVIK and any other video productions affiliated with Western will have a new medium on which to air their recordings, Hart said. Some of KVIK's planned productions include "Project Fear," an improvisation performance featuring the Dead Parrots Society to air at the end of November, and a live sitcom to air some time in the spring. KVIK is also working on "Insert Show Here," a late-night show with musical guests, actors, athletes and political leaders to air in the winter, Western senior and KVIK coordinator Matt Acosta said. Channels 15 and 16 air university-affiliated programs, Hart said, and are accessible to students in the residence halls. The channels have not aired any programs since the April 2005 Associated Students candidate debates because nobody has submitted productions to air. If the residential advisory committee decides to take responsibility for determining which programs to air, the committee will review the programs and will decide which it will broadcast by November, Hart said. The committee will review potential programs and decide to air them according to the program's educational content and the committee's interest in it, he said. "As long as the programs have some connection to a recognized group on campus, meets KVIK's code for content submission and KVIK's advisor says, 'It's OK to go,' I think folks would want to see the programs broadcasted," Hart said. "Unless there's some overriding reason the residential student committee doesn't want the program to air." Acosta said KVIK hopes to expand its programs to the additional channels because they are currently underutilized. KVIK records various campus events to send the productions to Bellingham Television Channel 10, better known as BTV10, in hopes the program will air, Acosta said. KVIK plans to submit more productions to BTV10 this year, SUSAN ROSENBERRY / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Matt Acosta has been the KVIK coordinator for two years. Acosta said. The city of Bellingham operates BTV10, and the station airs educational and informational programs, which publicly funded agencies produce or sponsor for the Bellingham community, BTV10 Communication Coordinator Janice Keller said. "Although KVIK hasn't submitted any productions to BTV10 yet this year, we submitted works in the past to BTV10," Acosta said. "But that doesn't mean they are going to play all of them because the station decides what to show on a case-by-case basis." Campus events are of interest to students but fail to meet BTVlO's mission statement of providing information about the city of Bellingham and public agencies to the community, said KVIK and KUGS general manager Jamie Hoover. "Only students get an education from some of those programs, and it's not considered educational by BTV10â€”they are a government educational access station and are only supposed to play government and educational documents," Acosta said. BTV10 briefly aired a KVTK-produced late-night talk show called "Western Live" last year but stopped because the show did not fit the station's content requirements, Acosta said. Acosta hopes to broadcast programs such as late-night talk shows on channels 15 and 16, iW healthy. Planned Parenthood8 Talk to us in confidence. With confidence. 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Mathieu said the show's namesake Cody Rivers is a fictional character based on a country-music superstar, and half the audience walks out after the show not knowing who Rivers is. "He's a well-meaning guy â€” sort of cool, kind of dorky," Mathigu said. "It's as if Cody is responsible for the show somehow, even though he has nothing to do with the stage (performance)." Connor and Mathieu started "The Cody Rivers Show" as a midnight show Sept. 19, 2004 at theiDiblvi TnealerV ' f " ' ; "We had always talked about starting our own theater company one day," Connor said. "So I came up to Bellingham on a whim, and we got involved in the iDiOM and really loved it." Connor andMathieu's friendship extends to their stage presence; their interaction with each other is smooth and charismatic. After the musical's opening act, Connor and Mathieu bounce onto the stage on top of exercise balls. Madness ensues as they pass the balls to each other from the walls and off each other's heads. The audience laughs and gasps periodically when it appears as if Connor will roll right into them. Connor and Mathieu, who met at Ohio Wesleyan University, perform monthly PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL HOOD Co-creators of "The Cody Rivers Show" Mike Mathieu (left) and Andrew Connor (right) onstage Oct. 7 at the iDiOM Theater. at venues such as Bellingham's Upfront Theatre, Western's Performing Arts Center and iDiOM Theater. Connor and Mathieu write the screenplays, choreograph the scenes, paint the sets, build the props and record sound effects before each performance, typically within a two-week period, Mathieu said. "This just started off as a hobby, but it's taken over our entire fives," Mathieu said. Western sophomore Nicole Desgrosellier sat in the front row of the Oct. 7 performance and encouraged Western students to attend the Cody Rivers Show Oct. 21-22. "I just heard from a friend of a friend about these guys and thought I would check it out," Desgrosellier said. "My favorite part was when they came tumbling out on gigantic red balls. I'm definitely going to go see it again." "The Cody Rivers Show" opens at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Old Main Theatre. Tickets cost $10 and are available at Village Books, The Community Food Coop and the University Box Office. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACORN PROJECT Acorn Project performs onstage Sept. 23 at the Showbox in Seattle. WiWBHffalo showcases local fink-rock quartet BY MIKE COFFMAN The Western Front A fusion of jazz and funk will soothe the ears of listeners at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Wild Buffalo House of Music. Up-and-coming local band Acorn Project will take the stage with The Mellonballer Quartet of Olympia, Wild Buffalo owner John Goodman said. Acorn Project played at the Wild Buffalo three times in the past year and left a strong impact on its audience. "There was a really good response," Goodman said. "They brought in a pretty-good- sized crowd." The style of Acorn Project is difficult to place into one category, Western senior and saxophonist Sam Lax said. "We have a 'come out and check it out and see if you like it' kind of style," Lax said. "But if you had to put us in a category, I guess it would be funk rock." The band's members include Western seniors Lax and Andy Pritiken and spring 2005 graduates Kale McGuinness and Todd Benedict. They have been together for one year and plan to release the band's first album, "Odd His Sleepy Soar," by January 2006. The Mellonballer Quartet will open for Acorn Project and will perform Herbie Hancock covers as well as its own jazz fusion, bassist Eli Sperling said. 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Decisions can be difficult to make, and when alcohol is involved they are even more challenging. At Pel'Meni, a Bellingham restaurant serving Russian dumplings, they make it simple â€” meat or potato. "It's easy to find when you're walking around State Street drunk from the bars," Pel'Meni employee Ben White said. The restaurant, which opened in January 2005, features abstract paintings, shelves full of records and pots of steaming dumplings. Noon to bar-closerthirty are the flexible hours posted on the door, and the menu is simple with only two items â€” ground sirloin or potato dumplings â€” each $5. The location, 1211N. State St., is right across the street from a string of bars. "We're the Russian underground late- AMYHARDER/THE WESTERN FRONT A record collection is available for all patrons to select from while dining at Pel'Meni. night cafe," said Jhanene Bonk, who owns Pel'Meni with her husband Dave Bonk. The atmosphere of Pel'Meni is not characteristic of other restaurants, White said. Customers can spend three hours in the restaurant and employees will not ask mem to leave. He said they can feel as if they are at home at Pel'Meni, and employees will not hassle them for being too loud or loitering. "It's a hot- dog-stand concept that we're just bringing indoors," White said. Employees boil the dumplings then season them with butter, curry powder and cilantro. They then drizzle the Pel'Meni sauce, which White refers to as the "super-secret-special spicy-sweet sauce" over the top. The piece of rye bread the employee places with each serving to soak up the oil finishes the order. White said two rules apply when employees make the dumplings â€” no stuck-together dumplings and no mixed orders. The bookcase stacked with records helps Pel'Meni transform into a dance party around 3 a.m., White said. The collection started with the owners' records but grew to more than 300 from donations. "It's one of our trade secrets," Jhanene Bonk said. Every type of music is available, from Cajun home music to Harry Belafonte to the Black Eyed Peas. White said the music is available free of charge to all customers. Western junior Rich Williams said Pel'Meni is the only late-night restaurant he frequents on a regular basis. ''Where else can I go to listen to David Bowie and eat dumplings?" Williams said. He said he prefers Pel'Meni over other late-night restaurants because of the cheap prices, abnormal artwork and his AMY HARDER / THE WESTERN FRONT Russian eatery Pel'Meni specializes in late-night meat and potato dumplings. dumpling of choice â€” meat. Western junior Ryan Carter said he eats at the restaurant approximately once a week after going to the bars. "They kind of taste like ice cream after 12 beers," Carter said, after a night of drinking in the nearby bars on State Street. "They're absolutely phenomenal." Pel'Meni â€” the Russian word for dumpling, is the third Pel'Meni restaurant the Bonks own in the United States. The other restaurants are located in Juneau, Alaska, and Madison, Wis. Jhanene Bonk said the restaurant in Wisconsin also caters to a college crowd from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They opened Pel'Meni on State Street in January and bought a factory in Femdale to make the dumplings in April. Jhanene Bonk said the factory supplies the three restaurants with dumplings, and uses ingredients from local businesses whenever possible. "As soon as we catch our breath from this experience we are going to expand again and again; we just do not know where yet," Bonk said. "We will try to repeat our magic formula again." JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT Fifteen dumplings come with each serving of meat or potato dumplings, which are topped with Pel'Meni's special sauce and a slice of rye bread. IN THE SPOTLIGHT Friday, Oct. 21 Localpalooza: Loa Records and Associated Students Productions Pop Music brings a free showcase of local music talent including The Arcadians, 84, Autumn Poetry and Estrella to the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Eight bands will perform on two stages starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 Hip-Hop: Lyrics Born will perform at The Nightlight. Tickets are $12 advance and $15 at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m. at 211 E. Chestnut St. Thursday - Saturday Oct. 27-29 Play: iDiOM Theater presents "Blank of Horrors," a series of one-act plays starting at 8 p.m. Admission is $5 Thursday, $ 10 Friday and Saturday at 1418 Cornwall Ave. Poet tells tales of oppression PHOTO COURTESY OF Â© FRED VTEBAHN Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove reads from selected works Thursday at the PAC. BY DAVID WILHITE The Western Front A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet will visit campus Thursday to read from selected works, including her most recent book "American Smooth." Rita Dove, University of Virginia professor and former U.S. Poet Laureate will read at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. When Dove earned the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poems titled "Thomas and Beulah," which was loosely based on her. grandparents' lives, she became the second black poet to receive the award, following Gwendolyn Brooks in 1950. Western humanities professor and poet Oliver de la Paz will introduce Dove at the event. "Rita Dove gives us lessons on how to be human," de la Paz said. "To put her in the sole category of being an African-American poet is to demean her. She has transcended as a poet." He said the power of Dove's work is typified in "Thomas and Beulah." "Although the reader knows Thomas and Beulah are blacks struggling to survive in racism in Ohio, on the pages of the text they become just folks with regular hopes ahd dreams," he said. Rosarine Kanhai, director of the women studies program at Western, said Dove's strength is in how she enriches complicated points of view. Dove broadens perspectives by examining the many facets of the human condition. "Rita Dove gives us many ways to see reality," she said. Marc Geisler," assistant chair of Western's English department, said a book- signing session will follow Dove's reading. He said that Dove will also answer questions from students, staff and faculty from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 28 in Fraser Hall. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 9 ---------- OCTOBER 21.2005 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 Against Mel delivers ferocious punk rock BY ERIC SANFORD The Western Front The packed house at the Viking Union Multipurpose Room exploded with energy Oct. 15 when Gainesville, Fla. punk band Against Me! took the stage. At times, the volume of the crowd singing along to every word nearly drowned out the band. Against Me! played a healthy variety of songs from a repertoire of three full-length albums, including crowd favorites "Baby, I'm an Anarchist" and "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong." The band dedicated most of the set to performing songs from its latest album, "Searching For A Former Clarity," which Fat Wreck Chords released Sept. 6. Tourmates The Soviettes and Smoke Or Fire, and local opener Typical Ace supported the band. Those in attendance witnessed a passionate musical performance by intelligent musicians dedicated to their craft. PHOTOS BY ERIC SANFORD / THE WESTERN FRONT Against Me! drummer Warren Oakes (top), bass player Andrew Seward (bottom left) and guitarist James Bowman (bottom right) unleash the band's blend of folk-punk-country music last Saturday in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 10 ---------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 10 Western football goes to Humboldt Vikings respond to Hamlin injury BY ANDREW SLEIGHTER The Western Front Western football â€” 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference â€” is on the road this week to play Saturday at Humboldt State University, 4-3 overall and l-2intheGNAC. This is the second time the two teams have squared off this month. In their first meeting Oct. 1, Western defeated Humboldt State at Civic Field, 21-16. "It's unique to play a team twice in such a short period of time," Western head coach Rob Smith said. "Last year we split with the three teams we played twice. It's difficult to beat teams twice in one*year." Western senior running back Duncan Sherrard, coming off a 158-yard performance last Saturday in the win against Western Oregon University, also said beating a team twice in one year is challenging. "If you get beat once, you come out a little harder the next time you play," Sherrard said. Smith said Western will try to continue its recent success in the running game. Western rushed for 196 yards against Western Oregon, and in the game with Humboldt, the Vikings ran for 223 yards. Sherrard said the common denominator in Western's wins has been running the ball well. "That's coming from a. running back, naturally," Sherrard said. When Sherrard tore his meniscus Aug. 27 against Mesa State College during the first half and missed the next three games, Western senior running back Jake Carlyle filled in for him and JARED YOAKUM/ THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman William Jackson returns a kick during practice Wednesday at Western's turf field. was successful, running a career-high 175 yards in the first Humboldt State game. The two have shared carries since Sherrard's return in the first Humboldt State game, and Smith said they will share the carries Saturday. "We'll go with the hot guy," Smith said. "Jake" takes the first two series, and Duncan takes the second two series. And really that's the way the game went last week; it just so happened Duncan got the majority of the carries." Smith said the team is slowly becoming healthier. Western senior offensive tackle Will Freitag did not play against Western Oregon due to a dislocated toe, but he expects him to play Saturday. Smith said he does not expect Western sophomore receiver Chris Robinson to play because he is recovering from a hamstring injury. The game starts at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Redwood Bowl in Areata, Calif. The alleged assault against Seattle Seahawks safety Ken Hamlin early Monday morning outside a Seattle nightclub left Hamlin in intensive care with a bruised brain and fractured skull. This injury served as a warning to Vikings players, Western head coach Rob Smith said. Hamlin left a night club in Pioneer Square early Monday morning. An altercation between Hamlin and another man spilled into the streets and resulted in Hamlin's beating, according to an Oct. 18 Seattle Times article. Western senior wide receiver Andy Olson said the danger is different for college-level players. 'Tans in the NFL take the game really seriously," Olson said. "I've never had any problem with it." Western senior running back Duncan Sherrard said an incident similar to what happened to Hamlin is avoidable. "It drives home the point that you really have to be careful, and if you don't go around looking for trouble, you should be fine," Sherrard said. - By Andrew Sleighter RCFAAIL LI VÂ¥ WEEKEND NOVEMBER *m st j M k JM^ jBk mmm 4"62005 Fireworks, Football BBQ pen houses throughout campus Open parking Be sure to check it out! For more information call 650-3353 or visit www.wwualumni.com/ReallyBigWeekend ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 11 ---------- OCTOBER 21,2005 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 Cross country seeks conference championship Western will play host to GNAC Cross Country Championships at Lake Padden Park Saturday DAVE WILHITE/THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Logan Senrud runs during the Western Invitational Oct. 8 at Lake Padden Park. The Western men will be one of the favorites at the GNAC championships. BY ANDREW IRVINE The Western Front The Western men's cross country team has a successful history racing at Lake Padden Park. Three of the last five times the Western men have run at there, the team has won. Western will play host to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships Saturday at Lake Padden Park. Western and the University of Alaska Anchorage are the top two men's teams vying for the title, Western head coach Pee Wee Halseli said. "We have a great chance at winning," Halseli said. "But we are not a shoo-in â€” Alaska Anchorage is ranked higher than us." Western ranks No. 24 nationally and No. 4 of 20 teams in the West region in the latest NCAA Division II poll. Alaska Anchorage ranks No. 20 nationally, No. 3 in the West region and is coming off a win in its invitational Oct, 8 in Anchorage, Alaska. Seattle Pacific University and Northwest Nazarene University, ranked No. 7 and No. 8 in the West region, respectively, will also compete for the GNAC title. The Vikings placed first in its last meet, the Western Invitational Oct. 8. On the Lake Padden course Western edged out Seattle Pacific, Seattle University and Central Washington University â€” teams that will be racing Saturday. Since the league formed in 2001, a different team has won the GNAC title each year. Western took first place in 2003 and will be the first school to take home two titles if it wins this year. The Vikings' depth could prove to be the deciding factor in the race, Halseli said. "Depth and balance is our real strength," Halseli said. "Anyone in our top 10 could be in our top five. We don't have a front-runner." Alaska Anchorage freshman David Kiplagat is a front-runner and should help the team's bid for the title, Halseli said. Earlier this season, Kiplagat won the Interior Invitational in Fairbanks, Alaska, and finished first in two home meets â€” the Lynx Invitational and the Alaska Anchorage Invitational, both in Anchorage. "Alaska Anchorage has a couple of runners that can run ahead of our No. 1," said Western junior Sam Brancheau, the 2004 team MVP. "We will definitely have to run at our best." The knowledge of the Lake Padden Park course should significantly help the Vikings win the race, said Western junior Logan Senrud, Western's top runner at the Western Invitational. "It's a big advantage to us because we have practiced there so often," Senrud said. "We know when to push it and where to make our moves." Western sophomore Keever Henry, the Vikings top runner in four events in 2004, returned for the Western Invitational from an injury to his Achilles tendon that had kept him out of the first three events of the season. Senrud is coming off a foot injury and also made his season debut at the invitational. Both runners will be active for Saturday's race and should give the Vikings some extra confidence, Brancheau said. "With them coming back, our morale is high," Brancheau said. "I really trust these guys to have a great race." For the women's team, Seattle Pacific and Central enter the race as the top two teams, ranked No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, with Western ranked No. 10 of 23 teams in the West region. Western senior Laura Trevellyan, a two-time All- American, is the top individual runner for Western. Her toughest opponent will be Seattle Pacific junior Meredith Crane, Halseli said. Crane finished in front of Trevellyan in the Western Invitational, the Saint Martin's Invitational and the Emerald City Open. The women's 6-kilometer race begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, with the 8-kilometer men's race at 11:30. a.m. Moonlight Madness! WWU vs Seattle University Saturday, Oct. 22 WWU vs Gran Matches begin at 7:00 p.m. Haggen Court at Carver Gym Tickets available at the gate or by calling 650-BLUE. 10% or More off Everything! 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We are neighborhood representatives, WWU Student Affairs staff, Associated Students leaders, law-enforcement officers, bar and tavern owners, City of Bellingham officials, and rental property owners, working together to prevent and address problems related to student alcohol misuse, and contribute to the health and safety of the entire community, for more information, call 650-6863 or visit www.coalition.wwu.edu. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS OCTOBER 21,2005 NGAA views athletes as business opportunities BY MATT GAGNE The Western Front In a new low for college athletics, Arkansas State University athletic director Dean Lee told one of the school's top basketball players to either wear Adidas shoes or not play at all, according to an Oct. 18 ESPN.com article. Lee's ultimatum is due to a contract Adidas has with the school requiring all Arkansas State athletes to wear only Adidas products while playing collegiate athletics. Arkansas State senior Jerry Nichols, who led the basketball team in scoring last season, injured his knee while wearing Adidas shoes in community college in 2001. He refuses to wear Adidas shoes because Arkansas State signed a new contract with Adidas for this season and is now in jeopardy of missing the entire season. Sports, it seems, are no longer about the athlete â€” profit is the new game colleges are playing. Instead of making athletes the priority, decisions such as Lee's elevate corporate sponsorship to the top of the food chain. The influence of money on college athletics is nothing new. NCAA Division I football and basketball draw huge television contracts, and according to a Sept. 14 Raleigh News and Observer article, coaches and their assistants often make more money than the highest-paid professors. Money, of course, makes the world go round, and the money-centric version of college sports is market-driven. College athletics are popular, and in a capitalistic society, anything popular creates its own market. The product becomes the team, of which student athletes are a part. Naturally, promoting a team involves marketing ==_=_= In 1998, Adidas sued the NCAA for limiting the size of the company's logo on college uniforms, according to a September 1999 Portland Business Journal article. Lawyers for the clothing company argued the NCAA's restriction of logo size inhibits trade. A federal judge threw out the lawsuit. The professional ranks of sports are a completely different story. Sport is the athlete's profession â€” they make the = = = = = choice to sell themselves as athletes, and teams the athletes involved. 'Sports, it seems, are Pa y t n e m accordingly for their marketing value. But marketing the athlete and using the no lomer about the C o l l eSe s ' however, do not directly compensate athlete to market are different things. Â° . amateur athletes and should not use them as Adidas' contract with Arkansas State is not afhlete ~ profit is the making t 0 0 ] s Athletic departments should limited to shoes. The school's uniforms are all new game colleges not force athletes to be running billboards. Adidas products. are playing.' The concept is sinking below college Allowing students to wear whatever they â€” ranks as well. According to a 2004 Evansville wanted during a game would be ridiculous â€”: matching jerseys are a no-brainer. Synchronous uniforms require one producer, which equates to a large contract for whichever company getsit. If Nichols refused to wear the Arkansas State jersey because Adidas made it, Arkansas State would be right in making him sit. The issue, however, is about shoes, which are equipment and can be quite particular to individual athletes. Nichols believes wearing Adidas shoes might exacerbate his injury. He even offered to cover up the logo, but Lee would not budge, according to the ESPN.com article, Adidas does not just want the contract to make the jerseys, the company wants the valuable' exposure college sports receive. Courier and Press article, Reebok is doing the same thing in high schools. The basketball team at Lawrence North High School in Evansville, Ind., uses only Reebok products, including shoes. Reebok gives teams substantial discounts on its products, but the contract requires students to wear the shoes. Companies such as Reebok and Adidas have every right to pursue contracts with, and even partially sponsor, scholastic athletics. But signing a contract to provide uniforms should not include making an athlete's body into a billboard. Colleges should draw a line between uniforms and equipment and not punish students such as Nichols because they are concerned about their health, not a marketing concept. College athletics should cater to athletes, not businesses. Speaker will discuss coaching philosophies BY MATT GAGNE The Western Front The nature of competitive sports pushes coaches to designate winning as a priority. Dr. Rick McGuire, however, a graduate professor who specializes in sports psychology for the University of Missouri, will present a different angle on exactly what coaches should be winning. McGuire will give a lecture titled "Winning Kids with Sport" at 7 p.m. Monday in Arntzen Hall 100. The lecture will focus on coaching philosophies, said Ralph Vernacchia, Western professor of physical education health and recreation. Sports used to benefit the athlete, McGuire said. Over the years, as society has become more riveted by sports, however, winning has become more important than the athletes, he said. Winning a sports contest made people, towns and schools better in the eyes of society, he said. "In winning the games, the price included chewing up and spitting out the people playing the games," McGuire said. "What became important were the kids winning the sports instead of the sport teaching kids values." Vernacchia, who co-authored "Coaching Mental Excellence: It Does Matter Whether You Win or Lose" with McGuire, said McGuire will present a positive model for coaching. Coaches need to realize the impact they have on young people and respect that influence, he said. "Notice the title (of the lecture) doesn't say winning sport with kids," Vernacchia said. "It doesn't do us much good to win games and lose kids." Too often coaches ask athletes to sacrifice anything for the team, such as their health, integrity or morals, McGuire said. While McGuire lectures throughout the country, he is also a head coach of Missouri's track and field team. He said he trains his athletes to win by working hard, not by giving up their values. "We're not going to sacrifice honesty, integrity, health or the role of the university to try to beat somebody," he said. Focusing on the athletes themselves and developing them into the best people they can be might actually increase victories, McGuire said. McGuire spoke at Western in 2002 on the principles of personal excellence. Coaches from the community and sports psychology students attended the talk. "Rick is a wonderful speaker," Vernacchia said. "He's very thought-provoking." PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Dr. Rick McGuire will speak at 7 p.m. Monday in Arntzen Hall 100. j l f a j l CONSIGN NORTHWEST s Household 5 Furniture $ Outdoor s Collectibles $ Antiques $ Art More Quality Household Furnishings 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday 3096 Northwest Avenue "Across from Yeagers" it pays to advertise in the Western Front %Â» DAY 01. ^f^J^/es COFFEE HOUSE ^ eti "Not your ordinary coffee house,.. 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All topics are welcome, whether they concern stories we 've run, local or national news, or just something you feel needs to be said. Submissions are subject to editing at the discretion of The Western Front. Please include your name, age and year or position at Western or in the community. Send responses of 250 words or fewer to thewesternfronteditor@yahoo.com. Call (360) 650-3162 with questions. THE HONOR. SOCIETY-OF PHT KAPPA PHT JL i l l XXnUL I J T I L JL JF1JL First Annual Phi Kappa Phi Lectureship Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5 pm - 7 pm WWU, Communications Facility, Room 120 Reception to follow Seating is limited! Reserve your seat by Friday, October 21,2005 Katrina.Schaeffer@wwu.edu â€¢ 650-7265 Community Voices A memoir of Sam Young, a life well-lived Have you ever known someone who possessed the unique ability to awaken your heart and make you smile every time you were in their presence? I have, and so have my greatest friends and family. On Oct. 7,2005, we lost our best friend and roommate Sam Young when he lost control of his motorcycle on Bill McDonald Parkway approximately 200 yards from our house. According to police and witnesses, Sam was traveling up the road under the speed limit, and no other cars were involved. As I hear many people attempt to rationalize the situation and create their own versions of what happened, I write so I can help people understand exactly what was lost and what can be saved from this tragedy to enlighten those who still live. The stereotype of the reckless motorcyclist is everywhere. People in black leather on loud bikes do not exactly conjure up feelings of warmth and acceptance. As the daughter of a Harley-rider and the roommate of two guys, including Sam, who gained their very sense of adventure and enthusiasm for life from the sport, I realize the far-reaching falsity of this viewpoint. In fact, Sam was exactly the opposite. With two fire extinguishers in his room alone, his motto was to live life to the fullest while being fully prepared for and accepting of times and situations when he had to back down. Sam never drank or did drugs, and was always the first to respect the opinions and judgments of others while staying true to his own. Integrity, a little caution and vigor for life Can take you far, and Sam had shown us that every day of his life. After living at his parents' home in Woodinville for a year after high school, Sam came to Bellingham to go to Whatcom Community College and create a new life for himself among his best friends. His unfinished tattoo of a phoenix attested to his.philosophy that change and spontaneity were good for the soul. Sam was a living example of the idea that something great could come out of even the hardest of times. As soon as the idea of moving to Bellingham was mentioned, Sam told everyone that his life up here would be his "new beginning." He said he wanted to discover his passions and be in the right place to follow them through. In the five short weeks that he lived in our apartment as our roommate, he made more leaps and bounds in his development and growth than he had in a long time. In some of his papers for his English class, he wrote, "I feel better about myself now that I am back in school. I don't feel like I'm stuck in one spot anymore. Being at Whatcom is like a dream come true. I don't know what Twant to do yet, but I know I'm on the right track." Over the summer, I was on an internship at Shri-ner's Hospital for Children in Spokane. Each year, the hospital puts on a "No Limits Sports Day" for children and teens all over Eastern Washington with physical or developmental disabilities. This clinic is a time of opportunity when kids can experience rock climbing, wheelchair tennis and basketball, cycling, track and field, archery and many other activities to which they may not have been exposed. Sam rode with my boyfriend for six and a half hours in the pouring rain in order to attend. He wrote about the experience in papers at Whatcom as well, and spoke constantly to other students about his new-found passion to motivate these kids and their families to experience life to the fullest. "Recently, I rode my bike over to Spokane in order to volunteer and help out with kids with physical disabilities," Sam wrote. "To watch kids learn that they are able to do things they never imagined they could do is rewarding in itself." The weekend after his passing, dozens of friends who knew and loved Sam came up to be. with us and remember him. As a new employee at Red Robin on Meridian Street, Sam received enough phone calls and support in the few days after his death to make us believe he had secretly worked there for years. We received calls from all over Whatcom and King counties expressing sympathy for his death. But because of the incredible person Sam was, these conversations mostly turned into sharing stories and memories of his life. Stories of his first time scuba diving in Hawaii, of the 10 times he made his girlfriend ride "It's a Small World" in Disneyland and. of once-in-a-lifetime sunsets atop mountains from his motorcycle buddies flooded in as our tears were pouring out. His passion and love for life had spread, and the precious time he had spent here showed us what a significant impact a special person can make. I think people rationalize because they simply don't want to believe such a wonderful, amazing young adult could be taken so abruptly from this world without probable cause. We can't believe it either. But it hurts every time people who knew Sam hear alternate versions of his death and misconceptions about his life. No one will ever know exactly what happened that sunny Friday afternoon, and frankly, I don't believe that detail is important. Believe what you want about the way he died. But remember through these words the way in which he lived, and take that with you. Or as Sam would say, "Grab life by the horns ... and get some." Bethany Dent Western senior ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 14 ---------- 14 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS OCTOBER 21,2005 Racial discrimination rears its ugly head again U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy ordered a temporary injunction Tuesday on legislation requiring a state-issued form of identification in order to vote in Georgia, according to an Oct. 20 Atlanta Constitution- Journal article. The act eliminates all other forms of identification the state of Georgia formerly accepted. This legal ^enfranchisement of a disproportionately low-income, group of black voters is not only a pathetic attempt by Georgia Republicans to increase their success in elections, but it is also unconstitutional. The new identification card costs a minimum of $20 and is not available anywhere in the city of Atlanta, according to the Institute for Southern Studies Web site, an alternative news source for the South. Any legislation that causes the majority of a state's black senators to walk out of the capitol building in disgust following its passing is obviously flawed. Voting and civil rights groups were correct in suing to challenge House Bill 244 because of its violation of the Constitution. Maybe the nation is in such turmoil that it should implement a law that instead of taxing those attempting to exercise their right to vote â€” would tax those who do not vote. Only then would the country be making real progress in increasing voter turnout. Georgia Republicans claim this act will prevent voter fraud and is in accordance with the goals of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, a reform act to help improve national voting efficiency and legitimacy. The idea of checking for this new identification is only feasible if the state provides free cards that are easy to obtain. While Republicans continue to fight for this law in the courts, the rest of America stands by wondering what the hell is going on down there. Did the country not rid itself of laws discriminating against any group of voters a long time ago? The GOP should come right out and state the real reason for its efforts â€” to strengthen its chances during elections. While preventing voter fraud is a legitimate reason to enact new legislation, preventing it at the expense of citizens' legal rights is not. Rather than discouraging citizens from voting by requiring the purchase of identification cards not obtainable in Atlanta, Georgia should encourage every citizen to participate in the electoral process, thus strengthening the democratic processes of the state and the country. Fronilines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial'board: Zoe Fraley, Brittany Greenfield, Molly Jensen, Stefani Harrey, Jessica Dignan, Taylor Williams, Lauren Allain, Peter Jensen, Adriana Dunn, Blair Wilson, Devin Smart, Bradley Thayer, Eric Sanford, Tiffany Sheakley andJared Yoakum. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Zoe Fraley; Managing Editor: Brittany Greenfield; Head Copy Editor: Molly Jensen; Copy Editors: Stefani Harrey, Jessica Dignan; Photo Editor: Taylor Williams; News Editors: Lauren Allain, Peter Jensen; Accent Editor: Adriana Dunn; Features Editor: Blair Wilson; Sports Editor: Devin Smart; Opinions Editor: Bradley Thayer; Online Editor: Eric Sanford; Staff Photographer: Jared Yoakum; Cartoonists: Terrence No- wicki, Susan Rosenberry; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall; Community Liaison: Tiffany Sheakley; Columnist: Travis Sherer Staff Reporters: Mary Andom, Laura Belzer, Tali Bendzak, Nichole Boechler, Jacob Buckenmeyer, Michael Coffman, Michael Curtiss, Taurean Davis, Shannon Deveny, Kirsten DuBois, Samantha Everts, Matthew Gagne, Daniel Grohl, Krista Grunhurd, Amy Harder, Tess Hembree, Lance Henderson, Graigre Hill, Deanna Holmquist, Tyler Huey, Andrew Irvine, John Kara-bias, Mari Kariya, Thomas King, Zach Kyle, Kendra Langston, Jacqueline LeCuyer, Kara Leider, Brian Lenzmeier, Kyra Low, Michael Lycklama, Peter Maclean, Kristen Marson, Justin Morrow, Megan Muldary, Kimberly Oakley, Ciara O'Rourke, Shannon Proulx, Susan Prussack, Samantha Roberts, Susan Rosenberry, Beckie Rosillo, Lorean Serko, Loren Shane, Lea Shawn, Andrew Sleighter, Julia Waggoner, Shawna Walls, Jennifer Whitford and David Wilhite. Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: "In my lifetime, we 've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, We 've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in 12 years, we'll be voting for plants." -â€”Lewis Black, comedian oat? Every day opposite day for Bush BY ZACH KYLE The Western Front President George W. Bush must be smarter than people give him credit for. Otherwise, his administration would never be able to get away with saying one thing and doing the exact opposite. Consider the USA Patriot Act, which the Bush administration pushed through Congress after Sept. 11 to ensure the safety and freedom of Americans. After all, Americans love their freedom. Think George Washington and flags- a-wavin'. Cue "Stars and Stripes Forever." The Bush administration must have misused its decoder rings when looking up the word patriot in the dictionary. Or maybe at Yale, Bush's alma mater, they teach that being patriotic in America means stripping Americans of freedoms. Unlike members of Congress, the folks at the American Civil Liberties Union actually read the.Patriot Act. According to the ACLU Web site, the act gives the government sweeping power to tap phones, check library records, incarcerate citizens without pressing charges and otherwise play Big Brother in the name of national security. Americans are lucky to be so safe. . Bush pushed for invading Iraq by saying Saddam Hussein possessed and intended to kill Americans with weapons of mass destruction, biological weapons and microscopic robots that crawl up noses and poke brains with a pointy stick. In hindsight, Americans should have known by saying this, Bush meant Saddam did not have any weapons that posed a threat to a trans-oceanic country. In defense of the Bush administration, Saddam probably did think nasty thoughts about America. The war in Iraq is full of these little opposites from the Bush administration: â€¢ Clearly, intelligence, meaning solid evidence the administration used in war-going rhetoric â€” is the absence of evidence. â€¢ Bush called critics of the war unpatriotic by repeating the mantra, "Support our troops." Bush supported troops by cutting veteran benefits, which is too bad for all those newly banged-up Iraq vets. â€¢ The Pentagon supports troops T}y' re-deploying soldiers to war zones after they complete their tenure using a nifty bit of fine print the Pentagon calls stop-loss. â€¢ Mission Accomplished means that, according to *an Oct. 18 Associated Press article, nearly 2,000 Americans have died since combat operations in Iraq began. The mission is clearly unaccomplished. Many Americans either support see SMARTER, page 15 Customer service feeds consumerism BY TRAVIS SHERER Looking up If hope exists, it lies within the customer. Customer service is the latest example of blackwhite. George Orwell coined the term blackwhite in his novel "1984" by illustrating a government's power to influence its people to believe anything it said, including black is white and white is really black. Karl Albrecht, a German billionaire and owner of Aldi, a chain of grocery stores, wrote in his book "Service America!" that ours is a service economy in which companies must adjust to the customers' needs. Originally, customer service was associated with an employee's relentless search to satisfy the customer's buying needs. And like an underage altar boy forgotten after mass, this phrase has been taken by retailers and ravaged, leaving only the illusion of innocence and a once-noble idea. Customer service no longer exists, and consumer service is taking over. Consumer service, coined by me, is raping customers for all they can or cannot afford and then selling them credit. I know this because I was a sales associate for Lids, the Gap and the Seattle Mariners Team Store, and I'll admit it â€” I bought into this culture. I actually felt better about my day when I convinced someone to buy a $200 jersey or another $30 hat. And the worst part is, it didn't matter to whom I sold these items. A sale is a sale. Doesn't matter if the money comes from a Johnny Rzeznik, Matthew Lillard, Michael Mann or a kid spending all the money he has. I've sold to ali four with the same satisfying feeling after closing the register. Think about it. When a salesman pressures you and you can't buy anything, you actually apologize to that douche bag for your irregular behavior of not buying. This was more understandable years ago when that salesman owned his product and depended on you for his livelihood. These" days, however, that salesman might get his picture on the reusable "employee of the month" plaque over the toilet and a stink palm from headquarters for squeezing an extra five grand from your kid's college fund for a platinum-plated dildo with matching beads. Years ago this would not have see HOPE, page 15 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-21 - Page 15 ---------- OCTOBER -21y2005 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 Smarter: For Bush administration, saying one thing but doing another has become status quo CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 calling a tree a fish or somehow understand what Bush actually means when he opens his mouth. Otherwise, Bush would vacation on a permanent basis instead of a semipermanent one. Words are subjective. Bush has received incorrect information at times. He frames things optimistically. Or, perhaps the Bush administration feels the right word is always the pro-American term. One could assume Bush, like any true Christian, looks to the Bible and its star, Jesus, for guidance. After all, Jesus was not only the son of God, but a super-good guy; Maybe, similar to Egyptian pharaohs, the president is privy to a direct phone line with God. According to an Oct. 6 Associated Press article, Bush said God told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. Jesus, however, was not a big fan of wars. He uttered memorable quotables such as love thy neighbor as thyself and turn the other cheek. Jesus was also a staunch advocate for the poor and the sick. And, when he said a camel has an easier time passing through the eye of a needle than a wealthy man has entering the kingdom of God, that presumably encompassed the ultra- wealthy. Bush is pro-life, meaning he is against abortion. Well, bombs abort babies too. No better term exists for a presidential candidate to self-apply than compassionate conservative. For Bush, that means he gets to keep his conservative tag, which appeals to his right-wing, predominately religious base, while also being compassionate, which Webster's dictionary defines as acting with sympathy, especially toward those who suffer or are weak. According to an Aug. 13, 2004, report on CBS News, Bush certainly was sympathetic to the plight of the upper class when he gave mem tax breaks disproportionately higher than those of the middle and lower classes. Bush cut social programs such as welfare, food stamps and Medicare. According to an Aug. 31 Institute for Policy Studies report, the Iraq war costs more than $5 billion per month. America's poor are fortunate the executive branch's eye of priority remains close to home. Oh yeah, and Bush remained on vacation for five days while Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and the lives of the mostly poor people trapped there. Americans should quiver to think what an uncompassionate conservative in the Oval Office would be like. Hope: Those servicing customers have rules to play by; consumers don't â€” so be wary CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 taken place because customer service actually meant pro-, viding you, the customer, with a service, rather than servicing the customer â€” all over your face. Nevertheless, this characteristic is invaluable in any retail chain, and I was good at it. I could talk customers into buying twice as much as they intended, and the sky was the limit And by the sky was the limit, I mean mat I made $ 1 more man minimum wage. Nothing shows appreciation more than an extra $8 per day. I became so good at selling, one of my previous employers promoted me to travel the state evaluating the performance of others. Sometimes people were fired after my visits, and I justified it as them being lazy. Of course, companies are doing no harm by encouraging these behaviors â€” except teaching all of their high-school-age workers how to manipulate others and that buying shit encapsulates happiness. And teenagers don't have many options for employment. At 16, your options are selling people shit they don't need or scraping out the fat vats at Burger King.Which are you going to choose? So this is a way in which a retail store tricks you into becoming a consumer rather than a customerâ€¢â€¢â€”by convincing all of its workers they can always add more to a sale. Because believe me, you take that attitude with you after quitting. I know when I'm having a bad day, I'll buy something to make myself feel better. I can't even tell you why it improves my day; it just does. I'm calling for an all-out attack on those retail merchants and salesmen. Just pick an organization and frequent that establishment without ever buying a thing. If you go to a gym or a car lot, it could be pretty fun. Get creative with your consumer teasing â€” or in other words, lie. You don't think that salesman is lying to you? I once told a customer at the Gap that I was going to buy a pair of black leather pants as soon as I got paid. I told another that the reason hat makers put acrylic in wool hats is because it makes mem fire-proof. So get out mere and mess with some sales associates. It's you against them. Whoever can lie better will be the victor, and the only difference between you and them is they have to play by a set of rules. You don't. Tell a physical trainer that you already lost 150 pounds and it almost killed you, but if they think you need to lose a little more weight, men it's time to start puking. Let's get past this charade of consumerism and let the games begin. Contact Travis Sherer at Tsherer9@hotmail.com Letter to the editor [by Justin Emerick] I am writing to you to expose the fact that you have twice failed, and for the sake of my character and the reputation of the Western theatre arts department, it is necessary that the students of Western are able to know of this gross failure. Last week I was quoted, wrongly, saying something that any decent person, including myself, would consider a vulgar, disturbing and disgusting phrase. The fact that the writer of this article would make up such a disgusting quote and the editors of the paper would allow such a vulgarity to be printed is a testament to the lack of journalistic integrity and ethics of the Western Front, and is extremely hurtful. Immediately after I read this article I wrote a letter to you concerning this misquotation, reiterating the fact that the interviewer I spoke with (and writer of this article) took little to no notes on our conversation, did not ask appropriate questions to the context of the subject, nor make any attempt to record my words. This letter was not only sent to you, but also the journalism department and the Western theatre department, as an initial attempt to right this horrible wrong. I did speak with the student involved with correcting this mistake and they assured me that a correction would be made testifying that I did not say these disgusting things. The student simply dropped the ball; the "correction" made no logical sense and I was still quoted as saying these vulgar things. I guess I shouldn't be too shocked though; multiple times I have been offended while reading articles you print because of their distasteful nature. But the way you have wronged me and the Western theatre department by placing a disgusting misquotation (for what I can only assume is shock value) should not go unseen. I hope in the future the journalism department and The Western Front would commit themselves to properly training and educating their journalists to hold more integrity and ethical value toward the work they are doing. I would also urge students, especially artists, to not interview in person with any Western Front journalist as they have proven, in my case (and others) that they are not committed to accurately representing you or your work. If a journalist would seek your input, you should either refuse or write it down, briefly, and give it to them, a failure to do this will only result in gross manipulation of your words and your work. Finally, I have already been told by a friend that they will not come to see my work because of that article. Read that again; because of your false testimony, lack of preparation, and your willingness to print such vulgarity, you have censored the art that I am creating from someone I consider a friend. I will never forgive The Western Front or this journalist for what they have done. Justin Emerick Western senior Editor's note: The Western Front apologizes for any misrepresentation of this play in the Oct. 14 article; however, The Western Front editors stand by the reporting on the story. Classifieds WUHSK^^^^^ FOR SALE 1 BROWN Schwinn 10 speed. $45 phone 714-1269 FOR RENT 3BD APT. Available end of Dec. 2005. Close to WWU and busline. Dishwasher, washer/dryer, 2 Bath. Rent $930 + utilities. Contact Janet @ 360-720- 9127. 1BD APT, viewof ML Baker, Walk to WWU. $575, available now. Call Sedi @ 527-9639. MT BAKER get-a-way Snowater. 2 ^^^^^â€¢^â€¢Siii^HHiitt bdrm, 2 bath condo. $130/night, $750/wk. Indoor pools racquet ball/Jacuzzi. 1.5 miles east of Glacier. 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Digital Collection: Fly Fishing Oral Histories
Type of resource: Text
Object custodian: Special Collections
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Date: 1988
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Digital Collection: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Occasional Papers
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