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- 2008_1107 ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 1 ---------- OBAMA VICTORY PHOTOESSAY INSIDE PAGE 8 MEN'S SOCCER HEADS FOR PLAYOFFS AFTER WIN PAGE 14 Friday; November 7, 2008 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 i W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I
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2008_1107 ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 1 ---------- OBAMA VICTORY PHOTOESSAY INSIDE PAGE 8 MEN'S SOCCER HEADS FOR PLAYOFFS AFTER WIN PAGE 14 Friday; November 7, 2008 AN INDEPENDENT
Show more2008_1107 ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 1 ---------- OBAMA VICTORY PHOTOESSAY INSIDE PAGE 8 MEN'S SOCCER HEADS FOR PLAYOFFS AFTER WIN PAGE 14 Friday; November 7, 2008 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 i W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET ELECTION NIGHT 2008 STUDENTS REVEL IN OBAMA VICTORY . - . ' . V .."'.•' : .' photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Students celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's victory Tuesday night on Stadium Piece, the sculpture on the lawn in front of the Communications Facility and Academic Instructional Center. Thousands of students marched through campus to downtown and back after the election results were announced. Ian Wright THE WESTERN FRONT As Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night, Western students were among the millions of people to celebrate a new day in American history. Two-thousand miles away from Chicago, where Obama was giving his acceptance speech, Western students took to the streets in excitement over the results. Starting at Nash Hall with less than 100 people, the crowd marched down High and Indian Streets to Holly Street and throughout downtown. By the time the crowd returned to Red Square almost an hour later, it had grown to approximately 3,000 people. Speakers stood up on Red Square's fountain to make short, impromptu speeches. Members of the crowd started singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Western sophomore Maddie Neunan, who joined the parade when it passed by her house, said she was shocked and excited Obama had won. "I have never seen so many people our age come together like that," she. said. "Everyone was extremely excited and it all felt cohesive. I bonded with strangers I didn't even know. This day is definitely going to go down in history and I'm stoked to be a part of it and one day tell my grandkids about it." Western sophomore Ahmed Abdi-rizak was in the Communications Facility when he heard the marchers' cheers. He said he joined in because, as a black American, he.recognized this as a historic moment in black history, one that filled him with joy and pride. see OBAMA page 3 AS drops local hip-hop group from rap show bill, cites lyrical content Ian Wright Katherine Garvey THE WESTERN FRONT In a controversial move last week, the Associated Students (AS) Board of Directors dropped local artists The Roaming Moanies from the recent Method Man and Redman show on campus, citing complaints about misogynistic lyrics. AS Pop Music coordinator Hunter Motto booked the band within two weeks of Sunday's show. After receiving complaints abput the content of the band's music from members of the Women's Center, AS productions manager Aaron Garcia chose to drop The Roaming Moanies as the opening act. Fairhaven College graduate John Al-lis and Western senior Nathan Oglesby, the two members of the group, said those on the AS board refused to comment any further or provide an explanation of the decision until an internal review could be conducted. This review was discussed at a Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday night. "At first I didn't think it would stand," Allis said. "I thought it was a pretty clear censorship issue." Allis argued the AS has given Motto "almost complete sovereignty" in his decisions to book opening bands for the AS in the past. Addressing the board, Motto said he felt the situation has caused rifts between see MOANIES page 10 photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT. John Allis (left) and Nathan Oglesby (right) of the hip-hop group The Roaming Moanies addressed their concerns at the Associated Students Board of Directors meeting Wednesday. ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western F ront (f riday • November 7,2008 I 2 IBHHHHi ilg^^^^^^^^^psi Western Ceili Dance Glub members practice in the Viking Union Thursday./ Nutcracker Presentation performance scheduled The classic ballet "The Nutcracker" will be hosted in the Performing Arts Center in its first professional staging at Western. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 13. The ballet is choreographed by John Bishop of Northwest Ballet. Students, faculty, staff and alumni will be part of the performance, along with local performers. Northwest Ballet dancers will also be performing. - Alexander Kishenko, from Kiev, Russia, will be taking a guest role. investigates sports WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELUNGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net EDITORIAL DEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor in chief , Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westernfrontonline.net Managing editor Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor •.: Amanda Winters, newsfront@gmaii.com Arts editor .....Kaleb Gubemick, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Life editor. James Andrews, artsandiife@westernfrontonline.net Sports editor. .....Katie Greene, sports@westernfronto.nline.net Opinion editor......'. Lisa Hust, opinion@westernfrontonline.net Photo editor.. :.....: , Graig Hill, photo@westerrifrontonline.net Online editor. ;. Paul Suarez, online@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. Rebecca Rayner, copy@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor....... Audrey Dubois-Boutet, copy@westemfrontonline.net Faculty Adviser...... Carolyn Nielsen, carolyn.nielsen@westernfrontonline.net ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (360)650-3161 Advertising manager..... '. ..... .....Michele Anderson Business manager....: ....Alethea Macomber The Western Front is published twice weekly in the fall, winter, and spring quarters and once a week in the summer session. 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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entjtled to a si ngle free copy of each isfeue of the Western Front.- j j ; : —! :— ! — : gt; •— —J Western professor Ralph Vernacchia will give a presentation called "Fact or Fiction: sports build character." He will present at 7 p.m. on Nov. 18 in Communications Facility room 115. The program will be an investigation of the values of sports at different developmental levels" and will focus on sportsmanship, character development and sport participation. The presentation is free and open to everyone. Vernacchia is among the nation's top experts in applied sports psychology, and he has a wide variety of experience dealing with college athletes, psychology pror fessionals, coaches, dance performers and community leaders. Students to sell recycled products Western's industrial design program used industrial waste to create 13 different products as part of the ReMade program. The products are being sold locally at Ideal - Carefully Curated Goods and Western's Associated Students Bookstore, available Nov. 7. They will also be sold online at www.widg.blogspot.com. There will be a reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Ideal, where all the designers and the developer of the Re- Made project will be present. Students' projects range from a light made out of discarded glass bottles and computer cords to wallets made from reused plastic packaging and jcompostable brown paper bags. ! photo by Michael LeeseTHE WESTERN FRONT Western ranks in top TOO According to Kiplinger's Finance Magazine, Western is among the top 100 public colleges and universities in the nation that offer a first-rate "combination of outstanding quality and affordable price tag;" Western is 56th on Kiplinger's 100 Best Values in Public Colleges in the United States for 2009. Last year, Western was ranked 38th, and in 2007, Western made the list at 48th. More than 500 public four-year colleges and universities provide data for this list. The magazine makes its selection after looking at academic quality, which covers SAT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and four-and six-year graduation rates. Other Washington schools on the list include the University of Washington, which is ranked 11th, and Washington State University, which.is ranked 89th. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made the top spot. Professor studies global warming in the Bering Sea Assistant professor David Schull, from the Huxley College of the Environment, is in the Bering Sea researching the effects of climate change and global warming on the water body. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Bering Sea produces one half of all seafood in the United States eaclvyear, close to $1 billion. ! ! J ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday •November 7,2008 NEWS 13 OBAMA: Jubilant crowds flood campus, Bellingham streets from 1 ".. .The American dream has been revived," Abdirizak said. "Now, hopefully every kid in America has been inspired more than ever to achieve their greatest aspirations. Our greatest soon-to-be accomplishments await us. Yes we can!" Senior and chapter member of College Republicans at Western, Jared Jones said he was disappointed to see Obama elected as president, but not surprised to see so many people happy over the news in a town he considers to be liberal and democratic. "[Obama supporters] were happy just like when the Boston Red Sox fans were going crazy out and about when [the Red Sox] won the World Series," he said. "[Obama supporters] won the election. It's good that they have freedom of speech, and it's also a good thing they were allowed to go out and celebrate in the streets." Western sophomore Gabel Bredy said one of the first parades started spontaneously in front of Nash Hall. He and some of his friends came out of their dorms to celebrate as more people converged on the street. "I knew something big was going to happen because.people had emotions they needed to let out," he said. "But it was entirely random in the sense that so many people came out of their houses and joined in when we marched by. I'm happy that it wasn't done in a violent or damaging manner." Bredy said he thought if the outcome of the election had been different and Sen. John McCain had won there would have been the same crowd, however people would have been destructive, not elated. "People have been carrying so many emotions for so long throughout the Bush administration, so when Obama won, this was their perfect outlet to express their emotions," he said. As the night went on, the crowds of people marching in the streets continued to increase in numbers. Hundreds of people congregated on Holly Street to express their feelings in front of the Horseshoe Cafe. From there, they marched up Holly Street to Ellis Street, where they were met by Bellingham Police and directed by officers to go back downtown. Lt. Steve Felmley said the Bellingham Police Department had to deal with several situations of spontaneous group formations and marches, which created some safety concerns. "We didn't have any concerns in terms of damage or riotous behavior that was destructive," he said. "That was the benefit. Our concern was focused around the safety of the crowds themselves because they took to the streets where pedestrians are not supposed to be." No one was hurt in the marches, Felmley said. Olympic speaker urges students, locals to take advantage of games Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT With swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps still fresh in the minds of millions, the city of Bellingham looks past Beijing and toward the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, located only 50 miles away. Many Bellingham business owners, residents and Western students have a better idea of how to capitalize on the games in February 2010 after Brian Krieger, director of the 2010 Olympic Commerce Center, keynoted Western's eighth annual Bellingham Business Forum on Wednesday. In front of a crowd of more than ,300, Krieger outlined ways Western students and local businesses can take part in the Olympics. Western students who wish to attend the games but are concerned about costly ticket prices should think about volunteering, Krieger said. He said the Vancouver Organizing Committee will be looking for more than 25,000 volunteers for the games. Tables at the afternoon's event were filled with representatives from local businesses, as well as different Western colleges such as the Woodring College of Education and the Huxley College of the Environment. Western senior Doug Naftz, a Huxley College student, said he is looking fwward' gt;td.; seeirig . ^ and environmental issues are deal with in Vancouver. "I think more and more in this type of economy there is a lot more opportunity for environmentalism to occur and coexist with business," Naftz. Krieger focused his speech on ways Whatcom County businesses can successfully capitalize on the 250,000 visitors expected to travel to the Vancouver area for the games. Western Washington University Foundation Senior Director Mark Bagley, who helped organize the event, said the forum provided insight into Bellingham's near future. "If ^Olympic travelers] venture down into the^statest.t^ytr? g^iftg^'tojfind that Whatcom County and Skagit County are amazing places," Bagley said. "Whether or not that's a good thing depends on if you want to keep [Bellingham] a hidden jewel or if you're ready to say, 'Hey world, come down here!'" Krieger said based on recent Olympic history, local businesses in Whatcom County can look forward, to heightened activity as the games approach and northbound traffic increases on Interstate 5. At the 2006 winter games in Torino Italy, 85 percent of business opportunities went to local companies, followed by 80 percent at the summer games in Sydney, Australia, Krieger said. Virtually all business opportunities stayed local at thesum-mer Olympics in Beijing, Krieger said. * BO COUNTRY WHISTLER BLACKCOMB BUY TICKETS AND GET FREE STUFF* 'Some restrictions apply, check out warrenmiller.com for more info. FREE LIFT TICKET TO BIG WHITE, SILVER STAR AND SUN PEAKS 2 FORI LIFT TICKET TO WHISTLER BLACKCOMB FREE MID-WEEK LIFT TICKET TO WHITE PASS SAVE UP TP $25 AT SPORTSMAN CHALET WhitePass W A S H I N G T O N Ojbrona skihg iNfiSSjaUMl vM (comcast WARRENMILLER.CDM FOR MORE INFO ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Friday • November 7,2008 I The Western Front New rock wall rules aim to avert climbing injuries Jillian Vasquez THE WESTERN FRONT Students wishing to master the climbing wall in the Wade King Student Recreation Center will now have to abide by a new authorization system put in place this quarter. The new system requires a brief orientation for all new and returning climbers with a climbing wall attendant and a signed agreement to follow climbing wall policies, said Aislinn Ronaghan, operations and climbing wall coordinator. Ronaghan said she put the program in place to decrease injury risk and increase safety on the wall. "The hope is that it will become a safer environment for everybody who is climbing," she said. A red, yellow or green card will be given to climbers depending on which step he or she completes in the orientation program, she said. Students will need to attach the card to their clothing or show it while on the wall. Ronaghan said the new system encourages interaction between wall attendants and climbers and keeps attendants more attune to the wall. Western senior and- climbing wall attendant Chris Wheeler said initially students thought the orientation was a hassle. "Some people were kind of upset," he said. Wheeler said the entire process takes approximately two minutes to complete. Afterward climbers are sent to tackle the - photo courtesy of MarkMalijan Western Senior Casey Proud climbs the bouldering wall at the Wade King Student Recreation Center, on July 9, 200b. wall. Hundreds of students have been authorized so far, he said. The three-tiered system starts with a red card that students receive after orientation. This card permits students to climb with or without ropes. Next, a yellow card is administered to top rope belay. Top rope belaying involves controlling another climber's rope and being able to catch another climber's fall, Wheeler said. Climbers must prove themselves trustworthy and knowledgeable of safety precautions to receive a yel-' low card. The green card is given after the • ^ ^ , •.,„ -v S i?.lSt I l is Loaded Chicken Wrap, ascadeMall Dr. 1H1 Delta Mini $1.49 each! 10% off anything, anytime with student ID Bellingham and Burlington restaurants (not valid with any other offer) We also have energy drinks and FREE WI-FI! climber passes a lead climbing test. Lead climbers carry rope as opposed to using a setup rope on the wall. This is a more technical approach to climbing, Wheeler said. Ronaghan said schools across the country have already implemented these rules, and Western is jumping on the bandwagon. The University of Washington Intramural Activities Building's climbing wall requires students to pay a separate fee and sign a new authorization form annually, Ronaghan said. In the past, Western's wall required no separate authorization to climb, except for a $10 fee for more advanced climbing, such as lead climbing. The Rec Center has eliminated the $10 fee to encourage participation, Ronaghan said. She said 80 to 110 climbers use the wall every day, depending on the weather. Western sophomores Rose Smith and Kelley Palmer-McCarty have been climbing at the Rec Center for about a year, and climb three or four days per week, Palmer- McCarty said. Smith said she found the orientation annoying at first, but understands why it is necessary. "It's a one-time deal," Palmer- McCa-rty said. Once the form is rilled out, climbers don't have to think about it again, she said. The changes have made a financial impact on the Rec Center's revenue. Now, two staff members must work at the wall at one time, compared to one staff member under the old system. A loss in revenue hit the Rec Center after eliminating the $10 authorization charge for belaying or lead climbing, Ronaghan said. She hopes to make up for the loss through equipment rentals, climbing classes and the $5 fee for replacement cards, she said. Because an. attendant must always be present, climbing hours have been re- . stricted from noon until close. Along with the changes, new equipment has been purchased for climbers to rent, including ropes, helmets and shoes. on the opportunity to see the world from a unique perspective i f you arecurlbUs-a^ .^tHenpaiekyou'c-bags ahd'say goodbye gt;tc gt; the status cjuol :v • •'•;'" k ;.'; r 'V"-." Study abroad to earn college credit, experience a different culture; learn a foreign language, discoyerwho you are and much jfrtbre.%s }"-r. •'- ~X • USAC, your gateway to tne world ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • November 7,2008 NEWS I 5 How students get their money's worth Julio Cortes THE WESTERN FRONT Tuition has been increasing in the past three years, from $1,452 a quarter in 2006 to $1,596. Tuition including the fees all full-time students must pay comes to $ 1 -,845. But where is all the money going? The money goes into tuition, mandatory fees and course fees, said June Fraser Thistle, Student Accounts supervisor. Students always wonder where their money is going and while they already have the answer, most just don't know where to look, she said. At the beginning of his or her Western career, each student receives the Western catalog for the corresponding year. In the catalog, which is 400 pages, there is detailed information provided about where all the tuition money is going. The breakdown includes explanations of the. fees added to tuition. "Paying tuition not only gets students into the classroom, it gives them an opportunity to take advantage of the many resources our university has," Fraser Thistle said. A lot of new students don't know what they are paying for when they pay tuition, Western senior Alec Covert said. It wasn't until his sophomore year that he found out he could go see a nurse at the Student Health Center if he felt sick, he said. The $70 health service fee per quarter is included when students pay tuition ^ photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore and tech assistant Wes Rayne operates the large format printer in the Student Technology Center Nov. 3. The tech center is provided through a $17 fee attached to students' tuition. and allows students access to Western's Student Health Center. Most of the money students pay goes toward the cost of tuition. A resident undergraduate taking 10-18 credits will pay $1,596 for tuition and another $249 in mandatory fees, bringing the total to $1,845.' Mandatory fees include a renewable energy fee of a maximum $7 per quarter that helps purchase renewable energy, a recreation fee of $95 that gives students access to the Wade King Student Recreation Center and a technology fee of $17 used to expand and upgrade Western's technology equipment, according to Western's catalog. "I had no idea I had access to all these cool things," Western freshman Amber Kelly said. "It's nice to know that if I'm not feeling well, I have the health center to go to." Last year, a new charge was added to the mandatory fees. A $25 transportation fee is the newest fee students voted to pay for and covers a bus pass for a full quarter. Many of the fees in place today, such as the transportation fee, were voted for by students who attended the university in the past. Students should take the time to review the type of resources they are paying for and take advantage of them, Fraser Thistle said. Claudia Gomez, the mother of a Western student, said she approves of the fees. Although tuition is rising each year, the amount students pay for tuition is worth it for an education that will serve them in a huge way in the future, she said. "I read the section about tuition fees in the booklet that my daughter received and I'm going to make sure she knows what is available to her," Gomez said. "I love the fact that my daughter has somewhere to go if she feels sick and also somewhere to go to do some exercise." The more informed students are, the more they will be able to take advantage of the' things they are paying for, Covert said. To learn more, visit us at our Information Tables! 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"School, having a job and the high price of tuition became too much for me to cope with," John said. "I panicked and I decided to just leave." John now works in Canada and said he is thinking about coming back to West-. ern, paying off the loans and finishing his education. He said there's only one problem: money, and lack of it. Paying for college has always been a tough thing for students, said Student Accounts supervisor June Fraser Thistle. Loans exist to help any student get an education, but a small fraction of students drop out and never pay back the loans they received, leaving the burden on the taxpayer, she said. "Students who are not able to finish school sometimes leave unhappy with Western," Fraser Thistle said. "They become bitter and decide to leave without paying back the loans they received." A majority of the loans Western gives out are federal loans, which means it's the government, not a private lender, who is loaning the money. National student loan default rates m IS i s lt;$ gt; lt; ^ i J? (A-. ^ £** -ft. J: graph by Amanda Winters THE WESTERN FRONT from information provided by the U.S. Department of Education The default rate is the percentage of students who enter the repayment phase of their loan in a fiscal year and fail to make his or her payments. The cohort default rate includes both students who default and students who meet special repayment conditions. Western's default rate for the last fiscal year was 3 percent, lower than the national average of 5.2 percent as of 2006. Because of this, if students with federal loans don't pay the loans back, it can come back to haunt them in the future, Fraser Thistle said. If students don't pay back the money, the government could start taking it from their income tax return or even take it out of their social security money, she said. Loans are a big burden on students and most students need them in order to complete school and have a good career, said Rose Flodin, a long-time friend of John's. But the money they make through that career has to go back to paying the loans they took out during their education, she said. "[John] is not a bad guy or thief, he just ran into some financial problems and panicked," Flodin said. Approximately 3 percent of Western students leave loans unpaid, and compared to not a bad percentage, Fraser Thistle said. Students who don't pay loans back in time can end up with even bigger problems in the future when interest piles up or the government decides to take it out of the social security students may one day have to rely on, Fraser Thistle said. There are many cases that get handled by loan collectors. In these situations, the student usually ends up in bad shape, Bellingham loan collector Aubrey Johnson said. John said he understands what he did was wrong and knows the money he took to pay for school is coming out of everyday people's pockets. He hopes he can save up enough money to one day pay the loan off, but he admits it will be a long time before he can come up with the $7,000. Johnson said students should think about the loans they take out or find ways around loans like getting a summer job. Working during the summer can lessen the financial load on any student, she said. The average college graduate leaves school with $15,000 to $25,000 in debt and that may take roughly 13 years to pay off, Johnson said. and financial aid go to: www. ^S^RllKwMlHlill Don't forget your student discounts at: SoutkikJrends Chameleon Ink WiihrfotmgktsSem Primetune Brakes Union 76 Cor Core Center Busy B's Barber Shop hmhWoySMl TheHempest W'UsrnmH Independent r „ "sj %*m §!- gt; Learning i?1 -s- ^E^tft Vm. * ^ ^ ^ % Us Gender g-illu. Siicultw.j\t Studies Need a Class? 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Lawson served in the Washington Army National Guard from 2002 to 2006 and was stationed in Iraq for a year. Although his primary job was to be a medi-callaboratory specialist on the base, he said he never felt safe, Lawson said he was on one of the mega-bases called Logistical Support Area. It was a primary base that dispersed supplies and was a refueling point, which was an attractive target for attack. "We got mortared a lot on the base," Lawson said. "Even just.being on the base there were a lot of intense feelings of fear. You're just trying to get from point A to point B without dying." He said he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by a civilian doctor in 2005 and wasn't diagnosed by a military doctor until 2006. It was hard for him to make sense of the fact that people were dying, Lawson said. "It caused problems in every part of my life," Lawson said. "When I came back I wanted to kill myself. The truth is that rio matter what, you can't get over it." A year and a half after returning from Iraq, he returned to school in fall of 2006. Adjusting was very difficult for him because he would try to stay busy but didn't feel like it always worked, Lawson said. It was difficult for him to go from living a structured life where every aspect was dictated by someone else, to having to force himself to get up, go to school and deal with life in general", he said. "I'm still struggling every day to get the energy to go to school and actually care about what I'm doing," Lawson said. Getting back into the groove of going to school after living by a strict schedule was one of the hardest parts for Western senior Bipan Sandhu when she returned. She served four years in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq twice, the first time for seven months and the second Western sophomore Rick Lawson returned year with an Army National Guard unit. time for a year. She came back from Iraq in February 2007 and started college that fall. The toughest part for her was getting into study habits, she said. Her transition went fairly well because she said she worked in the "green zone," which was a more stable area than the rest of Iraq. While her primary job was radio communication between bases, she said she went on some missions and was flown in by helicopter. Western sophomore Erik Hardwick is a mechanic in the Army Reserves and the coordinator for the Veterans Outreach photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT to school after being stationed in Iraq for one Center at Western. Hardwick said his job as coordinator is to set up activities pertaining to veterans and to help fellow veterans with information regarding benefits and campus resources. He still has to dedicate one weekend a month and two weeks out of the summer to the military, he said. Hardwick said adjusting to civilian life wasn't as bad for him as it was for some people. Although being in Iraq was hard because of the weather and always having to be alert, he generally stayed in safe areas, he said. "As far as my job goes, I didn't have to worry about getting hurt on a regular basis," Hardwick said. He said the hardest part of coming back to school is the fact that before, he was living a structured life with people telling him when to eat and when to study. Due to the military, he lost self-discipline. He said it was a choice and not a requirement to go to school and study and the initial break-in process was the most difficult to overcome. Once Hardwick got into the habit of school, he took advantage of the structured skills he learned in the military, he said. "It definitely takes time [to get adjusted]," Hardwick said. "It took me a whole quarter." Western senior Brian Copeland served in the army for four years and five months from 2001 to 2005. He was deployed to Iraq for one year. His primary job in the military was as ground surveillance systems operator assistant team leader. He said he never felt like he was in any real danger or saw anyone get shot or severely hurt while he was in Iraq so he didn't have to face the trauma that many other war veterans had to go through. Copeland said it took him nine months for the fear of loud noises to go away and it was a bit rough when he first returned home. "There was definitely a noise thing that disturbed me or made me kind of nervous about the situation," Copeland said. He said he returned from Iraq in May 2005; and,started school that the fall. He said his return to school was smooth due to the fact that he went to a community college. "I would probably have more of a hard time if I went straight to a university," Copeland said. The Veterans Outreach Center will be presenting a Veteran's Day Ceremony to honor those who served at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 12 in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. . There will also be a discussion and panel on life after war with two soldiers speaking in favor of the war and two soldiers speaking against the war presented by the Veterans Outreach Center, the Associated Students Productions Civil Controversy Series and the Social Issues Resource Center. The panel is at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 in the Communications Facility room 115. wm mimmmm mwmmim BELUNGHAM 360-733-TAXI www.yellowcabinc.com * TOLL FREE 1-800-Taxi-Cab Donna McCarthy at Tangles Salon 360-650-0700 1213 Hams AYC. Downtown Fairhaven • 20% off haircuts . I Free haircut with I i_ __ highlights! • Precision Haircuts • • Color Specialist • Donna has 10 years experience under Horst founder of Aveda. Request Donna for an appt. today! ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I Friday • November 7,2008 I The Western Front eJ» ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • November 7,2008 I 9 ^ p | t | | ^ a i ^ ^ ^ | | | p ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ the election ifirl^ifei^ ;||e:S£erirsitta^^ of Belling night of Nov. 4 becoming the announcement, to celebrate. .'.Li^^fes^ photos by Craig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 10 ---------- 101 ARTS LIFE Friday • November 7,2008 I The Western Front The month of the novels Western students balance class, work and writing a 50,000-word novel for National Novel Writing Month Christine Karambelas THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Stephanie Allen is registered Ifor 17 credits, works eight hours per week, meets with the Harry Potter Club two hours per week and is starting to write her six to 12 page paper for her History 391 class. Western freshman Michelle Wallace is registered for 16 credits and is writing a 1,600-word article for a Bellingham magazine. Along with their workloads and writing tasks, Allen and Wallace are currently writing novels, which will possibly be 50,000 words long for National Novel Writing Month. During the month of November, writers of all ages from around the world participate in National Novel Writing Month, abbreviated NaNoWriMo, hoping to reach the goal of writing a novel of 50,000 words or more. If a writer meets the 50,000-word challenge, no material prize is given except a paper certificate. It is the drive that keeps writers returning to compete and spending many hours creating a novel, said Western senior and third-time NaNoWriMo participant Michael Epton. "NaNoWriMo is a competition with yourself," Epton said. "People gain a sense of accomplishment and it's incredibly satisfying [to finish a novel]." Established by freelance writer Chris Baty in 1999, NaNoWriMo began with 21 participants. see NOVELS page 11 MOANIES: AS addresses concerns over dropped act at meeting from 1 everyone involved. Virgilio Cintron, the AS vice president for business and operations, said the matter was an issue of process. "After the initial approval of the opening act, student concerns were brought forward to the director," he said. "Our normal process if there are concerns is to investigate them." At the meeting, Cintron presented the findings of the review, upholding the decision to cancel The Roaming Moanies' performance. Cintron said within two weeks of the show, one of the original four openers for the concert dropped out, which is when The Roaming Moanies were offered a spot on the opening bill. Once concerns were voiced,the AS began another process that would have concluded ahead of time if they had been on the bill earlier, he said. . "The process usually takes two weeks and it evaluates whether or not people would be offended by certain programs," Cintron said. "The process involves investigating, evaluating and taking into account concerns brought by students." Members of the Women's Center said they were offended by the band's rer petitive use of the word misogynist. They also said that after the band's first hip-hop show in April at the Underground Coffeehouse, some women did not feel safe walking home. "Our work is to try and combat a rape culture," Women's Center coordinator Jennifer Henley said at the meeting. "I think either consciously or subconsciously, having aggressively offensive acts disenfranchises more than half the student population that, are female-identified on this campus." Allis said he and Oglesby were in no way in opposition to the Women's Center, or women in general.,,, .:: Oglesby told the board he was proud to be part of a university where there is advocacy for disenfranchised groups. "I also believe there's something fundamental about being on a college campus that provides for people's ability to express themselves," he said. The band's hip-hop music only reflects the most recent direction their work has taken, Allis said. They have also writ- . ten plays and contributed to films, he said. In April, when they performed at the Coffeehouse, they received mixed reactions from the audience, Allis said. "There were some upset people and some people that appreciated it," he said. Oglesby said they felt great about that performance in the subsequent weeks. The group said they want the AS to acknowledge that an opportunity was taken away from them, and they want an official statement as to what action the AS is going to do in compensation for doing so. . "We feel like the AS does need to make some official or formal response to [the censorship]," Allis said. "I think maybe they're beginning to recognize that this is a serious issue that has implications beyond these specific circumstances." Cintron said Thursday the board had not yet decided on any course of action. "When it comes to AS events, we don't control the campus and at no time has anyone said they can't perform again," he said. "But it all just goes back to the process. Had the normal processes, been done, they would have been able to open at the concert for Method Man and Redman." "We feel like this would have gone so much differently if folks were willing to talk to us in the first place," Allis said. While Cintron said the board has not made any discussions, Sarah Ishmael, AS vice president for legislative and governmental affairs, expressed the board's commitment to resolving the issue. "Do wrestle with this," Ishmael said ,to those, present at the meeting, "Because we [the AS] will be." 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Epton said trying to meet the 50,000-word goal in a month while working and taking classes is an experience that takes a toll on his free time, but writers learn to pace themselves. Epton, who entered a novel to NaNoWriMo in the past that was 1,000 words short, now has a goal of writing 1,600 words per day to meet the 50,000-word count. ' "Writing in NaNoWriMo is madness, but it is the most beautiful form of madness I have ever experienced," Epton said. Allen and Wallace both said they predict they will write 50,000 words this year, although making the word count is not their ultimate goal - they said they would rather write a shorter novel with quality than a poorly written 50,000-word novel. "I don't want to make the word count and then have to throw the novel away because it's too bad to even edit," Wallace said. Wallace, Allen and Epton, who are part of the Western club Creators of Visual Art and Literature Society, use the two hours of meeting time to work on their novels, but they prefer to write on their own. Participants seeking writing guidance and support can look to the NaNoWriMo Web site for help at www. nanowrimo.org. Each ••'participant' is able - to create an account on the Web site, which provides the opportunity to use writing tools and discussion forums to help writers progress on their novels. The personal accounts act as an author profile, which gives writers the opportunity to display excerpts and cover artwork to the public. The entire novels are not displayed for copyright purposes. Each writer can also use his or her account to measure the novel's word count as well as participate in online forums. These forums give writers the opportunity to discuss writing strategies, mechanics, resources, genres and life as a writer. Each writer can also hold forums targeted for specific regions or cities. Bellingham municipal liaison and Western alumna Keffy Kehrli said last year the Bellingham region used the discussion forum to challenge other regions such as France and Dublin on their total word count. Kehrli said Bellingham plans to challenge regions again this year. „ Six Bellingham writers used a forum to arrange a writer's meeting at the Viking Union Monday night, where they discussed their novel-writing experiences. Writers at the .meeting talked about their novels, gave each other ideas for writing and joked about the stresses they faced from writing a novel in a month. When the group discussed feelings of discouragement they felt from trying to write so much, Bellingham resident and NaNoWriMo participant San Inman shared a story with the group about a mother of four children who participated in NaNoWriMo and who was a big motivator for him to keep working. "Everyone knows that [writing for NaNoWriMo] is crazy," Inman said, ^ W e Love S T U D E N T S ! * We t r e a t students w i t h r e s p e c t a n d dignity. WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF OUR FAMILY We Offer the We Are The Only Apartment Buildings Where: RENT INCLUDES ALL UTILITIES, CABLE AND HIGH SPEED INTERNET We Have On Site Leasing, Management, Maintenance WE CAN MEET YOUR NEEDS IMMEDIATELY 3 Buildings Right Across THE STREET FROM WWU BALCONIES: Private Or Shared, Private Vanities, LARGE PRIVATE BEDROOMS, LARGE LIVING ROOMS BILL MCDONALD PARKWAY photo byMichael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Michael Epton is currently writing 1,600-plus words per day in an attempt to reach the 50,000-word goal for November's National Novel Writing Month challenge. laughing. "That gives you the excuse not to dust the house and live in filth for a month." Kehrli gave advice on making the 50,000-word goal by adding as many descriptive words as possible. "Describe people instead of being just 'Joe' as 'Joe the man with ten cats,'" Kehrli said to the group. After the discussion, the group tobk time out of the meeting just to work on their novels. With week one of NaNoWriMo over, discussion forums and writers are in production mode. Epton said he will not be finished with his novel after November. "In November, you write," Epton said. "You recover in December, and in March you'll edit." W s t e rn Washington University *7wt*U*t^ T lt;*c*t€d gt; *?€*euitep *g/ke**6en SterUe* Nov-12 - 5:1 5 - 6:15 RM IOMN BOWER — l=airhaven Oo##«ci|£ »Foot in Nature, One Foot in a. 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Bush. Students seemed excited to vote in their first presidential election however, few of them knew who the Whatcom County candidates were. During the primary season, groups of students changed their voter registrations to Whatcom County so they could participate in the caucuses. Students who received their local ballots knew who their presidential pick was but many were unsure of whom they supported for governor and other local candidates. Students who are registered in Whatcom County need to pay attention to regional elections because they directly affect them while they live in this area. Yes, it was exciting to vote for the first black president or perhaps the first female vice president, but your vote counts so much more on a regional scale. In 2004, the gubernatorial race between Dino Rossi and Chris Gregoire was decided by a mere 133 votes. Literally, every vote counted. In Whatcom County, 65,329 people voted for president, and only 64,773 voted for Washington's governor. Only 17,721 people voted for the 40th district state senator. College voters, aged 18-24, accounted for 11 percent of voters in Whatcom County. . This is not just a problem because of college students; there are other people who live in this district. This low voter turnout for local elections is a theme of apathy for local elections r The enthusiasm that, engulfed campus and downtown Tuesday when Sen. Barack Obama was announced president-elect Was extraordinary.. Not often do college students get excited about politics. The media and candidates were exposed to a new electorate of passionate and concerned citizens—college students. The duty of students four years from now, and the local elections in between, is to keep voting. Students need to continue to fight the stereotype that college-aged voters are uninformed, unengaged and don't care. According to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engaging, nearly 24 million Americans between 18 and 29 voted in this presidential election. Young voters favored Obama by 66 percent and 2.2 million more young voters turned out for this election compared to 2004. The actual number of youths who voted won't be known until alL the absentee ballots have been counted but we can be sure it will be record breaking. Western students, make sure when you graduate you change your voter registration to your new location. Educate yourself about local politicians and the issues connected to your region because they affect your life. Your vote will always make a difference and those votes will be just as important in four more years. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards and Opinion Editor Lisa Hust. - Viking Voices Opinions from around campus How do you cover the costs of college? Compiled by: Elizabeth Olmsted Jaime Rage Freshman "My parents have had a college account for me since I was a baby. That and I have been working two jobs." josh Simmons Senior "I work all summer. I spend as little as I can outside of tuition, and I get a lot of help from my family." Amanda Daviau Senior "I was in the military, so I get the Gl Bill plus I took out a loan." Ian EveryHope Senior "I take out loans and I'm going to be paying them back for a long time." Hesitation turns into celebration election night Glenn Smith Columnist Seeing Gov. Christine Gregoire speak on campus Monday was definitely not what made me vote for her. A governorship is not many steps away from a presidency, and neither are the talking styles of U.S. governors and presidents during election campaigns. It's always the same overused slogans, the rhetoric, the attacking of the opposite-party opponent and the self-bolstering. As far as any substantial speech on specific issues, I was left wanting. The main theme of the talk that afternoon was to get Gregoire re-elected. And with that alone, I take no issue, other than to say I was skeptical of the whole thing. What I lacked Monday that most of the room did not—a lack that made me feel like an outsider among my own party—was hope. It was not the Gregoire election decision that I was caught up on. It did not help that I was unimpressed with most of what the speakers said—politicians really do know hpw; to use^ thunderous voices' when saying; hoB|rmch at all--- but I had only a 50-percent hope for Obama to win the election. The last two U.S. presidential elections were so ' painful to me that my opinion of the country was that it seemed Without it, we'd have a more honest race and election. Without sensationalism in an election campaign, candidates would have to convince constituents to vote for them by the merit of their ideals rather than the noise they invoke in crowds. Candidates wouldn't be able to get away with filling an hour reciting sound bites and talking points we've all heard before. — However, // Suffice to say I am very relieved that the purpose of , . ' ff the rally was to I was wrong about my country. get support, and rally Gregoire improbable, but not impossible, that McCain would lose. I lacked the inspiration to cheer as readily as the crowd did every time the speakers said anything resembling something agreeable. Putting my public officials to the test before praising them for promises is more appropriate to me than cheering in order to convince other people to vote for them. I don't care who knows who I'm voting for. I make up my own mind and so will everyone else. Why the - sensationalism? did. Mission accomplished. She got my vote. Listen to me nay saying on a day like today. Suffice to say I am very relieved that I was wrong about my country. Nov. 4,2008 was a historic day, and people on campus were hooting and hollering like there was no tomorrow. It was beautiful. I was in the library at the time, making an annotated bibliography, sitting at a table next to a window facing Red Square. Suddenly a small group of students gathered, banging on a drum, cheering and shouting, "Obama! Obama!" Fellow studying students looked out the window to see the commotion, taking a brief pause from their work. So soon on the last day of election season and already people were celebrating? I was in disbelief; maybe they were trying to rally support while they waited for a final decision, or maybe McCain had won and the, students were shouting in protest. Quickly, I found out the truth arid the work I was doing seemed to weigh a lot lighter on my mind. And then it occurred to me that seeing Gregoire speak Monday wasn't, all bad. Thinking about it now, it actually kind of inspires me that people there were so worked up for a cause they believe' in. I'm not going to go door-to-door campaigning or anything, but I do have more respect for my country's people, and I feel more positive about the place I live than I ever have before. An important racial divide has been crossed, and the world is taking notice. Things are looking up for the American political system. Letters to the Editor Ghost article unscientific a.nd biased I was incredibly disappointed to find as a two- page feature in the Oct. 31 issue of The Western Front promoting the scientifically questionable hobby of "ghost hunting." As a former Front reporter, I am aware of the normally stringent standards to which articles in the paper must adhere. Seeing those standards lessened to make room for a puff piece about a self-proclaimed ghost hunter misusing scientific equipment proved deeply disheartening to me. Not only were all the claims about ghosts made by the ghost hunter completely unsubstantiated, an alternative viewpoint claiming that ghosts may not exist was nowhere to be found. There is no doubt in my mind that nearly any Western physics professor would have jumped at the opportunity to explain ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 13 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday • November 7,2008 I 1 3 Engineering the grid with Chris Lipscomb As an information technology supervisor, Lipscomb helps things run smoothly at Qwest Field Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Chris Lipscomb stands on the sideline of Wembley Stadium in London holding a San Diego Chargers helmet. From this view he can see everything—fans filing into their seats, camera crews preparing their equipment, referees shaking hands. He's not playing in the game, and he hasn't won the lottery to afford great front row seats—Chris Lipscomb is working. In fact, for every Seattle, Seahawks home game, Chris Lipscomb finds himself arriving at Qwest Field four or five hours before kickoff and staying well after the final seconds tick down. Some football fans would say he is the luckiest 18-year-old alive, but to Chris Lipscomb, who has been in this line of work since he was 15, it's just his job. Chris Lipscomb's father, Bill Lipscomb, is a telecommunications contractor and started his own business called William Bruce Lipscomb (WBL) Services about 15 years ago. Telecommunications for games, in simpler terms, is anything to do with technology going in and out of a football stadium. This means coaches' headsets, belt packs, radio transmissions, Internet lines, phones and more. First and Goal Inc. and the National Football League (NFL) rely on Bill Lipscomb's company to set up, test and mdhitbr all of4his techriolbgy during": a game. Bill Lipscomb is hired to work Sea-hawks football games for First and Goal Inc., a Seattle organization formed by Paul Allen to serve as the developer and operator of Qwest Field and Qwest Field Event Center. He also travels around the country paving the way for sports telecommunications and working for the National Football League (NFL). Chris Lipscomb has assisted his dad with these services to First and Goal Inc. and the NFL since he was in high school and now helps whenever he can. " I 'm all oyer the place so I usually don't even know what quarter it is. I can't be a fan when there's work to be done. n - Chris Lipscomb, Western freshman When Crisis Lipscomb, a current electronic engineering major, was a sophomore at Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle, his dad gave him the opportunity to learn first-hand what his telecommunications company was all about. "We went early to the stadium as usual," he said. "I think I was shown how to do everything about... once." Chris Lipscomb was able to catch on quickly though, and he soon found himself at every Seahawks home game working for his dad. In total, he said he's worked at about 34 Seahawks games. Bill Lipscomb's relationship with the NFL led to a six-day father and son trip overseas to London where the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints played in Wembley Stadium, which is primarily used for soccer games. The trip caused Bill Lipscomb to skip work on a Seahawks game for the first time since he started working for the team about 20 years ago. The second-annual NFL promotional game in London sold out within hours and left a lot of work to be done. "We were in charge of things like scoreboards, video and audio feed, microphones and frequency coordination for radios," Chris Lipscomb said: Nikos Mouat, a long-time friend and colleague of the Lipscombs, accompanied Bill and Chris Lipscomb to London to help set up and monitor technology during the game. "The first few days there, all we did was testing, testing, testing," Mouat said. "Christopher was helpful because we needed a lot of hands for the set-up process." ' ." • Microphone-testing responsibilities led Chris Lipscomb around the soccer-field- turned-football-field at. Wembley Stadium two hours before game time. "We tested the microphones in the quarterback's arid linebacker's helmets before the game," he said. "We had to make sure the frequency was OK." Mouat said the atmosphere of Wembley Stadium in London was very similar to games held in the United States. "In the crowd, I saw fans of every single football team," Mouat said.. "I saw * probably at %ast^three -MatrTTasselbeckf' jerseys." Chris Lipscomb describes the best night he ever worked at Qwest Field as the National Football Conference game in 2005 when the Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers to move on to their first ever Super Bowl. The attendance was past capacity and he said it could be best described as incredible. "The stadium was the loudest I've ever heard it," he said. "It was standing room only in the press box and you couldn't hear the person next to you." Chris Lipscbmb still assists his dad with telecommunications for WBL Services when he can, but thanks to connections made at Qwest Field he landed his own job as an information technology supervisor with Levy Restaurants in August. He monitors technology for all concession stands in Qwest Field, which may not seem strenuous, but the littlest things create the biggest problems, which affects his game-watching time, he said. "I'm all over the place so I usually don't even know what quarter it is," he said. "I can't be a fan when there's work to be done." Chris Lipscomb makes sure registers and credit card machines are running properly, sometimes having to replace whole systems with lines of people waiting. "It's non-stop running around," he said. "But after alcohol cut-off in the third quarter or halftime, it gets a lot better." Levy Restaurants requires Chris Lipscomb to be at not just every Seahawks home game, but every event hosted by Qwest Field Event Center, meaning games, concerts and other local events like the Western versus Central matchup, Battle in Seattle, held on Oct.11. His demanding work schedule assures that he makes the drive from Western down to Seattle almost every weekend. photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Chris Lipscomb poses on Western's turf field. Lipscomb works at Qwest Field and Qwest Field Events Center as an information technology supervisor. "It gets hard balancing work with my classes, but I've done an OK job so far," he said. "The tough thing is going to be when Sounders games start because they're held on Thursdays or Fridays." Chris Lipscomb's girlfriend, Western freshman Meaghan Kemp, said she knows his work schedule can be hectic, but understands why he works so hard. "He is constantly working but [his job] is really important to him, so balancing everything is just something he has to deal with," she said. Most people Chris Lipscomb meets through work are much older, which may be intimidating to some, but most people didn't grow up with a backstage pass to the NFL. "I get questioned a lot [when I work]," he said. "I just don't look like an authority figure. They'll say, 'Oh my god you're that young?'" Mouat said he would sit with Chris Lipscomb in the press box during Seahawks games before Chris Lipscomb worked for Levy, and was always struck by his maturity for a teenager. "[Chris Lipscomb has] been doing this for so long that it's easy for him to see the right way to act in a professional setting," Mouat said. "He has had positive role models very early in his life." Even if distracted through the duration of home games, the Seahawks remain Chris Lipscomb's favorite team. "I grew up working with my dad, but I also grew up with the Seahawks " he said. Chris Lipscomb said he watches away games intently with family and friends and is always happy for a win for more ways than one. "If [the Seahawks] do good, that's great for me," he said. "That's one more potential game that I get paid for." Chris Lipscomb hopes to apply his electronic engineering degree to a career similar to what he's doing now. He said he wouldn't mind starting his «vn business someday like his dad's. "The people I know through work help guide me," he said. "I'm definitely getting good connections through my job." The long hours of work, missing classes and balancing everything in between is all worth it to him, who said his opportunities have seemed endless since he started working for his dad four years ago. "I'm constantly learning stuff everyday about my job, like how things work and why stuff happens," Chris said. "I'm sometimes so busy working a game that I don't have time to eat, but overall I'm not complaining." ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Friday • November 7,-20081 The Western Front Men's soccer clinches conference Derek Messling THE WESTERN FRONT The Western men's soccer team won their second Great Northwest Athletic Conference title in school history Thursday with a 6-0 win against Saint Martin's University at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field. Western senior forward Samir Vejo led the Vikings' attack with three goals as four different players scored in the second half. "Winning the conference is a massive accomplishment," Western head coach Travis Connell said. "I am extremely proud and I know the guys are too." Western, which was 5-0-1 in its last six games, improved its overall record to 10-5-3 and 6-0-1 within the conference. Vejo brought his team-leading goal total to 17 by scoring once in the first half and twice in the second. "Scoring felt good but it was a .team effort," Vejo said. "I was in the right place at the right time and washable finish." The Vikings entered the game knowing they had a chance to win the conference title with a win against Saint Martin's and a Seattle Pacific University loss. Shortly after winning Thursday night, the Vikings learned that Seattle Pacific had fallen 4-2 to Montana State University Billings. . "It's a huge achievement," Vejo said. "With where this team was only a few years ago, it's a huge step to claim the [conference] title." Feeling as though his team came out flat and was outplayed in the first half, Connell said he gave a passionate speech during halftime, discussing the importance of the game. "The coaches got on us at halftime," Vejo said. "They talked about the importance of this game and how we needed to step up in the second half." Western was. outshot 9-4 in the first half but rebounded, outshooting Saint Martin's 16-4 in the second half. Western's second half effort consisted of one of the best played halves of the season, Connell said. . "Samir got the hat trick and when he gets going, we are a very dangerous team," Connell said. Western freshman midfielder Oscar Jimenez gave the Vikings a two-goal advantage with his goal in the 63rd minute on a cross from the left side from Vejo. The Vikings, who at one point were 5-5-2 overall, turned their season around and have extended their unbeaten streak to six games. "[Winning the conference] feels amazing," Bardsley said. "We put in a lot of hard work and we definitely deserve it." Western's next game is against conference rival Seattle Pacific at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field. Western senior forward Steve Alford hangs on the.rim after dunking the ball during the final round of the 22nd-annual Viking jam Slam-dunk contest Wednesday. Alford averaged 10.1 points and 4.0 rebounds last year. 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Western came back with a 9-3 rush in the second set and grabbed an 18-11 lead with Roma and Western senior middle blocker Angie Alvord both having five kills to win the set 25-19. see VOLLEYBALL page 15 !SFMMl^Slff!iKEt^ LET ME HELP! If you've been accused" ^ of Marijuana Possession, DUI, MTP, or any lt;jritne, call my office for aiffree consultation. *^A 733-960SP LAW OFFICE OF CARL A. MUNSON ---------- Western Front 2008-11-07 - Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • November 7,2008 SPORTS I 15 Women's soccer ties in double overtime Christine Karambelas THE WESTERN FRONT The Western women's soccer team tied Saint Martin's University 1-1 on Thursday at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field. The tie continues the Vikings' 14-game unbeaten streak. The last unbeaten streak consisted of 38 games in a row, which took place from 1982 to 1984. With an overall record of 15-2-2 and 9-0-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the Vikings are ranked 15th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Coaches Poll and first in the Far West Region. Saint Martin's sophomore forward Jill Jensen scored the first goal of the game. The ball went back and forth throughout the night, and in the 76th minute, Western junior midfielder Kelly Irving scored from twelve yards out, after receiving a cross from Western freshman defender Alicia Patten. Irving and Western senior defender Katie Warner said they did not feel the Vikings played their strongest. "We had a good offense reacting in the first half [of the game]," Irving said. "There was lots of anticipating in the second half and we just couldn't finish." Warner said the defense needed to push the ball more. The Vikings tried to score twice in the last five minutes of the game - a shot from eight yards out by Western junior defender Kasey Hostetler and a shot by Western sophomore forward Molly Shannon, which were both blocked by Saint Martin's freshman goalkeeper Ashley En gel. Engel had seven saves in overtime. Saint Martin's,record is 6-10-2 and 4-6-2 in the conference. "We had a good battle," Saint Martin's assistant coach Bre Giove said. "We came in knowing we were the underdogs and we rallied." Warner said she thinks this game will help the Vikings know what needs to be fixed in order to play at the end of the season. "This is a good time to get our heads in the game right before playoffs," Warner said. Western plays its final game of the regular season against Western Oregon University at 1 p.m. Nov. 8 at Orca Field. photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior forward Lucy Miller fights with Saint Martin's sophomore defender Cayla Dixon for the ball in the second overtime of the Vikings'1-1 tie with Saint Martin's University Thursday at Orca Field. VOLLEYBALL: Team lacks sharpness, falls to Western Oregon from 14 The third set was close with a 16-16 tie but Western Oregon managed to pull away to win the set 25-20 and started the fourth set with a 15-4 lead to put the match out of the reach for the Vikings, finishing 25-15. Alvord had a match-high 17 kills and Roma added 13 kills. Western sophomore outside hitter Megan Amundson added 10 kills. Even with a strong amount of kills, the Vikings only managed a .149 attack average, which was their third lowest of the season. Western junior setter Kari Rice contributed 44 assists and had one service ace in the match. Western Oregon played well but Western beat itself with numerous errors, Rice said. "It was a disappointing game," Rice said. Western didn't have the mentality to win the game and the team lacked aggressiveness and sharpness, Roma said. Western didn't play its game, a rare moment for the team, she said. "We can't just show up and play, we must be mentally prepared for the game and we weren't," Roma said. Western now holds a record of 18-3 overall and 10-3 in the conference while Western Oregon improved to 19-2 overall and is in first place in the conference with a record of 12-1. Western Oregon can now secure first place and an automatic birth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II West Regional competition with a win over Western rival Central Washington University at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8. A win against Central would grant Western Oregon nothing less than a tie for first place and it would give them the tiebreaker advantage in all possible scenarios. 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2008_1010 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 1 ---------- THE TECH , N9NE EXPERIENCE PAGE 6 WESTERN STUDENT BUYS INTO BAR EXPERIENCE PAGE 5 WOMEN'S SOCCER REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN CONFERENCE
Show more2008_1010 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 1 ---------- THE TECH , N9NE EXPERIENCE PAGE 6 WESTERN STUDENT BUYS INTO BAR EXPERIENCE PAGE 5 WOMEN'S SOCCER REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN CONFERENCE PAGE 10 Friday/October 10, 2008 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 f WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Western prepares for $2 million budget cut Attacks prompt poI ice warn ing Three women report assaults-one suspect arrested, others remain at large Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT Three women have reported assaults on Western's campus and the surrounding area in the past two weeks. No connections have been made between the three reports and one of the perpetrators has been taken into custody. The most recent incident occurred, on Tuesday, when a woman was walking on the 900 block of Indian Street and was confronted by a white male at 10:20 p.m. A brief straggle ensued before the suspect left and the student was able to return to her residence hall on Western's campus, according to a. University Police (UP) statement. University Police was informed of the most recent incident by the student's resident adviser and a search for the suspect is continuing, said UP Chief Randy Stegmeier. On Sept. 27 Whatcom Community College student was attacked by two males on Western's campus at 1:30 a.m. The woman said she was attacked in Haskell Plaza near the chemistry building and was able to get away from her assailants-after a brief struggle. "I'm from a smaller town and I've never felt uncomfortable walking by myself at night," she said. "I was really lucky to be able to get away from two guys. I just want to raise awareness and shine light on the fact that [assaults] do happen; it's good knowing you have places to go and people to talk to'when things like this do happen." On Oct. 4, a Western student, 20, discovered someone had broken into her house gt; on the. 800 block of N. Garden Street and crawled into bed with her at 4 a.m. After realizing she did not know the man, she said she ran out of the room and called the police. She said her friend see ATTACKS page 3 . photo by Craig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT A woman reported being attacked by two males in Haskell Plaza (above) at 1:30 a.m. Sept. 27. No arrests were made, and police said her attackers are still at large. Jennifer Oato THE WESTERN FRONT An unexpected $2 million will be cut from Western's 2008-09 operating budget. Gov. Christine Gregoire announced one percent reductions in state agencies' budgets Tuesday morning, excluding funding for financial aid and direct support of instruction. Western's one percent amounts to $176,682, President Bruce Shepard said. The same day, Western received spreadsheets from the Office of Financial Management in Olympia identifying budget cut targets to capture estimated savings from the governor's Aug. 4 memorandum on higher education spending. Combined, the budget cuts targeted for Western's current fiscal year totaled $1,827,000. This means Western must cut a total of $2,003,682 from its budget - the equivalent of a 2.7 percent current year reduction on Western's state operating budget appropriations, said Director of Budget and Planning Paula Gilman. The governor's Aug. 4 memorandum directed all executive agencies to reduce current year spending by imposing a freeze on new hiring, out-of-state travel, personal service contracts and equipment purchases. The governor encouraged higher education institutions to take similar steps and in response, former University President Karen Morse imposed restrictions, asking see BUDGET page 4 Underground Coffeehouse goes green, buys local Ian Wright THE WESTERN FRONT Western's Underground Coffeehouse will be giving students the option to buy entirely local and environmentally sustainable products by spring 2009. Ira Simon, director of University Dining Services, said the coffeehouse is currently working with the Office of Sustainability to create a venue that allows students to buy foods and products that have traveled no more than 150 miles from farm to fork. Buying local food uses less petroleum, and is seen by many-as a sustainable practice. Simon said he wants the coffeehouse to be sustainable because its selection is smaller compared to other venues on campus and it would be easiest to institute a locally-grown menu there. "We're trying to create a destination on campus where students who want to eat local can do that," he said. "We want different things in different places around campus." Chick-fil-A and the Mediterranean Grill in Viking Union provide students with' foods they don't get anywhere else, as does Pizza Hut and other venues in the Atrium, Simon said. Office of Sustainability coordinator Seth Vidana said the office is creating a position called the Sustainable Food Coordinator. It will be an Associated Students (AS) position funded by Dining Services to focus on future sustainability on campus. Vidana said Western has come much further in terms of "tempering the sustainability talk with the sustainability walk" since last year. "Students for Sustainable Foods and students from the Campus Planning Studio class have produced a target map for local foods in the area over the course of a year and have figured out what the obstacles are for getting more local food in the dining halls," he said. see COFFEEHOUSE page 4 photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday •October 10,2008 I 2 photoby Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Jack Pike (right) and Duane Beltman (left) from the campus garden shop work on placing a log back on the Log Ramps sculpture on south campus after rotating the logs to disperse wear and tear Oct. 8. The sculpture was originally created in 1974, but its last reconstruction was in 1995. * National day of service Oct 25 Students, faculty and staff of Western are invited to participate in the national day of service: Make a Difference Day on Saturday, Oct. 25. Transportation will be provided for interested volunteers at 7:30 a.m. from the Viking Union to Bellingham High School, where they can choose which project they will participate in. A variety of service-learning projects throughout Whatcom County will be offered including the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, the Sean Humphrey House and the Kulshan Community Land Trust. For additional information on volunteer projects and registration go to www.nssfo.wwu.edu or contact Jana Brost at (360) 650-3846. Volunteers must register online by Oct. 22 to participate. Cabaret series announces first performance Western's dance program will present "Cabaret-Ving! Bring Me Dance!" as the first event of the 2008-09 cabaret performance series at 8 p.m. Nov. 14-15 at 311 E. Holly St., in Ving!, the university's dance studio. The cabaret performance series, in its second year, showcases contemporary performances created by Western dance students and faculty. Pieces will feature a collaboration of multiple art forms such as song', dance, poetry and improvisation.. The event is open to the public but space is limited. ^: - - t Donations are appreciated upon admission. V • i '•':. . WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY * COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net •: gt;-•'-. EDITORIAL DEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor in chief ;........ Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westemfrontonline.net Managing editor.....:....................... Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. * Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor. Amanda Winters, newsfront@gmail.com Arts editor.... Kaleb Gubernick, artsandlife@westernfrontonfine.net Life editor. James Andrews, artsandlife@westernfrohtonline.net Sports editor...... Katie Greene, sports@westernfrbntonline.net Opinion editor. ......:. Lisa Hust, opinion@westernfrontonline.net Photo editor..... Graig Hill; photo@westernfrontonline.net Online editor. Paul Suarez, online@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor .........:.....,..:.. Rebecca Rayner, copy@westernfrontonline.net Copy .editor. .....................Audrey Dubois-Boutet, copy@westernfrontonline.net Faculty Adviser............:.;........:.....Carolyn Nielsen, carolyn.nielsen@westernfrontonline.net ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (360)650-3161 Advertising manager. vrr...,. Michele Anderson Business manager:.... Alethea Macomber The Western Front is published twice weekly in the fall, winter,.and spring quarters and once a week in the summer session. 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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to trie-editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a. single free copy of each issue of the Western. Front. •. . Fall faculty lecture series begins Professor of elementary education, Matthew Miller, will kickoff Western's fall 2008 Office of Research and Sponsored Programs lecture series, which will feature three diverse topics in October. Lectures are free and open. to the public. They are scheduled on Thursdays from noon to 12:50 p.m. in the Communications Facility room 125. Miller will lecture on Oct. 16 on elementary education: "Using video annotation software to support the mentoring and professional development of new teachers." Professor Jason Morris will present on engineering technology: "Hoima Bicycle: The collaborative design of a cargo bicycle for Uganda," oh Oct. 23. -V •'. David Curley, professor and liberal studies department chair,; will present "Thinking Comparatively about Warrior's Culture: Geneologies, gender and transcendent careers in battle, arid self sacrifice," on Oct 30. ."•;•;: For more information contact Tracey Finch at Western's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at (360) 650-6578. Western to host science sleepover for youth program Students in g r a d^ can sp*end the night on .Westera's campus ;6ct24-25:^ -\;yvB-y':''yry - '- • Western's Youth Programs will host "Sleeping over with Science and Arts," an event for kids including microscopic explorations, investigation of mysterious organisms of everyday habitats and identification of life forms that live within our natural surroundings. ion ie!50 lt; In Street gt;olicei ! § i y Instruction, overnight supervision, materials, snacks and a continental breakfast will be provided with the $55 per person registration fee. For an additional $17 per person, students can play games, swim and rock climb Saturday morning from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Dance program to showcasetop choreogra:phy class "FallTnto Dance," a Western student-choreographed concert is scheduled at 7:30 p;m., Dec. 4-6, at the Performing Arts Center Mainstage. The concert will feature Western's advanced choreography class and a guest performance by alumni dancers. . Tickets can be purchased through the WWU Box Office at (360) 650-6146, at www.tickets.wwu.edu or at the door. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • October 10,2008 NEWS I 3 ATTACKS: Campus groups stress accountability in assault cases from 1 saw the man break in by using the lockout key. "I've never felt unsafe in Bellingham until this happened," she said. "It sucks that you need to think about your safety when it should just be implied. I don't want this to change the way I feel about Bellingham because I love it here and stuff like this happens everywhere." Bellingham Police took a man named Dindo Pangilinan, 25, into custody on suspicion of breaking and entering and assault with sexual intent. Stegmeier, with the help of Bellingham Police Chief Todd Ramsay, sent out an assault warning on Oct. 8, informing the public about the Sept. 27 and Oct. 7 incidents. "Any time there's a crime that happens in your community, everyone takes notice," Stegmeier said. "That's when you step up your personal concern. It's an unsettling thing when it happens to you." Western senior Jessica Tracey and alumna Jenn Hartman said they have been working separately with assault victims in the greater Bellingham community for the past three to four months. The police statement puts the responsibility on the victims of assault to avoid these situations, Hartman said. "It's never the duty of the victim to be on their guard, it's the duty.of the people who are committing these assaults to be held accountable," she said. When assaults occur, a large commotion is made about the events, which informs women they are potential victims, Tracey said. "It's not women not taking precautions, it's men that are being aggressive and being violent," Tracey said. "[Assault] is an action, not something you can avoid." Western junior Cameron Murphey is a lifestyle adviser and a member of the Men's Violence Prevention Project, a brother group to Western Men Against Violence. The group is focused on exploring why men are violent and how to prevent violent acts from happening. There needs to be safe environments for assault victims to speak and to discuss the issue of sexual assault, Murphey said. "What kind of culture makes victims feel ashamed?" Murphey said. "It should be the perpetrator who is held responsible. Creating awareness of the causes is a huge step and my heart goes out to all those who were victims." Hartman and Tracey created a group called the Uppity Bitches Collective, which is devoted to dealing directly with issues of consent through workshops making men and women aware of the boundaries of interactions in social settings. The group grew out of a women's group the two created in June 2008. "We distance ourselves from [assault]," Tracey "said. "Sitting down and talking about it breaks that silence. [Assault] affects our community and We will deal directly with it as a community." Murphey said when it comes to assault, assailants, particularly men, should be held accountable. "If you know four women that you love, one of those may be an assault victim," he said. Using statistics may put assault cases into perspective, however Tracey said people need to change the way they view numbers. "Statistics aren't faces," Hartman said. "Whether we know it or not, we may know someone who has been assaulted. It's not about having more law enforcement, but about changing the way we view assault culturally." Stegmeier said the last reported assault was in the Birnam Wood Apartments in June 2007. • *The Western Front does not disclose the names of sexual assault victims or intended sexual assault victims. photo by Kathryn Bach'en THE WESTERN FRONT A Western student walking past Laurel Park on Indian Street (above) reported being assaulted by a white male Tuesday night. il autnhi * pmparm THE CONDOM BREAKS YOU MISS A COUPLE OF PILLS YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX OR YOU WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED Planned Parenthood1 is here for you with with high quality, |:M * | f | personal care at an affordable cost. Emergency -^ * \*!5?Ste Contraception (EC) - also known as the "morning-after pill" J °"73^~^0gi. -can prevent pregnancy if started within five days after rP. unprotected sex. 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Savings were expected to-be "onetime," as targeted budget savings were never expressed. "The surprise came in the spreadsheets [from the Office of Financial Management]," Shepard said. "We've been practicing prudent savings, as we were advised. I don't know why the governor didn't make these additional savings public earlier." Budget reductions are expected to be permanent, Shepard said. Western will be prepared for similar cuts in the 2009-11 budget. "We should be able to handle the total $2 million reductions from reserves and cost-savings for this fiscal year," Gilman said, "but if the reduction is permanent or increases and carried forward into future years, Western will need to make more substantial budget adjustments." Shepard said he predicts the policies already in place for prudent spending will make up a large portion of the $2 million. A fraction of Western's reserve funds will contribute to the reduction as well, however Shepard said he is reluctant to use too much as these are one-time savings that do not help with recurring reductions. "We will not be driven by short-term expedience," Shepard said. "We are going to have an open and transparent budget process." Western will begin to evaluate how long-term reductions may be made, as Shepard expects the cuts to continue past the 2009-11 biennium. We are going to have an open and transparent budget process. - President Bruce Shepard "We are going to start from the bottom and work our way up, asking everyone along the way for help," Shepard said. • According to Gilman, in 2002 higher education institution budgets were reduced by 5 percent on a permanent basis, causing significant increases in tuition. Shepard said there is a very real possibility of substantially larger reductions in the future, which could result in another significant tuition increase. Paul Storer, department, chair and professor of Economics said it is too soon to tell how departments will be affected. Shepard said some departments could see a merging of programs to accommodate vacant faculty positions. "We are not just going to lay back and take this," Shepard said. "Universities cannot just be turned on and off. We will fight to make sure our mission does not. suffer." COFFEEHOUSE: Food will travel less than 150 miles from farm to fork from 1 Vidana said it is important for Western to look at where it gets its food and to back up its eco-friendly philosophy with real numbers. Simon said Dining Services is slowly expanding the number of local markets it does business with to give students a diverse set of sustainable dining choices. Campus dining halls on campus use recyclable and rewashable resources to serve 40,000 meals a week, Simon said. "You don't get any greener than that," he said. Western junior Nick Nielsen is a frequent customer of the coffee house and said he is glad that it's promoting local foods. "I'm happy with all the options of places to eat on campus," he said. "So far it seems like Western already caters to a lot of different tastes and accommodates a large group of people. With the coffeehouse, they're just adding another option that people want that they haven't yet fulfilled, and that's a good thing." Western sophomore Brendan Lind, a member of the AS club Students for Sustainable Foods, said he supports every effort Dining Services makes to bring sustainable foods and progressive causes to campus dining. Lind said ultimately he would like to see more sustainable eateries, and is sending a letter to Dining Services suggesting a student-run co-op is the best way to realize Western's environmental goals. "It's a great thing that the Dining Services are recognizing us and trying to bring more sustainable foods to campus, but we believe a student run co-op is the best move to make in terms of transforming a market into a sustainable eatery," he said. The letter states the group has a vision of opening a co-op on campus by next fall and hopes to have Dining Services' complete support. It also states the co-op would be an opportunity for Western and its students to embody the school's stated values and serve as a hub for sustainability, community, art arid activism. Simon said Dining Services is working in cooperation with Students for Sustainable Foods because he likes their ideas of sustainable venues on campus. "We are moving forward with their ideas of sustainability on campus, but we have to consider viability for stand-alone food options and take it one step at a time," Simon said. Western senior Mike Dussert, a Huxley College student, said he is interested in finding ways to make the world a more resourceful place. "I have noticed that they are offering compostable coffee cups, which is incredible. I love all the innovative new things the school is coming up with to show that they care about Earth." Phishing Can Steal Your Identity! "Phishing" scams are the use of fraudulent emails or other solicitations to lure users into sharing personal information that can be used for identitiy theft or other illegal activities. these emails] Don't be the catch of the day! No legitimate business (bank, eBay, WWU, etc.) will ever contact you and require that you share your personal information (bank number/PIN, security codes, passwords). A message from ATUS ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 10,2008 NEWS I 5 Western senior gets a piece of the Buffalo Communication major adds running a downtown business to an already loaded scedule this quarter josh Stilts THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Craig Jewell said he still remembers the first time he saw The Wild Buffalo house of music. "It was love at first sight," Jewell said. Jewell and his business partners Edward EVersoll and Roger Mills are in the process of purchasing The Wild Buffalo in a lease-to-own situation from founder John Goodman. "[The Wild Buffalo is] a local cultural icon and preeminent music venue," Jewell said. "We are proud to carry on the ideals of promoting live music, supporting local musicians and providing a safe, fun place for people to come." . Oct. 1 was spent in joyful celebration of a "purchase in process" three months in the making, he said. "I jumped in feet first with no regrets," Jewell said. Jewell said he met Mills in unusual circumstances. f "In the men's room, I overheard someone complaining about needing to book a band that Thursday," Jewell said. "It was [Mills] and I told him that we had a rocking band, the place would.be packed. [Mills] gave us a shot." Jewell's band, Broken Bottle, became a house band at The Wild Buffalo and wasted no time making friends with Eversoll and Mills. With 18 college credits this quarter arid 15-hour work days, Jewell said* he hopes to graduate from Western during winter quarter with a degree in communications. J "I started by majoring in business but found it wasn't for me." Jewell said. "I thought I'd be more successful by doing something I enjoyed so I changed majors." Eversoll said after working several years for Goodman, he became the manager of The Wild Buffalo when Goodman needed to delegate some of the business responsibilities. . Mills was hired for his ability to bring iir great music, Eversoll said. "I don't know how Goodman did what we split between the three of us," he said. "It seems like we're almost always trying to play catch-up. But between Craig Jewell, Western senior and new co-owner of The Wild Buffalo in downtown Bellingham, Thursday.night. Roger, Craig and myself, there's a lot of different kinds of energy that keeps things fresh.". •'" . ';'.• - '"• . gt;.- Armed with six ears for music, Jewell, Eversoll and Mills said they're trying to establish The Wild Buffalo;as the best spot to come see live music. "With three different generations working together, there's a lot of music to be listened to," Jewell said. "The Buffalo welcomes anything and everything. Just last week we had a heavy metal act, then we followed it up with a swing act." Among those who sign bands for The Wild Buffalo is former Western student Austin Santiago. "The biggest thing is their focus," Santiago said. "They're focused on bringing acts that have great talent but something you can dance to. Booking relevant -music no matter the age or genre is what has and will continue to make the Buffalo great," he said. "They're taking what made the Buffalo a respectable venue and booking any musical avenue regardless of label." With free wireless Internet access, two new pool tables, a dart board and projector on the way, The Wild Buffalo is smoothly transitioning into its new management style. Amidst some of its changes, the bar has still vowed to provide talented acts that play great music. "[The Wild Buffalo is] not just a bar with a band in the comer, we're a music photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT stands outside his business before a concert venue," Eversoll said. "Every night there's something different. At least one night a week there's something for everybody." Every Wednesday, for example, nearly the entire staff of another local business, the Callaloo, join together and have their own feature night. "Everyone comes over, from the people who work the door to the DJs," Jewell said. The Wild Buffalo is located in downtown Bellingham at 208 W Holly St., and open everyday from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Admission prices vary from $15 to free. Starting at 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, Project Lionheart, Rise N Shine and Cara Al-bouca will be at The Wild Buffalo for $5. "OKTOBERFEST IS BACK" FRIDAY, OkTOBER 10TH At the Deming Log Show. It's STUDENT night! Show us your student ID at the door and save $2.00 (offer good only Friday October 10, 2008) Doors open ai Beer Garden ine riorns BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND LET'S HAVE A PARTY! Free Camping and Dry RV Parking, Bring a Tent! For more info, call 360-592- 3051 • dcmingloggingshovv'.coni ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 6 ---------- 6 I Friday -October 10,2008 I The Western Front AKTSi Insanity at . photos by i TOP LEFT, LEFT, ABOVE: Tech N9ne performs to a sold-out crowd in the gt; pose Room Thursday. TOP CENTER: Tech N9ne sits down for an interview TOP RIGHT: Tech N9ne poses for a photo after his interview. ' I he Western Front had the es- €- teemed pleasure to sit down with Tech N9ne in his luxury tour bus, previously occupied by pop star Hannah Montana, and ask him a few questions about the Strictly Strange Tour 2008, his music and his life. Hereys some of what he had to say. The Western Front: You're touring relentlessly, all day, every day, until Nov. 22. How's it been going? Tech N9ne: It's been wild man, you know, being with Skatterman and Snug Brim, Kutt Calhoun, Big Krizz Kaliko, Prozak and Grave Plott, you know what I'm saying. The Strictly Strange Tour has been wonderful so far, sold-out shows, you know, what more can you ask for? Now we're here. WF: For those fans that haven't seen your crazy live show, what can they expect from you tonight? T9: They can expect the longest show I've ever done. I'm getting too old for this ish. They can expect an hour and 45-min-ute show. They can expect it to be wilder than ever. They can expect me to do stuff from my albums from way back in the day to the present day. It's going to be crazy. If yoa've ever been to a Tech N9ne show before you know it's pretty sick, we have a rock energy. But this is insanity at its finest. Best shows I've ever done, hands down. If you've never seen it, you need to come see it. But I think it's too late 'cause it's sold out, 'cause it's Tech N9ne. Sorry. WF: You've been selling out all over and you just released "Killer," a double album. Can you talk briefly about your approach with that? You like to cut your albums up into sections and chapters; can you explain why you do that? T9:1 want the albui er ride. Not just b lt; same voice, the s lt; all the way through ups and downs and know what I mean, you listen to Kutt Krizz Kaliko's albu Snug Brim's album who's on Strange M la. Because I don't We pride ourselves So with "Killer," I "Thriller" album, ft know, if you saw funny, you know me in a straitjacket i yadidimean. And it' say this is going to ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 7 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • October 10,2008 I 7 gt;aig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT /iking Union Multipur-with The Western Front. Andrew Frazier THE WESTERN FRONT By 8 p.m. on Thursday, Western students ' anticipation for Tech N9ne 's performance in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room was reaching its apex. It had been growing exponentially from the moment the line of tour buses adorned with Strange Music record label insighias . and a larger than life image of Tech in a straitjacket, pulled in front of Western's Performing Art Center earlier in the day. Tech N9ne, pronounced "Tech Nine" and whose real name is Aaron Yates, said his primary concern for live performances is providing enough energy to create the craziest party possible. The sold-out Western date of the Strictly Strange Tour 2008, featuring hip-hop artists Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Prozak,^Skatterman, Sung Brim and Grave Plott was exactly that. From the moment the Grave Plott's first beat dropped, the crowd was going crazy. Next, the duo Skatterman and Snug Brim, followed by Prozak, kept up the intensity by urging people in the crowd to mosh, demanding the audience, "Make the security guards earn their money." While the opening acts demonstrated there is more talent on the Strange Music label than solely Tech N9ne, by the end of Prozak's set the crowd was chanting, "TECH! TECH! TECH!" while getting their cell phone cameras ready so they could take a picture as soon as the Kansas City, Mo. emcee emerged. Decked out in face paint and flanked on either side by fellow rappers Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun, Tech, the self-proclaimed Kansas City King, performed songs from his entire discography. "T had been listening to Tech N9ne for a while and never got the chance to see him until now," Western' junior Eric Finlon said. "GnceT heard him on stage, it sounded exactly like his albums, any fan should see him live at least once, it's just crazy." . Tech maintained an intense energy level and had everyone singing along to rapid-fire songs like, "Einstein" and "Caribou Lou," which flowed seamlessly into material off his new double album, "Killer". "Killer" has sold more than 90,000 copies to date in addition to reaching number one on the independent record charts, catapulting Tech's total record sales over the one-million mark. "I haven't reached a plateau that I'd like to get to yet," Tech said. "I want to be the king of the world. We're underground and we're on everybody's heels. It's a wonderful thing." From a concert promoter's perspective, Bellingham is still considered a secondary market meaning it is difficult to book major headliners, especially hip-hop, Associated Students Pop Music coordinator Hunter Motto said.- However, over the past decade Western has consistently been able to bring major hip-hop acts to campus including The Roots, Black Eyed Peas, The Beastie Boys and plans to host Method Man and Redman on Nov. 2. Arrangements to bring Tech to Western formulated after E-40's Western performance in the VU Multipurpose Room ifi May 2008, Motto said. He said he noticed students' interest in Tech N9ne and said AS Pop worked hard during the past two months, to make it happen. Tech said booking agents * for other venues, in Hawaii for example, have refused to allow him to perform in the past, stating his lyrics incite violence and turn members of the crowd into rioters. Motto said Western considered this well in advance before approaching Tech. "We're aware of the stereotypes some people have with Tech N9ne and hip-hop in general," Motto said.. "But Western is a. non-alcoholic venue and our crowds are - typically" supportive and positive, which is one reason why artists agree to come here." Firefighters and police officers providing security at the concert said besides an intoxicated 20-year-old female who was taken to the hospital at the show's onset, there were few problems beyond the occasional person crowd surfing or smoking in the Multipurpose Room.' Tech and company set out to bring the craziest party possible to Western and the Vikings responded in force. It was certainly a night to remember, although it is uncertain whether those who were there will. n to be a roller coasti n g , you know, the ime monotone voice I like to take you on turns and twists, you that's my formula. If Calhoun's album, or m, or Skatterman and , or anybody's, album usic, I use that formu- want it to be boring, on not being boring, wanted to mock the lichael Jackson, you he picture it's pretty /hat I'm sizzlin'. It's nstead of a white suit, ls like I was trying to be my biggest-selling hip-hop album, since "Thriller" was the biggest pop album. And what better person to mock when it comes to sales? Not his personal life, but record sales. And true indeed, "Killer" took me over the million mark with all my CDs, you know what I'm sizzlin', a million records sold, independently. Still keeping it moving, tour after tour, song after song, chick after chick, we're going to speak about it all, we're going to do it all, baby. WF: It's been a long journey for you and Strange Music. As far as bringing in acts? like Kutt Calhoun and Krizz Kaliko, as well as sub-labels like Dirty Thug with Grave Plott. How does Strange Music operate to make sure each artist gets their due? T9: We keep each artist on the road. That's how you sell CDs, man. You gotta get out there with your fans, and if we wanted them to sink, we'd keep them at home, you know. It's about touring. And a lot of these major acts don't even have fan base, you know what I mean, they can't even get people to come out and see them. But they have videos and stuff, and we don't. So we get out here with the people, you have to get out there and politic, you know what I'm sizzlin'. Barack Obama isn't going to win sitting at home with his wife. McCain's not going to win on the golf course. You have to go from state to state, from city to city and meet the people. And this is how we meet the people. We get out here and do shows. I remember my first show out in San Diego was only seven people, years ago. Now we can't do a place in San Diego that's not sold out, we're up in the House of Blues in San Diego this time. It's a beautiful thing; it's called politicking. We have to get out there and do it. We don't do what these ma'jor labels do a lot of times and let their artists sink. We get our artists in there with the people and with me and we do it big and we sell these CDs. Did you miss the show? Did the tickets sell out before you had a chance to buy one? Check out www.westernfrontonline.net for the*rest of the Q A on video with Tech N9ne himself. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I ARTS LIFE Friday • October 10,2008 I The Western Front Designing Transylvania Hollywood set designer visits Western to discuss the process of building the background Corinna Storch THE WESTERN FRONT . When Luke Freeborn was attending the University of Oregon, his first role in the theater department required him to dance for the audience during scene changes.. "The director seemed to have a bit of a crush on Luke, because in every scene change he was wearing less and less until the last scene change, when Luke was wearing skin tight pleather pants, no top and a studded collar," said Deborah Currier, chair of Western's Theatre Arts Department, Currier told this story Monday night to more than 400 people gathered in Western's Performing Arts Center to watch the movie "Van Helsing" and listen to a question and answer session with Freeborn hosted by Currier. Freeborn was the set.^designer for Hollywood films such* as "The Terminal," "Minority Report" and "Van Helsing" and was an assistant art director for "Charlie "Wilson's War," "Next" and "Poseidon." Freeborn's trip was made possible by .:a grant through the'.Western Foundation to the theater department. The donation was made on the stipulation that the money be used to highlight low-vision issues such as blindness. The theater department is next using the grant to fund "Miracle Worker," a play based on the life of Helen Keller, Currier said. During his visit, Freeborn worked with students applying to design the "Miracle Worker" set in a workshop.. - In his lecture, Freeborn explained the design process for creating a set in part by showing pictures of sketches on napkins and how they were transformed into Drac-ula's foyer in "Van Helsing." He also answered questions about his favorite and least favorite directors, as well as how he broke into the movie business. . A good director is willing to collaborate with all the people involved, Freeborn said. Freeborn listed J.J. Abrams, director of the upcoming "Star Trek" film, and Tim Burton among his favorites. "I was talking with Luke about the different design aspects and how we can use them to make people more aware and highlight low-vision issues," Currier said. "Luke designed a whole set model to have an example to show in the workshop.Re-gardless of how the set design works out, it was really cool to have a professional set designer work with us." Attendance to Freeborn's interview and the screening of "Van Helsing" was! mandatory for students in Western theater •• photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT Set designer Luke Freeborn discusses the process of building sets.^or "Vanf Helsing" and other films in the Performing Arts Center on bctober 6. professor Patrick Dizney's "Introduction to Cinema" class. "A guy working in the [movie] industry is the most up- to-date resource," Dizney said. "Textbooks in the genre become obsolete almost as soon.as they are printed." Freeborn spoke about the importance of the set in the story-telling process of film. "It's just background, yes, but it's also telling the story," Freeborn said during the question period. '"The set itself is just another vehicle to tell the story." Dizney said,he wanted his students to realize the role of the different components in a film. Dizney's Introduction to Cinema class covers both the role of art and design in cinema. . "Most people have a sense, about who the actors are, who the directors are, maybe whose music is in it," Dizney said. "But we don't always recognize the design elements, and that's a really important part of it." Western? freshman Taylor Zimmerman, who is taking Dizney's class and said she was excited to hear Freeborn speak. "I didn't realize we had to watch the . movie, though. I don't like scary movies," •Zimmerman said; But half an hour into the movie, .Zimmerman wasjaughjng along with the rest of the audience, "It's a very fun, tongue-in-cheek movie," Dizney said. "It's a cheesy movie, but I'm hoping that students start understanding the importanceof design, elements and the process for"how it'smade." V FOR SALE • FOR SALE • FOR SALE Choose from two exciting new condominium projects minutesfromWWU. 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Western and Bellingham in general are safe places to be. Though there may be a lot of liquor violations, violent attacks aren't so common. When three attacks occur in two weeks, it is a little out of the ordinary for our campus community. It is important to echo the UP's safety tips, but also keep in mind that if something does happen to you on campus, it is not your fault. If a stranger breaks into your house and crawls into your bed, that is not your fault. There is a stigma about women who are attacked. People will be quick to blame the victim by telling her she should not have been out so late or worn that skirt. Acts of violence are never the victim's fault. Here are the tips the UP gives all students: • Plan a safe route in advance. • Use the buddy system and never walk alone at night. • If you are walking alone, look for well-lit path ways that get a lot of foot traffic. Many students may not know about all the services the UP or student safety patrols, known as Green Coats, provide. If students are afraid to walk back to their residence hall at night, they can call UP at 650-3555 and request an escort. Green Coats also patrol residence halls at night to make sure nothing suspicous is happening and can contact UP for help if necessary. The UP is friendly and is here because they want to protect students. They know unexpected things may happen, even if you take the safest precautions. They don't just bust parties or pass out parking tickets. They provide students with a sense of safety. While going to. school, students should not have to live their lives in fear. It is everyone's responsibility to take violence seriously and do their best to prevent it. The victims in the three attacks on or near campus these past few weeks have been women and the perpetrators men. This is an unfortunate theme but everyone can work to stop it and recognize that not all men are violent. Men need to speak up against violence and show that violence against women, against anyone, is unacceptable. For support or advice male students can turn to resources on campus such as the Men's Violence Prevention Project through the Prevention and Wellness Center. Women and men struggling with sexual or physical abuse can turn to the caring workers of Crime and Sexual Assault Support Services (CASAS). No one should be afraid to report instances of abuse and violence. Pay attention to the precautions the UP provides. Stay alert and do your part to speak out against campus violence. Show support to survivors and do not blame the victims. Bellingham is home to students nine months out of the year and students shouldn't have to worry about their safety. Everyone should work together to make college a safe and enjoyable experience. - The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and coordinator of AS Alternative Transportation A J. Garcia. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Compiled by: Brianne McDonough What are you cutting back on to save money? Rob Bjerke Senior "Probably the only thing is I don't drive as much. I take the bus more often and that seems to be enough to keep my head above water. " Shane Johnson Sophomore "Definitely gas and things like movies—things I don't really need. I'm watching what I spend on food." Laura Shapiro Senior "Not much really. I'm not a big spender anyway, so it hasn't affected me directly." Amar Saini Junior "I'm cutting back on gas. I don't buy underwear as much as I used to. And beer." Letters to the Editor Pay attention to the local elections While a dialogue about people's preferences for president would certainly be welcome, it would not have any effect on the outcome of the presidential race. Washington's 11 electoral votes will overwhelmingly go to Obama, rendering essentially moot all of the attention that is devoted to this election. Colunmist Glenn Smith would better serve public discourse if he cast the spotlight on Washington's race for the governorship, which in 2004 was decided by a mere 331 votes. The winner between Gregoire and Rossi will have a tremendous impact on people, (and, in particular, students) throughout the state, and deserves more attention. The race for the 40th legislative district is also worth discussing, given that it presents a highly unusual feature. The only two candidates are incumbent Democrat. Jeff Morris and Howard Pellett of the Green Party - a champion of public financing of campaigns, public ownership of public utilities and instant runoff voting. I would urge The Western Front to pay closer attention to these races, and lay off the attention on a presidential race on which our collective impact is quite limited. Matteo Tamburini Western Graduate student Courageous to support own party Reading your story about registering students to vote left me feeling warm and fuzzy inside. I am very glad to hear that students are still up to the challenge of civic responsibility. But I had to laugh at one thing: WWU Republicans? You have to be kidding me. I know that there are probably at least a few dozen campus Republicans floating around, but I have to wonder what kind of shame they must feel with self-identification as such. I mean, even the Republican candidate for governor, Dino Rossi, refuses to identify himself as Republican on ballots—(and he gets a 6 percent boost in the polls by distancing himself from Bush's party). Doesn't it say a lot when seasoned GOP politicians are too scared to be a part of their own party? That being said, I have to pat Vincent Buys on the back. It takes an awful lot of courage to stand up on behalf of an unpopular group that bankrupted this country and sent guys like me to Iraq. I mean, imagine the peer pressure of knowing that your cohort is the least Republican of any cohort since the civil war! Imagine what it must take to stand up to. the powerful forces of change and defend a status quo that has brought nothing but misery, bankruptcy and death to the world! Though I do not agree with your politics, Mr. Buys, I salute the courage you demonstrate by taking a side that virtually no one else will. Thanks, and see you at the polls! Evan Knappenberger Bellingham resident Occupation before moral choice There is something odd about faith that has always eluded me, I can think of at least 200 things that 1 have not or would not like to do in my life because of personal feelings toward the activities. However, I will likely have to do at least half of .them if not all. There are things we "have" to do if we choose to be somewhere or to be something. I personally hate income tax, but I'll be damned if the government will let me not pay it. I don't like getting shots but had we not had the majority of Americans get vaccinated, I think most of the people reading this now would instead be dead from an epidemic or crippled from polio. I don't like the fact that my laptop can be confiscated when crossing the border but I'll be arrested or kept out of the country if I told them "It's just against what I believe in." So why is it that suddenly we can decide to not do our jobs if we don't feel like it? If you become employed in the health system you have one duty: that duty is to protect and help your patients to the best of your abilities. I didn't have the right to tell rude people to fudge off when I worked at Circuit City and people of faith don't have the right to oppress their patients. I've always had a no-tolerance policy against idiocy, but unfortunately I had to break that rule while working retail. Likewise, people of faith must respect the bodies and beliefs of their patients/customers. If this cannot be upheld, then the person is in.the wrong profession. Otherwise we should just return to bloodletting and trephination if faith takes precedence over health. Michael Walker Western senior Students should question prices The Western Front article on Tuesday, Sept. 30 was missing one strategy that colleges and universities across the country use to reduce the exhorbitant cost of textbooks for students. For example, at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, textbooks are included in the cost of tuition. Students merely go to the bookstore and pick up the books they need. The university works with publishers and pressures them to give the university a decent deal. As a former professor here on campus for 30 years I realize that every professor has their pet textbook, but it is time for professors to think of their students and the financial burden being placed on students and parents. There is no reason why professors teaching GUR classes cannot come together and decide on a text for a specific GUR course and let the bookstore press the publisher for a better price since the bookstore would now be purchasing the book. The Associated Students should fund an extensive study on this topic and even approach departments, such as journalism or business, to see if a directed study could be done on this topic. If it cannot be done, students should demand to know why. Is it because these high textbook fees support the bookstore itself? If so, then how do these other institutions manage to include books in their tuition and still have a thriving bookstore? Once this is examined, students need to examine the high cost of food on campus and who is benefiting from this; surely not the students. Roy A. Clumpner, Ph.D. Former Western professor ---------- Western Front 2008-10-10 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday October 10,2008 I 10 Volleyball remains Women's soccer wins sixth straight un Meaghan Cox THE WESTERN FRONT Holding on to its undefeated season, Western's volleyball team won its match against University of Alaska Anchorage Thursday night. The team's record is now 13-0, thanks to an aggressive game played by the Vikings. "We just did a good job blocking," Western senior opposite hitter Marissa Hill said. "We had a good finish." Western won the match in four sets as Western senior middle blocker Angie Alvord had 18 kills and six blocks. "There were a couple rough starts," Hill said. "But we ended up beating them." The Vikings won a close first set 25-21. The second set started out with a Western lead, but the Vikings were later outscored and Alaska Anchorage tied the match at one win a piece. The third set began with Western behind. A service ace from Western sophomore libera Allison Gotz. and two kills from Western senior outside hitter Shan-ley Besett tied the set at 22-all with the Vikings finishing 25-23. The Vikings lagged behind again in the fourth set before coming back and winning the set 25-22. The women's volleyball team will play University of Alaska Fairbanks at 7 p .m., Oct. 11, in Fairbanks, Ala. Western: 2 Montana State Billings: 0 Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT The Western women's soccer team remained undefeated in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play with a 2-0 win over Montana State University Billings (MSUB) Thursday night, extending its winning streak to six games. The Vikings are now 5-0-0 in conference play and 9-2-0 overall. With Western's Oct. 4 win against Central Washington University, the Vikings came into Thursday's matchup against MSUB ranked 11th in the nation in the latest National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Coaches poll. Western sophomore forward.and season leading scorer Claire Morgan scored the game-winning goal in the last game played against MSUB last season. Morgan continued.her success against the Yellowjackets Thursday with an unassisted goal in the 53rd minute. Morgan's goal brought the score to 1-0, which held during most of the game until Western senior team captain Kelly Gagne scored with less than a minute left. Western sophomore Molly Shannon and Western junior Kelly Irving were credited with the assist. "This is our first year we're playing up to how good we are," Gagne said. "We knew we should be putting away teams like [MSUB]." Western senior goalkeeper Kylie Broadbent had five saves in the game. The Vikings leave on a four-game road trip starting with a game against Northwest Nazarene University at noon, Oct. 11, in Nampa, Idaho. American Financial Solutions A division of the North Seattle Community College Foundation 1-888-864-8623 "Betting into debt was easy... now what?" Get answers Worn a Certified Credit Counselor. Non-Profit Credit Counseling, Debt Management and Financial Education photo by jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior defender Meghan Woodman sends a ball into a crowd of players at midfield during the Vikings' 2-0 victory over Montana State University Billings Thursday Oct. 10 at Orca Field. 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For certain plays, we have certain cheers.. What are three things you have to bring to a game? I always bring my cape, my helmet and my solar shield, which are glasses for people that are really old. What is your guilty pleasure? I really like ice cream, but I am lactose intolerant, so that kind of counteracts itself. Roughly how many Viking sporting events have you attended? I have been to a lot of games, but probably getting close to 80 or 90. Who is your favorite Viking athlete? Kari Rice is my favorite because she is the apple of my eye. What is your training schedule like? Well my voice goes hoarse at the beginning of the season, so I need to train my voice for the rest of the year. I yell-as loud as possible at the start of the season to get my voice ready for the rest of it. photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT What is your most memorable moment while cheering on the Vikings? Probably two years ago when India Soo scored the game-winning layup against Seattle Pacific University at home. How do you motivate the surrounding fans and the athletes? I try to be as loud as I can. For the fans, I try to keep it fun and not be a jerk to anyone. What are you hoping the Vikings accomplish this year? I want them to win the Battle in Seattle, and I can't say anything for the volleyball team or it will jinx them. What are you doing to prepare for the Battle in Seattle? I'm going to wear my normal outfit, but I am going to paint my face. I'm also going to go early and just hang out in Seattle. !iliil®.lilii;iiii LET ME HELP! If you've been accuSftf"'" of Marijuana Possesfion, DUI, MIP, or anydrihie, call my office for a/jfyek consultation. «****» s '*» 733-9601 i l l LAW OFFICE OF CARL A. 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Show more2008_1014 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 1 ---------- WESTERN FALLS TO CENTRAL PAGE 10 PRICES RISE FOR MT. BAKER PASSES PAGE 6 Tuesday, October 14, 2008 WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINGE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET Controversial fast-food venue sparks discussion Allison Milton THE WESTERN FRONT Several campus groups are coming together to provide an open-panel discussion on the controversial new campus eatery, Chick-Fil-A. The Research and Outreach Programs and the Associated Student Productions Civil Controversy will host the discussion "Serving up Controversy: The Politics of Chick-Fil- A at Western" at 7 p.m., Oct. 16, in the Viking Union room 565. The panel will address student concerns and the process of bringing Chick- Fil-A to Western's campus. Some students object to Chick-Fil-A because the founder.of the company was part of a group called Focus on the Fam-ily. The Colorado-based group is a conservative Christian organization which has certain anti-gay and potentially sexist beliefs, said Shanti Zunes-Wolfe, assistant coordinator of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance. The discussion is meant to be an unbiased open panel and community dialogue where students, faculty and staff can share their opinions and find out more about the new Chick-Fil-A, which opened this quarter in the VU Market, said Devin Majkut, coordinator of the Social Issues Resource Center and discussion panel moderator. "We wanted to provide an open forum for people to discuss [Chick-Fil-A], so they didn't feel their voices were not being heard," Majkut said. The intention and goal of the discussion is to have people talk about how they feel about the franchise's presence on see CHICK-FIL-A page 3 WTA sees record ridership Lack of funds maxes out buses, no relief in sight for students photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Students pack in tight on a WTA bus heading to campus Oct. 13. The buses are often overcrowded due to recently-increased ridership. Stephanie Sarff THE WESTERN FRONT Jn 2007, a $25 mandatory bus pass fee was added to the tuition of all students taking six or more credits per quarter, but overcrowded buses makes him not want to pay the fee. "I swear, I always end up standing next to someone that smells," McDaniel said. "It stresses me out." Compared to the first six months of Western senior Alex McDaniel said the 2007, WTA ridership is up 20 percent, said Rick Nicholson, service development director for WTA. "I've been at the WTA for 20 years," Nicholson said. "But I've never seen anything like this." see TRANSIT page 4 New lights brighten old campus buildings Kwihwa Lee THE WESTERN FRONT A campus-wide project by Western's electrical personnel could mean one less headache for students and teachers. Western's Electrical Services are removing the old linear fluorescent lights and magnetic ballasts, which control the electrical current, and are replacing them with the newest energy efficient ballasts and lights. Some people experienced headaches and eyestrain due to the flickering of the old lights, said Scott Stilts, supervisor of electrical services. Unlike the previous lights and ballasts, the replacements have no strobing and do not cause headaches, he said. The crew of Western's electrical services started replacing lights in Arntzen Hall Aug. 12, and have already replaced the old lights and ballasts in Old Main, Bond Hall, the Fine Arts building, Parks Hall and Environmental Studies building. Next, they plan to replace ballasts and lights in the Ross Engineering Technology building. He said by replacing the lights, lumens, a measurement of the light's power, are increased from 2,350 to 2,800, which makes the surroundings brighter. Some professors have even asked that not all the units be installed due to the intensity of the light. "There is a very definite change in any room you enter," Stilts said. The replacement lights will increase light output by more than one third and increase the longevity of the lights by nearly three months, Stilts said. The increased longevity will save maintenance and replacement costs, he said. Installing new lights and ballasts are part of Western's energy saving program with Puget Sound Energy, its electrical provider. Rebekah Anderson, Puget Sound Energy's media contact, said demand for electricity is growing in the Bellingham area because of population growth and new construction. In order to accommodate all of the energy demands, saving energy is vital, she said. The electrical crew is also replacing see LIGHTS page 3 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 2 ---------- NEWS See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Tuesday • October 14,2008 I 2 Hi^lHHiBflB report of a male swinging a two-by-four at people vv^ile fljlllll^^ iSilSiliiBSlft^ffiBllill Sliiiiilii photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Western football fans cheer on the Vikings at the Battle in Seattle Saturday at Qwest Field. The Vikings lost 50-28 to Central Washington University. Students, neighbors talk it out The Campus Community Coalition will host three nights of "Let's Talk" discussions. "Let's Talk" discussions are designed to bridge the gap between students and their neighbors by bringing both groups together to .work toward finding solutions for cbhirnuhity^baseU Issues. The topics will include "Living together in Bellingham: Students and Parties;" "Enforcement Practices" and "Neighborly Relations." The talks will take place Oct. 22, 27 and 29 in the Sehome, Happy Valley and York neighborhoods. All sessions are free to attend.; WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westeriifrontonline.net EDITORIAL PEPARMENT (360) 650-3162 Editor in chief Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westernfrontonline.net Managing editor. Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor. ;... ;.. .....Amanda Winters, newsfront@gmail.com Arts editor. Kaleb Gubernick, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Life editor. James Andrews, artsandlife@westernfrontonIine.net Sports editor. Katie Greene, sports@westernfrontonline.net Opinion editor. Lisa Hust, opinion@westemfrontonline.net Photo editor. Graig Hill, photo@westernfrontonline.net Online editor Paul Suarez, online@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. Rebecca Rayner, copy@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. Audrey Dubois-Boutet, copy@westernfrontonline.net Faculty Adviser. Carolyn Nielsen, carolyn.nielsen@westernfrontonline.net ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (360)650-3161 Advertising manager ,.......„ Michele Anderson Business manager. ..: Alethea Macomber The Western Front is published twice weekly in the fall, winter, and spring quarters and once a week in the summer session. 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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. Steam whistle to be tested again Western will conduct a campus-wide test of its emergency steam whistle 1 p.m. Oct. 19. In the event of a real emergency, the whistle will sound to alert Western students, faculty and staff. ... In addition, Western also plans to send ' out e-mails and text messages to inform students, faculty and staff with details of the situation and a suggested course of action. Western asks students to update their information on Web4U if they haven't done so already. The whistle could blow intermittently until 5 p.m. Coast Guard band to perform Western's Departfnent of Music will present a free concert featuring the United States Coast Guard Band 7 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Performing Arts Center concert hall. The band will perform a program titled "An American Journey." The program will include musical selections by numerous American composers. Alto saxophonist Joshua Thomas will perform Piet Swert's "Dance of Uzume." Soprano Lisa Williamson will aslo perform. The concert will serve as a prelude to a series of performances in the greater Tokyo Metropol i tan A rea. October is Western Archives Month Western's Archive Month is dedicated to promoting a better understanding of historical records and how to use and preserve them. Displays will include historic images from many collections housed across campus. An open house will be held Oct. 25 in the Goltz-Murray Building during Western's Fall Family Weekend. The open house will include behind-the- scenes tours, displays of unique historical records, and opportunities to conduct research. Particpants may discover how archival records can document and connect one's family history to campus. Flu shots Flu vaccinations for Western students-, faculty, staff and family members aged 13 and older will be available at the Student Health Center beginning Oct. 20. Students with chronic diseases such as diabetes or asthma, or those taking immune- suppressing medications are strongly encouraged to come in for flu shots any time the Health Center is open. For others, vaccinations will be available from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 and 23 and 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 28 and 30. Patients must check in with a receptionist to schedule a flu shot. Vaccinations are $18 and will be billed directly to students' accounts. Corrections An article that appeared in the Oct. 10 issue of The Western Front mistakenly described Dindo Pangilinan's involvement in an attempted sexual assault case. Pangilinan is a suspect in the case and has yet to be charged. The Western Front apologizes for this and any other errors. Errors should be reported to the managing editor at managing® westernfrontonline.net ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 14,2008 NEWS I 3 LIGHTS: Longevity, energy efficiency increased with replacements from 1 the plastic prismatic acrylic lenses— a special kind of thermoforming plastic— over the fixtures discolored from age. The importance of replacing lights and ballasts is not only for saving energy, but also because the replaced T12 linear fluorescent lights will be discontinued Jan. 1,2009, Stilts said. The lights used for this change are more environmentally friendly and contain less mercury, he said. Along with this replacement program, Western's personnel are closely working with the Environmental Health and Safety office at Western to recycle the ballasts and lights and make sure it is all done properly, he said. Replaced lights go to EcoLights, which is part of the company Total Rei claim. EcoLights then takes the electronic waste and recycles the materials, said Gayle Shipley, director of environmental health and safety at Western. EcoLights accepts all types of lights and ballasts, including straight fluorescent lights. Recycled fluorescent lights can be used for glass products or as cement aggregate, according to Total Reclaim environmental service's Web site. Western's electric personnel work from 6 a.m. until the area is unavailable, Stilts said. They are concerned with safety and don't want to be in the way of students, so they work around scheduled classes, he said. Although the schedule for replacement is tentative due to the limited number of maintenance electricians and their obligation to their other work on campus, the lamp replacement in Arntzen Hall and the Ross Engineering Technology building will be done by no later than the end of February 2009, he said. CHICK-FIL-A: Multi-faceted panel set to speak on eatery's politics from 1 campus, she said. Also, the panel will provide students with an appropriate outlet in speaking about the controversy, said Research and Outreach Programs Director Casey Hall. "Whether or not you agree with Chick-Fil-A and the things they stand for, you should at least know where your money is going," said Johanna Brown, creator of the Facebook group "Boycott Western's Chick-Fil-A," Students have raised other concerns about the franchise being on campus. Students at the Environmental Center are concerned about having a large company serving meat at Western because of the school's support for local food businesses, Zunes-Wolfe said. "We want people to make informed decisions about their eating choices," she said. : Chick-Fil-A has already brought in big business to the VU Market, said Ira Simon, director of University Dining Services. "Chick-Fil-A is doing very well and exceeding our expectations," he said. There is already a 50 percent increase from last year's profits for the VU Market, he said. "I don't expect every student to use [Chick-Fil-A]," he said. "That's why we're trying to create different destinations on campus to offer'students other choices." •...-.. '....... ••• • •-N- '/'V The panel will include Willy Hart, director of University Residences and chair of the Executive Dining Committee, Erik Lowe, Associated Students president, Amber Aldrich, concerned student of the LGBT community, Ronna Biggs, chair of the LGBT Concerns Committee and coordinator'of ResLife, Seth Vidana from the office of sustainability and Brendan Lind, student coordinator of Students for Sustainable Food. Majkut said the: main focus ^f .the panel discussion is 'oil the open c|uesti6n and answer session at the end.. Audience members will have the opportunity to share their opinions and have their questions answered, he said. An lt;ad forxChJGk-Fil VU' next i d the hew- fast-fobd chain location. Profits have increased 50 percent for the VU Market after it opened this fall, but some students refuse to support the business due to its affiliation with the religious organization Focus on the Family. photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT TARGET is hiring! Early Morning, Day, and Evening postitions available. - f7eX*£/e. oot% ScJiecJu/e. * \0% discount lt;= gt;/? an/th****} o£ "Tarheel £n/,tto^/ gt;teJit To apply, come fill out an application at our . Miring Kip|^ In ^ore at Bellis Fair Mall §=*?:^::•: ... tf^ 'K ' ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Tuesday • October 14,2008 I The Western Front TRANSIT: Overcrowding inevitable, additional routes not likely from 1 Western sophomore and AS Alternative Transportation Coordinator for Western, AJ Garcia, said the WTA is the fastest growing transit system in the country. Before fall 2007, student bus passes were not incorporated into tuition. As, of Oct. 8, 2008 approximately 11,500 bus passes were distributed to Western students alone, Garcia said. With the economy suffering and ridership at the highest it has ever been, Nicholson said WTA buses are. in extreme demand but funding is not available for more routes at this time. Seventy percent of WTA's budget coming from local sales tax and with the poor economic state right now, Garcia said the WTA's funding is dwindling. Many students and community members are^trying to save money by riding the bus to and from school, WTA spokesperson Maureen McCarthy said. Gas and parking on campus is expensive, so buses are being bombarded, she said. Along with saving money, the bus helps students get around town without using their .own car and shortens walks in the^ rairi, Nicholson said. Garcia said although some students would rather not pay the fee, it was a decision made by the student body and will stand until the 2011-12 school year. Western does not make a profit from the bus pass fee, and the fees paid by students represent only 3 percent of WTA's entire budget, he said. " Nicholson said WTA is trying to meet Students get on a bus outside the Viking Union Oct. 13. the needs of students and keep costs low by providing headers, which are buses that come more frequently during peak times, instead of starting completely new routes. Although WTA wishes it could promise a seat to everyone, Nicholson said standing on the bus for a short ride to campus is not unreasonable. inevitable right WTA is maxed * "Overcrowding is now," Nicholson said, out." Nicholson advises students to be patient and wait for the next bus if a full bus passes them. He said many students get to the bus stop too late to catch the first available photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT bus, and are often frustrated if they are unable to board. He encourages students to contact WTA with criticism. Garcia said WTA is doing the best it can to get students to class on time and is trying to avoid leaving anyone behind. "Students don't like being packed in," Garcia said. "It's still a huge issue." Thanks to Career Services Center Employer Partner Fred Meyer For their support ofWWU students Fred Meyer's support of WWU's Career Services Center helps provide students with valuable career development assistance. Visit our office in Old Main 280 or our website at www.careers.wwu.edu for more information. respect. privacy. testing. answers. wcpo IwMtCOM^EOUlit^;; :, • ?; C * * * f ^ ••••*•;- ™ Jr,f 5r"l:; 5 A n . ^prBjg^Jlic^Mter downtown JMlmgnam j ldJLU 1\ htate bt. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 5 ---------- westeriifrontoinline.net I Tuesday • October 14,2008 NEWS I 5 New position rewards faculty with better pay; more job security Andrea Davis-Gonzalez THE WESTERN FRONT Western anthropology instructor Kathleen Saunders has been working at Western for the past eight years. As a limited-term faculty member, she has renewed her contract annually. A new "senior instructor" position now available to limited-term faculty could provide them with more job security and would make it easier for them to plan how and what to teach students, Saunders said. • Senior instructors are eligible for a contract that can last up to three years,; while non-tenure contracts vary between a quarter to a year. "The position takes away instability and insecurity that comes with not knowing if you're going to have a job from year to year," Saunders said. The senior instructor position was createdSas a/jresulLojf Westerns first-ever faculty contract created by the faculty and administration bargaining teams. Section 8.2.2 of the contract, which was ratified in June, creates the new status. Limited-term faculty can earn a 7 percent salary increase when advancing to senior instructor. To be eligible, limited-term faculty must have worked half-time or more for at least five consecutive years at Western and have' "demonstrated excellence in teaching and performance of responsibilities," according to the faculty contract. Individual departments, college deans and the provost can approve the applications. Each department and college should currently be creating the criteria for senior instructor, said Bill Lyne, president of the United Faculty of Western Washington. Because individual colleges and department's must develop their own unique criteria, it is difficult to determine who is currently qualified for the position, Saunders said. The colleges' requirements for senior instructor will be broader thanthe departments' requirements because they have to include all of their departments. The colleges' criteria should parallel the standards in the faculty contract, Lyne said. Eligible instructors may apply this winter and spring and if approved, can begin their new position next fall. "[A good candidate should show] substantial achievement, interact well' with students and effectively communicate information," said Joann Otto, biology department chair and professor:, : Saunders has been working at Western for more than five years at half-time or more and said she would apply for senior instructor if she met the all the criteria. Last spring, approximately 67 limited- term faculty would have been eligible for the rank, said Buff Schoenfeld;administration bargaining team member and ex- gt;, ecutive assistant to the president. Ron Riggins, dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts, said the new status is a way to keep quality limited-term faculty at Western. "Many part-time faculty are among our most effective teachers," Riggins said. "You want to do as much as you can to support-them and give thenvgreater=stabil-ity." Western has three types of faculty: tenured, tenure track and limited term. Tenure-track faculty have titles such as associate professor, assistant professor and professor. Limited-term faculty are considered lecturers and instructors. Tenured and tenure-track faculty are paid to teach, do service work, conduct research within their field and write and publish articles based on that research. Limited- term faculty are paid to teach only. They typically carry higher course loads because they don't have as many responsibilities as tenured faculty, Schoenfeld said. Before the faculty contract was ratified, tenured faculty were eligible for a 9 percent salary increase when promoted, while limited-term faculty had little room to progress, said Kevin Leonard, faculty bargaining team chief steward and history professor. The new contract allows tenured faculty to receive a 10 percent salary increase with their promotion and non-tenured faculty to advance to senior instructor. The senior instructor position is like an award for non-tenured faculty for their successful performance, Leonard said. "[The position] is a way to recognize their long-term service to the university," Lyne said. photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Raul Bingham poses with his Western business card Oct. 7. The title on his card reads Adjunct Faculty, Department"tif eomnilfflieation. Bin^aWiia^Btfeif l i n i n g af Western for three years and is unsure what his official title is now, he said. V / K ' : $ * * • , 1.360.715. l i p i Wmm ^*»*» gt;-. Hemp \ . . ^Bamboo. i i Carrying unlimited Everyday Special Students, Staffs* Faculty | receive 5 lt;t off each gallon of gas. (W/Western ID Card) 1 TRAVEL AND TEACH IN SOUTH KOREA? All majors welcome Min. Requirement: 2-years college education about $2,200 per month 1 year contract Paid Vacation: 4 Weeks! Full a i r f a r e furnished housing, bonus* health insurance and more! 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Baker group on Facebook to help coordinate carpools and keep lines of communication open for anyone who plays in the snow at Mt. Baker. "I bought a pass last year and it was $585 total and it was so expensive and I almost missed my rent payment," Schmidt said. "It was worth it for the powder days but I still think it's too much." In comparison with other areas in Washington and Canada, Baker has high rates for season passes. Baker competes with Whistler, which sells college passes, for $439 plus tax and Stevens Pass, which sells college passes for $299 plus tax. With these prices, students could be paying twice as much to ski at Mt. Baker than Stevens Pass. Western alumnus Pat Bateman, who also started a Facebook group called Baker Snowboarders Unite!, said with the discount other areas give to college students, it should be cheaper to ski at other mountains. With additional costs such as gas, however, Baker's price is more comparable, but he said the price should still be lower. "I think it's interesting because in the last couple years Whistler has tried aggressively to promote to Western students," Bateman said. "The pass is so cheap but the cost of gas and the exchange rate makes it prohibitive. Baker has a kind of monopoly on Bellingham." Even with the high price tag, Mt. Baker Ski Area representative Amy Trowbridge said the ski area has good reasons for not giving students a larger break on their passes. Trowbridge said because Baker isn't a resort type area, the owners don't have income from lodging, restaurants or bars to keep the area running. "Baker ha: but we have and bars and nc bridge said. "W what other reso board. It's not a We try to keep everyone For many s said about Bak tain isn't in co ingham style, S to stay that wa) "I like Ba Schmidt said.' rate everyone v Bellingham is i porting town.' Trowbridg geared towards "We defini people* in frorr are trying to kt people because brige said. "We off of people fi People are fron land counties ai large city incon photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT A contest-winning, 8-by-10 foot acrylic painting by Western junior Ashley McDaniels hangs above the front desk in the WWU Outdoor Center. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 7 ---------- LIFE westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 14,2008 I 7 9 er ski eaks two food service areas, )retty limited restaurants ) accommodation," Trow-e can't really afford to do rt areas do. It's across the lot of smoke and mirrors, everything affordable for tudents, what Trowbridge er rings true. The moun- porate hands. True to Bell-chmidt said she wanted it icer not being corporate," I think if they went corpo- /ould be so upset because uch a local-business-sup-agreed that Baker the Bellingham local, ely are not trying to draw North Carolina and we ep it affordable for local that is our base," Trow-aren't making our money ying in from other areas, i Skagit, Whatcom and Is-ld that income base isn't a l e . photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Western seniors Jake Bankson and Sakeus Bankson pose with their 2008-09 Mt. Baker season passes Oct. 13 at the Mt. Baker business office. PflliA/tliA/g the outdoor spirit Danielle Perry THE WESTERN FRONT Among the racks of snowboarding magazines and dismantled bicycles in the WWU Outdoor. Center, bright colors and splashing water stand out. Above the front desk hangs a large painting of a group of Whitewater rafters, happily basking in the thrill of the untamed waters and the joy of the great outdoors. The painting, an 8-by-10 foot acrylic scene of people Whitewater rafting, was created by Western junior Ashley McDan-iels as the winning submission of the Outdoor Center's art contest last year. The contest was originally conceived by Harrison Holtz-Knott, an employee who interned with the staff last year, Outdoor Center manager Frederick Collins said. "Harrison thought that we should ask people to send in drawing ideas for a possible mural for the Outdoor Center. You know, something to brighten up the atmosphere," Collins said. "After we received around 15 submissions, we put together a group of about 10 coordinating staff to decide what piece we liked best, and hands down, Ashley's was the winner from day one." Among the staff selecting McDan-iels' piece was Arielle Furtado, the current supervisor of the Outdoor Center, which is located in Viking Union room 150. From the moment she saw it, she knew Mc- Daniels' design was the one they should choose, she said. "What I really liked about Ashley's piece was the way she captured the energy of the scene," Furtado said. "The movement of the water, the portrayal of the people. The whole thing was great." The specific guidelines for the art contest were simple: create a scene which takes place in the outdoors and includes people having fun and enjoying nature, Collins said. Although she's an art studio and design major and made mural commissions on the side, McDaniels said she hadn't heard anything about the art contest until it was mentioned to her last year by a friend. "My friend Tim Barnaby showed me an art contest flyer he had found on campus and said that he thought I should enter," McDaniels said. "At the same time, my roommate was urging me to submit something, so I thought 'why not?' and ended up doing a mock-up." Collins said after McDaniels' artwork was selected, the two of them sat down to discuss what minor changes could be made to improve the final concept for the piece. Among these revisions were changes to some skin tones to present a more racially-diverse scene, along with making the genders of the people rafting more visually apparent. The biggest change, however, was the decision to change the idea of a mural into a canvas painting that could be moved anywhere-; McDaniels said. "Although I was excited about winning the contest, I was a little intimidated by the project," McDaniels said. "Painting smoothly on a wall is really hard with acrylics, especially if the scene is high on the wall. Luckily, we decided to change to a portable canvas, so that took a lot of the pressure off." Although she had to construct the canvas twice due to a sizing error, McDaniels said she was able to work on the painting diligently throughout the summer. Her favorite part of the piece was the splashing water, which she portrayed by looking up reference photos online and throwing paint at the canvas, she said. While the grand unveiling of the whitewater-rapid painting at the Outdoor Center was last week, fans of McDaniels will be happy to know this isn't the last they'll see of her work, Collins said. "We're planning on- adding to Ashley's painting so there are three individual parts," Collins said. "Over time, we hope to include a winter scene and a green camping scene, to sort of represent the whole range of outdoor activities in one painting." Until that time comes though, McDaniels said she is keeping busy-with school and her own ideas for the future. She recently was hired as an art instructor for a home-schooled family, and. she looks forward to a career in design after graduation. Collins said fans of art and the Outdoor Center should keep their eyes open for another art contest in the near future. With a friendly staff and amazing deals for students, aspiring artists should make sure their designs stand out and reflect the outdoor spirit, McDaniels said. "Whatever you decide to turn in, above all make sure it's exciting," McDaniels said. "While it's important that you personally like the piece, you have to make it appealing to the people, because that's who you're really making the art for." ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I ARTS LIFE Ibesday • October 14,2008 I The Western Front COOKING IT UP IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS Associated Students Outdoor Center course brings gourmet to the hiking trails Christine Karambelas THE WESTERN FRONT Backpacking through mountain valleys in Chile requires not only long hours of physical activity but the skills to navigate, evaluate dangers and analyze the environment a hiker crosses. What more could Western seniors Ellie Chatman and James White want to learn on their one-month hike through Patagonia? How to cook lasagna. Through a student program led by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Chatman and White went to the Patagonia mountain range in Chile where, after a 10-day first-aid training course, they backpacked and sea kayaked for 70 days.. Chatman and White learned about survival in the backcountry facing hands-on experiences in rescuing, mapping, awareness of the environment and cooking. Cooking in Patagonia did not include following directions saying "just add water" in freeze-dried meals, Chatman said. Instead, students were^given ingredients every 10 days-tafid:^e|e taught to cook meals such as fresh baked breads, cakes, pasta dishes and tuna casserole. Chatman said not only were backpackers taught how to prepare these meals but how to be creative with their utensils. For example, cooking oven- style by raising a cooking pot above the flame, allowing food to cook slower on a low heat. Wher^'backpackifflg-fopJong -periods of time, freeze-dried foods can seem repetitive, but cooking provides good flavors and is a fun activity to do in the backcountry, Chatman said. Chatman and White now plan to teach about homemade cooking in the backcountry at 7 p.m., Oct. 16 at the Associated Students Outdoor Center. Attendees will learn how to cook food such as cinnamon rolls and calzones with a simple stove kit, which includes a pot, silverware and a gas canister stove. ' The purpose of this class is to teach backpackers, when they have the time to do it, how to cook independently for themselves, Chatman said. "Cooking [homemade meals] is great for people who want to camp with friends and hang out," Chatman said. "Why not cook when you get to the lake and have a good meal?" On a quick hike to a mountain summit and back, a backpacker may not want to take the time to sit and cook a meal. But for those who are camping in a location for longer periods of time, cooking is another great way to enjoy the outdoors and each other's company, Chatman said. "When you get to camp and don't have much to do, [cooking] is something that will take up a good amount of time," White said. Along with teaching how to cook a homemade meal, the class will also incorporate how to prepare meals' to eat on a backpacking trip. Freeze-dried foods are definitely the lightest and easiest to pack, but packing in-photo by Michael LeeseTHE WESTERN FRONT Outdoor Center employees James White and Ellie Chatman show off cooking gear they will be.using for a backcountry cooking clinic they will be teaching at the Outdoor Center October 16. The clinic starts at 7p.m. and is $10 for students. gradients for homemade meals requires a little more thought and planning, REI Outreach specialist Pat Kennedy said. Kennedy teaches backcountry cooking classes at REI that explain how to choose backpacking- efficient food items. Nutrition content, ingredient weight and understanding how to cook in a simple pot or pan are all incorporated in educating campers on how to appropriately prepare their meals. "[Homemade cooking in the back-country] is all about planning before you go out," White said. "Usually, I'll mix my dry ingredients together and put them in one Ziplock bag." If one plans his or her meal in advance, he or she can pack food ingredients almost equal in weight to dry-freeze foods, most likely spending less money, White said. The longer people have been camping, the more bored they are with eating freeze-dried foods, Kennedy said. Campers are planning to cook more homemade meals and are becoming more creative in their menu choices-. • ., Kennedy is currently experimenting •withF,;all:'trie different meaT options; he! can make with pre-cooked bacon, including adding it to scone mix. White said he gets excited to plan his meals before he goes carftpifilg 'anti-hopes by teaching the outdoor cooking class, backpackers can find cooking as another element to adventures in the backcountry. "I hope that other people can see the value of going outside and being active," Chatman said. "[Cooking while camping or backpacking] is a different way to bring people together." _ _.._ jjpplpii l$V9l$ pteM^ iotl*' wA" ! 4179 Meridian St. 360-676-8017 (formerly Izzy's) Meet the^^SmW Firefighters of Washington State! Getyour autographed copy of their 2009 Calendar! 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They have added and subtracted routes in order to better accommodate the needs of students. Western students account for a large majority of WTA's ridership, but student passes provide only 3 percent of the budget. The largest chunk of WTA's budget, 78 percent, comes from sales tax revenue. With the economy not doing so well, WTA is not pulling in enough money. WTA also has to deal with the rising cost of gas. Though students are able to take the bus to save gas money, WTA cannot do the same. It is providing the alternative transportation students and residents desire but is not getting enough support for its services. WTA was. one of the fastest growing transit agencies in the nation last year and is working with scarce resources. It is working at full capacity and cannot add another bus to their routes in the morning. WTA employees diligently spent the summer thinking of ways to use the resources they have to provide the best possible service. Last year the Route 95 bus was added to lessen congestion along Bill McDonald Parkway. However, students either did not take advantage of or did not know of the route. There were only 27 riders per hour, a very low number for Western routes. To help students further, WTA has made some changes this year. It dropped Route 95, and replaced it with the 105 and 108 shuttles on Bill McDonald Parkway. Additional trips were added to help students get to classes on the half hour. WTA also added another route from downtown to the Lincoln Creek Park and Ride at 6:25 p.m. WTA does not just service Western students around campus, although Western gets the majority of WTA's attention. WTA also provides services all over Bellingham and Whatcom County. WTA provides transportation to Lynden, Ferndale and Mount Vernon. Many of these express routes end up having standing room only. Alternative transportation services need more support from local and federal governments. The federal and state government provides only 7 percent of WTA's budget. As students, we cannot do much to support WTA other than riding the buses and appreciating the hard-working employees. It is sad to see a system so many students rely on suffering when it is raking in record increases in ridership. It is disappointing when students constantly complain about having to stand on buses or having to wait for the next shuttle to come along. WTA provides a vital service to the community and needs to be appreciated for its efforts. Students should stop complaining to WTA and Western faculty about the failings of WTA and take those complaints.to City Hall. Having strong community support Will bring about the help WTA needs. Students are residents of Bellingham too and deserve to have their voices heard. Students can work with the community to work for more funding for WTA or promote ridership beyond Western students. In the meantime, take this week to get off your usual route and try something new. Take the bus to Bellis Fair Mall or Sunset Square. Ride the bus to Fairhaven and check out Fairhaven Park. Take advantage of the incredibly efficient and easy to use transportation system in Bellingham before you graduate and venture out of here. When students get off the bus,! don't forget a friendly "thank ybii" or "good-bye." These employees work hard everyday for students and residents across Bellingham and deserve recognition for that. The Editorial Board is comprised of Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and director of AS Alternative Transportation A J. Garcia. Drinking and driving hits close to home Glenn Smith Columnist One day when I was not home, a young man driving drunk in a.nice car hopped the sidewalk and drove onto the lawn of the townhouse I rent, severing the gas main. The house is built on the hill on the north side of Lincoln Creek Park and Ride. From the sidewalk, there is a 10-foot decline of about 45 degrees to the house. The gas main faces the sidewalk; it sticks out about a foot. My brother, who shares the apartment with me, was there at the time and gave me the full story when I came home the next morning. Additional details come from my downstairs neighbor Lance Henderson, reporter for The Bellingham Business Journal. At about 1:20 a.m., the driver drove over the sidewalk and went down the hill, freaked out and tried desperately to drive out of there, all the while digging his car farther down the hill, closer to the house. In the car with him he had a passenger, who told the driver to stop and call a tow truck. Unconvinced, the driver then hit the gas main, causing a loud swooshing sound as 50 pounds per square inch of natural gas shot into the air. Imagine if it had caught fire—the ensuing explosion could have killed my very own brother, whose bedroom window is almost directly above the gas main. The Bellingham police and fire department showed up and evacuated the house's three apartments. The tenants waited outside for two hours, until 3:30 a.m., when the gas problem was temporarily fixed. The driver had plowed through a cool tree with bright red leaves outside my living room window, and tore up lots of grass. More importantly, he endangered the lives of my only sibling, the house's other tenants, the tenants of the two houses on either side of mine, anyone who was within several feet of his car at any time during that drive, his passenger, and himself. We are not a violent student body, just an irresponsible ope. - Glenn Smith, Columnist Another drunk driving story with which we are all familiar is the one involving former Western student Ashley Wick. Wick had a blood alcohol level of .096, and may or may not have been under the influence of Xanax when she hit Western exchange student Un Kyu Choi, who later died from his injuries. This happened on Bill McDonald Parkway, where students walk and ride their bikes all the time. Close to the intersection of Samish Way and Bill McDonald Parkway, there is a memorial of flowers and a sign telling the name of someone who was hit by a car on that very spot. This is a prevalent problem which will not go away any time soon. There will always be people who drive while intoxicated. What the rest of us need to do is be extra cautious. More likely than a Western student intentionally killing someone with a hand-held weapon is the possibility one of them will accidentally kill someone with a vehicle. We are not a violent student body, just an irresponsible one. If you're drunk and you need to travel somewhere beyond walking distance, have a designated driver (who is committed to staying sober) drive you, and don't distract the driver with your drunken flailing—they will hate you. At Western, students have a lot of options. If you do not have a designated driver, get on the Late Night Shuttle at Haggard Hall or the Viking Union. You can use the shuttle if you've got a bus pass or a Western student identification card. It runs through downtown Bellingham and Western's campus until 2:30 a.m. If you do a lot of non-drunk walking, watch where you walk. If you're a biker, watch where you ride your bike. It's dangerous out there. By all means, do not drink and drive. You cannot control yourself while drunk; that's the fun part about drinking, right? Watch out for your friends and make sure they do not drive while intoxicated. If they are at your place and obviously incapable of driving, ask them to stay or call a taxi. Take.it from me, a guy who passed the wow-it's-cool-to-drink-legally stage of life five years ago and who still likes a good beer or cocktail once in a while. Driving drunk and endangering the lives of others is not ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Tuesday • October 14,2008 I 10 Western outbattled in Seattle Western falls 50-28 to Central in shootout led by quarterbacks of both teams Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT In front of a crowd of 12,258, under the lights of Qwest Field, the quarterbacks from both Western and Central Washington University produced stellar performances, each throwing for over 300 yards and multiple touchdowns. The record- breaking night ended with Central defeating Western 50-28 in the sixth-annual Battle in Seattle on Saturday. Central senior quarterback Mike Reilly threw for four touchdowns, setting a school record for career touchdowns with 103. Reilly finished the game with 371 yards through the air along with 58 yards rushing. A fourth-quarter interception by Western senior linebacker photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior wide receiver Travis McKee (3) and Western freshman wide receiver Dirk Dallas (84) sit on the sidelines in the fourth quarter Saturday. McKee had three catches for 55 yards and one touchdown and Dallas had one catch for 15 yards in Saturday's game at Qwest Field. C.J. Green ended Reilly's conference-record 184 pass attempts without a pick. Central's 50 points were a Battle in Seattle record for most points scored in the game's six-year history. "[Reilly] is a great player, probably the best [Division II] quarterback in the country," Western senior quarterback Adam Perry said. "He may be better than some [Division I] quarterbacks out there and has a great chance to go play in the pros after this. I have a lot of respect for him." Western senior quarterback Adam Perry displayed sharp passing of his own, throwing for 320 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Western fell.to 3-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference while Central remained undefeated at 5-0 after Saturday's game. Central stayed in first place in the conference, increasing the distance between them and Western and Western Oregon University, who are currently tied for second place. [Reilly] is a great player, probably the best [Division II] quarterback in the country. He may be better than some [Division I] quarterbacks out there and has a great chance to go play in the pros after this - Adam Perry, Western senior quarterback Western fell behind 16-0 early in the first quarter, courtesy of a safety and two Reilly touchdowns. Perry led a second-quarter rally by the Vikings, as he rushed for a touchdown and connected with Western senior wide receiver Travis McKee for a score. Western trailed Central 22-14 going into half time. 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"I thought it was going to be a high-scoring game and we would have to score a lot of points to win," Central head coach Blaine Bennett said. "It was neat to be back in the state of Washington, back at Qwest Field and involved with a great rivalry like the Western-Central rivalry." The efficient Central offense continued to score at will, as Reilly connected with senior wide receiver Johnny Spevak for a touchdown to make the score 36-21. On the ensuing possession, Western could not convert a fourth and goal on the Central six-yard line as the Wildcats began to take control of the game going into the fourth quarter. Central's Morris scored his second rushing touchdown with twelve minutes and 41 seconds left in the game and Reilly finished another quality performance, throwing his fourth touchdown with 5 minutes, 5 seconds remaining. Western scored in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter, courtesy of a two-yard rushing touchdown by Western junior running back Randall Eldridge. Western will travel to Grand Forks, ND to'play the University of North Dakota Oct. 18 before coming back to Civic Field to play Humboldt State University in the Vikings' final home game Oct. 25. m Volleyball suffers first season loss Meaghan Cox THE WESTERN FRONT The Western volleyball team lost their first match of the season on Saturday, falling short in the fifth set against University of Alaska Fairbanks. "When you come out of a game like this, you feel horrible," Western senior middle blocker Tiana Roma said. "But this forces us to focus on what we're doing wrong and fix it." Western had a close first set but lost 29-27. In the second set Western dominated 25-13. The Vikings continued their momentum through the third set and won 25-21. Alaska Fairbanks came back in the fourth set and won 25-22. In the fifth set, the Vikings led, but attack errors by multiple players gave Alaska Fairbanks the victory, finishing 15-13. 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Please visit www.eggdonorselect.com to apply. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-14 - Page 12 ---------- 12 I SPORTS Tuesday • October 14,2008 I The Western Front Cross country runs past competition Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT The Western cross country team ran to victory Saturday at Lake Padden Park in Bellingham. The men's and women's team beat rival Seattle Pacific University (SPU) and earned a first-place team title in both races at the 35th annual Western Invitational. The Vikings' dual victories were led by Western sophomores Jordan Welling and Bennett Grimes for the men and sophomore Sarah Porter and junior Courtney Olsen for the women. Western head coach Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell said both the men's and women's performances at the meet were encouraging as the team gets closer to their post-season meets. "We're coming around and we're running faster," Halsell said. "We're where we need to be, to be running at [the national championships on Nov. 11]" This was the fourth year in a row the Western men's team has received first-place honors on their 10-kilometer course and the first victory for the Western women since 2002 on their 6-kilometer course. Porter and Olsen placed first and second in the women's race with times of 21 minutes, 24 seconds and 22:20 consecutively. This led the Viking women to post the lowest team score of 25, putting them ahead of SPU and Central Washington University (CWU). Porter said it felt good to finish more than 30 seconds under last year's winning time, posted by SPU's Jessica Pixler, especially on Western's home course. "I just felt a lot of pride coming in because people were yelling, 'Go Western! Go Western!' because it was our meet," Porter said. "That we were able to represent ourselves like that was really, really awesome." Pixler, the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II National Champion, opted to attend an invitational meet in San Diego instead of racing against Western at Lake Padden. Now that Porter has won her sixth cross country meet this season, she said she is looking forward to Western's next meet, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Oct. 25 in Yakima. "[Conference] will be my first chance to race Pixler head-to-head, so I would really like to give her a run for her money," Porter said. On the men's course, it was a sprint to the finish with less than four seconds between the first and third place times. Saint Martin's University.John Riak won the race with a time of 31:44, Welling finished second at 31:45 and Grimes came in a close third at 31:48. "It felt really relaxed for the first four and a half miles," Welling said. "Then we hit the last hills [on the course] and we just started moving. We were just flying." Because St. Martin's did not race the meet with a full squad of seven men, their two top finishing times did not count toward an overall team score. This default allowed the Vikings to take over the first through seventh places for the race. The Viking men received the lowest team score of 15, placing them ahead of SPU, Seattle Running Club, CWU and the University of British Columbia. Welling said he had expected the race would be a battle between Grimes, Riak and himself, but said he had not imagined the race to be as close as it turned out. Riak was the NCAA Division II West Regional champion in 2007. photo by jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Women participants prepare for their 6,000-meter run at the start of the 35th Annual Western Invitational Cross Country Classic Saturday Oct. 11 at Lake Radden. 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Show more2008_1017 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 1 ---------- THE ART OF GETTING SLEEP PAGE 8 DESPITE LOSS, FOOTBALL TEAM LOOKS STRONG FOR REST OF SEASON PAGE 14 GEOLOGY GRANT ADVENTURES PAGE 5 Friday October 17,^008 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 i W E S T E R N F R O N T 0 N L I N E . N ET Technology fee up for renewal Ashley Mitchell THE WESTERN FRONT Technology is developing rapidly and with the Student Technology Fee up for renewal in the Associated Students (AS) spring elections, now many departments across campus are seeking an increase in technology funding. Western Vice Trovost John Lawson said the fee could increase or decrease and either outcome would result in big changes for Western. • : iv ' The AS enacted theifechriology fee in 1995 and students determine its quarterlyr amount. The fee was originality $12, im creased to $15 and is currently $17. Two dollars of each fee paid helps fund the Student Technology Center. Once the fee is collected, professors, staff and students can apply for departmental funding through the AS, Lawson said. These fees bring in approximately $550,000, excluding the $2 technology center fee, and university contributions make the total approximately $700,000. Lisa Spicer, administrative assistant to the vice provost, said Western has a lower fee than other public universities in Washington. The University, of Washington has a $41 quarterly student- technology fee, Eastern Washington University students pay $35, and Central Washington University's fee is $25, Spicer said. "A decrease would have a significant impact in how we can serve our students Students pinch pennies Bleak economy contributes to surge in financial aid applications see TECHNOLOGY page 3 . ' ' photo by Michael LeeseTHE WESTERN FRONT Western graduate student Bodie Lee visits the financial aid office to consult with peer adviser and Western senior Kelly Rigby Oct. 16. Jennifer Oato THE WESTERN FRONT . If money makes the world go around, Western students are starting to realize the world may turn a little slower for them this year. As the nation's economy continues on its downward spiral, many students said they are struggling more than ever to make ends meet between various educational expenses, including tuition and books, rent,-food and transportation. As of Sept. 26, the Western Financial Aid Office had received an increase of nearly 600 Free Applications for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), compared to the same time last year, said Clara Capron, director of financial aid. This represents an increase of between five and six percent. Western sophomore Gennette Cordova said her parents are having a harder time contributing to her educational expenses this year than they have in other years, a trend she thinks most students are seeing. "Right now I'm not receiving any financial help; I still haven't paid my rent or bought books," Cordova said. Western is an established participant in the Federal Direct Loan Program, see STUDENT FINANCES page 7 Text messages to the rescue photo illustration by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Julio Cortes THE WESTERN FRONT Western's emergency text message system saw a huge enrollment boost this fall. Nearly 70 percent of Western students, 37 percent of staff and 20 percent of faculty, an increase from last year, have voluntarily provided their cell phone information. Students were asked if they wanted to provide their cell phone numbers to be notified in case of a campus-wide emergency and nearly 80 percent of those asked agreed, said Paul Cocke, director of University Communications. "The boost is due to the hard work that Carol Berry [program manager for Transportation Services] and her folks did," Cocke.said. "They deserve all the credit." The recent tragedies Virginia Tech University and Northern Illinois University experienced have illustrated that.text messaging is the best and fastest way to alert students of an emergency, Cocke said. Having a good text alert.system can help any school deal with an emergency in a better way because a cell phone is something a student almost always has on them, said Western senior Rachel Rotter, employed at the Western card office. There will be a test of the Western Alert Emergency Notification System at 1 p.m. and may last sporadically until 5 p.m., Sunday Oct. 19. Berry said the idea to couple text see TEXT ALERTS page 3 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at wvvw.westernfrontonIine.net The Western Front I Friday • October 17,2008 I 2 - photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Western alumna Christy Vaga makes espresso at her coffee stand on Vendors Row outside the Viking Union Oct. 13. Business series begins Oct 17 Western alumnus Dennis Organ will be the first speaker at the Strategic Management Speaker Series hosted by Western's College of Business and Economics at 3 p.m., Oct. 17, in Fraser Hall room 4. Organ has held numerous senior manufacturing positions with Starbucks Coffee Co. over the past 13 years. Currently, Organ operates his own consulting firm dealing with many aspects of business operations. The lecture is free and open to the public. WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westemfrontonline.net v EDITORIAL DEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor in chief.......................... Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westemfrontonline.net Managing editor.... ....; Jeff Richards, managing@vvesternfrontonline.net News editor............... Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor. ..:.... Amanda Winters, newsfront@gmail.com Arts editor. Kaleb Gubernick, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Life editor. .....: James Andrews, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Sports editor. Katie Greene, sports@westernfrontonIine.net Opinion editor. Lisa Hust, opinion@westernfrontonline.net Photo editor. Graig Hill, photo@westernfrontonline;net Online editor :.. ..Paul Suarez, online@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor.... Rebecca Rayner, copy@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. 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Holocaust survivor to speak Nov. 10 Noemi Ban, a holocaust survivor, will be speaking at 6 p.m., Nov. 10, in Amtzen Hall room 100. Ban will be telling those in attendance how she lost most of her family and now shares her story to inspire new generations to prevent this type of genocide from happening again. Ban is a survivor of the Auschwitz- Birkenau death camp. There will also be a presentation of the movie trailer for the film "My Name is Noemi," created by Jim Lortz, a Western theater professor. The film covers a full year of her life, including two trips back to Auschwitz-Birkenau where she spent four months of her life in 1944. Reservations for her free talk can be made by e-mailing nwche@wwu.edu. Western Alert system test scheduled On Sunday, Oct. 19 Western will be conducting a campus-wide test of its emergency steam whistle, Big Ole, and notification system, known as Western Alert. The testing will begin at 1 p.m. and last intermittently until 5 p.m. Big Ole is located at the top of Western's steam plant and is used to notify students and faculty in case of an actual emergency. After the first test, a test message will be sent out to. students, faculty and staff via e-mail and text messaging. Anyone on campus during that time is encouraged to e-mail news@wwu.edu to indicate if the alarm works. Western Reads Euro-traveler hosts events to share worldview At 8 p.m., Oct. 24, Rick Steves, host of the long-running PBS travel show "Rick Steves' Europe," will present "Travel as a Political Act." For the last 25 years, Steves has spent 100 days a year traveling around Europe. He is the author of 30 European-travel guidebooks. The lecture will be in the Western Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets cost $10 for general admission and $5 for students. Western Reads, a campus-wide reading program, is hosting two events this month. Gordy Slack, author of "The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything," will speak about his book at a Western Reads forum at. 4 p.m., Oct. 28, in Fraser Hall room 4. "The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything" offers a personal account of a recent courtroom drama in Dover, Penn., between natural scientists and religious conservatives who wanted to teach intellectual design in biology classes. The next event taking place is a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Oct. 29 in Communications Facility room 115. The panel will be chaired by Paul Chen of Western's Political Science Department. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 17,2008 NEWS 13 TEXT ALERTS: Bus pass registration facilitates boost in enrollment from 1 message alert registration with bus pass registration was initially proposed to her by the communication department and Gayle Shipley, director of Environmental Health and Safety. After the transportation fee committee, which is composed of students and faculty, gave permission to incorporate the new-emergency system into the bus pass process, bus pass distribution staff began training in order to better inform students of the new system, Berry said. "I think Western's staff is really intent in keeping its students safe," Rotter said. "They are really working hard to have a system that will notify us." Approximately 80 percent of the students who were told of the system thought it was a good idea, Berry said. "We didn't sign up 100 percent of the students but at least we got information out to as many students as we could," Berry said. "Our student staff did a great j o b ' : : - ; -. ;' Signing up for the system seems like a sensible thing to do, said Ann Reynolds, communication department manager. A lot of faculty didn't receive the good information about the system that students did, and it would be a good idea to bring it up in the next faculty meeting, she said. "It's a really good way to get information right from the horse's mouth," said Claire Chouaniere, assistant communication department manager. Incidents like the one that transpired at Virginia Tech, which left 33 people dead and many others wounded, have left some students a little shaken up and it's imporr tant for students to feel safe at school, Rotter said. With the Western Alert System, students can feel a little safer, she said. Students who don't have cell phones will be notified •via e-mail, Western's Web site and the storm line, which is a phone number students can call in the event of bad weather or other emergencies, Cocke said. .:••.':' In case of an emergency, the system known as Western Alert will be activated. Big Ole, the 2,000 pound, 5-foot steam whistle located on top of Western's steam plant, will sound and direct students to check their cell phones for a text message or e-mail, Cocke said. Big Ole has been modified in hopes of increasing the strength of its warning, which has not been strong enough in past tests, Cocke said. The whistle dates back to 1899 when it was used in the Bellingham Bay Iron Works, which was a lumber mill at the foot of Cornwall Avenue until its closure in 1942, according to a press release, released by John Lawson, chief information officer at Western. Big Ole is now on loan to Western by the Whatcom Museum to use as an emergency signal. "Hopefully we'll be successful in testing the system but never need it," Shipley said. There may be a small charge to some cell phone users for the text message, but Cocke said the test would only be conducted once a quarter. Western students, faculty and staff who wish to register for the Western Alert System can do so on Web4U. TECHNOLOGY: Western's fee lowest among counterparts from 1 and would severely restrict the campus, especially when compared to other schools who have higher fees," Lawson said. "The computer labs would see a huge impact and many departments would suffer because they depend on this grant to update the technology in their fields." On the other hand, if students were to pass a $30 fee, every lab would be up-to-date with new, computers and programs, Lawson said. The extra money could also help Western improve and expand its wireless network by providing better coverage at higher speeds, he said. ' Looking at both sides, Lawson said he understands these are difficult economic times for our country, state and individual students. Any increase to the cost of an education can add up for students. "I think it's a tough time to be asking for an increase, but I also feel that the students aren't getting the full benefits that they could with a higher fee," Lawson said. Spicer said this fee is one of the most interesting because the students get to vote on it and directly benefit from it. Students don't get to vote on all the fees that affect them, she said. Lawson said technology is one of the things that impacts every aspect of students' lives. The students utilize technology just as much as other fees on campus and he said he would like to see the fee benefit the students as well. John Farquhar, manager of Instructional Development and Multimedia, said the Student Technology Center heavily depends on.the Student Technology Fee to provide students with what they need. "There is not space in the center and we have to turn people away," he said. "With an increase, we could extend hours, provide more workshops and develop the computer programs." Farquhar said the technology center cannot support itself without the fee. A majority of the money goes toward student workers who teach the workshops on campus. The smaller portion goes toward keeping the equipment current and up-to-date, Farquhar said. Western junior Lisa Seibert said she is opposed to raising the fee because she rarely uses pn-campus technology. "I find most of my computer needs off campus,".Seibert said: "Since that is all fuse personally, I don't think I would want to pay more than $17 a quarter. Then again, if I had to rely strictly on campus technology I would probably feel very different. " IMs uncertain how the AS will structure the vote,Xawsori. said; There':.will be an opportunity for students to provide input before any. final,resolution: is put up for the vote, he said. An example of a committee on campus that would be directly, affected from a change in the fee is the Student Technology Fee Committee.' The Student Technology Fee Committee is the committee that receives, researches and. approves proposals admitted each year requesting to use the money collected from the fees. These proposals can range from updating basic computer labs on campus to providing seismology machines for the geology department, Spicer said. A majority of the Student Technology Fee Committee members are students, Spicer said. The committee includes the vice provost, AS vice president for academics, another AS board member and two at-large students who are chosen to join the committee., : . In addition to that, there are two faculty members, both of whom are appointed through the Faculty Senate and the administrative assistant for the vice provost. Spicer said the committee meets almost weekly in the winter. "It's a very thorbugh.process," Spicer said. "Wef'go overOevery proposal individually and look for questions we might have. 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Contact us for more information. now available Phone: 1.888.797.7730 Fax: 1.866.683.II85 www.studentworksusa.com ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Friday • October 17,20081 The Western Front Center encourages ope Student group seeks to reinvent sexuality by shedding social taboos/encouraging discussion Daniel O'Hair THE WESTERN FRONT "There is always gonna be someone more freaky than you are," said Grace Wischerth, Western senior and co-coordinator of the Sexual Awareness Center. On that note, Wischerth. and other members of the Sexual Awareness Center will host a series of discussion groups called "Sexploration" beginning Oct. 21 for anyone interested in discussing sexuality or sex-related issues-. The groups will be separated into two sessions, one for men at 4 p.m. in Viking Union room 464 and one for women at 6 p.m. in Viking Union room 565. Future "Sexploration" events will take place biweekly for the rest of the quarter, with discussion groups Nov. 4,18 and Dec. 2. Although formally a discussion group, Wischerth said labeling "Sexploration" as such is too restrictive. "Sexploration" can be whatever you want it to be or whatever you need it to be," she said. "We're a group that aims to shed the societal taboo about sexuality. We want to reinvent sexuality as a normal, natural, healthy process that all of us have instincts toward." Wischerth said she hopes by hosting events like "Sexploration," people will feel comfortable discussing topics traditionally kept silent or considered taboo. "'Sexploration' is more of an attitude and not an event," Wischerth said. "We're not pushing people to come to this event specifically. We want to create a culture of safe spaces, and if you find that somewhere else, we support that." Because "Sexploration" has an open- ' ended nature, there will not be any prearranged oi\ mandatory discussion topics, Wischerth said. Facilitators of the events will try to discuss topics that influence everyone, she said. Ashley Thomas,. Western junior and head coordinator of the Sexual Awareness Center, highlighted the importance of creating a safe place in which confidentiality is assured. To help encourage discussion, Wischerth said it will be important for facilitators of "Sexploration" groups to share personal thoughts. "When people see others being vulnerable, it's really helpful as a role model," she said. "A huge goal for us is to help people recognize that whatever they think, feel and experience is okay." "Sexploration" was originally an Associated Students (AS) club before becoming an event of the Sexual Awareness Center. The club was inspired by the Vagina Memoirs, an event where women write and perform their own memoirs while exploring identity, gender and sexual orientation. Wischerth recalled the Vagina Memoirs two years ago, when someone asked a performer what motivated them to write photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Coordinator of the Sexual Awareness Center and Western junior Ashley Thomas works in the center's office on Thursday, Oct. i 6 . The center has a variety of resources for students including brochures, games and contraceptives. her memoir. The reply was, "To speak what we usually keep silent." Wischerth was so inspired by the remark she created the club "Sexploration" to help break down silences related to discussing sexuality. "It was so thought provoking to think about what we keep silent," Wischerth said. "Once you realize that the silence is socialized and intentional, you can subvert it." Western senior Jenne Henley, who attended "Sexploration" events while it was still an AS club, said she was surprised at how honest and open people were during those events. "Being there, gave me momei turn to want to continue challenging conversations .about [sexuality]," she said. "Without giving away what we were talking about, there was one subject we discussed and I thought, 'Whoa, I'm not the only one!'" Events like "Sexploration" are encouraging because they allow students to discuss and investigate issues they have been told to keep quiet and internalize, Henley said. CAREER SERVICES CENTER AND THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS FALL BUSINESS CAREER FAIR THURSDAY, OCT. 23,2008 2 P.M. - 6 EM. MAC Gym, Wade King Student Recreation Center For Complete List of Participating Employers Visit WWW.CAREERS.WWU.EDU see "CAREER FAIRS AND SPECIAL EVENTS" 1EEDAN INTERNSHIP? • JUMP START YOUR CAREER!* GREAT NEWaRKING OPPORTUNE lt;\ Sponsored by the Career Services Center, Old Main 280 - (360) 650-3240 and the College of Business and Economics. To Request Disability Accommodation, please contact Diane Flores at (360) 650-4240. One week advance notice is appreciated. AA/EO Institution ^ WESTERN .WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • October 17,2008 NEWS I 5 Grad student takes classroom lessons to the field - Andrea Davis-Gonzalez THE WESTERN FRONT After 11 hours of climbing a steep slope littered with boulders, Western graduate student Nigel Davies and his fieldwork assistant Sam Bruno were tired and worn out by the weight of their fully-stocked backpacks. The sun was beginning to set and Bruno was ready to quit climbing for the night, but Davies looked at his map and said they should climb a little bit further. They finally reached a flat, grassy area where the two men would camp for the night. The next morning they woke up and looked around. "The view [of the valley below] was spectacular," Davies said. "This is what we worked so hard for—to come see this." The men packed their things and continued to hikefor two hours until Davies got his first glimpse of what he had spent nine months studying for. He was finally in the presence of the Mammoth Glacier in the Wind River Range in Wyoming. He said the Wind River Range is an ideal location for his research. Davies received a grant last February for his field-work research, which he will use for his master's thesis. The Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (EDMAP) awarded Davies $13,000 through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The money was for travel and resources to help his research, such as photo copying and carbon dating. "This was a large project to undertake and having funding for it was very important," Davies said. Davies said he spent 60 days last summer working in the Wind River Range with his adviser and six other Western students who operated as field assistants. Davies said the purpose of his research was to use the data he collected to estimate how wet and cold the climate was in the ' Wind River Range in the past compared to now. . "Understanding climate variations in the past is key to understanding climate in the present and the future," Davies said. Davies said he and Clark collaborated on a written proposal of their project and submitted it to a geologic mapping program to be reviewed by its panel. Geologic mapping helps locate where different types of sediment are on the ^ ground and can be used to give an idea of photo courtesy of Nigel Davies Western graduate, geology student Nigel Davies, looks at the Green River Drainage study area, where he researched glacial geology on a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey during the summer quarter. what the area looked like in the past, Davies said. University professors submit proposals for students because it shows the professor will spend a lot of time with the students to teach them how to make a geologic map, USGS program coordinator Peter Lyttle said. "We're looking for professors to choose students who will finish the project and has a personality for it because it ; isn't for everybody," Lyttle said. "Profes-" sors can'-see: which' student has the most;, qualifi'cations for doing, the most rugged._'}. outdoor work." Most students/who have been funded by the EDMAP grant "end up earriing'a degree in geology, Lyttle said. Davies said he is working toward his master's degree in geology and is focusing tptf gelonforp^^ landscape, and glacial geology, the study of how glaciers affect the landscape. Davies said his love of the outdoors influenced him to choose the major. "That tells us we must be doing something right if they stick with the profession," Lyttle said. Davies said he used radiocarbon dating, a method used to date carbon-rich material, to determine the age of sediments from different layers of nearby lakes. The-: small pieces^ of plants and insects' mix with mud in the lake arid help with the radiocarbon: datmg^Clark; said.v - % ••:: .^sfe^^a^uafeSstudefit;Joe Gos-horn- Maroney, one of Davies' field assistants,; said he ?pent two weeks extracting sediments from the lakes. Goshbrn-Ma- roney said he enjoys working outside and interacting with his surroundings. ,_, "It's like giving pjarpo.se to being out •ih^the?b)poni^|inj thi| J3 ||puti^gj $jn!gps together and describing things," Goshorn- Maroney said. The age of the sediments help determine the history of the glacier, including when it formed and how its size has changed over time, Clark said. The debris left by previous glaciers can be used to estimate how cold and wet the area used to be, Clark said. Geologic data changes when new discoveries are made and can often alter past research, Lyttle said. Davies said he is currently in trie process of examining the data he collected in order to make a conclusion. "[Davies] is advancing the whole science of geology because when a lot of people are doing very detailed work, they may be able to disprove the earlier studies—and that's the way sciencejad-vances," Lyttle said. 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Theater arts professors Rich Brown and Maureen O'Reilly"are offering $500 of their own money, as a new scholarship for the most eco-friendly students. .The RiMa Green 500. Theatre-Scholarship will be available to students who are involved in the theatre arts department, preferably^ maj0rs;^'Reilly said. Students must provide a record of their petroleum-free trips to qualify.'-'• •• ; "" -'K:- ^ks^.^U^'^-k "Tlie first instinct for imi^rixtta^ei should be to ride a bike and dnvihg a car should be a second instinct,-'-Brown said. "We're willing to p^iit bur money where our mouth is."; • ':-^:'^;::''^ ^ O'Reilly said she;Has been riding her bicycle to work fbr43:years.; "It humbles me because I'm bicycling up Indian Street and students who are bicycling are riding past me" O'Reilly said. "I'm the tortoise and. they're the hare." O'Reilly said the scholarship encourages others to find ways to travel that have positive effects on personal health and the environment. "Western is such a green college," said Western junior Victor Steeb, a theater arts major who said he is interested in applying for the scholarship. "[The scholarship] is such a great way to further that investment in the student body." Students must track their trips online by using Smart Trips, a program through the Whatcom Transportation; Authority that encourages Whatcom County .residents to use alternative transportation to reduce traffic and improve, air quality, said Kirsten Wert,, program coordinator for SmartTripS;. , - ;. . . The scholarship will be offered winter quarter and the winner (or winners) will be announced during the theater arts' spring kick-off meeting.. ,-t Western senior- Byron Yee, a. theater arts and businessrtiajdiv said he is; interested inCa^ymig for the scholarship. Yee s|*icL he chooses to walk, ride the gt;bii$ or use his: bicycle instead of driving; his car. "Scholarships like this and Smart Trips support the community's efforts to create a more environmentally friendly society and culture," he said. He said he became serious about riding his bicycle four months ago because of high gas prices. Yee said:using a' bicy-' cle provides many benefits such as saving gas money and exercising. "Exercise and sweat are built into my lifestyle^ so that's one less trip to the gym for me," Yee said. Yee said he rode his bicycle for more than 500 miles round-trip commuting to work last summer. It was his goal to bike to and from work daily and he said he feels very excited to have accomplished that. "After biking consistently every day, I feel incredibly in shape and incredibly healthy overall," Yee said. "I have a really great personal body image overall and especially my legs. I look and feel very photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Byron Yee mounts his bike outside his Maple Park apartment to ride to his 8 a.m. class on Thursday. Yee will be applying for a scholarship for theater majors that focuses on awarding students who use zero-emissions transportation. sexy. . Steeb said he does not own a car, but uses his bicycle and walks to get to where he needs to go. He said riding his bicycle allows him to see different areas and neighborhoods in Bellingham that he wouldn't have normally seen from a bus or car. Brown said the number of bicycles around the Performing Arts Center has increased since people started hearing about the scholarship. "This tells me people are getting excited about riding their bikes to school instead of their cars," Brown said. "Or at least they're willing to do it for money." Launch your career on an international playing field Whiemaking a difference at a grassroots level. 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Federal Direct Stafford loans and Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students make up the majority of the loan volume at Western, and no market-based disruptions of these loan programs have occurred or are expected to occur during the current academic year. Courtney Amerine, co-president of Western's Student Economics Association, said students should expect tougher access to private loans and credit due to the unstable market economy. "We have seen a decrease in the number of lenders that will issue private loans, as well as evidence of more stringent credit checks and increased requests for co-signers," Capron said. Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the student guide to financial aid, FinAid.org, said a total of 36 lenders have suspended writing private student loans over the past year, 10 of which occurred in the last two months. The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, which increases the loan limit for federal loans, but does nothing for private student loans, Kantrowitz said. "In this credit crisis, the act allows for adjustments depending on the capital market," Kantrowitz said. "The purpose was to ensure federal loans, and that means private lenders are not seeing liquidity." Banks don't want to lend money with an unstable market, so obtaining bank loans can be difficult, especially for young people with no credit, Amerine said. Banks are reverting back to older practices that require more cash up front. Western assistant economics professor Brandon Dupont said the economy is getting worse, and students will have to make smart decisions to maintain financial stability. "Credit should not be used as a replacement for savings," Dupont said. Making smart investments now is important because stocks are cheaper, but students should avoid obtaining loans and credit with adjustable interest rates, Dupont said. "The stock market will always be hard to predict, but buying when stocks are cheap is never a bad idea," he said. Western assistant economics professor Shawn Knabb said he encourages students to increase their options in the long run by applying to graduate programs and postponing a career, Knabb said. "Keeping options open is going to be very important in these next few years for those graduating and stepping into this unstable economy," Knabb said. "Continue to search for those dream jobs, but look at other programs that may increase your own value in the long run." Capron said she encourages students to work part time while in school to reduce their educational debt while gaining work experience. "When you seek employment after graduation, employers will naturally want to know whether you have work experience," Capron said. "Certainly, work experience of any kind will augment and diversify your skills, and being able to provide evidence of work experience on your resume demonstrates personal initiative and resolve." Capron also reminds students that making satisfactory academic progress to graduate on time should be a top priority. "This includes selecting coursework that applies to one's degree, but also requires that students complete not 12 credits on average per quarter, but at least 15 credits per quarter, preferably more," she said. Western's academic fact book states the average undergraduate student at Western takes 14.1 credits per quarter. It is important students ensure they do not ask for more money than they need by assessing their finances accurately before applying for loans, Capron said. "Financial aid counselors are available to help students prioritize their goals in light of their financial resources, develop budgets in a manner that supports those priorities, and live within their means," Capron said. photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Diana Beilman waits in line to talk to an adviser at the Financial Aid office in Old Main on Thursday, Oct. 16. OS MINUTES To FOR SALE » FOR SALE • FOR SALE „,.-»»« sl|||||p||||Sr' Choose from two exciting new condominium projects minutes fro mWWU.Cypress Place Condos and the newly remodeled Southgate Condos feature one, two and three bed units at unbelievably affordable prices. Upgrade options available. Both properties offer daily shuttle service to WWU. WHY PAY PENT? BUILD CREDIT, INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE WHILE EXPERIENCING PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP. IT JUST MAKES SENSE. 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"At rs, it's equivalent to 0.1. As you become more eprived, the effect is greater and you become npaired." tniell said she has driven a couple times when felt too tired. _..: gt; i's freaky," Daniell said. "I noticed Lwas really it I had to get where I was going. I had to stop gt;t stop once for 20 minutes. I could tell I was off." le same study by Brown University found acci- Qvolving tired drivers cause more than 40,000 5 and 1,500 deaths each year, ve driven when I've been too tired before," said. "Sometimes you'll start nodding off and ourself up because it scares you." m said the best way to avoid the side effects ip debt is to have a regular sleep schedule—to ke up and go to sleep at the same time each lay as much as possible. ; But between work, class and activity schedules, many students are unable to de- zz velop regular sleeping patterns: Daniell said she tries to follow a sleep schedule but having classes starting at different times each day makes it difficult. Although she doesn't rely on coffee or energy drinks for a boost, she does take naps when she needs them, she said. "If I don't get enough sleep at night, I'll make up for it during the day if I can," Daniell said. According to Western's counseling center's online "Strategies to Help You Sleep," napping can do more harm than good by further throwing off your biological clock. If it's absolutely necessary, naps should be taken before 3 p.m. and should not exceed an hour. Even after a night of little sleep, the counseling center advises that the best thing to do is nothing— to let your natural sleep regulator correct itself. Western junior Jinalyn Liljedahl said even though she gets approximately seven hours of sleep each night, she still needs coffee or an energy drink to feel awake during the day. Without the added caffeine boost, Liljedahl said she often feels spacey and has trouble focusing. : "I usually don't fall asleep in class but it's tempting," Liljedahl said. "Every day I see at least one person dozing off." While morning coffee may seem like the answer to up-late- the-night-before grogginess, excessive caffeine can actually lead to interrupted sleep. Lam said caffeine may not be the best solution to sleeping problems. :"Students experiencing trouble sleeping should reduce their intake of caffeine, avoid alcohol close to bedtime, exercise regularly and create a good sleeping environment that is quiet, dark and cold," Lam said. As outlined by "Strategies to Help You Sleep", exhaustion usually overrides the brain after a few sleepless nights but one should trust his or her body to eventually take charge and lead you back to a solid night's sleep. For students with persis tent sleeping problems," Lam said- it "is important to seek a sleep specialist to test for possible medical conditions^ More information on sleep strategies can be found on the counseling center's Web site under "self-help-resources." Need more info about sleep deprivation? Visit Western's counseling center Web site at http://wwu.edu/counseling/chw then click "SelfrHelp Resources" then find the "Sleep" heading. photo'iliusfrations by Graig Hill and Kaleb Gubernk* THE WESTERN FRONT comfortable environment for customers ice where'people can try some beers ^ eat and have a good time j " McKay said: ; [Taylor said they consider* themselves to regulars, visiting the restaurant^prox-^ ss a week to relaxAvitha good selectibrt s and entertainment, he often walks tor^izza Pipeline after i slice of pizzaf Affedoing h ^ ^ f beer to enjoy inthe evenings ^^^^^^^:;- enu has remained fe ay's Tap Housp ciiirej^y offe tap: everytfung^ta le grand opening will (of6£r^jdj ^0^ ay said his go^Ms::tp}ha^M^0^^; iture.;•••'^•^^W^^^S^^W^iMSSM tarted " :\» ^M^ ^^^^^SS^^B-keep a re havetried at trie f bar; Those w^ graved on a plaque in the restaurant, ] ^ t provides entertainment where customers can listen to runes^frorri the jukebox and play some of McKay'stwaF" -tage arcade games. McK^ 3;tferestauraht^^ • ^Or M? •; The mo beeri the similar^to-fopsb ;;ycer,McKay:said;:^ The jgames^ food ^ i therestaurant, F ^ : is irnporta^ j5iirtejafMsv|S IQwnm dM ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Friday October 17,20081 The Western Front students help level the leach Forifii8!^^^^i^^p^^^( tion/ h i r e^S^^B^^^^Bfciw»w«ipiiiiii • majors ts§" schools YORK CITY in) BAYAREA! : ^ » l ^ ^ ^ ^ t e ? | ! i p « l t t A T i R PHILADELPHIA. L0SAH6ELES{ *sl .»«.. W HAWAII (06) i i i p i i i i j l i l^ 1% GREATER MEW ORLEANS C90l Rodney Lotter THE WESTERN FRONT "Only 1 in 10 students from low-income communities will graduate from college," reads a sign posted on the lawn in front of the Communications Facility. "Teach for the other 9." "About 50 percent of students from low-income communities won't graduate from high school," reads another. "Teach for leveling the field." These signs were posted around RIO GRANDE VALLEY I 91] • Western's campus by coordinators of Teach For America, a student-oriented public service group with more than 6,000 members from universities all around the country whose goal is to close the quality of education gap between the middle and lower classes, according to the mission statement on the group's Web site. "In many ways this is the major civil rights issue of our era," said Western senior Ben Esser, campaign co- coordinator for Teach For America. He said the non-profit organization seeks out the best and bright- H NORTH CAROLINA ('?0] est students to help bring an end to racial and economic inequality in the U.S; public education system through teacher training. "Here at Western, we talk about white privilege, institutionalized segregation and social injustice and it all comes down to this issue," Esser said. "The schools in poor areas are worse. The quality of education is worse. The teachers are disillusioned and so are the students." After a highly selective process of applications and interviews, Teach For America chooses the best-suited candi- JACKSONVILLE (08) map courtesy of teachforamerica.org MIAMI-DADE {03] dates and sends them through an intensive five-week program which focuses on teaching techniques, curriculum strategy and lesson planning, Esser said. Only 15 percent of the applicants are accepted into the organization. "They look for leadership qualities like strong communication skills, passion and the ability to inspire," Esser said. "I know it sounds like I'm drinking the Teach For America Kool-Aid, but every person I've worked with has been highly intelligent and very personable." Dr. Matthew Dunn Principal Consultant, Socratech, Inc. Tuesday, October 21, 2003 @7:OOPM WWUArntzen Hall 100 YouTube, FaceBook, Twitter, Linkedln - The exciting new world of social media. Come hear Dr. Matthew Dunn, a digital Renaissance guy and national expert on what is happening in social media, discuss some of the ins and outs of this world. For example, "What does the decline of the record business say about the impact of technology . social media1?" Dunn, holder of a Ph.D. in digital media is founder of the technology consulting firm Socratech and recently served as the President and CEO of the Los Angeles-based music technology startup, MusiclR Dunn lectures nationally on . these topics and promises to deliver an entertaining and challenging talk to our campus community. Free and open to the public This program is co-sponsored by the College of Sciences and Technology,-, the Western Libraries and in part by a grant from: , OFSC IENCES AND TECHNOLOGY -ffWESTERN WASHINGTON UNiVERSlTf For more information please call (360) 650-2454 or e-mail: jennifer.mott@wwu.edu ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 17,2008 ARTS LIFE I 11 Although no Teach for America club or resource center exists on campus, Esser created Students for Educational Equality, a club on campus aiming to educate students on the issue. Co-president of the club arid Western senior Evie Barber is currently considering applying for Teach For America. "I've been in the club for two years now and Ben really got me interested in it," said Barber, a psychology major. "I feel like I need to do my part in having a hand in the betterment of future generations." The training is fast-paced, intensive and hands- on, Esser said. "It's like a boot camp," said Western alumnus and Teach For America corps member Alyssa Thornley, who is currently teaching in a low-income school in New Orleans. "It was really intense and rewarding at the same time." - When training is finished, the corps members are sent to low-income schools around the country, usually located in impoverished rural or urban areas, including New Orleans, New York City and the bay area of California. Thornley was sent to Agnes Baudit School in New Orleans to teach seventh grade social studies and science. She has been teaching at the school for seven weeks. "The transition has been crazy," Thornley said. "But, what is even crazier are the things these kids have to deal with compared to what I had to at their age. It's hard to comprehend, especially in New Orleans. There are kids without parents. An eighth grader is pregnant. Some students have been shot before and some of them are still illiterate." Esser recalled similar experiences through his involvement in Teach For America. «He attended'a training seminar in the South Bronx neighborhood of New York where he visited some of the poorest schools in the area. ' "Half of the kids drop out of school in this area," Esser said. "And invariably when I was in a classroom, other than the teacher, I was the only white person there. We like to think segregation ended with Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech, but it didn't." As part of the program, corps members must teach at a school for at least two years after graduating from college. During this time they are paid an average of $30,000 a year, which varies by region, according to the Teach For America Web site. One of the major lures of Teach For America is its prestigious partnerships with law schools, graduate schools and businesses. It has.been called one of the best ways to launch a career by Business Week, and has been compared to the Rhodes Scholarship in terms of its reputation. "For me it is an extraordinary chance to make a difference in.an amazing way," Thornley said. "My experience in Teach For America has colored my future career." Thornley admits she will probably leave the program to attend law school, but is considering teaching for a couple more years on top of the two-year minimum. "Being in Teach For America gives you a new perspective on life in the U.S.," Esser said. "You don't need to leave the U.S. to find third-world poverty." Students For Educational Equality meets at 5 p.m. every Thursday in Miller Hall room 250. Representatives from Teach For America will be holding an information session at 7 p.m., Nov. 3, in the Communications Facility room 115. The deadline for applications into Teach For America is Nov. 7. Apply at www.teachforamerica.org. 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Beltingham BELLINGHAM FIREFIGHTER LOCAL #106 2008 GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS Governor: Chris Gregoire 40th District Senate: KevinRanker 40th District Representatives: Jeff Morris Dave Quail 42nd District Representative: Kelli Linville U.S. President: Barack Obamai Joseph Biden U.S. House of Representatives 2nd District: Rick Larson ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 12 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday •October 17,2008 I 12 Easy ways to save money in Bellingham Frontline Opinions of the Editorial Board With the economy being not so kind lately, students are looking for ways to save their money. The reality is prices are rising all across the board, for food and gas especially. Nothing is untouched by the wavering economy and even Western's tuition may see a 7-percent increase next year. However, taking a look at what students are facing now, the things they spend the most on are gas, school and food. Here are some tips and information on places to save at Western and around Bellingham. Gas To save on gas, students can take advantage of their student • bus passes by catching a ride with the Whatcom Transit Authority. The buses go everywhere from campus to Blaine. Students can also carpool to school and-around Bellingham. Carpooling helps divide the cost of gas and makes it so students, don't spend as much time at the pump. An easy and free way to get around is by walking. Bellingham is smaller than cities like Seattle or Portland, and it is easier to get around the city on foot. Students can also skateboard, roller-blade, unicycle or ride a bike when something is close. For cyclists or aspiring cyclists, check out The Hub Community Bike Shop. The shop employees do repairs and tune ups at low prices. Students and community members can also rent out tools and bike products. The Hub carries new and recycled bike parts such as fenders and chains. If your bike needs an upgrade, check out the friendly people at The Hub. School Students need to be smart about the loans they take out, especially now when it may be tough to find a job after graduation and pay off loans. Apply for any scholarships or grants you qualify for. Students should talk with their departments to see if they offer any scholarships at the end of the year. The Scholarship Center and the Financial Aid Office are available and ready to help students who have questions or concerns about paying for college. Aside from tuition, Western helps students by creating the Blue Book. If you haven't picked one up yet, go to the customer service desk in the Associated Students (AS) Bookstore and get one. This book is filled with coupons for restaurants and shops all over Bellingham. They have coupons for places to eat, shop and have fun. The book also has some coupons for the AS Bookstore. Though not directly associated with school, students spend a lot of money on clothes. Be your own Buffalo Exchange. If students want to update their closets, they can host clothing-exchange parties. This is when a group of people meet and exchange their old clothes with each other. One person's trash is another person's treasure, right? Food If students have access to the dining hall, eating there instead of going out can save a lot of money. If you already have a student meal plan, use it. However, for off-campus students there are options for you too. Have you heard of Youngstock's or Joe's Gardens? These two local businesses are the best places to go for fresh, cheap produce. Not to mention, supporting local businesses is always a good thing. . Unfortunately, the season is coming to a close and these places will close up too, so students may need to check out local discount stores. For nonperishable food items check out Sunshine Liquidators. This store has a 10-percent student discount on Thursdays if you present your Western ID. Also, if students live with several roommates they can split the cost of food by sharing. Roommates can buy Costco cards together at $50 for a one-year membership. Buying things in bulk saves money. Take these tips and apply them. Go forth and do good things. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and AS Alternative Transportation coordinator A J. Garcia. Consume less and clean up after selves GlennSmith Columnist .;;Sitting;on;pee stained toilets;really rur ins my day. Western students, boast; about loving, the* environment v nd; taking care of it'but pur eampusfis a .iness. From-the classrooms ;with pop cans:on the floor- Xo toilets covered in piss. ,,i ,-.-• L;: ?:i You may have heard this many times before, but it continues to be true The more humans increase their numbers—a beautj,-' ful thing each time it happens—the more people there will be people who consume and contribute to waste; One thing I frequently notice unavailable in my experience at Western is my ability to sit on a clean toilet seat in some Western bathrooms when I have no other recourse. That possibility has been destroyed by the person who used the seat when it was clean and left his urine on it. I've never seen this person, not that I would know of, anyhow. They may as well be faceless—a hypothetical person who only exists when someone else endures the mess they left behind. This hypothetical person ;;we will call Joe the Plumber. Congratulations, Joe, you're rich! Your wealth of filth, is being spread. . •-••:. Joe .could have produced, a clean, seat .. for me to use by wiping up his waste, but --I guess -.(that's what ;you I get; with- young .:•.-.•; o Female Western students— .do.tany of ; you.-disagree when I say § that; :young men : are generally a bit on the stupid side? It's j OK gt; Give;them time. They may grow out : ;ofit.; .-•.-••: . ; .Another thing destroyed right out from ; ; under; my feet is clean ground. My ability ...to not have to look at other people's, food, wrappings and cigarette Butts littering the places I.-walk always seems to be consumed, digested and regurgitated. It's a harsh truthrhumansi;a.re.l lt;ind of like, parasites. We feed on our earthly host and skill it off little by little the more we do. I have a saying I try to live by, even when it's difficult to follow through on it: never leave a place messier than you found it. That means wipe up your mess; clean up after yourself; have some consideration of other people; don't just think about yourself. We're not alone here and we need to work together. We are not children anymore; mom is not going to pick up after us anymore. Ayn Rand said there is virtue in selfishness, but she did not mean to never think of others. There are so many people in the world, let alone at Western, that each oue of us needs to continue trying hard to keep this place clean. No one wants.it to be messy, filthy or polluted. ,. -.':'• A diligent staff works on campus to. keep it from turning into a heaping mess of trash, which it would naturally turn into urn der the influence of young people, and this does not just mean young men—it's a fair, game, between the. sexes for littering: Uve seen boys' and girls, women and men doit.'; It's a harsh truth: humans are kind'of like parasites. We feed on our earthly host and kill it off little by little the more we dO. :'.•••• It doesn't have to be like that. Don't, make it be like that. Have some respect for . those who came before, you and who will come after you. We can make our mother planet survive a little longer despite our influence on it. It's the only thing we can do, until other planets are colonized by us and we kill them too. Like the Silver Surfer's master, Galac-tus. He travels through space and eats planets to survive. Galactus is an allegory for man's desire to populate other planets. There are starving Joe the Plumbers who work 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Do it for Joe. Don't be a Galactus. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Compiled by: Ashley Mitchell How do you keep healthy during cold season? Katie Knipe Senior "I drink Echinacea tea and Emergen-C. I also wash my hands a lot and stay active." James Dassel Junior "To keep my health and reach optimal heart rate, I've been'lifting my paperweights and keeping up on those stressful tests." Jason Syms Junior ... •. "I'm going to get a flu shot andtakeitons of Vitamin C .while I try to keep working out." . •: Max Marquette Senior ."/ wash my hands religiously, especially after using the computer labs on campus." ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 13 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 17,2008 OPINION 113 Debate should always be Mcoutaged at Western Elliott Hindman Guest Columnist 1 appreciated the article on Sept. 20 in The Western Front by Samuel Travis about the selection process to name Chick-fil-A as the new Viking Union vendor, and the so-called "Chick-fil-A boycott" being organized online. It shed light on a sometimes obscure process and got me thinking about democracy and dissent, and how they relate to one another. Though 1 agree it would have been helpful if disputes with "Chik-fil-A" were voiced during the public comment period, I think Travis is wrong to argue we have lost our opportunity to protest and that individuals can only blame themselves for not saying something sooner. Dissent is a source of authenticity and creativity, and my question for Travis is; where are we without it? In reality, the fact that the selection process is over does not mean individuals have lost their ability to publicly disagree, even if that process was open, fair, rife with opportunities to protest and so on. Protest is inherent in democracy and privileged to enter whenever it damn well pleases. The other problem is he assumes the process for generating student input is flawless, that we need not examine these institutions. But in describing this seamless world, where the setup for generat- , ing student involvement is perfect, and the students are not (e.g. lazy, slow to get involved), Travis unintentionally leads one to ask, "If this process is as attractive and perfect as it is supposed to be', why weren't more people involved?" • You see, the activity of a decentralized group of protesters has somehow got us talking about everything from how policy is formed on campus and Chick-fil- A's hiring practices to the issue of student involvement .on campus (or lack thereof), which two years of university "task force" work apparently struggled to generate. I agree that students should be more active in taking up opportunities in the Residence Hall Association and the Associated Students. Yet, I think we are better served (in terms of coming up with solutions) if we ask ourselves what explains the lack of student involvement in these formal venues, than if we discourage the current political action, which, by the way, arose spontaneously, dramatically and with fresh ideas about how things should look. The real question we should answer is why doesn't the university-designed process generate authentic student responses in the same way? This question makes Travis's call for more student activism seem strange. Just before this, Travis arbitrarily decides to shut down debate, when that is what he wants. He says, "The opportunity to protest Chick-fil-A's inclusion at Western has come and gone." He tells us there is a time and place for disagreement and the Chick-fil- A naysayers are foolish to say anything now that time is up. In that sense, he also confuses the issues. He tries to punish the late comers for not saying something sooner by discounting their message when, as I've said before, protest is not conditioned on if you speak up when officials say it is OK (i.e. during a public comment period). He oddly wants to kill authentic student response because it doesn't come neatly when he wants it. The best solutions come with a democratic process that always invites dissent, knowing that (whenever it appears) it gives us new ideas, shows us. why we are right - or why we are wrong. Dissent gets us talking and is amazingly unpredictable, and to that extent is also amazingly creative. It is for this reason I hope debate never ends and we are always forced to ask ourselves tough questions—even when decisions have already been made, and when the process is as fair and considerate as they can get it. The truth is that often they are not, and if we submit to the idea that we ever lose our opportunity to disagree, we have lost not only a crucial check in the policymaking process but an amazing vehicle for creativity. I won't take a stand here on the issue of Chick-fil-A's presence on campus because it is irrelevant. Still, I believe protest should happen whenever it damn well pleases, and we should encourage it. I also think our admittedly belated Chick-fil-A protesters have a purpose in disagreeing: Perhaps it has shown us there may be something wrong with our current approach to generating policy and interest on campus, even though it seems so perfect. Hindman is a Western senior majoring in political science and history.. Letters to the.Editor Anti-Semitism needs to be addressed As the president of Hillel of Western, the Jewish Student Union on Western's campus, I have faced time and time again racism, anti-Semitism and a whole host of misinformed students and community members. Over the last few years, several speakers have been sponsored to give a presentation regarding a specific topic. In specific, I am speaking aboutFairhaven College's World Issues Forum. Pebple are invited and paid to come lead a forum discussion with funcs from the college. Normally, these'speakers are great at bringing social issues going on around the world, and they open the floor to easy-going discussion about the topic. On several recent occasions, speakers have come to give presentations regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. These speakers have come and incited hate speech, anger, hostility and an overall one-sided representation of the events that have occurred and are occurring in the Middle East. The most recent of these supposed academics is Jeff Halper. He is widely known worldwide to be an extremist on all accounts; yet knowing full well what Jeff was going to be saying and arguing, the World Issues Forum invited him. What resulted was the larg .st display of hate in BellL ingham in present memory. Jet used his time to specifically only allow his arguments to reach the audience members' ears while avoiding questions that he thought were unfit to be answered because of their direct relation to his arguments. ' " • • ' • When faced with questions that provided a response of viewpoints opposing his own, Jeff Halper reacted quickly by inciting the audience to yell at myself and the other pro-Israeli students who had come for a discussion. Many of the things yelled at me fit into categories ranging from colorful language all the way to very direct anti-Semitic and derogatory names. Western should not be financially supporting this hate speech and very non-academic environment. Western is a place of education, understanding, academic discourse and diversity. I admit Jews are a minority and we have faced, time and time again, oppression, hate and aggression. I don't seek pity for these things, but when they continue in a day and age that claims to be more understanding and diverse, I must stand up for myself and anyone who was offended by Jeff Halper and the anger and rage he incited. - My political views are not relevant. What is relevant is the fact that a large group of people were incited to lose their composure and ability to listen and verbally accosted a Jewish student with hate speech, bigotry and anger. Max Stahlberg ; President of Hillel of Wes; On the campaign trill for Cregoire For the good of Washington State and its citizens, we must re-elect Christine Greg; gt;iie. I took this fall quarter off at Western to see first hand what is really happening in America, and I realized how blessed we are in Washington State. I cannot let my native home of Washington be turned over to the short-sighted deregulation philosophy of Dino Rossi. Haven't we had enough lies from the "other" Washington so we don't need it here? Had enough of fear tactics, campaign finance corruption, misleading ads and manipulation of faith? If you care about health care, education, reproductive rights, surviving the national economic downturn, protection of the middle class and especially the environment, choose Gregoire on your ballot. Rossi denies the reality of global climate change and would push for deregulation and open access of our state's resources for short-sighted profit.by a select few while cutting the services middle and lower classes depend upon. . In 2004, Gregoire inherited a $2.2 billion deficit and has turned that around and created a rainy day fund for emergencies. Yes, there have been spending increases but mostly in areas like education where Washington needed desperately to catch up. Gregoire is also leading a charge to address the looming budget shortfall created by a faltering national economy by hiring freezes and canceling projects. We are ranked 49 in home foreclosures, as well as the third best state to do business by Forbes. We need to give a good amount of the credit to the incumbent Gregoire who has risen to the challenge. At an environmental leadership breakfast last year I had the opportunity to speak with the governor about the reality of biofuel applications and found her to be open, gracious and ready to take on the challenges we are facing. As a result of this meeting, I volunteered to be an intern for her campaign over the summer in Bellingham. As a student, single mom, child of a blue collar worker and a small-business owner and proud daughter of Washington, I ask for your help in keeping Chris Gregoire on the job. Jessica J. E. Lewis Western junior ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 14 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net The Western Front I Friday October 17,2008 I 14 Postseason within grasp for football Jesse Amorratanasuchad Sports Columnist Since coming back from the Battle in Seattle, I have heard nothing but disappointment from students that Western lost such a big game. An old anecdote in sports says, "You learn from your losses." Although the headlines of this year's Battle all pointed to Central Washington University's senior quarterback Mike Reilly and his record-breaking performance, Western put up a promising effort against the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) leader. Although the line has been clearly drawn between Central, the fifth-ranked Division II team in the nation, and the rest of the GNAC, Western is currently tied for second place and has a chance to play in the Rotary Bowl at the end of the season. Western put up 372 yards of total offense against Central's hard-hitting and active defense in the Battle. Western senior quarterback Adam Perry displayed poise in the pocket and made several smart plays against a defense that had forced 10 interceptions and 15.fumbles this season going into.the Battle. Perry.was able.to avoid Central's tumovef-hurigry defense and did not throw an interception during the game. This season, Perry has been extremely productive and has made every effort to keep Western in a position to play in the postseason. The senior quarterback now has 1,799 yards and 14 passing touchdowns through the air going into Saturday's game. The Vikings moved the ball well through the air offensively, gaining a total of 21 first downs for the game. Perry spread the wealth in the passing game, as he completed passes to.nine different receivers, three of whom gained more than 50 yards each. The receivers in Western's offensive scheme match up well in terms of height and strength with the cornerbacks in the GNAC, and their ability to make big plays will be pivotal in determining the outcome of games down the road. Western senior wide receiver Pat Mc- Cann has played a pivotal role this season so far and has caught 30 passes for 536 yards and six touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Travis McKee has been equally sure-handed, catching 29 passes for 453 yards and made his first touchdown catch in the Battle. The rushing game is another story. It has been stagnant for the past two games. In order for Perry to continue putting up big numbers, the offensive line,, along with Western's running backs, will need to find ways to gain yards on the ground. For the season, Western has averaged close to 100 yards rushing per game arid 4K5 yards per carry. Against Central, Western only gained a total of 52 yards rushing, granted this was also due to several sacks and a bad snap for a 25-yard loss in the first quarter. The week before, going against the toughest run-defense in Division II in Western Oregon University, Western was only able to gain 32 yards rushing. This is an area Western head coach Robin Ross said the team is hoping to work on throughout the week and for upcoming games. The passing game relies on opposing defenses respecting an offense's ability to move the ball on the ground.. With the likes of Western junior running back Randall Eldridge lining up behind Perry in the backfield, hopefully this issue will", be sorted out in the Oct. 18 game at the University of North Dakota. Playing against a quarterback of Reilly's quality is a great opportunity for a young defense like Western's. Undoubtedly, Reilly is one of the most productive players Division II football has seen in several years, contributing more than 400 yards of total offense against Western in the Battle. _ Ross decided on a heavy-pressure approach, using cornerback blitzes in particular to unsettle Reilly in the pocket. The different packages were able to flush the quarterback out of the pocket and the Vikings relentlessly gave chase. The defense tackled Reilly seven times and also came.inches away from sacking him several times. The blitzes came from all sides and from different, positions in the defense, ^ .. ^ ' The speed of the defense will play to; Western's advantage against offenses less, high-powered or experienced than Central's. Western junior linebacker C.J. Green intercepted a tipped pass to break Reilly's streak of 184 pass attempts without a turnover. The interception gave Western four in two games and turnovers will continue to benefit a team now fighting for second-place in the GNAC and a place in the Rotary Bowl at the end of the season. Miscues in special teams resulted in points for. Central and difficult field position for Western throughout the game. This week, the long-snappers and punters have been taking extra snaps before and after practice to stay sharp for the rest of the season. A missed snap in the first quarter resulted in a safety for Central and in a post-game interview Central's head coach Blaine Bennett said those two points early were key to their victory. Western is 3-3 and currently tied for second in the GNAC with Western Oregon. If the first place team in the GNAC qualifies for the playoffs, the second place team is given the chance to go to the Rotary Bowl. Tiebreakers also come into play, which means Western will have to increase the gap between themselves and the rest of their GNAC rivals to have a chance to play in the postseason. Although Western may have lost, the Battle has.given Western's coaching staff some opportunities to take the good with the bad. Perry should continue his stellar senior season, while defensive packages and.'a change in the running game should keepi the Vikings on track to stay in the top" half of the GNAC with the hopes of some post-season glory., Vol IeyBall loses |econd straight Northwest Nazarene: 3 sets VVestern: 1 set TalithiaTaitano % - ' ^ x:i - l ' ; TH E WESTERN FRONT. •; Before last Saturday's loss to the University of Alaska .Fairbanks, the Western; volleyball team was on a 13-game win-( ning streak, which is also the'best sta'rt in; school history,, but the Vikings suffered; their second consecutive loss this season; against Northwest Nazarene University '• Thursday night. _ . .j S': Western's record is now %3-2 overall' arid 5-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic G6hfererie'e lt;GNAe).:;:'/:•'.- ;: :,:^ ,- ' ;" * Northwest Nazarene. improvedto l^:6yeYallarid4-4 in theGNAQ-;; j . : Things were lobking good fpr;West- errifiri :thjeif. first set ? scoring points' back; aiitl forth~ witfr ? ^ ^ste^sUead sl^^^ the^lk^ngs lost gt;^hf^clSse^; score x)f r'^i lt;There:^e%vlbt 3f things we need to ch|£ge: andiA^fre Sot going to play better; .: • • • -.•'• • • •• .,.-". . '-; photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western gathers after scoring in the second set against Northwest Nazarene University. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 17,2008 SPORTS 115 VOLLEYBALL: Northwest Nazarene upsets Western photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT The Vikings gather at the net after a score by Northwest Nazarene University, in the first set Oct. 16 in Carver Gym. Western lost their second match of the season three sets to one. The Vikings are now 13-2 overall and 5-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. from 14 until we change the things we need to work on," Western senior middle blocker Angie Alvord said. "We're going to work hard at practice tomorrow." The Vikings won their second set, by the score of 25-20. Western came really close to winning their third set, which was also a back and forth game, but lost by the score of 26-24. "I thought we played some good defense," Western junior setter Kari Rice said. "[The next game against Saint Martin's University] will be a good game. Hopefully this feeling will carry over because we will take out our anger on Saint Martin's that we feel right now." Hopefully this feeling will carry over because we will take out our anger on Saint Martin's that we feel right now. ' . . r Kari Rice, Western junior setter The Vikings were strong at the beginning of their fourth set, but after being at a tie, Northwest Nazarene began to climb back until they won with a score of 25-19. "It's my first time winning here," Northwest Nazarene head coach Jared Sliger said. "The girls have been working real hard; it's our first time coming up on top." Western sophomore outside hitter Megan Amundsori had 17 kills and Alvord had 14 kills on the match. Western sophomore libero Allison Gotz added 27 digs. The women's volleyball team will be playing against Saint Martin's University at 7 p.m. Oct. 18, in Carver Gym. Women's soccer ties SPU in nationally ranked showdown Western: 1 Seattle Pacific: 1 Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT Western's nationally ranked women's soccer team tied 1-1 in an overtime matchup against Seattle Pacific University Oct. 16 at Interbay Stadium. Fourteenth-ranked Western is now 6-0-1 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) play after coming from behind. Sixth-ranked SPU struck first as midfielder Meredith Teague scored in the 16th minute of play. Western junior midfielder Kelly Irving scored the Vikings' equalizer 30 seconds into the second half as she converted a cross from senior fullback Shelby Marcell to tie the game. "The team showed a lot of character tonight to battle back," Western head coach Travis Connell said. "It was good to see [the team] turn things around in the second half. We had more of the run of play and outshot them." 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What We Offer: Great benefits package, 401 (k) with employer matching feature, paid vacation, holidays, personal, and sick time, free gym membership, flexible work schedules, and much more.' What We Need: High-energy, creative, and dependable employees who are passionate about Sterling's mission and have an innate drive to succeed. If you possess any or all of the following skills, please apply online at: www.sterlinglife.apply2jobs.com. • Logical-thinker • Problem-solver • Team-player • Great verbal written communication • Experience working with Medicare or the healthcare industry • Leadership, supervisory, or management experience 6.17.08 Equal Opportunity Employer. Committed to a diverse workforce, M/F/D/V. Employment contingent upon a successful background check. Atxamo riUC: Souinom Do you enjoy the great outdoors and camping? Would you like to help create memorable family vacations? We are a seasonal business with a focus on Parks Reservations. Reservations Agent ^ Starting Wage: $107hr $1/hr premium for bilingual agent (Spanish) Join our team in providing excellent in-bound customer service. Flexible schedules. Ideal for students. Please send resume cover letter to: jobs@camis.com Formoredetailspleasevlsitusatwww.camis.com Do you enjoy the great outdoors and camping? Ready to showcase your computer troubleshooting skill set and customer service abilities? We are a seasonal business with a focus on Parks Reservations. Tier 1 Support Agent Starting Wage: $12/hr $1/hr premium for bilingual agent (Spanish) Join our team in providing excellent in-bound customer service. Flexible schedules. Ideal for students. Please send resume cover letter to: jobs@camis.com For more details please visit us at www.camis.com ACCONHDD^n^G SOlUTIOJiS Do you enjoy the great outdoors and camping? Ready to motivate a team, demonstrate strong technical skills, and prov excellence in customer service? Our focus is Parks Reservations tier 1 Support Supervisor Permanent Full-time Position Please send resume cover letter to: jobs@camis.com For more details please visit us at www.camis.com Do you enjoy the great outdoors and camping? Ready to motivate, mentor and coach a team as well as demonstrating excellence in customer service? Spanish is an asset. Our focus is Parks Reservations Reservations Supervisor Permanent Full-time Position Please send resume cover letter to: jobs@camis.com For more details please visit us at www.camis.com Come and join us at the Business Career Fair Thursday October 23 rd ---------- Western Front 2008-10-17 - Page 20 ---------- Andrew Sorenson, Pursuing an NCAA Championship... and an MBA with a Concentration in Finance MBA=MVP GONZAGA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS JOIN THE TEAM i GONZAGA U N I V E R S I T Y 1 Year Fast-Track Program Morning Evening Classes Full Part Time Options AACSB Accredited 9 MBA Concentrations be inspired. 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Show more2008_1021 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 1 ---------- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET Staph infections increase on campus Katherine Garvey THE WESTERN FRONT The rare strain of staph infection that contributed to Western junior Chris Feden's fatal case of pneumonia in February is on the rise, said Western student health and team physician Dr. Warren Howe. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cannot be treated by common antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. Feden developed MRSA influenza, a more serious and rare infection, when the MRSA bacteria stayed in his lungs and bloodstream, Howe said. Howe said he now sees a couple cases of MRSA each month at the Student Health Center. "It's a bug that's resistant to the antibiotics that we've been in the habit of using for staphylococcus," Howesaid. "But it's not any kind of a superbug." According. to a fact sheet provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about MRSA, 25 to 30 percent of people carry the staph bacteria, and 1 percent has the more dangerous MRSA strain. Howe said those with MRSA are see STAPH page 6 photo cdurtesy of the Center for Disease Control This scanning electron micrograph shows clumps of the MRSA bacteria. Anything but business as usual| , £ £ £ £ ! Downtown stores try to maintain steady sales in an unsteady economy photo by KathrynBachen THE WESTERN FRONT Caitlin Ramirez, left, helps Western alumna Nicole Duncan try on a pair of shoes at Mi Shoes in downtown Bellingham Oct. 18. Kaylin Bettinger THE WESTERN FRONT For many, the recent economic crash may seem millions of miles away. But for some Bellingham business owners and Western students working in local shops, the economic crisis hit very close to home. Mariy Western students who choose to work off campus find jobs in downtown retail shops. Stores such as Mi Shoes, Bandito's Burritos and A New Leaf Flowers Shoppe all employ Western students. Zoe Hallstrom, owner of Bandito's Burritos, said her business slowed down noticeably a few weeks ago and has stayed slower than usual for this time of year. Hallstrom said she is lucky because most of her employees are college students who went from full-time work in the summer to part-time work in the fall, so she hasn't had to lay anyone off. According to Western economics professor Hart Hodges, layoffs at Bellingham businesses are not out of the question in the future, "There are going to be ripple effects," Hodges said. "Some companies will struggle. The question is when." For Bellingham companies such as Sojourn, A New Leaf and The Woods Coffee, the anticipated struggle hasn't yet begun. Teresa Judy, manager of The Woods Coffee at Boulevard Park, said the shop hasn't slowed down noticeably. "People use it as a little luxury," Judy said. "Instead of going to an expensive restaurant, people can get a cup of coffee and sit here for a while. We're doing better than we were last year at this time. Our sales really are more affected by weather than anything else." see DOWNTOWN page 3 at Western Josh Stilts WE WESTERN FRONT A new software application for Blackboard may have students thinking twice before they try to pass off someone else's work as their own. Dr. John Farquhar, Western's manager of multimedia and Web development and head of Web Services, took part in an investigation of a new software application made by the creators of Blackboard. The software, SafeAssign, is designed to compare students' works with other sources to check for plagiarism. After a student has submitted his oilier work, SafeAssign compares the work to an article database, Internet publications and other works submitted by past and present students. A report then comes back with a percentage of similarities between the student's work and any other sources the program found. Soon after Blackboard made SafeAssign available, a committee was formed to determine whether Western could legally implement it, whether it is a useful tool and if there were faculty who wanted to use it. "Four or five faculty members showed interest," Farquhar said. "Since 1999, there has been a 15 percent increase annually in the usage of the Blackboard software. We needed to see if SafeAssign would be good for Western." Although the usage of Blackboard has increased to 60 percent, no teachers are using the software yet. Western junior Jake Herman, a biochemistry major, said he hasn't seen or heard of any plagiarism but is concerned about the possibility of teachers using SafeAssign. "We're not snowflakes," Herman said. "Originality is dead; People are going to draw similar conclusions. In a class see PLAGIARISM page 3 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 2 ---------- NEWS See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net The Western Front I Tuesday • October 21,2008 I 2 Western's men's soccer team players Brendan Quiligi and Tyler Bjork practice on Turf Field background on Oct. 20. Race, Politics expert to speak Kareem Cray ton, an expert on the intersection of race, politics, and law, will be lecture at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in Environmental Science Center room 313 and again at 7 p.m. in Communications Facility room 115. Crayton's lectures, called "A New Day in Racial Politics: Understanding Bartlett vs. Strickland," and "Hopes and Fears of the 2008 Elections," explore the themes of elections and social justice. Crayton's academic work explores political representation of racial minorities, redistricting, arid the emerging democracy in South Africa. Crayton graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College. He later earned a doctorate in political science from Stanford University. Both lectures are free and open to the public. Fairhaven professor speaks on nature John Bower, associate professor at Western's Fairhaven College for Interdisciplinary Studies, will present his lecture, "One Foot in Nature, One Foot in a Crazy World: How The Study Of Nature Can Lessen Our Environmental Impact and Improve Our Quality of Life," at 5:15 p.m. Nov. 12 in Communications Facility room 110. Bower's lecture addresses how studying nature can inform people's attempt to slow environmental degradation while improving their quality of life. Bower has spent 25 years studying nature. His research includes the population ecology of Pacific Northwest marine birds and acoustic communication in bow-head whales and sparrows. The lecture is free and open to the public. WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net EDITORIAL PEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor in chief ...Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westernfrontonline.net Managing editor..: ...Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. Zack Hale, news@westernfrontonline.net News editor. Amanda Winters, news@westernfrontonline.net Arts editor..... .' Kaleb Gubernick, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Life editor. James Andrews, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Sports editor. Katie Greene, sports@westernfrontonline.net Opinion editor. Lisa Hust, opinion@westernfrontonline.net Photo editor. : GraigHill, photo@westernfrontonline.net Online editor Paul Suarez, online@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. Rebecca Rayner, copy@westemfrontonline.net Copy editor. ,'. Audrey Dubois-Boutet, copy@westemfrontonline.net Faculty Adviser. ..' Carolyn Nielsen, carolyn.nielsen@wwu.edu ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (360)650-3161 Advertising manager. .........Michele Anderson Business manager.... '• Alethea Macomber The Western Front is published twice weekly in the fall, winter, and spring quarters and once a week in the summer session. 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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT while intramural soccer teams play in the. Lead discovered in Arntzen fountain Western Washington University officials will remove a fifth-floor drinking fountain from Arntzen Hall after discovering that water from the fountain had nearly twice the allowable amount of lead deemed safe by Environmental Health and Safety. Drinking fountains in other parts of Arntzen Hall have been tested and show allowable levels of lead. Students can minimize the amojint of lead they drink by letting the water from water fountains run a while before drinking it. Water that has been sitting in pipes for a considerable amount of time has been shown to contain higher levels of lead. Hot water is also more likely than cold water to contain dangerously high levels of lead. 'Make a Difference Day'approaching "Make a Difference Day," a national day of service created 18 years ago, is on Oct. 25. In recognition of "Make a Difference Day," Western's New Student Services and Family Outreach program, Residence Life and the. Whatcom Volunteer Center are sponsoring an event at 7:30 a.m. in front ofthe Viking Union. Volunteers will be driven to one of three locations of their choice, which include the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, the Sean Humphrey House and the Kulshan Community Land trust to perform various community services. The event is open to the public and is free, but volunteers must register at www. nssfo.wwu.edu by Oct. 22. report of a loud party on the islamic chaplain to speak on politics James Yee, a West Point graduate and Islamic chaplain, will be speaking from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 29 in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Yee will discuss how Barack Obama has been profiled as a Muslim to scare voters away and will talk about his own personal experiences. Yee became well known after being arrested for speaking out against the treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. After all criminal charges were dropped, Yee wrote a book titled "For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire," which is about a pioneering officer in the U.S. Army, who becomes a victim of the post-September 11 paranoia. - Corrections ; An article that appeared in the Oct. 3 edition of the Western Front contained factual errors regarding the instruction of the Japanese bookmaking class. Julia Sapin arid Seiko Purdue co-taught the class together. The Western Front apologizes for this and any other errors. Errors should bereported to managing@westernfrontonline.net I ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 3 ---------- westertifrontonIine.net I Tuesday • October 21,2008 NEWS 13 DOWNTOWN: Businesses hope national trend passes them by from 1 Hodges said Bellingham doesn't have as many businesses highly affected by the economic crash, such as bank headquarters, headquarters for homebuilders or large construction companies, so he expects this city to struggle less than other areas of the country. He said the marginal businesses will have a hard time, but the ones Who can adapt to. the changing economy will survive. • Peggy Platter-Jones is one of the business owners trying to adapt to a changing economy. She owns the women's boutique Sojourn in downtown Bellingham and said business has only gotten better in the last few months. She made changes to adapt to the market by introducing more timeless clothing items and accessories to the store's collection so there are less "you're-going-to-hate- it-next-week" items. Jerry Hruska owns Sweet Art, a chocolate and art shop on Railroad Ave. He has a different tactic to battle the economy during a potentially problematic time-humor. "I don't think the economy is affecting my business," Hruska said. "I think it's the homeless man outside. Nobody wants to buy candy when there's an obese man with a sign in front of my chocolate store." Western senior Jinae Niles, who works at Mi Shoes, said Bellingham has only begun to see the effects of the economic crash. She said she thinks it's important to the entire community that none of the Bellingham shops lose business. "It's all a cycle," Niles said. "If one business can't afford to keep business, it affects everyone." Hodges said though the economic downturn will probably affect local businesses at some point, people don't need to push it farther than it needs to go: He said fear is a huge contributor to the dwindling economy. "Emotions keep pushing it and drive recessions further than they need to go," Hodges said. "It's just fear. Greed-pushes it one way, fear pushes it the other. It's all based on people." Platter-Jones has an optimistic attitude toward Bellingham businesses and said she hopes the "buy local" attitude in Bellingham will help things work out. "It's the young people who are all about the 'buy local,'" Platter-Jones said. "They support the Farmers Market and local businesses'. It's everyone's community. It's important." PLAGIARISM: Blackboard program compares students' works from 1 of 100, all with the same assignment, arguments might even have identical phrasing. It doesn't mean students cheated." When Blackboard released SafeAs-sign in November 2007, reports on the comparisons of students' works to the archives were taking two to three days, making it difficult for instructors to get all their grading completed in time, Farquhar said. "[Web Services hasn't] been promoting the usage of the software because of the problems Blackboard is still having," Farquhar said. "The program doesn't verify if the students' work was quoted or sourced correctly, just if there are identical phrases." Safe Assign is completely automated, Farquhar said. It doesn't carry judgment about whether or not plagiarism took place, just if a similarity has occurred between the student's work and another source in the database. Western senior Katie Rowlett has worked at Western's writing center for four years and said she's seen it all during hertenure. "It's inevitable that students' works are going to have similarities," Rowlett said. "[The writing center doesn't] make suggestions on how to change the wording of their papers but rather try and prompt the students to come up with their own ideas on how to improve their papers. Plagiarism can take many forms, and if we just tell them what they should write, it doesn't benefit the student!" In an annual report put out by the Registrar's Office, the number of students caught plagiarizing increased from 53 in 2006 to 61 in 2007. Thirty-three students have been caught so.far in 2008. - Lin Stefan, administrative assistant to the provost, said she hasn't seen any indicator that a specific instructor or class stands out as having more plagiarism incidents than others. With each;case being different, each student is allowed to plead his or her case, Stefan said. "The final judgment of whether plagiarism has occurred is always up to the instructor," Stefan said. According to Safe Assign's Web site, after a student's work is submitted, Safe- Assign checks against a comprehensive index of public access internal documents, a weekly updated article archive and an archive containing all papers submitted by Safe Assign's users. SafeAssign also uses Global Reference Database, a collection of papers volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions, to help prevent cross-institutional plagiarism. "Teachers, will need to not just rely on the software "Rowlett said. "It's not the be all end all'.'of plagiarism." . When Web: Services ran its sample tests, SafeAssign had one serious problem, Farquhar said. "We used articles from Western's library that weren't found in SafeAssign," Farquhar said. "The tool just isn't ready for large-scale adoption." Since Western has such a large archive at it's, disposal, it would be difficult to prove plagiarism had occurred when SafeAssign hadn't included works students could use and not cite properly, Farquhar said. Blackboard President and C.E.O. Michael Chasen said SafeAssign is a tool to help clients leverage their participation in the greater Blackboard community, "As .more and more institutions add materials and papers to the SafeAssign Global Reference Database, detecting plagiarism will become more efficient and accurate," Chasen said. "No other solution can bring so many clients together to help address an issue that affects all institutions.!' According to SafeAssign's Web site, instructors may upload papers directly without student involvement. 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Western's Shannon Point Marine Center, a facility on the Anacortes waterfront, received three grants in September. The first, a $983,OCXVlive- year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) \vi!! provide additional funding for the center's national!)' recognized multicultural workforce program, which encourages diversity in the ocean science workforce. The Multicultural Initiatives in Marine Sciences: Undergraduate Participation program has been supported by the NSF since 1991 and with this grant will continue through the 2013 school year. The second, a three-year $450,000 research grant from the NSF's Biological Systems program, will fund the study of a local species of sea anemone and the two kinds of algae known to live in the anemone's tissues. The research will also examine the effects of climate change on ocean systems and its impact on the presence of algae. A $563,000 grant, the third of those awarded to the marine center, will fund the study of seaweed-producing toxins that cause "green tides" throughout Puget Sound. Representatives from the marine center could not be reached for comment on the three studies. The NSF is the major source of federal backing for college research studies. It provides 20 percent of all federally, supported basic research by American colleges and universities in mathematics, computer science and social science fields. The foundation issues about 10,000 new grants each year to more than 1,900 universities and institutions, although it receives requests for about 45,000 programs. Kenneth Rines, a' physics and astronomy assistant professor at Western, received a $151,601 grant from the California institute of Technology to study stars based on data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The money will help fund a project examining the formation of stars in other galaxies—the largest of which contains about 100 billion stars—and changes in these galaxies that have occurred throughout the history of the universe. "We hope to find what happens to galaxies as they encounter new environments," Rines said. "They can run into other galaxies and as they collide, they can trigger big bursts of star formations. We want to find evidence of activity caused by collisions." The study, already underway, consists of undergraduate students from Western and astronomers from around the U.S. The grant will support this project through June 30,2010. Through the grants from the NSF and the California Institute of Technology,. Western professors and students have the opportunity to participate in revolutionary research without relying on funding from the university budget alone. Western chemistry professor Mark Bussell also received a $360,000 grant from the NSF in September to continue developing methods of removing crude-oil impurities, which leads to reduced emissions of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. "The world is running out of oil, and the oil that remains is becoming dirtier and dirtier with higher levels of impurities."' Bussell said. '"We understand that if you remove sulfur you can burn the fuel more efficiently and cleaner"." BusseH's project involves one graduate student and five undergraduates from Western. Bussell said they hope to develop materials called catalysts, which increase the ability to remove sulfur. "It would be nice to see if some of the materials and catalysts we develop would be useful in the petroleum industry, and»to understand the fundamental properties of these materials," Bussell said. The NSF funding will support the cleaner- burning fuel program until Aug. 31,2011. Western geology professors Scott Linneman and Doug Clark were awarded a grant totaling $194,469 from the NSF to use terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in Geology Department courses. "We hope that by introducing the TLS system, our students come to a better understanding of the rates that geologic processes take place," Linneman said. With this additional funding, the ge-photo by Griiig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT oiogy department will purchase a TLS system that allows for more precise 3-D models of landforms being studied. Prior to TLS, the geology department was using total station surveying methods and a laser instrument capable of measuring the location of one point at a time and finding about 30 points in two hours, Linneman said. TLS can measure between 10,000 and 100,000 points per second and is used in engineering projects including highway-construction . Linneman said purchasing the new-age surveying system exceeded what could have been done with student technology fees alone. The project will be a collaborative effort between Western, Whatcom Community College and Northwest Indian College faculty. Together, these six grants total more than $2.7 million provided within the last two months and will allow Western professors and students to expand their research in ways that Linneman said might not have been possible otherwise. 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Western originally had two women's choirs—the University Women's Chorale, which was open to anybody and didn't require an audition, and the Advanced Women's Choir, which required an audition but wasn't as demanding as the Concert Choir, the highest-level choir on campus. This year, the Advanced Women's Choir and the University Women's Chorale were combined and given an audition requirement. This means students who wish to join any kind of choir will have to audition and may face stiffer competition, Fitzpatrick said. "I think the tradition has been the U. Choir has been a general fun elective," he said. "If we had the money and space, I'd love to offer that." Fitzpatrick said the choirs are still open to non-majors as they have always been, but the level of skill required to join the lower-level choirs will need to be higher. Western junior Matt Bell said this change has also affected the Western Men's Ensemble which, like the University Women's Chorale, originally didn't require an audition. "Last winter and spring quarter we had 50 guys, which was fantastic," Bell said. "Now we're down to 26 because the . photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Steinnun Sigfusson, left, sings beside her classmates, left to right, sophomore Lauren Randolph and freshman Cathy Shipman during women's university choir class on Monday, Oct. 20. auditions scare them off." Bell said while there used to be a lot of men who were just in choir to sing and have fun, the University Men's Choir is now mostly made up of male vocal majors and male instrumental music majors who have to take choir as part of their majpr. Western junior Lauren Hays has been in the Advanced Women's Choir since her freshman year. She said the Advanced Women's Choir still exists—it's just taken the place and name of the University Women's Choir. For those who wanted to join a choir without an audition, it has become much more difficult to get into, she said. Many girls who were part of the former University Women's Choir are saddened by the change, Hays said. "They want to sing but don't want to take on the workload," she said. The two major issues causing the change are space and staffing, Guelker- Cone said. "In a department this size, we should have another full-time choir person," Guelker-Cone said. The music department has two large concert rooms which are booked every hour of every day, she said. "I think the upside of it is the quality of the ensembles is getting better and better every year," Guelker-Cone said. With the increased quality of the program, they now can be selective of the people they put in their choirs, she said. "It isn't our intention to not be able to service those people, but you have to be able to make do with the resources you have," Guelker- Cone said. Hays said she has mixed feelings regarding the choir merge. "I have a lot of friends who would like to keep doing choir but can't," Hays said. "However, as a music major I feel the work ethic has improved." Shell ; Everyday Special _ j j i Students, Staff sc Faculty fl^'PH £% receive 5 lt;t off each gallon of gas. §f% f^ pH I f W. (W/Western ID Card) . . W l i i i lt TRAVEL AND TEACH IN SOUTH KOREA? All majors welcome Min. Requirement: 2-years college education Salary: about $2,200 per month 1 year contract Paid Vacation: 4 Weeks! Full airfare, furnished housing, bonus, health insurance and more! You will teach basic conversational English including simple vocabulary, phonics, and simple grammars etc. You can start this teaching employment at the beginning of each month. Application deadline is an ongoing basis. 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Symptoms of a MRS A infection include skin infections resembling a pimple, boil or just a sore spot on the skin. The most common presentation is an abscess, Howe said. "Just about every patient I see that has MRSA says, 'I think I got a spider bite,' because that's what the abscess looks like," he said. Howe said MRSA can be fatal under certain circumstances, but this is rare. With effective prevention procedures and prompt treatment, MRSA can be manageable, Howe said. "It used to be, the only place you saw MRSA was in hospitals," Howe said. "Now we see Community-Acquired MRSA at some frequency.". Community- Acquired MRSA occurs when a person who has not been hospitalized nor had a medical procedure within the last year gets the infection. It's often seen in athletes because the locker-room environment makes it easy to spread infection, especially when the athletes have untreated breaks to the skin, Howe said. "I think I've seen somewhat of a decrease in athletes mainly because we're seeing less skin wounds in [Western] athletes since we replaced the turf field out there," he said. Marie Sather, director of campus recreation services said playing on the old turf was similar to playing oh concrete, but the new turf plays more like a grass field. She said the new turf absorbs more of the shock of a tackle, resulting in less damage to the body. "[Students] should be concerned enough to do the usual things that are helpful to reduce the threat of MRSA: cleanliness, frequent hand washing, good care of cuts and scratches, prompt treatment of anything that looks like it's an infection," he said. "The skin is a pretty good barrier to infection, but if there's a break in the skin, a cut or a scratch,.then the bug can get in there and grow.".. Many, including Howe, believe the increased prescription of. antibiotics could have led to the bacteria's resistance to cer-photo. by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Dr. Warren Howe, Western student health and team physician, said cleanliness, frequent hand washing and good care of cuts and scrapes to promote healing, can reduce the threat of MRSA. While the infection can be potentially fatal, Howe said such occurrences are rare. tain drugs. "People tend to think antibiotics are the cure-all for everything," said Catharine Vader, coordinator of the Self-Care Center. "If we do over prescribe antibiotics, we create resistance." When an infection is treated with antibiotics, the bacteria most sensitive to the antibiotics die quickly, Howe said. "The bacteria that are less sensitive to the antibiotics continue to reproduce and they reproduce more of the bacteria that are resistant," he said. "In a fairly stepwise fashion, you see the development of resistance to antibiotics." If someone suspects a MRSA infection, he or she should see a doctor right away, Howe said. "The Student Health Center is a great place to go, and we can catch these things," he said.. ..-•.' .:.,; Vader^.a registered nurse, said students should visit the Student Health Center when they, feel ill.: .; }, "It always warrants getting checked out because it could be something more serious," Vader said. "I just want students to make sure they know that we're here for them when they're sick. We're here to help them out." She said the staff can advise students over the phone as well. Good hygiene is a crucial step in avoiding illnesses, including MRSA, Vader said. The Self-Care center tries to get the message of good hygiene out by posting information about hand washing in campus bathrooms, Vader said. The Student Health Center also placed informational bookmarks in textbooks. The bookmarks emphasize the importance of good health for good grades. 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Cultural barriers and language difficulties often inhibit international students from integrating with classmates, Barahona said. Western does not have a system in place for training professors to accommodate international students' needs in conventional classrooms at this time. After coming to Western 10 years ago as an international student from Chile, Barahona said he sees the challenges and barriers international students face. "People hear the accent and assume you think with an accent," Barahona said. Currently Western has 317 international students from 43 countries with the majority coming from Japan. These students are spread between six international studies programs. Some take specific curriculum designed for their program of study while others are integrated into Western courses. Most professors are eager to have international students* in classes, but many are confused about how to provide them with equal standards in the classroom, Karen Henriksen, director of Korea University Program said. "They may paint all exchange students with a broad brush," Henriksen said. Eric Smith, curriculum coordinator for the Asia University America Program (AUAP) said most AUAP students take specialized classes ranging from global issues to basic English composition, excluding a small number taking one regular Western course. . Eunhae Kang, an international student from South Korea, said classes can be intimidating when she is expected to speak aloud and write papers. Although Kang is fluent in English, she said giving speaking publicly in her exposition and argumentation class is challenging. photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Senior Mark Hayden, top left, teaches his classmates an exercise that uses hand gestures and body language to teach vocabulary. Hayden and his classmates are studying to become certififed to teach English as a second language. "I can speak English, but you can tell in my writing it's not my first language," Kang said. Winnie Chan, an AUAP student from Hong Kong, said the one conventional class she is taking, international business management, is challenging because she does not have background knowledge about American management systems. Although English is one of Hong Kong's official languages, Chan did not grow up speaking it. is expected and making sure international students understand class requirements is a must, he said. Utigard said grading upon improvement and giving positive feedback to international students is part of his job as an instructor assistant. Just as faculty members are not provided training, instructor assistants receive none as well. Utigard said effective training would benefit both him as an instructor assistant and his international students. People hear the accent and assume you think with an accent. - Max Barahona, Western communication professor Henriksen said many professors think international students require more time and energy. Spending extra time with international students is necessary, said Jake Utigard, Western senior and instructor assistant for fundamentals of speech. Explaining what Steve Robinson, director of the Intensive English Program, said accommodating international students' needs during tests or homework assignments is controversial among faculty members and Western students. He said many students think extra time on tests or the use of an English dictionary by international students levels the playing field. / - Western junior Nicholas Johnson said he has previously been in groups with, international students. Johnson said he has first-hand experience with cultural differences in both the classroom and in groups he has been in. "It depends on the person, but it's rare for international students to speak up in a small classroom," Johnson said. Making sure faculty members are encouraging international students to participate within their classrooms should be the most important goal, Barahona said. He also said despite the cons, studying abroad at Western is an overwhelmingly positive experience. "All the difficulties posed by the language barrier are outweighed by the totally different perspectives you can get," he said. fpMMRYSAy BREWING COMPANY —£s a2§3£5: ^ FRIDAY, OCT 24TH 11PM $5 HEAD LIKE A KITE AMD • NO f I I 0 1 IL 1107 RAILROAD AVE. 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"But I always see her when I walk by, and she smiles and waves," Sperline said. Li spent the first 20 years of her life in China. She could not recall and is not certain if she ever knew why her dad decided to immigrate to the U.S. She does remember when he asked her if she wanted to come with him —he told her he would only allow her to come if she promised to learn English. He also warned her she would have to work hard for a living. She said her father told her she would have to go out and make money, unlike her life in China where she spent her days at home taking care of her grandmother. Getting out into the working world suited Li. She said she enjoys being on campus and interacting with people. "If I stay [in the restaurant], I couldn 't touch the outside," Li said. Though she went to language school, she said she is still learning English and loves working at her place on Vendors Row because she can continue to improve her grasp of the language. Just as she could not pinpoint exactly why her father came here, she had difficulty explaining exactly how she decided to come. "For myself, you know, I wanted to [come to the U.S.]. I was so young," she said, before she moved on to talk about her love of travel. "After you die, you don't know anything; I want to know a lot of stuff, it's a big world," she said. "If I get a chance, if I have enough money, if I'm still young, I want to see different people, different life." She said she has set her sights on Paris, but that is just a start. She said she wants to go to Italy, Japan and England, and once she has been to all those countries, she will fine tries to travel to. When she first came to the U .S. Li and her father settled in New Yoi met her husband, Xin Chen Li. Xin Li, speaking through his w lator, said he came to the U.S. whe They both worked at the same r lt; about five years in New York, but. to Bellingham to visit Li's relative? he liked Bellingham better. Li's father owns the '• Noodle House in Bellingham, wi as a base to prepare food to sell on while Xin Li worked for Yan's fa rant. They had been planning to of restaurant since they moved to Bel Li has a response prepared to those this was a bad time to start a busine "Well, I already opened it, s( do?" she said. . ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 9 ---------- LIFE westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 21,2008 I 9 om across the pond more coun- 10 years ago, k. There, she ife as a trans-n he was 20. jstaurant for after coming Xin Li said il8l§i|lilti gt;- ItittflP* Sd Street #107 am, WA 98225 [360.6713540 OPEN HOUR .SaUOam-lOpm icy 11:00am-10pm Hawaii BBQ iich she used Vendors Row ther's restau-ien their own lingham, and who tell her jss. ) what can I She and her husband are working hard to make sure their restaurant, QQ Li, succeeds. The eatery is open 12 hours a day Monday through Saturday and 11 hours Sunday. All members of the Li family wake up at 7:30 a.m. in order to be at the restaurant by 8 a.m. Scott splits his days between day care and his. room in the restaurant, which is outfitted with a TV, a bed and toys. Xin Li stays in the restaurant cooking food from the time he arrives until it closes at 10 p.m. Li said she heads to campus around the time the restaurant opens in the morning at 10 a.m., and returns after she is done on Vendors Row between 2:30 and 3 p.m. She and Scott walk back to their home shortly before the restaurant closes. Li also has friends working hard to make sure her restaurant succeeds. QQ Li has one employee, but volunteer employees help out as well. Ron Ng, who graduated from Western last summer quarter with a Bachelor of Arts in finance, is helping Li until he finds a job. He said he gets to eat meals for free and knows the restaurant needs help. "[Li] is really nice and gives me a lot of food," Ng said. "I learn a lot from her, like how to run a business." The center of Li's world is clearly her fam-iiy- "Some people, they like to make money," she said. "I am making money for my son, for my family. This is why I work every day." After finishing dinner, Scott ran back to his room. He came out a few moments later scooting along on a child-size train with yellow handles, red wheels and a blue seat. He jumped off to run up and tickle his mother. "Every morning, he always plays like this," Li said, laughing as she retaliated by poking his stomach. "He brings me a lot of fun. Daddy took care of him one day. It was so boring. He was only gone five or'six hours, but I missed him so much." She said she has no plans of ever starting a chain of restaurants because she wants to keep her family together. "I really like to have family stay together," she said. "With another restaurant, [we would be] too separate. My husband takes care of one restaurant [while I.would] take care of this one. I don't want [that], I really don't want [that]." • v • photos by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT ABOVE: QQ Li co-owner and Yan Chen Li's husband Xin Li cooks an order of pineapple chicken Oct. 13. TOP: Yan Chen Li serves up an order on Vendors Row Oct. 13. LEFT: The front entrance of QQ Li's Chinese Cuisine at 505 32nd St. #107. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday •October 21,2008 I The Western Front Latest Woodring program readies its first graduates Kwihwa Lee THE WESTERN FRONT This fall quarter, the Woodring College of Education will graduate the first students from its early childhood education program. The program, which became a stand-alone bachelor's degree last fall, is the only one of its kind among Washington state colleges. After recognizing the need for qualified early childhood educators, Woodring established the program, which consists of an academic major and a professional certificate, allowing students to be licensed teachers for Pre-Kindergarten to third grade, said Dr. Eileen Hughes, assistant professor of elementary education. Western senior Hannah Ritscher Oddson will be among the first students to graduate with this degree. This quarter, she is working as an intern in a pre-school in Burlington. Next quarter, she will work full-time as an intern in an elementary school, she said. Ritscher Oddson said she was raised in a family of teachers and loves children, but she wasn't sure if being a teacher was right for her. She tried other fields, and discovered other interests, such as graphic design, but when she worked at a child development center in a community college, she found that was what she really wanted to do. "Every grade I had an experience with," I am falling love with," Ritscher Oddson said. Ritscher Oddson said she is taking a creative curriculum class this quarter, where she is making projects and activities that go along with children's interests. After graduating from this program, she said her preference may be pre-school or kindergarten, but she is undecided. Dr. Marilyn Chu, assistant professor of elementary education, said it's important to look at children's development between birth and age 8. Looking carefully at what children's behavior tells about their ability to learn is very interesting to students who observe them, Chu said. "They are little scientists," Chu said. Through this program, students are taking away a knowledge of how to look at teaching and learning principles for children from birth to age 8, Hughes said. Students learn what teachers should do to expand children's learning and what they are learning from the things surrounding them. This program also gives students a chance to visit with parents and work with them to learn how to be the best teacher for each child, Chu said. This program started admitting students last fall, and the number of the students is growing, Hughes said. The program currently has 25 students, which was its enrollment goal, she said. The faculty of the education department expects the number to go up to around 50 students, Chu said. jams" and frequen clothing.on stage - Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management WWU College of Business and Economics Average Starting Salary most recent $54,650 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i Come Join APICS! What: "Project Management: The Olympics" by Greg Root (Supergraphics) When: Wednesday. 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More than 50 students, faculty and community members flooded the back of Boundary Bay Brewery, eating, drinking and mingling around tables. Coco Besson, behavioral neuroscience program coordinator at Western, said the round-table event, which will occur on the first Monday'of every month, is a way for community members and students to learn about neuroscience in a relaxing and fun environment. Once brew and burgers are ordered, neuroscience professors circulate from table to table, discussing the night's topic. Students and community members have the opportunity to ask questions and voice their opinions. Topics will range from sugar addiction to mental illness, Besson said. "It's not meant to be intimidating," she said. "Neuroscience on Tap" was an idea kicked around by behavioral neuroscience faculty for at least a year before its Oct. 6 debut, Besson said. The event was previously meant to be in Boundary Bay's bar, but Besson said the department had so many underage students interested in attending, they decided to make it more accessible and meet in the restaurant. John Harkness, Western graduate student and co-founder of Neuroscience Research Driven Students (Ne.R.D.S), said "Neuroscience on Tap" is an opportunity for students to connect with professors and learn about each of the participating professors' area of expertise. Harkness said the event will bring a sense of community to the neuroscience program and make it easier for students to develop casual relationships with professors. . "You can ask all the dumb questions you're too embarrassed to ask in class," Harkness said. For each session of "Neuroscience on Tap," one participating faculty member picks a topic for everyone to discuss, Besson said. Generally the professors will pick a topic their research focuses on, such as sugar addiction, she said. "It's not just a bunch of professors presenting research," Besson said. "We want community involvement." Western senior Katie McCulloch said many of her behavioral neuroscience professors have been suggesting students attend the event. McCulloch is a behavioral neuroscience major, so the issues will interest her, she said. "I'm interested in anything having to do with humans," McCulloch said. The behavioral neuroscience program is offered through the biology and psychology department. According to Western's behavioral neuroscience Web site, the program investigates the role of Plan on attending DTfDSflW October 24-26 Events for this weekend iriclude: concerts, plays, football, a harbor cruise, pianetariMm shows and more Order yourtickets now! You don't want to miss it! For more information, contact New Student Services/Family Outreach at360.6503846orvisitnssfo.ivivu.edu. .,. -,»!. . 1.1 • I—I WESTERN Events are open to the entire campus community and the general public, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY the nervous system in relation to normal and abnormal human functions, such as emotion and thought. As of now, seven behavioral neuroscience professors at Western are committed to "Neuroscience on Tap." Behavioral Neuroscience Department Director Janet Finlay said the first event on Oct. 6 was a test run for faculty to examine the turnout and to take topic suggestions from the public. Western sophomore Alex Uhrich said she would like one of the sessions cover an event directly relating to Western students, such as the effects of drugs and alcohol on the brain. "I want to hear about something college- aged," Uhrich said. Events like "Neuroscience on Tap" help the community recognize and come to terms with their own issues, said Gabe Puttrese, instruction and classroom support technician for the behavioral neuroscience department. "People in the community have disorders such as schizophrenia that they don't even understand," Puttrese said. "These kinds of things help explain them." "Neuroscience on Tap" will next meet from 7-8:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Boundary Bay. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 12 ---------- OPINION See more online at w w w.westernfrontonline .net The Western Front I Tuesday • October 21,2008 I 12 Student voices heard at forum Frontline Opinions of the Editorial Board Students now have an outlet to voice their opinions and be heard. Western's Community Forum provides students with the chance to discuss their ideas about things such as bicycle.laws, the technology fees, Chick-fil-A or anything else students are interested in. The forum was created by Andrea Peterson, head of Western Libraries. She thought of a forum to help improve the sense of community for Western students. The forum provides.a great opportunity for students to feel involved and have a voice in decisions made at Western. The Western Libraries, The Writing Center, Academic Technology and User Services, University Residences, Student Voices and Teaching- Learning Academy also helped create Western's Community Forum. The forum was created with the hope it would close the distance between students and the administration. Western President Bruce Shepard has made it his goal to hear the opinions of students, and other faculty members on cam-' pus want to hear them too. • Students, faculty, staff and administration can create a profile with information about themselves, then post on the community forum. The site also has links to community blogs and recent Western'news. Students and faculty can share advice about school or have a discussion about a topic on campus. The forum allows students to look for roommates, find a ride through RideShare or trade things. The site is currently in progress and students are asked to contribute ideas for the forum name and make suggestions .as to what studejits will find useful. Students can take the opportunity to have their voices heard in its creation. Shepard's "President's Corner," is where he poses a question and asks for student and faculty response. Currently, the question is about what Western's priorities should be. Students can post on this. Care about recycling, parking, housing, homework and books? Write on the forum and let Bruce know. He will respond if he has time. Western students should feel fortunate we have an administration that is so concerned about what students want. Presidents of universities don't commonly sit down in front of a computer asking for or responding to student input, but Western's president insists not only on students calling him Bruce but also on asking for their input. He does this so students can feel like active participants in their college experience. Too often, students will complain about issues on campus and not take any action. Students can now voice their opinions from the comfort of their own homes by just logging on to the forum. The only way this forum will be effective is if students use it. Do you think no one will respond? Log on now and check it out for yourself. Western has diverse voices, opinions, ethnic and religious backgrounds. We need to let those voices be heard. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and AS Alternative Transportation coordinator A J. 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Technology fee: a necessary expents for students Glenn Smith Columnist Fees Western students pay are coming to the forefront of Western minds as the Technology Fee is up for a possible increase or decrease. Western students enrolled in six or more credits pay eight mandatory fees as part of tuition although some are refundable after the sixth day of the quarter. Paying extra fees is not fun but it is necessary. There are additional fees students should be aware of. The mandatory fees are just the tip of the iceberg. Many Western students would rather not pay fees for services they do not use, such as the current $17 technology fee that covers such things as : laptop ..computers available for borrowing from the library. But what if a student owns his or her own laptop? Should that student pay the technology fee or have it refunded by the sixth day of the quarter? It's a tough choice. For one thing, it's relatively not an expensive fee, compared to tuition itself andthe six more expensive mandatory fees. Paying the technology fee without utilizing the services it provides is not a large financial burden, and it helps out the school. Another argument for paying the technology fee, whether or not you use it, is that if your own laptop breaks a few weeks down the road, you may find it very convenient to borrow one from the library. But how does one predict something like that? These, are questions every student must deal with on her or his own terms. Personally, I have no use for borrowing one from the library. I have my own, but it's heavy. I'd rather not.carry it to school, and I don't mind using computer labs on campus. .Given that, I do not regret paying the technology fee. It's only $17. Now the Wade King Student Recreation Center fee, a $95 per quarter investment, is no small chunk of change. If a student does not use the recreation center, why pay the fee? The question is fair, since we will be paying this fee back in loans after we're done with school and enter the working world and are big and successful. Since I do not use the recreation center and I am paying its fee, I could see both sides of a coin. On one side, there is an impetus on me to utilize the recreation center, since I already paid for it. The other side of the coin has a picture of me protesting the fee. I don't want to be out $95 per quarter; it adds up over time. That's $285 per year I could have spent on insurance or rent. However, it's going to blend in with the rest,. of my student loans, and I'll hardly notice it when I'm paying it back later on. Paying fees is part of attending a university. Every student has to, and every stu-dentbenefits from the overal quality of the., school the fees contribute to. Just pay the fees and suck it up. Quarterly Fees: Western students pay eight fees as a mandatory part of their tuition. Capitol Building: $56 Service and Activity: $166 Health Service: $70 Technology: $17 Non-Academic Building: $35 Student Recreation Center: $95 Transportation: $25 Renewable Energyr$7 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 13 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Tuesday October 21,2008 I 13 Men's soccer blanks Montana State Billings Western: 1 Montana State Billings: 0 Derek Messling THE WESTERN FRONT midfielder Michael the season secured ry for the Vikings" ainsr Montana State a J- 0 game Sunday nily College's Orca Western junior RicciV third goal of a third-srraighi victo men's soccer tea IT: ag University Billings in at Whatcom- Conarai Field. Ricci scored the lone goal 36 minutes into the game on an assist from Western senior midfielder Matt Pele and sophomore forward Gibson Bardsley. Pele led the attack with a pass into the penalty box to Bardsley, who had his shot deflected by Montana State Billings sophomore goalkeeper Matt Mitchell. Sliding into the ball, Ricci deposited the rebound into the back of the net, giving Western the 1-0 lead. "That was classic Michael Ricci," Western head coach Travis Connell said. "He does more running than anyone on the team and put himself in great position." The win brought Western's overall record to 8-5-2 and 4-1-0 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The Vikings now sit atop the conference, leading Seattle Pacific University by one game. "I know it sounds cliche, but we are starting to gel as a team," Ricci said. "Sometimes it takes a while for a team to find its rhythm. We've always had a good attitude and work ethic, but now we are putting it all together." Connell points to the team's sense of pride as an explanation for the sudden turnaround. "Following that last loss, the team went out and doubled their effort," Connell said. "They really rose to the occasion as a team." Montana State Billings, chosen in the conference coaches preseason poll to win * photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior defender Nick Saletto gets ready to kick the ball in Sunday's game against Montana State University Billings. the conference, dropped to 2-3-0 in con- Connell said he was proud of the deference play. fensive effort against one of the nation's Montana State Billings junior forward top scorers; Sam Charles, who leads the conference in Defense has been a major concern for scoring, was held scoreless for only the the Vikings this season, third time this season. Following the Seattle Pacific game Oct. 8, Connell said the team's defensive showing wasn't good enough and needed to improve. The Vikings haven't lost a game see SOCCER page 16 Women's soccer pounds Saint Martin's V * ' ': photo courtesy of Saint Martin's University Athletics Western midfielder Stephanie Janigo crosses up a Saint Martin's player in the game on Oct. 18. Western won the game 3-1 v = Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT The Western women's soccer team extended their unbeaten streak to nine games with a 3-1 win Saturday against Saint Martin's University at Olympia's Regional Athletic Complex. This is the longest unbeaten streak the Vikings have held since 1984. Coming off a 1-1 tie against Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, Western came into the game against Saint Martin's ranked 14th in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division II coaches poll. Western junior midfielder Jenny Barton said the team felt like they especially needed to win after the come-from-behind tie against Seattle Pacific. "We were tired after the big game [against Seattle Pacific]," Barton said. "It was a good win because we were all pretty bruised lip." Western is now 11-2-1 overall and remains first in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference standings at 7-0-1. "The coaches tell us every time the new rankings come out," Western junior forward Lucy Miller said. "We're just trying to stay focused and keep winning." Saint Martin's and Western remained scoreless for most of the first half, until Western junior defender Brynn Regan headed-in the first goal for the Vikings right before halftime in the 42nd minute. Western freshman defender Alicia Patten and Western junior defender Bryn Gibson were both credited with the assist. • Western junior midfielder Kelly Irving scored unassisted in the 57th minute, and Western sophomore forward and season- leading scorer Claire Morgan scored in the 81st minute off a penalty kick. As Western narrowed in on a shutout, Saint Martin's scored with one second left. Despite the goals scored by the Vikings, Saint Martin's out-shot Western 13-12. Western1 senior goalkeeper Kylie Broadbent had six saves on the game. The Vikings hope to continue their winning streak against conference rival Central Washington University at 3 p.m., Oct. 22 in Ellensburg. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Tuesday • October 21,-2008 I The Western Front Hockey team ices Walla Walla Josh Stilts THE WESTERN FRONT Western's ice hockey club held off Walla Walla University in a 3-1 victory in their second game of the weekend series Saturday night at the Bellingham Sports-plex. Western and Walla Walla ended their first game Friday in a 2-2 tie. Western got the offense going early and was able to capitalize and score in the first four minutes. The Vikings scoredonce more in the first period and'again in the second before Walla Walla answered with their own goal early in the third period. With six minutes, 54 seconds left in the third period, Western lost, two players to penalties, giving Walla Walla a three on five power play for 1:53, but Western's relentless defense and a waived goal by the Wolves due to net movement would keep the game at 3-1. "Our guys left it all on the ice," Walla Walla head coach Anthony Oucharek said. "We've got a young club that just wasn't ready for Western's defense. They played great containment." • Western head coach John Dougan kept his team fired up, focused and,fresh with constant player swaps throughout the game. Dougan accepted a coaching role from the club board this year and has been an invaluable asset, Western senior and club president Jeff Bulger said." Dougan spent the majority of the game shouting directions and cues to his players. Prior to the game, Western junior de-photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore forward Matt Parsons takes a shot at Walla Walla University goalie Tyler Schafer fn the Saturday night game. fender.James Walker said the key would he puck control. . . "We'll have to keep out ..of the [penalty] box," Walker said.,"They have,a solid goalie and it'll be tough to get it past him; with less guys on the ice." Western's defense never allowed the power play to be an advantage to the Wolves, Dougan said. : "Going forward we need to,settle down and play our game even when we have a lead," Western senior defender Patrick McClauchlan said. "We need to stay focused and not get away from our zones, because we can tend to get sloppy and air low the other team back in the game." Oucharek said he enjoyed the. play. ,and sportsmanship of both teams.. "This game was played on the ice and when it was over it was left on the ice,''; Oucharek said. "We look forward to the rematch." 'l^^^:6umgM . . ^ ^ H i ^ R f f Downtown Johnny' •fte r * Mo„-we ,. No Covev witVi Si gt;de*t \D's New li^Wts a.M sou-wd • NWs Best t gt;J's D*MC,v.g every Vft^tsd^-S^n^ * T ° t e M D ^ * • * e * t gt;„Mb S„ • , F^ee P,w ^ IMt »pec.«lj 3e Fr: WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIEDS SELL! 650-3161 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-21 - Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday •October 21,2008 SPORTS I 15 Western football drops third straight josh Stilts THE WESTERN FRONT The Western football team fell short Saturday in North Dakota, losing 42-32 to the University of North Dakota of the Great West Football Conference. "This was a game of shoulda, coulda, woulda," said run- game coordinator and offensive line coach Klayton Adams. "The offense wasn't able to finish their drives. We were able to run a lot of play action and misdirection early and go to our run game late but couldn't finish in the red zone when we needed to." North Dakota scored first in the game, but Western answered right back and scored a pair of touchdowns a mere 17 seconds apart in the first quarter. Western's first touchdown came from a 26-yard pass from Western senior quarterback Adam Perry to Western senior wide receiver Pat McCann. The Vikings recovered a fumble on the ensuing kick-off, and on the first play of the drive Perry connected with McCann again on a 52-yard score. McCann finished the game with 179 passing yards and two touchdowns. "We saw an opportunity to go deep and we took it," Perry said. "We have a lot of weapons. It's my job to get the ball in [the receiver's] hands and let them do what they do best." With 374 total passing yards in this game, Perry became the 10th Western player to throw for more than 4,000 yards in his career. Perry currently stands at 4,137 yards. McCann said it was Perry's ability to see the play develop and make good decisions that allowed him to score. He said Perry seemed to know what the defense was going to do and got the ball to whoever was open. With Western trailing 28-14, Perry and Western junior tight end Zach Hekker connected for a 2-yard touchdown catch, getting the Vikings within seven points of North Dakota. The ensuing kickoff would turn out to be the turning point in the game. North Dakota freshman wide receiver Ismael Bamba returned the kickoff for 75 yards. Three plays later, North Dakota senior quarterback Danny Freund threw a two-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Brady Trenbeath. The Vikings weren't done fighting as they tried to close the gap with a 41-yard field goal by Western junior kicker Josh Lider, but North Dakota would not be stopped. A 54-yard drive ended with yet another two-yard, score, this time a run by North Dakota freshman running back Catlin Solum. With only three and a half minutes gone in the fourth quarter, the Vikings still had plenty of football left to play. ~ On the next drive, Perry would spread the ball even more, passing to Western senior fullback Matt Clark for a one-yard score. Western pulled within 10 points after a two-point conversion to Vikings senior wide receiver Travis McKee. Ultimately, North Dakota would run down the clock to leave Western with no time to get another offensive drive going. - With 481 yards of total offense, 110 coming from Western junior running back Randall Eldridge on 26 attempts and 88 more from six receptions, there is still a lot Western can use going into next week's game, Adams said. "Our offense wouldn't work if they were selfish," offensive coordinator Kefense Hynson said. "When our guys get their numbers called they perform. We'll go through this game on tape, put it behind us and move on to next week." Western junior wide receiver Rick Copsey said it didn't matter who got the ball - McCann, McKee, Eldridge - they would pound the football and play as*a team. "Everyone makes big, sexy catches and it puts a smile on my face," Copsey said. North Dakota improves to 4-0 all-time against the Vikings and 5-1 on the season. Western falls to 3-4 overall but keeps their Great Northwest Athletic Conference record at 3-2. photo courtesy of Kory Wallen / North Dakota Athletics Western senior quarterback Adam Perry hurries to throw downfield as Western sophomore offensive lineman Nick Bassett blocks a North Dakota defender in Saturday's game. Perry became the 10th Western player to throw for more than 4,000 yards in his career. 89.3FM KUGS •9-jT% / * \ C3 / "^ 7 3 3 - 4 4 3 3 f a i r h a v e n b i k e . c om 1108 11th S t . • B e l l i n g h am _,__ _ ' T » w w ^ a. •""^Bikes. Cycle Wear-^Nw Skis. Boards. 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"It's a good match to come out and play well, coming back from those two losses," Amundson said. Western was never behind in the first set, winning 25-15, as senior right- side hitter Marissa Hill, freshman defensive specialist Haleigh Adkins and Gotz each had service aces. Western never let up, winning 25-18 after Saint Mar-, tin's led early in the second set. Roma put Western in the lead at 11-10 with a kill after a long rally. "We had a really good focus and we kept that focus throughout the entire match," Western head coach Diane Flick said. A seven-point run in the middle of the third set solidified the match for Western as they won 25-17; two Saint Martin's errors ended the match. "It's a mental game; you've got to be mentally tough on the floor," Saint Martin's head coach Phil Ibarra said. "[Western is] a great'team, and we just didn't have that mental toughness tonight." Western will play Montana State University Billings Oct. 23 in Billings, Mont:. ' .. photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western outside hitter Megan Amundson tips a ball over the net Saturday as the Vikings beat Saint Martin's University three sets to zero. SOCCER: Western wins third straight, improves to 8-5-2 from 13 since. " "Our guys were motivated by the Seattle Pacific game," Connell said. "Now they have their eyes on becoming conference champs." Western junior goalkeeper Cameron Copps- Tilley tallied five saves in his fourth shutout of the season. "Western's win over Montana State Billings came just two days after a 3-1 win Friday night in Lacey, Wash, against conference rival Saint Martin's University. Western freshman midfielder Tyler Bjork scored an unassisted goal in the 18th minute on a rebound. After Saint Martin's tied the score at one, Bardsley scored the go-ahead goal on a chip over the goalkeeper's head. A late insurance goal was added by freshman midfielder Oscar Jimenez to lock up the victory. "We've woken up as a team," Bardsley said. 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Show more2008_1024 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 1 ---------- '36 VIEWS' OPENS PAGE 6 WESTERN SPORTS NEED STUDENT SUPPORT PAGE 10 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BOUNCES BACK PAGE 11 Friday, October 24, 2008 THE WESTERN FRO AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET Neighborhood discussions fizzle when students, neighbors no-show Corinna Storch THE WESTERN FRONT On the night of Oct. 22, one of Lara Welker's worst fears was realized. At 7 p.m. the Campus Community Coalition planned to host the first of three nights of "Let's Talk," an open forum for students living off campus to meet with their residential- neighbors. The Oct. 22 meeting was for the Sehome neighborhood, held at the Garden Street Family Center. "I fear every time we hold a meeting that no one will show up," said Welker, the coordinator for the Campus Community Coalition. "It's never actually happened before." After waiting for 15 minutes, Welker canceled the meeting and sent the three student facilitators and the three police officers home. No other students or community members had come. The coalition hosts these meetings to address problems in the neighborhoods, as well as to establish friendly relations between students and long-term residents, Welker said. "The forums are for addressing arid explaining the lack of connection between students and their long-term neighbors," Welker said. "That's not true for all long- term neighbors and all students, but it's common. There's less time to establish friendly relations because students don't stay in the same area for a long- time. Sometimes they're only there for a year or less." Welker said the lack of attendance surprised her because it was one of their most advertised events. "It was the same location as last year," Welker said. "So I don't think people had a hard time finding it." Welker said last year the SeTiome neighborhood meeting had the fewest number of attendants. Welker said the coalition worked closely with the neighborhood associations, sent out a press release and invitations to the block watch captains and rental property owners and had the event announced on KGMI. Western senior Sharron Hallanger see DISCUSSIONS page 5 Flu shots help staff, students ward off sickness Megan Jonas THE WESTERN FRONT The Student Health Center began administering flu shots during walk-in clinic hours this week to students and staff trying to avoid the virus this season. George Mariz, Western history and honors professor, said the sickest he's ever been was when he had the flu, so he's been getting annual flu shots for the past eight to 10 years at the health center. He said he hasn't dealt with the flu since.. "It's $18," Mariz said. "It's not a guarantee, but it seems to me it's as good of a bet as you can get. I like the odds." Dr. Emily Gibson, director of the Student Health Center, said a greater percentage of faculty members take advantage of the flu shot clinics than students do. Approximately 300 students come in for shots each year, Gibson said. She said the health center treats 15 to 20 cases of influenza each week during the 12 to 15 week flu season, which is usually from December to March. However, Gibson said the students who come in for treatment only represent the tip of see FLU SHOTS page 3 Lead found in drinking water photo courtesy of Center for Disease Control photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT The fifth floor drinking fountain in Arntzen Hall is being removed after health inspectors found almost twice the amount of allowable lead in its water. Strange odor prompts search, cause unkown Ashley Mitchell THE WESTERN FRONT Odd-smelling water was the first clue there was a problem with a water fountain on the fifth floor of Arntzen Hall. The fountain is now being removed after test results revealed nearly double the allowable amount of lead in the water. The water from the fountain was tested after the Environmental Health and Safety office received multiple complaints, said Gayle Shipley, director of Environmental Health and Safety. Removing the fountain solves one problem, but there is still the issue of the original smell, said sociology professor Jennifer Lois, who has an office on the fifth floor of Arntzen Hall. Lead is taste see LEAD page 5 New forum encourages dialogue Adam Cochran THE WESTERN FRONT Since it launched on Oct. 6, 2008, Western's Community Forum has presented Western students, faculty and staff members with a new way to communicate openly about a variety of issues. The online forum allows students, faculty and staff to voice their opinions about issues on and off campus, offer advice and post ads similar to those found on Craigslist.com. Anyone can create a profile, join a conversation, submit a blog or suggest any ideas they feel will help improve the forum, said Andrea Peterson, head of library systems. "It's meant to encourage other things to talk about than just school and what it's like to be involved in the Western community," Peterson said. Deborah Frost, assistant director for Information Technology for University Residences, said the forum could work to foster, a sense of community. Students and faculty are even able to chat with and suggest ideas to Western President Bruce Shepard. Shepard most recently posted on Oct. 10 about the interdisciplinary programs at Western. "This will allow for us to feel like we are a part of something and learn about each other," said Frost. Thus far, more than 650 have visited the forum and 62 profiles have been created, Peterson said. Some students say they have already had positive experiences on the forum. see FORUM page 3 Forums Dialogue Optm5ay It . Regir. ctaio^ye. sfcou: campus KOQln ! ?c*««H;nr; lt;; ) Profiles : BJ09 President's Comar S»:'T!a.-*»te:.. • gt;MWSsr gt;*s... '{Afotixl Academic Arfvic* , fc* Sitfs^ns or trVare yy* ^ lt;a«rsas f:r ansa cf' Kafly. wfctve ie gt; s sap gt;-i cattn Serial. Advice... •. ijw*. siv* ak gt;$ ia fefcttfttwd;; I 4tir i* roars a$i C3y* ~ rxxars s ^ yAnc*r*w«$ : '; photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 2 ---------- NEWS See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday -October 24,2008 I 2 '•'•'•'" photo by Michael Lee'se THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Zoe Vernon rides a mechanical bull at the ninth annual Mt. Baker Film Festival in the Beilingham Sportsplex Oct. 23. Blank examines Canada-US. trade Stephen Blank, Western's Ross Distinguished Professor of Canada- United States Business and Economic Relations, recently toured Western Canada as part of the U.S. Speaker and Specialist Program. The Bureau of international Information selected Blank for the program as a U.S. expert consultant for the program to give lectures and lead seminars pertaining to his specialty. Blank's week-long trip involved meetings with members of government, chambers of commerce, international media and the academic community, to discuss challenges of transportation and trade that face Canada and the United States. Blank is teaching Master of Business Administration course 539, "Topics in International Business," this fall. • i Western's ^College •• of- Business and Economics appointed Blank visiting professor on Sept. 10. The position engages Blank in teaching, community outreach and scholarly activity related to business and economic relations between Canada ^d;theW:S|v;-:' "j;% "%g ,f"*:% xf AimualTetthing Scholarship Pay ^Western's annual Teaching Scholar-': ship Day, hosted by the (College of Business and Economics, will be held in cooperation with the Fall Family Open House on Oct. 24 in P^sH ll.fJ #% ^ .$*$ ,- Forums andlectutes^efre^ari lt;J;^p^ • * •-•'' *• - •- - ' *' WE'STEltN V^VskfNGtOKi NIVERSlW" lt;~ "'• COMMUNICATIONS BUILDINQ. 251.. BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 ' L."': gt;H.j ;,;.;•' SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net EDITORIAL DEPARlvVFJr^O360|650l3ife| ^ f f ?:? | Editor in chief ;Gaprie'fle;WcOTura/'editoj^ Managing editor. L.jeffRichardsJrnanaging@westernfrontonline.net News editor. Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor. , Amand^ Winters,-newsfro^t@gmay.corn v. Arts editor. 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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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. •-; '-''••; gt;.'•'•; •,;--:(\v-..'"; .'' V ' \ to the public and the day's events begin at 1:30 p.m. with three forums. "The Mighty Tieton Projects," a student analysis and revival of an economically depressed town in Eastern Washington, will be held in room 108. "Reaching K-12, Western's Future Students," highlights the department's efforts to encourage:4nd:pfomote.,fihancial • Wespoinsibility'^ to-high-risk, high-potentiai youth'with the help of business professionals and public school educators. It will be held in ropni 22.8.' . "Teaching from the Heart," an explo- :fra.Ji'oh5of effective'teaching and student learning processes exceeding the simple exchange of knowledge from teachers to students, will be held in room 441. An open discussion panel on glo- ,. gt;: J^zatJon; wiltibejop^edjit 2:30 p.m. in 4 room:'441-, follawMiy ^closing remarks from the department's associated dean, l Ipseph#arp!a,o J. ,-,,._ ,..«,+ ,-..-, -;- *. y* i.X\ ? ' ~ * .J :• gt; '?. v. \ * * lt; f '.- •*'. gt; Gyndie Shepard program honpfed C by Wii^^sm j c Wisconsin's PK-16 Leadership Coun- gt; cil presented die Phuture* P^eonix^Prp:. gram, co-founded byCyndieShepardy one !j of the two Prograhis'of Distinction:"awards'*- for 2008 on Oct. 15. ; The award recognizes the^; program's : collaborative effdtts: to* improve student • transition in the PK-:16. educational.., sy's- -- tern in the state of Wisconsin. Cyndie Shepard, wife of Western. President Bruce Shepard, served as director and co-founder of the program at the man University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The program launched in 2003 and encourages students to seek higher education after graduating from high school, by Vbringing students from at- risk schools to Ithe Wisconsin-Green Bay campus and by providing positive role models. C Western Reads author speaks • , Gordy Slack, author of the 2008-09 .'.Western Reads selection, "The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything," will speak about his book at the program's public forum at 4 p.m. on Oct. 28 in Fraser Hall room 4. Corrections A headline that appeared on page 15 of the Oct. 21 edition of The Western Front vcbn'tained a factual erepr regaining the Western football-team. The team lost its second straight game, not its third': •"• "i •'• *"• A •'"•' ' '"' " ' •\- gt;.-'-. ' ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 24,2008 NEWS I 3 FLU SHOTS: Vaccinations work to keep faculty members, students healthy from 1 the iceberg, since she estimates 10 percent of Western students come down with the flu each year. This year in particular, Gibson said she feels there is more awareness on campus about health because of the death of Western junior Chris Feden in February from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an infection most likely related to influenza. "That was a very scary thing to see a Western student die of influenza-related causes," Gibson said. While Gibson said vaccinations are never 100 percent effective since it's impossible to know exactly which strands of the flu will hit each season, she said the flu vaccine will help people be less sick. Good hygiene is also imperative for flu prevention, she said. Gibson said some people are discouraged from getting a flu shot because they believe the myth, "the flu shot causes the flu." This is not true, she said. Teresa Bodensteiner, a health center nurse who gives flu shots, said it is a coincidence when people come down with influenza after getting vaccinated. Most likely, they had already contracted the virus and it just hadn't kicked in yet, she said. Gibson said while there can be side effects from the shot, such as soreness at the injection site or a low-grade fever, she has not yet received reports of negative side effects from the staff who got vaccinated last week. Despite the possibility of mild side effects, Gibson said she recommends flu shots to the average student so that he or she doesn't miss classes. The flu normally wipes students out for four days and keeps them sick for 10 days overall, she said. "It's pretty tough to catch up after missing five days," Gibson said. Gibson writes emergency leave excuses for students, and said she has seen students fail classes after getting the flu. "Nobody wants to get sick, but. if there's any incentive to get the shot, it's so you don't lose a quarter," she said. /The walk-in vaccination clinic will be open fr6m 11:30 a:m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end of the quarter. Gibson said she recommends coming in before Thanksgiving, since people will be travelling, possibly being exposed to new viruses. Students can also be more protected during finals that way, she said. The $18 cost can be covered by insurance but regardless, Western freshman Grace Miller said the cost is less than other pharmacies she looked into around Bellingham. Miller said she chose to get a flu shot for the first time on Tuesday because she didn't want to experience getting the flu again and thought it was a good idea to keep herself and others in her residence hall healthy. "In the scheme of vaccinations, this is an easy one," Gibson said. FORUM: Message board represents new medium for communication from 1 "The cool thing is that it's just about Western, and I think it's one step ahead of a lot of other schools," said Western senior and forum user Michael Murphy. "It allows for us to talk about how we really feel about atopic." Because the forum is only open to Western students and faculty members, it will be easier to manage than if it were open to the public, Peterson said. The idea for the forum came about after a group of faculty members from the library and members from ATUS attended a visual learning conference in Canada about two years ago, Perterson said. "At the conference, we learned that some groups were creating a virtual learning commons where people were working together to create an online collaborative space for people to talk," Peterson said. After the conference,, Peterson said she collaborated with Carmen Werder, director of the Teaching and Learning Academy at Western, and together they worked to create an online forum for Western. " Werder also teaches a civil discourse class where all of her 25 students are ex-, pected to participate in the forum. "This gives my students a.chance to observe, study and analyze' dialogue,"''' Werder said. Five groups, including the library, ATUS, the Teaching and Learning Academy, The Writing Center and University Residences helped the idea achieve fruition, Peterson said. An advisory group has met about the forum idea since last winter. The advisory group consists of Western faculty and staff, including Peterson, Werder, Frost, faculty from The Writing Center, president of student voices and Western senior Whitney Dunbar and graduate student Jonathan McConnell. If someone posts or says anything offensive, vulgar or defamatory, anyone can flag it on the forum and Peterson will be notified. Peterson said she would e-mail trie'advisory group so members can discuss what to do about it as a group. "If anything that is posted is way over the top, then I will pull it off of the forum immediately," Peterson said. "We're hoping that if something gets,bad, then.it'll become.: a learning , experience; for [the poster], and we'll ask them to revise it themselves." The guidelines for posting anything on the forum include being humane, open, ethical, credible and forgiving to the people who decide to post. Although the forum was created with good intentions, this does not guarantee success, Werder said. "The con would be that if students don't use it," Werder said. "If it isn't about what the students and staff want to talk about then I could see the forum just sort of fizzling out." Dunbar said she has high hopes for the forum. "Being honest and able to say what they will, hopefully benefit everyone on campus," she said. ..-..-.•. YOU OOKSTORE ?PM0cto^r3ist Show up at the bookstore ready to scare! "Western ID required* 1st Place -$100 Gift Card ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Friday • October 24,2008 \ The Western Front Rick Steves to clear the air on weed, travel Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT Travel aficionado Rick Steves will receive another, memorable stamp in his passport Friday, Oct. 24, as he speaks at Western for the first time. Steves has explored the ends of the globe over the last few decades, writing 30 guidebooks along the way, and he will now pass along his tips of traveling smart and packing light to students and Belling-ham residents. Steves will be leading lectures at three different venues throughout the afternoon and evening, discussing topics from how to travel on a budget, to the problems with the American drug policy on marijuana. Family Outreach manager Kim Oesterling helped organize Steves' visit, which is a part of Western's annual Fall Family Open House, and said the university likes to bring speakers to campus who promote a dialogue of different perspectives. "That's another form of learning," Oesterling said. "It challenges you to grow when you hear how someone else thinks about an issue." Oesterling said Steves' "Travel as a Political Act" lecture, at 8 p.m., Oct. 24, in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Concert Hall, is about being exposed to different opinions and the importance of learning about the politics and culture of other countries while traveling. Oesterling said any one of the three presentations by Steves would provide Western students, especially those who have not traveled outside the country, a taste of how eye opening traveling can be. "It opens you up and expands your horizons as a person, which facilitates learning," Oesterling said. "That's the point, and that's what we're here to do [at Western]." Students also have the opportunity to attend a more intimate question and answer forum with Steves if they signed up in advance. "Viking Travel Tips with Rick Steves" was organized by the International Programs and Exchanges (IPE) department and will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 24 in Haggard Hall room 153. IPE program coordinator Krista Man-tello said the department felt bringing in someone as knowledgeable as Steves would allow students to personalize their travel plans and interact with someone who has spent more than 100 days a year in Europe for the past 25 years. Mantello said Western's incoming freshmen class expressed a strong interest in international studies,,more so than any previous year, which stood out to the admissions office and prompted the departments to come together to cater to students' needs. With the economy struggling, Mantello said learning how to travel on a budget is important. Some students have been forced to withdraw from their international study plans because their financial situations are not as solid as they used to be, she said. "You can go to places [abroad] that are cheaper than studying at Western," Mantello said. "[It's] going to be really beneficial for students to realize that they can do what they want to do. They can go experience something outside of Western, and they can do it affordably." Steves hosts the PBS travel show "Rick Steves' Europe" and the original name for his business was Europe Through the Back Door, whose headquarters are located in Edmonds, Wash. "Personalized travel planning by Rick Steves?" Mantello said. "I don't think you can get much better than that." Western senior Molly Daugherty participated in a semester at sea in the spring of 2007 and traveled to countries such as Brazil, South Africa, Russia, India and Vietnam. She said she feels Steves' visit will be a great chance for students who are interested in traveling to narrow down their travel plans. "I think it's important to travel because it's so easy to get caught up in our own world," Daugherty said. "It sounds really cliche, but [traveling] totally opened the door and made me realize how lucky I am to be born where I was born." Anthropology professor James Loucky worked with Western's American Democracy Project to present Steves' "Challenging the Prohibition of Our Age" lecture at 2:30 p.m. in the PAC Concert- Hall. Loucky said Steves' lecture would discuss how other countries have dealt with the war on drugs much differently than the U.S. has, and how Americans may be able to benefit from the European view on the issue. photocourtesyofricksteves.com Rick Steves stands next to the Rhine River in Germany. "Other places in the world give us other ways of dealing with [marijuana use] as a health issue, as a personal choice issue and not just as a criminal issue," Loucky said. Loucky, who said he is an advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana, said it was critical for this discussion to take place on campus because controversial issues such as marijuana use need to be talked about more openly. "People all across time and space have used different substances for altering their consciousness or altering their states of being," Loucky said. "[Marijuana] is not just a negative phenomenon. It's widespread and it can have positive social functions." Graduate School Professional Studies Info Fair Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:00a.m.-2:00 p.m. VU Multipurpose Room Featuring 30+ Exhibitors • Health Professions • Specific Graduate Programs • Graduate Schools Exhibtor and event details: www.careers.wwu.edu (see Career Fairs Special Events) Sponsored by the Career Services Center • OM 280 • 360-650-3240 Popeyes C n u Ki N ^ 10% off anything, anytimewlth student ID Bellingham and Burlington restaurants (not valid with any other offer) We also have energy drinks and FREE WI-FI! Loaded Chicken Wrap, Delta Mini and Chicken Biscuit $1.49 each! ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net IFriday • October 24,2008 NEWS I 5 LEAD: Drinking fountain removed, h^thapd safety questions remain from 1 less and odorless, so the smell coming from the water fountain did not come from the high lead concentration, she said. The water was tested for bacteria but the results came back negative, Lois said. She is concerned because the focus on the high lead concentrations is taking attention away from why the fountain was originally checked. There are still no explanations why the fountain water smelled to begin with. The fact that the lead was found in the fountain could almost be called an accident, said Sociology department chair Karen Bradley, who has an office on the fifth floor. It is unknown how long the lead has been in the water because the only reason it was tested was because of the unrelated smell. Tests were conducted when faculty members with offices on the fifth floor of Arntzen noticed the water pressure was unusually high and there was a funny smell to the water in September, said Bradley. "The change in the water was very sudden and it smelled like paint thinner," Bradley said. "It was when the building maintenance was contacted about the smell that the testing started in early Sepr tember." Lois said the main complaint was the smell. "I heard complaints from two separate faculty members and decided to look it up myself. When I Googled 'water that smells like paint thinner,' I ended up with a list of results that had nothing to do with lead." Lois said she is still concerned for two reasons: first, because it is unknown how long the lead has'been in the water and second, because it is unknown how it has affected employees' health. While lead in higher concentrations doesn't usually have heavy effects on adults, it can cause developmental problems in children, Bradley said. Many women on the fifth floor of Arntzen have been pregnant or brought their children to their offices, she said. If people are concerned about their health in regards to lead poisoning they should consult their health providers, Shipley said. "Worrying about things that happen in the environment is not a healthy way to live," Shipley said. "Additional testing is happening on campus and students should feel safe drinking the water." Western doesn't usually test the water on campus because it is supplied by the city of Bellingham, Shipley said. The water in Bellingham is tested vigorously and doesn't contain high levels of lead, she said. The Environmental Health and Safety office first sampled the fountain's water.on Sept. 17. The results came back on Oct. 7 and showed that the concentrations of lead were 0.028 milligrams per liter (mg/1), which is twice the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum contaminant level. The allowable maximum containment level is 0.015 mg/1, according to the EPA Web site. The Environmental Health and Safety staff retested the water Oct. 8 after receiving the first results, Shipley said. "The testing involves a two-step sampling process," Shipley said. "The second testing uses a 30-second flush or running of the water so you can get a sample further down the plumbing section that has been sitting in the pipes." The second sample showed the lead levels in the water were 0.026 mg/1. That sample was lower than the first but still too highi Shipley said. The Whatcom County Health Department guided Western in making its decision on what should be done if the second sample came back high as well, said John Wolpers, Environmental Health Manager for the Whatcom County Health Department. "High concentrations of lead don't fesult from the water itself but from the pipes in the plumbing," Wolpers said. "Older buildings can have older lead-lined tanks and pipes that lead to the water fountains." The numbers were over the allowable amount but they weren't abnormally high, Wolpers said. Western officials turned off the water and put signs On the water fountain advising people not to drink the water. After contacting the state Health Department and looking at the concentration levels, it was decided to remove the fountain,- Wolpers said. • l "The state has seen a lot worse," Wolpers said. "Western officials just decided better to be safe-than sorry." All other water fountains in Arntzen Hall were tested for high concentrations of lead on the same day the second test were administered, Shipley said. No second samples were needed because the tests for those fountains came back with very low levels of lead. "To my knowledge, we have not removed any other water sources on campus for high levels of lead or any other reasons," Shipley said. "The water and plumbing is checked when problems arise and there haven't been any like this." The water from newer buildings on campus, specifically structures built or updated from the 1990s on, does not contain lead because the plumbing is updated, Shipley said. photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT DISCUSSIONS: Coalition cancels community forum after dismal turnout from 1 was at the meeting with her roommate, Western senior Andrea Smith. Both are part of a new Associated Students Club called Viking Community Builders, and planned to be facilitators at the meeting. "I first came to 'Let's Talk' my sophomore year," Hallanger said. "That was my first realization that there are a lot of community members out there affected by students. I think a lot of students don't realize when they move to Bellingham that they are moving to a city with long-term residents." Smith said the meetings serve as a great opportunity for students to become aware of the different goals of their neighbors. "There are always problems between students andjong-term residents ,w Smith said. "That's what happens when two different groups of people with different ways of living live near each other." Smith said "Let's Talk" tries to help relieve tension over those differences. "The forums provide a structured but informal setting to discuss issues like parties and noise when it's not in the heat of the moment," Welker said. The issues covered at the meetings are not limited to parties and noise complaints but also extend to garbage and parking disputes, Welker said. The meetings are held every quarter and over the course of the year, every JLIL M*Mwf*MJF%Mrm antrwaemn r- niniKWWW HATS •'.'VvrwwfBfellfn'ghamSGreehPnntin^.com^ (360) 920-0114 ;; Steve@BeiIinghamScreenPrintingj.com Do you have M want to sell it? "'"'.••" FREE ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD westernfrontonline.net No employment, auto, or property ads accepted on free bulletin board (normal classified rates apply). Please review rules @ westernfrontonline.net, go to "classifieds" neighborhood has a meeting. Welker said they always hold the fall sessions in the three neighborhoods with the largest number of student residents, York, Sehome and Happy Valley. Robert Vanderyacht, one of the three police officers at the meeting, said he thought it was too bad nobody showed up. "It's great to talk directly with students and let them know what we expect, as well as talk about ideas of what has worked in the past," Vanderyacht said. Vanderyacht is a night-shift supervisor and said he deals with the party scene. Every year, when fall quarter starts, there is an increase in student parties and noise complaints, Vanderyacht said. "It's important for students to understand the level of tolerance our community has for bad conduct," Vanderyacht said. Vanderyacht attended another Campus Community Coalition last year and said a neighborhood representative admitted to being a rowdy student before he graduated. "He was so outward about how bad his conduct was as a student, and now he understands the other side," Vanderyacht said. "It was really helpful for everyone to hear his story." Welker said the coalition will still host its next meeting in the Happy Valley neighborhood at 7 p.m. Oct. 27. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church on Harris Avenue. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 6 ---------- 1 6 I Friday • October 24,2008 I The Western Front ARTS* ^^•MiMHHNi '36 Views,1 the curre by the Theatre Ar merges East with W lt; Japanese styii ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 7 ---------- r westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 24,2008 I 7 nt play produced s Department, st in a traditional of drama. - Austin Mackenzie THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Jordan Williams and Western senior Anna Townes faced each other on stage. "They're almost archaic, but the strokes—the strokes are almost identical," Williams said. Slowly, Townes approached him until their faces almost touched and placed a brush in his hand. "Show me," she said. Williams approached a blank screen and began to mime the motion of painting. "Hold please," a tech crew member in-, terrupted from the lightboard placed in the center of the almost empty theater. The actors immediately fell into laughing and talking. Director Patrick Dizney, a Western theater arts instructor, took this moment to discuss the lightning cues with the tech crew. "Please continue," the crew member said after a short discussion. Immediately, the actors snapped back into character, and the scene resumed as if uninterrupted. The actors were rehearsing their performance of "36 Views," a play written by Naomi Iizuka.. "It melds an ancient Eastern world with a contemporary, cosmopolitan Western world," Dizney said. Dizney said the play is set in a modern city where a woman creates a mock Japanese manuscript and makes it look authentic, causing a stir in the art world. While the manuscript is eventually revealed as fake, Dizney said, the play centers around the characters and their reactions instead of the art world's reaction. The name "36 Views" comes from the famous Japanese wood block print series, "36 Views of Mt. Fuji," by the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The play emphasizes how people view the world from different perspectives and can only experience one perspective at any given time, Dizney said. The play has a cast of only six characters, which actors came in and openly auditioned for, Western junior Harry Jamieson said. Jamieson, who plays Asian antique dealer Darius Wheeler, said after auditioning he was called back specifically for the part of Wheeler. "It's a big challenge, but in some ways it comes very easily to me," Jamieson said. "I think Darius Wheeler, in a way, can be kind of a chameleon in that he behaves very differently depending on who he's interacting with. It gives me as an actor room to have fun with that." Western senior Zach Mercier plays Owen Matthiassen, a professor of East Asian studies. "I auditioned just because I liked the style I heard the play was going to be using," Mercier said. "As any other actor we try to get as many pails as possible. I auditioned for that and Patrick Dizney is a director I really enjoy and I really wanted to work for him." Dizney encouraged the members to get a feel for their character by having them act out scenarios in character and flesh out how each character feels and thinks, Mercier said. "My perceptions of my character and the other characters has changed since I originally got the script in that we've just had a lot of ensemble building time with what each character wanted," Mercier said. The members spent time holding discussion sessions to flesh out their characters, and found them moving in completely different directions than originally anticipated, he said. Mercier said he had studied the Kabuki style of Japan before, which was one of the major reasons he wanted to join the cast. "I have this worry that people will hear that the play is based off Kabuki style and be turned off by the idea of it," Mercier said. "It's a very Western style which incorporates Eastern style." Kabuki theater is an acting tradition in Japan that is highly presentational in nature, Dizney said. It emphasizes dramatic movements and makes use of distinctive exits and entrances when the characters enter or exit the stage. The style also employs clappers, wooden blocks that are smacked together to produce a sharp cracking sound to mark a scene. These clappers are used in "36 Views" to mark the change in mood or emotion, Dizney said. Western senior Anna Townes plays Claire Tsong, a woman who becomes embroiled in the fallout surrounding the mock-up manuscript. "She's a very eccentric, very in-the-mo-ment kind of girl," Townes said.' Townes said she was attracted to the play's Kabuki-based visual style, which has also challenged her as an actress. "It's based on timing and fluidity and moving together in the same space and making it look coherent," Townes said. "That's been challenging but in a really fun and interesting way." The play isn't separated by tangible acts, Dizney said. The scenes move at their own pace and there is no major benchmark as to when one part begins and the other ends, which sets it apart from many Western plays, he said. "It's a smart play," Dizney said. "It makes you think and hopefully feel." Dizney said he's proud of his cast and the effort they've put into the show. "I can't tell you how much energy and focus they've put into this," Dizney saidVTt's one of the plays I'm most proud of." "36 Views" debuts at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Oct. 23 and runs through Nov. 2. Tickets for students and seniors are available in the Western Box Office for $9. General admission is $12. photos by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT LEFT: Western junior Jessica Young plays Setsuko Hearn, an assistant professor of East Asian literature. TOP: Western senior Zach Mercier, left, as Owen Mathiassen and junior Jordan Williams as John Bell rehearse on Oct. 21 before their first show. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I ARTS LIFE Friday • October 24,2008 I The Western Front Civic Stadium: Compost for change Derek Messling THE WESTERN FRONT Quick. Think about how long it takes to get dressed in the morning. Has the task ever been so daunting that skipping it altogether and leaving the house naked seemed like the best option? Spectators at Civic Stadium now have the option to spend the amount of time it takes to get dressed in the morning, sorting their garbage thanks to a new Bell-ingham Parks and Recreation Department recycling and composting program. The overall goal of the program is to change the social norm that exists within athletic venues, said Heather Higgins- Aanes, environmental program coordinator for Bellingham Parks and Recreation. "People need to learn there is more to life than the eat, dump, and run routine they have grown accustomed to," Higgins- Aanes said. The new routine needs to involve two essential steps, she said. First, spectators should steer away from leaving their garbage at their seats*. Once patrons leave their seats, they need to take the time to sort their various pieces of waste at the recycling stations, she said. "Spectators need to understand their social responsibilities extend to the sporting events," Higgins-Aanes said. "There is no other recreational area where people throw their garbage on the ground." If a spectator buys a fountain drink, three different receptacles are used to sort the various parts, Higgins-Aanes said. The straw goes into the garbage while the lid is to be placed in the recycling bin. Finally, the cup is made of paper and is biodegradable and should be deposited into the blue composting bin. Less than two months after the inception of the program, the amount of garbage thrown away at football games has been reduced by .85 percent, said Sara Southerland, environmental education and outreach coordinator for the city parks de^ partment. Seventeen 60-gallon bags of compost were collected at the first Western football game of the year at Civic Stadium. In past years, Civic Stadium's waste was composed of 100 percent of garbage, destined for a 300-mile trip to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in the hills of Klickitat County, Southerland said. In comparison, composted materials are now transported 20 miles to Green Earth Technologies in Lynden, where the composting process takes effect in just 60 days, she said. Once the composted materials are converted into soil, the product is sold to local businesses to aid in their development efforts, she said. Each of the four recycling stations is managed by recycling educators dressed in bright shirts, ready to aid visitors in their sorting efforts, Higgins-Aanes said. Reactions have been mostly positive to the new procedures, Southerland said. Although she admits some negative responses concerning the importance of the project have been heard. The concession stands at Civic Stadium are working to sell products that can be recycled or composted entirely, Higgins-Aanes said. Both the city and Western are in the process of determining the most effective methods to make sure spectators at Western games take part in the composting. Western's Office of Sustainability coordinator Seth Vidana said the university is in the early "stages of the project and decided that in order to create a successful plan, its first step must be determining specifically who attends Western football games. The Civic Stadium recycling project is part of the countywide Towards Zero Waste program run through local nonprofit Sustainable Connections, Executive Director Michelle Long said. Informational stands are present at At the corner of State Ohio • Mon-Sat 6am to 2pm • Sun 8am to 2pm • 734-8687 Breakfast and lunch served all day! •-* • lam prepared THE CONDOM BREAKS YOU MISS A COUPLE OF PILLS YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX YOU WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ..Planned Parenthood® is herefm^^^i^g^Mgh-f^M^^ personal care at an affordab.lf|^^g|jB|:|gJ||^ - :.':.l|llin • can prevent pregnancy if^^HWffi?S^BiS|i^l^,.'.^r.-.,^ x ,u MA(, unprotected sex. 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Western has a very strict policy regarding plagiarism and cheating. If students are caught cheating, they can be ejected from their majors or possibly kicked out of school. Western is considering using the application Safe Assign on B lack- Board to catch plagiarism. Yes, it might be good to catch cheating but would this program also put innocent students at risk? Several things are wrong with this program. It searches for identical phrases and does not distinguish whether the passage was cited correctly or not. This means correctly cited work could be labeled as plagiarism by the program. Not to mention, the program's database is so limited, it did not catch some submitted articles from Western Libraries. The program also takes other papers written by. students and compares them. This may not always be effective. If a professor assigns a large class of students the same assignment year after year, there is bound to be overlap. SafeAssign would also slow the rate at which professors can return papers to their students. The program could take days to check everything. There is something eerie about a machine making this type of decision. Plagiarism should be assessed.on a case-by-case basis. Machines cannot solve this type of ethical problem. Plagiarism is more than just copying another person's work; it is a serious issue which should be addressed. Students who choose .to plagiarize are cheating themselves. They are wasting their professor's time and wasting their own money. What is the point of attending a university to receive a degree and graduate if you have little interest in learning? There are resources for students struggling with grades. Students can meet with their professors and get help or guidance on homework. Professors are here to help students in students' pursuit for education and many are happy to help out when someone needs some extra attention. The Tutoring Center is filled with competent employees who work solely to help students with class assignments. The Writing Center can help students with all their writing needs and has a number of handouts concerning proper grammar usage and how to cite work. People should not be ashamed to ask questions and should not resort to cheating. Plagiarism needs to be stopped before a student submits his or her paper. Students should be honest and strive to uphold ethical standards. Don't take the easy way out. You wouldn't want to hear the police chief has a false certificate or your brain surgeon cheated on his exams in school. You wouldn't want to enter the job market, especially in the current economic recession where jobs are hard to find, unprepared and incompetent. Being honest and accountable is vital to developing a qualified workforce. If students plagiarize their way through college they will not be prepared for the challenges of the real world. Plagiarism is an awful thing that needs to be addressed. But SafeAssign will not be an effective way to bring an end to cheating or the reasons behind it. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards and Opinion Editor Lisa Hust. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Have you ever or do you plan to study abroad? Compiled by: Talithia Taifano Neil Ledda Sophomore "/ may. I'm multiracial and my family still has a lot of roots in the Philippines." Ryan Brunhaver Junior "/ went to India. I wanted : to go anyway and at the last minute I found a study abroad program to go with it." Kristy Huffman Senior "Yes. Amsterdam or Buda^ pest. I want to do it for grad school to do international law." Syd Davidson Junior "I haven't yet and I was going to but I changed my major, so its not realistic for me anymore." Support incumbent Chris Gregoire for governor Natalie McClendon Guest Columnist Our state will face tough times in the next four years, and the next governor will have to make difficult decisions. Our job as voters is to decide how these challenges will be met, by choosing a candidate based on the values and priorities they will use to make these hard choices. Gov. Chris Gregoire understands the values of our state as a whole. She grew up in Auburn, started her career in Spokane and now works across the state as governor. She has always understood the issues that matter most to the middle class. Creating jobs, improving education and expanding health care have been her priorities, and her commitment to those issues has made our state a better place. This is in sharp contrast to her Republican opponent, Dino Rossi. His plan to help our economy is to lower—yes, lower— the minimum wage by $1.50 per hour while giving $500 million in tax breaks to multimillionaires. Even after seeing the devastation on Wall Street, he wants to deregulate health care in the same way. And he's in denial about global warming with no plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Rossi is so far-right on social issues he would deny women birth control and emergency contraception, with no exception for victims of rape or incest. Gov. Gregoire's record shows she is the leader we can trust in tough times. She expanded health care coverage to include 84,000 more children and is fighting to cover all children by 2010. Gov. Gregoire has invested more in education than any governor in state history. She made much-needed improvements to grades K-12, like smaller class sizes and fair teacher pay, and also recognized the importance of early learning and higher education. Gov. Gregoire is an unparalleled champion for Washington's colleges and universities. She helped add 18,000 new enrollment slots in colleges and universities, including hundreds right here at Western. She also provided funding to renovate three of Western's buildings. Unlike Rossi, Gov. Gregoire understands the value of scientific research and women's rights. She won't stand in the way of embryonic stem-cell research. She'll always stand up for a woman's right to choose, and she'll ensure women have access to all medications. In tough times, Washington needs a leader who will stand up for working families and preserve our state's values while making difficult decisions. Gov. Gregoire is that leader. Natalie McClendon is the chair of Whatcom County Democrats. The Western Front contacted the Whatcom County Republicans about writing a column and heard no response. Letters to the Editor More to technology fee than was reported I thought it was great that Glenn Smith talked about the technology fee. He used the library laptops as his example for what the fee pays for, but the fee pays for many more services than just the laptops. If you have ever had to use the student tech center for class or to learn how to use programs, our fee pays for this service. The student tech center has cameras, movie software, printers, scanners and even tape recorders. Only $2 of the $17 fee goes to pay for the student tech center. I am amazed at how much the student tech center can do for $2 per student per quarter. The rest of the $17 goes toward updating all the other technology services on campus, like all the computers in the library and in the labs and the software found on those computers. The fee does not pay for ongoing maintenance like buying more printing paper or ink; the school foots the bill for that. But the fee is up for renewal and it can raise up to 100 percent of what it is now unless you, the student, do something about it. Tell people what you want the fee to pay for. Tell the administration what you want your fee to go toward. They proposed using our fee to pay for music downloading software. This is a waste of our money, and we should urge them to not waste our money in such a way. I was so glad the Frontline talked about the forums! They make an introverted person like me able to get involved and voice my opinions. There is a thread on the forums about the student tech fee and people's ideas of what the fee should be and if it should be increased. I urge everyone to go check it out and let the administration know how you feel. Valarie Lloyd Western senior There are benefits to Focus on the Family I would like to give a response to all of the recent discussion in this newspaper regarding Chick-fil-A and Focus on the Family. I desire to bring to your attention programs run by Focus on the Family that help people. The Focus on the Family Web site alone offers lots of advice for couples, parenting, financial advice, podcasts of talk-radio shows with James Dobson and many more services. They have a children's radio show, Adventures in Odyssey. Also, there is a Web site devoted to university students and the issues they face as Christians on a college campus. There is a lot of help available for all kinds of people struggling with real-life issues. I felt the need to speak up because I keep hearing negative criticism about Focus on the Family through this newspaper. I realize that Focus on the Family is also committed to ministries that will not agree with the lifestyles of many people on campus, but I hope that I brought to your attention that Focus on the Family is a Christian organization committed to making a difference in this world by helping people. Clinton Richmond Bellingham resident ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS See more online at w w w.wester nf ronton line .net The Western Front I Friday • October 24,2008 I 10 Women's soccer downs Central Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT The Western women's soccer team improved their unbeaten record to 10 games with a 2-1 victory over conference-rival Central Washington University Oct. 22 in Ellensburg, Wash. The unbeaten streak is the longest run since 1984. Western improved to 12-2-1 overall and 9-0-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Central fell to 7-5-3 overall and 4-4-1 in conference play. "At this point, every win is big," Western junior midfielder Jenny Barton said. "But it's always a tough game against Central." Western senior defender Katie Warner agrees with Barton about competing well against Central. "It's good to get a win on the road, especially against [Central]," Warner said. "We have a lot of bad blood with them." The Vikings remain first in conference standings and have moved up one photo courtesy of Kate Pridemore Western women's soccer team secured their 10th-straight win Oct. 22 against Central Washington University. Western won the match 2-1. spot to 13th in this week's National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Coaches poll. Western head coach Travis Connell said the ranking makes him proud of the team's success. "We have great leaders that do a good job on focusing the team," he said. "I give all the credit to our captains and seniors." Despite Central out-shooting West-em 22-14 in shots at goal and 8-3 in corner kicks, Western got on the scoreboard first. Western junior forward Lucy Miller scored in the .18th minute with an assist from Warner. It was Miller's sixth goal of the season. She is tied for second in goals for the season with Western sophomore forward Molly Shannon. They are right behind Western sophomore forward Claire Morgan, who has eight goals. Western went into halftime with a 2-0 lead after Western junior defender Bryn Gibson scored her first goal of the season in the 33rd minute, with an assist from Barton. With 22 minutes left in regulation, Central scored their first and only goal of the game off a penalty kick. Western senior goalkeeper Kylie Broadbent had nine saves on the game. "Kylie had some nice saves, some from point blank range," Connell said. "She kept us in the game." B.arton said she likes the team's chances of doing some damage and going far into the NCAA tournament in the playoffs. "As a team we have great chemistry," she said. "If we keep playing well, we'll get into the tournament." Western returns home for a non-league matchup against Simon Fraser University at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field. Volleyball stings Yellowjackets Christine Karambelas THE WESTERN FRONT The Western volleyball team swept Montana State University Billings in three sets Oct. 23 at Alterowitz Gym in Billings, Mont. Now 15-2 overall and 7-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the Vikings are ranked 12th nationally in Division II. "The team was focused from the beginning to the end," Western head coach Diane Flick said. "There have been some problems in the past where [we] have stopped putting pressure on the other team and that didn't happen tonight." The first set included seven consecutive points won by Western, six served by Western freshman libero Haleigh Adkins. Western finished the set strong, winning 25-16. They won the second set 25-18 and didn't hold back in the third set, winning 25-7. Western sophomore outside hitter Megan Amundson had 12 kills and 10 digs. Western senior middle blocker An-gie Alvord had nine kills and five blocks. Western sophomore libero Allison Gotz had 14 digs and three service aces. "We held our own," Alvord said. "There were good plays, long runs, and we did a good job at keeping the pressure." The game was kept simple and played with great defense and few errors, Flick said. Western's next game is against conference- leader Western Oregon University at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in Carver Gym. Support Western's athletic teams Jesse Amorratanasuchad Spiorts Columnist Western athletic teams have shown their quality this season, and it's hard not to take notice. For those of you who are tired of watching our regional teams lose, go watch one of Western's fall sports teams compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Our school's teams are not on Sports- Center every night, but this doesn't mean they aren't putting on exciting performances. That's more than I can say for the other teams in Washington. The outlook for sports teams in the state has not been particularly good since the beginning of fall. As fans we tend to try and avoid any discussion of the tragic losses for Washington teams. The Seattle Mariners slumped to another disappointing season. The Super- Sonics are officially done as a franchise, in Seattle. And the Seahawks, who are 1-4, are having their worst season since Mike Holmgren has been head coach. But it doesn't stop there. Washington State University's foot-bail team is 1.-6 overall, getting crushed by University of Southern California 69-0 Oct. 18 in Pullman, Wash. The University of Washington football team has yet to win a game this season, with quarterback and Femdale local Jake Locker going down early in the season with a broken thumb. The Seattle Storm has been the one quality team in Washington that has competed for playoff spots for the past few years. Women's volleyball is currently ranked 12th in Division II with a record of 15-2. Volleyball started the season on a 13-game unbeaten run, which was the best start in the team's history. The women's soccer team is ranked 13th nationally and has a record of 12-2-1. The team is currently on a 10-game unbeaten streak, the longest since 1984. Last week, Western junior midfielder Kelly Irving earned the conference player-of-the-week award. Irving scored the game-tying goal against sixth-ranked Seattle Pacific University and a goal in the 3-1 win over // Our school's teams are not on SportsCenter every night, but this doesn't mean they aren't putting on exciting performances. ft As a Washington native, the most exciting, but sometimes difficult, part of watching these games is when the game clock winds down to zero. The losses keep piling up and dejected fans keep slumping sadly into their seats. Professional teams in Washington have been depressing to follow. So since none of the teams nationally televised are worthwhile to watch, support our sports at Western and go see one of our nationally ranked teams play. Saint Martin's University last week to earn the award. Men's soccer is 8-5-2 for the season and has won their last three league games, taking first in the conference. Western junior defender Nick Saletto won the conference player-of-the-week award as the team allowed only one goal in two games last week. The football team is still in the hunt for the postseason, vying for a spot in the Rotary Bowl with a 3-2 conference record. Both men's and women's cross country will peak as regionals come around and have been placing well in each meet they have run so far. The cross country teams will travel to Yakima for the conference championships on Oct. 25. The men's team will be running for their third-straight conference title. On the women's side, Western sophomore Sarah Porter has been running in a league of her own. Porter has a conference-best four wins this season going into the meet, as she competes against the heavily favored women's team from Seattle Pacific University. This has been one of the more successful seasons for the athletic department for several years and approximately one third of the season is still left. Successful sports teams all start with fan support. Even if teams are successful, the atmosphere of where they play has a great effect on team performances. The more fans we can get out to games, the more likely athletes will want to play at Western. The better athletes Western recruits, the better the sports programs will be. What Washington teams need now, more than ever, is support. The more the better. Rally behind Western's fall sports as they all push for postseason play. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-24 - Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 24,2008 SPORTS I 11 Women's basketball looks to rebound Derek Messling THE WESTERN FRONT For a team that had its streak of 15 winning seasons snapped last year after being decimated by injuries, one commipn goal has emerge^ from the Western women's basketball team - redemption. Returning to the court this winter will be a healthy team, ready to get back to their winning ways. "We want to recapture the legacy of Western Washington women's basketball," senior center Claire Pallansch said. "With everyone that was injured last year now healthy, we want to prove that we are back." Starting five freshmen last year due to injuries, Western lacked experience on the court, sophomore guard Amanda Dunbar said. The team finished 9-21 overall and 6-12 in conference play last season. "Last year was tough, but stuff happens and we lost five starters before the season started," head coach Carmen Dolfo said. "Nobody is happy losing here." Dunbar said the team is hoping the growing pains from last season may have been a blessing in disguise, as the younger players gained valuable on-court experience. Dolfo said the overall depth of her roster will be an asset this winter. "We don't drop off when the starters are out of the game," Pallansch said. "We are all talented players." The team spent much of the offseason strength training and running to become CRIMINAL RECORD? Vacate^Seal old records, Resgiil Dou'tle cosoj| Frem . , LAII brearr^^^lts. , Uplst mistake •bur future. Bnlfei"*' IP^E..Q¥- --:,: CARL A. MUNSON Cj*}The Bean Stop cNo Espresso Fresh Organic Beam Roasted Daily/ ^ ^ScentlpffforWWU "V | - students staff! ; | $2.50 daily specials L — " Hours Mon.-Sat. " 6airi"-7pmills E. 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Pallansch, a second team all-conference selection a year ago, is looking to improve upon last season's numbers in which she was in the top 10 within the conference in scoring, rebounding and blocks. Two transfers enter the fray in senior forward Jessica Summers from the University of Idaho arid sophomore guard Megan Pinske by way of the University of British Columbia. The team has high expectations for itself heading into the 2008-09 campaign, Dunbar said. St. J a m e s Presbyterian Church Worship on Sundays e *l A * at 10:30am r.ps:j*-\ 910 14th St. iBellingham, YVA 98225 I 733-1 Sl5 SALON • SUPPLIES • TANNING CUTS • COLOR •PERMS •FOILS Mon-Fri 9am~8prfi;'V-';: Saturday ^m-7pm AI --u ';': Sanday^tOam^pm^'/p^ Walk-Ins Welcome! iiggjj MpwhaMaMM* ' • - - . ' photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior fomardGij BY^Wade drives the ball to the hoop as Trinity Western University guard Jordan Verhoeff chases after during a scrimmage held Oct. 22 at Carver Gym. 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"This year, it isn't about whether we make the playoffs," senior guard Ira Graham said. "It's about how far we will go in the playoffs." After a promising start last season, going 8-2 in their first 10 games, the Vikings finished sixth in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with an 8-10 conference record. "Last season wasn't a season I look at as stellar," head coach Brad Jackson said. "We had a lot of young players who lacked experience. We lost a lot of close games. If we just finished stronger, we could have easily ended the season with a 20-7 record." But with age comes experience, and experience will be the team's strongest asset this year, Jackson said. The team includes five returning seniors including Graham, the leading scorer last year with 18.5 points per game-second best in the league. Another notable returning senior is forward Calin Schell, who shares team captain responsibilities with senior center and forward David Brittinen. "[Schell] is a rugged competitor," Jackson said. "He's what I like to call a blue- collar player. He works hard and does whatever the team needs from him whether it's rebounding or scoring inside." Schell led the team with 7.7 rebounds per game and was third on the team in scoring with 9.2 points per game. "The key to this, season is to embrace the team camaraderie and realize we're all working toward the same goal," Schell said. "As a captain, I'm going to lead my team, which includes letting them know when they're doing something right and when they're doing something wrong." This year, it isn't about whether we make the playoffs. It's about how far we will go in the playoffs. - Ira Graham, senior guard Other returning seniors are guard Steve Alford, who was second on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game last season, and center Zach Bruce. Western senior guard Derrick Webb will miss the year due to a wrist injury suffered during the offseason. r With the injury to Webb, junior guard Harold McAllister may see more time this season. McAllister led the team in steals last season. "[McAllister] had a strong year last year," Jackson said. "He's been consistently improving since he's been in the program." The team has three transfers this year including 7-foot junior center Dave Vanderjagt, who played last year at the University of Montana. The other two transfers are junior guard Morris Anderson from Highline Community College and junior forward Michael Duty from Bellevue Community College. "I think we have all the pieces in place for a successful season," Jackson said. "Our attitude is great. The makeup of the team position-wise is nicely balanced between the inside and outside game." The team's success this season will largely depend on their ability to stay tough minded and consistent, Jackson said. Offense was not the problem for the team last year, averaging 79.1 points per game, second in their division. "Defense is the lynch pin of champions," Jackson said. "And I'm anticipating we will play at a high level this year, maybe even at a championship level. But as.a coach, there's only one game to worry about and that's the next game." Last season, the Vikings held opponents to 41.2 percent from the field and 70.9 points per game. But they failed to finish off opponents in close games, losing six games by seven points or less. "This year, I want to focus on being a defensive stopper," Alford said. "Playing defense as a team is what we're focusing on right now." Team practice started Oct. 15. Seeing the players on the first day of practice is a good indicator of what to expect this season, Jackson said, -v "The things I always look for when the season starts is how conditioned the players are," Jackson said. "The conditioning of the players really tells you how committed they are to the team because it is proof of the work they've been doing in the training room during the offseason." Jackson was very impressed with the team's conditioning and aims to utilize the team's toughness more in their game play. "I am trying to create an aura of toughness on the court," Jackson said. "I want the team to play more physical. Basketball is a contact game, and we need to be the aggressors on the court in order to win." The season starts Nov. 17. The Vikings host an exhibition game against Team Another Level, an amateur team of non-student players at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 in Carver Gym. The team is also hosting an intersquad game at 3 p.m. Oct. 26 in Carver Gym. "The team will be fun to watch this year," Jackson said. "I hope we can get the community and the students behind us. It really helps to have that sixth-man mentality of the crowd behind us." 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Show more2008_1028 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 1 ---------- GLOBAL GATHERING ELECTS OBAMA PAGE 3 FOOTBALL, SENIORS WIN FINAL HOME GAME PAGE 11 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 i WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Professor fights for Pal in records photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western associate professor Tim Pilgrim helps senior Christy Thacker with her assignment during journalism editing class Oct. 27. Katherine Garvey THE WESTERN FRONT Openness in government and the protection of students' rights are at the heart of a recent dispute at North Idaho College (NIC) involving Western professor Tim Pilgrim and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The registrar and administration, on advice from an NIC attorney, denied a request by Pilgrim to see if records could indicate whether Palin was in a journalism class of Pilgrim's when he taught at NIC. Pilgrim claims NIC gave Palin preferential treatment in protecting her records from public view. "Basically her case has been handled the same as any other student," NIC registrar Tami Haft said. NIC vice president for student services Eric Murray placed an internal block on Palin's records, so anyone, including NIC faculty, must go through the registrar to request access to them. "I initiated it on behalf of Sarah Palin to protect her right to privacy," he said. "I'd rather err on the side of caution in protecting the student's right to privacy than allowing that material to be misused." Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), publicly funded schools may not release anything but directory information on students except under certain circumstances, such as in cases of health and safety emergencies. Palin, who graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in journalism, attended NIC in 1983 while. Pilgrim photo courtesy of Jeff Schultz ofAlaskaStock.com Above: Alaskan Governor and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin attended North Idaho College where Western professor Tim Pilgrim (pictured left) taught journalism in the early 1980s. Pilgrim said he believes Palin may have been a student in one of his three classes. was teaching in the journalism department. In mid-September, Pilgrim, worried he was not able to remember his students anymore, cited teaching effectiveness and asked the NIC registrar to see if Palin was in any of his three classes. Pilgrim said he is usually able to remember his students unless they fail or withdraw and was concerned he could not do this anymore. "That's what the FERPA regulations say is that professors who have a legitimate educational interest can have access to those records," Pilgrim said. "We create the records." The NIC registrar denied it on the grounds there was no educational need in see PALIN page 5 Students get the adventure of a lifetime Fart one in a three-part series on the Fairhaven College Adventure Learning Grants Jillian Vasquez THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Eric Vermeers remembers climbing to the top of a building in Bangkok, Thailand. The breathtaking sight atop the condominium gave him a clear view of the fireworks rupturing overhead. The traffic stopped below and the sound of celebration rang in his ears. It was the 80th birthday of the Thai king Rama IX, the longest serving monarch in Thai-history, and celebration was in full swing. Witnessing the historic moment like this was just part of the journey for the Fairhaven College student. Vermeers was one of three recipients of Fairhaven College's 2007-08 Adventure Learning Grant-an anonymously do-hated $15,000 grant toward self-designed study in a non-English-speaking country. This is the program's sixth year. Vermeers, along with two other Fairhaven students, was selected out of a dozen applicants to embark on his journey, which he titled "Crossroads in the Himalayas: Buddhist Communities between Cultural Conservation and Neo-Liberalism." His 10-month journey began October 2007 in Thailand. He then proceeded to Bhutan, India, Ladakh, Japan and Taiwan. Vermeers returned to the United States in see GRANTS page 4 Governor Gregoire coming to Western's campus Jillian Vasquez THE WESTERN FRONT . With Election Day lurking around the corner, Gov. Christine Gregoire is set to make a pit stop on her campaign trail-on Western's campus. Gregoire is scheduled to be on campus for a 'get out the vote' rally at noon, Nov. 3 in the Performing Arts Plaza in a final push to encourage student voters to cast their ballots, said SueEllen Lawton, Campaign for Change regional field director. Gregoire will be speaking about her campaign and will be joined by local leaders and political candidates, Lawton said. Gregoire will shake hands with the public after her speech. Further details are to be released in the coming days. Western is a stop on Gregoire's "Fighting for Working Families" tour. The Campaign for Change office as well as members of Obama Vikings and Whatcom Democrats are teaming up to put on the event. "This will be a good opportunity for students to really see what it is that they're voting for," said Courtney Steffy, Obama Vikings president. Steffy said she and several Obama Vikings members have been working with Gregoire's campaign for a couple weeks. The campaign decided to visit Western because of its reputation as having a politically active student body, said Andrew Toso, Gregoire's campaign press secretary. Western sophomore Miguel Vila, a recruitment and training intern with the Washington Public Interest Research Group, said the governor's appearance is important to all students. "Whether you're Democrat or Republican, the governor is going to affect see GREGOIRE page 5 photo courtesy of Chrisgregoire.com ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 2 ---------- NEWS See more online at www.westernfrontonline .net The Western Front I Tuesday • October 28,2008 I 2 GopsBox port of an assault at the 2500 ||||||g|B|||j^^|| ^liifliiiiifciiBliiB ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ SIlliiliiiiiMiiiiiill '.•'•'-.. . photo by Michael LeeseTHE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Chase Boston paints in one of the 1,280 squares on his self-portrait Monday afternoon. The self-portrait assignment is a color theory study based on the pixilated self-portraits done by Chuck Close, in which students approximate the color of each square of a photograph and translate it to the corresponding square on their canvas. Boston said his self-portrait was based on "not taking life too seriously." computer vvas reported miss- 9S^^^^^^00^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^^SU Discussions The Border Policy Research Institute will host, a discusmon..by^C.to .associate-.prpfeS'sor. of^ gepgraphy gt;!at^fiw gt;: Mexico State -University rjfaS'U) at'1 ribbri on Oct. 30 in Communications Facility room 105. u Brown will-speak' on- border patrol is- ,sues relating canand'-MexicaVj^encian^or^erei-;' Brown is the director of the Spatial Applications Research Center at NSU and his.research has been usec^ to .analyze im- - migration issues by organizations such as the Envkbrimehtal Protectfoh Agency and the World Wildlife Fund. * WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net EDITORIAL PEPARMENT (360) 650-3162 Editor in chief; Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westernfrontonline.net Managing editor. .Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. 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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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. Prm^nthnand wellness forum Western's Prevention and Wellness .Services office will host a new weekly fo- . xum concerning health and social justice issues beginning Oct. 27. The forum' will have multiple focuses and topics, ranging from gender issues, body image, sex to alcohol arid social health. - This quarter's forums will be "Take Back Your Body" at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 in Viking Union (VU) room 567, "Learn to Relax and Reduce Your Stress" at 6 p.m. Nov. 18 in VU room 567 and "Alcohol Awareness for the Life of the Party at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 in VU room 567. Veteran's Day celebration A Veteran's Day celebration will take place Nov. 12 at Western's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. and all are welcome to attend. Michael Pereira, a six-year U.S. Army veteran, will speak. Pereira served as an analyst and research specialist, was stationed in Germany, Italy and Afghanistan and also worked as a civilian contractor in Iraq. Chris Rowell of the U.S. Navy will also speak. Rowell has worked as an aerographer's mate, task unit air officer and operated an unmanned aerial vehicle. A reception will immediately follow at 12:15 p.m. accompanied by a flag raising ceremony outside the Academic Instructional Center. The first-raising of the colors will be conducted by members of the American Legion Color Guard at the new flag pole plaza. Class will not be held on Nov. 12 to commemorate the occasion. Book details YWCA history Lye Masland has written a book titled "100 Years of Challenge and Change, Whatcom Women and; the Bellingham YWCA." The book details the history of the YWCA in Bellingham, which began in the late 1800's^ and covers"items of historic significance such as the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and depression-era Bellingham, throughout which the YWCA offered aid and help to struggling families. Masland's book praises the YWCA for providing a safe place to live for the first women living in the area and continuing to do so today. Western to host Kinship Fellows Western will host the Kinship Conservation Fellows program from June 24 through July 24, 2009. The Kinship Conversation Fellows announced that its stipend for Fellows will increase from $4,500 to $6,000, effective with the 2009 Fellowship. Eighteen applicants will be selected to participate in the program. Kinship's intensive, month-long program focuses on training conservation professionals in the use of market-based approaches to environmental issues. The program combines leadership training with business and economic tools while offering fellows the opportunity to apply what they learn to an independent project. The 2008 cohort of fellows represented 11 countries from all over the world and joins Kinship Conservation Fellows alums who number more than 100. To learn more and apply online, visit www. KinshipFellows.org. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 28,2008 NEWS I 3 Obama wins presidency in mock debate International students gather to hear representatives detail candidates' policies, proposals Ian Wright THE WESTERN FRONT Sen. Barack Obama was elected the next president of the United States by a group of Western international students when they participated in the Center for International Studies' first-ever mock presidential debate on Friday. In the debate, student representatives of both Sen. John McCain and Obama gave foreign-exchange students a clear explanation of the candidates' views on issues such as same-sex marriage, health care, tax policy and what criteria the candidates would use in appointing new Supreme Court justices. Representatives of each campaign were given two minutes to convey their candidate's views in response to questions asked by a moderator. After 20 minutes of debate, the students took part in a mock election. Obama was elected with 19 votes to McCain's 11. Iksu Shin, a Korean exchange student, said before coming to the debate he had almost no knowledge of American politics but said he learned a lot in the hour-long debate. "I didn't know health care was such a big issue in America," he said. "Health care isn't really a big deal back home in my country. The American government should care more, and it's a big deal that they don't." Western sophomore Colleen Toomey, assistant coordinator for the Obama Vikings, represented Obama in the debate. She said she tried to express Obama's plan in real-life terms so the international students could glean a clear understanding of Obama's proposed policies. "It's such a positive thing to include everyone in politics," she said. "If the international students are interested in staying in the U.S. or coming back over later, it's important for them to understand the political system because regardless of whether they can vote or not, politics will affect how they live their lives." Karen Henriksen, director of the Korea University Program, said she was mainly concerned with each student's ability to comprehend what was being said. "The students all have varying levels of English, but the debaters did a really good job trying to speak clearly and get ideas across in not too complex language or concepts." " Political science professor Amir Abedi moderated the debate and said even though there wasn't much engagement between the debaters, they both did a great job of respecting their candidates' positions in ways the international students could follow. "I think the debate's small audience was very much reflective of the international community," Abedi said. In polls in the international community, Obama is ahead by a significant margin, he said. Western junior Beth Hurst, who argued on behalf of McCain, said she agreed to represent the Republican senator on short notice. Hurst said she is not a Republican and thought it was interesting that debate organizers were unable to locate a McCain representative. "Western is a very liberal campus, and I think we should challenge ourselves by trying to look at the other side of issues more often," she said. photo by Michael LeeseTHE WESTERN FRONT Western professor Amir Abedi moderates the mock presidential debate Friday in College Hall. After hearing arguments from represenatives of both candidates, the audience voted 19-11 to elect Sen. Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Hit the Books in Wanna change your look? Then here's your chance! At Plato's Closet, we buy and sell brand name gently used teen and twenty something clothing tor guys and girls. 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The conference was designed after the fourth king of Bhutan began estimating his country's success not by gross domestic product, but by citizens' happiness. Vermeers proposed to compile a multimedia narrative of his journey focusing on how Buddhist belief systems connect with ideas such as freedom, democracy and human rights. "It's a unique way of looking at the world that doesn't see things in duality but is more looking for a middle way," he said. "It's looking for a real truth about what this world is about." Candidates are selected and notified in November of their acceptance, said Kathryn Anderson, Fairhaven professor and coordinator of the grant program. The students then have two quarters to study a foreign language or take an independent study course that pertains to their trip. "One of the original goals was to give students the chance to dream," Anderson said. Vermeers had already traveled to parts of Asia and said he had a fair idea of what to expect. Leaving was like hopping on a . bus to the other side of town, he said. "I was really ready to just go," Vermeers said. Returning has proven to be more of a challenge, as Vermeers notes the differences in character between Americans and the people he met on his journey. He describes the cultures he encountered as generous and heavily focused on the present. "The basis of the culture is to see everyone achieve enlightenment," he said. "Therefore it's a very generous culture in that way and very compassionate." Vermeers remembers going to a restaurant in Bhutan with friends he met on the trip, and when it came time to fork over for the bill, his friends fought over who would have the honor of paying. The Americans he encountered, in contrast, would divvy up the bill so each person paid for what he or she ate. "It was just such a bizarre thing to witness and to see how wrong it felt [to split the bill]," he said. Vermeers, with a green cap resting photo courtesy of Eric Vermeers Fairhaven College student Eric Vermeers sits with Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk, president and founder of the Tarayana Foundation, during his Adventure Learning Grant trip to Bhutan last year. just above his eyes, has a calm manner that stems from his appreciation and study of Buddhist culture. He uses phrases such as "a sacred coincidence" to describe meeting a new group of friends while having dinner in a Thimphu, Bhutan restaurant. Vermeers learned that the group followed Buddhist teacher and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu, who is Vermeers' inspiration for venturing to Bhutan. "They were a bunch of people on a similar path as me," he said. It was through his newfound friends that Vermeers became involved in Deer Park Thimphu—an organization for lay-people to explore Buddhist wisdom and teachings as well as other forms of spirituality through daily meditation and chanting, he said. One of his new friends, Phuntsok Rabten, who lives in Thimphu, Bhutan, said Vermeers' genuine heart, freethink-ing and honesty catered to the morale of Deer Park. "The journey is the goal and he walked with us everywhere," Rabten said in an e-mail. Rabten describes Vermeers as a man who wears his heart on his sleeve. Munching on an Asian pear, Vermeers said more valuable than the sightseeing excursions was the mental and emotional result of being self-sufficient for 10 months. This new responsibility gave him the freedom of traveling to different communities as he pleased, then lead him back to Bhutan for a second time because his heart said so. "I really connected with the area," Vermeers said. "I appreciated how the Bhutanese Buddhist culture was still very much intact." He said Bhutan felt more relevant to his life. One of the hardest things returning students deal with is culture shock once back on American soil, Fairhaven professor.Leslie Conton said. Conton provides grant recipients tools to deal with the challenges of arriving in a new country and returning to their hometown. She likens a student's return to the United States as an initiation process. "They're being initiated fnvn the person they were before they left, to the person who has an ability to function in another culture," she said. Conton said she sees students return with more self-confidence, courage and a sense of wonder from exploring another culture. - "You can be sure they're going to be really challenged," she said. "It's a natural part of the process to feel completely incompetent and completely unable to handle what they are facing." To bring back the spirit of what he learned, Vermeers is working on a video compilation of his journey to be shown, spring quarter. After sorting through approximately 25 hours of footage, his next step is to be interviewed on camera about his reintegration to the U.S. He is considering turning the project into an independent study course in which a student journalist and camera operator would assist. "The follow-up is outside of my view, and the actual trip is from my perspective," he said. Vermeers calls his experience dreamlike, yet he urges future travelers not to be romantic about the trip. "Experience what you're experiencing in that moment," he said. "Don't hold a lot of attachments to what that moment could mean." Vermeers plans to graduate spring quarter with his Fairhaven concentration, titled Interpersonal and International Interdependent Relations. photo courtesy of Eric Vermeers The Chari Goempa, a buddhist monestary in the Thimphu Valley, Bhutan. ilBBHSBBWBBiiSii Ililiii^^MitoMliSlI ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 28,2008 NEWS .1 5 GREGOIRE: Governor's race is neck- and-neck with Dino Rossi from 1 your life," Vila said. Vila and his nonpartisan group have registered 388 Western students to vote in the 2008 election, he said. Rossi is also making his mark on Bellingham. He held a rally Saturday at the Whatcom County GOP Headquarters on Bakerview Road. Bellingham is a stop on Rossi's "Road to Victory" tour. Andrew Heritage, a Rossi campaign field coordinator, said students play an important role in deciding their country's future leaders. "I think this is about bringing a change in culture to the state government," Heritage said. "It's about putting things on the right track for the next generation." Heritage said the campaign has no' plans to come to Western's campus, but they keep in contact with College Republican groups around the state. This month, Gregoire has been campaigning at several universities in Washington. She went to the University of Washington with Democratic Representative Norm Dicks to tailgate the University of Washington-Notre Dame football game Saturday at Husky Stadium. Gregoire is also .scheduled to visit Washington State University Nov. 1 in another 'get out the vote' rally. Rossi and Gregoire squared off in the 2004 election in one of the closest races in United States election history. A machine and manual recount were performed after the first pool of results showed a difference of 261 votes between the candidates. In the first pool, Rossi led by 261 votes. The recount results declared Gregoire the victor by 133 votes. Neither candidate was available for comment. Students can drop off ballots on campus in Viking Union room 504 or at the drop box outside the Whatcom County Courthouse on 311 Grand Ave. Ballots will be picked up at 8 p.m. on Nov. 4. PALIN: Registrar denies access to records, cites student privacy from 1 his request. "When he sent us the request for the letter, it was very much couched around Sarah Palin," Murray said. "We could not draw a line to satisfy the FERPA requirements for allowing the release of these NIC records. They aren't his records: they're NIC's records. That was the.main justification." Haft said the college tries to- operate to protect students as much as possible and said Palin is no exception. "What we have released on her is directory information and that would be the exact same thing that we'd do for any other student," he said. "There was no preferential treatment in the response." Pilgrim said he was ready to drop the subject at that point. "Then I started checking with some folks that I still know there, and it turned out that they had only blocked Sarah Palin's records," he said. Pilgrim said he believes her candidacy for vice president should be reason enough for public scrutiny into her past — including access to her school records. "When you have somebody who's running for vice president and one of the main issues is whether she's qualified to be president or not, you would think that part of what would speak to her is how good she was at academics and she would make her student records available," he said. After learning of the block, Pilgrim appealed his denied request but was referred to an NIC attorney. Frustrated, Pilgrim said he wrote a letter to the editor of the school's newspaper, The Sentinel, which he was the adviser for during his time at NIC. The letter, which ran in the Oct. 6 issue of The Sentinel, detailed Pilgrim's experience and condemned Murray for his "undemocratic stance" on Palin's academic records. Murray said transparency of public figures was an issue beyond his or NIC's judgment. "[FERPA] was based around protecting the family and the students, and I think our attorney viewed it that way/' he said. "FERPA specifically protects [Palin] from being viewed, and that law supersedes anybody's general desires to have access to a public figure's records." Murray said he initiated the FERPA block on Palin's records to make sure the information was protected from internal personnel as well. "I think any students would appreciate having us be more protective of their files until we hear from them than giving their information out to anyone who walks through the door, even if they work here at campus," he said. 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House of Representatives 2nd District: Rick Larson ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 6 ---------- 6 I Tuesday • October 28,20081 The Western Front Allison Milton THE WESTERN FRONT With the month of November rapidly approaching, men everywhere are preparing to put aside their razors and shaving cream to participate in the annual "No Shave November." "No Shave November" is .a celebration of manliness that begins after Halloween and ends on the Costa Rican Military Abolition Day, according to the Western-based Facebook group "No Shave November 2008." Another Facebook group, "The REAL NO Shave November" has a poem explaining the importance of the practice: "Nothing compares to the warmth of a beard, whether it be scruff, scraggly, or even a neard. Prepare yourselves now for the ultimate battle, Time versus Hair will soon stir a rattle." Western junior and creator of the Western-based group Forrest Almasi said everyone is encouraged to partake in the event. He said he first learned about it his freshman year at Western through word of mouth and has continued to not shave through the month of November each year since. "I heard a lot of people say they don't want to do it because they can't grow good facial hair— that just makes it more fun," Almasi said. Even though Almasi has facial hair regularly, he said he finds himself a lot hairier by the end of November. Some students who participate in this celebration do not last the whole month because of Thanksgiving break. "It's fun going home to see conservative grandparents over break when you have a gross beard," Almasi said. Many students don't want to show up at their parents' house looking like they haven't taken care of themselves, he said. Last year, Western sophomore Chris Bingham had to shave during the month for a communications 101 team speech. He said he was disappointed because he didn't get to show off his "manly man beard." "But I was relieved because I didn't have to embarrass myself because I can't really grow a good beard," he said. "I can grow a beard—it just doesn't look pretty." Western sophomore Martiin McCollough said one of the upsides to participating in "No Shave November" is the money you save on razors and shaving cream. "We're poor college students," he said. "Sometimes we need to cut back on things like hygiene and looking presentable." "No Shave November" is mainly focused on men, said Western junior Julia Means. Guys have the ability to grow a beard, but girls can grow hair too, she said. The practice should be more open to females, so they can enjoy a little friendly competition as well, she said. "In'high school, there were two guys and one girl who made it a leg- shaving competition," she said. "I thought the whole thing was funny — gross but funny." The Facebook group "No shave November: All Month, All That Is Man," said "Men only. No exceptions. Girls, let's not be gross, you have to shave." Means said she is not planning on participating this year, but she would like female participation to be socially acceptable. Students, including Almasi, Bingham and McCollough, will begin growing out their facial hair without touching any soil of shaving device Nov. 1. "I am a very competitive person," McCollough said. "It's important to me to have the coolest and grossest facial hair by the time Nov. 30 rolls around." i t i photos by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Western students and participants of "No Shave November" show off their beards. ABOVE: Freshman Nick Oen. RIGHT TOP: Junior Dincer Kayhan. RIGHT CENTER: Senior Scott Sanders. RIGHT BOTTOM: Junior Michael Dykstra. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 7 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday.* October 28,2008 I 7 Fairhaven Web site gets revamped Kwiwha Lee THE WESTERN FRONT Green is the dominant color of Fairhaven College's current Web site^ and in keeping with the color, the college will debut a new Web-site to give students a clearer understanding of what the college is about, Roger Gil-man, dean of Fairhaven College, said. The new Web site will be easier to read and will have more visual and graphical elements to it, said Amy Keeling, communications, marketing and outreach coordinator at Fairhaven college. In order to let prospective students know what Fairhaven College is about, video interviews with faculty members will be added to the new Web site. John Feodorov, an art professor at Fairhaven, became the first interviewee for the video clip section. He talked about his experience as an artist and the courses he teaches, as well as his teaching method. He said the videos will help introduce students to Fairhaven and its philosophy of teaching. "If they can see and hear a potential future professor talk a little about who they are, as well as what and how they teach, it may make those first few days of class a bit less intimidating," Feodorov said. Keeling said she is planning to integrate these videos for all faculty members into the Web site. She also said information missing from the current Web site is being added in the change. Keeling said there is a Jot of confusion about how Fairhaven connects to Western. She recently got an e-mail from a student asking what Fairhaven was and how it related to Western. "It was sort of surprising to me that it wasn't clear," Keeling said. "That was something I think we need to make a lot more clear on our Web site." Fairhaven College is a small college within Western. It exists as an undergraduate learning community and has attributes of both interdisciplinary study and self-designed study. Western students may choose to take some •classes at Fairhaven, and Fairhaven students have to have 45 Western credits to graduate. Gilman said the current Web site doesn't seem useful and it was incomplete, so changing it became one of the faculty's top priorities. The new Web site will be changed from the more vertical style of the current Web site to less text and a horizontally oriented page with more open space, Gilman said. Since February this year, when Keeling started working at Fairhaven and making the new Web site, she has investigated the online visitors and how they use Fairhaven's Web site. Check it out! The new Fairhaven Web site will be located at: http://wvvvv.wvvu.edu/depts/fairhaven/ She said 5 percent of the visitors come from Western's Web site and about 75 percent are using Google or some other way to get to it. - Keeling said the new Web site will be up. by_ the end of October and will continually be updated with developing content. Keeling said the new Web site will also have social networking capabilities. Nearly every page has a link at the bottom where visitors can share their Facebook profiles. Since the announcement that Fairhaven's Web site will be upgraded was recently added to the current Web site, Keeling said she has received responses from Web site guidance counselors at community colleges around the state, saying they needed more information about the degree program at Fairhaven. Gilman said the new Web site will show Fairhaven's philosophy and that the college is a part of Western and has a reputation for excellence. John Bower, associate professor at Fairhaven College, said people often find the college they want to attend through the Internet, so the excitement of Fairhaven needs to be reflected on the Web site. Gilman said the new Web site will have profiles of students and faculty members at Fairhaven in story forms with narrative information, such as narrating a story of why students want to go to the college, what the opportunities are and what the challenges are along the way. "You can get a real-world sense of what Fairhaven actually looks like," he said. Gilman said people from all over the world can come and see what our students are really doing and why it is meaningful through the new Web site. "if [students] can see and hear a potential future professor talk a little about who they are, as well as what and how they teach, it may make those first few days of class a bit less intimidating. -John Feodorov, Fairhaven art professor photos by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT TOP: The timeline of the new Fairhaven Web site. BOTTOM: Western alumna Amy Keeling poses in front of computers displaying the new Fairhaven Web site, center and left, and the HTML code for the new Web site, right. Keeling has been working on developing the Web site, which will launch Oct. 31, since February. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • October 28,2008 I The Western Front The politics of misinformation Western students react to accusations made against Sen. Barack Obama about religion, terrorist ties Ian Wright THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior and creator of Western's Muslim Student Association (MSA) Kamran Rahman is not surprised that rumors and accusations are being thrown around by some Americans in an attempt to depict Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama as a Muslim and a terrorist. "Politics, no matter where you go, are built on scare tactics," he said. "[Gov. Sarah Palin] and other Republicans are associating Obama with being a terrorist because they want people to think twice about voting for him." Rahman said it's a shameful feeling knowing these McCain campaign remarks are actually affecting some people. "They want people to think that after he becomes president, he's going to be this hardcore, Taliban kind of bad person," Rahman said. James Yee, a national delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, will speak on campus at 7 p.m., Oct. 29 in the Performing Arts Center. He plans to address how Obama has been profiled as a Muslim to scare voters away from supporting him and will also speak about his experience working as a Muslim chaplain for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Yee said despite political scare tactics and accusations, the Obama campaign is still running strong. "[The McCain campaign] want to take advantage of fear mongering tactics which today dominate the political discourse," he said. "It's a reality that many people in this country have a huge misunderstanding and many misconceptions about Islam, and that's why ;these fear mongering politics are able to work." Yee said he feels those tactics aren't going to work this year and because of endorsements like that of Colin Powell, a prominent figure in the Republican Party, Obama will have a solid win on -Nov. 4. "Colin Powell's endorsements and his talk of, 'What would be the matter if Obama was Muslim?' were very welcomed by Muslim Americans this weekend," Yee said. "He criticized the Repub-photo courtesy of Jenny Rocci THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN James Yee, former Muslim chaplain to detainees in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and author of'For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire," will give a speech on Oct. 29 at the Performing Arts Center. Yee was arrested in September 2003 on suspicion of sedition and espionage against the U.S. government, but was cleared of all charges in March 2004. lican Party for dropping these insinuations that [Obama] is a Muslim and tied to terrorists. Certainly this could sway the Muslim vote this year and put Obama in the victory column." Western junior Imtiaz Arshi, a member of the MSA, said no matter how ignorant some people are toward Muslims, it's important to remember to not pay any attention to it. "It's an interesting fact that some prominent Republicans try to associate Obama with Osama Bin Laden," he said. "The fact that they stress the Muslim terrorist aspect is a shame." Arshi said all the comparisons to Obama's name bring up the idea that it is a big deal to be Muslim, but if someone is born in this country, his or her faith should not at all be an issue when running for any office. "Tom Cruise should be able to run for president if he wanted," Arshi said. "And nobody should have to worry about his beliefs in Scientology." Western senior Katie Maule is a member of the Facebook group Western Republicans. Maule said she finds it hard to believe Obama would run for president if he was a terrorist, and she doesn't let the mainstream media influence her pick for president. "Obama is definitely a controversial candidate for many reasons," she said. "He presumably has ties to terrorist, but I don't agree with the way media and some anti-Obama groups are portraying him." Maule said she is choosing not to vote for Obama because he doesn't have experience, especially compared to McCain. However, she said she would definitely vote for any man regardless of race if he had McCain's experience. Arshi said many people in opposition of the Obama campaign have fueled the idea of a connection between Obama and terrorism, pointing out that his middle name is Hussein, a common Arabic name, and the surname of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Western junior Anab Hersi, a liberal student at Western, chooses not to pay attention to any ignorance she said some Americans may have. She said she is indifferent to the fact that people don't take the initiative to learn about other cultures and religions in America. "If Obama was a Muslim, what would be so bad about a Muslim running for president?" she said. "Every Muslim is not a terrorist, and in every religion there are extremists. There is so much information out there, and people should make use of it, especially people being higher up in politics." STUDENTS! 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John McCain Important issues to you: "The economy is important to me. I prefer a candidate that doesn't want to impose new taxes and somebody that is experienced with the military." Health care: "I think it could be improved but I don't think it should be outright socialist, like Canada. That would drive away doctors into other fields and we need way more doctors." Jessica Jay Western sophomore Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor. Gov. Christine Gregoire; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "I don't think McCain or Rossi have good policies on the economy. I also have really strong women's rights views, which Rossi doesn't really supportt" Iraq War: "We need to get out. We have spent too much money there. I feel really good about Biden joining Obama because he has experience that can back Obama's foreign policies." "The American economy is in a state of crisis and recession. Whether it's by the book or otherwise tr - Echo Savage, graduate student PHffiHPHHHHHHHi jlMlliiiSilWijlliJlS ho^iimpe^ant it is hoAv rriariy participate in the; political system aside from voting? gt; J; Students from Western and every other: American university stand before a historic election. Whichever presidential candidate is elected in November, history will be made. We will either have our first fernale-vice president or first blackpresident. .^''V^Thqug'h; the; presidential; election may Jbe getting; everyone^ M tonJslguBematori •ai^ct|iyy^^ ;sfiKie^|^^ ^MliTh^l^ ;:goif!^^ ^ S i ^ ^ ^ | | r ^ p u r ^ ^ ^ | ^ p u i ] ^ w ^ f e r ^ f :|i||le|e^^ I f e ^ i f t i ^^ |;cbritro^ :'; gt;;'sQns?;::;':' ' lt;~:-':•••. '•••i^;. :^::ML. Did you know Gregoire has worked to expand health care to more than 80,000 children in Washington? Rossi supports eliminating the sales tax on hybrid or electric cars and Gregoire ..supports cleaning up Puget Sound. Students, if you still can't decide who you want to be our state's next governor, : MM; about ;the issues that matter to you and do sortie research; Be educated arid responsible voters. -::;^: t-l^^xtf^^ flllflSt^^ Echo Savage Graduate student Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Undecided; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "The candidates' economic stance and policy is important. Also party and their stance on international relations." Economy: "Obama has a better plan. The American economy is in a state of crisis and recession. Whether it's by the book or otherwise." Bryce Pollock Western sophomore Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Gov. Christine Gregoire; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "We need to change a lot of things. McCain will just keep things the same. Sarah Palin does not know what she's doing and with McCain about to kick the bucket, we can't have her next in line." Iraq War: "Now that we're there, we need to fix what we've done. I'm not sure if either [presidential] candidate will be able to end it, but they're definitely going to affect it." . Steven Lewis Western junior Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Dino Rossi; President: Sen. John McCain Most important issues to you: "I first look at economics. I tend to be more conservative when it comes to economics." Economy: "Our economy is not great right now. I think that raising the taxes on only the rich can sound good, but if you are taxing only businesses, you could look at a loss of jobs." Celeste Luna Western sophomore Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Gov. Christine Gregoire; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "That's hard. The two are economy and the energy crisis. I'm actually really privileged, so I don't have to worry about health care but not all of my friends are, so spread the love." Civil rights: "Obama is against gay marriage, but I feel he'll make it better for people. I don't understand why being gay is a problem." Jessica Stein Western senior Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Leaning toward Gov. Christine Gregoire; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "Obviously education is a big one. If they keep cutting funding, then our tuition goes up." Economy: "The bottom up approach is better for fixing the economy. Simply feeding funds into the top businesses will not help the local infrastructure." jenny Trygg Western senior Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Undecided; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "I guess just more the general direction our country's going. I'm worried, no matter who's elected, there's not going to be that much of a change." Civil rights: "They [Obama and McCain] both seem to have the same stance, and I don't think I necessarily agree with them. They have the same idea that gay couples are OK but can't be considered a married couple." Jordan Asher Western junior Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Dino Rossi; President: Sen. John McCain Most important issues to you: "Rossi talks a lot about fixing the unemployment rates in Washington and has a better policy on the economy." Education: "I think Washington-standardized testing needs to be re-evaluated, but that doesn't seem like a priority for any of the [gubernatorial] candidates." Milo Mack Western senior Registered to vote: Yes Who you are voting for? Governor: Gov. Christine Gregoire; President: Sen. Barack Obama Most important issues to you: "People might be upset with Gregoire for spending issues, but I think her views on education is what's important. I'm pro-choice and don't agree with Rossi on that really big issue either." Education: "I haven't heard education be a big talking point for any of the candidates. There are definitely rising education costs in the state, and I think Gregoire would have a better handle on it." ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS Women's soccer wins 11th straight See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT A double-overtime goal by Western sophomore forward Molly Shannon sent the Vikings' women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Simon Fraser University in a non-conference matchup Saturday at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field. Western kept their 11-game unbeaten streak alive with the win and remain in first place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with a 8-0-1 record. Western is 13-2-1 overall. Simon Fraser falls to 9-5-0 overall. "[The team] knows what it takes [to win games]," Western head coach Travis Connell said. "[We've] won a lot of games, but sometimes it's hard to get up for games when you've won a lot. That may have caught up with us in the first half." Simon Fraser pressed Western's defense early in the photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western goalkeeper Kylie Broadbent kicks the ball out of the goal box after a scoring attempt by Simon Fraser missed the net. game with seven shots on the goal in the first half. The Vikings threatened on the counterattack, with junior forward Lucy Miller and sophomore forward Emily Frank-land finding space behind Simon Fraser's defense on the left-hand side. Western senior defender Katie Warner marshaled Western's back four with composure and made several crucial plays to keep Simon Fraser at bay. "We were having trouble getting the ball up the field and to our forwards in the first half," Shannon said. "We played with everything we had in the second half and got it done. We didn't want to end this game with a tie. Everybody fought really hard and we put it away." The opening goal came from a Western counterattack. Western senior defender Shelby Marcell switched play from the right side to the left, where Frankland skipped past one defender and sent a low cross into the six-yard box. Western junior midfielder Kelly Irving was on hand to flip the ball over the keeper's head with the outside of her foot for her fourth goal of the season. "We have a lot of speed on the flanks," Connell said. We like to keep play in the offensive half of the field and put pressure on the other team." Simon Fraser knotted the game up 10 minutes later, scoring on the break after a long period of Western possession. Simon Fraser freshman midfielder Marti Dumas took a shot 25-yards out from the goal, where she unleashed a high, line-drive shot, which drifted over West-em senior goalie Kylie Broadbent and under the crossbar for the equalizing goal. "I'm really pleased with our performance," Simon Fraser head coach Shelley Howieson said. "It's happened a couple times this season where we can battle one half, but can't get a complete game in, so we're not quite where Western is right now." Western tightened the screws in the second half, dominating possession and out shooting Simon Fraser 12-2. No goals came from Western's play as Simon Fraser goalie Cassie Newbrook made four key saves to keep her team in the game. Western continued to work hard in overtime and their pressure produced the winning goal, i Western exposed the left side of Simon Fraser's defense again, as Miller used her pace to work around defenders. A cross from the left fell to Western sophomore forward Claire Morgan, who stretched a foot out to drive the ball toward the goal. Shannon sprinted in at the far post to score her fourth goal of the season, sending Western to another win. The Western Front I Tuesday * October 28,2008 I 10 Porter finishes second at conference championships Brianne McDonough THE WESTERN FRONT The Western men's cross country team finished second and the women finished third at the eighth-annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday in Yakima, Wash. The men's team, which entered the competition ranked 13th in the U.S. Cross Country Coaches Association/ National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Top 25, has won the last two seasons and were hoping to land its third title at the event again this year. Instead, the University of Alaska Anchorage men pulled away for the win. The Western women placed third in the meet behind Alaska Anchorage and Seattle Pacific University. The Se-. attle Pacific women's team received their fourth consecutive championship win. Western sophomore Sarah Porter said the team was thrilled with its performance and ran a strong race. Porter placed second individually with a time of 21 minutes, 51 seconds in the 6-kilometer course. Seattle Pacific's Jessica Pixler claimed first with a time of 21:12. "It was a disappointment—I went out there gunning to win it," Porter said. Porter, who placed ninth at last year's championship, was undefeated in four regular-season meets—a conference best. Western head coach Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell said. he was very pleased with the performance by the men's and women's teams. Western sophomore Jordan Welling said he was happy after he placed fifth, completing the 8-kilometer race in 25:15. "I told myself I'd be happy with top five," Welling. said. "We were going up against Alaska, one of the top teams in the nation with some of their new recruits." see CROSS COUNTRY page 12 Honesty Dependability Guaranteed! 1189 E. 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We couldn't have gone out on a better note and we needed the win." Western junior running back Randall Eldridge led the team, scoring three touch-v downs in the game. Western senior wide receivers Pat McCann and Travis McKee also scored two touchdowns each with McCann starting the game off by catching a 36-yard pass for the first touchdown of the game. Western is now 4-4 overall and 4-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. ' \ Saturday's game marked the last home game for 16 of Western's graduating seniors. Both coaches and players said they were excited to mark a win for the seniors' last game. Eldridge commemorated the seniors' leadership and said it was great to win big for them. McCann, who said he plans to graduate this year but also has a year of eligibility left, is still trying to work out whether he will play next year or not. "This is the most fun I've had playing football," McCann said. "It's been a part of my life for eight to 10 years. I'm going to miss Saturdays and the emotion of game day. I'll miss succeeding and seeing my teammates succeed." Western head coach Robin Ross said this year's seniors have taken their leadership role very seriously. "It's tough' to replace the seniors," Ross said. "It's hard, but it's part of college football." Ross said the team worked hard this year to put more wins on the board after last year's 2-8 record. Perry agreed and said he is excited to still be working toward a championship game this late in the season. "Right now we are at week nine and we have a good chance to go to the Rotary Bowl," Perry said. "Last year, we weren't playing for anything, so it's nice to be this late in the season and still playing for something." Western is ranked second in the conference behind Central Washington University. To qualify for the Rotary Bowl, Western will have to maintain its second-place status! Western Oregon University is ranked third with a 4-3 record, one loss behind Western. McCann said though they lost more games than they would have hoped this season, he believes the games simply got away from them and didn't reflect the talent of the team. Ross said he isn't deterred either, and is proud of what Western football has accomplished this year. "The games we lost, we played hard in," Ross said. "We've gone out there and competed in every game." 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PETS and humans for the holidays. Variety of media. Reasonable. 734-1817 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-28 - Page 12 ---------- 12 I SPORTS Tuesday • October 28,2008 I The Western Front Volleyball defeats conference leader Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT The Western volleyball team came out on top against nationally ranked conference leader Western Oregon University, three sets to one, on Oct. 25 in a packed Carver Gym. The 12th ranked Vikings broke Western Oregon's 14-game winning streak and undefeated conference record to improve to 16-2 overall and 8-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Western Oregon, ranked 24th nationally coming into the game, fell to 16-2 overall and 9-1 in conference play. Western senior middle blocker Angie Alvord recorded a match-high 21 kills. Alvord said the team had a scouting party the night.before the game where the team watched video of Western Oregon's offensive and defensive tendencies, which helped in her attacks. "I knew where the defense was going to be, so I put it where they weren't," Alvord said. Western head coach Diane Flick said Alvord was very aggressive in her hitting and took an array of shots, leading to her success against Western Oregon. Western struggled in the first set as attack errors led to a 25-20 Western Oregon win. Flick said the team didn't get flustered and allow Western Oregon to take control of the match. "We maintained our composure, so we could make adjustments on the fly," Flick said. Western came back in the second set and capitalized on rare Western Oregon errors to win 25-17. "They're a team that doesn't make a lot of mistakes, but we were the team that didn't make mistakes tonight," Alvord said. Western carried that momentum into the third set, winning 25-20. Western Oregon head coach Brad Saindon said Western knew what to do to get the job done. "[Western] exploited our weaknesses," Saindon said. "Clearly [Western] was better prepared than we were. Once they got their game together, we didn't have a lot of answers." Western finished off the match strong, winning the fourth set 25-13 to deliver Western Oregon their first conference loss. Flick said the team's improvements at practice are turning into achievements in games. With the win, the Vikings stay in second place in the conference, one game behind Western Oregon. "We're going to try to win out from here to get the number one seed [in the playoffs]," Alvord said. T V irv* civ (tam/ gt;c ftf th/* rpmilar vs. S photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Senior middle blocker Angie Alvord spikes the ball during the Vikings' win Saturday. CROSS COUNTRY: Team prepares for regionals, eyes set on nationals from 10 Western sophomore Bennett Grimes was ninth to cross the finish line with a time of 25:36. Western sophomore Blake Medhaug was 10th at 25:45. Grimes, Medhaug and Welling had also placed in the top 10 in last year's championships where they earned all-conference honors. 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Show more2008_1003 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 1 ---------- VICTIM'S FATHER SPEAKS AT WICK'S SENTENCING PAGE 3 NTERNATIONAL TRIP INSPIRES 5 STUDENT ART PAGE 8 VOLLEYBALL EXTENDS UNDEFEATED STREAK TO 12 PAGE 13 Friday, October 3, 2008 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 19701 WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Professors weigh economic policies of candidates Austin MacKenzie THE WESTERN FRONT President George W. Bush is calling for a $700 billion bailout bill in order to mitigate the damage caused by bad mortgages and loans after the Dow Jones industrial average fell by nearly 778 points Monday-the largest single- day point drop in history. Politicians from all sides are in agreement that action is urgent, and repairing the economy will be one of the major jobs of either John McCain or Barack Obama after November's presidential election. To address the issue, Western economics professors Vinit Jagdish and Brandon Dupont will be taking on McCain and Obama's economic positions on Oct. 6 to educate students about their plans at 7 p.m. in the Viking Union room 565. "Understanding the Proposed Economic Policies of Obama and McCain" is an open event that is hosted by the Associated Students Productions (ASP) Civil Controversy office. Its aim is to help clarify the economic stances of the presidential candidates in an easy way for everyone to understand, said Helen Jones, ASP Civil Controversy see ECONOMICS page 4 Vying for student votes Groups continue campaigns for registration, involvement photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT A sign reminds the Western community of the approaching deadline for voting registration while Western freshman Kameron Walters, right, a volunteer for studentvote.org helps junior Lyle Skaar, left, sign up to become a volunteer and freshman Leigh Barry, left behind, register to vote Thursday, Oct. 2, outside Miller Hall. Elizabeth Olmsted . THE WESTERN FRONT With mail-in voter registration closing on Oct. 4, political clubs around campus are shifting gears. After building the foundation by getting students to register, clubs are now laying the bricks on that foundation by encouraging students to vote. Once voter registration ends, Obama Vikings will begin canvassing neighborhoods to remind people to vote, Western sophomore and Obama Vikings President Colleen Toomey said. Until then, Obama Vikings will have a table on Vendors Row to register students to vote. "This week will be our last push," Toomey said. Western senior Anne Jansen, president of the Western Democrats, said club members will have a table on Vendors Row after voter registration closes. There will be cupcakes and signs reminding people to vote, Jansen said. "A concert or big event is great, but the constant reminder is effective," Jansen said. "We want to focus on what's practical." Getting people to turn in their ballots is one of their goals. Vincent Buys, who is currently in charge of the College Republicans club, said the club was still getting underway for the year and was making plans for potential events. "We are still forming from an embryonic state," he said. Buys said he was hopeful he would be able to get students together to go watch one of the debates. Once club leaders are appointed, Buys said he plans to take the College Republicans to see "An American Carol," a politically-centered movie that Students experience welcome-back woes Andrew Frazier THE WESTERN FRONT Consuming alcohol and drugs may seem like good ways to relax and celebrate the beginning of the school year, but without proper education about rights and safety, students could potentially have more stress than they bargained for, Prevention and Wellness Services Director Elva Giddings said. The first month of the school year sees the highest spike in alcohol and drug-related citations, due to the more than 12,000 students flooding back into Bell-ingham this time of year, Sgt. David Garcia of the University Police said. According to the 2008-09 In Brief guide to campus safety, there were a total of 80 arrests for liquor law violations on see TROUBLE page 5 photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Downtown nightspots bustled on the first weekend after Western students returned for fall quarter classes. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net PAGE 2 Friday • October 3,2008 I The Western Front ofadisorderlymalecausinga disturbance at the Bellingham Public Library. The suspect was Police received a report of photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Bryce Pollock stands on the front wheel of his tire while performing a trick on his BMX bike in Red Square October 1 . Pollock, whose favorite trick is a foot-jam-tail-whip, said he rides every day either on campus or at the bike park. I^WHiiiMliiWlHBlll SJBiS^^B^llliiiBiBi ^ififcl^llSlllfiiiiiBSI report of a loud party on the 100 •ft gt;lice received a report of possible animal abuse on the 2700 HnHHHHMHHnn Students and faculty gather to discuss neuroscience Faculty from Western's Behavioral Neuroscience Program and biology and psychology departments will participate in a series of round-table discussions with interested students at Boundary Bay Brewery. The meetings, titled "Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB)," are set to occur on the first Monday of each month, starting on Oct. 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. At each gathering a faculty member will lead the discussion of a specific topic, ranging anywhere from mental illness, depression and food addiction to brain injury. Western Gallery presents faculty art The Western Gallery will present "Faculty Review/Preview" from Oct. 6 through Nov. 27 as its first exhibition of the academic year. Admission is free and open to the public. The exhibition will present the works of Western art department faculty in the areas of studio, design and art history. The selection of works explores contemporary attitudes and individual areas of research in conjunction with traditional and new media. A free lecture entitled "Sub-divisions: Immigration, Identity and Mexico, Ful- bright Recollections" will be offered by Garth Amundson at noon, Oct. 22, in the Western Gallery. Marine center gets research grant A three-year $450,000 research grant from the Biological Systems program of the National Science Foundation has been awarded to faculty working at Western's Shannon Point Marine Center. The grant will be used to study the relationship between an abundant local sea anemone and two kinds of algae that live within its tissues. Because the presence of the algae is controlled by environmental conditions, the relative abundance of each algal type may provide a guide for evaluating the effects of climate change on ocean systems. 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Errors,should be'reported to the managing.editor at managing® westerjn- 'frontonline.net - • ' ,-. ; " ;v -.- ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 3,2008 NEWS I 3 Wick pieads guiIty to Former Western student to serve th ree JJeessssee AAmoorrrraattaannaassuucchhaadd cohol level w* THE WESTERN FRONT Former Western student Ashley Wick, 21, pled guilty to one charge of vehicular homicide Tuesday and was taken into custody in a hearing at the Whatcom County Superior Court. Wick hit Un Kyu Choi, a Korea University exchange student, on Jan. 7, 2008 while driving home on the 2700 block of Bill McDonald Parkway. Wick's blood alcohol level was .096 during the time of the accident, according to court documents. A bottle of the prescription anti-anxiety drug Xanax was also found in her possession. Wick will receive three years in Purdy Women's Correctional Facility and will remain on probation for 18 to 36 months after her release. - Choi's father, Won Ho Choi, and younger brother, Jin Kyu Choi flew from Seoule, South Korea to attend the hearing and both addressed the court through an ..^v.«. ..w...icicle in prison for fatal hit-and-run Ic's family was also in at- tears throughout the hearing as ' gt;AAAAOirfla0 ^ ^3 CD'"'' "\ "^ Tl as|Sii / h i l t i c i i l t i i r \ l Studies l*z U t- . ^ ~ jj Independent ' Learning interpreter. Wick's attendance and sat across the court from the victim's family. Won Ho Choi said he believed his influence on his son inspired Un Kyu Choi to love the English language. Un Kyu Choi attended Korea University prior to receiving a scholarship in December to study English literature at Western. "How do we have such a painful connection?" Won Ho Choi asked as he turned to face Wick. "It is a different pain [Wick is]-.enduring to the pain [our family] is enduring." Members of both families were in Won Ho Choi and Wick addressed each other, "I never thought something like this could happen " Wick said as she addressed the Choi family directly. "I'm sorry I was selfish enough to put my self before someone else. From here on out, I plan to live my life the way [Un: Kyu Choi] would have lived his." Choi was returning to his dorm after calling his parents in South Korea and was struck by Wick while he was walking in the bicycle lane, according to court documents. Choi died from his injuries on Jan. 10,2008. photos by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Ashley Wick (left) apologized to Un Kyu Choi's family (above) before pleading guilty to one count of vehicular homicide in Whatcom County Superior Court Sept. 30. 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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Friday October 3,2008 I The Western Front ECONOMICS: Professor says alarmist talk is well warranted from 1 coordinator. "I figured it was something that affects students but that they aren't aware of," said Charles Walker, ASP Civil Controversy assistant coordinator. Walker said he took a class with Jag-dish and wanted to bring him to the panel because he is a lively teacher who helps students enjoy his class. Both professors will be addressing some of the concerns about the economic crisis in the panel, Dupont said. "There's certainly a lot of alarming language coming out of people you don't typically hear it from," Dupont said. "That suggests to me that something should be done. This is a good reason for students to pay attention." Hearing people such as President Bush saying the economic situation is dire is something people tend to notice, Dupont said. He and Jagdish hope to help people learn more about what's going on and what is being proposed. Jagdish said the alarmist talk is well warranted and something should be done. He said he had been, dissatisfied with photo illustrations by Matt Boyer for THE WESTERN FRONT Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama's economic policies will come under scrutiny by two Western economics professors Oct. 6 the initial bailout proposal, but thought it answers to what should be done. was good they were taking steps to address the issue. While they want to help students understand the issue, Dupont and Jagdish stressed they don't necessarily have the "The principle that the government needs to do something is sound," Jagdish said. "It's reasonable for the government to step in." Dupont said they want to analyze the economic policies proposed by both candidates, but since neither candidate has been particularly specific with their proposal only so much can be said. "Plans have to be revised despite candidates not willing to admit it," he said. With the lack of concrete information and the current crisis, it's hard to predict what will happen, Jagdish said. Both professors said despite having some major differences in policy, neither candidate is likely to make matters significantly worse. "There are things to like and dislike in both," Dupont said. Once the elections are over and it isn't being turned into a campaign issue, either candidate should be able to do something to mitigate the problem, Jagdish said. "The strong thing about both the candidates is that they seem pretty pragmatic," Jagdish said. The idea behind the event is to represent the economic plans on both sides without any partisan barriers, Jones said. "I do think this is one of the most exciting elections going on in the country," she said. "It's a good opportunity to learn." VOTES: Getting students involved is crucial to election process from 1 parodies Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," he said. Getting people to vote is crucial, Tiffany Isaacs, a field organizer with Washington's chapter of the Public Interest Research Group, said. She said 80 percent of registered voters actually vote. When political interest groups go door-to-door to encourage people to vote, there is a 12 percent increase, Isaacs said. The mail-in voter registration deadline is not the last chance to register for November's upcoming elections. The public still may register to vote until Oct. 20 at the county auditor's office, located in the County Courthouse on Grand Avenue. As on-campus efforts shift from registering students to filling out ballots, Students for Civic Engagement will be hosting a variety of presidential debates. The debates will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 7 and Oct. 15 in Fraser Hall. The club will be serving pizza at both debates, said Nikki Brown,, president of the club. The first official meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in Viking Union 462a. Students for Civic Engagement is non- partisan and encourages open discussion, Brown said. Many students involved in political clubs are also taking part in "Western Votes," an Associated Students sponsored movement that encourages students to vote. "I'd say 90 percent of our members are helping out with Western Votes," Brown said. Though Ron Paul is no longer running, Students for Ron Paul has not disbanded. Club President Karl Poechlauer said he is hoping the group will be able to change its name to Students for Free Society. They are currently not hosting events as they regroup for the year, but are encouraging students to vote for a third-party candidate, Poechlauer said. "Voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil," he said. * At the end of the month, Obama Vikings will be hosting an open panel discussion in association with the Black Student Union. As results come in on Nov. 4, Obama Vikings and Western Democrats plan to hold viewing parties. ^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^B photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Huxley graduate student Rachel Garcia, Forrest Sallee and Matt Laninga watch the vice presidential debate at the Quarterback Pub Oct. 2. lMI„Mi^; la TOKflMMKliaKilEV At the Deming Log Show It's STUDENT night! ..,I Show us your student ID at t h e door and save $2.00 J (oner good only Frid gt;ctobcr 10, 2008) Purchase of ticket includes Free Beer Stein. ':% Doors open at noon, Entertainment all day and n i g h^ Beer Garden, German Food, Dancing, Alpine HojrnSj;J| Cold Beer, Must be 21 .to enter. ,M':'::M Free ..Camping and Dry RV Parking, Bring a Tent! f$| For more info, call 360-592-3051 • demingloggingshovv.com lt§f| J5TH ANNIVERSARY m m gt; KUGS .ORG ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 3,2008 NEWS I 5 TROUBLE: First month of school sees highest spike in violations from 1 campus in 2007, 42 of which occurred in the residence halls, and 655 disciplinary referrals for liquor law violations-all in the residence halls. Garcia said the numbers seem to be going down, but the majority of violations continue to be alcohol-related and issued to freshmen adjusting to peer pressure and their newfound freedom on campus. A big problem is intoxicated minors who don't know their limits, he said. He said they can become confrontational and police have to increase the use of force and issue more severe penalties, such as obstruction of justice. "There is this perception that we are Big Brothers, only out there to ruin a good time," Garcia said. "In reality, we are trying to keep students and the neighborhoods safe, through thorough dissemination of educational information while upholding the law and campus policies." Western sophomore Matt Gaphni was woken by Bellingham Police officers at his friend's house at 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 after a loud party in the Lettered Streets had dispersed. Bellingham Police officers arrived in response to a noise complaint and issued Gaphni and seven others citations on suspicion of minor in consumption. "The issue of minors drinking is over-hyped," Gaphni said. "Especially in this case where we were not endangering anybody, weren't driving around drunk and had already quieted down the noise," Even in cases like Gaphni's7 Wash-'*'' ington State law for minors and alcohol states "any use is abuse," meaning if one is younger than 21 years old, simply possessing alcohol will result in disciplinary action. Students who are over 21 are prohibited from supplying alcohol to minors and can only consume alcohol on campus in their dorm with the door closed, or at special banquets where it is permitted. Violating these laws can result in hefty fines, community service and for most students, referral to Alcohol and Drug Consultation and Assessment Ser-residents to make quick escapes. Off campus, the University Police and Bellingham Police Department work in association with the Campus Community Coalition, which was created in 1999 to "prevent and address problems related to student alcohol misuse." The coalition works to maintain good relations between students and permanent Bellingham residents, Giddings said. The Campus Community Coalition specifically organizes neighborhood watch programs in the York, Sehome and Happy Valley neighborhoods since they There is this perception that we are Big Brother, only out there to ruin a good time. In reality, we are trying to keep students and the neighborhoods safe, through thorough dissemination of educational information while upholding the law and campus policies.. Sgt. David Garcia, University Police vices (ADCAS), a prevention and information program part of Prevention and Wellness Services, Giddings said. UP has help enforcing the rules. Garcia said UP officers always give resident advisers the first shot at stepping in to handle alcohol-related situations occurring in the residence halls and only step in when it gets out of control. He said out of all the buildings on what he calls "the yard," or main campus, the Ridgeway Complex produces the most violations, mainly due to the layout of the rooms, some of which have centralized bathrooms and multiple exits which allow have the greatest number of 911 calls concerning noise complaints from parties and the alcohol problems that go hand-in-hand, Giddings said. Residents in those areas can request for increased patrols in their neighborhoods if loud parties become a persistent problem, however police regard those areas with high priority and are never more than a couple blocks away, Garcia said. Garcia said he dislikes arresting and issuing citations to students because it means more paperwork for him and strained relations with people he is trying to protect. "It takes about 45 minutes just to process one minor in possession," he said. "Now factor that into a large party with multiple cases, maybe where people are disorderly and obstructing our work and then add on another hour for each in just paperwork. It really adds up." To avoid unnecessary problems for students and police, the University Police and Prevention and Wellness Services educate students so if they decide to drink or do drugs, they can make informed decisions to stay safe. "I'm not condoning underage drinking, but it is inevitable in college," Garcia said. "However, if you are going to drink at any age my advice is simple: Do it off campus, use your head, do not binge drink and if you are contacted by the police, be cooperative because you will make it easier for everyone." For anyone who needs information on drugs, alcohol or legal advice, the Prevention and Wellness Services, located in Old Main room 560c, the Drug Information Center located in VU 518 and the Legal Information Center in VU room 528. 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Shannon Dubenion-Smith, assistant professor of German and linguistics said due to the importance of learning foreign languages, an increase in classes in the modern and classical language department is expanding the program. Dubenion-Smith is teaching German classes this quarter for the first time at Western. "People are realizing how important foreign languages are and how important it is to get to know foreign cultures nowadays," he said. Christina Keppie, an assistant professor of French, said it seems students have more enthusiasm for learning foreign languages than at other schools where she has taught. She said students' attitudes towards learning foreign languages may be due to Western's diverse student population. Keppie, who is from New Brunswick, Canada, said she is seeking to expose people to places outside of France and Quebec by teaching at Western. . • • • - People are realizing how important foreign languages are and how important it is to get to know foreign cultures nowadays. -Shannon Dubenion-Smith, German professor Because diversity is central to Western's mission, new faculty members this year have a wide varied backgrounds in terms of ethnicity and nationality. The mathematics department welcomed five new faculty members this year. Adam Nyman, assistant professor in the mathematics department, began teaching calculus and elementary linear algebra fall quarter. He taught mathematics at the University of Montana for six years and at a university in Shanghai for one year. Assistant professor of biology Di-etmar Schwarz said he enjoys Western's great, combination of teaching and researching in his field of study, ecological genetics. Originally from Germany, Schwarz said he is glad to come live near water again because his undergraduate studies took place along the German coast. Another common reason new faculty members said they chose to teach at Western is the beautiful surroundings in Bell-ingham. "I feel at home here," said Shirin Deylami, an assistant professor of political science. She said she was amazed by the friendly small-town feeling in Bellingham because she didn't get that feeling in Minneapolis, where she lived before. Deylami said her goal is to not only teach her students but learn from them as well. New Western assistant professor Dietmar Schwarz (above) holds up an apple infested with apple maggots-part of his current research on the evolution of apple maggot flies in local apples. Western assistant professor Christina Keppie (above) poses with an Acadian flag. Keppie is a Canadian citizen and is teaching French this quarter. 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Keep the Change, Patent Pending. Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. © 2008 Bank of America Corporation. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I Friday • October 3,2008 I The Western Front ARTS^ Western strapents showcase books and artwork inspired by a summer trip to Japan Corinna Storch THE WESTERN FRONT! When Western art professor Purdue took a group of Western stud for three weeks this summer, she a: a project at the end. Each student w .book. The final products of this assig with journals the students were askec ing their trip, are on display in the Western's Fine Arts Building. The books are in various forn anime-style books, scrapbook-style paper-mache sculptures. Western senior Jaycie Lewis works in the exhibit..Each represents periences she associates with Japan, The paper-mache sculptures inci books in English and Japanese and tween Japanese and American pet ce: They recreate deer Lewis saw at skyscrapers and Ferris wheel from 0 This was Lewis' first time vi; While she expected the trip to be said it was even better than she imag LEFT: From left to right, fine arts professor Julia' Sapin, Western senior Jaycie Lewis and fine arts professor Seiko Atsuta Purdue opened the Japan 2008 exhibit at the B Gallery in\ "Untitled" by Rachel Sofian. BOTTOM RIGHT: "Stamped" by Paul Hoover. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 9 ---------- •rr iLIFE westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • October 3,2008 I 9 gt;eiko Atsuta jnts to Japan ;signed them ould make a lment, along to keep dm - B Gallery in is. including bld-outs and created three different ex-she said, ude pages of a fusion be-meteries. a temple, the saka. iting Japan, imazing, she ined. "While traveling in Japan, I felt as if the daily events and experiences were right out of a book," Lewis wrote in her artist statement. Lewis said she was thrilled with the chance to learn more about papermaking and fabric dyeing. "The coolest part was getting to meet master artists," she said. "They spent their whole entire lives studying one thing. You never get a chance to see that in America." Lewis said many of those in the younger generations don't want to continue that lifestyle after growing up in an urban, westernized Japan. "Things like papermaking have become a dying art," Lewis said. "The younger generations are starting to Westernize and explore different things instead of studying and becoming masters." Julia Sapin, assistant professor of Asian and pacific art history at Western, accompanied the group to Japan. Sapin said she spent some time in Japan as a graduate student and loved the chance to go back. "We were really lucky with these students," Sapin said. "Even though it was really hot in Tokyo, they didn't want to lie around in the hotel. They wanted to be out there, collecting papers and taking pictures." • photos by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Rachael Sofian, who is working for her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, said part of the assignment was collecting raw materials to help make their books. "There were materials everywhere " Lewis said. "Most of it was free—people just handing out advertisements—or it was really cheap." Sofian said she decided to go to Japan after hearing a speech by David Sedaris, a New York Times best-selling author. "He said if you can go anywhere, go to Japan," Sofian said. "If [Sedaris] says go, then go." Neither Lewis nor Sofian said they had a strong desire to visit Japan before the trip, but both agreed that if chance to travel there arises, the chance should be taken. The group traveled to Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Osaka and Miyajima. Sofian said Purdue found them delicious Japanese food everywhere they wentr "Seiko has a gift for finding amazing restaurants," Sofian said. Two of the books created by students documented the food in Japan, everything from traditional Japanese tea ceremonies to American-styled large breakfasts. "Every little experience becomes a piece of you," Lewis said. "Now this trip is a part of me, and I can use it for inspiration." the Fine Arts Building Oct. 1. Fine arts and art history students and faculty visited Japan for a three-week trip this summer. TOP RIGHT: "Untitled" by Jaycie Lewis. MIDDLE RIGHT: ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Friday • October 3,2008 I The Western Front Students learn the way of tea Jillian Vasquez THE WESTERN FRONT In modern-day Japan, a group of five people adorned in kimonos wait in a garden outside their host's home. They are about to take part in an ancient, traditional practice that has existed since 1100 A.D.—tea drinking. photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Brittany Lindgren, left, and junior janna Tulloss examine the fans from their fukusa basamis, or tea kits, as instructor Shelley Thomas explains the characters printed on them. Students can experience Japanese tea gathering with traditional utensils in Western's Extended Education course, Chado: The Way of Tea. The utensils, including silk bags and a scroll holding Zen calligraphy cards, arrived in September from a tea school in Kyoto, Japan, said Meredith Gilbert, assistant director of professional studies at Extended Education and Summer Programs. "It's really an honor because the tea school does not normally support any study outside of Kyoto," Gilbert said. "The fact that they sent this to the U.S. is kind of unheard of." The utensils are a gift from retired Grand Master Sen Soshitsu XV and current Grand Master Sen Soshitsu XVI of the Urasenke Foundation, an internationally known Kyoto tea school. East Asian studies and Extended Education professor Shelley Thomas, who teaches the course, studied what she calls the way of tea from these grand masters on scholarship from 2005 to .2006. After notifying the Urasenke Foundation of her course at Western and its success in spring 2008, Thomas received $2,000 worth of utensils, including 30 handbooks, silk bags, a. scroll and Zen calligraphy cards to use in class, Gilbert said. The materials are difficult to get a hold of—particularly the handbooks, which are unobtainable in the United States, Gilbert said. Dr. Edward Vajda, director of the center for East Asian studies at Western, hopes the course attracts more people into the East Asian studies program. Chado: The Way of Tea drew Western senior and Japanese language major Brittany Lindgren's interest because it's important to Japanese culture. "It's really interesting how ancient practices and modern ways of life connect with each other," Lindgren said. Along with the connection of the old and new, Lindgren said she is fascinated by the complicated process of tea gatherings, which required a lot more than just making tea. Thomas said though a tea gathering may seem like a dinner party, it is actually an intimate gathering that takes years of practice. "The purpose is to share the moment," Thomas said. The guests and host each have responsibilities, such as preparing a fire to heat water or serving sweets. A tea gathering typically entertains five people, Thomas said. Powdered green tea, called matcha, is stirred with a bamboo whisk and is the tea of choice for a gathering. The intensive learning process requires a hands-on, intimate setting, allowing only eight students in class at a time, Thomas said. Thomas's study of tea began as an undergraduate at the University of Washington. She traveled to Japan three times—twice for tea training and once to study Zen Buddhism, the religion followed by the tradition's original founders, she said. Thomas compares the study of tea to getting licensed in martial arts. The process and steps needed to complete training require the same amount of concentration, she said. • Despite the thousands of tea teachers in Japan, gatherings are not held by Japanese people often. It takes several years of training in order to hold a proper tea gathering, Thomas said. "People don't know enough to participate unless they've been with a teacher," Thomas said. The Urasenke Foundation is recognized internationally for allowing foreigners to learn the way of tea, she said. Other Japanese tea schools are less known in the U.S. Thomas expects her class will be able to serve dry sweets and thin tea to classmates in the traditional manner by the end of the quarter. Thomas said she looks forward to receiving another package from Urasenke with tea and dry sweets from Kyoto for her students' final tea gathering. The three-credit course meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 11:30 a.m. or 6 p.m. Wednesday in College Hall room 131. 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They attempted to call on the universe for help in changing themselves spiritually for the better and building good energy for the cycles ahead, said Western junior Jamie Stolz, president of WWU Pagans, a Facebook group for connecting all types of Pagans at Western. "On Monday, there was a dark moon, meaning that the moon was not visible in the sky, and it marked the beginning of the moon cycle," Stolz said. "This is a time to build good energy for yourself spiritually and set new goals. Whatever energy you have at the time of the ritual you'll reap as the cycle builds toward the full moon." Stolz is a witch who practices Wiccan Paganism, one of the many different types of the Pagan religion. She uses magic, not witchcraft, to change herself by connecting with good energy. "Most Wiccans call themselves Pagans, though Paganism is an umbrella, term that encompasses all kinds of faiths that might not even have anything to do with Wicca, magic or witchcraft," Stolz said. "So we don't want Wiccans to be confused with witches. There is a big overlap in beliefs of the two, but there are some people that are one and not the other." A Wiccan is a person who follows the neo-pagan, na-turistic religion of Wicca, a specific branch of Paganism, not to be confused with a witch, who is someone of any religion who practices magic, Stolz said. Western junior Alejandra Gonzalez has been a solitary Pagan witch since she was 7 years old. "Paganism itself is an individual path, so I follow my own intuition with regards to spirituality," she said. "Spirituality is what Paganism is all about." Although Paganism and Christianity sometimes have contrasting views, they also sometimes overlap and share similar holidays called sabbats. The Pagan sabbat Ostara. celebrates the rebirth of the sun and fertility, and generally, eggs are involved ina similar way to Easter, Gonzalez said. "Pagans celebrate the Yule sabbat, which is like Christmas," Gonzalez said. "It's around the same time. Sometimes people decorate trees. There are similarities in songs or hymns, and some Pagans even give out presents. These are "some of the things that Christianity assimilated as it spread across Europe." Western junior Tina Koch, another Wiccan Pagan, has been a witch for one year. She recently worked with a witch on campus in the Resource Outreach Program who invited her to attend a Pagan ritual. She said the ritual provided something she felt had been missing in her life. Despite her enthusiasm for being a witch, she is still hiding the fact from some people in her life. "I just fear low levels of persecution for being a witch. Coming out as a witch is kind of like coming out of the closet when you're gay," she said. "Sometimes we joke around by calling it coming out of the broom closet." Western sophomore Allison Goar, secretary of WWU Pagans, is also wary about who she wants knowing she is a witch. She picks and.chooses whom she tells because she fears persecution from some people. "It's not that I'm afraid of being burned at the stake in Red Square because I am a witch, but just being harassed on campus," Goar said. "It's not uncommon for your labels to be used against you." Stolz said the group was created to form a community of Pagans, to provide a forum for the general public and to provide an opportunity for Pagans to perform rituals. The group holds meetings every Thursday in Viking Union room 462 which are open to all Western students. Western junior Kenneth Peddicord, a male witch, said there are many misconceptions about witches and Paganism. Gender has nothing to do with what makes someone a witch; he said a witch is simply someone who practices magic as a way to communicate with nature. Magic works like types of music, where many different variations exist that different witches favor, he said. "A scientist uses a scientific method for figuring things out, whereas a witch uses a magic system to work with energy, which is like a highly refined way of prayer," Peddicord said. Former Western student Jamie Freeman is the co-creator of Pagans and Students Together. She said she came to Western from Seattle Pacific University, which she said had a strong Pagan community, only to find no Pagan community at Western. "I knew that there were people like me out here, because there always is," Freeman said. "I wanted to bring them out of the woodwork by offering them a place they can go and express their ideas. Not only does this group bring some people out of the broom closet and get their questions answered, it gives them a safe place where they can do that." photo by Craig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Members of the Ragans and Students Together Club pose for a photo at the Rock Rings sculpture on south campus where they held the Dark of Moon with Hecate ceremony Sept. 29. 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At the corner of State Ohio • Mon-Sat 6am to 2pm • Sun 8am to 2pm Breakfast and lunch served all day! 734-8687 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 12 ---------- OPINION See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net PAGE 12 Friday • October 3,2008 I The Western Front Partying is not the only way to have fun Frontline Opinion of the Editorial Board The police force was busy for students' first weekend back in Bellingham. Understandably, students will want to let loose, relax or celebrate the beginning of the school year. However, there are better ways to celebrate than getting cited for a minor in possession (MIP). According to the daily log from the Bellingham Police Department, approximately 20 people were cited for minor in possession the first weekend back to school. There were nearly 30 complaints for loud parties and several people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Partying is fun when it is done responsibly and safely. Though many students may think they are mature enough to drink under the age of 21, the law does not agree. Getting an MIP can really ruin a student's college experience. If a student is issued an MIP off campus, several things happen. First the student's name will be recorded online in the police's daily log of activity for the world to see. A student will have to pay a $300 fine, serve 16 hours of community service and attend a mandatory alcohol risk-reduction program. Students can attend the Alcohol and Drug Consultation and Assessment Services (ADCAS) program versus the city of Bellingham program for non-Western students. The ADCAS program requires an online assessment and two group sessions. After these steps are completed, students return to court and either have their record wiped clean or not. If a minor is caught with alcohol in a residence hall, he or she will have to pay $50 and attend an alcohol risk-reduction class. If there are repeat offenses, a student's residency could be in jeopardy. If an incident involves illegal drugs, the consequences can be far worse. The fines are higher, the community service is steeper and jail time is more of a possibility. The bottom line is: drinking underage or doing drugs is not a good idea. Western students should also be respectful of their neighbors if they live off campus and try to keep the sound down at parties. If a student is hosting a loud party and the police arrive, the host can receive a civil infraction for $250. If the police have to return to that house at a later time, the fines increase. If a student is caught providing alcohol to minors, the maximum fine is $5,000 and up to a year in prison, according to the Off Campus WWU Web site. No night of partying is worth a year in prison. Other than getting in trouble with the law, the risks of injury and sexual assaults increase during parties. Many other opportunities for fun are available in Bellingham and on Western's campus than getting drunk and being cited for a MIP. On the weekends, go hiking or kayaking if the weather is nice. Check out all the local shops and eat at a locally owned restaurant. Get the most out of college by being active and engaging in something you're passionate about. There are more than 200 Associated Students (AS) clubs to join. Students can attend Western sports in the evenings, see a movie by AS Productions, go to a concert at the Performing Arts Center or check out open-mic night at the Underground Coffeehouse. With so many students new to campus from all over Washington, it is not surprising for the first weekend of school to be filled with social experiences and police citations. However, keep this information in mind, Western students, next time you are invited to a rowdy house party. Is one night of partying worth fines and prison time? With everything there is to do at Western, it is easy to stay out of trouble. For students who want more options, check out the Prevention and Wellness Services Web site and click "More than 101 things to do while at WWU." The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and coordinator of AS Alternative Transportation A J. Garcia. Big muscles, bigger fights: bad messages Learning lessons about life and violence from Hollywood can be a dangerous thing Glenn Smith Columnist Under proper artistic direction, film directors have the ability to display violence through their characters for a productive purpose. Once in a while, a film like "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) will hit the scene and fit that mold. Alternately, a film may display violence to glorify, exaggerate and provide a fantasy about committing it without experiencing the negative consequences. One film that expertly accomplishes this is "Road House" (1989). "Road House" is not playing on campus any time soon. The ground-breaking film "A Clockwork Orange" offended many with its harsh depictions of young people committing violence. In addition to the self-described "ultra-violence," equally central to "A Clockwork Orange's" story is the reaction of those who attempt to reform the main character's violent tendencies. They brainwash him into feeling debilitatingly sick when he feels the urge to commit violence. It raises questions about the role of government and other authorities in criminal reformation and at a more base level, how to go about it at all. When is it going too far to ensure criminals commit no more crimes? The story is very much fictional, yet frighteningly believable as all good negative-future- world-prediction science fiction stories are, such as "1984" by George Orwell, or "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. "Road House," by contrast, is a movie that is completely unbelievable. I recently added "Road House" to my Netflix queue because I liked it as a kid. Oh my, how one's tastes change after many years go by. The hair is awful. The characters are incredibly tanned and bleached, and star Patrick Swayze is muscled and shiny. There are several panning shots of him doing some sort of Tai-Chi shirtless, with wind chimes in the music to lend it a dream-like quality. 'A Clockwork Orange's' violence is shocking because it is made to look real. - Glenn Smith, Columnist The funniest thing about the movie is that Swayze's character possesses a philosophy degree from New York University. "Road House" enforces extreme negative stereotypes about both sexes, and you don't have to take Western professor Jen Lois' sociology class on gender to be able to spot it. The women in the movie are submissive and trampled upon. They're stick figures removing clothing in public and smiling while doing it. It's an unreal and harmful depiction of women. "Road House" makes no apology for its bad dialogue, characters impossible to sympathize with or general trashiness. It is a relic of a bygone era—the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. Fashion was atrocious, even compared with early '80s standards. Just think of "Saved by the Bell." Some are opposed to violence in films for any number of reasons. It may make someone squeamish; it may offend on a moral level; it may rekindle bad memories. Some feel that to show violence in film encourages young people, even those old enough to attend college, toward violence by presenting it attractively. But films like "A Clockwork Orange" are a somewhat perfect rebuttal to that argument. I say somewhat because "A Clockwork Orange4' cannot be said to have never encouraged anyone toward violence. To its credit, "A Clockwork Orange's" violence is not glorified with special effects or excessive camera cuts to show, action and get the viewer pumped up. "A Clockwork Orange" presents violence realistically and is less likely to encourage violence as it is to encourage serious reflection on violence. "A Clockwork Orange's" violence is shocking because it is made to look real. Violence makes its victims feel powerless, angry, sad or any number of negative emotions. It just makes people feel bad. Not cool! "Road House's" violence is not as shocking, because it is not presented realistically, but it also encourages a desensitization and glorification of violence. When watching violent films, Western students, just be sure to differentiate between violence for the sake of art and that for the sake of profit. And don't actually be violent. "A Clockwork Orange" is playing at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Oct. 5 and 6 at the Viking Union Room 552. Admission is free, and I wholeheartedly recommend that all Western students attend. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Compiled by: Megan Jonas Do you watch the presidential debates and why? Rita Oierdorff Senior "Yes, so that you're educated to make a really good opinion on who to vote for, and so you can have a mind of your own. " Lisa Siebert Junior "Yeah, I do because I think when you're voting it's better to have an educated opinion than to not vote at all or to vote without being educated." Spencer Schrote Junior "I think it's also important to watch the vice-presidential debates because one of the current nominees might die in office and therefore one of the vice-presidential nominees might take over as • president. " Seth Strong Senior "Yeah, I think it is because it is an important upcoming election. Now, more than ever, I think we need , change." ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 13 ---------- See more online at .westernfrontonline.net "ALrrL 1,3 Friday • October 3,2008 I The Western Front SPORTS Men's soccer on scoring streak Vejo breaks school record, scores six goals to lead Vikings to victory Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT In the final game of the Vikings' Colorado tour, Western senior forward Samir Vejo scored six goals for Western, as he led the men's soccer team to victory in a 10-0 win against Colorado Christian University on Wednesday. Vejo's achievement at Cougar Field broke a 19-year-old record for most goals a Western male has scored in a single game. "I've never witnessed a guy score six goals in a college game before so it was pretty fantastic that he could accomplish something like that," Western head coach Travis Connell said. "It couldn't have happened to a better guy." The match against the Cougars rounded out a three-game road trip and improved the Vikings' overall team standings to 5-4-2. Though it was a non-league game, Vejo said he was proud of scoring that many goals for Western and attributed his success to teamwork. "They did most of the work, and I was just fortunate to be at the right place at the right time to finish those chances," Vejo said. Connell said the game was the Vikings' first win while on the road and was the most complete performance the men have had while traveling. The team was able to combine success on offense and defense, he said. "The good news is that they definitely know that they can [win on the road]," Connell said. "Now we just have to repeat that and play consistently like we did in the game on Wednesday. It's definitely a step in the right direction." Vejo said the team was able to have fun against Colorado Christian because they did not feel pressure going into the game, resulting in better soccer and more playing time for the less experienced. "I think my coaches do a really good job at trying to get everyone some playing time," Vejo said. "We did have some injuries, and the guys that filled in the spots stepped up and performed really well for us." The other Vikings who scored against Colorado Christian were freshman midfielder Kellan Brown, junior midfielder Michael Ricci, sophomore forward Brendan Quilici and sophomore forward Gibson Bardsley. Though the Cougars had a 0-9-0 record going into the game, Vejo said Western did not take their opponents lightly and just focused on what they needed to do to get a win. The win felt much deserved after tying University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1-1 Saturday and losing to Regis University 5-4 Monday, Bardsley said. After conceding three goals to Regis University within the first 15 minutes of play, and later losing to the Rangers, Vejo said it felt good to get back into the winning mentality. • "We had an uphill battle from the get-go [with Regis], but we stayed in the game," Vejo said. "We fought pretty hard, and the end result just wasn't really what we were looking for." Bardsley said Western played tough against their Colorado opponents, out-shooting Colorado Springs 37-13. He said no matter how hard they tried, the Vikings could not get the soccer ball into the back of the net. . Though Bardsley said he attributed a lot of the Vikings' inability to score on bad luck, he said many players were struggling with injuries during the road trip as well. "A lot of us were going [on the field] with kinks and bruises from so many games in such a short period of time," Bardsley said. "A lot of us were playing through that." Bardsley said the team is already looking toward the future, especially their next match Oct. 8 against Seattle Pacific University (SPU), one of Western's biggest conference rivals. Bardsley said a large part of Western's success will be remaining confident while on the road. Connell said if the men stay focused and play consistently, they should have a really good chance of beating SPU. Bardsley said the key will be taking it one game at a time and focusing on the task at hand. Bardsley and Vejo agreed that Western has a good chance of earning a spot at the championships at the end of this season. "We're a young team but we also have some experience on the squad," Vejo said. Samir Vejo Volleyball continues winning photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Angie Alvord dives for a ball Thursday night at Carver Gym to help extend the team's winning streak. Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT The Western volleyball team extended its undefeated streak Thursday night, winning 3 sets to 1 over Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) competitor Seattle Pacific University (SPU). The Vikings are now 12-0, their best start in school history, and 4-0 in GNAC play. The win also represents their 20th conference win in a row and their 12th consecutive win at home. The latest American Volleyball Coaches Association for NCAA Division II Poll has ranked the Vikings fourth in the nation. SPU started out the match with a fight, challenging Western and the home crowd by winning the first set 25-21. "We expected [SPU] to come. out playing hard because they don't have a winning record," Western senior Angie Alvord said. "They were playing really free like they had nothing to lose." Western rallied in the second set and • never looked back, winning the second and third sets with a score of 25-21. The fourth set went to the Vikings, ending the match, with a score of 25-22. Roma said it's great the team is still undefeated. "It's an amazing feeling to play hard and to have it show on the record," Roma said. . Next up for the Vikings is a trip to Alaska to take on the University of Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 9, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 11. Both matches are GNAC matchups. Golf team ooking to improve Kaylin Bettinger THE WESTERN FRONT The Western men's golf team tied with Washburn University from Topeka, Kan. for eighth place at the Division II Preview Tournament Monday and Tuesday. The tournament, which hosted 20 teams from across the country, was held at the Loomis Trail Golf and Country Club in Blaine. Central Oklahoma University won the tournament, followed by Sonoma State University and University of Hawaii at Hilo, who tied for second'. Individually, Western senior Jake Ko- ppenberg led the team, shooting 1-over par and finishing in a seven-way tie for ninth place. He was followed by Western senior golfer Brandon Brown, who shot 7-over par for 31 st place. "I probably could have played better individually, and I think we all agree we should have done better as a team," Kop- penberg said. "There were a few mental lapses and bad holes, but we're getting better every time we go out." Though the team was hoping to place higher in the rankings, head coach Steve Card said he isn't discouraged. Card said Western lost to the top team by only 12 strokes, so he thinks there is no reason the *fci.«« see GOLF page 15 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-03 - Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Friday • October 3,20081 The Western Front SidelineChat Name: Marissa Hill Team: Volleyball Position: Opposite hitter Height: 5 feet 8 1/2 inches with shoes on Age: 22 Year: Senior Hometown: North Bend, Wash. Major: Communications Do you have any superstitions? We always say certain cheers before we play, and we have a routine of doing things. I would be superstitious if we didn't do it thar way. Do you have any nicknames? My coach' calls me ATM because I made season-seven of America's Next Top Model. - What are three things you have to bring on road games? Chapstick is definitely a must; my iPod is something I have to bring with me on all trips. I also will buy strawberry Mentos at the airport if I don't have any because that's the only place I can find them. And my cozy sweats because their comfy. What's your guilty pleasure? I like to watch reality TV shows and 1 watch "The Fresh Prince pf Bel-Air" every night before 1 go to sleep. What's your most memorable moment while playing volleyball? Making it to the championship game at nationals. Q A with a Western athlete Compiled by Allison Milton Who's had the most influence on your athletic career? My high school coaches. I was always so little and they gave me the opportunity to play and were good mentors and fulfilled my aspirations of playing in college. [Western head coach] Diane [Flick] has been as well. [Flick] has given me the opportunity to fulfill my dreams of being a student-athlete, something that I've always wanted. [Flick] is a good mentor because I wouldn't be the player I am today if it wasn't for her. ; What are you: hoping to accomplish thisSeason? ^lPeople$ef really high expectations on: us this ,'.:; year,andI just hope we can make our own foots t e p s m^ the season that we have. We can't be tcfethe same teanrfwe were,last year,.but we can i make bur own How are you dealing with the pressure of extending your winning streak? I don't really think about it. I'm more set on the fact that this is a new team this year. It's a new . start and a new journey, and I'm just trying to think in a positive way about what we can do with this team and.I think we can go very far. How are you coping with last year's season-ending knee injury? I have just been working throughout the entire year. It's been difficult not being on the court, but it's been great just being there for my team, watching and helping out. I try to look at it in the most positive light because it's hard when you get injured, but it's just motivated me to work hard to be ready for the season. photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Vikings co-captain Marissa Hill congratulates her teammates after a score during a game Sept. 25 at Carver Gym. Hill had two blocks in Thursday night's game against Seattle Pacific University to help the team extend their winning streak and stay undefeated for the season. Hill has been a member of the Vikings Volleyball team since 2005. CIUMLXAL IUi( ORD? Vacate/Seal old records, •Rest|lii:irea.r m^gltts. DoiH^IIJiit mistake • cosi^||^ gt;ur future. :: tAvfWffCE OF-•.' 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"Coming into it, we really felt like we were at a point where we could contend in. this tournament," Card said. "It was a bit of a disappointment, but we can use it as motivation for the rest of the season." Perhaps that motivation is just what the team needs to prepare for the spring when they will host for the first time the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II National Championship Tournament in late May. It will be one of the largest collegiate tournaments of the year and will again draw large numbers of teams nationwide to the Loomis Trail Golf Course. "It is a great home-course advantage," Western junior Julian Peters said. "But first we need to get there." Only the top five Western golfers will be able to compete in the national championship tournament. Brown said this year the team has a good group of high-caliber athletes to compete for those 'A-team' spots. "This year we have people nippin' at each other's heels," Brown said. Even with the competitiveness and desire to perform well, there seems to be an underlying element of camaraderie throughout the team, Peters said. The team agrees that though they all fight for the top spots, encouragement is also a vital part of their success, he said. "We all try to motivate each other," Peters said. "You send the guys who are playing the best, and the team does the best." photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT The men's golf team poses after the Division II Preview Tournament Tuesday at the Loomis Trail Golf and Country Club in Blaine. Koppenberg said the team will have to work hard in the spring if they want to qualify for the national tournament. To qualify, they will have to continue with the rigorous and time-consuming training schedule they have already begun. Card said the team plays golf every weekday and sometimes on weekends. To prepare for the Preview Tournament, the team played in the Western Washington Invitational last Friday and Saturday at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club. Brown said tournaments like this are good practice but because they take place during class time, they also make getting good grades a challenge. "We've only been to the first day of classes," Peters said. "It's not easy. It seems like you're always behind, but teachers usually understand." University Dining Services Welcomes to Viking Union Market The Atrium, and Miller Market Ose0iMM\i^l^^if0and Munch Money! 201 East Holly St. • 733-PITA Do you have a craving in the middle of your all night cram session? Or are you simply hungry for something Fresh W Tasty? Come on down, meet the gang and have a delicious Pita! 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2008_1031 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 1 ---------- GROUPTO RECREATE 'THRILLER1 DANCE DOWNTOWN THE WESTERN FRONT HUNTS FOR GHOSTS WITH SHERRY MULHOLLAND HMIOWEEN 2008 J S ! ! D E P
Show more2008_1031 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 1 ---------- GROUPTO RECREATE 'THRILLER1 DANCE DOWNTOWN THE WESTERN FRONT HUNTS FOR GHOSTS WITH SHERRY MULHOLLAND HMIOWEEN 2008 J S ! ! D E P I | ^ ^ SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 19701 WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Daniel O'Hair THE WESTERN FRONT . For Western students who opt against going to downtown bars or house parties on Halloween but still wish to partake in the festivities, straying from campus isn't necessary this year. Starting at 3 p.m., students will be able to flaunt their Halloween costumes in a costume contest at the Associated Students (AS) Bookstore. Costumes will be judged by employees of the AS Bookstore and gift cards for $100, $50 and $25 will be awarded to first, second and third place, said Pat James, lead retail clerk for the-bookstore. "There is no specific criteria for winners of the cestem^-eentest," • Jamcs-aa-idt— "Costumes that tend to be more creative, or ones that stand out will probably end up winning." Western students planning on participating in the contest are required to bring their Western cards. "Last year we had an incident where the winner of the contest wasn't actually a Western student," James said. "We couldn't tell until after he took his mask off, at which point his prize had already been awarded." Everyone will dance to fun music, hang out with fun people and eat dessert catered by the on-campus dining [services]. It's going to be a great night." - Alex Niedzialkowski, Underground Coffeehouse coordinator see EVENTS page 6 Unusually cold spring gives local pumpkin farmers a scare Green Halloween photo by Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT Local pumpkin patches like the one pictured above at Boxxberry Farms have more green pumpkins than usual because an unusually cold spring delayed planting. Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT As Mike Boxx stood in the middle of his green and leafy pumpkin patch earlier this month, he likely resembled Linus the "Peanuts" character, waiting for that one magical pumpkin to arrive. Boxx's field had been watered, weeded and cared for but pumpkins were nowhere to be found. One might think green signifies a fresh and healthy harvest on the farm, but for pumpkin farmers in October, green is a very bad sign. Boxx, owner of Boxx Berry Farm in Ferndale, said green leaves and vines mean green pumpkins, and come Halloween, green pumpkins just don't sell as easily as orange ones. "This year has been an odd pumpkin year," Boxx said. "Two weeks ago you couldn't even see pumpkins because the leaves were still four feet tall; they were still growing.". Because of an uncommonly cold spring, many Skagit and Whatcom County pumpkin patches struggled to harvest their crops on time/Temperatures were too cold to plant pumpkin seeds, and farmers were forced to wait for warmer weather. In the Charles Schulz television special, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," Linus never met his great pumpkin. Fortunately for Boxx and other local pumpkin farmers, the ripe, orange pumpkins eventually came—just a few weeks later than usual. Western senior Angela Snedker said she actually preferred the green pumpkins at Stoney Ridge Farm in Everson because they, were unique and different. She said the most important thing to remember is to buy from local businesses. "I would always rather support a local farm than go to a grocery store that shipped its pumpkins in from some place like California," Snedker said. Boxx said the main attraction at his family's farm is U-pick strawberries, blueberries and raspberries in the summer, all see PUMPKINS page 3 Loud parties ro^p Andrea Davis-Gonzalez THE WESTERN FRONT Western students planning on throwing a Halloween bash this weekend may be surprised to know their party could end up costing them more than they think. Police said they are expecting an increase in noise complaints on Halloween, as they do with any widely celebrated day. Throughput the school year, police conduct random party patrols, said Lt. Steve Felmley, public information officer of Bellingham police. Anyone who is cited for disorderly conduct for their party can" receive-'a 'fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment for a maximum of 90 days or both. A disorderly conduct citation is a misdemeanor that will typically stay on a person's record until he or she goes through superior court to have it removed. Many students are caught off guard when they're cited for disorderly conduct after having a party, said Jake Lunden, Western senior and coordinator of the Associated Students Legal Information Center. The number of disorderly conduct citations issued consistently increases when school is in session, especially when Western students begin classes in the fall because Bellingham's overall population increases, said Megan Kruger, legal assistant for the Bellingham assigned counsel. Parties aren't illegal but they can get out of hand and that's when police get involved, said Sgt. Ken Brown, a Bellingham police officer. Most often police will give warnings on the first offense and shut down the party, Brown said. People are more likely to be cited for noise if the individual has been previously warned, he said. Western senior Nathin Brans said he was cited for a party he hosted Oct. 4 and thinks the misdemeanor penalty for his party was more severe than it should have been. "It was a pretty harsh punishment for getting a noise complaint against the house since we were cooperative with police, especially when we've never been written up before," Brans said. .For his party, Brans said he and his roommates periodically monitored the noise level from outside. Four hours into his party, Brans said he noticed the police at his neighbor's house, where he as-see PARTIES page 3 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday • October 31,2008 I 2 of alcohol in public and report of a person being ha- Hal by an unknown person. Western junior Matt Milne, left, steps out of a of a Batman Halloween costume on Thursday, Department of music presents Jody Graves A Ford Hill Piano Scholarship Recital featuring Jody Graves is being hosted by the Western Department of Music at 8 p.m., Nov. 5 in the Performing Arts Center. Graves, an associate professor at Eastern Washington University, has performed internationally and is known for engaging the audience with humor and sharing historical perspectives. From 4-6 p.m. a free conductor master class will be held by Graves on the day of the recital in the Performing Arts Cen-photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT dressing room at Value Village to show his friend Western junior Bryan Tibbs, right, the ill fit Oct. 30. WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net EDITORIAL PEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor in chief Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westernfrpntonline.net Managing editor. Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. , Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor Amanda Winters, newsfront@gmail.com Arts editor.. 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Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by,student editors. Staff reporters are involved in.a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. .--."-. •-.'' * V ter Concert Hall. The proceeds from the recital will go to scholarships to benefit Western piano students. Western professor gives petroleum talk Western associate professor Eric Le-onhardt will present "Beyond Petroleum: Local Transportation Solutions for a Global Problem" from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Bellingham City Council chambers at city hall. The lecture is free of charge and is part of the annual Science and the Univer- City community science lecture series. Leonhardt, the director of Western's Vehicle Research Institute, will discuss the three projects the institute is working on in relation to alternative fuels and increasing the efficiency of those fuels. Business open house set for Nov. 19 The Western Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program is putting on an open house for potential applicants at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in Parks Hall room 441. Presentations will be shown explaining the three distinct MBA programs Western offers. Western offers traditional, accelerated and evening program options. Western is believed to be the only university in the area to give students the choice to complete a one-year accelerated program. The MBA program at Western was recently ranked in the Top 100 worldwide by the Aspen institute. Varsity debate team wins tournament Western's varsity debate team of Susan Elle and Stephen Moncrief took first place in the Lewis and Clark Debate Tournament Oct. 10-12 in Portland Ore. The two-person team beat out the University of Oregon in the finals to win the tournament. Western was represented by eight teams total, with all varsity teams making it to the elimination rounds. It was the second win of the season for Elle and Moncrief, who also won the round-robin piece of the University of Wyoming Debate Tournament Oct. 3-5. Thirty colleges participated in the Lewis and Clark tournament including the University of Washington. Western's team will take part in their next tournament at the University of Puget Sound on Oct. 24. Corrections A story published on the front page of the.Oct. 28 issue of The Western Front contained factual errors. The first name of Gov. Gregoire's campaign press secretary is Aaron. Also, ballots are to be dropped off on Nov. 3 and 4 in the Viking Union room 714 or the;fifth floor post office.'''- . ._ . „•...'.., ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 31,2008 NEWS ! 3 PUMPKINS: Despite shaky start, local farms satisfy Western students' carving needs from 1 Marisa Willis TH£ WESTERN FRONT As Mike Boxx stood in the middle of, his green and leafy pumpkin patch earlier this month, he likely resembled Linus the "Peanuts" character, waiting for that one magical pumpkin to.arrivel'Boxx's field had been watered,-weeded^and.xared for . but pumpkinswere nowhere toTDefound. One might think green signifies, a fresh and healthy harvest on the farm, but for pumpkin farmers in October, green is a very bad sigh. Boxx, owner of Bjoxx Berry Farm in Ferndale, said! green leaves and vines mean green purripkiris; and • cdme -Halloween, green pumpkins just don't sell as easily as orange ones. "This year has been an odd pumpkin year," Boxx said. "Two weeks ago you couldn't even see pumpkins because the leaves were still four feet tall; they were still growing." Because of an uncommonly cold spring, many Skagit and Whatcom County pumpkin patches struggled to harvest their crops on time. Temperatures were too cold to plant pumpkin seeds, and .farmers were forced to wait for warmer weather. In the Charles Schulz television special, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown "Linus never met his great pumpkin. Fortunately for JBbXx and other local pumpkin farmers,; the ripe, orange pumpkins eventually came—just a' few weeks later than usual. Western senior Angela Snedker said she actually preferred the green pumpkins at Stoney Ridge Farm in Everson because they were unique and different. She said the most important thing to remember is to buy from local businesses. "I would always rather support a local farm than go to a grocery store that shipped its pumpkins in from some place like California," Snedker said. Boxx sard the main attraction at his family's farm is U-pick strawberries, blueberries and raspberries in the summer, all of which cari b$ harvested several weeks late. Pumpkins ares another story. "pn^py^riyou^can't give pumpkins away," Boxx said. "They aren't worth a whole lot after [Halloween]. They're worth nothing." Despite a shaky start to their pumpkin season, Boxx said the farm had a successful fall selling frozen berries, fresh corn and plenty of pumpkins. Western senior Kassidy Vietti traveled south with a few friends to pick out pumpkins at Gordon Skagit Farms in Mount Vernon. Vietti said the drive was well worth it because the farm had so many pumpkins to choose from. "It looked like a huge, big field of orange because there were so many pumpkins everywhere," Vietti said. "I was really surprised to see how many pumpkins [the farm] actually had grown." PARTIES: D orderiy conduct citations carry heavy fines, remain on permanent record from 1 ; Andrea Davis- Gonzalez THE WESTERN FRONT Western students planning on throwing a Halloween bash this weekend may be surprised to know their party could end up costing them more than they think. Police said they are expecting an increase in noise complaints on Halloween, as they do with any widely celebrated day. Throughout the school year, police conduct random party patrols, said Lt. Steve Felmley, public information officer of Bellingham police. Anyone who is cited for disorderly conduct for their party can receive a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment for a maximum of 90 days or both. A disorderly conduct citation is a misdemeanor that miTtypically stay oh a person's record until he or she goes through superior court to have it removed. Many students are caught off guard when they 're cited for disorderly" conduct after having a party, said Jake Lunden, Western senior and coordinator of the Associated Students Legal Information Center. The number of disorderly conduct citations issued consistently increases when school is in session, especially when Western students begin classes in the fall because Bellingham's overall population increases, said Megan Kruger, legal assistant for the Bellingham assigned counsel. Parties aren't illegal but they can get out of hand and that's when police get involved, said Sgt. Ken Brown, a Bellingham police officer. Most often police will give warnings on the first offense and shut down the party; Brown said. People are mojr vlikely to be cited for noise if the individual has been previously warned, he said.. Western senior Nathin Bruns said he was cited for a party he hosted Oct. 4 and thinks the misdemeanor penalty for his party was more severe than it should have been. "It was a pretty harsh punishment for getting a noise complaint against the house since we were cooperative with police, especially when we've never been written up before," Bruns said. For his party, Bruns said he and his roommates periodically monitored the noise level from outside. Four hours into his party, Bruns said he noticed the police at his neighbor's house, where he assumed there was another party. Bruns said his guests began to leave and the music was turned down. Police went to Bruns' residence and cited him and his roommates for disorderly conduct, he said. At their court arraignment, a public defender had the citation lowered to a noise ordinance and the men were each fined $250—the maximum penalty. Western senior Dominique Thomas was also cited for disorderly conduct at his home Nov. 4,2006 for a party he hosted. He said he was stunned to be cited for disorderly conduct because he had been to louder parties where police only gave warnings. 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His specialized training and certifications should translate to a higher wage, but the nature of his job and employer does not allow for it, he said. "The supply of lifeguards is really high, so I can't just go in and demand a raise," he said. But this January, Harris and other Washington state workers will see an in- rease in minimum wage, from $8.07 to $8.55 an hour. "This is definitely the largest increase we've seen since we started adjusting the minimum wage for inflation back in 2001," said Elaine Fischer, spokeswoman for the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Since then, the minimum wage has increased nearly two dollars, according to Washington's Department of Labor and Industries. Jim DeWilde, associate director for the Western financial aid department, said several student employers on campus receive outside funding. "Indeed, [Western] hires a number of student employees," he said. "Some are hired through work study so we use both federal work study and state work study programs to employ students." DeWilde said federal funding for stu-photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Baristas and Western juniors Malia Moser (right) and Mora Shaw make espresso at the Underground Coffeehouse Oct. 30. dent employees has remained flat for the past several years. He said as wages go up, Western employers who use federal funding will have to either hire fewer employees or have them work fewer hours. "Fortunately, our federal work study program is not our largest employment program," he said. "The state work study program is much larger and the state legislature has been increasing funding over the past few years, which supports the higher wage rates. So that's the good-news side." DeWilde said specific departments on campus hire students out of their own funds. "As the cost of employment goes up, they have to make decisions in their own budget on what they can or cannot do in hiring students," he said. The effects are not limited to students and employers on campus though. "It feels pretty big for a minimum wage raise," Harris said. "I'll see about 25 bucks tacked on to my paycheck." . DeWilde attributed the high increase to rising food and gas prices. According to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, yearly adjustments to minimum wage are determined by the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. The index is updated monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and reflects the cost of items and services for everyday life, such as goods, shelter and transportation. The index increased nearly 6 percent between August 2007 and August 2008, which translates to a nearly half- dollar raise. Washington state has the highest minimum wage in the country, followed by California, Massachusetts and Oregon, Fischer said. Fischer said 2.5 percent of all full-time and part-time jobs pay minimum wage. The retail, agriculture and food service industries are most likely to pay minimum wage, she said. According to the U.S. Department of Labor and Standards Administration, the federal minimum Wage will be increased from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour in July 2009. DeWilde said the next year will be interesting. "Will inflation be that much of a problem with fuel prices coming down quite a bit from their peak this year?" he said. "Who knows what the next year will bring?" Want a Hi ah Pavina Career? Checkout Bellirsgham Jech^m DentaS Hygiene Program « i i ^ f e i | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i t i i i ^ ^ i ^ ^ S M S ^ What is it? Campus Safety Group Nov. 6th from 12:30 -1:30 pm $25 WWU Bookstore Gift Card and Lunch provided for your participation! DFF CAMPUS STUDENTS! L O O K I N G FOR SOME MONEY? 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She graduated from the University of Washington in 1969. She then met Mike Gregoire, a Vietnam combat veteran, in 1971 and married him three years later. Gregoire attended law school at Gonzaga University in 1977 and began her law career in the Spokane branch of the Attorney General's office. JOBS The governor created 250,000 jobs in the last four years and made sure those job opportunities extended across the state. The governor aims to have 25,000 'green jobs,' or jobs that promote energy independence and environmental protection, in Washington by 2020. Rossi wants to strengthen Washington's business climate to encourage entrepreneurs to create new businesses. He plans to cut and reform taxes that hurt businesses such as the Death Tax, which is enforced when someone inherits a family business after the death of the owner. EDUCATION Rossi plans to replace the state test Gov. Christine Gregoire known as the Washington Assessment of Student Learning with a different standardized test modeled after the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, the Indiana Graduation Qualifying Exam and the California High School Exit Exam. He would require all students to pass the standardized test, and would allow only limited alternatives. Gregoire created spots for thousands of new students in Washington's college-level math, science and engineering programs. During her term, the governor has given 250 of the National Science Foundation's Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) to qualified college students studying those subjects. She also made tuition waivers available to military spouses and their children to attend a state college or university. The governor pro- ^rwccn tmtn #mi* JACKETS www.BellinghamScreenPrinting.com (360)920-0114 Steve@BellinghamScreenPrinting.com' Republican Dino Rossi posed to cap annual tuition increases at 7 percent for the University of Washington and Washington State University, and at 5 percent for all other four-year public universities HEALTH CARE As governor, Gregoire has expanded health care to 84,000 more kids. Her goal is to cover all kids by 2010. Discount prescription drug cards-have been given to more than 82,000 people and have saved roughly $4 million, according to her campaign Web site. Gregoire also oversaw monthly assistance provided to 49,000 seniors to pay for prescription drugs. Rossi plans to make insurance more affordable for middle-class families and young adults who are uninsured. He advocates for Health Savings Accounts, which offer more flexible insurance plans. He supports Association Health Plans, which allow small businesses to purchase health insurance policies together. STATE BUDGET In November 2007, Gregoire reinstated a voter-approved cap on property taxes by 1 percent. She cut more than 1,100 middle managers from state payrolls and saved taxpayers more tharr $260 million by making the state more efficient. Rossi plans to balance the budget without increasing taxes. He plans to reduce spending on the governor's office by at least 10 percent in the next budget. He does not support state income tax. TRANSPORTATION Rossi also aims to move repair projects such as the State Route 520 bridge forward with a $15 billion transportation plan. The plan aims at balancing congestion relief and restoring reliability in the state's ferry system, among other goals. The governor plans to improve transportation by replacing the State Route 520 bridge four years earlier than scheduled, and spend up to $700 million less than originally proposed. ENVIRONMENT During her term, Gregoire created the Puget Sound Partnership to clean up the Puget Sound. 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The Underground Coffeehouse will maintain its regular operations, such as selling coffee and serving food, but will also provide snacks and candy to attendees. * Western junior Alex Niedzialkowski, the Underground Coffee Program coordinator, said this is the first year the event is being held and is excited for students to attend. ' "It's a new thing," Niedzialkowski said. "It's fun. Everyone will dance to fun music, hang out with fun people and eat dessert catered by the on-campus dining. It's going to be a great night." Many residence halls are also holding special events for Halloween. Although on-campus events are open to all students, resident directors advise that students only attend events if they know someone who lives in the residence hall to avoid overcrowding. "[Resident directors] don't want half of campus coming to one event," said Caiden Marcus, resident director of Ridge way Kappa hall. "We wouldn't be able to fit everyone.". Students looking for a scare between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. can check out Edens North's event, "The Morgue," which consists of a haunted house that leads students into a dance. "Our haunted house will be a lot of fun," said Ashlee Norris, resident director of Edens North. "There is one part involving a dentist that is pretty gruesome." Food, candy and punch will also be provided, Norris said. "Our quiet hours begin at 10 p.m., which is pretty early," Norris said. "Our hope is that students will come to our event and then transfer over to other events, such as the Halloween party at the Underground Coffeehouse." Card sharks will be happy to know that Ridgeway Kappa will host a Texas Hold 'Em tournament beginning at 8 p.m. in the main lounge, with candy-prizes going out to winners of the tournament. ; In addition to the tournament, there will be decorations, music and scary movies. Those looking for a more traditional Halloween experience can check out Nash Hall at 8 p.m., where trick-or-treating will be offered. Students will be separated into groups and start at the top floor, where they will trick-or-treat from door to door all the way down to the first floor, said Dong Vo, resident adviser of Nash Hall. After trick-or-treating, a dance party called "The After Party" will take place in the Nash Hall main lounge from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. "We're trying to do something unique," Vo said. "We'll have a fog machine and hopefully use a projector to play old horror movies against the walls during the dance." Vo said he encourages students who attend to wear a costume. Fairhaven hall will also be hosting a dance from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Fairhaven Commons. Students who would rather watch a movie can do so at the Fairhaven Auditorium beginning at 10 p.m. "We have a wide range of movies that we could play, so we're leaving it to a student vote," said Matthew Tombaugh, resident director of Fairhaven. "Our selection ranges from 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' to 'The Shining,' so students should be able to watch something they want." photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Leah White stretches spider web across the doorway of Edens Hall North Thursday. Members of Edens and Higginson Halls started decorating for the haunted house, which will be open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.mf on Oct. 31 in Edens Hall North. At the corner of State Ohio • Mori-Sat 6am to 2pm • Sun 8am to 2pm Breakfast and lunch served all day! 734- 8687 American Financial Solutions A division of the North Seattle Community College Foundation 1-888- 864-8623 "Getting into debt was easy.,, now what?" Get answers from a Certified Credit Counseior. 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Unable to find a substitute ferry, companies with private-owned passenger-only boats have signed contracts with the Washington State Ferries to transport passengers, said Hadley Greene, Communications Manager of Washington State Ferries. Greene said a barge will be tied to the Keystone ferry dock in order to allow more passenger fenies to come in and out of Key stone. Western junior and Sequim native Anna Boenish said she does not own a car she can park on either side of the water when there are only passenger ferries. She said she hopes a good bus system will be available when she rides the ferry so she can make the trip to and from Bellingham with ease. For travelers coming from towns on the north end of. the Olympic Peninsula, such as Sequim or Port Angeles, travel time is decreased when taking the Port Townsend ferry to Keystone rather than having to head south and cross on the Kingston ferry to Edmonds. Boenish said she prefers to take the Port Townsend to Keystone route because a drive to Kingston from Sequim takes about one and a half hours while getting Jo Port Townsend takes about 40 minutes. It also helps her avoid traffic on the 1-5 corridor north of Seattle. "I have searched high and low for a good bus route from Whidbey Island to Bellingham," Boenish said. "[Finding a bus route] is a complicated process and bus systems are sparse on either side." Greene said parking is currently available on either side of the ferry docks, where in Keystone there is always 24-hour street parking and those who will need to park their cars in Port Townsend will be able to park at the ferry terminal during the passenger ferry time period. Washington State Ferries are also trying to coordinate a more versatile bus system at Keystone with Island Transit for these time periods, Greene said. The Port Townsend to Keystone ferry route currently has a reservation system where travelers can go online several days before their planned departure and register for a space on a certain ferry. Travelers need to arrive at their desired ferry 40 minutes ahead of departure time. During the time when passenger ferries are in use, this should maintain the speed of ferry lines, said Greene. Before the reservation system was processing, Boenish said she often would take the Kingston ferry because it travels more frequently ai • 1 had less cancellations. However, now by making a reservation, she said she is guaranteed a spot on the Keystone to Port Townsend ferry^ which is more convenient. The ferry reservation system, will continue when the Steilacoom II returns. photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT The Steilacoom II ferry.makes the crossing from Keystone on Whidbey Island to Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula. The ferry will be out of service for several weeks for maintenance, forcing travelers to take passenger-only boats or drive the long way around. Earlier this year, a steel electric ferry larger.than the Steilacoom II was running through the Port Townsend/Key- stone route, but as an 80-year-old vessel, it had to be replaced by Washington State Ferries due to age- related wear and'tear, Greene said. The Steilacoom II is a Pierce County-owned ferry leased by Washington State Ferries. The state legislature has granted Washington State Ferries $8.5 million to build two new steel electric ferries, which hold 65 cars, one of which will run between Keystone and Port Towrisend. The bidding to select a new shipyard to build the ferries will begin Nov. 8, and the ferries are expected to be built in 18 months, Greene, said. Tim Caldwell, chair of the Jefferson County Advisory Committee, said although there are passengers who need to take a car across waters, he hopes the passenger ferries used can be an example toward future water transportation. Caldwell said he hopes to see more passenger ferries being used from towns like. Seattle to Port Townsend, in hopes of commuter convenience and carbon footprint reduction. lli^^^M^ffltt^^^^^S^^^B lis IS si- Independent /ss *4 jfc Learning 3; *6 Gender St 'S-illuJlieulluvAl Studies Need a Class? Choose Independent Learning to... • Resolve your schedule conflicts • Study when your schedule allows • Work at your own pace • Try something new • Register anytime! Extension tuition rates apply! Visit the Web for details! 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Photos by Ion Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT T On the piercing cold night of Oct. 24,1 hunted ghosts on Western Amidst empty buildings and barely-lit pathways, Sherry M president and founder of Bellingham Observers of the Odd am (BOOO) taught me how to hunt ghosts using Electronic Voice Ph lt; (EVP) recorders, a method which examines static sounds said whispers of lingering spirits. We also used EMF meters to dis explainable magnetic fields many ghost hunters attribute to p activity, Mulholland said. Since 2001, BOOO has been actively involved in p paranormal investigations around the.Bellingham comni had not investigated Western for many years. Our hunt started on the second floor of Old Main in bathroom .Mulholland said she thinks spirits are attract* because it allows them to travel through spaces and th soothing. Our EVP readings were unsuccessful, so to the women's bathroom. Again, nothing was foun While sitting in a lounge area in Old Main, lv said she sensed the spirits of children. She said tuitive abilities and can sense paranormal activ her. Children are drawn to the energy of scho( ten want to be around other students, even not the same age, she said. After conducting a thorough EVP re again came out with no evidence of spiri cided to move on. On our way out of Old Main, ho ran into members of the custodial shared some chilling experiences wi custodian, who did not want to ben us of the black shadows he or she on the stairs of Old Main when r is in the building. Another cus portedly saw half of an illumi with a briefcase in the Perfoi Center (PAC) late at night. "A lot of stuff goes here," the custodian said.' tling sometimes." After hearing this tion, we conducted search throughout ca ter a few EMF mete: from electricity in in Old Main and 1 we decided to i Haggard Hall. conducted m readings but ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 31,2008 I 9 NO GHOSTS mpus in search of ghastly apparitions Stephanie Sarff HE WESTERN FRONT not receive any results. A classroom in Miller Hall was pur next stop. Here, we gathered into a circle, turned the lights off and asked questions to possible surrounding spirits. Questions consisted of: "Why are you here?", "Can you give us a sign that you are here?", and "How old were you when you died?" None of our questions received, a response. — The residence halls were our next destination. Kappa has been said to have some paranormal activity by a few freshmen occupants, so we decided to try our luck. We ran our EMF meters throughout the lobby, in bathrooms and in a room—nothing. _ Western freshman Jordan Jones said he had never heard anything about Ridgeway Kappa being haunted and from our investigation, he turned out to be right. Again, we left with no evidence. - Our last stop of the night was the PAC. We scoured the stage, greenroom and underground theater. These areas all had unsettling demeanors: eerie, dark, cold and abandoned. When asked why there is a stereotype of spirits haunting stages and dressing rooms, Mulholland said deceased performers frequent these places because when they were alive, they were the most comfortable there. "It was a very important time in their life and they want to revisit it," Mulholland said. Sitting on the balcony, overlooking the stage, we conducted more readings. One of our EMF meters briefly flashed but then returned to normal. We searched for possible ways it could have gone off, such as putting it up to surrounding chairs for electrical activity, but found there 'v:^ was no possible way it could have gone off. Mulholland concluded there must have been a brief presence of a spirit, but somehow, we scared it off. After doing two rounds of EVP readings, we decided to call it anight. Although no spirits communicated with us, Mulholland said she did not see the night as a bust. She said she was excited to have gone into Old Main and have the opportunity to visit and conduct research throughout campus. Mulholland said she is still ecstatic about ghost hunting and knows that a future trip to campus will bring more answers to her quest. 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At that moment, theidea of performing Jackson's dance in a large gt;g)roup tookroot. Elio said he originally thought he would be able to get 20 to 30 people, but now the group's numbers have swelled to approximately 45, with 50 people attending rehearsals at one point or another. The numbers grew through networking.;. :'.:;-. Western senior Carolyn Feffer is performing as a zombie. She said she has enjoyed being a part of the rehearsals and hopes not to pee her pants with laughter. "[Elio] is just a go- getter- and thought it would be fun," she said. Group members will play approximater ly 40 to 45 zombies, a Michael Jackson, and ; thegirl from the music video. Matt Smiley, ^vho will be playing Jackson, said the part, is not much more difficult than the zombie parts; ''The hardest part was finding that balance between being jerky and zombie-ish, •;- and being feminine like Michael Jackson," Smiley said. ' - ffis cbstume is part thrr^ and part home creation •section hi Value Village but didn't find anything. :• •-••'•'; v ' : ' "But then I thought, 'Women's clothing is more colorful,'' Smiley said. The first pair ofpants; he came across in the women'S section was a pair of skin-tight red pants which he said fit the outfit p e ^ jacket Srmley will be wearing; is t^o thrift store jackets glued together^ ':;:;T gt;ajrited:;aS:W ^^^^ worn^' Smiley; said; "It's absolutely carcinO- ;l-gehic:.'r;;:;;;;^;;y.' ;;• 3 0 '•^••^[ Lauren S^zman^ show, said she plays a^ freshly-buried zombie. This means her costume does not have as much tear and decay tp give me impression of rotting. She will wear a basic black dress and Halloween- type zombie makeup. •••-.•" Official rehearsals have been taking place every Tuesday for a month, but Elio said a lot of people have been getting together with friends to practice at home. "I'm sure our neighbors are absolutely sick of ['Thriller'] "Smiley said. "We play it 24/7. It is all we listen to." The dance part of the show takes a little more than two minutes, but Smiley said there is some set-up time involved, where zombies will get in place, then pretend to die and come back to life. "Then I'm going to come skipping down Holly Street with my lady," Smiley said. A few, nights ago, six of the performers went to Rumors' "Thriller" dance-off. Smiley said when they walked in, they began telling people they were going to win. Some people laughed at them. After the judges saw them, the six performers were asked to pome up on stage to perform the second half of the dance. "It was more cheering than I've ever experienced," Smiley said. 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For a complete list of participating organizations visit: www, careers, wwu. edu (Career Fairs SpeciallEvente) Sponsored bv Career Services Center — QM 280 - 360.650.3240 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • October 31,2008 ARTS LIFE ADC AS gets it right Western's Alcohol and Drug Consultation and Assessment Services alcohol abuse prevention efforts lauded by author of small-group prevention study Elizabeth Olmsted THE WESTERN FRONT It's official: Western has one of the best alcohol intervention programs in the state. "Historically, Western Washington University is recognized as one of the leaders in alcohol prevention in Washington state and specifically Western Washington," said Dan Reilly, director of the Safety, Environment and Education Center at The University of Tennessee Knox-ville. According to a recent study published in August called "A Randomized Test of a Small-Group Interactive Social Norms Intervention," co-authored by Reilly, after Western's Alcohol and Drug Consultation and Assessment Services (ADCAS) program was instituted in 1991, Western saw 8 percent less binge drinking. Western's approach is a risk-reduction approach, meaning the ADCAS class is designed to incorporate students from all different drinking experiences and work with them at their individual level, said Mary Gamache, risk reduction skills training specialist in Western's Wellness and Prevention Services. Abstinence, meaning deciding not to drink, is a part of the program, she said, but the Prevention and Wellness Services office seeks to show students how drinking fits into their life. "If you think about it, everyone is abstinent at some point in their life," Gamache said. Students attend the intervention class for a variety of reasons, but the most common is a referral by their resident director, if they are caught drinking in a residence hall. Some students come on their own to get answers to questions, and others are referred by Bellingham City Municipal Court. Gamache said not very many people know that the class is free of charge to anyone who comes voluntarily. If a student is referred, the class costs him or her $70. The goal of Western's alcohol intervention is not to prevent drinking, but rather to encourage students to drink wisely and to see the role of abstinence in their life, Gamache said. A large part of this is dispelling myths students have about their classmates' alcohol and substance use. Reilly, who has a master's of science in psychology, published a study with University of Rhode Island psychology professor Mark Wood. They looked at drinking patterns of incoming freshmen at the University of Rhode Island. They looked at two different intervention programs and found that small-group interventions, where students are given more individualized feedback, are more effective at dispelling myths about drinking but not at changing behaviors. The study, "A Randomized Test of a Small-Group Interactive Social Norms Intervention," found college students do not really know how much other students drink. The idea is students will be more likely to drink if they think everyone else is, causing students to drink more. By educating students about how much alcohol their classmates actually consume, a university can reduce alcohol abuse. Part of Western's alcohol intervention program involves personalized feedback, which was proven effective in changing people's perceptions about alcohol in the study. Western did its own study last spring for the National College Health Assessment, arid found the same results as Reilly and Wood. According to the study, 72.3 percent of students actually consume alcohol, while students believed that number was closer to 98 percent. photo courtesy of the University of Washington The ADCAS prevention program is based on a study of University of Washington psychology professor Alan Marlatt. According to Western's study, cigarette smoking and marijuana smoking had a vast difference between actual use and perceived use. While 17.8 percent reported smoking, students in the survey believed 85.5 percent of students smoked cigarettes. Twenty-five point five percent of students surveyed reported they smoked marijuana, which students perceived to be used by 90.5 percent. "The purpose of the intervention was to teach students to drink to a level where they were not drunk or out of control," said Western instructor Patricia Fabiano, the head of Prevention and Wellness Services at the ADCAS program's beginning. A study done by University of Washington faculty which Western's program is based on showed that a .05 blood alcohol level, .03 below Washington's legal limit, is the peak of the experience for most people. As they drink beyond that point, their happiness decreases, Fabiano said. This was controversial because many people did not want the school to condone any form of drinking, she said. "No amount of, 'You better not drink or you're going to turn alcoholic' will prevent it," Fabiano said. Western senior Averi Creasia said she lived in Ridge-way Gamma during her freshman year, where many of her friends were referred to ADCAS. She said while students would gain information, she didn't see it change behavior of those she knew who had gone through the program. "Some freshmen are idiots and probably need a little drug and alcohol information," Creasia said. Western's ADCAS is based on a study done by Alan Marlatt, who teaches psychology at the: University of Washington. In 1990, Western instructor Pat Fabiano, then head of Prevention and Wellness Services, went to Seattle to see Marlatt's lab, which he had set up to look like a bar. Fabiano said everything down to the smell reminded her of a bar. Marlatt conducted research and. found students had vastly different expectations of drinking than was actually the case. He gave some students a non-alcoholic drink, told them it was beer and found they acted more friendly and loose after they had consumed what they believed to be alcohol. - On the flip side, he gave some students alcohol and told them it was a non-alcoholic drink. He reported passivity and sleepiness in these students. Marlatt created his program,, which he called Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), from these studies. It is currently the only method to date showing effectiveness of reducing excessive drinking in students, and the only intervention approved by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. After seeing the success of Marlatt's program, Fabiano brought him and his partner, Associate Director of Addictive Behaviors Research Center Mary Larimer, up to Western. They helped Fabiano create the intervention plan now known as ADCAS. Though hundreds of colleges across the U.S. have adopted this model of program, Fabiano said Western was among the first. "Research indicates that different college students drink for different reasons, understanding that most college students are leading healthy lifestyles," Reilly said. Because the causes are so varied, it is difficult to come up with one strategy that will work for everyone. Reilly said if longeMerm small-group.interventions were put in place, the method might see more success at reducing students' dangerous behaviors. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 12 ---------- 12 I ARTS LIFE Friday • October 31,20081 The Western Front THE ART OF NOISE KVIK prepares to debut new television program showcasing local musicians Christine Karambelas THE WESTERN FRONT Last weekend's sunny weather was a letdown for KVIK volunteers. They hoped to film in cold air, rain and dark clouds for the first music video to be shown on the new program, "The Art of Noise." Western's Associated Students television station, KVIK, is producing its third program this quarter, "The Art of Noise," a show featuring all aspects of local music such as live concerts, band interviews, backstage highlights and music videos. KVIK coordinator and Western junior Rhett Taylor said after working last year on the set of KVIK's "The Ham Radar," a program announcing weekly events and interviews of local musicians, he and other "The Ham Radar" volunteers wanted to create a program that covered in-depth musical topics in Bellingham. "I saw the potential to create something similar and uniquely different [to 'The Ham Radar'],," Taylor said. "The Art of Noise" will feature two bands from different genres each episode, Taylor said. The first part of the show profiles one band, where members show who they are as artists; the second part will premiere a music video of the other band, produced and filmed by "The Art of Noise" crew. Offering a variety of shows in the past such as the comedic "YouWould!", the news-oriented "VTV" and the thriller "Lord of the Zombie City," KVIK has developed a growing number of viewers and volunteers over the last two years, Taylor said. "KVIK will produce more shows this quarter than all of last year," Taylor said. With the help of 50 KVIK volunteers, Taylor said he wants KVIK to offer what any other television station can: a variety of shows that entertain and engage. "The Art of Noise" is the newest KVIK program that gives viewers another option of something to watch. "The Art of Noise" crew is working in the most professional way possible, which credits the quality of KVIK, Taylor said. Using techniques like dolly shots (when a camera travels on a track) and post editing will make the video more cinematic. "Inclusion of 'The Art of Noise' in our programming proves the station of being not just a small college station," Taylor said. "It is a formative program really doing things above the norm." Taylor said "The Art of Noise" program is run by 15 student volunteers, and the group hopes to film bands they are passionate about so the artist and director can collaborate on ideas and create a vision together for the video. "The Art of Noise" will show artists from all genres of music to capture many viewers and musical tastes, said the show's executive producer and Western senior Christian Saxton. Music videos and all the other elements of "The Art of Noise" are all done for free, Taylor said. The volunteers working on "The Art of Noise" crew have a passion for the television production industry and are doing this as a learning experience. "The Art of Noise" is a great way for artists who can't afford to make a music video to get their name out to the public, Saxton said. The exact date of "The Art of Noise" airing is not yet determined, but it should debut some time in November, Taylor said. The show will present an interview of indie band The Oregon Donor from Anacortes and premiere its first music video of hip-hop group The Knowgooders. "Making ["The Art of Noise"] is rewarding because you are putting together a product for people to see," said executive producer and Western senior Kristina Steiner. All three executive producers said they are excited for "The Art of Noise" to air and believe it is going to be photo courtesy of Rahim Kohja Western junior Rhett Taylor (left) and senior Jansen Hillis film "The Art of Noise" on a custom-built camera dolly. a fun show to watch. KVIK can currently be seen on Western channel 16 and its Web site. Saxton plans to open the shows to a larger audience by offering KVIK's programs on media Web sites such as Youtube, Myspace and Facebook. KVIK is also trying to air its shows on Comcast On Demand. pboto courtesy of Rahim Kohja Western senior Matt Wolf performs during a shoot for KVIK's first music video on the new music program, "The Art of Noise." Wolf is a member of the hip-hop group The Knowgooders, whose video for the song "Mindkiller" will be first for the program. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 13 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net The Western Front I Friday October 31,2008 I 13 Go enjoy Halloween while you still can Bridging the gap between college life.and the real world while still having some fun Frontline Opinions of the Editorial Board Halloween is upon us in the midst of an election. Without a doubt many Gov. Sarah Palins and Sen. Barack Obamas will be hitting the town for trick-or-treating and parties. From Web sites such as "Yes, We Carve," to newspapers telling people how to pull off a Palin costume, it's clear this year's Halloween will be a political one. Though the political process is exciting, it can also be stressful and create divides among students. Halloween should'not suffer because of this. Don't let the holiday spirit get lost amidst all the political excitement. It is still an awesome holiday that college students can enjoy while they work their way through this transition from young adulthood to adult-adulthood. Students only have a few years left to pull off wearing costumes and eating candy without looking too juvenile. This is the first presidential election for many students and taking a part in local and national politics is a part of growing up. Luckily because we're still students, we have an excuse to sit back, relax and enjoy a little candy today. Students can forget the stresses of school, the tight gubernatorial race and the election on Nov. 4 and just have fun. Even if Josephine the Coffee shop Owner is dressed up as Palin and Joe the Plumber is dressed up as Sen. Joe Biden at the same party, political arguments should not be allowed to ensue. It's Halloween, have some non-partisan fun! Get your calories from candy instead of beer. On Halloween, help out the local economy and buy lots of candy. Halloween is the best holiday to gorge yourself on candy and not feel guilty about it. There are many fun things to do for Halloween. If students haven't already, they need to go out and get a pumpkin. Pumpkins are discounted by now. Dig out the pumpkin guts and carve something cool, like the face of a famous person oi^your childhood pet. Don't forget to cook those pumpkin seeds in a variety of flavors, from Johnny's seasoning salt, to garlic, to spicy seeds. At parties, students could spend all night watching scary movies and bobbing for apples other than playing the usual drinking games. Wear a real costume, not "I'm going as a-college student," or "I'm going as myself today" costume. Be creative. Let loose and have some fun with it. Dress up as a milkshake or a banana. Laugh at yourself and have fun. Tell some ghost stories and eat some pumpkin pie. Months of cold, dark weather are coming, so you might as well bring it in with some apple cider and candy corn. And remember, though you have heard it many times, be safe. Get a designated driver if you plan on drinking or hitting the town or take your bus pass and use the Western shuttle until 2 a.m. Drink responsibly, holidays are not just about drinking, and remember, you would like to be alive for election day. Also be kind. Don't go smashing any 8-year-olds' prize pumpkin or setting anything on fire. Have some spirited fun for one night but remember, when you wake up the next morning, there is still homework to do and school to attend. For Halloween night, students can let that go, but on Saturday there is still an election to pay attention to, groceries to buy and rent to pay. Halloween is a chance for all students and yes, even faculty to live it up and have an exciting night off from the stresses of work and school. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and coordinator of AS Alternative Transportation A J. Garcia. Halloween, a great excuse to dress cool Glenn Smith Columnist With Halloween upon us, I am once again both excited and disappointed; You see, I am one of those people who possesses only great ideas for Halloween costumes, just not the motivation to actually put them on. I certainly have the energy, as I keep myself busy all the time with incredibly boring things such as school. What is it about me and many others who are in the same boat? We could be directing our energy toward looking really cool. Every year we dream up awesome costumes we could wear. And if we actually dressed up in them, we could be cool like everyone who actually does direct their energy toward putting on awesome costumes on Halloween. And you know the obscure character costumes are the coolest—like Terra from "Final Fantasy VI" or Vincent from "Final Fantasy VII"—you know, I've got the hair. I should get a red cloak and cover up my mouth and dress up as Vincent Valentine. But see! I won't actually do it. I'm such a lazy jerk. Don't be like me, people. Actually put forth the effort of putting on a costume this holiday —don't just dream of it like the wanker that is me. I know you blokes with rich parents have the money to buy clothing that you can manipulate to look like any character ever invented! That is what is so cool about Halloween— when all the other holidays are celebrating some kind of death or religious birth in the name of trying to convince ourselves to be jolly, here we have a holiday celebrating darkness. Just when the days start getting darker earlier, all the kiddies dress up as fantasy characters and go out at night and get candy from their neighbors. How cool is that? What would Jesus do? Jesus would have spooky blood punch at his Halloween party. It has nothing to do with my supposed immortal soul or duty to my country, so I don't care who made it up or why. It's not serious. Lighten up if you think otherwise. You should probably be having more fun. And you know you all went out and did this as kids. I did. If you did not, you have my sympathies. Jesus wept. Things to do at Western include: the Underground Coffeehouse Halloween Dance Oct. 31. They're going to show "The Thing" and have a costume contest, food and probably spooky blood punch. What would Jesus do? Jesus would have spooky blood punch at his Halloween party. Go and celebrate Halloween and be cool instead of looking at dirty pictures by yourself in your room. I mean, everyone is going to be dressing sexy on Halloween and Devil's Night and they're going to be outside your room! You could'go out and see real sexy people! The pressure is on you to dress up sexy too, or creepy, or silly. Hey, I know I don't have the sexiest body. It's OK—I don't work out ever}' day like a prick. So if sexy is not your thing, be as silly as you can possibly be. Get laughs out of people. Go wild and contribute to the atmosphere because if you don't, you're taking away from it. And no one likes a party pooper. If you've got kids passing by your house, for Christ's sake give them some candy and don't even think of taking it out of the wrapper first. Tell the children their costumes are cool when they come to the door and make them think they did something the cool older kids approve of. Jeez, I wish I were a kid again. So this Halloween, follow your darkest dreams, get metal and scare the phony people around here. Don't be a loser like me. Dress up as something really weird and unexpected and have fun my underlings. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus What are you dressing up as and what is your best Halloween memory? Compiled by: Kaylin Bettinger King Tin Freshman "I'm going to be Jason. 1 don't know. I'm not really big on Halloween. Getting candy probably." rftl JSM WI..WSS Bryan Thomas Junior "I'm going to be Batman. Probably when my mom made me a ninja turtle suit for me back when I was four or five. It had a cardboard sword and everything." Jessica Dunlap Senior "I'm going to be a pirate. Haunted houses were my favorite." Joel Sheppard Sophomore "I'm being an '80s metal rocker. Carving pumpkins! It was so much fun." ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 14 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net The Western Front I Friday • October .31,2008 I 14 Robinson transitions from athlete to coach Rod Lotter THE WESTERN FRONT With a career average of more than two blocks per game, Krystal Robinson" was a ferocious defender on the basketball court, and now as an assistant coach for the Vikings, she hopes to bring the same mentality. Robinson was a victim of last year's injury-riddled season, only playing four games due to a season-ending knee injury. With help from head coach Carmen Dolfo, Robinson received the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Coaching Enhancement Grant, which is only awarded to 18 institutions each year to minorities interested in coaching. The grant was created to encourage universities to seek diversity in coaching as the number of minorities in coaching has steadily dwindled in recent history, according to the NCAA Web site. Dolfo brought the grant to Robinson's attention after receiving an e- mail from the NCAA. Dolfo said Robinson always talked about being a coach one day, and she thought it would be a great opportunity for Robinson. As a player, Robinson showed a lot of skills that would make her a good coach, Dolfo said. " "She always had tons of energy and was very upbeat and vocal, which are all qualities that a coach needs," Dolfo said. Robinson was an honorable mention Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star for the 2006-07 season. She averaged 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and ranked fourth in the nation with 2.9 blocks per game. Student assistant Elyse Hartman played with Robinson during that season. "As a player, Krystal pumped everyone up," Hartman said. "She'd run around, block shots and get everyone excited. She was a very fun person to play with." Hartman said Robinson is very helpful as a coach. "She cares a lot about players as individuals," Hartman said. "If a player wants to shoot around, she will shoot with [her]. She is always willing to spend extra time with the players." Robinson would regularly attend the offseason camps for the team to help new players get acquainted with the program and showed leadership abilities on the court. The transition from player to coach was pretty easy, Robinson said. "It's not that much different," Robinson said, "I was a leader as a player, so being a coach is pretty similar." Senior forward Liz McCarrell played on the team with Robinson for two years and is one of her best friends on and off the court. "It's really cool to have her coaching," McCarrell said. "It's like you have an ally on the other side. It's easier to communicate with her because she can relate to the players, and she is a good middleman between- the players and the head coach." Robinson admits it's kind of weird to coach some of her friends, but it hasn't, been difficult. . : "Even though I'm pretty much the same age as the players they still treat me with respect, like a coach," Robinson said. V Dolfo agrees that having a former player, especially a young person, helps the team in many ways. "Former players really understand, what you want for the program," Dolfo said. "I actually prefer having former players on the coaching staff. [Robinson] understands the players more than I do; she can relate to them." At 23, Robinson's age is a very good asset to the coaching staff, Dolfo said. "I think my age helps a lot," Robinson said. "I'm only a.year older than most of the players, so I know what they're going through." The duties of an assistant coach cover many aspects of the team, Dolfo said. "She helps us with recruiting and scouting but really, we work together on all aspects of coaching," Dolfo said. Robinson also helps in tape exchanging. Before a team plays a game, they review tapes of their opponent to familiarize ^themselves with the team's strategy, Robinson said. To do this, each team tapes a practice or game and exchanges that tape for the other team's taped practice or game. Robinson watches the tape With the team and goes over critiques and strategies with them. "It's pretty much a full-time job," Robinson said. "I get paid from the school, and I get paid from the grant, so this is my job." The grant is for two years so Robinson will be the assistant coach next season. She plans on continuing a career in coaching after her grant has elapsed. "I hope to be a head coach one day," Robinson said. "Hopefully at a university in Texas since that's where I'm from. I think. collegiate coaching is definitely where I want to be." While Robinson may be new to coaching, she has shown the staff and players she has what it takes to be successful as a coach, Dolfo said. The women's basketball team had a difficult season last year with a series of injuries to key players, but Robinson is confident they can bounce back this season, she said. So far Robinson is still getting comfortable with her new role, but is confident she has what it takes to make a great assistant coach. "She's been doing great," Dolfo said. "I feel very fortunate to have her on my staff. She's a good addition, and I think she will make a great head coach one day." Krystal Robinson Volleyball team wins fourth straight in four sets Derek Messling THE WESTERN FRONT The Western volleyball team won their fourth straight match three sets to one over Seattle Pacific University Thursday at Brougham Pavilion in Seattle. ' The 12th-ranked Vikings rallied to win the final three sets, improving their overall record to 17-2 and Great Northwest Athletic Conference record to 9-2 to maintain their second-place standing. Western lost the first set 27-25 but responded by never trailing Seattle Pacific in the second set, winning 25-14. The Vikings never lost momentum, winning the third set 25-15.. • • v v' lt;• lt;{..•••• The match ended on two attack errors by Seattle Pacific outside hitter Priscilla Collings after the two teams were tied at 25. Western won the set 27-25.' Western senior middle blocker Angie Alvord, who leads the conference in attack percentage, kills and blocks, finished the game with 13 kills and a match-high five blocks. Western junior setter Kari Rice added a match-high 51 assists in Western's victory. Western sophomore libero Allison Gotz tallied a match-high 29 digs. "1 feel like we are doing well as a team right now," Rice said. "We are really looking forward to our next two conference games because we know they will be tough and will prepare us for the postseason." Seattle Pacific dropped to 4-17 overall and 2-10 in conference play. The Vikings' rally was keyed by their ability to stay calm and execute their game plan, Rice said. Western will play Central Washington University at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 in Ellensburg, Wash. CRIMINAL RECORD? Vacate/Jeal old records-) Illmistake lur future. CARL A. MUNSON C^p The Bean Stop cNo Espresso Fresh Organic Beam Roasted Daily! r 25 cents off for w V l T "V | students staff! | $2.50 daily specials! • Hours • Mon.-Sat. 6am-7pm 1115 E. 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If you've been accu§ lt; of Marijuana Possesion, DUI, MIP, or any crime, call my office for a/on consultation. 733-96I LAW OFFICE OF CARL A. MUNSON ---------- Western Front 2008-10-31 - Page 15 ---------- westefnfrontonline.net I Friday • October 31,2008 SPORTS I 15 New bodybuilding club bulks up Students promote eating healthy, lifting properly, challenging self Adam Cochran THE WESTERN FRONT Western students looking for a place to work out, have fun and learn about fitness all at the same time need not look further than right on campus. The new addition to the Associated Students clubs is called the Bodybuilding/ Strongman Health and Fitness club. Western senior Stephanie Singer arid Western juniors Rory Callahan and Alex Lueth started the club. "This will be a way for anyone in the club to give advice about lifting, fitness and just help others perform to the best of their limits," Callahan said. Singer said she got the idea last year when she talked with Western fitness coordinator Ron Arnold. "Right npw we have about 50 people signed up who want to join the club," Singer said. "We hope to help people out by challenging their physique, show them how to lift the proper way, learn how to eat right and learn how to do things the healthy way." Singer said she wants to stress that the club is not exclusive and anyone who wishes to join simply needs to be interested in health and fitness. ^ "We can also help people find lifting partners and we'll be. able to share a wealth of information about supplements and what people like or dislike," Lueth said;- - •••- -••"-'—:••-,•- ••-• - • • Singer said they can also help people who want to compete in a bodybuilding or strongman competition. On Oct. 4, both Singer and Lueth competed in the Washington Ironman competition. The competition had two major classifications — novice and open weight— and also consisted of a junior class for younger individuals. There were three specific categories in the novice group — light, middle and heavyweight. The Washington Ironman competition is one of the largest drug-tested bodybuilding events in the country, and is located at the Everett Civic Auditorium. Lueth, who received second place, competed in the junior class. He said he could have won if he had competed in the novice division because the junior class ended up being tougher than he expected. The junior class requires individuals be 20 years of age or less and it doesn't have weight requirements. Lueth, who hopes to major in exercise science, said in order to compete in the open-weight class, he had to win a novice competition first. "It was the most satisfying thing of all time to do well in this event because I was a hometown competitor," Lueth said. Callahan said competitions are very difficult because it takes so much time and dedication to train and make your body look nearly perfect. Both Callahan and Lueth agree that competing in bodybuilding is a tough sport. "What people don' t know about competing is that the worst part about it is the diet," Lueth said. "When it comes to dieting, you have to actually live bodybuilding." Singer also competed in the contest and took sixth place. This was Singer's second year competing. This year, she competed in the novice women's bodybuilding class. "It was great to place where I did because I was competing against women who are in their 30s and 40s, who have been competing for quite a while," Singer said. Lueth emphasized the club is 100 percent anti-steroid and is not just for guys. "A lot of people look at us and say, 'These guys have to be on some sort of steroid or drug,' and that gets really annoying," Callahan said. "All the competitions we enter are drug tested.'.' Lueth said many women don't understand it's alright for them to lift like a guy because a muscle is still a muscle, regardless of gender. Lueth said he doesn't know if the club will be able to organize a large group from the club to go to a competition because it would take a while for everyone to get ready, and it would take a lot of dedication. "I think the biggest hesitation people have about joining the club is that it's going to be a lot of work," Callahan said. "This is something where people should be able to work out and have a lot of fun." The club will have its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Wade King Student Recreation Center lobby. Western junior Alex Lueth does leg lifts as Western junior Rory Callahan spots for him in the co-presidents of Western's new bodybuilding club. photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Rec Center Oct. 30. 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Schneider holds Western's record for career digs at 2,695, most digs in one match at 50, as well as most digs in a single season at 851. Schneider was a leader and this season, Gotz has begun to take on the same role. "[Gotz] has a great demeanor," Western head coach Diane Flick said. "She had an opportunity to learn from a master. You have to understand that she's her own person and has the right to forge her own path." Gotz said she has always had sports in her life. At age 4, her parents signed her up for tumbling class. By 9, Gotz won the gymnastics state championship in her age group for the all-around events. Her individual talent has never come into question and neither has her love for volleyball. "I've always thought about what my life would be like without volleyball and I don't like it at all," Gotz said. "Not having a connection with my teammates, not being able to travel, not being competitive. The whole student- athlete lifestyle, I just couldn't function without it." Success has followed Gotz throughout her career. By her senior year in high school, she captained Archbishop Murphy of Everett to a ninth-place finish at the state championships. As a Western freshman, she played with a team, led by, Schneider, which made a run to the Division TJ National Title game, where they lost to Concordia University, St. Paul. Western sophomore outside hitter Megan Amundson said Gotz is beginning to assert herself more on the court this season. "[Gotz] has really stepped up and is playing great," Amundson said. "She's one of the hardest workers in practice." Coming into the season, Gotz said the team wanted to make their own legacy. Last year's run to the national title game was something Gotz said she would never forget. But this year is not last year. "No good comes from comparing ourselves," Gotz said. "We're just too different [from last year's team]. We're going to do everything we can [to be successful] but we have new strengths' and new weaknesses." This year's team began the season with a 13-game unbeaten streak, which was the best start in school history. In the middle of the season, the team was confronted with a roadblock, losing two games, one against University of Alaska Fairbanks and another against Northwest Nazarene University. Western bounced back and have won their last four games. on the opportunity to see the world from a unique perspective If you are curious and adventurous, then pack your bags and say goodbye to the status quo. Study abroad t o earn college credit, experience a different culture, (earn a foreign language, discover who you are and much more. The goals of this year's team are the national title game]," she said. "That's the same as last yearns, Gotz said. driving force for this season, to get back "We got a taste of making it [to the to that game." photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore libera Allison Gotz currently has 460 digs and 30 service aces on the season. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm THE NATIONS TOP CRITICS INCLUDING TIME ROGER EBERT — A R E RAVING— u THE FUNNIEST MOVIE OF 2008! A Hit.2 Fun and Hysterical! lack and Miri is the best date movie of the season Seth Rogen and Efceabefh Banks are magk together.4 Justin Long is a surefire laugh-educerf and Craig Robinson crushes every line in the film6 ##' PPPPP
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2008_1007 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 1 ---------- WAMU COLLAPSES, ACCOUNTS HANDED TO J P MORGAN PAGE 7 TALKING TRASH WITH JANITORS PAGE 8 FORMER WESTERN BASKETBALL PLAYER SIGNS WITH CH
Show more2008_1007 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 1 ---------- WAMU COLLAPSES, ACCOUNTS HANDED TO J P MORGAN PAGE 7 TALKING TRASH WITH JANITORS PAGE 8 FORMER WESTERN BASKETBALL PLAYER SIGNS WITH CHINESE TEAM PAGE 13 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 i WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Deficit leads to cutbacks on campus Jennifer Oato THE WESTERN FRONT As the state prepares for a projected $3.2 billion deficit in the next budget, Western is reducing spending early, preparing for possible cuts in the university's 2009-10 budget. According to Paula Gilman, executive director of university planning and budgeting, the 2009-11 Western biennial operating budget request was submitted to the governor Sept. 1, a budget that may see cuts due to the deficit. "State revenue shortfalls are predicted for the new biennium and these shortfalls may result in budget reductions," Gilman said. "We will know more when the governor publishes her budget in December 2008." Until then, Gov. Christine Gregoire is urging all institutions of higher education to take steps to reduce .2008-09 spending in several key £reas / \ According.-to Gilman, in response to Gregoire's request, former Western President Karen Morse imposed hiring and travel restrictions, asking vice presidents to ensure that future hiring decisions and expenditures^fqr'travel,- equipment and professional service contracts are essential to Western's mission. By cutting costs in these areas early, Western hopes to avoid any impact on student life, Gilman said: Western Provost Dennis Murphy said he sees these changes as a good-faith effort. "We are being prudent and prepared," Housing ads censored Julio Cortes THE WESTERN FRONT The Viking Union (VU) will no longer allow people to put up ads that do not comply with Bellingham's three-person housing rule. The rule, which states no more than three unrelated people can occupy a sin-, gle-family home, isn't taken seriously and is seldom enforced,.said Karen Walker, assistant director of housing. The Bellingham code was brought to the attention of the director of VU facilities, Jim Schuster, by a blogger who gave him zzinformation about the three-person rule in Bellingham, Shuster said. Schuster said he decided to wait and see what the Bellingham City Council was going to do about the code because there was talk among council members about it being changed. After the blogger again contacted Schuster to let him know the city council decided not to change the code he decided to take down ads that didn't comply with the rule and put up disclaimers with information about the three-person rule. "Western is not going to fix the problem," Schuster said. "It's the city's job to do that." see ADS page 4 see BUDGET page 4 Western quarterback Adam Perry enters his senior season winless against Central Washington University. This Saturday he looks to Battle in Seattle. This will be the 99th football game between Western and Central with the Wildcats ^^^^^^^^^^j^^E^F^fM Barking funds drop with less tickets, permits sold photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT' Adam Cochran - THE WESTERN FRONT With the steady increase in gas prices and insurance rates and the availability of a bus pass with tuition, more students are choosing to leave their cars at home. "Normally we sell out of permits on the first day of school, but we still have them available this year and that's the first time I've seen this since I started working here," said Julia Gassman, a 12-year Western employee and current manager of parking and transportation services. According to parking services, the amount of revenue received from parking permits has decreased in the last two years. They generated $1,085,581 from parking permits in 2006 and $1,064,788 in 2007. Even the number of parking tickets given in the last two years has dropped. In the 2006-07 school year there was a total of 17,656 tickets were issued while 15,730 were issued last year. All the money received from parking permits and tickets issued goes toward paying off expenses and back into the parking system, Stegmeier said. The' decrease in tickets and permits means a decrease in parking-system funding. According to parking services, some of its largest operating expenses include salaries and benefits, the Viking Xpress Buss Pass and maintaining the Lincoln Creek Transportation Center. "Because the tickets generate revenue, it seems that doing so might create a perception that there is an incentive or see PARKING page 5 ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 2 ---------- NEWS See more online at www.westernfrontonIirie.net The Western Front I Tuesday • October 7,2008 I 2 Graduate chemistry student Melissa Mcintosh cal catalyst used in reactions. Trustees appoint Peggy Zoro to joint development entity Western's Board of Trustees appointed Peggy Zoro to serve as the board's representative for the development entity that works with the Port of Bellingham on Western's waterfront expansion. Western and the Port Commission approved the creation of the development entity in August. The entity will be* comprised of the university president, port executive director, a port commissioner, a university trustee and an additional member chosen by the board. Western President Bruce Shepard said Zoro "is widely respected, with a thorough and keen understanding of the needs and opportunities facing both Western and our community as the waterfront project moves forward." photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT scoops celite into a flask in a chemistry lab Oct. 6. The substance is used to purify a chemi- Elections, justice presentations at Fairhaven College Western's Center for Law, Diversity and Justice; Fairhaven College and Western's political-science department will host two presentations Tuesday on topics focusing on election practices and social justice. "Race, Class and Voters IDs in the s 2008 Presidential Election" will be held in the Fairhaven Commons chart room from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The presentation will cover the impact of voter ID laws on race and class in America. "Bush v. Gore in 2008: Courts, Law and the Presidential Election" will be held in Arntzen Hall room 04 from 2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. The presentation will focus on the Supreme Court's increasing role in elections since 2000. WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonline.net EDITORIAL DEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor in chief Gabrielle Nomura, editor@westernfrontonline.net Managing editor. . Jeff Richards, managing@westernfrontonline.net News editor. '. ". Zack Hale, newsfront@gmail.com News editor. Amanda Winters, newsfront@gmail.com Arts editor. .Kaleb Gubernick, artsandlife@westernfrontonIine.net Life editor. James Andrews, artsandlife@westernfrontonline.net Sports editor. ; : Katie Greene, sports@westernfrontonline.net Opinion editor. Lisa Hust, opinion@westernfrontonline.net Photo editor. Graig Hill, photo@Westernfrontonline.net Online editor. .Paul Suarez, online@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. Rebecca Rayner, copy@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. ...Audrey Dubois-Boutet, copy@westernfrontonline.net Faculty Adviser. Carolyn Nielsen, carolyn.nielsen@westernfrontonline.net ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (360)650-3161 Advertising manager... ...Michele Anderson Business manager. Alethea Macomber The Western Front is published twice weekly in the fall, winter, and spring quarters and once a week in the summer session. 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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. Ridgeway Kappa dorm evacuated Students were evacuated Sunday from the second floor and the lobby of Ridgeway Kappa residence hall after students reported coughing. Authorities thought the students possibly inhaled a substance in the dormitory air system. The area was evacuated by University Police (UP) around 2:30 p.m. No one required medical treatment for breathing difficulty or other problems resulting from the event, said UP Sgt. Dave Garcia. Gayle Shipley, director of Environmental Health and Safety Department, was called in to assess the air quality. After investigating, Shipley deemed the building safe and students were allowed to go back inside about half an hour after . the evacuation. Scholarships announcedfor 2008-2009 Western sophomore Devin Majkut received a $1,000 Woodring Fairhaven Scholarship. Western freshman Dimitros Zourkbs received a $2,000 Multicultural Achievement Program Scholarship. He earned a 3.75 GPA at Squalicum High School. Western freshman Garrett Whitmyre received a $1,500 Bellingham Business Forum Scholarship and a $1,000 President's Scholarship for the academic year. Whitmyre earned a 3.92 GPA at Mount Baker High School and is considering a geology major. Western freshman Jubilee Matrix gt; received a $2,000 Martina and Thomas : Horn Scholarship for the next four academic years. She also received a Bellingham Business Forum Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year. CopsBpx SSiililKiiiilipiiSl I^HiffiiiiHiiWiBii; iirllllilllllllslllll ^relealfdl^ • Police received a complaint from a woman whose 13-year-old son was searched by police at a football game, after he allegedly smoked marijuanas Ott 4 • A man was booked info Wfcrt^rn County Jail and | ^ | a ^ i n g , shop|||ngaridI^^|^ iSifciiiiiSiiSiiKisii report of an injured deer on Lindsay Avenue. Anthropologist, activist to speak at World Issues Forum Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies will host anthropologist and activist Jeff Alper as speaker Oct. 8 at the World Issues Forum. The presentation, "Breaking.the Siege of Gaza," will be in the Fairhaven College Auditorium from noon to 1:30 p.m. Fall business fair date set Western's Fall Business Career Fair is set for Oct. 23 in the Mac Gym of the Wade King Student Recreation Center from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will be the second-annual colloborative business-focused fair at Western. More than 70 employers are expected to attend the event. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 7,2008 NEWS I 3 Fall registration now begins in spring More time allotted for returning students to finalize schedule, make necessary changes (Catherine Garvey THE WESTERN FRONT Beginning in spring 2009, returning Western students will register for fall quarter in May instead of September. Transfer students and freshmen will register in July and August, respectively. Susanna Yunker, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and Academic Support Services, said though freshmen register first in the current system, there are still restrictions placed on how many seats in a class are made available to them. Yunker is a member of the Early Registration Pre-Plannirig Committee, and said the only difference with the new schedule is freshmen will have access to these saved seats after returning students' registration instead of before it. Western freshman Eric Zink said he thought the registration changes are good, but was still concerned with the school's ability to withhold an appropriate number of seats for students registering in summer. "If they can't hold enough dorm rooms right now, how can they hold enough seats?" he said, referring to University Residences' recent problems with over enrollment in on-campus residence halls. Staffed by Western faculty and staff, the Early Registration Pre-Planning Committee detailed benefits of moving fall registration to the end of spring quarter in its initial 2001 report. This longer interim between registration and the start of classes will give returning students more time to finalize their schedule, Yunker said. With phase II of. registration beginning after freshmen register in August, photo by Michael LeeseTHE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Jaima Lindell speaks with office assistant jana Schueler in the registrar's office Sept. 26. those who signed up for classes in May will be able to consider their schedules over the summer and make any necessary changes before the quarter begins. Tina Loudon, director of Academic and Career Development Services, said it also gives returning students more opportunities to receive academic advising. "Most students would probably like to register before they leave rather than when there are no faculty around to solve their issues," Yunker said. According to the committee report, this longer period of time also helps instructors' and administrators' decisions on class size, availability and class materials. "If there's more demand for a course in registration than they expected, then they've got the whole summer before fall quarter to make adjustments," Loudon said. "In this scheme of things, they'd have very little flexibility to make adjustments." The committee also pointed out disadvantages. The current schedule has transfer students registering along with returning students right before the quarter starts. With returning students signing up for classes in May, the departments do not have as good an idea how many seats to hold for transfers. "The major change is really trying to make some guesstimates as to what our transfer students are going to want," Yunker said. She said it was easier to predict freshmen course selections, because they will mostly need classes to fulfill their General University Requirements. "Transfer students have a whole different set of life issues than freshman do," she said. As indicated by a 2007 report addressing problems brought up by the preplanning committee in 20.01, departments will set aside a block of seats in the spring for freshmen and transfer-students based on enrollment trends supplied by the registrar's office. "There may be some bumps initially in making the transition," Loudon said. "Everyone's talking and planning accordingly." Western senior Krista Hill, a transfer student from Lower Columbia Community College, said she felt the change was worth it despite these bumps. "There's a lot of returning students, so I hesitate at saying that we shouldn't do that for a select minority," she said. Western freshman Robert Boenish said he is still concerned about the impacts of the new schedule on those registering in May. "There'.s always going to be a margin of error and someone's going to get screwed," he said. The change will make Western consistent with the majority of four-year universities where earlier fall registration is the norm, Yunker said. "'We're one of very few schools that doesn't do advanced registers, so I think that tells you something right there, that a lot of other schools have found that that works well," Loudon said. .The idea of moving fall registration up from September to May was first proposed in 2001. Yunker said the Associated Students has been involved with the process since the beginning. Fall tuition deadlines will stay the same, she said. New registration periods will be confirmed in the spring. Hit the Books in Wanna change your look? Then here's your • chance! At Plato's Closet, we buy and sell brand name gently used teen and twenty something clothing for guys and girls. That means you can afford to rock abercrombie fitch, american eagle, holJIster and your other faves all year long for less than half the price of new. 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Problems arise when homes in generally quiet neighborhoods experience excessive noise due to houses containing more than three unrelated people, Lindsey Kershner from the Bellingham planning department said. Neighbors who get annoyed sometimes enforce the rule by calling the authorities, Walker said. The VU has banned ads that don't follow the three person rule in an effort to stop the problem, but people will still find a way to fit more people in a single-family home because it makes rent affordable, Western senior Brandon Love said. "I know people that live in a house with five other guys and rent is $300," Love said. "They can't afford anything more than that." Bellingham has Western and Whatcom Community College students who need homes to live in, Western senior Troy Terry said. Like most college students around the country, money is tight and they are willing to do anything in order to save some money-even share a two-bedroom house with four people, he said. "I think that what the VU is doing is OK because they are just trying to enforce the law," Terry said. "But I'm sure that no matter how many ads the VU turns down, The bulletin board near the post office in the VU is home to pre-approved ads for everything enforced many college kids would be in difficult situations, he said. Love said there's more than one place the problem will still be there." Students are always trying to find ways to cut costs, such as carpooling,.biking, splitting meals and sharing rooms, Terry said. If the three person rule was heavily to put up ads, and if the VU won't let students put up ads then they will go to other places, like supermarkets or gas stations. photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT from available housing to furniture for sale. Schuster said a notice was posted in late September warning that ads breaking the rule would be taken down and that VU off-campus housing registry Web site would feature a notice saying the same. BUDGET: Western waiting on Gregoire to release state budget from 1 Murphy said. "We are complying with the governor's request while still maintaining the university's contractual obligations." Murphy said these obligations include travel for sports teams and field research outlined in faculty contracts. In an additional attempt to reduce spending, Morse implemented Gregoire's gasoline savings measures. By using efficient driving practices and car-pooling when possible for university purposes, Western reduces its consumption of gasoline and diesel by 5 percent. Similarly, Western is taking a closer look at travel expenditures. Out-of-state and out-of-country travel by faculty and staff must be justified and approved by the provost or an appropriate vice president. Monitoring new appointments in all areas is another aspect where Western hopes to catch unnecessary spending. Approval from the provost or vice president is necessary to fill vacant positions. Asking, "Do we need to fill this position, or can we wait?" is becoming an important question, Gilman said. Vacant tenure- track faculty positions are filled without delay as they are deemed essential to the mission for the university, Gilman said. Brent Carbajal, interim dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said he does not anticipate the future budget deficit to affect the number of courses or teaching loads at Western. Professor of biochemistry Spencer Anthony-Cahill said some of the departments are seeing vacant positions stay that way. "Right now we're just in limbo," he said. Until the governor releases the state budget, Western won't know how it will really be affected, Anthony-Cahill said. "Currently we need two more full-time faculty, but we've been notified that might not happen for a while," Anthony- Cahill said. "More students than ever are enrolling in the [chemistry] department, just like all of the departments are seeing, and we are not at our strongest." Under careful consideration, Western's full and part-time faculty increased by 13 members from last year. Gilman said limited-term faculty and courses are continuing to be added, and by adding a seat or two in many GUR classes. Western hopes to accommodate increasing student enrollment by avoiding ' any cuts due to the budget. "Since teaching and learning is the essential mission of the university, for the current fiscal year, students will not be impacted by these good management practices," Gilman said. •TA D f^m (• ^P TARGET is hiring! Early Morning, Day, and Evening postitions available. 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"We usually don't have this so early in the quarter." Faculty agreed to this new measure as part of the new contract between Western and the faculty's union. Before this fall, faculty were only encouraged by the board to have all of their courses evaluated. "Now all courses have to be evaluated," said Dr. Joseph Trimble, director of the Office of Institutional Assessment, Research and Testing. "But how teachers do that is up to them." The request to have all faculty evaluate every course came from the administrative side and the union easily agreed, said Bill Lyne, president of the United Faculty of Western Washington. "Getting students to give input on their classes is helpful to teachers," Lyne said. Prior to the decision, the only faculty expected to evaluate their classes were those up for tenure or promotions, said Helen Moran, another program coordinator of the testing center. Sixty percent of the staff used the testing center's teaching evaluations before the decision, Trimble said. • To counter this increase in work, the testing center has hired a second Western student to help with the paperwork and sent an e-mail to all department chairs reminding them the new deadline for evaluation requests is October 1. Even when the testing center received requests from only 60 percent of the faculty, the room was full with boxes of papers, Moran said. "There were tubs of paper in the whole room," Moran said. The estimated cost for the increase in work is $6,000 and an estimated 29,000 forms for fall quarter alone, Murray said. Trimble said the administration is developing a way for courses to be evaluated online because of its cost-effectiveness and success on other campuses. I§jilf|i8fitlflltll iilllftllt mm photo illustration by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT PARKING: Five-year resurfacing plan in the works from 1 motivation to ticket excessively because it's revenue," Western communication professor Korry Harvey said. "Although, I think people need to understand that campus security is stuck in a bad situation because they have to have some way to generate revenue in order to do all the functions on this campus that we hold as being vital to campus safety." Some students feel the campus police hand out too many tickets and charge too much for petty reasons. "I think it's kind of ridiculous how much they charge for tickets because I was parked in a spot without a permit for five minutes, and I just went in to go print something and I got charged $25," Western senior Lisa Walker said. Although there have been complaints about high ticket prices, parking services has high fines for a reason, said Randy Stegmeier, director of parking services and chief of campus police. "If the fines aren't at a high enough level we'll find that people just don't care," he said. "They'll take the risk and then the people that pay for their permits are upset due to the fact that their permit isn't any good because someone is in their space." "if the fines aren't high enough we'll find that people just don't ft care. - Randy Stegmeier, campus police chief Western senior Paul Foster said he wishes the gravel lots were paved, but realizes that it would be expensive to do so. Stegmeier said paving the lots is a two-pronged issue because they have to deal with putting in the storm water detention vaults and then getting permission from the city to pave those areas. It would be a multi-million dollar job, he said. If paving were to be done in the next few years, the first lot to be paved will be the Lincoln Creek Transportation Center parking lot just east of campus, Stegmeier said. "Once we have a tentative plan in place then we can start focusing our reserves and resources towards doing that and putting in the water detention vaults," Stegmeier said. Parking services is preparing to come up with a five-year plan to give them the direction they need to re-surface the lots. Stegmeier said the renovation of Miller Hall will be a major issue for parking services in early 2010 because they will lose 50 parking spaces during the construction. One possibility that could help Western's parking situation is an agreement with Sehome High School for 50 extra spaces in one of its lots. Stegmeier he doesn't know if the lots will be available every year because they aren't under university parking services' control, but the 50 spaces in Sehome's lot are excess and they've made them available to Western students to park in. The spaces are slightly cheaper than the lots on campus, he said. For now, Stegmeier said he is trying to stress that new and returning students don't need a car to get around Belling-ham. "As far as dealing with the heavy incoming class, we've been trying to get the message out to students and their parents that especially freshmen do not need a car here," he said. "They get a bus pass and the transit system here in Bellingham is so good that it makes it very easy to get around." *• OPEN EVERY BAY AT HAM lt;* HAPPY HOUR SAT-THUR 4- 6PM FRIDAY, OCT 10TH ,,PM$5 THEE EMERGENCY SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR m 1107 RAILROAD AVE. DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM 647-5593 BBAYBREWERY.COM OR MYSPACE.COM/B0UNDARVBAYBREWERY ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 6 ---------- 61 NEWS. • Tuesday October 7,20081 The Western Front Student Senate prepares to reconvene Alternative transportation, student travel likely to be key issues for student council Alyssa Banks THE WESTERN FRONT . The Associated Students (AS) Board of Directors will begin the two-week process of appointing senators for the AS Student Senate for the 2008-09 school year Get. 8. After this Friday's application deadline, senate chair and Western senior Annie Jansen will sift through the applications to find the best possible candidates to offer up for appointment to the board of directors who will then select the senators. The AS Student Senate's main function is to serve "as an advisory council to the AS Board of Directors. "It's not a senate like you think of in American politics," said AS Student Senate advisor Greg McBride. "It's really just a council that doesn't have any legislative power to do anything. Think of it like the Roman Senate." Senate chair and the board of directors require students to be full time and in good academic standing. If there aren't enough applicants, the deadline will be extended, Jansen said. "We're looking for someone who will talk to students outside of their circle- someone with a diverse opinion, who is passionate about representing the student body and will take the time to talk to people," said Sarah Ishmael, vice president for legislative and governmental affairs. The 14 members of the senate are comprised of one student from each class, iricliiding^ graduate ^wdents; th^ remairi-ing senators;;•are jfrom the general student ^p'opuIatioftC:-;?^ ';. Three senators are returning from last year: Western;seniot Judah :^reini, soph-ombre BrianljeJ Kumar and semor, Chelsea • Fletcher^-;" ^••T:,-"- '} '';-•-' %r-\ gt;rV-. tivities and intricacies of the university through the variety of councils and committees in which they are actively involved, McBride said. From those groups, the senators bring the information they gain to the senate. Through the issues brought forward; the senate decides which are the most important and bring those to the attention of the AS Board of Directors. 44 It's not a senate like you think of in American politics. It's really just a council that doe any legislative power to do any-thing. Think of it like the Roman Senate. ; - Greg McBride, AS Student Senate Advisor The senate also serves as an endofs^ ing body. The AS will come to the senate with proposals. The senate can then review those proposals and attach its endorsement. The senate is a diverse group of students from Western's campus, McBride said. "It's a structural way within the government to have student input so they don't have to go out to the student population at large," Jansen said. "The purpose is to talk about issues the board presents to us. The senate can also originate issues and bring them to the board." Senators are taught about the ac- "It's kind of a giant tank of information coming in," McBride said. In the past, the senate has discussed issues concerning smoking on campus and campus safety, especially the topic of whether Western has an appropriate amount of crosswalks for pedestrians, Jansen said. An expected issue this year will most likely be the subject of alternative transportation for students and whether students will be able to travel as much this year due to high transportation costs, Jansen said. "Every year something comes up about campus safety, so it's an ongoing topic," Jansen said. "But because the senate hasn't been seated yet, we'll see in a couple weeks what kind of issues are going to shape the year." Former senator and Western sophomore Morgan Holmgren expects the senate to revisit the transportation master plan this year. "It was really disappointing when nothing happened last year," he said. Holmgren would like to see the senate look at environmental issues this year. "My expectations are probably way different from the students'," McBride said. "I want them to learn about campus and the complexities of campus and the complexities of the bureaucracy." The first senate meeting of the school year is at 6 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Viking Union room 567. To apply for the Student room ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 7 ---------- westerhfrbht6hline.net I Tuesday • October 7,2008 NEWS I 7 This little piggy went broke Students with WaMu now bank with JP Morgan Chase after buyout Kelsey Wylie THE WESTERN FRONT Western students who have accounts with Washington Mutual will not notice much change in their banking, even after the bank's failure and subsequent buyout by JP Morgan Chase on Sept. 25, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). JP Morgan Chase assumed all of Wa- Mu's assets, including branches, deposits and loans, leaving customers with no technicalities to deal with. "This was a very seamless transaction from the customer's perspective," FDIC spokesperson Andrew Gray said. Western junior and WaMu customer Cody Dickinson said she did not receive any notification of the switch to JP Morgan through the mail or telephone. "I just heard about it in the news," she said. "There was also a 'Welcome to JP Morgan Chase' thing on their Web site, but nothing other than that." According to transitional information provided for WaMu customers, ac-countholders will not have to do anything to activate their new JP Morgan Chase accounts and can still use their old debit cards and account numbers. A spokesperson for WaMu could not be reached. Answers provided for former WaMu customers provided by the FDIC state: "If you had an account with Washington Mutual Bank, you now have an account with JP Morgan Chase Bank." WaMu clients now also have access to Chase ATMs and branches. Since the bank is insured by the FDIC, JP Morgan customers and the newly added WaMu customers should have no worries about being denied access to their money, even in the future, Gray said. This means even if a bank fails, customers' money is safe tip to $100,000, as insured by the FDIC. Customers have insurance up to $200,000 in joint accounts and up to $250,000 in retirement accounts. If WaMu had not been bought out by another bank, customers would have still been guaranteed their money up to FDIC regulations. "It just would have been a whole lot messier," Gray said. Dickenson said she isn't inclined to change banks. "I will probably stick with [the new JP Morgan] unless the situation gets worse," Dickinson said. "But as of now, I haven't made any other plans." Customers will also see changes in the aesthetics of the bank. Branches, credit cards and statements will all be under the Chase name and logo, according to the JP Chase Web site. There is no date set for these changes. photo illustration by Jon Bergman THEWESTERN FRONT fi§i§|jj^^ i|§|§§|^^ WHY PAY RENT? BUILD CREDIT, INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE WHILE EXPERIENCING PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP. IT JUST MAKES SENSE. 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Inviting the entire amenities can certainly ti so the VU employs sevf night shifts to keep it in "The night custodi* bringing the building ba cleanliness," Schuster sa sibility is to keep the iei They're trying to make si papers are picked up, thi ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 9 ---------- LIFE westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 7,2008 I 9 IKASI1 DECISIONS ;rine Garvey ESTERN FRONT day custodian Karl Klokkevold iness one day, sweeping up ciga- *ow when a student approached 1;" )f people dependent on the build-id working behind the scenes to ually a thankless job, VU opera-rMesaid. hem and it's kind of an ling's going to be clean," gt;uild that [awareness] in an a High Five Day? I y; the number of visitors the thousands, McBride tor of VU facilities, said tution, and as such, it welcomes Western community to enjoy its ike-a toll on the building though, ral custodians on both day and hape. ilerew, they're responsible for ek up to the appropriate level of id. "The day custodians' respon-ng on the cake, as I like to say. ire the messes are cleaned up, the ngs are in order to meet peoples' needs, et cetera." Visitors to the VU are usually good about doing their part to keep the building clean, but there are some things they should keep in mind, Schuster said. "I think it's primarily people picking up after themselves," he said. "If you make a mess, contact somebody and say, 'Hey, I made a mess; I'm sorry.' We're not going to beat you up over it. We're going to clean up the mess." Klokkevold, who has been with Western for a year, mentioned how important this is, especially with coffee spills on carpet. "Once they're dry, they don't come out," he said. If you make a mess, contact somebody and say, 'Hey, I made a mess; I'm sorry/ We're not going to beat you up over it. We're going to clean up themess. - Jim Schuster, director ofViking Union facilities McBride said he understands some things are just not on people's minds. "I think the average students don't recognize what it takes to have these amazing facilities that we have; they're thinking about [political science] or biology " he said. "It's the social responsibility of everybody to recognize that, 'If I throw my gum on the ground, then someone else is going to have to pick it up.'" McBride and Schuster also commented on specific things they see around the VU, such as people bringing their bicycles into the building. Dirt gets tracked in from the outside on the tires and frequent foot traffic mashes it into the floors. Schuster said this forces them to finish the floors more often. This is a problem particularly when bicyclists take the elevator from the VU's Garden Street entrance on the first floor to the sixth floor instead of using staircases on either side of the building, Schuster said. "I can understand why they would want to do that, but it's detrimental to the building and in the long run, it costs students more money because they're the ones that pay for the cleaning of the building," he said. Another issue comes up when people do not recycle correctly, Klokkevold said. —-— "Their intentions are good, but they're recycling compost in the loose paper section," he said. When recycling is not done properly, the VU's custodians are forced to separate the containers' contents by hand. Despite dirt in the carpet and compost in the —-— recycling, Klokkevold said he enjoys working at the VU, especially with students. "I think it's a lot of positive energy they bring," McBride said. "They're so optimistic and wanting to do great things. It's easy to get caught up in that and share that optimism." Until visitors to the VU can share that same enthusiasm and appreciation for the crew that keeps it clean, the custodians, will continue to do their work behind the seerjes^ v;:t,.:";%, ' • : ' . . ; ''Blit'triosiare pretty high philosophic things to try and change in people," McBride said. "Give a Custodian a High Five Day may be a bit more realistic." ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 10 ---------- 101 ARTS LIFE Tuesday "• October 7, i00# I The Western Front Helmets: the no-brainer noggin- savers Megan Jonas THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Amber Stevens said she took the bus to school last year but has started to ride her new bike this quarter. She said she wears a helmet because she feels like it keeps her safe and sends a good message to her daughter. "I try to teach my daughter by example," she said. "We always wear our helmets any time we're on our bikes." Surveys conducted by Western's Sustainable Transportation Program last week indicate more students are using bicycles to get to campus this fall than in previous years and Western authorities agree it is a vitaltime for students to understand why wearing a helmet is a no-brainer. "There's no question, I've seen some people get badly injured without a helmet," said Dr. Emily Gibson, director of the Student Health Center. The health center treats approximately two injured bicyclists per week, Gibson said. Bikers usually come into the health center for minor injuries such as road rash or cuts, but occasionally a biker will come in with a head injury. Injuries often occur when a biker speeds too fast down a hill and hits a rut or gets off balance, she said. "You hit the ground at 10-15 miles photo illustration by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT Munch Money Saves You 18.4%! (10% discount on each purchase + no sales tax on food items) 2 Convenient ways to add U Munch Money to your Western Card '§ Housing Cashier - Edens Hall University Cashier - Old Main 245 per hour, and the ground's hard," Gibson said. University Police (UP) Sgt. David Garcia said another main cause of injury is when bicyclists collide with motor vehicles. , While there is no helmet law applicable to Whatcom County, Garcia said UP highly advocates the use of helmets. "It has been proven to show it improves your safety or your ability to recover after a spill," Garcia said. In fact, a study conducted by the Har- borview Injury Prevention and Research Center found helmets reduce the risk of serious head injury by 85 percent and brain injury by 88 percent, according to the center's Web site. Students have varying opinions about the necessity of helmets. Western junior Andrew Nickerson said he rides his bike every day and generally feels safe, even though he doesn't usually wear a helmet. "If I think I'm going a long way, I'll put it on," Nickerson said. Western freshman Abie Ringman said he noticed many students don't wear helmets. _ Although he had worn one for his first week or so at school, he now feels like it's unnecessary unless he's going off campus. "I'm thinking that I don't really need to wear it around campus," Ringman said. "I figure that I'm not really going to be falling down, and if I did I wouldn't be going too fast that I wouldn't be able to stop myself." Stevens said she has also noticed more bikers are on campus this quarter. "Gas is expensive, and biking is good exercise. It's convenient," Stevens said. Western's Sustainable Transportation Program staff began its annual bike rack utilization counts last week by counting the number of bikes on racks within the academic core of campus. While the exact comparisons are not available yet, Wendy Crandall, Sustainable Transportation Program assistant, said 88 percent of bike parking spots on campus were full. Crandall said the counts were the highest they have seen in several years of conducting the survey. Gayle Shipley, director of Environmental Health and Safety, said it is fabulous more people are using sustainable transportation and wants to spread the word on how important helmets are. "It's an important issue to wear a helmet because it protects your brain, and you need it," Shipley said. Shipley said she has talked to students who have dropped out, lost jobs or missed quarters due to head injuries. "Clearly there have been enough accidents over the years that it is an issue for students and for everyone who bikes," Shipley said. "The number of deaths is only looking at the most severe cases. It is not looking at the students who have had to drop out." 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When: Wednesday, October 8th. 6pm-7pm Where: Parks Hall 146 All meetings i/ic/ude free pizza and soda. ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • October 7,2008 ARTS LIFE 111 Come out. come out wherever you ore The LGBTA plans to celebrate National Coming Out Day by supporting students ready to ditch the closet Danielle Perry THE WESTERN FRONT Having a strong support system of friends and community members helps a person be comfortable with themselves, said Carol Guess, Western queer theory professor. "Preparing yourself by strengthening your support system and reminding yourself that the burden you're shouldering will help you and your community, are small but significant steps in the process of claiming your place as a citizen with the courage to tell the truth about your life," Guess said. On Oct. 10, people on campus will have the chance to support sexual diversity when Western's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance presents an informative booth and panel about National Coming Out Day. Although Oct. 11 marks the 20th anniversary of the holiday, the LGBTA has chosen to begin celebrations the day before in order to gather more attention from students and faculty, LGBTA assistant coordinator Chanti Zunes-Wolfe said. "By holding the celebration early, we hope there will be a large turnout—not just for people who are coming out, but allies of queer people as well," Zunes- Wolfe said. From'11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the LGBTA will have tables set up in Red Square where visitors can make buttons and signs, participate in "chalking" on Red Square's free speech area and get information about the process of coming out to friends and family. A quiet march will then take supporters from Red Square over to the Fairhaven Auditorium, where Western residence directors and Counseling Center staff will hold a free panel discussion. Zunes-Wolfe said the panel will be a comfortable affair where all audience members will receive a card and pen to write any questions they wish to ask anonymously. "Lots of people struggle with embarrassment when asking questions about sexuality," Zunes-Wolfe said. "With an anonymous system, we can decrease that embarrassment, and also provide a screening process to select appropriate questions for the panel to answer." Although sexual diversity is often a sensitive subject at universities, LGBTA coordinator Amber Aldrich said she isn't worried about community backlash during the march. "If this demonstration were taking place downtown, there might be more of a problem, but because Western is a respectable and fairly liberal campus, we don't think it will be an issue," Aldrich said. "Besides, Bellingham in general is a good place in terms of acceptance." National Coming Out Day is not only a chance for LGBT people to come out to their loved ones, but also an opportunity for allies to show their support for their LGBT friends, Zunes-Wolfe said. Guess said much of the pressure to come out falls solely on LGBT people, so it's important to have allies with whom Vegetarian optioais available * HOURS: MON-WED 10:30AM to 3AM THURS-SAT 10:30AM to 4AM SUNDAY 12PM to 12AM The LGBTA provided buttons for students at they can share the coming out process. As a member of the Viking Union's Resource Outreach Programs, the LGBTA works closely with groups like the Sexual Awareness Center to help give LGBT students a healthy self-image, plus provide them with information about safe sex practices, Aldrich said. Along with celebrating National Coming Out Day on Friday, the LGBTA will also be holding a "Coming Out Stories" event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Viking Union room 462A, hosted by LGBTA programs coordinator Missy Jensen. photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT its Oct. 3 ice cream social. By holding these two events, the LGBTA hopes to not only bring awareness to the services it offers all students, but also to give an extra boost to those who are struggling with their sexuality, Zunes- Wolfe said. "Coming out isn't something you do once, but a continuous process. It happens over and over again," Zunes-Wolfe said. "By striving to create a safe and supportive place for queer people and their allies, the LGBTA hopes to make coming out something that will no longer be feared, but embraced." TRAVEL AMD TEACH IN SwVTIl NvKtA* All majors welcome Min. Requirement: 2-years college education Salary: about $2,200 per month 1 year contract Paid Vacation: 4 Weeks! 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Many rooms in Buchanan Towers and the Ridgeway Complex were converted into triple occupancy rooms to accommodate the rush of incoming freshmen. Western's growth is a great thing. The increase in enrollment will help the university receive more state funding and provide further opportunities for students. However, we are growing faster than we can keep up. Western has leased apartments in New York Apartments and Viking Gardens to accommodate the strain. If 4,050 students live on campus, where do the other 9,000 stay? Many students live off campus in apartments and houses. Those new to Western and Bellingham may not know the ordinance that states no more than three unrelated people may live together in one residence. This ordinance is outdated and does not work in a college town. This discriminatory law was originally written when Western was considerably smaller and is now aimed at college students. Neighborhoods are zoned for the "rule of three" with intentions to prevent overcrowding from parking, reduce noise from students and keep neighborhoods looking clean. This ordinance is often ignored and many rental properties don't adhere to it. However, a group of people have pushed to bring this to the attention of the city and police department. Already, any advertisements for residences offering housing for three or more people have been removed from the Viking Union. Western is the top employer in Bellingham. If housing continues to be a problem at Western, students won't come here. Not everyone can afford living off campus in an apartment on their own or with a roommate. If fewer students come here, less funding is granted and jobs are lost. If we continue to enforce this ordinance, the rental businesses will suffer. With roughly 9,000 students living off campus, many rental houses would be empty. Those companies would collapse and go bankrupt. Not to mention, this ordinance is illegal. According to an article in The Western Front from spring 2008, if the law doesn't discriminate against everyone, it can't discriminate against anyone. Washington State passed RCW 49.60.030 in the summer of 2007 which states people cannot be discriminated due to race, creed, color, national origin and many other factors, according to the Washington State Legislature Web site. This is a college town, which not only . means Bellingham's population increases by 13,000 every school year, it also boosts local economy. Think about how many college students shop, eat out and enjoy the nightlife. The opposing argument, other than the noise and mess students may leave behind, is that rental property prices are rising as a result of multiple people living in a residence. If more people are contributing to rent, the prices can spike making it difficult for single families to rent homes. Home prices in Bellingham are high because there is such a high demand of students competing with residents for housing. The failing economy, not necessarily students, is also contributing to higher rent prices. Students need to do their parts to be respectful of their property and neighbors. Students living in houses need to recognize their neighbors could be permanent Bellingham residents. Give them the respect you want in return; turn the music down, park correctly and pick up after yourself. Until this ordinance is repealed, Western students need to show Bellingham they can be responsible. Enforcing this ordinance will do more harm than good. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and coordinator of AS Alternative Transportation A J. Garcia. An unusual debate in a historic race Glenn Smith Columnist Last Friday, my plan was to go to the Quarterback Pub and Eatery and watch the vice-presidential debates, but I ended up watching them at a friend's apartment. My friend had invited majry people over, including myself, for a community debate-watching, which sounded better and cheaper than watching the debates at a loud bar. About 11 fellow Western students and I were there, all crowded in a small apartment living room. It felt like the beginnings of a slumber party where you watch movies all night and eat candy, except I had a piece of broccoli instead. What I liked about the debate was that Sarah Palin did not make a total fool of herself, like many people, including news pundits, were predicting. She did repeat some phrases verbatim, and Biden did too. But what presidential candidate hasn't during a televised debate? At least Palin held her ground and remained calm. During the three-minute drive to this debate party, I heard a commentator on National Public Radio say that if Palin does not appear to be a complete fool, she will rise above many expectations. No one on the left or the right side-of the fence wants to see Palin falter. Some on the left would like to see her make a fool of herself, but what would that mean if she were in a real position of power? If McCain is elected and dies in office, Palin will be defaulted into presidency. In the event of that uncomfortably likely scenario, Palin had better have the courage and foresight to lead this complicated country. This was not far from the minds of my fellow students as we watched Palin not exactly rock the debate but soldier through it. They really became irate when Palin said she has only been at this "like five weeks." Joe Biden was the better debater, from my perspective. He rocked the debate. In contrast, Palin's folksy way of speaking was inappropriate for a presidential candidate, in whoni I want to see cold professionalism. No one on the left or the right side of the fence wants to see Palin falter. - Glenn Smith, Columnist Palin's speech seemed forced and relied too heavily on talking points. I was fairly certain Biden would annihilate her, but she stayed strong and spoke her mind. At least she is a good role model for women. Oh wait, no she's not—she doesn't support abortion or same-sex marriage, and she relies on her looks, not her brains. It was juvenile of her to correct Biden on the slogan, "drill, baby, drill," and to repeat many times that she and McCain are "mavericks." Also, her constant looking into the.cam-era while speaking was weird. It was a sign of Biden *s experience when he effectively ranted about how McCain is not a maverick. And it was a sign of his humanity when he choked up talking about how his wife and daughter died, and how he then raised his two sons as a single father. It sure wiped the smile off Palin's face, anyway. Every time Palin spoke, my fellow students did not hold back yelling at the television. It was cute, but I could not decipher Palin's words at those points. I must make it a point to watch the next debates with people who are not as prone to outbursts. It was heartening to me to see those fellow Western students get so worked up when Palin said the troop surge was a success and that marriage should be defined as strictly between one man and one woman. The obvious general sentiment at the debate party was Palin is not the ideal candidate for vice presidency among Western students. Do yo,u disagree? Do you feel that Palin would be a good President? Send an email to: . . * opinion@westernfrontonline.net, and your sentiments will be printed in The Western Front. I want to hear which Western students will vote for a McCain/Palin presidency in November, and why. Let's begin a discussion. There are two more debates to get through; pay attention to them. By the end of fall quarter, voters will have cast their ballots, carving in stone who the next United States president will be. Of course, that is all true only providing voter fraud doesn' t occur. Again. Knock on wood. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Compiled by: Jillian Vasquez Do you do course evaluations and why? Emily Alfred Freshman "It's important to keep professors honest. It prevents them from slacking off. " Penny Green Junior "/ do them every time. I think that feedback is important to the quality of education. If it's, read and applied, then it definitely makes a difference." Silviu Istrate Senior "Personally, I feel like they truly deserve knowing where to improve. I don't think that sheet's going to change anything. " . Jonathon Winslow Sophomore "/ do course evaluations. It gives me a chance to critique the teachers. They're always critiquing me. " ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 13 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net the Western Front I Tuesday October 7,2008 I 1 3 Former basketball star heads to China 2006 graduate Tyler Amaya is set to play for Guangdong Southern Tigers this season Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT Many college athletes'.sports careers end when they graduate. The lucky few get to move on to a semi-professional or professional level of play. Former Western basketball player, Tyler Amaya, has risen against the odds to play professional basketball in China. The 6-foot-6-inch forward signed a contract to play for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, a Chinese Basketball Association (CB A) team that has won four of the gt;''.,/...'. .. photo courtesy of WesternAthletic Department Tyler Amaya played for Western for two years after playing for Gonzaga University and Dixie State College. "OKTOBERFEST IS BACK" FRIDAY, OkTOBER 10TH At ihr Dcminu" !. lt; gt;- Show, h's SI I'DKX'I' ni-lu! Show us your student ID at the door and save $2.00 i;RI\(, VOl'K I Rii.XDSAM) I.C PARI Y 35TH ANNIVERSARY W W-89.3FM KUGS D . O R G last five CBA finals. Amaya, 26, graduated from Mount Vernon High School and transferred to Western after playing one season each at Gonzaga University and Dixie State College. As a Viking, he led the basketball team to two consecutive Division II West Regional playoff births in 2005 and 2006. "[Amaya] is an outstanding player with a gifted, natural ability," said Western head coach Brad Jackson, who has a long-standing relationship with [Amaya] and his family. "He just loves the game. He works hard and has the desire to improve." Amaya left Bellingham after graduating in 2006 and played professionally for two years in Holland and for the Dussel-dorf Magics in Germany. The first two years of playing overseas were not enjoyable, Amaya said. "I was used to winning in high school and college," Amaya said. "[In Germany] guys just wanted points." On top of the rough playing conditions, Europe's main sport is soccer and basketball fans fall between the cracks, he said. Amaya joined the Bellingham Slam, a local minor league basketball team, last winter. He led the Slam to the International Basketball League championship and was named co-MVP of the game. Hoping to catch the eye of agents, coaches and other players, Amaya headed to a U.S. Basketball Academy exposure camp in Oregon after the Slam's season ended. In a scrimmage at the camp, Amaya scored 32 points. "The head coach of the Chinese team was there and saw me," Amaya said. "I had to jump on the opportunity." His brother, Duane Amaya, 22, said playing professionally is something Amaya has always wanted to do. - "He likes to win and seems to do that wherever he plays," Duane Amaya said. "His goal is always to play at the highest level he can play at." Amaya was quickly signed and has played two pre-season games for the Tigers after two weeks in China. "I didn't know anything about Chinese basketball, so I had no expectations," Amaya said. The Tigers have five Olympians from the Chinese national team that played this summer in the Beijing Summer Olympics. Yi Jianlian, former CBA star and current forward for the New Jersey Nets, played for the Tigers two seasons ago. [Amaya] is an outstanding player with a gifted, natural ability. He just loves the game. He works hard and has the desire to imrove. ft - Brad Jackson, Western head coach After getting some playing time in China, Amaya said European basketball is very different from Asian basketball. It's less physical, with more finesse and more shooters, he said. With about another month before the season is underway, Amaya said he hasn't seen much of the court since the first two pre-season games, but instead has been attending two practices a day for conditioning, weight training and shooting. "After only two weeks, I can easily say I like it better here," Amaya said. When he first arrived, Amaya said he lost about 10 pounds in the first few days because he wasn't used to the humidity. "I ran Lake Padden to prepare for training," Amaya said. "But the air [in China] is thick and smoggy, and I had to get acclimated to the climate," Even after two weeks, the only person Amaya has spoken to in English is the Tigers' assistant coach. "I have to break the ice and get to know [my teammates] through playing," see AMAYA page 16 Max-. llP:- ^^^8^^^^^py'slii'^9^tt^BS4^^ irELi^liimp^li :• i m ylijgtl! Honesty Dependability Guaranteed! 1189 E. Sunset Dr. 10% Discount ( 3 6 0 ) 6 7 1 - 2 2 7 7 In Sunset Square with Student IP Qpen j Qays a yyeefr Complete Automotive Service Repair No Appointment Necessary • Loaner Cars ---------- Western Front 2008-10-07 - Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Tuesday • October 7,20081 The Western Front Kicking off the Battle in Seattle Western squares off against Central Washington University for the 99th time Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT First place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) is' up for grabs when Western football meets rival Central Washington University for the sixth-annual Battle in Seattle at 6 p.m., Oct. 11 at Qwest Field. Western last won the Battle in 2004, the only Western victory in the event's six-year history. They will look to stop Central's domination of the series this weekend after a successful start to the season. Western won on the road last weekend against Western Oregon University, defeating the Wolves 24-13 in Monmouth, Ore. The Vikings are now 3-1 in the conference, 3-2 overall and are in second place behind Central in the GNAC. Western senior quarterback Adam Perry will lead the offense after a productive game against Western Oregon last weekend. Perry threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns in the win, and the coaching staff will be looking for more of the same from their play-caller. "[Perry] is a dynamic player," Western offensive line coach Klayton Adams said. "He adds flair to our offense with his mobility and always gives us a chance to win." Perry, and 15 other seniors will be playing in their last Battle in Seattle for Western football. "There's nothing better than playing a rival in front of a big crowd," Western senior offensive lineman Phil Hayes said. "You can never look at records in a rivalry game because everyone is pumped and anything can happen. We just want to go out and show we are just as good as Central." "[The seniors] understand what it's like to play [at Qwest Field]," Western head coach Robin Ross said. "They have all been through it and know about playing in that stadium. This game particularly becomes personal when you know people who go to Central." Western will also need a big game from junior running back Randall El-dridge, who scored two touchdowns in the win against Western Oregon, Adams said. Ross said it would take a team effort to defeat the efficient Central offense, led by Central senior quarterback and NFL prospect, Mike Reilly. "[Reilly] has a lot of game experience and can do. a lot for us offensively," Central head coach Blaine Bennett said. "He has great command of the offense, makes good decisions on the field and is a vocal leader who works hard everyday." Central won at home against Dixie State College last weekend, which kept them in first place in the GNAC and 5-1 overall. Reilly threw for four touchdowns in the game, which tied the school-record 99 career touchdowns set by Central alumnus and current Detroit Lions quarterback John Kitna. Bennett said the Battle in Seattle is a great opportunity for both schools to showcase local high school talent recruited from Washington. "It shows student-athletes that these two schools are good places to further their careers on the football field and in the classroom," Bennett said. "[The game] gives players a unique opportunity because you may be playing against your high school teammate, a sibling or a friend. But for this one Saturday, you're on one side or the other." Although goodwill may continue between Western and Central, Bennett said the Battle in Seattle still has huge implications for both football programs as they look to top the GNAC this season before heading into the playoffs. "[The Battle in Seattle] has been something we have put on in conjunction with Central for six years," said Lynda Goodrich, Western's director of athletics. "Sometimes when you think of a rivalry, you think that we can't work together, but this is a cooperative event that gets both schools into the Seattle area." photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western seniors Travis McKee and Adam Perry will give it one more shot to beat the Central Washington University Wildcats at the sixth- annual Battle in Seattle Oct. 11 at Qwest Field. lt; \ **-* yfi\#£ £ Bikes, Cycle Wear, Skis, Boards, Repairs and *- Rentals _ -* tX'9! 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The lady Vikings had a few good opportunities to score in the first half but fell short until the 40th minute of play. Western sophomore forward Claire Morgan caught the Central defense off guard with a quick free kick, which found Western junior midfielder Kelly Irving, who kicked the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal. "We had a decent first half, but the second half we kind of let off defensively," Western senior captain Katie Warner said. "Central is a good rival, but we kept our composure and played smart." The second goal came at the 51st • - ; photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western defenseman Brynn Regan dribbles the ball past Central forward Amy Rate in Western's fifth-straight win of the season. Western beat Central 2-1 and improve to 8- 2 overall for the season. minute with another assist from Morgan as she again centered a free kick into the box .Western junior defender Brynn Regan took action after the Central goalie and a defender mishandled the ball. Regan shot the ball for Western's second goal from three yards out. After Western's second goal, Central started to control the game and got close to scoring on Western's keeper but didn't score until the 68th minute when Central freshman Hillary Franks took a free kick on top of the 18-yard box. Franks'first shot hit the Western wall of defenders, but she recovered and shot a powerful left-footed strike into the Western net. Western outshot the Central wildcats 14-7 in a relatively clean game that ended with no cards for either team. Central is a good rival, but we kept our composure and played smart. - Katie Warner, senior captain "We didn't play our best," Central senior and captain Hannah Bridges said. "I think we could have done better." Central head coach Michael Farrand said he thinks Western did a good job and is a successful team in general. Central is now 5-4-2 overall and 2-3-0 in league play. Western head coach Travis Connell said Western didn't play as well in the second half and Central worked hard, but he was glad Western got the win. "It was a close game," Connell said. "Central is always an emotional game." Western is now 8-2-0 and still undefeated in conference play with a 4-0-0 record. The Vikings will next face Montana State University Billings at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at Orca field. nm0MMm^mM lt;tti^mM«SM Classifieds HELP WANTED BACK TO School Work $14.25 base/apptv flexible schedules, PT/Ff; sales/ service, ftp exp. nee. we train, scholarships poss., 17+. Call 733-9800 or apply online @ www.ZF9.com •.BARTENDERS WANTED! $300/day potential. No exp. needed. Training provided 1-800-965-6520, ext. 237. EARN EXTRA money. Students needed ASAP. Earn up to $150/day being a mystery shopper. No exp. required. Please call 1-800-722-4791. LADIES AGES 20-29: earn $4500 by helping an infertile couple achieve pregnancy through the gift of egg donation. 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"It was obviously a big win for us," Western's senior quarterback Adam Perry said. With the score tied at 7-7 late in the first half, Perry completed a 20-yard pass to senior wide receiver Pat McCann to cap the Vikings 80-yard run in eight plays.;, :;.^C~;'; :J.-^/• ,.';'.- gt;-V • "We scpred points in a hurry, took the lead, and never let up," Western offensive coordinator Kefense Hynson said. Senior corner back Anthony Rosso put the possession back in Western's hands after an interception set up the longest field goal of junior Josh Lider's career. The 48- yard field goal gave the Vikings a 17-7 lead into halftime. The Vikings had a total of 276 yards, compared to Western Oregon's 373, but it was the Vikings defense that made the difference, Perry said. Western Oregon had the ball inside the Viking's 20-yard line three times in the first half and did not score. A botched punt in the third quarter led to a lossjpf 17 yards for Western Oregon, giving possession back to the Vikings. Western junior running back Randall Eldridge ran in from six yards, giving the Vikings a 24-7 lead. A three-yard run by Western Oregon junior quarterback Josh Riddell in the fourth quarter scored the Wolves' last points of the game. On their next possession, Riddell completed a pass to Western Oregon senior wide receiver Isaiah Smith, for an apparent touchdown, but the score was thrown out because of a holding penalty. The win put Western in position to take first place in the conference if they continue their winning streak against archrival Central Washington University Oct. 11 at the Battle in Seattle. photo courtesy Naomi Stukey Western junior defensive back Danny dimming and sophomore linebacker Joshua Gray tackle a Western Oregon ball carrier. AM AY A: Forward led team to back-to-back regional playoff appearances from 13 Amaya said. "I can tell they're a good group of guys, but I still don't know what they're laughing about most of the time." Even though the Tigers went on to the championship last year, Amaya said he isn't feeling any kind of pressure from being on a winning team. "I'm a team player. I don't want to come in and score 30 points a game," he said. "I want to be a part of the puzzle." • Jackson said his former starting forward will continue to do great in China. "The international game suits him well," Jackson said. "He had some very good college experiences, and his best years are still ahead of him." On top of his contract, which gives him bonuses for every win and a salary of a little under six figures, Amaya said he has been taken care of well by the team. "I haven't spent a dime since I've been here," Amaya said. "I get money on top of my salary to eat, stay in a hotel, and for cab fare—even for gear and shoes." Amaya said he is unsure of how many minutes he will get to play in games, but is confident he will play. Last season, American players were only allowed to play two quarters a game but can now play the duration of the game. "They brought me over from the U.S. for a reason," he said. Each Chinese team is allowed just two Americans on their team. Amaya is currently the only American but another player may be added soon, Amaya said. The CB As season starts in November and runs through April, allowing Amaya to return for the Slam's 2009 season as they try to defend their championship title. "From day one, he told himself he would play basketball for as long as he can—until the wheels fall off," Duane Amaya said. Amaya said he's been extremely blessed to be in this situation. "I really think I've found a place where I can thrive," he said. 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Show more2008_0923 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 1 ---------- CHEAP GROCERIES AND HEALTHY EATS SECTION B FALL SPORTS PREVIEW SECTION C paintballing - beer samplers - kite flying antiquing - mountain climbing - frisbee - drag shows- thaifood^volunleering-snowboarding live music - t j S hl races -sunsets -Hir cheese fries - s e n t pottery paiiifiBf things to do before you graduate SECTION D movies - bike ing-artwalks mpsterdiving iv -• karaoke Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | Welcome Back THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT-NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET B r u cif takes off ice President Shepard sits clown for a conN^i^ation^with The Western Front Gabrielle Nomura gt; THE WESTERN FRONT If there is a mold for a university president, Bruce Shepard probably doesn't fit into it. ' He nearly flunked out of college twice. He gained lifelong inspiration from a bumper sticker he saw decades ago that said, "This is not a rehearsal." His passions in life include His two cuddly Bos- . ton Terriers. He's been in leadership roles at three universities already, holds a doctorate in-political'' sjGie;nce".and'::iiisteaid'''pf,using.DF."' Shepard as a title, he goes by Bruce. He may seem like just a replacement figurehead for the Western institution, one of those important-looking people from Old Main. Believe it or not, he's a real human being too. Shepard may not listen to Snoop Dogg, be up-to-date with Hollywood gossip or skateboard. However, he may be cooler than students think he is. He's down-to-earth, even in a suit and even sitting behind his big president's desk. He'll speak frankly about a lot: the death of his son, his less- than-perfect grades when he was living it up as a college student, his weaknesses and strengths as a leader. He even jokes about his complete and utter inability to learn budget codes at the universities he's worked at. If students see Shepard, or Bruce as he prefers, walking around campus, they should go up, introduce themselves and possibly help him find his way if he's lost. Give the newest Viking, the 13th president of Western Washington University, a chance. He's new to campus and eager to learn the ropes. see SHEPARD page 4 photo by Matthew Anderson | courtesy of the Office of Communications Bruce Shepard pauses for a portrait on the steps of Old Main after receiving a campus tour, April 25, shortly before being named as the next president of Western. Chick-fil-A corporation causes stir on campus photo courtesy of Chick-fil-A Owner S. Truett Cathy poses outside the corporate headquarters of Chick-fil-A. Ian Wright THEWESTERN FRONT Chick-fil-A, a prominent, southern-style chicken eatery, will be opening in the Viking Union this fall and is the source of much protest among some Western students. Since 1946, when the restaurant opened, owner S. Truett Cathy, a devout Southern Baptist, has been incorporating his religious beliefs into what his Company stands for. • .' , Accordingto the company's Web site, his chain of restaurants advocate and sponsor religious groups such as Focus on the Family, a group that believes that Christian perspectives deserve special recognition from the government oyer other religions. Western senior Johanna JBrbwn decided to share'Chickrfii-A's values with other Western students by creating, a Facebook group callecLBoycott Western's Chick-fil- "I know that Chick-fil-A gives money to lots of- different companies and organizations like Focus on- the Family, but I feel like anything that supports discrimination against other people, anti-gay acts, and sexual acts outside of marriage is see CHICK-FIL-A page 3 Downtown noise provokes frustration in the community Brianne McDpnough THEWESTERN FRONT Bellingham is rich in diversity—a beautiful city with history and charm. But to most, it's still known as a college town. Western had more than A 2,000 students last year, and as a result, the nightlife in Bellingham seems to be expanding more than ever. For students especially, new bars and hotspots are exciting, but to many residents it causes nothing but grief. George Jartos is an artist and professional cartoonist who has lived in'Belling-l^ bl^fffjsj^^ a « cartoon that targets the. out of control drunks '- that he said cause noise, crime, and other disruptive behavior in his neighborhood and : placed them around the Washington Grocery Building downtown. The illustration of a couple screaming and yelling in "We get tired of this. It's not the bars particularly, it's the drunk people. They don't go home, they just wander around." - George Jartos, downtown resident the middle of the street was accompanied by the message, "If you're going to get drunk, stupid and loud, please go home and do it. People live here." Soon after, the Bellingham Herald interviewed him and put up the story behind the poster on their online blog site, GoBham. com, sparking a heated community debate on the behavior of drunks downtown. Jartos lives in the part of town where most of the bars are located—the Central Business District—in the heart of the noise. He said the purpose of the poster was to draw attention to the problem and even to embarrass some people, but he admits it hasn't gotten any quieter. "We get tired of this," Jartos said. "It's not the bars particularly,, it's the drunk people. They don't go home, they just wander around." " -Western student Britta Burton said she enjoys going out to the bars whenever she can. "It's really all there is to do," Burton said. "I go out with friends to a few different bars a couple nights a week and have a fun time." Burton said she's seen a number of figrits in the streets and people are always standing around being loud and obnoxious, see NOISE page 2 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at w w w. westernfrontonline .net NOISE: Alcohol-related offenses in July had doubled in the Central Business District from the month before from 1 but that it shouldn't come as a surprise to people who live close to the bars. "It's not just Bellingham," Burton said. "When you hang out around bars that are open late in any city, the people are always going to be the same. It's going to be loud and crazy—that's what city life is all about. People can't expect to change that just because they can't sleep at night." Jartos said he doesn't mind the loud music or people having a good time, and that some of the bars actually do their part to help. Rumors Cabaret, a popular nightspot downtown, boarded up their back windows to help control noise. But even with every window boarded up, the same problem remains once bar-hoppers hit the streets, and Jartos said he wishes there were more police in the area to monitor them. . • "Just their presence and writing some tickets—that's the only person that could have some effect," Jartos said. Jartos, who said he was arrested for public drunkenness when he was younger, wonders why nothing is done when intoxicated people are screaming and fighting in the streets. He said that at the time of his arrest he wasn't doing anything nearly as disruptive as what he sees on a regular basis outside of his home. "They're always drunk and yelling," Jartos said. "It's hard to sleep during the summer." According to the Bellingham Police's crime statistics, alcohol offenses in the Central Business District in July had doubled from just a month earlier. Felony and misdemeanor assaults and public disorder maintenance crimes also increased. The problem, however, isn't anything new for this community and others in the Bellingham area. In a press release from Sept. 14,2005, the Bellingham Police Department said it planned to initiate enforcement efforts to control underage drinking, loud parties, alcohol-related crime, and disorder issues in Bellingham neighborhoods. It also explained that extra emphasis patrols in certain areas would add to help preserve the quality of life that residents expect and deserve. "If they were in their own neighborhood, or their parent's neighborhood, they wouldn't do that," Jartos said. "They let loose because they're downtown." Lt. Steve Felmley, Public Information Officer for the Bellingham Police Department, said alcohol-related offenses are a problem on a daily basis. "We have chronic violators suffering from alcoholism— transient types, who are highly intoxicated and walking into roadways," Felmley said. "We also deal with disorderly conduct, picking fights, urinating in public." Felmley said these behaviors tend to escalate in the evenings and during the school year, so more officers patrol the Central Business District during these times. Cynthia White, a Bellingham resident, said she's called the police several times due to people who behave irresponsibly downtown and make stupid choices. "I've known several young people that go downtown, get drunk and then end up driving home and either getting stopped and get arrested for a DWI, or worse, get in ah accident," she said. White said that although she realizes it is.a serious issue in the community, she knows it's something to be expected in a college tow and she said that Jartos' cartoon was ridiculous. "If you knowingly move downtown, near several bars, you should expect noise," she said. "I realize it's unpleasant, but if you're living there, either deal with it or move." Jartos said he and other residents are getting tired of it and hopes that if nothing else his art will make people more aware of the effects of their actions when they go out at night—and maybe he and his neighbors can finally get a good night's sleep. THE WESTERN FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernifrontonline.net EDITORIAL PEPARMENT (360)650-3162 Editor-in-chief .Brett Williams, editor@westemfrontonline.net Managing editor. Kaleb Gubernick, managing@westernfrontonline.net Photo editor. Jon Bergman, photo@westernfrontonline.net Copy editor. Cabrielle Nomura, copy@westernfrontonline.net Faculty Adviser...Stephen Howie, stephen.howie@westemfrontonline.net ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (360)650-3161 Advertising manager. , Michele Anderson Business manager. Alethea Macomber The Western Front is published twice weekly in the fall, winter, and spring quarters and once a week in the summer session/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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single iree copy of each issue of the Western Front. Check out www.westernfrontonline .net for multimedia presentations and online versions of stories and photos. o DD Aladdin's Lamp Antiques lt; T h e O l d Town Antique Mall Antiques and Collectibles 427 W. Holly Street Bellingham DDD o Two Stores In One Buil 20th Century Pop Culture, Records, Elvis, Beatles, Advertising, Toys, Phonographs and. Cameras and Photography, Guitars and most thipgs Music or Film Related, Select Jewelry, Book^pgazines Tools Clothing, Furniture and Household Accessories^|5lasswarerCW '{' Open 10:00 to 6:00 I to ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday •September 23,2008 NEWS I 3 CHICK-FIL-A: TheVU restaurant will be ran by Sodexo standards from 1 just shady," she said. "I think Western is a pretty open campus, especially in terms of homosexuality, and this is an issue that people will care about. I wanted to bring this to the attention of the students and make sure that they understood that some of their money would trickle down to support more anti-gay acts and groups in the country." Brown said she didn't create the Fa-cebook group to start a movement, she just wanted to get the word out to her fellow students and open their eyes to some of the things Chick-fil-A stands for and what they have done, so that they can make their own judgment and choices related to the restaurant. In spring of 2007, members of the University Dining Committee set up the Meal Plan Task Force (MPTF) to have several different organizations and companies come through to Western and sample out new foods throughout the year. Brady Dykgraaf, a member of the MPTF in 2007, said the MPTF was part of an even bigger plan to revamp eating in general at Western. "It was ultimately the University Dining decision to start looking for a new restaurant on Western's campus. Since Chick-fil- A's 160 nation-wide college campus restaurants had a reputation for positive interactions between them and campus communities, they decided to look into it," he said. "We did surveys among Western students to see what they valued the most in terms of their meal plans. Most students did not want to have big nationally known chains on campus like McDonald's. Since there are no Chick-fil-A's on the West coast, we saw this was an opportunity for Western to have something truly unique." Dykgraaf said it was a known factor as far as whether or not Chick-fil-A works well on campus communities and that the chain has been successful on many different campuses. "It's an exceptional thing to have the first on-campus Chick-fil-A in Washington State because it's definitely not something you can go and get at the mall," he said. "Usually both the students are happy with the restaurant, and the universities make money successfully running the business." Sophmore Brendan Lind, who is a member of Boycott Western's Chick-fil-A and a member of Students for Sustainable Foods, said there is a number of reasons why he is against Chick-fil-A. "I'm against Chick-fil-A because of their conservative views on homosexuality and abortion, and like most people at Western, I'm pretty liberal. Of course there is a message in their views, but there is also a message in their food service," he said. "One thing members of Students of Sustainable Foods try to do is push the dining services to bring in cafes and markets that are sustainable and use local, organic and environmentally friendly foods, and this restaurant doesn't serve any of that." Lind said there are a lot of things around Western that could be considered wrong, but for something that is so anti-gay at Western, this Facebook group is a good rallying tool and a great way to spread the message. Willy Hart, the director of University Residences and chair of the Execu-photo by Tyler McFarland THE WESTERN FRONT The new Chick-fil-A in the Viking Union Market will open at the beginning of fall quarter, making it the first university campus Chick-fil-A in the state of Washington. tive Dining Committee (EDC) sent out a campus wide e-mail addressing the concern that was expressed by some members of the campus community and Western's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Committee (LCBTCC) related to the opening of the Chick-fil-A on campus. "The EDC took time to ensure that Chick-fil-A's franchise would be welcoming to our LGBT committee by adopting Sodexo's (Western's dining vendor) commitment to benefits and diversity inclusion. In other words, the University insisted that Chick-fil-A would operate under Western's values and its commitments to diversity. There was no resistance to the inclusion of the values by the national Chick-fil-A company," Hart wrote. "In February, the EDC reviewed Chick-fil-A's affiliations and they found no evidence that it engaged in discriminatory practices. Additional concerns were expressed and a more thorough review of Chick-fil-A's practices occurred this summer with the same conclusion." WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Introducing Subway's Student Discount for Western St with Not any othe coupon off ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Tuesday • September 23,20081 The Western Front SHEPARD: An extended Q A with Western's first new president in 15 years At a campus meet-and-greet event on April of Trustees chair Kevin Raymond. THE WESTERN FRONT (WF): HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE SELECTED AS THE 13TH PRESIDENT OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY? BRUCE SHEPARD (BS): I feel extremely lucky. I've known about this university's reputation through the 30 years I've spent working at Eastern Oregon University and Oregon State University. I'd visited the campus and I knew about its beauty. I was at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and things were go-photo by David Scherrer | courtesy of the Office of Communications 24/2008, Bruce Shepard holds the hand of his wife Cyndie, while he shakes the hand of Board ing well there, but when I heard about President [Karen] Morse's retirement, that really piqued my interest. [Western] contacted me. I knew it would be a very attractive job, so I didn't get my hopes up. I went ahead and said please do consider me. Because [Western] has such a fine reputation, I knew a lot of good people would be applying. I figured my job was to get into the top five people out of everyone who was applying. And then [I-thought the hiring committee] would meet my wife and it would be all over. And that's sort of what happened. When they got down to five, Cyndie and I met with the board. I got Cyndie talking about some of the things she had done in Green Bay, a pipeline program in Green Bay called Phuture Phoenix, at which point the board president looked at her and offered her the presidency of Western Washington University. After that, we flew into Seattle, put on our blue jeans, and drove from Seattle up here. I didn't prejudice Cyndie at all. We're a team. She had to make up her mind whether she wanted to move here or not. We came in over Chuckanut, Cyndie saw Old Fairhaven at Bellingham for the. first time. We walked around the campus and talked to people. They didn't know who we were; we had to be incognito. And boy, by then Cyndie wanted to come. We switched from not getting our hopes up to, 'Oh good heavens, what if they don't offer us the job?' Fortunately, while we were here the phone rang and they offered us the job. WF: WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? BS: In any position like this, it's really the people who are the pleasure. It's working with faculty and staff and alumni and friends and legislators. But you get into this business because you love working with students. And then you get into positions where you don't see many students. That's the tougher part. I love the opportunities to work with and spend time with students on the job. WF: WHAT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE? BS: It's very simple. If you don't understand anything else about me as a president, how I lead, understand this: I have questions, you have answers. People know much more than any singular individual could. They come up with answers that are meaningful for the university, questions I could never have thought of. If you ask questions, they have to be questions that make people squirm. That's because higher education is really going through some major changes. Very few of us like to get out of our comfort zone. 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If you ask questions, you got to be able to listen. I think I'm a pretty good listener. I've talked to hundreds of people in the last month and I've just written down everything I've heard into a written report. I'm going to send it back to them and say, 'Hey, did I get it or not?' That will be a test of whether I really listened or not. You listen and figure out where this university wants to go, it's not where Bruce Shepard the president wants it to go, but where does the university want to go? My job as president is to keep that vision in front of people until they're sick and tired of hearing it.. That's how different, diverse, talented people all get moving in the same general direction, by keeping that vision constantly in front of them. WF: YOU SAID A BIG PART OF YOUR JOB IS ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT MAKE PEOPLE SQUIRM. CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE? BS: There are a variety of them in our university right now. We're known for our excellence in undergraduate education, what's going to make some people squirm are questions about graduate education. How are we going to maintain excellence in our graduate programs? Also, the population in this state is growing of potential students of color, many of whom have moms and dads that never went on to college. How are we as a university going to meet their needs and ensure those students are educated? I'm going to sound like I'm on a soap box, but I worry about this. I believe this nation is advanced because each generation has invested to make sure the next generation is better-educated than the last. It's often come with a struggle. There were times when nobody wanted to pay for public K-8 education. There were riots in the streets around the time of President Andrew Jackson. Bringing in women, bringing in people of color, that's all been done through battles. But that's happened. Generations have made this a richer nation and I don't just mean in dollars and cents. I don't want to see people sort of selfishly disinvest in education. We as a university have to figure out what are we going to do about that. The public wants us accountable. They want us not just to say liberal education is good, they want us to prove it. How are we going to prove that what we do really is worth the public paying for it? That's a question that will make people squirm. WF: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO SINCE YOU TOOK OFFICE SEPTJl? BS: I spent the month of August talking to hundreds and hundreds of people. I sent a survey to a variety of stakeholders: faculty, staff, alumni, students. I asked six open-ended questions of them about the university's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges. I spent a lot of time processing that, preparing the report for the campus and the people I surveyed about what it is I hear them saying. I've made a commitment to meet with all of the units on campus: the academic units, the people who cut our grass, the people who clean our buildings, everyone who is a part of this university, face-to-face to talk to them about where the univer-see SHEPARD page 6 f fi Your American Nightclub North Of The Border j j Presents W. W..U, Wednesday: Nj.ghts...£1.50 .We.lJ.D_rjnks_ .£2.-75. Draft Frl Sef gt;t 16 - P7r)-uf gt; Barsleque Show Sat Oct 4 - Gossip Girl Party Girls Drink FREE from 8- 10pm . Free Mac Makeup Giveaways Sexiest Dressed Girl Wins $500 Cash Prizes o Ask about our limo, Birthday, partybus VIP Packages - email for info I No line or cover for W.W.U. 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I want to talk to them about what they think the university should be doing." from 5 sity will be going. I asked Vice President of Student Affairs Eileen Coughlin to arrange a group of students to do the same thing, to ask them where they think this university should be going and how we should get there. I will do the same with leaders in the surrounding communities. I'll talk to leaders in communities of color.* I want to talk to them about what they think the university should be doing. That's going to take me four to five months to gather this information. Again, it's still part of this philosophy about leading by listening. WF: HOW HAVE YOU AND YOUR WIFE TAKEN TO BELLINGHAM LIVING? BS: We like it a lot, we really do. We really enjoyed when we were first here and looked around and saw, for example, stores in Fairhaven that had signs in the window that said 'Dog Friendly.' That's pretty cool. Parks where you can actually let your dogs play. Lots of outdoor activities too. WF: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO APPLY TO BE WESTERN'S PRESIDENT? BS: It truly is recognized as the best public university of its type in the Northwest. There were a bunch of reasons aside from Western's reputation, though. I reached a point in my career where I could either spend 10 more years at Green Bay or face the challenges of a new university. I love challenges and steep learning curves, and so the opportunity to learn a new university also attracted me a lot, particularly a university of Western's caliber. WF: WHAT WAS THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS LDXE? BS: It's really very easy. I have the easiest job of anybody in the room in those situations. I strongly recommend this whenever you go for a job interview. This is the mental state you want to get yourself in. All I want to do is let them know who I am. I don't want them to think I'm someone I'm not because I wont be happy there, they wont be happy with me. So that's my job. They have to figure if the fit From left to right: Jeff Newcomer, professor son, political science professor; Ted Pratt, Cyndie and Bruce Shepard. is there, if I'm the person they're looking for or not. To be president, you submit a written statement and fill out a questionnaire. They select maybe a dozen people. You meet face-to- face with the whole search committee and that committee then looks over those folks and sorts it down to five. After that, you again have an opportunity to meet face-to-face with the board before they make their selection. WF: WERE YOU AT ALL NERVOUS DURING THE INTERVffiWING PROCESS? BS: This doesn't sound credible but I really was not. Inevitably in part, your ego is on the line so you don't want to fail. But I figured you know, all I worry about is making sure I've effectively communicated who I am. WF: HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE NAMED PRESD3ENT IN THE MIDST OF THE FACULTY UNION CONTRACT PROTESTS? photo by Matthew Anderson | courtesy of the Office of Communications of engineering technology; Angela Harwood, professor of secondary education; Vernon John- Dean of Students; Erin Jensen, a Western student who led the group on a campus tour; and BS: That didn't worry me at all. I talked about that with the board. The faculty of course were exercising the rights they have as citizens of this country to organize and bargain collectively. I certainly respect that right. I enjoyed when we were first here and the board was meeting. The faculty was there and they were holding their signs..I shook every hand. Everyone smiled. 'Glad to have you here. Good to see you, president. Looking forward to working with you.' I enjoyed that. When I was named president, they turned their signs around and they all said, 'Welcome Bruce,' which I thought was great. I've been thinking a lot about this. From the outside, the faculty labor negotiations were just routine. If this was New York, people would be throwing stuff at each other and spitting on each other and stuff like that. It is true that people felt hurt on both sides. I think it's because we are a very caring campus, more so than others. I've come to use this phrase, 'We are a culture of connections' on this campus. We want faculty and undergraduates working together like they would never get at a big university. Because we care about connections, it was probably felt more painfully. WF: WHAT SORTS OF CHANGES WOULD YOU LDXE TO BRING TO WESTERN? BS: I bet you can predict my answer to that question. You tell me what the changes should be. That's what it means to lead by listening. I've heard people say they want a style of decision-making from the president that's open and transparent and involves as many people as fully as possible. They want to have fewer instances of people working only within one area. They want more opportunities to work with colleagues across different departments and colleges in the university. They don't want to just protect Cloth i nq, Backpacks, Notepads, •, ippfl Jlilf 'twill--:i|lffl. Jtlllf •., ,:,. fill Mt" • "Hilt IP*1 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 7 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 NEWS I 7 the excellence of this university, they want to go beyond it. They want it to be the best in the nation. In the survey I sent out, I repeated what we say we want to be on our Web page, 'the best in the nation.' I said, 'Are you sure this is what you want to do? That's a lot of hard work.'Over 90 percent said yes. How do we get there? Students, faculty and staff will figure it out. They'll figure out much better things than I could ever think of. WF: WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AS A LEADER? BS: I am a good listener. I'm a people- person, and a significant part of the job is about building relationships. I think I do a pretty good job of keeping a vision in front of people. That's how you coordinate a complex organization to keep people moving in the same direction. Weaknesses? I'm a 50,000-foot-level thinker. The day-to-day stuff, making the processes work, I've done it all of my career but I hate it. I look for very good people to work with who can cover that particular weakness of mine. I just don't really attend to day-to-day, nitty-gritty stuff. WF: WHAT DOES THE DAY-TO-DAY, NITTY-GRITTY STUFF INCLUDE? BS: Our personnel practices. How we hire people. Tending'to the budget. We have endless budget codes at universities. I told the people at Green Bay, 'I will leave here without having learned a budget code.' I was successful. They kept saying, 'That's 106 funds, and that's 104 funds.' I said, 'speak English please. What kind of money is this?' I'll do the same here at Western. WF: WE HEARD YOU PERSONALLY CONTACTED KAREN MORSE BEFORE YOU WERE GIVEN THE JOB. WHAT DID YOU TWO TALK ABOUT? BS: I asked her a whole bunch of questions about the university's strengths and weaknesses. I asked a lot of questions about the quality of the board of trustees. You want the board members to be unified, with no factions or divisions. Karen went down the list of board members, named them and described what their contributions were. They hold us accountable, which is their job. They hold me accountable, which is their job. They work very hard to make our university better and I don't just mean in board meetings. They're working all the time in Seattle or Olympia to build relationships to help move our university forward. WF: IS THERE ANY PART OF MORSE'S LEGACY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DURING YOUR PRESIDENCY? BS: Yes. Under Karen's leadership, with the help of many people, the university went from being a regional university to being a destination university—a university people seek out not just because it's in the region or close to home, but because it offers an education unlike any other in the state of Washington. She did it by keeping clear focus and by not getting diverted or focused on too many things. She kept the focus on high-quality, undergraduate liberal arts education and selective professional and graduate programs. One thing struck me recently. I've been spending time with incoming students and their families. I talked to them and asked them what their major is going to be. I kept noting how each major they listed is one of our strongest programs. Pretty soon I was saying that to everybody, 'Oh, that's seeSHEPARDpage14 We Bake From Scratch Daily! * BAGELS * Muffins, Scones * COOKIES (BIG!) * Cinnamon Rolls '* Pies * Sandwiches * Soup Don't forget your favorite ESPRESSO DRINKS, Smoothies and Italian Sodas. Great Foody Great Friends! * Visit with friends * Business Meetings * Study *• Outdoor Seating * Drive-thru 6am-6pm Tuesday-Friday • 7am-5pm Saturday • Closed Monday 650-9298 • SUNSET SQUARE (EXIT 255) www.gracecafepies.com photo by Matthew Anderson | courtesy of the Office of Communications Karen W. Morse talks about how excited she is to have Bruce Shepard, right, at Western. Board of Trustees chair Kevin Raymond stands next to Shepard a the forum meeting on the morning of April 25, 2008. "Under Karen's leadership, with the help of many people, the university went from being a regional university to being a destination university—a university peopleseekout not just because it's in the region or close to home, but because it offers an education un-ike any other in the state of Washington." - President Bruce Shepard ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I NEWS Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front From the 1896 New Whatcom Normal School to today's Western Washington University: Behind the names of some campus structures LEFT: The New Whatcom Normal School in 1909, with Kibbe Pond in the foreground. RIGHT: Old Main in 1920. Chelsea Osterberg THE WESTERN FRONT Western has evolved from the original New Whatcom Normal School of 1899, to Western Washington College of Education in 1937, to Western Washington State College in 1961 and finally achieved university status in 1977. . It all began on Feb. 24, 1893 when Washington Gov, John H. McGraw signed legislation to create the New Whatcom Normal School. Although the governor signed the paperwork approving the construction of the new school, he vetoed the necessary operating funds to run the school, "thus authorizing a state school but not the means to bring it to reality," a document from Western's Public Information Office states. In 1895, the legislature granted the funds for a single structure to be built and in 1896 building began on what is now the central portion of Old Main. The building remained empty for almost three more years, however, until finally in 1899 the legislature gave $33,500 to finish, equip and operate the school. The New Whatcom Normal School opened its doors on Sept. 6,1899 to its first class of 88 students. The number of students doubled within the first week and rose to more than 200 after the first month of classes. There is much history behind what is now known as Western Washington University. Each building holds its own story of how it came to be and where its name came from. MathesHall Dr. Edward T. Mathes was the first principal of the New Whatcom Normal School, a title later changed to president. Mathes Hall was named after Western's first president. He served as the president of the school from its opening until 1914 when he retired from the position. Mathes later served as the mayor of Bellingham from 1920 to 1924 and was a local business- owner, involved with the opening of a theater and bookstore. Nash Hall Nash Hall is also named for a former president of the Western—Dr. George W. Nash, the second president who served as the leader of the school from 1917 to 1942. Birnam Wood Apartments The apartment-style dormitories just south of campus are not named after a former president or person involved with the university like most other buildings on campus. The 132-unit complex is named after the forest in Shakespeare's Macbeth because of its woodsy setting. Buchanan Towers The eight-story dormitories, completed in 1971, were named for S J. Buchanan, who served in the business office of the school from 1928-67. Buchanan filled a variety of positions in the business office during his time there, ranging from financial secretary to controller. Higginson Hall This dormitory was named after Russell Carden Higginson, an original member of the board of trustees, and his wife, Ella Rhoads Higginson. Ella was a poet and, "Here is the home of color and of light," a line from her poem entitled "The Normal by the Sea" is carved above the entry to another dormitory, Eden's Hall. Edens Hall Originally constructed as a women's dormitory in 1919, Eden's Hall was named after original board of trustees member Col. J. J. Edens. He served on the board from 1904-13". The building has been used as a dorm and to house departmental offices throughout the years. Edens North was added in 1956 and is connected to the original building by a sky bridge. Ridgeway Complex The builders of the eight buildings which make up the Ridgeway Complex incorporated their buildings into the hilly, tree-filled landscape. The name was chosen because of the complex's ridge-like position on campus, overlooking central campus. Each building in the Ridgeway Complex is nestled among the trees. Fairhaven Residences The Fairhaven Residential Complex was completed in 1970 as part of the construction of Fairhaven College. The residential portion of the college consists of 12 stacks which can house up to 52 students. Fisher Fountain The fountain in the middle of Red Square was named after Dr. Charles H. Fisher. Fisher served as Western's president photos courtesy of the Whatcom Museum from 1923-39. Bond Hall Bond Hall was named in memory of Elias Austin Bond, who taught at Western from 1907-47. Bond was nationally recognized for his work in the field of mathematics. He wrote many articles discussing mathematics and techniques for teaching the subject. In 1992, a scholarship was established to honor Bond. The scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate involved in the Vehicle Research Institute of the Engineering Technology Department. Carver Gym Western's gymnasium is named after Sanford ("Sam") E. Carver, who was among the early graduates of the school. Carver was a star athlete who began coaching at the school soon after graduating. Carver coached every sport and served as the Athletic Director for 18 years. Wilson Library Many assume Western's Wilson Library is named after Woodrow Wilson but the person it is really named for was the school's first librarian, Mabel Zoe Wilson. She first came to the school in .1902 to find a one-room library consisting of just a few hundred unorganized items. Soon she helped expand and organize the library, watching the facility grow from a single room in Old Main to an entirely new building, built in 1928. During her time as librarian, Western's library grew from just a few hundred books and files to more than 40,000 items. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 NEWS I 9 Western faculty and staff travel to Kenya to help HIV/AIDS orphans Glenn Smith THE WESTERN FRONT Western faculty and staff members made efforts to help girls orphaned.by HTV/AIDS on Aug, 26, when they traveled to a region in Kenya plagued with the disease. The goal of the trip was to develop a service-learning project for Western students, a study abroad course designed to go above and beyond classroom learning. Set to launch in summer 2009, the project is being created to enhance students' academic learning while fostering a sense of civic responsibility. Western students involved in the project will work at Ombogo Girls' Academy, assisting administrators and students who are affected by the HTV/AIDS epidemic. Jesse Papineau is an employee of Slum Doctor Programme, a non-profit organization that aims to improve the lives of Africans living with HTV/AIDS. Western's traveling group of staff is keeping an open mind about what the service-learning program should entail and has much research, investigation and listening to do, Papineau said. Western is hoping to send a diverse group of its students to Kenya, students representing fields as different as business and environmental studies. "They want it to be a diverse group of people because there's a diverse set of opportunities at Ombogo," Papineau said. "They want it to be an opportunity for all Western students, no matter what department they're in." Associate professor of management Kristi Tyran traveled with the group and said her management students who enroll in the program "will focus on using leader- * ship tools and training to teach the [Ombogo Girls' Academy students] leadership and life skills." Others journeying to Kenya included Timothy Costello, director of both Slum Doctor and Western's Center for Service Learning; Shearlean Duke, department of journalism chair and associate professor; Mary Sass, assistant professor of management; and Paige Lamb, HIV/AIDS educator at various middle and high schools around Whatcom County. The main goal of the August visit was to talk to students, teachers and administrators in order to pinpoint Ombogo's needs, and what Western can do to fulfill those needs, said Lamb, a Slum Doctor employee as well. "We are all really thrilled," Lamb said. "I've been teaching about the global AIDS pandemic, but I've never been there. I'm excited to meet the people that we serve and are affected by this project." Aside from being the name of a girls' school, Ombogo is one of six sites in Kenya that Slum Doctor supports. Western students could end up working at any one of the six, but the majority of students will most likely work in the city of Ombogo. Ombogo Girls' Academy charges students $800 per year and is a comparatively The group visited the Ombogo Girls'Academy in Kenya where Slum Doctors sponsors 52 students, allowing them to attend school. large school for the area, Lamb said. Slum Doctor sponsors 52 students there. Lamb's goal for the trip was to build upon the material she uses to teach in Whatcom by interviewing Ombogo students and learning all she could. "There are a lot of issues underlying the pandemic," Lamb said. "Things like gender and equality, poverty and high numbers of orphans all lead to the high numbers of HIV infection in the area." Costello declined to be interviewed, as he was busy getting ready for the trip. Papineau said he considers Costello to Jbe a mentor. The two met in 2003 while working for Big Brothers Big Sisters in Bellingham. Since then, Papineau said, Costello has developed relationships in Africa through Slum Doctor and Urgent Africa, another non-profit. According to its 2007 annual report, 57 percent of Slum Doctor's funding came from individual donations, which amounted to $132,000. "We have a large group of [Western] students who love us," Papineau said. "We work with the university a lot. There are many wonderful recourses and people we utilize. We get a lot of support from students." $ 1 0 BONUS COUPON Bring this coupon with you to your first plasma donatior and receive an extra $10 bonus. FOR NEW I DONORS ONLY I i ' Bonus redeemable only upon completion of a full i donation. Coupon cannot be combined with any ' other BioLife offer. 40022 WWU k - - -J 1ST PLACE "WSU BATTLE OF THE BANDS" 2007 POWERFUL WALLS O F SOUND B U I L T B Y 2 A C O U S T I C GUITARS A N U P R I G H T BASS A N D 3 V O I C ES ABSOLUTLY AMAZING ACOUSTIC ROCK SOUND LIVE AT FALL FEST SEPTEMBER 27TH ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 10 ---------- 10 I NEWS Tuesday • September 23,20081 The Western Front Shannon Point Marine Center gives science students hands-on experience Ian Wright JHFWESTERN FRONT The Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes gives students at Western Washington University one-of-a-kind opportunities to pursue their degrees. At the marine center, Western students are able to use advanced technology that wouldn't necessarily be available to them at other colleges and marine stations, said Huxley graduate student Alyssa Gehman. Students studying biology and environmental science have access to chemistry labs only one hour away from Western's main campus. : These facilities are second to none in terms of their sophistication, said Stephen Sulkin, director of the marine center. Peter Pehl, a volunteer safety diving officer, is an experienced diver who works at Shannon Point Marine Center in addition to programs at different marine centers in the state. "I have volunteered at the University of Washington's marine center located in Friday Harbor, and also at Walla Walla University's small center in Deception Pass," he said in an e-mail interview. "In comparison with these other marine labs, I have seen that the Shannon Point Center is a very modern and well-run facility that has a 30 foot dive boat that is fully outfitted to support diving or marine research." Nate Schwark, a scientific diving safety officer, said students who use the center are fortunate because, few marine labs exist in Washington. The Shannon Point Marine Center's technology gives students the chance to dive into their fields through experiential learning. "Students have easy access to the San Juan Islands and all of the unique study locations in between them," Schwark said. "What's really cool is that they can get there very quickly in the remote operated vehicle, our advanced research vessel." Other "cool" things about the center include the fact that scientists conduct research year-round, he said. Also, since the center is fairly close to Western's main photos by Tyler McFarland THE WESTERN FRONT ABOVE: Researchers work year- round at the Shannon Point'Marine Center; a facility of Western, located in Anacortes, Wash, BOTTOM LEFT: Shelves of samples in the chemistry lab at Shannon Point BELOWRlGHT:Voung sea anemones in a tank. BOTTOM RIGHT: Acommonly found starfish in the northern Puget Sound is held irVatankV *; V campus, students can easily travel back and forth. Gehman lives in the marine center's dorms. She carpools back and forth between Western's main campus and the marine center with other graduate students and students involved in Western's Marine and Estuarine Scienoe^PTOgram^:^^. :;SuM six ;pr se'yen upper division und#graduate courses such as marine Slgae ;-mariiiS ecoV'i ogy, marine invertebrates ,• fisheries varid-ecolpgy of invasive species: Most Undergraduate courses are offered during spring quarter, when weather and tide conditions are usually most favorable. "Since the center is so small, what each student is doing in their classes is very impdrfarit. to bur staff; so we get a lot of personal attention which is extremely heIpful,";Gehman said. "As a grad student, it's part of StyjoB toworkwith the younger students and helpi-them with theijrese^arcri. Through'iaking classes-and working there* I'm learning how to use all the equipment and also how to4each students to use it. It's all really fun." The center has been offering classes for Western students, giving them a backyard to conduct research since 1974, when it opened: . gt;K %\ f " F r om the south end of the Puget Sound to the south end of thegGeorgia .Straits, we have, scientists andv^students Jeonducti^ excellent field facilities that permit them to make observations and collections necessary for their line of work," Sulkin said. 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' ' • ' " ' " '. • • - • . - . • - • • • • - : • • : • - • - . • - - • - . EE^^i^l^^?^^^ BKIP^^^S WU^^^M*;»: iH3M^^^^^^^B £t^ K^^^^^^^^H^-4^ B^^^^B^5- ••^^^^^Bine: BIBBPB •RBBBPiv i|B|iEiSfe^Sk'W::'-v jHHiSBBSiiit ^^^^^^StfiA ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M t a ^ s IBB!!! ~- gt; Wt'BSPSW!V':':' '-• This fall quarter, the Western Gallery will be hosting an exhibit showcasing the works of selected artists on Western's faculty aptly entitled "Faculty Review/Preview." The* exhibition will run from Oct. 6 through Nov. 22 and will be free and open to the public. ,. COUNTER-CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: "Crossover Coyote #2" by Cara Jaye, "Saturday Morning" by John Keppelman, "Open Monad, Section 6" by Cynthia Camlin, "My Western: Big Sur" by John Keppelman, "Open Monad, Section 1" by Cynthia Camlin, "Poco Sangre #1" by Cara Jaye. , BELOW CENTER: "Omamori" by Seiko Atsuta Purde. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 12 ---------- 12 I NEWS Tuesday September 23,2008 I The Western Front Woodring College absorbs former Extended Education programs Marie Biondolillo THE WESTERN FRONT This year, -several programs will be added to Western's Woodring College of Education's regular curriculum: Western's Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program (TESOL), Western's Human Services program at Everett, and Western's Elementary Education program at Everett. All three of these programs had previously been administered by Western's Extended Education and Summer Programs department (EESP). Now that these programs are part of Woodring's regular curriculum, students will pay less.for these classes, said Douglas Nord, Interim Director of Western's Extended Education and Summer Programs and political science professor. This is because classes offered by EESP are self-sustaining, meaning the cost of the programs is paid entirely through the tuition paid by students in the program, Nord said. However, classes that are part of Western's regular curriculum receive state support, meaning that the state helps pay for such expenses as faculty and staff salaries, ATUS support, library services, administrative overhead, and other costs, EESP associate director for financial management and information systems Lise Fitzpatrick said. "The impact is lower student tuition costs," Woodring College of Education Associate Dean Michael Henniger said. The decision to give these programs state support was made last June. The decision was made in part due to high-demand enrollments, Fitzpatrick said. Additionally, the state decided to fund the programs because of the high demand for certified TESOL teachers and Human Services professionals in Washington State, Nord said. "TESOL is a program that prepares WWU students to assist non-English speaking people in learning to speak English," Henniger said. "The Human Services program prepares students to work in a wide range of jobs that support people in a variety of settings, such as the YMCA, care for the elderly, hospice care, and non-teaching positions in schools." Lowering the cost of these programs could attract more students to them, Henniger said. "Woodring's dean has done an excellent job of explaining to the legislature how important these programs are to the state of Washington," Nord said. Western tests a number of programs through EESP, Nord said. Because EESP programs do not cost the state anything directly, EESP can experiment with pioneering new classes. "EESP acts as an incubator," Nord said. "We bring something new into the world, prove its viability, and let it out into the world." Now that these programs will operate under the umbrella of Woodring, EESP will focus on expanding their other offerings, Nord said. EESP's other offerings include online courses, professional development, youth programs, extension programs, and the Academy for Lifelong Learning. EESP is working on adding to these programs, especially their online courses and Western classes offered on community college campuses throughout Washington, Nord said. "It's an exciting future that touches on lots in different needs in diverse communities," Nord said. "Our name is Western Washington University, not Bellingham University." The financial cost of attending Western versus other state universities Brooke Loisel THE WESTERN FRONT. Before students complain about the $5,535 they will have to pay to attend Western Washington University, they should consider how the school's tuition and quality of education matches up to others in the state. Western is less expensive to attend than well-known schools such as the University of Washington (UW) and Washington State University (WSU). However, it maintains a reputation that includes annual ranking on the U.S. News and World Report's Best College List and a spot on Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine list made up of universities thought to offer outstanding academic quality with an affordable price tag. Like Western, state schools such as WSU are reputable, having earned distinction on the U.S. News and World Report's top 13 best writing programs, top 18 best criminology programs, in addition to being known for offering a fully- accredited veterinary program. However, running a university with a 20,822 undergraduate count adds up. Out of the state's six public universities, WSU is the most expensive to go to. WSU annual tuition, mandatory fees and room and board combined costs $16,046— $2,799 more than these expenses would cost to attend Western. With the money saved, students could purchase a 52" flat-panel, liquid- crystal-display, high-definition television. While WSU has the highest all-around cost, Central has the highest mandatory fee rate. At $882 per year, Central's mandatory fee rate is $135 more than Western's. Not counting mandatory fees and room and board, the UW has the highest increase in tuition alone for the 2008-09 academic year. UW Students can expect to pay $6,802 for this year's tuition, a 7 percent increase from last year. In comparison, Western's tuition has increase by 4.6 percent, putting it at $5,535. Though the price of a college education rises each year, the cost to attend Western has managed to stay in the middle. Though it's less expensive to attend Evergreen State College or Eastern Washington University, Western is less expensive to attend than UW, WSU, and is just under the cost of attending Central Washington University: * Fully Computerized 24 Hr. Dispatch •* Airport, Amtrak, Airporter and Bus * Student Charge Accounts * Introducing Our New Green Cab Division * Largest Full Service Fleet North of Seattle BELLINGHAM 360-733-TAXI www.yellowcabinc.com v TOLL FREE 1-800-Taxi-Cab (8294) ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 13 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 NEWS 113 The stances of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain CLIMATE CHANGE When it comes climate change, the two candidates are very similar. Both McCain and Obama support a cap-and-trade system to lower greenhouse gas emissions and that we should have been a part of the Kyoto treaty. Neither of them deny the evidence that humans contribute to global warming. TAXES McCain will cut taxes to all Americans, but most of the benefits will be seen by those in the highest income brackets. Families that make more than about $llljOOO a year will see a higher tax cut under McCain. Obama will cut taxes for middle and low-income Americans and raise taxes on those making more than $250000 a year. Families that make less than about $111,000 a year will see a.higher tax cut under Obama. IRAQWAR The current administration and the Iraqi government have agreed to tentatively remove US combat troops from Iraq some time in 2011. McCain intends to keep American troops in Iraq until they are no longer needed. "Our goal is an Iraq that no longer needs American troops," his campaign stated on his Web site. He wants to promote investment in Iraq's economy and keep troops in the country to promote stability. Obama was against the war before it started. He advocates a phased withdrawal from Iraq, with almost all troops out of the country by the summer of 2010. A small force will remain to protect American diplomats and conduct counter-terrorism missions. HEALTHCARE Both candidates want to lower costs by modernizing the technology used in health. Neither plan is truly "universal" in the way other countries have set up their healthcare. McCain wants to count the money that employers contribute to health care as part of the employee's taxable income. This is intended to encourage people to seek out insurance plans on the open market, thus inducing market forces to drive down costs. Those who get insurance on their own will receive a tax credit to help pay for the cost: $2,500 a year for individuals and $5,000 for families. Obama will make a new national healthcare plan that will be similar to the plan available to government employees. Everyone will be eligible for it, but it will not be mandatory. Individuals and small businesses will be able to join together and buy plans as a pool to save money. He will allow people up to 25 years old to continue to be covered by their parents' plans. He will require that all children have some kind of insurance. NET NEUTRALITY This is the concept that the companies that own the wires that make up the Internet will not try to unfairly control the information they transmit. It is not currendy required by law. McCain is against regulations such as net neutrality and says that a vibrant telecom marketplace will solve the problem by providing more choices for consumers. He wants to achieve this by cutting corporate taxes. He has received $405,410 in campaign donations from the telecom industry, according to Downtown Johnn lantc New li^Vits ™d S°™ lt;* • NWs Best T gt;J's "' lt;™ci* lt;3 every \Htd»tsda.^-Sat*Yd^ lt;*v gt;oke M ^ J OpenSecrets.org! Barack Obama has received $305,768. Obama supports net neutrality and wants to preserve it with regulations. According to OpenSecrets.org, he has received more than $4 million in donations from computer and Internet companies, many of which depend on the Internet being an open network. McCain has received less than aquarrer of that. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION McCain believes America's borders need to be more secure. He plans to give border states more resources to do so and offer federal help.. McCain recognizes there are a large number, of undocumented workers in the US. and plans to set up a system for the individuals to resolve their citizenship. He will also require undocumented immigrants to learn English, pay taxes and fines and pass a citizenship course. John McCain championed a bill to give amnesty to illegal immigrants who would participate in these programs. The bill did not pass in its original form. Obama also plans to create more secure borders. He will improve the immigration system. Obama will reduce the incentives to enter the country illegally by seeking out employers who hire undocumented immigrants. Obama also believes America must work in partnership with Mexico to solve the immigration crisis. By helping Mexico promote its economy, there will be less incentive for citizens to immigrate. ABORTION McCain believes Roe v. Wade should be overturned. He plans to nominate judges who will remove the federal law and make each state decide for itself. McCain will promote adoption. As a senator he cosponsored adoption-friendly bills which gave families tax deductions and also helped to remove interracial adoption barriers. Obama supports a woman's right to choose abortion. Obama has cosponsored bills to increase access to contraception. Obama supports the Prevention First Act. This act was intended to spread accurate information about emergency contraception, increases funding for family planning pro-grams, ends insurance discrimination and supports medically-accurate sex educationin schools. SAME-SEXMARRIAGE McCain believes state governments should decide for themselves whether or not marriage between homosexual couples is cOTstitutional. McCain believes marriage is between one man and onewoman. Obama supports civil unions for homosexual couples but not marriage. He also believes states should be able to decide whether homosexual marriage is legal in their state. THE HIGH COST OF COLLEGE McCain plans to simplify higher education tax credits. By simplifying the existing tax credits more families will receive help already made available. He will also simplify federal financial aid applications. Obama will create a new $4jOOO refundable credit to go towards tuition at community colleges and university. To earn the tax credit students would have to work 100 hours of community service. Obama also plans to make applications for financial aid simpler. compiled by Jon Sayer and Lisa Hust, information from barackobama.com and johnmccain« gt;m 3eliinqham • 21 and over w/ID ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 14 ---------- 14 I NEWS Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front SHEPARD: New job as president similar to chancellor position at Green Bay photo by Matthew Anderson | courtesy of the Office of Communications from 5 strongest programs in the state. I couldn't say that about any other university I've ever been associated with. There really one of our strongest programs.' What I realjust is quality across the board. ized you could do here at Western if you 're trying to choose a major, is throw a dart at our catalog. You would find one of the WF: WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT 111. Thn^ff^ m^^^^^^m^c^^^^^^^ar to tread... i^^-J7-Cornwall' A v^ THE UNIVERSITY GREEN BAY? OF WISCONSIN-BS: It was important to create a sense of ownership. I said, 'We have a very simple job here. We need to take the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay and turn it into Green Bay's University of Wisconsin. Finally, we got the community to feel like we were its university. When you own something, you want it to succeed. The community worked hard to make sure we were successful. The $ 11.2 million donated for our work-out facility all came from the surrounding county. The community was there for us when the governor threatened to cut budgets. They would just rally and bite him up and say, 'Hey, you promised to support higher [education].' Creating that sense of ownership was very important. WF: WHY WERE THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT ODDS WITH ONE ANOTHER? BS: The university wanted to get smaller and become a liberal arts college to create some special learning experiences. The university was already fairly small. This is a university located in a major metropolitan area. The surrounding community felt very ignored. There were other problems. Green Bay had been referred to in the national media as 'Eco U.' Environmental issues were very important to the school. However, it was Eco U. in a mill town. Green Bay is a major powerhouse manufacturer in the state for paper mills and has been for 100 years. W F : YOU WERE CHANCELLOR OF GREEN BAY AND ARE NOW PRESIDENT OF WESTERN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO JOBS? BS: A chancellor and president are really interchangeable. The name depends on what university you're at. The title happens to be chancellor at one place, president at the other. It's basically the same responsibilities. Western is a bigger, more complicated university, but the basic job description is the same. WF: YOUR DEGREES ARE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND YOU WERE A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AS WELL. HOW DID YOU DISCOVER THE ACADEMIC AREA YOU WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT IN COLLEGE? BS: It was the '60s, politics were in the air. I switched from pre-med to [political science]. I really enjoyed topics where you don't know what the right answer is. I still like that. That's what I like about my job, there are lots of things like that. Look at the waterfront development. What's going to happen there? Something's going to happen there that's exciting. I was not worried about what kind of job I was going to get. I just really enjoyed the classes. WF: WHAT DID YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE? BS: I had two years when I got really- good grades. And I had two years where I had a whole lot of fun. I remember sometimes having students in my office who were in the middle of a struggle. I would say, 'You know, I nearly flunked out of college twice myself.' 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Car Care 801 Ohio Street 360-733-1880 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 NEWS 115 WF: THIS QUESTION CAN BE AS OPEN-ENDED AS YOU WANT. WHAT INSPIRES YOU? BS: This is going to sound funny. This probably happened 40 years ago. I saw a bumper sticker and all it said was, 'This is not a rehearsal/ That just clicked in my mincf, sending me two very clear messages. One is we aren't practicing for something. This is the one life we have and we better make the most of it, as far making a difference goes. But it also said to me we have to make the most of life in terms of having fun. If we're just drudgily marking time here, not really enjoying whatever it is we're doing, we're throwing away a life. This is not a rehearsal. That inspired me. WF: WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR TIME AT WESTERN? BS: It's really true that what you put into it is what you get out of it. If you want a truly higher education, you've got to get engaged and involved outside of the classroom. Work with faculty. Take on projects, whether it's a theater production or a piece of research in biology. Spend time after hours working with faculty or on the student newspaper. There's lots of good evidence that leads to academic success. Paradoxically, the more time you spend on activities, the better your grades are. Being engaged and involved, building those habits, leads to success in the university and to much more fulfilling lives. WF: WHAT ARE YOUR PASSIONS AND HOBBIES? BS: I have a ton of them, none of which I have time for. Besides my family and our dogs, I enjoy sailing, skiing, backpacking, golf, tennis, woodworking or building furniture. I love to read. WF: WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO READ? BS: You name it. If a person can craft an interesting sentence, I'll read it. I'll read John McPhee on the most boring geology, on whatever it is in the United States, and love every bit of it. In fact, I just got a copy of his "The Founding Fish." I love biography. I love history. But it's got to be well- written. I read a ton of different things. I have a nightstand just packed with books. I use my travel for reading. Wherever I'm traveling, I carry a briefcase and also a book. WF: TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. BS: I have one brother and he has his family. In my first marriage I had two sons. One of my sons died. He killed himself six years ago when I had just gotten into Green Bay. I don't like talking about this. The reason I talk about it is because I took a vow that I would never not talk about it. Depression is an enormous killer, particular among young people. I think one of the reasons depression is such a killer is because we won't talk about it. My son was in a Ph.D. program. He was a social leader of all the, grad students, they loved to go to his house. He was a. brilliant guy. His brain was so powerful it would not let him see he was seriously sick. Nobody saw the symptoms. It's such an easily-treatable disease, especially with medication these days. People are sometimes uncomfortable talking about this. We have to get past that level of discomfort and talk about these things. I made quite an effort to do this at Green Bay. I went very public with this. I was stopped by so many people who said, 'Bruce, thank you so much for raising this subject.' Faculty, staff, students—everybody's life has been touched by depression in some way. I think we did a pretty good job of reducing the suicides. It could happen on any university campus. One of the toughest parts of my job is calling the parents when a student dies on campus. WF: WHO ARE YOUR HEROES? BS: My mom is a very effective writer and leader. She inspired me. She really helped me a lot with communication. My wife inspires me. What she achieves in terms of her dedication to people, to education, to teaching is really inspirational to me. She's a hero of mine. I was a big fan of John Kennedy after the Eisenhower era. Martin Luther King Jr. is also an inspiration to me. WF: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? BS: I like pretty zany movies. I'm a big fan of Woody Allen. Cyndie hates him, so sometimes we have to go watch DVDs in separate rooms. I love Peter Sellars and anything Robert Altaian did. WF: WHAT SORT OF MUSIC DO YOU LIS-TENTO? BS: My first love is folk music. I go back to the days of Peter, Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, Lightning Hopkins, the blues and that's what you'll mostly find on my iPod. You'll also find classical music, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane and all the music from my youth. photo by Matthew Anderson courtesy of the Office of. Communications Bruce and Cyndie Shepard holding hands during a tour of Western's campus, April 25,2008. WF: ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY TO KNOW? BS: I like to go by Bruce. Usually students get that before the faculty and staff members do. When you see me, say 'Hi Bruce.' That would be great. I think the most important message I like to preach though, is we really are in this together. We need to enjoy each other's company and support each other as we move forward. I think it's about being together, not about divisions. WE CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE! - AIRPORTER SHUTTLE Asrporter Shuttle Daily service to SeaTac Airport, downtown Seattle, Anacortes, San Juan Ferries, Mt Vernon more! Also connections to Ellensburg and Yakima! Beilair Sports Shuttles Ride with us to Seattle Mariners and Seahawks homegames! Easy and economical, it's the ONLY way to go! Avoid all the traffic and parking hassles, and get dropped off right at the field. 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Her child care center, The Madrona School, is scheduled to open in late September just a few blocks away from Birch wood Elementary School. A desire to have a work schedule conducive to her children's schedules inspired Saling to start her own business. She has a five-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son. To get the process started, Saling applied for a Conditional Youth permit from the City of Bellingham, which would allow her to operate a business in a residential neighborhood. Had she been opening an in-home business, she would not have had to seek out the permit, nor would she have had to send out mailings to every resident within 500 feet of the site notifying them of the proposed child care center. The difference between a child care center and in-home family care business is that groups of children are split up into separate rooms by age in a child care center, said Julie Wasilewski, a child care resource and referral coordinator at Opportunity Council. Saling held a public meeting for the neighborhood. The intent of the meeting was to get a feel for how residents felt about the child care center, to see if they had any objections or concerns, Saling said. After a Bellingham city planner gave Saling the go-ahead to move forward with the project, Saling paid the city a $2,100 non-refundable application fee for the permit. At that stage in the process, the child care licensor became involved. A child care licensor is responsible for informing people who want a child care license about the state requirements, the Washington Administrative Codes (WAC). photo by Tyler McFarland THE WESTERN FRONT The Madrona School, located in the Birchwood Neighborhood at 2714 W. Madrona, wilj open its doors as a preschool, Oct. 1. When a person submits a license, the licensor does a background check. After that, the licensor goes to the site to check that all state, health and safety requirements have been met. This way, the licensor ensures that every child's developmental and nutritional needs will be met. "The [Washington Administrative Codes] can be very nitpicky, but there is a reason why they are there," Saling said. "You just have to remind yourself that these are there to keep kids safe." Once the center receives its license, the Department of Early Learning will conduct monitoring visits every year. On the third year, when the center has to renew its license, a licensor will visit once again to make sure things are still in order, said Brenda Martinez, child care licensing supervisor for the Department of Early Learning. From permitting, to licensing, to sending out mailings and everything in between, opening a child care center is far from a simple task, Saling said. "There are definitely a lot of hoops you have to jump through," Saling said. "[Opening a child care center] is a very involved, tedious, time-consuming process. 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Training provided 1-800-965-6520, ext. 237. ; WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIEDS ; lt;*E»I»I»» 650-3161 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 17 ---------- OPINION, See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net JLjcWjfMld X / McCain's vice president choice "more about the politics of appearance than those of government" Glenn Smith COLUMNIST , John McCain, as of around 9:30 a.m. August 29, announced his 2009 vice-presidential running mate as Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. I was listening to McCain's opening speech at the Republican National Convention on NPR (90.3 FM in Bellingham) as I returned to Bellingham from Seattle. The crowd received him very well. And when I say very, I mean very, very well. Like singing-him-happy- 72nd-birthday well. I would not have been able to discern that from the crowd noise if it had not been for the NPR correspondent saying, "Of course, the crowd singing happy birthday to the senator...." McCain said, 'Thank you (x 69). I am very happy (x 17). Thank you. Thanks for reminding me. That's twice. Okay, that's three times.' A curmudgeonly old man he is, and now, right beside him, sits an attractive, younger republican moiher. McCain's choice of running mate is more about the politics of appearance than those of government. Palin has a beautiful face. She was once a beauty pageant queen. She's got bangs and lots of makeup and high cheekbones. She's an everywoman, if only to upper- middle- class white republican women who were popular in high school and have five children with odd names. Additionally, and indirectly (because it will benefit her campaign, but will never be spoken of), and this is only me talking here, she's a sexual fantasy for straight males. Avoid it as we might, sexuality is an important factor in politics. It will at least ensure a bit more votes in her direction. There is also, most importantly, the obvious angle of history-making in McCain's choice of running mate: Palin is the Republican Party's first female vice-presidential candidate. It is a hollow way of trying to win an election by putting on a tolerance mask. The republican and democratic parties always shape themselves to look more alike in order to attract swing voters. If the right seems a little more like the left, the right gets more swing votes. McCain gets to (or his advisers have designed his campaign to) pretend to jump on Barack Obama's bandwagon of precedence- setting, as Obama is the U.S.' first black presidential candidate from either side of the fence. The Republican party, in an attempt to not seem like a bunch of crusty old white guys, is trying to look more like the Democratic party by putting a woman in the mix. Meanwhile, Obama picks a crusty old white guy, Joseph R. Biden Jr., to be his running mate. Biden fills in the foreign policy experience gap that Obama suffers under. This rounds out the Democratic party to look more like the Republican party. So, the end result of these two vice-presidential decisions is that, either way you slice it, whether you vote Republican or Democrat in 2009, the end result is that you get both an old white man, and a history-maker. Now, it's everyone's individual choice whether they want the history- maker to be in the front (Obama) or passenger (Palin) seat, but either way the end result is, on the surface, the same. It is my opinion, however, that Obama would be a better President than John McCain. McCain is too hard-headed. Obama is open to change. The old man's experience, in this case, doesn't equal the potential for greatness the young man possesses. This recent arrival of Sarah Palin just seems like a political ploy to me. Sure, McCain said he's impressed with her and that she will fight corruption; but she's a mother of five, and she would mother this country into submission, Catholic-style. Palin's recent popular presence is not the revival of feminism the U.S. needs; it's a ploy to win the U.S. presidency. The way the Democrats did it seems more pure— Obama campaigned his ass off and won the delegations himself. All Palin had to do was accept McCain's offer during a day of business as usual in her hometown. She was probably sitting in her office, paying someone to take care of her kids, when the phone call arrived. And apparently she didn't blink before answering. On the surface, McCain appears to truly believe that, because of Palin's political record and job performance, she is the best candidate to be his running mate. But if Hillary Clinton had not been in the race already these last couple years, paving the way for North America to be okay with women in the white house and breaking some of the ice, Palin would not have been McCain's choice. If a black man were not in the mix, Palin would not have been McCain's choice. I could be wrong, but I think Palin is a product of circumstance. I also think McCain is too sexist to really think this is the best idea for a good presidency. I expect he would be more comfortable working with another crusty old white guy rather than a younger, spry woman. Did they really have to pick a beauty queen? Hillary never bothered with that kind of crap, did she? Palin does not represent women's independence; she represents body over brains, appearance, over intellect, that it's not okay for women not to have children, especially out of wedlock, that it's not a woman's choice whether to have a child, and that Alaska needs to be tapped for oil, polar bears be damned. What a steaming pile of excrement. Oh, and by the way, Hillary Clinton kicks Palin's ass and everyone knows it. I wish she would have won the Democratic nomination. gt; I want a woman in the white house very badly, but I want it to be Hillary Clinton, not Sarah Palin. However, and it pains me to say this, Palin is a step in the right direction. She may or may not do a good job as vice president, but it will show the world that the U.S. is ready to accept women as equals to men. It would be more impressive to me if I didn't feel the whole thing was so... empty. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus What is the most important issue in the upcoming November election? compiled by Tyler McFarland Jeff Sellers, sophomore "The economy, because no matter how powerful [the United States] becomes militarily, without a good economy we will inevitably collapse." Tessa Schilaty, freshman "Energy independence because it's a matter of national security. The transfer of wealth to hostile countries is something we should avoid." Jamie Shepherd, senior "The War in Iraq, because we are killing people and they are killing us too." Maria Velousenko, .Freshman "Social security and baby boomers, because we are the generation that is going to feel the effect of [the baby boomers] ." Is the United States government on the road to totalitarianism? Karl Poechlauer GUEST COLUMNIST Freedom, private property * individual rights ~ these are the foundation of a free society. If you dismiss these as impossible ideals than you probably do not appreciate or understand the level of criminality that exists in government, nor the historical and human significance of a document such as our constitution, which should dictate the organization of our government and the rule of law in this country. When the USA begins nationalizing banks, it is clear that instead we continue to drift closer and closer to fascism, which as a political philosophy represents a merger of corporate and state power and the subjugation of the individual to the rest of society via the intermediary of government force. It appears popular on this campus to oppose mega corporations, i.e. Wal-Mart or Haliburton, inspired by some form of economically ignorant, anti-capitalist schizophrenia (try the socialist "Students for a Democratic Society"). I do not apologize for the crimes that some such corporations have committed, but I believe the discussion should include the other side of the same corrupt, criminal, and immoral coin, mega-government, whose interventions into the economy eventually force it to intervene in all matters of life until we reach the end of the road to serfdom. This is serious, my fellow Americans! Our government has been devolving in this totalitarian direction over the course of the past century, and time is running out for freedom. WE have to stop the corporate- government criminal elite before our freedom is taken away altogether. Students for a free society advocate the free market, and a constitutionally dictated opposition to.government interr vention in the economy, such as regulation, planning, and, most significant and dangerous of all, the manipulation of the value of our currency by a private central bank cartel. Why should the government run so many things coercively that society can provide voluntarily? Ours is a long standing, legitimate position advocated most succinctly by the "Austrian" economists (Mises, Hayek, et al.) And as things stand now considering the size of government and its level of involvement in the economy, it is, alas, a revolutionary idea. Can you fathom $1 Trillion? It's about how much your government spends on foreign policy including the military each year. How about $50 trillion, the approximate amount of the federal liabilities after social security and other entitlements in about 30 years? That money will not be there! The country will eventually become bankrupt and that can only lead to internal or international conflict. We, as Americans, need to address these realities. We need a smaller, affordable federal government, we need a peaceful foreign policy, and we need liberty! Let's stop the wars, stop the homeland security, total information awareness, DNA cataloging, NSA wiretapping, police state measures, and consolidation of executive power. Let's oppose government-managed free-trade agreements and the monopolization of the world's resources by mega transnational corporations and cartels. Let's take the power to control our money, the arbiter of our economy, our own work, out of the hands of private bankers and government planners! Let's be a free country like we pretend to be.' ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 18 ---------- 18 I OPINION Tuesday •September 23,2008 I The Western Front Presidential elections are similar to the dinner choices on cross-continental flights Jon Sayer COLUMNIST McCain vs. Obama. It's the battle of the century, or at least of the last four years. With all the talk in the news being about these two, one would think that they are the only two candidates running for president this fall. In reality there are dozens. Some of them take the campaign very seriously, despite the futility of their candidacy, because they have important issues to talk about. Other candidates make me wonder if democracy was really just a joke a bunch of drunk Athenians played on their friends that got a little carried away. Presidential elections are like the dinner menu on a cross-continental flight, candidates being meals, and the lady pushing the cart being the media. She says you have a choice between the chicken or the fish (the Republican and the Democrat). She doesn't tell you about the Vegan dish (candidates from well- established third parties like the Greens or Libertarians). You have to ask for it specifically. She also doesn't tell you about all the nuts that are in the bottom drawer of the cart. After all, there are some on every flight. One of those nuts is Jack Grimes of the United Fascist Union. Aside from promoting linguistic redundancy in the names of obscure political parties, the UFU was created to promote the "economic theories and political ideologies of Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein," according to their Web site. Grimes points out on his Web site that the UFU isn't about racism like many other neo-fascist parties in the US, but using the power of the state to improve the lives of everyday Americans. That and replacing Christianity with the Olympian gods of ancient Rome (especially Saturn, whom Grimes calls "Satan" because that's less likely to be misunderstood) and establishing a new Roman Empire on the American continent. They also want to enact and.enforce strict rules of public conduct and censorship of the press. You think I'm kidding? I swear I'm not, but I don't know about Grimes. His photo on the UFU Web site depicts him in what looks like a plastic helmet from a Roman Centurion Halloween costume with a look on his face halfway between the cocky smugness of Mussolini and a guy who feels bummed because the SS forgot his birthday. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is a man who feels the government has way too much power. That man is Charles Jay, the presidential candidate of not one but two parties: the Personal Choice Party and the Boston Tea Party. Both are made up of disgruntled libertarians who apparently didn't find RON PAUL to be crazy enough. Just take the official platform of the TeaParty. "The Boston Tea Parry supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level, for any purpose." That's right - for ANY purpose. The Tea Party seems to think that it would be an abuse of a government's power it to open a new elementary school. Like many minor-party candidates, Jay has run for office before. In 2004, he left the Libertarian Party to be the Personal Choice Party's candidate (the Boston Tea Party wasn't around yet) and selected former porn star Marilyn Chambers as his running mate. He received 946 votes, according to the Federal Election Commission. This year he's back with the Tea Party's founder, Thomas Knapp, as his vice president. Jay doesn't just have the support of a few hundred nuts to support his candidacy. He also has experience. He is a former color commentator for boxing matches, sports reporter, casino industry consultant and writer of two books on how to win at blackjack. In other words, he has as much experience to run the country as Sarah Palin. Some minor candidates run on a single issue, usually something so obscure or unpopular that no major party would even talk about it. Among these candidates is Gene Amondson, a resident of Vashon Island and the candidate of the Prohibition Party. He has one goal: to rid this nation of the evils of alcoholic beverages. Visit his campaign Web site and you can watch a video of him proclaiming why the thirteen years after the passing of the 18th Amendment were America's best years: he claims our prisons emptied and liver cirrhosis rates dropped. He doesn't mention the whole rise of the mob thing, but he does have a catchy slogan. "Vote tradition. Vote prohibition." He received 1,944 votes in 2004. His campaign Web site doubles as a site for his many other projects, including his wedding chapel (for $200 you can rent his chapel, a spacious 9 foot by 11 shed. For another $200, you can rent Amondson, an ordained minister) his artwork and his car. He claims his car (with a vanity plate that reads "VOTEDRY") runs on a new alternative fuel: distilled water. I'm not a chemist or a conspiracy theorist, so don't ask me how that's supposed to work. If you asked him, I'm sure he wouldn't want millions of American cars running on ethanol. The winos could get their fix by sucking on gas pumps. The constitution requires a candidate for president to be 35 years old, a resident of the US for the last 14 years and bom within our borders. Although this disqualifies yours truly (I was born a few miles across the border in BC), it doesn't disqualify individuals who are not members of the species homo sapiens. As such, there is little to stop a dog from joining the fray. If you don't think people would vote for a dog, think again. In San Juan County, only Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Why did you choose to attend Western? compiled by Tyler McFarland Sarah Faubion, freshman "Because of all the wilderness, Mt. Baker, the ocean and the climate." see NUTS page 19 Sarah Fisk, sophomore "\ read they had a good Marine Biology program." Jake Munsey, Freshman "I really like the campus and it's close to the family." ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 19 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 OPINION I 19 You canlt have i t both ways, Dm Rossi Lisa Hust COLUMNIST Do you know Dino Rossi? He is the Republican candidate for governor in Washington. He is a self-proclaimed family man, community volunteer and all-around good guy. Well, that's what I got off his Web site at least. What he doesn't want you to know is this: Rossi does not believe a woman should have the right to choose and he does not support access to'.birth control. You can't have'it both way s, buddy. If you limit women's access to safe contraceptive options, then the risk of unintended pregnancies dramatically increases. . . • If you take away a woman's right to choose to obtain a safe and legal medical procedure, such as abortion, then many women across the state will seek out unsafe back-alley abortions and die, be severely injured or become sterile. Rossi has done several things he doesn't talk about to fight a woman's right to choose. According to NARAL Pro-Choice Washington's Web site, Rossi worked against 1-120. •• This codified Roe v. Wade into Washington law; He voted against a bill. that would require insurance companies to cover birth control for women. Almost all insurance companies cover Viagra for men. He believes pharmacists should have the right to deny filling a doctor prescribed medication based on personal, non-medical reasons. - Rossi has also sponsored a bill seeking Title V Abstinence-Until-Marriage education funding. Abstinence only education is impractical and ineffective. Trying to teach teenagers to just say no to sex is like telling them to stop thinking about it. Teenagers and all young adults must be educated about their bodies, the risks out there in the big scary world and be given medically accurate information about contraceptive options. Rossi has got this all wrong. There has been a crisis the last few years in Washington's family planning sector. According to Planned Parenthood Public Policy Network of Washington, between May 2005 and July 2007 there was a 30 percent drop in Take Charge enrollment statewide. Take Charge is like Medicaid for family planning services. This drop happened because of federal policy changes which did not allocate adequate funding for family planning. Because there was less money, qualifications for Take Charge changed and less people qualified. A lot less in fact, 14,000 people less in Washington alone. Fiscally speaking it is a lot cheaper to fund family planning than for a woman to give birth. It costs a little less than $600 a year to cover family planning but more than $14,000 a year to cover the birth of a child. According to the Department of Health, approximately 54 percent of pregnancies are unintended in Washington. It would cost the state $125.8 million to cover pregnancy costs but only $8.million in family planning services. Students saw the direct effect of federal policy changes on campus. Our own Student Health Center had to raise the prices of birth control almost $30 to offset the loss in funding for family planning services. I do not understand why the Republican Party has widely taken the stand as anti-choice and anti-birth control. As far as I understood, the Republican Party is for smaller government. Roe v. Wade is about medical privacy, keeping the government out of medical decisions, made by medical doctors, not moral high-ground politicians. It is- also more fiscally responsible to provide funding for family planning services. But Dino Rossi won't do that. Rossi is against a woman's right to choose and does not support access to birth control. He will not champion these issues which are very important to women and also the majority of residents in Washington. Washington is an A+ state for women's . reproductive rights according to NARAL Pro- Choice America and I would like to keep it that way. Educate yourselves about Dino Rossi, visit NoWyouknovvdino.com. When November comes we can all say, no thanks, Dino. NUTS: Politics often about compromise from 18 a few miles from Bellingham, a golden retriever named Gus received 28 write-in votes in a county commissioner election in 2004. We're talking the San Juans here. There aren't "enough people in that county to fill Safeco Field. Getting 28 votes is close enough for a recount. Gus recently announced via press release that he is running for president. He's 7, which is 49 in dog years, and thus he meets the qualifications set by the constitution. At least there won't be any sex scandals if Gus wins this November: he's been fixed. There are many reasons these men and animals seek office outside of the normal political system time and again. Part of it is sheer vanity. Part of it is because they would get crushed in any traditional primary. But it's also due to their visions. These candidates have visions that most Americans simply don't believe in. Call me naive, but I like to think that Americans don't want to be forced to worship Satan, lose the right to drink or clean up their president's poop when they take him out for walks. I'll pass on the nuts, miss, and I'll have the fish. A lot of politics in a democracy is about compromise. I don't agree with Barack Obama on every single policy position he has (I'm pretty upset about his vote on the FISA bill over the summer), but I will still vote for him because he agrees with me more often than McCain. For third party candidate's, it's all or nothing. Chick-Fil-A protesters had plenty of time to oppose new restaurant Samuel Travis GUEST COLUMNIST With fall on our doorsteps, the Viking Union is now host to a shiny new Chick-Fil-A, a privately owned chain restaurant with some 1,400 locations that serves chicken in a variety of forms. The instillation of Chick-Fil-A into the VU is the culmination of a series of plans and discussions that have been taking place for over a year now, and that go part and parcel with this year's entirely new meal plan choices. It has recently come to our attention, however, that some 380 or so students are attempting to boycott Chick- Fil-A through a Facebook group named Boycott Western Chick-Fil-A. According to the group description, Chick-Fil-A founder Truett Cathy is a man of faith who has made more than one sizeable donation to some fairly conservative organizations. The. idea of spending money on a company whose founder may support certain conservative beliefs appears to wrinkle a few noses. The following is not an article in support of either side of this issue, but rather a:n eye opener to students about the way. that major decisions such as "What sort of restaurant should we put in the VU?" are actually made, and why it is absolutely essential to the latent activist in each of us to pay attention to the opportunities provided to us. You see, discussion of adding some kind of fast food venue to the VU actually began in spring of 2007, shortly after University Dining Services decided that a revamp of meal service as Western was long overdue. The process began with an extensive series of questionnaires seeking students' opinions and preferences concerning the current meal plans and retail markets (retail meaning the VU, Atrium, et cetera). Many such questionnaires were sent to students' e-mail accounts, while others were conducted survey style in residence and dining halls across campus. After all of the data had been collected, it was passed to a dedicated student leadership group called the Meal Plan Task Force, whose job it was to distill the figures down to the core beliefs they represented. The Meal Plan Task Force comprised itself of representatives from both the Associated Students (AS) and the Residence Hall Association (RHA), as well as interested members of the on and off-campus community, and conducted business under the guidance of Housing and Dining's Chief Financial Officer, Kurt Willis. They spent no less than a year, from spring of '07 to spring of '08 discussing the gathered intelligence and painstakingly constructing this year's- new meal plans, all the while seeking regular feedback from, their constituents and making any necessary adjustments to''reflect student's desires. • ; ... While the Meal; Plan Task Force was hard at work formulating new meal plans, University Dining Services created the University Dining Committee, also comprised of representatives from RHA, AS, faculty, and the greater student community and operating under Dining Services Director Ira Simon, to tackle issues such as food quality, variety, availability, and the retail market. The Dining Services committee considered dozens of potential restaurants for the VU position, and conducted its own surveys to obtain students' opinions on the matter. One of the messages that came through loudest was that WWU students valued healthy eating alternatives, not just in the dining halls, but also from the retail markets. The health conscious faction was actually a contributing element to the Chick-Fil-A decision; Men's Health and Fitness recently voted Chick-Fil-A the healthiest chain company in the nation. The discussions and decisions of both the Meal Plan Task Force and University Dining Committee were quality assurance tested against the Executive Dining Committee, an organization comprised of faculty, staff, and administrators, headed by the Director, of University Residences, Willy Hart. All three committees found themselves in agreement about the proposed meal plans and retail changes. The final decisions were then proposed to both RHA (representing on-campus students specifically) and the AS (representing the student body as a whole), and were again met with approval by both bodies. Enter Chick-Fil-A. What I'm trying to illustrate here is that the opportunity to protest Chick-Fil- A's inclusion at WWU has come and gone. These decisions aren't made arbitrarily, they are proposed, checked, revised, re-checked, re-revised, and re-rechecked before implementation is even considered, to insure quality decisions that meet with general student approval. You, personally may not have approved Chick-Fil-A, but some of your friends, classmates, associates, or fellow students did, and if you missed the opportunity to have your say, unless you're a freshman, you have no one to blame but yourself. The opportunities were out there, you should have taken advantage; there were many eager to hear what you had to say. Both the Residence Hall Association and the Associated Students exist solely for the benefit of Western. Both have strong open door policies, and both enjoy nothing more than tackling those issues most important to students. Unfortunately, both are woefully under-utilized resources. In two years as the RHA VP of Finance and RHA President, we can count the number of times a student came to our office with a concern on two hands. If you're not willing to make use of the resources available to you, you have little right to protest the decisions that get made'while you're not paying attention. Whether you choose to boycott Chick-Fil-A or not is up to you, but you're fighting the battle backwards. I hope that this object lesson will encourage people to keep their ears open in the future. Should you have issues with your campus, we encourage you to visit your RHA (VU 435) and your AS (VU 504) to find out what is happening on your campus, and to talk to those whose job it is to represent you and listen to your concerns. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Page 20 ---------- 20 I NEWS USED! USED BOOKS ARE 25% CHEAPER THAN NEW. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE STOCK UP TO 50% USED TEXTBOOKS. ISilfiSfe 320 36TH STREET 360-647-1000 WWW.THECOLLEGESTORE.COM/WWU YOU'RE CUTE! SEND ME A MESSAGE AND PLL.HOOK YOU OP WITH TEN OF MY BEST FRIENDS! iA/WUS/ OFF N E X T i ^ 1 - ANY OTHER o ^ - VALID ON SES Of $100-, Or\Qh iM ORE' N 6 T VALID W. ^ U ^ j , « ^ -.a^sp ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 1 ---------- S E C T I 0 N B ARTS LIFE W E L C O M E B A C K 2 0 08 LOCAL MUSIC POPULAR RECORD LABEL "MURDER MOUNTAIN" DISBANDS PC. 8-9 CAMPUS LIFE A GUIDE TO DECKING OUT THE DORM ROOM PC 11 Reaching noodlei Eating healthy wj^ile going to college Stephanie Sarff THE WESTERN FRONT Crunch up the packet, pour the noodles into the boiling water, wait three minutes, dump in the seasoning—the meal is complete. Ramen can be made in four easy steps. Convenient, quick and costing as little as $1 for 10 packets, ramen is often a first-choice food for college students. But it doesn't top nutritionists' most wholesome foods lists. Ramen may be easy on the pock-etbook, but not on the body. Considered by many to be a member of the junk food category, ramen generally includes high levels of saturated or trans fat. If served in:a broth, it includes a high dose of sodium and regardless of dry-or-in broth, ramen is always high in carbohydrates and low in fiber, vitamins and minerals. Western junior Rachel Nelson said achieving a nutrient-rich diet is not as easy as it sounds: As food prices rise, trying to eat healthy on a strict budget can be a challenge, she said. Carbohydrate-rich frozen food and pasta fill Nelson's freezer and pantry solely because these items are inexpensive and easy to make. Western senior Heather Scott likes chicken because it is easy to make in addition to being affordable. She said she generally takes nutrition into consideration when grocery shopping. "Everything I make has some sort of chicken in it," Scott said. "Chicken's pretty cheap and it's healthy." Western junior Tommy Ciocca said he rarely thinks about nutrition when buying groceries. Ciocca said he normally shops at Costco because the cost is low and the quantities are large. He spends about $120 every three weeks, mostly on frozen food. Scott said Costco's prices are affordable and worth the price. "You get so much more for so much less," Scott said. "Our cart always leaves full." Scott's cart may be full, but not necessarily full of.the right stuff: the foods high in protein, vitamins and minerals that give the body fuel and energy. Just ask Tom Malterre. Nutritious food is important for the entire body's functioning, including the brain, said Malterre, a certified nutritionist at Whole Food Nutrition in Bellingham. "The impact food has on human health and function is incredible," Malterre said. "For now, students can get by with eating just Top Ramen, but in a few years their gut will start to say something different." Students on a budget don't necessarily have to turn to ramen. Malterre suggests see HEALTHY page 10 BANANAS* HaggetK ${)J59 Fred Meyer; $0.5.9 Cost Cutter: $0.59 LEAF LETTUCE Haggen:$1.49 Fred Meyer: $1.29 Cost Cutter: $1.29 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 2 ---------- 2 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front TWO FEET TWO WHEELS AND A TRAIL Chelsea Osterberg THE WESTERN FRONT photo illustrations by Mark Malijan THE WESTERN FRONT Bellingham is home to a multitude of opportunities for outdoor enthusiast. Mountain biking is one of those opportunities. Western graduate Daryl Allen said he started mountain biking as an alternative means of transportation but soon became addicted. "I bought a cheap mountain bike, rode .to and from class and took a mountain biking class at Western which got me hooked," Allen said. Western senior and mountain biking instructor Rocky White got his start with the sport in much the same way. "I actually started really mountain biking when I studied abroad in Italy and a bike was my only way to get around," White said. "I'd just go riding wherever I wanted to go, even if there weren't roads." Western senior Philip Olson started mountain biking during a summer family trip to Whistler, B.C., Canada. He said mountain biking is a fun and convenient sport to get involved in. "You don't have to drive very far to get to Galbraith Mountain, which is one of the best areas, and it's free once you get up there," Olson said. "You don't have to pay for a day pass or anything. Basically, it's close and it's cheap."- ^ "\^. . - lt; • ' • $K "'•*"-: is™*** * - • ' • 'P- * • -y 'U' \ 8 '£ m Mountain biker Danny Huth rides through the Galbraith Mountain trails on Oct. 13, 2007. Most mountain bikers in the area cite Galbraith Mountain as the best place to go for a ride. Trillium Corporation, a local real estate and investment group, owns the mountain and allows bikers to use it. Galbraith is home to hundreds of intricate trails that provide an excellent place for mountain bikers to practice their skills, Olson said. Other great spots for mountain biking are located along Chuckanut Ridge, hear Lake Padden and along Mt. Baker Highway, he said. Western's Outdoor Center offers information and education for mountain bikers and those interested in getting started with the sport. It provides bike rentals as well as access to the bicycle shop so riders can fix and maintain their bikes. The center provides free maps of Galbraith Mountain and will" host three bicycle maintenance clinics during fall quarter. Post-bachelor student and Outdoor Center excursion co-coordinator Jon Dufay said the maintenance clinics are useful for mountain bikers. Riding can be taxing on equipment and something is bound to break from time to time, he said. Clinics are Oct. 9, Oct. 23 and Nov. 6. Specific times and details can be obtained from the Outdoor Center. Dufay said mountain biking is a fun and exciting way to get a good workout. "I think it's like the adults' way of playing," he said. "You have your toy, your bike, and you go on the trails and see how much you can do. It's just pure fun going-down trails at full speed and seeing how far you can push yourself." is ytnr ticket f• the great tnldMrs. Our nummy treats and delicious Batdorf and Bronson Coffee make Our Kitchen Is Your Kitchen a great place to hang out have parties, and take a baked goods decorating class! ' Ready-To-Eat Baked Goods - Always fresh cookies, cakes, cupcakes, breads,- custards, and cup pies • Decorating Studio available for parties, groups of friends, or fun family get- togethers ] !iP: • Create your own Decorating Kit filled §j with treats, toppings and frosting to j | take home and enjoy ^ • Custom Orders off our menu filled within 24 hours We also share seating with the Barkley Branch of the Bellingham Public Library. Everyone say WiFi! • Bakery and Decorating Studio 3111 Newmarket St. Bellingham.WA 98226 360-733-7700 www.ourkitchen-yourkitchen. com ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 3 ksHiMGTON U N I V E R S I TY September 20 - 23, 2008 Be sure to check out.., *ffc Associated Students Red Square Info. Fair H£ Western Reads discussion panels 4|r Bus, bike and library tours . ^Welcoming Convocation 4pr Academic workshops 0 Family Orientation ^TPIayfair And more! For a complete schedule of events, visit nssfo.wwu.edu or contact New Student Services/Family Outreach in Old Main 330F, at 360.650.3846 or nssfo@wwu.edu. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 4 ---------- 4 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front Plltlii^ "You don't just dance as a b-boy. [As] a b-boy, you actually know the culture. We can all set aside our differences. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor or middle class, people don't judge how wealthy you are. We're all here to do one thing: dance." - Alexander Lin, WWU Breakers member : BOYS (AMD GIRLS) Chelsea Osterberg THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Brie Helmuth said break dancing is more than just something she loves to do. It is who she is. "I always look at the [dance] floor as a metaphor," Helmuth said. "The floor is a clean slate, and your mind and body work together to draw on it. You tell your story through that. It's definitely an emotional and physical interaction." Helmuth is the only female member of the WWU Breakers, a club on campus that meets twice a week to practice break dancing, a street style of dance with roots in hip-hop. The club aims at dancing, practicing, performing and educating others about hip-hop culture, said president and co-founding member Caton Lin. Caton Lin and Todd Smith, both Western seniors, started the club two years ago. Both had an interest in developing their break dancing skills as well as learning about the culture behind the dance style. "When I finally started breaking two years ago I decided to make it an official club, hoping it would generate more members, interest and possibly a chance to perform for people," Caton Lin said. S ince its creation, the club has performed for a women' s basketball halftime show as well as for the Ethnic Student Center. The Breakers can sometimes be seen dancing for passers-by in Red Square. Break dancing first emerged as part of the hip-hop movement in New York City in the 1970s and '80s. The dance style is credited with helping ease tension between rival gangs as a way for them to settle their differences through "dance battles." A person who performs break dancing is often referred to as a "b-boy" or "b-girl." Knowledge, art, culture and respect. Those are the words Breakers member and Western sophomore Alexander Lin (no relation) uses to define b-boying. "You can learn a lot from break dancing," Alexander Lin said. "You don't just dance as a b-boy. [As] a b-boy, you actually know the culture. We can all set aside our differences. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor or middle class, people don't judge how wealthy you are. We're all here to do one thing: dance." Through her own love of music, dancing and hip-hop culture, Helmuth has found a community of others who share her feelings about break dancing. She got her start with break dancing three years ago in a hip-hop dance class she took in Colorado, where she is originally from. Before coming to Western, she found the WWU Breakers online and discovered they would be at the fall Info Fair. She stopped by the Breakers' booth and started dancing with the members right then and there. She has been involved ever since. "At Western, the club is still developing," Helmuth said. "There are a lot of very new members. I'm looking forward to this year." The Breakers currently have 10 active members. "Joining is as easy as coming to practice and continuing to come," Caton Lin said. "No experience is necessary, only perseverance." The club practices Tuesdays from 9-11 p.m. in the Fairhaven College Main Lounge and Thursdays from 9-11 p.m. in the Wade King Student Recreation Center fitness rooms. BREAKFAST L U N C H SERVED Omelettes American Fried Potatoes - AFP's 10" Pancakes Breakfast Pitas Chicken Fried Steak Eggs Homemade Corned Beef Hash at the corner of State Ohio Hon.-Sat. 6am to 2pm Sun Sam to 2prn 734-8687 • Burgers - Reubens - CkJbs * Melts -Agri Bay Coffee - Nantucket Juices - and rmich more ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 5 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Tiiesday • September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 5 WHAAM, BAM, THANK YOU, MA'AM! Oliver Lazenby gt; THE WESTERN FRONT Between working two jobs, taking a correspondence course in order to graduate and working with Whatcom All-ages Arts and Music (WhAAM), Western senior Katie Rismondo is busy. Rismondo plans to graduate at the end of the fall quarter with a degree in general studies and minors in French, English and geology. Rismondo has been working with WhAAM, a nonprofit, all-ages music venue, since April 2007. She wanted to work with WhAAM, located in the Old Foundry Building at the intersection of Maple Street and Cornwall Street, because she had worked at The Old Fire House in Redmond, and other all-ages venues in high school, and thought it was a good experience. "I really enjoyed putting on shows in high school and I liked the people that were involved with it," she said. "I think Bellingham definitely needs a space like WhAAM." Most music venues in Bellingham are geared toward the 21-and-over crowd. This was especially true when WhAAM opened in 2005. Rismondo is the staff director and volunteer coordinator for WhAAM, a job that includes everything from making sure there are people to work at every show and coordinate events, to scheduling and planning staff meetings and work parties. She has even helped kids with high school projects. "I try to make sure that everyone gets to do what they want to do," she said. . Rismondo said she likes to provide kids with a place to play music and hangout when there is nowhere else to go, although she admits it can sometimes be tough. "As vibrant as the music community is here, it can be kind of apathetic," she said. Rismondo plans to continue learning and pursuing new interests. She plans on taking a welding class from Bellingham Technical College in January. "I have a lot of interests, so I just ended up studying whatever I wanted to study," the Wbodinville native said about her eclectic degree. "I'm interested in skills and trades ijght now. I've been building a lot.of furniture," she said. "I- hope to have my own business someday based on the things I build and create." Rismondo's do-it-yourself attitude is what got her interested in building furniture. She had a lot of unorganized storage space in her house so she decided to build shelves, she said. Building shelves wasn't too hard so she started building her own furniture. "I'm just interested in learning," Rismondo said. "If I don't know something I try to learn it myself instead of having someone else do it for me." Rismondo's projects aren't limited to just shelves and furniture. She has also done some upholstery, which she said is much more complicated than making furniture. She is currently being trained as a seamstress at Sew Sew, a tailoring and alterations shop on Commercial Street. Rismondo has been booking live, music shows since high school and music is an important part of her life, she said. She has been involved in music in one way or another for a long time, but she has recently been taking drum lessons and learning to play more music. "I have a button press and I used to make Web sites so I got kind of involved in the music scene that way," she said. Rismondo likes playing drums because she doesn't have to worry about tone, which she said she doesn't have an ear for. WhAAM was started in 2005 by two Fairhaven students, Ryan Soukkala and Jordan Rain, also known as Yogomari. They did a study on all-ages venues for their final project.. They studied other non-profit venues such as the Vera Project in Seattle and decided they wanted to create something similar in Bellingham. "They wanted to make it happen and they went for it," Rismondo said about Rain and Soukkala. WhAAM has evolved a lot since it's beginnings in 2005. When it first opened, it played host to two shows per month. The amount of shows has been increasing ever since. "We've been accustomed to doing eight shows a month," said Ross Brackett, board president of WhAAM. Last November, WhAAM gained 501 (c) (3) nonprofit status from the IRS. The organization calls this a major milestone because donations to WhAAM are now tax deductible. Other changes are also in the works for WhAAM. "We just got a new Board of Directors and that's going to be a big change because the members are from different areas of the community," said Western graduate Christy Greehwald, who books shows for the venue. "We have a broader range of people with more ideas." WhAAM members said they would like to eventually expand to hosting all types of art. "We've put up art from youth artists to a limited extent, but it comes down to a funding issue, and putting on shows is our priority," Brackett said. photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Katie Rismondo, volunteer coordinator at WhAAM. 8°o.z You may qualify for free services including pregnancy testing, checkups, STi testing and.treatement, and emergency contraception (EC) talk to us In confidence, with confidence Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, and Friday Harbor www.mbpp.org Cuts SALON • SUPPLIES • TANNING ADULT CHILDREN'S CUTS $1095 Haircut Shampoo Reg. $16.00 Cannot be combined with Expii $10 off First Time Color Cannot be comb* ALL PRODUCTS 20% OFF Dozens of Brand.Name Product Lines Available Cannot be combined with other offers. Expires 11/20/08 2430 Jaitte£fRL • ^»/Vto(?-fn 3a#HSpii lit" MSItolMt^h^^^^^a^i( my^^mi ;mm-31W"TmSf^^mi^ W#^/J11/ ' X^%ffl»^** iMsS*5* I . v^wwpif I • N ^ i i i P K / ' ? If8**,/ i ****** J ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 6 ---------- 6 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front ASSISTANCE MENTORING YOUTH: AMY'S PLACE photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Volunteer and Old Town Ministry outreach specialist Roy Hoiman stands on the porch of the new location of Amy's place on 2006 J St. in Bellingham. Matt Blair CONTRIBUTING WRITER Drive by 2006 J St. on a Friday or Saturday night and they'll probably be seen outside on the curb, smoking cigarettes and joking around. They might also go unnoticed. After all, they are some of Whatcom County's marginalized teens. They frequent Amy's Place, where they receive the aid they need that helps them survive without homes, living in the streets. Created in 2006, Amy's Place is a non-profit organization providing food, clothing, supplies and a healthy, sober environment for youth. Some teens supported by Amy's Place are homeless, runaway youth, or throwaway youth— young people who are forced to leave their homes by their parents or guardians. "Amy's Place offers teens the chance to change," director Heidi Unick said. "For those who drop out or are thrown out, we can provide direction." The organization started off with only six teens. Today, the drop-in center averages about 30 to 40 kids from all different backgrounds and income levels, the only center of its kind in the Bellingham area. The youngest member of Amy's Place is just 11; the oldest is 21. Although Amy's Place is able to operate on federal grants and donations, Unick fears that when the current grant expires in late September, the organization will be forced to close down. With no teen-specific shelter in the area, most Amy's Place teens would be forced to fend for themselves. A 2007 study published by the Whatcom Health Department indicated there were 104 unaccompanied homeless minors living in Whatcom County. The adult shelters in Bellingham do not allow unaccompanied minors, leaving teens with few options. Unick said she believes a lack of public awareness has led to the low amount of donations and financial support. She estimates it will take about $50,000 to keep Amy's Qtut N lt;yt ¥ Adult Toys • Magazines • Books 4 Video Arcade • DVD Video Rentals and Sales lt; ¥ Toys ¥ Gifts ¥ Lubes * + ¥ Lingerie ¥ Lotions ¥ Fantasy Items ¥ *€ 1308 Railroad Ave. i DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM lt; (360)733-1650 -J Mon.-Sat. 11am to midnight* Sunday 1pm-10pm * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥¥ ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B., page 7 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday •September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 7 Place alive through the end of the month. "The community is not aware that it's a crisis out there [for homeless teens]," she said. "[The community] needs to get behind us and they need to get behind this," she said. Most of the teens who visit Amy's Place are living on the streets. Railroad Avenue, a popular spot for most homeless youth, often proves to be unsafe. Drugs, fights and harsh weather are daily obstacles in the downtown environment. Roy Holman, a youth adviser who spends every day but Sunday helping homeless youth, said his job is difficult but also rewarding. He appreciates every opportunity he has to instill positive values in teens. "A-M-Y," Holman said. "Assistance. Mentoring. Youth. It's more than just a cute name." Ernie* is an 18-year-old who has lived downtown for six months and said that without Amy's Place, he'd be lost. He said some problems with living in the downtown streets stem from the mis- communication between Western students who frequent the bars and the homeless population. "[Western students] think they're better than everybody," he said. "They come down here and tell us to get a job." Sergio* is a teen who has been coming to Amy's Place for almost a year and had the same negative outlook toward many downtown visitors. "We are the forgotten youth," Sergio said. "We are nothing but scum to them." On July 22, Sergio was one of the many people who came on behalf of Amy's Place to speak to the county council during the mental health and substance abuse tax hearing. Council members deliberated on a one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax increase to pay for mental-health and substance abuse treatment programs. The proposal was ratified July 28, much to Sergio's happiness. "With this tax raise, Amy's Place has a chance to stay alive," Sergio said. For Sergio, Amy's Place is more than just a cool place to hang out and get off the streets. "This place is a home," he said. "We are a family." During his time at Amy's Place, Sergio has worked to try and wean his fellow teens from drugs use, which he said is all too common among homeless youth. For example, he's tried helping teens like Sarah,* 17. Sarah said drug addiction has contributed to her being homeless for more than a year. She lives day to day sleeping under bridges and coming tp Amy's Place for help. Amy's Place does all it can, but limited resources and funding can only go so far, Unick said. Keeping the place going is exhausting, she said. It's important to have faith, to keep believing in the organization and what it stands for when times get tough, she said. But sometimes keeping the faith really works. Amy's Place teens received good news a while ago. On Sept. 1, the organization relocated to its current space on J Street. Money remains tight, but Unick is far from prepared to give up. "We aren't getting ready to close," she said. "We're getting ready to expand." ^Surnames have been withheld for privacy of teens at Amy's Place. photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Volunteer Roy Holman stands in the kitchen where food donated by Haggen is stocked for teens to enjoy a free meal. On a typical Friday or Saturday night, Amy's Place hosts 35 to 40 teens. * A T T E N T I O N / S T U D E N TS • Still Need a Place to Stay? • Want To Avoid the Bus? • Why Not Live Right Across the Street? * UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ^TAYLOR HEIGHTS ^VIKING GARDENS Has Over 300 Rooms To Offer/ Many Vacancies Still Available ON SITE/RESIDENT MANAGER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL -ALL UTILITIES *. CABLE - # Ml£5f-i Cipeen INTERNET ?F rni%piini «JPI C C M I IH I dm^ns • % *%£***•%$ %$' hifrMftg office located at University Heights #3 S3g283agg3)ei£SsSS*£^^ ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 8 ---------- 8 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front Murder Mountain Records, a staple of the Bellingham music scene for nearly four years, has officially closed up shop. The record label behind local acts such as the Mission Orange, David Stray Ney and Karate Kitchen ended its run in August, as label founder Evan Williamson uprooted from Bellingham and switched focus to a new project. "I had been in Bellingham for five years," he said. "I just felt like I wanted to be in a new place - a bigger place, with a new cast of characters." Williamson, a former Fairhaven student better known by his stage moniker, "Bug Jerome," started the label in January of 2005 as a way to gain experience in the music business after converting his garage into a recording studio. What began as a solo project eventually grew into a recording, mastering, distributing and promoting business. photo by Lana Blair "I didn't know anything about the scene when I Murder Mountain Records' founder Evan "Bug Jerome" Williamson sits in the started, so I really wanted to get involved working with record label's recording studio located in a garage on Peabody Street. anyone," Williamson said. "There was a huge learning The Murder Mountain Records team pose for a phc process to it all." Bellingham resident Ian Irhhof, who merged label with Williamson's and became co-owner of Mountain in January of 2007, said he learned a 1 working with everyone involved with the label ar to continue working in the Bellingham music see "Bellingham's really cool and really acc lt; Imhof said. "I still believe in the scene and we're a lot of fun here." Imhof said that most of the people involv lt; Murder Mountain had dissipated before its closi he will soon be working as a promoter for C Records, another local label. Thea Rosenburg, a solo musician who released music through Murder Mountain, said tl had been a great outlet for Bellingham musicians was saddened to see it leave. "I really enjoyed working with [Williamson] 1 the recordings were high quality and it was so eas^ to him about this half-baked idea I h a d and evt record it," she said. "As far as I know, there's nc else in town like that." Rosenburg also said the closure would be hit to the music scene's decreasing accessibility ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday •• September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 9 M %w-\ Mi SS^BsttMi U l l A.- Sffiftitstl to illustration by Jeff Emtman. us own Murder ot from d plans ne. opting," having id with re, and lickpop ecently le label and she jecause i to talk intually gt;t much another br new musicians. "We've had some venues close down, so it's been difficult for new musicians to find places to play shows," she said. "I think it's all pretty sad." While Murder Mountain produced several albums from a wide variety of acts over the years, Williamson said it was entirely a labor of love. "If you want to make money, don't get involved with indie record labels or, probably, music in general," he said. "It's so rewarding to get involved with people and work on their projects, but it's not going to make you any money." But Williamson is far from ready to leave the music business behind. His new project, American Field Recordings, is intent on recording and archwjKpmusic, videos and interviews from as many-west cpas|J|feds as possible. In an old Volvo sedan with a jerry-rigg||:•trailer hitch, Williamson and two other Bellingham natiyesv Jack Lipke IV and Robby Neighbor, are hauling a two-wheel travel trailer full of computers, recording equiprrieht and video cameras down through Washington, Oregon and California. * "We also have three swords, a stun baton arid a can of mace -just in case," he added. "I mean, we are going to Oakland." ^ " Just two weeks into the trip, the group has-already met with several Seattle-based acts, including Feral Children, Truckasaurus and Pleasureboaters. Williamson "If you record" involved to make you any money." - Evan "Bug Jerome" Williaffisorrp founder of Murder Mountain Records - :is^;$^^tfsf^cting the Web site with which they plan to 'broadcast everything they recordduring the tripv ;v^"'":":F;r0nr-jtlie-!moment we wake up until; we go; to sleep, we're working on something," he said. ''It's sort .of a ridiculous concept, because we're basically paying money to worloqur asses off." ; But he said ^they're doing it for the challenge and experience.;," ; ••.:'::--•••• ' • -' "I'm not surewhatI'm going to be doing for the rest of my life, but I know it's going to have to do with music," Williamson said, "I guess I wanted to make my own college. It's'a big "test It's also an excuse to get out and meet people who are passionate about things." Williamson said he's still unsure of when the trip will end, bii.t'he plans to eventually relocate to Portland and restart tfie Murder Mountain label from scratch. But for now, he's focused on exposing music to as many people as possible and learning whatever he can along the way. •..v^"--'-''iy":.\_ V "I just;Jlove getting to work with a lot of different - P£QEi$^boc'4jaj^Bi as cheesy As it sounds, there's something you can learn from everyone, and there are so many people out there," he said. "It's a shame to limit yourself to one place." ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front HEALTHY: Those with low budgets can eat well too from 1 rice and beans because they are affordable and when paired together are a source of protein. Instead of being concerned with students' daily caloric intake, Malterre cares more about seeing students eat nutrient-dense foods, such as fresh produce. Students don't even have to go to the store to buy fresh produce. They can grow it themselves. Gardening at home or in community gardening plots can produce plentiful amounts of beans, snap peas and strawberries and can cost less than buying these items at a grocery store, Malterre said. Many students aren't aware of the benefits of buying locally grown produce, said Amaris Lunde of Local Food Exchange. The Local Food Exchange opened almost two months ago on Railroad Avenue and sells up to 15 local farmers' products ranging from milk to organic cherries and lettuce. Even if students are not growing their own fruits and vegetables themselves, they can benefit from the nutrients of locally grown products. Since these foods have traveled a shorter distance and the produce is normally picked when mature, consumers see a benefit in their health, Lunde said. "When shopping locally, you know exactly what you're getting," Limde said. Lunde said students generally shy away from buying local because they tend to think it is more expensive. The products at Local Food Exchange are not much higher in price compared to Fred Meyer, Costco or Haggen. Some are even cheaper. A pound of Rainier cherries costs $5.50 at Local Food Exchange and more than $7 a pound at Fred Meyer. Lunde said she wishes more students knew about the benefits of buying local, as it is nutritious and can be a cheaper route for people on a tight budget. Students shouldn't have to sacrifice their health or nutrition for the sake of convenience, Lunde said. Bellingham bar scene sees mere changes Zack Hale THE WESTERN FRONT After a year that saw the Nightlight Lounge close its doors in January and the Callaloo Caribbean Kitchen follow suit in August, efforts to breathe new life into Bellingham's nightlife are underway. Various establishments are being revamped to cater to new crowds and old favorites are in the process of reopening. Changes will include the construction of a new nightclub above Bob's Burgers Brew on Railroad Avenue, a potential change in ownership at the Wild Buffalo House of Music and the long- awaited reopening of the Callaloo and Nightlight Lounge. New business strategies targeting college students are emerging as well. The closure of the Nightlight and the Callaloo created a void in Bellingham's nightlife, said Andy Karuza, head of promotions and event coordinating for Notorious Productions. Notorious Productions is a coalition of disc jockeys and promoters that work closely with nightclub and bar owners to organize events and lobby for better drink specials for college-aged students, he said. "The more places that close, the less people are inclined to come downtown," Karuza said. In order to pick up the slack, Notorious Productions began promoting for Bob's Burgers Brew on Thursday and Friday nights, which immediately became the most profitable nights of the week Karuza said. Because of this, Karuza was able to convince Bob's ownership to buy the space directly above Bob's and turn it into a nightclub. "We didn't see Bob's as something it was, but something it could be," Karuza said. Due to a conflict of interest agreement with the landlord, Bob's is the only establishment capable of opening a business in the space directly above it that serves alcoholic beverages. Karuza said the new nightclub, which should open sometime in November, will have a high- class feel absent from the current nightlife scene in Bellingham. "It will have a classy theme, be really well put-together, and feature live DJs," he said. Just a few blocks down, the Wild Buffalo is implementing its own changes. New ownership will likely be coming photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT The sign on the door to the now closed Callaloo Caribbean Kitchen reads "We apologize but the Callaloo will be temporarily closed while we change management. Thanks." to the place soon, said prospective owner Craig Jewell, who is currently handling promotions for the club. The change in ownership will coincide with the implementation of a new marketing philosophy. "The Wild Buffalo was known very widely as kind of an 'old person' bar, but it will be geared more towards the college crowd in the future," Jewell said. Now the bar will feature more drink specials, college-aged bands, and reggae bands, he said "The nightlife in Bellingham is a struggling market, but one that is filled with camaraderie and a bunch of people helping each other out to make sure this town has quality live local music and places to go have a drink with your friends," Jewell said. This was evidenced when Notorious Productions, the Wild Buffalo and Bob's ownership responded to the temporary closure of the Callaloo by allowing the Callaloo staff to work at their establishments on certain nights. "We just wanted to make sure they all had jobs," Kazura said. "They had a really good crew working there." Pending the approval of a new liquor license, the Callaloo will reopen its doors and its employees will be able to resume work, owner Ryan Greigg said. There will also be a renewed focus on food, he said. "The Callaloo has always been known as a good restaurant, but we want to make it even better," Greigg said. Students can look forward to new lunch and dinner specials, fruit smoothies, and possibly bubble-tea, Greigg said. The Callaloo will continue to provide El Capi-tan with jerked chicken and pulled-pork sandwiches, which some students may remember from spring quarter, he said. "We also want people to know that Callaloo didn't get shut down," Greigg said. "It was a voluntary closure that resulted from new ownership and the need for a new liquor license." Also looming in the near future is the anticipated return of the Nightlight, which is rumored to be reopening sometime in September. Owner Matt Feigenbaum was unavailable for comment. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 11 Trashy to flashy: decking out a dorm Colin Simpson HUMOR COLUMNIST Western students entering their university dormitory rooms for the first time may think they walked into a prison cell during lock-down. Before any alteration, most rooms only offer bunked beds with firm mattresses, cold tile floors and poor overhead lighting. Fortunately, there are inexpensive solutions to fix a dorm room so it won't feel like part of the penal system. •The first step to having a comfortable dwelling is,- paradoxically, to get rid of things. Invest a few bucks into a nice desk lamp that projects warmer light; a more comfortable desk chair is also highly recommended. Other than those two investments, sprucing up a room is cheap and easy. The first item that's easy to replace: the landline telephones, more suited for a 1990s home office than a college dorm room. Since most students probably won't even use their landline, why not replace it with something fun? Add a little kitsch to a room, by ordering a novelty telephone; eBay offers phones shaped like ducks that quack instead of ring. . '_' As for entertainment, there's no need for a fancy Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii - kick it old school with .an 80s or 90s console like a NES or SEGA. Pawn X-Change on Meridian Avenue usually sells old consolefffand-gamg^ can be picked up next door at Value Village. Grab a light gun and have Duck Hunt tournaments,, then reminisce about the simpler days of video gaming. Can't afford a fancy MP3-pIaying entertainment system? Pick up an 80s boom box with a tape player at one of the many antique stores in town and then head to Goodwill. After iPods made CD players obsolete, cassette tapes, (the "low medium on the totem pole") became equivalent, of rubbish - or at least the. price would suggest.-Goodwill sells them for $.10, often times they're free^hpiles:bri,; the side, of the road. •^-VJV-^-'^':-'*7 Now that entertainment is taken care of, it's-time to decorate. A great way to cover up the dull off-white space of the dorm room walls is with the legal-size posters put up everywhere on campus, adorning bulletins, sandwich boards and VU walls. And why not? They're ubiquitous and can surely add some color (although, to be cordial, remove the posters the day after the event they are advertising). Even the most bland handbills and posters can make interesting mosaics when combined to cover a wall. Remember, the university has a rather lax damage rule, and any push pin holes can be easily covered on move-out day with some spackle (or white toothpaste.) If you want to seem multi- cultural but avoid the passe Tibetan Prayer Flags, grab a couple cheap country flags. Flagshipper.com offers flags for more than 240 countries for just $5.97 each. Throw up a Portuguese flag, or a 34-star American flag. Who knew Antarctica has its own flag? They make great conversation starters when poised over student's desks. However, the cheapest wall decorations will be the Obama and McCain flair soon to flood the campus. It's all free, and it'll be everywhere. Stickers, posters, flags and coasters are all for the taking. Or, for the independently minded, LeRouche and Nader schwag is probably easily available: Additionally, grab a slab of something - plywood, poster board, whatever - and some cans of spray paint. Hang out and create graffiti art. It's cheap, looks awesome, and is unique. Once decorations are done, liven up the living space with some house plants—the Sehome Village Rite-Aid sells moderately priced ferns and lilies, which will offer air purification as well as provide some aesthetic value. Another great and inexpensive way to bring life into a dorm room is with a beta fish; they cost about $5, and since most people are avoiding the BPA Nalgene bottles, use one as an aquarium. Fill out the rest of the dorm space with free stuff obtained from dumpsters and free boxes. Cruise down Garden, Indian and High streets for free dorm gear. Most former students will probably have moved out in August, but there still will probably be some good free box finds. A few weeks after school starts, check the university recycle bins. There's usually a trove of interesting wall art - from schematics in the Engineering Technology department to interesting geographic information system maps in the basement of Huxley. So even when the country is in a recession, it's easy to make Western student housing unique and comfortable. Following just a few of these suggestions, there's no reason why a dorm room can't be affordably transformed from trash to trill. photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Colin says: You can do better than this! Get creative with dorm room decorations. -^ -^ -^ -I_JL — _ - ^^^*S^*§^i^^^^^^^^^i ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 12 ---------- 12 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front Kwihwa Lee Jay Allyn THE WESTERN FRONT This fall, Western will start the second year of its video production program in conjunction with the Northwest Film School, the only of its kind at a four-year college in the Northwest. The program is three-quarters long, starting the first week of October, and running through June. Classes will give students the hands-on skills to create their own films and gain a certain level of knowledge in the field, said Glen Berry, director of the Northwest Film School. The video production program is a professional studies course for those who are interested in making a movie with digital video. "If you want to be a filmmaker, you have an idea in your head and you want to get out there to show people, we will show you how to take it out of your head and go through the process to put it on film," Berry said. The Northwest Film School was established in 2004, offering classes to Bellingham filmmakers who had the artistic vision and drive to make films, but lacked the skills or knowledge in production. The video program started with one class and four students. In 2005, it increased to three classes with more than 30 students. In order to establish a more formalized approach, the school began working with Western in 2007, program manager Ariel Cleasby-Heaven said. The first quarter of the program will start with a 10- week introductory level course in documentary or fiction video production. These hand-on courses do not require any previous video production skills. In the introduction to fiction course, students will work in small groups of three to five members. The groups then come up with their own concept for a story and write a script less than five pages long, Berry said. These classes are required in order to ready students for more advanced courses, he said. During the second quarter, students will focus more on specialized skills, such as cinematography, directing, sound and lighting or script writing. The third quarter will cover post-production skills including editing, sound tracks and titles. An independent summer thesis project is also offered that is set up so students can create a film reel that can be used as a professional portfolio piece, Berry said. Due to the success of the program, a second year will be added in the fall of 2009. "The cumulative effect from this type of sequential structure allows for the classes to interconnect," Berry said. The program is open to both Western students and community members. Since classes started at Western, approximately 40-percent of the students in the program were also enrolled at Western—the rest were members of the community interested in filmmaking. By taking this program, students can earn an optional 11 credit hours through Western's Extended Education program, Cleasby-Heaven said. The Extended Education department tries to design professional development courses in the evening for those who work full-time during the day, said Lois Longwood, director of Extended Education degree programs. 1leieility:Ifc : ""' TOP 10 DESIGN TIPS for HOT DORM ROOM STYLE Q Girls, when designing your dorm room try not to go "too cute." For instance if you have a lot of pink in your room, use an accent color like black for a bit of edge! 0 Keep your room to a maximum of three colors - that will make it easy to coordinate. 0 Green living is about saving our planet, so consider reflecting your green commitment in your dorm room design. Look for green and natural colors to inspire and remember many design items are now made from recycled products. 0 Guys might want to consider infusing their school colors in their dorm room design, its simple and chicks will dig it, too! 0 If you love to game and are into high-tech design, keep it simple, as you probably already have a lot to look at. Group all your games in one area, a tidy dorm room will work for you. 0 Dorm rooms are small, so don't go too crazy. Look to your bedding first, as this might help create a color theme for the rest of the room. 0 Don't clutter up your room. Be organized, you'll want to leave plenty of space to study and to feel comfortable. 0 Let your room reflect your personality. If you follow what you love and let your style show off who you are, your dorm can really start to feel like home. 0 A perfect dorm room doesn't happen immediately! Design is a process, so try something out and see if you like it - if not, change it up. (J) Check out Sears and Sears.com for the best in dorm room design. Sears offers the hottest dorm room styles and accessories so you won't just go back to campus this year, you'll arrive in style! ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 13 ---------- f westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 13 Sick of the dining hall? ;vrS^iicesfl^rft hard to bring % ^iPfisfeilii cafeteria-goers mplethot •%. p # | # loictgniSb Ivierpf ||eto|piit lei's, 1 ^:^i flici ii:^-:a@Rer ieatiitgj fe-vSeiwl filial oh 1 i^i|il|il (breakfast, lunch, light lunch, llilnfeitaiidl Ittl- miflit idihner| fevieify-J #|y|^tiaMlgeis i l i l l l plain. But don't SHef! Pieleaniafd!d!tliis!bj| Mtersperi-llS| ii^#afetef ial deMlii vvithlioniemade liSpt^^ MtehNf V'; ^gggg^gpgggg u£pne of Foreman's Super Champ grills Target for less than $20 and be on your chine. Here's a handful of recmip es to Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management WWW College of Business and Economics Scholarship Money Available $55,000 Job Placement Average Starting Salary most recent $54 Come Join APICS What: Meet and Greet at the Reel Square Info ! air When: Monday and Tuesday September 22 and 23 Where: Red Square Regular Meetings Wednesdays from 6-7/vn at Parks Hall 146 All meetings include free pizza and soda ROASTED ASPARAGUS (SERVES FOUR) What you need: • 1 lb. asparagus • 2 tbsp. olive oil • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese • 1/2 tsp. salt • 1/2 tsp. pepper Plug in the Foreman. Rinse asparagus thoroughly. Cut the woody ends off arid discard. Toss the trimmed asparagus in olive oil, salt and pepper. Grill asparagus for about seven minutes until grill marks appear. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Serve hot or at room temperature to a seriously appreciative group of hungry friends. HAWAIIAN STRIP STEAK (SERVES FOUR) What you need: • 4 six oz. strip steaks • 2 tsp. honey • 1 tsp. minced garlic • 4 tbsp. soy sauce Combine soy sauce, garlic and honey. Marinate the strip steak in the mixture for about an hour in the refrigerator (you do have a mini-fridge, right?) Plug the grill in and allow it to heat for five minutes. Grill . the steaks for three minutes. Top with remaining marinade and grill for another minute. CHICKEN KEBABS (SERVES FOUR) What you need: • 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken • 1 red onion, cut into one-inch chunks • 1 tsp. salt • 1 tsp. pepper • VA cup lemon juice • 1 bell pepper, cut into one-inch cubes • 2 tbsp. olive oil • 10 bamboo skewers Combine olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and oreganoin bowl. Cut chicken into one-inch cubes. Add the chicken, bell pepper and onion and let marinate in refrigerator for one hour. Heat grill for 5-6 minutes. Skewer the chicken, onion and peppers and place on grill for 2-3 minutes. Brush with leftover marinade and serve. GRILLED MAPLE BANANAS (SERVES TWO) What you need: • 2 bananas, peeled • 2 tbsp. soft butter • 2 tablespoons maple syrup Preheat the grill. Slice bananas in half, lengthwise. Make sure the bananas are ripe, but not soft. Lightly butter the banana and lay crosswise on the grill. Drizzle on the maple syrup, close lid and cook until bananas are soft. Serve hot. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 14 ---------- 14 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday September 23,2008 I The Western Front Music venue mini reviews Boundary Bay 1107 Railroad Ave. (360) 647-5593 www.bbaybrewery.com Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro is a Bellingham mainstay for great events, good food and even better beer. During the summer, Boundary is the place to be. The brewery plays host to the famous (or infamous, depending on the person) Reggae Night on Wednesday nights in the wanner months for a cover of only $3, unless a live band is involved, which ups the price to $7. Grab a hula hoop, check DJ Jordan Rain (also known as Yogoman) spinning some reggae and try not to spill your beer. Boundary also organizes outdoor cinema on Thursday nights in the summer, showing cult classic movies like Beetlejuice and The Big Lebowski accompanied with dress-up themes matching the plots. ;c The Nightlight . 211 E. Chestnut St. (360)527-1531 www.nightlightlounge.coin Although the Nightlight Lounge is currently "closed" (see page 10 for more information), but they are still hosting all-ages shows every once in a while until they reopen, supposedly some time soon. The Nightlight hosts arguably the most diverse range of artists and is able to trie grab big-name acts that would usually pass our town upon tour. As a venue for live shows, the Nighlight is top notch, with multiple pool. tables, arcade games, a lounge area, two bars, a quite sizable dance floor and a booming sound system. But you're going to have to wait until they open back up to test the venue out. Until then, check out one of their all-ages shows and keep your ear to the.street for when they reopen. Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. (360)752-0848 www.wildbuffalo.net The Wild Buffalo is known-' as the "House of Live JVliisic," which means no hip--hop (unless it's a live hip-hop band) or elec-tronic^ music. - - It's also known as the bar where the older crowd tends to hang out, but it is currently undergoing a possible change in management (again, check page "10 for more information) which will enable it to be more "college-crowd friendly." But it's still a great venue. If you like jam band, bluegrass, funk, or good old rock and roll, it's the perfect place to catch a show, featuring a circular bar, a top-notch sound system, supporting a lively dance floor and a stone-fire stove to cook their pizza (grab a slice and a pint of brew for only $5 during the summer). gt;v r WhAAM 100 E. Maple St,- wwwiwhaam. org Also known as Whatcom All-ages Arts and Music, WhAAM is Bellingham's only nonprofit all-ages music venue. They cooperatively share the same building as a slew of other organizations, so they can only play so many show's per month, usually around seven or eight. '.•'•[ Being that they are nonprofit, their sound system is isn't exactly up to snuff, but the all- ages comV munity needs a venue to see live shows at too. And being that they are .indeed an all-ages venue, they stand by their motto: "No drugs, no alcohol, no jerks." It's a small price to pay for seeing a show in an intimate venue. So if you aren't quite 21 yet, WhAAM is the (only) place to go. Enjoy it before it gets shut down v like so many other venues. Hit the Books in Wanna change your look? Then here's your chance! At Plato's Closet, we buy and sell brand name gently used teen and twenty something clothing tor guys and girls. That means you can afford, to rock abercrombie fitch, american eagle, hollister and your other faves all year long for less than half the price of new. Change is good, so Clmx c "Jour Clotlies. PLATES CLOSET' Across from Bellis Fair down from Ross 3960 Meridian St. Bellingham, 98226 360.255.2150 www. platosclosetbellingham.com ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ARTS LIFE I 15 wmmmrn m w ran (giRHnm ©©©im1 Bellingham's nightlife may be a welcome party for the 21-and-older crowd, but it's a closed door to everyone 20 and younger. However, hanging out and enjoying the after-hours scene is still a possibility before a person's 21st birthday. 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Services include a 24-hour helpline, academic support, advocacy, accompaniment to medical and legal appointments, and a survivors'support group for women. 24 Hour Confidential Helpline for Enrolled Western Students This logo, posted in offices around campus, signifies a faculty or staff member trained by CASAS to be a support and referral resource for students affected by violence. If you "are a faculty or staff member interested in becoming a CASAS Safe Space Advocate, contact Devlin O'Donnell, CASAS • Coordinator, at 650-7982 or Devlin.O'Donnell@wwu.edu. i;C^ASJ$f]|TO^ Pizza by the slice! Hours: I lam - 9pm Mon-Thurs 11 am -1 Opm Fri-Sat Closed Sunday 1427 Railroad Ave Bellingham.WA 98225 360-671-5404 » » • • •» S IB MMmmmmmt I I I ! wMMMmammmmmm WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIEDS SELL! CALL 650-3161 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. B, page 16 ---------- 16 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front 1 gt; Fit OOKSTORE You're invited to our Back to School v out dt» $$ iot free te**1 V gt;ooks Spi«» tV\e vyibec pt\*e Ifot 9We a gt;N»Vs Sept 23rd 3pm - 7pm Our textbook prices are discounted 10% off retail Our revenuesfip^ofl i f programs and activities www.bookstore.wwu.Gdu We're Western's -official campus bookstore f l i f i -pit : : ;'ililliffilf WmmSk ^M SXmmmXMWi mMM ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 1 ---------- S E C T I O N G WELCOME BACK 20 0 8 PARKS AND REC WORKS TO ACCOMMODATE SKATEBOARDERS PC-3 BELLINGHAM MAKES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIES "50 NEXT GREAT TOWNS" PC. 5 LEARN TO ROLL A KAYAK IN CARVER GYM WITH THE OUTDOOR CENTER PC. 8-9 PREVIEW FOOTBALLPG.^MEN'SSOCCERPG.e* WOMEN'S SOCCER PC. 10 'VOLLEYBALL PG.13 • CROSS COUNTRY PG. 14 • SCHOOL SPIRIT PG. 2 • AN INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS RECRUITING PG. 12 — » . . . » . » . » , „ » . » • „ ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 2 ---------- 2 j SPORTS Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western iFrOnt Does Western have it? Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT As the start of the new school year at Western approaches, the few, but intently proud, employees of the athletic office plan for the fall sports season. The late 80s and early 90s saw a Western campus full of school spirit. Prideful students would pack Carver Gym close to capacity, former athletic department advertising intern Ryan Millard said. This year. Western marks its 10th anniversary of being a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), when it joined in September 1998. The athletic department reports that since then, Western has made appearances nationally in football, men and women's basketball, men's cross country, women's soccer, women's rowing, men and women's golf, softball and volleyball. Yet, with all this national recognition, there seems to be a negative stereotype campus- wide about Western sports. "The people at Western are almost proud of not having school spirit," Western junior Christine Atkins said. "As a whole, we are very anti-establishment." Atkins, who didn't attend a single sporting event last school year, said she isn't interested in Western sports because she knows attendance will be low. Attendance continues to remain a problem the athletic department is addressing by adding athletic internships to the department just for the promotion of games and events, Millard said. The sports seeing the least attendance are those off-campus, but they could use more support, Millard said. The cross country team is nationally recognized but doesn't get much of a crowd because their home course is at Lake Padden. "We're a big enough school to have more fans than we do," sophomore cross country runner Blake Medhaug said. "The atmosphere is just less focused on sports." "Obviously it would be nice for everyone [at Western] to come," Millard said. "But we're not looking for the raw numbers for attendance rates, we're looking for the fans who do come to go nuts." It may be easy to compare Western's school spirit to the likes of other universities in the state such as University of Washington or Washington State University, who Steakhouse and Bar photos by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT The 11,780 in attendance at last year's Battle in Seattle was nearly split down the middle between the fans of Western and the fans of Central. However, the recent losing season and the 3-1 advantage Central holds over the Vikings at the Battle in Seattle could have fans thinking twice before making the trip south. seem to have a solid school spirit fan base for their sports teams. However, Atkins said it's difficult to even compare schools like the University of Washington and Washington State to Western because the schools are on whole differ- see SPIRIT page 11 run • ride • lift • stretch • play something for every body, Join the Y today. Whatcom Family YMCA 1256 N. State St. (360)733-8630 www.whatcomymca.org We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 3 ---------- t westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 SPORTS I 3 _ ^^y iQQ^g | 0 make public space more accessible to skateboarders photo by Tyler McFarland THE WESTERN FRONT 18-year-old Bellingham resident Timmy Albright is skating at the Bellingham Skatepark on Sept., 10. Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT Grinding. Rail. Tail. Half pipe. Ollie. Nollie.—All terms Bellingham residents should start adopting into their vocabulary, as skateboarding becomes more familiarized and adopted into our city's recreation and culture. Bellingham Parks and Recreation is leading the way toward the acceptance of skateboarders in Bellingham with its new policy of inclusion of skate features in parks. Parks and Recreation landscape architect Jonathon Schilk said renovations of parks in Bellingham will start to include skate features. Schilk is the park designer for most newly renovated parks in Bellingham, such as the completed Roosevelt . Park in the Alabama Hill Neighborhood and the scheduled renovation of Franklin Park in the York Neighborhood. As the Franklin Park project manager, Schilk said he is excited to include the skate feature with the park remodel, which he describes as a skating "spine". The skate feature is not permanently in the plans yet, however, as the cost will be close to $16,000. Mike and Karen Reed of the York Neighborhood are the skate feature donors, looking to raise more money for the feature. The donation of the feature would be in honor of their son, Jeff Reed, who died of melanoma cancer in 2001. "Jeff's skateboarding was his passion," Karen Reed said. "He was one of the first guys who wanted a skate park in Bellingham. We've been looking for a way to create a remembrance for him and this seemed like a good opportunity." Annually, Bellingham Skate Park holds the Russ Schofield Classic in August where local skateboarders compete for skate prizes and awards. The best trick trophy is awarded in Jeff's name, Karen Reed said. The scheduled Franklin Park transformation should be completed by December of 2009, Schilk said. "The image [of skateboarding] can ruin it for some," Schilk said. "I can understand how some people think [skateboarding] is unconventional, but most of the skaters I've met just want to have fun." Schilk was also a project manager for phase one of the Bellingham Skate Park in the Civic Athletic Complex. Western senior Michael Barr said he comes to the Bellingham Skate Park for a good challenge two or three times a week with his friends, roommates or just by himself. "[The skate park] brings a sense of community to the city," Barr said. "Everyone gets involved and pushes themselves to be better skaters." Barr said he supports the push for Bellingham providing new places to skate. "Skaters look at things a certain way," Barr said. "Everyone has their own style, and you get bored hitting the same spots over and over. You need a new spot sometimes to get inspired." Generally, the city's reconstructed parks with new skate features will be elementary and geared toward children and beginners, Schilk said. However, the point of adding a skate feature is to increase the range of use and function of the park for everyone, Schilk said. "It's up to skaters to police each other to improve their image," Schilk said. "I personally wouldn't oppose skate features in parks because I don't let those few skaters who may portray a negative view skew my outlook." The Bellingham Police Department also does their see SKATEBOARDING page 5 Bicycle Contor 1907 Iowa St. 360.733.1955 9:30-6:00 M-F, 9:30-5:00 Sat. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 4 ---------- 4 I SPORTS Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front photos by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT TOP: Vikings defensive back, Anthony Zackery, and Wolves wide receiver Isaiah Smith, stretch out for a ball in the end zone during the third quarter of the Western Washington and Western Oregon game at Civic Field Sept. 6. BOTTOM: Senior quarterback Adam Perry (8) sits on the sideline with his head in his hands after giving up the lead to Western Oregon in the third quarter. The Vikings battled the Wolves through the third quarter. However, a strong defensive stand and a late touchdown in the fourth quarter by the Wolves sealed the Viking's defeat 36-27. Why not support Western football? With the sorry state of Washington sports, students should give Viking football a chance Zack Hale SPORTS COLUMNIST Let's faee it: sports teams in the state of Washington arQ in a bad way. The Sonics are gone, the Mariners are terrible, the Seahawks' window has officially closed and the Huskies and Cougs are vying for last place in the PAC 10. The number of teams worth watching has plummeted in a relatively short period of time. So what's a sports fan to do? Well, for Western students the answer is really quite simple: get behind your very own Viking football team. I know what many of you are thinking. Yes, it's been a while since Western fielded a competitive football team. And yes, last year's team finished a lackluster 2-8. But this year, things are different. Western football finally has the talent to make a legitimate playoff run this year and there are a host of reasons why this team deserves students' support. As this publication goes to press, Western sits at 1-1 in conference play following a heartbreaking 36-27 loss to defending conference champion Western Oregon and a solid 30-14 win over Humboldt'State. Even though the team 'dropped its home opener, the loss was considered a moral victory by many as Western proved it can compete with the best teams in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) by taking the lead late in the third quarter and keeping the score close until the final whistle. Western Captain C.J. Green said it was a tough pill to swallow, but added the team was able to take a lot of positives away from the game and found things on tape that are easily correctable. "We have the personnel to win every game/'Green said. Last year the team only had three weeks to learn a completely new offense, but with a year of experience under offensive coordinator Kefense Hyn-son's scheme, positive signs are already materializing on the field. Senior quarterback Adam Perry has proven to be an accurate and effective signal-caller, throwing for three touchdowns versus Western Oregon and two against Humboldt State. Running back Randall Eldridge is a versatile and explosive runner that is a must-see in action. He can run between the tackles, is a great receiver out of the backfield and excels at making tacklers miss. Hynson constantly refers to him as a "special back." Putting points on the board certainly won't be a problem for the Vikings this year, and they'll score with style to boot. The team will be much improved on the defensive side of the ball, too. An influx of new talent and a vicious attack-and- react style scheme should keep opposing offenses off the field for long periods of time. Jonathan Ve'e, a 6-foot, 250-pound junior college All-American has NFL size and delivers bone crushing hits. Unfortunately, any success enjoyed by Western football will only be witnessed by a handful of students if the current level of apathy persists. Only 1,938 people attended Western's home opener. "When we're losing and we have no fans it sucks, and when we're winning and we have no fans it sucks," Captain Rick Copsey said. Strong student support would help keep the morale of the team up and its added benefit could easily translate to on-the-field results, he said. This is the year to stop writing the football team off as a joke. As it stands now, Western only has three more home games including the Battle in Seattle at Qwest Field. I think everyone should try and make it out to at least one home game this year. Instead of mourning the pitiful state of the Mariners, the Seahawks' snake-bitten seasons and the soul-draining departure of the Sonics, why not throw caution to the wind and get behind the Western football team for a change? ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 SPORTS I 5 National Geographic names Bellingham one of 50 top towns to live in the U.S. Ian Wright THE WESTERN FRONT Is it the massive Cascade Mountain range, the most extensive ferry system in the U.S., or the world's largest temperate rain forest that puts the Pacific Northwest on the map? In part, it might be Bellingham. Bellingham was ranked among the top 12 of the list called "Where to Live Play Now: The 50 Next Great Towns" in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine. Outdoor activities on Mt. Baker, the San Juan Islands and Bellingham Bay are just some of what helped Bellingham earn its ranking. Adventure wrote of Bellingham: "Ignore, if you can, snow-draped Mount Baker, rising above Bellingham—this is a paddling town first. Canoeists and kay-akers race across Lake Whatcom every Wednesday evening in summer, and their access to stunning Bellingham Bay is getting easier too as the shoreline morphs from an industrial wasteland into a sprawling green space. Inland, 15 percent of the sea-sprayed college town is set aside for parks, and when winter hits, 10,778-foot Baker is a bankable powder destination; in 1999, it set the standing world record for most snowfall ever in a single season at 1,140 inches." Two other Washington cities, Leavenworth and Seattle, earned the same distinction from the magazine. Jon Dufay, Western's Outdoor Center excursions coordinator, had his own ideas about why National Geographic Adven-pholo courtesy ol Ihe NaHonal G e o g P ^ h S l f 1 ture selected Bellingham. "I think people are so into Bellingham because [they] have access to both water and mountains right in [their] backyard," he said. "I continue to live here because of the of the Whitewater kayaking opportunity in the Nook-sack Valley and because Mt. Baker is so close. I can go skiing whenever I want." Dufay said he recommends a day hike in the North Cascades for anyone who enjoys outdoor adventures. Paul Leuthold, director of the Bellingham Parks Department, said he took pride in the fact that Bellingham, a city with less than 100,000 residents, ranked so high on the magazine's.list of great towns to live and play in. "In 1990,1994 and 2004, Bellingham issued Greenway Levy Taxes, which fund the parks and the 60 miles of trails in the city," Leuthold. "It's nice to know that our community appreciates and is passionate about its outdoor adventure opportunities and steps up to the plate to support them financially." Bellingham resident Daniel Slackey came to the city to pursue his graduate degree in biology at Western and wasn't surprised that Bellingham made the cut for the list. "Bellingham is by far the most fun place I have lived, partly because of the variety of recreational activities it offers. There are a lot of people here that are into [outdoor activities]," he said. From hiking on Mt. Baker to kayaking on Lake Whatcom, Slackey said Bellingham gives residents the opportunity to seek out affordable, varied activities they may not be able to find in a larger city. SKATEBOARDING: Still illegal to skate down public roads and on congested sidewalks from 3 share in policing skaters as well. Lt. Steve Felmley, Bellingham Police Department's press information officer, said the city restricts skateboarding in the Central Business District. Under Washington state law, it is illegal to skateboard down a public roadway at any time and on sidewalks in congested business areas. In Bellingham, this includes downtown Bellingham, the blocks surrounding the downtown library and Fairhaven. Felmley said only one citation has been issued in the month of July and since January 1, there have been 13 skateboarding citations issued. "There are a couple factors that go into ticketing skateboarders," Felmley said. "Typically, officers will stop skateboarders and advise them of the ordinances and issue a verbal warning." On repeat violations, officers will give the citation, but on first offense instances, the choice to issue a citation is up to the officer, Felmley said. Barr remembers the six times he was warned for a skateboarding violation well, along with his one ticket he received for skateboarding on Western's campus late at night. "The [Western] policeman was very firm with me, telling me to 'drop my skateboard right away' in a firm tone," Barr said. "But, what am I going to do? I'm not dangerous." All citations are $87, but they are non-traffic violations so they will not show up on one's driving record, Felmley said. Bicycles also are restricted on sidewalks in heavy pedestrian traffic. "[Bicycles and skateboards] . create a hazard for people coming in and out of doorways, and for pedestrians and the general public," Felmley said. Luckily for skateboard enthusiasts, they may have new places to "grind" and "hit" while skating. It depends on interest of the neighborhood, but Parks and Rec Department is looking to put in a skate feature whenever it can now, Schilk said. Shell Everyday Special Students, Staff St faculty | I receive 5 4 off each gallon of gas. | (W/Western ID Card) •Loads of Great Used % i i i i i l ! ! ^ •: VILLAGE BOOKS Take this ad to VB and receive a 10% discount on any one book!* ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 6 ---------- 6 I SPORTS Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front Men's soccer looks to build on last season's turnaround photo by Tyler McFarland THE WESTERN FRONT Western forward Samir Vejo kicks a goal past Warner Pacific College keeper Ted Latta early in the first half of the Vikings 2-1 victory over the Knights at Orcas Field Sept. 13. Greg Applegate WESTERN ATHLETICS After winning just five games total in two seasons, the Western Washington University men's soccer team found the recipe for success last year. "It was a big step forward last year and so we want to continue to improve," said Western coach Travis Connell (10th year, 83-82-2). "The national tournament will be the next step for us." Connell coached Western to an overall record of 13-6-1 and 4-3-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which was an 11-game improvement from the previous season when they won just two games. The Vikings needed to finish ranked in the top four in the regional poll to qualify for post-season play but failed to do so. Connell thinks they have a better shot at qualifying this season. "We're still going to have to play better than we did," Connell said. "It will be a new team with different leaders, and so there will bea number of challenges we're going to have to work on. Goal number one will be finding chemistry for next season." Connell, who earned his second (2002,2007) GNAC coach of the year, has 18 returning letter winners and ten returning starters. The lone starter who will not return is goalkeeper Michael Lockwood (Sr., Canby, OR), who filled in for then-starting goalkeeper Cameron Copps-Tilley (Jr., Vancouver/Fort Vancouver) last season. During his stint, Lockwood recorded seven shutouts with a 0.81 goals against average and a save percentage of .823. His save percentage ranked 19th nationally in NCAA Division E. To help with team chemistry, Connell expects the upperclassmen to fill leadership roles. Samir Vejo (Sr., Trebinje, Bosnia) and midfielder Matt Pele (Sr., Kenne-wick/ Kamiakin), both all first-team all-star picks, are potential captains. Vejo was sixth in the league with 16 points (7 goals and two assists) and Pele had one goal and five assists. Midfielder Oliver Wellman (Sr. Bellevue, Sammamish/Bellevue CC), who started every game last season with see MEN'S SOCCER page 11 i09/i5 09/27 09/29; WQP T§/68" 10/11 m/im |i; lt;Ii9j iO/3:i: 11/03 11^06 11/08 8^HiH^BIi5 vsiNbrthWest Nazarehe atiiC-Cploradi^Springsl gt; Hat Regis University at CQlpradoiCHristian ."al^Seattie:.Mcifj.e^o.,: atl^orthweslSazarene ;VaMiint^aftinsSHo?'H%^^^^ vs^i^biit^a State Billings at Montana State B i 11 i rigs "; gt;;vs.;Gars^te:::;llA.'• • vs gt; Saint Martins ::ys;^^U(^i^€Jfiic' (bold games are at home) tePi**3» m*m • $10 off Mens cut color • $20 off Womens cut color . $2: off cut with Student ID. . 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Sutton owns Gone Diving, a dive shop located on Iowa Street that offers SCUBA certification classes to the public. Sarah Gordon THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Eric Breuhaus describes scuba diving as a feeling of complete freedom of motion, a peaceful weightlessness where he can observe the underwater wildlife. His favorite dive was in Costa Rica where he searched the tropical waters for octopi and sharks, and on night dives at Lar-rabee State Park he searches for translucent fish and other forms of wildlife not seen in the day, he said. Breuhaus is a member of the "Vikings Underwater Explorers, an Associated Students club at Western that takes scuba diving trips throughout Washington and Canada during the school year. Despite the lack of locations to dive in the Bellingham area, divers in the community have found ways to participate in the recreation and encourage people of all ages to give it a try. Ron Akeson, owner of Adventures Down Under located on Holly Street, said he can't completely describe the experience of diving to others because it has to be experienced first hand. "I've given up on trying to describe what diving is like to people because it's impossible," Akeson said. "It's like trying to describe what it's like to be in space, with that weightless feeling. It's that weightlessness in the water to sit there and look at things, and have a sea lion come up to you and look at you, wondering, what are you doing here?" The lack of visibility in the waters surrounding Bellingham makes it difficult to dive in the area, and divers don't have much public access to the water, Akeson said. Adventures Down Under holds diving charters almost year-round to locations such as the San Juan Islands, Keystone Jetty, Vancouver Island and Rosario Beach. The Pacific Northwest is one of the top ten destinations in the world to dive, Akeson said. It takes about two weeks to get certified with two to three hour sessions in the pool, seven to eight hours in classroom training and four ocean dives, Akeson said. The only requirements are being comfortable in the water and having adequate swimming skills, Akeson said. Divers can be as young as 10 years old to get certified and can dive with their families,, said Charlynn Sutton, owner of Gone Diving. Gone Diving, another Bellingham dive shop located on Iowa Street, offers certification classes that can be completed within two weekends, Sutton said. The Gone Diving Group hosts trips three to four times a month year-round, she said. Breuhaus has been diving for about two years, and it took him about a month to get certified, he said. He has taken dives to Whidbey Island and the Keystone Jetty through the Western diving club, and he hopes to someday explore the waters of the San Juan Islands. 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Women's soccer starts new and veteran talent ^^^^^^^^^S 'iMMMfMiM^f^^^MWi^i§MMM Miil^M^^^^^I^^^I^^^^^^ i)i^^^^^^^^^Miiljjtp(^p ^Ktl^^ilSI^^H^^i^^^^l lSf^SI^M^^I.I^^^^^K' S®ft^^P^Ki^^^^^^K ^^^^^^^a^^i|^|i^p^^5 WtS2^^^S\i^^^^^M^M^M i :t^O0^0i^0^W^^^ B^f^§v0§ ^Si(feiiisiiSift^^ii lt;^is ^i*/6i§sgs^ ••$M!^^Mt^S^^^^MSMM^M , W-^M^MSS^^0^i^MMi^^^^Mw^^.L Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT More experience from current soccer players and four new freshman recruits will make this upcoming women's soccer season competitive and entertaining. Western's women soccer program consisted of a young team last season with 11 sophomores and six freshmen out of the 25 players. The team was 13-6-1 overall, 8-5-1 in conference play and placed third in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). The young players of last season have had at least one year of collegiate level experience, and with the addition of exciting new freshman talent, this fall is shaping up to be a promising season for women's soccer at Western, head coach Travis Connell said. The athletic program announced that high school seniors Emily Warman, of Sedro-Woolley High School, and Alicia Patten, of Holy Names Academy in Seattle, had signed national letters of intent in February to play soccer at Western. Joining them will be two additional freshmen: Jamie Arthurs, of Richland High School, in Richland, Wash., and Alyssa Beau-champ, of Mountain View High School in Vancouver, Wash. Warman will play as a midfielder, Patten as a defender and both Arthurs and Beauchamp as goalkeepers. As two-year captain and team MVP, Warman led Sedro-Woolley to the first round of districts as a senior, the furthest ever gone in Sedro-Woolley history. 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IwiilttiiiliiS? 3 6 0 3 8 3 0 1 0 4 5210 LaBounty Drive • Ferndaie, WA ty. On ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 SPORTS I 11 SPIRIT: Western Blue Crew works to increase spirit and fan involvement in sports from 2 ent levels from each other. "Let's just say, if UW was an 8, West-em would be a 2," Atkins said. Despite the negative stereotype, Millard said he thinks it's a false one. "We do have passionate fans. It's better than people might think," he said." "Seattle Pacific has huge fan support and even national recognition [of their fan support] from ESPN." There should be no reason why West-em shouldn't have the craziest fans, despite the fact that it is a smaller, division II school, Millard said. "What students don't realize, is that they can be UW fans and Western fans. They can attend both games- but they should still make sure to come to ours too," Millard-said. Millard said getting involved with Western athletics is easy and available to anyone to participate. "There are different levels of involvement," Millard said. "Students can attend one game and check it out, use their Western card to get a free T-shirt and get into the student section. They can join the Blue Crew, or even better, volunteer their time for the Blue Crew Board." The Blue Crew is a student-run Associated Students (AS) affiliated club that works to bring awareness and excitement to West-em varsity athletic events, Millard said. The Blue Crew works across circles with the AS Board of Directors, Alumni Association, and the Western AS Bookstore to get the word out about athletic events to as many people as possible, Millard said. Blue Crew board meetings take place every two to three weeks and are open to anyone looking to get involved, Millard said. "We're always open to new members and to new suggestions," Millard said. Blue Crew membership is free and includes a baby blue Blue Crew T-shirt. As a member, every time a student attends an athletic event, a swipe of their Western card will get them a free Western giveaway, like a Viking helmet, foam finger or sweatshirt. "We give away extra incentives to come to games, something I've never seen UW do," Millard said. Millard also recommend students in-vest in an athletic pass, something he's had since his freshman year. The $50 athletic passes allow students to attend any Western football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball and track and field home athletic events—a package value that would ordinarily cost $174. The pass also includes a free ticket for Battle in Seattle, the annual football game at Qwest Field against in-state rival, Central Washington University. Students can mail in a form requesting a pass or stop by the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Box Office to obtain one. Box Office employee Colin Watrin said the student athletic pass is what he's currently selling the most of. "It's a great deal. You can go to games and not worry about a ticket, just swipe your card and you'll get in," he said. "It also will probably get you to be more motivated about going to games." For now, the athletic department is focusing on the first week school is in session to get students out to see some Viking action. A double-header for men's and women's soccer is scheduled for Thursday, September 25 at Whatcom Community College I challenge students to go to a game and see what we're all about. If it's not for them, it's not for them. But at least they can see what we're doing to impove the Western experience. - Ryan Millard, former athletic department advertising intern Soccer Complex. The Division II national runner-up volleyball team plays Central the same night in Carver Gym. On September 27, the football team will host a night game versus Dixie State at Civic Field under the lights. "I challenge students to go to a game and see what we're all about," Millard said. "If it's not for them, it's not for them. But at least they can see what we're doing to improve the Western experience." MEN'S SOCCER: Team must overcome brand new chemistry, head coach says photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Midfielder Mitch Barrows and Warner fticific defenseman Jaxin Skyward battle for the ball. from 6 two goals and five assists, will also be returning. Midfielder Joel Grossman (Sr., Ana-cortes), who was a captain in 2006, and goalkeeper. Copps-Tilley are also possible candidates for a leadership role. Grossman and Copps-Tilley, who only played in three games in 2007, were both injured for the majority of the season. "There's brand new chemistry, which is a big obstacle to overcome," Connell said. "But I think some of our older players can handle that." Another returning forward who was instrumental in the turnaround, Gibson Bardsley (So., Fall City/Mount Si), ranked third among GNAC scorers with 28 points, scoring a school freshman-record 11 goals and having six assists. Gibson, another all first-team all-star pick, and Vejo each had three game-winning goals. However, the addition of seven players will help add strength to an already deep roster. "I expect just about every one of the [incoming players] will challenge for a spot," • Connell said. "This will be our deepest roster we've ever had. Top-to-bottom there will be 20 guys who I think could stait." New freshman players are midfielders Tyler Bjork (Kirkland, Juanita), Matt Dutson (Puyallup, Rogers), Oscar Jimenez (Mount Vemon), Alex Couweleers (Bellingham, Meridian), Kellan Brown (Tacoma, Bellarmine Prep). Also committed are transfer students Chris Shin (Fr.,Vancouver, Skyview/Seattle U.) and forward Darragh Simm (So., Bellevue Community College). Bjork was selected as a first-team AP Class 4A all-State, Seattle Times KingCo Player of the Year and scored 49 career goals. Jimenez was the Skagit Valley Herald Player of the Year as a junior by scoring a team-best 14 goals. Couweleers was the co-MVP of the Northwest Conference. Brown was a member of Crossfire Premier club team in 2007 and 2008 and Simm had six goals and seven assists as a freshman for Helmsmen. "We're really excited - the players and the coaches - because we have a recipe here that looks on paper like we're going to do well," Connell said. 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Each sport has its own recruiting budget, which may vary from one year to the next depending on how many seniors from that sport graduated the previous year. Director of Athletics, Lynda Goodrich, said all sports at Western do some form of recruiting. The Athletics Department spends approximately $50,000 on recruiting each year, Goodrich said. Head football coach Robin Ross said the annual budget for football recruitment is $20,000, which is very low when the costs of gas, food and travel are factored in. "We have to be very frugal with our dollars," Ross said. Goodrich said recruiting is the one area of the sports budget that is tight. "If we could use more money, it'd be in recruiting," she said. Ross said recruiting athletes adds diversity to the student body. "Any well-rounded university has strong academics as well as athletics," Ross said. Goodrich agreed with Ross and added that Western • athletics has 4 4 ' Any well-rounded university a commit- has strong academics as well as ment to find- athletics. ing student - Robin Ross, head football athletes who coach will not only fit within each sports program but also within in the university. "Honestly, we have an added thing, our institution is really tough academically so we really have to find people that are going to work out and succeed," Goodrich said. Goodrich also noted that the athletic department graduates students, who major in all fields, at a higher rate than the general student body. Head men's basketball coach Brad Jackson said recruiting varies from sport to sport as to how it is done and how to be successful at it. Jackson said recruiting is a vital part of Western's men's basketball program. P a u l M a d i s o n , Director of Sports Infor- «l; mation, said J recruiting is the life-blood of any sports program. It enables coaches to identify student athletes that can do the most for their programs, he said. The head and assistant coaches of each sport do most of their own recruiting but community volunteers are also sometimes involved, depending on the year, Ross said. Recruiting student athletes is part of the job description for coaches, Jackson said. "It's a process that is part of our job that we pretty much do everyday," Jackson said. "Although the NCAA has time periods in which you can do certain things. We try to do the best we can to recruit student athletes that fit both for the institution and the team." In July, Jackson attended a tournament in Las Vegas where he and assistant coach Tony Dominguez watched thousands of players over the course of just a few days. "The magnitude of the summertime is pretty extensive for college basketball," Jackson said. The NCAA regulates how coaches can go about recruiting students. It places strict guidelines on when students may be contacted. Jackson said recruiting is something that can take a good deal of time and effort. "It's quite a long process of trying because, to be.honest, if you're a really good student and a really good athlete it won't be just us knocking on your door," Goodrich said. SCUBA: Technology improvements have made diving easier to break in to from 7 where from $12,000 to $15,000, Breuhaus said. Breuhaus said he feels it is a worthy investment. "It's absurdly expensive, but-once you get the equipment it lasts a really long time," Breuhaus said. Diving dangers such as drowning are existent, however not much different as many daily activities, he said. "If you know what you're doing, it's not really dangerous," Breuhaus said. "There's always a chance of something going wrong, but it's the same thing with driving a car. If they are comfortable in the water, it'll be great." Akeson, who has been diving for more than 32 years, has certified students as old as 70 years and knows divers that have participated in the activity for more than 65 years out of love for exploring the underwater world, he said. "Diving is a recreation for people," Akeson said. "Two-thirds of the earth is water, so there is so much to explore." Karlista Rickson, 72, and board member of the Washington Scuba Alliance, dives with a hip replacement. Rickson said over the years she has noticed divers have taken more interest in the preservation of the environment as well as being able to identify what wildlife they find. Modern technology such as underwater scooters, Nitrox diving that enables divers to stay underwater for longer periods of time, and more "advancements have made the activity easier to practice and even enabled people with disabilities to participate, she said. "All you need is a buddy to help you into the water," Rickson said. 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In junior high, my school's volleyball team won three consecutive league titles, in high school - three consecutive state championships and finally at Western where our woman's volleyball team advanced all the way to the NCAA Division II national championship last year, finishing second to Concordia-St. Paul. With so much good volleyball to watch, it is hard to not become a fan. Volleyball is a fast-paced, high-action game that involves lots of scoring - what's not to love? Obviously there is great parity between' the good teams and the not-so-good teams, but that is why Western students should consider themselves lucky to cheer on a national contender. Being able to watch a great team play provides a viewer with the opportunity to learn the game - the rules of the game, the strategy involved and even how to play. Fans at Western should relish this great opportunity. Following a miracle season in which Western finished 26-5 while winning both the GNAC league' title and the Pacific Regional title en route to a second-place national finish, the women's vol-volleyball team student support leyball team is opening their season with high hopes. As a fan, I also have some hopes for the season.. My first hope is that attendance increases this year. Beginning the season ranked number 9 nationally, and already off to their best start in 12 years, the volleyball team deserves our support. When the basketball teams have marquee games the bleachers in Carver gymnasium are fully extended, yet when the volleyball team plays league rivals Central or Seattle University only the lower half of the bleachers support fans. My second hope, like any sports fan, is another run at the title. After losing such a prolific senior class - a class that included All-American libero Courtney Schneider as well as outside hitters Jamie Anderson and Emily Castro and setter Katie Robinson - Western must rely heavily on inexperienced newcomers. Western has many players that will be receiving significantly more playing time this year, including Schneider's replacement, Allison.Gotz. However, a core group of seniors is ready to lead the team. Four players are entering their fourth and final season playing for the Vikings, including Angie Alvord, Shanley Bessett, Marissa Hill and Tiana Roma. With new players entering the mix, the volleyball team - may experience some- growing pains throughout the season, but that's not unexpected. The hope is that the team can fight their way back to the top. My final hope is that those of you who read this article feel inclined to attend the next home volleyball game. Western hosts Central on Thursday, Sept. 25 - the second day of school. 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C, page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Tuesday • September 23,20081 The Western Front photos by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT LEFT: Women runners pass by a group of fishermen seated on a dock on Lake Padden Sept. 6 during the Whatcom Community College Invitational. RIGHT: Nick Abraham runs the last stretch of the race. Abraham finished 22nd with a time of 27:42 on the 5 kilometer loop around the lake. Running for a spot at the national championship Men seek to better last year's 11th place nationals finish Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT That special time of year is here again. Short shorts, bare chests and tired and sweaty men and women run wild through the streets and trails of Bellingham. No, this is not the next blockbuster thriller. It is Western's cross country team, back and geared up for another successful season. The Vikings plan to build on the momentum from last season to obtain even higher and harder goals for this year, said long-time Head Coach Pee Wee Halsell. Halsell said he is looking forward to all the potential that the upcoming meets hold. "It's all about the anticipation of the season that we can have "Halsell said. "Now it's just following through with the talent and hard work that is already here." After placing 11th at the NCAA Division II National Championships last season, sophomore Bennett Grimes said he hopes the men's team places even higher this year. Grimes and Halsell agreed that finishing in the top eight at the 2008 nationals in Slippery Rock, Penn. is an achievable goal for the men. Grimes, who has taken on the role of a captain this year, was given the coveted title of All-American after finishing 43rd at the national meet last year and said he wants to place about 20 spots ahead of that this season. The star athlete chalks up his natural talent to good running genes from his father and his laid back view on life. He said running is a big part of who he is, but it is not everything. "I love traveling with the guys," Grimes said. "As a team, we work our asses off to get to these big meets so we deserve to have a little fun when we're there." The Viking women are looking to sophomore Sarah Porter to lead them to their first trip to a national meet as a team since Western moved up to Division II in 1998. Porter was the only female athlete to participate in nationals last year for Western. Hi fljii As a team, we work our asses off to get to these big meets so we deserve to have a little fun when we're there. - Bennett Grimes, Western sophomore and Ail-American Junior Danielle Slaughter said she thinks the women's team has a good chance of making it to nationals this year, especially because of how driven all of the girls are to get there. Slaughter said faster times than last year and a very close-knit team are just some of the ways that will help the women to succeed. "If I wasn't a part of a team like this," Slaughter said, "I don't think I would enjoy running as much. I wouldn't explore as many trails as I do. I love being a part of a team that wants to do better." Slaughter said new faces such as freshmen Lauren Briehof, Kirsten Moore and Phoebe Hartnett are expected to bring in big points for the Vikings this year, and returners such as team captain Courtney Olsen, sophomore McKinnley Williams and Sarah Porter are looking better than ever. Different than the majority of sports, cross country teams beat out other schools by achieving the lowest score possible in meets. The top five finishers from each team account for a schools total score. The next two finishers then act as a tie breaker and can displace other schools' point-scoring runners. Pulling good times and scoring well will be extremely important for the Vikings when they face some of their biggest conference rivalries,-Central Washington University and Seattle Pacific University, during their upcoming meets this season. After coming out on top in their season-opening meet hosted by Whatcom Community College at Lake Padden Park on Sept. 6, Coach Halsell said he is confident the women will continue to do well. Slaughter said the first meets have been about making their presence known and showing the conference that Western is one of the top competitors to watch out for. Standout newcomers such as Yonis Berhe and Eric Brill are expected to contribute to the team's standings and see CROSS COUNTRY page 15 Cross country star aims for All-American honors in two sports photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Sarah Porter. Aaron Weinberg WESTERN ATHLETICS It is the goal of Western Washington University sophomore Sarah Porter to be a national participant in cross country and indoor and outdoor track in each of her four years of competition. Last year as a freshman, she accomplished the trifecta, going to nationals in all three sports and setting two school outdoor distance records in track. With an added year of experience and a killer workout routine, Porter could very well achieve that feat. "All summer, all I did was run and sleep," Porter said. "I wake up tired and go to bed even more tired." Beginning in July, Porter started running 100 miles a week while also maintaining a strict abdomen workout regimen. "The decision to hit 100 miles was based largely on how I felt at 90," she said. "That's what I was planning on doing and I felt good. But every runner has a proverbial'glass ceiling." Porter knows she's getting close. But her intense off-season training seems to have paid off. Porter won her first collegiate cross country race as Western opened its campaign Sept. 6 at the Whatcom CC Orca Invitational, crushing the field by a 99-second-margin and leading the Vikings to a six-point victory. Porter doesn't set many goals for herself, but along with making it to nationals a dozen times, she expects to become an All-American in both cross country and track. Last year, Porter wasn't far from becoming an All-American in each of the national meets she competed in, especially in the outdoor 10,000 meters, finishing ninth with the cutoff being the top eight. "It did hurt because there's always that person who sits just outside that podium," she said. If Porter becomes an All- American this year, she plans on getting a tattoo of a winged high-heel shoe, symbolizing her passion for running and her feminine side. That passion fits her personality as an individual on and off the track. "That's just the way I am," Porter said. "I don't really like running with people. I hate saying that, but it's true. I'm very much an individual. I have my own pace." see PORTER page 15 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. C, page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 WOMEN'S SOCCER: Four freshmen have the ability to begin their collegiate careers as full-time starters from 10 was named to the GNAC Women's All- Star Team of 2007 and earned Freshman of the Year honors. "All freshmen are nervous, but they need to learn to conquer their anxiety," Morgan said. "At the college level, everyone is good so it comes down to experience and confidence." Connell, in his sixth year coaching the women's soccer team, said he is eager for the incoming freshman to contribute to the team as well. "Our four freshmen have the ability to start right away," said Connell, who was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Coach of the Year SPORTS I 15 photos by Tyler McFarland THE WESTERN FRONT Western defender Brynn Regan clears the ball away from Cal StateDominguez Hill's forward Yvonne Vasquez, Sept. 1. in 2006. Miller said that the team will be more prepared because of the summer training assigned by the coaches. Each player had a workout packet and was running and weight lifting during the off season, she said. CROSS COUNTRY: Despite some misconceptions, running is a team sport from 14 top returners such as Grimes, and sophomores Jordan Welling and Blake Medhaug should bring the men another competitive season, Halsell said. Team unity is a major factor to the Vikings' success over the last few years for both the men's and women's cross country teams, Slaughter said. She said it is a common misconception to think of running as an individual sport. "Even in workouts it's not just our own race," Slaughter said. "Together we strategize how to best run as a team. Everybody wants each other to do well." Blake Medhaug took team bonding to a whole other level when nearly a dozen of his teammates became his roommates earlier last year. All together the duplex on High Street houses 10 guys,- Medhaug said, nine of which are on this year's cross country team. Medahaug said he believes the chemistry and friendships within the teams have made for a stronger, faster and more talented group of runners. "Just like any other team sport," Medhaug said. "There are other people depending on you. You work hardand that pushes the person in front of you to work harder. Everybody is training as hard you are." Going on his 22nd year of coaching with the Vikings, Halsell said the experience has been about more than just athletics. "It's about being a part of young people's lives," Halsell said. "Making them a better person through running." Halsell said he barely considers what he has been doing for more than two decades, a job. He said it is too much fun for him to call it that. "We've got a rich history in cross country here," Halsell said. "It's all about the team for us." PORTER: Head coach Halsell is having Porter begin her races more conservatively from 14 After graduating from Hockinson High School in southwest Washington, Porter was planning on attending Eastern Washington. But after traveling to Bell-ingham to visit a friend, she fell in love with its diverse and scenic trails compared to the limited offerings in Cheney. The only downside, she learned, would be the weather. "It's miserable sometimes, but I definitely run in the rain," Porter said. She won't run on treadmills because she wants to feel like she's going somewhere. As motivation for running, Porter draws inspiration from her last good race or when she competed in the Junior Olympics as a senior at Hockinson, a race she didn't win. "There's a certain place in every race where you either sit and be comfortable in the place you're at or decide to risk everything and go," Porter explained. "And it's easier to sit than kick because that's what a lot of runners do. But when you make the decision, you're going to hurt no matter what, so just go for it. That's always worth it because you don't want to cross the line with any regrets." To further improve this year, Porter said Western head coach Pee Wee Halsell is having her begin the race more conservatively and then pass people in the middle of the run. Porter said the weakest part of her races tends to be the middle, describing it as an awkward point. But she has always felt comfortable at the beginning of races, where she tries to gain position, and is practically unbeatable at the end. She can't remember the last time she was outrun at the end of a race. "It hurts and everyone out there is hurting, so we're all in the same boat," Porter said. 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D, page 1 ---------- S E C T I O N D ENTERTAINMENT W E L C O M E A C K 2 0 0 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 2 ---------- 2 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,20081 The Western Front Wmimmm ^2as. Gaze out at the Olympic Mountains and the San Juan Islands from Oyster Dome. This popular trail is accessible via Chuckanut Drive. Total distance is 3.8 miles to the overlook and 6 miles to the top of the dome. I 2 Attend an author lecture at Village Books. Face it. Even though visits to the _ library for study sessions often turn into carefully orchestrated naps, reading and college go hand in hand. While Village Books might appear to be a great spot to grab some recreational reading and nothing more, they also bring authors to speak at the store. Check their schedule for book signing, lectures and book talks at http://www.viliagebooks.com. Get a beer sampler at Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro. It's a familiar situation: you're at *\ Boundary Bay and can't decide what beer to get. Boundary understands the dilemma, so they offer a sampler of six varieties of beers in four .ounce glasses. ft Take a dip in the fountain in the middle of Red Square. Feeling overtly sweaty while on campus? Don't fret about it, just make a beeline for Red Square and cool off in the fountain. Just don't get any bright ideas about putting food coloring dye or soap in the fountain—that can cost the school a pretty penny in cleaning and repair costs. Discover Thai food. Bellingham has countless ethnic restaurants, but Thai is one variety the town does best. Whether it be On Rice, the Lemongrass Cafe, Busara, Supon's, the House of Orient or one of the many others, you can't go wrong with a Pad Thai or a Basil Fried Rice. (6 Support the vendors on Vendor's Row. Hot dogs. Coffee. Chinese food. Posters. Hand-made beanies and jewelry. The vendors are here to serve the college and not much else. So show them a little support by scarfing down a hot kielbasa or a plate oi orange chicken between class. Just try not to curse them under your breath when the heart burn starts to kick in during your exam. r A Volunteer at a charity. Doing so can help you along with major requirements, pad out your resume and give you good feelings inside. Bellingham has plenty of charities and nonprofit organizations to get stalled at. Try Northwest Youth Services, Womencare Domestic Violence Shelter or the Sean Humphrey House. Contribute to the community and your good karma at the same time. Visit the Whatcom Volunteer Center at http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org for a list of hundreds of volunteer opportunities in Whatcom County. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 3 ---------- F westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ENTERTAINMENT I 3 Tj ^ ^ Follow the music I I I emanating from the ™ ^^m downtown alleyways. During the summer, Bellingham's self-proclaimed "House of Live Music," The Wild Buffalo (208 W. Holly St.), hosts outside concerts called Downtown Sounds in the alley between Holly Street and Bay and Champion Streets. Both local and national acts grace the stage and local vendors supply food to the masses. Past performers include local favorites Acorn Project, Vaughn Kreestoe, Lucky Brown The Funk Revolution, Road Mountain and Tiller's Folly. The best thing about the Downtown Sounds series? It's free. Zero dollars. Zip, zilch, nada. U Haiig out with the nudists at Teddy Bear — Cove. Legend has it Teddy Bear Cove is frequented by people who enjoy being naked. If you're feeling extremely friendly or uninhibited, head down Chuckanut Drive and make your way to the cove. Just remember to pack lots of sun screen in your picnic basket. ^ \ •1 ^ ^ Hunt for relics on Antique Row. I J On the lower part of Holly Street, J L f c j B numerous antique stores line the road, boasting forgotten toys, books, -^ ^ furniture and more, all waiting to be rediscovered. CnecK out A Aladdin's Antiques or the Old Town Antique Mall to get started. If you're a collector of rare antiques, the proprietors may be able to help you find what you're looking for. Get lucky and find a real treasure, buy it for pocket change and sell it for thousands. Check out an open mic. You can catch poetry, five music and all things open mic at The Underground Coffee House, the Anker Cafe (formerly Fantasia Espresso and Tea), Three Trees Coffeehouse, Stuart's in the Public Market, the Fairhaven Martini Bar and Pub, and more. Don't just watch. Get behind the mic and belt out that song you wrote in high school. 14. Learn how to snowboard or ski on Mt. Baker. Residents of Bellingham live next to a world-class spot for snow sports—Baker also holds the world record for most snowfall in one season at 95 feet. Play a round of paintball. At Semper I Fi Paintball, an outdoor paintball field located at 2149 E. Badger Rd. inEverson, WA, you can play games of paintball capture the flag. The field is open on Saturdays and Sundays, so grab a few friends who don't mind a couple of bruises. For more information, check out http://www.semperfipaintball.com. Donate your leftovers tosomeoneinneed after a meal downtown. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 4 ---------- 4 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front 22 Swim, bike and run at the Lake Padden Triathlon. An excellent race for first-timers, this June tri offers both competitive and recreational divisions. 1 ^ \ Get your gamble I Wl on. Bellingham is X V / • surrounded by enough casinos to keep the risk taker and card shark busy all year. Feeling lucky? Pay a visit to the Nooksack River Casino, the Skagit Valley Casino Resort or the Silver Reef Casino. ^ ^ •• Take a walk in Bay J I View Cemetery. ^ j J m If cemeteries don't bother you, try a stroll through historic Bay View, founded in 1887, and the resting place of some of the area's earliest occupants—names like Roeder, Higginson and Eldridge. There have been reports of an apparition floating amongst the gravestones, believed to be the spirit of the woman buried under the cemetery's angel statue. Visit Lummi I s l a n d during the Stommish Water Festival in June. The 3-day celebration is highlighted by the World Championship War Canoe Races. 123 Enroll in a P.E. class at Western. From yoga and weight trainingtopickleball,badminton, martial arts and soccer, these 1- to 2-credit classes are a great break from academia. Don't hesitate though, these classes typically fill up quick. 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It's best to have this pizza delivered—the 26-inch behemoth is so big, you'll be hard pressed to fit it in your car, let alone finish the entire thing in one sitting. 26. 0^mm Raft the Skagit River I JTM during Bald Eagle ^p m season. The Skagit j | § is home to more than mmm • • • 500 bald. eagles during the fall and winter months, making it the largest gathering of bald eagles in the lower 48 states. Sign up for a trip with Blue Sky Outfitters from November through March. r 28. Cheer the Vikings on at the B a t t l e in Seattle at Qwest Field. Catch a bus Oct. 11 at the Viking Union Multipurpose Room to watch the Western football team face off against the Central Washington University Wildcats in their biggest game of the year. The winner takes home the Cascade Cup and bragging rights for the year. v. . \JKJm Attend a dirt cheap movie on campus, courtesy of Associated Student Productions Films. 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Dispatch * Airport, Amtrak, Airporter and Bus * Student Charge Accounts * Introducing Our New Green Cab Division BELLINGHAM 360-733-TAXI www.yellowcabinc.com * TOLL FREE 1 -800-Taxi-Cab (8294) Largest Full Service Fleet North of Seattle YolwM lllllii^^ -Slillllillt Pltltlflllffl ^^8MPtefl^^rSirfl^Wif^i?orderforj0!b^^- ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 6 ---------- 6 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front O O Learn the art of Frisbee. ^^ IITM College is synonymous with Frisbee— if you can't throw one, learn. Start with the basics: the backhand throw. Start by gripping the disc, thumb on top, four fingers curled under the rim. To actually throw the Frisbee, draw the arm across the body for power, and then fling your arm back across your body. As your arm i straightens, flick (35. Compete m Ski to Sea. The annual competition, originally called the Mount Baker Marathon, began in 1911 as a race from Bellingham to the top of Mt.. Baker and back. Ninety-seven years later, the race is now called Ski to Sea and attracts athletes from all over the world to compete in the 7-leg event every May. The race begins at the Mt. Baker Ski Area with the cross-country and downhill ski legs and proceeds west towards Bellingham with the run, bike, mountain bike and canoe legs, finishing up with the kayak leg and the It All Ends in Fairhaven festival. your wrist and release the disc. Try spreading your feet apart about shoulder length and releasing with your hand pointing at your target. Once you master this throw, you can move on to more advanced throws like the hammer, the forehand, the thumber and the scoober. 36. Do you live in the dorms? Enter a movie into ResTek's iMovieFest 2009. Pick your team, write the script, shoot and edit the film—all in five days. Each team is provided a MacBook and camera to make a film. For more information, check out http://www. imoviefest.restek.wwu.edu. : \ ffl, Enjoy award \ winning pizza at La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza. Two time National Pizza Festival winner ("Best Crust" and "Exotic" categories), La Fiamma is sure to titillate your taste buds. I I I i I i Fairhaven's onh/ casual wmmmKT ^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^H i ^ \ ^ \ Snowshoe the Artist J J Point Trail. Rent a l j k | _ ] l a pair of snowshoes from the Outdoor Center for $5 and hike this five-mile round-trip trail in the middle of winter. Enjoy breathtaking views of Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan, Ptarmigan Ridge and Coleman Pinnacle. Check out the Washington Trails Association Web site at http://www. wta.org for more information. r 34. Go all in at the Residence Halls A s s o c i a t i o n annual Casino Night. Typically a May event, Casino Nightusually features Texas Hold 'Em poker, blackjack, roulette and craps. Win as many chips as you can to use in the prize auction at the end of the night. "College I of Fine and I Performing Arts WESTERN _ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, JOIN US FOR OUR 08-09 PAC SERIES SEASON! • • « gt;-ASK ABOUT OUR STUDENT DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR ONLY $6! WWW.PACSERIES.WWU.EDU IttKLY Cotn/tuuiUtast FOOD OTOP ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 7 ---------- *r westernfrontonline.net I luesday • September 23,2008 ENTERTAINMENT I 7 m Ice skate at the Sportsplex. Spend Friday night on the ice from 7-10 p.m. Check the Web site at http:// www.bellinghamsportsplex. com for pricing and information on special events. f4L Go stargazing at the Western Planetarium in Haggard Hall. Check with the library info desk for upcoming shows. A f \ Hang up your car ++/i keys and ride the bus. All Western students get a bus pass as part of their tuitions and fees—take advantage of it. ^ . f43 Rent a bike from Fairhaven Bike Ski. Road bikes run $55 per day, but will provide a smooth, fast ride for a spin down Chuckanut Drive. Stop off at for lunch at Larrabee State Park before the ride back to town. Feeling ambitious? Ride to Mount Vernon 30 miles away where you can catch a bus back to Bellingham. fiaDa nce the jitterbug with the Western Swing Kids. One of the more active clubs on campus, the Swing Kids meets every Wednesday night from 7-9 p.m. in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room for swing lessons and one-on-one practice. The events are usually DJ'ed and are open to beginners and experts alike. x JTIJLI/ J7x\±Jrvxx/\V JZ/iN PUB AND MARTINI BAR MONDAY PITCHERS $5.25 DOMESTIC $6.25 MICROS 6PM - 11PM .50 TACOS OPEN TO 8PM OPEN MIC/ FOOTBALL ON THE BIG SCREEN TUESDAY $J .00 WELLS LATE NIGHT MENU COLLEGE NIGHT 9PM-11 PM PITCHERS S5.25 DOMESTIC $6.25 MICROS 6PM- 11PM WEDNESDAY S5.25 DOMESTIC $6.25 MICROS 6PM - 1 1PM 10PM TO 1:15AM SELECTED APPETIZERS $5.00 $3.95 1/3 LB. BURGER FRIES ) [ )A PINT R $2.00 MORE DJ BAM-BAM 9PM - CLOSE KARAOKE 9PM - CLOSE THURSDAY BOOK YOUR SPECIAL EVENT HERE FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR OPEN TO 7PM $2.50 WELLS $2.50 (ALL DRAFT) TOP SIRLOIN STEAK S9.95 T: MUSIC SATURDAY HAPPY HOUR NY STEAK OPEN TO,7PM DINNER $14.95 $2.50 WELLS ADD COCON LIT $2.50 (ALL DRAFT) PRAWNS FOR JUST $4.00 MORE SUNDAY $3-00 U C A L L I T ALL WEEKLY 9:30 TO CLOSE DINNER SPECIALS AVAILABLE FROM 6PM - 8PM MUSIC COMEDY NIGHT HtftHftitiis m ll'iillwi Free Cover w/ Taxi receipt ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 8 ---------- 8 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front r r\ v^. Get a plate of cheese fries at the Horseshoe Cafe. Nothing else can deliver the same amount of grease quite like the Shoe's fries covered in melted cheese, . Admire local art and get some extra shopping time in during Bellingham's Downtown Art Walk. On the first Friday of every month (except for October this year* which occurs on the second Friday) local businesses open their doors from 6-10 p.m. to let people look at art made by locals and visiting artists alike. Grab food, chat with store owners and commence with the oohs and aahs. gt;v mT.ake a tour o^ the sculptures across Western's campus. Although some sculptures have unfortunate nicknames, such as Man Humping Bear, actually named "The Man Who Used to Hunt Cougars For Bounty" (pictured), Western's sculpture collection is nationally recognized. Check out some of the fine art scattered all over the grounds of our campus. Dig in the pile of throwaway stuff next to the door of Everyday Music. The music shop, located on the corner of Railroad Avenue and Magnolia Street, always has a box of free stuff (usually old posters and vinyl records) for the taking. 51. m. K Exploreaiij5oMie used bookstees piiGrandAy^^ downtown, liie street||liii of them* §ti£J^ Boolqsi^^ favorite author. RentaSegwayat Chispa, located in Fairhaven. ^f a $300 damage deposit gifid $35, you can cruise around §J|ellingham on a Segway for :arr|hour. Or for $25, you can rent a scooter for that same . Just don't crash, or you'll A vo: we the $300. Not cool. oy Sing karaoke at Rumors Cabaret, The Royal, The Fairhaven Martini Bar and Pub, EI Gitano or Hot Shotz. All venues are for those 21-and- over. A ^ ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ENTERTAINMENT I 9 m Join one of the many Associated Students Clubs representing a diverse range of interests. Check out the list of clubs on campus at http://as.wwu.edu/clubs." Surely you'll be able to find a club that aligns with at least one of your interests. For example, clubs involved in live-action roleplaying, bellydancing, board games, acrobatics (pictured), saving Asian elephants, biology, journalism, Dance Dance Revolution and paintball all have places on campus. Hopefully you can find one that fits. Go cliff jumping at Whatcom Falls. Not much else is better on a hot day than taking a giant plunge into cool water. Just be sure to be extra careful and jump at your own risk—you still have 51 things to do on the list. V. Float the Nooksack River. The Nooksack is a slow-moving river, flowing at around a mile per hour. Pack two cars with a group of friends, park one where you want to start and the other where youll end up, and float away. •• lt;••• r 54, Visit CreativiTea with that special someone. At this quaint spot in Fairhaven, located at 1312 11th St., a unique date opportunity awaits where you and your date can paint a piece of pottery and sip English tea. 55, Check out every park in Bellingham. Bellingham has more than 15 parks in its vicinity, so get to this task quickly. Otherwise, you might not finish by the time you graduate. Dress up in drag for the Rocky^ Horror lecture Show on campus. An annual HaUoweerii^M Western, the showing of Rocky Horror Picture Showg^ l^iri the crowd sinpif along 2cM^ym^^^^^ screen. r. Celebrate St. Patrick's^ Day with the Runnin' j 'O the Green. The event features two races: a two-mile fun run and a 5- mile race. Both events begin and end at Bloedel Donovan Park, winding through Whatcom Falls Park. See the City of Bellingham Web site at http:// www.cob.org for more information. ^ ^ ^ Live in a dorm. M*m I No worries W' J I about cooking. ^ ^ HL • No buying toilet paper. Cheap rent. Always some one to hang out with. Contrary to popular belief, living in the dorms can be quite enjoyable. Just make sure you carefully fill out the roommate questionnaire before your time .in the dorms. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 10 ---------- 10 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front (as Are you into improv theater? Check out Western's own improv group, the Dead Parrot Society. Catch a show or if you're the acting type; audition to join the troupe. : \ M Attend the N o r t h w e s t Washington Fair in Lynden. Mark your calendar—next summer's dates are scheduled from August 17-22. Past fair entertainment includes carnival rides, a demolition derby and monster truck show and concerts by Randy Travis and the Newsboys. We hope you like crowds—the 2008 fair brought in more than 222,000 visitors. ^^\M^ Have a pizza and/or get |^% / married at the North ^ J ^ H Fork Brewery, Pizzeria, Beer Shrine and Wedding Chapel. Just a short drive from Bellingham on the Mount B aker Highway, North Fork is one of the most unique eateries in the area. m. Shop for a novelty gift for a friend at Merch Bot. Located on West Holly in downtown Bellingham, this shop sells items you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else. From Hilary Clinton Nutcrackers to bacon air fresheners and toast "wall clocks, Merch Bot is sure to have ^something for everyone. Avoid the freshman-15. Make use of the Wade King Rec Center. Indoor track, weights, tread mills and a swimming pool—use it! You are paying for it, after all. Enough said. • \ ffi. Catch a flick at the Fairhaven O u t d o o r Cinema. Bring a blanket and some snacks for the S aturday night outdoor movies on the Fairhaven Village Green. Movies run from June through August and usually follow a live music performance. Bring cash for popcorn and soda. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 11 ---------- westernfrontoniine.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ENTERTAINMENT I 11 Introduce your taste buds to a new flavor of ice cream at Mallard Ice Cream on Railroad Avenue. Skip the chocolate and vanilla. Here you can sample unique flavors such as rose, white Russian and chocolate green tea. Enjoy the artsy atmosphere while challenging your friends to a game of trivial pursuit as you eat. And be sure to bring cash—Mallard's doesn't accept debit or credit. Get dirty at the Samish Bay Bivalve Bash and Low Tide Mud Run. Slog ffipu^ 250 yards of shoe-sucking mud at Taylor Shellfish Farms on Chuckanut Drive. The 7th annual race is scheduled for July 25, 2009 and benefits community clean water ..awareness - ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ ^ : / ' r* •\ r. Check out the Wednesday night Betty Desire Show at Rumors Cabaret A Bellinghamicon,Betty has been performing at Rumors for more than 10 years where she was crowned "Closet Queen" in 1994. S t i l l have two m o r e y e a r s b e f o re your 21 run? Don't fret! Celebrate your 19th birthday in Canada. Catch a party bus to White Rock where you can drink legally. Don't forget your passport or birth certificate for getting across the border. Buy local at the Bellingham Farmer's Market Since first opening in 1993, the Bellingham Farmer's Market has become one of the largest and most successful markets of its kind in Washington State. The downtown market typically runs from April to December on Saturdays and features dozens of vendors and local performers. HEnraHHraHHH H ^HMSHHi TjT?/; Diego's has brought Baja to the Northwest! Experience the friendly, fast-casual atmosphere of Diego's, celebrating 13 years of great food. Come in and enjoy a healthy, freshly made Mexican dish like one of our incredible fish tacos, an awesome chile relleno or a mouthwatering fajitas-style chicken or steak burrito. Ourfood meets a large variety of dietary needs from vegetarian to low carb diets. Simply, let us know what you want or don't want - no tortilla - order that burrito naked! We have prices for everyone's budget - express menu starting at $2.35 for a bean, cheese and rice burrito or $3.5.0 for a chicken or pork express burrito. Whether you are looking for a quick bite or a full meal, head to Diego's or call ahead for take-out. We are conveniently located on Samish Way. Look for our brand new patio! We are now online. Check us out at www. diegosmexieangrill.com and see our web specials. £ $ Collection available at 300 N. Samish Way 714-9426 Try our tasty breakfast burrito! PAPER DREAMS Now serving margaritas and sangrias!! check out otA i o i i t) I CaJs, Jewekij, Body Balk, Candy and Unique 1206 11 th St in Fairhaven • 676.8676 °dhsl ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 12 ---------- 12 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front skimboarding instead. - Skimboarders use a flat, light-weight board i ride the thin layers of water left from a receding tide. Popular skimboarding spots are Locust Beach and Clayton Beach. r W^t\ Hungry, but broke? / \Jk Try a BCR burrito JL ^Jm at Diego's Mexican Grill. These bean, cheese and rice burritos are only $1.65, cheap enough for even the most broke college students. Don't forget to sample the homemade salsa and guacamole. r f\f% Bring in the New SJI I Year at the 7th %,^^Jm Annual Padden Polar Dip and Resolution Run/Walk. Join hundreds of others Jan. 1 for a quick swim in the freezing waters of Lake Padden. Arrive early for a pre-swim run of 2.6 or 5.2 miles. (81 Barhop in style— ride a pedicab. Bellingham resident Ryan Hashigan started Cascadia Cabs in 2007 with just one pedicab in his fleet. The three-wheeled cnariot-style bikes have now become a recognizable part of Bellingham nightlife. The drivers rent the cabs from Cascaaia for $20 per night and charge whatever they see fit as fare. Interested in a job? Check out http:// www.cascadiacabs.com. Visit the American Museum of Radio Electricity. For a measly$5,visitorsean learn about the dawn of the electrical age and the role it played in radio and mass communication. Browse the museums collection of rare antique radios and vacuum tubes, as well as an authentic reproduction of the radio room on the Titanic. Strap on your running shoes for the seven-mile Chuckanut Footrace. The July race first began in 1967 with more than 70 runners and has since grown into one of the area's most popular running events, capping participants at 1,000 per year. The course follows the Interurban Trail from Marine Park to Larrabee State Park. 81 A Quality, Honesty, Reliability Midtown Motors Auto Repair has served Western Washington University's community of students, faculty and staff since 1994. We have all the diagnostic equipment and know-how to take care of any of your repair and maintenance needs. Midtown Motors Auto Repair is a Napa Auto care Center. All qualified repairs are warranted for 12 mo, 12,000 miles nation wide. We are also a member of the Better Business Bureau and the Automotive Service Association. ChucksMidtownMotors.com Closest to campus! Shuttle service! 733-1527 1058 N. State Street Bellingham, WA fii*as*i ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 13 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ENTERTAINMENT I 1 3 ^^FT Broaden your movie gt; lt; l ^ tastes at the Pickford ^J^Ju Cinema. Bellingham's only independent cinema, the Pickford shows films you won't ever see in a Regal. Become a member for $25 and support the non-profit. 86. Enjoy the summer sun at a Bellingham Bells baseball game. Part of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, the Bells haven't been the best team historically. Still, the short drive to Joe Martin Field sure beats a nip all the way to Seattle to watch the Mariners lose. Load up on Cracker Jacks and stadium hot dogs and you're set— box seats only cost $12, general admission only $6. And the season typically runs from June through August. r~~ —' Q ^ _ Have a laugh O J T H a* ^ e Upfront Theatre on Bay Street. Founded in 2004 by comedian Ryan Stiles, the 85-seat venue is the best place in town to catch weekly improv theater. Shows take place every Thursday night for $5, and Friday and Saturday nights for $8. Looking to break into acting yourself? The theater also offers 8-week improv and sketch classes for all skill levels for $160. Oil Spend the afternoon on Lake Whatcom. Rent a canoe, rowboat, kayak or sailboat from Western's Lakewood boathouse for cheap— . between $3-$5 per watercraft. r ForgetBlockbuster, rent a movie from Film Is Truth 24 Times a Second. This is where you can rent movies like the ones shown on the big screen at the Pickford. Film is Truth specializes in documentary, indie, arthouse and foreign films. Omelettes, Pancakes Eggs Benedict Award Winning Soups Salads, Sandwiches Dinner i Seafood, Hearty Pasta Steaks, Lasagna Late Night Salads, Burgers Wings, Nachos Monday thru Friday flnovr ^am t o k n i g h t - Sat £r Sun U p ^ n , gam ^0 Midnight - Mon thru Fri 1308 - 11th St. - Fairhaveir- (360)715-3642 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 14 ---------- 14 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front ^ ^ /% Play disc golf. Also f \ ^ ^ known in some circles ^ ^ ^ ^ • as frolf, disc golf is very similar to golf except that players throw special Frisbee golf discs instead of driving little bespeckled balls down the course. And most disc golf players don't care how you dress—you don't have to buy special shoes or pants to fit in. Test your skills at Cornwall Park, a 9-hole course set amongst a forest of tall Cedar trees. If you're more serious about the game, join Western's Disc Golf Club or check out the Whatcom Disc Golf ^. Club at http://www.wdgc.org. ^ \ T Sample an J ^ I authenticNew York bagel at The Bagelry. The Bagelry has been a Bellingham landmark for 20 years, offering more than 12 types of bagels and 12 types of cream cheese spreads for infinite combinations. r~— — . f ^ Q Celebrate the birthday THr* of Boomer's Drive- " in. During February, Boomer's, the restaurant voted to have the best burgers in Bellingham year after year, offers all the burgers on its menu for only $2.49—so cheap you might as well buy three. Try the half-pound Big Boom Burger with a cherry milkshake to wash it all down. Go dumpster diving for treasure. The end of the school in Bellingham means the end of many a rental lease. Come the final weeks of spring quarter, piles of free stuff spring up on countless streets around town, ripe for the picking. If you plan on staying in town or just want to make a couple bucks pawning people's garbage, stock up on the couches, desks, stereos and other odds and ends people couldn't fit in their U-Hauls. v/Tt- ^\^% Order a pitcher of beer M L j attheUp Up.Qneof Bellingham's oldest bars, the Up brings in a mostly college-age crowd and caters accordingly: cheap beer and a hip atmosphere. fKf"* Discover a new wH^N favorite band at \J\Jm an Associated S t u d e n t s Productions Pop Music show. Past shows include The Decemberists, United States of Electronica, The Roots, Death Cab for Cutie, E-40, Aesop Rock, Presidents of the United States of America and Minus the Bear. Keep an eye on the lineup at http://www. as.wwu.edu. ; t f ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 23,2008 ENTERTAINMENT I 15 96 Cheer on the B e 11 i n g h a m Roller Betties at a roller derby bout. Sanctioned warfare has never been so entertaining. For the cost of a ticket, you get to see women in fishnet stockings, armpads, kneepads and helmets pummel each other ruthlessly as they skate circles around the arena. More rules apply, but why pay attention to the rules when you can witness the carnage first hand? Want to be a Betty? Check out their Web site at http://www. bellinghamrollerbetties.com. Sorry guys, no y-chromosomes allowed. f\TJ Enjoy a "N*f / romantic V y X • dinner for two at Nimbus Food Spirits. Fourteen floors up, Nimbus offers fine dining coupled with one of the best views in the city. But the dining doesn't have to break the bank— Nimbus offers a half-off appetizer menu and $5 drink specials during happy hour (Monday- Friday from 10-11 p.m.) Try the truffle fries—you get enough to feed two or three for just $3.50. A Q Go "mallwalking" y | Q at Bellis Fair Mall. V/V^« A popular past time amongst the older demographic, mallwalking is simply that: doing laps around the mall until you feel like you've had enough of a workout or until you just can't take it any more. Handy tiles in the floor help you keep track of distance covered. m ^ \ ^ \ Form an I I M 1 i n t r a m u r al JL\J\Jm sports team. With a bit of talent and luck, your team might walk away intramural champs. Your prize? "The Shirt," a coveted trophy amongst intramural competitors. (9 — ^ Feeling adventurous? Head north for late night sushi at Richmond Sushi in Richmond, B.C. Get there at 9:30 p.m. and take advantage of the all-you-can-eat dinner menu. You'll most likely leave having eaten enough food to feed a small family. 101.Earn your degree 323 Railroad Avenue, Downtown Belnngharn 360.734.3884 wammmmmssm Advertise In the Western Front 650-3161 ORDER CLASSIFIEDS ONLINE @ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET ---------- Western Front 2008-09-23 - Sect. D, page 16 ---------- 16 I ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday • September 23,2008 I The Western Front Welcome 0 Reasons Back Students } ftm 9.) 8.) 7.) 5.) 2.) to at Haggen: IO^TTH^^CAX^ ® L a « * v i i v,/«x^»*™*~ ..—Bail—-— —- t j , I t ^ e a s y t o ^ n j i p ^ n d j t s J R ^ ~ Guestjimices __Drycleaning1l£t^^ I n - s t o r e S c r a t c h ^ At ^ , m ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 5 m ° debit orck accepted Farm-Fresh Produce to^Ba^^d^^diinei So manywnwnien^^ Starbucks Market Street C a f c _ — — Open^4Ho^sj:llveryjM location, IxJcatioiM^owt^ the south end of campus and easily accessible by bus. 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Show more2008_0926 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 1 ---------- FridayTllptember 26, 2008 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 i WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Program dances in new direction Photo by Erik Simkins THE WESTERN FRONT Western students Keon Price and Angela Kaiser rehearse at the New Music, New Dance performance during winter quarter 2007 in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, The Dance Program began in 1998 under J:he direction of Nolan Dennett who~steppe3 down earlier this week. ~ Director of 10 years steps clown for undisclosed reasons Andrew Frazier THE WESTERN FRONT Fall is a time of transition and this year, with new faculty members, a new president and the search for a new provost, major developments are taking place all over campus, not just in Old Main. Earlier this week, the Dance Program in the College of Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) experienced a change in the position of program director after Nolan Dennett, who served as director of the program since its inception in 1998, turned his post over to fellow instructor Cher Carnell for undisclosed reasons. Ron Riggins, the current dean of the CFPA, said turnover in department chair and director positions in the Dance Program are common, and Dennett personally decided to step aside. Riggins would not go into specifics see DANCE page 4 Six-month search continues for new Provost/VPAA Stephanie Sarff THE WESTERN FRONT More than 100 candidates from all across the country have submitted applications for Western's new Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) position. Craig Dunn, search chair for the search advisory committee, expects the number to grow gradually every day. Western President Bruce Shepard said the decision regarding the new provost will be the single most important decision for the university this year and for many years to come. "We better get it right," Shepard said. l|||;fjj| -VVe^ want someone who will help support the values of the university. We have our own culture here. - Craig Dunn, search chair The provost, who will take office in . January of 2009, will work under the president and is responsible for decisions such as academic budgeting and facility planning, along_wjth.jjiany- other duties on and off campus, Dunn said. The six-month search for the provost is just as, if not more important than the search for the president was, Dunn said. The provost's position has a more direct impact on students on a day-to-day basis, such as budgeting for manageable class sizes and library resources for students, Dunn said. Shepard and the advisory committee agree that transparency to the public, es-see PROVOST page 3 Former Western student to plead guilty Photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Former Western student Ashley Wick at her arraignment on Jan. 25, 2008. Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT Former Western student Ashley Wick will plead guilty at the Whatcom County Superior Court on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Starck Follis, one of two attorneys defending Wick, said Wick will receive three years in Purdy Women's Correctional Facility and then community supervision upon release. Wick will be taken into custody on Sept. 30 after being sentenced, said Mary Kay Loving, Follis' legal assistant. More information will be revealed upon Wick's sentencing, Loving said. The superior court charged Wick with one count of vehicular homicide and i f i f f Wick never wanted a. | j j | Up trial. She is hot denying responsibility or trying to escape accountability for what happened. -Starck Follis, attourney to Ashley Wick a second count of hit and run on Jan. 10, 2008. The case continued throughout the summer and Wick entered the plea in a court appearance Sept. 4. "It's a terrible tragedy in all respects," Follis said. "[Wick] has had a lot of problems throughout her life and despite the fact, she is stepping up to the plate to take responsibility." Wick's charges are connected to see WICK page 8 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net PAGE-2 Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front Cops Box University Police Sept 23 • University Police responded to a car driving through Red Square. • Police responded to a strong smell of natural gas at Bimam Wood. A call out was made. ? • gt;^'.-* Sept 24 • Police received a report of teler phone harassment in Highland Hall. Bellingham Police Sept. 23 • Police res|^n lt;led.^;am^ev^^y s. breaking branches off of trees along Whatcom Creek. He was arrested on suspicion of fishing without a license, damaging the trees and possession of narcotics. • Police responded to a report of a person carrying a weapon on the 100 Block of East Holly Street. Police confiscated a knife " : • I Sept. 24 • Police received a report of a rock thrown through an apartment window on the 1900 Block of Alabama • A man Was arrested oh the 1300 Block of Railroad Avenue on suspicion of possessing marijuana and having an ope^llsoltol c ^ photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT In search of art to decorate their dorm room walls, Western freshmen Emma Ranniger, right, and Maddy Mixter, left, flip through books of posters at the poster sale in the Viking Union gallery on Sept. 25. The Pennsylvania-based company putting on the sale, Beyond the Wall, travels all over the nation to sell posters at college campuses. NEWS BRIEFS Olympics official to speak at WWU's Bellingham Business Forum Due to its close proximity to the border, Bellingham will experience a heavier flow of traffic as the Olympic games approach. Brian Krieger, director of the Commerce Centre at the 2010 Olympic . Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C., will : discuss Olynipie commerce in Ae local area at Western's 8thBellinglTamBtLsi^-- - ness Forum on Nov. 5. ! Physics professor receives grant to study star formation Western physics and astronomer professor Kenneth Rines and a team of students and astronomers will use a $154,601 grant to study the history of star formation in the universe. The grant was given by the California Institute of Technology. '.•- ••'•• "The universe is about 13.7 billion * years old and this data will help us understand how stars have formed over the last seven billion years," Rines said. 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For more info, call Lisa Spicer at (360) 650- 3917. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • September 26,2008 NEWS I 3 PROVOST: More than TOO candidates have already applied PROVOST from 1 to the search. The names of applicants will not be released, however, out of respect to the denied contenders, until the three to five finalists have been chosen in early November, Dunn said. Once the finalists are selected, their resumes will be posted online for the public to see, Dunn said. Before Thanksgiving, the committee will bring the finalists to Western for an open forum so students, faculty and the public can meet the candidates and ask questions, Dunn said. Although Shepard is not part of the committee, he requests frequent updates from Dunn and will have the final say in ard said. Shepard said he knows there will be a personal, as well as a professional rela-' tionship between himself and the future provost. "I want someone that isn't going to be a lone ranger," he said. Shepard said he wants the provost to listen to the needs of everyone on campus and expects, the provost to help connect the bridge between the administration and the students. Western senior Chelsea Osterberg said she wants a provost who is willing to take an active role in communicating with students' needs. She said she wants open communication between administrators and students and would also like to see I want someone who isn't going to be a lone^ ranger. - Western President Bruce Shepard who the next provost will be. His involvement will increase as the committee narrows down the candidates, he said. Dunn said he and the other 12 members of the search committee are looking for someone with exceptional leadership skills, experience in a senior administrative position and outstanding references. "We want someone who will help support the values of the university," Dunn said. "We have our own culture here." Shepard said he is interested in finding a culturally diverse provost to better serve Western's campus. Western needs to do a better job in serving diverse faculty, students and prospective students, Shep-more innovative resource opportunities for students, such as new technology for academics on campus. Dennis Murphy holds the position of provost. He was appointed nearly two years ago after agreeing to a limited term in place of former provost Andy Bodman, Dunn said. Murphy and Bodman were unavailable to comment. As of yet, no applications have been discarded but Dunn said the committee has the luxury of being selective when, reading applications. "A lot of people want this position," Dunn said. "That speaks highly of Western." ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front DANCE: Dennett had strong leadership, encouraged growth from 1 of any personnel issues, but said generally directors leave their positions to focus attention on teaching. class that lasts all day, scrambling for space in cramped facilities that lack adequate technology, such as spring floors that are easier on dancers' bodies, Riddle said. Realizing this has been an ongoing The focus of the program wil stay the same: we will continue to provide opportunities for non-majors to experience dance. We are proud of the caliber of our program as well as the benifits exposure to the fine arts can produce for all. - Cher Carnell, acting director Dennett will return spring quarter to teach a Choreography II course. While Dennett was not available for comment, Riggins and Carnell both said his strong leadership helped the program through a period of exponential growth and the department would not be where it is today without his presence. "The focus of the program will stay the same: we will continue to provide opportunities for non-majors to experience dance," Carnell said. "We are. proud of the caliber of our program as well as the benefits exposure to the fine arts can provide for all." Besides having extensive professional experience, Carnell has taught dance for 35 years and began teaching ballet at Western in 1997. She also served as chair of the University of Louisville Dance Department, an expertise that will come into play as the program continues to develop. "Cher is a director who listens and understands students problems before she responds," Western alumna Megan Riddle said. "I believe the change in direction is a positive step for the program, it will open up communication and foster more growth." In addition to changes in the Dance Program, the CFPA will be looking for a new dean, who will report on behalf of the college to the new provost. It will be up to the provost and dean to decide if Carnell will hold the director position permanently. Providing a positive experience for everyone has been an increasingly difficult task over the past 10 years because the program has outgrown the small Ving! studio it rents on Holly Street and the hallway practice room in Carver Gym the dancers share with P.E. classes. Riggins said it is hard to have a dance problem, Riggins said the CFPA's goal is to see the Dance Program become its own department, so it can potentially receive better funding and resources. The plan so far is to renovate the Washington National Guard Armory building on North State Street so the Dance Program can have more space and be closer to the campus community, Riggins said. As it stands, there are no long-term plans or in the works for the transition to becoming a department, and the decision ••yf jf Cher is a director who f|j§ f j l listens and . understands students1 problems before she responds. I believe the change in direction is a positive step for the program, it will open up communication and foster more growth. - Westerm alumna Meganm Riddle . will rely on the decision made between the dean, provost and president. Carnell said she hopes the new provost and the future dean of the CFPA will continue showing support to the Dance Program. The program's goal continues to be offering major and minor opportunities to anyone who is interested in expressing themselves through dance, and the continued expansion of courses the program offers, she said. Editors note: Due to her porticipta-tion in the Dance Program, editor in chief Gabrielle Nomura did not participate in the crafting or editing of this story. At the corner of State Ohio • Mon-Sat 6am to 2pm • Sun 8am to 2pm • 734-8687 Breakfast and'lunch served all day! 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The climbing wall will be staffed from noon to close every day in an effort to increase safety and will be open for classes on climbing techniques before noon, Hofstetter said. The Rec Center will be subject to the largest influx of new students in Western's history this year, but Hofstetter said he feels the staff and the equipment will stand up to the challenge of increased use. "I'm really excited for the extra use and more students," Hofstetter said. "The coordinators of different areas at the Rec Center are completely prepared and have braced their individual departments for the massive amount of new students." The students and staff who enjoy shooting hoops or like to play a little volleyball should notice new finish on the basketball courts at the Rec Center, said Adam Leonard, business manager for campus recreation services. The courts were damaged last June from a ball hitting one of the sprinklers on court C. The total damage to the courts after all the drying, sanding and refinishing cost $60,000, Leonard said I think people will notice that the free court floors are a little nicer and cleaner cut," Leonard said. One frequent user of the free courts was quick to note the difference. "The grip on the courts is definitely noticeable and better than before," Western senior James Bluhm said. "The only thing that I worry about with all the new students is that there will be more wear and tear on the courts, but I guess it's nothing new because there are a lot of people who like to come play everyday anyways." In addition to the refinished courts and improved safety measures at the climbing photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Overhead lights reflect off of the newly refinished court floors as students play basketball on Sept. 25. The court floors, which had to be dried, sanded, and refinished due to an exploding sprinkler, are among several new improvements to the Wade King Student Recreation Center this year. Rec Center staff are bracing themselves for another year of heavy use. wall, people who enjoy doing cardio on an elliptical machine will see that there are five new machines upstairs at the Rec Center. The new elliptical machine is called the AMT (Adaptive Movement.Trainer) lOOi. The machines were ordered by fitness coordinator Ron Arnold through the company Precor, which specializes in fitness and exercise equipment. This new machine has won international awards as a new and improved elliptical, Arnold said. "These new machines are really nice because they take everything and put it together by combining stair climbing, elliptical motion and arc training all in one," Arnold said. According to Precor.com, the AMT lOOi is the only machine that is as versatile as the human body, which allows it to adapt to every motion. Although they offer a new type of workout, the new machines were not cheap. Arnold said the machines cost $6,000 each but added that the price was worth every dime. "There's nothing like them out there," The coordinators of different areas at the Rec Center are completely prepared and have braced their individual departments for the massive amount of new students. - Bob Hofstetter, membership services manager Arnold said. "They add a large variety of motion to the general workout pattern." Arnold said he thinks the new elliptical machines should be able to withstand the pressure of all the new students, and even if they were to break down, they are fully insured. Western senior Keely Newsom, who is training for a marathon, shared her advice for new students about using the Rec Center. "For the first three weeks of the quarter, it's always going to be a little crowded in here, especially between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.," Newsom said. "It just takes a little while for everyone to settle into their routines so plan your workout by going earlier in the morning if you can." Hofstetter said he is looking forward to seeing new and returning students put the newly improved facilities to good use. • H ^ H H iBfcse.cuistisie; I ffEy;3i|s|llBWEi i • ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 6 ---------- 6 I NEWS Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front AS throws itself a birthday party Allison Milton THE WESTERN FRONT This year, the Associated Students (AS) will celebrate its 100th year on campus by hosting three large events each quarter with a budget of more than $18,000. AS President Erik Lowe said the centennial events will provide Western students with many opportunities to celebrate a century of AS history and achievement. Tino Quiroga, the centennial events coordinator, said his goal this year is to book well-known performers and garner a high level of student involvement. "I want to make it a party," he said. Quiroga is in the process of putting together a series of events which will include many offices in the AS as well as co-sponsorship from community members. To kick off the new school year, the AS is hosting the first of its three large celebratory events this week. The AS Centennial Hopping Hundred will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday Sept. 27 in the Performing Arts Center Plaza. Attendance is free for Western students. The event will feature music from the bands The Lonely Forest, Yogoman Burning Band and No-Fi Soul Rebellion. Attractions in the plaza will include an obstacle course, face painting and a dunk tank along with information tables from AS offices. Matt Jarrell, AS vice president (VP) for activities said it's a great time to celebrate Western's history, reflect on the present and plan for the future. The Associated Students was created in 1908 to facilitate student involvement and leadership in the school community. When it first began, the AS consisted of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer— a lean staff compared to the numerous AS leaders on campus today. The AS employs more than 250 students, puts on more than 500 events each year and is home to more than 230 clubs. These positions and opportunities provide outlets for student involvement on campus within the AS regardless of ethnicity, religion or ability. "It has been the goal of the AS to represent the diversity in student voice, values, needs and interests through programs, re- Photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Centennial events coordinator Tino Quiroga poses in the Viking Union Sept. 25, 2008. He is coordinating all three of the events scheduled to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Associated Students. sources, leadership experiences and employment opportunities," Jarrell said. Western's Associated Students is one of the strongest in the country, Lowe said. "Other universities don't have nearly the same amount of cooperation and communication among student involvement," he said. Jarrell said the Centennial Celebration would be nothing without student involvement. "I encourage everyone to look out for events this year because they are going to be awesome," Lowe said. "Every student here at Western belongs to the AS, and it wouldn't be a party without them." 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Student Admissions representative Kayle Walls said compared to previous years, Western had to raise its standards when it came to choosing its students. The average grade point average of admitted applicants was a 3.57, while in the past the average has been around a 3.3. One difference between this year and previous years involves the average admission index, Walls said. The average admission index is a formula universities use for admission that combines a student's SAT score and GPA. This number is flexible because the same index number can result from different combinations of students' test scores andGPAs. For a student to earn an index of 60, they could have a 4.0 GPA and receive as low as a 660 on their SAT. Another student could also earn an index of 60 with a GPA of 3.10 if they received a perfect score on their SAT. Walls said this index is intended to estimate a student's success at a four-year institution. For the incoming class, the average admission index was around 61. "This index is high," Walls said. "For schools like Central and Eastern, there is an automatic acceptance for students who have an index of 28 or over." Although the pressure was on, many incoming students found Western's admission process well rounded. Western freshman JesSi Dale said see FRESHMAN page 8 photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT Freshman Cameron O'Brachta works on his laptop in his Nash Hall dorm room on Sept. 25. O'Brachta was one of 6,742 incoming freshman that successfully made it through Western's competitive admissions process. §i?rfH?i 'VAblk i gt;«°N"J' lt; •eitfmm ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I NEWS Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front FRESHMEN: Incoming students endure high-standards admissions from 7 Western's application was a nice breather compared to that of other schools. "Western's application date was so late and it was nice to have time to finish it," Dale said. "It wasn't full of multiple essays and I really like that they had the activity log option. It showed they were looking for more than just your address and GPA." Western freshman Mary Wakefield said she had no problems with the admission process, but was surprised at how few students were admitted. "I went to a private high school in Tacoma and it's considered to be a good school," Wakefield said. "It was surprising that for as many students who applied to Western, not that many got in." Western freshman Andy Cornman said Western was his school of choice because it offered a smaller campus that was just as challenging as schools like University of Washington. "I think people used to underestimate Western," Cornman said. "Now it's getting the reputation of being one of the harder schools to get into. It felt good to get that acceptance letter." With the admission process behind them, Western freshmen are focusing on making it through their first quarter. Wakefield said Western has made her feel welcome on campus and hopes the year goes just as well. lull il|i|i||||t|lM|M| ||Jpiipi^ir|||||f s||Biiiiiitlillili ilftefl^^iffiHi^idjii Sllicilllllilll! WICK: Former Western student faces three years in jail for vehicular homicide from 1 events that took place on Jan. 7, 2008, when Wick struck a pedestrian while driving on Bill McDonald Parkway, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The victim was Un Kyu Choi, a Korean exchange student attending Western for winter quarter. Choi passed away from his injuries at St. Joseph Hospital three days after being struck. According to the affidavit, Wick fled the scene after hitting Choi. She was discovered by Bellingham police at her apartment, where her green van was identified by a witness. She was then questioned by police. Wick had a .096 blood alcohol level, ..016 above the legal limit, according to court documents. A bottle of the prescription anti-anxiety drug Xanax was also found by the deputy in Wick's home. Wick confessed to having consumed the drug during the evening, according to a police report. The nine-month trial will end when Wick enters a guilty plea Sept. 30. "Sometimes you see cases like this drag on, but this moved along well," Follis said. "Wick never wanted a trial. She is not denying responsibility or trying to escape accountability for what happened." The Western Front contacted Wick's parents, Susan and Marty Wick, who declined comment. A nine-month case TIMELINE OF EVENTS: • Jan. 1 -Ashley Wick is cited on suspician of striking a parked, unoccupied vehicle. No one was injured. • Jan. 7 - Wick strikes Un Kyu Choi with her van while driving on the 2700 block of Bill McDonald Rarkway. She is booked into Whatcom County Jail and charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run. • Jan. 10 - Choi passes away at St. Joseph Hospital after suffering severe head injuries • Jan. 25 -Wick pleads not guilty at her arraignment. She is given special permission from the court to attend a rehabilitative healthy facility in California. • Sept. 30 - Wick will plead guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run and sentenced to three years in Purdy Women's Correctional Facility plus community supervision upon release. Congratulations to the Black Student Union1. Recipient of the Ethnic Student Center's Academic Success Challenge Award 2007-2008 if i l P ^ ^ ethic of academic success ?a3^^^^^^^1ci!le....to* attain success in academic endeavors. / | | f i | | E | i | ic Student^ j||||ireac|i Sem WA fSf*^ Ethnic Student Center: esc.as.wwu.edu 11 \J\J Student Outreach Services: www.wwu.edu/depts/sos/ •YEARS Black Student Union: www.ac.wwu.edu/~esc/clubs/bsu/ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 9 ---------- See more online at w w w.wester nfrontonline .net PAGE 9 Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front Sept. 26-Oct. 1 Events 9/26 VU Late Night A night of entertainment in the VU, including a comedian, hypnotist, caricaturist, poster stall, movie, free food, sumo suits and more. Free. 9 p.m. -1 a.m. Viking Union Live Show Strait A Students, Our Fallen Heroes and Haf-Sac. 10 p.m. The Rogue Hero Bill Frisell Grammy award-winning guitarist and composer to play benefit concert for RE Sources for Sustainable Communities. Donations desired. 8 p.m. at The Church House 9/27 Hoppin1 Hundred The Associated Students celebrates 100 years with a concert featuring Yogoman Burning Band, No-Fi Soul Rebellion and The Lonley Forest along with an obstacle course, dunk tank and more. Free. 1-5 p.m. Performing Arts Center Live Show The Oregon Donor, Mr. Gnome and All Creatures of Good Heart. 8 p.m. at The Old Foundry Film Is Truth 11th Anniversary Party The local video store will offer free video rentals all day and outdoor Wallace Gromit screenings at dusk. University Dining Services Now Available Mon - Fri at: M I L L E R - M A R K E T - . W^Mttw^ iff M E r r i N G ; m .£ A t l N G ••.. V S E A T I N G . : 9/28 Bellingham Bay Marathon Annual race, also includes half marathon and 5K fun run. Registration ends 11:59 p.m. on 9/26. 7:30 a.m. at The Farmer's Market in Depot Market Square Hansel and Gretel The classic fairytale is now a family opera, featuring music by the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. Free. 3 p.m. Bellingham High School Auditorium 9/29 Live Show The Sweaty Sweaters 9 p.m. atThe Green Frog Acoustic Tavern 10/1 Live Show Savage Henry CD Release Party The local rock band is releasing their new album, "Live in the Buff" Free. 8 p.m. Underground Coffeehouse "Doctoberl,at Pickford Cinema The month of documentary showings begins at the independent film theatre. Live Show Vaughn Kreestoe 10 p.m. The Rogue Hero Spoken Word Wednesdays 8 p.m. at Stuart's at the Public Market What's dtifis aiiwWk §j|3W.7M.§§91: ; IjjSl^ :J1'th MgMenzie, • BELLINGHAM 360-7a£TO(l www.yeitowcabinc.com v TOLL FREE 1-800-Taxi-Cab (8294} •2ZVC. jfteattq mtd ami tytwtid ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 10 ---------- 1 0 I Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front Info Fair Zn/ad s P Annual event welcomes Alyssa Banks THE WESTERN FRONT Clubs from all walks of student life gathered together at the Red Square Info Fair on Sept. 22 and 23 to get new and returning students to support their causes and have fun while they were at it. Clubs with numerous members vied for attention with promises of candy and prizes, overshadowing the smaller clubs armed with only a presentation board and friendly smiles. Room was scarce between the cramped club booths and the mass of students, leaving many to fight their way through the crowd. They searched for familiar faces and found a variety of new ones instead. Among the clubs competing for students' attention was the A'capella Club, which originated from a group of Western students who wanted to sing without worrying about being graded. "It's a place with no baggage," said club president Western junior Matt Bell. "It's popular music without music." The singers' only accompaniment is a beat-boxer. Bell said members of the A'capella Club spend most of their time getting together wherever they can and break into song without warning. "We just have fun walking around and singing," he said. "And, as cliche as it sounds, [we sing] around pretty girls." The A'capella Club will be holding new member auditions on Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 4:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 11 ---------- LIFE ed Square westernfrontonline.net I Friday • September 26,2008 I 11 incoming and returning students by showcasing a wide range of interests and opportunities. After next week's auditions, three performance ;roups will be selected. Bell wants to start putting on hows every Friday. "We want to show the community new music," he aid- The Croquet Club's table was covered with Pogs md Pokemon cards, with colorful kites floating about it. "It's a place to goof off," said president of the club and Western senior Devin Spencer. Spencer is starting four additional clubs this year, including the Kite Flying Society, Pog Club Revolution, Bellingham Bike Gang and Pokemon Club. The Croquet Club hosts monthly croquet tournaments with different themes, including "Halloween" ind "love," the latter of which calls for players to bring date. The club is kicking off the school year with a homecoming-themed tournament on Sept. 28. Prizes are available for players competing in the tournaments. Western senior Carol Cordray has been involved with the Harry Potter Club for three years and is currently its president. She said she is still excited about the Potter series despite its ending more than a year ago. Typically, the club gets together for movie nights and Potter-related discussions. The Harry Potter Club will be hosting another Yule Ball this November and will continue to play Quidditch together, Cordray said. The club hopes to recruit enough members to form a Quidditch team to play against the University of Washington's Quidditch team and create some rivalry. Western sophomore Rosie Crow, the new president of the Board Game Club, said she joined the club after former president, Jesse Wilson, invited her to visit the club and taught her how to play a multitude of board games. "I didn't know how to play any of these," Crow said, motioning toward the collection of games on the table. "Ijust tried it Once and really liked it." The Board Game Club is all about creating a relaxing atmosphere, Crow said. Members can bring any game they wish and teach the other members to play. "Typically we play off-beat games," Crow said. "The most popular game, though, is Settlers of Catan." The Board Game Club meets every Monday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Viking Union. The Red Square Info Fair is not about seeing familiar faces; it's about similar interests and uniting under a common goal. It's about meeting strangers and future friends. It's about finding others with similar passions. :*ar Photos by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT FAR LEFT: Nearly every club on campus gathered in Red Square on Sept. 22 and 23 to participate in the annual Red Square Info Fair. Both new and returning students came to learn about and sign up for various clubs. TOP LEFT: Western student Gabel Brady spins a wheel at the Western Alumni Association booth for a chance to win a prize. TOP RIGHT: Western senior Sarah Fischer hula hoops to promote the Western Sound System Federation. LEFT: Western students Jack Armstrong, Isaac Thomas/ Chandler Stone and Tony Saddler paddle around the fountain in a raft to promote the Outdoor Center. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 12 ---------- 12 I ARTS LIFE Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front ngham STREET TANNING SPECIAL 20 Tans for $20! Good for you up to 3 friends! You don't have to be a member to tan. For more info visit www.BetlinghamFitness.com Offer with This coupon only. Expires 12/31 /OS istify iilliiilics^^ ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 13 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Friday • September 26,2008 ARTS LIFE I 13 He wanted to tell her how he woke up last night and the need to reach out and touch her hair was so strong it was like drowning or dying of thirst, and that the tears that stuck in the back of his throat like fire but? refused to fall were suffocating. \ . - from "Old News," a piece of prose by Sara Bangs A writer sits ialprie jjii^ca jrpom, contemplating the -; placement of a comma in the middle of a sentence. The writer aims to write delicate, sweeping prose, creating a steady flow of wo^ssfroni one line to the,next. .?£ For many young writerswishing to enter the.piijblish-ing industry, it'stWe atfenifenlo details that make-o^break the story, Western: senior^ Jory;Mickelson said?JK" • •: .; The creative writing major said he understahds the struggle of writing for publication and has "surfnotinted them with his poetry bookr"0n the Hinge."'• :W^^My The book was'distributed by the National Federation of State PpHry Societies in June 2007 and includes a series of 10 poems. ••• Mickelson has since submitted eight poems and has' , seen four of them published in the 2008 issue of Western's Jeopardy Magazine. '• • ' For hopeful writers on their way to success through their pens, Jeopardy Magazine has proven a strong starting point. Mickelson is now writing monthly book reviews and researching a project on gay authors, editors and publishers. Western's English department is full of budding writers looking to perfect their craft. Some aspire to write poetry and prose, while some, like Western senior Sara Bangs, tackle the creation of the perfect novel. After publishing a story in the 2008 issue of Jeopardy Magazine, Bangs started working on a historical romance novel set in Regency England or the Civil War era. She said she has yet to decide on the setting. "My aim has always been to write a novel," Bangs j.-:sajdc.rt,_ v. o ; ^ ^ ^ h e : hardest part of writing is starting with a blank ^s.fieet of paper, she said. The^Spanish and creative writing major has been outlining the story since the beginning of summer. Bangs is no stranger to breaking into the publishing industry. She has already published a short story by online publisher Tell Tale Press and a short story entitled "Old News" in 2008 by Jeopardy Magazine. The story, written at the bedside of a sick friend, fo-cusesj^ h: the| struggles of a shaky relationship, she said.'^"r':-?:|w _ Along with Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," Bangs looks to author and former Western creative writing professor Laura Kalpakian for inspiration. -Bangs said she recalled attending Kalpakian's workshops and being forced to edit, edit, edit. Bangs said the tedious editing improved her ability to revise her own work. Kalpakian hopes to encourage other budding writers to perfect their craft in her 10-week intensive course, Writing the Modern Memoir. The program, offered through Extended Education and Summer Programs, meets Wednesday evenings at 5:45 p.m. arid continues through the quarter. "I think there's something really important that happens when people start to share their memories," Kalpakian said. "You become really good friends as if you've known them for a long time." 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Units starting at $119,900 www.liveatcypress.com Keith Bockwoldt (360) 319-9006 THE MULIAT GROUP ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 14 ---------- 14 I ARTS LIFE Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front It is e a sy BEING GREEN Corinna Storch THE WESTERN FRONT Kayla Henson detests plastic bags. The Western junior and co-coordinator for the Environmental Center said more environmentally sound alternatives toj gt;lastic bags, alternatives that won't clog landfills like plastic bags and other disposable materials, are readily available. Haggen, Target and Fred Meyer all sell reusable, sturdy tote bags for approximately $1 to encourage reusing and reducing consumer waste. For Western students interested in "going green" to help save the environment, a variety of services on campus are available to help. For example, the Environmental Center, the Recycling Center, and Learning Environment Action Discovery (LEAD), a Western organization that helps restore native plants to Bellingham and works to remove invasive and unhealthy species. "At Western, it seems like 'green living' is a top priority," Western senior Carissa Mann said. "I've become way more aware by living in this area." Western senior Chelsea Davis is a Huxley student and Henson's fellow co-coordinator at the Environmental Center. She said her goals for this year include getting Western involved in the greater Bellingham community, having Western host a sustainable foods conference and letting people know more about the Environmental Center. "My biggest focus is sustainable food and food justice," Davis said. "I'm excited to show students how easy it is in the area we live in, with the Co-op downtown and the Farmers Market." Henson said she leads by example to show students how easy it is to follow the three R's: Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. "I'm an advocate for finding whatever method works best for the individual," Henson said. "For me, it is easy to ride my bike a lot instead of taking a car. There are a lot of ways to reduce your impact on the environment." For instance, a simple way to reduce trash is to avoid Green Tips Bike or bjus 'school. Eat local, from the Co-op, Bellingham Farmers Market or from your own backyard? Make sure the products you use around the house k are biodegradable or take it to a treat- Ijjlimerrt plant. Recycle—for on campus sfi|jents, Western offers facilities. Use reusable items, like hard plastic containers when packing a lunch, cloth tote bags when grocery shopping, a reusable mug or water boj|le instead of plastic and paper cups. jj§§ photo illustration by Kaleb Cubernick disposable food containers like paper and plastic bags, according to ^ literature from the Environmental Center, and using reusable plastic containers instead. This method is also less expensive in the long run. Western graduate student Kimberly Adank said she walks to campus in an effort to help the environment and stay healthy. Adank said she was very impressed with Western's green attitude compared to Chicago, where she moved from. Adank is the co-director of LEAD and helps organize work parties to weed out invasive plant species in Bellingham. In addition to providing clubs and centers, Western also offers classes exploring environmental awareness and people's impact on the environment and climate. Western professor Juliet Crider is teaching a class this quarter on climate change. The class explores what controls the past and present to set a context for looking at modern climate patterns and people's influences. Crider said she hopes this class helps students realize their inherent ability to affect change. "There are a lot of little personal things you can do that add up," Crider said. "But we need to act at an institutional and governmental level. That's where the big difference will be made." Crider said she tries to make as small of an environmental footprint as possible, including living in a small house, using a hybrid car and trying to walk instead of drive as often as possible. Mann, who does not have a driver's license, said there is no reason to have a car in Bellingham. "I'm forced to be green in my transportation," Mann said. "Everything is about an hour away at most." Mann spent the summer in China, where she said she noticed a huge difference in the way people view consumer waste and packaging materials. "Now I always feel really guilty about doing stuff like this," said Mann, pointing to her disposable paper cup of water. "In China, the food packaging was far less wasteful. Here, it feels like everything has to come in a crazy amount of packaging. 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Before, each state decided its own drinking age. The federal government bribed states to raise the drinking age by threatening to reduce federal highway appropriation in those states by 10 percent, according to the Amethyst Initiative Web site. The Amethyst Initiative Web site also said the current drinking age is not working. It argues binge drinking has increased and that a person who is allowed to vote, join the military or smoke cigarettes should be able to buy alcohol. It also argues alcohol education programs that teach abstinence instead of responsible drinking behavior are ineffective and have not changed drinking attitudes on college campuses. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is opposed to changing the drinking age. MADD members argue on their Web site that 25,000 lives have been saved since the drinking age was changed. They say teen deaths related to drunk driving accidents have decreased. According to MADD, the majority of Americans agree the drinking age should remain 21. The site maintains that 30 percent of college students abuse alcohol and young adults who are not in college have a much lower risk. MADD suggests that colleges, address the problems, change policy accordingly and educate students on the risks of alcohol. Though many students may be quick to agree the drinking age should be lowered, would it really solve any problems? Or would this make alcohol more obtainable for high school students, and pass the problem on to them? Binge drinking is a problem, but it is not going to be solved by changing the drinking age. American culture is saturated with alcohol; we are taught to think it makes you sexy and cool. Alcohol is a social lubricant. It is socially acceptable to drink underage in college. If you go to a party and are too nervous to talk to anyone, just grab your cup of liquid courage and it's all good. Though Western has a signficant percentage of students who choose not to drink underage, a large number still do. Though the consequences are anything from misdemeanor minor in possessions to mandatory alcohol education classes, students still choose to drink. Changing the drinking age at this point will do nothing. It's not the wait to turn 21 that encourages teens to drink. It is the in-flucences from society around them, the complete glorification of alcohol and the lack of information about the dangers. It is students wanting to be more grown up, just wanting to relax, or to be cool with their friends. , Lower drinking ages work in other countries because alcohol is not glorified like in America. In Europe, beer is a beverage, not a coveted brew like it is here. Turning 21. doesn't mean anything in the U.S. — it just means young adults who were drinking before can now legally buy alcohol. We need to all work together to change our attitudes when it comes to drinking before we decide to change the legal drinking age. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards, Opinion Editor Lisa Hust and Arts Editor Kaleb Gubernick. out i;;g T^ October 4! Your vote has never mattered so much as in this presidential election. The polls are showing an unbelievably tight race; every single vote truly makes a difference. ; Registering; to vote at your Whatcom County address does not affect your mailing address for any other mail—only your voter registration card and your ballot. It does not affect your residency status. ff you wi|l be living in the Belling- , ham area between Oct. 14 and Nov. 4. You can only vote by mail in this election. No polls will be open in Whatcom County on November 4. If the state does not have your Whatcom County address ..you; will not receive your ballot! If you are riot registered by Oct. ,-4y you d6 not get to vote! If you will;';torn;;18 ^;l^v4,(rrf^Sv year, you are eMgible to vote but^m^ :M6r;^ lt;0elM;;€^ SmEllenl^tin^ forfheWHdtcbm^C Viking Voices Opinions from around campus How did you prepare for school? Jeff Sellers Sophomore "By making sure I have al my supplies and telling myself that I'm going to have fun." Matt Reider Freshman "\ try to keep a positive attitude and check my Western e-mail and have school supplies ahead of time." Andreas Orwat Senior "As an exchange student, there are so many things. I had to pack up and leave my old flat." Alex McLean - Senior "I turned my computer on and wrote a paper, trying to think like a student again." Compiled by: Kaylin Bettinger The great debate: sleek Facebook or catchy MySpace Glenn Smith Columnist they seem to be tamer than MySpace ads. "How will you die?" is an ad I see over and over again, interspersed with questions about whom I am romantically interested in. Mixing sex with death, oh, the humanity. . Almost conversely, on Facebook, I clicked on an Arrested Development t-shirts ad, and unexpectedly! Upon opening, a video embedded in a MySpace page's comments may start playing, and the standard music player is set to play automatically—you've got clashing songs. And if your volume is turned up because you were listening to some cool lo-fi stuff on a previous page, it is scary, confusing, and annoying. MySpace Admittedly, I spend more time on MySpace than Facebook. I expect a majority of Western students prefer Facebook, as it is the more mature of the two. I frequently catch classmates surfing Facebook before class starts in computer lab classes, with no MySpace in sight—it is socially acceptable to be seen doing that. However, at home, away from prying eyes, I suspect these careful surfers revert to perusing the juicy, delectable, evil treats of MySpace. MySpace is the more evil ground to tread upon—it contains more garbage and traps than Facebook, inherently and accidentally. MySpace is full of commercial drivel and abrasive, clickable ads available all the way through. Facebook does have ads, but was taken to ^ a nifty cloth- J^ ing store Web w site. The selling point was a smart TV show. Community is what Facebook and MySpace are all about. With MySpace, it's about friends, but it's also about watching TV on the internet, listening to or researching music, copyright violation, seeing who pays lots of money to advertise on MySpace, like Coors Lite (are they seriously advertising to a mostly underage market?) and taking digital pictures of oneself from arm's length. On MySpace, abrasive sounds blare I'm waiting until all three become one gray, amorphous blob of corporate-controlled ugliness. - Glenn Smith, Columnist • is more fun, like tooth-decaying candy. A draw is the music aspect of MySpace, though the vast majority of it is insulting. Either you've got heavily com: mercialized music that's so cliche it makes your mind bleed or a deservedly unknown band that makes your ears bleed. Either way, there's blood loss involved, and that's not good unless you're donating it or getting it tested for diseases. Original and talented bands also have MySpace pages—that's what I'm in it for. They are not as accessible as, say, The Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus but don't give up hope. MySpace is the more challenging battleground, with obstacles to overcome and more hurdles to jump. I'd rather spend my time in the swamp trying to clean it up, or educate myself about the evil that comprises, it, than just escape and pretend the problem doesn't exist. Indeed, Facebook is a way out of the madness that is Rupert Murdoch's adopted brainchild. With Facebook I am given a more realistic picture of my friends. These are my friends that are smart, rebellious, educated, impressive. Facebook ethically reigns supreme. It is the social networking site that ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 16 ---------- See more online at w w w.westernfrontonline .net PAGE 16 Friday • September 26,2008 I The Western Front Western football tire stretch Quarterback Adam Perry named Offensive Player of the Week in loss Eastern: 52 Western: 31 David Leers THE WESTERN FRONT Western's football team came up short in the fourth quarter and suffered a 52-31 loss Saturday to Eastern Washington University. The game was tied 31-31 at the start of the fourth quarter after the Vikings played; three strong quarters to tie the game. Western senior and quarterback Adam Perry completed 24 of 37 passes for 349 yards and scored four touchdowns: two through the-air and two;on^he^grbUjid; C Perry's game peiformahce earned him Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 14-20. jt |f-Vye.ldnd.df.shot .ourselves.in ^ - the foot in the last quarter. We just need to finish." - Travis McKee, • / wide receiver Western totaled 515 offensive yards compared to Eastern's 506 yards and possessed the ball for 14 minutes longer than the Eagles. That was not enough to stop the NCAA Division I - Football Championship Subdivision No. 16-ranked Eastern Eagles. With 13 minutes left in the fourth Photo Courtesy of Eastern Washington University Western senior wide receiver Travis McKee (3) gets tackled by Eastern linebacker Makai Borden (27) Saturday at Woodward Field in Cheney, Wash. quarter, the Eagles took charge and scored three touchdowns;/; which put the game away. "In the end they were a stronger, more athletic team," Perry said. "They simply wore us out." Western senior wide receiver Travis McKee had 10 receptions for 152 yards for the Vikings. "We kind of shot ourselves in the foot in the last quarter," McKee said. "We just need to finish." Vikings offensive coordinator Ke-fense Hynson said he wants the team to keep improving and focus on execution. He- said he hopes this improvement will show at the team's next gaine on Sept. 27. The Vikings are currently 1-1 in the conference and 1-2 overall. McKee said this is one of the three home games this season he expects a large attendance, with all the returning students along with the first weekend of being back at school. "All the guys are excited to play at home," Hynson said. "This is a big game and a must win." Porter races into first for third time Megan Jonas THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Sarah Porter was the first to cross the finish-line for the third time this season on Saturday. She beat more than 150 other cross-country runners in the University of Washington Sun-dodger Invitational. Porter finished the 3.73-mile course with a time of 20 minutes, 50 seconds. "Knowing that there were all those girls behind me kept me going," Porter said. The Viking women placed second overall in the open division, which included National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) schools and community colleges. The Viking men placed fifth in the invitational division, which primarily consisted of NCAA Division I schools. Western and the University of Alaska, Anchorage were the only two non-NCAA schools competing in the invitational division. Western head coach Kelvin "Pee Wee" Halsell said the teams are doing well so far. As of Sept. 23, the Viking women were sixth in the conference and the men were third. Porter competed at the invitational a year ago and placed fourth. 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Parker, who began golfing in high school, said she was happy with her first round but hopes to win a tournament before she graduates. "It was my personal best," Parker said. "But I didn't play too well in the next rounds—it was kind of disappointing." Western junior Lianne Matkin said Parker had an excellent first day and blew'away the competition. "What a way to start the season off—with a personal best," Matkin said. "That's been one of her goals and she deserves major kudos." On Monday, the Vikings shot an opening-round 305 and second-round 323 for a 628 total, which tied them for third with Gonzaga University—nine shots behind leader Portland State University at 619. Western shot 322 Tuesday for a 950 total-finishing sixth behind Portland State University, California Polytechnic State University, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington University and the University of British Columbia. Despite a one-hour rain delay and'Western junior Breanna Carmichael's withdrawal after the first round due to a sore back, Stephan said he was pleased with the team's performance. "The first tournament of the year is always a tough one," Stephan said. "[Carmichael] was injured, so we played without any breathing room." Carmichael said she has had back problems since a car accident in high school and couldn't continue to play after the first round. "I was frustrated that I couldn't contribute," Carmichael said. "But the team held it together." The team placed sixth nationally at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II National Championships last spring, and Stephan said he's optimistic about this upcoming season. "From top to bottom, we're a strong team this year," Stephan said. "We have a good team that will travel and good girls we're leaving at home. We get to bring our best girls to every tournament." Matkin said the team has great chemistry this year, and the season opener was a good footstep for the rest of the season. "I feel confident in myself and the team as a whole," Matkin said. "It's the best team I've been on and the coach is great. Nationals was an experience of a lifetime, and I expect to see us there again this year." Their next event is the St. Martin's Invitational beginning Oct. 9 at the Turn water Valley Golf Club. Stephan said the team will have an advantage because the invitational is in their home state. Their main goal is to win, he said. Kaitlin Parker 201 East Holly St. • 733-PITA ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 18 ---------- 18 I SPORTS Friday September 26,2008 I The Western Front Women's soccer ranked 1.6th after win Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT Coming off the well-fought win against powerhouse Seattle Pacific University . (SPU) last week, the Western women's soccer team played a dominating game against Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) on Thursday night. In a game battled out mostly between Western's forwards and NNU's defenders, the Vikings scored two goals in*each half' ending the game with a 4-1 win. Western is currently ranked 16th nationally in the latest NCAA Division II Coaches Poll, and with this win is now 7-2-0 overall and 3-0-0 in conference play. Western sophomore Molly Shannon scored the first and last goal for Western. Her first goal came off a corner kick in the 24th minute. The second goal came with less than a minute left off an assist from the team's leading scorer, Western sophomore Claire Morgan. "I saw the ball coming in to me," Shannon said about her second goal. "I thought about crossing it or shooting it and went for the shot." The last goal left the crowd of more than 120 fans at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field cheering loudly. "It's mostly families, but [playing at home] is great for us," Shannon said. Western sophomore Emily Frankland scored Western's second goal unassisted in the. 30th minute, and Western junior Lucy Miller scored the third goal in the 64th minute assisted by Frankland and Morgan. NNU's one corner kick of the game resulted in a header in the 39th minute for NNU's only goal. Western senior goalkeeper Kylie Broadbent had three saves. Morgan scored in the last five games coming into Thursday's matchup against NNtj: •'"'':•" ^ She did not continue her streak but was credited with two assists. Scoring the only goal in the SPU shutout last week, Morgan was named the Sept. 14-20 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Soccer Athlete of the Week. Photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Western midfielder Jenny Barton, right, and Northwest Nazarene University's Susana Confreres, second from right, fight for the ball during their game on Thursday at Whatcom Community College. 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LADIES AGES 20-29: earn $4500 by helping an infertile couple achieve pregnancy through the gift of egg donation. Short-term commitment and able to work around your busy schedule. Please visit www.eggdonorselect. com to apply. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-26 - Page 19 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • September 26,2008 SPORTS I 19 Volleyball wins .10th straight Team holds off Central in four games to extend best start in school history Western: 3 Eastern: 1 Jesse Amorratanasuchad THE WESTERN FRONT Western women's volleyball team improved to 10-0 to start the season, after beating Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) rivals Central Washington University three sets to one Thursday evening at Carver Gym. With the win, the volleyball team continues its best start to a season in Western's history and improves to 2-0 in conference play. "There's always a great rivalry against Central," Western senior and team captain Angie Alvord said. "We had a lot of fans; it was a really good atmosphere to be in and especially to get the ' W'." Western executed well on both sides of the net and finished, the match, with 51 kills and 13 blocks. Alvord, along with Western senior TianaRoma commanded attention from the Central defense and •were also helped by tremendous plays from Western sophomores Megan Amundson and Allison Gotz. "We've talked to [Alvord and Roma] about carrying a bigger load this year," head coach Diane Flick said. "They've stepped up to the challenge, and they know night in and night out they have to be that go-to player." Western jumped to a two-set lead going into halftime and defeated Central 25-18 and 25-19. Carried by Central junior Erin Norris's eight kills, the Wildcats then came back to win the third set 25-18. Western rallied behind Amundson's five kills in the fourth set to defeat Central in their first of two meetings in conference play. Alvord finished the match with 12 kills, while Roma's seven total blocks made her an imposing figure to face in front of the net. There's always a great rivalry against Central. We had a lot of fans; it was a really good atmosphere to be in and especially to get the 'W'." Angie Alvord, team captain Roma said she believes the team's new formation has had a positive effect on the team and is part of the reason for Western's early success. Seven hundred twenty-five- raucous'supporters packed Haggen court for Western's match.' ; "We really appreciate the people that came out to supporf us tonight," Flick said. "When our team had a bit of a low, they were able to help us get back into [the game]. It's nice to get support not only from the community but our student population as well." IlBf 1MRBMHHI nisi! 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Show more2008_0930 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 1 ---------- ROPOSED RULE OULD AFFECT PRODUCTIVE EALTHCARE PAGE 8 GAME-WINNING FIELD GOAL SEALS FOOTBALL VICTORY PAGE 16 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 THE WESTERN AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 19701 WESTERNFRONTONLINE.NET Influx of new students spills over to off-campus housing Fresh out of rooms Western freshmen Michael Green, left, and House Inn Sept. 28. Western was forced to Marisa Willis THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Andrew Wonderly attempts to tidy up the piles of clothing, shoe-boxes and leftover pizza that clutter what appears to be a typical college dorm room. But beneath the layers of basketball shorts, shampoo bottles and notebook paper, one can begin to see parts of the four-photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Taylor Kohanek, right, relax and surf the free wireless Internet in their hotel room at the Guesthouse students in the inn when dorms reached capacity. star hotel that Wonderly has called home since the beginning of school. As fate, or perhaps procrastination, would have it, Wonderly and 40 other freshmen were given temporary housing assignments at the GuestHouse Inn after learning in early September there were no more dorm rooms available on Western's campus. "At first I thought, 'Oh my gosh. I can't believe the college is full,'" Wonderly said. "1 thought that it was ridiculous. I got used to it though. I like the idea of doing something different." Residence Life Associate Director John Purdie said it is not unheard of for the university to receive more applications to live on campus than the number of beds available. For this reason, Western has contracts see HOUSING page 7 Textbooks 101: why students pay the price Katherine Garvey and Brianne McDonough THE WESTERN FRONT Even with the 10-percent markdown that is applied to all of the'Associated Students (AS) Bookstore's textbooks, students are still taking a palpable hit to their wallets as the new quarter rolls around, said Robert Perks, Western AS Bookstore textbook manager. According to the National Association of College Stores' (NACS) Student Watch 2008 report, students reported spending an average of $702 on required course materials during the 2006- 07 school year. The study was requested by Congress in May 2007 with the hopes of finding better practices and innovations on campuses to reduce textbook costs. "Of course [the prices] suck, let's be honest," said Amanda Borden, The College Store supervisor. "A chemistry book for $150? Whoever s making them is making bank." Borden said the store's average revenue each quarter is about $300,000 from textbook sales alone, and understands students' frustrations with textbook prices. While several factors go into deciding the prices of the textbook, some organizations have accused publishing companies of taking advantage of some of these tactics to raise costs. see TEXTBOOKS page 4 University leaders say it's time to talk about drinking age Andrea Davis-Gonzalez THE WESTERN FRONT As college students crack open then-books, a new initiative may affect the age when they pop open their beers. At least 130 leaders in higher education from around the country are saying the current laws for drinking have failed and are asking for the support of other university and college presidents. More than 2,000 invitations were sent to presidents of four-year universities and colleges to sign the initiative, said John McCardell, history professor and former President Emeritus of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. Only presidents in higher education can sign the statement, he said. The Amethyst Initiative is a petition for a national discussion about whether 21 is an appropriate age for people to buy and drink alcohol.. The initiative does not advocate a specific drinking age nor to change the current law, which are common misconceptions, said Grace Kronenberg, a spokesperson for the Amethyst Initiative. ' McCardell launched the movement in July 2008 when former President Karen Morse was still in office. Morse chose not to support the initiative and President Bruce Shepard said he will support her decision. "University presidents worry about alcohol abuse on their campuses," Shep- uid said. "Different presidents approach these issues differently." A significant portion of college-age students, including 18, 19 and 20-year-olds consume alcohol, McCardell said. Presidents of colleges and universities should understand their students' involvement with alcohol because their behavior is easy to observe, McCardell said. "It was created to bring public attention to a growing problem," Kronenberg said. "Our culture [in the U.S.] is marked by binge drinking and drinking until getting drunk." Western sophomore Michael Lang, president of the Associated Students (AS) see AMETHYST page 5 photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 2 ---------- See more online at w w w.wester nfrontonline .net PAGE 2 Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front Nash Hall hosted the Neon T-Rex dance Sept. 27, with music by Western sopHomore DJ Oil approximately 150 people showed up for the north-campus dance. NEWS BRIEFS Free seminars teach finances Western accounting students will offer a series of free seminars focused on teaching college students the basics of money management on Saturdays from Oct. 1-Nov. 5. The Money Sense Program is being offered by Western's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, an international honorary organization for finance students and professionals. A free dinner will be provided to attendants beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by the seminars at 6 p.m. in Parks Hall Room 104. The first seminar focuses on personal finance. World Issues Forum begins with talk on ethnography Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies has announced its fall'presenters for the annual World Issues Forum. The forum kicks off Oct. 1 with Gilda Sheppard, faculty member of The Evergreen State College. Her presentation is, "Moving from Object to Subject: Critical Ethnography and Documentary Film." ; The forums are free and open to the public from noon to 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the Fairhaven College Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. _ , _ . ' r '• •'— _ . 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Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. • • -. - -••-• •-••• -' ' photo by-Clr'atg HHI-TWPVVEST^RN FRONT' ie Crain. Resident adviser Keisey Gibson said Alumni return to share hook on poster art Seattle graphic designers and Western alumni Robynne Raye and Michael Strassburger will release their new book at Western next month. ' . Their book, "Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art," will be presented with a public lecture, book-signing and exhibition of their work at Western's Viking Union (VU) Gallery. The exhibition runs from Oct. 13-30, with a public lecture at 5 p.m. on Oct. 16 in the Science, Math and Technology Education building in Room 140. The lecture is followed by an opening and book signing at 7 p.m. in the VU Gallery. Raye and Strassburger are 1987 graduates of Western's design program. After graduation, they established Modern Dog Design in Seattle. Their award-winning work has been featured in design magazines.and books across the country. News briefs and Cops Box compiled by Jillian Vasquez- CipsBox iiiiResideh lt;Qe; *! Police resfjond^tf to a call \£;. frim ^faitim Ridge- %\ t:'•:. gt;. yv^ gjeta \vljoser laptops ^. and iPodtouch were - «,';.: - reported stately'••* :uc ;; ^ f • Police responded to a -j ;.-r^port.pf ,an,aHegedl,y in-f gt; toxica^etj,person,running; -; .,, \. aroundjwrth^apnppsr.t;; The person was found and.., tumedoverto campus , •••• housing authorities. Sept.2? Police assisted Bellingham : Police Depiirtrnent with a mbtof cycle crashi on south campus. ; .-1, :^^• • i~mMl\:y Bellingham Police • : Police responded' toi a llSliiiiSftlBWiiiililll Ifllllll^^ Corrections An article that appeared on pages one arid eight of the Sept. 26 edition of The Western Front contained a factual errors concerning the Ashley Wick case. There was no trial held for Wick. She faces three years in prison, not jail, as the page eight headline states. A photo caption that appeared on page one of the Sept. 26 edition of The Western Front misspelled Angela Kise.r's name. r An article that appeared on page 19 of the Sept. 26 edition of The Western Front contained a factual error in the volleyball score. Western played against Central Washington University, not Eastern Washington Un'iyei;sity. ;••.'•' .: /. . An article that appeared on pages one and four of the Sept. 26 edition of The Western Front contained a factual -error, concerning Nolan Dennett. He will be returning .to the faculty winter quarter, not spring quarter. The, Western Front apologizes -forthese and any other errors. Errors should be reported to the managing editor at managing@.westernfrontonline.net ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 30,2008 NEWS 1 3 Professor supports Gregoire, stem- cell research in TV ad Meaghan Cox THE WESTERN FRONT Western theater professor James Lortz endorses Gov. Christine Gregoire's pro-stance on embryonic stem-cell research - so much he was recently featured in a TV ad supporting her stance on the issue as well as her reelection, Sept. 23. Lortz became involved with the ad because he has Parkinson's disease, which is presently an incurable condition. Some speculate that through embryonic stem cell research, scientists may be able to find a cure for Parkinson's and other types of illnesses. Lortz has been accused of saying in the ad that Gregoire would relieve the pain people with debilitating illnesses feel. "Relieve the pain?" Lortz said. "I didn't say anything about that. It is interesting that people hear what they want to hear." While on set for taping the ad, Lortz said he was asked if he was merely acting the part. He responded by saying that he really does have Parkinson's disease. Lortz spent seven years being misdiagnosed by doctors. In the end it was his dentist who correctly identified the symptoms as Parkinson's, he said: Parkinson's disease comes from a group of conditions called motor-system disorders, and results from a loss of dop-amine- producing brain cells. Symptoms can include trembling of hands, arms, legs, jaw, face and stiffness of limbs and the trunk. Parkinson's is chronic and progressive, which means it will persist and worsen. As it progresses, the person may experience difficulty walking and talking. "I'm arm wrestling with Parkinson's and will for as long as I can," Lortz said. "It makes me frustrated. I acted last year [in theater] but it was tough." In response to the advertisement, the Dino Rossi campaign office released a statement that said, "In 2004, Gregoire promised to create a Washington Institute cil of Bioethics, "She can only throw her weight around and say this is important to her." On Aug. 9, 2001, President Bush established the Council on Bioethics and passed a policy allowing embryonic stem cell research. But in order to receive federal funding, certain criteria must be met. On the National Institute of Health's Web site, the criteria is listed among the laws surrounding stem-cell research.. The removal of cells had to have been "i'm arm wrestling with Parkinson's and will for as long as I can. It makes me frustrated. I acted last year [in theater] but it was tough.- • - James Lortz; Western theater professor of Stem Cell Research,~arid in all her four years, has yet to do so." The statement went on to say, "She hasn't proposed to do so again." Lortz said he has faith that Gregoire will establish a Washington Institute of Stem Cell Research. "She commented that it's not that she hasn't done it, it's just that she hasn't gotten around to it yet," Lortz said. "I don't want to discredit that." Whether Gregoire gets re-elected or not, embryonic stem cell research cannot be funded federally due to laws passed in Congress. "[Gregoire] can't approve anything federally," said Diane Gianelli, director of communications for the President's Coun-initiated before Aug. 9,2001. Embryos must no longer have had the possibility of developing further into a human, and the embryos had to be created for reproductive purposes and are no longer needed. There has to be consent from who the eggs are obtained from and no financial inducements can be made. If the state of Washington wishes to encourage embryonic stem cell research, state funding is required. The medical and science fields are currently conducting research for cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis. A large portion of research includes analyzing adult stem cells but not embryonic stem cells. "Any research is better than nothing," Lortz said. "But from what I understand, embryonic is the way to go." There is controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells, preventing the research from becoming widespread throughout the U.S. According to National Institutes of Health, stem cells can divide as often as necessary in order to replenish other cells. Each stem cell has the ability to become another type of cell, such as a muscle cell, red blood cell, brain cell or can remain a stem cell. One of the differences the Institute of Health lists between embryonic and adult stem cells is how it has been created. Adult stem cells are found among cells in a tissue or organ. Embryonic stem cells are produced from eggs that have been fertilized in a laboratory. Despite the politics surrounding embryonic stem-cell research, Lortz said he keeps a positive attitude-not just about the politicians he supports but about his condition as well. "I never thought I'd come down with something debilitating," he said. "It's nothing compared to what others have." He said his friends have reminded him of how to be grateful for life. CONDOS minutes to WWU FOR SALE Cypress P l a c e - 7 0 0 3 2 n d St Southgate - 600 Lincoln St, Live •Play • Learn • Earn Choose from two exciting new condominiums project minutes from WWU. Cypress Place Condos features newly constructed studios, one bed and two bed units, secure keyless entry, exercise facility, elevator, covered parking and storage. The newly !||§|§f^^ flllllJIIf^^ Units starting at $ 119,900 www.liveatcypress.com ^ Keith Bockwoldt ( 3 6 0 ) 3 1 9 - 9 0 0 6 THE MWJATGROUP ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Tuesday • September 30,20081 The Western Front TEXTBOOKS: Congressional study reveals producer-driven market from 1 One such organization, the State Public Interest Research Groups (State PIRGs), works to protect the interests of the American public on several issues, including textbook prices. Research done by the PIRGs resulted in the 2005 report "Rip-off 101: How the Publishing Industry's Practices Needlessly Drive Up Textbook Costs." The report suggests book publishers release new editions more often, making used and less expensive copies more scarce. "Every year they come with a new edition and they make very minor changes, but they consider it a whole new book," Western senior Pamela VanOver-beke said. The PIRGs also blamed publishers for inflating costs by bundling materials. Bundling is when a textbook is sold with several other resources, such as a CD. The textbook is not available by itself, even though some professors do not use the supplementary materials. "[The bundling] really does not do so much good unless the instructor is backing it and making use of it," Perks said. He said bundling also hurts the student at buy back time when he or she is unable to sell certain pieces of the bundle separately. VanOverbeke looks to other students on campus to buy and sell books. Graduating this quarter, she advertised her textbooks on flyers around the Communications Facility. "I found that usually when you sell a book to a fellow student, you can get a little more money than buyback," she said. In an effort to keep used books on the shelf, both the Associated Students (AS) Bookstore and The College Store offer to buy back books from students, provided they are being used in classes the following quarter. "We decide to put that money back in the students' hands," Perks said. "It reduces the amount of books we need from the publishers." While this keeps prices down for those specific books, it also forces the publishing companies to find the revenue lost due to sales of used books somewhere else. This may result in either a higher cost for new editions or the promotion of a lower-cost version of the book to attract new sales. Much of the money the AS Bookstore receives though, comes back to the students through the bookstore's partnership with the AS. "We keep enough money in our store to keep the carpets fixed, the windows clean," Perks said. "The rest of it's gone. It goes back to the AS." According to the Student Watch 2008 report, 26 percent of students said they relied on scholarships and other financial aid to pay for course materials, but on average, the aid covered just 45 percent of these costs. Western freshman Kendra O'Halloran said the costs of textbooks her first quarter was a shock, especially when she had hot yet received her financial aid. [ "You have to get your books before they run out so you can do your homework," O'Halloran said. "Next quarter, I'll plan ahead. But since it was my first quarter, I just wanted to get the books." Western senior Christina Myer said she usually spends $400 on textbooks each quarter, depending on what classes she takes. Myer said she waits for the first day . of class to find out if she has to buy the books or not. Often her teachers will say it's unnecessary or that they put a copy on reserve at the library., Myer said. "The frustrating thing is your professor says you have to have this book, and you don't have a choice," said Steve Gammon, chair of the chemistry department and professor of science education at Western. "You feel like you have to spend this money, even if you don't perceive there's value there." He said many students find value in other, more convenient resources. "In this age where so much information is free via the Internet, I'm wondering, is there sort of this expectation now that information shouldn't cost anything?" Gammon said. "What's the value? Why do I have to shell out the money for this chemistry book when all the information is out there?" Others use online companies to buy and sell for more competitive prices. One company is BigWords.com. "I started Big Words in 2001 as a price comparison site with the idea that there are thousands of companies and individuals on the Internet who are selling textbooks, all competing with each other," CEO Jeff Sherwood said. photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Heidi Hoff picks out anthropology textbooks in the AS bookstore Sept. 26. BigWords takes into account sales, coupons and shipping rates, among other criteria, to find its users the best combinations of stores to buy from. Other students buy and sell books among themselves using Amazon and Half.com. "Usually I just borrow books, go on Facebook, or try Ebay—anything to avoid the store," Saville said. "But it doesn't always happen." Saville said he is usually able to find better prices online, but he shopped at The College Store this quarter because it was easier and last-minute. Despite all the finger pointing, The Student Watch 2008 recognized it is difficult to identify one single factor on which to blame the prices of college textbooks. Gammon said students can feel like someone else is controlling their money when they have to spend hundreds of dollars every quarter on books they'll only read a handful of times. "I empathize with that," Gammon said. "It's not simple. There are a lot of players here, and it's not just people out to get the poor students." g^ONDARrfi^- OPEN EVERY DAY AT 11AM HAPPY HOUR SAT-THUR 4-6PM FRIDAY, OCT 3RD 10PM $4 CHUGKANUT DRIUE SI AND 1107 RAILROAD AVE. DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM 647-5593 BBAYBREWERY.COM ns MYSPACE.COM/B0UNDARyBAYBREWERY ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 5 ---------- westernfrontoniine.net \ .Tuesday •September 30,2008 NEWSTS AMET^ supports Morse's stance on initiative from 1 Current Events Forum, said many people drink when they're underage because it's a matter of not getting caught, but when someone can legally drink, that excitement is gone. "With the current drinking law, binge drinking is still an issue," he said. "It's rebellious to drink alcohol and it's a thrill factor when you're underage because it's illegal." " Eighteen-year-olds can legally wed, sign a contract, fight in a war and purchase cigarettes, but are not able to purchase or consume even a drop of alcohol. "We can do all those things that require a huge responsibility, and yet lawmakers assume that we don't have the judgement to take care "of our bodies," Lang said. ' The U.S.. already has more than enough issues to be addressed^ and some things legal in the U.S. can be more harmful than drinking, Lang said. "Twenty-one seems arbitrary," Mc- "We can talk all we want, but it isn't going to change anything," Shepard said. "If we lower the drinking age, we'd see more binge drinking at younger ages." Lang said people would have to become accustomed tp the law before it took effect. "If the drinking age is lowered to 18, there is ho doubt initially there'd be some problems, but everything would eventually even out to an equilibrium," Lang said. McCardell said he hopes the initiative will have several outcomes. The debate should continue on college campuses and lead to the removal of the 10 percent decrease in the state highway appropriation, McCardell said. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 reduces a state's highway funding by 10 percent if it permits anyone under 21 to drink. States are not the only ones to get punished for underage drinking. Police can issue a minor in possession (MIP) citation to anyone who is caught consuming or possessing alcohol under / / We can do all those things that require a huge responsibility, and yet lawmakers assume that we don't have the judgment to take care of our bodies. - Michael Lang; AS Students Current Events Forum president Cardell said. "Thirty years ago, 21 used to be the legal age of adulthood when people could ypteandmake: their own de- Shepard said" the; debtte:w01 Mot'be effective. the age of 21. He or she must then make a mandatory court, appearance, said Lt. Steve Ffeimley of detective division and public irifdrmatioh offleer of Bellingham Police. If the incident occurred in Bellingham, he or she is referred to the Bellingham Municipal Court. When a person is issued an MIP, he or she is referred to the Whatcom County as well as a health and safety concern. Drinking is a personal choice whether .someone does it legally or illegally, but everyone should know what the risks are, 44 We can talk all we want, but it isn't going to change anything. If we lower the drinking age, we'd see more binge drinking at younger ages. - Western President Bruce Shephard District Court. An MIP is a gross demeanor, which can result in a jail sentence of a year maximum and/or a fine of up to $5,000. University Police (UP) usually issues 2-6 MIPs per week, mostly between Thursday and Saturday, said Sgt. David Garcia of UP. When someone is issued an MIP, he or she is often required to attend an alcohol education program, Garcia said. The Alcohol and Drug Consultation and Assessment Services offers a risk reduction program designed to educate Western students about the drug and alcohol choices they make. Many people don't think about the outcome of drinking alcohol, said Elva Giddings, Prevention and Wellness acting director. "The current law is not a big impediment for students," Giddings said. "Making [alcohol] more available to more people legally may cause problems." Lowering the drinking age creates the potential for an increase in alcohol-related fatalities and accidents, Giddings said. He added that the current drinking age is not a legal issue but a social issue, she said. Shepard said there are three strategies to deal with alcohol abuse: education, culture and consequence. Students should know about the effects of alcohol and how it can lead to rape and assault in certain cases of excessive abuse, he said. The final strategy is the enforcement of the drinking age, which helps eliminate many alcohol-related issues on campus, Shepard said. "If the law is changed [and the drinking age is lowered], people may drink more because it's easily accessible," Giddings said. Lang said the current drinking age law forces those underage to drink behind closed doors, which makes him or her more likely to abuse alcohol. "Secretive drinking is a problem on most college campuses," McCardell said. "It was certainly a problem on [Middle-bury] when I was president." Currently, the petition has 130 signatures. . . , . . . , . ....... Two Washington schools have signed onto the list-Pacific Lutheran University and Trinity Lutheran College. 35TH ANNIVERSARY CD —i m gt; • z Q lt;m ORG Downtown Johnny's No Govt* witVi St^dtv\t \T gt;'S New K^Vits CKM sou^d • NVs/'s Best DJ's 33-2579 ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 6 ---------- 6 I NEWS Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front Provost ready to live his 'other' life Murphy retires after 25 years of serving Western as a dean and twice as acting provost Stephanie Sarff THE WESTERN FRONT Western's current provost and vice president for Academic Affairs Dennis Murphy holds a powerful position on Western's campus—one many students do not know, care or think about on a daily basis. He is in charge of everything regarding academic affairs, which Murphy said accounts for approximately 85 percent of the university's total business. Murphy said he manages faculty and academic budgeting, oversees all seven of the academic deans and evaluates the success or failure of programs on campus. The search for a new provost began in June. Craig Dunn, the search chair for the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Advisory Search Committee, said the committee expects to end the hunt for a new provost and have he or she in office by January 2009. After 25 years as dean of the College of Business and Economics and experiencing the provost position once for 14 months, Murphy said he was ready to retire before Stepping in for Bodman :• "I stayed to try to get things normal," Murphy said. During his time as dean and provost, Murphy said he has seen a lot of change at Western. Within the past 25 years, there have been 14 provosts and eight presidents. ;-'! ; -'•'•' • *• '•'•'•- •• ' •'• '•' Although many of the changes in leadership have gone smoothly and he said he has been pleased to be a part of them, Murphy said he does not think changing administration so frequently is a good thing for a university. "You just don't know how it's going to turn out," he said. Dunn said he thinks change is necessary at times. "It's nice to have fresh blood come in," Dunn said. John Lawson, vice provost for Information Technology and chief information officer, said change is a sign of growth and can be refreshing for a university. "There's always room for improvement," Lawson said. Lawson said he goes to Murphy for advice and counseling, while Murphy comes to him when he needs something Subscribe to the Western Front $35/ quarter Call 360-650-3160 photo courtesy of University Communications Western is searching for a new provost to take over for current provost Dennis Murphy when he retires; Murphy was appointed to fill in for an ill provost who never came back to work eight years ago. He was appointed again two years ago after the resignation of former provost Andrew Bodman. done. Lawson said Murphy is data driven and decision oriented, but also eclectic. Dunn said the characteristics of a Har-ley Davidson, which Murphy bought after he thought he was going to retire after his first stint as provost, describe Murphy: stable but risky, predictable and loyal. "His interests are far ranging," Law-son said. "Hence the Harley." Although Murphy will no longer be provost, he said he doesn't plan to sit around when he retires. "I have another life," Murphy said. "I'm not going to quit doing things after this." After retirement, Murphy said he plans on focusing on his position as Chairman of the board for Cascade Financial Corporation and also finishing a book on corporate governance he started. Murphy said he thinks he did the job of provost to the best of his abilities. Dunn said although Murphy was probably not trying to leave a legacy as provost, Murphy's integrity surprised him. Murphy has always stuck to his word and made sure to follow through on all the small details of an agreement or project, he said. m9m Mk W% Jffh. I*"1 I | | W | i | | " T| *_ TARGET is hiring! Early Morning, Day, and Evening postitions available. 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Karen Walker, assistant director of Occupancy Management and Assesment, said University Residences had 4,110 students in the campus housing system for fall quarter-2,492 of which were freshmen. Matthew Dale, a freshmen living at the GuestHouse Inn, said staying at the hotel has not really affected his college experience. He said he grew up in Bellingham, and has always liked Western and its campus, even if he is not as close to it as he would have hoped. "At first I was unsure and uneasy about [moving into the hotel] because I wasn't sure where it was going to be," Dale said. "I thought we might be put in a dumpy place, but it's not at all. It's nice here."Besides those living, at the GuestHouse Inn, there are no other freshmen that applied for student housing that were assigned to live off campus. There are, however, 20 upperclassmen who have been placed in two-and three-bedroom apartments in Viking Gardens on Bill McDonald Parkway and 63 living at the New York Apartments on 22nd Street. Both of these locations are being leased by University Residences, Walker said. Purdie said sections of the New York Apartments were leased by Western for fall 2008 because it was quicker and cheaper than building a new dormitory. Western will begin construction on a new residence hall near Buchanan Towers in the near future, Purdie said. After exhausting all other resources, Purdie said housing students at the GuestHouse Inn was the best solution, especially since it is only temporary. Normally, they would have been placed somewhere on campus had there been room, he said. Purdie said his biggest concern right now is to get the freshmen who are still living at the hotel into a residence hall. "I'm pretty confident we'll have all [the students] out in four weeks," Purdie said. "I can't make any promises, but my hope is in two weeks." Until then, Purdie said University Residences has been working hard to ensure the freshmen's stay at the hotel goes smoothly. // Our intention is to get everyone, especially the freshmen, into the dorms. It's more beneficial for new students to be in the dorms. They need the support network that's there.' // -John Purdie, Resident Life associate director The university could have rented more apartments for students, but would rather not have freshmen permanently housed off campus, he said. "Our intention is to get everyone, especially freshmen, into the dorms," Purdie said. "It's more beneficial for new students to be in the dorms. They need the support network that's there." The three dorms that were hit the hardest by an excess of students were Buchanan Towers, Ridge way Kappa and Edens North. Walker said a total of 50 double rooms have been converted to triple rooms on campus. Walker said this is the most upperclassmen Western has ever leased housing to off campus. Of the original 40 students assigned to move into the GuestHouse Inn, less than 20 students currently remain. As rooms or beds become available on campus, the freshmen at the hotel are able to move out. "Historically we lose about 40 students within the first four weeks of class," Purdie said. "That's why we felt comfortable assigning 40 students to the hotel earlier in September." Most of the freshmen at the GuestHouse Inn share a bedroom with two queen beds, full bathroom, television set with HBO, free wireless internet, microwave, refrigerator and a desk to do homework on. All of the students have access to the indoor hot tub and a complimentary breakfast is served in the mornings. , Freshman Marshall Banks said he could not understand why more students were not as enthusiastic as he was to be living in a hotel. "I think it's pretty sweet." Banks said. "The rooms are way bigger; the beds are way bigger; I didn't have to bring anything. It's all here." Banks said it will probably be a nasty wake-up call when he has to move into the dormitory and is forced to clean up his own room. Until then, he said he is going to enjoy the experience as much as possible. Banks said although they are farther from campus than most freshmen, transportation has not been a problem. "The buses are really good so it hasn't been hard to get around at all," Banks said. "There's so many resources available. They've made it very easy on us gt;." Although some students say they have been enjoying their free breakfast and maid service, most say they are excited to move to the residence halls, citing isolation as the biggest downside to the hotel. Wonderly agreed it has been difficult meeting other students so far, and said he rarely sees the other freshmen at the hotel. 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(360) 650-3308 WESTERN AA/EO Institution ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I NEWS Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front Groups await decision on controversial health rule Allison Milton THE WESTERN FRONT The Bush administration and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally proposed a rule change on Aug. 21. The new rule would give all healthcare workers in facilities that receive federal funding the ability to deny patients contraceptives and other forms of family care medication that go against their moral or religious beliefs. The rule change is called the "Bush Administration's proposed 'physicians' conscience'rule." Kevin Schweers, spokesperson for HHS, said the purpose of this change is to protect the conscience of healthcare providers. For example, if a healthcare provider was morally against emergency contraception and a patient was requesting it, it*would be acceptable to deny the patients request. Groups at Western, such as the Associated Student's club VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood, who promote civil engagement and educate people on reproductive issues and rights, are strongly opposed to this change. Western senior and VOX Coordinator Kelsey Williams said if the rule does change then doctors could refuse any sort of birth control medication and even medication to treat AIDS. This issue has attracted advocates such as New York Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. Together, they wrote an op-ed article for the New York Times titled "Blocking Women's Rights." "Women patients, who look to their health care providers as an unbiased source of medical information, might not even know they were being deprived of advice about their options or denied access to care," the article said. Western sophomore Angela D'Elia said it's wrong for someone else to have control over the decisions she makes about her body. "I should have the right to do what I want with (my body)," she said. There was a 30-day period in which people could publicly comment about the change before HHR would begin to consider it. The comment period ended Sept. 25. The administration officials at HHS will review the comments before executing the final rule change, Schweers said! photo illustration by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT The new HHR rule would allow healthcare workers in facilities that receive federal funding to deny contraceptives, among other things, to patients based on personal convictions. Schweers said there is no minimum or maximum time officials will take in making the decision. "Now, we're just waiting around to see what happens," Williams said. have to do something against their own personal beliefs," she said. Zinkan said patients should still get the treatment they need, and they could always be referred to someone who feels / / It's an outraee when someone starts telling you what to do with your ovaries. - Kelsey Williams, Western senior and VOX coordinator Western junior Carri Zinkan said she thinks the rule change is a good idea. "I don't think that anyone should more comfortable giving it to them. Health Center Director Emily Gibson said the Student Health Center on campus does not receive any federal funds, so students who use the health center will not be affected by the rule. Gibson said it is a condition of employment at the Student Health Center for nurses and practitioners to provide services that are deemed appropriate to the patient. One of the main reasons young adults go to see health care providers is for reproductive issues, Williams said. "That's one thing we have control over—our bodies," Williams said. 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Comprehensive family dentristry with a friendly, personal touch New Patients Welcome! •Family-friendly office, children welcome • Smile enhancement • Cosmetic dentistry: tooth-colored filling • Comfortable, affordable dentistry • Most insurances accepted • ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 30,2008 $1 million gift funds new institute Western alumnus and wife aim to honor former president Karen W. Morse with contribution During winter quarter, every student is going to get the chance to learn how to become a better leader on campus, De- Mark said. He said five specific practices will be taught which will help them learn to lead more effectively. "The program will be able to provide more opportunities for students to experience and learn leadership theories," said Jason Kloster, the temporary leadership development program associate with De- Mark. Many activities in a student's daily life can be seen as leadership training, whether it is playing a sport or just deciding what to eat with some friends, Kloster said. The new leadership program will provide students with leadership awareness that will help them identify leadership traits, Kloster said. "This is going to be a very exciting opportunity for students who are already in leadership roles," said Dennis Murphy, the university provost in academic affairs. The new institute will give the honorific title of the Bowman Distinguished Professor to a qualified applicant interested in teaching leadership skills, Murphy said. There hasn't been a professor appointed at this time but the initial appointment will be for four years. NEWS I 9 photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Karen Morse served as president at Western for 15 years. The Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership will help students gather the necessary skills for strong leadership. Julio Cortes THE WESTERN FRONT In the largest single monetary gift in Western's history, $1 million will be given as the groundwork for the new Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership, slated to begin winter quarter. The institute is named in honor of Western President Emeritus Karen W. Morse. Jack and Jo Ann Bowman's gift of $1 million will be used for things such as adding a professor of leadership study, starting a program of distinguished scholars and part of the funds will go towards giving scholarships to students, said Joanne DeMark, Western's leadership development specialist. The institute is still in its development stage but will contribute to a diverse program. DeMark said the program will help to develop leaders by teaching students who are already in leadership roles what they are doing correctly and how to continue to apply those correct leadership techniques. Other contributors to the institute were David and Denise Cole, who contributed $250,000 and Rick and Sylvia Haggen, who also contributed $250,000. Mark Bagley, senior director of advanced services with the Western Foundation, said Jack Bowman, a 1954 Western graduate, and his wife, Jo Ann Bowman, have been involved with the university for many years. The Bowmans couldn't be reached for comment. Morse retired over the summer and the Bowmans wanted to honor her for the 15 years of service she gave to the university, Bagley said. The institute will help students' leadership skills by having them experience leadership development opportunities, DeMark said. "Western produces a tremendous amount of student leaders and this institute will develop them even further," said DeMark. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 10 ---------- 1 0 I Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front ARTS Art is in the eye of Christine Karambeias THE WESTERN FRONT Art is everywhere: outside, next to a restaurant table, on display in a museum or available in educational facilities. Bellingham art galleries are showing that art can be featured in many ways to all types of audiences. Gallery venues vary between classic, interactive and entertainment themes and different display styles offer a way for art to be engaging for all types of interests. The classics Traditional art galleries, either artist or gallery owned, are venues providing space for artists to publicize their work for a certain time period, said Western Gailery Director.Sarah Clark- Langager. '..-.... Sometimes artwork in galleries like the Western Gallery on - campus, is shown for pubtt^tdispS^ em Gallery shows one e^Wf||©J^ai*^ 5,000 viewers per sho^ Exhibits are strictly for educational' purposes and are chosen if the subject seems relevant to all students on campus, Clark- Lahgager said. Instead of showing artwork to make a profit, the Western Gallery features pieces that address'topics across the board and. inspired learning and discussion•^•/Western,. Clark-Lan^age^.* "We want to show the best professional art to students,'' Clark-Langager said. "If a student considers themselves an artist, he or she should be looking at the best work from the outside world." '* • •.•'.'. . - . . ; r Other galleries in town are alspused as a way for artists to . market ^and: sell -their- piebes \to;inte1re§ted^^iewer$;. lt;Th^plu^|v Horsfe^^ G^le^ graphs-ahd seulp^^ - . Open for 28 yea^ahd^ p^ warehouse-style gallery display$ e^bits frPm^Ipcal artists,/as: well as artists who. are studenteM Marlpw offers atJtrayel; pro teaches Mdifl^r^^^ ;:gone^o;|$^^ It^y^ridjErl^^d^wheire|^ces v; 'aj£: inSpjr^ Bliie Hblt|e W Gallery;direct6DlM ;Hughes said; ; ~T : . . '•yri'^Qm^".: v Hisjartistspfter0elEpieces^^i^ Blue"Bg|se^'. Hugries;^ '^'•:•-'. H^H^V^X^ •' :.Hands-on for everyone: ;!^^?0!-:*^.^ ®!^ Still love hands-on museum exhibits from childhood?^fie::"Mm^pp^S'alie5ry on West Holly Street teaches science and art in one facility through interactive art display and fine arts pieces. Visitors can experiment with innovative instruments such as a tornado simulator, aquatic ecosystems and a cpmjplex "aero track," a maze that demonstrates air pres- 4u!e^;I^sei^mp^ pipes being pushed by air. Alongside ?thgs^^arrn1||f©^rs^^fe clas"^p(ISpfulplffires, photographs and paintings. "We try to knock down somerPf the "barriers between art and science and present a more holistic way of looking at the world," Mindport employee Tallie Jones said. "Mindport tries to show the commonalities between science and art—observation, experimentation, creativity andleaiTiing involved in each." • Mindport has offered opportunities for many Western professors and bachelor's of .fine arts, stude^ Eat and view After exploring the plethora of art galleries in'Bellingham, sit down and enjoy a bite to eat in restaurants that feature art on their walls. J ;x; The. Casa Que Pasa restaurant on Railroad -^Avenue always features an exhibit in its bar and dining room. Art is chosen to match the style of the different walls and is usually a combination of pop and fine art, said Casa Que Pasa marketing director Anne Fox. Artists are usually friends of employees, pa-i- tjpris or longtime Bellingham residents, Fox psaid. Seen as a Bellingham landmark in the ^ community, Casa Que Pasa presents local art ; as a way of investing in the community and lleleognizing the true character of Bellingham, MFbxsaid: Western smdents^^etfe opportunity ^ Fine Arts B Gallery and Viking Union (VU)Galleiy are botKstudeht-niri The VU Gallery, located in Viking Union Room 507, presents three extijbi^^ ; The galley "is attempting to make its name and exhibits more well-knp\ynyb^ the gallery struggles to get: sufficientvpress when it competes with hundreds of other campus post^sj^aj^Gp^pSudden, VU Gallery coordinator^ and Western senior, / :?-:££W?^??'-^-, • -\^ This year, the gallery is hoping to show exhibits that appeal to popular interest^pfboth students and the Bellingham community. r ' ; • ^ • V;:-;\-'-: ' V^'^C: ;-:.^-J gt; /-;' :.'"^ "People have an idea that art is weird arid abstract," said VU Galler^ assistant cpprdinator and Western sophomPre: Allie Paul. "We want tp show that there is more than stereotypical art; shpxyhinaiiriiseum and that any student whp walksdn will like it." . •:%' .:-. :::^£:''- , • :4:.:'~- ~ •. ' ^0-:-^-:.x^^'):[- .,;,'i;' The VUsGaUery will be showing its; fest exhibit, "Modefri Bog: 2Q4fears pjppster Art" Oct. 13—31. The exhibiit gt; portrays mpdern graphic art^Budo^h said^^fter "Modern Dog," the VU plans torshowease a Polaroid exhibitin hPri^ of Polaroid cameras, which are 'rid longer in production. The VU Gallery invites anyone to subnutthdir'PJ^^ tothe^'exhibit^Bup,d0#said;:r-: :'. . "' •;*•• " "•. ;;;.-, ' " ; . ; ^ :l^^u'- •••^•§:ijMi^:S'i:iSA;-f ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 30,2008 I 11 LIFE he Bellinghamster The Chuckanut Bay Gallery and Sculpture Garden features a wide variety of artwork for display in their gardens and outdoor areas. Customers can visit the garden to purchase works of art or just peruse the grounds. TOP LEFT: "Glass Flower" by Glass Gardens Northwest TOP RIGHT: "Medium Obelisk" by Glass Divine BOTTOM LEFT: "The Fish Wife," by unknown ^artist BOTTOM RIGHT: "Copper Dragonflies" by Rainbow Creations photos by Michael Leese :THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 12 ---------- 12 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front For the sunnier days in Bellingham, residents can enjoy the weather and garden art at a sculpture park. Western's outdoor sculpture collection features artwork first made in the late 1960s and 1970s, said Clark-Langager. Off campus, the Chuckanut Bay Gallery and Sculpture Garden presents artwork for display both inside and outside a home. North west-themed contemporary art, pottery and jewelry are sold inside the gallery. An open deck Outdoor sculpture leads to a pathway guiding visitors through a garden decorated by flowers, a pond and artwork. Colorful glass, ceramic, light and iron sculptures decorate the garden. Gallery owners Don and Carol Salisbury said they opened the gallery 20 years ago after they renovated an old gas station along Chuckanut Drive. Don Salisbury, a Western art alumnus, uses the gallery as a pottery shop and the garden to show his and other artists' work. Sculptures are usually from the Northwest. Some are made of recycled materials. • As frequent gardeners themselves, Don and Carol said they wanted to show their garden could be enhanced through artwork. "We have more customers who purchase the artwork dirty from the garden than the pieces inside on the carpet," Carol Salisbury said. Hobby artwork Pacific Marine Exchange and Gallery, Inc. combines art with another subject: boating.. Owners Mike and Mary Kimmich said they brought together their two favorite interests, boating and art, by selling marine supplies and marine-inspired artwork together. The left side of their store provides boating tools, such as netting and ropes, and the right displays paintings and figurines that depict aquatic animals, vessels and landscapes. "There is Yin and Yang [to the store]," Mike Kimmich said. "Messy and dirty, unique and high-end." Many boaters are attracted to this type of art because of its ability to capture their hobby, Mike Kimmich said. But many locals are also interested in purchasing artwork because it reflects on Bellingham and Northwest scenery, he said. Both sculptures pictured are located at the Chuckanut Bay Gallery and Sculpture Garden, maintained by Don and Carol Salisbury. FAR LEFT: Pieces by Glass Divine LEFT: "Icicle Lights" by Glass Gardens Northwest Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management WWU College of Business and Economics Job Placement '^0di^l^0^gM^i The Educational Society for Come Join APICS! What: Interns from this past summer will discuss their experience and answer questions. When: Wednesday, October 1st, 6-7pm Where: Parks Hall 14.6' All meetings include free pizza and soda. ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 13 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Tuesday • September 30,2008 ARTS LIFE I 13 Professors catch on to Elizabeth Olmsted THE WESTERN FRONT Western geology professor Thor Hansen said he joined Facebook three years ago. After hearing that some of his students had created a group dedicated to him called "He?s Thor-iffic!," Hansen said he decided to investigate for himself and formed his own profile. Facebook used to be restricted to college students. College alumni were close to follow and now, anyone who can list a city and has an e-mail address can join the networking site. As professors join, many are walking the fine line between friendship and professionalism with students and each other. Cathy McDonald, an English professor who teaches rhetoric and writing, said she created her account about two years ago. Her research has focused on "digital literacy," her term for the way writing is changing as people are able to post their own literature online. This interest led her to make her own Facebook profile. McDonald said she viewed joining Facebook as almost inevitable. "There's no escaping it; we have to learn about it," McDonald said. Music professor Timothy Fitzpatrick said he created a profile after he saw students in his Art of Listening to Music class use Facebook for class. Since he had 200 students in the class and no teacher's assistant, he put a few students in charge of distributing class information. They created a Facebook group, and Fitzpatrick opened his own Facebook account. "Now I create Facebook groups to communicate with my choirs," Fitzpatrick said. After all, he said, students check Facebook more often than Blackboard. As professors join online communities with their students, students have questions about where to draw the line. Western junior Brittany Butler doesn't know if any of her professors who have a Facebook account. "If teachers get Facebook, things could get inappropriate really quickly," she said. Though Fitzpatrick believes many professors who do not use Facebook are unaware of it, he also said some fear the negative reaction. "A lot of teachers wouldn't go near it with a 10-foot pole," he said. Professors take different approaches to protecting and monitoring their reputations. McDonald said he does not befriend undergraduates on Facebook but does not criticize those who do. photo illustration by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT More and more professors are beginning to use Facebook, the popular social networking Web site, for an array of reasons, including distributing class information and communicating with students. "The landscape [of online communities] is changing so fast, I would want to hold judgment off [of professors who do]," she said. On the other end of the spectrum, Hansen said he encourages his students to check out his Facebook, and he generally accepts anyone who requests to be his friend. Fitzpatrick said he has deleted inappropriate comments from his wall but tries to set the tone by not engaging in banter on walls or being in situations where awkward pictures might surface on Facebook later. Both Fitzpatrick and Hansen said they use their Facebook presence to build community with their students. Pictures from Hansen's field trips appear on Facebook, and Fitzpatrick said he uses his groups, to boost morale and encourage unity among choir members. But Fitzpatrick said his Facebook account is more than just a way to connect with his students—it also serves as an international networking tool. When a Polish choir director came to the U.S., Fitzpatrick said he befriended her on Facebook. Now, if he ever takes a choir to Europe or has a student do some traveling, he said he has a contact who can recommend places to perform. Fitzpatrick is also involved in a Facebook group for the Washington chapter of American Choral Directors Association. He said it keeps them ahead in their field by keeping them informed of important workshops and concerts. McDonald said she uses her Facebook profile the same way students do, to connect with her friends and family. She said using Facebook has also helped her relate to a completely different culture: technology users. Without a Facebook account, she would be ignorant of the culture of the students who filled her classrooms, McDonald said. 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But more than anything, the Pickford is a venue that combines the love of community and theater into one, Western English professor William Smith said. "I've always enjoyed the atmosphere surrounding the Pickford," Smith said. "It's always been very community-based and creates a space where film lovers of all types can get together and enjoy themselves." Over the years, however, the Pick-ford's popularity has led to overcrowding. With a limited capacity of 90 seats, a cramped concession area and a 68 percent rise in attendance since 1998, the Whatcom Film Association finally decided two years ago that a renovation was in order, executive director Alice Clark said. * With a mixture of generous donations, volunteer work and renovation crews, the new center is slowly but surely taking form, Clark said. And while the outside of the future theater may currently be surrounded by construction vehicles, operations manager Tony Moceri of Moceri Construction, Inc. said progress is being made on transforming the 100-year-old building into a community hub. "We're putting in the insulation today, so we're kind of at the goofy stage," Moceri said. "Our biggest priority, though, is to make sure we keep the integrity of the historical building along with making the Pickford a nice and comfortable place for people to go." The Pickford Film Center will have two screens, seat 250 guests and feature a variety of new amenities, such as an art gallery and lounges, along with a full concession stand and cafe that serves beer and wine. Clark said film enthusiasts will be especially impressed with the increased variety of films that will be available at the new theater. "At the old Pickford, there were lots of film we'd like to get but couldn't because of the lack of space," Clark said. "With two new screens and a larger facility, we'll be able to show a greater variety of both independent and lesser-known mainstream films that normally wouldn't make it to Bellingham." Western film studies professor Dawn Dietrich said she looks forward to the theater being a place not only for entertainment but also education. "Not only will the new space accom-photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT The Pickford Cinema will reopen at a new location in spring 2009. modate more viewers per showing, but the additional square footage will make it more feasible for the Pickford to host festivals, such as the Northwest Projections Film Festival and the Human Rights Film Festival, many of which attract students," Dietrich said. Whether you've never been to the old Pickford or are a long-time patron, the opening of the new Pickford Film Center this spring promises to be an important event for anyone who enjoys films and the atmosphere of downtown Bellingham, said Michael Falter, the program director of the Pickford Cinema. "Our ability to program is going to be a game changer for us as an organization and as a destination for folks around the area," Falter said. "And who wouldn't like the rather sophisticated experience of having a glass of wine or a Boundary Bay brew while watching a film?" Many W W U Graduates Hope for a Job in Bellingham. We Offer a Career. Larson Gross is a premier public accounting and consulting firm serving many of the top businesses in northwest Washington. We are looking for talented, team minded professionals, passionate about contributing to the success of others. 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Among the 10 most challenged books in 2007 were "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman—challenged due to its religious viewpoint; "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain—due to racist terms; "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky—both due to homosexuality, offensive language and sexually explicit content, according to the American Library Association Web site. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou was also on the list for sexually explicit content. However, the explicit content in the book is when Marguerite, the main character, is sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend when she is a child. Ignoring issues doesn't make realities disappear though. Banning "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for racism does not make sense. Yes, the book uses derogatory terms. But this book is a testament to American history. We can't ignore our intensely racist history by taking a book out of the library that uses a bad word. We read them and learn about our history in the process. Books give insight into different times, different walks of life, different regions of the world. Written language is a necessity for all human communication. It helps us to understand each other. Banning books because they discuss difficult topics should never happen. Banning books because they talk about religious views that are not mainstream should never happen. Banning books for any reason is unacceptable. Adolf Hitler's. "Mein Kampf" is controversial and offends most, but it's a piece of human history and should not be censored. In America, we are fortunate to have the First Amendment which guarantees our freedom of speech. Students in particular need to be exposed to as many ideas as possible. Banning books is just further sedation of an already disengaged society. People have already become so engrossed in their video iPods and laptops, and banning books will just further prevent people from accessing information they have the right to see. Students shouldn't be afraid of reading a Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Compiled by: Jennifer Oato What's your favorite book and why? book that has been banned or challenged. This week, take advantage of the information provided by Western Libraries and check out a formerly banned or challenged book. Check out "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck or "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Check out the "Goosebumps" series by R.L. Stein or "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. All these books have been challenged within the last 20 years. There are also events scheduled to happen at Village Books in Fairhaven. On Thursday, speakers will discuss free speech, censorship and speaking truth to those in power. Among the guests are Sandy Cioff, director of Sweet Crude, and Joan Airoldi, director of the Whatcom County Library System. Students should also elect leaders who support First Amendment rights. Students may not agree with the content in every book, but they need to support freedom of speech. If censorship is allowed and passes without any attention, what else could be censored? The Internet? E-mail? Students should take advantage of the freedoms they have and make an effort to check out a formerly banned book this week. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor in Chief Gabrielle Nomura, Managing Editor Jeff Richards and Opinion Editor Lisa Hust. Letters to the Editor Support student food co-op This letter is bringing about the change many of us want to see at Western. Students for Sustainable Foods would like to see a student-run food co-op on Western's campus. We envision a student-run food co-op that serves as a campus hub for sustainability, community, art and activism. The recent addition of Chic-Fil-A could have people wondering whether the university and dining services is committed to its stated values when the food is unsustainable and the parent company supports anti-gay and pro-life organizations. The co-op is an opportunity for Western and its students to embody their stated values. We want a co-op that serves sustainable food from local farmers, local businesses and the Outback farm. We want a place where students' energy, creativity and passions run every aspect of the business. We want to go beyond our differences and be a melting pot that brings Western students together to form the kind of community we can all be proud of. We've been working on the co-op for over a year now. We've worked with the business department to develop a business plan, been in contact with some local farmers and suppliers, met with the dining services, the administration and the Associated Students and talked with lawyers, other co-ops, and the health department. But this is all just the beginning. To turn this dream into a reality, we must expand greatly upon everything we have done so far. This is our vision. But it's really about the vision we create together. What changes do you want to see at Western? What's your vision for a food co-op? If you are interested in learning more, bring your talents, interests and passions to our first meeting/potluck at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 30 at 1427 North Garden. If you can't come but have interest, concerns or just want to express your support, feel free to e-mail us at student.coop@wwu.edu. Brendan Lind Students for Sustainable Food Downtown needs discipline Noise and drunkenness downtown—yes, it certainly is a serious problem. When you consider there are more than 12,000 students, it's clear that most of them are reasonable and appropriate, but there's an element that ruins it for everyone. Try driving downtown around 1 a.m. on a Friday or Saturday night, and you'll see that the situation is way outside the ability of the Bellingham Police to control, let alone change. It obviously is related to Western students, so one wonders why Western isn't taking any responsibility for this. Here are some ideas: 1. The city should require Western to defray costs associated with the drunkenness, vandalism, etc. of its students. Have Western pay for a few more officers on the weekend. Western is awash with state money, so why should Bellingahm citizens bear the burden of the activities of these idiots? 2. The police, Western or a volunteer committee should track students arrested for drug and alcohol offenses and send notices to their parents. Some parents won't care but maybe some will. If students choose to act like spolied children, treat them as asuch. 3. Similarly, Western should develop some way to penalize students arrested for drug, alcohol, graffitti, vandalism, etc. 4. Since the police can only do so much, citizens should form their own patrols, either on their own or organized in some fashion. It would be simple enough for these volunteers to mace a few of the loudest, most obnoxious idiots and report their location for pick-up by the police. Or not. A few weeks of this, and the rowdy students should get the message about what is appropriate and acceptable. Let's try it and see. Colin Newhaven Bellingham resident Joey Barbito Junior "'The Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien. Hike the sci-fi aspect, I guess: 1 always like things that have to do with a big imagination." Maria Zupan Sophomore "'Emma' by Jane Austin. The 'language is beauitful and' takes me to another time. It's a good escape. " Ben Carlson Sophomore "'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens. I like the way it's written and that the ending is so unexpected/' Rachel Cupp Sophomore "'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley. I like the way the author portrays human nature in an extreme way." ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 16 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net PAGE 16 Tuesday • September 30,2008 I The Western Front Football wins in final seconds Lider kicks 2 7-yard field goal with four seconds remaining Western: 29 Dixie State: 27 Brianne McDonough THE WESTERN FRONT With just four seconds left on the clock, Western junior Josh Lider said he knew exactly how victory was going to look and feel. He kicked the game-winning field goal to give Western a 29-27 victory over Utah's Dixie State College Saturday night at Civic Stadium. Lider kicked three field goals during the game, including the game- winning 27-yard kick with just four seconds left on the clock and Western down by one point. On Monday, Lider was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Football Player of the Week for special teams—players responsible for kickoffs, punts and field goal attempts. Western senior wide receiver Pat McCann was named the GNAC Football Player of the Week on offense after his role in Saturday's game. McCann had eight receptions for 232 yards and now ranks second in.total receiving yards in Viking history. He also scored three touchdowns, tying the record for touchdowns in a single game. "It was my night," McCann said. "Any given night we can have a different guy step up and have a game like that." The game started off quickly with senior quarterback Adam Perry's 11-yard touchdown pass to McCann just over four minutes into the game. Five minutes later, McCann scored on a 40-yard run to put Western ahead, 14-0. Dixie State answered back with a touchdown by sophomore Kyser Chris-tensen, making the score 14-7 at the end of the first quarter. Perry completed a short pass to see FOOTBALL page 19 The game-winning kick by Josh Lider sent Western to a 29-27 victory over Dixie State, improving the Viking's record to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Jun wins at home golf invite Derek Messling THE WESTERN FRONT Western men's golf team began a season Friday where they faced the pressure of a top-10 preseason ranking, as well as the expectations that come with hosting the national championship for the first time. When the team finally hit the links for the first tournament of the season, a strong second-day performance by the entire team and the skill of an up- and-coming sophomore helped validate the hopes for a historic season. Western sophomore Thomas Jun won the 37th annual Western Washington Invitational, shooting a three-under 69 on the tournament's final day. The Vikings placed second overall, just four shots behind tournament-champion Sonoma State University. "We feel we can play with any team in the country and have the potential to win any given tournament," Western senior Brandon Brown said. Jun's final shot was a downhill 12- foot putt for birdie on the 18th hole. The clinching putt came just moments after Jun converted a birdie opportunity on the 17th hole. Four Vikings placed in the top 10. Joining Jun was Western junior Julian Peters, finishing just three shots back, Brown at four shots back and Western senior Jake Koppenberg, who .was fi ve shots back. "We have a lot of depth on our team and anyone from our team can win," Koppenberg said: "If I can't win, it's good to kiiow there ate fo ^thatban.*''_" • •?. ';:"r'-- gt;'"-:: :'• .*" v—-S see GOLF page 20 remains u Team battles through five sets, extends winning streak to 11 games Stephanie Castillo THE WESTERN FRONT Western's volleyball team remained undefeated Saturday night with a back-and- forth five-set win against Northwest Nazarene University (NNU). The Vikings extended their school record to an 11-game winning streak to start the season. Western junior Kari Rice, who had 56 assists in the match, said the win at NNU felt especially good because the Crusaders play well at home and always have a lot of energy. "There were so' many people there," Rice said. "The fans were so loud that during time outs or meetings we had to go out into the hall to talk." After losing the first set 20-25, the team dug deep to show why they are the defending Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) champions. In the second set, Western went on an 11-5 run to win 25-19 and tie the match at one set each. We know we are truly, person for person, better than them. If they make an awesome kill, we always say 'wash it out' and just work on the next play. - Angie Alvord, team captain NNU held the lead throughout the third match and took it 25-19. Western came back yet again in the fourth match, leading at one point 10-3. The Vikings evened out the match for the second time with a score of 25-17. In set five, which only requires 15 points to win, Western closed the match 15-12. "In the pre-season, we played a lot of games that went to five [matches]," Rice said. "It's about being calm and patient and knowing your team will come back and win the next one." Head coach Diane Flick said as long as the players learn something while playing, it's okay if the score goes back and forth. Western senior Angie Alvord said coming back in a game like this is easy if the team stays positive. "We know we are truly, person for person, better than them," Alvord said. "If they make an awesome kill, we always say 'wash it out' and just work on the next play." Alvord and Western sophomore Megan Admunson each had 23 kills, and Western senior Tiana Roma had seven. Alvord said they don't let their record get to their heads, especially during the match. "[When we're playing] our record is not a factor at all," Alvord said. "And if we're undefeated, great!" Flick said she tries not to look at the team's record too much. "[The score starts at] 0-0 every time we play somebody," Flick said. "It makes the big picture smaller." ;vs gt; Seattle ^giflic l^nlyersity ||||f||:Tn|!ia ---------- Western Front 2008-09-30 - Page 17 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • September 30,2008 SPORTS 117 SidelineChat Q A with a Western athlete Compiled by Ian Wright Name: Travis McKee Team: Football Position: Wide receiver Height: 6 feet 5 inches Weight: 210 pounds Age: 23 Year: Senior Hometown: Bothell, Wash. Major: General Studies Do you have any superstitions? I like to stay by myself, not talk, and just keep it relaxed and to myself. I usually play catch with my high school quarterback Tony Gardiner who is also on the team. Do you have any nicknames? The most common ones I guess are Big Sexy or Bonita Grande, for obvious reasons. What are three things you have to bring on road games? I need my iPod, a portable DVD player and a pillow. I like to sleep so I always bring my pillow. What's your most embarrassing moment while playing football? Any time I drop a pass, which I try not to [do]. It doesn't happen often. What's your guilty pleasure? I like to sleep in as late as I can. I usually hit the snooze button a few times. I also like to eat candy. My favorite candy is Sweetheart Ropes. What's your most memorable moment while playing football? When I was in high school, my football team only lost twice throughout my four years there. We didn't lose in any regular season games - only playoffs. How do you help motivate your teammates? By making plays when pur team is down. That's it. What's your earliest memory of playing football? I'd say back in elementary school at recess. I just remember myself playing out in the mud with my buddies. Who's your role model or has had the most influence on your athletic career? My dad, because of all the hard work he has put in for my family and the example he has been for me all these years. What are you hoping to accomplish this season? I want to go to the post-season, going either to the playoffs or the Rotary Bowl. But pretty much to just get as far as we can and play as many games as possible. What's your weekly training schedule like? We first watch the game film [from the previous game], and then I got two days of practice with my pads on. During the week, we also got one walk through day. photo by Mark Malijan Travis Mckee stretches for the ball in the first quarter during the Vikings1 29-27 victory over the Dixie State Rebels on Saturday. McKee had four receptions for 56 yards. Hours: Mon-Wed: 9:30am - 11pm • Thur: 11am - 11pm Fri-Sat: 9:30am - 12:30am Sun: 10am - 11pm 4175 Meridian (In Cordata Place) • 360-734-1430 www.parkbowl.com - parkbowl@gmail.com "Bowl fa a league with friends, mfneet new friends and have somefriendlvMmpetition." 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The race route included views of the San Juan Islands, Bellingham Bay and Mount Baker. "It was incredibly beautiful," Bangs said. "The weather was perfect, the scenery was lovely and the people were really, really enthusiastic. It was fun." Bangs said her decision to race the 13.1 -mile half-marathon was spur of the moment, but once she gathered the $65 entry fee a week prior to the marathon, she said she was ready and began thinking about the finishing time she wanted to achieve. With a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 15 seconds, Bangs said she ———————— was under her goal by 45 seconds and could not have been happier with the results. Her biggest complaint about the day was she had to go to work soon after the fin- - ish. "It was like: run a half- marathon, get some food, take a shower, go to work for eight hours," Bangs said. ''That part sucked." Both the marathon and half-marathon, along with a 5-kilometer fun run, started The marathon got the best of me. I pretty much crashed at mile 20, but luckily I have some great friends who were there to support me, which I believe pushed me through the final miles. - David Chong, Western senior and finished at the Depot Market Square on Railroad Avenue. Proceeds from the event benefited the Bellingham Bay.Swim Team and the Whatcom Rangers Soccer Club. Western senior David Chong competed in the full —————— marathon and said he was thankful to all his friends that came out to support his first 26.2-mile race. Chong said he wished he would have trained better and longer for the race and may have _ _ _ _ _ _ overestimated his skills. After running for the past two years, though, he said he wanted to run a marathon and just went for it. "The marathon got the best of me," Chong said. "I pretty much crashed at mile 20, but luckily I have some great friends who were there to support me, which I believe pushed me through the final miles." Western senior Ilyssa Plumer was there cheering on Chong at the finish line. Though she only saw the end of his race, Plumer said other friends were on the course to ensure Chong had constant support along the way. Plumer said she thought it was important to be there for her friend, as well everyone else who had trained so hard to get there. She said seeing how much people pushed themselves for different reasons was rewarding. "It was so fun to just watch every one of all different ages come in and from all different areas," Plumer said. Chong said that as he ran through the finish line, he could not believe that less than two years ago he had been unable to run a single mile. "Finishing the marathon will be an experience I'll never forget," Chong said. "Plus getting awarded a kick-ass medal at the finish was worth paying the $85 registration fee. Oh, and running 26.2 miles." .. .- photo by Michael Leese THE WESTERN FRONT Bellingham Bay Marathon runners spring from the starting line early Sunday morning. Runners got to see views of Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and Mount Baker. Being struck by lightning is rare. Having a disability is not. One in five Americans will acquire a disability in his or her lifetime. Please support the work of Easter Seals. Creating jolutiotuf, changing Uve*t. 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TOP RIGHT: Domenique Hill celebrates with teammates after recovering a forced fumble late in the fourth quarter, sparking the game-winning drive. BOTTOM: Pat McCann's eight catches for 232 yards and three touchdowns kept the Vikings on top or close to the lead throughout the game. from 16 McCann who ran 96 yards to score Western's third touchdown, increasing the Vikings' lead to 20-7 and sending fans to their feet. Western freshman Meagan Acdal was one of 2,000 people in attendance and said she was excited for her first college football game. "The funnest part is getting really pumped up with everyone else to cheer the team on," Acdal said. "I like how energetic the team is. It's a lot more fun than high school games." It was also the first college football game for Western freshman Roberto Molina. "I just bought my athletic pass so I figured I should show up," Molina said. "I'm pretty impressed—they keep it exciting." After the crowd settled down, Dixie State bounced back again with an 11-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Dexter Hill to senior wide receiver Steve Ott, narrowing the score to 20-14. . . .. . As.the second quarter wound down, Lider was able, to hit a 28ryard field goal. With 42 seconds left in the quarter, Dixie State attempted a fourth-down conversion, but Western's defense came up with a crucial sack putting the ball back in Viking possession. The third quarter only saw one score as Dixie State completed ;• a 24r;yar;d...end-zone pass to Ghristensen'Which shrunk Western's lead ,t5Q 23- 21...,-•. ..:'.•„, ,•• .;:,••_"• .; •-- •• :• * . Dixie State scored their fourth touchdown to start off the final quarter but missed their extra point, keeping Western within four points with plenty of time on the clock. It was Lider's final two,field.goals that changed the outcome of the game—the first with just more than five minutes to go, leaving Western trailing by one with a^score of 26- 27^anS||f6wd: members on the edge of their seats. Dixie State's last failed opportunity to score was a fourth down conversion with less than two minutes left in the game, giving Western possession with one minute, 32 seconds on the clock. After numerous attempts to move the ball down the field, Western reached field-goal range. V,..;__ —._..._ •.•..^•^••L-^ "Our offense, in a clutch situation,'-'got us into field-goal range," Lider said. With four seconds remaining, Lider completed the game-winning field goal giving Western its second win of the season and providing an exciting first home football game since school has been back in session. "We showed a lot of character and that's the biggest thing in a game like that," McCann said. 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Having finished third overall in last year's West-em Washington Invitational, the team is encouraged by their second-place finish. "There is just a really good buzz, a good vibe within our team right now and we think we have a great chance to make it to nationals," Peters said. This season, the team is focused on qualifying for the national championship, so they can make use of their home course advantage. Western was scheduled to host the Division JI Preview Tournament at the Loomis Trail Golf and Country Club in Blaine. The participants include 13 teams ranking in the top 25 nationally. "We want to win all tournaments, but [the Division JJ Preview Tournament] is especially big with all the great teams in the field," Koppenberg said. "It's the biggest tournament of the fall." photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT Nick Varelia places his ball to set up his putt on the sixth hole during the second round of the Western Washington Invitational on Friday. photo by Kathryn Bachen THE WESTERN FRONT Members of the cross country team run at Cornwall Park. Western sports at a glance Men's soccer 9/29 vs. Regis University L 5-4 9/27 vs. University of Colorado- Colorado Springs Tied 1-1 Next game: 10/1 1 p.m. at Colorado Christian University Women's Soccer Next game: 10/4 12 p.m. vs. Central Washington Cross Country Next meet: 10/11 10:30 a.m. at Lake Padden Doors at 7:'30 prizes autographs UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN WASHINGTON PAC MAIN STAGE THEATRE TICKETS £7 Washington Bus Prol. lt; '. lt;};•: Wint.-r-; Foin-'i.ii TICKETS AVAI LA BLE AT MT. RAKER SNOWBOARD SHOP SPORTSMAN CHALET : M West n ^ ; h H lt; WASHINGTON WIND SPORTS 501 ih,iv--. 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Show more2009_0410 ---------- Page 1 ---------- REEL PERSPECTIVE: WESTERN HOSTS FILM FESTIVAL PAGE 8 WINNERS OF TOTAL WASTE REDUCTION ANNOUNCED green Total Waste Induction Challenge PAGE 7 Friday, April 10, 2009 WESTERN SWEEPS MULTI-EVENT TRACK AND FIELD MEET PAGE 15 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I WESTERNFRQNTQNLiNE.NET Western withholds money from tech fee AS hopesM reclaim $830,000 collected in separate reserve fund Jeremy Schwartz" . THEWESTERN^FRQNT • For reasons the current administration is investigating, Western has not directly contributed any money to the Student Technology Fee proposal fund since the 2004-05 school year. . Associated Students (AS) President Erik Lowe delivered an address on April 3 to Western's Board of Trustees about the AS Board of Directors' concern regarding the university's'failure; to contribute $150,000 per year to the technology fee proposal fund, which pays for technology-related. projects proposed by Western's departments.. The Board of Trustees has endorsed this contribution since the 2005-06 school year when the contribution was reduced from $200,000 per year, Lowe said: Western's contribution was supposed to help fund technology-related projects that directly benefit students, he said'. "[The contribution] was mandated by the Board of Trustees and has been widely advertised by the university and has resulted in a violation of the trust: between students arid our school," Lowe said. Western President Bruce Shepard said he has ordered an investigation into why Western's previous administration established, the reserve' fund. Shepard said.budget documentation did not clearly show the money in the reserve fund was supposed to be set aside for the technology, fee proposal fund. The university reclaimed .approximately $630,000 at the beginning of 2009 see FUND page 6 Dean hired for College of Fine and Performing Arts Lisa Carrougher . THE WESTERN FRONT V Daniel Guyette, the current dean for the College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of South Dakota, has agreed to fill the same position as Western's new dean for the College of Fine and Performing Arts (CPFA) beginning July 1.: Guyette received his: bachelor's degree in theater arts from Northwestern University and received a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in scenic design. He has been at the University of South Dakota since 2004. He also worked at the University of Northern Colorado for 11.years. In 1992, he was •honored as Artist of the Year while at Utah State University. Ron Riggins, Western's current dean of CPFA, said faculty and staff are excited for what lies ahead in the near future. . As Riggins prepares to step down from his two-year position, he said Guyette will bring stability in leadership and build strong* positive relationships throughout the.campus. Guyette's responsibilities as dean will include overseeing the art, dance, theater arid music departments as well as managing the Western Art Gallery and the Western Outdoor Sculpture Collection. As dean, Guyette will be the administrator of CPFA. Guyette will work directly with the faculty and address any issues and/or concerns, Riggins said. "His job will'be to facilitate, so goals can be realized," Riggins said. "I believe he will be a strong leader who will, dive into different tasks." In order to select a new dean for the college, a Western search committee was Second provost search nearing its conclusion Coral Garnick THE WESTERN FRONT A search that began in June 2008 may now finally be coming to an end as Gerard Voland, the final candidate for Western's provost/vice president for academic affairs' visited campus Wednesday and Thursday. Craig Dunn, chair of the provost search advisory committee and associate professor in the marketing department, said, he will not consider the search to be successfully complete until five years after a new provost has been hired. "It is much like with my students," Dunn said. "I'm not looking to measure my student's achievements at graduation; I'm looking at how they^are living their lives five years down the road." Voland held an open forum Wednesday to explain his qualifications and interest in Western and to answer questions from the campus community. At the start of the forum, Voland said one thing that attracted him to Western is its focus on liberal arts education. He said too many universities are adapting a trade-school mentality and forcing students strictly down a career-oriented path. With a liberal education, students learn how to think, learn, communicate, be creative, make decisions wisely and use good •judgment, he said. "I'm very conscious and appreciative of the need for liberal education 'as the foundation of a university," Voland said. "Of course, I also want a university to complement liberal arts with the professional skills, and that balance is here at western!" Voland has a doctorate in engineering design from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., a master's degree in physics see PROVOST page 5 see DEAN page 5 photo courtesy of University Communications Daniel Guyette takes place as the dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts. ---------- Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Friday • April 10,2009 I The Western Front i^^^^Sllffi^il8iSlBilSiiijlliil/ii«il i i photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Rocky Votolato performs April 8 in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Votolato played several new songs during the concert, some which he said he had not played for an audience before. In a Q A session during the show, a concertgoer asked Votolato how long it had taken him to grow his beard. "Al)out three weeks," Votolato replied. Two-'cars collide along Bill McDonald Andrea Davis-Gonzalez THE WESTERN FRONT At 8:50 p.m. Tuesday evening, two cars collided at 2900 block of Bill McDonald Parkway. , Western freshman Hallie Sinclair was driving northbound on Bill McDonald Parkway when a blue sedan containing three people, pulled out of the Birnam Wood Apartments striking the silver Subaru Sinclair was driving. "I didn't know there was a car waiting, and I didn't see it until it hit me," Sinclair said. . No one was seriously injured in the crash, but Sinclair said her legs were sore and she had some minor bruises. The Subaru, owned by Sinclair's friend Western freshman Emily Barry, was hit near the front right tire causing the airbags to deploy and block Sinclair's view of the road. Sinclair said she hit the brakes and swerved to the opposite lane. Luckily, no cars were approaching at the time of the crash, she said. University Police and Bellingham Police responded to the accident, blocking off the road in both directions.and detour-in'g traffic around the scene. Police swept car pieces off the road and sprinkled cat litter to absorb the antifreeze that leaked from Barry's car following the crash. - _ Sinclair called Barry immediately to notify her of the accident. Barry arrived at the scene with two others who hugged.Sinr. clair and told her everything wouldbe OK. The damage to the front of Barry's Subaru includes a bent, damaged hood and broken headlights.' The left side of the blue sedan appeared to have suffered less damage. Sinclair said the driver of the other vehicle apologized to her before police arrived. The driver and the two passengers in the sedan declined to comment. Although she didn't think her friend was at fault, Barry said she didn't like the possibility of her insurance having to cover the cost towing and repairs. "I don't need.a car," Barry said. "I have my friends. That's all I need." WEATHER REPORT •-•'• High: 56°F i Low: 44° F " 7 Cloudy (50% chance of showers} SUN High:54°F Low: 38°F Rain M0N High: 50? F ; Md^Cipudy (scattered showers) High: 52* F r Lowt35°F Mostly Cloudy (chance of showers) mmmmmmmm photo by Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT Surrounded by her friends, Western freshman Hallie Sinclair sits on the sidewalk of Bill McDonald Parkway across from the Birnam Wood apartments Tuesday night after her car was struck from the right forcing her to swerve into the on-coming lane. "I wasn't really hurt," Sinclair said." But* my shins feel pretty bruised." Corrections . An article in the April ? issue of The Western Front titled "Vikings blow out Eagles" had a subheading with inaccurate information. The subheading should have said, "Club baseball is one step closer to.the National Collegiate Baseball Association World Series." In the photo accompaning the story, the player pictured is actually Toraj Nowkhasteh. 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Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. ---------- Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 10,2009 NEWS I 3 Come to our open houses to pre-lease for the summer and fall! OPEN HOUSES scheduled the week of 4/20/09 ^Download an application and cosigner form at our website: www.apexproperty.com* Mon. 4/20,3:30 - 4:30pm 921-927 21s t Street/Hamlet Apts 3 Bedrooms Tues. 4/21,2-4pm 1018 23rd Street / Sweetwater Apts Studio 2 Bedrooms Thurs. 4/23,2-4pm 2501 Taylor Ave. / Southside Place 1 Bedroom . 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"There are approximately 25 to 30 undocumented students on Western's campus who face difficult issues, such as fear of deportation, ability to pay for college and whether or not they will be able to get a job once they graduate," Nerini said. Currently, no federal or state laws prohibit undocumented immigrants from being admitted "to U.S. colleges or universities. Furthermore, U.S. law does not mandate proof of citizenship in order to be accepted to a higher education institution. Although, according to the College Board Web site, a non- profit organization that facilitates college success and opportunities for students individual institutions can create their own policies. On Feb. 24, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers raided Yamato Engine Specialists, a local business. According to the ICE Web site, 28 undpcumented immigrant employees were arrested and taken to Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma where they awaited deportation. Since then, most of the detainees have been released, with at least one immigrant who has been deported. Nerini said the recent ICE raid has increased the fear level of undocumented students on campus. He" said he began studying issues surrounding undocumented immigrants in 2005 while working on a thesis for his doctorate in education. "[Undocumented students are] really nervous about going out or doing any-thing," Nerini said. "I've gotten e-mails and calls from students wondering if they should be worried." Nerini said many immigrants flee from countries such as Mexico for economic and safety concerns. Alex, a Western senior and undocumented student whose name has been changed to protect his identity, is no exception. "We come here to get a better life because we know that back at home we don't have anything. I mean, we're freaking dying from hunger,". Alex said. "So it doesn't matter what it takes, just as-long as we get food in our system." Two years ago, Alex's worst fears be- - came a reality. He was at the Fairhaven Greyhound station waiting to catch a bus to Seattle, when a Border Patrol agent overheard Alex, speaking Spanish on his cell phone and asked where he was'from. whether the university would allow ICE to come on campus. "As it stands now, if ICE comes to campus they have the power to investigate anyone," Nerini said. University Police Chief Randy Stegmeier said his department has not had to deal with any issues regarding undocumented students so far. photo by Selah Prather THE WESTERN FRONT Bellingham community members stand outside the Federal building downtown Feb. 24 to protest the raid of undocumented illegal immigrants at Yamato Motors. Alex told the agent he was from Mexico, and when he could not provide proper documentation, he was taken into custody and eventually deported to Mexico. Remarkably, Alex made his way back to the U.S. "It was the scariest thing that has ever, happened to me," Alex said. Supervisory Border Patrol agent Mike Bermudez said agents often patrol airports, bus stations and other transportation hubs. Bermudez said these places are where individuals who have violated U.S. laws usually can be found. Bermudez said Border Patrol Agents do not racially profile. However, Bermudez said agents are allowed to strike up a conversation with any person they choose. If that person volunteers any information regarding his or her country of origin, it provides agents legal grounds to demand documentation ofJegal U.S. residency or citizenship. Nerini said Western needs to take a closer look at its policy regarding hardship withdrawals,.which allow students to withdraw from a class due to unforeseen illness or personal emergency, for students affected by deportation issues and "We have not detained any [undocumented students] or referred any to other agencies," Stegmeier said. Stegmeier said Western police officers have the ability to report anyone who may have questionable identification to custom agencies. However, he said officers are mainly concerned about protecting students, regardless of their legal status. "We want anyone to feel that if they are a victim of a crime, or if they are in danger, they could come to us for assistance without worrying whether or not we would question their status," Stegmeier said. Western junior Abraham Rodriguez is co-chair of Western's chapter of El Mo-vimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlan (M.E.C.H.A.), a national organization dedicated to confronting educational and social justice issues facing Latino, Chi-cano and Mexican Americans. "We are currently focusing on supporting minority high school students who want to enter college and educating people about the Dream Act and how it benefits immigrants," Rodriguez said. According to the National Immigration Law Center Web site, the Dream Act, which has presidential support, would grant permanent resident status to certain immigrants who came to the U.S. before the age of 16 and at least five years'before the Dream Act passed. However, the Dream Act is riddled with restrictions. For instance, undocumented immigrants would be required to graduate from a U.S. high school or obtain a GED and have no criminal record to be eligible for permanent residency. During the first six years of the pro-. cess, applicants would be granted conditional permanent resident- status, giving -them the ability to live and work freely in the U.S. without fear of being deported. Within that time, they would be required to obtain a two-year college degree, serve in the military for two years or perform at least 910 hours of community service. After the 6-year conditional period, eligible immigrants would be granted permanent resident status-. "[The Dream Aet] is the most likely and best case scenario," Nerini said. "But even with the Dream Act, [immigrants] still aren't eligible for-financial aid. They can get loans but they still can't get gift aid like the Pell grants." Although U.S. colleges can admit undocumented students, it is difficult for colleges to provide these students with protection from potential deportation once they are on campus. PaulCocke, director of Western's communication and relations department, said Western abides by all state and federal regulations, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This act states that if any person or federal agents come to campus seeking information regarding a particular student, they can only obtain directory information, unless particular students have "opted out" of making their directory information available. According to the FERPA, directory information consists of a student's name-, telephone number, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, participation in sports activities and the most recent educational institution attended. "If someone contacts us with a subpoena, we have to abide by it," Cocke said! "It's really a question of law." ICE spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said ICE does not have a particular policy regarding raiding colleges for undocumented students. Donkers said she is not aware of any college raids in the Northwest. "We have the authority to enforce the law anywhere at any time," Dankers said. "But we enforce the law at the appropriate time and the appropriate place." Need a Class? Choose Independent Learning to ... • Resolve your schedule conflicts • Study when your schedule allows • Work at your own pace • Try something new • Register anytime! Extension tuition rates apply! I^BiilMSIIII iiiiBffli^Bilii ii|iHiiiiliSiB!B liiBSilHISIBBI Visit the Web for details1. www.ExtendedEd.wwu.edu ••• iiearfi@wwu.edu WESTERN Independent Learning ~ JfptfL S » (3$)) 650-3650 Gender IRuliicullurAl Studies WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AA/EO Institution ---------- Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 10,2009 NEWS I 5 DEAN: Search committee voted unanimously for Guyette from 1 search committee was put together to perform the search. From the three finalists, the committee had unanimous support for Guyette, Riggins said. Roger Gilman, the dean of Fairhaven College and head of the search committee, said it was a. unanimous vote because the committee worked well together and had a clear idea of what the college needed. "In the'end, he'was experienced, level- headed and had creative ideas," Gilman said. "This all contributed to a vote that was natural and was an easy consensus." Western Art Gallery Director Sarah Clark-Langager and a member of the search committee said it was a long arid thorough process before the committee arrived at a decision. "We gave ourselves a goal, and we arrived at an excellent choice," Clark-Langager said. "He brings a lot of energy and he connects, which will make the department more visible." Riggins has been the dean for the last two years, and said he is comfortable that Guyette will be great for the college. "It makes [the transition] easier for me," Riggins said. Guyette said he is excited for his new position at Western, as well as the transir tion into the university. He said Western is a good-sized university and has a wonderful arts environment. "I like Western's reputation, the quality of the faculty and the administration," Guyette said. "I looked at all those factors and where it is located, and all those things are excellent at Western." Guyette said, he sees opportunities for enhancement and growth in the dean position, and he hopes to create flexibility between .business and areas of the arts in order to create more job opportunities for students. One area to enhance might be film studies, he said. Guyette said he hopes to formulate the curriculum in different ways. He said he hopes to do this by enhancing what is already done well at the school. Guyette said he also likes the Bell-ingham school system and looks forward to his 3-year-old son attending these schools. "As a family, we are very excited and appreciative," Guyette said. Riggins said he has no immediate plans for the future once Guyette takes over the position and his schedule opens up. "I always have my motorcycle," Riggins said. - PROVOST: Voland addresses diversity and fundraising in forum from 1 from UCLA, aiid.has been the dean of the College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science at Indiana University and Purdue University (IUPUI) at Indianapolis, Ind., for the last six years. Before working at" IUPUI, Voland taught for 22 years at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., as the special assistant to the vice provost for undergraduate education and was the interim director of the School of Engineering Technology. Voland also served as the associate, vice president for undergraduate education and dean of the Undergraduate College at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, 111. for four years. Voland said his range of campus-wide positions at the undergraduate level has prepared him for the role of a provost. His inclusive, transparent, colle-gial and collaborative management style, which allows him to bring people together around one compelling vision, would be beneficial for Western's provost position, he said. "It is important to listen to people and to respond to their concerns and to make certain their aspirations are met in every possible way by providing them with the resources and the opportunities that are needed so their aspirations can be met," Voland said. "That is the role of provost, or any administrator: to help people meet their aspirations." In regards to fundraising, Voland said that the provost has a duty to help faculty and students achieve their aspirations and provide them with the resources needed to have those" aspirations met. In terms of fundraising, he said he has been successful in securing outside funds for 20 years. lam M prepared THE CONDOM BREAKS YOU MISS A COUPLE OF PILLS YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX OR YOU WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED Voland said three key elements are needed to secure those funds: a compelling vision, a practical plan of implementation and a theme that is mutually beneficial. Voland said if those three things are there, funds can be found even in difficult economic times. When asked about diversifying Western's campus, Voland brought the forum to a more personal level. He took the opportunity to explain that he thinks it is important to have diversity on Western's campus. x Voland's three children were all adopted from Russia four years ago: When the children arrived, they were prejudice, he said. Voland and his wife enrolled .the children in the most diverse elementary school they could, and as a result, his children each have friends with a wide variety of racial backgrounds, he said. "If they had not been immersed in a diverse population, their biases would have been retained," Voland said. "So, I very much believe in diversity. I have seen, on a personal level, how important it is to have diversity in populations for the benefit of all concerned." Kevin Majkut, director of student affairs, said he appreciated what Voland said about diversity and was generally satisfied with the forum. "He seemed pretty focused and answered the questions that were asked of him," Majkut said. "He also answered questions well on his feet." Dunn said he likes that Voland is an orderly thinker and often describes things in list form. "You hear him come up with lists - these are three things for this; these are three reasons for this - you would expect that of an engineer," Dunn said. "But he clearly also has interests that go well be- Planned Parenthood7 is here for you with with high quality, persona! care at an affordable cost. Emergency -^ Contraception (EC) - also known as the "morning-after pill" J °"7J4-9oor - can prevent pregnancy if started within five days after *- gt; unprotected sex. It is safe and effective, but the sooner you take it the better. yond engineering and technology and computer science, and that is why he is here. If he had a narrow disciplinary perspective, he would never have been brought in as a finalist for this position." Western President Bruce Shepard said he has met with the dean of every college on campus, the search advisory committee and the vice presidents, and he has seen the feedback forms submitted from the campus community, he said. For him^ what is next is to have further conversations. "What I like to do is to not just talk about the candidates, but also talk about what it is we heed," Shepard said.- "The process starts with a position description, but often as you go through this and you see different people, it gives us a chance to think through more clearly what our priorities are - what we are looking for in a provost." Shepard said it is important for whoever is selected as provost to understand that the provost needs to lead by listening to people, not by telling people what to do, and needs to not only ask questions, but also hear the answers. A person who understands that the central mission of the university is its academic mission, is key, Shepard said. At this time, Shepard is unable to project when a candidate will be selected. He said many more conversations are to come. Dunn said when a selection is made, it will be some time before it is announced because negotiations will have to take place between the candidate and Shepard. Salary is set at this point, but other issues may be raised that fall under the category of spousal accommodations, for example, Dunn said. Spousal accommodation means the candidates spouse needs assistance finding a job in the community or, if he or she is a professor, a job within the university, he said. "We want to be sure.we remove any barriers that might prevent a good candidate from coming to Western," Dunn said. photo by Carolyn Copstead THE WESTERN FRONT Western provost candidate Gerard Voland addresses an audience of approximately 50 faculty, staff and students in an open forum 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Academic Instructional Center. Voland is currently the dean of the College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. The hour-long forum was an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to ask questions of Voland and to hear his vision for the ---------- Page 6 ---------- 6 I NEWS Friday • April 10,2009 I The Western Front FUND: University promised to use money for tech fee proposals from 1 because the reserve fund did not appear to be funding anything specific, Shepard said. Due to the current budget situation, he said appropriating the funds back into the university so the money could be used elsewhere was the financially responsible move to make. "We're in a budget situation; we're looking for every nickel that's not nailed down," Shepard said. Since the university contributed only $150,000 to the technology fund during the 2004-05 school year, before the Board of Trustees reduced the payments, the total amount the university has not contributed to the technology fee proposal fund including the $630,000 Western reclaimed comes to a total of $830,000, Lowe said. Despite the looming budget cuts, Shepard said the university will fund the projects proposed by departments approved for the 2009-10 school year with the money in the reserve fund. However, Shepard said Western will no longer contribute any money to the technology fee proposal fund. Lowe said he became aware of the university reserve fund contributions after a winter quarter management council meeting with Western's Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis Murphy and AS Vice President for Academic Affairs Andrea Goddard. Goddard said she expressed concern to Murphy about the university's contribution to the technology fee proposal fund due to the possibility of budget cuts. Murphy told Goddard the university had not contributed to that fund for a few years. Goddard said she informed Lowe of this and scheduled a meeting with President Shepard March 19. Shepard said he was unaware the money in the reserve fund was supposed to go toward technology fee proposal's, but he was aware the money was accumulating since his early months at Western. Shepard said the way the Student Technology Fee Committee handles the funding made it seem as if the money in the reserve didn't have a specific purpose. Since administrators who are no longer at Western made the decision to establish the reserve fund, Shepard said he could not speculate on any of the decisions. Western President Emeritus Karen Morse, was president at the time the reserve fund was established and declined to comment. Goddard said the confusion about the purpose of the money in the reserve fund most likely stemmed from the way money paid through the Student Technology Fee accumulates in the technology fee proposal fund. As a result of the $150,000 per year going to the reserve fund, Goddard said money from the Student Technology Fee has been the sole source of financing for project proposals from departments for four years. Lowe said he sees the promised $150,000 per year as the students' money since it was meant to pay for technology directly beneficial to them. The confusion in regards to distributions of the funds could have been avoided if the financing of the Student Technology photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT AS President Erik Lowe addresses the Board of Trustees about money held in a reserve fund that was originally intended to support technology fee project proposals. Fee had better student oversight and was more transparent, he said. "When you're dealing with such a large amount of money, in the students' eyes, someone needs to be held accountable," Lowe said. In the future, Lowe said the AS Board of Directors should keep track of the financing of the Student Technology Fee in the same way the AS Board does for the Alternative Transportation Fee, which pays for each student's bus pass and use of the Late Night Shuttle. A specific committee oversees the money brought in from the Alternative Transportation Fee and presents annual finance reports to the AS Board. Shepard said he agrees with Lowe about making student fees more transparent. Shepard said he provided budget information to Lowe and Goddard during their March 19 meeting in an attempt to figure out the details of the money distribution. ' . . The next step in figuring out why this happened is to start an investigation that will delve into Western's internal budget information from the past few years in an attempt to figure out why the reserve fund was created, Shepard said. "I want to figure out what happened," Shepard said. "Not to point fingers, but to find solutions." 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This was the second year ResRAP and Western's Office of Sustainability led the Go for the Green: Total Waste Reduction Challenge, but this year was the first year that all residence halls participated. The challenge aimed to educate residents about, easy lifestyle changes they can make in order to reduce their environmental impact. Because of the competition, Western, saved more than $17,500 on electricity in the residence halls and prevented approximately 275,700 pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, Hook said. The challenge awarded points for reduced electricity use, water use and landfill waste, Hook said. Because it is hard to measure water use reduction and landfill waste reduction for each hall, progress in those areas were measured by collecting pledges from residents to take shorter, showers and produce less waste, Hook said. "We are educating residents on how to live sustainably," Hook said. "We hope that they will take those small changes and implement it into their lives for years to come." Each hall had at least one Eco-Rep, students who encouraged participation by educating residents on resource use reduction, collecting pledges and organizing events. Overall, the representatives got an average of 31 percent of each hall to sign pledges, but some halls, such as Mathes and Nash, exceeded that arid had more than 50 percent, Hook said. Western freshman Rachel Tomchik, one of the three Fairhaven Eco-Reps, said one of the hardest things for students to pledge was keeping showers between five and eight minutes. Tomchik told students who were hesitant to take shorter showers to simply turn the water off while they lather up, or spend the same amount of time in the shower, but reduce the water pressure by only lifting up the handle halfway. The challenge-even inspired Tomchik to be more energy-conscious by motivating her to unplug appliances, such as cell phone chargers, from the wall when they were not in use. Even if a computer is off or a phone is not connected to the charger the appliances use electricity, she said. "I've even gotten better about unplugging things," she said. "I mean, once you do it for a couple months, it just becomes habit." Rpnna Biggs, a coordinator for ResLife, said the competition aimed to educate students about habits involving energy conservation they can take with them beyond Western. "Those habits foster responsible environmental stewardship that truly has a global impact and turns into cost savings for an individual, a household and the university," Biggs said. " Facilities Management Operations Support Manager Ron Bailey said sometimes the university cannot implement environmentally friendly upgrades because it is not worth the expense. The great thing about behavioral changes on the part of the individual is that it is free, he said. "One of the most encouraging things is being able to see the impact of personal choices," Bailey said. While the competition reduces waste Photo by Becca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT- (From left), Organizers Seth Vldana, jack Lally and Rebekah Hook of the Go for the Green Total Waste Reduction Challenge hand out raffle prizes April 2 to resident participants during a celebration in the Performing Arts Center. and helps Western financially, it also helps students be more aware of how to save money once they move off campus and start to pay their own utility bills, Fairhaven resident director Matthew Tom-baugh said. "It can be -a shock when students move off campus for the first time and realize what their own consumption is," he said. Students from all residence halls were invited to the Performing Arts Center April 2 to be rewarded for their hard work with $850 worth of raffle prizes, donated by local businesses. The Upfront Theatre also put on a free improvisational comedy performance. The top raffle prizes for the top two residence halls, Fairhaven and Kappa, included five $50 Associated Students Bookstore gift certificates and a pair of Segway Personal Transporter rentals from Chispa, were reserved The Fairhaven Eco-Reps rejoiced when it was announced they won, and accepted a trophy with a currant bush inside of it. Tomchik said the bush was planted in the Fairhaven courtyard, and Fairhaven residents are invited to come to a meeting later next week with Fairhaven Hall Council to discuss the challenge results and to water the plant together. Hook said improvements will be made to the challenge next year, including having better challenge prizes. She hopes the challenge will be able to do better next year in showing actual reduction in landfill and water usage, something that was difficult to measure this year, she said. Hook said the challenge results met all of her goals. The results were a direct representation of all the work put in by the Eco-Reps, she said. "I cannot thank my Eco-Reps enough," she said. "They really are the lifeline of this challenge and of these results." 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"Why Can't I Remember?" by Gayle Koyanagi is made from used clothing, threads, string, paper notes; steel, woolvand styrofoam photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Invoking the old adage, "One person's trash is another's treasure," -ReArt highlights the work of Western undergraduate students who have fashioned sculptures out of discarded materials. The exhibit premiered April 6 in the Viking Union (VU) Gallery and will show through Friday, April 24. This is Western's second ReArt showcase, but ReArt exhibits have been around in Bellingham for much longer. : For the past eight years the RE Store, a Bellingham shop that sells used building materials, has held ReArt exhibits in its conference rooms. These showcases were started to demonstrate the artistic potential of discarded materials. "I think there's something naturally magnetic about trash," said Jason Darling, Outreach and Marketing manager for the RE Store. "People are drawn to it." - Four years after ReArt's inception, the RE Store was approached by professional art gallery Allied Arts of Whatcom County to collaborate on the project. "Being able to draw on [Allied Arts'] expertise, contacts and reputation as a professional arts organization really helped us to get [ReArt] to the next level of credibility," Darling said. Two years after the RE Store's partnership with Allied Arts, Darling contacted Western about joining the exhibit. Western's Industrial" Design; program has included sustainable themed projects dating back to 1995. "Found art allows people to work with! what they already have because trash is dirt cheap. It's open to everybody, not just the people who can afford art welders, kilns, designer paint brushes and so on. It's a medium for the people." -Jason Darling, RE Store Outreach and Marketing "Western has a great, thriving student art community," Darling said. "They had just done a green design theme, so I approached them and asked if they wanted to do a more straightup recycled art show exhibit." Arunas Oslapas, Western's Industrial Design program director, has several recycled^material art installations currently on display at the Allied Arts Gallery in downtown Bellingham. "It runs really deep within me to use raw materials that have been discarded," Oslapas said. "It's a challenge to make sense out of all these disparate objects." While the Allied Arts Gallery is displaying pieces by Oslapas and other professional artists, the Western VU Gallery is hosting work by var- Clockwise from' top: "Refreez-erator" by Carissa Mann, made with used clothes and wood,, was intended to be a whimsical;, piece to stand out from other?, art with more serious ^themes. "Forever Young" by Anna Ditlt| Ihuber, mixed media. "Skinr Slider" by David Wall; made* •:: with charts, wood, and acryli i^resin, is the artistes attempt to redefine and explore cartography. ious undergraduate students, primarily Western students', with the exception of One art^ ist from Vancouver, B.C., and a ' Seattle second-grader. The artwork featured in ReArt represents a reinvented approach to conventional sculpture. In the gallery, a chandelier from the ceiling. A mass of multib opposite the entrance. At the cent sandals made of clay, wood and b VU Gallery Coordinator Cory submissions to be able to accept clutter. They are displaying 17 pi Besides a requirement that all 75 percent recycled materials, As: said there is no overarching theme] explore whatever idea they prefers Western senior David Wall cr lt; display. Wall's pieces all revolve Reel Perspective: Women's Center organ Carmen Daneshmandi THE WESTERN FRONT Picture a typical Hollywood film, the lead characters are a heterosexual male superhero, and a white heterosexual damsel in distress. With these images at the core of what makes up mainstream Hollywood, marginalized citizens of the film world, such as queer women of color, have a difficult time defining their culture. "We don't really have any culture because we're watching 'The L-Word' and saying 'We got it. We're on television. We conquered, we got what we asked for!'"-said black lesbian filmmaker Cheryl Dunye. Wednesday at her "Films That Fuel" lecture. "Now where do we go? Thai Dunye, who writ! ern's campus as a ps Color Film Festival ta and took place in the j Women's Center! Henley helped organ! and Wednesday's "F| ing a more realistic ic resentation in the mel "With [the Queel pay homage to peopli ---------- Page 9 ---------- SL LIFE westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 10 ,2009 I 9 psters to create art nnual ReArt exhibit photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT gt;f papier-mache arms and legs hangs ilored broken records adorns the wall r. of the exhibit, a pair of high-heeled ne shards sit atop a pedestal. Budden said they received just enough iverything without causing too much es, the lowest number to date, installations be comprised of at least istant'Gallery Coordinator Allie Paul to the exhibit. Each artist was free to :d. ated several of the pieces currently on round cartography, presented through photo by Carolyn Copstead THE WESTERN FRONT glass plates. ' "I layer found documents of mapping " Wall said in his artist statement. "Placing my mappings of unknown landforms onto glass allows me to explore a theoretical cartography." Wall used scrap wood from the back of the Western Gallery, glass from the RE Store and maps from Pacific Marine Exchange, a new and used marine supply store, in assembling his artwork. Budden and Paul said their biggest challenge was figuring out an arrangement that allowed gallery visitors to see the mixed media sculptures from all angles, as opposed to simply walking around looking at the walls. "We tried to balance things out," Budden said. "Everything is so random and kooky that you can't necessarily find a rhyme or reason for displaying it in a certain order." Some pieces, such, as Wall's, are small and easy to display. However, many of the pieces are comparably bizarre and don't lend well to a conventional wall mount. Take, for example, the work of Western senior Carissa Mann. Mann created "Refreezerator," a model freezer made entirely out of wood and used clothing. Inside it are popsicles, ice cream containers and pizza slices all made out of fabric. An ice cube compartment with multiple cloth cubes is fastened in the upper left corner, and denim jean pockets line the inside of the door. "When I was a kid, I had one of those plastic toy kitchen sets," Mann said. "I was trying to work that whimsical quality into 'Refreezerator,' because a lot of art is really serious." Mann has another wood and fabric piece on display, a model cloth dryer titled "Wash Your Washing Machine." She said this piece deals with the cycle of consumerism and the idea of use/reuse through the concept of washing clothes. . Darling and other RE Store employees, with the help of professional artist Kuros Zahedi, are participating in "Urban Alchemy" on April 25 at Maritime Heritage park. They will spend the day cleaning up litter and forming it into a temporary art installation on site. The RE Store is also helping sponsor the "Appliance, Art Revival" on May 2nd at the Chucka-nut Brewery, and Kitchen. There will be an appliance art auction, recycled art workshop and live music. Darling is also helping organize the "Haute Trash Fashion Show," a recycled material fashion show April 11 at the Wild Buffalo. An entire wedding dress, crocheted from hundreds of plastic bags, was displayed at the 2007 show. - V'V" • gt;' — "V.. ~i . "Found art allows people to work;with what, they already have because trash is dirt cheap," Darlingsaid. "It's open to everybody, not just the people who can afford art welders, kilns, designer paint brushes and so on. It's a medium for the. people." "Break," by Gayle Koyanagi is made from vinyl records and acrylic paint. photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT zes Queer Women of Color Film t's what I'm trying to figure out." es, directs and acts in her films, visited West-irt of the Women's Center Queer Women of lat took place Tuesday. Both events were free Academic Instructional Center, co-coordinators Kime McClintock and Jenny ize the Queer Women of Color Film Festival ilms That Fuel" lecture with the intent of giv-lea of marginalized groups and what their rep-ha does and can look like. Women of Color Film Festival] we want to who have multiple identities," Henley said. "I feel like wheneveryou are talking about complex identity, it's so much more important for self- representation than misrepresentation," , - The film festival was brought to Western in coordination with the California-based Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project and featured eight curated short films created by up-and-coming filmmakers. The films were handpicked from the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project's fifth annual film festival and will be shown in San Francisco. r- "This way we were able to bring the film festival here arid, make it accessible on campus and that's really important," McCfiri| tock said. 2:-H ,-- The films touched on a range of topics featuring queer women of color, For example in ^Labels Are Forever," a queer Asian female secret agent is on a mission-"to retain a suitcase filled with labels. The film has a comical take on bringing the act of social labeling into recognition and helps show the absurdity of labels. "That's the kind of cool thing about film. You support people in your community, and they make films and with these films you see women speaking their own truth in a creative way without using see FILM page 10 ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Friday • April 10,2009 I The Western Front FILM: Festival features experiences not included in the typical Hollywood movie from 9 sterile and technical jargon," Henley said. In contrast, "Slang It Like You Own It" humorously tells the story of an black lesbian from the suburbs who is put to the test when she must translate slang in front of her friends. The short film brings attention to issues such as language and cultural communication, which are typically outside of those preconceived and associated with the queer experience. "'Labels Are Forever' was funny and got at the serious topic of defining identity in a really humorous way," Western senior Melissa Deny said. The film had a good way of opening up dialogue by engaging people in a non-confrontational manner with its use of humor, she said. The film festival not only attracted students from Western's campus, but also brought interest to people from the off-campus community, like Bellingham High School senior Dustin Hahn who plans to attend Western in the future. "The films takes [the topic of the queer experience] that used to be taboo and makes them more relevant to society," said Hahn, who was invited to attend the film festival by a friend. He said film is a good outlet since it is visual, captivating and universal in helping people relate to them. The lecture also brought attention to queer women in the media when Dunye talked about her films, struggles and experiences as a black lesbian filmmaker. Du-nye's "The Watermelon Woman" was the first feature film to ever be directed by a black lesbian. ' . photo by Carmen Daneshmandi THE WESTERN FRONT A still from the film The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye, a collection of short films by the lesbian African American filmmaker. Dunye (right) often acts in her films, which are combinations of narrative and biographical documentry that use humor as a device to raise questions as well as entertain her audience. "Back when I started, it was an awful time period in the media. I couldn't see myself in the picture ... my learning to speak in film grew from my invisibility. It was a form of activism and of correcting something that wasn't there by putting myself into the picture Cheryl Dunye, filmmaker "Back when I started, it was an awful to speak in film grew from my invisibility, time period in the media. I couldn't see my- It was a form of activism and of correcting self in the picture; I wasn't a Cosby kid or something that wasn't there by putting my-any other variety of African American folks self into the picture." on television," Dunye said. "My learning Dunye, who started with the support of The Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, spent time as an artist in residence at Walker Art Center in Minnesota. During her time, she taught screen writing and storytelling to the female inmates of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee for her movie "Strangers Inside." The movie, which is about a mother and daughter who find each other in jail, called for the insight of the inmates and for them to open up. Listening was the most important thing, Dunye said. "No one listens to them; that was really the big thing. I let them go on with whatever because I wanted to know. They were just amazed that I wanted to hear anything from them and tell stories with them," Dunye said. Dunye also promised the inmates that if any of them were released in time for the making of the movie that they could be in the movie. One of the original inmates ended up being in "Strangers Inside." * "You have to empower people through process," Dunye said. "I am interactive with who I work with, and I acknowledge people about that contribution. I can't take culture without giving back." . Dunye said the media is currently at a critical moment where activism and queer culture are turned into a moment of commercialism. With events like the Queer Women of Color Film Festival, films that strive to find their own image outside of the Hollywood mold can push people to find their own voice. "The commercial world is taking over cultural production and we need to investi-. gate where the culture comes from," Dunye said. "Go out, do your own art and change the world." A APEX Management Inc. 360-527-9829 Looking for an apartment to rent?? 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Times Opinion Editor Gail Collins came to Western's campus Wednesday to talk about the 2008 presidential election in a lecture called "The Election and Then..." Collins said she wrote columns about the election as she learned about presidential candidates John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, whom she followed around the country to hear them speak. Collins started her journalism career writing about politics in Conn., where she founded the Connecticut State News Bureau in West Hartford, Conn, to provide news coverage of the state's politics. She began working for the New York Times as a member of the editorial board in 1995 and was the first woman appointed to the editorial page for the Times in 2001. " . . Collins spent most of the hour of the presentation answering questions about Obama's current and future plans. She said she initially thought the election would be centered around the possibility of electing America's first woman president, but as time passed, she realized the race was about bringing change to America. The American Democracy Project, which helped sponsor the event with The New York Times, is an initiative to inform college, students in the United States about the importance of democracy and to be active in their communities. The Times has a partnership with the programto encourage college students to read newspapers, which help promote strong democracy.. Western is part of The New York Times Readership Program, which provides students with free copies of The Seattle Times arid The New York Times to increase newspaper readership among college students. American Democracy Campus Coordinator Ann Carlson said Western is fortunate to have Collins speak because she gets to share what the elections were like from her personal experience. "It scares me that many people aren't • reading the.news," Carlson said. "If you want to make a difference in the world, it's important to know what's going on." Collins said Clinton was a strong, qualified candidate, and she [Clinton] and Obama shared similar views, but the inspiration Obama brought allowed him to win the Democratic nomination. "Despite the fact that they had all of the same opinions, [voters] wanted change, and that's why they chose Obama," Collins said. "There's a certain point where people are expected to handle what's handed in front of them, and that's where I think McCain lost the election." ('LOSING Chispa Scooters in Fairhaven is going out of business! All scooters accessories are being liquidated at greatly reduced prices. Several brands available including the very popular Vespa scooters. 30% off all parts and accessories. Examples of the incredible deals available on scooters: Buddy 50 Pamplona - Reg $2099, now $999 Vespa "Stella" Black - Reg $3600, now $2299 Piaggo MP3 **D|EMO** - Reg $7000, now $4999 Located at 960 Harris Street Open 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday photo by Keith Daigle New York Times Opinion Editor Gail Collins hosted a lecture Wednesday in the Academic Instructional Center. She fielded questions about the 2008 election and the state of newspapers "If you decide you don't want to be bothered [by educating yourself in politics] , you give up your chance to influence decisions [made in this country] and other people make those decisions for you," Collins said. As to the future of newspapers, Collins said many corporations own news organizations and they are now in a lot of debt because of the poor economy. The Hearst Corporation that owns the Seattle Post- Intelligencer (P.I.) announced it was struggling financially, so its news would be delivered strictly online. The last newspaper the Seattle P.I. distributed was on March 17. Newspapers help to provide everyone with information about the world they live in, which helps influence their decisions in politics, Collins said. Western senior Tim Van Slooten said he doesn't access the news from the mainstream media because he believes it contains bias. He said he seeks news from seminars such as Collins' and researches information online and at Western's library. "It's important to care about things larger than yourself," Collins said. "To find things you can really participate in as a citizen, you have to know what's going on. That's what a newspaper does. It opens up the world to you." Western senior Kristin Hung said she only reads the newspaper while she's waiting for a friend or for a class to start. Hung said some students may not read the paper because they don't feel news directly involves or concerns them. 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The new rules would allow previously, banned skateboards on campus and would allow cyclists to ride their bikes instead of dismounting them during the 15-minute transition time before and after classes. It's about time. Encouraging alternative modes of transportation such as bicycles and skateboards helps Western promote its agenda of sustainability and persuades students to implement green alternatives to everyday - activities, such as driving. Because of the June 1 implementation date, the effects of the rule changes may not be fully realized until next year, but it is a welcome change regardless of when the rules take effect. However, the new privileges bring greater responsibility to cyclists, boarders and pedestrians who share campus roads and walkways. Cyclists and boarders will be required to dismount in high traffic pedestrian areas, including Vendor's Row, Red Square and the narrow walkway between the engineering building and Carver Gym. However, this doesn't mean they can assume the right-of-way in other less populated areas. , Cyclists and boarders will also be expected to respect the safety of pedestrians by limiting their speed to walking or jogging pace depending on how crowded a particular area is. Failure to abide by these rules can carry a hefty fine of up to $60 for repeat offenses. With the days getting warmer and sunnier, pedestrians, bicycles and boarders clog the streets en masse in and around campus creating a dangerous mix of distraction and carelessness. However, this is the time of year when everyone- motorists and pedestrians alike-must be vigilant to protect their safety and the safety of others. The best way to protect personal safety is to be aware of your surroundings. In the technological world of new gadgets and multitasking, it can be difficult to be plugged, into your environment. Cell phones, iPods, coffee thermoses and busy schedules can be a distraction to pedestrians, cyclists and boarders. ',-..- Looking both ways when crossing the street is something many people learn at a young age. This doesn't mean if should be overlooked as people get older. People always need to be wary of safety on the roadways or walkways. Whether walking, driving or riding everyone needs to share the responsibility of acting safely in and around campus by putting aside distractions and paying attention to his or her environment. The Editorial Board is comprised of Editor-in-Chief Jeff Twining, Managing Editor Gabrielle Nomura Opinion Editor Danielle Koagel and community member-at- large Joel Holland. . No-laptop policies hinder classroom learning Matthew Hale Guest Columnist I am writing this after returning from my economics class, where my instructor informed me that laptops are not allowed in the lecture. I respectfully disagree with this policy and propose that all lecture classes be open for laptop note taking for a number of reasons. Personally, I find typing to be a much more efficient manner in which to take notes than handwriting. I can keep eye contact with the teacher while typing, whereas handwriting usually requires watching the page. Typing is also much faster and allows me to keep up, particularly during a fast-moving lecture. Electronic copies are much easier to study from. In a bound notebook, I must rip pages out to study more than a single -page at a time. Tuition is approximately $1,600 a quarter, part of which goes to teacher salaries. I find it insulting that I can't use a tool which, I believe, aids me in succeeding in class. This is not like high school; we are actually paying money for a service (education), and I find it a lack of return on my investment to limit me in any way that -may legitimately help me succeed. Western needs to make up its mind. We are one of the most wired r schools in the nation with unparalleled access to great technology. The new Academic Instruction Center even has plugs for each student's laptop at the tables. It sends a counterintuitive message when teachers do not allow the use of technology that is touted throughout campus and supported by our Student Technology Fee. I find it insulting when it is assumed that I can't responsibly use my laptop in class. There are people who will use the internet in class and learn nothing from the class itself, but the no-laptop policies automatically assume that I am at the level of those people, which, as a legal adult, is very demeaning. I reject the argument that the mere presence of a laptop in class is distracting. I find it highly unlikely that the careers that we go into will be devoid of distractions. If a student is unable to ignore a 13- inch screen somewhere in class, how are they going to succeed in a professional situation? This doesn't mean that I condone improper behavior, however, and it is completely legitimate to punish individual students who misuse laptop privileges. The Student Technology Fee is expected to rise soon, and regardless of the price I will happily pay it. That is my vote for the further integration of technology in the classroom because I firmly believe it aids academic growth. Fees aside, there is an additional way for Western to promote technology without spending a dime: allow students to use their own resources for the advancement of learning. Banning laptops in a classroom is no different than rejecting the calculator in favor of the abacus because th calculator may have games. A legitimate educational tool is being rejected on an assumption of the student body lacking responsibility. Matthew Hale is a Western sopho- . more considering a degree in accounting. Letter to the Editor: Military recruiters should be banned from career fair W- H/V= gt; lt;5EEH A V/EEK. \ W/VMT TO r v ^ e .SURE e.NSK-toK'c UKS THE ue.\iJ £t gt;vr\oK According to the Western Career Center policy for outside agencies recruiting students, only employers that meet strict standards of non-discrimination and ethics will be allowed on campus. The U.S. military discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, age, disability and nationality, and obviously do not meet the discrimination standard set by Western administration for being allowed on campus. Because of the more than 10,000 official complaints lodged against military recruiters last year, I would argue that they do not meet the ethics standard either. Because the Western administration is afraid to protect their students from the unethical, money- and power-driven military recruitment industry, it falls on the students to do the right thing. Stop Recruiters WWU is an unofficial group dedicated to seeing an end to military recruiters on campus, and I encourage everyone to contact us at stoprecruitersW-WU@ riseup.net and get involved in planning how to ensure the transparency and inherent fairness of employment practices both on campus and in the military. Evan Knappenberger Whatcom Community College Student Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Viking Voices Opinions from around campus What performer would you like to see the AS bring to Western? Compiled by: Rhys Logan Angela Tsui Freshman 'The Beach Boys, they're still alive and kFckin'." Jamie Muller Junior "All they had was rap last quarter. I like local bands like Yogoman and Rocky Votolato." Sean Stanley Freshman "Andre Nickatina, I just started listening to him again." Kait Powell Freshman "I'd like to see Lady Gaga. Everybody likes her new song." .yieu- .'VT Ute gt; k HEW SENTEMt£ KT tH6 EM» Of DHE OP THE PM?ACSAVV gt;,S, A DEFERENT IMAC.E C PAC-vE IH-i, AHf h T gt;tff£-RENT COVER. cartoon by Brandon Kays THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Page 13 ---------- 13 I Western Warthogs come up short in regional playoffs Photo courtesy by Marc Staiger From left: Western freshman Daniel Esponoza-Gonzalez, senior Jason Boyd and graduate student Lucas Cha-fee prepare for battle against Western Oregon University in their Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union Division II semi-final game. Jennifer Farrington THE WESTERN FRONT After three consecutive winning seasons and Western's decision to drop the football program, the Warthogs, Western's,club rugby team, think that now is the ideal time for growth. This season, the Warthogs were undefeated in their league finishing 6-0. The Warthogs qualified for the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union Division II tournament and won their first playoff game against Eastern Washington University. Western hosted the tournament, but on March 28, then-season came to a halt after losing their second game 47-17 against Western Oregon University in the semi-finals. Although the upcoming rugby season won't begin until the fall, the Warthogs hope to begin, recruiting new players now. "We are always looking for more players," Warthog player Rowan Ringer said. Warthog coaches and players encourage anyone who is interested in the rugby program to get involved. The team always appreciates additional fan support as well. "Whoever has the desire, fitness and aptitude will play," said Bart Higgins, Warthog head coach. "I personally think it's the greatest game there ever was." Established in 1958, Western's club rugby team is one of the oldest and longest running rugby programs in the United States, Higgins said. "The depth of the alumni support really makes Western's rugby program unique," Higgins said. The Western Warthogs have a record of 21-5 during the last three years with three consecutive league championships and two consecutive regional championships. Last season, the club was ranked 14th in the nation, the highest national ranking in the team's history, Higgins said. Higgins' coaching philosophy is centered around'three key points that he said he strives to instill in his players: possession, communication and support. "Possession is everything in rugby," Higgins said. "You have to maintain possession." Looking ahead to next season, Higgins said he has high hopes for the team's success. Currently, the Warthogs have 15 players returning next season. Ideally, Higgins said he hopes to have 30 to 35 players on the roster by the beginning of the season. • ' "I hope to do as well as the last two years, at least. We will be focusing on recruiting but we have a lot of good players returning, too." Higgins said. "We've developed many of [the players] over the course of the season." Recruiting has been one of the biggest obstacles for the club. Higgins said it should not be as see RUGBY page 16 Western places eigth at golf invite Kendall Mercer THE WESTERN FRONT Western's women's golf •team finished No. 8 out of 18 teams April 6 and 7 at the 7th. annual Grand Canyon University Women's Golf Invitational at the Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz. The Vikings played 36 holes during the two-day event and ended with a team total of 634 strokes. "We' re not super disappointed, but we're not too pleased with our finish," Western Head Coach Bo Stephan said. "It's one of those tournaments where the course is set up to score on, and if you don't, then you get left behind by other teams. I think that's what happened to us." California State University, Monterey Bay won the invitational with a 16-stroke lead with 608 strokes. Western freshman Sophie Elstrott tied for ninth place in medalist play. She shot 154 strokes and shot a final round of 78 to secure her second top-10 ranking in a row and third for the season. Elstrott said the last day of the tournament was one of the most emotional days of golf she has experienced. "I wasn't playing very well See more online at www.westernfrontonIine.net Friday • April 10,20091 The Western Front see GOLF page 16 ---------- Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Friday • April 10,2009 I The Western Front Vikings suffer first loss of the season Men split doubleheader against Shoreline Community College, ending a six game winning streak Andrew Mitchell THE WESTERN FRONT Western club baseball suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of the Shoreline Community College Dolphins Tuesday at Joe Martin Field, but used the sting of that loss as motivation to win the second game of the night, splitting a doubleheader with the Dolphins. "The first loss of the year was hard to take, but it showed us that we needed to step up our game," Western senior and assistant coach Adam Cochran said. "They are the best team we have seen this season by far, and we needed to play much better to beat them." The Vikings started out well, and the first game was loaded with offense, with both teams going, back and forth. The Dolphins scored the first run of the day in the top half of the first inning, but the Western offense responded quickly with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead. Shoreline put up two more runs in the top of the second to tie the game, but Western continued their early offensive onslaught and added two more runs in the bottom of the second off hits by Western senior Mike Morris and Western sophomore Joe Fike to take a 5-3 lead. The bats for Western quieted after the quick start. The Vikings managed to get only two hits and one more run the rest of the game. "Our offense was the key in the first game because we started out well, but we lost focus," Western senior Blair Wyman said. "The team as a whole didn't perform well the rest of the game." Shoreline took advantage of Western's lack of offense and capitalized on the Vikings' defensive and pitching miscues, Shoreline hitting coach Ryan Browne said? ! corner of Westerly RB Cordate PlwyP Open daily 7 am-9 pm l l l l i i N ^ w i t h two locations: ^^le^ate—315 Westerly Rd. iSlltES^tovw—1220 N Forest St. ftj|'|dmmunrty,Crow Co-op 4? gt; # * The Dolphins took the lead and control of the game with a four-run inning in the top of the third. In that inning, Western gave up two hits, walked three batters, hit one batter and committed two errors. "Our approach at the plate was better, and we played better defense out of the two teams in the first game and that was the difference," Browne said. Shoreline scored three more runs to add to the lead in the sixth and seventh inning. Western continued to struggle at the plate throughout the game, and Shoreline took the game 10-6. "We made a lot of physical and men-left from their win in the first game and capitalized on Western's slow start. The Dolphins put up three runs quickly in the first inning when Western sophomore pitcher Bryan Simpson hit two batters and gave up a two-RBI double. The Dolphins' pitching was able to hold Western scoreless until the third inning. Western began to rally in the third inning after Tait's two-out walk was followed by Morris' single and Tait later scored on Pike's RBI single. Cochran hit a ball in the gap, causing a collision between the left and center fielders, and ended up on third after the error. Cochran's hit cleared Photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior and coach Kyle Tait hits a sacrafice fly in the second game of the Vikings' doubleheader against Shoreline Community College. Trie Viking's won the game 9-6. tal errors in the first game," Western senior and head coach Kyle Tait said. "We let the game slip through our hands because of those mistakes. It was definitely an eye-opener for our team." Cochran said suffering the first loss of the season was the perfect motivation for the second game of the doubleheader against Shoreline. The Dolphins picked up where they the bases and tied the game at three. On the play, Shoreline centerfielder Shawn Oughton broke his leg severely, and an ambulance was needed to cart him off the field. Play was delayed for more than an hour. "When I hit it, I just ran hard and really didn't realize what had happened," Cochran said. 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Western's offense picked up the momentum afterward and broke the tie after scoring two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings. Western scored off a pair of RBI doubles, Tait's sacrifice fly, and Western freshman Alan Kennedy's bases-loaded walk, stretching their lead to 7-3. The Dolphins fought back valiantly and harrowed the gap to one run in the sixth inning and had the bases loaded with one out, but Wyman forced a groundout and struck out the final batter to end the inning. The Dolphins never threatened again and the Vikings secured, the win. "After the loss in the first game, we took it personally and we realized we might not have taken it serious enough because it was a non-league game," Wyman said. "Losing definitely changed our mentality and improved our focus for the second game, which helped us win." ' After Tuesday's split, the Vikings' record stands at 7-1. The loss will not affect Western in the league standings, but will count toward their overall record. Tait said Shoreline was the toughest opponent the Vikings have played this year. He said it was a good test for the team and showed the Vikings they can compete with higher quality teams. "It was good" for our hitters to see that high quality of pitching; it will only make us better," Tait said. "We are just starting to come together as a team. We are not playing our best right now, but we are taking the right steps and are headed in the right direction." FREE Diagnostics! 1001 Larrabee Ave. 360-202-5560 www.Doa-On-Flre.com product line, manicures, pedicures, Asian hot foot C massages microdermabrasioa ;,; facials . other personal care ..••. services-::;.; ; 1327.11th St, €^3eHj%h^,;m:: ADVERTISE! Employment, Rentals, Services Western Front Classifieds wwu. westernf ron t@gmai Lcom 650-3160 ---------- Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 10,2009 SPORTS I 15 Track goes the distance; wins decathlan, heptathlon Steven Houck THE WESTERN FRONT Western swept the Multi-Events Track and Field meet by winning both the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon April 5 and 6 at Bellingham's Civic Stadium. Western Head Coach Pee Wee Halsell said Western hosts the multi-events meet so track athletes have an extra meet to qualify for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) championships and national meet. Halsell said qualifying for nationals in track is based on a point system, rather than where the athlete places in the meet itself. Western senior. Clara Cook won the heptathlon with her best performance of the season, finishing with 4,261 points. Her performance was just shy of the NCAA women's Division II provisional national qualifying mark of 4,400 points. Athletes can only qualify for the NCAA Division II National Track and Field meet if they meet the national qualifying mark. An automatic mark for the heptathlon is 4,800 points, and an automatic mark for the decathlon is 5,900 points. The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events over the course of two days. The first day included the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and" 200-meter dash. The second day included the long jump, javelin and 800-meter run. Cook .finished first place in the high jump, clearing 5 3/4 feet, giving her 818 points. She also placed first in the long jump with a mark of 16 1/2 feet, giving her 530 points. She won the 800 with a time of 2 minutes, 28:06 seconds. "My goal definitely^his season, is to qualify for nationals in the heptathlon," Cook said. "This is my last chance to make it there again." In 2006, Cook qualified for nationals her freshman year in the high jump. Western sophomore Alex Harrison won the men's decathlon with 6,085 points, beating his previous record by more than 450 points. The decathlon consists of 10 track and field events over the course of two days. The first day's events include.the 100, long jump, shot put, high jump and the 400. The second day's events include the 110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and the 1500. Harrison said he had not been satisfied with any of his track performances since last season. "I have been waiting for a successful day in track for a long time now, and this day finally came," Harrison said. "This was a big relief." Harrison finished first in the 400 with a time of 54.22 seconds gaining 631 points. He also placed first in the javelin with a mark of 149 feet and 3 inches, adding 637 points to his score. Based on his latest track performance, Harrison.said his new goal is to qualify for nationals in the decathlon. '"It'-s going to be very hard to do, but I feel it is definitely doable," Harrison said. The top 16 individuals in the nation for every track and field event get to compete in the national meet. This year nationals will be held May 21-22 in San Angelo, Texas. Other top performances in the track meet came from Western freshmen Tim Clendaniel ancPSabrina Schwindler, who finished second place overall in the meet. Clendaniel scored 5,924 points in the decathlon, and Schwindler scored 3,863 points iri the heptathlon. "We all fought together and hadgreat success," Clendaniel said. "I am very proud of all the teammates." Western sophomore Michelle Howe and Western freshman Devon King also qualified for the GNAC meet with scores of 3,704 points and 3,341 points, respectively. It takes 4,500 provisional points to qualify for conference in the decathlon, and 3,000 points to qualify in the heptathlon. "Two guys qualified for the GNAC meet, and all four girls qualified as well," Halsell said. 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"There just wasn't anything terrible, and there wasn't anything great," Stephan said. "Our mindset is just not where it needs to be." The women's golf team is ranked No. 19 in the most recent Golf World/National Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Stephan said to improve for their next tournament, the members need to focus on getting their heads into the game and becoming more "confident. "We just need to get that confidence and swagger," Stephan said. . Elstrott said while it is a little late, in the season for the team to work out any rnajor technical difficulties, succeeding at the next invitational may simply be a matter of practice and perspective. "[It's important to] just practice and just be positive about [golf in general when you get tp that tournament," Elstrott said with.a laugh, - •-•;-' Western's next tournament arid last match of the regular season is the Notre Dame de Namur University Invitational on April 20 and 21 at the Roddy Ranch Golf Club in Brentwood, Calif. ^ u RUGBY: Men lose 47-17to Western Oregon in tfm§£mifinals from 13 difficult as it has been in the past due to the club's recent success. Raising athletes' awareness of the program has been a challenge in previous years. Higgins said he hopes more interest in the rugby program will be generated after the decision to drop Western's football program. "Rugby is the perfect sport to. fill the void in athletes affected by the cut of the football program," said Craig Brown, Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union match official. ? Higgins said rugby is a unique sport because of what it requires of its athletes both mentally and physically. It has al-; ways been,a player's sport rather than a spectator's sport, he said. - *• ; "It's a^thinking man's game. There are constantly five or six options you have with the ball at any point in time depending on what's-going on," Higgins said. "You've got to be able to think on your feet. There's a lot more to it than people give credit." Higgins said that it's about more than just the game. The sport is also unique in regards to the relationships between players that are developed and upheld over the course of the season, he said. "What makes rugby different from other sports is the camaraderie that goes . along with the game," Higgins said. "Af-ter. a game, we leave our differences oh the field. The home team always hosts a social where we all come together and have fun and discuss the game." Rugby is played in more than 120 countries internationally and is an emerging sport in the United States,; growing in popularity; each year, Higgins said. Western holds potential for a successful rugby program, especially because of its proximity to Canada where rugby is a popular sport, allowing for more potential recruiting opportunities, Higgins said. "If rugby was built up more here at Western, it would make it much more attractive for Canadians and other athletes lt; to come here. It's just a great growing opportunity for our program," said Neil Gardner, Western alumnus and member of the Chuckanut Bay Rugby Club. Higgins said a number of things can be done to help Western's rugby program, including increasing the amount of alumni support, boosting fundraising efforts and striving to develop a better relationship with the university working hardfeto change that," Higgins said. "We arej trying to bring up the team at every level, on and off the field. I'd like to eventually see it become a lettered club sport or a varsity club sport." 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Show more2009_0414 ---------- Page 1 ---------- Why do all the white kids sit together; a discussion on self-segregation PAGE10 McEnroe pitches perfect game as Vikings sweep NNU PAGE 13 Tuesday, ApriM 4/2009 THE WESTERN FRONT AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1 9 7 0 1 W E S T E R N F R O N T Q N L I N E . N ET Faculty senate delays salary raises Daniel O'Hair THE WESTERN FRONT Western President Bruce Sliepard and United Faculty of Western Washington President Bill Lyne announced March .24 that Western's tenured faculty will not receive special merit salary increases for the 2009-10 school year in lieu of Western's current budget crisis'. The salary increases, which would total more than $200,000, will instead be used to fund sections of courses that would not have been available due to budget cuts, Lyne said.. Because Western's legislature is still working on the final budget for the next school year, no decisions have been made about what courses would receive the funding specifically, Lyne said. • "We wanted to maintain [as many options] as we could for students so they can get the classes they need and preserve jobs for non-tenure track faculty," Lyne said. Lyne, who .was involved in discussions concerning the decision to delay the salary increases, said using the money to fund classes was "the right thing to do" and represented a small effort in creating relief for Western's budget crisis. see MERIT PAY page 7 ••photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Western art professor Elsi Vassdal-Ellis teaches students how to make accordion books April 13 during her Design 377 course. Ellis is one of 47 faculty members eligible to recieve a pay raise after the faculty senate reached a bargaining agreement signed in May 2008. The faculty senate agreed to postpone more than $200,000 in merit pay to save money and preserve more courses that need funding. Buchanan Towers addition set for July Miller Hall renovation in limbo; awaits legislature approval of funds Megan Tackett Lisa Carrougher THE WESTERN FRONT Earlier this year, Western anticipated two significant on-campus construction plans to start this summer. Beginning in July, Western will build its first significant residence hall addition in 40 years. However," the fate of the Miller Hall renovation project is still being negotiated. Linda Beckman, Western's division budget and administration director, said Western plans to pay for the Buchanan Towers addition through revenue bonds, starting in June. The proceeds will be paid back after 30 years, she said. "Revenue bonds are supported through revenue from the housing and dining systems," Beckman said. Funding for Miller Hall is included in the Senate's proposal budget, but not included in the House's budget proposal. The legislature chose not to include the Miller Hall project as part of Gov. Chris Gregoire's Washington Jobs Now initiative, an economic stimulus package to create employment opportunities. This would have accelerated Miller Hall's renovation project to begin this month. If the legislature agrees to approve the $57.5 million plan in capitol budget before the end of the legislative session, renovations will begin on the original schedule, starting this summer. "We feel, based on a lot of different v'factorsYthat;MillerH:all will be approved," Tim W y ^ of Facilities M ^ teeofthat" . • ;. Out of the six; four-year universities in Washington, legislation ranked Miller Hall, which was last renovated in 1967, as the building most in need of improvements, Wynn said. In the past, members of legislature have toured the building and observed how crucial improvements are, he said. Western must wait until a decision is made between the House and Senate, Wynn said. The construction of Western's 100- bed addition to Buchanan Towers will begin this summer. The construction plans will be completed by April 22, university director Willy Hart said. Construction of the new addition begins this July and will be completed by August 2010. Construction could cause Buchanan Towers to lose between 35 to 90 parking spots, Hart said. , ' . "This is a reasonable amount of time, so there- should be.no problems," Hart said. The Buchanan Towers addition will help the current housing situation at the university, as well as improve the quality of the building, Hart said. The expanded entryway will provide more gathering see CONSTRUCTION page 7 Veterans form support group Meaghan Cox THE WESTERN FRONT As more veterans come home from the war and take on the college front, a need for support has developed. A program known as the Veteran Safe Zone, made up of faculty, staff and administrators, will fill part of that need. The Veteran Safe Zone is expected to improve the campus climate for veterans through outward expressions of support and recognition, said Western graduate student Jana Brost, who created the program. Faculty and staff can post a designated emblem in their office or department to show their involvement with student veterans at Western. A new bill called Chapter 33 will be coming into effect, said Army Specialist 4 veteran Wendy Gegenhuber, who works in the Veteran Affairs office as administra see VETERANS page 6 ---------- Page 2 ---------- 2l NEWS See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Tuesday • April 14,20091 The Western Front University iS HBBil^Sfci^Mi^BBB warning. s§H photo by Rebecca. Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Centra Tonalli members of Mt. Vernon perform a traditional Aztec dance April 11 in Viking Union Room 565 as part of the Food and Justice Conference. Aztec dance is traditionally used to honor earth's elements - water, wind, earth and fire. The dancers wore traditional outfits, sang and chanted to the beat of a drum during the pesentation. "We're not sharing a performance with you today," dance leader Victor Rodriguez said. "We're sharing a prayer." For more.about the conference turn to page 8. Two discussions next week on recent Second Amendment decisions The Faculty GUR Group ^vyilTilMd the-first:of two discussion groups about the Second Amendment today at 3 p.m. in Viking Union Room 464. The discussions will focus on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision which stated citizens do not need to be part of an organized militia to retain the right to bear arms and the assumptions made by the public about second amendment rights. • The second discussion group will be held in the same room on Thursday, April 16. The discussions are free and open to 81111111 World Issues forum lecture on wildfire impact in deserts Fairhaven College's World Issues Forum will be hosting Julio Betancourt, a professor and surveyor for the U.S. Geological Survey, who will give a lecture at noon Wednesday, April 15 in the Fairhaven College Auditorium. Betancourt's lecture, "Decisions, Decisions: Exotic Grass Invasions and Altered Wildfire Regimes in the American Deserts," focuses on the impact of wildfires in American deserts resulting from the grasses that have been introduced for various reasons throughout history. The lecture is free and open to the public. Student volunteer day is Saturday April 18 Western's Learning Action Environment Discovery is hosting a student volunteer work party Saturday, April 18. Students to meet at the Viking Union at 8:15 a.m. to check in, eat continental breakfast and get directions to the three work projects. The three projects include removal of English Ivy at the "C" parking lot on 20th street, weeding at Franklin Park, located at the corner of Whatcom and Grant streets, and removal of invasive plant species from the Padden Creek Trail on 6th Street, The projects will run from 8:30 to noon. LGBTA to host national "Day of Silence" On Friday, April 17, the Resource and Outreach Program's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance (LGBTA) will be hosting a "Day of Silence" -Oni-campus. The event aims to raise awareness about hate crimes and bullying that aim to silence the voice of gay, lesbian and trans-gendered people. During the event, participants will not be speaking until 4 p.hi: Participants - will then gather in Red Square at 4 p.m. to "break the silence." The LGBTA will have a table set up in Red Square for the duration of this week about the event. More information will be available at Red Square Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Disabilities in the Prison System, lecture Thursday, April 16 As a part of Disability Awareness Week, the Associated Students Social Issues Resource Center is hosting a lecture titled "Disabilities in the Prison System," at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16 in the Viking Union room 565. 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THE WESTERN FRONT Psychology professor Joseph Trimble \vas awarded the International Lifetime Achievement Award for Multicultural and Diversity Counseling by the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute. Trimble has worked at Western since 1979 and is highly regarded by colleagues, students and friends for his works, as well as his humble nature. Trimble was nominated by a panel of judges from five different countries, including the U.S., United Kingdom, India and Canada. The award recqgnizes" Trimble's ongoing dedication to the promotion of psychological and sociocultural research with indigenous populations, specifically Alaska natives , and Native Americans. Trimble's studies target the field of ethnic psychology, or the study of attitudes, beliefs, behaviors and feelings of people of different ethnic groups, predominantly cultures of North America. "Joseph is one of the first people to research how to study different groups with respect to how the culture understands respect," said Kate Wayne, an elementary education professor. Trimble is also being awarded for his writing in the field of "multicultural • counseling and the modification of conventional counseling with respect to other ethnicities. The main goal of his studies is based on respect for culture and conforming "western" psychological practice to fit the individual. . His book on this theory, "Counseling Across Cultures," is currently in its sixth edition. "I didn't realize it would be such a big theory," Trimble said. "Now it's used by psychologists worldwide when, prior to 1970,: the theory was essentially nonexistent." Trimble said the subject caught his interest in 1969 when he finished his graduate studies at the University of Oklahoma. He said he realized how troubled the local populations of Native Americans were with issues such as drugs, alcohol and physical abuse. From this, he said he concluded that the psychological theories used for counseling at the time were not effective. In 1973; Trimble decided to use his theory of respectfully adaptive counseling to provide services to Native Americans with the support of his Native American friends and his family, he said. For the last 25 years, Trimble has been working on culturally adaptive alcohol and drug prevention programs for the youth of tribes in the Pacific Northwest. The focus is to incorporate his theory of ethnically respectful therapy to the program to ensure.it does not become widely advertised like Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Trimble said. He also said Native American tribes in the area prefer a more low-key, parent- involved program'with limited publicity. Trimble is also highly regarded, specifically, for his willingness to help others, said Western junior Kaely Anderson. On top of his research, work with Alaskan and Native American youth and his busy schedule, Trimble makes time to mentor many students both in and out of his field of study. , Western senior and Trimble- protege Daniel Brendible, a sociology major, gave the same praise. "You go into his office at first kinda nervous. He went to Harvard and he works with renowned scholars," Brendible, said. "But I'm 24 years old, and when I go into his office I can be selfish and scared, but I always feel supported. He could have 200 awards, but he'd never tell you that. It's never about him." Trimble earned a baccalaureate degree from Waynesburg University in 1961. He pursued his graduate studies in psychology at the University of New Hampshire, Harvard University and the University of Oklahoma before receiving his doctorate in psychology from the Institute of Group Relations at the University of Oklahoma. Trimble has served as a professor in the Woodring College of Education, a psychology professor, the director of Assessment and Testing, and a research associate at Western's Center for Cross-Cultural Research. Trimble is not currently teaching, but continuously researches at Western. "To use a cliched phrase, he takes time for the little people," said Western junior Bonnie Harp, head of the psychology clubi "Many professors with his stature let it go to their head, but he is just humbled every time he receives another award." The International Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented-to Trimble Aug. 4 and 5 in Toronto during the 5th annual Critical Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy Conference. photo courtesy of Joseph Trimble Psychology professor Joseph Trimble spent a majority of his fife cultivating the idea of counseling with respect to other cultures and conforming western ideals to each individual. Schotersh^ Engineering student to represent Western at a bridge building conference in Maryland Brian Conner THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Jason Merrifield's leadership contributions in the engineering department are taking him across the nation to represent Western in a bridge building competition in May. The award was announced mid- February and is presented in the form of a scholarship that pays for him to attend the International Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Maryland, Merrifield said. • Merrifield is one of four national recipients of the Student Leader Experience Award, an annual award presented by the Society, said the Society's Office Manager Sylvia Smith. To win the award, Merrifield had to write a paper arid submit a letter of recommendation showing his leadership contributions, Smith said. Engineering professor Eric Leonhardt said Merrifield demonstrated outstanding leadership and teambuilding skills in the engineering department and has managed other students in Western's Vehicle Research Institute. Leonhardt said Merrifield works diligently while in the Western's engineering shop and teaches other students new skills and'provides tips for designing components. "He worked hard to build parts, but he also worked hard to educate other students," Leonhardt said. Merrifield is the project manager and business director of Western's Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team and has worked with a team of students to get supplies donated, Leonhardt said. photo by Hailey Tucker THE WESTERN FRONT Merrifield poses in front of an autoclave holding the bridge he made for the International Symposium and Exhibition. The autoclave acts as a pressurized oven and "is used to make any high-performance composite parts," Merrifield explains. The International Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Symposium and Exhibition is an annual engineering technology conference and competition, beginning in 1961, which provides its members with technical information about technology and materials. The leadership conference will present contestants with the opportunity to meet engineering professionals and network, Merrifield said. Scheduled events include a tour of the Baltimore Museum of Industry and a society presidential dinner, Smith said. During the leadership conference, Merrifield plans to volunteer for two half-days and will be presented with the leadership award, Smith said. On the third day,. Merrifield, along with Western senior Kyle Donohue and three other Western students, will be competing in a bridge strength testing competition, Donohue said. The bridges are designed as a diagram and then produced and molded out of carbon fiber composites. The typical bridge is usually about two feet long and supports approximately 4,000 to 6,000 pounds. Once designed, a bridge is tested to see how many pounds of pressure it can hold, Merrifield said. Merrifield's bridge can support approximately 7,800 pounds. Leonhardt said Marrifield had the best bridge design and will be competing for a top prize of $300 at the International Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Symposium and Exhibition. Merrifield and the others in attendance plan to take eight bridges to the exhibition this year. Donohue and Merrifield worked with several other students to construct a bridge design in their Advanced Composites class that tests the strength to mass ratio, Donohue said. Building bridges, which are black in color and look similar to a wood block, provides students with experience in designing and testing a design to failure - something that will occur in a job in the engineering field, he said. Professor Steven Dillman's Advanced Composites course requires, students to design a bridge out of carbon fiber composites, and students spend the duration of the course testing and perfecting the bridge design. "Student's learn by testing bridges to failure," Dillman said. The testing is done using a universal mechanical test frame that applies direct pressure to the middle of the bridge to simulate traffic or other mass, Dillman said. Once the bridge breaks, the student has to go back and figure out what went wrong, he said. Dillman said it is a matter of tweaking certain small details to fine tune the gt; bridge design. He said he takes the overall winning design from his class and pays the $40 entry fee to enter the competition. The material used for the competition is primarily carbon fiber and is donated and supplied for students to use, Dillman said.' Western has attended' the competition in previous years. Last year, Western placed first and second in the carbon non-kit category in Long Beach, Calif., Donohue said. ---------- Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Tuesday • April 14,2009 NEWS I 5 Student invention promotes healthy co^m Andi Williamson THE WESTERN FRONT . Weeks of hard work, research and attention to detail paid off in a big way for Western junior Justin Lund on March 19. Lund received the Gold Award at this year's Northwest Design Invitational in downtown Seattle. Lund, 34, is an industrial design major and entered a project he completed in the fall with the encouragement of his professors. He found out via e-mail that he had won first place in the student category for a design he has dubbed BEEP. Lund said he named the design BEEP because it acts as a timer BEEP is a small device that hangs off the back of a laptop screen and is designed to promote healthy computer'usage in children by setting a 30-minute time limit. It has a small screen; with a pair of wide eyes on it. • : ~ The children-friendly . computer accessory plugs into the USB port of a laptop and warns children when 15 minutes have passed, then 25 minutes and finally at 30 minutes by slowly but surely closing its eyes on the small screen. BEEP quietly puts the laptop into sleep mode after half an hour, ending the child's time on the computer without argument and with fair warning, Lund said. "Lund's design is unique, fun and connects parents and children, and it is socially engaging," said Arunas Oslapas, industrial design professor. ' The design invitational takes place every two years. This year, about 90 entries were spread throughout 10 categories, said competition director and Western alumnus Alex Diener. A panel of three prestigious judges from all over the country made up the jury that determines the winners. Competitors answer about 14 questions and submit a portfolio of photos and an explanation of their design, Diener said. It takes about one day for the jury to get through all of the submitted projects. "It is certainly a big feather in the winner's cap," Diener said. "They can say they have been recognized by a panel of judges, and. that their work is compelling." Lund said he spent about five weeks developing BEEP in professor Oslapas' industrial design class. The assignment was to create products that promoted, a healthy digital lifestyle for a local com: puter accessory company called Allsop. Receiving the Gold Award can help with networking, building a resume and gaining exposure for other projects, Diener said. Lund used his own experiences at "home with his 6-year-old daughter Vega and his wife, Nico, as inspiration for the concept of BEEP. "I talked to a lot of parents about is-* sues they had with their kids and computers, but ultimately it was arguments I had with my own daughter that led to the idea for BEEP," Lund said. "One day my wife said, -Why don't you just make a timer?' and.I thought, 'Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense." Industrial design professor Jason Morris said it has been about three or four years since a Western student has won at this West Coast competition. "I always encourage students to enter their projects," Morris said. "I just help them represent it well and help them make the points they want communicated." While BEEP was a conceptual design, Lund said he would love to see it actually made and is thinking about getting a patent for the idea. ' • - ' - ' photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Justin Lund won a Gold Award at the Northwest Design invitational for his kid-friendly computer accessory called BEEP, which times the amount of time a child can surf the Internet. Don't forget your student discounts at: Southside Trends Chameleon Ink WWU Performing Arts Series Primetune Brakes Union 76 Cor Care Center Busy B's Barber Shop Samish Way Shell The Hempest Subway (N. Samish) ---------- Page 6 ---------- 6 I NEWS Tuesday April 14,20091 The Western Front VETERANS: Safe zone project gives veterans a place to unite photo courtesy of Nate Marino Western's 27 U.S. military veterans gathered for a group photo, April 8 in Viking Union room 565. The photo was the first step in creating the Veterans Safe Zone project formedby Western graduate student Jana Brost. Veterans Safe Zone, which is set to launch this quarter, is an organization aimed to show support for student and faculty veterans at Western. The project was adapted from Whatcom Community College. from 1 tion support and coordinator. The bill will take care of 100 percent of tuition and fees for military veterans based on how much time they served since 2001, she said. "I think we will have more veterans coming in to take advantage of their benefits," Gegenhuber said. Steps toward getting ready for an increase in student veterans needs to be addressed, Brost said. "As graduate students, we work on a project called an assessment, in which we assess or evaluate how programs and services on campus are reaching their goals and purposes," Brost said. "We look at what is working or what's not." The Veteran Safe Zone stems from a personal experience for Brost. Her father, Master Chief Joel Clayton, will soon be retiring after 30 years of service with the Navy. • Because of some transition issues Clayton has faced, Brost said she decided to take a look at how student veterans are coping with the transition from their military service to student life. . . Student veteran Phil Coomes, who is currently a staff sergeant in the Individual Ready Reserves with the Marines, said the transition was OK, but he definitely felt alone. . • .. * "I think [the Veteran Safe Zone project] is cool," Coomes said. "I don't think a lot of vets will feel the need to run to these offices, but if Fin walking down the hall and see a bunch of these Safe Zone signs, I will feel more comfortable—more welcome." By September 2010, veterans will begin coming home as the U.S. involvement those who served, regardless of one's per-, s'onal political views, Brost said. "I think it's real easy to mix antimili-tary and antiveteran, but there is a clear distinction," Brost said. "Not all veterans have the same political views, and they are not monolithic in their values, beliefs and attitudes. I think it's important to distinguish between the person and the duties that are required of someone." Coomes said he felt Western had a neutral outlook to student veterans, but some groups or outspoken individuals on 44 Not all veterans have the same political views and they are not monolithic in their values, beliefs and attitudes. I think it's important to distinguish between the person and the duties that are required of someone. - Jana Brost, Veteran safe zone creator with the Iraq War wraps up overseas, and will seek their education at institutions such as Western, and it is important they feel welcome, Brost said. ; The purpose of the Veteran Safe Zone project is to show a sign of gratitude for campus have a strong opposition to the war. "With people against the war that you were participating in, you feel like you don't want to express yourself. That maybe we should just be quiet," Coomes said. "None of us care to get that kind of unnecessary flak." World War II Infantry veteran Ernest "Ernie" Sams, who not only was a student veteran at Western but has been working on campus for 61 years, said the transition from the military to public life was easy for him. "I just had to clean up my language," Sams said. "Although people coming back froni the South Pacific probably had a harder time adjusting than those who served in Europe." Not only will student veterans have the benefit of Chapter 33 and the Veteran Safe Zone, but also a student group compiled of student veterans will be forming, Coomes said. "We're trying to get an organization where the vets can unite," Coomes said. "We want to make more awareness for veterans on campus." Brost said student veterans are a group with just as much diversity as any other student organization on campus. The' group will look to cater toward special services such as helping with financial aid and career counciling. Special events such as. a pizza and beer night, are in the works, Coomes said. 89.3FM KUGS io ORG Honesty Dependability Guaranteed! 1189 E. Sunset Dr. 10% Discount (360)671-2277 In Sunset Square with Student IP Qpen J QayS a Week Complete Automotive Service Repair No Appointment Necessary • Loaner Cars want to sell it? 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Unlike the Miller Hal! renovation plan, the construction will not displace anybody because rather than replacing an existing, occupied building, it will be brand new^Hart said; Moving Miller Hall's renovation plan back to the original date will allow administration more time to determine where to relocate classrooms currently being held in the building, Assistant Facilities Director Ed Simpson s a i d . :v' _:' •• photo by Carolyn Copstead THE WESTERN FRONT Addition to Buchanan Towers will take up,Between 35 to 90 parking spots. Most of Miller Hall's improvements are needed to match the American's with Disabilities Act requirements, Simpson said. Improvements include adding new elevators, staireases and bathrooms. Extensions will also be added to the building for the Woo-dring College and the modern and classical language department, Simpson said. The renovation project will create more than 50 well- paying construction jobs in the community for the next two years, said Paul Cocke, Western's director of communications and university relations. * The Buchanan Towers addition will require a minimum of 30 construction workers on the site at a time, Wynn said. The building will need mechanical suppliers, window suppliers and electricians. Heating and ventilation will also need to be installed, he said. After construction, the Buchanan Towers addition and Miller Hall will meet the standards of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). ~ "[The design] is complex," Beckman said. "It offers daylight, use of energy and the state now requires state'buildings to have LEED design." The Buchanan Towers addition will offer more housing for students because of the recent overflow of on- campus student ' , : ' • • • • '* photo by Carolyn Copstead THE WESTERN FRONT Western is waiting on a decision from the state legislature to see if capital funds totaling $57.5 million will be available to rennovate Miller Hall. housing. Student housing has had a large, unmet demand, Beckman said. The university has had to rent apartments off campus for students because no more spaces" were available on campus. "In the Buchanan Towers addition, not only will it offer more rooms, but also there will be a common space for students as well as a coffee shop," she said. • Although initial interest was low, Wynn said more people are excited about what the building is going to look like. "The process was hard to get it right, but we are excited for the construction to start," he said: f^^f^:9'petc^:mh^j^ will receive pay raise in 2010 from 1 "We don't want to give anyone the impression that this is anything other than a drop in the bucket," Lyne said. "[The administration] is talking about making about a ,$39 million cut to Western's budget; this only represents a fraction of that." The special merit salary increases are part of the faculty's Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was signed May 2008 and is effective through Sept. 2011. . . The contract, which can be found at www.ufww.org, entitles 9 percent of Western's tenure-track faculty to recieve special merit salary increases of $4,000 to each of the recipient's base salaries during each academic year. Paula Gilman, Western's executive director for University Planning and Budgeting, said all the $4,000 base salary increases, with benefits, totals $218,080. Special merit salary recipients were required to,submit an application to a faculty committee within their own college and were chosen based on qualifications that revolved around excellence in teaching and service to the university, Lyne said sor Leo Bodensteiner,.who served on the Environmental Science Committee, said each committee operated.under the same guidelines in deciding the recipients of special merit. "[The criteria for selecting recipients of special merit] are similar to those at- // It would be a weird time to be giving merit raises with the budget crunch if other people were losing their jobs and not as many classes were being offered as a result. - Ned Markosian, philosophy professor "Picking only 47 people, which represents 9 percent of Western's tenure-track faculty, out of the very many outstanding faculty that we have here was a tough job," Lyne said. "A lot of very deserving people didn't get selected for special merit." Associate Huxley College profes-tributes required to receive tenure, [such as] meritorious performance in teaching, scholarship and service," Bodensteiner said. Special merit recipients for the next academic year will receive the salary increase beginning in September 2010, Lyne said. All recipients were chosen after the decision was made to give up special merit salary increases; they did not have any say in the matter. "What became obvious [in discussions with the administration] was that it wasn't necessarily the best thing to do to be giving 47 people pretty significant raises when a lot of other non-tenure track faculty would not be getting hired- back," Lyne said. Philosophy professor Ned Markosian, a recipient of the special merit salary increases, said he is glad special merit pay raises are being delayed. "It would be a weird time to be giving merit raises with the budget crunch if other people were losing their jobs and not as many classes were being offered as a result," Markosian said. "Nobody asked me, but I definitely would have said, 'Yes, do it that way,' [with regard to delaying special merit]." *^ BREWING COMPANY 360-392- 8224 MON-SAT: 11 -2:30 LUNCH, 5-9 DINNER SUNDAY: CLOSED FRIDAY, APR 17TH 10:30PM $4 NO-HIOUL AND HEAD LIKE Jk M IE TO BENEFIT MOTHER BABY CENTER 1107 RAILROAD AVE. DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAIVi 647-5593 BBAY8REWERY.COM lt;» MYSPACE.COM/B0UNDARYBAYBREWERY; ---------- Page 8 ---------- \ 8 I Tuesday ^ April 14,2009 IThe Western Front lt; %r Food activists Winona LaDuke and Chris Cook ask stu Lauren Sauser Jeremy Schwartz THE WESTERN FRONT To highlight the day-long Food Justice Conference April 11, Associated Student Productions (ASP) Civil Controversy sponsored a series of lectures, including presentations by food activists Winona LaDuke and Christopher Cook. Charles Walker, assistant coordinator of the Civil Controversy Speaker Series, said ASP Civil Controversy chose LaDuke and Cook as keynote speakers for the conference because of their experience in a wide breadth of topics, such as the environment, agriculture and cultural issues. BUY LOCAL The "Buy Local" movement has become increasingly popular among Bellingham residents, but is it just another craze? Or does it make sense economically and environmentally? £ Cook, urged people at the conference in Viking Union.,, room 565, to consider the creation, refinement and transportation of the food they eat. Cook, along with Western environmental economist Hart Hodges, addressed these issues to increase awareness and understanding surrounding the problems America faces with the current food system. They discussed how America is no longer dominated by small farms but by multinational corporations. Cook's journalistic research along with his writing published in The Economist and the Los Angeles Times, puts him in the position to teach students about the problems facing America's food policy, Walker said. During his lecture, Cook shed light on how America's current food policy can be transformed to benefit the average citizen. Cook has caught the media's attention with his latest novel, "Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis." The book critiques America's current food system by raising questions that consumers wouldn't normally consider. During the open discussion, a main concern was the true intentions of the "Buy Local" movement. Cook explained that consumers are looking for a direct relationship with where they, buy their food. "Consumers want accountability, not just if their zucchini tastes bad, but if they are getting a really good product, " Cook said. "People want to know why it tastes so good and where they can get more." Cook argued people-genuinely want more nutritious food and they will eat more "whole foods,'' which are foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, if they know the health benefits. Whole foods typically do not contain added ingredients such as sugar, salt or fat. "It is tiring to go to the supermarket being constantly bombarded by the gut of overprocessed food,". Cook said. LOCALITY OR ECONOMY Hodges said consumers'are looking for a food supply chain they can understand: a simple chain from farmer to market, lowering the environmental impact and increasing the quality of the product. "It is. dangerous tojsay:we should, only buy local," Hodges said.. "Just becaus6:it is. Uoeal^does not make it better. We must look at the circumstances of how our food is made and how it is transported." Hodges provided this example at the conference: Washington; does not pose the proper climate and growing ;conditibhs\for;avocados';i •,:.: ' V ,-;„C^ . ^ , | | ^ ^ ^ suf-. -ficienttt^^ like greenhouses, which need to produce a lot of artificial sunlight and energy to grow avocados? Or it is more cost efficient and less hazardous to the environment to have them transported from California? Cook and Hodges did not provide a direct answer to the question, but they opened up a discussion that proved to be of interest to everyone at the conference. Cook said these are the questions one must consider to start making progressive change in the way people think about "buying local." Cook said the nutritional value of food filled with additives is a growing concern to taxpayers, whose dollars are paying for the repercussions of over processed, poorly handled food. He said he believes the problem is a large contributing factor to the growing obesity crisis and death rate in this country. In January 2009, 31 million pounds of peanut butter and peanut paste were recalled for salmonella, according to the National Peanut Board. Peanut Corp., a Georgia peanut butter plant, was responsible for the nationwide outbreak of salmonella in at least 486 people in more than 40 states since the fall. The list of peanut products that are being recalled is continuing to grow. "After eating contaminated food, people can develop anything from a short, mild illness, often thought of as food poisoning, to a life-threatening disease," Lola Russell, press officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. "[The] CDC estimates 76 mil-photo by Carmen Daneshmandi THE WESTERN FRONT Christopher Cook, food activist and author of "Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis," speaks to students as part of ASP Civil Controversy's Food and Justice Conference. .lion Americans get sick, more than 300,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 people die from food-borne illnesses each year." This is an alarming issue and cause for concern that local farmers and consumers are facing when it comes to producing and buying food. Cook concluded his presentation, saying people need to research and discover what food chain is for them. "If you like supporting local farms, then do that," Cook said. "If you support bigger businesses, and like the quality of their food, then that's ok too, just inform yourself." BIOPIRACY While Cook addressed the ways food reaches the masses and how the process impacts modern society, LaDuke, an environmentalist and Native American activist, had a slightly different approach. LaDuke spoke on the importance of a strong connection between the sources of food we eat, culture and the negative consequences the industrialized food system can have on indigenous peoples. LaDuke presented these issues in a lecture titled "Food, Biopiracy and the Future," which she gave April 10 at the Performing Arts Center. LaDuke said biopiracy is the attempt by organizations, such as food-producing corporations and universities, to patent, or otherwise claim the rights, to native-grown foods of indigenous peoples. LaDuke is a member of the Ojibwe people from northwest Minnesota, where she lives on the White Earth Reservation, one of seven Ojibwe reservations in Minnesota. ---------- Page 9 ---------- I Tuesday • April 14,2009 I 9 She is the founding^director of^^ the Whit? Earth Land Recovery Project, an organization dedicated to recovering the lands of the Ojibwe and promoting traditional land use practices, accordingto the project's Web site. For thousands of years, the Ojibwe have harvested a type of wild riGe called manoomin, me'only grain indigenous to North America, for food, use in- celebratiohsartd^ trade, LaDuke said. Ojibwe farmers working;in canoes still harvest the wild rice by hand; a method they have always practiced, she said. Ojibwe oral histories tell abom|r^^stpembers of the tribe following a seashell in |h^kj|tdiat}place where food grows on water, she said. :^s;;piaGe refers to the lakes in which the rice grows naturally without much care needed from Ojibwe farmers, she said. "We were given a gift of rice that grows in the lake," LaDuke said. "All we have to do is take care of the lake." The Ojibwe reservations .have had to deal with biopiracy with regards to their wild rice harvests, which are a large source of income for the tribe, LaDuke said. In the 1950s and 1960s, scientists from the University of Minnesota started researching ways to domesticate manoomin so that farmers could harvest it more easily, thereby increasing profits, according to an article on the project's Web site. The scientists cross-pollinated seeds, collected from several samples of the Ojibwe wild rice, to create a strain of rice that had a harder hull and could be harvested using machinery, according to the. article. Mechanical harvesting cost less and led to the domesticated rice outselling the manoomin, costing many Ojibwe farmers their main source of income, according to the article. Large food corporations such as General Foods and Busch Agricultural Resources, a division of the beer producer, bought the domesticated rice from rice paddy farmers in California and marketed it as "wild rice." In one instance, Busch used an image of two Native Americans harvesting rice in a lake from a canoe on packaging for the domesticated rice. The image implied Ojibwe farmers were involved in harvesting the rice, when in fact farmers in California raised and harvested the crop, according to the article. Food corporations co-opting the native food of indigenous peoples can dp damage to their economic well-being, LaDuke said. The current trend of making food a mere commodity by means of industrialized agriculture is disconnecting humans from the food that is vital to their survival, she said. Buying locally grown produce and starting gardens are some of the simplest ways for people to reconnect with food, LaDuke said. Knowing where people get the food they eat will undoubtedly make people value their food more and be more willing to protect it, she said. photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT Native American activist Winona LaDuke speaks as part of ASP Civil Controversy's Food and Justice Conference. Western freshman Emily Green said LaDuke's idea of getting people involved in food production through gardening makes sense. Green said she attended LaDuke's lecture to get the perspective of a community worker, which is something not found much in academia. "It's sad that people have a consumerist attitude toward food," Green said. "[People] lose a lot of food quality and the social aspect in the process." CULTURE AN0 FOOD Aside from the economic tolls, LaDuke said biopiracy separates humans and their food, and can have negative effects on the culture of indigenous peoples. A group of native Hawaiians recently asked her to help protect taro, a root crop native to Hawaii, she said. The Hawaiians told the legislature their native creation story, which described taro and the first member of the Hawaiian people being born to the same mother, LaDuke said. When taro was stillborn, he was buried in the earth of Hawaii and would eventually provide sustenance to the entire Hawaiian people, she said. Since taro is the older sibling of the Hawaiian people, she said, the native Hawaiians did not want the scientists to change the crop because it is ^t part of their family, LaDuke said the story illustrates a broader concept, which many indigenous peoples share: the idea of kinship with food. A separation of humans from the creation of their food can lead to basic misunderstandings in the way food should be grown, LaDuke said. FOOD PATENTS AND BIG BRANDS John Tuxill, assistant professor of ethnobotany at Fairhaven College, said he studies the relationship of people to plants and how native people value their crops. Tuxill said his research mainly focuses on the traditional farming practices of Mayan farmers in the Yucatan peninsula in southeast Mexico. Tuxill said he does not know of any cases of biopiracy affecting the native Mayan agriculture, but he has heard of cases in which indigenous groups have been hurt economically by companies patenting their native crops. LaDuke said food companies seeking patents for food represents one of the most serious ways people can become separated from their sources of nutrition. The case of Percy Schmeiser, a. canola seed farmer in Saskatchewan/demonstrates how industrialized agriculture can damage the economies of indigenous and non-indigenous farmers, she said. Monsanto, an agricultural and biotechnology company, sued Schmeiser when Monsanto's patented pesticide- resistant canola seed invaded Schmeiser's fields, LaDuke said. The lawsuit claimed Schmeiser had illegally planted the Monsanto-owned canola seed, when in fact pollen from the genetically modified canola seed had blown into Schmeiser's farm from a nearby Monsanto-owned field. Canadian courts ruled in Monsanto's favor, which cost Schmeiser a large amount in legal fees, according to the article. Schmeiser's case is an example of farmers being harmed by crops scientists have genetically modified to produce desirable traits, such as harder hulls or pesticide resistance, LaDuke said. Tuxill said the actions of activists like LaDuke are important to the future well-being of native peoples and the food that is important to their cultures. "I think Winona LaDuke is one of the most eloquent spokespersons for the views of Native Americans and indigenous peoples in terms of what these issues mean to them," Tuxill said. ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday •• April 14,20091 The Western Front I Why are all the white kids sitting together?' Ethnic student unions' forum addresses the issue of self-segregation on Western's campus Rod Lotter THE WESTERN FRONT Last quarter, amidst all the issues surrounding Western's budget problems, President Bruce Shepard sent out a campus-wide e-mail concerning the "positive developments" about the issue of diversity at Western. . According to the e-mail, slightly more than 25 percent of freshman applicants were members of an ethnic or minority group in fall 2008— a 7 percent increase when compared to fall 2007 and an increase of more than 20 percent when compared to the student enrollment statistics from 1980. The diversity statistics were based entirely on race, but does not include other groups associated with a diverse community, such as sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and religion. While it seems evident that Western's student body has become more diverse, a lack of interaction among the various ethnic groups outside of the classroom negates the whole point of having a diverse student population, according to a study by Western sociology professor Glenn Tsunokai. "One aspect is that [the statistics in Shepard's e-mail] are simply numbers," Tsunokai said. "If there is no connection [among students], then diversity isn't necessarily anything meaningful." It is within the classroom environment, Tsunokai said, where any form of diversity makes for more a more dynamic setting and more lively discussions. In 2007, Tsunokai conducted a survey of 244 Western students. The survey found 20 percent of white students said they had attended an Ethic Student Center (ESC) event, as opposed to 40 percent of non-white students who said they had. Tsunokai said the occurance could be explained by the social phenomenon known as self-segregation. Tsunokai defines self-segregation as a physical or cultural separation that results in people not knowing other people's experiences. "The survey I conducted found that white students were much more hesitant to attend ESC sponsored events," Tsunokai said. "There was a fear that they may say the wrong thing. The white students also assumed that the name of the club, like the Black Student Union, meant that the club was only for black students, which is not the case at all." .... To address the issue of self-segregation, the Latino Student Union (LSU), Black Student Union (BSU) and the Mixed Identity Student Organization (MISO) hosted a lunch time discussion titled, "Why Are All the White Kids Sitting Together?" on April 8, as part,of Education, Civil Rights and Activism Week. „, ;,",'...:., ...;.-, ..:... "We got together to raise awareness," said Western; senior Maria Seguinza, co-coordinator of the event and LSU member. "We all self-segregate. If we don't expose ourselves to other cultures, we become closed minded ,and we miss all the values and stories that people have to share with us." . , . , , . . . , . ,...,-..., r ; The event was*weii attended, filling a 50-60 person room" to full capacity with attendees from many of. the ethnic groups represented in the statistics. A documentary called "People Like Us: Sociaf Class in iWerica,"which, helped introduce socioeconomic segregation in American high schools, was shown. After the film, Seguinza initi see FORUM page 10 ' : :! lllilii™ ^ • S i B i l l i l l K i l i P B l l l l ^HwHKl^BHiWWiii^SHBtf^^p • • • • Do you have questions or suggestions about... ...how food is prepared? ...what ingredients are used? ...notification of allergens or added ingredients? Make your voice heard by attending: University Dining Services' Open Forum Thursday, April 16 @ 7:00pm HaggardHall, 253 Join us for a moderated discussion with • WWU Students from Campus Dining Committee, • Dining Services management, • and the University Dietitian. Send your Questions in advance to: dining-info@wwu.edu University * Dining Services ---------- Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 14,2009 ARTS LIFE I 11 FORUM: Diversity without the student connection is meaningless; 'It is about trying to see all the ways in which.we are connected1 from 11 ated a group discussion among the attendees concerning how self-segregation relates to the ideas discussed in the film. "Take a look at yourself now," Seguinza said to the attendees, as they looked at the people sitting at their table. "We are all guilty of some form of self-segregation." Many people seemed to be sitting with their friends, and it may be just a coincidence, but in many cases those people's friends tended to be of the same race. "Do race and ethnicity play an important role in choosing who you surround yourself with?" Seguinza asked. It is natural for a person to gravitate to something that makes them more comfortable, which includes having friends who may have similar life experiences, such as race, gender or sexual orientation, Tsunokai said. One ESC member stood up after the question was asked and said it is important to have friends who are of the same race because it is important to know one's culture, but it is just as important to know other people's cultures. "Knowing other people's cultures makes you a well-rounded person," Seguinza said. "It's about bettering, yourself arid bettering others in the process." Western junior Josh Foley helped organize the event as a member of the Queers and Allies for Activism club. "You have to use your voice," Foley said. "You have to educate people and stop the perpetuation of stereotypes." . Outreach is one way the ESC is trying to integrate with the rest of campus, ESC coordinator and activities adviser Michael Vendiola said. "The goal of the Ethnic Student Center is to give space on campus to ethnic minorities, so they have a sense of identity on campus," Vendiola said. "But after that space is built, it gives those minorities the space and A APEX Management, I nc 360-527-9829 230 32nd St. / Gateway Apts .1 2 Bedrooms $625- $6857 $875 3201 El wood Ave. / Sehome Place Studio 2 Bedrooms $575-$585/$825 confidence to reach out to other communities." It is the responsibility of the majority to not just embrace the culture on a primary level, like going to a celebration, but to go deeper, Vendiola said. "A lot of universities struggle to get past that base level of diversity," Vendiola said. "Diversity is more than just numbers and race. Classifications limit the definition of what diversity is. Diversity is a social justice effort. Going deeper means institutional change, representation in the curriculum." While tthe ESC feels pressure to host celebrations and events, hosting the events is also an empowering experience for the clubs, Vendiola said. But the clubs need be cautious as to not limit themselves to only those events. "Sometimes there is a feeling among a minority that they have to be the teachers of their culture, like a spokesperson" Tsunokai said. "While other groups don't necessarily have that sense of responsibility." But outreach is a two-way street. Since Western has a 76.5 percent white population, the responsibility to end self-segregation lies in the hands of the majority also, Tsunokai said. "It's important for a majority group to realize everyone's experience is not universal," Tsunokai said. "It shouldn't be the minority's responsibility to defend and' validate their life experiences." Despite the strides Western has made to improve di-versity, the white student body is still much higher than at the University of Washington, where the white student population makes 52.5 percent of the student body. But when one considers the 90.2 percent white population of Whatcom County, Western looks pretty diverse. "Diversity makes us stronger," Shepard wrote on the Web site. "Open acceptance of differing viewpoints and perspectives is integral to higher education and is at the center of learning and knowledge." The purpose of having diversity is to bring a broader perspective to a community, which in turns en- Come to our open houses to pre-lease for the summer and fall! OPEN HOUSE SAT. APRIL 18, FROM 12 TO 2PM 240 32nd St. / Gateway Apts 1 Bedroom $625-$675 245 32nd St / Stoneway Apts Studio 1 Bedroom $625-$810/$715-$825 riches the intellectual development of the community, Vendiola said. "We don't talk a lot about race relations in lower education, like elementary school," Tsunokai said. "I think awareness needs to be raised much earlier in education. Children 3-4 years of age can process information regarding race, but usually they just get their information from the media, which is often distorted." The impetus for creating a truly diverse campus community lies not on the university, but on the individual, Seguinza said. "It's about trying to see all the ways in which we are connected," Vendiola said. "There are common issues and challenges that many people face. That's usually the way that change occurs. When different organizations collaborate with each other and share an issue or challenge." 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Unfortunately, Western does not recognize Easter. Although Easter is traditionally a religious holiday, it has evolved through the years to become more than just that. It has become secular. While it "may be understandable that Western' does ,not recognize a religious-based holiday as a state-funded university, Western does officially recognize Christmas. If Western closes operations on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for people to spend time with their families, why not recognize a holiday with the same religious past and similar secular presence? Naysayers might think that if Western recognizes Easter then it will have to recognize other religious holidays. However, Easter has escaped the realm of religion, becoming a day that is celebrated by the secular world. Easter began as a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth, celebrated by the coming of spring. Today, the Easter holiday holds-different meanings for different people. Around the world, people celebrate various traditions and meanings associated with Easter. For some, it represents a commercial holiday celebrating bright colors and chocolate bunnies.. For others, it means celebrating the rising of Christ. Wiccans and Neopagans celebrate the Spring Equinox with religious rituals. Even the White House hosts a giant Easter egg hunt acknowledging the significance of Easter to many Americans. Easter is an important holiday because it gives students a chance to reconnect with their family. As students, we are not simply asking for another day off from classes. Instead, we are asking the University to reconsider its stance, or lackthereof, on the Easter holiday. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor-in-Chief Jeff Twining, Managing Editor Gabrielle Nomura, Opinion Editor Danielle Koagel and community member-at-large Joel Holland. Fife: Welcome to reality Facebook addict Jaimie Fife Columnist It's a Saturday morning and you just left dream land—no more gallivanting across meadows on unicorns. Forcing your eyelids open, you notice a beam of light shining into your dim layer. It's going to be a freakishly sunny day in Bell-ingh'am. "What do you do—grab your cleanest looking duds from the floor and head to the Saturday Market for some fun in the sun with your posse? Or do you saunter over to the computer to see if anyone is acting a fool on the Internet? Forget being a slave.to Britney— cyber space communities, which now constitute a pseudo fourth dimension, are the forces enslaving us all. But before launching into what seems like another washed up "Facebook blows" attack-(it's not), I'd like to tip my hat to •my web brethren and sistren. Cyber chill-spots, such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Craig's List, eHarmony, online diaries, forums and blogs, raise individual voices to a shout in a time when moolah often dictates what messages are heard in our info-saturated society. What's more, the benefits continue to floweth over. Cyberspace communities facilitate info-swapping, camaraderie, romance and a slew of other interpersonal -interactions that provide users with genuine elation (myself included). Meanwhile, beyond the intoxicating hum of your computer, the real world is thirsting for contribution from its fallen kin. Accordingto Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community," Americans are jess likely to affiliate with frienjs^ family, neighbors and community groups .than in years past. Although I'm not going to foolishly imply a cause-and-effect relationship, the downfall of our real communities and the rise of our cyber ones seem, at least, correlated. Since most of you endured your coming-of-age during the rise of cyberspace in an individualistic culture, your egos have become more enflamed than a herpes breakout. People don't yearn to know every semi-entertaining concept you come up with or when you are sleeping, eating or about to use the little boys or girls room. So, keep an eye on your self-perception. It's not cool to be too cool. Second, it's creepy and alarming how cyber community addicts allow people they barely know to be privy to each hip-happening in their lives. In attempts to keep their respective cliques up-to-date on how real they keep it, these addicts invite stalkers into their social circles, hence jeopardizing the vary people they are trying to impress. In fact, by implication, fourth-D fanatics make it tolerable for anyone to become a creeper because they tend to overload the heck out of other users. Furthermore, since most school work and other daily duties are now computer-based, these ambassadors of lame would-probably save time, and precious fourth-d potential, if they just slept at their com: puter desks. Finally, last time J checked, this is America, land of the free. Still, with little complaint from the masses, sites such as Facebook have started stealing users' right to own their intellectual and visual property. Appalling? You bet. Facebook is disrupting one of the fundamental freedoms granted to us by our forefathers and in the process, parting the red seas for other cyberspace communities that want to jump on the soul-stealing bandwagon. You see, Facebook hoards all of your information because it's a paper chasin' monster that cuts off slices of your personality and translates them into Benjamins for C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg. To make matters worse, Zuckerberg has got you by the balls since you can't ever delete your account, but can only make it inactive. At this point, you might be asking yourself whether there really is a solution to this freakish fad. But here's an escape within everyone's reach; this spring, every third or fourth time you have the urge to connect via fourth dimensional cyberspace communities, go outside, call a friend in realtime, read a book or start a project. Basically, I know the fourth-D is new-wave crack, and cold-turkey is scary for everyone. Still, you as the user are responsible for questioning the fourth-D before it completely swallows social reality. Jaimie Fife is a senior double majoring in Philosophy and Journalism. . Letter to the Editor: AlcoHol policies promote unsafe behavior I, at age 19, am a legal adult, though sometimes I wonder. Returning from spring break to my dorm at Western, I was welcomed with some concerning news. My roommate failed to shut our window before leaving for break, prompting two Resident Advisors to break into my room to fix the health and safety risk, presented by my window. While in my room the RAs noticed a bottle of Hennessy on my desk. I am being written up for the possession of alcohol. Such obsessive enforcement is a display of our societys' lack of confidence in underage adults, whose very existence would be a paradox in a rational society. Encouraging us to lie about our drinking does not promote safe consumption of alcohol, which should be the purpose of such alcohol policies. By thinking little of us, Resident Advisors lower their standards, making us think it is excusable for us to act like children. If they trust us, I am confident that we will rise to their expectations. We are adults, it is time they treat us accordingly. Simon Davis-Cohen Western Junior Hopeful for election reform Although I admire" and support the dream of having free and impartial elections, it is fantasy. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus If you could have an animal sidekick what would it be? Compiled by: Lauren Sauser Barton Beckley Sophomore "A rhino, because I can ride around on it and it would plow me paths deep into the jungle." Benjamin Chambers Junior "A giraffe, because it could grab me things from high places." Rachel Wienckoski Sophomore "A rabbit, because it would be sweet and talk through all my problems." Arianda Crospy Sophomore "A penguin, because they are cute and in a fantasy, world I could ride it." The reality is any reform affecting candidate finance would simply shift the campaign money's to political action committees that are not "connected" to the candidate. How one regulates political action committee moneys and or content without stomping on our most precious First Amendment rights is beyond this little brain! I applaud the thought and desire, please continue the fight. . David Hendricks Ravensdale,WA ---------- Page 13 ---------- 13 I See more online at www.westernfrontortline.net Tuesday • April 14,2009 I The Western Front Men's novice team takes home only win Photos by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT The men's novice the season. four boat piilled through the finish line Saturday 15 seconds before the University of Puget Sound Loggers on Lake Samish. This was the Vikings' only home regatta of Rhys Logan THE WESTERN FRONT In the only home Regatta of the season for the Vikings, the Western men's crew team rowed against the University of Puget Sound (UPS) Loggers Saturday at Lake Samish. Western's novice four boat"was the sole victor for the Vikings. j The Vikings could not beat the Loggers in the varsity four or varsity eight races. The Loggers beat Western by two seconds in the varsity four race, finishing with a time of 6 minutes, 54.21 seconds. Western came in at 6 minutes, 56.84 seconds. . Western senior Bobby Marsee said the team is trying to improve week by week. - "We're always looking to be faster," Marsee said. "UPS is great competition to push us." Western freshman coxswain Johanna "Jo" Krogh led the Western men's novice four boat, which finished in 7:12.32,15 seconds faster than the Loggers' A-team. The Loggers' B-team finished third at 7:31.77. Krogh was promptly tossed into the water by her teammates after the race. It is a tradition to do so to the winning coxswain, she said. The Loggers beat the Vikings in the varsity eight race with a time of 6:19.54, 10 seconds faster than the Vikings. Western junior rower Myles Knutson, who raced in both the varsity four and varsity eight races, said in order to win, the team had to mentally decide to win the race specifically during the third 500- meter stretch. "Anyone could row 1,000 meters;'it'sthat second 1,000 that's the hardest," Knutson said. Knutson said the second 1,000 meters felt like one of the best he has had, but the water was bad during the first 500 meters of the second 1000. "Anyone could row 1,000 meters; it's that second 1,000 that's the hardest." -Myles Knutson, Western junior "That's no real excuse though," Knutson said. '.'All the other boats are in the same situation." Knutson said the team practiced on Lake Samish all week to prepare for the races, as opposed to their usual trainings on Lake Whatcom. Western senior coxswain for the men's varsity eight boat, Maggie Swidler, said the team is always ready to bounce back. "I think they're disappointed, Swidler said. "We were expecting to do really well. Our practices were really good this week." Despite being defeated, Swidler said the team should not dwell on the losses. "We have an inexperienced team, and this usually happens," Swidler said. "They'll beat us twice, and then we beat them." The team now knows what they have to work on for next week's Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships on Lake Stevens, Swidler said. Western Assistant Coach Josh Griesse is also looking ahead. "We've improved a lot, even since two weeks ago," Griesse said. "Now we'd like to make some waves at our conference championship." . Logger head coach Tyler Thirloway, 25, who once rowed for UPS, said his team enjoys racing Western. "Western is good competition for us," Thirloway said. "We come up here and get good races on a new course." Erick Peirson, a senior coxswain for the Loggers,- also said good competition is "important. "It's great to be pushed. You need to have someone to keeps you on your toes," Peirson said. "Western has a good group of guys. I hope they are able to keep it going." Cruisin1 crew; women continue winning ways Julia Means THE WESTERN FRONT The Western women's crew team prevailed over the University of Puget Sound Loggers Saturday, winning the women's varsity eight race by a half-second. The slight winds and rainy weather did not keep the Vikings' or the Loggers' supporters away from the regatta held at Lake Samish, as they lined up on the bridge overlooking the finish line to cheer for the teams. Western placed first in four of the five women's races, including the novice eight, second novice eight and third varsity four events. Saturday's regatta is the only home meet "for the Vikings during their nine-week season. In the most recent poll by the U.S.- Rowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association, the Vikings were ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division II for their varsity eight team. The Loggers varsity eight team was ranked No. 5 for Division III. The Viking's won the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC) Championship in 2008 for the fourth consecutive time at the NCAA Division II National Championship. The Loggers came in second for the women's varsity eight. "It's the only time the team is home," said Lynda Goodrich, Western athletics director. "We want to get the word out that we are four-time [national] champions and celebrate the success of the rowing program." In the women's novice eight race, the Vikings finished at 7, minutes, 11.9 seconds with the Loggers following at 8 minutes flat, almost a minute behind. The only loss for the Viking's, women's races was in the second varsity eight event. The Loggers crossed the finish line at 7.7 minutes, with the Vikings' boat A at 7:13.3 and boat Bat 7:41. The Viking's first varsity eight experienced a comfortable lead at the 1,000-me-ter point. But the Loggers caught up, and the race .was neck-and-neck until the Vikings pulled ahead, finishing at 6:58, and the Loggers pulling in behind them at 6:58,5.. "That kind of boat racing is so exciting and fun for us," Logger head coach Mafsa Daniel said. "Western has a solid team and I enjoyed racing with them." Daniel, a Western alumna and former Viking rower, said she enjoyed being back at her alma mater. ....... "I absolutely love coming back here. see CREW page 16 ---------- Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Tuesday • April 14,2009 I The Western Front Track team dominates competition at meet Steven Houck THE WESTERN FRONT Western men and women dominated the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational Track and Field Team Meet April 10 at Belling-ham's Civic Stadium. Western claimed its 12th consecu1 tive Ralph Vernacchia meet victory for the men's team and its fourth straight win for the women's team. Western senior Sam Bedell said the Ralph Vernacchia meet is the biggest invitational that Western hosts every year. "The meet had 11 teams competing on Friday, which is a lot for a Friday meet" Bedell said. "A normal Friday meet would have four to five teams." Western freshman Emily Warman, sophomore Sarah Porter and senior Heidi Dimmitt all reached NCAA Division II national provisional qualifying standards after winning their individual events. Photo courtesy of Western Athletic department Ellie Siler raced in three events helping Western to their win on Friday. Last month, Warman won the triple jump with a mark of 38 feet, 8 3/4 inches, stretching 10 inches past the national provisional qualifying standard. She also, won the long jump with a mark of 18 feet, 4 174 inches, one inch short of the provisional standard. Warman was the NCAA Division II indoor national champion in the triple jump last month. Porter, who ran the 1,500-meter run for the first time this season, won with a time of 4:36.24. Her 1,500 time qualified her for the provisional standard by two seconds. - "Hitting the provisional was a big relief "Porter said. "I have been injured for two weeks, so it has been pretty hard to compete." . Porter said she started physical therapy last week to help heal her injury before nationals. She hit an automatic qualifying time in the 5,000 at the University of Puget Sound J.D. Shotwell Invitational with a time of 17:01.94. The national automatic qualifying standard is 17:05. "My new goal is'to qualify for nationals in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 34:30," Porter said. "I ran a 35:50 in practice two weeks ago, so I think this is a very realistic goal." An automatic national qualifying time in the 10,000 is 35:50. Dimmitt won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.25, also hitting the national provisional standard. The provisional standard this season is 1:03. 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Freshman Crusader Kristin Refs-land stepped up to the plate after the 14 batters before her struck out. It was the Crusaders' last chance to break up McEnroe's perfect game bid. McEnroe wound up and delivered her pitch. Refsland hit a grounder and hustled to first base, but the throw beat her. The Vikings win was far from ordinary. "You just witnessed a perfect game," Western head coach Lonnie Hicks said as McEnroe retired her 15th batter in a row. "Five innings, 15 batters and no one on base." McEnroe's streak marked the fifth time in the history of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) anyone has ever thrown a perfect game, Hicks said. "This is something that doesn't come around often and is very exciting when it does happen," Hicks said. The team stormed the field and gathered around McEnroe. Photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT McEnroe delivered a pitch adding to her 5-inning no-hitter in the team's doubieheaders. "I didn't even realize it until after the game ended, and everyone started running over to her," said Viking outfielder Jenna Mohrweis. "It was so awesome for Sarah and our coach because he's never experienced this in his eight years of coaching here." McEnroe said she tried to ignore the fact that she had a perfect game going. "I told myself that they already got a hit so I wouldn't be distracted, but it feels really good now," McEnroe said: "I had [a perfect game] back in junior high, too." The four-game series consisted of doubieheaders on April 10 and April 11 against NNU. Western hosted the series at Viking Field. The Vikings went ahead early in game two of the series, capitalizing on an error made by the catcher and kept the hits coming. At the end of the first inning, Western held a 4-0 lead and went on to shut out the Crusaders 10-0, as McEnroe pitched her perfect game. Day two of the doubleheader proved to be just as successful for the Vikings as Rosencrants led the team to a 6-0 victory in the third game of the series. The Vikings, completed the series sweep with a 7-3 victory on Saturday. Western sophomore Samantha Rutherford's three-run homerun propelled the Vikings to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. After being swept in the series, Crusaders Head Coach Julie Coert identified a few things her team needs to improve. "We have to develop timely hitting and stay aggressive at the plate," Coert said. Hicks said he is optimistic about the team's potential for success over the remainder of the season. Currently, Western is third in the league behind Central Washington Unversity (CWU) and Montana State University Billings. "Our goal now is to play absolutely aggressive soft-ball from here on out and not give up any more games," Hicks said. "It all comes down to doing the little things." The Vikings face CWU on April 14 at Viking Field. TRACK: Team members mark national provisional qualifying times from 14 sophomore. .and.Junior, „ye#r.. in _ the 400 hurdles, got fourth place at nationals last track season with a personal best time of 1:00.52, and is currently the number three ranked returning athlete in the nation in the event.: ;,"..,.-,, _J- "I love this race," Dimmitt said. "It hurts a lot, but it's so gratifying." Another top performer for the women came from Western freshman Ellie Siler. Siler won the 200 with a time of 25.79 seconds and the 400 in 56.93 seconds. She also was a part, of the^^terlQO meter relay victory, shared with teammates Dimmitt, sophomore Megan Zukowski and sophomore Joana Houplin, finishing at 48.46 seconds. The Western men's team won three events. Western junior Anthony Tomsich won the 800 with a time of 2:54.63. Western sophomore Ryan Brown shared the victory in the high jump, clearing 6-3/4' feet. Western, freshman Will Davis won the triple jump with a mark of 46 feet, . 3 .1 /4 inches, the^ best mark, of the ;Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) this year. Tomsich said this was the first time he ran the 800 this season. "The 800 really helped me build up my speed for the 1,500, my main race," Tomsich said. "My main focus this season is to bring my 1,500 time down as much as possible." Tomsich hit a season personal record in the 1,500 two weeks ago at the San Francisco State Invitational with a time of 3:51.9. Th£ time qualified him for the national provisional standard. Western competes on Saturday April 18 at the Central Washington University (CWU) Invitational in Ellensburg, Wash. Twenty of Western's athletes compete at the Mount San Antonio College Relays in Walnut, Calif, on Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17. Classifieds FOR RENT SOUTHGATE CONDOS. 1, 2, 3 bed units starting at $725. Assigned parking shuttle to WWU. W/S/G paid. W/D all 11 units. 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After the race, the women's varsity eight huddled together to celebrate the; win. Other team members joined them: shortly for hugs; and words of congratulations, because Western's varsity eight had set a new personal record. "It was our fastest time yet," Western [senior Audrey Coon said. "Considering the weather conditions and that half of the team had raced earlier, it was a really solid race." The rain and slight winds were not ideal compared to the still water and sunny weather of last year's meet against the Loggers. . "The water was pretty rough, but they got it done," Western head coach John Fuchs said. "We are pleased with all the races, -and we had a great turnout," Coon said. "It was great to have the community there for support. We feel really honored." Saturday's regatta also celebrated the christening of the Molly K, the newest shell, or boat, that brought the varsity eight to victory. Betty Haskell donated the Molly K, which is named after her granddaughter, Molly Kay Koch. Betty and the late Red Haskell have donated three shells in the past. The Evan H, Troy H and Michael D were named after their grandsons. "They have been supporters for years.," Goodrich said. "Red was instrumental [in the program], and Betty has helped as well." ,, ' • Western's rowing program started in 1969 when the Haskells gave Western $10,000 to start the program. Since then, they have remained involved with West-em and the iteam. In 1993, Red received the first.Western Volunteer of the'Year Award..-; ^ "We are pleased with all the races, and vye hack i great turnout, it was great to have the community there for support. We feel really honored." - Audrey Coon^ Western? senior rower* The christening ceremony took place halfway through, the regatta when Koch poured cider over the side of the shell at the finish line. Her grandmother, as well as other family members, joined in. The Viking rowers also felt the importance of the christening event that took place just before their race. "It felt like a special regatta because the Haskell's were here," said Coon, who participated in the newly christened Molly K shell's first win in a varsity eight race. you can buy MunCh Money ^i|pfflSI§I *§S| $ 1.75 convenience fee applies Details at dining.wwu.edu limn'' y nii- lt; s Photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT The women's crew team rowed tobringing them one step closer to their goal of winning nationals for the fifth year in a row. Chispa Scooters in Fairhaven is going out of business! All scooters accessories are being liquidated atgreatly reduced prices. Several brands available including the vep^|i€»puiarVespa scooters. 30% off all parts and accessories. 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2009_0417 ---------- Page 1 ---------- LATIN STUDENT UNION HOSTS FOURTH ANNUAL HERITAGE DINNER PAGE8 SOCCER TEAMS HELP CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES PAGE 15 Friday, April 17,2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NE
Show more2009_0417 ---------- Page 1 ---------- LATIN STUDENT UNION HOSTS FOURTH ANNUAL HERITAGE DINNER PAGE8 SOCCER TEAMS HELP CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES PAGE 15 Friday, April 17,2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N E T campus :••;.---:••:.•. -•'/• ,-..••• • - ..••.',•••••-'.• - ••:;. ••-:•..:•;••• ..•::•• v:wi -.. pbptb gt;by: Slichblas^nsori TIME WESTERN FRONT Washington state Sen. Patty Murray poses Thursday With Western graduateSpencer Covidis arid Western senibre Thomas Evans, Simon Trigg and Jordan Maughari, who presented the findings of their Financial Literacy Project survey, v ;- Murray pushes for financial literacy in the sehodlisystems Nithplas Johnson . T H E WESTERN FRONT- "You know the old saying, 'It takes a village to raise a child'?" said Pam Whal-ley, director of Western's Center for Economic Education. "Well, it takes a community to teach financial literacy." * Washington Sen. Patty Murray spoke to a small group of Western students, faculty, administrators and community members Thursday about the need for financial literacy education at all levels of the state's educational system. While highlighting her newly intro- " "duced Financial and Economic Literacy Act, Murray said personal financial literacy is currently an underfunded discipline vital to our state's future economy. "The challenge wilLbe in setting our priorities to help improve our state's budget problems," Murray said. "One thing we can do is provide incentives to local institutions." Murray's proposed act, which is co-authored by Sen. Thad Cochran'-, R-Miss., and D:S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y, aims to provide states-with $250 million in annual grants to teach financial literacy to gradesK-12 and college students. ..... Following Murray's speech, four of Western professor Sandra Mottner's nonprofit and social marketing students outlined the results of a recently conducted survey that proves Western has little knowledge of personal finance. Beginning summer quarter^ Western's College.of Business and Economics will begin offering a .three-credit personal finance course. The course has no prerequisites, and by fall quarter the college hopes to increase" the. credit level, to four and make . the course a General University Requirement, Mottner said. University introduces new housing registration Anne Maertens THE WESTERN FRONT -w Despite having to deal with delays Tuesday, 950 students were able to renew their on-campus housing an hour after the new online registration opened at noon. After three server crashes April 3, Tuesday's virtual line was University Residences second attempt at scheduling student's housing renewals. ' Western's University Residences' technology team spent last week working on a system that would allow 14 users on the site at a time, preventing another crash, said Firass Asad, one,of the Web database developers who worked on the project: : "Testing the system was stressful to a point, because you can anticipate that there are a lot of people coming," Asad said. "But we didn't anticipate students giving their parents their login credentials to try to get a place for them as well, which-means some students had three people trying to log in for them at one time." The new process was a first-come, first-served basis, with a cap of 1,100 students, said Resident Hall Association* President Meredith Robinson, who serves on the Residence Advisory Committee. University Residences, with suggestions from the student-based Residence Advisory Committee, decided to limit renewal housing to 1,100 students for fall 2009 to help on-campus residents save money, University Residences Director Willy Hart said. For fall 2008, the cost to house an see HOUSING page 7 Dining services holds forum to get student input Jeremy Schwartz THE WESTERN FRONT Dining Services held a forum that allowed students to voice their concerns about ingredients used in the food served in the dining halls 7 p.m. Thursday in Haggard Hall room 253. The discussion between panel members and the few students in attendance mainly dealt with two issues: how Dining Services 'can provide healthier food options and how to .'best-educate students onihgredieht.use. The decision to. organize the forum stemmed mainly, from the student response to the March. 13:"- Western Front article, which addressed student concerns over use of the hydrogenated soybean oil and butter alternative called Phase in the Ridgeway dining hall, said Lisa Phil-brook, director of business development for University Dining Services. A discussion between Ira Simon, director of University Dining Services, and Willy Hart, director of University Residences, developed the idea of the forum as a way to start a dialogue with students about making information concerning ingredients more available, she said. "Sodexo's approach is not to have, secrets from our customers," Philbrook said. 'v,;. The main goal of the forum was to gather student input on how Dining Services, which contracts with Sodexo for its food supplies, can be more transparent about the way food is prepared and served, she said.- The seven-member panel consisted of Simon, university dietitian Jill Kelly, English professor Nancy Johnson and four students, all who serve on the Campus Dining Committee. Philbrook served as the moderator between the panel members and the students in the audi : :M:'i £^ gt;j^p gt;i^?i^iw^pl^iiwfti*;? SSiWSiSSISi see DINING page 4 These signs were placed around the dining halls in ,order to inform students whether their food contained Phase or not. :; i ---------- Page 2 ---------- 2l See more online at www.westernfrontonlhie.net Friday • April 17,2009 I The Western Front W! psiiiBWH^liii^Hi BSiliBiwBii^BiBiBM Locals join tax day protest DanBalmer THE WESTERN FRONT More than 1,500 local residents flooded the Guide Meridian streets on Wednesday to protest federal spending as part of a nationwide rally known as the TEA party. The protest, which takes place the day taxes are due, is dubbed Taxed Enough Already. In Bellingham, the protest occurred from 4 to 6 p.m. on one of Bellingham's busiest roads during rush hour traffic—a time when most people are leaving work. Protesters from all over Whatcom County held signs and lined the Guide along both sides of the road stretching just over 1 mile from Bellis Fair Mall down near Wal-Mart. The protestors waved American flags and encouraged drivers to honk their horns in support of anti-tax policies and their disapproval with the government spending. "A lot of people came out for different reasons," Bellingham resident Brandon Stewart said. "Regardless of party, it's important for people to get more involved in politics." Stewart, 30, held a sign which read, "End the Fed," referring to a group run by activists who believe the Federal Reserve Bank is. responsible for the nation's current economic crisis. Stewert said he does not agree with President Obama'sv economic stimulus plan, or the corporate bailouts. He said it would be in the best interest of citizens if the government eliminates the Federal Reserve System. "[Our politicians] should be doing what we want," Bellingham native Steven Clineburger said. "Their job is to be our representatives, not leaders." Clineburger, who brought his wife Sandy and son William, held a sign which read "No to Socialism in America." At one point, one protester said, three people in a car driving by with a Western parking permit on the window yelled out of their window, "Your signs don't make any sense. Taxes pay for the road we are driving on." Clineburger said he disagreed with their statement. "Its one thing to spend money, its another thing to -spend money we don't have," he said. Recent Whatcom Community College graduate David Williams heard about the TEA party from his supervisor at Star-touch, a wireless Internet service provider. "He asked me if I was going to the TEA party and I didn't know what he was talking about," Williams said. "When he told me about it, I got angry and wanted to be a part of the protest." Williams said the government needs to be held more accountable for its actions but he is encouraged by the support of protestors trying to make this known to public officials. "I'm going to look back on this day and say I was a part of history," Williams said. photo by Katie- Greene THE WESTERN FRONT TOP: Western sophomore Michael Lang speaks in Red Square Tuesday as Abraham Lincoln in remembrance of Lincoln's death. The speeches Lang gave included, the Gettysburg Address, the First Inaugural Address and the Second Inaugural Address among others. Lang is the president of the Current Events Forum. LEFT: An estimated 1,500 people participated in Bellingham's Taxed Enough Already protest along the Guide Meridian Wednesday, the day taxes were due. y Rhys Logan THE WESTERN FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING 251 * BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: press@westernfrontonlme.net EDITORIAL DEPARMENT (360) 650-3162 Editor in Chief •••• ..Jeff Twining, editor@westernfrontonline.net Managing Editor .' Gabrielle Nomura, managing@westernfrontonline.net - • News Editor '— Dan Balmer, news@westernfrontonline.net News Editor.. ". 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Chris Kenney, director of operations for Dining Services, said Dining Services has found a product that is similar to Phase but does not contain any hydroge-nated oil and is made up of 100 percent canola oil. After a trial period in which the product was tested, Dining Services should be able to replace Phase in all the dining halls in approximately two weeks, Kenney said. Western freshman Paul Wanzek said Dining Services should look into including more grass-fed beef, as opposed to corn-fed beef, in their food items because grass-fed beef is healthier and more environmentally friendly. Cows fed on grass are able to move around rhore while eating, which means their meat contains less fat, Wanzek said. If less corn is produced for cattle feed, then less land and fertilizer are used in it's" production, he said. The expense of acquiring grass-fed beef would mean Dining Services could only provide the grass-fed beef entree on a limited basis, Simon said. Serving grass-fed beef hamburgers, for example, is not an impossibility, but something Dining Services needs to investigate further, he said. "The challenge is providing options that are healthy and that students want to eat," Simon said. Wanzek said he would like to see more options for vegetarian students, especially in the Ridgeway Commons, where Wanzek eats most of his meals. Usually only photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT As a result of The Western Front article about the Dining Services use of Phase, a butter substitute, Ira Simons, director of University Dining Services, held an open forum to receive student input on the food served in the dining halls. a complete lack of protein, Western fres'h-: man Alyson Simeone said. The way to make nutritionally sound vegetarian options available to students is to provide appealing menu items that students will want to eat, she said. The discussion about better student education revolved around mdreeffective- // The challenge is providing options that are healthy and that students want to eat. one vegetarian entree is made available per meal, and even then the entree contains a large amount of carbohydrates. Dining Services needs to be aware that vegetarian options do not mean - Ira Simons, director of University Dining Services ly labeling healthy food items. Kelly said the addition of a logo or other designation to the healthiest entree served during a given meal would allow students to more easily make more nutritious choices. In addition to the idea of labeling healthy food items, several students on the panel suggested the idea of adding a binder containing detailed ingredient lists for each food item served in each dining hall. ; - Wanzek said the addition' of labels that clearly designate the healthiest option of the meal would greatly increase students' ability to make smart dietary choices. However, binders containing detailed ingredient information could overwhelm students who are more intent on eating, he said. "Most students go to dining halls to eat food, not ponder what's good for them, Wanzek said. Dining Services is most dependent upon input from students taken from the comment cards available in each dining hall, Kenney said. Trying to cater to the diverse requests of the large number of students the dining halls serve is often a difficult task, he said. "It's hard to buy a pair of shoes that fits everyone," Kenney said. ' Students not asking for healthy options stems from a; lack of students taking initiative, Sinieorie said. Simeone said she is aware students want diversity in food items, but also thinks Dining Services should not necessarily offer a less healthy food option just because students want it. Simeone said examples of ways to get a healthy hamburger exist, such as grass-fed beef, but based on the current nutritional information available, she does not think those options are a reality on campus. Dining Services would be wise to make the available food items as healthy as possible she said. PRESENT YOUR VALID COLLEGE ID AND ENJOY... 50% OFF ANY Choose from Ail-American, Bacon Cheddar or Bacon Bleu Offer valid 5pm to 11pm through May 31,2009 only at the Samish Way Arby's restaurant. Offer good with all Student, Faculty and Staff IDs. Limit one coupon per person per day. ---------- Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday* April 17,2009 NEWS I 5 Debate team ends season second in country TianaDay THE WESTERN FRONT Western's debate team finished its season as the second best squad in the nation after two tournaments in California. The tandem of Western sophomore Stephen Moncrief and senior Susan Elle were named the fifth best overall team in the country in the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence. Western sent four two-person teams to compete in the National Parliamentary Debate Association's (NPDA) National Championship tournament March 27-30 and the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence March 21-23, held at the University of California, Berkley. The NPDA contains an estimated 250 member schools and holds more than 100 competitions each year. This season, Western's debate squad, participated in approximately 15 competitions. Steve Woods, associate professor of communications and head coach for the debate team, said he was proud of how the teams competed. "Four of our teams are clearly national quality," he said. The NPDA Sweepstakes are determined by the total number of points a school earns throughout the year, Woods said. Moncrief was named the sixth best individual speaker, and Elle the 16th best individual speaker in the country at the National Championship Tournament. Speaker placement is determined by how well the judges think a competitor did in any given round and award speaker points according to their opinion of the speaker, Moncrief said. Usually between 25 and 30 points are awarded to a speaker per round. Elle said Moncrief helps her form a solid argument by consolidating and presenting facts, which in turn, helps her to articulate a better argument in front of the judges. "Stephen is really good at taking and putting compositions in a way I understand them, so I can give a good speech with the ideas he's provided me with," Elle said. Moncrief said part of their success is due to their ability to work well with each other. "We're able to build really well on each other's arguments," he said. Elle and Moncrief debated topics such as the NATO expansion, the current financial crisis and alternative energy at the Tournament of Excellence and the National Championship Tournament. Paul Bingham, one of the team's three assistant debate coaches, said approximately 80 schools and 300 teams competed in the NPDA National Tournament this year. He said several of Western's teams placed within the top 64, including Western senior Colin Patrick, sophomore Lucas Hall, senior Mike Hinman, junior Zach Furste, senior Brittany Esbenshade and senior Alec Baker. Elle and Moncrief are among the top 16 best teams in the nation. Baker, who has been debating for seven years, said the competition was tough. He said their biggest competitors were the photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Western debaters sophomore Stephen Moncrief and senior Susan Elle were named the fifth best overall team in the country after their season ended March 30. University of Nevada, Reno (UN), who won both national championships, followed closely by the University of Oregon and Washburn University (WU) from To-peka, Kan. Elle said they owe much of their success to the talented, dedicated coaching staff as well as to a sharing atmosphere where teammates willingly share information with each other and are invested in the betterment of each individual. Woods said most of the debaters generally place in competitions, but the students do not see it so much about winning as much as they do a learning experience. In all his years of debating, Baker said he has learned more about life and academics than he has in all his years of school. 'It's intellectual like chess because you predict ahead where the game is going to go," Baker said. CAREER SERVICES CENTER IHSTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY • „ j r j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ p p j pRINlCARE THURSDAY; APRIL 23 11:00A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. 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Thursday afternoon, Caryn Regimbal, manager of; Western's student employment center, announced Batten also won the Washington State Student Employee of the Year Award. • ;- Batten works as an assistant in the Intensive English Program helping international students coming to Western adjust to their new environment, said Celia Farr, Intensive English Program student services coordinator. "When you ask Kate to do something her response is: perfect," Farr said. "She truly is a role model of optimism." A ceremony was held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Viking Union room 462 to announce Batten as this year's winner. Regimbal introduced and credited each of the 25 nominees for their hard work and dedication to the university. The National Student Employment Association, through the National Parcel Service, awarded Western a $500 grant in November to provide the money for a Student Employment of the Year Award on Western's campus, Regimbal said. Other schools nationwide have been participating in National Student Employment Week, and she said it is time Western got involved and recognized its own students. Regimbal said National Student Employment Week is a week-long celebration photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Kate Batten is the first recipient of Western's Student Employee of the year award. during the first full week of April, beginning Saturday and concluding Sunday to honor student employees for their contributions to the university. Western encourages supervisors to take the opportunity to appreciate any of the 3,100 student employees on campus, she said. Jeannine Woelkers, Western's new student services office manager, who is on the committee who selected Batten, said it was difficult to get to know a candidate based on a one-page recommendation letter. ' Georgie Muska, Intensive English Program coordinator, helped nominate Batten and said Batten can think quickly with a unique ability to problem solve. Batten is inspiring to new students attend- CLOSING Chispa Scooters in Fairhaven is going out of business! All scooters accessories are being liquidated at greatly reduced prices. Several brands available including the very popular Vespa scooters, 30% off all parts and accessories. Examples of the incredible deals available on scooters: Buddy 50 Pamplona - Reg $2099, now $999 Vespa "Stella" Black - Reg $3600, now $2299 Piaggo MP3 **DEMO** - Reg $7000, now $4999 ing Western and is often the first person who interacts with international students who aren't fluent in English, Muska said. "She is fabulous with students, has a good heart and a real kindness toward other people," Farr said. Batten received a $100 gift card to the Associated Student's Bookstore, a framed certificate and a bouquet of flowers. The Washington State Association of Student Employment Administration will award Batten $100 cash, a $100 savings bond and a plaque. Each of the 25 nominees received a $10 gift card to The Woods Coffee and a certificate. Eileen Coughlin, Western's vice president for student affairs and academic support services, spoke at the ceremony about the values and services student-employees provide for the university. Coughlin said student employees make a huge difference in offices campus-wide. "Student employees bring fresh ideas to our office and remind us of our youth," Coughlin said. Regimbal said student employment week is an incredible opportunity for any supervisor to recognize one of Western's student employees for their hard work. The ceremony is unique because every nominee was introduced and noted for their contributions to the university, she said. "Truly being nominated in itself is an honor," Regimbal said. Supervisors nominated student employees by filling out an application and submitting a letter of recommendation to a five-panel review committee. The committee selected nominees based on their reliability, initiative, uniqueness of contributions, quality of work, professionalism, and community and campus services, Regimbal said. Qy-Ana Manning, Western's assistant director of new student services, nominated Western senior Megan Ward. Manning said she nominated Ward for her longevity with the office, willingness to help others, patience and aiding in major transitions within office programs. "She's just a superstar," Manning said. "If we need anything done, she is there." Ward started in the new student services office three years ago as an orientation student adviser and has since been promoted to a peer adviser. Her primary duty is to provide new students with information and assist in coordinating Western's Summer Start program, Manning said. Ward said it is easier to work on campus because Western recognizes student employees as being students first and employees second. Carmen Werder, Western's director of the Teaching-Learning Academy, said he nominated Western senior Michael Murphy for his reliability and dedication to the academy. "He is an uncommon blend of traits to find," Werder said. "He works hard but makes it fun." Murphy has been working with the Teaching-Learning Academy for four years and helps prepare and summarize meetings. Murphy said he enjoys his job because he gets to work and interact with professors on a human level outside of the classroom to better improve the teaching and diversity at Western. « q t ! 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Once people had access to the site, they were allowed to choose between a virtual line for apartments or residence halls, Walker said. Although University Residences consider it a success that they did not have Edens Hall resident Ann Erickson had successfully registered for renewal housing in the University Residences office within 20 minutes of when registration began. She said she first tried to register in her residence hall room. . "It took forever," Erickson said. "It booted me [out] when I tried to get in, so I came down here [to the University Residences^ office]." She said her biggest concern was getting a room on the top floor-of Edens so she didn't have to listen to any loud neighbors living above her next year. However, students will not be able to pick their rooms until April 27. Bronwyn Pavia, a current resident in Birnam Wood, said although she was a little worried during registration, she felt as an upper classman she was ready to live off campus if she had to. She managed to get a spot in the virtual line for apartments, she said she would be willing to move off campus if "The philosophy of Western is that you get a whole college experi-ence. If you start watering that down aiid freshmen aren't guaranteed to live on campus that really changes the whole niche of what Western says about it. - Karen Copetas/Director of admissions to resort to their backup plan of having people physically swipe their cards, they were concerned that for some students, it was still a stressful situation because they. were worried about getting a spot for on-campus housing, Walker said. However, expecting people to wait in line when they might have to be at class or work is not a fair process, she said. she found something more suitable, she said. It is common for students to sign up for on-campus housing and then change their mind, Walker said. . When placements open up, University Residences calls the students on the wait list and lets them know they can live on campus, Walker said. By Thursday, more than 300 people were on the wait list, Walker said. Housing will still be guaranteed for freshmen and transfer students, said Karen Copetas, director of Admissions and Enrollment Planning. About 92 percent of Western freshmen live on campus every year, which is higher than any other public university in Washington, she said. "The philosophy of Western is that you get a whole college experience," Copetas said. "If you start watering that down and freshmen aren't guaranteed to live on campus, that really changes the whole niche of what Western says it is about." Western is expanding Buchanan Towers to add 100 new beds. Construction is set to begin July 2 and will cost $11.6 million. " Rather than adding enough rooms to accommodate ajl the students who want to live on campus now, Hart said Western is looking at future Washington high school graduation rates to predict the number of students who will need on-campus housing in the next five years. According to a study performed by Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in 2003, high school graduation rates were expected to peak in 2008 and then begin to drop by 3,000 students during the next four years. By limiting returnees now, there will not be an excess of housing to deal with in the future, which is going to save money for current and future students, Hart said. Along with limiting returnees, University Residences has created more triple rooms and leased 86 beds in the New York Apartments, which the university plans "to stop using if the need drops as expected, Photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior l-Chien Chen stands in front of the. New York Apartments. This apartment complex was used to house the Student overflow this past fall quarter. Hart said. "We don't want to overbuild," Hart said. "That adds a double whammy, you got a drop in demand with fewer people to pay for the drop because, you're more expensive." As for next year's renewal process, University Residences intends to meet up with the Residence Advisory Committee again next fall to determine the best future route, Walker said. University Residences are also going to invite a few non-elected students who have been through the process to speak to the Residence Advisory Committee, she said. A APEX Management Inc. 360-527-9829 Looking for an apartment to rent?? Come to our open houses to pre- iease for the summer and fall! OPEN HOUSE SAT. APRIL 18 gt; FROM 12 TO 2PM 1801 F Street Beliingham, WA 98225 . 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Katelyn Yruretagoyena THE WESTERN FRONT Western's Department of Theatre Arts premiered "She .Stoops to Conquer," an 18th-Century comedy about love, trickery and mistaken identity, at 7:30 p.m. April 16 in the Old Main Theater. Director Maureen O'Reilly said while the production is a period piece, it still has relevance to a contemporary audience. Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith wrote the play in 1773, a time when women were .just beginning to have a choice on who they wanted to marry. "On one hand, you have to be true to the values of the 18th Century," O'Reilly said. "But on the other hand, you have to find some connections with today." Some of these connections, such as social order, financial class and gender roles are represented in the play by the division between uptight, wealthy aristocrats and the crude, lower class. The play centers on Kate Hardcastle, a strong, wealthy woman, played by Western junior Jessica Young. Kate hopes to marry Charles Marlow, the son of a wealthy aristocrat. When Hardcastle discovers Marlow is nervous around upper-class women, Kate pretends to be a barmaid in the hopes he will be more comfortable around her and eventually fall in love. O'Reilly estimated the cost of the production at approximately $3,000, and Rachel Anderson, who provided some^the c6stomes^ costumes: : •- .../~:-:"r':':'::;"••.•: ' ^ : i : ^ ' ; ^ f c ..• ^ n ? ^ -O'Reilly.. said: it would have been more expensive 1£| theyjiad to pay royalties to use the script. Fortunately,.' the play is so old that it is considered public domain, she-; said. ','• _ ' .;• -y • '••''_ •", . ^O'Reilly said it was important for all the costumes to look cohesive and appropriate for the time period. Some ; of the costume pieces were rented, while the costume de-, signer, DeLisle Merril, made others by hand. The costume's also reflected the issues presented in the?" play; The costumes for the; wealthy characters were intri-j . cate and colorful, whereas the costumes for the lower class :• characters had more neutral colors and were less elaborate. The women also wore corsets, which meant they had to come to dress rehearsals early to tie up their clothing. The Department of Theatre Arts staff chose the play a year in advance, O'Reilly said. She and four student designers started working before winter break and selected "The cast members in February. O'Reilly said they met for three hours a day, five days a week for the past month. •Western junior and theater arts major Harry Jamieson plays 'Mr. Hardcastle, Kate's old-fashioned father. Jamieson said his favorite part of the experience was how the cast spent time developing their roles by picking and choosing aspects they liked about the characters and building on those. Jamieson said he was extremely excited to get to work on the play when he first read the script', especially since "©n one Ijmtb, pou fjabe to he true to on tfje otfjer fjanb, pou Ijabe to ftntr £o O'Reilly was directing. , O'Reilly has directed more than 100 plays over the. last 50 years in Washington, California, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. She directed "She Stoops to Conquer" twice before, but she said it still feels fresh and interesting. - "Each time you do a show, as long as you're doing it More than just a meal, Latino Student Union heritage e Rod Lotter THE WESTERN FRONT A lt; common misconception is the term "Latino" refers to a specific culture, a specific race and a specificheritage. But that is not the case, considering Latin America and the Caribbean are composed of 41 countries, each having a unique heritage independent of the others. "There's the idea that being a Latino in America automatically labels you as Mexican," said Western sophomore Ana Parada, public relations representative for the Latino Student Union (LSU), "Our club wants to show that Latino's have a broad and diverse range of cultures." The LSU is hosting its fourth annual Latino Heritage Celebration at 5:30 p.m. April 18 in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. The theme is "Entrelazando nuestras culturas. Celebrando nuestro futuro," or "Intertwining our cultures. Celebrating our futures." Admittance is $12 for students and $15 for non-students. "When I came to Western I was looking for a place to belong, and I didn't find that until I joined this club," said Western senior Greg Gonzalez, who has been a member of the club for a year."[The club] is my home away from home." ... ••. .e;'^._' Gonzalez is the first person in his family to atten^college. He said family keeps him focused on schooli and he has founjan extension of his family at Western. ;.'/y. :]V::i gt;:"«'-'::-{ gt;•*-. "I have a family in this club, ThaVe a family; at^V^^C^H A (El Mo-vimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de A|||an, which i s ^ r o u p that deals with the social justice issues of Mexican;Ahjfericans)!aiid I have family at the admissions office," Gonzalez said. "There is a real,sense of community at Western." As of fall 2008,509 Latino students were enrolled at Western, which makes them the second largest minority group on campus. Nationwide, Latinos are the largest minority group, making up 15 percent of the U.S. population, according to a 2007 study by the Census Bureau. Hispanic is commonly mistaken to be synonymous with Latino, but Hispanic actually refers to Spanish-speaking ethnicities or people descendent from former Spanish colonies, whereas Latino refers specifically to ethnicities from the Americas and the Caribbean, according to Latino Life Research, a consulting group that specializes in Latino marketing. The term "Hispanic" first appeared on the 1970 U.S. Census, and has since been revised on every su the category was changed to Spani "American culture is not the Claudia Arroyo, the clubs activitie a huge part of American culture. 3 cans too." Most of the 40 members of t roots in various countries. "There are Hondurans, Colur LSU co-president Eric Sanchez sa sonal culture and celebrating othe same time." Part of what the club is aboi Latinos, Seguinza said. The most common misconcep Latino to attend our events or join "That is not the case at all," supporting friends and joining to celebrate our differences." Western sophomore Surina Tu sultant, is one of the non-Latino m Tumber is responsible for cr lt; on Latino culture, such as Latin Ai ---------- Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 17,2009 I 9 P premier^ ' f)'e :- toop£ to photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Harry Jamieson plays the role of Richard Hardcastle, the conservative father of Kate, played by Western junior Jessica Young. 'She Stoops to Conquer' was written at a time when women started to assert their right to choose who they would marry, at a different place with different actors, you might as well not have done it before," she said. The last time the play appeared at Western it was staged at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Mainstage Theatre. However, she said they staged it at Old Main Theatre because of the smaller auditorium. "PAC is a huge space, but it's not kind to actor's voices," she said. "The language is complex, and the actors have to speak loudly enough," The Mainstage Theatre seats approximately 1,050 people, whereas Old Main Theatre seats only 200. tfje balue* of tfje I8tf) century ?But me connection tottlj totiap- " - Maureen O'Reilly, director O'Reilly said initially some problems happened along the way for the production. Three of the actors were sick, one with pneumonia, but they all recovered. "For a while I wondered if we were going to be able to have the original cast or if I was going to lose an actor or two due to health issues," sh'e said. O'Reilly said the play has been ready to open for sev-photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Katy Albert (left) and Western junior Jessica Young (right) exchange dialogue during a dress rehearsal. Costumes for the play were designed to reflect 18th century fashion, and cost approxiamately $1,500. eral days, but she lost perspective after seeing it so many times and wanted some audience reactions before opening night. A free preview of the play was staged for a small group of people April 15 at Old Main Theatre. Judging by the frequent laughter from the audience, the old language did not stop them from understanding or enjoying the story. In fact, the old language and accents made it necessary to listen more closely. The jokes, which were often of a sexual nature, were easy to catch through the physical aspects of the play and the actors' facial expressions. % M ^ ; if/?//?' [inner shares vibrant cultures with campus community ccessive census. On the 2000 census, sh/Hispanic/ Latino. ..w.o~ stereotypical hotdogs and baseball," s coordinator said. "Latino culture is itie U.S. is our home. We are Ameri-he club are American born but have I - . ' . . " ; abians, Guatemalans, Salvadorians," id. "We are celebrating our own per-cultures that are not our own at the st is negating the stereotypes put on tjon on campus is that you have to be our club, Sanchez said. Sanchez said. "The dinner is about 'ether with peers and classmates to mber, LSU's cultural awareness con-embers of the club, ating activities for the group based nerican geography quizzes and other When: Sat. April 18 5:30 p.m. Where: Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room Cost: $12 for students, $15 for non-students What: /Speaker professor Erasmo Gamboa, I ive performances, dancing lessons, regional delicacies. Tickets avalable at the PAC box office. games. Tumber is also responsible for keeping the members updated on campus activities outside of the club and facilitating the discussions during meetings. "I joined the club to support my friends," Tumber said, who met some of the members during an Ethnic Student Center (ESC) conference and found them to be friendly. "I think you don't have to be of a certain culture to relate to it. I don't even remember I'm not Latino when we're at meetings or activities." Western senior Holly Vanderlinda is the secretary and has been in the club for three years;. She is also a non-Latino member. "I took Spanish in high school," Vanderlinda said. "And just being around the Latino environment got me really involved in the culture." The initial purpose of the ESC clubs is to give students a place to get together and unite under a common theme, Michael Vendiola, ESC coordinator and activities adviser" said. For the clubs supported by the center, the common theme is ethnicity. The typical proof of diversity on campus, as offered by the universities, is through statistics and eventsr Vendiola said, which he referred to as a "watered down" representation of diversity. While celebrations give ethnic students pride and self-confidence and provide other students with a chance to embrace a different culture, more emphasis is needed to be put on the challenging aspects of diversity, such as social justice issues and civil rights, Vendiola said. The club started planning for the event, which is their largest of the year, in November. A group of 15 members were chosen to be on see HERITAGE page 11 ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Friday • April 17,20091 The Western Front Western celebrates Student disAbility Awareness Week Selah Prather THE WESTERN FRONT David Brunnemer, director of Western's Disability Resources for Students, said more.than 400 students with physical and mental disabilities attend Western currently. According to a Students for Disability Awareness club pamphlet, three problems people with disabilities encounter are inaccessibility around campus, stereotypes and stigmas that inhibit full inclusion of people with disabilities. The Disability Awareness Center, along with approximately 29 organizations, to host disAbility Awareness Week "from April 13 to 18 in order to address issues ranging from learning available scholarships for people with disabilities to exploring issues of disabilities within the prison system. Western sophomore and Vice President of Students for Disability Awareness club Brittany Otter said disability awareness is being able to ask a persoaquestions about his or her disability and recognizing how it may be uncomfortable to do so. "It is OK for people to realize they don't know something; it is important to be uncomfortable [about not knowing how a disability affects a person] and put yourself in a situation where you can learn something," Otter said. Disability Awareness Week presented April 13 the documentary "Positive Images," depicting how nearly 20 percent of the American population has a disability and how many of these people are discriminated against not only because of their disability, but for their race or sex photo by Rhys Logan THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Temesgen Melashu (left), Western freshman Fabiola Arvizu, Western freshman Jocylynn Meadows and Western junior Ari Alatriste race around Fisher Fountain in wheelchairs Wednesday as part of Student disAtbility Awareness Week. as well..The film focused on three women disability that I was mentally disabled as with disabilities who overcome social, economic and political pressures in their lives to become role models in their communities. Otter said she experienced similar discrimination when she tried to enroll in school for the first time. She said her education was affected by her physical disability more than her body. Otter said administrators at her elementary school wanted to put her in a special education classes because they thought she was not intelligent. . "They thought because of my physical well," Otter said. "My mother had to fight to get me into the education system and prove that I have a normal I.Q. That happens all the time, it's a mindset that people sometimes have. It's a lack of knowledge when people make assumptions about things they don't know about." Otter came to Western as a freshman and was excited about the opportunities to create change on campus. One of the first people she met was Western sophomore Daman Wandke. Otter and Wandke soon realized they had something in common; they both had cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that begins in early life stages and affects body movement and muscle coordination. Wandke and Otter co-founded the Students for Disability Awareness group in October 2007. Effects of cerebral palsy vary in severity depending on the person. For instance, Otter's legs are the only thing affected by cerebral palsy. She was born with legs that turned dramatically outward, which kept her from riding a bike or being able to run among other things. Otter has had five corrective surgeries to help, straighten her legs; the most recent was in the fall 2008. The doctors removed some corrective plates that were in her legs, and now she is able to run for the first time in her life. Cerebral palsy has affected Wandke's motor skills causing slurred speech and restricted ability to walk. Wandke is able to maneuver around by using a motorized wheelchair. "I can do pretty much whatever everyone else can do but in unique ways," Wandke said. Wandke said his biggest issue with being a disabled student is the ability to access certain places on campus. "Some buildings don't have accessible bathrooms," Wandke said. "One of the only bathrooms with an automatic door is in the Viking Union on the sixth floor." All week long, able-bodied Western students were able to check out a wheelchair or a pair of crutches from Viking Union Room 565. This allowed students to gain a perspective of what it was like to see DISABILITY page 11 you can buy MunCh Money $1.75 convenience fee applies Details at dihing.wwu.edu ## Alzheimer Society ofWashington •presents... MILES FOR MEMORIES WALK 5K RUN Kicking off Fairhaven's "Dirty Dan Harris Days' SATURDAY APRIL 25TH FAIRHAVEN VILLAGE GREEN REGISTRATION: 8:30 A.M. WALK/RUN: 9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION FEE: $25 (INCLUDES T-SHIRT) 10$ FOR CANINES (INCLUDES BANDANA) ## PRIZES FOR PEOPLE POOCHES... COSTUMES ENCOURAGED!! LIVE MUSIC, T-SHIRTS, DOG BANDANAS, FREE COUPON BOOKS!! I'niviTsit.y . IJininj/ yTviivs Check Cash deposits accepted at Cashier's Office in Edens Hall Gold Medal Sponsors: Bellingham Parks Recreation The Fairhaven Association Silver Medal Sponsors: Christian Health Care Center Elder Law Offices of Barry M. 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The cost to put on' the event was $2,200, which paid for entertainment, food and other materials, Sanchez said. The maximum capacity for the event is 250 people. As of April 16,148 guests had confirmed on the club's Facebook event page, although it is not known how many of those people have bought tickets, The money raised from the event will go towards funding for more events and possibly a retreat if they make a profit, Sanchez said. If they don't make a profit . the money they raised will go .towards, paying off a loan from the ESC. "There are Hondurans/ Columbians, Guatemalans, Salvadoreans; We are celebrating oiir own personal culture and celebrating other cultures that are hot our own at the same time." - Eric Sanchez, ' Latino Student Union co-president The breadth of cultures being celebrated can be seen through simply browsing the menu, co-president Maria Seguinza said. The menu consists of food from Mexico, Argentina and even some Mexican-American food like peach mango salsa, which is something that would never be found in Mexico, Seguinza said. The.food and catering services will be provided by Sodexo. "Latino culture is basically centered around food and dance," Seguinza said. "In my personal experience, eating food is when my family would get together and talk, and that's what this is about" ; "Music -and .dancing, such -as salsa, from the Caribbean, the ramba-frpm Cuba •and the ^Tangp from ArgentinkJand Urur . guay, will be; performed during the cek ebration. -.. The range of music playing, at the event also displays the broad range of traditions present under the umbrella term of "Latino." -••' ,' A steel drum band from Seattle and a Cha Chaband will perform. Western's. Ritmo Latino club and professional dancers from Bellingham's Majestic Ball room will provide dance lessons. ,-...y ~ "One thing you learn from planning these events is how to build relationships," Seguinza said. "Without help from the campus community, it's difficult." One example is Western's language media center, which donated money for the event because one of the club's members was involved in the program, Gonzalez said. The club also received donations from the Cold Beverage Contract student committee, which gets revenue from vending machines and a few departments On campus, including the Spanish department. The event will also feature student performances, spoken word poetry and traditional Latin American poetry. Erasmo Gamboa, associate professor of Chicano studies and adjunct associate professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of Washington, is the keynote speaker. Gamboa was a crucial component in the creation of a Chicano studies program at UW, according to Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project. He has also written several books about the history of Hispanic and Latin American culture, including "Nosotros, the Hispanic People of Oregon: Essays and Reflections." DISABILITY: Inaccessibility, misinformation among biggest concerns for students with disablities Refvem said. "I know that I can actually walk, but when you're disabled you know you can't. It's a good lesson though." Refvem said the biggest challenges of using a wheelchair was going uphill, trying to open the door to Frasier Hall because the automatic door was broken and trying to access his class located downstairs of Frasier Hall. "I didn't have the key to use the wheelchair lift," Refvem said. "I had to cheat and get out of my chair and carry it down the stairs." from 10 navigate around campus without the use of their legs. Western junior Michael Refvem decided to check out a wheelchair for the entire day. He remained almost entirely in the wheelchair from 8:45 a.m. Monday until 7:00 p.m. Refvem said trying on a disability for one day does not represent what it is really like to be disabled. "You get a little flavor of it, but you don't get the psychological change," lam » prepared THE CONDOM BREAKS YOU MISS A COUPLE OF PILLS YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX YOU WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED Planned Parenthood9 is here for you with with high quality, |^ personal care at an affordable cost. Emergency Contraception (EC) - also known as the "morning-after | - can prevent pregnancy if started within five days after j 0 , unprotected sex. it is safe and effective, but the sooner you \AP^0 take it the better. Be prepared - have EC in your medicine cabinet P Planned Parentteocl^J ^ S S S Talk to us in confidence. With confidence. :' W W ' " ^ Otter said the Students for Disability Awareness group and the Equal Opportunity office performed an Accessibility Assessment in the winter 2007. They went through every building on campus to find out if the building structures accommodated people with disabilities. Some determining factors included heights of sinks, mirrors and light switches in bathrooms. The official findings have not yet been released Otter said wheelchair inaccessible buildings exclude students with disabilities from majoring in particular areas of study. For instance, a wheelchair lift in the art gallery is essentially unusable because it requires putting a key into a small key hole, which would make it impossible for someone who does not have full use of their hands. , Western has been working on plans to renovate Miller Hall since 2003. 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Currently, Western stands to'lose approximately $38 million, reducing Western's state funding by 25 percent. The 14 percent increases exceed the 7 percent annual tuition increase cap originally enacted by Gregoire in 2004. Gregoire's proposed increase would remove that tuition cap and raise tuition by 30 percent including compounded interest over the next two years. The tuition increase would help keep academic programs afloat and help prevent enrollment cuts. According to Gregoire, the tuition increase is necessary to maintain the Washington's level of academic excellence in challenging times. However, tuition increases could inevitably lead to lower enrollment. How will Western be able to maintain academic excellence if enrollment numbers are affected by higher tuition? While tuition inevitably must go up to help meet students' educational needs and promote Western's financial stability, there are many inevitable consequences for putting such a high price tag on higher education. Western students can expect to take longer to graduate due to fewer available course sections, and Western President Bruce Shepard said the. university will still have to eliminate up to 125 positions. By making higher education less accessible to lower-income and minority students through tuition increases Washington state is failing to invest in its future and promoting an elitist educational environment. According to a report published by the Economic Opportunity Institute, such a steep jump in tuition will decrease applications and enrollment for low-income and minority students because of the shock of the initial cost and lack of education about financial aid resources. A similar predicament occurred at the University of Michigan, which experienced a 10 percent drop in lower-and middle-income families over 10 years after various tuition increases. After Shepard recently released an e-mail celebrating diversity statistics at Western, it seems ironic that both the governor and Western are choosing not to address these consequence. Gregoire says that increases in tax credits and federal assistance will help ease the burden on tuition increases, but we all know it won't solve the problem. In a time when Americans are being asked to make sacrifices, we cannot afford to sacrifice Western's achievements in promoting an atmosphere of diversity and accessibility. All Western students benefit from di-verity on campus. Diversity expands student perspectives and promotes a forum for different points of view. By stifling diversity Western students and faculty will miss out on educational oppurtunities. While Western isn't the only university facing tuition increases, other universities have adopted-new policies to better ease the burden on students. The University of Wisconsin, Madison is expected to increase tuition by as much as 6 percent, but families making less than $60,000 will be.cushioned from the blow thanks to a $38 million increase in financial aid. If Western were to enact a similar promise to families making less than $45,000 a year, the university would be able to fulfill its mission to make public education affordable, diverse and competitive. Ultimately, someone will have to pay for the state deficit. We think it's unfair to ask students to shoulder the cost through a steep tuition increase and loss of diversity. The Editorial Board is comprised of Editor-in-Chief Jeff Twining, Managing Editor Gabrielle Nomura, Opinion Editor Danielle Koagel and community member-at- large Joel Holland. Students need to be more involved in budget cut process Erik Lowe Guest Columnist As this year's legislative session has progressed, one thing has become painfully obvious for me: higher education is not a priority for the majority of our state leadership. Of course, there are some, such as our governor and select legislators, who know the importance of an educated workforce able to adapt and meet complex challenges, but most see higher education as a burden and not as an economic development tool. Student and university representatives have been largely shut out of the budget process by Senate and House leadership who prefer to make decisions in conference rather than in public hearings. The result of such an opaque practice is the no-win situation universities find themselves today. Each university is faced with two options: 1. Accept sweeping cuts, which would destroy academic quality and course availability. Thereby, drastically increasing the time it takes to graduate while lowering the value of degrees. 2. Ask the legislature for the flexibility to increase tuition significantly (14 percent in each of the next two years), in order to offset the cuts, which will result in only slightly less quality and course availability. University leaders should never have to choose between a rock or a hard place. While one could argue for days about Democrat this or Republican that, the crisis we find ourselves in boils down to two distinct problems: a lack of statewide long-term planning and the absence of legislative accountability. The Higher Education Coordinating Board, a state entity charged with "strategic planning, coordination, monitoring and policy analysis for higher education in Washington" according to its Web site, develops a master plan for higher education every 10 years. While such a practice is important, it is far from enough. What this state needs is a cohesive and long-term plan for all areas of public education from pre-K through graduate studies. This plan must examine where we, as a state, want to be in 20 or 30 years from now and outline the steps necessary to accomplish those goals. Once established, we need legislators willing to implement those changes and provide the funding to ensure their success. \ Lawmakers should see such an education plan as a mandate, not as a rainy day fund. All too often, education is the first area to be cut in difficult economic times: While I don't know how everything will play out, I do know that students will certainly experience one or both of the two above options. Where do we go from here? Thankfully, there is much that we as students and citizens can do to create change. First, be involved on campus. This means more than attending a concert. Go to an Associated Students Board of Directors meeting, apply to serve on university committees, participate in the AS elections, join a club and contribute to the Viking Village online forums. An engaged citizenry is an informed citizenry. Second, call or write your legislators and demand a fair shake for education. Kevin Ranker, the 40th District's freshman senator (and subsequently the representative of Western's campus and most Western students), met with the AS legislative liaison in December before the legislative session began and has declined any further meetings. The final, and most important step, is: VOTE! One of the biggest problems students face in working with lawmakers is the fact that so few students actually vote. Western is probably the most respected institution in the eyes of legislators, but imagine how influential we'd be with a voting bloc of 13,000 students in a district that casted 65,000 legislative votes in the 2008 election. Erik Lowe is the Associated Students President. Letter to the Editor: Veteran Safe Zone should pity veterans I am an antimilitary veteran, and I am sick of the "honor" term being thrown around about veterans and war. There is no honor is violence. There is no honor in senseless militarism. Pity veterans, don't honor them; honor peace and wage nonviolence. I would like to publically call out Jana Brost and the creators of the Veteran Safe Zones as hypocritical on this point: being pro-veteran means necessarily being anti-military, because the military degrades the lives of its own soldiers. The military defiles everything it touches, and veterans of it should be treated like rape victims. Especially in light of the fact that one-third of the women serving in "the military are sexually assaulted by a coworker. In that light only, I am proud to endorse the Veteran Safe Zone project. Heal the veterans, just don't pretend that there is any meaning in their experience beyond having been exploited by the bloody machinations of the greedy U.S. military. Evan Knappenberger Whatcom Community College student Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran MMWMHW-WI "V-N THftKK GOt gt; THERL'S -) MORE. FRIDAYS LEFT ^ cartoon by Brandon Kays THE WESTERN FRONT ---------- Page 13 ---------- 13 I Letter to the Editor: Students should be exposed to military career options According to the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, the United States workforce had a total of 95,402 discrimination charges in 2008. More than nine times more than what was posted for the military in last Friday's letter to the editor. In order for the U.S. military to function properly, there has to be strict standards met in order to perform certain jobs. For example, gender. The only job in the Marine Corps that women are not allowed tiTperform is infantry. Ask any credible psychologist why this is true. They will most likely give a scientific explanation of the difference between the hormonal levels of a man and a woman and how this would affect a woman's ability to perform on the front lines. Age and disability makes it hard to get any physically demanding job, military or civilian. As for nationality, citizens of. the United States or a commonwealth attached to the U.S. can enlist. If a person is not a citizen but can still meet the requirements to enlist and serve honorably, they have an opportunity to gain U.S. citizenship. This type of opportunity can be a blessing to many people. I am curious a§ to where the 10,000 official complaints claim made, last Friday. were found and exactly who it was making those complaints. Were these claims made by disgruntled veterans who enlisted to have college paid for and ended up having to fight the war? If so, the complaints are understandable. Keep in mind, there are many more veterans who have fought and served in Iraq and Afghanistan who have no complaints. Western is a public school and most of the students enrolled receive federal grants and federal -financial aid. Not to mention, the annual federal and state funding the university receives. For these reasons alone there will never be a legitimate ban issued on any federal organization from any career fair. Students should have the opportunity to be exposed to any type of job available to them. This includes both private business and federal jobs. The idea of a career fair ban on military recruitment is discriminatory in itself. Christopher D. Brown Whatcom Community College student Marine Corps Infantry Veteran Students should fight back against graffiti vandalism With the latest crop of graffiti, it is good to be aware of ways to counter this kind of negativity and vandalism and make some money in the process. If you are out late at night or the early morning hours keep an eye out for local graffiti-nazis. Like the early Nazis, they destroy people's property under cover of darkness. If you smell paint or hear spraying, investigate. If you see someone damaging property with graffiti, call 911 and videotape the arrest. E- mail the video verification as an attachment to nail_a_nazi@yahoo.com and be considered for a $250 reward. It's one way to say "no" to the drugs, 1 Manufacturing, Construction, Engineering Beingham! Career Employment Fair TECHNICAL I " * C______| Thursday, April 23, 2009 1 0:30am - 12:30pm BTC Campus j G Building s^^^^^H Open to the See more online at www.westernfrontonline Jiet Friday • April 17,20091 The Western Front gangs and vandalism associated with graffiti. , ' ' Here's to a better world. A world without the senseless damage and destruction caused by graffiti. 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The triple jump measures three large jumps from the track into a sandpit. Warman said she consistently beat her personal record at nationals after jumping farther distances for each subsequent jump she took. - "I was [beating my personal, record] by an inch or two each jump, which is a lot for me because my [PR] before nationals for the triple jump was 38 feet and 8 inches," Warman said. Western junior track athlete Sam Bedell said he noticed the hard work ethic she has before competing in her events. "If she gets nervous before she competes, she doesn't show it," Bedell said. "Emily knows what she has to do to get the job done." This spring Warman is competing in track doing the triple and long jump. She-won the long jump with a mark of 28-4- 1/2 feet and triple jump with a mark of; 38-8 3/4 feet at.last weekends Ralph Ver- nacchiarheet. ,\ "I like track a lot more how because I gt; . am actually coached here at Western, unlike high school," Warman said. "Being coached gives me a lot to look forward - t o / ' / . - ••.' - ' • / ' ^ ; ' :.'.:. Warman's mark for the.triple jump qualified her for the provisional national standard, which is 37 feet. Athletes qualify for the track and field/nationals if they hit the national provisional mark. Athletes can also go to nationals if they hit an automatic national standard in their, event. -'•' Western sophomore^ Sarah Porter is the only Western track athlete who has hit a automatic national mark. She hit the mark with a time of 7 minutes and 1.94 seconds in the 5,000-meter run on April 4th at the University of Puget Sound J.D. Invitational in Tacoma. Porter beat the national automatic mark by four seconds. Photo courtesy Western athletic department Western freshman Emily Warman plays on both the soccer and track team. "Warman has unbelievable good focus when competing," Porter said: "She knows what it takes to be a champion, and her attitude shows that." Warman said she started to do track in high school purely to stay in shape for soccer, but did not like it much. She said soccer was her main priority. This spring, Warman is starting at center defender for Western's soccer team. Warman said being on the soccer team provides a comfortable setting. "We are all close friends on the team, so we work hard for each other," Warman said. In November 2008, the women's "soccer team went to the Sweet 16 in Missouri and lost to Seattle Pacific University (SPU) 1-0 during overtime. "It was a devastating loss because SPU is our biggest rival school," Warman said. The soccer team played SPU a total of three times in the season; Western won the first game against SPU, tied the second and lost the third game. SPU went on to win the nationals championship. Warman said she is excited for the soccer season next fall. "My plan, as of right now, is to play soccer in the fall and do track in the spring for my four years at Western," Warman said. Track nationals are May 21-23 and will be held in San Angelo, Texas. "My goal this track season is to make it to nationals in at least one event and to triple jump 40 feet or farther," Warman said. "I am crossing my fingers." Four freshmen take on challenge, race with varsity Megan Tackett THE WESTERN FRONT Starting college as a freshman in an unfamiliar town can be frightening for anyone. Joining a four-time national champion team with no prior experience rowing might prove to be a little more intimidating. This is the first time that half the rowers in the varsity eight boat consist WWU Wednesdays any "Ready to Eat" item including breakfast, lunch and dinner from our deli! "s? # of freshmen since Western's rowing team became a part of NCAA Division II. Kate Berni, Katie Woolsey, Jean Piette and Megan Northey hope to help lead the team to a fifth national title. "It's an honor to be part of a team that's been that successful," Berni said. "It's definitely nerve-wracking because you want to keep up their legacy." Although Woolsey said she was initially intimidated, the experienced rowers on the team helped her adjust to the pro- BelHngham Family Health Clinic Kasv Access to Healthcare You Seed For Appointment Call: 3 6 0 - 7 5 6 - 9 7 9 3 gram. "There's a lot of good role models on the team," Woolsey said. "They don't exactly give a lot of pep talks. They lead by example." The pressure of keeping pace with the other teammates adds to the intensity of the sport, Northey said. "You can't ever slow down, and you can't ever ease up. It's not even an option," Northey said. "You're all rowing at the same rhythm. You can't stop or else the boat stops." Northey holds the best two-kilometer time for the women's rowing team on the ergometer, a machine that gauges the speed of a rower. 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Services Western Front Classifieds wwu.westernfront@gmail.com 650-3160 ---------- Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 17,2009 SPORTS I 15 Viking .soccer boosts children to the T@P The men and women's teams use off-season to help children with disabilities Julia Means THE WESTERN FRONT No shortage of laughs, smiles or enthusiasm was evident at the Bellingham Sportsplex Wednesday evening, as Western soccer players and volunteers spent time playing soccer with children with mental and physical disabilities. The Outreach Program for Soccer (TOPSoccer) is a nationwide program that unites children with disabilities. The goal of the program is to take them from the sidelines into the game, according to the TOPSoccer parent's guide. Western senior and midfielder Michael Ricci, 22, said the Western soccer teams have an affiliation with the Bellingham Sportsplex and were asked to donate their time to participate with TOPSoccer. The Western team is participating to give back to the community that supports their team year round. "The focus is fun: getting kids active so they feel like other boys and girls," said Lance Calloway, executive director of the Whatcom County Youth Sports Association. "They get a jersey and the feeling of being on a team, so they are like the other kids in the other leagues." Twenty-four children are enrolled in the program, which had 14 Western soccer players volunteering as "buddies," Calloway said. The session goes for six weeks, meeting once a week for an hour of soccer drills and activities divided by age group. The children and players are asked to commit to all of the sessions, Calloway said. Children are paired with a buddy that stays with them throughout the hour. The buddies, pro vide one-on-one time, offering the children an opportunity to enjoy someone else, besides their parents, to give them attention, Calloway said. "Without a buddy, it is not as enjoy- Photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Members of the Western men and women's soccer team end their soccer practice with the children with a parachute group activity. The hour-long session with children 5-10 years-old proceeds the later session with the older children. able [for them]," Calloway said. "The buddies keep them focused and help them reach a goal." All of the children at the session were having fun and were just happy to be there, Ricci said. "A lot of them don't have a good opportunity, and we are giving them an opportunity to get some exercise and have fun," Ricci said. "We are giving them a role model." Rebecca Carrow, a parent of one of the'children, said she notices the difference in her son during the sessions. "He's not just standing around waiting," Carrow said. "I'm watching him,, and they are not doing it for him; they're assisting." During the session, the children and their buddies played games such as "green light," where a player would show a color and the child with that color soccer ball would kick it toward the player. The children also practiced shooting goals arid were greeted with words of encouragement after every attempt, increasing the morale on the field. Cones were set up for the children and their buddies to do drills and kick the ball around. The drills were similar to the practices that some of the children observe their siblings partaking in. Andrea Ruback said her daughter, Kaitlyn, 8, likes to watch her brother play baseball and basketball. It is hard to find a place where all the kids have different challenges and are able to participate, Ruback said. "The one-on-one attention is huge. She would not be able toydo this without it," Ruback said. "There just is not enough opportunity for kids like this with a disability, and this is free." I would have paid. To me, this is phenomenal." 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The four freshmen come from athletic backgrounds that exclude rowing, yet their past experiences in other sports have helped prepare them for their future with one of Western's national title-winning athletic programs. Bemi and Northey ran for Western's cross country team and continued running for the indoor track team in-the winter. * .. -• "After you run, the endorphins just go shooting through you," Northey said. "It really is a drug and I'm definitely addicted to the endorphins." Piette said the rush she feels after an intense workout is another driving factor to her involvement in rowing." Piette said the physical demand of rowing is really intense. "You have to push yourself even when you're too tired to go on," Piette said. "There are seven other girls in the boat that have to work harder if you slack off." Woolsey said she wanted to try a new sport at Western, and the crew team's reputation drew her in. , •• After winning their race March 28 against University of Puget Sound by a half of a second, Western's head coach John Fuchs said he looks forward.to watching the freshmen improve thrpughout-the season. " "We're eating away at that clock trying to get a little faster" all the time," Fuchs said. - gt;; Due to anticipated budget cuts, the rowing gt;prpgram will only allow "a nlaximum of 30 individuals oh the team next year, Fuchs said. ';: : S; v With the national championship six weeks^ way, Photo by Rhys Logan Westerns crewlteam rowed their way to another victory at last weekend'sliome regatta. Fuchs said although the lineup is constantly changing, the freshmen willhave a big impact at the tournament. "I know they'll play a pretty big role [at the championship]," Fuchs said. SOCCER: Western teams volunteer time to help local children fronr15 "Just the joy in their faces," said Claire Morgan, a Western sophomore and forward. You could tell they were excited to be there and so were the moms." Morgan said she has a passion for soccer and has worked at the Bellingham Sportsplex since she was 16. For Morgan, soccer is a competitive sport, but her experiences working with the children remind her of why she loves the game, she said. "I don't lose sight of what it's supposed to be and that's fun," Morgan "said. Morgan is a recreation major and. through TOPSoccer, she is learning how to plan events that include people with disabilities, she said. "You are really making an impact, even if it's only an hour a week for six weeks, even if it's just in a small way," Morgan said. Kevin Bowhay smiled as he watched his son Brook interact with a volunteer. Bowhay said because Brook has to interact and communicate with volunteers he has been able to connect with them in a short amount of time. "To get along in life with other people, you have to be social," Bowhay said. "It forces him out of his cprnfprt zone, but he feels secure and it's a safe environment." Morgan said she fondly remembers meeting the children for the first time and helping them put on their shin guards. One boy could not walk properly and had trouble putting them on; he just wanted to do something that everyone else did and that made him happy, she said. , Morgan said sharing her love for soccer with children with disabilities makes the experience even more significant. "I give them a part of what I love to do and that is my favorite part," Morgan said. The event was a new experience not only for the children, but for the players as well. "I came into this and did not know what to expect," Ricci said. "I honestly had a good time. We have five weeks left and I'm looking forward to it." The parents noticed the dedication and patience the players gave their children and appreciated the players' spirit. "It goes beyond my expectations," Carrow said. "It's nice to be able to sit back and watch your child have fun." The majority of the volunteers did not have any experience working with children that are mentally and physically disabled. • "It takes a special type of person to work with these kids. I'm impressed with every single one of them," said Sharon Denny, a mother at the event. Due to her involvement with the Western Women's soccer team, sports editor Brynn Regan did not take part in the craft- • ingor editing of this story. * PRE-LEASING NOW! Does your apartment building pay ALL utilities? WE DO! Can you rent from just September to June? YOU CAN WITH US! Can they move you to another unit if you are'having roommate trouble? WE CAN! Does your portion of rent increase if one roommate moves out? NOT WITH US! 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Show more2009_0421 ---------- Page 1 ---------- Students volunteer to help community PAGE 6 % Comedian Josh Blue concludes disAbility Awareness Week PAGE 11 Baseball team succeeds with player-coaches PAGE 16 Tuesday, April 21 ,.-2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.SINCE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET AS prepares for elections Megan Tackett THE WESTERN FRONT With Associated Student (AS) election voting polls opening.April 27, candidates voiced, their platforms on diversity, tuition ihcreasesand budget cuts at the AS candidate fbruhr last Thursday. Candidates running for AS president and vice president for business and operations, legislative affairs and diversity spoke at last week's forum. A forum for candidates5for VP of academic affairs, activities and student life will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in Fraser Hall room 4.' . AS President Aaron Garcia ^^ ^ Western senior Aaron Garcia served -as this year's AS production director. He also served as the 2007-08 VP for student activities. • ' • . • ' • ' . -;-: Jn an effort to prevent legislation from raising tuition by 14 percent over the next two years, Garcia plans'.to reach a consen-. sus plan with the elected vice presidents and other Washington state universities' representatives before lobbying in Olym-pia. "There's enough students right now that are on the border of barely hanging on," Garcia said. "If [tuition increases], we're going to lose quality students." To provide a greater voice to students with disabilities, Garcia said he would like to see a student-led disabilities office on campus. He said this could be implemented by consolidating some AS offices and resources to make them more efficient, which would provide funds for a disabilities office. Matt Jarrell Western senior Matt Jarrell served as this years' VP for activities and as the chair of activities council. To ensure student tuition is spent efficiently, Jarrell said-he plans to establish a database of evaluations to keep track of funding provided to AS clubs for events and programs. "There will be a challenge working see ELECTIONS page 5 Commuter regulations changing Kevin Mihnick Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT On any sunny day, Western's Red Square is alive with the sound of cascading fountain water, missed Frisbees skimming the ground and skateboard wheels clinking over loose bricks. Unless students walk to class in the solitary confinement of their iPods, the sound of skate wheels fast approaching has become a daily reality. If proposed rule changes are implemented skateboarding and biking in walk zones will be allowed.. Currently, many commuters—, either because of ignorance of the law or conscious disregard—choose to skate through campus as a way to get to class. "It's fun. It's quick. Its sustainable," Western junior .Vince Howard said. "I see a lot of people on campus, just riding, getting to class quicker." Western's Central Health and Safety Committee has acknowledged alternative forms of transportation as sustainable and drafted new skateboard and bicycle policies after three years of discussion among student, faculty and administrative bargaining units. Students, faculty and community, members will have one last opportunity to express-their concerns about the proposed see REGULATIONS page 8 iftjil Registration fast approaching Megan Jonas THE WESTERN FRONT Current Western students who plan on registering for fall quarter classes will now sign up for classes during the end of spring quarter instead of September. Registration for returning students will begin May 20, while transfer students and incoming freshmen will register in July and August, respectively, said Susanna Yunker, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and registrar. "We were one of the very few institutions left in the United States that did not offer [spring registration] as an option for students," Yunker said. Moving fall registration to spring quarter takes care of the biggest complaint about the old system: advisers were not available for students when it came time to register, Yunker said. Kathleen Knutzen, associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said the changes are an absolute advantage to returning students because they can meet with faculty advisers before leaving for the summer. Western freshman Carolynn Tulluck said she is glad the new system will allow her to get registration done earlier so she can relax and enjoy summer. Although incoming freshmen will no longer be the first group to register when they attend SummerStart, roughly the same percentage of course seats will be saved for them as in-years past, Yunker said. Seats will be saved for transfer students as well, Yunker said. Transfer students who attend Transitions, a day-long program offered in July, will be able to sign up for a major and register for classes at that time, she said. Previously, transfer students registered in September along with returning students according to how many credits they had. Knutzen said academic departments have decided how many spots for freshmen and transfer students to save by analyzing a new database that shows histori see REGISTRATION page 4 ---------- Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline Jiet Tuesday • April 21,2009 I The Western Front University Police 111 • photo by Rhys Logan THE WESTERN FRONT Western seniors Kelsie Buckner, Laura Taylor and juniors Angela Nutt and Asia Bishop play Sociopoly outside the Communications Facility Monday. The experimental game was designed to simulate what inequality in America looks like: students begin with amounts of money equivalent to what non-Hispanic whites, single mothers and Hispanic Americans make in the U.S. Professor writes new novel for series Megan Jonas .'.;.' ;C THE WESTERN ERQNJT Western assistant professor of environmental journalism William Dietrich released his latest novel, "The Dakota Cipher," published March 24 by HarperCollins; The book is his third installment in a historical thriller series about heroic adventurer Ethan Gage. In 1990, Dietrich won a Pulitzer Prize for his national coverage on the Exxon Valdez oil spill while working for The Seattle Times. Dietrich will be reading from his book and signing copies as well as showing a slideshow of historical paintings and pictures of the upper Midwest at 7 p.m. April 22 at Village Books in Fairhaven. The Western Front recently sat down with Dietrich to learn more about his book and his passion for novel writing. Q: How would you sum up your latest novel? A: It's a historical thriller that follows a guy named Ethan Gage when he comes to America in 1801. He and his companion are looking for evidence that the Norse got to the middle of North America before Columbus and left important artifacts. Q: What do you hope readers will get out of the novel? A: A combination of entertainment and education. This is history as painless as I can make it. So, [readers learn] a lot about everyday life in 1801 and the politics of that period. Q: How does this book follow the others in the series? A: The first book in the series had Ethan following Napoleon in his invasion of Egypt in 1798, and the second book followed Napoleon's invasion of the Holy Land in 1799. Now we've jumped in the book ahead to 1800 and 1801. The book actually starts in France and Italy, and then Ethan unwisely gets involved with Napoleon's married sister, and decides it's a smart idea not to stay in France any longer, so he goes back to his native United States. Q: Do you have a passion,for history? A: Yeah, I've liked history since I was a kid, arid so I enjoy writing about it. Before these books, I wrote two books during the Roman Empire and another one set in World WarH. •'. ,.;-'• Q: How do you balance being a professor and a writer? A: It's a juggling act because teaching v if you do a good job, is time consuming. On the other hand, it's energizing to be able to talk with students and other faculty people and have that human contact. If you just write alone at home, it gets pretty isolating. I also like the enthusiasm of students at Western; it encourages me to work on my own stuff because people are so excited about writing and their future. Q: How often are you thinking about your writing? A: I am thinking about it all the time. Sometimes I'll have useful thoughts at night, in the shower, driving a car. You try to remember them and try to write them down. That's one thing about writing, is .you're always on the job in a sense because you're thinking about what you're doing. Q: How much success has your Ethan Gage series seen? A: The books have done really well. The paperback of the book'before this one, "The Rosetta Key," got onto the bottom of The New York Times best-seller list, and the first two books in the series combined have sold in 28 languages. ll||SiSfiBiliBill!li|Ii m (IBl!lSlfei^Hl8lil8Hii! SSilSlSS^BilSlifl^BiilSiliiil liii!Illiii^^^^K(SttHB ISllIiB^HfcllBlBiSHill !l!illplII^fclpirt(illHSSBI lilBlBISIiiHiMiliiiHKSil photo courtesy of Bill Dietrich Bill Dietrich, assistant professor of environmental journalism, wrote the third installment of his adventure series. 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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 involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors.. Members of the Western community are entitled to a .single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. ---------- Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 NEWS I 3 Cyndie Shepard to start new mentoring program Hailey Tucker THE WESTERN FRONT Next fall, Western will offer a course that not only allows students to learn, but also offers them the chance to teach, by participating in a mentoring program with local fifth-graders. Last August, the Higher Education Coordinating Board asked Cyndie Shepard, wife of Western's President Bruce Shepard, to create a mentoring program based on one she had.started seven years ago in Green Bay, Wise. Shepard said she was thrilled with the request and began working immediately to implement a pilot program for fall 2009. Shepard started the Phuture Phoenix program at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay after hearing a fifth-grade boy say he expected to end up in prison like his father when he grew up. "When he said that, my heart broke," Shepard said. At that moment, Shepard said she decided to spearhead a program that would. encourage at-risk children to start thinking about college and provide positive role models. Western's course, which has yet to be named, will provide students with the opportunity to help Shepard achieve these goals in Whatcom County, as she did in Green Bay. In early April, Shepard talked with the superintendents of 10 school districts that have agreed to participate. The course, which is available to anyone, will include three weeks of training with Shepard on how to interact and appropriately connect with elementary students. Then, Western students will be paired up, and each pair will be given five fifth graders to mentor. After meeting their mentors, the fifth-graders will have a chance to tour Western's campus. After the tour day, Western students will continually visit the elementary schools to mentor the fifth- graders in academics of to counsel them in their daily lives for the rest of the quarter. The program, which will cost around $14,000, will be funded through donations, Shepard said. The majority of the money goes toward T-shirts, lunches and goody bags for the tour day at Western. "We're going to ask a lot of people for a small amount, rather than a few people for a large amount," Shepard said. She said that will keep the university and community from feeling any further economic strain, and it allows more people to be a part of the program. For the first year, only one elementary school's fifth grade class will be"involved to test out the program. Shepard said she then intends for the program to expand to more schools. The program will also follow the original fifth-grade students through the rest of their primary and secondary education. . • • The. program starts with fifth-graders in order to allow them time to start thinking about college and make necessary changes in their behavior, so they will be eligible for college when they finish high school, Shepard said. - Chris Ghana, Western elementary education professor, said talking to children about college before age 10 is imperative if the children are to consider the idea.later in life. "Research shows that if they don't start thinking about it then, they don't start thinking about it," Ohana said. Phuture Phoenix Associate Director Stephanie. Pabich said she has seen this change occur with the Green Bay students. "I see them talking more about their futures than they ever have before," Pabich said. Although the full effects of the Phuture Phoenix program cannot be measured because the first group of students is only in their junior year of high school, Shepard said the students' GPAs have increased and truancies have decreased. However, Shepard said the program is not solely intended to help elementary students. "I think that for a lot of our students it might be eye-opening to see through a different set of eyes," Ohana said. Western junior Sarah Temple said she mentored two younger girls during high school and agreed that the experience was worthwhile. "Everyone can take something from that experience," Temple said-. "It solidified my desire to be a teacher." Shepard emphasized her desire for college students to be a part of developing the program for Western. She said the program will need 200 to 300 students for fall quarter alone. Once the program fully develops, donations will be put toward scholarships as well. Shepard acknowledged that with the economic crisis and a potential 30 percent tuition increase at Washington universities, affording college is becoming more difficult, especially for low-income families. . Scholarship money will be available when the original class involved with the program reaches their college years to further encourage attendance to a university. Shepard said the class will be available in four sections during fall quarter. It will be offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. of 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Students will be able to sign up for the course during the registration for fall quarter. photo courtesy of University Gommunications Cyndie Shepard is working to bring the mentoring program she started in Wisconsin to Western. '-••' CAREER SERVICES CENTER N WASH INGTON U NIVERSITY ICAREER FAIR THURSDAY; APRIL 23, 2009 a 11:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. MAC GYM - WADEKING RECREATION CENTER /; - i f f FOR COMPLETE LIST OF PARTICIPATING EMPIOYERS VISIT WWW.CAREERS.WWU.EDU SEE "CAREER FAIRS SPECIAL EVENTS Sponsored by the Career Services Center, Old Main #280 - (360) 650-3240 To Request Disability Accommodation, please contact Diane Flores at (360) 650-4240. One week advance notice is appreciated. AA/EO Institution I I WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ---------- Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Tuesday • April 21,20091 The Western Front REGISTRATION: Students can begin signing up for classes May 20 from 1 cal enrollment data. Knutzen said staff is trying to be as accurate as possible in deciding how many seats to set aside. "That has to be carefully done because if we set aside too many seats, the student who is currently here as a freshman or sophomore will find it hard to register," Knutzen said. Yunker said approximately 2,700 freshmen will be entering Western next fall, the same number as last fall. Departments can look back at the classes freshmen took last fall to-get an idea of what classes to reserve for freshmen this fall, she said. Laurie Caskey-Schreiber, administrative services manager for Western's sociology department, said the department is aggressively trying to accommodate transfer students. Caskey-Schreiber said 20 percent of seats in sociology classes will be held for transfer students because it seems to be the percentage of transfer students. She said there is a chance the department will save too many seats for transfers, in which case there might be some shuffling to allow more students to enroll in September. "This is new to all of us, so we're hoping to accommodate any unforeseen problems," Caskey-Schreiber said. Knutzen said the registration changes have caused the workload of department managers and faculty advisers to increase. She said faculty and staff are already busy at the end of the school year because of finals, banquets and graduation, so she hopes the implementation of early registration will not create too much of an extra burden. "At the end of the year, people are pretty spent sometimes," Knutzen said. "We are hoping that it is going to work out OK for the faculty as well." Caskey-Schreiber said the department will begin fall registration about a week after finalizing summer quarter registration. She said while this creates a lot of registration issues for staff to deal with right no\v, such as override requests, they might have an easier time later on. "For staff, [this change] just forces us to get some of our work done earlier than what we normally do - which is fine, because maybe we'll have a mellower fall, too," Caskey-Schreiber said. Knutzen said she advises students to plan potential class schedules, ahead of time and to actively check ClassFinder during the registration process. She said administrators will be checking to see if certain classes have too many spots reserved for, freshmen. "We want to make sure students are more engaged in this registration, in particular," Knutzen said. Knutzen said course access issues are still going to be toughest for current low-credit freshmen and sophomores. She said these students should put more time into schedule planning in order to ensure a wide selection of courses. photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior and peer adviser Amanda Halle helps Western sophomore Krisanna Reiff set up an academic advising appointment at the Academic Advising Center Monday. Knutzen said administration originally intended on making the shift last year but delayed the process to this year to fine-tune the new system. "There has been a lot of planning put in place and we hope it all works best for the students," Knutzen said. "That is really the critical thing." H Manufacturing, Construction, Engineering K3^ Career Employment Fair TECHNICAL r ' COLLEGE! Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:30am - 12:30pm BTC Campus | G Building Public Industry Representatives discuss career and employment opportunities/ want to sell it? FREE ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD westernfrpntonline.net No employment, auto, or property ads accepted on free • bulletin board (normal classified rates apply). Please review rules @ westernfrontonline.net, go to "classifieds" Anna Evershed, student Give us a call! (425)823^300 U N I V E R S I T Y DEGREES OFFERED: • Naturopathic Medicine • Acupuncture Oriental Medicine • Nutrition • Exercise Science • Health Psychology • Herbal Sciences meet faculty and students • attend information sessions view demonstrations • tour our beautiful campus Leam more: program.bastyr.edu ---------- Page 5 ---------- westerhfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 NEWS I 5 ELECTIONS: Diversity a commoni issue among candidates from 1 with a smaller budget," Jarrell said. "But I want to make sure that the things students are passionate about are still there." If elected, Jarrell said he would, hold listening sessions to- learn about the concerns of the Western community and what improvements they would like to see on campus. Jarrell said he also plans to work with the elected VP for legislative affairs to educate students- about tuition increases by holding informational meetings led by state representatives: AT for Business and Operation Virgilio Cintron (incumbent) Western senior Virgilio Cintron, who is running for re-election for the business and operations position, also serves as co-president for the Latino Student Union. If re- elected, Cintron said he would like to bring more light to the internal operations of the AS by providing AS board meeting minutes online in a comprehensive language, Cintron said he plans to start discussion within the board to get the AS more involved in how Western's Board of Trustees spends tuition fees that the AS does not currently have a say in, such as the Student Recreation pee, to ensure the student voice is always present when student money is being spent. Nate Wallace Over the past year, Western junior Nate Wallace has served on the Structure Task Force, Activities Council and Budget Committee. Wallace said providing students with access to a Web site that displays how the AS evaluates and spends tuition fees, such as the student technology fee, would help students gain a better understanding of how the various parts of their tuition is spent. -1- "I want to bring more transparency to students' money and how it moves through the [AS] and specifically how the organization is set up and rah," Wallace said. VP for Legislative Affairs Morgan Holmgren (uncontested) While serving as Western's legislative affairs liaison, Western sophomore Morgan Holmgren spent much of winter quarter in Olympia and lobbied on behalf of Western students. Holmgren has also served as a student senator, election board chair and vice-president of the Students for Civic Engagement. If elected, Holmgren said he would like to consolidate the AS positions of election coordinator, legislative liaison and student senate chair into one civic engagement office so these positions can work together to develop a strategy to increase students' involvement in governmental affairs. Holmgren said he would also work closely with the Washington Student Lobby and the student member of Washington's Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a" tuition strategy proposal to present to legislature. VP for Diversity Brittany R. Otter While serving as the VP for students for disability awareness and as assistant to the VPs of activities and diversity. Western sophomore Brittany R. Otter helped coordinate disAbilities Awareness Week. To continually address issues and concerns about diversity, Otter said she would like to rejuvenate Western's Diversity Task Force, which has not met since February 2008. Otter said she would like to comprise the task force with representatives from different campus groups including the Ethnic Student Center, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance, the Women's Center and a student appointee for the Disability Advisory Committee. Josh Foley Western junior Josh Foley served as the Resident Hall Association vice president from 2006 to 2007. Foley started Queers and Allies for Activism and this year has been involved in Men Against Violence since 2007. If elected, Foley said he will strive to raise awareness for "invisible minorities" minorities who are not always apparent to the naked eye. These minority groups include individuals with mental or physical disabilities, different socio-economical backgrounds, sexual identities, religious affiliation and student veterans. To learn where Western has room for improvement, Foley said he would like to conduct a campus climate survey, which addresses issues including campus accessibility, personal safety and comfort levels on campus in order to provide a voice to students who prefer anonymity. Casey D.Hall Western junior Casey D. Hall currently serves asy the Resource and Outreach Program director, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance program coordinator and the co-president of Queer People of Color. To make instructors and professors at Western more conscious about the potentially harmful statements they make and allow their students to make, Hall said requiring faculty and staff to attend a diversity learning session could educate them on ways to avoid offending students. "Students sometimes feel pigeonholed or they feel like they have to speak for their identity because they are the only one in their class that holds that identity," Hall said. Hall said he would also like to use the Viking Village forum which will allow students to speak out when they hear misogynist, homophobic and racist comments on campus. Alekz Wray During his freshmen year, Western sophomore Alexz Wray served as the student representative for the Ethnic Student Center Committee. He currently serves as the vice president for the Mixed Identity Student Organization and works closely with the Social Issues Resource Center. Wray said he plans to implement listening forums to provide an opportunity for students to publicly voice their opinions about diversity issues on campus. In a 2009 diversity update, Western President Bruce Shepard reported 18 percent of Western's 13,777 student population in fall 2008 was comprised of ethnic minority groups, an increase of 1.8 percent from fall 2007. To keep this percentage from dropping, Wray will work with the director of the Ethnic Student Center to create a men-torship program to make students from racially diverse background, comfortable and to provide them with a role model on campus. Bernard Ikegwuoha Western senior Bernard Ikegwuoha is a member of the Black Student Union, the African Caribbean Club and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlan. Ikegwuoha said his plans to achieve student outreach by continuing to stay involved with clubs centered on social issues , culture and by working closely with the Ethnic Student Center. lt; Ikegwuoha said he would like to create collaboration sessions between social issue clubs and culture clubs, which would help different minority groups, have abetter understariding of one another. gt;erai ---------- Page 6 ---------- 6 I NEWS Tuesday April 21,2009 I The Western Front Students at Western Andrea Williamson THE WESTERN FRONT More than 160 Western students, alumni and community members woke up early Saturday to give back to their local environment in anticipation of Earth Day this year. The fifth annual Earth Day service-learning project took place from 8:15 a.m. to noon on-April 18. With three park locations, the volunteers were assigned a spot at Padden Creek Park, Franklin Park or photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Jordan Fin participates in the fifth annual Earth Day service-- learning project at Franklin Park. Super Duper Voted Best Teriyaki in Bellingham! Business Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-10pm Saturday 12pm-10pm Sunday 1pm-9pm the 20th Street right-of- way intersection. "Our goal was to choose places that not;,only; needed work done ;but also that we were able to walk, bike of bus to maintain the sustainable aspect," said Jana Brost, graduate assistant for the New Student Services and Family Outreach. Director of New Student Services Anna Carey said the event took about three months to coordinate jwith Bellingham Parks and Recreation, Learning Environment Action Discovery and Residence Life. The volunteering opportunity was one of many throughout the year open to all, but this particular'project was targeted to students new to Western. "If nothing else we are raising awareness by being out here on a Saturday morning, and I mean, we live,here," Western freshman Emma Butterworth said. "If we don't take care of it, nobody else is going to." Each location had a unique need in terms of a permanent future plan. Padden Creek needed blackberry bushes removed in order to open up the space and encourage people to use it, said Bellingham Parks and Recreation Site Director Rae Edwards. The -20th Street right-of-way intersection needed ivy removed to promote the growth of native species and remind people that it is a park, Edwards said. Franklin Park needed non-native invasive plants, more commonly known as weeds removed and mulch? added, Edwards said. .;' •"•- : The Bellingham Parks and Recreation department provided gloves, tools, mulch Burger Teriyaki r I I I I I b 15% off all menu items for WWU students staff until May 30th! (Offer not valid during'lunch special.) 1 I I I I I 2019 HARRIS AVENUE "B" (Next to Super Store) 360-676-5385 and other supplies for volunteers. Some non-native invasive species, such as eiiglish ivy and himalayah blacky berry don't allow room for native species and use up all the nutrients in the soil. Removing weeds is a key step in the-restoration process because it creates space? and improves soil quality that will encourage a bigger variety of native species, both plants and animals, Edwards said. About 60 volunteers worked at Franklin Park. "It's all about pulling together, whether it's for class credit, or for fun or just to get people to meet their neighbors," Carey said. The goal of the program was to help new students better their first year experience at Western and engage them in the student and Bellingham communities, Brost said. - "I've been volunteering like this since freshman year, and I have met a lot of people through it," Western senior Elliott Hindman said. "I think it's really nice to get out and work with my hands, make community connections and improve local spaces." Butterworth and Western freshman Colleen Barrett said they heard about the project through professors and the New Student Services. "We didn't mind getting up early and coming out for this. It has been really fun and therapeutic," Barrett said. "Plus, we have already been bonding with each other and with hew friends." r Edwards said Franklin Park, in the York neighborhood, has come a long way in the last three and a half years because. of committed community members like Enchanting India Exploring Topics in International Business August .11 -20, Bellingham • September 4-15, India v •. Led^yl/VVVUfaculty, Dr.Joseph Correa ^••J" • Discover one of the fastestjjrowing econprfties in the world • Experience and learn-frtfm IndiaVrich find vibrant culture • Explore possibilities of new business ventures abroad • Visit and tour local sites and landmarks Find out more! April 28, 4:00 pm Academic Instruction Center (AW) 412 maxwellcorrea@comcast.net (360)650-2902 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Ghana, Africa Financial Capital and Social justice August 31-September 1 1 . • Led by WWU faculty, Craig Mayberry • Meet with microlending agents and recipients • Visit communities impacted by World Bank/ IMF projects • Embark on cultural excursions Find out more! April 29, 4:00 pm Academic Instruction Center (AW) 412 craig.mayberry@wwu.edu (360)441- 9903 www.wwu.edu/~summer photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomore Layna BennehofF: spends her Saturday morning cleaning up Franklin Park. Helen Jackson, Bellingham Parks Steward, and student volunteers. At this particular site of the volunteer-project, there were around six or seven community members, several Western employees and the rest were made up of students,at Western who varied in age, Jackson said, j . "Myihope is; that by^ forking out here in ourtoeal parks;, peopleSvlll take more ; bwnership^^ and. therefore 'are far less likely; to trash it," Carey said. have options... be informed 30n;()7I.W WlifiluimLiliiiic.iinm AA/EO institution ---------- Page 7 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 NEWS I 7 Come to our open houses to pre-lease for the summer and fall! OPEN HOUSES scheduled the week of 4/20/09 ^Download an application and cosigner form at our website: www,apex-pr6perty.com* Mon. 4/20/3:30 - 4:30pm 921 -927 21 st Street / Hamlet Apts 3 Bedrooms Tues.4/21/2-4pm 1018 23 rd Strelt/Sweetwater Apts Studio 2 Bedrooms Thurs.4/23,2-4pm 2501 Taylor Ave. / Southside Place 1 Bedroom Management Inc |60-527-9829 p^;C:- |^^3r^trcrt '• ;' Bellingham/V\^ Fax: 360-527-3082 www.apex-property.com Tues.4/21,2-4pm Tues.4/21,2-4pm 1014 23r d Street / Cedarbrook Apts 2211 Douglas Ave. / Alexandria Apts 1 2Bedrooms" ''• Studio/1 bdrm/2bdrms Wed. 4/22,2-4pm 1003 -1009 24th St./Courtyard Apts Studio 2 Bedrooms Wed. 4/22,2 -4pm 900 22nd St./Taylor Place Apts . 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Baker said she will record the comments made during the hearing and summarize them for review. Western President Bruce Shepard will review the proposed rule changes on June 1. If he approves the rules, Baker will file them with the Washington Code Reviser's Office. The rules will become effective 31 days after filing. Assistant University Police Chief David Doughty said University Police have noticed an increase in bike and skateboard violations this year with 53 incidents, compared to last year's 39 incidents between October 2007 and March 2008. Howard commutes to and from campus and between classes on his long board. He has received three long-boarding tickets from Bellingham Police in the last year. "I am breaking the law, but I don't agree with the law," Howard said. "So I keep doing it." The committee began searching for a compromise during fall 2006 through discussion with the Associated Students (AS), the President's Council and the Faculty Senate through a series of. open forums, Shipley said. The.committee received feedback heavily focused oh the sustainability of bicycles, long boards and other personal transportation devices, she said. . .' ' AS Vice President for Student Life Beri Wurtz has worked with the committee, the Faculty Senate and the President's Council in addressing bicycle and skateboard policy ideas such as new. walk zones and speed limits. "Most of the input has suggested that students want skateboards to be under the same policy as bikes on campus," Wurtz said. "They have also expressed concerns with the old bike policy being too restrictive:" v ' . _ - . ~ Currently, skateboards are not allowed on campus andbicyclesarerequired to dismount 15 minutes prior to arid after the hour between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. during regular class days. Dismount zones stretch from Parks Hall to Edens Hall. "All of a sudden people are telling me they are commuting on skateboards, and I'm watching them," Shipley said. -"And they're not doing tricks. There are still folks doing tricks, but mainly we have folks who just try to get from point A to point B." Shipley said the newly proposed skateboard and bicycle rules overlap significantly except for definitions of common terms such as pedestrian, moped, skateboard, walk zone, bicycle and motorized foot scooter. Baker said the committee went through the definitions line by line multiple times. Baker said the proposed rules allow skateboards on campus and remove most of the walk zones for bicycles, except for Red Square, the Viking Union Vendors Row and the congested, narrow walk area MB Alzheimer Society of Washington presents... MILES FOR MEMORIES WALK 5K RUN Kicking off Fairhaven's "Dirty Dan Harris Days' SATURDAY APRIL 25TH FAIRHAVEN VILLAGE GREEN REGISTRATION: 8:30 A.M. 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INFO/REGISTRATION/TEAM PACKETS: WWW.ALZSOGIETYsGRG ••,' . . . . . - . . • / . . photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Sean Anderson skateboards April 20 down the hill next to the Ross Engineering Building: Students and faculty will be able to voice their comments in a public hearing on skateboarding and biking code changes at 3 p.m. April 23 in Old Main 340. from the north side of the Engineering Technology building to the north side of Carver Gym. Riders are required to dismount in these zones between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. during regular class days. Also, the new rules exclude dismounting 15 minutes prior to and after the hour- Shipley said the dismount rule was cast aside because classes have begun running longer than the traditional 50 minutes, which means foot traffic is more evenly dispersed throughout the day. The new rules also specify speed limits of 3 mph for bicycles and skateboards in congested pedestrian walkways. When riding anywhere else on campus, skateboarders and 'bicyclists must adhere to a maximum speed of 7 mph. "We want people who are near pedestrians at any time or place to be slow, and a good distance away," Shipley said. "And the faster they are going, the further away we want them to be. It's just the way we want people to behave on campus." The University of Washington, Evergreen State College, Central Washington University and Washington State University permit skateboards and bicycles under specified speed limits and established walk zones. .,, ] - If approved,.Westerri would be one of the last major Washington universities to .allow skateboards on campus. "It's about time," Howard said. "Depriving people of riding a skateboard is ludicrous." Manufacturing Supply Chain Management WWU College of Business and Economics Job Placement Upcoming Events: April 22nd - John Reisdorf, Crane Aerospace April 29th - Chuck Luttrell, Navigator for U.S. Navy May 6th - Paul Anderson. Former owner of Bates Abrasive May 13th - Scott Siderman, Resource Management Solutions May 20th - Karen Chaudiere, Quest Diagnostics May 27th - End of Quarter BBQ! Regular Meetings Wednesdays from 6- 7pm ai Parks Hall 146 All meetings include free pizza and soda (for all APICS members LS first /we meedmjs as i gt;ucstsi ---------- Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 NEWS I 9 Secretary of State reaches out to young voters Reed visited Western to help find ways to expand student knowledge of civic engagement Lauren Sauser THE WESTERN FRONT Serving dinner once a week at a homeless shelteig biking to school every day and giving blood are a few of the ideas that resulted from "Find Your Own Thing," a student discussion to define civic engagement. Secretary of State Sam Reed visited Western to talk about the statewide civics effort, "Find Your Own Thing" at the. Underground Coffee House, April 15 on Wednesday as part of the annual College Civics Week, which aims to improve students' understanding of elections and empower Washington's youngest voters to get involved in politics and give back to their communities. The "Millenials," ages 18 to 24, are a sector of the voting age population that has the lowest participation rate, said David Amnions, Reed's communications director. "Even with all the enthusiasm about Obama last year and the talk of fired-up young people, that didn't translate into fired up voting," Ammons said. Less than one in five voters under the age of 25 showed up for the presidential primary and the state primary,,Ammons said. The turnout among the 18 to 24 year olds was 68 percent in the 2008 General Election compared with 92 percent of those over 55, he said. Ben Murphy, Associated Students election coordinator, said civics means getting involved in politics, community . Y .- photo by Angelo Spagnolo THE WESTERN FRONT Western students gathered with Secretary of State Sam Reed to define civic engagement. Reed travels around to universities throughout Washington to lead discussions. service, voting and exercising your constitutional rights. "Student elections are a great way to start getting involved," Murphy said. "It is not just voting but encouraging other students to vote in creative ways." - .. •' The student discussion group came up with ways to get potential voters involved, including creating interactive voting information booths in Red Square, making posters with current issues defined for students to see when walking to class and hosting a voter registration party with free pizza. 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Students can sign up for governmental Twitter feeds, check out the new governmental blog called "Our Corner" to stay informed and become part of the "Find Your One Thing" Facebook group, which allows users to stay civically engaged, Reed said. "People must find a cause they are passionate about," Western sophomore Dean Williams said. " College is the perfect time to explore causes you might be interested in; there are so many clubs and resources." Lindsay Pryor, voter education and outreach coordinator, said one resource to help students stay involved is internships. Reed is offering an internship to students who have an interest in the analysis and management of public policy, library archives and election material "This internship will let interns focus ', on their specific career goals and developing long-lasting professional and personal friendships," Pryor said. "Interns will be part of a team that will help them gain personal success." Internships for 2009 take place in Olympia, are most likely paid 40 hours a week and can be arranged during any time of the year, Pryor said. "Last year, only one person applied," Pryor said. "We need good interns who are motivated and want to make a difference." t. • 733-PITA Do you have a craving in the middle of your all night crant session? Or are you simply hungry for something Fresh W Tasty? Come on down, meet the gang and have a delicious Pita! We're right across the street from the Royal with late night hours and DELIVERY! Popular Menu Items: • Chicken Caesar - $6.25 • Philly Steak - $6.25 • Gyros - 5,95 MI Chips n Crula Jteak *o aa $s,95 Juice * Vegetarian options available * HOURS: M0N-WED 10:30AM to 3AM THURS-SAT 10:30AM to 4AM SUNDAY 12PM to 12AM Free delivery to Western Students with I.D. ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I Tuesday • April 21,2009 I The Western Front Western women get out of their homes and into the streets to... Kendall Mercer THE WESTERN FRONT "Get out of your homes and into the streets and take back the night!" chanted hundreds of women at 9 p.m. on April 16 on High street. Sponsored by the Women's Center to protest sexual assault and violence, the Take Back the Night event was fully underway. Take Back the Night is an international, event that began in the 1970s and has been occurring annually at Western for the last 10 years, Women's Center Co-Coordinator- Jenny Henley said. "I think it is really important to [participate in Take Back the Night], because violence is something that affects all of us," Henley said. The Rape, Abuse Incest National Network (RAINN) reported 248,300 victims of sexual assault in 2007 and that, college age women are four times more likely to be sexually assaulted. . " . "The statistic for Washington state is that one in three women [have been sexually assaulted]," Crime and Sexual Assault Awareness Services (CASAS) Coordinator Devlin O'Donnell said. "The statistic from the [RAINN] Web site, which I think is very powerful, is that one woman every two minutes is sexually assaulted somewhere in the world- -which is overwhelming to think about." According to Western's Annual Security Report from 2005 to 2007, five incidents of sexual assault on oand around campus were reported. O'Donnell said it is fairly common for cases of sexual assault to go unreported because the perpetrators are people the victim knows. "I think a lot of times we think of sexual assault or photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western women march down High Street on April 16 as part of Take'Back the Night. The nationwide rally provides an op-pertunity for women to protest sexual assault, assert their right to safety and confidently live their lives. Western senior Casey Proud trades out his sneakers for black patent heels for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes-April 18. Tristan Weigler THE WESTf RfgFRONT On a bright $|firday morn- , Western Jr^hnian. Justin Kisle wasnot sleepin^m: He was standing in Red Siquare along with iriofe than l|3Q^dther men holding signsi advj?datmg aware-, ness of sexual asszuilt. Also, most of them were wearing high-heeled shoes. M-^, v;;;--:; Held April 18, the fourth annual, "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" is ah event on Western's campus that has men throughout the community strapping on stilettos and platforms to march-from Red Square, to Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro in support of fighting sexual assault and gender violence. The event started at Western in"2006 with a handful of participants arid has grown steadily since. Western Men Against Violence club, a group dedicated to exploring gender violence and men's role in .creating it, organized'the event. The fundraiser donates all the money raised to the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of . Whatcom County; (DVSAS), ; Joshua O' Donnell, president of Western Men Against Violence, said the participation and money raised for the walk has increased every year. In 2006,20 men walked and $600 was raised. In 2007., 35 men participated and raised $890 dollars. In.2008, the amount more than doubled with more, than 90 men walking and $2,500 raised. O'Donnell said wearing high heels addresses gender differences and gender violence through fashion. # "This event was really targeted to be a fun, nonthreatehing event where men can fake, one day where they step out of their comfort zone and do something, like wear high heels," he said. "And use that as a starting point to say this is just one gender difference that we see through fashion," Men had the option of participating individually or creating a team whose donations to the event would be totaled together. O'Donnell said Western Men Against Violence had sent a representative to each of the residence halls this year trying to get an inter-hall competition going for the most funds raised. While it was not entirely successful, O'Donnell said it is something he is willing to look at again for next year. Few are more familiar with the event than Andrew Holcom, a graduate student who has been involved with Western Men Against Violence for three years. Holcom' was the greatest individual contributor to the fundraiser last year, and his team raised $650. "The best way to have a fundraiser for me is not to just ask people for money but to give something back," Holcom ^aid. Holcom also volunteers at DVS AS. "The fight to crejate a nonviolent world that everyone is safe in has to include everyone. It's not just women." - Anna Ellermeier, WEAVE volunteer He said the service'is great at providing education and outreach to the comriiunity about'sexual assault. He said one of the reasons he participates in "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" is because he likes to bring the discussion of men's"roles in sexual assault issues to the table. "That's the whole point of this event: to talk aboutwhat we have not been talking about "Holcom said. According to a study by the Rape, ---------- Page 11 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 1 11 rape as a stranger in the bushes, who jumps out and attacks a woman late at night and.witn a weapon,"O'Donnell said. "Usually [sexual assault] can happen at a party with friends, - or in a relationship, or something that has happened in the family;" . .-v"- .-. The Women's Empowerment and Violence Education (WEAVE) hosted the Night of Testimony on the evening preceding Take Back the Night. The event was designed to allow survivors of sexual assault the opportunity to come "together in a safe environment and share and reflect upon their experiences in a group setting. "I think that [Night of Testimony] is important because it gives people a chance to honor survivors in a different way," O'Donnell said. "It's great when you do that the night before, and then the next day, you're emotionally exhausted, but then you get to feel really powerful." Take Back the Night began "with a rally at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Performing Arts Center concert hall. Fil-ipina,; feminist- identified woman and author of the zine B4mboogirl, Margarita Alcantara, was the featured keynote sneaker. -';-;" ; . . -,; • :'.; '.^^::;.':" VV:' '- "[Alcantara] is. a queer-ife^ zine [she evaluates] some of the cormijQrifc|^^ f 'riisrni such gt;s^ihat :it Ms; be Itclifewhite;wMen,'^Henley said „ she identifies: | J^^^mmist^she wolrtcs to cnt«^e?thatand;Jri^s to carve ?4 gt;6tSin intentional space for people who do e^pejrience^uid j^entities?';•';•'; • "-- :••';• •;;/;• .'•; ;/"V- •'. . J:-[; •"• :~::y^ :.• #^^^idcantara advocated for Wester^wbmentoKnpt^eep L quiet about their experiences with sexual assault arid to shold perpetrators accountable for their actions; she described silence as being'our worst enemy.' "I think [silence] is all of the barriers that have been set up to prevent survivors from feeling like they can speak out," O'Donnell said. "Maybe women feel like they don't have supportive friends that will understand or know about these issues, or they think that what happened to: them is ok, I think that the silence is more about the lack of support that our community can give survivors [of sexual assault] sometimes." Alcantara demonstrated how to intimidate harassers by - shouting from the gut instead of the throat, and provided a few brief lessons on basic self-defense, to which the crowd -followed along with much enthusiasm. "[Alcantara] just had this amazing voice and message of empowerment that really resonated with me," Western sophomore Katie Johnston said. Western's step team, Step to This, signaled the end of the rally-portion of the event, and the crowd filtered out of the concert hall, grabbed picket signs and pom-poms and gathered in the PAC plaza before they marched off into the rainy night in a whirl of colorful signs, bubbles arid sisterhood. .;-'• As the ever-growing crowd of worrien found their way through the Ridgeway complex, chants of "Claim our bodies, claim our rights, take a stand, take back the;;night!" and "Say it once, say it again.36 excuse for violent men!" .broke put arid became more and mbrevwiferous: as the march continued l^downtownBellingham: 47M:- -..'•'.•; ;"Themaftova^^ amazing," Johnstbnlsaid."I mink it's really: iuT^^ that ^•;we;^GW^|olid;iM^"^.^ For Western freshman^ Night was her first time participating in the event, and she said she will definitely be returning next year and encouraging others to join her. "I had so much fun and felt so energized and empowered by the whole experience," Senn said. "It is important to stop violence against women and to inform the community that we want this issue addressed." Henley said Take Back the Night is an unparalleled opportunity for woman-identified students to come together and use community to inspire each other to not only take back the streets for safety, but to also take back their confidence in their everyday lives. "Burn-out happens so easily in activist communities," Henley said: "I.think that [Take Back the Night] is one of the better events for recharging that base and tapping in with each other and visibly seeing so many, people who are working toward the same type of social justice." - Henley said the march started with about 200 participants and ended with about 500. "It's really moving to be with a group that large," Women's Center Co-Coordinator Kime McClintock said. "The energy that is carried through the march is very powerful." Although all genders were welcomed to attend the rally and the candlelight vigil' at the end of the event, the Women's Center asked only women-identified students participate in the march. "Keeping it a women-identified space gives women agency, whereas if [the march] included men, it would perpetuate the idea that we need men to protect us," Western senior and LGBTA Coordinator Amber Aldrich said. Aldrich said her favorite part was when women came out of their homes and on the streets to join the group in taking back the night. "It was great to see people actually take us literally," Aldrich said. Western* Men Against Violence asks the guys to slip on their stitettos to help prevent domestic violence and sexual assault Abuse Incest National Network* one in six American women have been, the victims of attempted or completed rape in their lifetimes. The network also reports that approximately every 2 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. On the day of the event, Kisle was one of the first to arrive at 10 am. and was moving around in his black high-heels while waiting for other men to show up. "These., things hurt," he said, "These things are not fun." More participants started tpvshow, gathering into groups to compare shoes and signs. At the registration tent, women volunteers from the Women's Empowerment and Violence Education (WEAVE) lifestyle adviser group signed in marchers and answered questions. WEAVE volunteers are the backbone of the event and _ take care of the logistics while the men march, O'Donnell said. Anna Ellermeier, a fist year volunteer with WEAVE, said she views men and women working together to combat gender violence and sexual assault as vital. "The fight to create a nonviolent world that everyone is safe in has to include everyone," Ellermeier said. "It's not just women." O'Donnell kicked off the event in front of the tent by giving some background on the event before letting Zara photos by Rebecca Stevens, the education coordinatpr for DVSAS, get up and say a few words to provide a brief reminder on the importance of the event. "Violence is happening all around us, and it affects each and every one of us," Stevens said. . As the marchers made their way out of Red Square toward the north campus, many of them swayed back and forth and to keep their balance. Whenever see SHOES page 14 Rice THE WESTERN FRONT Above: Western juniors Alex Schiller, Chris Dalla Santa, Jonathan Anderson and Daniel Martell chat by the fountain in Red Square before Walk a Mile in Her Shoes April 18. Right: Senior Ben Wurtz helps Western senior Devin Spencer strap on the bright red heels he wore during Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. ---------- Page 12 ---------- 12 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • April 21,20091 The Western Front Comedian Hailey Tucker THE WESTERN FRONT . Stand-up comedian Josh Blue used jokes instead of discussion to address the topic of disabilities, headlining disAbility Awareness Week, which ran April 13 to April 18. Blue kept a capacity crowd applauding between loud waves of laughter Saturday night at Western's Performing Arts Center. Blue is famous for winning NBC's "Last Comic Standing" in 2006 and his part in Comedy Central's "Mind of Men-cia." His humor generally centers on the idea of living with cerebral palsy, a physical disability that affects muscle movement and coordination, and the stereotypes and misconceptions that surround it. Blue said he wasi happy to come to Western to wrap up the week's events. "If there are people in a place that want to laugh, then I'll go there," Blue said. - gt; Blue grew up in St. Paul, Minn., where he lived the majority of his life, but graduated from the Evergreen State College in Olympia. He now resides in Denver, Colo., when he is not performing on comedy tours or playing forward for the U.S. Para-lympics Soccer Team, an Olympic soccer team open to men with brain injury, cerebral palsy or who have had a stroke. Blue said his comedic work has been influenced by comedians such as the late Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Blue performs at PAC photo by HaUey Tucker JHE WESTERN FRONT Josh Blue, winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing," performs Saturday at the PAC Murphy and Chris Rock, to name a few. He also attributed some of his inspiration to artist Salvador Dali. "[Dali's] artwork is totally insane arid so spot-on. It inspires me to want to create things ," Blue said. The type of humor Blue uses is similar to most of his influences in that it takes a topic usually discussed delicately, in his case cerebral palsy, and makes people laugh about it. Western sophomore Brittany Otter, vice president of Students for Disability Awareness, said Blue uses a technique called reverse teasing, which is the same technique many comedians use to incorporate race, weight, sexual orientation and other socially taboo topics into their routines. Blue often jokes about being mistaken for a drunk on .the streets or about his right hand, which due to the cerebral palsy, appears to move independent from the rest of his body. "I think everyone takes themselves way too seriously in life " Blue said. Bluesaid his desire is to make people laugh about life and various situations. He described himself as a "bona fidecourt jester." Blue often is credited for providing inspiration through his humor and acting as a motivational speaker to his audience. He said motivational talks about sensitive issues are dull, so he chooses to break down stereotypes by making people laugh instead. "When you see my show, you have a different perception of what cerebral palsy is, whether you know it or not," Blue said. He said viewers learn some of the common -misconceptions about cerebral palsy from his jokes. One misconception he focuses on is the idea that cerebral palsy somehow affects an individual's cognitive abilities. Blue acts out scenes of people talking down to him as if he is not capable of understanding them. These scenes allow the audience to pick up on the ironic fact that the people who are talking down to Blue are the ones who truly do not understand; Spreading awareness, however, is riot Blue's only reason for performing. He said he is glad viewers can draw inspiration from what he does, but he performs because he enjoys it. Blue and Western junior James Tweedale, a member of the Dead Parrots Society, Western's improv troupe, said the reason why discussing taboo topics in humor is acceptable in most scenarios was somewhat hazy. They agreed it is acceptable to joke about certain issues in comedy but not elsewhere; they could not, however, pinpoint exactly why. Western sociology professor Jen Lois said, "Acomedian manages people's emotions." She usied this to explain how a comedian can address sensitive topics if the comedian does it in a manner that does not make the audience feel attacked or threatened. A comedian's job is to lead the audience into feeling a certain way, Lois said. "Things that are funny evoke surprise but are not overshadowed by another emotion," Lois said. "Most people will laugh at a joke if they don't find it embarrassing." Tweedale said the humor is acceptable because it's a form of self-deprecation. see BLUE page 14 Getting away is easy and affordable with an Alaska Airlines Vacations package: One Way Startingjune 25, Alaska Airlines will fly nonstop between Bellingham and Las Vegas three times weekly. That's in addition to Horizon and Alaska's frequent daily flights via Seattle. 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See below for more details. alaskaair.com 800.252.7522 (TTY 800.682.2221) VaMfrom-BeninahamffiUlftw^ ---------- Page 13 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 ARTS LIFE I 13 1 North west Projections' Film Festival packs Pickford Western professor among entrants in documentary catagory with story of Uganda's "Boda-Boda" Bicycles Thomas Bennett THE WESTERN FRONT Famous ward shows all over the world often call for a red carpet, limousines, celebrities and 20-foot tall golden statues. But the Pickford Cinema staff does things a little differently than the folks down in Hollywood. The Northwest Projections Film Festival was held April 17-19 at Pickford Cinema on Cornwall Avenue. The festival consisted of a collection of short films by local directors in four categories, including Experimental, Documentary, Narrative and Pure Shlock. As people walk past two giant, golden hamsters wielding swords and continue by a one-man ticket booth, something is different. This is not an ordinary movie theater. The smell of hot, buttered popcorn floats through the air above the crowded concession stand of the Pickford Cinema, no bigger than a bathroom stall. The ticket stub is half, of the kind of raffle tickets a person would find at a county fair. the theater has no more than ten rows of vintage movie theater seats and two rows of fake leather seats in front from an old ferry. The popcorn can be topped with just about anything from salt or garlic to cinnamon sugar, soy sauce and brewer's yeast. Wilson Large, co- director of the Northwest Projections Film Festival, said the whole purpose of film festivals is to provide the community witfi ah alternative to mainstream films: "These festivals provide- a common ground for artists to get their work out to the public," Large said. With up to 80 entries per year on average, each with a 30-minute time limit, a wide range of material gets submitted to the festival, he said. Steve Meyers, Pickford's lead projectionist who has, perhaps, the best seat in the house, said the Pure Shlock category is a category for out-of-the-ordinary films. "Shlock is super fun," Meyers said. "It can be anything from comedy to big blockbuster spoofs to horror films." ' Meyers said the festival has been happening at Pickford Cinema since 1999. However, this year-s festival was the first festival in more than two years because of the current economic issues. "There just hasn't been very much interest in the past few years," Meyers said. "It has been a really slow period in terms of sales." Meyers said the festival has grown since' it first started, moving from VHS tape submissions to DVDs and digital formats, and he expects it to grow even more in the future. A proposed renovation planned for the next year will add another screen and increase the capacity of the theater from 90 people to 250. A bigger audience and venue will allow more films to be submitted for festivals like Northwest Projections. "there is a really tight film community in Bellingham," Meyers said. "We will always have the support we need to keep in business." Get your Earth Day shirt Today! • WESTERN ASSOCIATED STUDENTS BOOKStore Ifh The Hempesf In8 Snow Skate Pickford Cinema's Executive Producer Alice Clark has worked at the theater since 2001 arid said the film community has grown in her time. 'There are a lot of people who all know each other: directorsfactors, fans," Clark said. "But new people can submit films without feeling like they aren't a part of the group." Clark said most of the submissions came from filmmakers in Whatcom County, but some films were from other cities, such as Seattle. The films ranged from "Ball's Out," the 1990's style action story of Frank Ball and his blood-soaked exit from a life in organized crime, to "Hoima Bicycle," a documentary by Western industrial design professor Jason Morris about the "Boda- Boda" bicycle couriers 6f Uganda. Morns said he started editing film in summer 2008 in order to have it ready for the festival by the February deadline. Morris' film captured the story of the Ugandan "Boda-Boda" bicycle couriers who pedal the 46-pourid, 1940s Hero bicycles to carry people and goods across the Ugandan countryside in order to support themselves and their families. A new bicycle was needed for the Boda-Bodas. Morris decided he would design one, which would be better suited to the terrain and climate of Uganda and to the needs of the Boda-Bodas. Morris built a prototype of a bike with a lengthened, lighter frame and a rack on the back that could be used to cany goods and double as a seat for people to sit on. He took the bike with him when he went to Uganda to present it to the Boda-Bodas and gave a demonstration. Morris said he made the film as a supplement to a paper he wrote about the project for an industrial design conference while he was an associate professor in 2004. "We pretty much got a camera and went," Morris said. "Whenever anything was happening, we would just turn the camera on." Morris said he spent eight months editing 14 hours of raw footage so it would reflect exactly what he experienced with the Boda-Bodas in Uganda and still remain under the 30 minute time limit. "We got a lot of great shots of downtown Kampala just filming out the car window," Morris said. "It was beautiful and gritty at the same time." see FILM page 14 4 Years of College - What Next? Economic Security! With a Masters of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University, your economic future will be secure with a career in either the tax profession or as a CPA. 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He said the audience at a comedy show goes in with the mindset to laugh and understands whatever is being said is meant to be taken as joke. Lois said if the comedian makes fun of himself, it is not threatening to the audience. The audience is likely to laugh, unless the joke triggers some'other stronger emotion that overpowers the humor. Tweedale said sometimes he accidentally crosses the line when performing improv. ' „ He said he can never completely read an audience, and he might have the audience laughing to a certain point but then takes the joke one step too far. In Lois gt; explanation, this would be the point where some other emotion overpowers the humor. . During Blue's routine at Western, from 10 appeared ahead iri the sidewalk, the marchers further up in the line would shout warnings and cover the grating with one of the many signs they held above their heads. Western senior Devin Spencer, who has participated the last three years, adopted a unique strategy to deal with the - heels. He walked on the grass alongside the sidewalk, allowing his bright red not every member of the audience was amused. Although the routine ended with a standing ovation, Blue continuously commented on the few stem-faced people in the audience who did not appear to be enjoying his humor. Blue tried to tease a little laughter out of them, but was not always successful. Tweedale said making people laugh can be a risky enterprise. "It's scary sometimes," Tweedale said. "Everyone's going to react differently." • Tweedale, Blue and Lois agreed that people understand taboo humor can exist because of perpetuated incorrect stereotypes. Blue's ability to disassemble stereotypes is why Daman Wandke, president and co- founder of Students for Disability Awareness, wanted Blue to come, y ' "What I like about Josh Blue is that he makes jokes about himself, and it helps people be more comfortable with disabilities," Wandke said. Blue's comedy routines have always included cerebral palsy, but he said his hu-high- heels to sink into the soil, evening them out with every step. Of the actual experience of wearing the shoes on concrete and brick, he was less cheerful, describing the sensation as "burning needles going into my toes." . Much of the feedback seemed positive as the marchers made their way down Indian Street and Holly Street. Drivers honked their horns, people shouted encouragement from patios and balconies and a few women stepped forward from the sidelines to simply say mor has changed over time. "When Ifirst started out there was so much nervous energy that went into it," Blue said. "I still get nervous energy, but it's controlled now." The latest change to his routine focuses on the novelty of becoming a father. Blue has a 13-month-old son named Simon, who has given him new grounds for comedy. Blue joked about the challenges and oddities of being a first-time father and about how cerebral palsy plays into those. Audience members seemed genuinely pleased after the performance. Western freshman Jakki Bensinger said she enjoyed the show and fully understood Blue's taboo humor. She said everyone needs to be able to laugh at themselves in the way Blue does. Since wining the "Last Comic Standing" in 2006, Blue said his career gained momentum. Now he books around 200 shows a year and he said he is recognized almost everywhere he goes. "I just have a very distinctive walk and look," Blue jokes. "thank you." At last, the marchers arrived at Boundary Bay and were greeted with food, drink and the possibility of reclaiming their original shoes. Reflecting on the larger issues of sexual assault and gender differences, • O'Donnell said the women supporting the march were essential in. "The only reason we exist successfully today is because of the strength and leadership of those women's groups that have been around for so long," he said. April 21,20091 ITw W^temFront - FILM:Picldoixl cinema's film festival features the best in local filmmaking from 13 Morris said he submitted the film; not for fame or awards, but to do just what the Boda-Bodas asked of him. He said he is spreading the word about his Ugandan friends and the business that supports their livelihood. "At the end of the film, one of the couriers told me 'When you go back to America, don't forget about the Boda- Bodas,"' Morris said. "So I made sure" to give the film a personal connection to raise awareness for them." The winner of the Pure Shlock category and the Audience Choice Award, "Ball's Out," shows the opposite end of the spectrum. Directed by Mikiech Nichols, the film used sound effects and character, stereotypes to propel the viewers through the life of hired muscle man, Frank Ball. In the film Ball endures gun fights, back alley brawls, rescues side-kicks and fair maidens. All this eventuallt pays off in the end when he finally proclaimed to his former employers, "Ball's out." The winners from each category and the Audience Pick Award received a plaque with the name of the film and respective categoryr The winner of the coveted Best of Projections Award also received a miniature statue of a golden hamster, paying homage to the giants guarding the theater. Upon receiving the Audience Choice Award, the cast of "Ball's Out" mimicked the film's title character by proclaiming to the audience "Ball's Out." SHOES: Pinched toes a small price to pay for speaking out ---------- Page 15 ---------- I See more online at www.westettifrontonline.net Tuesday April 21,20091 The Western Front Earth Day; no loiiger just for hippies Frontline • Opinions of the Editorial Board 'Tis the season for brightly blooming flowers, bird songs and spring birthdays. This ..year Earth Day celebrates its 39th birthday on Aprii,22. Earth Day was originally celebrated in 1970 to bring public awareness and political activism to environmental issues. Senator Gaylord Nelson announced its conception in Seattle in 1969 in order to channel political protest surrounding the war in Vietnam into a grassroots movement to force environmental activism onto the national agenda. Today, Earth Day is no longer used as a political tool, but a day to reach out and contribute to the well being of the natural world around us. Bellingham has a plethora of natural beauty. Snow-capped mountains, rocky beaches and lush evergreen forests surround the city. Even if you're not a nature buff, it's hard not to appreciate Bellingham's natural surroundings. In feet, Western's campus is renowned as being one of the most beautiful campuses in the country and features a nationally recognized sculpture garden. Earth Day: is the perfect day to start giving back to nature. The best part: you •don't have to be a tie-dyed hippie to live a little greener. Whether you plant a tree on Wednesday or take a shorter shower, students can take some simple steps year round to give back to our natural surroundings. Go enjoy the sunshine by biking or walking to campus. It's not only a great work out, but you'll save money on gas in today's tight economy. Bring your reusable Thermos to your favorite espresso stand. Plant an herb garden. It always tastes better from your backyard and it's cheaper and more convenient than going to the grocery store. Sign up for food recycling* Your food scraps won't rot in a garbage dump, and will help living things grow by being turned into compost. Best of all, you can use it to recycle empty pizza boxes. Speaking of recycling, it's not difficult to chuck your empty soda or beer cans into the recycle bin. Keep a recycle container close to your mailbox for junk mail - no sorting required. Go to the farmers market. Not only will you have fun sampling the local fare, but you'll be helping out local farmers. •, Living in a residence hall? Ditch the plastic tray to save on dishwashing and water resources. Don't take more food than you can possibly eat. Write to Dining Services and ask for local and sustainable produce in the dining halls. Taking little steps toward living green is a great way to give back to the community and save money. In today's economic climate, it's important to find joy in the simple steps of giving back to nature. We all enjoy the beauty of Bellingham and celebrating Earth Day all year round can make our community.a better place.. The Editorial Board is comprised of: the Editor-in-Chief Jeff twining, f^tdag-ing Editor Gabrielle Nomura,* Opinion Editor Danielle Koagel grid community member-at-large Joel Holland. Fife: Welcome to the election iief olution jaimie Fife Columnist It's Tuesday niglit in dbwntown Bellingham, a mob is forming in the streets. Several American flags .are waving above the pack of mostly 18-to 29- year-olds as demonstrators embrace each other and shout, "Yes, we did!" ^- * A handful of people are either weeping tears of joy or jumping up and down while the crowd'^-energy brews like a scalding cup o£joe. ' What^if the Sam Hill provoked so much^erhotion that night in an age group notorious for civic apathy? Could it be the chance to vote in the Associated Student elections April 27? Nah — they were freakin' about the Obama-McCain election results, of course. Nov. 4,2008, not only marks the birth of a historic presidency but an attitudinal shift among the young and the restless. Last November^ aciear message was sent: bur generation does care about some stuff, especially hip elections that everyone "is doing." ;• * T In fact, according to the New York Times, 2.2 million more voters between 18- and 29-years-oId participatedin the 2008 election compared to the 2004 election. In fact, some scholars say Obarna-would have gone home crying to his momma if not for the 66 percentof young voters who pledged allegiance to him at the polls. :.y\. But back at Western, with the glam mug shots and^okey campaign slogans plastered abound, campus in honor of the ^forthcomingAS- ''elections, it's a good time to compare Western's Obama vigor with its zeal for local matters. In theory, AS. elections impact students more than national elections because the leaders and referendums students endorse (or don't even bother voting on) shape daily lives. , Still, for example, the AS Review, reported that election turnout in 2007 was '^really low" compared with years past even though the ballots included a referendum that would impact every student on campus— a new transportation fee in exchange for nearly universal bus pass ownership. The few students with-enough will power to cut the umbilical cords connecting them to their televisions and couches passed the referendum and forced the majority of students to comply with some^ thing they had no hand in: Now don't get me wrong, I'm down with.the bus pass legislation, especially since the passes reduce pollution and steal the wind out of campus meter maids' sails. What I'm not down with is irrational participation in politics. -"•"' Why do so many students vote when : the stakes are relatively low and tune-out when given the chance to affect their local community? ..••:.'••: Even if McCain had won, the average. Western student's day-to-day life would look and feel pretty much the same, save some initial anger over not being able to shout "Yes, we did!" with their homies. The moral of the story is this: the * Obama-McCain election inspired greatness in many of you. Greatness that can fuel your democratic fire once again and provoke your participation in the AS elections, right? . And if that doesn't work, the AS made sure you can have your cake and eat it too, you can vote online while lounging in your underwear. Or you can keep it vintage by voting in Red Square anytime between midnight April 27 and 2 p.m. May 1. Making informed decisions, or ones based on pictures, has never been easier since the AS Web site contains a biography and photo for each candidate. Think I am trying to persuade you to vote in the AS elections? You're right I am. So go on and vote with your bad self or vote with what your momma gave you lt; whichever you like better. ~~~ Either way, all the cool people are doing it. Jaimie Fife is a senior doublemajoring in Philosophy and Journalism. Letter Jo {He Editor: Veterans deserve to be honored for service I Since i telfirstftiihe L^rea^i one of Knap^b^brsfe;ie|f|r - ' ^ ^ . ^ ! ^ ^ - . ! ^ .; has^made my blood tie is exercising his right to free speech, but he does hot m any AVay speak for veterans as a whole. . I; for one, do not want to be pitied. I am hot ^shamei of what I did. I may not have liked it, but I knew what I was getting myself into.:;. ;v-."-'';.' gt;':; ^'-r,! I stahdjproud along with every male member of my family in serving in the United States Army. Furthermore, I am propd to be a paratrooper, just as all the marines I know are proud to be Marines, airmen of the Air force and seamen of the Navy. : I don't want your pity. I don't want anything that wasn't in my contract. I wasn't raped as. others would have you ; believe. I gladly talk about my experience with people I know, but I won't preach from a soap box. I only did what was required of me, and each of my team members would have done the same thing. My father who dodged the Vietnam draft and was anti-military told me that although he didn't agree with the military, it is a necessary evil (if you believe it is evil, I obviously do notv) The stars and stripes wave proudly because of veterans. I will fight and die for this country and that will never change. Don't discredit our service. Sergeant Malcolm Copple - Western junior Viking Voices Opinions from around campus How will you celebrate Earth Day this year? Compiled by: Andrea Farrell Jeremy Smith' Senior "I recycLe'and don't waste foqd'in the dining halls." Preston Reep Freshman "I try to celebrate it all the time. I turn off the lights and take short showers. . This day is just a reminder . , for everyone ,of what they..,, should be doing normally." ,, Ellen Steube . Junior "/ usually limit how many lights I turn on and I walk to school." Sam Farley '^ Junior "I'll bake myself a cake. You know - celebra te ?." ---------- Page 16 ---------- 16 I See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Tuesday • April 21,2009 I The Western Front Players coach baseball to first place Western senior KyleTait doubles as team's head coach, third baseman - Rhoto courtesy Cameron Schmidt Western senior Kyle fait has been a key player for the Vikings for the last four years. Balancing coaching and playing is a tough task, but he has proven to be successful now that the club is ranked number one in their conference. Andrew Mitchell THE WESTERN FRONT . It may seem odd for fans at a vWestern club baseball game to not see a coach in the dugout for the Vikings, considering they are in first place in their division. It is because the head coach, Western senior Kyle Tait, is out on the field with the team and doubles as coach and infielder. The club uses a player coach system, with three senior players taking on the responsibility of coaching. The coaching system has been in place at Western since 2006, and the system is becoming important to the team's success so far this year. "We all came up in this system and saw the types of coaching qualities from- years back that it took to win," Tait said. "We have really stepped it up this year in the coaching aspect, and we try to lead by example and show the younger players what Western baseball is all about." Along with Tait, Western seniors Adam Cochran and Mike Morris are the assistant coaches for the Vikings. Cochran plays outfield and pitches. Morris who plays first base. Tait said the three players were voted last year to be the coaches because they were all seniors and have been around Viking baseball a long time. The players on the team last year voted the three to be the coaches because they have a clear understanding of how to be a successful Viking on and off the field, he said. Western junior Evan Harris said Tait, Cochran and Morris have an open communication- system with the players; The coaches also try to keep all the players on the same level, Harris said. Harris said club baseball is a different kind of game than Division I and other college leagues, because the athletes are playing because they want to be out oh the field. The team has come together because of the perspective the coaches have on the team, Harris said. "The coaches all know how to deal with the players very well," Harris said. "They don't talk down to people." The coaches understand the player mindset and how it fits into the team dynamic with the unique perspective of having played more recently. The system is player-friendly because the coaches are more involved and see what is happening on the field rather than watching from the sideline, Harris said. Tait said he has been involved in sports his whole life and learned many coaching skills from his dad, who was his coach growing up. He incorporated things into his coaching style thathe learned from older players, who mentored him when he began playing Viking baseball. "I do whatever I can to help these players on and off the field, and I stress that respect is the basis for this type of system," Tait said. "Obviously, the final decision in -games is mine and the assistant coaches, but this system is more open than a head coach system, and it is more constructive for a team like this." The players definitely see the example Tait, Cochran and Morris set for the team. Western freshman Tim Niebruegge, says the system has been easy to adjust to in his first season, and the player coach system takes a strong role on the team by creating camaraderie between the players and the coaches. "They are the glue that holds the team together," Niebruegge said. "You get a stronger bond with a fellow player rather than being fake to try and impress a coach. They know what Western baseball is all about, and the other players and myself feed off that." The coaches help the team on the field as well. Tait is batting .314 on the year with four RBIs. Cochran has won two games pitching for the Vikings and has five RBIs as a hitter. Morris leads the team with a batting average of .600, 17 RBIs and 21 hits. 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Must be IB years of age or older ---------- Page 17 ---------- westernfrontonlihe.net I Tuesday • April 21,2009 SPORTS I 17 Men, women track teams hit their mark Steven Houcke THE WESTERN FRONT ', Western's men's and women?s track and field teams dominated the Mount San Antonio College Relays Invitational in Walnut, Califllon April 16 and 17. Western had two double-event winners on April 18 at the Central Washington University (CWU) Spike Arlt Invitational in Ellensburg, Wash. Western sophomore Sarah Porter won the 10,000-meter run and placed 21st overall Thursday night with an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying time of 34 minutes, 58.37 seconds. Porter's time qualified her for the automatic standard by more than 50 seconds and beat her previous school record by more than a minute. Her previous best time in the 10,000 was 36:11. Athletes qualify for nationals if they hit a provisional standard in their event, but automatically qualify if they hit an automatic mark. "I ran alone for most of the 25-lap race," Porter said. "I just kept imagining runners ahead of me that I would have to catch to better my time." Less than two weeks ago, Porter posted a national automatic qualifying time in the 5,000 with a time of 17:01.94. Porter said she plans on running the 5,000 and 10,000 at nationals. Porter said she has been running more than 100 miles a" week preparing for nationals. "I have suffered through some injuries this season because of the miles I have ran," Porter said. But it is necessary to run all of the mileage because I run the longest races." - Western sophomore Lauren Breihof also broke the previous school record in the 10,000 arid improved her provisional qualifying time by nearly a minute as she placed third in her heat with a time of 36:04.47. Breihof s previous personal best in the 10,000 was 36:58. . Western sophomore Jordan Welling placed 15th in the men's 10,000 with a time of 30:02.33. His time qualified him for the pro visional standard and broke Western's school record, which had stood since 1991, by rhore than 10 seconds. He also beat his personal best time by more than 33 seconds. "My goal for this race was to qualify for nationals," Welling said. "I think my time should get me there." Welling said during the race he found a pack of runners who were running fast enough splits to get him under the 30 minute range. "the pack slowed down a little bit toward the end of the race, but it is nice knowing now that breaking 30 minutes is doable," Welling said. Western seniors Anthony Tomsich and Heidi Dimmitt improved their provisional standards in their events Friday. Tomsich won his heat in the 1,500 and placed 17th overall with a time of 3:50.44. see TRACK page 19 Chispa Scooters in Fairhaven is going out of business! Alf scboters accessories arebeirig liquidated at greatly reduced prices. 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"It is hard to make game time decisions because I am out on the field and in the heat of the moment, and I don?t have the luxury of concentrating on just coaching during games. It would be easier if I'ha'd just a coach's eye during the game." However, Harris said a respect gap can be seen from the players at times and adjusting to being told what to do by a friend on the team is hard. Harris said the coaches have done all they can to make the.line clear, but it can be tricky in certain situations. Tait said one of the most important things this system has brought to the team is being able to get to know a player on a personal level, and building the bond is essential. "It takes a lot of effort, and there are issues both as a player and as a coach all the time," Tait said. "It can sometimes be a hefty load, but the players see the work we put in and have an appreciation for it. The coach is more involved in this system, and it shows in our play this year." The Vikings have lost two games, both out of conference to Shoreline Com- . munity College and West Coast Academy. However, they are in first place in their division with an 8-0 record in the Northern Pacific West Region and a 9-2 record overall. "We wouldn't be where we are right now without this system and what it brings to the team," Cochran said. "We have really communicated well and everybody has been dedicated to the team. We really have come together." Tait feels the team has enough talent to get back to the division regionals, where the team ended the season last year, but his eyes are set on the World Series in May. The goal is elusive for Western, considering the Vikings have never gone that far before. Tait will leave a mark on this team, no matter where the season ends this year, Cochran said. "Kyle has really done an absolutely amazing job this year," Cochran said. "He has been a mentor to me and a lot of these players this year." Photo courtesy Cameron Schmidt Western senior Adam Cochran assists Tait with coaching Western's baseball team. Igp^pH^^BHI ---------- Page 19 ---------- I westernfrontoniine.net I Tuesday •April 21,2009 SPORTS 119 TRACK: Teams add two more from 17 "I am happy I won the race but wish I could have gone out faster," Tomsich said. "The race went extremely slow with a 65-second first lap." Tomsich ended up running 3:01 for the remaining 1,200 meterifoftherace^i;:; Tomsich said he is happy to know he can start his finishing kick in the.;i,500 from a farther distance. He said he has been niimiiig; the 800 lately and doing faster workouts in practice to improve his 1,5Q0 race finish,' Dimmitt finished 6th in her heat in the 400-meter hurdles and 11th- overall clocking in at 61.57. "This was a good race all the way through," -Dimmitt said. Dimmitt said she had a few messy hurdles in last week's race, which slowed down her time. She said this race was a big improvement. "I felt like I was constantly strong all the way through this race," Dimmitt said. Western freshman Emily Warman won the long jump and triple jump at the GWU Spike Arlt Invitational. War- . man jumped 18-04 1/2 for the long jump and 35-06 1/2 for the triple jump. Both marks hit the national provisional standard, ' Western sophomore Phil Villahueva placed first in the: men's 400 hurdles with a time of 55.67 and anchored the victorious 4x400-meter relay at 3:26.39. Villanueva's. time in the 400 hurdles was one second shy of hitting the national provisional standard. Host Central won the men's team title, and Spokane Community College took the women's crown. This year track nationals are being held in San Ange-lo, Texas May 21 -23. Porter said nationals are the biggest meet of the year because, it has the best athletes from all over the country competing against each other. Western's next team meet is theannual Western Twilight Alumni Meet at 3 p.m. on April 24 at Bellingham's Civic Stadium. The last meet where Western athletes can qualify for nationals is the all day event on May 9 at the Seattle Pacific. University Last Chance meet at Husky Stadium in Seattle. - Crew wins fifth-straight conference title Kevin Minnick THE WESTERN FRONT With the sun on their backs and the roar of the crowd guiding them home, Western women's crew rowed to victory Saturday on Lake Stevens, racking up 136 points, doubling second-place Seattle Pacific University's 68 points. The victory clinched the Vikings' fifth-straight Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championship. "Today was a great day to race," head coach John Fuchs said. "The water was flat; the weather was warm. It was nice not being cold and wet for a change." Western placed first in eight of its 10 events Saturday, holding on to its No. 1 ranking in NCAA Division JJ standings. Senior varsity eight coxswain Kristy The-odorson led the" varsity eight ^boat? to" a finish of 7 minutes, 24.54 seconds, more than, eight seconds ahead of second- place, Puget Sound University. ; "We definitely took the Major events at the begmiiihg of the: day;" Theodorsoh said. "Last week's training in B^llingham was much worse than this. That's something I tell my rowers—that we've* seen worse than this." Many of Western's crew members raced in multiple events Saturday. "We moved a lot of people around to different events because we were trying to score a lot of points," Fuchs said. "Typically, we don't move a lot of people around." "But it's been a really quick pickup. Half of the team right how is freshmen, and half of it is on varsity." Fuchs said every week is a learning week for the new squad members, but the team is going to keep upping the ante in preparation for nationals. Western freshman Jordan Uecker of the varsity four crew said only the varsity // I think the people who have been here for a while still have their place. Hopefully, we can lead by example and pass it on. '- Hilary Gastwirth, senior rower In Western's last event, the Vikings' novice eight shell finished ahead of the pack with a time of 7:32.90. Their closest competitor, Humboldt State University, crossed the'finish line more than 26 seconds later. Western won all four of its novice class races, a promising sign for a team that is comprised mostly of freshmen. "This year, we have a ton of hew people, so the training is hard to get used to," Western senior Hilary Gastwirth said. eight and varsity four will be headed to nationals in late May. The varsity four and second varsity four shells had Western's only nori-firstplace finishes of the" day, earning second and fourth,- respectively. gt; Uecker said the team trains year round for the.spring, when competitive racing season starts. ,. Lake Sarhish is home/for the Vikings. It is enclosed by hills, meaning that there is generally little wind, but Uecker said they have experienced those days .when it's foggy, windy, or pouring down rain. "It's nice to train in the bad weather so you know what it's like in case you have to race in that," Uecker said. "You get lucky if its nice because then you're even faster than you thought." The Vikings will head to the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on May 2-3 at Gold River, Calif. "That's where we see a lot of Division II schools that are on the West Coast that we hadn't seen previously," Theodor-son said. "It's always good to get a feel for that." The National Women's Rowing Championships is held in Camden, N J., May 29-31. l^rcyhurst. Coltlege is tied with Western fqr the j3iyisidnTI first place ranking. The VJkings have not actually raced MercyKiirst^sp they do not know what to expect. 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"Softballlis a pitching game and when pitd^rS^comev^up with injuries, you're Setting only six hits~arid striking out 21 times in Saturday's doiibleheader, the VikingSf who aremade up of more than 80 perc^ntfreshman and sophomore players, lost 3-0 in the first game and 5-1 in the second. The Vikings lost 10-2 in Sunday's first game and 10-8 in the final game of the series, but improved on offense. After losing a two-game series to Central Washington University on April 14, the Vikings have lost six straight, leaving them 14-16 in GNAC play and 18-22 overall. The Yellowjackets have won 26 of their last 30 games and hold a 24-6 league-record. They are also ranked fifth in the NCAA Division II West Region. Western junior and starting pitcher Sarari McEnroe was unable to play in the. series clue to intense r gt;ain iix;her: lower b a c k ^ f ^ ^ ^:;r-\'- "My back has been hurting for the last month," McEnroe said Saturday evening. "Today I could actually jog a little bit; before, I couldn't even sit down." After pitching a perfect game against Northwest Nazarene University and splitting with Saint Martin's University on out and in the long run my back would be fine"' '"' ~ : '•v- y':"-'• • ' "•" ''' ':'"-'•'••'' Western senior Jessica Rosehcrants and freshman Alyssa Malland each pitched Saturday with sore shoulders. Pitching . • „ • ' • ' . Photo courtesy Mike Bond Western freshman infielder Katy Kirschner slides into third base in their weekend series against Montana State University, Billings. April 13, McEnroe went straight to the emergency room. % "During the Saint Margin's game my back was really hurting bad," McEnroe said. "The doctor said medicine wouldn't fix my back. I just had to take some time the entire first game, Rosencrants allowed eight hits in six innings as the Yellowjackets shut out the Vikings while hitting three home runs. - Malland, pitching the entire second game, allowed four runs in the first inning and one in the fifth. Western scored their only run of the 'day'when sdphomore Andrea Sherrill\drSvein%bphomore Michelle Wrigley on a two-out, one run single. "[The Yellowjackets] were making some solid defensive plays," Sherrill said. - "We just needed to be swinging harder and finding the holes." After pitching six innings each on ^.Saturday, Rosencrants pitched one in- ^ ning in Sunday's first game and Malland pitched three allowing ten runs betwen the two of them. Western freshman Jordan Ernmil got the first game's final out in the fifth inning. Stretched thin for pitchers, Western relied on sophomore Kelsey Anderson and freshman Krista Bickar to finish out Sunday's second game. 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Show more2009_0424 ---------- Page 1 ---------- WESTERN GALLERY HOSTS •REINVENT', FEATURING MICHAEL VANDERBYL PAGE 6 MORE INTRAMURAL SPRING SPORTS OFFEREDTHISYEAR-PAGE 11 ... - Friday, April 24, 2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT .NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET Shepard hires new provost Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT After conducting a second search, Western ^president-Bruce 'Shepard announced, the hiring of Catherine Riordan as Western's provost and vice president for Academic Affairs Tuesday following nearly two weeks of deliberation. "Catherine was my first choice," Shepard said. "Early on, I indicated to her that she was,the person I wanted fpr the job." After four toonths. 0f narrp^ing- down the pool of 170 applicants, conducting neutral-site interviews in Seattle and con^-. sidering campus- community comments, Western's Provost' and Vice President for Academic Affairs Search' Committee" presented Shepard with threefinal^candidates: Michael Zimmerman, Catherine Riordan and Gerard Voland: . ' S h e p a r d began calling the finalists i^dfer^rices and, talking with colleagues iiarourid campus on April 9; ^; "Twas delighted-when I heard the inews,^ Riordan said. "I could tell this would be a very "positive step "for me, and. lam looking forward to moving to Bell-ingham." .-"'.' • . _ . . .. During her last seven years as vice provost at Central Michigan University, Riordan,:;said she has gained experience with university-wide strategic and academic planning.; She also held the position of ^sistant vice president for curriculum and^assessment. Heflhusband, Philip Thompson, is currently an associate professor of economics ;|tCentfal Michigan and may seek a faculty position in Western's economics department in: the fall, committee chair Craig Dunn said. After failing to impress the search committee at her first interview, during the first search, Riordan was given a second chance to answer the question "what are you passionate about?" Riordan demonstrated she was just as strong in person as she was on paper and convinced the committee of her qualifications in that see PROVOST page 3 State passes bill to expand same-sex couple rights Lisa Carrougher THE WESTERN FRONT : On April 18, the Washington state Legislature passed^ Senate Bill _ 5688, which opens up new opportunities and benefits for the state's same-sex domestic partners. Introduced by Sen. Ed Murray, D-Se-attle, on Jan. 28, the bill was brought forth after California passed Proposition 8. Because of the bill, Western students have been affected by. the recent changes within the state, said Western senior Patrick English, a Queers and Allies for Activism member. . ' "It is important for students to be aware of the climate in the state and how recently things are playing out and rights are being granted," English said. "Western's campus is a school that embraces diversity, but that doesn't always translate to the state atlarge." The bill is defined in writing as the expansion of- rights and responsibilities for state- registered domestic partners. The bill passed in the Senate March 10, with a 62-35 vote, and later in the House on April 15. Gov. Christine Gregoire said she would sign the bill into the state law. According to the bill, domestic part-, ners will now be able to share the same rights as opposite-sex marriage partners; however, they would not be defined as married partners. Same-sex partners will have the right to take sick leave to care for a domestic partner, the right to wages and benefits when a partner is injured and the right to see STATE BILL page 3 AS elections polls to open Monday Kendell Mercer • THE WESTERN FRONT Candidates for the Associated Students (AS) vice president of academics affairs, activities and students life discussed their platforms about alternative transportation, budget cuts and creating a more fluid relationship between students and administration at Tuesday's forum in Fraser Hall. Students will be able to vote online beginning at midnight April 27 and ending at 2 p;m May 1. Polling stations in Red Square and on south campus will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first and last day of elections. VP of Academic Affairs Ramon Rinonos-Diaz , ,M Western senior Ramon Ririonos-Diaz has been a member of the University Dining Services Committee since his freshman year. He is involved with the Ethnic Student Center and several of its clubs and has also served as an orientation .student adviser. Rinonos-Diaz said, if elected, he would like to generate more awareness among students about Academic Affairs and the services it has to offer. "We need to educate students about our academic decisions so they can be a part of the conversation," Rinonos-Diaz said. With budget cuts eliminating academic support services available for students next year, Rinonos-Diaz. said one of his main goals is to enable students to still see ELECTIONS page 4 ---------- Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Friday • April 24,20091 The Western Front ws^Km^tt^^Si^m April 20 ' • ' " . " " photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT Western graduate Andrew Spanjer (left) and Western senior Meghan Fernald participate in a "freeze" in Red Square Wednesday.^ Everyone who took part in the plan froze at the exact same moment for five minutes. The group who participated in the event got the idea from Improv Everywhere's Grand Central Station scene and wanted to stage it on Western's campus. Holocaust survivor tells her story TianaDay THE WESTERN FRONT July 1, 1944. is a day that is forever burned into Noerni Ban's mind. Ban, 87, said that was the first day she arrived at Auschwitz, one of the most notorious Nazi death camps of all time. It was also the last day she saw her mother, grandmother, sister and 6-month-old baby brother alive. Ban, a .retired teacher, speaker and author, is the last remaining Holocaust survivor in the Bellingham area. She spoke to a full audience in Arntzen room 100 Tuesday jaight on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ban usually speaks at Western each quarter, and said she needs to+do whatever she can to tell people about what happened at Auschwitz under the Nazi regime. "I am not in a position to tell other people what to do," Ban said. "But the best I can do as a survivor is show others what hate and bigotry is." Her story begins soon after the Germans invaded Hungary in March of 1944. Ban said the Jews were forced to stay in the ghetto and nine other Jewish families were forced to live with them in her family's small house. ' She said the house was so crowded people had to sleep in the hallway and wait in line to use the restroom. "We were prisoners in our own homes," she said. After three months in the Jewish ghetto and spending 10 days sleeping on a brick factory floor, Nazi soldiers forced Ban and her family into a crowded box car train headed for Auschwitz. None of the captives knew where the train was headed. In the camp, Ban said she endured numerous insults and monstrosities, such as having her head and body shaved and being fed bread made with large amounts of sawdust, but she said one of the worst things she endured was being regarded as less than human. ' : t^,^ ?y-/ ; " After spending nearly^four months in Auschwitz, Ban was sent with 1,000 other prisoners to another camp called Allen- dorf, where she became a slave worker in a factory making bombs. Though Ban said what she went through was detestable, she.shared several stories of hope and camaraderie. Ban said one day her friend was walking by the kitchen door and found a bucket full of cooked potato skins waiting to be thrown away, so her friend took the bucket back to her barracks to share with Ban and her friends. This happened again the next day, except the skins had more potato on them this time. :''... "We had a feast" Ban said. Ban said she was able to meet the person who risked their life to leave them the potato skins years later. It was a former fellow prisoner who was sent to work in the kitchen. The woman said she had seen the frail state of Ban's friend who took the skins, so she made sure to leave more potato on them the next day. Ban said getting to meet this woman brought her many tears, joy and laughter. Despite, everything she was put through during the Holocaust, Ban said she does not harbor hate, because love is much, much more powerful, and this gives her strength. "I have to tell, you something," she. said. "I really, really love life." Ray Wolpow, director of the North-* west Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Ethnocide Education, said people jnust never forget what happened during the Holocaust. "The Holocaust should be remembered so we don't keep repeating the mistakes of bur past," he saidv ' '•'-.'• ••'•••':' ' lt;-• After tellingher story,some audience members submitted questions to her on paper. One audience member asked how accurate the movie Schindler's List was. Ban said nothing is as accurate as being there, but Schindler's List was the most accurate out of all the films done on the Holocaust. Some parts were so accurate she said she cried. Ban was also asked how her experiences affected her religion. She said her beliefs never changed. "My religion, my faith, is me," Ban said. "I'm the same Jewish girl I was before." ill WEATHER REPORT High: '52* F Low:.42°F Mostly Cloudy -; (30% chance on showers) SUN High: 56° F Par^Sunriy- M0N High: 58° F Low: 42° F. MosUySiinhy TUES High: 60° F Low: 39° F Mostly Siinny Corrections An article in the April 21 issue of The Western Front titled, "AS prepares for elections," candidate Casey.Hall, who-is running for vice president for diversity, was incorrectly stated as the LGBTA coordinator. He was the LGBTA program, coordinator in 2006-2007, but he does not currently hold the position. The Western Front apologizes for this and any other error. 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Staff reporters are involved in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front.: . ---------- Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net i Friday April 24,2009 NEWS I 3 PROVOST: Shepard said Riordan was his first choice from the start photo by courtesy of University Communications Catherine Riordan was hired as provost after two national searches. from Y second interview, Dunn said. •**• Shepard said the committee's ability to make a sound judgment of any candidate after an hour-long interview is often overestimated. He said a candidate with strong qualifications can not always be judged accurately after one interview. "In general, a lot of bozos have been hired based on a gut feeling made after a short interview," Shepard said. Riordan has served as vice provost at Central Michigan University since 2001. When the committee began calling Riordan's references, committee members found she had stepped in and served as provost in various capacities while other provosts had been coming and going, Dunn said. "We learned that she had played that role," Dunn said. "She had experience in a campus wide position, which the other candidates didn't." Upon Shepard's request, Riordan and her husband visited Western last week to meet more members of the campus community and fill out paperwork, Shepard said. After discussing and signing the position's contract, Shepard called Zimmerman and Voland to thank them for applying and to let them know he had made his decision, he said. . "For me, Catherine had emerged as the person who really got it," Shepard said. "She believed in the kind of education we do here at Western. She had done her research and came across very genuine." Riordan and her husband are expected to arrive in mid-July, and Riordan will assume her duties as provost on August 1. As a welcoming gesture, Dunn said he plans to host an informal reception for Riordan at his house in August. While this reception will be a private matter, Shepard said he plans to hold a public reception in Riordan's honor on Western's campus sometime in late July. "Once you figure out which person you want for a position, it is important for them to want you as well," Shepard said. Riordan said she was initially attracted to Western's national reputation and its focus on public undergraduate education. After visiting the campus during winter quarter, she said she was impressed with Western's high degree of open and accessible information as well as Western's efforts in encouraging critical student input. STATE BILL: 'Everything but marriage' bill seen as big step forward from 1 unemployment and disability insurance. Josh Foley, creator and coordinator of Queers and Allies for Activism, said he sees the bill as an exciting and big step for Washington. The Queers and Allies for Activism group meets once per week on Thursdays at 5 p.m. to discuss current local and national issues and to talk and support one another. "Part of the reason [the group] meets is to fight for our rights, and meeting is a way to recharge and motivate each other to fight every day," Foley said. "The bill is a way in which I see progress within the state." Foley, said he hopes for a complete Although the bill does not offer marriage equality, Aldrich said she thinks the state is heading in the right direction. Western junior Brian Tofte-Schu- "Western's campus is a school that embraces diversity, but that doesn't always translate to the state at large. " -Western senior Patrick English equality in the state, maybe even in the next two years. "Progress has been incremental, and [Washington is] moving toward marriage equality," Western senior Amber Aldrich said. macher, co-coordinator of Queers and Allies for Activism, said he does not believe a Washington marriage equality bill would have passed yet. "Due to Proposition 8 in California, it opened up a lot of people's eyes because they wouldn't have thought it would have happened in that state," Tofte-Schumacher said. "There was a lot of backlash in the state, so there would have been more difficulty and another hurdle to jump over." English said he hopes this will make people more comfortable to talk about related topics. "Holding [marriage] back makes a statement that says domestic partnership isn't as good as marriage," he said. "There is recognition up to a certain point." New Jersey, California, New Hampshire, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia have laws that recognize domestic partnerships. 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OPEN HOUSE Saturday, April 25th 12:00 PM to 2:00PM 1, 2, 3, and 4 Bedrooms Now Pre-Leasing! ---------- Page 4 ---------- 4 I NEWS Friday April 24,20091 The Western Front ELECTIONS: Second forum of candidates share their platforms from 1 be successful with fewer resources. , Nikki Brown Western junior Nikki Brown is a member of the Academic Coordination Commission, has worked on the Student Technology Fee Committee and was a student senator for two years. She currently serves as the vice-chair for the student senate. Brown said the main focus of her platform is to maintain academic quality despite budget cuts. Upholding class availability, working to increase graduation rates and coordinating with other vice presidents to solve issues related to campus accessibility for disabled persons are other goals she has for her time in office. "This campus needs to be accessible," Brown said. "It needs to be a safe place for all students from all diverse backgrounds." Lori Humphrey Western junior Lori Humphrey said if elected, she plans to work toward strengthening the relationship between students and the administration. "I want to break that wall and work as a communication tunnel and make sure that both sides are actively listening to the other," Humphrey said. Some of her goals for next year include encouraging the knowledge and use of the student academic resource centers, such as the Writing and Technology Centers. When Humphrey started out at Western, she said $he was not a student who. was involved with or felt connected to campus. Now running for an AS office, Humphrey said she knows how to work toward actively reaching out to those students who might not know how to get involved and are therefore not necessarily being represented. VP of Activities Sarah Shafer Since her freshman. year, Western junior Sarah Shafer has been involved in residence hall council. Shafer has served • as hall council president for two years and is currently president of National Residence Hall Honorary. . . Shafer has been involved in the organization of several large-scale campus events, including last year's Piccadilly dance. Shafer is currently working on planning this year's Pacific Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls Conference, which is being hosted by Western. Shafer is working as the Hospitality and Entertainment Chair. If elected, Shafer said she plans to generate more publicity about various AS clubs and events through the use of club showcases. Shafer also plans to create a week-night series to help graduating seniors find jobs, so they can enter into the workforce right out of college. Colin Watrin Western junior Colin Watrin is a member of Queers and Allies for Activism and Western Men Against Violence. He said most of his collegiate career has been dedicated to getting involved with campus clubs and activities. Watrin said if elected he plans to encourage other.students to be as active as he is about attending events and joining clubs. "The main goal of my campaign is to get students involved and aware of what is happening on campus," Watrin said. "When you're more connected to campus, you have a better overall college experience." ' . / , .' Watrin said he believes he can increase student awareness and involvement on campus by creating a 'club of the week' feature in a student publication, by sending the 'This Week at WWU' e-mails to all students and by making a comprehensive, user-friendly online calendar of AS events. Patty Hastings Patty Hastings is a transfer student who entered her first year at Western with senior status. Hastings has served as a member of Western's student senate and the budget committee and is the treasurer for Mathes Hall. If elected, Hastings plans on increasing student involvement in AS activities through online information outlets. By improving the readability of the AS Web site and generating awareness through Fa-cebook and text messaging, Hastings believes more students will be encouraged to join clubs arid attend campus events. . "Activities are integral to our education," Hastings said. "We can't be fully educated without experience outside of the classroom." Hastings also wants to work toward maintaining and increasing the number of student publications and making activities more accessible and all-inclusive, especially for students with disabilities. Stephanie Jones Western sophomore Stephanie Jones has served on the Activities Council for two years. She is a member of the Black Student Union, Latino Student Union and Election Leadership Advantage Group. Jones plans to work toward bringing Western together with the rest of the Bell-ingham community by collaborating on events and activities. Jones said she wants to fight to maintain the budget for clubs and activities next year and to also increase student awareness of clubs. Jones participated in Western's Leadership Week and retreat the past two years and said she would like to see more students attend the event next year. "I want to encourage leadership on campus next year and enhance student's leadership skills so that they believe and have the confidence that they are leaders," Jones said. VP of Student Life Mike Pond Voted Best Teriyaki in Bellingham! Business Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-10pm Saturday 12pm-10pm Sunday 1 pm-9pm Western junior Mike Pond, is a resident adviser for Beta and Gamma residence halls. Pond is a member of several campus clubs including Western Men Against Violence and Queers and Allies for Activism. Pond said if he is elected he would like to see increased collaboration between the fee committees in charge of resident halls, transportation and recreation in order to better manage spending and ensure that all funds are being used effectively. Improvements to the Late Night Shuttle operation and availability, creating more bike storage and designated bike paths and continued evaluation of the value of student meal plans and housing costs are issues on Pond's agenda for next year. "We're not a technical college," Pond said. "We should be supporting our students in ways you just can't learn in the classroom." Brandon Turpin For the past two years, Western sophomore Brandon Turpin has served on the Residence Hall Association and has worked as the National Communications Coordinator. Turpin was involved in several campus committees, including the Residential Advisory Committee and the Transportation Committee. If elected, Turpin plans to make sure student representation is present on all university committees,, particularly the Athletic Committee. "I want to make sure that everyone's voice is heard, even for people who aren't really involved on campus," he said. Turpin also plans to frequently hold forums where students would be able to express their concerns to not only himself but other members of the AS as well. Anna Ellermeier Current AS Review Editor-in-Chief and Western sophomore Anna Ellermeier is involved in several campus clubs and councils including the Activities Council and the AS Structure Task Force. Ellermeier said she believes the AS Board needs to be more active in recruit- ' ing students to get involved, especially freshmen. Ellermeier said she wants to reach out to students living off campus. "I believe that the AS can be a really powerful agent for change within a community," Ellermeier said. 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Myers said taking, resources from the Puget Sound Partnership to help with the Lake Whatcom phosphorus level, which he said does not directly affect the,Puget Sound, takes resources away from other projects that more closely address Puget Sound pollution. Coral Garnick THE WESTERN FRONT lt; Since 1996, concerned Bellingham residents have identified Lake Whatcom as having too much phosphorus in the water. Thirteen years later, Senate Bill 5944 was signed into law April 10 requireing the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County and the Puget. Sound Partnership to work together to find funding to create a phosphorus loading demonstration program for Lake Whatcom, Lake Whatcom is the source of drinking water for approximately 96,000 Whatcom County residents, including 82,000 in Bellingham and on Western's campus. In 1998, the lake was added to the Washington State Department of Ecology's 303(d) list, meaning the lake failed to meet water quality standards because of low oxygen levels. Low oxygen levels are a sign of excess algae growth, caused by an increased amount of phosphorus in the water. Phosphorus is a naturally occurring nutrient found in water, soil and air, but with development in the Lake Whatcom watershed, more phosphorus is running into the lake, said Steve Hood, water quality engineer for the State Department of Ecology's Bellingham field office. The bill sets up a relationship between different agencies and sets up a source of funding to educate people on phosphorus loading, said Gene Myers, Western associate professor for environmental studies. Myers said he thinks those are both good ideas. However, he said he is unsure if that is the best use of resources for the Puget Sound Partnership. "Lake Whatcom is an almost un-substitutable source of drinking water for more than 80,000 people, so it is an urgent problem," Myers said. "If the water quality keeps going south, it starts getting more expensive to treat." 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Since that is not an option, the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County and the Puget Sound Partnership will now have to work together to create a phosphorus loading demonstration program that will include elements for prevention, education, compliance and monitoring of phosphorus levels in Lake Whatcom, Hood said. The Puget Sound Partnership will use the program as a model for other jurisdictions throughout the Puget Sound that may . be having similar problems, said Katy Johansson, media and community relations manager for the Puget Sound Partnership. Photo illustration by Brandon Kays THE WESTERN FRONT According to a study from the Washington State Department of Ecology, between 85 to 95 percent of the development in Lake Whatcom's watershed would have to be removed for phosphorus levels to return to normal. Since Lake Whatcom was added to the 303(d) list, Hood conducted a total maximum daily load study to determine what would need to happen to return the phosphorus level in Lake Whatcom to a natural level. The study began in 2002, was completed at the end of 2008 and the report was released in January 2009. After conducting his study, Hood found that in order for Lake Whatcom to return to natural levels of phosphorus in the water, between 85.5 and 95 percent of the developments that have taken place in - the Lake Whatcom watershed since 2003 would have to be removed, he said. Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-San Juan Islands, was lead sponsor of the bill. When the Lake Whatcom issue was brought to his attention, he said he immediately got in touch with the Puget Sound Partnership to put Lake Whatcom on its action, agenda. Ranker said he pledged to work with the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County and the Puget Sound Partnership to improve Lake Whatcom's water quality. When he was elected for the 2009 session, Ranker said he asked the city and county what was most important for Lake Whatcom. Both governments agreed their top priority was reducing the high phosphorus levels in Silver Beach Creek, a tributary into Lake Whatcom that sits in both governments'jurisdictions, so Ranker said he began creating legislation for it. "This legislation raises the level of awareness of Lake Whatcom from a local issue to a state issue," Ranker said. "It allows for a partnership to be made and resources to be accumulated." Clare Fogelsong, Bellingtiam's environmental resource manager, said teaming up with the Puget Sound Partnership, as stipulated in the bill, will assist the city and county in reducing the phosphorus level in Silver Beach Creek. Fogelsong said both governments will continue efforts to lower phosphorus levels in the creek while the logistics of the bill are still being arranged. "Ranker worked really hard on it, and I think after the Puget Sound Partnership gets through their budget," Fogelsong said. "After the dust settles a little bit, they will figure out what they are doing; and we will all determine what exactly we have to do." The Silver Beach Creek project is a two-year project that focuses on the approximately 700 homes located in the drainage basin of the creek, not just the homes in the Silver Beach neighborhood of Bellingham, Fogelsong said. This summer, Fogelsong said the city and county will begin implementing a one-on-one education program to residents living in the creek's drainage basin regardless of whether the logistics of the bill are completely determined by then. The program will educate residents about various options for controlling storm water runoff from their property, one of the most common ways phosphorus ends up in the lake, Fogelsong said. "I live in realism," he said. "There isn't any one thing that is going to solve our phosphorus levels in Lake Whatcom, but we hope that at the end of two years we will see some improvements and will have reduced the phosphorus, level." Seatie cific Do you have want to sell it? FREE ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD westernfrQntonline.net No employment, auto, or properly ads accepted on free bulletin board (normal classified rates apply). Please review rules @ westernfrontonline.net, go to "classifieds" ---------- Page 6 ---------- 6 I Friday • April 24,2009 I The Western Front photoby Peter Fishel for Vanderbyl Designs Floor plans of the Western Gallery were sent to Vanderbyl, who then chose how and where to place his prints. A member of Vanderbyl's team came to Western's art gallery and set up the exhibit. Rod Lotter THE WESTERN FRONT./ A series of large postefehoverl foot above the floor; suspended b^ thick steel cables that dangllfrdm the ceilirrgThe walls are bare, but the posters create their own walls-a hallway of images, leading visitors through the art gallery. Somewhere, a single voice murmurs, "We want to bring a broader view to design. We don't do the same thing everyday." The voice is,that of internationally renowned multi-disciplinary designer Michael Vanderbyl. "Reinvent," an exhibition of prints done by Vanderbyl, is currently on display at The Western Gallery until May 30. He will also speak on campus May 21. •'•' . "Reinvention means never stop learning and to stretch myself," Vanderbyl said in a phone interview. "Too often people tend to fall into categories and often those categories are safe. The idea is to kick down doors, cross boundaries. I think those are good things to strive for." The prints on display in the gallery show off the mul-tidisciplinary aspect of his art. His firm, Vanderbyl Designs, specializes in graphics, packaging, logo creation, showroom design, furniture and fashion apparel for a client list that is just as broad, including Walt Disney, IBM and the California Conservation Corps. "I think his work appeals to all types of students on campus," Western Gallery director Sarah Clark- Larigager, said. "His designs relate to business .marketing, psychology and art. Students from all fields can really find something in his art that would be useful to them." Along with his studio, Vanderbyl is the dean of design at his alma mater, the California College of the Arts, one of. the top ranked design schools in the country. In 2000, Vanderbyl won the prestigious American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA) award, which is in recognition of excellence in the field of graphic design and visual communication, according to the AIGA Web site. "[Vanderbyl] redefined what design is," Western graphic design professor Kent Smith said. "People always assume graphic design is posters and brochures, but Vanderbyl shows that design can be applied toariy thing." Smith 'describes Vanderbyl as one of the "paradigm shifters" of the graphic arts. In Smith's Introduction to Graphic Design class, he teaches his students about 10 of the most important designers in history, and Vanderbyl is one of them. Not to mention, he is one of the few that are still alive. Western senior Krystal Johnson is a graphic design major. As part of Smith's senior seminar class, she went on a trip to San Francisco to visit Vanderbyl's office. "His office is a lot like his artwork," Johnson said. "The office is black, white and gray. It's so clean looking that you hesitate to sit on the couch." Johnson said Vanderbyl's work reminds her of the sans serif font because, like the font, his work is clean with hard lines, conservative but still fresh and new, she said. . "In one way it's straight laced, but with his own style that some people like and some don't but still inviting." Vandejrbyl's work holds a balance between being professional looking without being overly intimidating, photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT An announcement poster for the Gravity Free Exhibit Design Conference for Exhibiter Magazine, 2006. Johnson said. "Vanderbyl is at the top of his profession," said Clark-Langager, noting that being nationally, if not internationally known, is the top criteria when selecting artists to show at The Western Gallery. "His work gives students the chance to see graphic art as an important medium. His work tells stories, gives facts—like all good art does." Other criteria when selecting artists whose work will be shown at the gallery include the medium in which the artists works, Clark-Langager said. The gallery shows three exhibits a year, and the last time a graphic designer's work was shown was five years'ago. - - • • . - - . Although Smith and Clark-Langager have no qualms.about referring to Vanderbyl as an artist, Vanderbyl said he does not think of himself as one. "I hold the term 'artist' in the highest re- --• gard," Vanderbyl said. "An artist is someone who transforms the way people look v at something. Picasso was an artist be-^% : cause he changed how painting was? seen; Frank Lloyd Wright was an-artist because he changed how architecture was done." When looking at the world of art, Vanderbyl defines art practitioners by their medium; so a painter is not an artist he is a painter, an architect is not an artist he is an architect, and so on, he said. "So I wouldn't say I'm an artist," Vanderbyl said. "I'll leave that to someone else to decide, which usually doesn't happen until after the person dies. But I am.proud to be a designer." In many ways, Vanderbyl's work is similar to that of the Bauhaus movement. The major concept of the Bauhaus movement was that form follows function. They believed art should be functional, all inclusive and elegant in it's practicality. Furniture is art, interior design is art and the environment that surrounds us is art. In his artist's statement displayed at the exhibit Vanderbyl said, "I want my work to be used, enjoyed and understood. To express ideals and ideas without denying the necessity of economy." As a student, Vanderbyl was trained by a strict Bauhaus doctrine. "While Bauhaus is often described as a minimalist approach to art, a lot of my designs do have some minimalist techniques," Vanderbyl said. '"But I also try to add humor and wit to my designs, which is not traditionally a Big always works. No idea is too stupid. Find b ---------- Page 7 ---------- r westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 24,2009 I 7 IntelliqeTit minimalist technique." Vanderbyl refers to his work as "clarity." The minimalist influence of Vanderbyl's art can be seen in his use of contrast. A lot of his .work features black and white only, stripes and basic shapes, Clark-Langager said; VI want to make my ideas clear," Vanderbyl said. "I want the audience to get it. I try to combine the subject matter, the humor and the information into a clear idea." When Vanderbyl started his graphic designing career during the. 1970s, he saw design only as a way to communicate on the page. Over the decades his work has evolved to encompass everything from.designing a yacht for a racing team to a label for a wine company. "If I had to sit at a desk and stare at 8 1/2 by 11 pages all day I would have retired a long time ago," Vanderbyl said. While the relationship between business and art may have garnered a negative connotation in the latter half of the century, Vanderbyl said he has no problems with blurring the line. "When people bring up the relationship be-cf tween business and art I just think back to the Re- ^ naissance," Vanderbyl said. "All artwork was commis- /^ sioned back then. I look at busi- Jo ness and commerce as a patron rather than in a negative way." An example of the merging between art and business in the Norther west can be seen in Nike, which is based in Beaverton, Ore:, Vanderbyl said. "Nike does really interesting things. They do interesting architecture, really cool ad campaigns," Vanderbyl said. "Looking at the association between art and business, it can be a very powerful thing:" . • Usually, the client comes to Vanderbyl with problems he or she is experiencing, he said. One example is when an upstart, unnamed wine company came to him for assistance. "They needed a name, a logo, packaging design, ads," Vanderbyl said. "So they told me they wanted a fun name for a cheaper priced wine and I solved the problems." The solution was Wildass Wine, with a logo of a donkey and a simple packaging design, all of which can be seen in one of the prints at the gallery exhibit. "Usually what a business does is go to different people to solve certain problems," Vanderbyl said. "The business will go to an architect with a problem and the solution will be architecture. They go to an advertising designer and the solution would be an advertisement. What I do is try to solve all the problems using all my abilities." The skill Vanderbyl displays over a wide variety of disciplines is what impresses Smith the most. "He isn't an interior designer, but he won a lifetime achievement award for his showroom designs. That is unprecedented," Smith said." [Vanderbyl's] ability to bring his personal expression into the realm of someone else's needs is incredible." One thing that impressed Clark- Langager was the design of the exhibit, which is a piece of art in itself, she said. "When I walked into the area of the gallery with low ceilings, I was struck by the design," she said. "Along the wall there-are a series of 'isms' written that are very direct, almost like haiku, which relates to his work." A few dozen books hang from the ceiling in that area of the gallery. Long, thin cables allow the books to hang waist- high; they range from pamphlets for an art school to business handbooks, most are elegant yet simple, more fancy than flashy. Along the wall are the 'isms' are scrawied across the wall sof the room in large white lettering. "Illusion is. truth," reads one of them. "Design is art?" reads another. "No idea is too stupid. Never get comfortable. Reinvent yourself." The floor design for the exhibit was personally done by Vanderbyl Designs. Floor plans of the gallery were sent to Vanderbyl, who then chose how and where to place his prints. Once the design was complete, a member of Vanderbyl's team came to Western's art gallery and set up the exhibit. "One challenge graphic designers have when showing their work in a gallery is to make the area seem like it's not flat," Smith said. "Because the work we do is on paper, it's flat. The design of the gallery really fills the space and gives it almost a three-dimensional quality." The whole sub-context of the exhibit design was to keep the walls bare, Vanderbyl said. He said he wants people to be inside the exhibit, to be a participant. He wants people to pick up the books that are hanging from the ceiling, read them and feel them, he said. It is Vanderbyl's largest ever exhibition of prints, when measured by square footage. He has his work at the Denver Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. "Design doesn't belong on the walls, just to be stared at," Vanderbyl said. "Design belongs to the public. Design is the people's art. It's in our everyday vernacular. We are surrounded by it everyday of our lives." photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT Personal Information Dirigible [PID], San Francisco Museum of Art, 2000. £* L/ auty in ugliness. Illusion is truth. Design is art? ---------- Page 8 ---------- 8 I ARTS LIFE Friday •April 24,2009 I The Western Front Western professor combines historical details with fiction in latest installment of his best-selling series * Tristan Hiegler THE WESTERN FRONT Western associate professor William Dietrich matched wits and traded secrets with the likes of Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin—at: least through the eyes of his main character, Ethan Gage. Dietrich is the author of three interconnected novels featuring Ethan Gage, an American adventurer living in 1798 post- Revolutionary France. Gage meets many significant historical figures in the course of his escapades, whether it is traveling with Napoleon's fleet to invade Egypt, hunting Norse artifacts for President Jefferson or tangling with Napoleon's nymphomaniac sister. His latest in the series is "The Dakota Cipher," published March 24. The first in the series, "Napoleon's Pyramids," was published in 2007, and the second, "The Rosetta Key," was published in 2008. In addition to the Gage series, Dietrich published three nonfiction and five fiction novels dealing with topics diverse as murder in the Antarctic and war in the Roman Empire. Dietrich presented "The Dakota Cipher" April 22 at Village Books, located in Fairhaven, with a photo, slideshow of some of the modern locations the book is set in. Co-owner Chuck Robinson; 61, said. Dietrich read and gave presentations on nearly every one of his books at the store. Andrew Rankin, 38, a bookseller at Village Books, said Dietrich has a large fan base in Bellingham, and his novels appeal to many people. Rankin described them as "Indiana Jones in the Napoleonic Wars." Dietrich equates Gage to Indiana Jones or Jack Sparrow. He said he created the Gage character to be a bit of a rascal and a useful observer of history to which modern readers can relate. "He has a talent for getting himself in trouble," Dietrich said about Gage, who gambles, chases women and hunts ancient photp by Carolyn Copestead THE WESTERN FRONT Western environmental studies professor William Dietrich speaks about his latest book, The Dakota Cipher, 7 p.m. Wednesday at Village Books in. Fairhaven. artifacts. Dietrich said he chose the setting of the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution because it was an era rich in romanticism and melodrama, when everything was a gamble. "Napoleon's Pyramids" opens with Gage in a Paris gambling den, where he wins a mysterious medallion. Within the same night he wins the medallion, he is mugged, beaten and framed for murder. Gage escapes with one of Napoleon's fleets to Egypt in order tb escape the murder charges while trying to find the answer as to why the medallion is so important. Along the way, he witnesses some of Napoleon's conquests and explores the Great Pyramid. Dietrich said he wanted to write "Napoleon's Pyramids" so he could fulfill his dream of traveling to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. "The Rosetta Key" follows Gage as he explores the secrets of Jerusalem while Napoleon invades the Holy Land. He must unravel the secrets of an ancient artifact Napoleon is after and check the warlord's rise to power. In "The Dakota Cipher," Gage goes back to the United States in 1800 and begins a quest for ancient Norse artifacts, which are connected to the thunder god Thor. His mission is assigned by none other than Thomas Jefferson, who is interested in theories that the Norse arrived in America centuries before Columbus. "I'm doing what I enjoy, I'm writing the kind'of book I like to read," he said. Dietrich said in his presentation he likes to put readers back in time and let them feel what it was like to travel in 18th Century Egypt as it is being invaded by the French or the frontier of America as it is being settled for the first time. Dietrich described the spectrum of historical novel as lining up on two extremes: hard history on one end and alternative history on the other. He places himself in the middle. He said he pays a lot of attention to historical fact, but he also invents characters, secrets and artifacts to populate his stories. In addition to local readers, Dietrich has an international following. He said the paperback edition of "The Rosetta Key" reached 29 on The New York Times best-seller list. "Napoleon's Pyramids" and "The Rosetta Key" have been translated into 28 languages, including Chinese, Russian,1 Norwegian arid Finnish. Dietrich, who grew up in Tacoma, said he came to Western as a Fairhaven student in 1969 and was drawn to journalism as a major. He went on to report for the Bellingham Herald and then moved to the Washington D.C. to report on politics. He returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1978 to work for The Seattle Times and The Columbian in-Vancouver, Wash. He covered the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, for which he received a Pulitzer Prize for the paper's coverage of the spill in 1990. Dietrich joined Western's faculty in 2006 as an.assistant professor of environmental journalism and currently works as the adviser to The Planet, a student publication dedicated to environmental coverage. It is the only undergraduate produced environmental magazine in the country. Dietrich said when he writes his novels he begins by rooting the idea in a place and period he is interested in arid letting the story evolve from there. He does a bit of research he said, reading 40-50 nonfiction books for every novel he writes and visits the setting of the novel. "I don't have a set writing schedule," v he said. "I'm just very conscious of what I have to write and how much time I have tb write it;" HHj^^K^HS •HRSII^H ^MRft%f§tit^H ^H^^HiuiMigi^i^i^^H^H 1 the Dakota Cipher 1 is the third in a se- I ries of fiction nov- I els. In this adven- 1 ture, American hero 1 Ethan Gage travels 1 across Italy, France 1 arid the United 1 States in search of a I Norse artifact. Dietrich said he has already finished a draft of the next Ethan Gage novel and sent it to his publisher, HarperCollins. He said fans should not expect to see it for least another year because of the editing process the manuscript must go through. Dietrich remains optimistic about the future of the books he's publishing and the future of the book as a medium for communication. "I think it will survive, and,it will still be popular," he said. "The generation coming along, I think, is every bit as avid and sophisticated in their reading as generations before." At the corner of State Ohio • Mon-Sat 6am to ipm ; Breakfast and lunch served all, day! Summer Travel Courses Enchanting India Exploring Topics in International Business August 11-20, Bellingham • September 4-15, India • Led by WWU faculty, Dr. Joseph Correa • Discover one of the fastest growing economies in the world • Experience and learn from India's rich and vibrant culture • Explore possibilities of new business ventures abroad • Visit and tour local sites and landmarks Find out more! April 28, 4:00 pm Academic Instruction Center (AW) 412 maxwellcorrea@comcast.net . (360)650-2902 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Ghana, Africa Financial Capital and Social Justice August 31 -September 11 • Led by WWU faculty, Craig Mayberry • Meet with microlending agents and recipients • Visit communities impacted by World Bank/ IMF projects • Embark on cultural excursions Find out more! April 29, 4:00 pm Academic Instruction Center (AW). 412 craig;mayberry@wwu.edu (360)441-9903 www.wwu.edu/~summer AA. EO Institution ---------- Page 9 ---------- 91 See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Friday • April 24,20091 The Western Front I Associated Students presidential canidates Matt Jarrell and Aaron Garcia address the issues concerning students in the upcoming election. Matt Jarrell - Imagine sitting in a stuffy room full of accomplished administrators, and it is your responsibility to make decisions that could affect 13,000 students for better or worse. Why would anyone want this job? I want to be honest, so I'll admit that this position will be a challenge. To have that much influence on a community also comes with an immense amount of pressure. I am the strongest candidate for AS President with the passion and experience necessary to represent students and stand up for their wants and needs. It's no secret the economy is changing. It would be an empty promise to tell you I will keep tuition low when I would have no control over it, and the budget will already be set. If elected, I plan to keep the price tag for higher education affordable while working to maximize investment in higher education for the future. I want to ensure that student fees are not only reasonable, but they are being spent responsibly. Student dollars should be spent on what students are passionate about, whether that is free tea in the Wellness and Outreach Center or a student run Co-Op. The quality of Western should not be lost in budget cuts. Like everyone else, the Associated Students will also be forced to tighten their belt. If elected, my objective is to put an emphasis on the evaluation of programs. How many students enjoyed this event? Is it worth doing next year? How do these events fit within our mission and goals? This would ensure student funds were being spent responsibly. As your current VP for Activities, my goal has been outreach. I supported students, clubs, and programs through Activities Council. I made the AS accessible on the Viking Village online forum. I saw the need for an on-campus leadership week, and created Project Leadership, a series of programs that over 500 students attended. If elected President, I will continue to seek student opinions. I will hold listening sessions with students around campus to gather the values they want represented. When I'm sitting with the Board of Trustees, I will be able to say "Mary Viking cares about this," or "Joe Freshman cares about that." I can't expect everyone to come to me, so I will take initiative. The AS and the role of its president are about more than just university decisions. We are about student activities, student services and student involvement. By doing more volunteer outreach, I will not only maximize the value of our organization, but give students opportunities to further their leadership development with work that is meaningful and enjoyable. I wouldn't trade my experience at Western for anything in the world. I'm - grateful for the amazing people I've met, and the things I've learned both in and out of the classroom. I want nothing more than for every student to love this university as much as I do. It would be an honor to complete my final year at Western as . your AS President. Vote for the candidate with the passion and experience. Vote for the candidate who will lead from the heart. Vote for the candidate who will keep students in mind, 100% of the time. Aaron Garcia There are not enough words in.the English dictionary to express how passionate I am about Western and the Associated Students. The last four years have been a complete blast. From being a club member of various Ethnic Student Center clubs, to being elected Vice President for Activities, and currently being AS Productions Director I have helped bring you great events such as Death Cab for Cutie, Late Night Events and so much more. It has been a pleasure to serve the students of Western. Now I believe it's time to put all the knowledge and skill I have learned and take the next step. My experience demonstrates how passionate I am about representing student's interest, but passion is not what makes a good leader. Having goals and the determination to follow through with those ambitions makes a great AS President. I am a strong advocate of affordable tuition.. A 14 percent increase in tuition doesn't sit well with me. We cannot expect our representatives in Olympia to increase tuition and not have our voice heard. As your president, I would collaborate with other AS Board members to create a strong legislative agenda and have a strong relationship with Western's administration to make sure we combine lobbying efforts in Olympia. The administration is not our enemy, they do not want to raise tuition by 14 percent. We should be lobbying together to get more funds from Olympia. I would set goals with our Legislative Liaison to make sure every representative in Olympia knows our legislative, agenda. One of my goals for next year is to find students who are affected by the tuition hike and make a video about their stories. This will allow every representative in Olympia to hear these stories and realize that these are students^and families from their districts who are being affected by the tuition hike. I plan to work together with Campus Community Coalition and Realty Rental Companies to find ways to keep housing affordable. I would attempt to have meetings with Puget Sound Energy to find a fixed rate for college students. These are just some of the small things that can add up to a lot. There are currently over 15 different programming/resource and over 200 clubs that are a part of the Associate Students. Part of my plan for next year is to get students more actively involved. I plan to have strong coalition build-- ing sessions in which we get clubs more involved with our resource and programming offices and the community to establish goals/outcomes for the Associated Students and Western. I plan to' have one of the largest Viking Days possible. This year Western will make a statement that higher education should be one of Olympia's No.l priorities. This is the year of making statements. We have several ethnic student center clubs, and they do a fabulous job programming events and making our students become more aware of the different ethnicities at Western, However, diversity is not just a blanket term for ethnicity. There are different voices and view points on this campus and sometimes these voices are not being heard. I will be a soundboard for all. students who come to" me with problems and concerns. These are just a couple of the goals that I plan to accomplish, but there- are still so many more goals that you the students have, that I have not heard of. So if you see me PLEASE tell me your concerns, challenge me on my positions, MAKE ME EARN YOUR VOTE! Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Are you going to vote in the Associated Student elections? Compiled by: Katelyn Yruretagoyena Sean Bannister Junior •''I just see posters on the wall. I don't know people's issues or what they're going to try to do." Johnna Hansen Freshman "Probably not I don't know anything about the candidates. If I voted I would just be picking names." Grace Thompson Junior "Yes. I think it's important and I like the fact that we are able to." Christina Zecha Freshman "Yes. It's the only way we are-going to see what we want in our school." ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Friday • April 24,2009 I The Western Front Track places second at multi-events championship Two Vikings just miss first place in heptathlon, decathlon events Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT Western's track and field team took second place in the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon at the Great Northwest Athletic (GNAC) Conference Multi- Events Championships Monday and Tuesday, at Central Washington University. "As a whole, we gave it all and competed very, very well," head coach Pee Wee Halsell said. "We had some disappointments, but that's just how it goes sometimes." After two long days of events, Western senior Clara Cook finished second in the women's heptathlon, and- Western sophomore Alex Harrison rallied for second to finish the men's decathlon. Making the final turn before the final stretch of the 800- meter race Tuesday, Cook tripped and fell, resulting in a final time of 2 minutes, 33 seconds and a fifth- place finish. She finished roughly four seconds behind Western Oregon University sophomore Mandy Keifer, who took first with a time of 2:29. "I lost about five seconds when I fell on that last corner," Cook said. "I was really disappointed." HalselLsaid Cook might have been able to reach the national qualifying mark for the 800 and would have avoided the five second increase if she had not fallen. Athletes receive points based on the times of then-races or the height of their vaults. x Cook earned a total of 4,343 points in the heptathlon leaving her 57 points short of the NCAA Division II national provisional qualifying standard, which would have qualified her for the national championships in San An- gelo, Texas. _ ' On Monday, Cook surpassed the 5-foot-6-inch national qualifying mark for the high jump. "Only 16 girls get to go nationals [for high jump] each year," Cook said. "So, if too many girls jump [5 feet 7*inches] like I did, I may not get to go." photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT (from left) Western sophomore Alex Harrison, senior Clara Cook and freshamnTim Clen-danieK Harrison and Cook placed second in the decathlon and heptahlon, respectively". Clendaniel placed fourth in the decathlon. Cook said she was happy with her performance Monday as she either improved or tied her personal records in all four of the first day's events. Hoping to throw the javelin 100 feet Tuesday, Cook came up short with a distance of 99 feet 11 inches. Despite a rough second day, Cook said the two-day meet was her best overall. "I took fifth place last year," Cook said. "This year I scored about 200 more points, so I'd say it was my best meet yet." Western' sophomore Michelle Howe took fifth in the heptathlon while Western freshmen Sabrina Schwindler. and Devon King took sixth and eleventh, respectively. Western freshman Tim Clendaniel walked away with a fourth-place finish in the decathlon. After finishing fourth Monday, Harrison rallied Tuesday to move up two spots in the rankings. Harrison finished second in the meet with 6,060 points, placing him 226 points behind Western Oregon's Zeb Udell, who took first. In his strongest event of the decathlon, Harrison threw the javelin 183 feet 5 inches. His weakest events were discus, and high jump, where he threw a distance of 109 feet 8 inches and jumped 5 feet 9 1/4 inches. "I had one good [discus] throw, but I didn't aim up enough," Harrison said. "My other good throw just slipped off my fingers." Last year, Harrison said he attended the championships with a broken heel, but he was still able to fill in for teammates during throwing events. "This. decathlon was "arollercoaster compared tcr my last one," Harrison said. "But, considering how- well I did in most events, I'm not too disappointed." On Tuesday, Clendaniel slipped to fourth place after his previous day's third-place standing. He said the wind was blowing hard all day Tuesday, making everything a little more difficult. Clendaniel vaulted 13 feet 11.25 inches Tuesday: "Typically my second day is better than my first because of the pole vault," Clendaniel said. "I just haven't, had a solid second day yet." Clendaniel said he had hoped to do better; his final score of 5,760 points was 60 points greater than the scores he was receiving in high school. 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Employment, Rentals, Services Western Front Classifieds wwu.westernfront@gmail.com 650-3160 IHliHSliiBiiil MiWiiilili^M«l*lii ii^Blllll^lfcliiiliip ---------- Page 11 ---------- 11 I SPORTS Friday April 24,2009 I The Western Front Men's golf team bags second-consecutive GNAC title Three players named to first-team; all-conference team for second year in a row Photo Courtesy of the Western Athletic Department Western senior Brandon Brown finished third with 215 strokes after 54 holes. Brown was_ named first-team all conference after the championship match. Kendall Mercer THE WESTERN FRONT Western's men's golf swung to their second consecutive conference title at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship April 20 and 21 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Club in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Deja vu surrounded this year's tournament as Western faced off against Saint Martin's University for a second year in a row, winning by only a few strokes. "They were very similar; last year we found ourselves in a three shot deficit going intb the final round, and this year we had the exact same situation," Western head coach Steve Card said. "We were down by three going into the final round and were able to pull it out." The Vikings played 54 holes during the two-day event and finished first out of four teams with a total score of 872 strokes. Saint Martin's University came in second with 875 strokes followed by Montana State University, Billings and Northwest Nazarene University. Western senior Jake Koppenberg came in first during medalist; play after winning a tie- breaker against Saint Martin's senior John Eisentrout. "It was a little nerve-wracking having to go into a playoff to win the tournament, but I just had to take care of business," Koppenberg: said. "I knew if I.got into a playoff, I could probably handle what John had tp offer." _ . , Western - senior Brandon Brown finished third; With 215 strokes, freshman Jake Webb tied for fifth with 220 strokes and junior Julian Peters finished i4th, with 228 strokes. -V -;^ .'•' The Viking's season started/in September when the team opened with a sec-ond'place finish at the Western Washington University Invitational. Since then, the team has competed in eight tournaments throughout the western United States, arid placed within the top 10 at each of them: Koppenberg said although he was a little disappointed with the team's performance at the beginning of the regular season, by spring the team had started to play to their potential and consistently improved with each tournament. "You play how you practice," Brown said. "Every time we play golf, it's preparation so we can be at the highest level of focus during the regional tournament." Although the Vikings placed second at the regional level last year, Card said past successes do not necessarily predict how well the team will perform this time around. "It's going to be a highly competitive event, [with] 20 teams for five spots," Card said. "You just never know until you get there, and you see how things go; and there are a lot of things that can dictate how you play, weather conditions obviously being the most significant factor." Koppenberg, Brown and sophomore Thomas Jun were named to the first-team all-conference team for the second year in a row. The Vikings will compete for the regional title at the 47th annual NCAA II West Regional Championship on May 4-6 at the Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln, Neb. "I think we have a good chance of winning," Koppenberg said. "We're just as good as any team out there." Intramural involvement spikes; more spring sports offered Elizabeth Hansen THE WESTERN FRONT Remember the days of no Homework, no work and just a good game of dodgeball on the playground? Shooting some hpops? Or maybe pingpong in the garage? Students can relive those childhood memories with the new additions to the spring intramural sports. Three-on-three basketball, dodgeball and three new sports leagues, pingpong, tennis and racquetball, have been added to the list of intramurals offered during spring quarter. With his entire team decked out in all pink attire, including short shorts for the men, Western sophomore Jerry Spraggins said he has found dodgeball to be a great way to get back into shape after a long winter. "I wanted to do something that was fun and a good workout," said Spraggins, who also plays softball and racquetball. Intramural Coordinator Kendra Jackson said the new sports ladder system al lows students to easily join throughout the quarter for $5. Once in the ladder league, students and faculty face off against each other, with the winner advancing one step closer to the top of the ladder, Jackson said. "It can be hard to find people to play sports.like pingpong and racquetball," Jackson said. "I'm hoping that they see the intramural program offering them the chance to connect with other people who like to play those sports too." . Jackson said she believes these sports are making a comeback and wants to give students and faculty the chance to play them. "They are really healthy sports," Jackson said. "They get you moving, but at the same time are.not too strenuous." Students from Whatcom Community College, Bellingham Technical College and Northwest Indian College can also participate in any intramural sport that Western has to offer. Classifieds FOR RENT 3 BD/2 BA duplex for rent. Walk to WWU! 12 mo. lease starting July 1, $1140/mo., W/D/DW, 2 car garage, W/S paid. (360)671-9837. 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Without intramural sports, North said she would not have had the opportunity to play sports such as softball or rac-quetball. , S? "Playing an intramural sport let's me have an opportunity to play a sport I wouldn't do otherwise," North said. "It is so easy, too, because it is right here on campus. It would he almost impossible to set up a regular softball game on your own " : A study done by the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education showed that by joining an intramural team on campus students can greatly reduce the stress of academics. Western senior Elise Nancy agrees. "For me, intramurals is a big stress reliever," Nancy said, "It's a great way. to let out stress"from class." With more th^ri;3|D00 students participating in intra- spring season mural, sports each quarter and sometimes more than 100 teams signed up for one sport, Jackson said she is pleased to see student's enthusiasm for intramurals. 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- 2009_0428 ---------- Page 1 ---------- APRIL BREW'S DAY RAISES $36,000 FOR MAX HIGBEE CENTER PAGE 9 TRACK TEAM WINS 18 EVENTS AT NINTH ANNUAL TWILITE MEET PAGE 16 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT'NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I WESTERNFRQNTQNLINE.
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2009_0428 ---------- Page 1 ---------- APRIL BREW'S DAY RAISES $36,000 FOR MAX HIGBEE CENTER PAGE 9 TRACK TEAM WINS 18 EVENTS AT NINTH ANNUAL TWILITE MEET PAGE 16 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 AN INDEP
Show more2009_0428 ---------- Page 1 ---------- APRIL BREW'S DAY RAISES $36,000 FOR MAX HIGBEE CENTER PAGE 9 TRACK TEAM WINS 18 EVENTS AT NINTH ANNUAL TWILITE MEET PAGE 16 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT'NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970 I WESTERNFRQNTQNLINE.NET Student s s r switch to newe-mai , Jeremy Schwartz ' : ^ . . :'. When Wpodring College of Education /Ppst-Bacealaureate student David Branripn. changed his;Westepi;eVmail account terihe new Mictpsoft'Qiitlook sys-. tern three weeks ago, he was pleased to see the new program better resembled other e-mail software-compared to Western's previous e-mail system. However, Brannon said the-most common difficulty'; many students?;: are - experiencing. irjVthe new system is;?find-ing e-mails-thaJt-were-migrated-pVeii^iram- • Western's old system. The problem most likely stems from the different forms Outlook takes when students access it through Web browsers other than.Microsoft's Internet Explorer, such as the Firefox Web browser, he said. , .'...*.. • ,; ' . • "[Academic Technology and-User Services] should use technology that is versatile," Brannon said. "I think they have restricted themselves with Outlook." The majority- Of student feedback ATUS has received1 about the new e-mail system has been positive, said Rick Nichols, the help desk coordinator for ATUS. Of the 6,000 students who have migrated their saved e-mail. messages to Outlook since the April 1 start date, only 300 have contacted the ATUS Help Desk for assistance in the process, Nichols said. see E-MAIL page 4 University Police Galled to remove disturbance at career fair Thursday phbtb by Katie Greene THEWESTERN FRONT Western graduate student Matteb Tamburini and an unnamed protester (left) speak with Officer Joe Alexander before being removed from the Career Fair Thursday. Tamburini's attorney Larry HMes, (center) defends their protest of distributing fliers about military service. Brian Conner THE WESTERN FRONT Two anti-military protesters were removed by University Police (UP) Thursday from the Spring Career Fair for handing out fliers in frontof a military recruiter's booth. UP responded to the Wade King Student Recreation Center to remove Western graduate student Matteo Tamburini and his attorney Larry Hildes, who cited their First Amendment rights as reason .to distribute fliers that question the length and requirements of service in the military. Western Dean of Students Ted Pratt asked Hildes and Tamburini to leave the career fair. Tamburini and Hildes refused to comply with Pratt's request, which prompted UP to respond at 1:05 p.m. and request the see PROTESTERS page 7 Goodbye phase, hello canola oil Jeremy Schwartz THE WESTERN FRONT . University Dining. Services has decided to replace Phase, the hydrogenated soybean oil used in the preparation of grilled and sauteed food items in the dining halls, with a trans-fat-free, canola oil-based cooking product in response to concerns raised by Western's dietitian and .students. Dining Services will start using the phase replacement, canola pan and grill oil, in ^^^g'ha^-miMh^wxifew-weeks, said Lisa Philbrook, director of business development for Dining Services. Unlike Phase, the canola oil product will not be used as a flavor enhancer or preservative on steamed vegetables served in any of the dining halls, she said. The replacement cooking oil is made from canola oil and has 1 gram of saturated fat per tablespoon. This equates to 5 percent of the recommended daily allowance of saturated fat based on a 2,000 calorie diet, whereas Phase has 13 percent of the recommended daily allowance of saturated fat. A tablespoon of Phase, which Dining Services had been using since 2006, and a tablespoon of trie canola oil product each contain 120 calories, all from fat, which is 22 percent of the recommended daily allowance of total fat. The canola oil product costs 30 cents less per gallon than Phase. The main reason Dining Services is replacing Phase stemmed.from a discussion regarding the use of the product at a March 6 meeting of Western's Campus Dining Committee, Philbrook said. At the meeting, Western dietitian Jill Kelly mentioned The Western Front had sought her input about Phase for an article that would eventually run in the March 13 edition of the paper. Kelly, a member of the dining committee; expressed concern about Dining- Services' use of Phase because it contained hydrogenated oil and suggested using a healthier cooking product made predominantly from canola oil. Ira Simon, director of Dining Services, told Chris Kenney, director of operations, to research an-alternative to Phase, and report his findings at the April 3 dining committee meeting. Kenney contacted the national suppliers for Sodexo, the food provider for Din-, irig Services,.to find a hydrogenated oil-free cooking product from a list Sodexo dietitians had developed. Philbrook said Kenney also consulted with dining services at the University of see PHASE page 5 ---------- Page 2 ---------- 2 I See more online at www.westernfrontonIine;net Tuesday • April 28,2009 I The Western Front Outline Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT Western's Planning and Budgeting Office received an early copy of the Washington state legislature's conference budget Friday revealing a nearly 30 percent cut in Western's state appropriations during the 2009-11 biennium. The $44 million cut.to Western's operating budget is offset by.$8.8 million in federal stimulus funding and $17.5 million in tuition revenue, which results from a 14 percent increase in the university's tuition raising authority. According to Western Planning and Budgeting documents, the university will allocate $1.4 million of tuition revenues toward additional student financial aid. After factoring in tuition revenue and federal stimulus dollars. Western faces a 7.4 percent biennial operating budget cut, which amounts to $ 18.9 million. In a Tetter sent to university administration Friday, Western President Bruce Shepard said the newly released conference budget cuts an additional $5 million of Western's state appropriations, which were reduced by $39 million in the house of representatives' budget proposal released in early April. Shepard also said the $8.8 million of federal stimulus "are one-time dollars and will disappear from our budget at the con-photo by Nick Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT Western sophomores Bryce Pollock and Erica Olson sat at Red Square and voted in the AS Elections Monday. "All the candidates have been pushing people to vote, regardless of who you vote for," Pollock said. "I wanted to vote because I am a member of STAND, and we ask for a lot of money from the AS, so I wanted to make sure my candidates got elected," Olson said. All the candidates had to stay 60 feet from around the voting station. WEATHER REPORT elusion of the biennium." Renee Roberts, director of Western's Capital Budget office, sent a letter to umV versity administration Friday outlining the state's legislative capital appropriations for Western. Of the total $79.4 million Western will receive in capital appropriations, $54.6 million will be available for the Miller Hall Renovation project. The war. terfront land acquisition^ Huxley facility and Carver academic renovation funds requested by Western's Capital Budget office in January were not provided for in the recently released capital budget. "Western is grateful for the support extended by our elected leaders in Olym-pia in funding our top priority capital projects," Roberts wrote. "We look forward to initiating campus improvements that will benefit the entire community." Roberts said capital appropriations will neither help nor hurt Western's operating budget because capital funds come from different sources than operating funds. While operating budget dollars come from state funding and tuition revenue, capital budget dollars come from state-issued bonds, which are financed through a long-term mechanism similar to a home mortgage, Shepard said Western's Planning and Budgeting office plans to post a draft university operating budget on its Web site by May 11. "We will be able to handle the cuts," Shepard wrote. "The future is right where I would want it: in our hands." * WER , High: 63° F LO«K43°F Partly Sunny JHUR Hign:W9F Low:4^F Partly $unny High: 65? F Lpw:|7°F Mostly Sunny CORRECTIONS An article in the April 24th issue of The Western Front titled, "Western professor combines historical details with fiction in latest installment of his best-selling series," inncorrectly stated the job title of professor William Dietrich. He is an assistant professor in the Environmental Studies department. " The Western front apologizes for this and any other error. 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Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. ---------- Page 3 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I luesday • April 28,2009 NEWS I 3 Writing Center introducesnew program to assist students Jing' Web site offers improved opportunities to receive written or oral feedback oh papers Jenny Farrington THE WESTERN FRONT The Writing Center will soon be implementing a new service to assist students in. receiving efficient feedback on their work. The new program, known as Jing, is accessed through the Writing Center's Web site and gives'.students"the option of receiving oral feedback on their papers. Students who wish to submit a paper for online feedback from a Writing Center assistant will now have the choice of receive ing feedback in the standard written form or getting feedback orally. - Jing would allow the Writing Center to assist students sooner and help with clarification as well as. making it a more personal experience, Writing Center Director Roberta Kjesrud said. Jing records the voice of the Writing Center assistant as well as adding a visual element of the assistant taking the student "Jing is just a great time saver, student coordinator and writing assistant Lana Larson said. "It's also great because [the writing assistant] can express a lot more through [their] tone of voice, which gives [them] more freedom." "It is meant to allow a more personal response. A voice is always more personal than e-mail" Kjesrud said. "It allows us to be much more accurate, and it's just a better form of communication." The program has already received a great deal of positive feedback when tested, and those who have used it so far have been impressed with the results, Kjesrud said. '• "It's fun oh the responding end and the receiving end," Kjesrud said. "Everyone has been really enthusiastic. If it's both helpful and fun, that's a winner." Kjesrud said she heard about the idea from a colleague at Whatcom Community College, who had great success there with the program. // This new program allows [the writing center employees] to give a reasonably thorough response [to a paper] in a shorter timeframe. tt -Writing Center Director Roberta Kjesrud through the corrections they have made on the paper. ,.;,- To receive oral feedback on a paper, «4j^d|nts^ne^4 iK^ess^the; gt;A^ng^@en- fteFs'Web• sifc^sub^t'Ae^-pap^r-arid gt;se-lect the oral response box. Writers should expect to hear a response within 24 hours, Kjesrud said. What is unique about Jing is the choice it gives students; whether they would prefer getting feedback in written or oral form, Kjesrud said. V .^ "Tsuspect it wilt: be most helpful to students in classes where the professors assign writing but do not actually give much instruction in how to do it," Western English professor Donna Qualley said. Students who use the Writing Center's services also see Jing as a particularly helpful option for receiving efficient feedback. "I think having the oral option would be the most beneficial in explaining corrections more in-.depth," Western junior Rachel Tipper said. "You can have questions answered right there." Because the Writing Center has never had an established location and is continuously moved around campus, Kjesrud said she hopes Jing will help in ensuring that students take advantage of and receive the feedback on their writing that they need. Recently, the Writing Center has seen their online traffic increase because students have struggled with finding the Writing Center's current location on campus, Kjesrud said. The writing center is currently located in Miller Hall room 220, she said. The center has typically lost anywhere between 30 and 40 percent of then-foot traffic when they move. However, online the center is always in the same place, Kjesrud said. "In the past, we've ended up having more drafts at a time than we can respond to, and we don't like turning people away," Kjesrud said. "This new program allows [the Writing center] to give a reasonably thorough response [to a paper] in a shorter time frame. We will also be able to accommodate many more writers." '" Although Jing is accessed through the Writing Center's Web site, it js simple to use, Larson said. "I have found it to be really helpful," Larson said. "Even though I'm technologically challenged, the program is really photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Tasha Ritter, a writing assistant in the Writing Center, demonstrates the new Jing program. easy to use. It has a lot of benefits, and I think writers who frequent the inbox and those who are looking for very specific things will find it the most helpful." However, as with any new program, Jing has the potential to cause problems. "It works great if it works right," said Nikole Blue who works the front desk. "It might make things more complicated than they need to be." Blue said she is hesitant about increasing the number of options online for students in fear of generating confusion and frustration. The majority of the Writing Center staff remain optimistic and enthusiastic about the program's implementation. * BREWING COMPANY FRIDAY, MAY 1ST 10:30PM $4 CONNECIICUY AND j! REDWOOD PLAN |! TO BENEFIT MARIANNE'S HOUSE 1107 RAILROAD AVE. 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However, the option will be removed May 5 to help ensure students will switch oyer to the new e-mail system before Dead Week, said Line Nesheim, manager of consulting and development for ATUS. The expected increase in students accessing the ATUS Web site will most likely not cause a crash similar to the one that Western's housing Web site experienced since ATUS's server can handle more traffic at one time, Nesheim said. While students will have to switch to the new e-mail system, ATUS plans to forward all e-mails sent to the "cc.wwu.edu" address to the new "students;wwu.edu" address for at least the next few academic years, Nesheim said. ATUS will most likely continue to forward e-mails until all students who had the "cc.wwu.edu" address have graduated, he said. From conception to testing, development of the migration software spanned four to six months, ATUS Director Frank Roberts said. A large amount of testing was involved in making sure the rnigra-tion software worked with different computer operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X, and other Web browsers, Roberts said. Developing software from scratch is seldom an easy process, he said. "Those things are never simple," Roberts said. Without the e-mail migration software, ATUS would have had to forward students' saved e-mails from the old "cc. wwu.edu" address to the new "students. wwu.edu" address one by one, Roberts said. This process would have taken much longer and most likely ended with more complications, he said. 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He said ATUS was limited in the number of possible programs because of the requirements for security of student information and the desire to have no advertisements displayed while students access their e-mail accounts. ATUS decided to make the switch to provide a much needed update to the outdated SquirrelMail system, Roberts said. Not only will Outlook give students the same e-mail system Western faculty and staff use, the change will, get students more familiar with the system, which is most commonly used in the workplace, he said. :•--_•_. The selection process involved input from members of Western's faculty and, staff, in addition to discussions with other universities who used Outlook or Gmail e-mail systems, Nesheim said. Conversations with other universities around the world through online forurhisand dispus-sion boards led ATUS to the decision that Outlook fit best with Western's requirements, he said. '•:_ ,'.'•':• The safety of students' private infor-: mation was one of the biggest concerns for ATUS and was another "main reason \ for the delay of the new e-mail system's implementation, Nesheim said. Outlook's privacy features were the best out of any other e-mail systems considered because they allowed Western to maintain control of and understand the exposure of all students' private information, he said,.;; r . ; "[ATUS] wantedno sur^seso^liOVvj student data was treated " Nesheim'said. '•; In addition to the security measures Outlook uses, ATUS took other features into account, such as its ability to effectively filter out junk e-mails, when deciding on Western's new e-mail system, Nesheim said. A common complaint from students about SquirrelMail was its tendency to assign "junk" status to e-mails that were not, he said. Outlook is designed to make decisions on what is considered junk mail based on the kinds of e-mails students commonly delete, Nesheim said. While the new e-mail system is better equipped than SquirrelMail to make those kinds of decisions, students still have an obligation to check their junk mail folder periodically to make sure Outlook is not assigning junk status to important e-mails, such as those from. Western, he said. Despite some initial confusion about the location of his migrated e-mail and the Web browser issue, ©rannont said he-is" generally pleased with, the: features; such as the. visual interface, Outlook offers. lt; Since he is training to be a teacher, Bran-non said he; appreciates ;Outlo©k's ability to use characters found, in languages, other J than. English; something; SquirrelMaii couldnotdo. gt; •: '-' "One of the principles of education is including people," Brannon said. "You have to make your infrastructure support; diversity so diverse -people' can operate in your system.^ :• "-'• ••'•• gt;-•• : gt; --r-^.j- ,ri0-.\ :.•: gt; However, Western junior^ iJulie Messinger said the fact that Outlook runs most effectively with only Microsoft's Internet Explorer and not software developed by Apple Computer Inc. caused the biggest problem she has had with the new e-mail system, ; J : - gt;••• Messinger said she migrated here-mail to the new system a few days after she received an e-mail from ATUS informing her of the impending switch. While she has no issues with the design of the program, she said she found herself unable to forward e-mails sent to her Western address to the e-mail program she most often uses; a program similar to Outlook but designed for the computer operating system found on Apple computers. 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April 29, 4:00 pm Academic Instruction Center (AW) 412 ... craig.mayberry@wwu.edu - (360)441-9903 www.wwu.edu/~summer AA/EO Institution ---------- Page 5 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday •April 28,2009 NEWS I 5 PHASE: Dining services replaces phase with trans-fat-free canola oil from 1 California, Davis (UC Davis), which contracts with Sodexo, to see what cooking oil product was used during food preparation in the dining halls, she said. "UC Davis was a good place to start because they parallel Western in some ways regarding sustainable health and food/'Philbrook said. Linda Adams, the registered dietitian for UC Davis, said a representative from Western's dining services asked, in an e-mail, what type of oil UC Davis dining halls uses on its grills and frying pans. • As a result of the discussion between the two universities, Western's dining services will be: using the same hydrogenated oil-free product for grilled and sauteed food preparation, Adams said: Dining services at UC Davis have been using the canola oil product for approximately three years, Adams said. The student body started the push to change from a product containing hydrogenated oil to a healthier alternative once scientific research revealed the detrimental health effects of trans fat, she said. " [UC Davis] has switched a couple of times as. products have evolved until we ended up with this one," Adamssaid. The vast majority of trans fats are created through the artificial process of making hydrogenated oil, Adams said. Consumption of trans fats increases the amount of unhealthy cholesterol, which can accumulate in. blood vessels and lead to blockages. . The rationale to use Phase originated from Kenney's focus on a product that would improve the flavor of foods on which it was used and hold up welLon hot cooking surfaces, Philbrook said.. When Sodexo presented Phase as a cooking oil product, Dining Services did not realize a product listed as "zero trans fat," did not necessarily mean.it was free of trans fatsv she said. Food production companies change some types of liquid vegetable oil into a more solid hydrogenated oil so it will last longer on store shelves and does not burn when used on grills arid frying pans, Adams said. Since hydrogenated oil cannot be created without producing some amount of trans fat, no product containing hydrogenated oil can be completely free of trans fat, she said. Due to Food and Drug Administration labeling guidelines, a hydrogenated genated 5il, Philbrook said. After the March 13 article about Phase, students began voicing their concerns about the nutritional values of ingredients used in food preparation, she said., "One of the things [Dining Services] wrestled with was what are the priorities for customers," Philbrook said. ' "When hydrogenated oil became a concern, we went down a different path." • In addition to nutritional content of "[The Dining halls] have no need to hide what they're using, - Lisa Philbrook, Director of Business Development for Dining Services oil product like Phase can have less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving and still say "zero trans fat" on its labeL Another reason Dining Services decided to switch from Phase to the canola oil product was the negative perception students developed regarding the hydro- the food served, Western senior Jessica Chen said student knowledge about what they are eating is an important aspect of the switch from Phase to the canola oil product. Chen said students on the dining committee, of which she is a member, knew little about Phase until Kelly brought it up at the March 6 meeting. At the very least, Chen said Dining Services should inform students that Phase is no longer in use. She said she is in support of the dining halls displaying the nutritional facts of the canola oil product alongside the nutritional facts of Phase so students know the grilled and sauteed items are no longer prepared with hydrogenated oil. The idea for the nutritional fact comparison came from the dining forum-held April 16, she said. Dining Services is still in the process of deciding how it will display information about the Phase replacement in dining halls, Philbrook said. While Dining Services is still wrestling with the details of providing the most effective nutritional information to students, Philbrook said each dining hall is always open to suggestions on how they can better .serve their customers. 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Nations conference held in New York City April 5-9. Megan Jonas THE WESTERN FRONT A delegation of Western students was recently awarded the highest distinction given at the National Model United Nations conference in New York City for its representation of Ecuador. Thirteen delegates from the International Affairs Associations, which runs Western's Model United Nations, attended the conference April 5-9 and participated in a simulation of the United Nations with more than 300 other teams from schools around the globe. Western senior Sarah Worley, International Affairs Association vice presir dent, said this was the first time the club received the honor of Outstanding Delegation in the five years the club has existed. "I was just in shock," Worley said. "I mean, 'outstanding' is; the highest award you can get, and it is just like you suddenly are finding yourself within the top 5 percent of universities around the world." The United Nations is an international organization comprised of 192 member states that aims to maintain international security and peace and to solve international humanitarian and economic problems. The conference is designed to have was to stay in character and argue his assigned country's perspective while knowing when to compromise. • "You have to put yourself in [Ecuador's] shoes and understand why they see things the way they do," Clopper said. Conference staff facilitated the committees and kept track of delegations'- participation in order to judge which delegations deserved awards, Clopper said. Teams are awarded for such things as knowing their countries' policies, being diplomatic, following the formal rules and helping to write resolutions, he said. Worley said she was proud Western received a higher distinction than any other Washington university, as well as the London School of Economics and Political Science - one of the most prestigious schools in England. Western junior Rosa Jimenez, who acted as the team's head delegate at the conference, said while she was not expecting to win the highest honor, but she knew the team would do well because of the preparation the members had put in. "We all had the mindset that we were going to do our best and nothing less," Jimenez said. . '44 The best way to learn about what is going on internationally, in terms of diplomacy, is to learn by doing. -Western political science professor Amir Abedi colleges and universities from all over the world discuss, delegate and solve national issues similar to the United Nations. Western senior Jason Clopper, International Affairs Association president, said individuals or pairs of team members sat on different committees throughout the week to develop resolutions to international problems with hundreds of other people. Clopper said the goal during the event Western political science professor Amir Abedi, the International Affairs Association adviser, said the conference is the premier event of its kind, partly because it actually takes place at the United Nations Headquarters. Abedi said the conference uses one of the best methods of learning to teach students about international issues. "The best way to learn about what is going on internationally, in terms of diplomacy, is to learn by doing," Abedi said. Worley said one of the most exhilarating moments of the conference was when the actual U.N. Security Council came in to the assembly room during the conference's closing ceremonies. "Even just being in. the room with them was such a huge honor," Worley said. Clopper said because the delegations worked from at least 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the four full days of the conference, the group continually faced sleep deprivation. "The hours can definitely get to you when you have been working for over 12 hours and .you are in your business attire and you swear your tie has been getting tighter all day," Clopper said. "But, you kind of work through that just because you enjoy [being there]." Jimenez said she learned she could be extremely productive without much sleep. During the conference, the most sleep she had was five hours in one night. "It was pure adrenaline that kept me going, not caffeine," Jimenez said. Worley said the solid team bond that developed throughout the week kept her from reaching her breaking point during tinies of exhaustion! '"] ' , Worley Said the club had mauiy "new'' members this year, and she saw Jithem grow and take risks, such as speaking in public, at the conference. ' "Now they are so confident in themselves, and you can just see that in their performance," Worley said./'So [Clopper], and I just feel like-proud parehts almost." Abedi said he is pleased/with how successful Western Model United Nations" has become, particularly given that the club does not have a lot of financial support or a full- time adviser. "Their enthusiasm and willingness to do all of that work and to go beyond what people usually do in order to follow their passion really yielded results, and that is very admirable," Abedi said. .ORG BC s-trt rmrM mam MWW JACKETS www.BellinghamScreenPrinting.com (360)920-0114 Steve@BeilinghamScreenPrinting.com' $5 $5 : $5 $5 T $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 . $5 Ginger Boat WWU $ 5 STUDENT SPECIALS! • Chicken Breast Teriyaki Meal • Chicken California Roll (4 pes} • Spicy Broccoli Chicken Meal Limited time offer • Must present student ID coming soon! **BUBBLETEA** coming soon! Located in SEHOME VILLAGE across from RE! (360] 647-6151 $5 T $5 $5 $5 T $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 I $5 : $5 ---------- Page 7 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday •April 28,2009 NEWS 17 PROTESTERS: Graduate student and from 1 protest be moved outside, Hildes said. The two men honored the final request made and spent the remainder of the career fair outside distributing fliers to students entering the fair, Hildes said. Pratt said the two were raising their voices, which caused a disturbance for the recruiters and student job-seekers. "As Dean of Students, I think everyone should have the right to speak," Pratt said. "It breaks my heart when people do it uncivilly. Students need to abide by the rules so everyone gets a chance to be heard." UP Administrative Sgt. Bianca Smith said the two were preventing people from accessing Jhe materials given out by the military recruiters.;. .• "We knew they were there for the protest, and we gave them the parameters ahead of time," Smith said. Signs were posted next to the entrances of the career fair requesting that fliers were not distributed inside the event unless they were from an employer, booths were not blocked, conversations, between, job seekers and employers were not interrupted andL signs unrelated to the event were prohibited, saidTina Loudon, ; r - ' i ; •••HOG 'F:v.w ; / : I C / J . j ! ; / \J\C-, ' v.-L;'-' director of ^cadernf c. Ady, lsin^, and.Career Services...;..^ ( ?'f.ri.sr5 v^; ..W!:,-:^,-, ,.- ....•.;. '• "Of course we support^^ speech,'' Loudon . sa^idr) ''JSp,wever?. thatvdQesit't give any^n^.the rigjjJE to .impede this event.".. . •'^J.'jffiides,§aia'hpV,and'his legal assistant Karen Weill work with war protesters to ensure their First Amendment rights to free speech, are upheld. Westei^!s career fa.irris .a $pep lt; wJ^^^^i^^^fpS^; restricdpn. of free, speech; is not appropriate, Hildes said. A time, place and manner restriction is available to limit certain types of speeches in rare situations, such as if a. protest was restricting ,the flow of traffic, Hildes-said. The uses dttime, place and manner restrictions donot apply to the career fair* he said. . ; "This is a state facility," Hildes.said. "Western is imposing selection of content Bellingham resident Lisa Marcus protests in to control content at the career fair." Hildes said the administration is unfairly limiting students to express their; views at a university event. - -The U.Sr Army, U:S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy,SKS.,Marine .Corps .Officer Program and Washington Army National, Guard were at the career fair to provide students with information about joining the ariried services. A military supervisor declined to answer any questions about their recruitment Assistant Attorney General Lisa Wo-chos said military recruiters have had a right to be on college campuses since 1996 when Congress enacted the Solomon Amendment. Challenging any military recruitment to be, on Western's campus puts the university at risk for losing federal funds or grant money, Wochos said. The Solomon Amendment allows the Secretary of Defense to restrict the funding of a public university with federal front of the Career Fair at the Wade King Sudent funds if they are denying the military access to recruitment on campus, she said. Wochos _said protesters have a right to be on Western's campus, but often times need to remembertherights of other peo- ? , 4 , p l e . - •:.-. ^-vV;V'- •':; \ ; - V H?.'' V4 r "~ Wochos said the career, fair is operated as a "limited purpose" event with a purpose to allow students the opportunity to meet with employers and apply for jobs. Handing out fliers and other activities that do not adhere to the purpose of the career fair can.be restricted tp only those, offering employment orsStudents seeking employment, she said: Evan Knappenberger, who spent four years in the military and sat outside the career fair distributing fliers to students, said he is against the military being on Western's campus because they are un- . clear about their requirements of service and impose violence on others simply by handing out free video games. "Recruiters give interesting respons-photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT Recreation Center Thursday morning. es, and sometimes those responses do not line up with the numbers," Knappenberger said. "The military discriminates based on sexual orientation and gender. Their requirements do not meet up with Western's requirements for employment." Knappenberger encouraged students. passing by his booth to collect free products the military distributes at its booths in the career fair, such as water bottles, lanyards, mouse pads and anything else distributed, and then return the products to his booth outside. Knappenberger said he plans to build a peace sculpture with the collected military paraphernalia. He said he has had previous success creating peace sculptures, and it is a good way to use the material. Bellingham "resident Lisa Marcus, 52, was in front of the rec center with a flag draped over a.coffin to protest the war in Iraq. Marcus said she has been at previous war protests and feels it is her obligation to show people what happens at wars. •C- ieacsA'iSi^jCWliWii^^ ^®d^EM Honesty Dependability Guaranteed! 1189 E. Sunset Dr. 10% Discount (360) 6 7 1 - 2 2 7 7 In Sunset Square wi t h Student IP Open 7 Days a Week WE * STUDENTS! 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On May 1, Western students will have the chance to experience what it is like to go a whole day without using a cell phone. The event, which was created on Facebook and is titled "(dis)connect," asks participants to. turn off their phone all day in order to interact with people on a morg, personal level and become more observant of their surroundings. Western junior and Fairhaven major Dario Re, one of the students who came up with the idea, said "(dis)connect" gives other students an opportunity to realize their own dependency on technology. "The more I think about how attached our whole culture is to [cell phones], the less I want to use mine," Re said. Nearly one trillion text messages were sent in the United States during 2008, an increase of 919 billion text messages from 2005, reported CTIA -The r Wireless Association, formerly known as the Cellular Telephone Industries Association, an industry trade group that represents all sectors of wireless communication, including cellular and radio communication. Most cell phone service providers offer users a text message plan within their monthly bill. AT T Wireless provides users with 450 text messages per month for $10 or an unlimited plan for $20 per month. However, without a plan, AT T charges customers 10 cents per text. While some people argue the growing popularity of text messaging is damaging the English language, others see it as an opportunity to further extend our ability to communicate with each other. Western freshman and communications major Jessica McLean said she usually calls or texts someone between 80 to 90 times per day. She said she uses her phone for everything. It is her calculator, e-mail device, clock and calendar. She said she will go out of her way to retrieve her phone on days when she accidentally leaves it at home. ,. "I feel kind of naked without it," McLean said. Western sophmpre Chantel Bailey, said text messages allow users to accomplish several tasks in as little time possible. But as a result, she said she thinks people often feel restless when they are not constantly busy. "I think people have a hard time being alone and hearing their own thoughts," Bailey said. A study led by Western psychology professor Ira Hyman in 2008 tested people's awareness of their surroundings by asking students in Red Square. Hyman enlisted a clown to ride a unicycle throughout campus, and then approached people on cell phones to record if they had noticed anything unusual. The study found only 25 percent of students who were talking on cell phones noticed the strange sight, while more than 50 percent of students who were not using phones observed it. "You think you're doing fine, but you don't realize what you've missed," Hyman said. Dr. Anna Eblen, chair of the communication department, uses her office phone, home phone and e-mail as her only means of communication. She said since she is often conducting research,1being without a cell phone keeps her from becoming distracted. "I don't like to have the availability of contact all the time with the outside world," Eblen said. "Sometimes I like to have my own solitude." Before, text messaging became available, Western freshman Thomas Guidon said being deaf limited his ability to communicate with some people. When he began texting in 7th grade, Guidon said he was relieved to become less reliant on his parents. "I thought it was a whole new world that had opened up to me," Guidon said via text. Guidon said if he was not deaf, the number of text messages he uses would be more balanced with minutes. RELRTI0M5HIPS Western sophomore Andrew Ricci said he sends old friends a quick text message if something happens during his day that made him think of that person. He said texting allows him to improve relations with acquaintances and maintain friendships with high school friends that he would not stay in contact with otherwise. Bailey said she sends and recieves approximately 50 text messages per day. She said sending a text message can appear less invasive when a friendship is first being established. She said it gives the sender and receiver more time to decide how; they phrase their thoughts. "You don't have to put them on the spot as much/' Bailey said "It's an easier way to approach someone." Western English instructor Cathy McDonald said although, she personally does not like sending text messages, her children often use it as a way to stay in contact with her. Without text and image messaging, she said she would not hear from her son nearly as much. Western sophomore Paul Williamson, one of the "(dis)connect" creators,, said there is something about the human condition that desires face-to-face interaction. He said personal conversations help people learn how to deal with situations they can avoid on the phone, such as awkward silences. Western sophomore Allegra Pomeroy said text messages close off communication in relationships; she said people" often take advantage of the. noncon-frontational nature of cell phones to resolve their relationship struggles instead of having important conversations face-to-face. "If they get mad, they can just hang up," Pomeroy said. "You don't have to face [the problem] head on." Pomeroy said some of her friends rarely argue with their significant others in person or in a conversation while talking on their.phones, but often they deal with their relationship issues via text messag- LRMGLIRGE Two ways to analyze a language are through a prescriptive and descriptive approach, McDonald said. Prescriptivists are concerned about enforcing the "rules" of a language and consider any change to.a language as destruction, McDonald said. Approaching the effects of texting as a detriment to the English language is contradicting the philosophy of linguistics because the English language is continuously changing over time, McDonald said. Western linguistics instructor Jordan Brewer said those who approach language from a descriptiyist standpoint observe how a language is being spoken and how it is changing without a preconceived bias. Brewer said English instructors are usually prescriptivists because they enforce proper grammar and punctuation. The majority of linguists are descriptivists because they study how a language is spoken, but they do not have an opinion about what might have influenced the change, Brewer said. "[Descriptivists] would never attach a word, for better or worse, to a type of, change in language," Brewer said. Western senior Emily Paul, who selectively responds to texts that she receives, said she has noticed a large movement in the English language due to the increasing popularity of text messaging.. Paul believes people have developed poor syn-photcrill tax because of "It's inevi Paul said. "We written and sp lt; Brewer sa ent registers w erally use mor than they woi friend, she saic Much oft guage involves and inserting s ---------- Page 9 ---------- westernfrontonline.net I Tuesday • April 28,2009 I 9 T TEKTING in, texting affects the uette and language Ustration by Brandon Kays THE WESTERN FRONT it. •:..•:.- : • ••••••'••.;' • ' '•'''•"'••' •able. We'll just have to morph to it," can't have a huge separation between gt;ken language." id everyone is capable of using differ-ten they write and speak. People gen-e formal language in a job interview ild in a conversation with their best zxt message and instant message lan- I abbreviating words, using acronyms miley faces to express emotion. Bailey said she and many other students are able to separate their personal writing style from academic writings. "I think people are able to flip the switch between formal and informal writing," Bailey said. Brewer said she notices digital language in e-mails students send her, such as "LOL" (laughing ; put loud) .or typing out "Haha" instead of the saying ."just joking." c l ' r Although some professors may frown upon in-p£ correct grammar and spelling in e-mails, Brewer said 0^ she appreciates when students can be informal with her. , - ' •' "It reflects their comfortableness with interacting with me intellectually instead of using spieled academic language," Brewer said. ETIQUETTE Paul said she sometimes becomes frustrated when her peers distract her by sending text messages during class, especially considering how expensive classes are. "You just wonder, what is so important?" Paul said. McDonald said she thinks it is rude for a stu- ; dent to send text messages during class. Although a; student may be in a class with 80 other students, McDonald said the instructor is still speaking with each student individually and does hot deserve to be ignored. Eblen said she assumes students text during class because they are either'uninterested or unprepared about the lecture topic. She said when a student's phone goes off in class, the flow of the discussion, lecture or test is disrupted. "It's as if someone shouted in the middle of class for no apparent reason " Eblen said. Re said he has noticed cell phones give people an option to change plans more often or be less punctual than they would without one. "Just having the option to call and say you're running late kind of gives you carelessness," Re said. "You are more devoted to your friends and your obligations when you have the time set and you are not calling at the last minute." Eblen said she encounters people struggling with cell phone etiquette outside of the classroom, too. While riding a bus in Chicago a few years ago, she said a fellow passenger was having a loud conversation about a previous date she did not care to hear details about. But since she was in a confined area, she had no choice but to listen. Re said he is working on being more aware of his surroundings. He said devices such as cell phones and ME3 players drastically take away from one's ability to do that. "Just having the option to call and say you're running late kind of gives you carelessness," Re said. "You are more devoted to your friends, and your obligations When you have the tirfferset and you are not . calling at the last minute." Over time, Eblen said she hopes cell phone users will become more aware of which conversations are appropriate to conduct in public and what language is appropriate to use. IJiSSilillfiiH^^fcJiiiS^iill ISlBi^lliSliSiBWHiiiSiSB lllllllii^ dis^M^ fpnvUe'gjE^^ |^gj||if|^|p v lt; _ t ji^d^Qiar^yjari _ ^ Commemorative glasses and scrips await eager drinkers at this year's April Brew's Day, whichfeatured 19 local microbrewers at Depot Market Square. Proceeds;benr ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Tuesday • April 28,20091 The Western Front Historian speaks in Wilson Library about 'The Ugliest Border' Exhibit commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall makes its only Washington stop Tristan Hiegler • THE WESTERN FRONT Past divisions brought people together April 24 in Wilson Library. Famed German historian David Clay Large presented his talk, "the Ugliest Border: Berlin and its Wall During; the Cold War and Beyond " to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The talk was presented in conjunction with the photo exhibit "Icons of a Border Installation: Photographic Search for Traces in Today's Berlin." The exhibit is the work of 36 German college students who went around Berlin in 2006 photographing the remnants of. the wall and the cultural differences it created in modern Berlin.- "Icons" premiered April 21 on campus and will be displayed on the 3rd and 4th floors of Wilson Library until June 2. . The Goethe-Institut sponsored the exhibit of 15 photo panels with German captions translated into English. Western is the exhibit's only stop in Washington. It was at PortlandState Universitybefore coming here and will go to Denver Public Library next. The exhibit cost the university almost nothing, as the Goethe-Institut paid for. the travel expenses, Osen said. * Cornelius Partsch, an associate professor of German in Western's modern and classical languages department, said the Goethe-Institut is a cultural arm of the German government dedicated to sharing German culture around the world. Partsch said he is part of a trainer network connected to the institute. He said when they approached him, about hosting the. photo exhibit at Western he jumped at the chance. . - In his presentation, Large, a history professor at Montana State University, traced .the history of the wall from its construction on Aug. 13,1961, to its fall on Nov. 9,1989. He said a common misconception is the wall was built to keep people out of East Berlin. "The Berlin Wall was closer in nature to a prison photo by Rebecca Rice THE WESTERN FRONT A photograph of aspray paint can near the remnants of the Berlin Wall; part of "Icons of a Border Installation: Photographic Searches for Traces in Today's Berlin," a touring photo exhibition by students at the University of Rader-born, Germany. The installation is being hosted at Western in the Wilson side;Of the library until June 2. wall," he said, designed to keep the citizens of Soviet-controlled East Germany from escaping to \Vest Berjin. During the 1950s, East Berlin was losing 10,000 to 2(t,0b0 citizens, including skilled workers, a year to West Berlin. "They had to do it they felt, or else they would lose all their best citizens," Large said. When Large first visited the wall in 1963, he said a sign on the East .German side had a warning to any East German citizen approaching the wall: "Will shoot immediately without warning." v; He said the first version of the wall was coilsof wire and a few watchtowers running down the center of Berlin, but eventually evolved into a cinderblock and brick fortification with even more watchtowers. Large said the final version of the wall was completed around 1975 at an imposing 12 feet. This version had a complex "death strip" on the east-, ern side to keep East Berlin citizens frpm crossing pyer,. Large said the death strip included dog runs housing., German Shepherds bred to attack, trip wire tfapsthSt set; spotlights on anyone trying to cross and foot and .vehicle, patrols with orders to shoot to kill... . . ,. ; ; . ., "It's easier to build a wall then to solve problems," Partsch said. ,, Large said despite these dangerous measures, approximately 5,000 East German citizens managed to es-. cape over, or under, the wall. In his presentation, he listed such creative nieans as pole-vaulting pvertfie waJUhidirigf in secret car compartments and tunneling under the foundation^ ; ,;;i ' (if ,nO'i Partsch said the infoimation the EastGerman" govern-njient sent.tp its citizens, abput the wall wa^ propragan4afc He s a l i n e wall wasrefeir^^ ^%^Tq • ties as MI ''anti-fascist p a c t i o n ^arrjej^' w(th ijte.jjf#?d^ States, Britain and other ^ e s t p ^ ^ , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ! fascists,in the scenario. t. ,^. .... ; ; ,.,, ^-. ,-;....... ;. ! 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Michael Drennan, 29, said he likes being able to come to Brew's Day and drink beers from microbreweries like North Fork because he cannot buy North Fork beer at local stores. The North Fork Brewery survives on tourism to Mount Baker, with about 30 percent of their profits from beer and the rest from the restaurant attached to the brewery— the only place their beer is available. Many microbreweries are unable to afford the expense of bottling, so their beer is only available at the brewery or in kegs at special events like Brew's Day, said Tony Savoy, owner and brewer at Flyers Restaurant and Brewery in Oak Harbor, Wash. Flyers won Best in Show this year. . _ Another reason Savoy said he does not want to bottle beer is because it is hard to keep quality control on a bottle of beer, due to it If someone buys beer from a liquor store, Savoy cannot guarantee the flavor because he does not know what kind of temperature changes the bottle has experienced, he said. Even though some people here would not be caught drinking a, bottle of Bud-weiser, it is impressive that they can guarantee every bottle of Bud will taste the same no matter where it is brought, Savoy said. Savoy, who brought-his award-winning Pacemaker Porter, which he named after the pacemaker he has had since he was 26, said he likes being able to .attend Brew's Day because not only is it for a good cause, but he gets to talk to people in person about'his beer. "It's nice because you can make a connection with people," SaVoy said. "It's instant gratification when people tell you they like your beer." ' ** It is also a time when brewers can get together and share brewing tips because like the Max Higbee Center, microbreweries sometimes struggle to survive, and they know they have to help each other, hesaid. ;;^ :; Before ^ f i l Brew's Day started, the center came close to shutting its door twice. By 2008, the center had come a long way with Brew's Day funds totaling $36,000 gross profit, which was 40 percent of the center's 2008 operating budget, Vollendorf said. Vollendorf said although the event is growing every year, the center wants to keep the venue small enough that brewers will still be able to attend rather than have distributors come because distributors do not know as much about the beer as the brewers do. For the Chuckanut Brewery Kitchen, which is fairly new to Bellingham, it was at Brew's Day for the first time Head Brewer Josh Pfriem said. Beer is a great way to get people together, and it creates culture, Pfriem said. It is nice that they are using it to help fund their organization, he said. Although the center was concerned about the economy, beer is known to be recession proof, and they raised about the same amount of money as last year, which will help them to continue to provide a place for people with developmental disabilities, McMurry said. WALL: 'The citizenry allowed its own govern mem population' •-•••- -' • -V — L --' lt;•-'-':—*:__»u~ and tyranny for^ranted so that they'll be from 10 part of the f^ople, citizens started to sell pieces of it! Partsch Said the East German government took up selling large chunks of its- former^ banier W try and turn a profit. He said it was ironic that the wall was built to protect East Germany^ from capitalism, but at its end its remains were sold. Large said the day the „ wall came down was one of intense excitement and jubilation around the world. "People never thought it would-hap-pen in their own lifetimes," he said. Large said he visited the wall in October 1989, shortly before it was torn down. He told-a.story-about••how he was put in lockup by an East German guard while passing through to the eastern side for insulting "the majesty of the state." "I told the guard when I went in that it seemed that I was the only one stupid enough to be going in that direction," he said with a laugh. • •". For that comment, he got to spend a couple hours locked up. Osen said the end of the Berlin Wall's existence was symbolic of the real ending of the Cold War. "It was a symbol of a situation in which the?citizenry aUowedJts own government to build a cage for an entire population," Large said. "Don't take evidences of oppression there forever and they can't be changed. I think that happened with the wall," he said. Western senior Jessie Queen, a German major who viewed the exhibit arid attended the presentation, said the lessons of the wall are still important today. "It's important to look at what happened in the past and learn from it, otherwise you just keep making the same mistakes," Queen said. Chispa Scooters in Fair haven is going out of business! All scooters accessories are being liquidated at greatly reduced prices. 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Whether you would like to see a.new coffee stand in the Academic Instructional Center, free tea at the Wellness Center or are concerned about how to mitigate rising tuition costs, elected students are here to voice your concerns to a larger audience. Change starts at an.individual.level,' but elected- student representatives help put change into; action. 2. It is your money. The AS elections are not all about picking the perfect candidate, students can also have a direct say, in how their money is spent. The most pressing issue on the ballot is the continued existence of the Student Technology Fee. The fee helps maintain student-accessible computer; labs, makes laptops available for checkout and expands Western's wireless network. Don't let a small portion of voting.sujdents make the choice to continue or exterminate the Student Technology Fee for you; vote and tell the university exactly what services matter to you... 3. Now is a time for change. Are you unhappy about the possibility of a 3.0 percent tuition increase? Or the possibility of up to 125 university jobs being cut? Voting is a five-minute process that can make a huge difference in student life for a whole year. Western students are going to see a. lot of changes on campus within the next year due to the proposed budget cuts and sour economic climate, but we are not defenseless. Student representatives can make change happen at the local and state level. Now is the time to translate your enthusiasm and record breaking voting numbers for the 2008 presidential election and put it to work for your school. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor-in-Chief Jeff Twining, Managing Editor Gabrielie Nomura, Opinion Editor Danielle Kbagel and community memberrai-large Jogl Holland. ; , Fife: Elevated bathroom discourse Jaimie Fife Columnist When you ponder Haggard Hall, you probably associate the building with some of its features such as connection to Wilson Library, Java offerings or various computer labs. But as disturbing and crazy- sauce as this will undoubtedly sound, when Haggard pops into my dome, I think about the ladies'John. You needn't fret though—I solemnly swear what you are about to read has nothing to do with potty humor. Rather,, this account is about preserving what Western students are busy doing behind the discrete bathroom stalls around campus. I submit this is no trifling matter because campus staff members regularly jeopardize the enriching work students engage in as they lift their legs. What the hell-o am I talking about? Elevated discourse, man. Students are writing comments in campus bathrooms that are so thought provoking; some of them are trapped in my head like a one-hit wonder. In fact, I know other coolios around campus are mullin' this subject over too, because the "Bathroom wall graffiti" thread on Viking Village, Western's online forum, has received almost 1,275 online hits. According to the thread, the men's bathrooms contain just as much graffiti as the women's, the general campus response is mixed and the Haggard and Miller Hall bathrooms are bangin' hot-spots for this kind of activity. To provided example of the kind of dialogue in question, I read the following comment on the first floor of Haggard this week—"Be the kind of womah;you would like to befriend. We can be! slo/powerful together if we learn to be kind to our sisters." Below that shockingly refreshing statement, I read two more equally striking statements, "This isn't an anti-men struggle, it's a. pro-women struggle" and "Don't look for your self-worth in men. Find it in yourself and your friends." These comments are constructive in nature because they present other female students with rad advice about tackling modern feminism by looking at ways women can empower each-other. What's more, in other bathrooms around campus the comments deal with topics such, as politics, religion, campus budget cuts and abstinence—subjects that ; are both worthwhile and living testaments to the critical thinking skills Western is bestowing upon its students. Still, some individuals in the campus community view the comments as immature and disrespectful vandalism. These critics say. students should stop jotting their bogus thoughts on the walls because it costs money to paint arid scrub them on ' a regular basis. ' ~ This line of reasoning can be taken one step further—if our school stops combating the graffiti, our campus will look yucky, so students should exercise some self-control and quit doodling in the bathrooms— no pun intended. But as destiny would have it, these anti-graffiti attempts have proven fruitless since ctean waited students engaging hi Ibathrolom' stalFBon? quest. So, why continue wasting precious resources to squelch something positive? Instead of burning through more coinage, staff members should focus on rotating pieces of butcher paper in bathrooms stalls. • _ ' Using butcher paper would not only be an economically sound compromise, but it would also allow students to continue exploring their intellectual musings in the absence of everyday social pressures and influences. What a beautiful thing. And if the butcher paper compromise never becomes reality - students will continue writing in bathroom stalls as they always have. At least some students find this cycle, of waste comical—in the words of one bathroom commentator discussing the graffiti issue, "It's not about rebellion, it's about LOLs." Jaimie Fife is a senior double majoring in philosophy and journalism. Letter to the Editor: Cyclists should be fined for not wearing helmets I am really tired of seeing so many people riding bicycles without helmetson campus and in the Bellingham area. It is not against the law to ride a bicycle without a helmet on Western's campus. However, it should be. In my experience, I have witnessed a handful of accidents involving cyclists, which could have ended quite terribly had the rider been without a helmet. Two years ago, I participated in a ride from Woodinville to Fremont and back. On the ride, I witnessed a cyclist flip head over heels and struck his head on the paved trail. The rider struck the ground with such force that, his helmet cracked. That helmet could have been his head. Had the rider been cycling without a helmet, death would have been immediate. \ * I do not wish this fate for any individual. This is why I propose that cycling without a helmet be made illegal and eligible for a fine. I don't care if it'll 'ruin your vibe' of riding if you strap a helmet on. A helmet can and will save your life. People need to understand that helmets are a necessity when riding a bike to the same extent that seatbelts are a necessity when riding in a car. Not wearing a seatbelt merits a $101 fine. Shouldn't not wearing a helmet have some sort of punitive response? John Kindle Western senior Improve campus recycling Having read the article about waste reduction in the April 10th edition of The Western Front, it made me think about how this could be applied to every building on campus. I'm a general manager of a metal recycling company in Vancouver, BC, so recycling is part of my daily life. At home I segregate recyclable material, such as paper, metal and food/beverage containers. I also have a home corn-poster for food scraps. I think, for the most part, Western is doing a good job at trying to reduce waste. However, here are some areas I think Viking Voices Opinions from around campus What do you think about the new student e-mail system? Compiled by: Andrew Mitchell JaredKbung Junior "\ think it is a hassle. Everything was already set up fine. It doesn't make sense to change it." Gordon Kelly junior "I am worried my old contacts might not be able to reach me with the new address." Eric Wright Junior /'The organization is alot better. Some of the new things are a pain to use." Natasha Alonso Junior - "It seems like I get a lot more junk e-mail." Western can improve: Remove garbage cans from the classrooms. With only one garbage container, everything ends up going into it. Place bin configurations of: garbage, compost, paper, beverage containers and metal in the common area of each building. Educate students about what is recyclable and^compostable. . Challenge each college to be the greenest'program. Brad W. Rudover Western graduate student ---------- Page 13 ---------- 13 I See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Tuesday • April 28,2009 I The Western Front Western athletes look to training room for rehab Trio of certified athletic trainers provide valuable service to get Vikings back in the game . Photo by Carolyn Copstead THE WESTERN FRONT From left: Masayoshi Migita, Julie Weisgerber and Lonnie Lyon are the dynamic trio that keep Western athletes on the field and out of the training room. The three certified athletic trainers manage 15 varsity teams and help athletes with injuries in the fall, winter and spring seasons. Lisa Carrougher THE WESTERN FRONT ' An array of training tables are stationed at the end of the long hallway in Carver Gym. The overflow of student athletes lie on the tables rehabbing their most recent injury with the help of Western's athletic trainer certified (ATC) staff members. ' " Only three athletic trainers care for 15 varsity sports, which keep them busy, but working in a confined space makes their job difficult. Athletes have had to receive care in the hallways because the training room is small, said Lonnie Lyon, head athletic trainer. "It would be nice to have our own offices and have a training room twice as big for rehab, so we don't have - to use the gym 6r)the hallway," said Julie Weisgerber, the sole female ATjG ' j ; pi-;;^* This year/the softbWteam has struggled through injuries, and the-^mersffiaye%ieen adamant about getting them back oh tjy^eld.^::V.P MasayoslMvMigitav-an ATC, said he tries to do as much as he can for the new athletes. For the softball players, he said he does a lot of continuous muscle massaging, icing, shoulder stretches and leg and knee strengthening combined with cardio for general conditioning in order to get them back as sopn as possible., The bottom line is the safety of the players when they return to playing, he said. But Weisgerber said under current conditions, the ATCs do not have a lot of room for rehab. For now, the staff is able to make do with what they have. "Our offices are in the back, and we're constantly going back and forth," Lyon said. Lyon has been an ATC since 1991 and has worked at Western for 10 years. Lyon currently is working with four teams. . The trio has built strong relationships with the athletes because the staff is constantly spending time with them, Lyon said. However, the struggle has been working in such a small space with so many athletes, he said. Meetings to discuss renovation of the training room have been held because of the small size of the room, but no specific plans are in place, Weisgerber said. The staff is constantly with the teams and helping players get back into practice or ready for competitions, Lyon said. - ' . • • • • Western senior basketball player Jessica Summers said in order to continue playing on a regular basis, the best thing to do is to listen to the ATCs and receive consistent care. "They are constantly coming in every day, and they end up spending more time here than with their boyfriends or girlfriends, and they get jealous," Lyon said. The staff forms close bonds with the team' players and coaches since the athletic trainers jobs are such a big time commitment, Lyon said. The ATC has a protective node with the athletes, and their relationships act like a surrogate parent relationship, Lyon said. "It helps me to do my job," Migita said. "Communication is key, and I have good relationships and that helps." Weisgerber said it is important to her to have those relationships with the athletes. Spending time with the players gains trust, and trainers are able to get more information.about their injuries, Migita said. "It is important to adjust to every athlete's personality and needs," Weisgerber said. "I have a good feel for that, and that's what makes me have a good relationship." Summers said she has become good friends with Weisgerber outside of basketball. . "We both have dogs so we see each other at the dog park, and we have built a friendship," Summers said. Although the relationships are worth the time, the ATC staff spends a lot of energy away from home, Lyon said.. Lyon said his travel time varies depending upon the time of year. In winter, he said he usually works on cam- Photo by Carolyn Copstead THE WESTERN FRONT ATC staff member Masayoshi Migita assists Western sophomore softball player Caitlin Dotlich with an injury. pus for about 10 hours per day. He is with the basketball team 100 percent of the time. However, in the spring, he does hot do any traveling. "You are away from your home and family " he said. "It wears on your life." Migita said he works an average of 50 hours per week, not including some weekend game coverage. "The rewards are not equaling out to the time and energy we put in," Lyon said. ---------- Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Tuesday • April 28,20091 The Western Front Viking baseball suffers first 'conferenceloss Despite loss against University of Oregon, men secure first place spot in Northern Facific Region Andrew Mitchell THE WESTERN FRONT Western's club baseball team suffered its first conference losses of the year at the hands of their longtime rival the University of Oregon Ducks Saturday and Sunday at Joe Martin Field. Oregon won two but of three games in the last series for Western in the regular season. "The rivalry between the teamsTis always there, and it is more intense this year because we are the number one seed in our division and Oregon is the number two seed," Western senior player and head coach Kyle Tait said. "But when we play them, it always feels like it's about more than just seeding, and you want to beat them more than you want to beat any other team." Each team took one game on Saturday. Oregon won the first game 6-4, and Western won the second game by the slim margin of 5- 4. Sunday was not as close as Saturday's games, as Oregon pulled away winning 9-3. "These wins were really big for our season because Western is in first place and we were chasing them," said Quen- tin Clark, Oregon's head coach. "These games decide the seeding for the regional playoffs, so getting wins against a good team like Western is huge." In Sunday's game, the Ducks struck a big blow to Western in the second inning when Oregon senior Colton Grimes hit a three-run homerun. Oregon also added a run in the third inning on junior Vincent Hulstrom's RBI fielder's choice. Eckankar presents ^ J e # ^ ' to 7ftelfte to guests with j S i 5 ^ ; ^ j l S $ l i t e | ; | the entire weekend, ^ Alj are welcome! www.eck-wa.org 360-366-3447 Photo courtesy by David Kasnic Senior pitcher Alex Arima reflects on the two home runs he gave up in the top of the fourth inning in the second game against the University of Oregon on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Western's offense got going in the bottom of the third with RBI singles by Western sophomores Joe Fike and Cameron Schmidt. Western later scored a run when Western junior Dan Skillman was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Western rallied back and trailed 4-3 at the end of the inning. ;;:" '•" -'=?- :.-' -'• gt;••• -"•- J-Oregon's offense continued to roll, see BASEBALL page 15 ---------- Page 15 ---------- westernfrontonIine.net I Tuesday •April 28,2009 SPORTS I 15 BASEBALL: Team goes 2- 1 in weekend series; Ml hold first piJace from 14 0; \ putting tip more five runs' iii the next f^ulnittgSy^ multiple er-; ^ r s ^ ( f n^ii^e^%^He Vucings. V M:^^stertt tyas the rest (^tiie ^ ^ e ^ ^ ! | : 0 i ^ i o t f ^ i s e d , t o ^ 9r3; 1wirt|t^n#^ ^enS^0^;-/:r"';:::-;?'':••:••::, .'-:-Vv./ ' •.'.•..,':: - - 1 ^ i ^ was definitely riot the way we wanted the end of the season to go," Tait said,; "The mc^enturri we wanted going into the pla^ffs isn't there now, and these losses definitely grounded the showed!/u we "still ii^4S^^Set better for the postseason." -.'S;Bt~-J.',• i • Saturday's games, ;6nly-r7 innings long, were closer than the final game, of the series. In the first game, the Vikings scored the first run of the series in the bot-torn half qf the first inning on Western senior Toraj Nbwkhasteh's RBI double: Oregon answered in the next inning on senior Matt Zabriskie's sacrifice fly. ] . Oregon broke the tie and scored three runs in the third inning on three straight RBI hits by junior Geb Bumpas, Hulstrom and Grimes; The Ducks opened up a 4-1 lead on theyikings. The Western bats went cold after the •quick firs^inrimg^ did not score^again until tint fifth inning when Western se'nibr Mike Morris hit a three-run home run over the left field fence to tie the game at 4-4. Tait skid the home run was big in the game, and said Morris' production has been a big part of the team's success;ttas season,..; \ .••.ur,\\urv: v^fov:..; ^- -•-.;;; - "You can't say enough about what Mike Morris is doing at the plate thissea^ son," Tait said. "He is our best offensive player and leads the nation in average. He is ajeally" tough guyto get out/' Western's bullpen tried to fold the tie, but the Ducks broke it up and scored two runs in the top of the seventh on junior Cam Gaulke's RBI triple and on an error by the Vikings ~ Western wasnot able to respond in-the bottom of me seventh, and Oregon. Won the first game of-the series 6-4';:; gt;f;-;; ...•••;'; :'.. '^v^jrV-; • ..•.'•v'..;.The: second game Saturday started - slower than the first; with neither team scoring until the third inning. Oregon scored the first run of the game in that shut the Ducks'-down during the first five innings with Redding's home run as the lone exception^ Tait said Arima has an uncanny a b i l ^ to keep, opposing, batters off balance By" mixing up his pitches and always throwing' fastballs for strikes. Ari-ma has pitched;iextremely weil-for Western in his first-year as a starting, pitcher, Tait said. •:i:\-._"._; ' v 'V Oregon's offense got back on track in the fifth inning and scored threeruns on Gaulke's sacrifice fly* Oregon: freshman Kevin Gann^ri's RBI single, arid, when Western Hit Oregon junior Chad" Frarike with a pitch'with the. bases loaded.. Oregon narrowed the deficit to 5-4. . gt; // It is going to be intense, close baseball th lt;e gt; Test of the year. We have to polish our games and prepare^^ ourselves. We have to be sure we will be playing our best baseball during postseason. - Kyle Tait, Western senior baseball pjayer and head coach. inning on freshman Ryan Redding's solo homerun. Western responded in the bottom of the third inning with Nowkhasteh's RBI double. Western added three runs in the fourth inning on freshmen Alex Kennedy and Morris' RBI singles and another RBI double by Nowkhasteh. Nowkhasteh batted a perfect 3-for-3 in the second game andhad2RBIs. . "Toraj has been swinging the bat well and performing well at the plate," Tait said,., "He wUl.be.. tag, part for.'us offensively the rest of the year." Western senior pitcher Alex Arima Oregon threatened the Vikings? slim lead in the top of the seventh with runners on first and second with one out. Tait completed a double play on Franke's line drive to secure the win for the Vikings 5-4, ending the closest game of the three game series. ; . Tait said a huge factor in the games was being able; to play at home and feed off of the crowd's involvement. "The crowd was huge for us in these games'; arid 1 think they started to" get into the heads oi the. Oregon players," West-em sophomore Michael O'Brien said. "It definitely helped us a win against a really good team because Oregon is definitely the best team we have played this year." Clark said all the games were evenly matched because both teams are playing well at this point in the season. Clark said a team can play well and still lose against either one of these teams. "I thought both games Saturday were extremely close and were played with a high level of energy," Clark said. "The crowd was getting into it, and the teams were feeding off that and the rivalry that exists between the schools. It was a typical series between Oregon and Western, and this year we are two of the best teams in the division." Tait said losing these two games to Oregon is definitely a hard thing to take because there is an intense rivalry between these two schools, which dates back as far as the 1980s. The team has^ a different mindset in these rivalry games every year, he said. After the series, Western has a 12-2 record in the division and is in first place. Oregon has a 10-4 record after the series and is currently in second place. Western senior Blair Wyman said this team has surpassed his expectations for this season, and that he believes Western can go far in the Regional? in La Grande, Ore., on May 7-9. Until then, Tait said he thinks the team has a long way to go. "These games show us we still need to continue to get better because the best teams are yet to come," Tait said. "It is going to be intense, close baseball the rest of the year. We have to polish our games and prepare ourselves. We have to be sure we will be playing our best baseball during the postseason." FOR RENT 3 BD/2 BA duplex for rent. Walk to WWU! 12 mo. lease starting July 1. $1140/moM W/D/DW, 2 ear garage, W/S paid. (360)671-9837. SOUTHGATE CONDOS. 1, 2, 3 bed units starting at $725. Assigned parking shuttle to WWU. W/S/G paid. W/D all 11 units: (360)318-4242. SOUTHSIDE RENTAL homes. 3 4 beds near WWU. Starting at $995. (360)318-4242. CYPRESS PLACE Condos. Studio, 1, 2 bed units starting at $795. 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His mark was also a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division II National Championships. Miller won the women's pole vault and broke her own school record with a mark of 12-4 feet. Her mark in the pole vault hit a national provisional standard. An athlete-can only compete at nationals if they hit a provisional or automatic qualifying standard. Last year, Western had three athletes place at nationals. Western alumnus Keith Lemay placed sixth in the 800-meter last year, senior Heidi Dimmitt placed fourth in the 400-meter high hurdles and sophomore Sarah Porter placed-ninth in the 10,000-meter. Porter said Western has a lot of potential to send more athletes to nationals this.season. "Nationals is less than a month away, and we;need to get as many Western athletes there as possible," Porter said. "It is also great having so many fans come out to watch us compete; it truly makes a difference." Porter'sat out of the meet to rest up for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships. She holds a national automatic qualifying standard in the 5,000 with a time of 17:01.94 and in the 10,000 with a time of 34:58.37 this season. ..•.-.- Porter also holds a provisional time in the-1,500 with time of 4:36.24. Western junior Sam Bedell won the men's 1,500 with.a time of 4:00.11. Bedell said it was one • Photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman Phoebe Hartnett runs the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the ninth-Annual WVVU Twilite Meet Friday. Hartnett finished fourth in the race. of his most strategic races he has ever run. 'The race started at a fast pace for me to just sit and wait for the last 500 meters in the race," Bedell said. Bedell took the lead in the race with a little more than . 500 meters left to run and sprinted his way to victory. "I got my goal today, but I can't wait to set a new personal best next week where it matters at GNAC," Bedell said. Western junior Anthony Tomsich won the 800 with a huge kick with a time of 3:53.78. His time was less than one second short of the provisional time. Tomsich's sprint to the finish started from more than 200 meters out where he took the lead and held it. "I keep trying to start my kick farther out each week in the 8Q0," Tomsich said. "My main event this season is the 1,500, and I want to develop my Mck faster, so; I havjs been doing 800s to cut down time." Tomsich hit a provisional standard in the 1,500 earlier this season at the San Francisco State Invitational with a time of 3:51.9. Other Western victories came from freshman Will Davis in the triple jump with a mark of 46-0 feet and freshman Donavan Cunningham throwing 157-10 feet in the discus. Western freshman Elbe Siler dominated the track for the Vikings sealing four victories. Siler won the women'^s 200 in 25.63and in the 400 in 56.20. Siler also anchored in the women's 4-by-100 meter relay in a time of 48.13 and 4-by-400 relay in 4:00.09. Siler's 400 time hit a provisional standard. ^ Dimmitt also ran legs in the relays and won the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:02.78. "It was a great day all around for bur women's team,". Dimmitt said. "Our performances today showed we are ready for GNAC next week." The. Western women won 12 events, including a meet record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by junior Courtney Olsen with a time of 11:31.58. ": • : ^"'i J-': ^ ^ ; Other Western women's; winners included^'freshman- Emily Warman in the long jump with a 31^% and triple jump with a 18-1, senior Clara.Cook in therhigh jump with a 5-3 3/4, sophomore Megan Zukowski in the 100 with a 12.32 and sophomore Rachael Johnson in the 800 with'a 2:15.23. 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- 2009_0403 ---------- Page 1 ---------- IRA GRAHAM SIGNS WITH THE SLAM PAGE 13 FIRST OF THREE PROVOST FINALISTS VISITS CAMPUS PAGE 4 DAN SAVAGE TALKS PROP 8 AT WESTERN RAGE 8 Friday, April 3, 2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING-WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970T W E S T E R N F R 0 N
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2009_0403 ---------- Page 1 ---------- IRA GRAHAM SIGNS WITH THE SLAM PAGE 13 FIRST OF THREE PROVOST FINALISTS VISITS CAMPUS PAGE 4 DAN SAVAGE TALKS PROP 8 AT WESTERN RAGE 8 Friday, April 3, 2009 AN I
Show more2009_0403 ---------- Page 1 ---------- IRA GRAHAM SIGNS WITH THE SLAM PAGE 13 FIRST OF THREE PROVOST FINALISTS VISITS CAMPUS PAGE 4 DAN SAVAGE TALKS PROP 8 AT WESTERN RAGE 8 Friday, April 3, 2009 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING-WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SINCE 1970T W E S T E R N F R 0 N T 0 N L I N E . N ET Anticipated budget proposals released Nicholas Johnson Kevin Minnick THE WESTERN FRONT After the release of their 2009-11 budget proposals on March 10, all 16 of Western's planning unit leaders, which consist of deans, provosts and vice presidents, gathered March 18 and 19 to share their plans regarding multiple budget-cut scenarios. . All Western colleges and departments conducted a Strengths, Challenges, Opportunities and Threats (SCOT) analysis during winter quarter, as well as numerous-subsequent inter-department meetings and discussions, to help prepare for the budget presentations. The various academic deans and provosts presented budget-cut strategies for a 3.8 percent and a 5 percent scenario. Administrative planning unit leaders presented budget-cut strategies for a 5 percent and a 7 percent scenario. "[All planning units] wanted to minimize impact to the units who provide direct academic instruction," said John Lawson, vice provost for information and telecommunications. "Doing that means that some other areas need to take larger cuts. So, if you look at the areas outside the provost departments, they are hitting the 7 percent scenario." Lawson has prepared for a deeper cut than what the academic departments face, presenting a 10 percent scenario in addition to the 5 percent scenario. Western's budget-cut proposal scenarios of 3.8, 5 and 7 percent were based , • '• \ ' photo by Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT College students from all around Washington state gathered in Olympia with signs protesting the current decisions in legislation regarding budget cuts and tuition increases in the state's universities. ~ Students travel to Olympia to rally tuition increase Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT . Despite Wednesday's wet and windy weather, the Washington Student Lobby (WSL) held a rally on the steps of the state capitol, building to oppose the state's proposed higher education budget cuts and the possibility of increased tuition fates for resident undergraduates. As a result of the state legislature's newly-released budget proposals, which could amount to a 25 percent cut to Western's budget between 2009-11, the WSL invited students from across the state to rally in Olympia. "We wanted to send the message that these cuts to our state's higher education system will" allow fewer students to be able to afford rising tuition," WSL Executive Director Mike Bogatay said. Urging legislators to continue their traditional support for Washington's higher education system, Western senior Thom Anderson spoke to a sparse crowd of media and Evergreen State students explaining his dependence on state financial aid. "I come from a low-income family that, could not contribute toward my education," Anderson said. "While I've had access to [financial aid] opportunities, the availability of such aid will be greatly reduced under the proposed enrollment number and budget for 2009-11." The state Senate's budget proposal allocates roughly $10 million of financial aid to Western, whereas the House of Representative's budget allocates approximately $6 million. According to Western's Office of Planning and Budgeting, resident undergraduates can expect to see tuition in-on Gov.. Chris Gregoire's $342 million budget cut proposal to the state's higher education system made in December. Her proposal meant Western would need to reduce its operating budget by $13- million, or roughly 5 percent for the 2009-11 biennial budget. Brent Carbajal, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said all eight of Western's colleges were told to prepare for a 50 percent reduction in see BUDGET page 6 Technology fee increase up for renewal in spring elections Jeremy Schwartz THE WESTERN FRONT Associated Students (AS) Board of Directors decided Wednesday., how the proposed Student Technology Fee renewal, .which would raise the per student.fee from $17 per quarter to an amount not exceeding $25 per quarter, will be presented to Western's student body for the 2009 AS spring elections, said Western senior Andrea Goddard, AS vice president for academic affairs. The proposed renewal includes the possibility of the fee being less than $25 per quarter in order for the AS board to have more flexibility in deciding exactly, how much of the Student Technology Fee will go toward the projects the board is set to fund, Goddard said. The Student Technology Fee was implemented in 1995 and comes up.for renewal by student vote approximately every four years, Goddard said. The current fee is divided between the Student Technology Center and the proposal fund, which supports the myriad of technology-related project proposals that Western's staff and departments submit every year to the Student Technology Fee Committee, she said. The tech center receives $2 of the $17 every quarter—approximately $75,000 for the 2008-09 academic year—and the proposal fund receives the remaining $15 see TUITION RALLY page 5 see FEE page 7 ---------- Page 2 ---------- See more online at www.westernfrontonline Jiet Friday • April 3,2009 I The Western Front SBiHB^^^B Western freshman Taylor Bunch checks the shelves in the Associated Students Bookstore for "Seven books, can you believe that? For one class," Bunch said. . Former Western Provost, Lecture Series 'Wizards at Andrew Bodman named Western' on 'Deciphering Provost for CSUSB Nature's Code' Andrew Bodman, who . served as Western's provost and vice president for business and academic affairs from 1999-2007, was hired for the same position at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). In addition to his time as provost, Bodman was also a professor of geography at Western's Huxley College of the Environment. As provost, Bodman developed new academic programs at Western and improved the quality of existing academic programs, which helped him meet the eligibility requirements for the CSU provost position. Bodman will begin his duties with CSU at the start of the new academic year on July 1: The Western College of Sciences and Technology will host a lecture event called "Wizards at Western." Michael Naylor, associate professor of mathematics, will be the presenter. This lecture is based off of the Golden Ratio, thought to be the most beautiful ratio in the world since the beginning of mathematics. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the many scientists who saw art in the Golden Ratio. Naylor's presentation is designed to help the audience understand the history of this ratio and learn the secrets behind its patterns in nature. The lecture will be at 10 a.m., April 11 in the Science Math and Technology Building Room 150. All lectures are free and open to the public. WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST The WWU Official Announcements will appear in The Western Front twice per quarter. Submission policy: Announcements should be limited to SO words and be typewritten or legibly printed. Announcements may be sent to fast.;.- wwu.edu—-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 9011, faxed to ext. 6817 or brought to Old Main Room 300. DO NOT SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE WESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. MATH PLACEMENTTEST—The WWUTesting Center administers the math placement test, and the(schedule can be found at the center's Web site at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/assess/tc.htm.The test is given on most Mondays and Thursdays throughout the quarter. All administrations are at the Testing Center in Old Main Room 120, unless otherwise posted. Remaining schedule for spring quarter: Mondays at 3 p.m. (April 6,13, 20,27; May 4,11,18; June 1,8) and Thursdays at 9 a.m. (April 2,16,23,30; May 7,14,21,28; June 4,11). MILLER ANALOGIES TEST—To arrange an appointmentto take the MAT, contact the Testing Center, either in person in Old Main Room 120 or by calling (360) 650-3080. A fee of $70 is payable at timeof testThe test takes approximately 1.5 hours, and preliminary scores will be available immediately. Official results will be mailed within 15 days. See http://www.testprepreview.com for more information and free practice tests. WEST-B TEST—All individuals applying for admission to state- approved teacher education programs are required to meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. Visit http://www.westnesinc.com for registration information and a study guide with sample test questions. Remaining test dates for the 2008-2009 school year are April 10, May 30 and July 11 .Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance of each date. WEST- ETEST—Washington state requires teacher candidates and teachers adding endorsements to pass a subject knowledge assessment for each chosen endorsement. This endorsement is called the Washington Educator Skills Test-Endorsements (WEST-E). WWU teacher candidates must pass the WEST-E test for each endorsement to be earned with a teacher certificate as a condition for entering the student teaching internship. New WEST-E tests administered by Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson are being implemented in two phases. Phase II tests will be available in fall 2009. Candidates are responsible for reviewing the Woodring College of Education WEST-E Test Resource Site at http://wwW.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/Endorsements/ WEST-Eshtml for current registration and test information. Some students will need to pass the WEST-E/ PRAXIS II test to qualify for endorsement during the New WEST-E implementation period. Refer to the Test Resource Site for test dates, registration and test information. Remaining 2008-2009 New WEST-E test dates: April 4, May 30 and July 11. HEARING ON SKATEBOARD RULE CHANGES— WWU proposes amendments to skateboard and foot scooter rules to provide clear operational guidelines for students, faculty, staff and guests/The proposed rules acknowledge skateboards, foot scooters, skates and other similar devices as sustainable forms of transportation. The new rules will also set allowable speeds on campus and provide for walk zones where riders are required to dismount from their skateboards. The hearing on skateboards is scheduled for 3 p.m. April 22 in Old Main Room 340. HEARING ON BIBYCLE RULE CHANGES—WWU proposes amendments to bicycle rules to provide clear operational guidelines for students, faculty, staff and guests. The rules will set allowable speeds on campus and provide for walk zones where riders are required to dismount from their bicycles. The hearing on bicycles, mopeds, and other powered devices is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. April 22 in Old Main Room 340. HEARING ON HOUSING AND DINING RULE CHANGES—Amendments to housing and dining rules are proposed to be consistent with the department's revised mission statement. The hearing on Housing and Dining is scheduled for 4 p.m. April 22 in Old Main Room 340. T photo by Katie Greene THE WESTERN FRONT books for his Liberal Studies class on Thursday. Man leads Western police on 15-miriute car chase On March 29, a man led Western police through local neighborhoods on a 15-minute car chase. The 25-year-old man from Bell- ingharh was initially pulled over after a Western officer noticed the pickup he was driving had a damaged fender that was rubbing against his front tire. The driver refused to give the officer .•-' his registration, insurance and driver's license , then took off driving south on West College Drive. Western and Bellingham Police chased the driver through the neighborhood streets until his pickup got stuck on top of a dirt mound. When the driver refused to get out of the truck, police fired a Taser at him, said Western police chief Randy Stegmeier. Joseph Alan Schacht was arrested on suspicion of eluding police and third-- degree driving with a suspended license. Test results are pending to determine if- Schacht was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. . ;News.Briefs,cVmpiledby_Ashley'Mitchetl • / ; -r " V ^ '•-•••• ; gt; ^ •' : fESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ' lt;r f^ ••'•-. B j BIL«NGHAM,WA98225 .'SEND'PRESS. 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Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of the Western Front. ---------- Page 3 ---------- westernfrontpnIine.net i Friday • April 3,2009 NEWS'I 3 need a sweet on campus job for next year? Last Chance! Cen a, -Q O Res c- S] o 89.3 c 3 us\ onn onV for the applications due April 8 at 5pm » • Pick up and turn in applications at the filing cabinet outside VU 505 ---------- Page 4 ---------- 4.1 NEWS Friday • April 3,2009 I The Western Front Western meets Zimmerman, first of three provost finalists Anne Maertens THE WESTERN FRONT Michael Zimmerman was the first of three new finalists chosen for the position of provost/vice president of academic affairs to visit Western Monday and Tuesday this week. During an open forum held Monday for the campus community to meet and ask Zimmerman questions, he focused on the need to keep the liberal arts central to society during the rough economic times ahead. Each finalist visits Western separately for two days and holds an hour-long forum. This is a continuation of the first search conducted last fall, which resulted in a candidate declining an offer made by Western President Bruce Shepard. Western Associate Professor Craig Dunn, chair of the Provost Search Advisory Committee, said two dozen applicants were added to the original pool of candidates and then the search committee repeated the review process until they chose three new finalists. Dunn said all finalists share many characteristics that would be beneficial to Western, including their leadership styles. "We're not looking for someone who's going to be a heavy- handed dictator," Dunn said. "The culture at Western supports someone that is transparent and participative." Zimmerman has a doctorate in biology from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He has taught at William and Mary College, Oberlin College, and was a dean at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh for 14 years' before working at Butler University in Indiana. He said he likes to surround himself with the brightest people he can find so that he does not have to waste time micromanaging. As dean of the college of liberal aits and sciences at Butler for the past three years, he said he has a lot of experience that is applicable to •the provost position, but it is Western's responsibility to. decide if he is the right fit for the university. The questions in the forum ranged from dealing with the economic times to what Zimmerman can do to improve the lives of Western faculty and staff. Zimmerman said he was good at bringing people from different backgrounds together. He also mentioned his experience at Butler, where he7 created cross-department reading groups and held multi-departmental panel discussions. Western biology professor Deb Donovan is a member of the search committee. "I like him," Donovan said. "He's a biologist, so what's hot to like?" Donovan said she would like to see someone with scientific background get the job, but she also appreciated his commitment to the holistic liberal arts education. "The things I treasure most about higher education seem to be things that Western also values," Zimmerman said. "It appears that Western cares deeply about the primacy and centrality of the liberal arts." The biggest challenge Zimmerman sees for Western-, which depends heavily, on state funding, is the recession. It is at a magnitude no one in higher education has ever experienced, and everyone will undergo budget cuts, he said. To get through this, it is important ' for Western to demonstrate to society that providing a liberal arts degree, rather than a certification, is valuable to the entire community, not just the student receiving the degree, Zimmerman said. A liberal arts education creates strong leaders and volunteers for society, which is how graduates can pay back the cost of their public education to their communities., he said. "Sinking limited resources into higher, education is one of the best things society can do for itself," Zimmerman said. Zimmerman said he believes raising tuition is not only necessary but inevitable. Equally important is raising financial aid assistance for students so the burden of the tuition rise goes, to those who can afford it, he said. - . Associated Students President Erik Lowe said dealing with tuition and budgets are difficult issues for administrators. Although, as a student it is unrealistic to think that financial aid will be able to keep up with Hie rise in tuition, he said. Many students and their families are facing job losses, decreased home values arid increased debt, Lowe said. Overall, Lowe said he was impressed with the way Zimmerman responded to the questions. One professor asked if Zimmerman were provost, what would he do to protect scholarships available for students? Zimmerman said students will suffer the most during this era of recession, and it is essential to keep scholarships available for students, especially those who have the hardest time affording higher education. "If you lose a generation [of students,] you've lost something that really is irretrievable," he said. Donovan said the most important thing is that Shepard and Zimmerman work well together.. President Shepard will make the final choice after thevtwo' other candidates visit campus. Liz. Sipes, assistant to the president, said President Shepard is going to wait until all three candidates have visited campus before commenting on them individually. The next candidate Central Michigan University Vice Provost Catherine Rior-dan visited the campus Wednesday and Thursday. The third, Gerard Voland, dean of the College of Engineering at Indiana University, will be on campus April 8 and 9. photo by Keith Daigle THE WESTERN FRONT Dr. Michael Zimmerman answers questions during his provost forum on Monday. Pick up your Big Blue Bonus Book today to take advantage of great savings.* *20% OFF shorts sweatpants 10% OFF art supplies 360.6503655 bookstore.wwu.edu 501 High Street ---------- Page 5 ---------- vresternfrontonline.net I Friday •April 3,2009 NEWS I 5 RALLY: Students hope to preserve tuition cap from 1 -creases of $300 to $429 per year during the 2009-11 biennium as a result of either a 7 percent or 10 percent increase. Western's Board of Trustees is cur-r rently limited in its ability to raise resident undergraduate tuition above 7 percent of the previous year's rate, as a result of a measure approved by Gov. Chris Gre-goire in April 2007. The measure was intended to cap tuition increases through the 2016- 17 academic year, according to RCW 28B. 15.558. However, the board maintains authority to raise non- resident and graduate tuition rates as they see fit. . The state Senate's budget proposal released Monday preserves the 7 percent tuition cap while rthe House of Representatives' proposal, released Tuesday, increases the cap to 10 percent. "In recent years the [state] legislature has shown to be incapable of preserving, a tuition increase cap," Associated Student Legislative Affairs Liaison- Morgan Holmgren said. "What's the point of a cap if we keep increasing it?" Jane Vrorrian, Western's legislative relations specialist, said Western administration has been asking the state legislature for a 14 percent tuition increase to help offset Western's predicted budget cuts since the 2009 legislative session be- ^gan on Jan. 8. Western's administration has wrestled with the issue of decreased student access to higher education as a result of increasing tuition rates, Vroman said. "We are incredibly sensitive to that, but we also need to remember that the legislature is offering less money than in previous years, which means students will need to pay more," Vroman said. Sarah Ishmael, AS vice president of legislative and governmental affairs, said that while Western has been receiving less state funding each year, those financial burdens can not continue to be placed on students in the form of increased tuition. Rather than placing such heavy financial. strains on students, the entire Western community- students, administration, faculty and legislators as well- need to begin asking what higher education means to the future of Washington state, Ishmael said. "There are ideas and resources that I believe have not yet been discovered be- • cause we, as an entire community, need to start asking these tough questions," Ishmael said. According to Western Planning and Budgeting documents, Western's tuition -has increased each year since 1987. Bogatay said the tuition rate has also grown at '• • ' • photo by Nicholas Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT Student Senate Chair Annie Jansen addresses the crowd of students and media at the Washington Student Lobby's rally Wednesday on the steps of the state capitol. "I am of the opinion that higher education should be more of a burden on the state than on students because it is a public good," Jansen said. a faster rate than inflation, which means students are faced with greater difficulties in paying tuition each year. Bogatay said students are now borrowing an average of $7,000 per year in loans, while the average period of time it takes a newly-graduated student to find a job is nine months. However, the grace period for paying back those student loans is generally six months after graduation. "Student loan debts are the only debts that can follow a person no matter what," Bogatay said. "It's like these students are indentured servants." President Barack Obama has pushed for financial aid relief by increasing loan and grant funds, such as the recently increased federal loan limits of urisubsidized loans by $2,000. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has increased Pell grants for 2009-10 to $5,350, increased student eligibility by extending the family contribution cutoff by $576 for Pell grants and increased the'maximum federal educational tax credit by $700, according, to Western's Office of Financial Aid. . "Approximately one- fourth of Western aid recipients were eligible for a Pell grant last year,1' Director of Financial Aid Clara Capron wrote in an e-mail. "The maximum Pell grant will increase by $619 from the 2008-09 school year." Capron also said federal aid funding for the College Work Study program has not yet been announced, but she expects increases there as well. State Work Study allocations have not yet been made, but Capron said an increase in those funds "remains a reasonable possibility." CLOSING Chispa Scooters in Fairhaven is going out of business! All scooters accessories are being liquidated at greatly reduced prices. Several brands available including the very popular Vespa scooters. 30% off all parts and accessories. 201 East Holly St. • 733-PITA Or are you simply hungry for something We're right across the street from the Royal Examples of the incredible deals available on scooters: Buddy 50 Pamplona -Reg$2099, now $999 " • ". 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Western's College of Sciences and Technology is anticipating a loss of approximately more than 7 full-time faculty positions, the second highest among Western's colleges. Most of these positions are currently unfilled—so while core programs are unaffected, opportunities for student independent research projects will suffer. "Each faculty member can work with two, three or four students each term [on independent research projects]," said Ar-lan Norman, dean of the College of Sciences and Technology. "If we don't fill these positions, we won't be able to expand the research opportunities as much as we hoped." • . . The Washington state Senate released March 30, its proposed 2009-11 bien-nium budget, which would cut $513 million from the state's higher education system. Western President Bruce Shepafd called the Senate's proposal "shocking and distressing." According to documents recently released by Western's Planning and Budgeting Office, the Senate has recommended Western take a 25 percent cut over the 2009-10 school year and a 13.5 percent cut in the 2010-11 school year. This represents a 19 percent reduction for the bi-ennium. ^ y "While times are tough across the country, I am aware of no other state that is preparing to decimate its capacity to move ahead as times turn around," Shepa-rd said in a statement. Western's peer institutions, determined by the University Planning and Budgeting Office for the purpose of self- assessment and academic planning, such as James Madison University and Montclair "while times are tough across the country; I am aware of no other state that is preparing to decimate its capacity to move H ahead as times turn around. - President Bruce Shepard State University, average a 2009-10 budget cut of 6.5 percent, according to Western's Office of Planning and Budgeting. That average is nearly four times less than Western's proposed -. " 25 percent cut. The Washington state House of Representatives announced in its budget proposal a potential cut of $683 million from the state's higher education system. "If we're being prudent, we' 11 always have in the back of our minds the question of: what if we have to do more? What if we have to cut more deeply?" Norman said. "We?re hoping that a way of managing the resources within the university can be found so that the academic programs can be protected at the 5 percent level." Losing the highest share of any department, Western's information technology services has budgeted a 10 percent revenue reduction.This will significantly reduce the funding available for new software and software enhancements. Response times in waiting for computers and lab equipment to be repaired will be longer, and the loss of the night shift machine room operator means that students will no longer be able to make after-hour administrative help desk calls. Lawson said they are trying not to lose any student employees. "We' 11 still have the help desk and the student technology center staffed by students," Lawson said. The consequences of Western's proposed budget cuts are still being considered by department heads and university, administration as the state Senate and House work toward a compromise of their proposals. . According to Western's Planning and Budgeting Office, the State legislature's final budget will be finalized by April 22, the last day of the 2009 session. "I believe we'll be working on budget issues right up until the beginning of summer, probably into summer actually," Norman said. "When I look at the work we* have ahead and all the uncertainty that there is, we'll probably be lucky to know where we stand by the end of the month, but I'm hoping we will." PROPOSED CUTS TO WASHINGTON HIGHER EDUCATION ARE THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AMONG PEER STATES CONNECTICUT 5% NEW JERSEY 5% Western's peer institutions such as Madison University in Virginia and Montclair State University in New Jersey average a 2009-10 budget cut of 6.5 percent. This average is nearly four times less than the budget cuts that Western is facing. photo illustration by Brandon Kays. Source: University of Washington Need a Class? Choose Independent Learning to ... • Resolve your schedule conflicts • Study when your schedule allows • Work at your own pace • Try something new • Register anytime! Extension tuition rates apply! 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The new fee will set aside $15 of the $25 per quarter for regular renewal and replacement of the computers in Western's 24 general university computer labs, which Academic Technology and User Services (ATUS) manages, Goddard said. The tech center will receive $3 per quarter from the increased fee—approximately $104,000 for the 2009-10 academic year, she said. The current process for upgrading the general university computer labs involves ATUS submitting a separate proposal for an upgrade to each computer lab to the Student Technology Fee Committee. The committee decides how much of the money collected from the Student Technology Fee will be allocated to any staff and departments requesting funds for technology- related projects, Goddard said. The proposed increase will be used to update the general university computer labs every four to five years, she said. The restructured fee will reduce the amount sent-to the proposal fund to $6 per quarter, since ATUS will no longer have to rely on the proposal fund to upgrade its computer labs, Goddard said. The remaining $1 per quarter will fund future expansion, maintenance and upgrades to Western's wireless network, she said. The committee, which Goddard chairs, created a Student Technology Fee Task Force during winter quarter 2009. The task force's mission was to determine how much the Student Technology Fee needed to be increased due to the higher demand for technology on campus since the.fee's establishment, Goddard said. "[The task force] was very cognizant of student dollars going to the fee," Goddard said. "We threw together things that would be needed." The task force's original proposal called for an end to the renewal process based on student votes in order to streamline the process of regularly updating the general university computer labs, Goddard said. However, Washington law prohibits the approval of the technology fees-of public universities without a regular student vote, she said. If students pass the increased fee, it will come up for renewal again in 2013. The task force recommended more funding go toward the tech center, Goddard said. The tech center has seen a 10 percent increase in color printing and large-format printing, in addition to an in-, crease in computer use by students over the past few years, said John Farquhar, manager of instructional development and multimedia. He said the tech center will need at least a $14,561 per year increase in order to maintain its current level of service to students. Farquhar said the most important thing is that the fee increase get passed, since a failure to renew the tech fee would result in absolutely no money left to support the tech center. Western senior Chris Dworetzky, a student member of the task force and employee of the tech center, said the increase I am wmmiim THE CONDOM BREAKS YOU MISS A COUPLE OF PILLS YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX OR YOU WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED Planned Parenthood* is here for you with with high quality, - \ personal care at an affordable cost. Emergency -, Contraception (EC) - also known as the "morning-after pill" J O ° " - can prevent pregnancy if started within five days after unprotected sex. It is safe and effective, but the sooner you take it the better. and renewal of the tech center are definitely needed. "If you vote 'no' on the increase, [the tech center] and most ATUS labs will disappear," Dworetzky said. Farquhar said he would like to see the tech center be able to hold hours on Saturdays, something it does not currently do.Farquhar said he would like the tech center to be open a total of 80 hours per week instead of the current 60 hours per week. In addition to more hours of operation, Farquhar said he would like the tech center to be able to provide more workshops that offer students free tutorials for software such as Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Both scenarios would require more money to pay staff, because the Washington state minimum wage has steadily increased in the last few years, Farquhar said. "[The $3 increase] would allow a modest increase in services," he said. ATUS Director Frank Roberts "said regular upgrades to Western's general university computer labs are vital if Western wants to continue to meet the technological needs of its students. Roberts said the computers available to all Western students need to be able to run the most up-to-date software, software that corporations such as Microsoft update every year. , Dworetzky said general university lab upgrades and replacements would be staggered, with a different lab being updated every year. He said an example of a computer lab that was in dire need of an upgrade was Old Main room 330, whose computers were originally purchased nine years ago and only recently replaced. Western senior Whitney Dunbar said she uses the general university computer labs approximately four times per week and the computers jn the tech center approximately once per week. She said she - would utilize the center if it were open on Saturdays since she printed numerous documents in color during the end of winter quarter. With regards to the general university computer labs, Dunbar said she would most like to see more labs on campus. Despite the new labs in the Academic Instructional Center, Dunbar said she thinks they do not take much traffic away from the computer labs on north campus, leading to long waits for the use of a computer. "[Students] constantly use technology, whether in class or in their personal lives," she said. "I would support [the increased fee] to make life slightly easier." 734-90951 Be prepared - have EC in your medicine cabinet P Planned Parenthood www.mbpp.org*" 1530 Ellis Street. Betlingham ---------- Page 8 ---------- 8 I Friday • April 3,2009 I The Western Front Dan Savage to speak on No stranger to Western/ the columnist returns to discuss samfl Coral Garnick THE WESTERN FRONT - Getting married and raising children may sound like everyday occurrences to some, but to Dan Savage, who is the editorial director of The Stranger and creator and author of "Savage Love," a weekly sex advice Column, it proved to be a little more challenging. Savage, an openly gay male, adopted a son 11 years ago with his domestic partner, whom he married in Canada in 2005 because same-sex-marriage was.not legal in Washington. "We wanted to be legally married some place, and Canada was the nearest option^" Savage said. "We spend a lot of time in Canada, so it is a little taste of the future every time we go up there.." In an effort to create a discussion about issues studeats find important and are concerned with, Savage will answer any and all questions relating to same-sex marriage, Proposition 8 (Prop 8), and sex in general at 7 p.m. April 4 in the Performing Arts Center. Prop 8 is an amendment to California's' state constitution prohibiting same-sex marriage which passed in November 2008. "I hope to get in an argument," Savage said. "I hope, that it is not just a room, full of people that agree with me about everything and that we can have a real discussion about what are exciting issues at this time." Associated Students Productions (ASP) Special Events coordinator and Western junior Hallie Anderson invited Savage, to Western, after conversations with ASP Civil" Controversy and the Resource Outreach Program's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance (LGBTA) and Sexual Awareness Center, all of which are co- sponsoring the event. Even though Prop 8 does not affect Washington residents, LGBTA coordinator and Western senior Amber Aldrich said a lot of people on campus were asking for programs-addressing the issue. The organizations decided to bring Savage to campus because he is a dynamic speaker that will engage the campus, Aldrich said. "Dan Savage has a big voice. He has a weekly column. He is editor of The Stranger and has written several books about family, marriage, gay issues and, obviously^about sex," Aldrich said. "I can't think of a better person to speak-in an engaging manner about Prop 8." Savage came to campus two years ago to talk about sex, and the event was well attended, Anderson said. Special Events staff likes to bring people to campus to create discussion about current issues in the media, such as Prop 8, which is a widely talked about controversial issue right now, Anderson said. ' "I hope this event will give Western, students a broader understanding, regarding Prop 8," she said. "And since The Stranger is no longer delivered to Bellingham due to economic expenses, I think it is great that we are able to bring him up here." Savage has been res with his weekly "Savage Keck moved to Seattle to . The Stranger. "Savage Love" wasu up by six other newspapt than 100 newspapers inte "Dan Savage has a big v Stranger and he has wrirte and, obviously, about sex. ing manner about Prop 8. "It just took off," he of happened." Savage describes the campuses, and the langua about sex in a bar with hi ---------- Page 9 ---------- )-sex marriage ponding to the sexually frustrated and confused Love" column since 1991 when his friend Tim start an alternative, left-leaning newspaper called juickly syndicated, and by 1993 had been picked ;rs. After 18 years, the column is printed in more rnationally, Savage said. alee. He has a weekly column. He is editor of The i several books about family, marriage, gay issues can't think of a better person to speak in an engag- Amber Aldrich, LGBTA director ;aid. "I never really tried to syndicate it; it just.sort ; language he uses to talk to students on college ge he uses in his column, as having a conversation s friends. bout sex using the language people actually use lends," he said. "Some people don't like it, but ;adit." '-•••-•.• ::, ; /:".' Y.-; ularly reads "Savage Love," Aldrich said she loves she said she sometimes disagrees with his opin- 5ideas really refreshing, and sometimes I blatantly lid. "But he is kind of like that friend that you have —- sometimes you get furious with them, but you leir ability to articulate their side even when you y. against Prop 8, said he knows the issue is widely )ple often want to feel depressed about it, but he idents to despair because it is not as bad as some Prop 8. is helpful when looked at in a historical in 2000, in California, there was a ballot initiative and it passed by 22 points, Savage said. That was Court overturned when it briefly legalized same-i. Prop 8, which was a constitutional amendment ain, only passed by 4 points. Savage said that 18 enormous accomplishment, come two or four years later, we would have won," w vote comes four or six year from now repealing ound. Everything is moving in that direction." eial Events, ASP Civil Controversy co-sponsored rn to talk about sex and Prop 8. ASP Civil Contro-ig opportunities for a diversified dialogue to occur ly politicized or particularly pressing social issues, ind consumption, Americans faith in pharmaceuti-larriage, said Charles Walker, Western junior and ^.SP Civil Controversy.. has been in the spotlight and is so well known, perspective on it," Walker said. "I like to go to and to come away educated and with a new per- ;a Blatt said she thinks bringing Savage to Western resources. She said she thinks people need to be d she hopes students who are uninformed about it ay be uninformed, [Savage] is someone who may to listen to," Blatt said. "And him being from the DWS what he is talking about." has made it clear that Western students want to about Prop 8, Savage said he will be more than o ir. young, same-sex couples—besides don't marry " he said. "We are ultimately going to win this westernfrontonline.net I Friday • April 3,2009 I 9 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^MU^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M ---------- Page 10 ---------- 10 I ARTS LIFE Friday • April 3,2009 I The Western Front COURSE: 'There's no reason why disabled and non-disabled people can't integrate together' from 9 universities he worked at were too large for students to interact with other students from different backgrounds, "[At Western,] students have enough room to have anonymity, but enough opportunity to develop relationships with the same people over time," Bninnemer said. Many students and faculty members help the disability center recognize areas that can be improved on campus to make accessibility easier for students with disabilities, such as the unlevej bricks throughout campus and buildings without accessible bathrooms, Bninnemer said. However, Moerke said the physical accessibility problems on campus are small compared to social tolerance issues. Moerke said she often becomes frustrated when people attempt to give her assistance without asking her first. Moerke said people frequently inform her when she comes across a flight of stairs or grab her .arm to guide her without permission. "I'm not above asking for help because everyone needs help sometimes," Moerke said. "It's all about respect and respecting boundaries," Betty Sikkema, president of the United Blind of Whatcom County, experiences similar frustrations around Bellingham. When she begins to cross a street, people often grab her arms without permission to help guide her to the other side. She also receives encouragement from people passing by when she walks around town, she said. While walking through Red Square, Moerke said religious groups have stopped her and asked ifthey can pray for her. She said she has been told it pains God that she is not "whole" and another individual told Moerke her blindness was a result of a sin in a past life. Although Moerke said she understands their concern, the forwardness is offensive. "I understand where they are coming from. They are trying to.improve my quality of life," Moerke said. "But what they are saying is, 'you are not acceptable the way you are.'" Moerke aims to reach a larger audience, helping to close the gap between people with and without disabilities and to connect other minority groups with the rest of society. • 3 " • • : • • • • — , i ; Westerii musicians receive Bellingham Music Club awards Megan Tackett THE WESTERN. FRONT-Western juniors Anni Stankovic, Deborah Blakesley and senior Aidrien Wilkins were named the Bellingham Music Club's annual Western music award recipients and they performed for the club Wednesday at Faith Lutheran. Church. Each year the. club gives awards funded by donations within the club to Western music students. The recipients see more personal gain in the competition than the dollar amount. Wilkins said competition pushes musicians to perform at a higher standard. "It's a checkpoint in some ways, and an opportunity to push yourself to the next level in other ways," Wilkins said. Even if Blakesley was guaranteed not to win, she said she would still participate to gain the experience of competition and gain feedback from judges. Second- place recipient mezzo-soprano vocalist, Blakesley began singing when she. was 4 years old h\aj gt;roduction of "Pinocchio" for the Bellingham The- Westerly R^ad/Binll^toi i corner of Westerly Rti Cordate Plcwy) Open daily 7 am-9 pm IlilNowwith two locations: ^^Hiijirdafe-315 Westerly Rd. ^^lliiDw^town—1220 N Forest St. H|ow £6mmunity,Grow Co-op 4* aire Guild. She grew up performing in Western's Summer Stock and began participating in local vocal competitions in sixth grade. After graduating from Bellingham High School in 1997, Blakesley attended the University of Washington, (UW) for two years, Blakesley moved back to Bellingham during her second year at UW to be with her mother who was fighting cancer, Blakesley said Leslie Guelker-Cone, director of Choral Activities and coordinator of Vocal Studies at Western, convinced her to audition for the vocal department at Western. Although first-place recipient Stank-ovic began playing the piano, when she was 6 years old, she did not intensify her involvement with music until her senior year in high school. During her freshman year, Stankovic won Western's concerto competition while playing "Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto" with Western's Symphony Orchestra. She also received the Ford Hill, William D. Sanford and Arthur Hicks piano scholarships while attending Western. W n ^ ^ P c r f c ^ ^ f t ^ f i r f i p 0^ the Bellingham Music Club presents awards to Western music students Anni Stankovic, Deborah Blakesly and Aidrien Wilkins at Faith Lutheran Church Wednesday. . When third-place recipient Wilkins learned Western did riot have a perform mance program for jazz guitar, he debated transferring to another college. He decided to instead pursue the classical guitar program. eight hours a day. Wilkins currently manages the recording studio for the Performing Arts Center and serves on the Department Related Activities Committee and the Services and Activities Committee at Western. Whatcom C O M M U N I T Y COLLEGE Start your bachelor's degree. Earn transfer credits or a transfer degree. Attend college part-time. Enroll now for spring classes! 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But, unlike the $95 recreation fee or the $70 health fee, most students make use of the $17 technology fee every day, often without realizing it. Created in 1996, the fee has "been expanded to establish the laptop loan program and the wireless campus network and. provides upgrades for high-traffic computer labs. The fee provides students with access to a variety of valuable resources, including technology workshops, computer labs and classroom tools such as microscopes and sound and lighting equipment. The economy combined with a shrinking school and state budget, may be pressuring students and the administration to make drastic cuts in personal and institutional spending, but technology services are essential to a comprehensive education. Western cannot hope to fulfill its vision of aspiring to be the premier comprehensive public university in the country without technology services." Technology programs available at our school nickname Western as a "wired campus," a university on the cutting edge of a technologically fast-paced world. Without these vital resources Western students may find themselves lost in a competitive and dwindling job "market that demands technology skills upon graduation. Student technology is one of six fees charged to full-time students. It is also one of the lowest fees, currently costing students $17 a quarter to provide a myriad of services and equipment. Western's student technology fee is significantly lower than most state universities. University of Washington students pay $41 a' quarter and Evergreen College students may pay up to $150 per quarter depending on their use of technology services. The student technology fee pays for more than technology services and laptops, it also familiarizes. students with changing technology and vital programs. Without access to laptops, computer labs, microscopes, GPS devices and other vital educational equipment, students will have limited learning potential at Western. While state law mandates that student fees of this nature must be voted on by the students, not all students" vote in the AS elections. If students simply vote against a fee increase much the same way citizens oppose vital tax increases, then the university and all current and future students • will be severely affected. In the long run, students cannot afford to vote against increasing the student technology fee. The Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor-in-Chief Jeff Twining, Managing Editor Gabrielle Nomura and Opinion Editor Danielle Koagel. New bill focuses on talent instead of funding Cody Flynn Guest Columnist Don't read this.article if you think it's ok that last November—in the midst of an economic meltdown—we spent almost $5 billion on election campaigns. Or if you think it's fine that more than 90 percent of the races for Congress were won by the candidate who spent the most money. If, like me, you think lobbyists and big donors shouldn't be replacing ordinary citizens in policy making, big money shouldn't stifle your voice in politics and huge campaign contributions have created shameful pay-to-play political scandals and undermined the ideals of American democracy, then read on! There's hope.In six states, this disgusting situation has been changed by a new way to finance campaigns. In these states, both Republican and- Democratic candidates can mount competitive campaigns without raising big bucks and without spending most of their time dialing for dollars. When elected, they don't owe tax breaks and paybacks to big contributors. Instead they can run for office even if they are not wealthy or connected to rich special interests, they can spend their time talking with voters and they don't owe anything to anyone but their constituents. Washington state passed a bill' a few years back that allows local municipalities, such as Bellingham, to enact public financing programs for local elected officials via a popular referendum. This means one day qualified and passionate young/Western students may be able to realistically run for office if programs like this are enacted. Now,, we have a chance to get the same kind of option for Congressional candidates as well. Anew bill with broad .bipartisan support, the Fair Elections Now Act, would allow Congressional candidates to spend their time focusing on the difficult issues that confront our nation. The act would free politicians from the pressures of fundraising, and from the question that members of Congress now have to ask themselves every day: How much time do I spend working to get the country back on track, and how much time do I spend fundraising for the thousands of dollars I need for my next campaign? Or perhaps, legislators, national and local, could begin working on issues such as financial aid, reasonable tuition and other things important to students but relegated to inaction because fund raising is more important. The Fair Elections Now Act would give congressional candidates the option to run for office without relying on big' money and lobbyist donors. Instead', qualified candidates could fund their campaigns with a blend of small individual contributions and a set amount of public financing. It would allow everyone with great ideas and a passion for service to run for office—even if they were not wealthy or connected to big special interests. So what can you do? If you've read this far and are as excited as I am about changing our pay-to-play political system, you can write or call your members of Congress and tell them that they should support fair elections. Even better, you can join me and Western's Democracy Matters chapter to get big money out of politics and people back in. It's our democracy. Now we haye to take it back! Cody Flynn is a Western junior and the Democracy Matters Western Campus Coordinator. Viking Voices Opinions from around campus What's the best April Fools prank you've played or had played on you? Compiled by: Hailey Tucker Mark Hayden Senior "I tried to convince my roommates we had to — re-register for classes because of a mass computer error. No one believed me though." Hillary Bean Junior "The traditional Saran wrap around the water spigot." Gavin Gladsgio • Freshman "A tried to take all the shower curtains out of Delta." Chris Mitchell Junior "My girlfriend gave me frosting around a sponge that looked like a cake." Letter to the Editor: Students should support Bellingham Food Bank Hunger in Bellingham is growing. Bellingham needs to strengthen -its food resources for the hungry. In 2008, 96,000 people visited the Bellingham Food Bank - a 25 percent increase from 2007. The Bellingham Food Bank sees more than 8,000 people per month and 15-20 percent of Whatcom County residents visited the food bank at least once. People in our community depend on the food bank now more than ever. With a failing economy more people are losing their jobs, and as a result are losing money, which used to provide food for people and their famlies. Because most people have less money for food money, they have to rely on food banks. National Public Radio stated there is an 8 percent unemployment rate in Washington. The Bellingham Food Bank supports 12 other local food banks and is stepping up in order to solve problems of .hunger. The solution to this growing problem of hunger comes from the generous Bellingham community and students at Western. It is our responsibility to donate and fund raise for the food bank in order to keep the organization going strong. We need to provoke change by giving change to support our local Bellingham Food Bank. BrieHelmuth Western sophmore ---------- Page 13 ---------- 13 I See more online at www.westernfrontonline.net Friday • April 3,2009 I The Western Front Graham not throw in the towel Western senior guard Ira Graham joins former Vikings on minor-league basketball team, Bellingham Slam. Ben Corey TI^EWf STERN FRONT Basketball means different things to different people. It can be recreation and exercise for some or friendly competition for others. But for Western senior Ira Graham and his new teammates on the Bellingham Slam, it is a career. Graham, 22, joins a long list of former Vikings on the Slam, including Western senior Calin Schell who like Graham, saw his Western career end by a defeat from Seattle Pacific University on March 13. As the 2008-09 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) player of the year, Graham finished his Western career ranking 7th in the team's,history for total points scored, 1,465, and became the first : • Western basketball player to record two 500 point seasons. This past season, Graham led the Vikings to a 21-6 record overall and their first GNAC title. . • Brad Jackson, Viking head coach, said Graham made a definite impact on the team's performance last season. "I think [Graham] had a huge influence.' Graham is a guy who was in our program throughout his college career and kept getting better and better," Jackson said. "[Graham] was the MVP of. our league and was selected to play in the NCAA Division II All Star game, which is the top 20 players in the country. He did very well in that." Graham said he was happy with his and his team's performance in the All-Star game, which took place March 27 in Springfield, Mass., but said the experience overall was [Graham] is a guy who was in our program throughout his college career and kept getting better and better. - Brad Jackson, Western men's basketball head coach more important. "The game went well, but the highlight for me was getting to hang out with some of the best ball players in the country," Graham said. Both Jackson and Rob Ridnour, the coach of the Bellingham Slam, describe Graham as someone who can play well all over the court. "He's a slasher," Ridnour said. "He can hit the three pointer." "He's a good ball player all around." Beyond being someone who could score, Graham had matured over the years into someone who could be counted on when the team needed him, Jackson said. * — — — — — "He was a great scorer, he scored very well in high school and did a great job scoring here, but I think he also developed the ability to score when he was needed," Jackson said. "He could make big plays.'' "He could make pressure free-throws and he embraced that role, which some guys do and some guys don't." Western senior guard Morris An- " ! 1_*" derson- described Graham as a great sport who loved to win. Anderson also commented on Graham's ability to score and said that Graham has his own style, one Anderson said he couldn't compare to any other player. . Graham said he grew up watching basketball players such as Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant, who he described as two of the greatest players of all time. However, Graham attributes his 'own style to his coaches and team members at Western. Photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Ira Graham drives to the basket in his final game as a Viking against Seattle Racific University. Graham had a game-high of 29 points. "I definitely think the coaches have helped my game and helped develop me as a player," Graham said. "I owe a lot to my experience at Western." Graham has his eye on the future and said he is excited about playing for the Slam because he would be able to advance his career with the 2008 International Basketball League champions, while he continues to play with some of his teammates from Western. "Who doesn't want to play in the NBA?" Graham said. "It's always been a dream of mine. I just want to work as hard as I can, and if I'm fortunate enough to get some breaks and make it happen, then I would love that." The Slam had a high attendance rate last year when the team won the International Basketball League Championship. People who got a taste of it last year will continue to come to games this year, Ridnour said. It is a good opportunity to see players who have graduated from Western in a new arena, he said. "People who have watched Ira play at Western should be excited to see him play again," Ridnour said. "Those people know how impressively he plays the game." ' Graham plans to help the Slam toward another winning season. Last year the Slam was No. 1 in their league, winning 19 of their 23 games. The Slam take on the Seattle Mountaineers in their season opener at 7 p.m. tonight at the Whatcom Pavilion. HOUSES FOR RENT •Clean 'Quality -Close to WWU 2, 3,4 5 bedrooms View homes at www.ebenalrents.com • 2 Bdrm •3 Bdrm .-.•• 4 Bdrm • 5 bdrm Call: Bonnie - 360.319.3691 • David - 360.319.0898 • I mVmaz Wanna change your look? Then here's your chance! At Plato's Closet, we buy and sell brand name gently used teen and twenty something clothing for guys and girls. That means you can afford to rock abercrombie' fitch, american eagle, hollister and your other faves all year long for less than half the price of new. Change. is good, so . fmnae ---------- Page 14 ---------- 14 I SPORTS Friday • April 3,20091 The Western Front Unexpected season- Vikings lose heartbreaker Dan Balmer THE WESTERN FRONT A storybook season for the Western, men's basketball team came to a surreal close at the hands of conference rival Seattle Pacific University (SPU) losing 82-77 in the opening-round of the West Region playoffs at Carver Gym March 13. •- After winning their first outright Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) championship the Vikings^ ranked No. 23 in the final National Collegiate Athletic • Association (NCAA) II Top 25 poll, hosted a NCAA Division II West sub-regional tournament round. Unfortunately, they had to face SPU who had given the Vikings trouble all season. Western trailed most of the game and ' did not take their first lead until the second half. "We came in thinking it was going to be a pretty easy victory," Western senior forward David Brittinen said. "We didn't play well in the last two meetings, and it was another oiie of those nights.". Western lost three home games, all season, including playoffs, and two of the losses were at the hands of the Falcons. Western was the second seed in the West Region tournament, and finished the season with a 21-6 record. Western was unable to regain the last lead they held with six minutes to play when senior forward Steve Alford sank a 3-pointer to give the Vikings a 67-64 lead. Falcon senior forward Casey Reed responded with a 3-pointer, and then Falcon sophomore guard Jeff Downs rattled off five straight points to take the lead. The Vikings looked to tie the game, but a cross-court pass by Alford was stolen ~ by Downs, and SPU junior gaurd Brandon Larrieu scored on the ensuing fast-break. When the buzzer sounded, Seattle Pacific players jumped in celebration while Western fans were silenced, looking on in disbelief. "We never were able to put a run together," Coach Brad Jackson said. "[SPU] did a great job scoring inside. They hit some big shots tonight." ^ y /O product line, manicures, pedicures, Asian hot foot massages, niicmderrnabrasion . facials other personal care services. 132^ l|th St, €-3, Belimgham, WA •;,'. lt;: vj|raempperso#lcafe@yahoacom \ FREE Diagnostics! 1001 larrabee Ave. 360-202-5560 www.Doa-On-fire.com Western senior gaurd Morris Anderson went team with a win. Anderson scored six points. Larrieu led the Falcons with 24 points and junior center Rafael Moreira added 14. The Falcons capitalized on 48 points in the paint to Western's 32. "[SPU] played a good; game. You can't take credit away from those guys; they hit big shots," Qraham said.* In the final seconds, Graham pulled his jersey over his face and fought back disappointment following . such a close Photo by Alex Roberts THE WESTERN FRONT in for the layup in an attempt to assist his loss at home. • "I thought I played well but it wasn't good enough," Graham said. "I scored 29, but I should have had 35. That's my motto." The 'Carver Crazies' were on their , feet the entire game, jumping up and Tobaccos • Cigaretjm Cigars • Rolling Tommo Pipe Tobacco* HoflmtjflM Mon-Sat: 10:30-8 S L H S I WWW.FAIRHAVENSM0KES.COM 647-2379 Bellim»ham Famih Health Clinic Law - If. ess / gt;• th-tillln-tirc ) lt; gt;it \ccd see MEN'S page 15 Mini Self Storage • Mew Heated Units www.fa i rhavenst.orage.com 7 DAYS A WEEK 733-5553 2715 Mill Avenue Fairhaven "Famous for Fan" 10 Beers on Tap • Pool, Darts Pull tab • Birrgers, Sandwiches,and rhore! 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"I think the chemistry was good and they_ got back into a little bit of a groove that they've become accustomed to over the past year and a half." Leading the team was Western senior Jake Koppenberg, who ended up in a three-way tie for sixth place in medalist play, when ranking is determined based upon the number of strokes a player makes. He shot even par 72 and finished the tournament at 8-under-par 208 to clinch his fourth top 10 ranking in the last five tournaments. "I Was familiar with the course from last year* and I just felt comfortable with the layout," Koppenberg said. "I've been playing pretty good golf, the [Palm Valley] golf course just sets up for my game." Koppenberg's teammates were also .ecstatic about his success at the invitational; Y Koppenberg's efforts helped Western move from sixth place on Monday to fifth place on Tuesday, . Western senior Brandon Brown said Koppenberg's role in helping the team to secure a fifth place ranking at the invitational was a very big highlight for the team. Brown tied for 57th place at 223 strokes. Also placing in medalist play were sophomore Thomas Jun, who tied for 11th with 210 strokes; junior Julian Pe- "ters, who tied for 39th at 219 strokes; and freshman Jake Webb, who finished 62nd at 224 strokes. One of the major focus areas for the team over the next two weeks is to improve their short game play, Card said. "I thinkthe team needs to improve on making a few more putts.per round and putting better," Brown said. "Also [the team needs to work oh],their short game areas like sand-bunker play." Western's next tournament is the 36th annual Hanny Stanislaus Invitational hosted by California State University, Stanislaus on April 13 and 14 atthe Turlock Golf Country Club in Turlock, Calif. Developing a better short game will be beneficial,,especially considering the layout of the course at the Turlock Golf Country Club, where the next invitational is going to be held, Card said.. "The golf course that we're playing at in Stanislaus has pretty small greens, so with small targets you're not going to hit a lot of greens," Card said. "It's really going to put a lot'of emphasis on chipping and putting. The short game will be important going into this next event." Photo courtesy of B. Keith Baker Jake Koppenberg shot even par to help place his team fifth in the invitational. MEN'S: Winning season comes to a close in first-round playoff game from 14 •,,... .._..... down and cheering loudly. More than 2,200 boisterous fans packed and provided an intense playoff atmosphere in Carver Gym. "We had great support here at Western. I love our fans and I'm going to miss playing in front of them," Graham said. "It hurts to, go but like this. We gave them a great game, and I hope [the fans] go home and are'not disappointed with the way we played." Jackson also acknowledged how supportive the fans were as the season progressed. ,; V - "In the second half of the year our^.'students- really got into the games, they were awesome," Jackson said. "I hope there is a carry over and that [Western fans] realize this is a pretty good level of basketball." Western came out hard in the second half and quickly took their first lead of the game on a layup from Western senior forward Calin Schell. Western took their largest lead,.40-35, in the second half. lt; "The four seniors have been great," Jackson said. "It's always really tough when the seniors play their last game because there is so much invested. It's a huge commitment and the contributions of all four were really significant." It was a heartbreaking loss for Graham, Western's leading scorer with 29 points, who played his last game at Carver Gym. 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