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Title: Western Front - 2006 January 27
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Text preview (might not show all results): 2006_0127 ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN FRONTS WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ,2006 ISSUE 6, VOLUME 136 High-speed chase ends at border BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front U.S. Customs
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Show more2006_0127 ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN FRONTS WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ,2006 ISSUE 6, VOLUME 136 High-speed chase ends at border BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two fugitives wanted for murder in California Tuesday afternoon after they attempted to flee the country at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine. The officers arrested the pair after they broke through a blockade customs officers set up to stop them. They drove through Peace Arch Park â€” clipping the arch â€” and swerved into the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, continuing north for a short time. The chase ended when Whatcom County Sheriff's Deputy Stuart Smith swerved his vehicle in front of the suspects' car before the crossing, causing a crash, Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo said. "It was very heroic," Elfo said. "There was a severely grave danger with someone driving Jose Antonio Barajas (top) and Ishtiaq Hussain (bottom). see PURSUIT, page 3 Construction continues CHRIS HUBER/THE WESTERN FRONT Construction workers Joe O'Driscollo (left) and Kaleb Fisher (right) load a portable generator into a construction vehicle as they pack their gear Wednesday on South College Way. Workers secured the hillside with rebar and "shotcrete," concrete that workers spray on to the hillside to prevent future mudslides. Crews fix problems remaining from summer project BY ANDREA BARBER The Western Front Western facilities management planning manager Ed Simpson expects road construction to control, stabilize and prevent future landslides along West College Way to finish by the end of the month, he said. The university began construction on West College Way July 2005. The project widened the road and created a turning lane for access into the service road west of the Wade King Recreation Center. Western ended construction in September and intended see HILLSIDE, page 3 Former Western football player plans to return CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR / THE WESTERN FRONT Former Western student Joey Joshua moves a crate full of beverages with a forklift Thursday evening while working at his job at Dickerson Distributors, Inc. Western suspended Joshua for one year and he will return to classes this spring. BY MEGAN SWARTZ The Western Front Western's football team may soon welcome back an old teammate, junior defensive end Joey Joshua, if it accepts him. The university suspended Joshua for one year after University Police arrested Joshua on campus in January 2005 on suspicion of two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. Instead of facing trial, Joshua agreed to a plea bargain in May 2005, resulting in no jail time but $22,000 in fines and 220 hours of community service. Joshua could no longer play football and lost his full-ride scholarship following the arrest. Joshua said within two weeks, his life went from a care-free existence to complete isolation. "I stopped going out and seeing people and didn't show my face in public," Joshua said. He said he was embarrassed and ashamed. After a few months he began to realize his life was out of control and the important things like his education had fallen to the wayside, he said. "My priorities were completely messed up," Joshua said. "Partying came first, football second and school last." Joshua said he isn't ready to call his arrest a blessing in disguise, but without losing everything, he wouldn't know the worth of his education and his college athletic career. Joshua plans on re-enrolling at Western in March for spring quarter and has been talking with his former football coaches about the possibility of returning to Viking football. The last game Joshua played was on Nov. 6,2004 at Humboldt State University. "I love Western football and still think of the Vikings as my team," Joshua said. see COMEBACK, page 5 BLUES VIRTUES Seattle hip hop artists, Blue Scholars, spit politically savvy rhymes at the Pickford. ACCENT, PAGE 6 THROWING 'BOWS The Associated Students judo club hits the mats in Ridgeway Commons. SPORTS, PAGE 8 www.westernfrontonline.com SEAHAWKS CRAZE The Hawks are on their way to the Super Bowl and suddenly many become loyal fans. OPINIONS, PAGE 13 WEATHER Saturday: Rainy Hi: 45 Low: 36 Sunday: Rainy Hi: 48 Low: 39 ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS JANUARY 27,2006 Cops Box University Police Jan. 24,9:01 a.m.: A student collapsed unconscious at the Performing Arts Center. Medics treated and transported the individual to the Student Health Center. Jan. 25, 12:02 a.m.: UP arrested a person on suspicion of possession of drugs on the 3000 block of Edens Avenue. Officers booked him into Whatcom County Jail. Jan. 25, 12:02 a.m.: UP arrested a person on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia off east campus. Bellingham Police Jan. 24, 10:30 p.m.: An individual tried to break into and steal a vehicle on the 1000 block of East Sunset. Jan. 24, 10:11 p.m.: Police responded to a trespass complaint on the 1300 block of West Bakerview Road. Jan. 24,2:23 p.m.: Officers cited a male on suspicion of minor in possession on the 1500 block of Railroad Avenue. Jan. 24,1:00 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of a person shooting squirrels with a pellet gun on the 1400 block of Moore Street. Compiled by Devin Smart Advocates rally for gay rights Students voice support for bill to outlaw discrimination of homosexuals BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front To some Western students, House Bill 2661 in the Washington state Legislature might be of little significance. The bill, that lawmakers could pass today, would outlaw the discrimination of gays and lesbians in housing and employment within the state. For Western sophomore Kristin Ericson, however, the bill has a personal meaning. To Ericson, who is a lesbian, the bill would mean partial freedom from something she said is constantly effecting her â€” discrimination. "It's a real fear in my life," Ericson said. "This shouldn't be something I have to constantly worry about." The state's House of Representatives passed the bill Jan. 20 and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. The same bill passed the House lastyear but failed to pass the Senate by one vote, despite Democratic lawmakers controlling both houses. The Democrats remain in control of the Washington state House 55-43 and of the Washington state Senate 26-23. This year, Ericson said she is confident the bill will pass. That confidence put into action Monday when Ericson joined seven other Western students, Gov. Christine Gregoire and more than 1,000 gay rights advocates at a rally for the bill on the steps of the state Capitol building in Olympia. "We really got our point across," Ericson said. "I think the Senate understood that a large number of people support this bill." The Senate is leaning toward supporting the bill, said Rep. Fred Gov. Christine Gregoire advocates a bill that could outlaw the lesbians in housing and employment within Washington state lesbians, and I find it necessary for the state to make it clear that this is Jarrett, R-Mercer Island. Sen. Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland, publicly said he will vote for the bill. Finkbeiner, the Senate Republicans and two Democrats voted against the bill last year. His reversal will give the bill a valuable Republican ally, Jarrett said. Finkbeiner stepped down as the Senate's Republican leader before this session started, making him less attached to voting along party lines, he said in a statement he released Jan. 9. "I've had a number of conversations that have led me to more fully understand the level of discrimination against gays and not acceptable," Finkbeiner said in the statement. The bill, which lawmakers have tried to pass in similar forms for 30 years, would expand the Washington Law Against Discrimination to include sexual orientation. The current law outlaws discrimination against race, gender, physical disability and national origin in matters of employment and real estate. If the bill passes, employers couldn't fire or refuse to hire based on sexual orientation. Similarly, the law prohibits landlords from PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIK LOWE discrimination of gays and refusing to rent to someone based on their sexual orientation. "Personally, I wouldn't have to worry that a manager wouldn't like me and use that as an excuse to fire me," Ericson said. Republican lawmakers have their sights set on other matters regarding gay rights, said Rep. Doug Ericksen, R- Ferndale. The Washington state Supreme Court will soon rule on a state law banning gay marriage, which could return the matter to the legislature if the court overturns the law. If the court overturns the law Ericksen said, the Republicans would push to pass another ban on it. The Western Front Online www.western, HIHI WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST will be in OM120 at 9 a.m. Feb. 2,9,16,23, March 2,9, and 16 and at 3 p.m. Jan. 30, Feb. 6,13,27, March 6, and 13. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security number and a No. 2 pencil. A $ 15 fee is payable in exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. THE WWU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS OFFERING SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS ranging from $1,000-$5,000. Deadline to submit applications, which are available at the Scholarship Center and the Alumni House, is March 1. For more information, see www.wwu.edu/depts/wwualum/alum_assoc/. BIOLOGY SEMINAR. Charles Knight (California Polytechnic State University), "The Evolutionary Physiology Of Drought And High Temperature Stress", 4 p.m. Jan. 30, Bl 234. AN INFORMATION SESSION ON TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL PROGRAM) will be held at S p.m. Jan. 30 in MH 164. For more information, call Holly at X/4949. HAROLD AND LYLA LANT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS are now available to students pursuing a career as a lawyer and who have applied to an accredited law school. Full description and applications materials are available in Academic Advising and Tutorial Services, OM 380. Application deadline is Feb. 1. THE WINTER CAREER FAIR will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 9 in the VU Multipurpose Room. Students can also attend "Preparing for a Career Fair Workshop" offered on Feb. 2 and 6. For more information, see www.careers.wwu.edu. THE ASIA UNIVERSITY AMERICA PROGRAM (AUAP) IS HIRING WWU STUDENTS to become international peer advisers for September 2006 to February 2007. To request ah application, stop by HS 47, call X/3297, or send e-mail to AUAP@wwu.edu. Application deadline is Thursday, Feb. 2. AN ETIQUETTE DINNER, available to students and staff, will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 8 in the VU Multipurpose Room. Tickets must be purchased in advance from the Career Services Center, OM 280. SAVE THE DATE. Doors open from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 14 in VU 565 for a Catering Fair displaying the latest offerings from University Catering. MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT). The computer-based Miller Analogies Test is by appointment only. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or call X/3080. A $60 fee is payable at test time. Testing takes about 1 gt;A hours. Preliminary scores will be available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. Everyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. For a study guide and to register, visit www.west.nesinc.com. Remaining test dates through July are May 13 and July 15. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. WESTrE PRAXIS. Washington requires individuals seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass the WEST-E (PRAXIS) in the chosen endorsement area. Visit www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.htmi for description and online registration information, or obtain a registration bulletin in MH 216. Remaining academic-year test dates year are March 4 and April 29. TO LEARN IF WESTERN IS CLOSED DURING STORMY WEATHER, call 650-6500 after 6:30 a.m. or tune to KGMI (790 AM), KBAI (930 AM), KPUG (1170 AM), KUGS (89.3 FM), KISM (92.9 FM), KAFE (104.3 FM) or KWPZ (106.5 FM). Broadcasts about whether Western is open or closed will begin between 6:15 and 6:30 a.m. FACULTY OR STAFF DESIRING NOTICE OF THE COUNSELING CENTER'S CURRENT WORKSHOP AND GROUP OFFERINGS may send e-mail James.Orr@wwu.edu. Specify e-mail or hard copy. Periodic notices will be sent to those on the list. WINTER 2006 GROUP OFFERINGS. â€¢ Relaxation Training, Mondays, 11 a.m. to noon, and Thursdays, 4 to 5 p.m., OM 540 â€” both days cover the same content; drop-in for one or all sessions; â€¢ Grief and Loss Group, Tuesdays, 3 to 4:30 p.m. through Feb. 14, registration required. Also offered are "Ride the Emotional Wave," "Assertiveness and Social Skills," and "Women's Support Group." For information or to register, call X3164 or stop by OM 540. FOR WINTER CAMPUS RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES, see www.careers.wwu.edu, stop by the Career Services Center in OM 280, or call X/3240. ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 3 ---------- JANUARY 27,2006 THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Pursuit: Officers arrest two men suspected of murder in California PHOTO COURTESYOF PHIL A. DWYER AND THE BELLINGHAM HERALD U.S. law enforcement personnel walk past a Whatcom County Sheriff's vehicle that stopped a car carrying two murder suspects from crossing into Canada at the U.S.Canadian border in Blaine Tuesday afternoon. The suspects were wanted for a murder in Richmond, California. One suspect was shot during the confrontation. The pedestal at the right marks the border. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 northbound in the southbound lane. It's more dangerous than firing a firearm in a public place." The fugitives were wanted for the murder of Ashok Malhorta, 43, on Saturday, Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan said. One suspect, Ishtiaq Hussain, 38, of Richmond, suffered a gunshot wound when U.S. customs officers opened fire on his car after he tried to drive through the blockade, Elfo said. Police arrested Hussain and took him to St. Joseph Hospital Tuesday. He was released Wednesday and police booked him in the Whatcom County Jail, where he is awaiting charges. Customs officers also arrested Jose Antonio Barajas, 22, of San Pablo, Calif., and booked him in the Whatcom County Jail Tuesday night on $2 million bail. Barajas is facing a murder charge from the state of California and an assault charge from state of Washington, resulting from his attempt to harm officers during his escape, Elfo said. The Department of Homeland Security, which operates the U.S.-Canada border, notified the Sheriff's office that the two fugitives were attempting to flee the country at approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday, Elfo said. Sheriffs deputies set up checkpoints along the northbound lanes of 1-5 north of Bellinghamto search for the pair. A deputy found them at a rest stop near Custer, 15 miles north of Bellingham. The deputy tried tp pull them over, but they sped off, starting a high-speed chase to the border that reached speeds of more than 100 mph, Elfo said. "Law enforcement agencies in Whatcom County have a close working relationship," Elfo said. "We're pleased to participate and pleased to assist." Hillside: Road construction led to October landslides PHOTO OF THE WEEK JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT A train trestle that crosses the Naches River near Yakima in 2001. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for it improve public safety, Simpson said. "The project allows safer turning in to and out of the service road," Simpson said. Before widening the road, no accidents occurred related to the intersection, he said. Western facilities management became aware of the landslides in October after rainfall caused small pieces of rocks and soil to fall onto the road, Simpson said. "After the excavation (rock analysis before construction), it was discovered that the rock was more fractured and weathered than was expected," Simpson said. "The fractured rock with the wet weather in the fall led to localized slides." The Western Capital Budget Office anticipates the cost of the initial construction and stabilization of the hillside to be $750,000, Capital Budget director Renee Roberts said. To stabilize the hill along West College Way, workers from local contractor Award Construction have built a jersey barrier, which is essentially a traffic barrier, Gordon said. Built alongside the road, it catches falling soils and other materials. Workers set high-strength concrete with soil nails drilled into stable soils on the hill, he said. The construction team drilled anchors into the stable sandstone on the hill with more concrete to reinforce the anchors. The final layer of concrete applied to the anchors is meant to resemble rock and prevents erosion, Gordon said. "The result is a (surface) much more aesthetically appealing than traditional concrete walls," he said. The hills around Western generally consist of layers 'When it started raining, water percolated down, weakened the shale and caused the sandstone to slide into the road.' JULIET CRIDER associate professor of geology of Chuckanut sandstone, with a layer of a weak, mudlike rock called shale in between, associate professor of geology Juliet Crider said. When dry, shale is relatively stable, but when wet, shale doesn't hold sandstone in place, which triggers the heavy stones to slide, Crider said. "When it started raining, water percolated down, weakened the shale and caused the sandstone to slide into the road," she said. Before construction began in July 2005, Western hired the Bellingham branch of the national geological consulting firm GeoEngineers. The company is also working with the university on analysis of the university's involvement in the Bellingham Waterfront, GeoEngineers Principal J. Gordon said. The firm's job was to analyze the stability of the hill by evaluating the sediments, Gordon said. GeoEngineers and Western constructed three exploration pits, places where rock and soil is excavated for analysis, Gordon said. The samples included a few feet of soil and weathered rock, but mostly sandstone in the deeper layers, which had no signs of weathering, he said. "What we found in the test pits really wasn't what was in the cut slope (part of the hill to be cut during construction) at all," Gordon said. Western geology professor Thor Hansen said other minor landslides exist around campus also, including one near the east entrance of Miller Hall. After the construction project is complete, Simpson said Western will not start any more projects on West College Way in the near future. Western's focus is to finish the job, he said. "We're just all anxious to get it done," he said. Timberlodge Apartments 1026 22nd Street Walking Distance to WWU! Brand New Units! Available Now! 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Western alumnus Kurt Larsen, a relief worker for the United Nations and co-creator of the Pakistan Relief program in Bellingham, Skagit County and Orcas Island, said the focus on Pakistan has disappeared and U.S. citizens need reminding of the earthquake's damage. Larsen said when he arrived at an airport in London on his way home from Pakistan Dec. 21,2005, he realized the latest news stories overshadowed the earthquake and Pakistan's need for help. "Once something like this happens, people know about it for a week and then it disappears," Larsen said. "As long as their consciousness is jogged and people are continually made aware of what is still happening, we'll get donations." The Associated Students Disaster Relief and Response team provided a bin oh the sixth floor in the Viking Union lobby, where students can donate anything from tents to sleeping bags to winter jackets, VU operations manager Greg McBride said. All students and administrators involved in the relief program agreed to put the single bin there because it's a high traffic area and the relief effort will hopefully get a lot of exposure, he said. Larsen said the bin at the VU will stay until at least Jan. 30., but no longer than Feb. 3. "Step up to the plate and give anything you can," Larsen said. "Call your parents and see if they have anything in their garages that don't get any use. We don't want money, just goods." CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR / THE WESTERN FRONT Several people walk by the donation bin set up on the sixth floor of the Viking Union to collect tents, sleeping bags, bedding, warm clothes and boots for the Pakistani people. Other bins in Bellingham are at the American Alpine Institute, the Community Food Co-op, Yeagers Sporting Goods and Diego's Mexican Grill. Nikolas Alexander, the Bellingham and Skagit County region's program co- creator, said he collects the donations in each bin at the end of the day, which are then driven to Seattle to the Pakistan Relief Association of Greater Seattle's warehouse. The association packages the goods and United Parcel Services will fly them to Pakistan in airfreights around Jan. 30, Larsen said. Alexander said he and Larsen had no idea the community was going to respond so positively, produce so many goods and impact the relief as much as it has. "It is very clear that people in Bellingham, greater Bellingham areas and parts of Skagit County are very aware, and all they have to do is be told there is a critical need for a disaster relief," Alexander said. "The response, so far, has been brilliant, just brilliant. The bins are filled every day, and that's what we're hoping for the bin at Western too." Larsen, who graduated from Western with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, said that he scientifically assesses natural disasters for the UN following first response teams, such as the American Red Cross. First response teams provides immediate need such as food, water and medical attention to victims of natural disaster. Larsen traveled to Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina to evaluate the damage done to the water supply and sanitation systems. He develops interim measures to correct the situation and stabilize the population when a natural disaster occurs. He saidhe will return to Pakistan in two weeks and hopes to see improvements in the conditions caused by the earthquake. Hie KWTIMMI Income fan Credit. You've earned It. Why not c taint iff1 tf you're working hart just to make ends meet and have one or more cnJWfen living with you, you may qualify for the QTC. Think of it as a reward for doing one of fife's most beautiful, most important and most fcrong Jobs. 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Joshua will serve 20 hours of community service, write a letter of apology to Western and pass regular drug tests to attend classes this spring. "It feels real good to be able to come back," Joshua said. "I gave up on football after being suspended, but now playing again for Western might be in my future." Comeback: Joshua would have to pass dnig test to reenroll Park and Ride set to upgrade In 2007 BY KIMBERLY OAKLEY The Western Front The flooding situation, poor lighting and potholes at the Lincoln Creek Park and Ride heed improvements soon, said Alanna Ahern, Associated Students vice president of campus and community affairs. . But Western facilities management planning manager Ed Simpson said he anticipates improvements will start in summer2007. " ., - Many steps need to occur before Western can improve the park and ride, Simpson said. Lincoln Creek is inhabited by salmon, and planners must consider the fish habitat when developing the park and ride, Ahern said. Improvements needed include lighting, paving and flattening the surface, storm water mitigation and stream restoration, he said. Simpson said he hopes the Huxley College of the Environment will conduct water quality research to determine if the park and ride has impacted the stream. Ahem said she hopes sustainable design program students, environmental sciences and environmental studies students will work with the developer, David Evans and Associates, to create an environmentally friendly site. Ahern said the park and ride has many of problems, but bus riders shouldn't complain about its conditions because the service is free. "It is the most frequent bus service to campus," she said. Simpson said planning for the site's future is another project facilities management is working on. Improving the parking lot isn't a short- term fix for the site's problems, but management will offer long-term solutions as well. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tfi everybody else up." "Our focus is on the students' After his arrest, Joshua said the coaches development, so that after a suspension head football coach Robin Ross said he hasn't had the chance to meet with Joshua. "I am very interested in speaking with Joshua," Ross said. "I have heard that Joshua is an excellent player and athlete." Western junior quarterback and Joshua's ex-teammate James Monrean said he would like to see Joshua, get a second chance at football. "For Joshua to get back on the field would be awesome because he makes everyone around him play better," Monrean said. "His personality and attitude pump allowed him to address his teammates and apologize for being irresponsible and losing his spot on the team. "I talked to the team and told them to focus, because as a student athlete, it is easy to lose what you're here for," Joshua said. Joshua said he can return to Western spring quarter if he follows certain 'You can't run from your problems and I am not running anymore. I am facing them and moving on.' JOEY JOSHUA Former Western student the student is prepared to come back and make good decisions," Pratt said. Since Joshua's arrest last January, he has been working at Dickerson Distributors, a beer, wine and beverage distributor in Bellingham and as a bouncer at Rumors Cabaret nightclub. Rumors manager Eric Heimbigner said hiring conditions from the dean of students, Ted Joshua after his arrest wasn't a mistake. Pratt, including mandatory drug tests before "Joey is an incredibly friendly, outgoing registration and during finals week. and dependable employee," he said. Joshua said he must prove to the community that he is worth giving a second chance. He is attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Bellingham and speaking with a drug and alcohol counselor to get help for his drug and alcohol problems. "You can't run from your problems and I am not running anymore," Joshua said. "I am facing them and moving on." Joshua said he looks forward to the spring and the possibility of becoming a Western student and athlete again. He has one more year of eligibility to play college football. "I took so much for granted before my arrest," Joshua said. "Now all I want is to be back at Western so I can earn my education and appreciate it." 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Seattle-based hip-hop group the Blue Scholars use socially conscious lyrics and soulful beats and may be the future of hip hop. The duo performs tonight at The Nightlight Lounge, a Bellingham night club on East Chestnut Street. The artists' will re-release their independently produced self-titled album nationally Feb. 7, Blue Scholars' manager Marc Matsui said. Music magazines such as Spin gave the Blue Scholars national exposure, mentioning the independent duo under the headline "Sign Them Now!" The Rolling Stone featured the duo's song "The Ave" on the magazines'hot list, Matsui said. "Individually, they are two very independent people who have very distinct identities inside and outside of their communities," Matsui said. "Once they're linked~together/it's easy to see the strength and appeal of their music whose sum is definitely greater than its parts." George Quibuyen, 25, whose stage name is Geologic, and Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi, 24, who raps using the stage name Sabzi, are the collaborative musical talents of the Blue Scholars. Geologic is a nonprofit Seattle museum worker by day and emcee by night. Sabzi is the producer and DJ. The duo released one full-length, self-titled debut album regionally in February 2004 and released its second album "The Long March EP" in December 2005. The name Blue Scholars is a play on the term "blue collar," Sabzi said. The idea is education for the working class. COURTESY OF RYAN SCHffiRLING Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi, (left) 24, who goes by the name Sabzi and George Quibuyen, 25, rapper using the name Geologic stand in the International district of Seattle, summer 2005 for a promotional photo. 2002 graduates of University of Wa; wherj; they worked with the Student on hip-hop shows o Geologic met on cai Organizatio: Geologic During 200 national acts sue the Seattle acts Silent Lam] two didn't started co! worked with the them to form a du The duo's coml Geologic's lyric incorporates a variei have varying musical hop's golden age from 19 Geologic, on the other ha; Nas, Rakim and KRS-One, h e l | When the two began collabo3| to educate the audience on politi "It's the lack of political pers feeling helpless and hopeless to d worse, oblivious to the fact that s] in the first, place. Political educatiplfis the key realize their potential collective power. He said they believe hip-hop open dialogue through their art. Geologic knows hip-hop music isn't going to start a political revolution, but believes the genre is one of the primary outlets to speak to today's youth. Those who want to reach America's younger audience cannot ignore the power of hip-hop, he said. lg "La Botella, EP," he e: from the album "The es why alcohol is so id. o is wack, and I ain't Instead, I wanted ^ntffy with the struggles of ^ estion rather t sbjfpTon Jub ee| hey began recbrc ry 2003. Although if they didn't haye m4 The album went 0; Seattle Weekly for the 2004 rel of the year. Seattle hip-hop doesn't definitive sound like the hard beats of the East Goast or the crunk style of the South, he said. Sabzi said their passion and messages to the audience are the most important part of ther music. The "Long March EP," with its mature lyrical content and refined beats, is the transition from the past to the present, Geologic said. The debut album was made by two class-skipping college students, but two men trying to find stability after graduating created the EP, Geolbgic said. "Sabzi and I are maturing and refining this 'Blue Scholars' sound as we both grow individually," Geologic said. "Our personal lives and conditions have changed in many ways, but the elements of economic hustle and political struggle are still prevalent in our lives. This is why I call the EP a transitional work, us yet.' 'Our personal lives and conditions have changed in many ways, but the elements of economic hustle and political struggle are still prevalent in our lives.' GEOLOGIC Blue Scholars emcee because it was created out of the chaotic transitional period right after we graduated." Geologic and Sabzi are currently in the planning stages with their new album, Geologic said, The album will reflect the changes the two artists have undergone since 2003. Although this time the two have to set deadlines and schedules for the recording process, they don't jvant to kill the spontaneity that fueled the first two Geologic said. te to fi$f 1 obligated to make music without about the realities that shape the â€¢As of right now, Sabzi and I are |p back from performing so much and organizing our personal lives." l't worried about not having a label, fpiogic and Sabzi would, prefer to maintain .1 style that record gic said. form of signing own label or immaterial at Boking forward ellingham show, where they ay the crowds are supportive. Geologic said Bellingham is a second home to the band, with hip-hop friendly venues. They admire the local music scene because the city has produced break-out artists such as Death Cab for Cutie and Idiot Pilot, he said. The local music scene supports the Blue Scholars by promoting their albums in record stores such as Everyday Music and Avalpn Music and selling out shows at the Nightlight, Geologic said. On "Cornerstone," the opening track from the "Long March EP," Geologic includes a shout-out to Bellingham. "Bellingham has always been receptive and open to the guys and their music," Matsufsaid. "(In 2005) we did five shows up there in the span of nine months and it doesn't seem like people have gotten tired of COURTESY OF RYAN SCHIERLING "Investigate reality, patience is a virtue," Sabzi said. "Patience is a virtue, but waiting is an excuse," Geologic added. Where: The Nightlight Lounge 211 E. Chestnut St. When: 8 p.m. for $8 Other artists: Sleep of Oldominion, Moka Only, Gabriel Teodros ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 7 ---------- JANUARY 27,2006 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 iiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiiiii LOCAL MUSIC SHOWCASE Associated Students presents six Bellingham bands on two stages BY MATTHEW BOYER The Western Front For the second time this school year, Associated Students Productions Pop Music and Loa Records presents a free showcase of local music in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. At 8 p.m. tonight, six Bellingham bands will bring their distinct sounds to two stages. "We pay attention to who is working hard," said Joe Olmstead, ASP Pop Music assistant coordinator and Loa Records member. "Bands that are playing shows, working on recordings and touring definitely stick out. Also, we have been trying to work with different bands for each show. It would be nice to give as many people a chance to play at Western as we can." The two organizations set up two stages to allow one band to play on one stage, while another band gets ready to perform on the other. The purpose of showcasing local music is to give Bellingham artists a chance to share their music, and give students and the community a chance to enjoy their performance, he said. The six bands who play tonight range in musical style from metal to surf-rock. Cicadas, The AU-Nighters, Camarojuana, The Braille Tapes, The Contra and All the Filthy Animals will contribute to the showcase. Cicadas have been playing together for a year, bringing its instrumental thrash-metal chaos to the stage. The three members say they're influenced by bands such as The Mars Volta, Tool, Botch, Dr. Octagon and Yes. Although the band's music contains some elements of metal, Kahn felt a metal band label wasn't fitting to Cicadas sound. "We don't restrict ourselves to playing a certain way," said bassist Ben Kahn, 23. "We're generally fast and crazy while not being overly metal at all. Sometimes we slow way down and get really spacey and textured." The All- Nighters guitarist Jeff Kastelic describes their sound as instrumental-party rock. â€¢ The band blends together a mix of surf, rockabilly, punk, jazz and country and are influenced by bands such as the Ventures, the Ramones, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Waits. Lead guitarist Jimmy Kastelic, 21, his'brother and rhythm guitarist Jeff Kastelip, 22, drummer Gabe Taylor, 22, and bassist Bobby Lind, 29, have played together as The All-Nighters for two and a half years. Camarojuana's heavy, fuzzed-out guitar sound is reminiscent of Black Sabbath. The group's influences include other hard-rock bands such as Nirvana, Melvins and Motorhead, guitarist and vocalist Charley McCoy said. The two band members, McCoy, 33, and drummer Jeff Mitchell, 26, have been playing together for 11 months. "We're stoked to be included," McCoy said. "It should be a fun show. Most of the bands playing are friends or bands we play with regularly." The Braille Tapes is the other two-member band on the bill, which plays experimental-lounge rock. "It sounds like a vacuum sucking up a half-dead rat chewing on a piece of bologna," guitarist and vocalist Chad Stuart Fox said. "Or a noisy, yelly, two-piece sort of thing." The members of the band are Fox, 22, and drummer Joshua Brian Young, 24. Both members do their share of singing and yelling. The Contra is a four-piece band that plays fast, energetic punk rock. Its main influences include '80s punk bands Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys and The Clash, guitarist and vocalist Joey Dassler said. Dassler, 25, along with bassist and vocalist Blake Owens, 26, guitarist Eric Montoya, 23, and drummer Bryan Rose, 24, form the band. 'It sounds like a vacuum sucking up a half-dead rat chewing on a piece of bologna.' CHAD STUART FOX The Braille Tapes guitarist and vocalist COURTESY OF GUNTHER FRANK The All-Nighters bassist Bobby Lind, lead guitarist Jimmy Kastelic, drummer Gabe Taylor and rhythm guitarist Jeff Kastelic playing instrumentals at the Being the only punk band on the bill, The Contra looks forward to performing for listeners with a variety of musical tastes. "The diversity of the bill makes it really cool, but the fact that we know most of the bands is even better," Dassler said. "We've been given a chance to get some exposure from a broad audience that might not otherwise show up for a punk band." All the Filthy Animals' sound combines rawness and the grit of old garage and punk bands with more complex arrangements of contemporary indie rock bands, said guitarist John Brooks, 23. All the Filthy Animals include guitarist and vocalist Tim Leighton, 21, his brother and drummer Jeremy Leighton, 19, and their dad and bassist Dave Leighton, 42. "We are very excited about this show," Brooks said. "There are so many good local bands here in Bellingham, and having free all-ages shows at the college is the perfect way to expose kids to the talent that's floating around this city. Plus, any time you can have a bill with this many good bands, it's always going to be a great show." The first local two-stage showcase had 500 people show up on Oct. 21, 2005, which led Loa and ASP Pop Music to have the event again this quarter, Olmstead said. The MARK, Autumn Poetry and The Arcadians performed at last year's event. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 11 e 311 i 1111 a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 11 Band Lineup: 8:00 p.m. The Contra 8:35 p.m. The Braille Tapes 9:10 p.m. All The Filthy Animals 9:45 p.m. The All Nighters 10:20 p.m. Camarojuana 10:55 p.m. Cicadas Doors open at 7:30 p.m. magazines -annualI auuaras BY MARBVDA PEUGH The Western Front Audience members cast their votes for Bellingham bands and artists to win a local magazine's award spotlight for various categories. The fifth annual What's Up! awards show took place at 9 p.m. January 22 at the Pickford Dreamspace. What's Up! magazine editor Brent Cole organized the show and spent the evening running around to keep the showcase operating smoothly. "Tonight is going to be a classy event," Cole said to the crowd at the evening's commencement. "No nudity and no low-brow humor." The night was unpredictable such as when an audience member threw a pie in Cole's face after his announcement. The Gallus Brothers, Typical Ace, the Cicadas, Guinness and the Reparations, Camarojuana and A Gun That Shoots Knives performed for the showcase. "We are kind of like the Force in Star Wars," said Kelly Sorbel, drummer of A Gun That Shoots Knives. "We are the energy that surrounds everything else and binds everyone together and guides us all on our individual path." Aaron Roeder, former owner of the 3B, won the lifetime achievement award. "If I'm getting the award, you're all a bunch of lazy mother fuckers," Roeder said. The awards show was held at the 3B in 2004. "It it weren't for Aaron, hone of this would have happened," Cole said. "People 21 to 22 don't understand what Aaron and his bar have done for this town. It is time for someone new to stand up and keep this town alive." Best Funk/ Jam Band: La Push Best Weird Band: Pirates R Us Best Singer/Songwriter: Kasey Anderson Best DJ / Electronic: No-Fi Soul Rebellion Best Live Band: No-Fi Soul Rebellion Best Punk / Metal: Axes of Evil Best Hip Hop: Guinness and the Reparations Best Country / Bluegrass: Feed n Seed Best New Band: Pirates R Us Best Dressed Band: Black Eyes Neckties Best Centerfold: No-Fi Soul Rebellion Best Band Name: Camarojuana Best Rock Band: Black Eyes Neckties Best Pop: The All-Nighters Best Record: USS Horsewhip's "I Want You Dead' ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 8 ---------- FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM f.PAGE 8 Western judo club throws down BY DERRICK PACHECO The Western Front Through the condensation-covered windows of the Ridgeway \ Commons building, one can see members of the Associated Students judo club throwing each other to the ground. Every fewT seconds the sounds of participants throwing bodies against the 2- mch thick mats, which cover the linoleum, echo throughout the room. "Judo is a great sport," Master sensei Mark Glaser said. "Being able to come here and throw people â€¢ â€¢= and get thrown for this long is amazing." Glaser founded the Western judo club when he was a junior at Western in 1987, before the judo club became a member of the sport club council in 1989. Once the council recognizes teams they're eligible for funding from Western and insurance participants. The club has been active on campus with a history of giving back to judo participants and students by teaching them respect and discipline, said assistant sensei and 2002 Western graduate Michael Sullivan. "This is my life. I love judo, everything else is just work," Sullivan said. Both Glaser and Sullivan are black belts in judo â€” the highest belt a judo participant can earn. Judo classifies participants by the color of belt competitors wear. Glaser is a fourth-degree black belt. Sullivan said he spent more than four years earning his black belt. "It takes time and dedication to earn a black belt," Sullivan said. "You have to earn points from competitions and perform nine judo maneuvers in front of a U.S. Judo Federation official before the USJF (United States Judo Federation) awards you your certificate and black belt." The club moved into the Ridgeway Commons fall quarter, after practicing in the Western Aerobics Center, located in the trees 'This is my life. I love judo, everything else is work.' MICHAEL SULLIVAN Western graduate and assistant sensei for between the Wade King Recreation Center and Carver Gym, since the club began, Glaser said. "We used to practice in the building down the hill," Glaser said. "There isn't any heat in that building, so imagine practicing in your, bare feet during the winter." Before contestants begin a competition, they must remove their shoes and bow toward the mat. When the contestants are ready to begin the match], the official has them bow to one another prior to competing, Sullivan said. . Judo is deeply rooted in its 1 " ! Japanese history, he said. "This is definitely a time-honored sport," Sullivan said. "The traditional aspect is very respectful and I enjoy that." The club encourages both men and women to come to participate, Western junior and club representative Dominic Metroplos said. "We have both men and women out here," Metroplos said. "This is a very open club, we want everyone to come out and try judo." During practice last week, three women practiced with six men and all participants alternated throwing each other to the ground, Sullivan said. Judo serves as an equal playing field as far as gender is concerned, said Jenna Bushey, a Whatcom Community College freshman and ; club member. Western students, faculty and community members can join the club. "The first couple practices you are definitely intimidated," Bushey said. "After a while, you get to know the people and it is not as awkward when you throw them to the ground." She said her younger sister Sara Bushey , and herself have fun participating in judo. Sara Bushey, a home-schooled freshman in high school, said the sport allows her to experience something different in life. "This is definitely unique," she said. "The see COMPETITION, page 9 JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Patrick Jung throws Ethan Neff of Everson over his shoulder during practice last week in the Ridgeway Commons building. I'll qualify. Don't 'ipi^^whether . you qualify for the EITC. There's a tot to know about qualifying for the Earned Income "But Credit (EITC). %u need to work and aam (ess than $34,692. if you have children, they must meet three qualifying tests. And that's just to name a few: But the most important thing to know is you can get help figuring it att out Wait us on the web. call l-flOO-TAX-1040 or ask your tax preparer. When it comes to getting help claiming everything[you honestly deserve, consider it done. 1.8Q0:TAX.T040 Internet Revenue Service wviw.irs.gov/eitc " ftMO POBUC * D e a f e n * * 0 1 0 * EK Â° ^J_ .â€”â€”â€”"^ rÂ«ucs.oRG everyday 8 am to 9 pm 1220 N. forest St. â€¢ 360-734-8158 www.communityfbod.coop E x t e n d e d E d u c a t i o n and Summer Programs Complete a GUR at Home! Enjoy the flexibility of an online class! â€¢ Attend class when your schedule allows â€¢ Choose from more than 100 undergraduate courses â€¢ Register anytime! Extension tuition rates apply. ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 9 ---------- JANUARY 27,2006 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 Competition: Japanese traditions play role in members' lives CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 only people I know who do judo are here." Glaser said watching the participants' skills develop their personal and physical growth as judo competitors is rewarding. "It is really something when people come in here and are timid when they first start out," Glaser said. "Then after three weeks, they have no problem throwing me to the mat." The club seeks to help its members in all aspects of life whether it be at home, work or school, Sullivan said. "I started judo when I was a freshman here," Sullivan said. "Luckily, when I graduated I found a job in Bellingham. I love judo and being able to give back to my school and community is really something." The traditional roots of judo changes the way competitors look at life, Sullivan said. Competing in judo allows participants to clear their minds and escape the stresses of daily life, Sullivan said. When competing, judo contestants participate in uniforms called gis, the Japanese word for their robe-like attire. Competitors wear blue or white gis during competitions. "The color of the gis allows people watching on TV to keep opponents apart," Sullivan said. "Actually, the Japanese fans hate the blue gis, they won't even let them into their country." ^-TtS^st^ txs^ai used to make a gis allows the outfit to withhold the of stress throwing opponents to the mat, he said. JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Patrick Jung sweeps Master sensei Mark Glaser off his feet during practice Jan. 19 at the Ridgeway Commons building. "It took me more than four years to wear out my gi to the point where I had to buy another one," Sullivan said. "If you have to buy a second gi because you wore your first one out, you are pretty much committed to judo." Japanese judo^ participants â€¢ use-^ the traditional method to distinguish opponents, Sullivan said. One opponent wears a white sash around his or her waist, while the other wears a red sash, representing the colors of the Japanese flag, he said. Judo is beginning to gain popularity with people in the United States, Sullivan said. "Tlhis sport has the second most participants in the world â€” second only to soccer," he said. "It is extremely popular in Europe, Asia and Canada." Upcoming events Saturday Men's crew at Ergomania event, Seattle, Wash., 1:20 p.m. Men's rugby at Men's Eastside, Grandview, Wash., 2:30 p.m. Women's basketball at Saint Martin's University, Olympia, Wash., 7 p.m. Men's basketball at Humbolt State University, Areata, Calif., 7 p.m. Women's water polo semi-finals at Curtis High School, Seattle, Wash. Equestrian at Linn Benton Community College show, Corvallis, Ore., all day Sunday Track at UW Husky Indoor Open, Seattle, Wash., all day Bellingham Slam at Florida Pit Bulls, Sunrise, Fla., 5:30 p.m. Super Bowl trivia Who holds the record for the longest kickoff return in Super Bowl history? '9661 u\ sjoiJjDj puviSug Mdtf di{i isuwSv spuvÂ£(f6 uofuuniau ffiqoiyv uou puoMOfj puoius3Q udyooj tfog uadjQ Compiled by Sara Thompson jg WESTERN EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS Nominations Due March 1,2006 President Karen W. Morse has announced that two "Excellence in Teaching" awards have again been made possible by The Western Foundation. A faculty member from the College of Humanities Social Sciences or Colleg of Sciences Technology will be chosen to receive the Peter J. Elich Excellen in Teaching Award, and a faculty member from one of the other Colleges; Business and Economics, Fairhaven, Fine and Performing Arts, Huxley, and Woodring College of Education will be chosen to receive an Excellence in Teaching Award. Nominations are solicited from alumni, students, or faculty members by completing the attached ballot. Letters of recommendation may be attached. The following criteria and policies are used for selection: * No person shall receive this award more than once. * Only winners will be announced: candidates' names will not be published eitl during or after the process * * Tenure is not a requirement, but candidates must be full-time faculty member Visiting faculty are not eligible. * If a nominee wishes to be considered, he/she will be asked to submit supporti materi al s to the committee. * The award is a teaching award, not a research award. Submitted materials should relate to teaching. * During the consideration process, evaluations of current and previous classes may be sought: recommendations from students and colleagues may be sought, and a class visitation may be conducted. The committee may devise additional alternative criteria. The committee will evaluate all the material and make sele tions according to their best judgment. Excellence in Teaching Awards Ballot Letter of recommendations or evaluation may be attached to this ballot. Ballots must be received by March 1,2006 Faculty Nominee/Dept: ' Nomi nator/Address: Signature of Nominator: Nominator (circle one): Alumni Student Faculty Faculty nominations for the Colleges of Humanities Social. Sciences and Sciences Technology may be sent to: Ron Kleihkhecht, Deian^College of Humanities and Social Sciences, MS 9099. OtKer^college nominations may be sent to: Carol Edwards, Dean, College of Fine and PerfornungAr s, MS 9109. Bellair Baker Shuttle WWU to Mt Baker Ski Area Departs Viking Union Fairhaven College Saturdays, Sundays and bonus days during the season Bellingham fare: $15 round-trip The Feb. Schedule is Make A Valentine Neci?laÂ«e' 1001 Harris Ave.B'ham C56 67Â£5655 Do you ham old Savings Bonds? Check out the Savings Bond Calculator atwwwcsayi^sbonds^tooccover their vate.M0O-4ttSBOMD service lt; ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 10 ---------- FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE10 Stop ignoring earthquake victims Millions of Pakistani citizens are homeless, freezing, starving and sleeping in the Himalayan foothills. Western students need no better time than now to help the victims survive the harsh winter. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan on Oct. 8, 2005 and killed approximately 87,000 Pakistanis, leaving 3.5 million people homeless, according to a Jan. 2 Seattle Times article. Lack of news coverage and pressing domestic issues pushed this natural disaster to the bottom of the news cycle in the United States. Western students involved in the Associated Students disaster relief and response team realize the gravity of the situation. They are providing a bin in the Viking Union for donations such as winter coats and tents for the earthquake survivors. The relief bins will be available for at least a week, which started Thursday Jan 26. The most effective way for college students to help in any natural disaster is by donating. The millions of Pakistanis who are starving and freezing to death need help. The quake- affected area is at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains with winter conditions of more than a foot of snow and constant sub zero temperatures. The news covered the earthquake for a day or two, but other issues replaced it all too quickly. And as news coverage diminishes, so does public awareness. The attention span of U.S. citizens is pathetic â€” a 30-second broadcast on CNN or a three-paragraph news brief in the New York Times is almost too much for the busy American public to handle. Now that news coverage of the earthquake is almost nonexistent, Americans assume the problem is gone. The coverage might be finished, but the problem is far from it. Americans weren't too busy for the Asian Tsunami though. Everybody knew about this disaster because the media's overzealous coverage. The tsunami was more devastating in terms of death toll than the earthquake, though. At least 216,000 people died and more than 2 million left homeless, according to a Dec. 25,2005 Washington Times article. This doesn't mean Americans should divert attention away from one disaster to focus on another because of the number of victims involved. Whether 1,000 U.S. citizens die or 1,000 Pakistanis die, the need for donations is the same. So maybe Americans' attention should go to domestic issues such as Hurricane Katrina because this natural disaster killed thousands and displaced millions of U.S. citizens rather than another country's citizens. Maybe the earthquake didn't kill 87,000 American citizens, but it killed 87,000 citizens of another country and the United States should consider helping any country's citizens a priority. U.S. citizens need to realize natural disasters are every country's problem. The earthquake in Pakistan is that country's Hurricane Katrina. Americans need to realize the severity of all natural disasters. Western students might not be able to fly to Pakistan to help or buy out R.E.I to help every victim. But as students are eating lunch or chatting to a friend in the VU, they could drop off that old sleeping bag or coat into the donation bin. After all, they are the ones sleeping in a foot of snow up in the Himalayan Mountains. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Lauren Miller, AdrianaDunn, Bradley Thayer, Jacob Buckenmeyer, Amy Harder, Jared Yoakum, Ciara O'Rourke, Michael Lycklama, Susan Rosenberry, Andrew Irvine, MarissaHarshman, Dawn Chesbro, Aaron Apple, Loren Shane, Chris Taylor and Chris Huber. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Lauren Miller; Managing Editor: Adriana Dunn; Head Copy Editor: Bradley Thayer; Copy Editors: Jacob Buckenmeyer, Amy Harder; Photo Editor: Jared Yoakum; News Editors: Ciara O'Rourke, Michael Lycklama; Accent Editor: Susan Rosenberry; Features Editor: Andrew Irvine; Sports Editor: Marissa Harshman; Opinions Editor: Dawn Chesbro; Online Editor: Aaron Apple; Staff Photographer: Chris Huber, Chris Taylor; Columnist: Zach Kyle; Cartoonist: Aaron Cunningham; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: 'After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." â€” Cato, Roman author Seahawks Confessions of a Hawks bandwagoner BY ZACH KYLE True Enough At last! The Seattle Seahawks dismembering of the Carolina Panthers in Sunday's NFC Championship was salvation for us Hawks fans. After decades of pathetic team lineups and crushing failures, we've finally reached football nirvana â€”- the Super Bowl. This indeed is a sweet release of our ongoing torment. OK, I'm a Hawks bandwagoner, I admit it. I never cared about the Seahawks until a month ago. For years, my friends nearly ripped out their eyes every time their beloved Hawks lost in grandiose fashion or invented ways to surrender late-game leads. After each loss, my friends wrung the Seahawks fan gland that somehow secretes loyalty despite being tapped out. , I never suffered. I am a bandwagon fan, a fair-weather sports whore. But can you blame me? My best friend since second grade still wears a Seahawks jacket mat is 19 years and five color schemes old. C'riion! Does that mean nothing for me? And besides, my natural interest is basketball. Can you look into my eyes and honestly demand I support the current Sonics squad, who barely defend more effectively than Reagan's missile defense system? No sirree, Paco. I'm Hawks hardcore, at least until after the Super Bowl. Part of football's sudden allure for me is that it provides an escape from watching basketball, which reminds me of my own ho-hum round-ball career.! can't fantasize about throwing down a monster slam because I've embarrassed myself trying to dunk on short hoops in child-care centers. Since I've never played football, I've never dropped a pass or missed a tackle. My football fantasies aren't shot down by actual memories, so when I envision sacking the quarterback, I hit him hard, grunt, rip out his heart, telephone his mother and hold the softly beating organ to the receiver. I get away with all sorts of things in football daydreams that I can't get away with in my basketball fantasies. No, my football imagination is unfettered, despite knowing the day I join a football team will be the day I am delegated to be the kicker. I'm starting to â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€” feel at home with the whole football fan thing. Shoot, I even attended my first full-blown Football Party last Sunday. I sat among too many grown men in too small a room, thus introducing me to football feng-shui, which is the art that enables all men to see the TV without ever touching each other. I still don't understand all the play names or rules of football. However, the commentators describe the complex game in Neanderthal terminology, so even fakers like me can weasel into discussions. For example, after a Seahawks pass completion, I can say, "Now, see here, Jackson just runs a great route to catch the football. And, here, see, Hasselbeck threw the football right to Jackson. Right to him. The football. Yup." The art of football commentary discounts brevity for the sake of redundancy and stating the obvious. The lingo is easier to learn than pig Latin: simply insert "the football" into every sentence. Example: "Well, as I see it, Jimmy, the key to the football game for the Seahawks is the ability to run the football. But, also, they 7 never suffered. I am a bandwagon fan, a fair- weather sports whore.' need to display the ability to pass the football. And they need to get the football into the end zone." I've attended other sports parties, but none so glorious as the Football Party. There was much whooping and high-fiving, and much dipping of chips into artery-clogging goo. There was also much drinking of beer. The Football Party was eveiything I dreamt it could be and more, like dunking the chili-cheesiest Frito into warm and bubbling testosterone. I left the extravaganza with serious heartburn and a newfound understanding of how NASCAR is so bloody popular. = = = = = Yes, the Super Bowl will be quite the fiasco. I'll party extra hard for the Seahawks to beat the Steelers, and for the end of the world. Hawks players will mob the field, victorious, as the first comet hits. In a world long-held in cosmic balance, a Seahawk raising the Lombardi Trophy will signal the End of Days. Fissures in the earth's mantle will pepper the globe spilling lava and hell-spawned demons to lay waste to humanity. Elsewhere, tidal waves will break miles above continents. A sweeping deluge will consume Detroit in a whirlpool of American-made cars and confetti. But we'll be chest-bumping, indifferent to the fire storm and locusts. After all, the most die-hard Hawks fans must subconsciously understand, after all these excruciating years, they were rooting for a reverse in the natural order of the universe. The Seahawks, ever the losers, will go down as the final winners of mankind. Which makes the bandwagon a nice place to be. When the ground gives way, I'll be sloshed, happy and with spirited company. Bring on the apocalypse. ---------- Western Front - 2006 January 27 - page 11 ---------- JANUARY 27,2006 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 V Voi iking oices Doyou think all states shouldallow assisted suicide like Oregon? Josh Traxler Senior, engineering For the, perate situc ionsW I believe assisted suicide is the most humane solution to end someone's suffering. No,Ib lt;myei the states! should make the individual choice. Riley Hoonan Freshman, undecided Maria Carney Senior, fairhaven Sure. They a pretty goo* system in place for determining who needs it. Compiled by Steve Reno Letters to the editor Smokers have the right to kill themselves I wonder how some of the 63 percent that voted this ban against PRIVATE business owners right to operate their business as they wish would vote today, after seeing the negative impact it is having on the local economies? For those employees shown in the smoke-nazis^ds wearing their gas masks, enjoy your "clean air," standing in the unemployment line! Lew Auto Technician Vancouver, Wash. Smokers kill more than themselves Voters overwhelmingly approved 1-901, so the "government" did not "push" the ban on people. Whatcom County had the third highest percentage of votes for smoke-free air. And when the Washington Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union surveyed its members, including bartenders, over 70 percent of them supported smoke-free indoor air at work. Since secondhand smoke is proven to cause lung cancer and heart attacks, any effort to allow businesses owners to expose people again to its carcinogens would be a "license to kill." The voters have chosen healthy air; our vote should be respected. Everyone is harmed by secondhand smoke; everyone deserves protection from it. It's common sen|e. Chris Covert-Bowlds, Family Doctor Ferndale, Wash. Terminal patients deserve dignity Agree? 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On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states have the authority to control medical treatment of terminally-ill patients. This ruling permits other states to follow in Oregon's steps. It also allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to dying patients who request it. Oregon is the only state that permits physician-assisted suicide. North Carolina, Utah, Wyoming, Ohio and Virginia do not have statutes criminalizing assisted suicide, according to the euthanasia.com, an informational euthanasia Web site. California lawmakers are planning an aggressive campaign for assisted suicide in the coming months, according to a Jan. 18 L.A. Times article. Vermont lawmakers are preparing to take up a bill for assisted suicide in March, according to a Jan. 18 Boston Globe article. The founding fathers built the United States on the principles of liberty. Americans are able to choose what to eat, what career path to follow, what movies to see and how to live their lives. When a person's life is effectively over and their final days are nothing but misery, early death should be an option. Opponents of assisted suicide, politicians and private citizens alike, have no right to tell another person what he or she can or can't do with his or her body. Many people support the decision of Roe v. Wade because they believe the government should allow women to control choices regarding their own bodies, and people should support assisted suicide because terminally-ill people also deserve the same rights to control when they die. The state shouldn't decide against someone's wishes whether that person should live or die. Assisted suicide merely allows a person the choice to end an already lost battle on their own terms. The families of dying individuals also shouldn't have a say, as long as the individual is sentient enough to make their own decisions. Watching a family member die is difficult to experience, but no one wants a loved one to suffer. Some people argue that life is a gift from God, and thus only God should start or end a life, according to the Religious Tolerance Web site. Opponents say God supports an ill person through suffering and suicide is a sin because it represents a lack of trust in God. A loving God would not begrudge a terminally ill person a chance at peace. If someone is in intense amounts of pain and wants to die, they should have that right. Physician-assisted suicide allows for an individual to die with dignity â€” it sure beats the person putting a pistol to his or her own temple or tying a noose around his or her neck. State lawmakers should allow physician-assisted suicide in the case of terminally-ill patients, when no treatments will help and they're in horrible pain. No one should suffer during their final days. Classifieds FOR SALE BDRM FURNITURE, queen bed, 2 dressers, sm. desk, rocker-recliner, excellent cond. $300. Shirley, 758- 7753 near campus. Available now! $425 and up. 360-676-0194. 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Text preview (might not show all results): 2006_0331 ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 1 ---------- DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WOMEN'S GREW BEGINS SEASON, PMEII THE FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 ISSUE 1, VOLUME 137 Students join relief effort AS club, thousands from around the country travel to
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 2006_0331 ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 1 ---------- DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WOMEN'S GREW BEGINS SEASON, PMEII THE FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006
Show more2006_0331 ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 1 ---------- DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WOMEN'S GREW BEGINS SEASON, PMEII THE FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 ISSUE 1, VOLUME 137 Students join relief effort AS club, thousands from around the country travel to New Orleans to clear houses BY ABBY VINCENT The Western Front Spring break for 23 Western students was no nap on the beach in Mexico. These students spent their vacation time in New Orleans cleaning and gutting houses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The students who went to New Orleans are members of the student-run Spring Break Katrina Club. Western juniors Woody Wright and Sarah Dahlke founded the club in winter quarter in response to their desire to help citizens clean their destroyed New Orleanshomes. ' "We have the time as students to go down and help out," Wright said. "It's the right thing to do. The need is huge. There are so many people who still need help." The club worked under the national organization Campus Crusade for Christ, which brought together students from all over the nation, Dahlke said. Twenty-three out of 24 students who participated are from Western, and one is from Pacific Lutheran University. On March 18 they flew to the 9th Ward, one of the most devastated areas in New Orleans, and worked through March 24. The volunteers stayed in Light City, an area where electricity was restored just a few days prior to their arrival. Dirty water flowed through the pipes of the brick building they called home for the week. Guards were ever-present and curfews to maintain the safety of the volunteers who were staying in an area devoid of security Dahlke said. "I first thought, 'What did I get myself into?' " Dahlke said. "But after a while, you get used to roughing it." The volunteers from Western joined more than 7,000 volunteers from universities located across the country, including Purdue University and^theUmvj^ organized1)yTCampus Crusade for Christ. see VOLUNTEERS, page 5 r. ^ ,.-_ KARA LEIDER/ THE WESTERN FRONT Spring Break Katrina Club members Sarah Dahlke and Martin Hall-Lan-phear remove debris from a New Orleans home to the street. The group removed molding and water-damaged materials from houses. Western preserves mammoth tusk in fossil collection BY JESSICA HARBERT The Western Front Two 2-foot by 7-inch pieces of a nearly 18,000-year-old mammoth tusk fossil are: on display in the Environmental Science Building in incubator boxes. The boxes are drying the fossils to prevent damage from exposure to the atmosphere. Earl Curry and Robert Horton found the fossils on Feb. 28 when the men were working in a gravel pit in Burlington, Skagit County. George Mustoe, a research technician in Western's geology department, took responsibility of preserving the fossils. Curry and Horton made an agreement with Western to loan the fossils to Western to ensure the pieces are properly preserved, Mustoe said. "The tusk is a needle-in-a-haystack kind of find," Minutemen protest statewide see PRESERVATION, page 4 BY JULIE WAGGONER The Western Front Beginning next week, the Washington state branch of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps will protest at businesses and day-labor sites in Washington it suspects hire illegal immigrants. Spencer Cohen, 35, the coordinator of the protests, said the protests will begin at day-labor sites in Seattle where laborers solicit work on the streets. The protests will then move into the rest of the state, including Whatcom County. The Minutemen, a group of volunteers who watch the border but are not allowed to interfere, have sporadically patrolled the Washington state-Canada border since November after a month of continuous partrolling in October. The scheduled protests will be their first away from the border. Cohen said he believes 84 percent of workers at day-labor sites are illegal immigrants. The Minutemen will protest at businesses where workers say employers laid them off and replaced them with undocumented workers, Cohen said. Minutemen volunteers will stand outside day-labor sites holding signs and photographing employers who hire illegal immigrants, Cohen said. He said the goal is PETER THAN / THE WESTERN FRONT Rosalinda Guillen, executive director of Community to Community, is a strong supporter of immigrant worker's rights and opposes the activity of the Minutemen. to shame the employers and discourage hiring illegal immigrants of any nationality. "The intention isn't to scare (illegal immigrants) off or to threaten them in any way," Cohen said. "We just want to see BORDER, page 5 VIKINGS FINALE Men's team falls short in regional championship after exhausting performance SPORTS, PAGE 10 FINGERS WILL FLY Western hostsl 6th annual Northwest Guitar Festival for the third time ACCENT, PAGE 9 MOLESTER MAGNET MySpace online network magnet for sexual predators of underage children OPINIONS, PAGE 14 WEATHER Saturday: Showers Hi: 52 Low: 38 Sunday: Showers Hi: 54 Low: 39 www.westerhfrontonline.com â€¢ â€¢ ^ â€¢ . . ., ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MARCH 31,2006 Cops Box University Police March 29, 4:12 a.m.: UP responded to a report of a liquor violation in Ridgeway Omega. Officers arrested a male on suspicion of minor in possession. Officers cited and released the suspect. March 28, 11:55 a.m.: UP responded to a report of a theft of an automobile grill from parking lot 14. March 28, 11:40 a.m.: UP responded to a report of a mountain bike theft from the Ridgeway Commons. Bellingham Police March 29, 9:02 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of malicious behavior on the 600 block of 32nd Street March 29, 8:05 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of a vehicle prowl on the 100 block of North SamishWay. March 29, 4:31 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of an attempted suicide on the 2100 block of C street March 29, 2:32 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of a loud parry on the 2300 block of Happy Court. Police issued warnings for disorderly conduct. Compiled by Kelly Joines TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Sarah Martin, co-captain of Western's tennis club practices on the soon-to-be demolished tennis courts. Martin spent all four years on the tennis team practicing on these courts. Students will swing on new courts BY KACIE MCKINNEY The Western Front Western will spend approximately $1.2 million constructing new tennis courts on south campus, said Ed Simpson, planning manager of facilities management. The courts will be adjacent to the softball field on the corner of Bill McDonald Parkway and South College Drive and students can use them by fall quarter, Simpson said. The current location of the tennis courts is east of the Wade King Recreation Center, but the construction of the new Academic Instructional Center will displace them, Wynn said. Construction on the new academic building will be complete by winter of 2008, he said. "All of these locations impact certain university activities, and this location impacts the fewest students and activities, although it does have an impact on the (Western track) throwers," said Tim Wynn, director of facilities management. The university will construct the tennis courts where the current throwing cage is for Western's intercollegiate track and field athletes, Wynn said. The project will also include a new storage unit to hold extra equipment for physical education classes. The courts will be handicap-accessible. Western may add lights on the courts if the budget allows, Wynn said. Western's throwers will move their practices to Civic Stadium on New Orleans Street after this year, said Western head track and field coach Kelven "PeeWee" Halsell. He said this move is unfortunate for the track athletes because they will have to travel off campus to practice next season. "I wish they wouldn't put (the courts) mere, but it's not up to me," Halsell said. Bellingham High School also uses the stadium for its sports practices, and Halsell said he is worried about scheduling conflicts next year when the throwing cage is at the stadium instead of on campus. Halsell said he has talked with facilities management about this, but he is concerned that he can't do anything else because he doesn't make the final decision. Western senior thrower Jessica Telleria said travelling to Civic Stadium will be an inconvenience, but she is willing to deal with the move. "I understand that it's for the better good of the university," Telleria said. Simpson said he understands the frustrations of relocating the cage, but finding an alternative location has been difficult because of the lack of space. "It would be nice if we had another 100 acres, but we don't," Simpson said. Telleria said she hopes construction won't be an issue while the team is still in season. She said she will learn to work around the construction as long as the team can use their throwing space. "We can work with (facilities management) as long as they are willing to work with us," she said. The Western Front Online Oh yeah! The Western Front online. www.westernfrontonline.com WWW Official Announcements - PLEASE POST The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST will be in OM 120 at 9 a.m. Thursdays on April 6,13, 20, 27; May 4,11,18, 25, June 1 and 8, and at 3 p.m. Mondays on April 10,17,24, May 1,8,15,22, and June 5. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security number, and a No. 2 pencil. A $15 fee is payable in the exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST SCHEDULE AND SAMPLE TOPICS and sample topics may be found at www. ac.wwu.edu/-assess/tchtm. SPRING QUARTER CROUP OFFERINGS THROUGH THE COUNSELING CENTER INCLUDE â€¢ Relaxation Training, 4 p.m. Thursdays starting April 6, OM 540, drop-in for one or all session; â€¢ Ride the Emotional Wave, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, from April 5-May 24, registration is not required, join anytime; â€¢ One-session Test Anxiety Workshop/choose from noon April 17, 2 p.m. April 25, or 3 p.m. May 10, registration is not required. For more information call X/3164 or stop by OM 540. BIOLOGY SEMINAR. George Czerlinski (research associate, biology), "Biochemical Kinetics on the Micro-Scale: Binding of Telomerase to its Substrate." 4 p.m. April 5, Bi 234. Refreshments, 3:50 p.m. MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT). The computer-based Miller Analogies Test is by appointment only. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or call X/3080. A $60 fee is payable at test time. Testing takes about 1!6 hours. Preliminary scores will be available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. Everyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on die basic skills assessment by the application deadline. For a study guide and to register, visit www.westnesinc.com. Remaining test dates through July are May 13 and July 15. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. WEST-E PRAXIS. Washington requires individuals seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass the WEST-E (PRAXIS) in the chosen endorsement area. Visit www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.html for description and online registration information, or obtain a registration bulletin in MH 216. The remaining academic-year test date is April 29. v TO LEARN IF WESTERN IS CLOSED DURING STORMY WEATHER, call 650-6500 after 6:30 a.m. or tune to KGMI (790 AM), KBAI (930 AM), KPUG (1170 AM), KUGS (89.3 FM), KISM (92.9 FM), KAFE (104.3 FM) or KWP2 (106.5 FM). Broadcasts about whether Western is open or closed will begin between 6:15 and 6:30 a.m. FACULTY ARE REMINDED THAT RESERVED PARKING SPACES are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G and the Parks Hall lot. FOR SPRING CAMPUS RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES, see www.careers.wwu.edu, stop by OM 280, or call X/3240. WILSON LIBRARY AND THE MUSIC LIBRARY WILL HOLD BOOK SALES open to the Western community and the general public on April 5 and 6. Wilson Library will offer a wide selection of items from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, with access to the sale from the exterior door to Room 171 on the High Street side of Wilson library. On April 5 only, the Music ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 3 ---------- MARCH 31,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Fair drives transportation discussion BY MEGAN MARQUETT The Western Front Western's Transportation Planning Initiative Task Force is hosting a fair on campus to explain transportation issues and statistics in hopes of solving the university's transportation problems. The Transportation and Parking Fair is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday iii the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. "The idea is to gather input on what would make people walk more, bike more and bus more," Monroe said. The fair will allow the university to better explain the initiative the Associated Students transportation advisory committee has been working on since last quarter, said Western senior and committee member Jesse Jarosz. The AS board will vote Wednesday to put the initiative on the April student ballot, he said. The transportation fee initiative would add a $20 fee to every student's tuition each quarter to provide a Whatcom Transportation Association bus pass for each student, Jarosz said. The fee would provide funding for the WTA to increase bus service along the busiest routes to and from campus and add night bus service, for areas surrounding Western, he said. "We want to get feedback on the initiative and hash out concerns that the administration might have, especially long term," Jarosz said. This is the first transportation and parking fair at Western, task force chair Dale Monroe said. The task force, which consist of university faculty, will host this as an annual event depending on how the event goes this year, Monroe said. Monroe said he wants residents from the community to attend as well as students, faculty and staff because transportation issues affect everyone living in Whatcom County, The task force is using the fair as an opportunity to present a report on Western's transportation utilities . TAYLOR WILLIAMS/THE WESTERN FRONT Representatives from Western's daytime shuttle will participate in the fair on April 4. Other groups represented include the Whatcom Transportation Association, Associated Students transportation advisory committee, Western alternative transportation and Western Transportation and Parking. and safety at Western that Dan Burden, director of the Bellingham nonprofit urban planning organization Walkable Communities, compiled in 2005. Burden walked the campus and studied the layout and urban planning of Western to compile his reports, Monroe said. The fair will encourage communication between the university and students, Monroe said. Fair participants can ask questions freely because each organization will be available for discussion at individual tables, he said. The organizations will encourage students and faculty to submit comment cards at the fair expressing any concerns relating to transportation, Monroe said. "We want to gather those comments and compile them," Monroe said. "The comments will be used to help the task force further improve transportation at Western." Carol Berry, Western's alternative transportation coordinator, said she wants to promote different options at Western such as walking, biking and busing. On an average day, 200 bikes are on campus, Berry said. The commuter parking lots at peak usage are only 77 percent full, she said. Berry said the fair's primary purpose is to illustrate the benefits of alternative transportation. "We want to make sure we don't ignore the most sustainable options in favor of the least sustainable option, the car," she said. ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MARCH 31,2006 Preservation: Professor Mustoe uses method that works well to maintain small fragments CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mustoe said. "It's very likely there is nothing else at the site." If the fossils are exposed to too much oxygen too quickly, the tusks could crack, break or even crumble due to the increased moisture the fossils are exposed to, Mustoe said. Western geology majors will be able to study the fossils and learn about their history, Mustoe said. Mustoe hopes to keep the fossils at Western, for the students to use as educational tools for independent study projects. "It's easy to read books and take classes and hear of all of these finds found elsewhere," Mustoe said. "The tusk is a reminder that in this immediate area there is a great amount of things still to be discovered." Curry and Horton were excavating in the gravel pit, owned by Curry, when they came across something put of the ordinary, Curry said. He first thought the object was a fossilized tree trunk, Curry said. Curry and Horton contacted Tom Shehan, with the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management, who men contacted Mustoe about the discovery. He asked Mustoe to look at the specimen, Curry said. "George saved the tusk with his knowledge," Curry said. "We probably would have let it sit out in the air." The tusk appears to be 15,000 to 22,000 years old, said Bax Barton, a fossil and mammoth expert at the University of Washington. Barton said the only way to know the exact age is to radiocarbon date the fossils. Barton visited the gravel pit and the fossils at Western within the week the fossils were discovered. "The story the tusk is telling us is that it was an adult Columbian Mammoth living in Western Whatcom County," Mustoe said. Mustoe has come to his hypothesis based on the gravel quarry in which the fossils were found and the sediments which enclose the fossils. Mustoe is using his own method for drying the fossils, Barton said. Mammoth tusks are commonly wrapped in plastic and slowly exposed so they do not crumble with the air's moisture, but Mustoe built incubator- boxes wrapped in plastic to store the fossils, Barton said. "I've never seen anyone else do it the way George is doing it, but I think he's on the right track," Barton said. Barton said the method is possible the fossils are fragments of a larger tusk. Larger tusks are harder to store and preserve because they must be exposed more slowly. "Western Washington University has studied the gravel quarry for years and they have a pretty good idea, based on the sequences of sediments there, what the date of the tusk must be," Barton said. Mustoe said the fossils are likely to end up on permanent display, but he is not sure it will be at Western. The fossils could end up at Western for display purposes in the future, Curry said, but he wants to consider other places to display the fossils and not make a permanent decision at this point. "I'd like to see Western date the fossils and publish the finding or take it to a geology conference," Barton said. "I think there is a good stoiy to be told and it is a good fmd and worth pursuing." r PETER THAN/THE WESTERN FRONT To stem the growth of mold, Research Technician George Mustoe applies disinfectant spray to the mammoth tusk remains. These remnants were recently found in Skagit Valley and are currently on display in the Environmental Sciences Building. flexibility in your schedule? 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ECKANKAR Religion of the Light Sound of God www.eck-wa.org www.eckankar.org Local. 360-366-3447 Harold Klemp, author of over 40 books, including the award winning The language ofSoul, and Love~TheKeystone of Life, available through ECKANKAR, or your local bookseller. ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 5 ---------- MARCH 31,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 Volunteers: Group unable to salvage personal items from destroyed houses CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "I wanted to go and see (the destruction) for myself," said Jonny Tittman, Western junior and volunteer team leader. In three weeks, spring break volunteers doubled the disaster relief other organizations such as the Red Gross had completed in the five months prior to their trip. Western students cleaned and gutted a total of five houses, Tittman and Dahlke both said. It takes one team of 12 volunteers approximately two days to gut a house that would take 30 days for a family to clean out, Wright said. The volunteers had to clear trash, damaged appliances and personal items in the hopes That residents would someday rebuild their homes, said Western juniorand volunteer Martin Hall-Lanphear. "There was no way you could salvage anything," Dahlke said. "Everything was destroyed and beginning to mildew." Cleaning and gutting a house costs between $5,000 and $10,000 for private contractors to do what the volunteers lt;lid for free, Dahlke said. The volunteers had to pay a $30 registration fee plus the cost of their airplane tickets to and from New Orleans, Wright said. Western's Associated Students allocated the Spring Break Katrina Club $2,000, which the club used to pay for as much of the fees for the students as it could. "The hardest part was going into someone's house and realizing these are people's lives, and everything is ruined," Hall-Lanphear said. "It was hard to see their personal lives but not actually meet them." Dalke said she will remember a man in his 30s who was outraged by the strangers who were going through his belongings. He was unaware that his grandmother had allowed the workers in. He wanted to look through his stuff before anyone else touched it, Dahlke said. "It was humbling," Hall-Lanphear said. "It makes you appreciate your life and the things you have. I had the realization that I can help for a week, but still have the luxury to return to Bellingham. I can live a life that is a lot easier up here. We're all in this together. Western has housed students (from New Orleans). We have connections." Border: Western students oppose group's invasive tactics, defend day-laborers5 right to work in peace CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 bring attention to the issue." Cohen said the Minutemen hope protests will pressure legislatures to enforce existing laws against hiring undocumented workers. Rosalinda Guillen, executive director of Community to â€¢ Community Development, opposes the Minutemen's tactics and said they should use democratic processes, such as petitioning the legislature and voting, to present their ideas; regarding immigration issues. "Protesting by harassing workers at day-labor sites isn't the American wayto deal with things," Guillen said. "It isn't worthy of our community to allow one group to harass people who are vulnerable and less powerful than they are." At Minutemen demonstrations, Fairhaven college sophomore Ian Morgan and Western senior David Cahn said they plan to protest the Minutemen's presence and show support for day-laborers. Cahn and Morgan said they protested the Minutemen's border patrols in Whatcom County at the Peace Arch in January. Members, of Community to Community Development will also be present to oppose the Minutemen's job-site protests. Because Minutemen protests have not know how many members will be available to respond. The majority of illegal immigrants are Hispanic, according to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Web site. In 2000, the INS reported more than 100,000 illegal immigrants came from each of several countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, Columbia, Honduras, China and Ecuador. Cohen said the Minutemen branches in other states, such as Arizona where the movement started patrolling in April 2005, have successfully brought attention to the issue of illegal immigration through job-site protests. Cohen said he wants to stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States. . He said illegal immigrants decrease wages because they are often willing to work for less pay than other workers. Increased discussion of illegal immigrant policies in the state and federal government and among average citizens has occurred because of Minutemen actions, Cohen said. "I believe that whether or not you have proper documentation, you have the right not to be harassed or injured," Morgan said. "You have the right to feed your family, which is what most people who Cross the border are trying to do." From 10 am. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Peace Arch Park in Blaine, a group of organizations opposed 'Protesting by harassing workers at day-labor sites isn't the American way to deal with things.' ROSALINDA GUILLEN Executive director, Community to Community Development been scheduled, opposed organizations don't to t h e Minutemen will hold a rally. OC6XN B6XCH CLUB . CFJLL W.W.U Wednesday Night $ 1 . 7 5 (U.S.) Well Drinks $ 1 . 7 5 (U.S.) PINTS of BEER DJ DISNEY SPINNING R B, TOP 40, and HIP HOP SEDUCTION SATURDAY'S $2.95 U.S DBL Bacardi's $2.95 U.S DBL Gin Dj DISNEY SPINNING R B, TOP 40, and HIP HOP 14995 Marine Drive â€¢ Whiterock, B.C. Canada â€¢ (604) 531-0672 V*r*Â«uv*r â€¢wast. No Cover or Line for^^ (Before uoopm) ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MARCH 31,2005 $1.15 million home to future Western presidents BY JEFFREY LUXMORE The Western Front Future Western presidents will reside in a new official residence after the Western Washington Foundation approved funding for the foundation's purchase of a $1.15 million house in the Edgemoor neighborhood south of downtown Fairhaven. Western's Board of Trustees approved the purchase in a special March 15 meeting, said John Warner, chair of Western's Board of Trustees. The board normally meets every other month, but specifically held this meeting to vote on whether to buy the house. The foundation needed to approve the purchase because it is the one buying the residence, Warner said. Kevin Raymond, vice president of Western's Board of Trustees, said Western is the only public university in Washington state without a house specifically for the president. The house makes a statement about Western, Warner said. An official president house shows the university respects the president. He said the large size would allow future presidents to hold events such as banquets. "(The house) shows dignity," Warner said. "It's not ostentatious. It has the space that show's respect to friends of the university." The two-story house is approximately 4,435 square feet, said Ken Mortimer, Western's president from 1988 to 1993 and current foundation member. It has four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a three-car garage on more than an acre of property, he said. The foundation will buy the house through alumni and friends of the universitys' private donations, Warner said. .Warner said Western will use the house as a recruiting tool to attract future presidents after Western President Karen Morse retires. He said it will be a perk the school can offer presidents in the future. Mortimer said a presidential residence is essential to the process of raising private funds for the university. "One of the principal ingredients in raising private money is the ability to entertain in a warm and funny way," Mortimer said. "(The house) adds a deal of panache. People like to PETER THAN / THE WESTERN FRONT Western's Board of Trustees voted on March 15 to acquire property in the Edgemoor neighborhood near Fairhaven. The property, home of future university presidents, is approximately 4,435 square feet. be in a president's house." Mortimer said when he was president of the University of Hawaii after he was Western's president, he entertained guests in the presidential residence more than 100 times in one year. Approximately 2,000 people visited the residence that year, he said. Other Washington state public universities such as the University of Washington have purchased presidential residences with state money, Mortimer said. He said this practice is often controversial because they do not serve a direct purpose to the university and thus appears like a waste of money to those opposed to a state-funded presidential residence. Mortimer didn't want this to be part of his tenure when he became Western's president in 1988. At that time, Mortimer lived in a house Western bought partly through state money, he said. Mortimer said he pushed for the university to purchase that presidential residence with privately donatedmoney,butthe money wasn't available in 1988. Since then, the foundation has steadily rasied money, he said. "This demonstrates private fundraising in ways that we didn't imagine in 1988," Mortimer said. - After Mortimer left in 1993 and the school hired Morse, Western sold the presidential residence, Mortimer said. Warner said President Morse will not move into this house however, and that the foundation will lease out the residence to recover purchase costs until she retires and Western hires the next president. Morse does not have any plans to retire in the near future, Warner said. Western leased a house as an interim residence for Morse when the school hired her, Warner said. When the owner of the house decided to sell it Morse purchased it for herself, he said. Houses are a better investment than keeping the money in a savings account, Mortimer said. House values in Bellingham have increased drastically in the last two years along with a nationwide increase, so it was better to purchase the house now instead of later when property values rise even more, he said. "I am particularly pleased to bring this matter to a close after 20 years," Mortimer said. 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WORK for the OUTDOOR _ CENTER _ We are currently accepting applications for the following year-long salaried positions, available this summer quarter and for the 06'-07' school year: â€¢ Equipment shop Coordinator â€¢Bike Shop Coordinator â€¢Promotions and Outreach Coordinator â€¢Excursions Coordinators â€¢Resources and Events Coordinator Pick up applications at the . Personnel Office (VU-505) or visit the Outdoor Center, located on the fust floor of the VU. 6S0-3241 as.oc.promotions@wwu.edu ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 7 ---------- ACCENT FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 7 Indie- pop invades Bellingham music scene BY KIM CHAMPLEY The Western Front Seattle-based band Llama brings their emotional lyrics and guitar-driven pop to Bellingham tonight for a 10 p.m. show at Chiribin's. Volumen and No-fi Soul Rebellion are included in tonight's show. The cover charge is $5. Llama, a three- member band featuring guitarist Rusty Wiiloughby on lead vocals, bassist Scott Sutherland on vocals and drummer Jim Hunnicutt, will play their first Bellingham show, said Joel Myrene, Chirbin's entertainment booker. Brent Cole, owner and co-publisher of What's Up! Magazine said Llama is guitar- driven with a beat that captures listeners attention. Power chords and lyrics with a theme of love, peace and relationships create the hook. "I would classify Llama as power pop," Cole said. "They have a way of being completely engrossing and people really get sucked in." Most listeners stay in their seats to listen to the lyrics, nodding their heads with the music, he said. Llama writes their own lyrics and vocals are a key component of their music, Cole said. Llama aims to create music that captures true human emotion by singing about relationships hardships, he said. Cole said the band is less than a year old. Before Llama, the trio would play cover songs together in Seattle bars. The musicians have been friends for more than 20 years and formed Llama after other bands each member was in broke up, he said. Some of their former bands have pop beats and melodies similar to Llama and performed in Bellingham in the late '90s, he said. Llama released their first full-length record in September without a major label, but the band hopes to sign on with a label in the future, Cole said. Llama albums are only available in some Seattle record stores, such as Sonic Boom. Chris Estey, contributing writer for Three Imaginary Girls: Seattle's Sparkly Indie-Pop Press, said their music is lucidly produced, with interesting time signatures and unusual lyrics. "I really like their song 'The End'" Estey said. "Its multi-tempo has a hypnotic immediacy and COURTESY OF BRENT COLE /WHAT'S UP! MAGAZINE Llama band members Rusty Wiiloughby, Scott Sutherland and Jim Hunnicutt perform at 10 p.m. tonight at Chiribin's with Volumen and No-fi Soul Rebellion. precision that demands attention." Volumen and No-fi Soul Rebellion will join Llama tonight. Cole said Volumen, a Seattle-based band is poppy new wave. New wave pop is similar to today's pop with an '80s influence, he said. Cole said Bellingham-based No-fi Soul Rebellion features a high-energy front man, Mark Heimer. Their music is influenced by rock, punk, soul and oldies, he said. City University Is a not-for-profit institution accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and UnhwsWes. 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Squalicum High School seniors Paul Latham, Kyle Easton, Madson May, Hieu Do, Kaley Peterson and Lizzi Moore have been planning the show since September, for their senior projects. The project must be of interest to the students and benefit the community, Latham said. Tonight's show's proceeds will go to the American Red Cross, Latham said. With a lack of media coverage about the damage natural disasters caused in the South, the seniors said people, including Bellingham residents, are forgetting the disasters, he said. "We want to remind people they still need help down there and this is a good way to do it," Latham said. Setting title date was the biggest challenge about the entire project, Latham said. Coordinating the band's and students' schedules was difficult. Tamara McDonald, the Pickford Dreamspace's booking; manager, worked with the students to make the show possible. "I've been acting as their community advisor, helping the students in the process of booking the venue and giving them advice," McDonald said. In Praise of Folly is a Seattle-based trio featuring twin brothers, guitarist Peter and guitarist Benjamin Verdoes, 24, and drummer Matthew Dammer, 23. The band has an experimental sound including violins and violas, intricate melodies and tight rhythms. The show is near the end of the band's eight-show West Coast tour that started in Eugene, Ore. on March 18, and featured shows in California and Oregon. The tour will end in Seattle on April 4, Peter Verdoes said. "It's always nice to help out," said Peter Verdoes, 26, In Praise of Folly's guitarist. "We live in a part of the country where we haven't really had to live through a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina. I think it is important to realize how fortunate we are to even have the opportunity to play music for people." Autumn Poetry, one of the bands performing is a four-member band living in Bellingham. All the band members attend or graduated from Western. The members are twin brothers Joshua Young, drummer, and Caleb Young, guitarist, keyboardist Lacey Young, Caleb's wife and bassist Chad Fox. "We prefer to play all-ages shows because we think our music really appeals to this crowd," Lacey Young said. Caleb Young said all-ages shows have a more accepting vibe than bars and kids are more energetic. "Our music is well thought out and we put a lot of importance in artistic value, but we write pop songs," Caleb Young said. Autumn Poetry has played other shows benefiting Hurricane Katrina, the Whatcom All-Ages Arts and Music organization and the Southeast Asia tsunami relief, but tonight's show is the first to benefit the American Red Cross.' 'â€¢"..''_ All The Filthy Animals have a hard rock sound and influences include Built to Spill, the Clash and At The Drive-in. The band includes drummer Jeremy Leighton, 19, his brother and guitarist Tim Leighton, 21, their father and bassist, Dave Leighton, 42, and guitarist John Brooks, 23. ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 9 ---------- MARCH 31,2006 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 fever Western will host three-day Northwest Guitar Festival and classical guitarists PHOTO COURTESY OF ALIEKSEY VIANNA Classical guitarist Alieksey Vianna will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 7 in Western's Performing Arts Center. BY MIKE CURTTSS The Western Front Tune those strings, polish that Brazilian rosewood and come watch the fingers fly. For three days next week, the best of the Northwest's classical guitarists will perform at Western's Performing Arts Center. The 16th annual Northwest Guitar Festival, April 6 through 8, will feature a guitar competition, performances by some of the world's best guitarists, classes and workshops taught by the performers where students can learn early renaissance lute music, said David Feingold, chair of Western's music department. Performances by guitar orchestras and ensembles from the University of Washington, the University of Idaho and the Vancouver Academy in British Columbia will take place each morning at 9:30 a,m. Western's guitar ensemble will perform on the morning of April 7. Each evening audiences can see solo guitar performances by world-renowned classical guitarists such as Steve Novacek, Alieksey Vianna and Ana Vidovic. Vidovic, 23, has been performing since the age of seven in more than 20 countries, Feingold said. Guitar students of any skill level will have a chance to perform for her and receive one-on-one feedback at her class at 10:30 a.m on April 8. She will perform at 7:30 p.m that night in the PAC. "Ana Vidovic is one of the hottest performers on the guitar circuit today," Feingold said. "We were lucky to get her." One of the festival's biggest" attractions is the guitar competition, he said. Approximately 20 guitarists from around the Western United States and Canada will compete. The first place prize is $1,000, and competitors can choose what piece they will play. Listeners can expect a wide range of music including classical, romantic and bossa nova. Guitar instructors and players from the Bellingham community will judge the competition, Feingold said. Western graduate student and alumnus of the university's guitar program since 2005, Derrick Robinson tied for third place 'Ana Vidovic is one of the hottest performers on the guitar circuit today. We were lucky to get her.' DAVID FEINGOLD Western's music department chair in last year's Northwest Guitar Festival in Calgary, Alberta. "There were quite a few grad students competing," Robinson said. "Even the non-grad students were very talented." Robinson will compete again this year. He said he expects an intense competition. On the first day of the festival, 17 semi-finalists will be reduced to four, he said. Music students and guitar lovers will have an opportunity to mingle with some .of the best guitar performers and teachers in the world, said Feingold, who will direct the event. Western hosted the Northwest Guitar Festival in 1993 and in 1999. Feingold said that because Western hosts the festival regularly, the prestige of it's music department is highlighted. "Our guitar program, in terms of both enrollment and curricular' offerings for guitarists, is unique in the region," he said. "We are one of the few schools around that has a fully tenured professor of guitar." James Reid, professor of guitar studies at the University of Idaho started the festival in 1991 because he wanted his students to experience a guitar festival locally for a modest price, he said. He will perform at 1 p.m. April 7. COURTESY OF TOMSLAV eUVELJAK Ana Vidovic, who headlines the Northwest Guitar Festival, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8 in the Performing Arts Center. MKE CURTISS / THE WESTERN FRONT David Feingold (right), professor of guitar studies and chair of Western's music department, will host the festival ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 31 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 10 Vikings stumble, fall in regional final BY ANDREW SLEIGHTER The Western Front Watching Seattle Pacific University men's basketball team cut down the nets in their home gym on their way to the elite eight was not how the Vikings wanted to end their seasofll^ Western lost 81-77 in the West Regional Final at SPU on March 13, but only after a furious rally as the Vikings outscored SPU 10-0 in the fourth quarter, reducing the SPU lead. Western senior center Tyler MacMullen said the team had one goal at the beginning of the season â€” to win a national championship. "I thought we were the best team in the country," said MacMullen, who scored a career high 24 points against SPU in his last game as a Viking. Despite the disappointing ending, the Vikings concluded their season 23-7 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. A conference head coach Brad Jackson called the toughest NCAA Division II conference in the country. The Vikings maximized their talent to reach the regional final, Brad Jackson said. Western senior forward Tyler Amaya said he was bitter about losing the SPU game. He said he had problems with the officiating, specifically a call interfering with Western's rally to cut into SPU's lead in the fourth quarter. With 49 seconds left in the game, Amaya barreled into the lane and dunked to cut the Viking's deficit to one. He thought there was a foul on the play, but the officials did not call it. If they had called a foul, Amaya could have tied the game with a free throw. Lucky Charm Bracelet 4/8 Fantasy Knot Bracelet 4/9 Celtic Knot Bracelet 4/15 Call for mote Mo. SPU lost to defending champion and national runner-up Virginia Union in the Final Four. Amaya said he was disappointed by how the year ended. "The hardest part was seeing the guys in the locker room afterward," he said. Amaya said although the team did not accomplish what it set out to do, he said the team had a lot of fun and a great season. The Vikings boasted a number of individual successes this year. Western senior forward Grant Dykstra won the V Foundation Comeback Award Tuesday, and was named a third team ..Ail- American. Dykstra is the first non-Division I athlete to win the V Foundation award, presented by college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale. Senior guard Ryan Diggs received co-MVP honors at the inaugural National Association of Basketball Coaches/NCAA Division II All-Star Game on March 24. Amaya plans on playing basketball professionally next year. He said he doesn't know where, but Europe, Mexico, the Bellingham -Slam and the NBA's new developmental league, a league for players not quite ready for the NBA, are all options to continue his career. "I've been playing basketball-my whole life," Amaya said. "I just think it would be kind of foolish to give it up now." All five starters this year were seniors, including Amaya, Diggs, Dykstra and MacMullen and point guard Kyle Jackson. Three more seniors, guard Preston Vermeulen, forward Rob Primozich and forward Darrell Visser, came off the bench. Despite losing the seniors, Brad Jackson said he is optimistic about JARED YOAKUM / SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior guard Ryan Diggs walks off the court with his teammates after a frustrating 81-77 loss to Seattle Pacific University in the West Regional championship game. next year. "We've got some guys in the program I think will step up," he said. "(All the new players) will definitely be a different look." All the seniors, even those who did not start, worked hard to make the team as successful as it was, he said. "It was a privilege to be associated with those guys," he said. Are Your BRAKES making noise? 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The defending Division II national champion first varsity eight-member rowing team opened its season last Saturday ranked No. 1 in the country, according to the US Rowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches of America Coaches Poll. Western senior captain Julia Gamache led the varsity eight to Western's first NCAA Division II National Championship in any sport and received her second consecutive All-American honors last year. "We were expected to win last year, and this year is no different," Gamache said. "It's a little intimidating, but if we focus on ourselves, we'll be fine." The Vikings started with a strong performance in the first meet of the season, winning six of seven races at the Daffodil Regatta on American Lake in Tacoma on March 25, head rowing coach John Fuchs said. Western's second varsity eight, novice eight and second novice eight also won races at the March 25 regatta by winning their races, Fuchs said. The 40 members of the women's crew team are divided into the varsity four, the second varsity four and the third varsity four, all rowed to victory Saturday, Fuchs said. Fuchs said Western's crew team is setting the pace for Division II women's rowing because they are one of the top programs in the country. "We have a great boat, coaching staff and our team chemistry is probably as good as it gets," Fuchs said. "They?re a really cohesive unit and seem to truly respect each other." Five rowers from last year's national title run return this season, including Gamache and junior co-captain Lindsay Mann-King, both All-Americans last season, Fuchs said. "The last thing we want to do is get into a repeat (championship) mentality," Mann- King said. "We just have the confidence that we are going to win." Gamache, Western's female Athlete of the Year in 2005, who began rowing six years ago begins her fifth season on the crew team. Gamache earned Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All- American honors last year for her second year in the first varsity eight, Fuchs said. The varsity eight, a boat with two stroke rowers in the back, two bow rowers in the front, four middle rowers and a coxswain, took second place in 2002 and 2003 at the national regatta at Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The coxswain is the team member in charge of the boat. Fuchs said the Vikings finished third in 2004. "We hit the ultimate mark last year," PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN FUCHS Western women's crew team rows on Lake Whatcom. The team won the NCAA Division II National Championship last May. Fuchs said. "It almost felt like redemption." Western will start the season with two varsity eight boats before coach Fuchs chooses members for the varsity four boat from the remaining members. A program must enter a varsity eight and a varsity four at the national championships to challenge for the title, Fuchs said. Mann-King said the team's strong work ethic this season has them more prepared and disciplined than the team was last season. "There's more expected of us this year," Mann-King said. "But we have to remain consistent and focus on defending our title." ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS MARCH 31,2006 Western club baseball hits the field Seasoned Vikings look to pillage University of Oregon this weekend BY G. JENNINGS BREAKEY The Western Front Heavy machinery, shovels and cones surround Joe Martin Field off Xakeway Drive, the home of Western's club baseball team. Dirt and mud spot the ground outside the stadium and a sign hangs over a gate that reads, "Danger, Construction Area, Keep Out." Western head baseball coach Mike Johnson said Joe Martin Field is in for a rumble this weekend. Ranked No. 9 in the National Club Baseball Association poll the Vikings will host the No. 4 University of Oregon Ducks in a three game series beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday with the first game of a doubleheader. The final game of the series is at noon on Sunday. "It's going to determine basically where we're going to stand," he said. 'Tirst place in our conference, or fall out of the race." The Vikings enter the weekend series with a record of 8-2. The Ducks are 9-0. Johnson said the two teams make up one of the association's most heated rivalries on the West Coast because both are consistently at the top of the league. This weekend's games may determine the rest of Western's season. He said he wants a three-game sweep of the Ducks. Because of Western's strong pitching, balanced lineup and speed Johnson said his team has a chance. A three- man pitching rotation of seniors Brandon Boyd, Andrew Irvine and Ryan Kaufrman, pitch for the Vikings. Johnson said Irvine and Kauffman are player-coaches and are the backbone of the team. "We're a team that revolves around our pitching," he said. "The new guys that have come in this season have stepped up to the plate and pitched very well." Using an effective curveball and changeup to compliment his fastball, Boyd is 1-1 and has yet to allow an earned run this year, Johnson said. Irvine possesses the most finesse among Viking starters because he doesn't over power batters. Irvine is 3-0 on the season with a 2.08 ERA, Johnson said. Kauffman, the power pitcher of the bunch, has a 3.21 ERA and leads the team with 14 innings pitched C. JENNINGS BREAKEY / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Ryan Kauffman pitches to senior Matt Rhode while sophomore Matt Fink catches at practice Tuesday at the Bellingham Sportsplex. and 19 strikeouts, Johnson said. "In the past we've had to rely quite a bit on our offense," Johnson said. "But this season I feel like it's our defense that's going to hold us together, with pitching." Offensively Johnson said the team plays small-ball and relies on bunts, hit-and-runs, stolen bases and base hits. "I love playing baseball like that," said Western senior outfielder Matt Rhode, who's hitting .400 with three doubles this season. "I think that's the way baseball should be played. We're bunting people around, trying to take the extra base. There's a lot more strategy to it." Rhode, a speedster who's stolen six bases in 10 games without being thrown out, bats leadoff for the team. Senior second baseman Lincoln Beppu bats second and is hitting .400 with eight RBIs. Beppu is responsible for making contact with pitches and moving runners along with bunts or ground balls, he said. Batting third in the line-up is sophomore third baseman and pitcher Kevin Roach, who's the team's closer and leads the team with a .522 average, two triples and 10 RBIs. Roach leads the Vikings with seven walks. While small-ball is the team's offensive mentality, Western still has two sluggers at the heart of its lineup, Johnson said. Senior Eric Peterson and sophomore Mike Morris hit in the four and five slots in the lineup, and rotate between playing first base and designated hitter. Peterson's batting average is ^500 with two home runs and 12 RBIs, earning him the offensive player of the week award the first and second weeks of the season. Morris is second among fielders in runs scored with 11 and is hitting .300 with one home run. "They are our powerhouses," said Kauffman, who will start the final game of the three-game series Sunday. "Those are the guys who hit the ball out of the ballpark for us." If Western heads into the last two innings of a game with a lead, the team feels comfortable because Roach will take the mound as the Vikings closer, Johnson said. Roach is 1-0 and has a 2.84 ERA to go along with the team's only save. - "Pitching is going to carry us as far as our team can go," Kauffman said. "He's (Roach) got all the pitches and all the confidence to go out there and go one, two, three every time," With Oregon's powerful, hardhitting lineup coming to town, Western's pitching staff must remain sharp this weekend, and the Vikings must stick to their smalls ball strategy, Rhode said. "Oregon is a slug-it-out type of team," he said. "They're going to be a team that's going to get up there and just swing. I think our pitching can neutralize them, but we don't want to get into something where we're trying to put up the same amount of runs as them, because we'll lose that battle." Rhode said when he steps to the plate in the first game Saturday, he'll be thinking about getting on base any way he can, not just how hard he can hit the ball. "When we win is when we're playing our game," he said. 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The magnet industry certainly must have doubled its profit adorning the back of every minivan with troop-supporting patriotic flair. But whether or not those good old boys and girls are coming home anytime soon is the true bed of hot coals politicians must run across. American lives may be in danger in Iraqj but the true loss in this war is in Iraqi's lives. On March 21, President Bush reported the troops will remain in Iraq for several more years. In an Associated Press article from that same day, White House Correspondent Terrance Hunt quoted President George W. Bush as saying, "I'm optimistic we'll succeed. If not, I'd pull our troops out." While,U.S. politicians debate over whether or not the troops should remain, Iraq is still hi shambles. Rather than debating strategies to ensure success in Iraq, Hunt reported on the American death toll, which is currently more than 2,300. ..'- .,,. .. â€¢ America, however, rarely sees an Iraqi death toll. Hunt mentioned the 1,000 Iraqis who have died since the insurgent bombing of a Shiite Muslim shrine last month, nearly half the total number of American casualties for the war, but his focus remained on American casualties. According to a March 1 BBC article* between 31,599 and 35,712 Iraqi civilians have died since the beginning of the war. Thousands of Iraqi civilian lives ended due to the deployment of American troops in Iraq. .-.'â€¢ â€¢ While few Democrats orRepublicans would like to see more American casualties, neither side is giving a clear solution to the problem^ A CNN poll released on March 13 showed that only 32 percent of Americans think President Bush has a clear plan for withdrawing from Iraq. The poll also showed that 25 percent of Americans think Democrats have a clear plan. CNN's poll suggested rtiat the majority of people say America made a mistake in invading Iraq. America may use this as an excuse to withdraw. According to the same poll, more than half me subjects felt mat me Am should withdraw within 12 months. But debating the validity of the war does not change the consequences of military action. Taking all United States support out of Iraq now would be like chopping the head off a chicken and watching it run around soaking the soil in blood.' America cannot act as a world police force without facing consequences. Iraqis already know the result of war all too well through their fellow civilians' deaths. Even if = = = = = most Americans feel the war is a mistake, the conflict's devastating effects will continue for years. Taking U.S. support out of Iraq now would be like chopping the head off a chicken and watching it run around soaking the soil in blood, America removed the government and social order from Iraq during war, which means the immediate removal of troops would leave Iraqis with a shattered government and widespread chaos. Debating rewritten withdrawal deadlines serves no purpose as long as troops are dying. Rather than measuring their stay in years, the stay should be measured in success. The war could cost both sides more lives if America pulls troops prematurely from the chaos it created. Civil war could break out within Iraq between the three main religious groups with U.S. occupation. Civil war will certainly break out if American troops withdraw from Iraq immediately. Ultimately, success in Iraq will take several more years of United States support, and politicians would do well to shift their focus to the matter at hand. Until Iraq achieves true stability, America should refrain from holding its breath when it comes to calling the troops back home. The Good; The Bad, and the Ugly Want to be published in the Western Front? Submit 250 words on whatever subject you wish, and you may be selected for publication in the Western Front. We'll publish your rants, raves, sociopolitical or sociopathic commentary. Send an e-mail with the subject line Good, Bad or Ugly to: thewesternfronteditor@yahoo.com Gays deserve equal rights BYKRISTTPIHL Special to the Western Front If conservative attempts; to veto the inclusion of homosexuals in the Washington state Civil Rights Act succeed, the state will take a turn for the worse. The Washington state Legislature amended the act to include protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing and lending on Jan. 24, according to a Jan. 28 Seattle Post-Intelligencer article. Tim Eyman, a for-profit initiative sponsor, is promoting two ballot measures for fall 2006 to take sexual orientation out of the civil rights act, according to a Feb. 18 Seattle Times article. If he succeeds, he will deserve whatever retribution he receives in the afterlife. Although this law does not grant homosexuals the right to marry, the law does offer the same antidiscrimination protections women, African-Americans and other groups are afforded. Everyone deserves protection in employment and housing practices in a less than ideal world of discrimination and hypocrisy. Discrimination against homosexuals exists in the United States. During the Clinton administration, the military discharged 5,412 Americans under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy," which restricted homosexual presence in the military, according to the Human Rights Watch's World Report 2001. Although the updated civil rights act is a step in the right direction, it fails to address discrimination against homosexuals in public institutions including schools, the military and the criminal justice system. The law does not affirm homosexual rights to equality as guaranteed to citizens in the U.S. Constitution. 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Jssi _^*^ET1SL r ^ ^ lklSlk ^ ^ ^ â€¢ p ^ o ' ^ p jk ^BMBW^ â€¢iP_iÂ§iiK_"Â£ ^sSSmwSStm "^^Kpllpsj*!- MICHAEL LYCKLAMA Editor-in- Chief ClARA O'ROURKE Managing Ediior , PETER JENSEN Head Copy Editor AMY HARDER JACOB BUCKENMEYER News Editors CANDACE CUSANO Accent Editor LOREAN SERKO Features Editor DERRICK PACHECO Sports Editor TOM KING Opinions Editor TAYLOR WILLIAMS Photo Editor MEGAN SWARTZ SARA THOMPSON Copy Editors PETER THAN MATT VOGT Staff Photographers AARON CUNNINGHAM Cartoonist JEFF ELDER Online Editor JUSTIN MORROW Community Liaison JOHN HARRIS Adviser ALETHEA MACOMBER Business Manager JOEL HALL Advertising Manager FRONTLINE BORDER SECURITY Minutemen need to chill The Washington state Minutemen Civil Defense Corps is planning a statewide protest against businesses and day-labor sites it suspects hire illegal immigrants. Terrorizing citizens based on the assumption that they are illegal immigrants is crossing the line. While all American citizens should enjoy the right to free speech, the Minutemen are taking this issue a step too far. The Minutemen possess neither the necessary documentation nor the Constitutional right to take action against illegal immigrants. The U.S. Senate passed tough, protest-provoking legislation earlier this year making it a federal crime to be in the United States illegally or to offer aid to illegal immigrants. Militia members should instead focus their efforts on the democratic process if they want to prevent illegal immigration. Demonstrating at the capitol building in Olympia, rather than at the doorsteps of those who are only trying to conduct business would encourage legislation more effectively than sitting at the Canadian border with cameras and guns. The reality is that few illegal aliens cross the Canadian border. According to a March 30 Associated Press article, an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants live and work in the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated 69 percent of illegal aliens had come from Mexico in 2000. The constitution protects the Minutemen as long as they are within the confines of the law. They should not be silenced, or revoked of their rights to free speech and protest. The right to make a political statement is one of the many rights this country affords its citizens, and if the minutemen can limit their actions to simple statements without breaking the law or harassing people, they are well within their rights. However, if the minutemen don't limit themselves to the scope of the law, they will have taken that right too far. This country has necessary laws, which protect citizens from harassment. Anyone who is not a public figure has a right to privacy. While it may be the right of. the minutemen to express their opinions on immigration, the minutemen don't have the right to harass or abuse private citizens. Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: "I am just too much." Actress Betie Davis, when asked to describe herself in five words. p^gr!W^w^wraiiftCTiÂ«| MySpace fraught with peril BY LAUREN ALLABS Forbidden Fruit I'll be the first to admit that I'm a MySpace whore. I could probably have an additional five hours dedicated to sleep every week and a higher GPA if it weren't for that creepy online network. So naturally anything that says "MySpace" catches my attention. It has a frequent spot in the news lately. Internet and safety experts, parents and police have littered the news recently, divulging many dangers associated with the Internet phenomenon. I fully agree that MySpace could be dangerous if users commit MySpace fouls that entice child molesters and pedophiles. MySpace would disappear from the media spotlight if users would simply use that three-pound mass under the skull and quit adding to the stereotype that Americans are inherently dumb. ___________===== Anyone with access to a computer and an Internet connection can view WlyopaCG TOUI any profile on MySpace, regardless of numbGr One â€” whether they themselves are users. The posting revealing only time a user's profile is made private njctures with the is if the user is 14 or 15 years old, with 14 being the minimum age requirement to create a profile. This makes MySpace dangerous to young children who commit the MySpace fouls arid make it blatantly obvious they're interested in causing married men to have impure thoughts. You know that creepy guy who commented on your boobs while you were walking to school last week? The old one who hung his head out of the car window to make some repulsive mating call? He looked you up on MySpace. He could tell it was you by that picture you've posted of yourself when you were half-naked in the bathroom (nice mirror photography, by the way). He thought your boobs looked similar to the ones he saw bouncing by and called it a match. This is MySpace foul number one â€” posting revealing pictures with the intent of enticing anyone wasting time by clicking "view more pics." Apparently, the 11-year-olds who pose as 18- year-olds don't understand that anyone from chimos (child intent of enticing anyone wasting time by clicking view more pics." profiles. Dateline NBC found one such girl. Shannon Sullivan was 13 at the time she joined and posted she was 18 years old. She told Dateline she thought only her friends were viewing her profile, so she included her full name, her home address and where she attended school. This brings me to MySpace foul number two â€” being flat-out moronic by providing way too much information. Is it really necessary to include your phone number, address and school if only your friends are looking at it? Shouldn't they already know where to find you five days a week? Dateline NBC. interviewed Internet lawyer and safety expert Parry Aftab about the dangers of MySpace. He called the site "one-stop shopping for sexual predators." If some sketchy dude is following you all over town and standing outside your window at night because you gave him or her your daily itinerary by listing where you live, where you work and what classes you're enrolled in, I'm giving no sympathy. You asked for it. The last MySpace foul â€” adding random friends. I'll admit that I have one friend who I don't know; his name is Cliff, and he means well. I _______ added him because he writes comments such as, "Thanks for the add. Your cool and stuff." So he skipped a few vital English classes, but he has a blog titled "Fin getting popular," and deleting him would be flat out cold-hearted. He's also never made any awkward comments regarding my physical stature or asked to meet me in a park at midnight for a nice game of croquet, so I feel safe being Cliff's friend. MySpace has done a fine job of informing youngsters that some people might not actually be the person they claim to be. For example, that cute-as-a-button 14- year-old boy might be a 45-year-old divorced man with five kids. So be careful what information you disclose to strangers. In the end, we've all learned disgusting people are out there lurking on MySpace. While some like to think this is the end of mankind, it's merely another example of stupidity in its finest form. Some simple logic would alleviate any concerns with "CreepSpace." Now if you'll please excuse me â€” I told a 56- year-old man who said he has the exact same general interests, taste in music, movies, television and books as I do and said I'm beautiful, that I would meet him at the local playground for what he called a rendezvous; + molesters = chimo) to their parents can view their Gosh, I hope my parents don't read this. ---------- Western Front 2006 March 31 - Page 15 ---------- MARCH 31,2006 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 iking oices Do you think the troops need to remain in Iraq until 2008? Compiled by Julie Waggoner JuIiBissell Sophomore, Sociology Jthinkth^Mo ||1 because yowcanj pull out that fast without doing damage. Dylan Becker Senior, Creative Writing Yes. Wei obligateapur-selves to doing the job right and that'll take a long time. Idon'tknc enough aboi what's going on over there to say for sure. Thomas Chia Senior, Electrical Engineering Law: Civil Rights Act should guarantee homosexuals same liberties as heterosexuals CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 people's rights in danger. But because of America?s history of upholding women's and African- Americans' rights, women in the workplace are paid the same and have the same opportunities as men. America's history of equality is why America joined other nations in having a female head of state. Right? Unfortunately, neither of the last two sentences are based in reality, and will not occur without the continuation of civil rights legislation for underrepresented groups. America is composed of different religions, races and beliefs. America needs to tolerate diversity if this nation is to survive, because theological and racial differences within the country could alienate certain groups of citizens by driving an even deeper wedge between social groups. Critics of the amended Civil Rights Act say the measure forces Americans to live by a certain set of morals, according to a Feb. 17 Associated Press article. Choosing to not protect homosexuals with other minorities facing discrimination imposes a conservative moral code of narrow-minded prejudice on Americans. Protecting homosexuals from institutional (i m i ioo iwsjSSSfe \vzk vjAS^awsJ discrimination supports a moral code of tolerance . rather than a code of bigotry. Critics who argue against protecting homosexuality based on fundamentalist religious views are guilty of the same principle of attempting to force their moral code on others. Critics, mainly fundamentalist Christians, said legally protecting homosexuals from employment discrimination forces Americans to hire people who they believe act immorally, violating their freedom of religion, according to a May 8,2002 article from ReligiousTolerance.org, a Web site that promotes the diversity of beliefs and religions. Americans have the right to believe whatever they want to, but not the right to force that belief on someone who views the world differently. The varying religions citizens of the United States practice are too numerous and diverse to force all citizens to agree to one religious moral code to build all laws on. Forbidding gay and lesbian couples to marry parallels the hypocrisy of forcing all Americans to a single strict moral code such as a fundamentalist Christian belief that homosexuality is a sin. The addition to the Washington State Civil Rights Act is a step in the right direction, but it isn't enough. America is a diverse country, and its politicians need to protect the rights of all citizens, whether or not they fit into the majority's vision of a perfect world. Letters to the Editor Have a beef with something we've published? Tell us about it. E-mail: thewestemfronteditor@yahoo.com We'll do our best to address your concerns. 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Show more2005_1028 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 1 ---------- t THE WESTERN FRONT OCTOBER 28,2005 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 12, VOLUME 135 Initiatives dominate November ballot Voters could ban smokingfrom inside all public barsy restaurants BY SUSAN ROSENBERRY The Western Front Marlboro advertisement images of leather-clad cowboys smoking cigarettes while riding burly steeds are distant pictures of preceding times. Washington smokers lighting up their cigarettes inside of bars, taverns and restaurants may soon join those images and become a figment of the past. Washington residents can support or oppose Initiative 901, which would prohibit smoking in all indoor establishments in Washington, in the Nov. 8 election. If it passes, the initiative would ban smoking inside Washington public spaces, including restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and public transportation vehicles such as taxis, said Dr. Chris Covert- Bowlds, a Bellingham physician and sponsor of the initiative. The smoking restriction would see SMOKING, page 5 JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT 3B Tavern bartender Glyndon Jewell's workplace could see a loss in business from the initiative because the ban could turn away its smoking patrons. Bellingham residents divided over adding fluoride to city water BY GRAIG HELL The Western Front Initiative 1, which would add fluoride to Bellingham's water supply, has Bellingham residents deeply divided. The city's voters will decide on the initiative in the Nov. 8 election. The Washington State Dental Association funded the private political committee Bellingham Families for Fluoride and the campaign to fluoridate Bellingham's water. Fluoride strengthens tooth enamel in developing teeth, which prevents decay, said Dr. Eric McRory, a Bellingham dentist at Northside Dental Care. Because Bellingham does not fluoridate its water, the city is behind the times, Western organic chemistry professor, Donald 1. Pavia said. "It was discovered years ago where communities' water had natural fluoride in the water, people had fewer cavities," Pavia said. see WATER, page 6 Green energy powers university to honors BY JACOB BUCKENMEYER The Western Front The federal government awarded the initiative of 15 Western students and four faculty members whose work who helped convert the university into a renewable energy-powered campus. Western seniors Erica Althans-Schmidt and Molly Ayre-Svingen represented. Western and the Associated Students club Students for Renewable Energy at the presentation of the 2005 Green Power Leadership Awards in Austin, Texas Monday. Western Faculty members Coughlin, Western vice president for student affairs services academic support, and director of facilities management Tim Wynn also represented Western at the ceremony. In spring 2003, Students for Renewable Energy made a goal to convert Western into a 100 percent renewable-energy powered campus, said Rachel Zommick, Western alumna and the 2004-2005 AS President. Students such as Althans-Schmidt and Ayre-Svingen took the initiative and brought the issue before the student body in the spring 2004 AS election, Zommick said. Students voted, with 84.7 percent approval, to add a small fee to their tuition each quarter to make green power a reality on campus, she said. The current student fee is $1.05 per credit hour, up to $10.50 each JACOB BUCKENMEYER/ quarter, Wynn said. THE WESTERN FRONT Eileen Western senior Erica Althans- Schmidt worked to convert Western to use and o n ' v renewable energy. These fees pay the $350,000 annual cost difference between purchasing renewable and conventional energy sources, Althans-Schmidt said. Renewable energyâ€”or green power â€” sources do not harm the environment TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Alice Crowley waits for a car to pass to cross Lakeway Drive Thursday afternoon. The new bicycle law affects highways more than city streets. Law protects cyclists, cars see GREEN, page 4 BY ANDREW IRVINE The Western Front With the amount of daylight diminishing and winter weather making roads increasingly hazardous, a new law will protect bicycle riders and pedestrians from vehicles on state roads. The Washington state Congress passed the law, which took effect July 24, making it illegal for a car to pass another vehicle traveling in the same direction if bicyclists or pedestrians are within view and approaching from the opposite direction. Laws involving vehicles and oncoming bicyclists were uncertain before this law, Bellingham Police Lt. Craige Ambrose said. see BICYCLE, page 6 HALLOWEEN HORROR A complete guide for planning a holiday weekend with tricks and treats for all ages ACCENT, PAGES CASCADE CUP Viking football will play Central Washington Saturday in the Cascade Cup at home SPORTS, PAGE 10 WRATH UNLEASHED God has come back with a vengeance because of an old college grudge against Dionysus OPINIONS, PAGE 13 WEATHER Saturday: Rainy Hi: 52 Low: 40 Sunday: Cloudy Hi: 52 Low: 42 www.westemfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS OCTOBER 28,2005 COPS BOX Oct. 25, 5:20 p.m.: UP responded ll^|i|i^fc|^lig^li||||ipi IHBlBillilli^HHBHI iii|iiiliBwiBiiiiii(iiB IIHIlfiisiiilitiiSHlB^ Oct. 25,4:50 a.m-: Officers arrested of driving under the influence and |l|||||i||iJ||i||i|l^(SH lillBBp^BHSttiiilpfflfci â€¢ oice iking oices What are Halloween? you wearing for Andre Chevalier Senior, political science Brittany Poirson Junior, biology Phil Blair Senior, finance Compiled by Andrew Irvine Oh God, a Mormon. Is that bad? All my roommates are doing it. 95 A Freudian slip. I am going to wear a slip and write Freudian slips all over It. 9} / am going to be anti-John Kerry. I have a Kerry mask with pro-Republican buttons and a fuck Kerry sticker. 55 AP Wire news briefs STATE NEWS Man dies after struggle with King County deputies The King County Medical Examiner's Office is investigating the cause of death of a man who died early Oct. 25 after struggling with sheriffs deputies. Deputies stopped a car in Burien just after midnight after a computer check showed an arrest warrant was out for the owner, the King County Sheriff's Office said. Cedric Stemberg-Burtqn, 21, put an unknown object in his mouth while a deputy was talking to the driver. A struggle ensued after he refused to spit it out. Another deputy used pepper spray and a Taser to subdue the passenger. The man could walk, talk and was coherent until approximately 45 minutes later, when he began to suffer from a seizure, sheriff's office spokesman John Urquhart said. The Western Front regrets this and any other errors. . The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. Deputies attempted to revive him but failed. A medical examiner declared him dead an hour later. Deputies questioned and released the driver and second passenger in the car. Neither was the owner. NATIONAL NEWS McDonald's to post nutrition information next year Starting in 2006, McDonald's will offer nutrition information on the packaging of its menu items. The world's largest restaurant company provides the information on its Web site but had resisted requests to post it in restaurants or packaging until Oct. 25. McDonald's will introduce the packaging in North America, Europe, Asia and South America during the first half of 2006. McDonald's expects to have the packaging available in 20,000 of its 30,000 restaurants- worldwide by the end of next year. Packaging will include information on the calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates and sodium in its food. Katrina increases Louisiana unemployment rate Hurricane Katrina sent Louisiana's unemployment rate to its highest level since the 1980s. The unemployment rate is 11.5 percent, with more than 234,000 jobs lost since September, state labor department officials said. The rates, however, may be higher because the numbers in the report do not reflect how Hurricane Rita impacted employment. One economist said many of the state's unemployed went to other states. The September unemployment rate was the highest since January 1987, when Louisiana's economy was reeling from an oil price crash. The state's unemployment rate was 5.7 percent last September. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Preliminary tests show dead geese in Germany had bird flu Health officials said wild geese found dead in Berlin showed initial positive test results for bird flu, though that is not what killed them. Health officials said the birds apparently died from poisoning and not the virus. Further tests will be necessary to confirm the virus and whether it was the deadly H5N1 strand of bird flu, officials said. Health officials found as many as two dozen wild geese and ducks dead Oct 24 at a lake that migratory birds use. If confirmed, the suspected cases would be Germany's first cases of the strain, which has killed poultry stocks in Asia during the past two years. Compiled by Jen Whitford AP Wire courtesy KUGS 89.3-FM WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST ALL STUDENTS EXPECTING TO GRADUATE at the close of spring quarter must have a degree application on file in the Registrar's Office by Dec. 2. Students wishing to graduate during summer quarter 2006 must have a degree application on file by March 10. LOT RESERVATIONS. â€¢ Lots 11G and 14G will be reserved beginning at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28-30 for those attending performances of If Dreams Came True; â€¢ Lot 17G will be reserved beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, for those attending the Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Conference. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT), will be held in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Mondays on Nov. 7,14, 21 and 28, and at 9 a.m. Thursdays on Nov. 3,10,17, Dec. 1 and 8. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security number, and a No. 2 pencil. A fee of $15 is payable in the exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. A HEALTH CAREERS FAIR will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 9 in the VU Multipurpose Room. Details on programs confirmed to attend can be yiewed at the Career Center's "Special Events" link, www.careers.wwu.edu. For more information, contact Renee Murray at X/3240. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) IS ADMINISTERED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY as a computer-based test. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or by calling X/3080. A $60 fee is payable at test time. The test takes about 1'/? hours. Preliminary scores are available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. All applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. Visit www.west.nesinc.com for registration information and a study guide. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. Test dates for 2005-06 are Nov. 19, Jan. 21, March 11, May 13, and July 15. . ' WEST-E PRAXIS. Washington state requires anyone seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass a subject knowledge assessment in the chosen endorsement area (the Washington Educator Skills Test â€”- Endorsement, or WEST-E). The state haS chosen specific Praxis II series tests to meet this requirement. Visit www.ets. org/praxis/prxwa.html for online registration information. Registration bulletins are also available in MH 216. THE RECREATION PROGRAM APPLICATION DEADLINE is Friday, Nov. 18. Application materials and a pre-scheduled faculty interview must be completed by that date. For more information, stop by CV 6 or call X/3782. HAROLD AND LYLA LANT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS are now available to students pursuing a career as a lawyer and who have applied to an accredited law school. Full description and application materials are available in Academic Advising and Tutorial Services, OM 380. Deadline is Feb. 1. FALL GROUP OFFERINGS THROUGH THE COUNSELING CENTER include â€¢ Relaxation Training, drop in for one or all sessions, 4 p.m. Thursdays, OM 540; â€¢ Ride the Emotional Wave, drop in for one or all sessions, 3 to 4:20 p.m. Wednesdays, OM 540. Employers On-Campus For updated information including locations see www.career.wwu.edu or stop by OM 280. â€¢ Oct. 31: â€¢ SafeCo; Nov. 10: â€¢ Holland America; Nov. 14: â€¢ Apex Systems, Inc. â€¢ Federated Insurance. _^ ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 3 ---------- OCTOBER 28,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Equal Opportunity Office reopens BY MARY ANDOM The Western Front It has been two and half years since the Equal Opportunity Office has had a permanent director, but with a new staff, a new director and a new name, the office has revised goals to diversify Western's faculty and increase sensitivity toward underrepresented groups on campus. The Equal Opportunity Office, formerly known as the Equal Opportunity Center, supports faculty, staff and students by investigating complaints of discrimination in classrooms or work environments, the office's new executive director Sue Guenter- Schlesinger said. The office also works to increase access to employment at Western for people of color, women, people with disabilities and veterans by assisting university departments in finding qualified candidates. "The Equal Opportunity Office monitors and reviews the hiring of minority and women faculty and makes suggestions to academic and administrative departments on campus to assist them in obtaining diverse applicants for their open positions," Guenter- Schlesinger said. Following the fall 2002 resignation of former director Robbie Ferron for medical reasons, the university conducted a three-year national search for a new director, said Buff Schoenfeld, executive assistant to Western President Karen Morse. The search took three years because the applicants failed to impress the university's search committee, which conducted the hiring process. "Our purpose during the interim period was to strengthen and reorganize the operation so that the hew director could better support the university's needs," Schoenfeld said. The university hired Guenter- Schlesinger as executive director in January 2005 out of 95 candidates. Guenter-Schlesinger later hired three staff members: senior equal-opportunity specialist Arthur Dunklin, equal-opportunity specialist Michelle Oppenheimer and administrative assistant Kate Kairoff. "The search committee and participants in the process recognized Guenter-Schlesinger as the best qualified candidate, and there was very strong support for her appointment," Schoenfeld said. Guenter-Schlesinger has devoted more than .25 years of her career to affirmative-action and equal-opportunity work. She spent a decade with the U. S. Army in Germany as chief for equal opportunity and 15 years as assistant executive vice president for affirmative action and diversity at Utah State University. Guenter-Schlesinger said she is familiar with dealing with issues of differences on university campuses. At Utah State, ethnic and religious diversity were not as prevalent as they are at Western. She said the Western community has shown tremendous support for the office's goals of diversifying the campus. Guenter-Schlesinger said she wanted to come to Western because she felt the university already had great diversity programs such as the Ethnic Student Center established on campus. "It is wonderful for me to be here at Western," Guenter- Schlesinger said. "I want to further enhance all the great efforts that are already being undertaken on issues of equal opportunity and diversity and provide leadership in this area." Guenter-Schlesinger said she has goals to create a diversity handbook to attract prospective students and faculty to Western and implement a sexual-harassment-prevention training program. Another focus is creating discussion forums and an open environment for students and faculty in which issues such as discrimination and equal-opportunity hiring are out in the open. "I view diversity broadly and as very inclusive," she said. "My office will explore all issues of diversity and examine them collectively." Guenter-Schlesinger said Western students do not get the opportunity to candidly discuss diversity issues. "You can 'book-learn' diversity all you want, but if we don't provide the opportunity for exposure "to cultural differences, it will, be difficult to appreciate diversity," Guenter- Schlesinger said. The university, following federal regulation, must continue an affirmative-action plan for university employees based on Executive Order 11246, which focuses on the categories of race and gender, Guenter- Schlesinger said. She said she wanted to dispel some myths about affirmative action. "Some people think affirmative action has quotas and requires we hire unqualified minorities and women," Guenter-Schlesinger said. "But in reality the requirement is that we make a good-faith effort to reach out and attract a diverse applicant pool of minority and women applicants for jobs (in which) they are underutilized with respect to their availability in the labor force, and then the most qualified candidate should get the position." The Equal Opportunity Office conducts a yearly work-force analysis in which it breaks up the work force by race, gender and job group. It then looks at who is available in the labor market to fill open positions and assesses if the university has a fair representation of women and minorities. Guenter-Schlesinger said she wants students to know the Equal Opportunity By the numbers Total number of minority professors: 62 (12.25%) Total number of minority tenured/ tenure-track professors: 53 (11.78%) Total number of women professors 198(39.13%) Total number of women tenured/ tenure-track professors: 163 (36.22%) Statistics courtesy of an October 2004 Equal Opportunity Office study Office works for them. She said she will work with Marcella Tomlin, AS vice president for diversity, to communicate to students the goals of the Equal Opportunity Office. "Western has a long way to go as far as diversity goes," Tomlin said. "There have been great strides made to achieve a higher degree of diversity. There are many offices on campus that serve the Western community for acceptance of marginalized groups." Students or faculty who feel they have been discriminated against or harassed can visit the office in Old Main 345 to formally file a complaint or discuss their issue with the office staff. Western is prohibited from retaliating against an individual who has filed a complaint or assisted in an investigation for an alleged violation. "I hope students, faculty .and staff come here," Guenter-Schlesinger said. "We also want to provide a safe and accessible office that assists in ensuring fairness and maintaining an environment free of discrimination and harassment." Share your space, but live on your own, A8 farmshlngs pictured am frerrt Wat-Mart. Storage â€¢ , WAL*MART Set everything for your dorm room at Waimart.com and still afford tuition. ALWAYS LOW PRICES. Woimart.com ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS OCTOBER 28,2005 Green: Students are responsible for renewable-energy program CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and are completely renewable, Althans-Schmidt said. Natural gas is not a green energy SQurce because it burns and runs out, and neither is most of the energy hydroelectric dams produce because of the damage many dams do to the surrounding ecosystems, she said. Each year for the past five years, the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, recognized universities, corporations and government agencies that purchased the most total renewable energy. This year, Western was among 11 purchasers of environmentally safe energy sources that received the Green Power Leadership Award, Coughlin said. To judge the award, the event's organizers examined the size of Western's purchase of green power and the percentage of the university's electricity that comes from renewable sources, said Pam Mendelson, who manages the awards' selection process. Western purchased all of its electricity this year from green power sources. This energy adds up to 35,000 megawatt hours, an electrical standard of measurement. Harvard University was the only other university to receive the award this year. Harvard purchases 7 percent of its total electricity from renewable sources, totaling approximately 22,000 megawatt hours. Wynn said he was doubtful about the plan becoming a . reality when students from the club first approached him. "I said, 'Well look, guys, you have to understand this is going to cost more, and I don't have the budget to deal with this," Wynn said. "I love your sentiments, but it ain't gonna happen," Once the student body voted to pay for the extra cost of green power, Zommick and the club decided the best way to make renewable energy a reality was to get the faculty involved, Zommick said. "This was a student initiative initially," she said. "And then once the students said, 'Yes, we want to do this,' we decided that the best way was to make it a collaborative effort. So we did." Zommick said she met with Western's board of trustees each month between October 2004 and February 2005 to inform them of how best the university could implement a green power plan. Western's switch to green power means the university pays Puget Sound Energy the extra cost of producing green power instead of conventional power. In return, the company produces that much more green power and that much less conventional energy, Mendelson said. Western is ranked"22nd among organizations nationwide in the amount of purchased green energy. Other top purchasers include the U.S. Air Force, the EPA and Johnson Johnson, Althans-Schmidt said. Western President Karen Morse formed a sustainability committee in spring 2005 to consider the most feasible options for the university's future in renewable-energy programs, Coughlin said. "The sustainability committee is always looking at ways in which Western could become more sustainable," Coughlin said. "When you look at the future, Western is in an excellent position to be a leader, and this award begins to step thatup to the national level. Western has a role to play and is taking that role on pretty seriously." PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBBIE CHAVEZ Built in 1919, Memorial Park honors Whatcom County World War I veterans who died in combat. Memorial Park renovation honors local war veterans BY KENDRA LANGSTON The Western Front KGMI radio station and the Bellingham JÂ»arks and , Recreation Department will unveil a renovation of Bellingham's Memorial Park on Veterans Day. On Oct. 1 Mathews Construction and local volunteers transformed the park to honor Whatcom County veterans who died in wars from World War I to the war in Iraq. A group of mothers of Whatcom County servicemen who died in. World War I founded the park, which is located off James Street. "Memorial Park was dedicated in 1919 to honor those from Whatcom County who died in World War I," said Leslie Bryson, city parks design and development manager. "This project is a communitywide effort to continue the tradition of honoring men and women who have died in the service of our country." Originally, 90 trees, each representing a fallen Whatcom County soldier from World War I, surrounded a fountain in the park's center. Although the trees remain, the fountain, has fallen into disrepair, KGMI program director Debbie Chavez said. To restore the park, KGMI teamed with the parks department and Bellingham-Whatcom Veterans Organization late last spring. The first phase of the project began last spring and included a month-long' competition in which the parks department and KGMI asked residents to envision a new memorial. Bellingham resident Larry Howlett won with a sketch depicting six slanted granite walls in a spoke-wheel formation. The walls, which will surround a flagpole, include the names of more than 500 Whatcom County men and women who died in service, Chavez said. The memorial will provide lighting so the flag will fly continuously. Each granite wall represents a warâ€”World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the first Gulf War and the war in Iraq. The last wall is for a future war. During phase one, volunteers and KGMI raised more than $150,000 in cash, services and materials, Chavez said. These funds helped to initiate the second phase, which began with the excavation of the park. The second phase of construction began Oct. 1, and volunteers have begun laying the 575 pavers they purchased to honor the veterans. ' The pavers will line the walkway to the walls and will contain the names, ranks and branches of service of each recipient. These pavers are already sold out for this year, but KGMI will begin selling pavers for next year close to Memorial Day. Chavez said the culmination of this work will be an unveiling at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at Memorial Park. Bands, dignitaries and local veteran organizations are invited. 10% or More off Everything! Friday Eve C 7pm-llpm C Oct 28th os Refreshments $? Entertainment BO The Old Town Antique Mall Aladdin's Antiques 427 West Holly St. Bellingham 647-0066 WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIEDS SELL! 6SO-3161 For annual checkups, birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, and testing treatment for sexually transmitted infections, cail -734...e}cje}Â£ today. ZL t^-**1 *" "**Â£*** -*-*â€¢ *e~. P Planned Parenthood* Talk to us in confidence. With confidence. Bellingham 734-9095 Mount Vernon 848-1744 Friday Harbor 378-6010 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 5 ---------- OCTOBER 28,2005 Smoking: 1-901 would not CONTINUED FROMPAGE 1 also extend to 25 feet away from the entrance of the public establishment, he said. "It's not that we are trying to force people to. stop smoking," Covert-Bowlds said. "We are just trying to protect employees' rights to breathe smoke-free air." Tribal casinos, however, are exempt from this initiative because the reservations' own legislation runs the casinos and dictates the smoking policy, he said. For the initiative to become law, it must receive at least a 51 percent statewide approval vote, said Peter McCollum, spokesman for the Initiative 901 campaign. Covert-Bowlds is the president of COMMIT for a Tobacco Free Whatcom County, a Bellingham anti-smoking coalition. COMMIT for a Tobacco Free Whatcom County's volunteers are calling registered voters who released personal contact information on the initiative's petition until Nov. 8, to remind them about 1-901 and to support the ban by voting yes, Covert-Bowlds said. Secondhand smoke comes from the burning end of a cigarette that is not being inhaled and burns at a lower temperature, and it therefore carries the highest concentration of carcinogens, Covert-Bowlds said. Someone smoking a low number of cigarettes has the equivalent toxic impact as someone exposed to toxin-concentrated secondhand smoke. "It's like burning a pile of wet leaves," he said. "It burns at a cooler temperature, and doesn't burn as completely and therefore has a lot more carcinogens." The No on 901 Committee is the only group that is campaigning against the initiative, he said. The No on 901 Committee was unable to be reached for comment on the initiative. "Business owners have a duty to provide their employees with a workplace that is protected against preventable hazards," Covert-Bowlds said. "I am amazed that we are still fighting this; common law should follow common sense." Should voters approve the initiative, it would become law Dec. 8, he said. Bellingham businesses may suffer from 1-901, becasue many patrons go to bars and taverns to drink, eat and smoke. NEWS to American Indian reservations "Initially, I think the initiative will have a negative impact on our business â€” it will negatively impact the entire nightlife theme," said Jay Dennison, 20th Century Bowling Inc. cafe employee. "People who want to smoke during the wintertime just won't go out as much. For 20th Century Bowling, it could be beneficial for families who come to bowl. They don't want to be in a smoking environment." The human services department of the Whatcom County Health Department, which frequently visits establishments for safety inspections, will be responsible for enforcing the nonsmoking requirements at Bellingham public establishments, McCollum said. If voters approve the initiative and the state passes the law, each county's public health department will require public establishments to display noticeable nonsmoking signs at entrances, McCollum said. "Businesses that don't follow the rule will be noted based on public complaints," Covert- Bowlds said. "The public health department then goes out to write the business a ticket. It's mostly self- enforcing, though. Most places like to do the right thing, and other businesses will obey it because it's the law and they recognize that." Businesses that violate the ban would receive warning notices instead of tickets for the first two to three months, he said. Infractions after the warning would result in a fine of up to $100, he said. Each infraction, he said, would be a separate violation. The initiative structured the smoking infraction fee to be similar to traffic violation tickets. The initiative revised Washington's Clean Indoor Air Act of 1985 to include restaurants, bars and bowling alleys in the smoking ban, Covert-Bowlds said. Health advocates such as the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association and later COMMIT for a Tobacco Free Whatcom County worked with the state's legislature for the past five years to get the initiative on the ballot, he said. Because the organizations were waiting to begin their I- 901 campaign until the legislative session ended in April, the associations' volunteers were unable to collect the signatures necessary for the initiative to pass, Covert-Bowlds said. THE WESTERN FRONT * 5 SUSAN ROSENBERRY / THE WESTERN FRONT Horseshoe Cafe cook Josh Wavada smokes inside Wednesday â€” which Initiative 901 would outlaw. The initiative, however, accumulated 100,000 signatures more than the necessary 225,000 valid voter signature requirement in time for the Jan. 10 legislation deadline, and on Aug. 2, Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed announced that the initiative qualified for the November ballot, McCollum said. Waiters in restaurants, Covert-Bowlds said, work all day and night inhaling as much as one to two packs of cigarettes worth of secondhand smoke. "These people are 75 percent more likely to get lung cancer from their exposure to the secondhand smoke than people who are not around to it," he said. "Everyone's health and life is important, and they shouldn't have to trade off their right to be healthy just because they have to work." ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS OCTOBER 28,2005 GRAIG HELL / THE WESTERN FRONT Bellingham's water-treatment facility could include a new ingredient in its water â€” fluoride. Water: Fluoridation benefits children age 6 and younger CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Fluoride is critical to children's dental health because it hardens a tooth's enamel and prevents decay and cavity formation, especially while the enamel is forming in teeth of children younger than 6 years old, McRory said. The cost-benefit for low-income families is reason enough to approve fluoridation. For every $38 a family spends for child dental, only $1 would be spent to pay for the fluoridated water, McRory said. McRory said fluoride, however, NO FomM-FLUORIDE NoFORCBDRubRlDE.COM also has drawbacks. One concern opponents of water fluoridation have is oral fluorosis, a disease that discolors teeth and requires cosmetic dentistry. The Environmental Protection Agency allows four parts fluoride per one million parts water in a city's water supply, McRory said. Ingestion of more than one part fluoride per million parts water may result in dental flourosis for children 6 and younger, a condition that requires some cosmetic dentistry to correct. "I do not want my 6-year-old and I to be human guinea pigs for life if in a few years fluoride is found to not be so safe," Bellingham resident Rainy Fackler-Adams said. Fackler- Adams started the citizens group Bellingham Citizens Against Fluoride Tax to oppose water fluoridation. Fackler-Adams filed a lawsuit challenging the petition that got the initiative on the November ballot, but the Whatcom County Superior Court rejected the suit. The initiative failed to disclose to voters the cost of fluoridation and that fluorosilicic acid, commonly used to fluoridate community's water, comes from industrial chemical byproducts that contain trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead and arsenic, Fackler- Adams said. GRAIG HILL / THE WESTERN FRONT Bellingham residents are divided over Initiative 1, which would fluoridate the city's water. Bicycle: Walla Walla resident's death spurred new legislation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "This new law leaves no confusion," Ambrose said. "It is very precise." Motorists need to use common sense when driving near cyclists, but the new law allows state patrol officers to pinpoint the infraction drivers _ = ^ =_ commit, he said. Due to the lack of passing zones on two-lane roads in Bellingham city legal system when someone can kill another person and not be in any legal trouble," Barton said. The challenge will be to inform citizens about the law, Barton said. The Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department offers safety classes for bicyclists, but â€¢ parents need to teach bicycle safety issues to children, Barton said. "If you gave a child the keys to a 'There are huge holes in the legal system when someone can kill another limits, the new person and not be in car without telling law mostly affects / fl/ ^owÂ£fe gt; them what the laws bicyclists, and were, something vehicles traveling ELLEN BARTON bad would happen," in the outer parts of Jncomjng c h a j r of t h e Barton said. "This Whatcom County, Whatcom County Bicycle/ 1S e x a c t ly w h a t we Ambrose said. Pedestrian Advisory do with bicyclists." The law will be Committee The law also most pertinent on roads such as Mt. Baker Highway and Highway 9, Ambrose said. The state Legislature passed the law after a May 2004 accident in Walla Walla, involving a group of bicyclists and an oncoming automobile. A sport utility vehicle struck and killed Walla Walla resident Ann Weatherill, 51, when it attempted to pass a group of cars, said Barbara Culp, executive director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, a regional nonprofit advocacy group. Before the new law went into effect, passing a car with oncoming bicyclists in sight, which was the case in Weatherill's accident, was legal, Culp said. "There was nothing illegal about what the car did," said Ellen Barton, the incoming chair of the Whatcom County Bicycle/ Pedestrian Advisory Committee. "There are huge holes in the requires drivers to keep a safe distance from bicyclists and pedestrians traveling the same direction as the drivers. The distance varies depending on the speed limit. This aspect of the law makes cyclists feel more at ease, said Western sophomore Chris Daifuku, president of-Western's cycling team. Daifuku said he often experiences close encounters with motorists, since he spends 10 to 20 hours per week bicycling. "It is not uncommon for trucks and SUVs to come within a foot of me," Daifuku said. 'T was hit by a side mirror just about a month ago." With any luck, the law will create a better relationship between bicyclists and drivers on highways, he said. "There are rude drivers and rude cyclists," Daifuku said. "It would be nice if there was some harmony on the road." ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 7 ---------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 7 I I i I I I PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS The Tannahill Weavers will perform on Halloween at the Up Up Tavern, (left to right) Les Wilson, John Martin, Roy Gullane, Colin Melville and Phil Smillie. UP UP TAVERN PUTS ON ITS LAST LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY MIKE CURTISS .. ' The Western Front Bellingham streets will ring with the nasal sound of bagpipes when an internationally renowned Scottish band comes to the World Famous Up Up Tavern. The Tannahill Weavers, who Celtic music fans regard as a trailblazer of modern Celtic music, will perform at 9 p.m. Monday. Up Up owner Ian Relay said the show will be a mug-swinging, kilt-lifting good time. The group blends traditional Celtic melodies with high-powered modern rhythms, said Phil Smillie, flutist and co-founder of the band. The musicians play a vast repertoire of traditional tunes and their own arrangements. "Folks will hear a few songs that they recognize and a lot that are new to them," he said. "Most of it is pretty high-energy stuff," The band members hail from Paisley, Scotland, and have performed professionally since 1974, Smillie said. "The group took their name from the poet Robert Tannahill, who was from Paisley and who was a weaver," he said. In addition to Smillie on flute and bodhran, a traditional Celtic drum, the band features lead singer and guitarist Roy Gullane, Les Wilson on keyboards and bouzouki, a long-necked lute, John Martin on the fiddle and Colin Melville on bagpipes. The band usually plays larger venues than the Up Up, bartender Kevin Keyes said. "They normally play at places like the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (in Vancouver, B.C.)," Keyes said. "It's amazing that they would play at a little place like this." But the band members like to stay true to their.Celtic roots by performing at pubs in between larger gigs, Smillie said. They are particularly fond of the Up Up, he said, and this will be their fifth time playing there in 10 years. "We definitely have a soft spot for the Up Up," Smillie said. "We've had a lot of good nights there." The Up Up is a pub located on State Street that sells only beer by the pint or keg. The bar opened at its original location on Holly Street in 1935, making it one of the oldest bars in downtown Bellingham, along with the Beaver Inn Tavern on State Street and Cap Hansen's Tavern on Chestnut Street, Relay said. Relay bought the Up Up in 1990. He is the man depicted as God in the mural above the tavern's door, pouring Adam a beer during the creation of man. . Bar-goers know the Up Up as a place to get cheap beer but not for live music. The stage is cluttered now with tables and chairs, but over the years many Celtic acts and local garage bands have performed there, Relay said. The bar stopped booking live music three years ago because it was not selling enough tickets to warrant the cost and quickly ran into problems With the crowds, such as the layers of graffiti in the bathrooms, Keyes said. "Our experience was that the bands were driving out more customers than they were bringing in," Keyes said. The Tannahill Weavers show is a one-time exception, Relay said. He is advertising the show as the Up Up's last five performance. Relay said he has no plans of continuing live music in the future. "It'll be a different Up Up for those who come down that night," Relay said. "We'll light a fire in the fireplace, candles on the tables â€” you wouldn't even recognize the joint. It'll be a fabulous show, great Celtic music. After you're done trick-or-treating, come out and have a beer." 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Ian Chant, films assistant coordinator of Associated Students Productions, said showing "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" was a tradition on Western's campus until its cancellation three years ago due to student misbehavior. The last showing filled Frasier Hall 4. This year Western is bringing it back. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" will play at 8 p.m. Monday inAratzenHall 100. Audience participation, customary with any showing of AS brings 'Rocky Horror' back to campus; Lynden Barn of Terror is bigger this year the cult classic, will take place during and after the show. AS Productions is planning prop throwing and interaction with the crowd at this year's event. Chant said AS Productions is waiting for university approval to use squirt guns and throw toast and rice and other props used in the movie into the crowd. Traditionally, the audience dresses up as the film's characters, but AS Productions welcomes all Halloween costumes for Western's showing of the film, Chant said. Moviegoers who attend in costume will receive a discount. The show costs $1 with a costume and $3 without. Chant and other ASP members will teach steps to the time-warp dance to be practiced afterward to the soundtrack of the film. Chant said the show has been popular in the past and he hopes for a large turnout this year. "Students should come because it's the Rocky-freaking-Horror movie," Chant said. "It's live and interactive â€” on Halloween. It doesn't get better than that." Off campus, You Call the Shots Espresso will sponsor the Barn of Terror in Lynden, an event benefiting community members of all ages. Project Hope, Blue Skies for Children and Prevent Blindness America will receive proceeds from the event. Western junior Hannah Hathaway, an employee ofYou Call the Shots Espresso, said the event is worth what it costs and benefits local organizations. Entrance is $6 with a donation of a nonperishable food item to the Project Hope food drive, or $7 without. Hathaway said that in two weeks the empty barn located on the Lynden fairgrounds has transformed into Whatcom County's premier attraction. Hathaway said the haunted house is much larger and takes longer to walkthrough than last year because of an addition to the barn on the fairgrounds. Approximately 20 actors in 15 different rooms use more than 50 props. For visitors attending with children younger than 10, the attraction provides a lights-on walk-through from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday. "It's family-friendly; there's no gore, no drugs or alcohol," Hathaway said. "It's a good, good time. Everyone should come." ^7mprov dune ens seri es to Dancers spontaneously generate ideas for movement; characters progress along with performance BY KIRSTEN DUBOIS The Western Front Western's Dance Lab will play host to Cyrus Khambatta and the Phffft! Dance Theatre Company Friday and Saturday evening in the first of three dance concerts in the series scheduled for the 2005-2006 school year. This is the second year of Western's Dance Lab Concert series. Last year, the program presented seven performances, including Khambatta and his company and Alex Martin and the Better Biscuit Dance company, which will perform again in January 2006. Nolan Dennett, associate professor and director of Western's dance program, invited both performers back to Western. "I was on a panel looking at emerging Northwest movement artists," Dennett said. "Part of the process was talking to the artists and asking what they think they needed. They all said more performance opportunities." Dennett said he developed the series to provide a platform for more exposure for aspiring Northwest choreographers and dancers. Khambatta and troupe use a style called contact improvisation. The style of dance focuses on six viewpoints â€” space, shape, time, emotion, movement and story, Khambatta said. The dancers use extemporaneous movement and contact with various parts of the body to shift characters. The dancers push, pull, coil and spring in and out of formation, using every surface of one another's bodies, Khambatta said. "It's a way of creating contrasts to create visual interests," he said. Dennett said the movement and contact of the dancers create concepts that spark the creativity of the audience as they piece together the conceptualizations of the movement. He said that though the performers create the images with their bodies and movement, each audience member creates the scene as a whole in his or her imagination. "Generally people feel that they want to get up and join in," Khambatta said. The six performers from the troupe control every aspect of the show â€” from motion to music. The dancers generally PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS COFFIN The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company performs at Western's American College Dance Festival Gala of Seattle Professional Companies March 16. choose between three and five CDs to perform to, only sometimes knowing the CD's content. The music ranges from hip-hop to jazz to Moby. Khambatta said the performers watch the progress of the show onstage and form what happens next and to whom from there. Khambatta has been practicing contact improvisation for more than 20 years. His dance instructors introduced him to the style of dance when he started college at New York University at age 18. He began to learn how to use his body structure to support other people's weight at age 14 and began playing informally with contact improvisation in Washington, D.C, before college, through a form of break dancing, Khambatta said. He has a dance studio in New York City and is building a studio in the West Seattle area. Khambatta's dance company has been based and performing in Seattle since 2001. He is also a partner with the West Seattle Community Resource Center, where his company presents seasonal performances and provides community classes and workshops. Western's dance program coordinator Jessica Stahl said Bellingham has a large dance community. In addition to Western's dance program, community dance programs are available at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center in Fairhaven and the Dance Gallery on Chuckanut Crest Drive. These classes are available to all ages and levels of instruction. "We really want to work on providing a way to bring the Bellingham dance community together," Stahl said. "Hosting the dance concerts is a really cool way to see what artists are doing in other cities." The performances begin at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday at Vingl, Western's off-campus dance facility located at 311 E. Holly St. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 10 Vikings take second shot at Central Washington Olson reinjured, could miss game BY MICHAEL LYCKLAMA The Western Front "Bring it home," the Western football team chants in unison Thursday after practice. Western football looks to avenge its 37-17 defeat to the Central Washington University Wildcats at the Battle in Seattle Oct. 8 and reclaim the Cascade Cup this weekend. Western, 4-4 overall and 3-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, has to win against Central 1 p.m. Saturday at Civic Field, and next weekend at home against Western Oregon University to capture at least a share of the GNAC title. Central, 6-2 overall, 4-0 in the conference and the defending GNAC champion, can repeat as GNAC champion and solidify a playoff spot with a win Saturday. The Wildcats are ranked No. 10 in the NCAA Division II Northwest Region. The top six teams advance to the playoffs. Western cannot make the playoffs. "This is' the big game,'" Western junior quarterback James Monrean said. "If we pull this one out, we have a chance at a GNAC title." The Vikings has a 63-20 home record during Western head coach Rob Smith's 17-year career. In 12 of the last 15 meetings between Western and Central, excluding the three Battles in Seattle, the home team has prevailed. Since the Cascade Cup began in 1996, Central has a 5-4 lead over Western. But the team that has won the Battle in Seattle has never captured the Cascade Cup. The 96th meeting between the rivals will be the last in either Bellingham or Ellensburg. Both football programs will join the MICHAEL LYCKLAMA/ THE WESTERN FRONT Western football head coach Rob Smith discusses a play with Western junior quarterback James Monrean during practice Tuesday at Western's turf field. North Central Conference next year and will only face each other at the Battle in Seattle. "(The Cascade Cup) is a small-college version of the Apple Cup," Smith said. "Both schools take great pride in it." Central won last year's Cascade Cup 31-17 in Ellensburg, while Western won the 2003 meeting 17- 16 in Bellingham. Western will have to cut down on its seven turnovers that led to 27 Wildcat points in this year's Battle in Seattle, Smith said. "We have to take care of the football," Smith said. "(Turning the ball over) is a recipe for losing ballgames." The Vikings outgained Central in offensive yardage at the Battle in "Seattle, 475-467, but Central only committed two turnovers. "We just need to stick to what we do best," Western senior wide receiver Andy Olson said. "We got a little out of our game last time. We changed our style after all the turnovers." The heated rivalry will include two of the nation's top offenses. Western ranks 25th nationally in total offense, averaging 418.6 yards per game, while Central ranks 23rd with 421.5 yards per game. But Central ranks eighth in scoring offense with 40.1 points per game, while the Vikings average 25.1 points per game. The Viking defense will focus see REMATCH, page 12 Western senior wide receiver Andy Olson is a game-time decision to play in Saturday's contest against Central Washington University. Olson partially tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee last Saturday against Humboldt State University He previously sprained his knee in the Sept. 10 game against St. Cloud State University and missed the following two games. Olson's chances of playing are 50-50, Western football head coach Rob Smith said. "There is some structural damage, and there is quite a bit of pain," Smith said. "It's a matter of whether or not he. can play with the pain." Olson practiced with the team Thursday with a noticeable limp. "I've thought about my future (and not playing)," Olson said. "But it's Central week, a rivalry game. If I can get out there, I'm going to be out there." The Vikings will not change the strategy without Olson, Smith said. Olson needs one more touchdown to move into sole possession of Western's career receiving touchdown record. He is currently in a three-way tie with 30. "We'd love to have hinipSmith said. "But we have to prepare like we will be without him." By Michael Lycklama r % t/tmmmmmmmmtHÂ»tmmmmmmmmmmj\ ' W VLt i"Â» Come Join Us For Our Are Your BRAKES making noise? We have a FREE brake inspection that you should get every 30,000 miles. cdidhpoltklif I ^ H A T 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 lt; lt;oliitwus, changing UVM. ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 11 ---------- OCTOBER 28,2005 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 Men's basketball starts season ranked No. 2 BY ANDREW IRVINE The Western Front The Western men's basketball-season ended abruptly last March with an 88-66 loss to the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the regional tournament. One consolation to the loss is the defending Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion Vikings are returning all five starters and eight seniors for its run at the 2006 national championship. The Vikings players showed off their talent Wednesday night in the 13th annual intrasquad game, in which they split into two teams for a scrimmage. With the blue team winning 118-107, Western sophomore forward Brett Weisner led the way for blue with 36 points. Western senior forward Tyler Amaya led the white team scoring 36 points as well. With so much talent returning, maturity is the key that could escalate the team to the next level of play, Western head coach Brad Jackson said. "You anticipate players will improve physically and mentally in the offseason," coach Jackson said. "As the saying goes, 'It's what you know after you know it all.'" The Vikings, ranked No. 2 nationally, returns the team's top scorer, Western senior guard-forward Grant Dykstra, top rebounder, Western senior forward Tyler Amaya and top assist man, Western senior guard Kyle Jackson, son of coach Jackson. Amaya said the team is focusing only on what it can control, not what happened last season. The high expectations, the officiating, opposing fans and travel are all factors out of the team's control, coach Jackson said. "We need to focus on the process more than the outcome," coach Jackson said. "If the talent warrants it, the scoreboard will show up in our favor in the end." The team knows it has the ability to compete on a national level, Kyle Jackson said. "Talent-wise, we are as good as anyone in the country," Kyle Jackson said. In addition to Dykstra, Amaya and Jackson, the Vikings will return Western senior guard Ryan Diggs and Western senior center Tyler MacMullen to the team's starting five. Dykstra, a second-team preseason Ail-American, is JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior forward Rob Primozich blocks Western junior center Lukas Henne's shot during Wednesday's intrasquad game in Carver Gym. Blue won the high-scoring game 118-107. ranked No. 11 in career scoring at Western, with 1,226 points, and has started every game for the Vikings for the past three years. "Grant plays at a high level on a consistent basis," coach Jackson said. "He has big game experience and is a complete player." Diggs, an honorable mention on the preseason Ail- American team, is ranked No. 13 in career scoring at Western, and led the team in points per game last season, averaging 18.1. "Ryan is an exceptional athlete who makes an attempt to blend his talents in with his teammates," coach Jackson said. Kyle Jackson returns for his senior year coming off his best season for assists, averaging 4 per game. "He brings outstanding leadership and a settling mentality to the floor," coach Jackson said. Amaya, who transferred to Western from Dixie State College of Utah before last season, is poised to take another leap in his game this year after earning the 2004-2005 GNAC Newcomer of the Year award, coach Jackson said. Amaya led the team in rebounding, averaging 7.9 per game last season. "When we out-rebounded our opponents we won every game last season," Amaya said. "That is something that really fuels my fire." Rounding out the starting five at the center position is MacMullen, who led the Western starters last season in field-goal percentage, shooting 52.7 percent from the field. "Tyler is a young man with great inside strength," coach Jackson said. "He is a hard-working, diligent player who can score, rebound and play defense." The depth of the Vikings should also help the team win games, coach Jackson said. Western senior forward Darrell Visser and Western junior center Lukas Henne should be major contributors off the bench this season, coach Jackson said. He also named Western senior guard Preston Vermeulen and Weisner as players who can play solid defense as well as score points. Defending the GNAC title will not be easy, coach Jackson said. "The league this year is as balanced as ever," he said. "I can't imagine a better league anywhere in the country." Home-court advantage was huge for the Vikings last season, Amaya said. 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Reilly completed 22 of 34 passes for 247 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, while running for 74 yards on 11 attempts at the Battle in Seattle. Western will rely on its own running game for offense. The Vikings rushed for 308 yards Saturday at Humboldt State University â€” the most since 1999. The Vikings also had 196 yards Oct. 15 against Western Oregon University and 223 yards Oct. 1 against Humboldt State, all wins. Western leads the conference with 160.8 rushing yards per game. "We'd be foolish to get away from that," Smith said. Western senior running back Duncan Sherrard remains 128 yards short of Western Oregon running back Jason Taroli's GNAC career rushing record of 2,836 yards. Taroli played from 1997-1999 and in 2001. Sherrard racked up 158 yards against Western Oregon Oct. 15 and 148 yards against Humboldt State Saturday. The Vikings set a goal of making the playoffs this season, but a chance at a fifth conference title in seven years will have to do, Western senior linebacker Craig Keenan said. "We definitely had higher goals going into the season," Keenan said. "But a GNAC title is important, and I'll be happy with it." Senior guard will be key ingredient for Vikings BY LOREAN SERKO The Western Front When Western senior guard Ryan Diggs was in second grade, he saw No. 23, Michael Jordan, dunking on television and knew he wanted to play basketball. Although football was his first love, playing like Jordan was in his future. Diggs ranks No. 13 among Western's career scoring leaders with 1,158 points, and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference named him and Western senior guard-forward Grant Dykstra first- team All-Stars last season. "My goal is to come out every game and play as hard as I can and leave everything I have on the floor," Diggs said. The 21-year-old from Victorville, Calif., comes from a long tradition of athletes. His father Shelton Diggs, 48, played wide receiver at the University of Southern California and then went on to play for the Atlanta Falcons and New York Jets. His brother A.J. Diggs, 23, played four years of basketball for University of California at Berkeley. His oldest brother Shelton Diggs, 25, was four-year starter for Western's basketball team from the 1998-1999 season until the 2000-2001 season, and then was an assistant coach at Western during the 2002- 2003 and 2003-2004 seasons. "Having Shelton as a coach made my transition to Western easier," Diggs said. "He was able to keep me on track." Diggs, who averaged 18.1 points per game last season, said current Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade and University of Southern California tailback Reggie Bush inspire him. "I watch Wade a lot and he plays hard every possession," Diggs said. "Reggie puts in such a good work ethic to make himself stand out." Diggs said his proudest moment was last season when the team played league rival Central Washington University Feb. 2. at Carver Gym. Western ended the game on top, 110- 98. Diggs scored 16.straight points and finished with a career- high 33 points. "It's a feeling that I just can't describe," Diggs said. "I was feeling it." Diggs' athleticism, desire and explosive style of play are unmatched in the GNAC, Western basketball assistant coach Tony Dominguez said. "Having his intensity level brings the level of play up, which makes our players work hard," Dominguez said. "He is a player that most teams don't have." Diggs plans to graduate during 2006 and said he wants to continue playing basketball eitherintheAmericanBasketballAssociation or his ultimate goal â€” in the NBA. "He truly loves the game, enjoys his teammates and strives for excellence each and every time he steps on the court," said Brad Jackson, who has been Western basketball's head coach for 21 years. To be successful on the court, Diggs said he has a superstition he employs game to game. He always wears his practice shorts under his game shorts. "Everyone has always told- me that you practice how you play," Diggs said. "Wearing my practice shorts helps me to prepare, focus and play hard." Diggs said the biggest game of the season will be when Western travels to Pomona, Calif., to play Cal Poly Pomona Dec. 14. Cal Poly won the West Regional Division II championship March 14 in Carver Gym. "We really want to get to the Final Four this year, and we know that we can get there," Diggs said. "All we need to do is work hard." DAVE WILHITE / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior guard Ryan Diggs practices with Western's first team Oct. 21 at Carver Gym. 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All the while, God loathed Dio and his ability to flawlessly woo women, get hammered on Tuesday afternoons, have a Black Sabbath singer named after him and actually pass his classes without studying. Flash forward several hundred millennia. Violent hurricanes devastate New Orleans, Mexico and the Caribbean. The concentration of powerful storms in one particular area has everyone confused and worried. To their question, only one explanation presents itself. God is pissed and bitter because he never partied at GCC, and now he does not want anyone else to party either. His righteous wrath descended upon places carrying on the spirit of Dionysus with their wine, women and song. He crafted three apocalyptic hurricanes and named them after two GCC sorority girls, Katrina and Wilma, who snubbed him for Dio, the drunken frat boy. He named the third Dennis, which sounds like Dionysus, just to spite his rival. Hurricane Katrina, named for the girl who shot God down the hardest, put thousands of people out of work and out of their homes. The storms are not the act of the vengeful, unforgiving Jehovah of the Old Testament. New Orleans and Cancun are no Sodom and Gomor-rah^ and the hurricanes are no fiery sulfuric rain. For readers who have lived under a rock the past 5,000 years, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because not 10 people in either city were virtuous enough to warrant saving the cities. Rather, God is exacting his vendetta against the spirit of Dionysus by wiping out party hotspots all over the Western Hemisphere and making them completely unpartyable. New Orleans, which Katrina almost completely wiped out, is the home of the modern Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. According to twilightbridge.com, a Web site containing historical data about various holidays, Mardi Gras has carried on through the generations since its inception in ancient Rome, where the Lupercal and Bacchanal feasts began. Now think. Who is the god of partying and boozery? Whom did the Romans adopt when they conquered the Greeks and stole their gods? Zeus became Jupiter. Poseidon became Neptune. Aphrodite became Venus. They also gave Dio a new name â€” Bacchus. Bacchanal is loosely associated with Mardi Gras, close enough for God to sic Katrina on the Big Easy. Those who do not know the repercussions of Hurricane Katrina ought to either come out from the rock beneath which they are living or slap themselves in the face repeatedly with a 60-pound mackerel for being so ignorant. According to Wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia, Hurricane Wilma made landfall at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 21 on the island of Cozu-mel. Wilma mercilessly pummeled Cancun, Mexico, for two days, forcing authorities to shut down power to most of the city. One of many high-profile spring break meccas for college students, Cancun keeps the Dionysian spirit alive with Corona, Cuervo Gold and scantily clad women on picturesque sun-drenched beaches. Thinking back to when Dio wrecked his biology project after a night of tequila shots, God decided to smite Cancun and all its glorious beach resorts, tequilas and beers with Wilma, a Category 4 storm. Wilma turned tin roofing into flying shards of lethal shrapnel, power lines into flailing electric eels and palm trees into splinters of exotic beauty bark. Hurricane Dennis wracked the Caribbean in early July, inflicting $5 billion to $9 billion worth of damage to Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica, according to Wikipedia.com. 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S t u d e n t P u b l i c a t i o n s l i a s t he f o l l o w i n g o p e n i n g s f o r E d i t o r - i n - C h i e f: WESTERN FRONT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF W I N T E R 2 0 06 KLIFSUN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF : WINTER 2 0 06 Deaclline for resumes: November 2, 2005 bv noon * .Deliver resumes to Communications Facility Room 23G E ( or email to alethea.macomber@wwu.edu) * Interviews: Date to be determined ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 14 ---------- 14 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS OCTOBER 28,2005 Frontline No one is too old for free candy Trick-or-treating is the best Halloween tradition. On Halloween night, rain or shine, children put on their costumes and hit the streets. Those three magic words are the ticket to pillowcases full of candy. But trick-or-treating seems to have an age limit. According to Wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia, children grow out of trick-or- treating by their teenage years. Instead of trick-or-treating, the site suggests throwing costume parties, staying home to give out candy, listening to creepy sounds and scaring people half to death. The sad truth is the majority of college students do not have enough money to feed themselves, let alone buy candy for children. Instead, college students should be the ones getting bags full of candy. But trick-or-treating once in college is not an easy task. Neighbors are not likely to give a group of 21-year-olds in revealing costumes miniature candy bars. The only things those trick-or-treaters will get are sneers and possibly the comment, "Aren't you too old to be trick-or- treating?" . College-age or not, no one is ever too old for free candy. College students on a budget need free candy more than children who still have their parents around to buy it for them. Students rely on free food to survive, and Halloween provides the perfect opportunity to pick up a stash of candy to last the year. According to Wikipedia.com, for children in Scotland to obtain candy on Halloween they must recite, "The sky is blue, the grass is green, may we have our Halloween," when they knock on doors and must amaze the household with a song, trick, joke or dance. Whatever the task may be on Halloween, with the mention of free candy, college students will do anything. In parts of Canada, children say "Halloween apples" at neighbors' doors, according to the site. This tradition started when trick-or-treaters received toffee apples as candy. Free apples would be a great addition to free candy for college students. Why not? Trick-or- treating is also a good way to meet the community. The other 364 days of the year neighbors generally go on with their business and rarely interact with each other. Knocking on doors to ask for candy opens the door for conversation. After placing candy in the pillowcase, questions about the weather or school could arise, thus helping neighbors become acquainted. Halloween is not the safest holiday, and children learn at a young age they must trick-or-treat with a group. College students are old enough to know how to keep themselves safe while trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going in groups to houses will not only provide a night of safety, but also a night of fun. Bellingham neighborhoods should expect an increasing amount of older trick-or-treaters this Halloween. With the rising costs of tuition and gas, students deserve all the breaks they can get. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Zoe Fraley, Brittany Greenfield, Molly Jensen, Stefani Harrey, Jessica Dignan, Taylor Williams, Lauren Allain, Peter Jensen, Adriana Dunn, Blair Wilson, Devin Smart, Bradley Thayer, Eric Sanford, Tiffany Sheakley andJared Yoakum. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Zoe Fraley; Managing Editor: Brittany Greenfield; Head Copy Editor: Molly Jensen; Copy Editors: Stefani Harrey, Jessica Dignan; Photo Editor: Taylor Williams; News Editors: Lauren Allain, Peter Jensen; Accent Editor: Adriana Dunn; Features Editor: Blair Wilson; Sports Editor: Devin Smart; Opinions Editor: Bradley Thayer; Online Editor: Eric Sanford; Staff Photographer: Jared Yoakum; Cartoonists: Terrence No-wicki, Susan Rosenberry; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall; Community Liaison: Tiffany Sheakley; Columnist: Travis Sherer Staff Reporters: Mary Andom, Laura Belzer, Tali Bendzak, Nichole Boechler, Jacob Buckenmeyer, Michael Coffman, Michael Curtiss, Taurean Davis, Shannon Deveny, Kirsten DuBois, Samantha Everts, Matthew Gagne, Daniel Grohl, Krista Grunhurd, Amy Harder, Tess Hembree, Lance Henderson, Graig Hill, Deanna Holmquist, Tyler Huey, Andrew Irvine, John Kara-bias, Mari Kariya, Thomas King, Zach Kyle, Kendra Langston, Jacqueline LeCuyer, Kara Leider, Brian Lenzmeier, Kyra Low, Michael Lycklama, Peter Maclean, Kristen Marson, Justin Morrow, Megan Muldary, Kimberly Oakley, Ciara O'Rourke, Shannon Proulx, Susan Prussack, Samantha Roberts, Susan Rosenberry, Beckie Rosillo, Lorean Serko, Loren Shane, Lea Shawn, Andrew Sleighter, Julia Waggoner, Shawna Walls, Jennifer Whitford and David Wilhite. Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: "Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat. " â€” Jim Davis, cartoonist DeLay is political stereotype BY J.J. KARABIAS The Western Front The pervasive nature of political corruption that undeniably lingers over Washington, D.C., continues to alienate the citizens of this country from the people who supposedly represent them. Ronnie Earle of Travis County Texas indicted the Republican House majority leader from Texas, Tom DeLay, on Sept. 28 on a single- count felony criminal conspiracy involving tunneling money from corporate donations to Republican candidates for the Texas legislature, according to a Sept. 28 Houston Chronicle article. Stealing a page out of the mafia's book, DeLay allegedly laundered the corporate donations. America needs to remove this political cancer from its government. The Republican mogul who is Tom DeLay, corruption's most prolific proprietor, has lobbied his last dollar as the House majority leader. Thank God. The Beltway bully has sullied American politics for the past 27 years, embodying the dirty, slimy and crooked politician. DeLay symbolizes everything that has historically hampered the American political process â€” self-serving greed, the thirst for absolute power and cronyism among politicians and the corporate elite. If the American government continues to boast that its country is the model democracy at home and abroad, then it must strip itself of those leaders who do not carry out democratic principles from within. The man whose nicknames include the hammer, the exterminator and the meanest man in Congress, according to an Oct. 10 Newsweek article, has already recruited his smear-machine merchants to administer partisan, personal attacks against Earle. This laughable rhetoric comes from a self-declared fierce moralist who has cited absolute truth as his underlying motivation in politics. In the past, DeLay has rallied against feminism, relativism and humanism, ideas that he believes undermine society. This is a man who claimed the base of the Democratic Party was Greenpeace, Queer Nation and the National Education Association, according to the Newsweek article. DeLay's political savvy consists of pushing others around, eventhose in his own party, until he and his campaign contributors get what they want â€” whatever that may be. DeLay has never shied away from a fight, in fact this is what gets the man out of bed every see JACKASS, page 15 Halloween: a wasted night BY TRAVIS SHERER . Looking up I've got a good costume idea for 80 percent of Western students. How about going sober? If you really want to try being someone different, that is. Because there is a huge difference between people who do and do not drink, and I'm not talking about personality. A holiday like Halloween does not mean anything if you don't drink â€”just like college life. Nowadays, any holiday is an excuse to drink. This is the problem. Don't get me wrong; I like the slutty costumes as much as the next guy. You don't have to be drunk to appreciate a naughty nurse outfit, but the holiday is not even about. the traditional scandalous costume anymore. So leave it to an opinionated man such as myself to put a damper on your so-called holiday, but I must give you the typical nondrinker's account of Halloween. All day I'll have to convince myself to show up at a party because this time will be different, this time the party will be so interesting I will stay the whole night. A friend will reinforce my illusion of a great night when we talk about our costumes. She'll be a sluttish vampire, aka Martha Stewart, and I'll be Samuel L. Jackson. But then she'll ask me where I am going and I'll pause because I wasn't invited to a party. Before I continue, can I throw out the euphemisms such as "go out" and "have a good time" and just call them what they are at this age? Getting butt-housed. When you don't. drink, people presume you don't like to "go out" and, therefore, forget to invite you. This is a natural segregation. Although it's not intentional, you just don't get invited to anything because nobody wants a sober guy around to remind them how stupid everyone is acting. But that's OK because my friend will invite me to a party and then I am happy once again, thinking it will be different. Once class is finished, I will again be reminded of how different I am whilst walking home because an old friend will start talking to me about how wasted he got last Halloween and how shitty he felt the following morning. What can I say to that? I don't have any similar stories, and even if I did it would be the exact same story. You drank, puked and passed out in no discernible order. see SOBER, page 15 ---------- Western Front 2005-10-28 - Page 15 ---------- OCTOBER 28,2005 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 Jealousy: Unfortunately for partygoers everywhere, God holds a mean grudge against Dionysus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 billion of estimated damage, this could seem tame. God decided Dio was a far less heavy hitter than Katrina or Wilma so he downplayed the force of Dennis to take Dio's ego down a few notches. Some may ask what Texas did to deserve the wrath of Hurricane Rita. Texas has zero party hotspots, but according to Wikipedia.com, Rita hit it hard in late September. leaving 2 million people without electricity and inflicting $8 billion to $11 billion worth of property damage. President George W. Bush, who is from Texas, is a son of a bitch. In addition to hating partying and booze, God also hates sons of bitches. He especially despises sons of bitches who party when they are young and then get old and start pointless oil wars in the Holy Land. Unfortunately for partygoers everywhere, God is still on his quest for revenge against Dionysus for stumbling home plastered, rudely waking him up every night and stealing his girlfriends at God Community College. Michael Stipe of R.E.M. once sang, "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine." Now, the end of partying as the Western Hemisphere knows it is here, and no one feels fine about it at all. Except God, who hates partying and was quick to point out that he came out on top. "Who's laughing now, Dio?" God said. "I've got legions ing to wiKipeaia.com, Kiia nit n nam in late aepiemoer, nis quest xor revenge against l^ionysus ior siumonng nome oofi llooyyaail fioululuowweeriss,, aanudu yyuouu 'riec aa umiyyituh.. JT ake that, sucka!" Jackass: DeLay's scheming tarnished American politics through lies, corruption and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 mandering, Texas to elect more Republicans DeLay supporters have called the recent unrelated matters. In tl cronyism morning â€” direct confrontation. DeLay uses the power of fear to motivate others who might not see things from his ultra- conservative viewpoint. Money is the key to DeLay's grip on power; however, it might ultimately turn out to be the ax that slays the Texas giant. DeLay has built a fund-raising empire to strengthen the Republican majority in the national and state houses. His political-action committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, regularly funnels campaign contributions to GOP candidates in the Texas Legislature. According to a Sept. 9 Washington Post article, the committee raised $523,000 in corporate funds, most of which it did not report to state election officials. In 2002 DeLay won over Republicans by redistricting, or gerrymandering, Texas to elect more Republicans to the Texas House of Representatives. DeLay's political-action committee raised $1.2 million in 2004, a considerably larger amount than any other congressional member. The top recipients of DeLay's money voted with DeLay almost exclusively. Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-N.J., received more than $42,000 last year from DeLay. Consequently, Ferguson voted with DeLay 89 percent of the time, according to an Oct. 10 Newsweek article. Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C, received more than $37,000 in campaign contributions from DeLay last year and conveniently voted with DeLay 94 percent of the time, according to the same article. DeLay's brand of quid pro quo renders useless legislation that serves the needs of special interests, with cynical indifference to the needs of working Americans. DeLay supporters have called the recent indictment a political witch-hunt. Delay bitterly announced the charges as baseless and defiantly called Earle an unabashed partisan zealot, according to a Sept. 29 Washington Post column. The DeLay camp repeatedly has claimed Earle's motivation is purely political and a concentrated effort to bring down the majority leader and the Republican Party in Texas. In reality, during Earle's 27-year tenure, he has prosecuted four times as many Democrats as Republicans, according to Think-progress. org, an alternative news Web site. DeLay's accusations of Earle's misconduct are something the Republicans in Texas have become accustomed to throughout DeLay's political career. In 2004, the House Ethics Committee rebuked DeLay four other times concerning unrelated matters. In the coming months, DeLay is likely to face an inquiry by the committee into foreign trips he took, for which lobbyists paid. The culture of corruption DeLay has nurtured over the past 27 years only enhances the public perception of shady political dealings in the nation's capitol. American politicians must make an example of DeLay. The Texas court must make a defiant statement assuring Americans the rule of law applies across the board â€” even to wealthy Republican hacks. America's intrinsic distrust of politicians stems from the conduct of the Tom DeLays of the world. Ridding Congress of this man is the first step toward re-establishing a legitimate national political discourse, despite a growing number of constituents who turn their backs on the political process because of politicians such as DeLay. Sober: As much as people would like to claim they go to bars to meet people, that is not true CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 It's always the same, but it never fails. I mean, how many times can all of you hear and say the same fucking story? So I'll get to the party energized to meet some new people. But walking into a party where everyone else drinks is like walklhgintoa frifee-'hour inside joke between nearly" 100 people and you're the only one that's not in on it. Maybe that's why they keep laughing at shit that isn't funny. Let's face it, college students don't go to parties or bars to meet new people. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. If you go to a bar, the music is so loud you can't hear anything anyone has to say. And if you go to a party in Bellingham, everybody else is too drunk to talk to you. Which reminds me how much of a joy talking to drunken people is. Aside from all of those stupid questions such as, "Are you sure you're having a good time?" and "Do you hate me?," you constantly deal with that drunken stare they do. So I'll decide to leave after an hour because nobody is left with any substance anymore because everybody is yelling and nobody knows why. At first you will all be sorry to see me go, but I know if I don't leave now, your camaraderie will not linger. If I stayed, all of the drunks would demand a ride home because they drank too much. Sorry, but you can threaten to drive all you want; you're not getting into my car. This is = one guy who does not care enough about you because you don't even care enough about yourself, or anyone else, to give your keys to someone before drinking. Just because I'm responsible enough to get myself home in one piece should I be responsible for you as well? I'm not even going to take your keys from you â€” they're your keys. Being drunk is an acceptable excuse for unruly behavior ranging from hung-over rudeness the next morning to cheating on your mate. For some reason being stupid the night before is an excuse for doing something stupid the next day when really it's just a cover. It doesn't matter who you are; if you drink, you're using it to cover up an inadequacy. If you drink to "socialize," then you are covering your inability to function in social situations, and let me tell you, being drunk is not that great of a cover. I haven't even mentioned the little-kid syndrome either. Normally, when I meet someone new I don't tell them about my drinking preference because I get = = = = that "they'd still make you" look and then tell me that my lifestyle is OK, as if I'm searching for approval. In other words, I'm treated like a child because I don't willingly ingest a lethal toxin. Also, while you drinkers may not say it directly, every other activity is secondary to getting trashed. Why do the things you could do 'If you drink to "socialize," then you are covering your inability to function in social situations, and let me tell you, being drunk is not that great b e f o r e yÂ°u c o u l d e a s i ly o b t a i n a l c o h o l ? A c t i v" n , ities such as going to movies and going bowl-oJf a cover. ' ing are for kids â€” unless you prefunk. 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Show more2006_0512 ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 1 ---------- eQLOMNIST DETAILS HOW NOT TO PICK OP GIRLS AT BARS, PACE 10 THE WESTERNmFRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY MAY 12, 2006 ISSUE 13, VOLUME 137 Former Western employee charged in fraud BY SHAWN QUERY The Western Front The Washington state Auditor's Office released its accountability audit report for Western May 5, revealing a former Western cashier supervisor stole more than $88,000 in public funds, according to the report. Debra J. Potes, 46, ran a cash and check substitution scheme between December 2001 and June 2005, according to a Whatcom County Superior Court affidavit. Potes was charged April 21 with 11 counts of first degree theft, to which she plead not guilty, according to court documents. Western Assistant Attorney General Wendy Bohlke said the university already recovered the $88,000 in losses from Potes' scheme after her termination through Potes' employee insurance, but Western will still testify against her in her trial, set for Aug. 18 in Whatcom County Superior Court. Bohlke said Potes took checks made out to the university â€” the majority from scholarship donors â€” and purposefully didn't record the check amounts for that day's totals. Potes deposited the checks in the bank, but then stole an equal amount of money from Western's daily cash deposit, Bohlke said. The cash deposit included money from places on campus such as Miller Market, the Viking Union and all of the espresso stands, Bohlke said. The checks were in the same amounts as the cash stolen, and the bank statements didn't include sufficient detail for the scheme to be detected, Bohlke said. Because of these complications, Western's administration didn't detect the missing money at first. Potes' scheme was discovered when Western director of accounting, Terry Ely became suspicious of her and notified Western's Office of the Internal Auditor in spring 2005, according to the affidavit. "The volume of money that goes through see THEFT, page 3 Four new candidates join AS race BY JEFFREY LUXMORE The Western Front Students will have more choices of candidates to vote for in the May 24 and 25 special Associated Students elections with at least two candidates competing for Â«ach of the three previously unopposed positions. "I think it's a good thing that more people want to get involved (in the AS)," said Brendan Mahan, Western junior and AS election board chair. The AS board of directors nullified results of the April 26 and 27 election for the president, vice president for diversity and vice president for campus and community affairs positions on May 1 after candidates in those races, who were all unopposed, failed to file campaign expense reports by the April 27 deadline. Senior Brian Perrow, the elections coordinator, ruled juniors see BOARD, page 3 AS Run-off Election Candidates President Mark Iozzi, senior Justin Panian, senior VP for Campus Community Affairs Kevin McClain, sophomore1' Jim Hall, senior Vice President for Diversity Marcella Tomlin, junior* Chiho Lai, junior David Zhang, junior * indicates candidate ran in the previous election Child's play MATT VOGT / THE WESTERN FRONT Western junior Marty Ripp looks on as Geneva Elementary School first-graders Jacob Mullen (left) and Connor Veljkov play on a plywood toy in the Ross Engineering Technology building Tuesday. Students in Western's industrial design program designed and built the toy. Local children test furniture designs BY NICOLE LANPHEAR The Western Front Juice boxes and fruit snacks were stacked in the student lounge of Ross Engineering Technology building Room 334 to prepare for the arrival of 22 first-graders from Geneva Elementary School in Bellingham on Tuesday. The first-graders tested and judged a gallery of plywood toys and furniture Western's sophomore industrial design class made. The plywood product gallery is open to the public until May 16, and displays the toys and furniture, which is interactive and educational by stimulating the children's creativity. "The kids don't realize they are product-testing," said Jason Morris, industrial design professor and the project's instructor. The industrial design students will not sell the furniture of toys, but will add the designs to their portfolios. The first-graders filled the halls and Room 334, picking up crayons at the tables designed for arts and coloring, rocking on the movable products and pushing each other in different rolling chairs. The children didn't touch the fruit snacks and juice boxes because the toys and furniture preoccupied them. Mount Baker Products, a lumber company in Bellingham, donated $3,000 in scholarships and will see PLYWOOD, page 4 GARDEN PARTY Big Rock Garden Park adds new sculptures for Mother's Day exhibition. ACCENT, PAGE 6 THROWING STRONG Western senior is in a class of her own after GNAC championships. SPORTS, PAGE 8 REC CENTER REVISION Hand scanners may replace Western cards to allow students access to the rec center. NEWS, PAGE 5 WEATHER Saturday: Cloudy Hi: 64 Low: 42 Sunday: Sunny Hi: 64 Low: 44 ~* c^. .k5L^ % -ZizZJ*^ www.westernfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 12,2006 Cops Box University Police May 9, 5:56 a.m.: UP responded to a report of malicious mischief in the Viking Union. UP reported that vandals had stolen cash and tipped over newsstands. May 9, 1:31 a.m.: UP arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of possessing marijuana on south campus. May 8, 10:57 p.m.: UP responded to a report of a strange odor coming from the vents in Mathes Hall. The odor was gone when UP arrived. Bellingham Police May 8,12:18 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of a dispute on the 600 block of Clark Road. May 7, 1:43 p.m.: Officers arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence on the 400 block of East Chestnut Street. May 10, 12:05 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of assault on the 1300 block of Railroad Avenue. May 7, 2:07 a.m.: Officers arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of assault on the 2100 block of Alabama Street. Compiled by Lane Koivu Students race custom-built car VRI members aim for first place in international competition BY NICOLE LANPHEAR The Western Front After a year of building and five weeks of testing and driving, a 15-student team is entering its golf-cart size car, Viking 41, in a Mini Baja race May 11 through May 13 in Washougal, Wash. Western's Vehicle Research Institute has sent a team to the international Mini Baja competition for six years. Last year's team placed 13th out of 100 cars. This year the team is striving for first, the team's volunteer advisor Michael Seal said. The purpose of the Mini Baja competition is to build a small vehicle that has good maneuverability and endurance, Seal said. The name of the race is inspired by an annual race in Baja California, Mexico, where larger off-road vehicles, such as SUVs and light trucks, compete in endurance races. Dirt mounds, hills and sharp corners are scattered throughout the race course to test the handling and durability of the vehicles. The 415-pound Viking 41 uses an 8.5 horsepower engine with a maximum speed of 30 mph. The car's size is similar to a riding lawn mower or motorcycle, team leader Western junior Craig Smith said. The car cost $ 10,000 to build, but fund raising and sponsorships from organizations, such as the Associated Students and Harley-Davidson of Bellingham, covered expenses, Smith said. Six returning members helped this year's team build the car frame, the foundation for the rest of the vehicle, Smith said. "We took last year's design and added our own technology," he said. In last year's competition in Green Valley, Ariz., Western's car came off a 4-foot jump and landed sideways on the back tire, rolled over and damaged the suspension, VRI director Eric Leonhardt said. The accident caused them to fall behind and out of the running for the top spots, he said. The team improved the car's suspension so they could ensure they wouldn't damage it PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAIG SMITH Students in Western's Vehicle Research Institute designed a mini car, called Viking 41, for smooth maneuvering and endurance. The golf cart-sized vehicle offers an 8.5 horsepower engine and a top speed of 30 mph. again this year, Smith said. Western's team won a sponsorship from snowmobile, watercrafts and motorcycle manufacturer Polaris during last year's competition because of their innovative suspension. The sponsorship helped pay for the team to improve the suspension this year, Smith said. "The Mini Baja is always a challenge because the potential for damaging the car is high," Leonhardt said. "It requires a lot of restraint for the driver to know where to speed up and where to slow down." The Viking 41, like all other cars at the competition, is equipped with a roll cage that surrounds the driver in case of a rollover accident, Leonhardt said. The first day of the race consists of a design presentation and safety inspection of the cars. On the second day, the cars participate in a rock crawling event where drivers maneuver their cars over rocks to test for good suspension, flexibility and power. The drivers also partake in a maneuverability test, an acceleration race and a hill climb on the second day. The event concludes on the third day with an endurance race, when all 100 cars race around a two-mile track of hills. Six drivers will rotate for each of the different events, depending on the driver's off-road experience, Smith said. Western's Viking 41 team has worked together on projects for two years, Leonhardt said. "The key to any team is not only working together, but also hanging out together," Leonhardt said. "Some guys live together and have had dinner together. That is the core of a successful VRI team." CORRECTION In the May 5 issue, The Western Front misquoted Western senior Emily Jenkinson. The quote read, "My basic feeling is all for freedom, but I view this as an assault to the public domain and the students at Western." Her quote should have been, "I think it is unethical to equate abortion with genocide because it demeans those who have experienced real genocide." The Western Front regrets this and any other errors. The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST :.S'iiÂ«N fROM THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST will be in OM 120 at 9 a.m. Thursdays on May 18, 25, June 1 and 8, and at 3 p.m. Mondays on May 15, 22, and June 5. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security number, and a No. 2 pencil. A $15 fee is payable in the exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. The test schedule and sample topics may be found at www.ac.wwu.edu/~assess/tc.htm. BIOLOGY. Tilmann Glimm (mathematics), "Mathematical Frameworks for Modeling interacting Cell Systems: With Applications to Skeletal Pattern Formation in Avian Limb Development." 4 p.m. May 17, Bl 234. Refreshments, 3:50 p.m. 2006-07 FACULTY/STAFF PARKING APPLICATIONS are now online. May 15 is the last day to apply. Late applications may result in seniority not being considered. Those without a computer or who need a commuter packet or car pool permit may complete an application at the parking office. For special requests or further assistance, call X/2945. SPRING QUARTER GROUP OFFERINGS THROUGH THE COUNSELING CENTER INCLUDE â€¢ Ride the Emotional Wave, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through May 24 â€” registration is not required, join any time. For more information call X/3164 or stop by OM 540. LOANS AND COLLECTIONS WILL PRESENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION WORKSHOPS for students at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Monday, May 22, in the WL Presentation Room. Parents with Direct Loan Parent Plus Loans are welcome also. MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT). The computer-based Miller Analogies Test is by appointment only. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or call X/3080. A $60 fee is payable at test time. Testing takes about 1 Vi hours. Preliminary scores will be available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. Everyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. For a study guide and to register, visit www.west.nesinc.com. Remaining test dates through July are May 13 and July 15. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. SURVEY OF ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 3 ---------- MAY 12,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Board: Announcement of special election inspired students to challenge unopposed CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mark Iozzi and Marcella Tomlin and sophomore Kevin McClain ineligible for president, vice president for diversity and vice president for campus and community affairs, respectively. The three students appealed to the AS board of directors and, instead of disqualifying them, the board voted to hold a new election for the three positions in which they would be able to run again. The filing period for students to register as a candidate for the new elections closed Wednesday. Candidates for the new elections begin campaigning today. Competing against Iozzi for president is Western senior Justin Panian, who received less than 10 percent of the voters a write-in candidate in the April 26 and April 27 elections. "The fact that we had voting fiascos two years in a row is kind of ridiculous," Panian said. "I think we need a change." The election board disqualified Western senior Tony Russo in 2005 for repeated election code violations. With more than 50 percent of the votes, Russo was the winning candidate for president. Senior Shannon Hutchinson was elected in a run-off election after Russo was disqualified. Junior Chiho Lai, the AS Student Senate Chair, is competing against Tomlin for vice The fact that we had voting fiascos two years in a row is kind of ridiculous, and I think we need a change.' JUSTIN PANIAN Western senior, AS presidential candidate president for diversity. Lai said he realized that during the first election, Western's working concept of diversity on campus was not complete and included only a small number of groups. Lai said he thought he could better represent Western students. Also running for the diversity position is Western junior David Zhang. Zhang was arrested on suspicion of destroying anti-abortion displays in Red Square May 2. Zhang said the display in Red Square was part of his motivation for running. He said groups on campus need to better communicate with each other before holding events that may upset students. Western For Life, the AS club that brought the display to campus, should have discussed the display with other groups on campus beforehand, he said. "In order to show more respect, there should be more communication between groups with different ideas and different backgrounds," Zhang said. Western senior Jim Hall is running against McClain for vice president for campus and community affairs. The election problems this year and his friends' support motivated him to provide one more candidate for students to choose by running in the special elections. "I think it's interesting that unopposed candidates failed to turn in paperwork," Hall said. Theft: Report shows campus-wide cashier policies have not improved CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the university's system is always in a state of flux," Bohlke said. "You actually had to look at the records that the bank kept against the statement that the university received for reconciliation to see the scheme." Potes stole cash using this system 63 different times over the four-year period, according to court documents. The state audit confirmed Potes stole $88,173.46, and she may have been responsible for an additional $29,553.59 in unaccounted for money. According to the audit, the potential loss was $117,727. Potes admitted to taking public funds, according to the affidavit. "I made a lot of errors in judgement," Potes stated in the affidavit. "I always wanted to put the money back." Potes said she didn't think the amount she stole was more than $20,000, according to the affidavit. Bohlke said Potes, who had worked for the university since February 1991, was fired on Aug. 1, 2005. Because Potes supervised the cashier's system and manipulated records, she was able to steal from the university, Bohlke said. "Supervisors are supposed to have means for ensuring proper procedures are followed, and because of who she was and what she knew and how she did it, she was able to do this undetected," Bohlke said. Mindy Chambers, spokeswoman for the state auditor, said cash handling discrepancies at four-year universities are common, but the misappropriation at Western was exceptionally large. In the audit report, the auditor also found cash handling discrepancies in the Performing Arts Center box office. Auditors found unlocked cashier drawers and cash and checks left out on counters, according to the report. The state Auditor's Office annually releases an accountability report, which examines different areas of the university. In the July 2003 to June 2004 accountability report for Western, the state auditor found fund management errors in 21 of the 28 areas that handle cash on campus, such as the food markets and espresso stands. Chambers said the report made recommendations to Western's administration to improve these areas, such as giving receipts and monitoring cash surpluses and shortages. The administration agreed to put new cash handling policies in place by the end of the 2005 fiscal year, but Chambers said the new audit shows the administration hasn't improved all of its policies. "There are some issues that haven't been fixed," Chambers said. 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"I like it because you get to color and trace," she said. Thirty industrial design students worked on their products for three weeks, with the rush to finish coming in the two days before the display. Western sophomore Chris Benson said he slept in the first floor lounge of the Ross Engineering Technology Building the two nights before the display date to complete his project. Arunas Oslapas, associate professor of industrial design and the project's leader in 2004 and 2005, said building educational children's furniture and toys demands more ingenuity and creates more competition among students than just any kind of furniture. Students have to take a more creative angle on typical pieces of furniture, Oslapas said. Michael Airoldi, a science technician at Western and self-taught woodworker and cabinetmaker, worked with the students at the beginning of the project three weeks earlier, and showed them the basics of woodworking. 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Approximately 3,500 students use the rec center every day, and the hand scanners would alleviate the frustration of those who lose or forget their cards and can't enter the gym, said Bob Hofstetter, rec center membership services manager. Hofstetter said the new scanners would also fix the rec center's problem with non-members using the facility with someone else's card. The non- members would be more likely to buy the daily $7 pass, he said. "They catch the 250-pound lineman with Suzy's card," Hofstetter said. "But they don't get the ones that (look) pretty close." Hofstetter said he estimates rec center attendants catch two non-members using a member's card per day, but miss a great PETER THAN / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Dustin Wilson hands Western sophomore and Wade King Student Recreation Center employee Amy Shaver his ID card to enter the facility. New hand scanners would eliminate the need to swipe cards by identifying five points on students' hands. deal more. purchase two or three scanners. The rec Attendants can't distinguish between center has to replace the current machines a member's photo and the imposter using approximately once every year and a half that member's card because of how similar due to dirt the card readers accumulate. the two often look, he said. At approximately $200 each, the hand scanners don't cost more than the current machines, which display enlarged images of students' identification cards on a computer screen once they swipes their cards. Hofstetter said the rec center would likely The center would replace the scanners less frequently because of their flat surface, Panelo said. The scanners also require licensing software, which Hofstetter said he estimates would cost a total of $2,000 to $5,000. He said the rec center could partially pay for this expense with the increased revenue from the $7 day non-member daily passes. Students would not incur any of the scanners' costs, he said. Rec center officials proposed the hand scanners to the committee in fall 2005. The committee is reviewing the scanners' past effectiveness and will present its findings to the student senate by the end of the quarter. The senate will offer a student perspective of the idea and research student opinion, which will help the committee know whether the hand scanners could work well at Western, Panelo said. After the committee gathers input from the senate, they will report to rec center director Marie Sather, Hofstetter said. She will decide whether or not to implement the scanners. Western junior Mike Hill works at the rec center's front desk and said the scanners could benefit students. "It's a big pain for people when they do forget their card because they can be turned away," he said. 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Left: "Birth of Venus," by British Columbian artist Marion-Lea Jamieson, suggests a sense of motion with its immobile sphere. MIKE CURTISS / THE WESTERN FRONT "Newsbringer," by Lummi Island artist Ann Morris, is a temporary piece on display in the Big Rock Garden Sculpture Exhibition. Big Rock Garden Park hosts Mother s Day sculpture exhibition BY MIKE CURTISS The Western Front A public park that boasts an internationally-known outdoor sculpture collection hidden in the wooded hills near the north end of Lake Whatcom will attract approximately 1,500 art lovers and mothers this Mother's Day. The Bellingham Parks Recreation department will open its annual sculpture exhibition at Big Rock Garden Park on 2900 Sylvan Street May 14 and will run through September 30. The exhibition will temporarily feature 11 new sculptures in addition to the park's permanent 35-piece collection, which will be displayed in a landscaped Asian garden, said Rae Edwards, park volunteer coordinator for the Bellingham Parks and Recreation department. "There's two times per year when the park is most beautiful," Edwards said. "In the fall when the Japanese maples change colors, and right now in the spring." A free Mother's Day reception from 1 to 4 p.m. will feature a tour of the park and its sculptures, refreshments and live music from Bellingham folk rock band Maggie's Fury. The Parks and Recreation department will honor former Bellingham Mayor Tim Douglas, who served the city from 1984 to 1995, with the Lifetime Community Service Award during the reception, Edwards said. Most of the sculptures in the exhibition are contemporary pieces such as "Birth of Venus" by Vancouver, British Columbia, artist Marion-Lea Jamieson. The piece features a curved ramp-like base with a sphere sitting motionless on the curve. The ramp's steep curve gives the impression that the sphere should be in motion. Former Western sociology professor George Drake started the garden in 1981 with his wife, Mary Ann, and their son, David. Drake, a sculpture collector, said he began using the garden to showcase and sell sculptures in 1988. "I realized there was no place where you could buy sculptures in a garden setting," he said. "Sculptures were being sold in galleries, totally outside of the context of where they would be placed." Drake sold the garden to the city in 1993 for approximately $300,000, Edwards said. He formed a committee of volunteers in 1998 to organize an annual sculpture show and maintain a lasting sculpture collection in the park, he said. The first exhibition was held on Mother's Day in 1999, when the park is in bloom and featured more than 30 sculptures, Drake said. Most of the garden's permanent pieces are from past Mother's Day exhibitions. Drake said he purchased and donated more than half of the sculptures using the money he made from selling the garden. ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 7 ---------- MAY 12,2006 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 BY JESSICA HARBERT The Western Front With the number of all-ages venues in Bellingham decreasing, musicians are coming to underage concertgoer's defense. Four local bands are advocating for a new all-ages music venue downtown, said Ian Imhof, 17, owner of Last Free Mind Productions in Ferndale. No-Fi Soul Rebellion, the All-Nighters, the Cherry Skulls and Monkey Steals the Peach will play at 8 p.m. Friday at the Pickford Dreamspace to encourage community support for a new all-ages venue downtown, Imhof said. Last Free Mind Productions and Whatcom All-Ages Arts and Music will present the concert, which costs $6. "Kids love music, parents want kids to be safe," said Tina North, a Whatcom All-Ages Arts and Music staff member. "This is a big issue in Bellingham and Whatcom County. There is a need for a sustainable all- ages music venue." Whatcom All-Ages Arts and Music staff have not set the new venue's location and opening date because the project is still in the beginning stages. The Pickford Dreamspace will re-open as a movie theater in the fall. Without the Dreamspace, Bellingham's underage crowd will lose one of its few all-ages venues in town.. The city's all-ages venues include the Bay Street Coffeehouse, the Bakerview Auditorium and PHOTO COURTESY OF MONKEY STEALS THE PEACH Monkey Steals the Peach will play its fourth show tonight at 8 p.m. at the Pickford Dreamspace with three other bands. Left to right are keyboardist Steve Reno, bassist Chris Mak and drummer Brannden Francisco. Fantasia Coffeehouse. Bellingham and Whatcom County offer few activities for underage residents, and live music provides them with a hobby, North said. Whatcom All-Ages Arts and Music plans to allow local high school students to control some aspects of the new venue, such as organizing concerts, booking bands and setting up sound equipment for concerts, North said. To fund the new venue, they will apply for city and state grants, North said. Imhof said he wants the space to be large enough for concerts and provide a venue for students to listen to live music any day of the week. Local bands will play on weeknights and well-known bands that play in Bellingham often, such as No-Fi Soul R e b e l l i o n and the All- Nighters, will play; on the w e e k e n d s , Imhof said. The purpose of tonight's show is to generate discussions between Whatcom County residents and Whatcom All- This is a big issue in Bellingham and Whatcom County. There is a need for a sustainable all-ages music venue.' TINA NORTH Whatcom All-Ages Arts and i '^Musie^aff^erntjer- :- Ages Arts and Music staff members about creating the new venue, Imhof said. Imhof said Whatcom All- Ages Arts and Music and Last Free Mind Productions-: will work on different aspects of the venue, such as organizing events and publicizing them. Bellingham residents Ryan Soukkala and Jordan Rain started Whatcom All-Ages Arts and Music to help create a new venue using the research of other non-profit, all-ages venues, such as The Vera Project in Seattle, North said. Last Free Mind Productions is responsible for publicizing the events and has a street team, made up of volunteers, to encourage students to come to shows, he said. Monkey Steals the Peach will open tonight's show at 8 p.m. The three-piece band includes bassist Chris Mak, 21, Western junior and keyboardist Steve Reno, 19, and Whatcom Community College sophomore and drummer Brannden Francisco, 19. The show is the bands fourth performance since it formed in September 2005, Mak said. The band classifies itself in the electronic-pop genre and credits its influence to Devo, Daft Punk and Joy Division, Mak said. "It's cool to be opening for No- Fi because they had an influence in us starting as band," Reno said. "Their rock and roll charisma inspired our style, especially with audience involvement." The Cherry Skulls is playing its first Bellingham show and its second show since forming three years ago. The band, all Ferndale High School seniors, includes bassist g^prbin ;Lykins,* ^8;v:guitarisjÂ£and vocalist Trent Martinez, 18, keyboardist Michael Raper, 17, and drummer Ryan Turk, 18. 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Skins, Dye-Me-Dichotomy Pirates R Us Will perform at 9 p.m., $3 cover Compiled hv Willow Rudi^cr ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 8 ---------- SPORTS FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 8 zl times a champion BY MEGAN MARQUETT The Western Front Jessica Telleria, a Western senior and four-year discuss thrower, said she feared she wouldn't be able to compete at the college level when she came to Western as a freshman. Four years and four consecutive conference championships later, the discus thrower from Boise, Idaho, will leave a track legacy at Western and in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Telleria, who began throwing the discus in junior high school, is the only athlete in the history of the GNAC championships to win the same event four times, she said. "It is an honor to win the discus event at GNACs," Telleria said. "I didn't set out with the goal to win all four years." Telleria said she tore a ligament in her left knee while playing soccer at Boise's Capital High School her sophomore year. The injury plagued her track career until last season, when the pain subsided and she regained TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior discus thrower Jessica Telleria practices at a field on the corner of 25th and Douglas. strength in her knee, she said. She could still throw effectively with the injury, but not without pain, she said. She had to ease the pressure she put on her knee when she threw the discus, she said. "All your weight is on one leg, and the leg is jammed into the cement when you do a spin for the disc," Telleria said. "I favored the leg after the ACL surgery I had in high school and favoring it made it weaker." Telleria ranked fourth in the nation for women discuss throwers this season, she said. With a throw of 156-2 at a home meet April 1, Telleria qualified for nationals for the second consecutive year. Nationals are May 25 through May 27 in Emporia, Kan., Western throwing coach Lex Kaligis said. Telleria and her lifting partner, Western senior Ashley Van Oeveren, lift three times each week year-round to increase strength in their arms and legs, Telleria said. Telleria's competitive edge at track meets, her strength and her drive to improve makes her a nationally- ranked discus thrower, she said. "No matter what sport you do, you have to be dedicated because that is what gets you to practice and what makes you good," Telleria said. "Speed is important in the spin because the faster you are the more torque you can apply to the discus to make it fly high and far." For the past two seasons, Telleria has focused on her position in the throwing ring, Kaligis said. "There are so many things that can go wrong in a throw," Kaligis said. "A good thrower has to get everything to work together." While Telleria is dedicated to track, she is also pursing a medical career. Telleria is a biochemistry major who plans to graduate spring quarter and attend medical school at the University of Washington or Stanford University. "With the class load Jessica carries and the 12 and a half hours of practice time she devotes to track, it is amazing she can focus," Kaligis said. Telleria averaged 16 credits per quarter and her classes in the biochemistry major are demanding and time intensive, Kaligis said. "She does her homework first and then comes to practice," Kaligis said. T e l l e r i a maintains a 1 a.m. bedtime so she can get up at 8:30 a.m., w h i c h allows her to get the most our of her day and succeed in school and track, she said. Senior thrower Kim Radke said Telleria is one of the best Division JJ throwers in the country, but doesn't realize it. "Jessica is one of those athletes that is very good, but humble about it," Radke said. "It is one of the things I love about her." 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With the returning players and the new addition, the team should have no problem reaching the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season, Dolfo said. Last year's Vikings team went 27-2 and hosted the NCAA Division II West Regional Tournament. The Vikings lost to Seattle Pacific University in the semifinals of the tournament, ending a season in which the team won a school-record 21 games on its way to the regular season conference championship. The six returning players include sophomore center Willow Cabe, sophomore guard Elyse Hartman and sophomore forwards Liz McCarrell and Claire Pallansch, Western athletic director Lynda Goodrich said. Maintaining a successful basketball program relies on recruiting players to fill the space vacated by graduates, Goodrich said. "Recruiting is always a big part of it, regardless of how much the team needs it," she said. "It's always an active process." Schramm, a 6-foot center said she transferred because she didn't like Gonzaga's graphic design program. Donate plasma PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL MADISON Western sophomore center Sarah Schramm, a transfer from Gonzaga University, drives to the hoop against Concordia University in Spokane Nov. 11, 2005. "I haven't been happy since the day! got to Gonzaga," she said. "I go up to Western every chance I get. My cousin and a lot of friends go there." Her cousin Calin Schell, is a sophomore forward on the Western men's basketball team. Schramm said she hopes Western will return to the postseason next year. The team has more additions this year than in previous years, replacing eight graduating seniors. The Vikings must learn to work together to repeat last season's success, she said. "Chemistry is going to be a big part of our success," she said. "We'll need to learn how to flow as a team." Dolfo said the team plans to continue the winning tradition. "We've got a great group of women," Dolfo said. "They've got their goals set." Ski to Sea returns Bellingham preparing for relay race BY BORIS KURBANOV The Western Front Memorial Day weekend marks the 33rd annual Ski to Sea Race, an event that started as the Mount Baker Marathon in 1911, where contestants traveled from Bellingham to Mount Baker by car or train, ran up and down a trail on the mountain and then rode a car or train back to town. Race officials cancelled the marathon in 1913 after a participant fell into a crater on Mount Baker during the race and nearly died. The Bellingham/Whatcom County Chamber of Commerce and Industry revived the race in 1973 and the event has since become one of the most popular relays in Whatcom County. More than 3,200 athletes will participate in the race on May 27, said Sheila Connors, the chamber's director of marketing and events. Athletes will compete in cross country skiing, downhill skiing, snowboarding, running, biking, canoeing, mountain biking and sea kayaking, said Mackenzie Davis, an intern at the chamber. Connors said she expects approximately 50,000 spectators at this year's event. Four hundred teams of varying skill and fitness levels will race in the seven-part, 82.5-mile relay race throughout Whatcom County. Athletes will begin at the top of the Mount Baker Ski Area at 8:30 a.m. and finish in the Marine Park in the Fairhaven district. The athletes compete in teams of eight, with one athlete per part â€” except the canoe section, which has two paddlers. The race is part of a larger 10-day eitent, which includes a parade and a junior race with running, a three-legged race, biking, soccer and an obstacle course, Connors said. She said there is also a book sale and antique car and boat shows. Connors said participants will receive a T-shirt and their names entered in a drawing for a roundtrip airline ticket from Alaska Airlines to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. 2001 Western alumnus Gabe Martin is participating in the event for the fourth time. "I wouldn't say our team is trying to be competitive," Martin said. "We're out there to have fun and that takes a lot of pressure off people." Martin, who is competing in the 36-mile-long mountain bike section of the race, said he trained for the race six times per week since January by riding his bike around Whatcom County. "I've been practicing enough that I feel confident," Martin said. "It's good to get some saddle time, whether it's biking to work or just for fun." 1987 Western alumnus Mike Taggart, 42, wiU compete in the eight-mile running section of the race. Taggart will run for the Student Alumni Association men's team, a team sponsored by Western's Student Alumni Association, he said. The association is sponsoring three teams which will compete in this year's race, a men's team, a women's team and a coed team. "It's a competitive atmosphere, and most of all it's a friendly one," Taggart said. "I didn't train as well last year, but I'm pretty sure I'll be in better shape this time around." Your new DVD could be someone's life StOrV. Receive up to $180 a month and give life to patients in need. 360-756-1700 4â‚¬S Stuart Bellingham, WA 98226 GET A $ j ) B0NUS First Time Donors: Present this coupon on your first visit j it Donate plasma. J H It's safe simple i BioLife PLASMA SÂ£RViCÂ£S f Available lo first time donars only. Payco(Ie40a2l wfront Call for an appointment today. www.bioIifepfasma.com ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 10 ---------- OPINIONS FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 10 THE WESTERN FRONT An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. MICHAEL LYCKLAMA Editor in Chief ClARA O'ROURKE Managing Editor PETER JENSEN Head Copy Editor AMY HARDER JACOB BUCKENMEYER News Editors CANDACE CUSANO Accent Editor SHANNON PROULX Features Editor DERRICK PACHECO Sports Editor TOM KING Opinions Editor TAYLOR WILLIAMS Photo Editor MEGAN SWARTZ SARA THOMPSON ' Copy Editors PETER THAN MATTVOGT Staff Photographers AARON CUNNINGHAM Cartoonist JEFF ELDER Online Editor JUSTIN MORROW Community Liaison JOHN HARRIS Adviser ALETHEA MACOMBER Business Manager JOEL HALL Advertising Manager FRONTLINE REC CENTER Scanners would waste funds The Wade King Student Recreation Center's administrators may trade their card readers for hand scanners. The scanners would check five points on students' hands and recognize them this way, rather than using students' Western cards to grant them entry. Membership services manager Bob Hofstetter said the scanners would accommodate students who forget their cards and prevent profit loss from non- members using the facility with members' cards. Implementing the scanners is unnecessary, risky and unfeasible. The new technology serves the same purpose as the current technology. Replacing these machines is a waste. If students forget their Western card, they should be able to tell the rec center attendant their Western identification numbers, which proves they're students and paying members. Completely replacing the card swipe system with hand scanners would be useless. Western would be putting too much faith into the unproven technology of the scanners. What happens if the entire system collapses due to a glitch? The rec center might lose valuable tracking information and students might not be able to work out. The scanners could create more problems than solutions. Using unproven technology just to track gym patronage is a bad idea. The rec center's advisory committee said two to three new scanners cost $200 apiece plus $2,000 to $5,000 for the accompanying software. The committee said it will cover the costs with the $7 daily passes non-members must buy to use the facility. The committee reasoned that non-members won't be able to use students' cards, thus resorting to buying passes and increasing the rec center's revenue. Rec center officials are expecting more revenue than is realistic. Approximately 3,500 students use the rec center every day, and on average, staff catch two non-members sneaking in a day, Hofstetter said. Even if more non-members make it in than are caught, it isn't enough to justify thousands of dollars worth of new machines and software. The scanners would minimize the amount of non-members using the facilities with members' cards and accommodate students who forget their cards without additional student fees, supposedly. Students would no longer have to grumble with annoyance when they forget their cards and can't enter the gym. But these machines come at a big price for curtailing small inconveniences. Western has bigger problems to tackle and better ways to spend money. The rec center should find a small way to fix small problems â€” scrutinize cards more closely to ensure correct identification. Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: "Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place. " â€” Billy Crystal, actor Bar room blitz Ignorant barflies ruin columnist's good time BY LAUREN ALLAIN Forbidden Fruit Being 21 has been interesting so far. My Thursdays feel like Fridays, and my Fridays feel like Saturdays. I typically make it to class on Friday, but I take illegible notes and retain almost no information because all I think about is going back to sleep. However, I think of Thursday night as a learning experience and the bars as classrooms. I've learned valuable lessons in my adventures. Cash will turn blue if you keep it in your pocket while dancing all night in jeans. Also, washing your feet when you get home is required because if you're like me and wear sandals all the time, a strange tarlike substance will cover your toes as the night progresses. But the most interesting aspect of being 21 is watching the way men attempt to hit on women. I've been legal for less than a month, but what I've seen amazes and amuses me. I'd like to share some corny tactics I've seen men attempt so other guys don't attempt them, but mainly so I don't have to deal with fending them off again. I was at the World Famous Up Up Tavern, standing against the wall and observing patrons drink directly from their pitchers. I was waiting for a friend to return from the bathroom when some random guy came up to me and told me he liked my necklace. This was mistake number one. Telling a girl you like her necklace is the equivalent of telling her you enjoy the pattern on the back pockets of her jeans. My necklace was long and laid nowhere near my face. Simply saying "nice boobs" would riave made me laugh â€” still equally creepy, but at least I would have laughed. If a good friend said that, fine, but a random guy saying it was awkward and far from classy. He then went on to say he had bought a similar one for his ex-girlfriend. Why he felt inclined to talk about an ex in the first 40 seconds is beyond me, but at that point I was in dire need for my friend to pee faster. When he did return, "nice boobs" dude left to prey on someone else, I'm assuming. Going out in Bellingham on Thursday night always poses a challenge of not losing everyone you came with. Standing alone in a bar or on the dance floor wondering where everyone went isn't comforting. Still, these situations do arise, such as when my friend went to the bathroom. For some reason boys think all girls standing alone want to either talk, drink or dance with them. You can try, but if she starts frantically looking around for her friends, it's time to abort. Another foolproof way to offend girls is to grind on them from behind. This happened to a friend of mine, so I got rid of the guy â€” by shoving him in the face. OK, that was an accident. I was going for a light push or trying to wedge myself between them, but the shove to the nostril worked well. I may try it again. Really;, it's disgusting when a stranger decides to place his sweaty body behind yours and stick his hands in your back pockets. The key word in that sentence is stranger. Find another way to engage a girl aside from throwing yourself on her. Listen to "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas. That'll explain everything. And lastly, the worst thing you can say to a girl at a bar is, "I know you from Facebook." I was at a club in the Fremont district of Seattle a few weekends ago and while walking off the dance floor some guy stopped my friend and me, asking us if we attended Western. The only thoughts going through our heads were, "Our bar attire has no Western logo, nor does it look like something a hippie would wear, so how does he know where we go to school?" And then he dropped it â€” "I recognize you from Facebook." Sick. That's when I let go of my friend's hand and walked away, leaving her to deal with him. If we had been in Bellingham or had mutual friends, that would have been less awkward. But we were in Seattle, and I still have no idea who he was. Maybe stupid men in bars aren't that bad. They provide the rest of us with free entertainment and our experiences make for classic stories. But if you're looking to pick up anyone at the bar, I would avoid all of the aforementioned tactics. Contact columnist Lauren Allain at: forbiddenfruitcolumn@yahoo. com ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 11 ---------- MAY 12,2006 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 What's the most shameless way you've ever been hit on? Compiled by Deanna Holmquist Laura Grant Senior, communication A guy saM^I | !| hope you haVe lt;# your professor's number... 'cause I'm taking you home tonight and you 're missing class." At work, i l i ^ l i l l said, "Is thMre 1 any way we can leave our number with you? " I said, "I don't think my boyfriend would appreciate that," and one of the guys said, "Well, does your boyfriend appreciate you? " AguysMm, "It gotten any in so long," and then asked, "What's your name? " Lindsy Mendoza Junior, political science Where^ had a 45Â§year^ old hot guy come up to the counter, set his wedding ring down and he said, "It'sjust metal." Rosalie Seidel Junior, psychology / work at 0^ea^h store and I Save M #â€¢ â€ž#â€¢â€¢ a guy a sample of jalapeno bread. He said, "You're hotter than this bread. To tell you the truth, I don't come in here for the free slice." AtaSoni4Mi H| Lauren Ross Junior, communication Stephanie Clabaugh Senior, communication Tiara Reinhardt Junior, mathematics game, a, Sacramento was staring at me, then came over and said, "Hey, you got love for a Sacramento fan?" I said, "No, I'm sorry, I don't like California." 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Terrie 738-4742 ---------- Western Front 2006-05-12 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS MAY 12,2006 Letters to the Editor Genocide Awareness Project unwelcome on campus I'm writing regarding the Genocide Awareness Project to help Tom Herring and Western For Life better understand why the project is so offensive. Your group is guilty of a cruel hypocrisy. In your pamphlet you call abortion "inhumane" and "selfish," but nowhere do you call for increased sexual education and access to contraception to reduce unwanted pregnancies, nowhere do you implore for more taxes or philanthropic giving to fund adoption programs and foster care programs, nowhere do you entreat others to support the life that exists already and is in need. 6,546 children in Whatcom County lived in poverty and 1,806 children were removed from their homes by Child Protective Services in the year 2000. You ask in your pamphlet, "Will we make choices that are selfish or selfless?" My sister, who is pro-choice, also has four beds in her home for foster kids. How many do you have? What kind of fundraising for social service and health organizations does Western for Life do? There is a food drive at Western right now, sponsored by Stop Hunger, Circle K and University Dining Services. Why is Western for Life's support so conspicuously absent? I must conclude that you, your group and your project care more about assigning guilt and championing your own self-righteousness than "promoting a culture of life," as you claim on the AS Web site. You claim to "educate," but your campaign offers no forum for constructive dialogue and uses shock imagery rather than providing realistic, unbiased information about the physical and emotional effects of the decision to abort a child, balanced with the seriousness of bearing a child and raising it. For all of these reasons, most people are offended. While you may have a right to be on campus, you are most certainly not welcome. Thank you. Devin Malone Junior, political science Western For Life responds to wide criticism Much has been said and printed about the Genocide Awareness Project of May 2 and 3. I would like to address two of the questions that seem to pervade this discussion. The first question asked by most people is, "Why? Why this shocking, horrific, disgusting display of images?" The reason for our display was to educate and inform a largely apathetic public to the shocking, horrific and disgusting nature of abortion. The pictures are shocking because abortion is shocking. These photos also make it impossible for anyone with a shred of intellectual honesty to maintain the pretense that "it's not a baby" and "abortion is not an act of violence." Western For Life invited the Center for Bioethical Reform to campus because we believe Martin Luther King, Jr. was right when he said, "Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured." The second question most often posed was "How can you possibly compare abortion to genocide?" The comparison is made because Webster's New World Encyclopedia, Prentice Hall General Referjnce, 1992, defines "genocide" as, "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a national, racial, religious, political, cultural, ethnic or other group defined by the exterminators as undesirable." That definition re||ily applies to abortion. The national group is American unwanted uipbrn children and they are now being destroyed at the rate of nearly 1 6ft of every 3 conceived (1.37 million per year). They are bemgtenninated|nffi elaborate network of killing centers. Granted, a woman does njpfhatfIfim. unborn child the way Hitler hated the Jews - the parallels of irjlsticl anil death remain. Having answered the two most common questions we I pose a question of my own: Why are we more angered, dis horrified by these pictures, than by what the pictures reveal to Tom Herring Senior, physics, Western For Life's president Don't Let the Ship Sail Vikings II Come to our May Open Houses Download Applications Cosigner Forms from our Website at www.apex-property.com â€¢ 360-527-9829 2211 Douglas Ave Alexandra Apartments Studio / One / Two Bedrooms Washer/Dryer/Dishwasher Open House: Tues. May 16th 2:30 to 4pm 1018 23rd Street Sweetwater Apartments Studio / Two Bedrooms Dishwasher / Fireplace in 2 bdrm Open House: Thurs. 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Show more2005_0401 ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 1 ---------- HE WESTERN FRONT Y, APRIL 1, 2005 â€¢ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY â€¢ BELLINGHAM, WASH. â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONUNE.COM ISSUE I VOLUME 133 *^aaÂ£BV Indian street loses parking Five blocks to receive bike lane and lighting BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front Parking near campus has become tougher after the city of Bellingham removed more than 100 parking spaces along the west side of Indian Street to make space for a bicycle lane. The bicycle lane will span a five-block stretch north of campus and is designated for bike traffic going toward campus, Western Alternative Transportation Coordinator Carol Berry said. The city also will install additional lighting along the lane. "I am very pleased with this project," Berry said. "With bike lanes, more people are more likely to bike, which will ease traffic and parking congestion at Western." Constructing the lane will take until the end of June and will cost the city approximately $5,000, said Dan Remsen, a member of the Bellingham city Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. While bikers have welcomed the idea of a bicycle lane, Remsen said residents and students who are losing parking spaces have not shared the enthusiasm. "It's really frustrating," Indian Street resident Chloe Akers, 22, said. "There are not a lot of parking spots to begin with and now they're taking what little we have." Although construction has yet to begin, the west side of Indian Street has been a tow-away zone for two weeks, Akers said. Signs are posted along the west side of Indian Street to notify residents that parking there is illegal,-but students who are unhappy with the new restrictions have torn them down, she said. Cars parked in the tow-away zone receive a $10 dollar ticket, and owners are told to move their cars or risk being towed. The tow-away zone ends when the project : is slated to be finished June 24, according to signs. Akers said she does not expect to park in front of her apartment in the future. see PARKING, page 5 CHRIS HUBER/The Western Front A biker pedals up Indian Street on his way to Western's campus Wednesday. The north side of Indian Street is blocked off to make way for a new bike lane starting at the corner of High and Indian Streets. Baker gets fresh spring snow base BY KELSEY DOSEN The Western Front The Mt. Baker ski and snowboard area has re-opened due to last week's increase in snowfall. This season has been less successful than usual for Baker; a lack of snow caused the mountain to close during the weekdays starting March 14, said Gwyn Howat, spokeswoman for Mt. Baker Ski Area. After 10 days of weekend-only operation, the mountain was able to open again with its normal winter schedule this past Thursday, March 24. This is not the first time Baker has had to close early, but Howat said this closing is one of few. "In 1976, our operations were affected because of too little snow," Howat said. "It is pretty unusual, but heavy snows in March are not. We've been looking forward to that." Baker received 30 inches of snow and a continuous amount of snowfall last week, including a total of 28 inches on Sunday and Monday. The forecast calls for continuing snow throughout the week. Howat said Mount Baker could reach a 100-inch snow base by Sunday. Howat said the change in weather is-because the jet stream â€” relatively strong winds focused in a narrow stream in the atmosphere â€” shifted to the Northwest. This resulted in a more normal weather pattern, causing the snowfall. The mountain re-opened near the end of Western's spring break, allowing some students to spend their remaining days of vacation on the mountain. -see BAKER, page 6 Senate bill helps schools restrict credit advertising BY MEGAN MULDARY The Western Front .Washington state could soon have a law limiting the presence of credit companies on public university campuses. Senate Bill 5506 would require higher education schools to restrict credit companies' access to students with each school's own policy, and would make credit companies forewarn campuses about their visits, limit the "freebies" used to entice students to sign up for credit cards and enforce education about credit cards. The bill is at the Washington state House of Representatives now with a vote scheduled for April 1. With education about the intricacies of credit cards as the bill's main focus, Washington state Rep. Maralyn Chase said she hopes students will realize how easily credit cards can lead to debt. Chase said she introduced a companion bill of Senate Bill 5506 to the House of Representatives based on her belief that college students need to be educated about credit cards, and more importantly, credit card debt. "If you add up the amount of money students borrowed in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it equals out to what students borrowed in the 1990s," Chase said. "College students triple the amount of credit cards they carry in their wallet from their freshman year to their senior year." see CREDIT, page 5 City council resuscitates medic one BY ADAM BROWN AND SEANMCGROREY The Western Front One of Whatcom county's Medic One ambulance units will continue running after the Bellingham City Council's unanimous vote. The council decided March .21. that the Medic 3 unit, one of the county's two Medic One units, will continue running through the end of June. Whatcom County and the city of Bellingham have funded Medic One for 30 years, but the program may face termination in 2006 if the city does not approve an extension agreement or funding is not found. Currently, two Medic One units serve Whatcom County, and an additional two units serve Bellingham. One unit also is available in case of emergency. SEAN MCGROREY/The Western Front Fire and EMS dispatcher Cindy Sluys prepares to receive emergency calls at Bellingham Fire Station One Thursday. "In Whatcom county the cost of costs," said Roger Christensen, an advance life support ambulance Bellingham Fire Department is roughly $1.1 million per year, which includes all operating see MEDIC, page 6 ON THE RISE Bellingham hardcore bands take the stage. ACCENT, PAGE 8 iliillll^g|i^jli CREW PREVIEW The Western womens' and mens' rowing teams hope to paddle their way to glory. SPORTS, PAGE 10 ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 1,2005 COPS BOX .vitfairch^ :;Mjggeredin/Milier;:Haii;S IliiliSBlSBSSBBBll |i|fe||||||^||;Bi|ii|^^^ft| ItiiMiiiillBffliBilMffil i|Â®i^pR|W|^W|||||^||| Â§^ ^i^Â§^0Â§^^ffiwÂ§^ V â€¢ 01 iking oices Are you planning to go to Mount Baker now that it's open? Compiled by Dawn Chesbro Caitlin Sullivan Freshman, psychology Jeremy Fuller Graduate, business Courtney Glover Senior, business No, I just don't have the money, and none of my equipment is up here. 55 Nope, I don't like cold places since it makes my joints ache. I'd rather be in the lodge drinking liquor by the fire. 55 / don't ski or snowboard, so it doesn 't make a difference to me. All of my friends will be happy, though. 55 APWire news briefs STATE NEWS Three Whatcom County men convicted of beating gay man Three Whatcom County men accused of stabbing and beating a gay man have been convicted Wednesday of a hate crime in Seattle. The King County Superior Court jury convicted the main attacker, 21-year-old Vadim Samusenko, of second-degree assault and two accomplices, 20- year-old David Kravchenko and 18-year-old Yevgeniy Savchak, of fourth-degree assault. Prosecutors refer to Kent shooting as revenge A man described by King County prosecutors as a Portland gang member is accused of killing a rival gang member in Kent. Nicholas Everett Adams, 23, was charged Tuesday with The Western Front Online Dogs are better than cats; The Western Front Online is better than both. www.westernfrontonIine.com The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. 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Prosecutors said McCleoud had been soliciting prostitutes along Pacific Highway and was last seen leaving a motel with Adams. NATIONAL NEWS Psychologist provides support for Michael Jackson's accuser Psychologist Stan Katz is providing possible support for the claims of Michael Jackson's accuser. Katz, who reported molestation claims against Jackson, testified Wednesday at his trial. Katz was not allowed to testify about the credibility of Jackson's accuser or whether Katz believes molestation occurred. But he did say children older than five rarely fabricate claims of molestation! Federal court criticizes Bush and Congress in Schiavo case Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who spent 15 years connected to a feeding tube in an epic legal and medical battle that went all the way to the White House and Congress, died Thursday, 13 days after the tube was removed. She was 41. Schiavo died at 9:05 a.m. at the Pinellas Park hospice, where she lay for years while her husband and parents fought over her in what was easily the longest, most bitter, and most heavily litigated right-to-die dispute in U.S. history. Schiavo' suffered severe brain damage in 1990 after her heart stopped because of a chemical imbalance that was believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Two U.S. ships sent to earthquake-striken region The Pentagon said two U.S. Navy ships are heading to Indonesia to help after an earthquake occurred on Monday. A U.S. military spokesman said a hospital ship and a supply ship should arrive next Tuesday at Nias Island, the area hit hardest by the magnitude 8.7 quake. The two ships helped in the relief effort after December's devastating tsunami, and they have been on a humanitarian mission to East Timor. Indonesian officials estimate 1,000 people or more died in the quake. 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Western Fairhaven College instructor Dan First Scout Rowe accompanied Western seniors Fritz Dent, Chrystal Doucette, Victoria Nevins and Western sophomore Amber Olsen to the ethnic studies conference from March 24 to 26. A panel, which Rowe headed, allotted students 12 minutes each to present their papers, Rowe said. "They received good comments and feedback, which is important Buy a Brick... and raise the roof! because these are established scholars in the field," Rowe said. "For undergraduates to have that kind of attention to their research and to give them those comments is a real advantage." Dent presented his paper, "Native American Cultural Identity: Apprenticeship Programs," which he said drew from his work and experiences with the Washington State Arts Commission. With the Washington State Arts Commission, Dent said he was able to work with and photograph a number of Native Americans during their apprenticeships to western Washington artists. The students presented their work, and the panel provided helpful feedback and enthusiasm, Dent said. "You're sitting at a table with a glass of water with all these Ph.D.s in front of you, and that was pretty intimidating," Dent said. Olsen presented her paper, "Eliminating Indian Mascots and Team Names from High School Campuses," which she said examined the simplistic and exaggerated use of Native American imagery in youth organizations, such as sports' team names and mascots. The use of these images impacts how people perceive Native Americans, Olsen said. "It was a really great experience to be an undergraduate and go to a conference like that," Olsen said. "Overall, we were extremely pleased." The association that held the conference is a group of teachers and directors from national and international ethnic studies programs. Ethnic studies are under siege in the current political climate, and they must be pursued and defended, Dent said. "Everybody is ethnic, even white Republicans," Dent said. Your donation will help build DEPOT MARKET SQUARE Gift Certificates Available Now! DONATE TODAY! CALL BRIAN GRIFFIN AT 733-3283 OR VISIT WWW.DEPOTMARKET.ORG Affiliated with Whatcom Community Foundation. All gifts eligible for 501- C3 exemption. IMt. Baker 'Planned Parenthood Bellingham 734.9095 Mount Vernon 848.1744 Free Services Available 13 T 511 0 2 / 0 6 31490-21 "LB V ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 1,2005 Officials, participants rally for The Human Race' BY STEFANI HARREY The Western Front Even though Whatcom Volunteer Center's fundraising event, The Human Race, will not take place until June 11, the volunteers and participants are preparing now. Wednesday marked the kick-off of the fundraising efforts for the 5K run/walk and the 10K run. Approximately 150 team captains, sponsors and participants gathered at the Bellingham cruise terminal for the annual, rally. "We have the kick-off event every year to give people a chance to get excited about The Human Race," said Sue Ellen Heflin, Whatcom Volunteer- Center executive director. The Human Race is intended to raise money for local nonprofit organizations, including the Whatcom Volunteer Center which hosts the event, Heflin said. The volunteer center uses 25 percent of the money raised for coordinating the event and supporting other agencies with volunteers. The other 75 percent of the donations goes to the nonprofit organizations individual participants pick, said Christy Bell, the volunteer center program director and member of the race organization committee. Bell said that as long as an organization has nonprofit status with the government, it qualifies for The Human Race fundraiser. The annual event featured speeches from captains and participants, helping to bring ideas for team building and successful fundraising campaign information to new and returning joggers. Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen also spoke at the kick-off celebration this year, although he said he felt naked without the mayor, who usually attends the kick-off with him. Kremen offered motivational words to participants and introduced each speaker. During his speech at the event, Kremen urged people, young and old alike, to participate in The Human Race. Heflin said the information kick-off was open to the public and allowed teams to sign up for the race as well as get fundraising packets and network with others who will be participating this year. She said the volunteer center hopes to raise $100,000 this year. Bell said the Human Race raised $74,000 for 91 agencies this past year. This year joggers will travel along a new route, Bell said. The organizers had to modify the old route because of traffic problems, and this year the participants will travel down Roeder Avenue past the marina, she said. This past year The Human Race had nearly 600 participants, and Bell said they hope to have more this year. .. "We have room to grow," Bell said. "We want more people to participate." Alexandra Wiley, a team captain from the North Coast Credit Union, a group that raises money for the fundraiser each year, said she has participated in The Human Race for four years now. Three of those years were as a captain of the joint team from the credit union and Costco. "It's been wonderful," Wiley said. "The weather has been perfect every year I've done the race." Wiley said The Human Race is a respectable cause because it brings members of the community together. She said the race is a way to meet people from different organizations while supporting nonprofit groups and to see fellow employees in an arena other than at work. "The Human Race is an efficient way STEFANI HARREY/The Western Front Whatcom Volunteer Center Executive Director Sue Ellen Heflin, left, talks with race organizer Christy Bell, middle, at the informational kick-off for The Human Race Wednesday. to deliver time and talent back into the community," Wiley said. Wiley said she attended the kick-off event and spoke to the crowd about how to create a team and how the credit union teamed with Costco. Terry Belcoe, ,the chief executive officer of North Coast Credit Union, attended the kick-off with Wiley and said the credit union and Costco have- similar philosophies on giving back to the communities they are in, so naturally they came together to create a joint team. "It's a great way to connect yourself to the rest of the community and help meet other people who care about the same things," Wiley said. 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Investigators from the Lynden Police are still unsure exactly what Olson allegedly injected the customers of her flu clinics with. They only know the injection was not a flu shot, McEachran said. The customers paid $30 cash per shot, he said. "All I would say at this point is we are in negotiation," Beld said. "We have had indirect contact with her." The Food and Drug . Administration said the injections could have the reasons. Olson had a half-vial of Aventis Pasteur Fluzone, enough for approximately three injections, at her residence. She had a family member turn the vial in to investigators, Beld said. Olson said the vial was all the vaccine she had left from what she originally purchased. The FDA 1 would say that laboratory in Cincinnati tested the been a saline solution, but from nere on out, ev- sampie and found it to be a valid it is not sure, Beld said, eryone will be a little flu vaccine more careful.' LEE BELD Lynden Police Depart ment Detective The FDA, however, does know the injections were not Fluzone, a flu vaccine manufactured by Aventis Pasteur. Olson claimed she had purchased the vaccine from this manufacturer, Beld said. Beld said the Lynden Police Department knew Olson was living in Canada, but she was not arrested at the beginning of the investigation for medical and investigative reasons. He declined to comment further on McEachran said the sample may have been different from what Olson administered to customers. McEachran said remaining syringes did not contain- enough fluid to be tested. The locations where Olson set up the clinic included the church in Everson where the syringes were obtained, Cost Cutter and Food Pavilion grocery stores in Lynden, Cost Cutter in Blaine and the Silver Reef Casino in Ferndale, Beld said. The grocery stores took several calls from customers who received the "vaccine" from Olson and the store questioned who administered the shots. Olson told the stores she was working for Pacific Coast Consultants, Beld said. "They called up the store manager, and the store manager couldn't produce the Pacific Coast Consultants for which she said she had worked," he said. "People alerted the media, and then the media actually called us. We had no idea at that point." If convicted, Olson faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, McEachran said. Janet Davis, community health manager for the Whatcom County Department of Health, said the stores are taking measures to ensure this type of situation, does not happen again. "I would say that from here on out, everyone will be a little more careful," Beld said. Credit: House listens to student testimony on credit bill CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Chase said she knew action was necessary when college administrations said they were losing students to high debt, which caused bad grades. Students are usually offered free goods to sign up, but are never taught to read the fine print for the card, Chase said. Although the bill has passed through the Senate, the House of Representatives has been hearing testimonies from students, lobbyists and credit card companies. Washington state Rep. Dave Quail said he did not have a strong opinion on the bill because credit card companies claim students do pay off their bills. Quail also said the bill does make sure credit card companies give accurate information and are reputable. With debt being such a big issue in society, Chase said she believes this bill is a step in the right direction. Student lobbyists in Olympia said this bill would help protect campuses where the schools' administrations have had trouble with credit card companies, such as Washington State University and the University of Washington. Western already has a policy that states no credit card companies can solicit on campus. Jim Schuster, director of Viking Union Facilities, said students brought the policy to the Associated Students and put it into action in 2000i According to Western's policy, no person can sell agreements or arrangements for future goods or services that may or may not be subject to approval from another, non-university party. This includes contractual agreements such as credit cards, Internet service providers and cellular phone service. Parking: Bike lane will help traffic move smoothly and keep bikers safe CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "I don't know how the parking spaces and the bike lane could coexist," Akers said. Akers now has to park behind her apartment but is not guaranteed a spot. Still, despite her frustrations, she said she thinks the bicycle lane is a good idea and will make Indian Street safer. Remsen said he hopes the lane will make biking on Indian Street easier. Traffic will also move quicker because cars will no longer be stuck behind bikers slowly moving up the hill to campus, Berry said. Remsen said the city chose Indian Street for the bicycle lane because of its heavy bike traffic and because it would not lose as many parking spaces as other streets. He said he has proposed a residential parking zone on Indian Street to fix the parking woes of residents to the city . But students will just have to find other places to park, he said. WBKBm mmummmmmmm OceAN *CACH MBTU. aÂ«6.. - â€¢ â€¢ * â€” - - -y*uas. ^ ^ ^ j * temwiMOp *M WiH^V-Dance FIOQIM Wjgg^gTgU,LGIHGTH TiS i lt;fegf|j||||p 14995 Marine Drive â€¢ Whiterock, B.C. Canada â€¢ Call (604) 531-0672 ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 1,2005 Baker: New conditions allow Baker to add 'Bonus Monday' to spring schedule PHOTO COURTESY OF MT. BAKER SKI AREA Mount Baker Patrol director Chris Olson surveys the lift while wading up to his waist in new snow last weekend at Mt. Baker Ski Area. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mount Baker employee Nick Mendenhall was laid off from his position as ski-lift operator in mid- March but was allowed to keep his employee pass. He said his employer told him that when they did re-open they would call him, triggering optimism about the re- opening. He said he has been to Baker once since it re-opened and was pleased with the large amount of people. Western freshman Eric Wells said he was disappointed when the mountain closed because he had purchased a season pass. Previously, he worked at other locations and was able to snowboard for free, Wells said. After moving to Bellingham, Wells said he bought a pass and used it at least 15 times before the mountain closed. Now that he is able to go snowboarding again, Wells said he plans to go twice a week. He said he is unsure about whether or not he will buy a pass next year. "We just have to hope for a better season next year," he said. Howat said Mount Baker will stay open seven days a week until April 11 when it begins its spring schedule. During spring operation, the mountain is open Friday through Sunday, and this year Baker has added an additional "Bonus Monday" for the month of April, for as long as conditions allow, he said. Medic: Demand for emergency services increasing but decreasing funding is a challenge for city council CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Medical Services Officer. Medic one, operated by the Bellingham Fire department, has provided the county with emergency medical transport for 30 years. In 2004, while operating on a $5.7 million budget, Medic One responded to more than 11,000 calls, said Capt. Daniel Ohms, who helps oversee the program. Whatcom County Deputy Administrator Dewey Desler said he is trying to save the Medic One program from termination in 2006. "Nobody has a. desire to watch a â€¢ very important service get washed away," Desler said. "But we need relief from the program's growing costs and falling revenues." He said the demand for emergency services increases 6 percent each year in Whatcom County, but the current program would incur $11 million of debt throughout the next six years. Desler said the growing debt stems from the fact that 65 percent of Medic One benefactors are senior citizens on Medicare and Medicaid. "We are trying to shift the cost of the service to those who .need it," he said. "Our community is growing and aging rapidly. If we left the system as is, we would have to raise millions to respond to future call loads." Desler is collaborating with an emergency medical services (EMS) working group and both city and county councils to solidify a new program before the 2006 deadline. Under the EMS group's proposed plan, Medic One Advanced Paramedic units would handle two-thirds of calls, specifically those requiring the specialized skills of administering drugs and 'Our community is growing and aging rapidly. If we left the system as is, we would have to raise millions to respond to future call loads.' DEWEY DESLER Whatcom County Deputy Administrator field electrocardiograms, or EKGs. The EKGs are used to measure the electrical activity of the heart muscle. Local fire districts would handle remaining calls with Basic Life Support units. Christensen said the proposed system would require 911 operators to ask questions of callers in order to assess the level of service to send in each individual case. The available levels are Basic Life Support, Intermediate Life Support and Advance Paramedic Staff. Basic life support includes procedures such as CPR and defibrillation and can be â€”â€”â€”- performed by EMTs. Advanced life support, performed by paramedics, includes administering intravenous tirugs such as adrenaline. Advanced life support 2, also performed by paramedics, includes invasive procedure, such as installing a breathing tube through a surgical opening in the throat, said Fern Shaffer, Medic One's accounts payable manager. Christensen said firefighter EMTs are usually the first to respond to an emergency in Bellingham. Christensen voiced his concern that local voters rejected both a 2003 county wide levy and a 2004 citywide levy that would have funded Medic One. Desler said he is optimistic that the new proposal will contain ideas that will require less than half the cost of previous levies. Desler said the EMS working group has the foundation for a new program in place. He said the city council approved of its approach pending further details. The future of the Medic One program remains uncertain. Both Christensen and Desler said they remain hopeful the program will continue. 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Soak up the vibrant culture and be transformed by the experience of living in a foreign land. â€¢ Summer, semester and yearlong programs â€¢ Wide range of academic courses â€¢ Internships â€¢ Language classes at ail levels â€¢ Field trips and fours â€¢ Small classes â€¢ University credit â€¢ ScholarshipsÂ«Housing UNIVERSITY T r "Td STUDIES I { *5 ABROAD ii I i CONSORTIUM \~S % HTTp:/VtJ5AC.0N8.E0U77S-784-6569 TMZ2Z2Z2IH122127ZsWWW'Z0S12X'nS Â£ XZ Free Lecture / Tickets Required I Ticket ADA info at www.lectureseries.wwu.edu ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 7 ---------- APRIL 1,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 Race: City council emphasizes importance of donating to organizations CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 The Human Race is a great way to raise money for organizations that participants are passionate about, said Louise Bjornson, Bellingham City Councilwoman and a member of the Board of Directors for the volunteer center. If a person does not choose a specific nonprofit organization, the volunteer center donates the money that person raises to one of 350 partner nonprofit organizations Donate plasma Your new DVD could be someone's l i f e StOty. it works with, Bjornson said. Last year, 88-year-old Vivian Campion raised the most moneyâ€” a total of $2,300 for a nursing scholarship, Heflin said. Campion also participated in the race and walked the entire route after raising the money, Heflin said. The volunteer center welcomes people of all ages to take part in the race as well as pets. The volunteer center gives out awards for the best pet costume, as well as other awards, Bell said. Prizes are awarded on race day, and Bell said participants who raise $500 or more will be entered in a drawing to win the grand prizeâ€”a tent, backpack and gift certificate for an outdoor excursion. 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In "A Healthy Distrust," Francis brings current issues, such as in and don â€¢. Insteai 't be capt with "The ments his qujj his album wit atypical ntain traj rancis'l in a si beats can meant ihorical se like Killer, itted an provocativi certain rapping, directed politics be cla: to gral and pro traditi Frai rock e' Francis inllffllohally toward the Americajf public and the Bush administration's policies, claiming "The USA has cracked." The song forces the listener to contemplate current situations in the United States. In Francis' song "Slow Down Gandhi," he again displays his intellect, capturing aspects of American life and transforming them into complex metaphors. Francis describes the American government as a "Republicat/Democran/one- party system," showing that politicians will be politicians, no matter-what party they belong to. Francis also rhymes about the expansion of various industries, saying "Institution/Making you think you're crazy is a billion-dollar industry/If they could sell sanity in a bottle/They'd be charging for compressed air/And marketing health care." "A Healthy Distrust" is an album that requires multiple attempts at listening in order to grasp all of Francis' poetic exclamations. But after the initial trial run, Francis' creative pictorials of his everyday life will continue to impress listeners again and again. Lincoln Smith km outfi erse firietu: Women gather at Mount Baker Theatre to perform for a cause BY MEGAN SWARTZ The Western Front Girls struggling with substance abuse now have another way out â€” through music. Sea Mar Visions, a level-two residential substance abuse program for teenage girls, is known for its successful, alternative approaches to tackling substance abuse through art and music. The Bellingham-based organzation will host a benefit concert Sunday called "Girls Need Guitars." According to the Bellingham Benefits Web site, the program has helped approximately 80 14 - to-17-year-old girls per year since 1999, and. it is the only level-two residential substance abuse program for teenage girls in Washington state. For most of the girls, the time they spend living at Sea Mar. Visions is the most peaceful and sober time of their lives, according to the Web site. Visions volunteer Cathy Mason said she generated the idea of "Girls Need Guitars" after working with a girl who participated in the program who used a guitar as her outlet from her troubled life. Mason, as well as other girls in the program, became inspired to learn guitar and use it to express herself. "The concept of this show is to inspire these girls by having women musicians who have broken musical barriers perform and then raise money to provide these girls with the instruments they need to support have made this program a success." The show will be an all - female, multi-genre guitar performance that will mix rock 'n' roll, blues, jazz and folk music. The lineup for the show includes Grammy nominee Alice Stuart, The Laura Love Duo, Linda Waterfall, Vadinska, Tricia Sikes and Linda Allen, Bellingham resident and folk music performer. Allen, who will perform original songs that deal with social justice issues, said this cause is important to her. "Anytime you can give a tool of self-expression and help girls to find their artistic voice, it's extremely powerful and helps to open their doors to success," Allen said. succeed," Mason said. The proceeds from "Girls Need Guitars" will go toward placing guitars and other instruments in the arms of girls in the program who dream of owning and playing one, according to the Bellingham Benefits Web site. "Music is a form of self-expression, so when the words aren't there, these girls can express themselves and help get their emotions out through the music," Visions program director Jeanette Palmer said. "This benefit is important because it involves the community and staff, whose Photos courtesy of Linda Allen Allen, pictured above, will play some of her own songs at the all- female performance on Sunday. PALISADES: SELF-TITLED CROOKED FINGERS: Palisades' self- titled album, released on the Bellingham-based MAS A Records, subtly reflects the gloomy weather of western Washington. The indie pop band hails from Olympia but frequently performs along Interstate 5 from Bellingham to Eugene, Ore., and has developed quite a local following. The tone of the record is calming and is the kind of music to kick back, relax and maybe take a nice nap to. ellow tonj^imil^ antly smpoth with e's no sjfh thing as r thoseJvho have bd es gff vocalists EliJ mani the comfortii latofThe thy beat k, now |disapp loore Ihythm o: oldplay. as, "It's If," are d love, are soft â€” Elisa Sparkman DIGNITY AND SHAME Plenty of stand-out albums on the indie rock scene were released this spring, but "Dignity and Shame," the fourth full-length record from the stern fiesta and Lat bullfighte: ot one of cases cha: unds 1 oiled im (orns, "D" the so eparable broken heart. . ond and Isaac Brock, the lead singer of Modest ;e Records frontman sts. band, a ctic mix ame" has n and Eric North C releasei EricB The lovesii of Spa strong Bachmann's seeming! Bachmann himself sounds like a cross between Neil Mouse. His lovesick crooning bounces through the 12 tracks of the album, straining on slow-moving ballads, such as "You Must Build a Fire," hitting the fast-paced radio-ready "Call to Love," and then jumping to the quirky "Valerie," a song about a peeping Tom finding drunken romance. More upbeat and positive than some of Crooked Fingers' previous releases, this album was simply good but nowhere near wonderful. Alone in the dark with a cheap bottle of Spanish wine is the best way to appreciate this album. Jared Yoakum ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 9 ---------- APRIL 1,2005 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 Bellingham has a "new regard" for hardcore: Hardcore music isn't just for gutter punks anymore. New Regard Media bands prove the Northwest has a hardcore following. BY TOM KLOSER The Western Front Whether it's Bloodhag chortling demands to read more science fiction or The Locust juxtaposing the soundtrack to sexually charged limbic pulses against a screeched critique of capitalism, local hardcore music is moving away from savvy Pitchfork Media readers and into the fray of mainstream consciousness. With The Blood Brothers reviewed in Spin and The Stranger recommending Akimbo shows, talented Northwest acts are starting to receive more attention, and new bands, labels and promoters are finding more of an audience. Tonight, show- goers of all ages can find out why. New Regard Media, a local label catering to the punk rock demand for noise and community, is sponsoring an all-ages show at The Warehouse in Bellingham. The headliners, Axes of Evil, will perform after Black Eyes and Neckties, Full Frontal Assault and The Contra. The label's name is its approach. Chris Nelson, the label's mastermind promoter and the drummer for Axes of Evil, said he looks at band management and show production in a new way. "We're a budding label going out to support local music and to make it stable enough so Photo courtesy of New Regard Media Black Eyes and Neckties, a spooky New Regard Media band, will perform again at The Warehouse tonight. Photo courtesy of New Regard Media Axis of Evil will rock The Warehouse tonight, along with label mates Full Frontal Assault and Black Eyes and Neck Ties. we'll be around for a while," Nelson said. Sporting new gear and a talented lineup, Nelson said he is looking forward to tonight. "It's going to be good/' he said. "We've got a brand new PA. It should be a really well set-up, professional show." While Axes of Evil conjures the spirit of ball-crushing metal â€” as Nelson cited Iron Maiden and Rich Kids On LSD as influences â€” Black Eyes and Neckties is comparable to The Bronx. Bassist and vocalist for Black Eyes and Neckties, who is known to fans as Bradley. Horror, is anticipating the show for all ages. "We haven't been playing a lot of all-ages shows lately," he said, adding that this might be the only opportunity for underage show-goers to attend. Full Frontal Assault, brandishing a new record, "The Universal Struggle," and an upcoming show with The Accused Feb. 5 at Seattle's Funhouse, will perform after openers The Contra, whose new self-titled EP may be available at the show. Aside from the band being hopeful about getting the record ready by Friday night, this show is significant for The Contra for other reasons. "This is a going-away show for our second guitarist, Eric, who's going â€¢ gt; to Japan," The Contra's bassist Blake Owens said. 'And I guess it's my birthday." In the Friday, April 1 Downtown Gallery Walk Located at 39 downtown venues; 527-8710, free Paintings, sculptures, political art, photography and music will be featured at various downtown locations from 7 to 10 p.m. Bluegrass The Underground Coffeehouse; 650-3000, free The Bucklebusters and Creeping Time will perform at 8 p.m. Afro-Cuban jazz rock The Wild Buffalo; 671-6745, $8 Danny Godinez performs his eclectic blend of world and blues music. Grasshoppah opens. Show starts at 9 p.m. Jazz and Gallery Walk After-party The Nightlight Lounge; 650-0331, $5 The Jazz Project celebrates Fang's CD release and downtown gallery walk. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 2 Evergreen AIDS Foundation Benefit The.Nightlight Lounge; 650-0331, $10 "Queer Plan for the Straight Woman," featuring Sistershake will open at 8 p.m. Emo and hardcore The 3B Tavern; 734-1881, cost to be announced Fall North, Whilom Knoxx and 5 Good Reasons will perform at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 3 Fairytale theater St. Paul's Episcopal School; 671-0110, $5 The Little Swan Theatre presents its last two performances of "Cinderella" at 1:30 and 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 Jazz piano Whatcom Museum of History Art; 676- 6981, free John Mutchler performs solo, playing jazz versions of famous songs. The show starts at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 Indie pop iDiOM Theatre; 201-5464, $7 Polyvinyl Records sweethearts Ida perform with Snow Cuts Glass. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 Indie rock Bison Bookbinding Letterpress; 734-0481, $5 Local popsters of Goldstar perform with Your Heart Breaks and Palisades. Show starts at 8 p.m. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 10 ---------- SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 10 Western looks ahead after West-Region loss BY TREVOR SWEDBERG The Western Front The Western men's basketball team is done for the season; and looking back, players on the team said it is pleased with its accomplishments. But the players said they are hungry for more and looking forward to returning all five of their starters next season. The Viking men finished with a 22-7 record and were co-champions of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Western also earned a No. 1 seed in the West Region for the NCAA Division II men's basketball national tournament but lost, 88-66, in the second round to that same Alaska-Fairbanks team. "We had a lot of players who had never been in an NCAA tournament before," Western men's basketball coach Brad Jackson said. "It was a tough loss, but maybe it will serve as a stepping stone for next season." Even though the season ended abruptly, the young team met a lot of its goals, and also gained some valuable post-season experience along the way, Jackson said. "I think it was an excellent season," Jackson said. "It was a young team that progressed a lot through the year. We were disappointed we weren't able to advance Despite Western playing in what Jackson called one of the toughest conferences in the nation, he said he still is proud of his team's accomplishments. "This group played like a team," Jackson said. "We played together, we worked hard together, we supported each other, and I think that was reflected in our performance." The season ended March 12, but Western junior guard Ryan Diggs said the team is already thinking about next = ^ = â€” = ^ = = year. 'We played together, "It's looking really good," we worked hard Diggs said. "We're returning each other, and I think that was reflected in our performance.' BRAD JACKSON Western head coach together, we supported a11 five starters. We're losing a pretty good sixth man (Western senior forward Craig Roosendaal) to graduation. I haven't seen many shooters as good as him, but I think we can all step up our game this summer." The team is not wasting any time starting its preparations for next year. "We'll start working out in a few weeks," Western junior guard Preston Vermeulen said. "We'll start weight training and conditioning. We all need to work on our individual game, too." Vermeulen said the team is gifted offensively, but all of the players need to improve on defense and rebounding. "I think we can accomplish what we did this year and further," Vermeulen said. "Winning a national championship would be the main goal, but it starts with the little further, but nevertheless it was a good year." things before that.' CHRIS TAYLOR/ For The Western Front Western junior guard Ryan Diggs drives by University of Alaska Fairbanks senior guard Chris Smith in a playoff game March 12 at Carver Gymnasium. Diggs had 11 points and 5 assists in the season-ending loss. Who's Who in Bellingham Business! TANNM At Sollanning SehomeVillage our ultimate goal is to bring a little color to both the body and soul. And color is what the customer gets when they enter this world of vibrant colors and upbeat tempos. We at Sollanning take pride in ensuring you, our clients, receive unsurpassed service knowledge and desired results to the best of our abilities. Come in and meet our knowledgeable salon staff. FROM ALL OF US AT SOL TANNING WHERE EVERY TANNING ESPERIENCE IS POSITIVE! Sol Tanning Salon In Sehome Village 322 36th St. Belilingham,VvÂ£ 734- 1 144 Hours: M-F 9am - 9pm Sat 9am - 5pm Sun iOam - 5pm Restaurant Voted one of t he Best Places in the Northwest! 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Poor play in those four minutes on all fronts, including turnovers by Arizona senior center Channing Frye, senior guard Salim Stoudamire, junior forward Hassan Adams and sophomore guard Mustafa Shakur led to arguably one of the most impressive comebacks in NCAA tournament history. The Illini fought its way to a glorious, frustrating and well-deserved victory. With this victory, the mini has quelled any doubt it will win the tournament. First, Illinois' domination on both sides of the court will not allow the team to lose. In fact, prior to the Arizona game, Illinois had led its opponents 93 percent of the time. The Illini had only trailed in the second half five times and never by double figures, according to an April 27 article by columnist Mike DeCourcy from Sportingnews.com. Illinois showed poise and maturity, however, in defeating the Wildcats. Illinois junior forward James Augustine will lead the team past Louisville Saturday, and into the championship game April 4. Augustine emerged this season as one of the better big men in the country and has stepped up his game at critical times. After averaging 12.7 points and 12.3 rebounds in the Fighting Illini's Big Ten Tournament games. Illinois won the tournament, beating the University of Wisconsin. Augustine had 23 points and 10 rebounds against Nevada in the second round of the tournament, advancing the team to the Sweet 16. Nevada is known for its suffocating perimeter defense, and much of the Illinois offense runs through its guards. Augustine's emergence in Illinois' victory is a great sign for the team, according to DeCourcy's column. "I think everyone sees now why they (Illinois) are 36-1," Arizona head coach Lute Olson said in DeCourcy's article. "They are not a team that is going to give up." Illinois' 36-1 record is testimony not only to its outside shooting, but also to its defensive pressure. One of its 36 wins was a 13-point victory against Michigan State, another team in this year's final four. Those who criticize Illinois generally think the Illini are simply a three-man show â€” guards Dee Brown, Deron Williams and Luther Head all live by the 3-point shot. Much of the Illini game relies on those players on the offensive end; however, the other, more underrated facet of the team's game is its defensive prowess. Also, the North Carolina Tarheels have four of five starters who are projected first-round picks in the NBA draft. With North Carolina and Illinois as virtual shoo-ins against Michigan State and Louisville respectively, the championship game will certainly be a great match-up. Illinois has proven throughout the season and the tournament that even in the face of extreme adversity, it can overcome the likes of North Carolina junior guards Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants, as well as freshman forward Marvin Williams and junior center Sean May. Illinois will prove it has the ability to work miracles. Women's crew team opens with three wins BY SAMANTHA EVERTS The Western Front. With five returning team members and three promising new freshmen, Western's varsity women rowers have a good chance to take the Division II National Championship this year, Coach John Fuchs said. The Western women's rowing team ranks No. 2 in the pre-season national poll this year. In 2002 and 2003, the women's varsity eight, which is a boat with two stroke rowers in the back, two bow rowers in the front, four middle rowers, and a coxswain, took second place at the national regatta. They placed third in2004. The team started the 2005 season at the Daffodil Regatta, a competition in , Tacoma. The novice eight and Western !s two varsity eight boats placed first and the junior varsity eight placed second. Fuchs said he was satisfied with the team's performances in the regatta. Freshman Samantha Marikis, who rowed in the second varsity eight and the novice eight, said competing in the regatta last weekend was a new challenge for her. "I have never been so cold and wet and had such a great time," said Marikis. Fuchs said the rowers on the team are strong and self-motivated. He said all the rowers in each boat are equal, and no team member is better than another or at a higher level. This year's team captains are Western junior Julia Gamache and Western senior Gail Lumsden. Gamache said her plan for the season is to take each race one at a time. "Right now the goal is to win the races this weekend against the University of California San Diego and Gonzaga," Gamache said. 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Now Featuring Massage Therapy 20 min chair massage $20 30 min table massage $30 60 min table massage $45 90 min table massage $55 Appointments can be made at the reception desk at the SRC or by calling 650-3766. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS APRIL 1,2005 Young Western rowing team looking strong BY MARK REIMERS The Western Front Western men's crew team faces a challenging season, with only three returning rowers to pull the oars this season. Coach Marty Sauvage said that despite the lack of experience, the team plans to remain as competitive as possible. "Itwouldbenicetogetinstant results and have them win a lot of races, but sometimes the long-term view is going to be better for the overall success of the program," Sauvage said. Sauvage said he was pleased to see the novice boat win despite the poor weather and tough competition. "Those are all first-year rowers, so I was pleasantly surprised to see them go and be able to finish that strong," Sauvage said. Western freshman Jack Marolich, a rower in the winning novice eight boat, emphasized how close the race was. "We were behind half a boat length for 400 meters until we pulled ahead in the last 30 strokes," Marolich said. 'Tguess it was the adrenaline rush." Western sophomore and junior seen PHIL DUBOIS Western senior rower 'From what I've gathered, I think most of these guys really like crew. This "I'm just trying to teach them lS the stron8esf 8rouP varsity rower Kevin Cumming how to be very competitive." of freshmen I ve ever sajd he thought the novice eight rowed a quality race. "(The novice eight crew was) tied till near the end, and then they just walked right through the other team," Cumming said. Western men's assistant coach Josh Griesse said he thinks the new rowers have an abundance of potential speed. "That last race was impressive," Griesse said. "It's a young crew, and I think they've got the heart to do it." Western senior and returning rower Phil DuBois said that although this is a building year, he* thinks Western will have a strong rowing team in the future if crew members keep coming back every season as their Sauvage said racing in the Daffodil Regatta in Tacoma last weekend was a learning experience for the team. The men's novice eight boat won, ahead of the' University of Puget Sound by 3.96 seconds in their race/ The crew boats are designated by the pairs of oars, four and eight, and the two categories, varsity and junior varsity. The secondary novice category is for first-year rowers. Western raced a varsity eight, a junior varsity four and eight, and a novice four and eight in the regatta. Except for its one win, all other Western men's boats placed either fourth or fifth. Coach Marty Sauvage calls instructions to morning on Lake Samish. rowing improves. "From what I've gathered, I think most of these guys really like crew," DuBois said. "This is the strongest group of freshmen I've ever seen." Marolich, a first-year rower, said that although he wanted to join his high school's rowing team, he couldn't because of potential job conflicts. Now that he is a member of Western's MARK REIMERS/The Western Front Vikings crewmen during practice Tuesday team, Marolich said he has enjoyed rowing because he likes the hard work and the chance to make new friends. "It's definitely worth it," Marolich said. "I'm planning on going the whole four years." The team will finish its season April 30 at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship in Rancho Cordova, Calif. ^0\3NDAEF,Q4f BREWERY BISTRO Monday Nights m April 9pm $2 W*W AN ORGAN 1N0R? www.shareyourlife.org 1-800-355-SHARE Coalition on Organ Tissue Donation ure... 1 ha\Je the 'Right to Choose, Are Your BRAKES making noise? 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And more importantly, if residents who wind up with damages from floods have to pay out of pocket to repair their homes, they should at least have access to documents explaining why. Residents of Lynden are upset with the city because it refused to make documents public that show residents cannot receive money for damages caused in a Jan. 17 flood, according to a March 26 Bellingham Herald article. An engineer for the city's insurance company, Canfield Associates, wrote the report that said the city cannot be held liable for the damages, according to the Herald article. Floods cannot be controlled, especially by homeowners. If homeowners lose their valuables or have their homes damaged in a flood, whom can they turn to, if not the city? Residents should not be forced to pay the costs of floods themselves. ' According to the Herald article, city officials have declined to get a copy of the engineer's report: The residents who filed the claim and were denied damages can now file a lawsuit if they want, in an attempt to force the city to turn over the engineer's report, according to a March 23 Bellingham Herald article. The city should not force Lynden residents whose property was destroyed in the flood to sue over a public document. If the report states that residents cannot receive money for an act of nature, then the residents should have access to the proper documents to avoid a long, expensive court battle. According to the Herald articles, the residents have not decided whether or not to pursue the matter further in court. The refusal to make the report public makes the city look like it is hiding something. By not showing the report, it looks like the residents who filed for damages Computerized 2 4 Hour Â» Dispatch " A i r p o r t , A m t r a k , A i r p o r t e r a n d Bus Student C h a r g e A c c o u n ts 4 Welcome could possibly receive money, but the city does not want to admit it. The city engineer stated thatfloods are an "act of nature," according to the Bellingham Herald article. Despite this, the city should not force residents to pay out of pocket for damages to their homes, especially if the it did not take proper precautions to prevent such extensive damage. City officials will begin cleaning out drainage ditches throughout Lynden, according to the March 23 Herald article. Those ditches would be suitable places for water runoff since the city created them to limit the amount of flooding in certain areas. But the city did not properly clean the ditches before January when the flooding first became a problem, therefore worsening the potential for flooding. If a city does not do its part to proactively help flood victims, it should do its part to pay for damages to its residents'property. . In Queens, N.Y., Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the city would pay for damages done to homes because it was responsible for a water main break that led to massive flooding to residents' homes, according to a March 2 Western Queens Gazette article. The city of Lynden should follow suit. Since its efforts to prevent widespread flood damage were ineffective, the city should pay the residents affected by the flood. And if the city continues to refuse, it should at least show residents the paperwork explaining why. Waiver process unfair ALLYCE VANHOOSER This past year, colleges waived $154.2 million in college tuition for 138,099 students, according to a March 11 Seattle Times article. As college tuition, which increased, by 7 percent last year, continues to rise, colleges need to re-evaluate the line between those who receive tuition waivers and those who don't, and instate strict rules for tuition waivers. Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-Edmonds, is sponsoring a bill to closely evaluate waivers issued by colleges, according to the Seattle Times article. Roberts' bill passed in the state House of Representatives March 8, and is currently under evaluation in the Senate. According to the Washington state Legislature's Web site, all or some of tuition, services and activities should be waived for students 19 or older, or nonresident students enrolled in a program to finish high school and receive a high school diploma. Children of law enforcement officers or fire fighters who lost their lives during service are eligible for tuition waivers as well as up to 40 percent of students enrolled in a regional education program for deaf students. Under the current system, individual colleges decide which students are eligible for tuition waivers and how much of their tuition will be waived. At Edmonds and Everett community colleges, for. example, all or part of a student's tuition can be waived for adult basic education, English as a second language or a two-year associates degree, according to the Seattle Times article. All universities and community colleges should follow the same standards because with the current system many students who transfer from community colleges to universities are left wondering whether they qualify for tuition waivers in both institutions. Tuition waivers, based on the varying interpretations of the rules, are not benefiting the colleges or universities because many students are confused by the actual qualifications, of a waiver. In addition, schools are often forced to pay the tuition themselves. This forces colleges to raise their tuition, and the 7 percent increase is partially the result of this. Colleges are not profiting from students with tuition waivers, according to an Aug. 11, 2004 Seattle Times article. Gov. Christine Gregoire's new budget proposal allots more funding for education and may help colleges that have been forced to raise their tuition. Officials at Washington state colleges are pleased with the proposal, which issues $3 billion to expand facilities and create new programs see WAIVER, page 15 360-734-8294 IH (TAXI) PREGNANT? 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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS The most moving advances in medicine. 1-800-824-BONES www.aaos.org ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 14 ---------- 14 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS APRIL 1,2005 Corporate coffee hits downtown On March 25, something entirely banal and outrageous happened on East Holly Street â€” Starbucks opened its gleaming sterile doors downtown. This is the tenth Starbucks to set up shop in Bellingham. In a city of over 70,000, this equates to more than one store for every 7,000 residents. Even in a region where caffeine is currency, this Frappuccino influx is excessive. Downtown Bellingham has always embraced an eclectic mix of businesses. Mallard's Ice Cream, La Vie en Rose Bakery and Paris Texas are just a few of the distinctive stores that make downtown their home. This wide variety of shops draws tourists and locals to the area, and Starbucks, with its highly commercial and pervasive presence, does not fit. Placing a Starbucks downtown is not exactly a coup for local businesses or the local economy either. The new store means even more coffee-fueled competition in an area already packed full of coffee shops. And, though Starbucks is based in Seattle and is somewhat local, its presence will not have the same positive economic impact on the Bellingham community as a truly local business would. According to the Sustainable Connections Web site, small local businesses keep more money in the community and are more likely to make decisions that will benefit their community. Locally-owned businesses usually make less environmental impact because they tend to buy from local suppliers, reducing the toll of transportation of goods on the environment. The 2004 Andersoriville Study of Retail Economics in Chicago found privately-owned businesses supported the local economy better than chain retailers. For every $100 spent at a local retailer, $68 stayed in the Chicago area, compared to $43 for chain retailers. The study also found that replacing local businesses With chain businesses reduces the economy's overall vigor because local business owners create a more sound economic landscape. Despite its downfalls, Starbucks is not an evil, faceless corporation. It provides a comprehensive and progressive benefit program for its employees, and its presence in downtown Bellingham could be a sign that bigger businesses view the downtown area as a viable and thriving marketplace. It could also provide a comfort to tourists looking for something familiar. A Starbucks xoffee shop as not the worst thing that could^ happen to downtown; it is also not the best. Local businesses could have made that space their home, benefiting the local economy and adding more color and character than Starbucks ever could. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Caleb Heeringa, Laura McVicker, Zoe Fraley, Brittany Greenfield, Timory Wilson, Chris Huber, Elaria Bean, Marissa Harshman, Molly Jensen, Adam Rudnick, Krissy Gochnour, Christina Twu, Blair Wilson and Greta Smoke. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Caleb Heeringa; Managing Editor: Laura McVicker; Head Copy Editor: Zoe Fraley; Copy Editors: Brittany Greenfield, Timory Wilson; Photo Editor: Chris Huber; News Editors: Elana Bean, Marissa Harshman; Accent Editor: Christina Twu; Features Editor: Krissy Gochnour; Sports Editor: Adam Rudnick; Opinions Editor: Molly Jensen; Online Editor: Blair Wilson; Community Liaison: Greta Smoke; Staff Photographer: Mike Murray; Columnist: Tara Nelson; Cartoonist: Terrence Nowicki; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall Staff Reporters: Leslie Adams, Lauren Allain, Claire Argites, Rob Ashlock, Laura Belzer, Adam Brown, Dawn Chesbro, Taurean Dauls, Jessica Dignan, Kelsey Dosen, Adriana Dunn, Sam Everts Kira Freed, Dan Grohl, Blair Haben- icht, Lindsay Hamsik, Stefani Harrey, Aaron Hart, Shannon Hutchison, Peter Jensen, Tom Kloser, Sarah Kuck, Zach Kyle, Michael Lee, Kara Leider, Brian Lenzmeiei gt;Megai] Lutri, iMichael Lycklama, Kristen Marson, Sean McCor-mick, Sean McGrorey, Ted McGuire, Liz McNeil, Kate Miller, Ashley Milke, Megan Muldary, Chris Neumann, Derrick Pacheco, Shannon Proulx; Mark Reimers, Nick Riley, Susan Rosenberry, Becky Rosillo, Katie Rothenberger, Matt Russoniello, Loren Shane, Lincoln Smith, Devin Smart, Ben Sokolow, Elisa Sparkman, Megan Swartz Trevor Swedberg, Taune Sweet, Bradley Thayer, Allyce Vanhooser, Courtney Walker, Leah Weissman and Jared Yoakum. Editors n'Qte:vTpe views.exp'ressed-on The Western Front opinion pages are the view's of tlie authors or .cartoonists and are not necessarily the views-of The Western Frpnt staff, -managers or adviser. And we quote: -'Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food'groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat." 1 ' : : â€ž r^uihorAlexLevine. . . Hip-hop industry needs evaluation BRADLEY THAYER .: In.the most recent video for his song "Tip Drill," the popular rap artist Nelly pulls out a credit card and looks straight into the camera. As he smiles from ear to ear and chants the lyrics, "It must be your ass, cuz it ain't your face," he proceeds to swipe his credit card through a scantily dressed woman's buttocks. Media consumers must question this blatant and offensive style that is prominent in the media today. Society's problems are not solely the music industry's fault, but violent and misogynistic lyrics certainly play a role in influencing society.. The messages viewers derive from the video are clear. One that comes to mind is: that women ' are objects that can be bought - all it takes is one swipe. This is not an attack only on Nelly - the problem is much larger than one musician or genre of music. These misogynistic ideals are found throughout American mainstream media. A recent panel of female rappers, authors, radio personalities and magazine editors discussed some of the problems presented by misogyny in rap, according to a March 23 â€¢ Associated Press article. On March 22, approximately 300 people crowded into the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City to watch the panel's examination of negative female stereotypes in the hip-hop industry. The group discussed examples other than Nelly's video, including Remy, the only female member of Fat Joe's Terror Squad. Remy frequently references oral sex in her raps. According to the AP article, a teacher and audience member stood up and said, "If you don't believe hip-hop is affecting young people, joinme in the schools where junior: high school girls are performing fellatio in the hallways." Biamihg hip-hop lyrics for the sexual activities of young girls is like blaming violent rock artists, such as Marilyn Manson and Ozzy Osbourne, for school shootings or suicides. The music or lyrics are not completely at fault, but they do play a role -howbig or small a role is inconsequential. If rap lyrics are a factor in triggering self-conscious see PANEL, page 15 Stereotypes are not a good judge of character TARA NELSON FROM THE LEFT I have a friend who passionately . believes that Americans should not vote. ,:: Last November, he set up tables at; various Bellingham voting -polls to convey Tiis message. A 'self-proclaimed anarchist, he says he believes one cannot possibly change the system from within, so he attempts to live outside of it. Time and again, I have heard him "recite rhetoric that'corporations are taking over the world and glbbalizatidn is ah evil force that is killing South Korean farmers. "Sound familiar? ,1 have another friend who works at BP Cherry Point Refinery. During Jier free-.time.,' she ..hunts: ducks with her fiance, another refinery employee, and complains about job outsourcing. She drives a sport utility vehicle and makes fun of hippies. She says I am too liberal. Having friends of different political perspectives is challenging. But the most difficult part is that I am no longer sure of where I stand. They are both wonderful people, but the truth is I don't want to be politically affiliated with either of them. - â€¢ ... I was feeling a little lost so I decided to take the world's smallest political quiz. Bruce Guthrie, a libertarian candidate for the Washington state Senate, gave me the quiz, which categorizes people according to their beliefs on authority, personal liberties and economic policies. I figured the .result was rigged when it pegged me as a libertarian. Because of .this, I decided to try something else. ..- ;' ' ;'. ' :â€¢ gt; ' The :flext thing I didvwas make a.list-of my every day-behavior for. clues to my political perspective. I drive a Volkswagon, shop at The Community Food Co-op, walk whenever possible and recycle. Heck, I even refill my soap bottles and buy biodegradable dish1 and laundry soap..To some, this screams radical liberal. But in reality it means absolutely nothing. To those. of you who disagree, I urge you to find evidence of a causal relationship between vegetarianism and leftist tendencies. So I made a new list. This one included where I stand on a range of contentious issues such as abortionâ€” which can be summed up'nicely:by the words of my former high school teacher. "A clump of cells is a clump of cells'," he'said. I also included my stance on social safety nets. Maybe it's because my father is handicapped and on Social Security, but Bush's Social Security, reform proposal"' Worries, me", .?." 'â€¢; And maybe k?s,because I live in Bellingham, where labor supply see LIST, page 15 1 ---------- Western Front 2005-04-01 - Page 15 ---------- APRIL 1,2005 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 List: Individual beliefs are complex CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 exceeds labor demand â€” and subsequently understand the fear of not being able to pay my rent â€” that I advocate sufficient unemployment benefits. Because without them, as former World Bank executive Joseph Stiglitz said in his book "Globalization and its Discontents," people likely will be hesitant to leave their jobs and employers hesitant to fire employees. As a result, the free flow of labor that capitalist theory hinges on will be stifled, as in post-communist Russia. All this seems to point to liberalism, but then I remembered I 'm a free-trade = = = == The vertical axis added the distinction of where a person lies with respect to authority. Anarchism, for example, which rejects all forms of authority and depends in theory upon the voluntary cooperation of "free" individuals, would falsely resemble communism if placed on a linear model because both emphasize responsibility of the individual and public ownership of goods. Libertarianism, which abhors any government limits to individual freedoms and advocates capitalism as the only compatible economic system, would fall in line with fascism on the right/left line, which is also inaccurate. ' A more Waiver: Gregoire's budget may aid effective use of funds advocate and believe 'Few of us are cutouts of a developed vision globalization can be political stereotype.' of politics is one a force for good if that realizes we governments harness CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 for the growing number of students in the undergraduate population, according to a March 21 Seattle Post-Intelligencer article. Under Gregoire's proposal, $58.3 million will pay for 6,000 additional spaces for students at state schools, with 300 spots for students in popular fields such as health care and computer science. The proposal will add $26.9 million as financial aid for low-income students, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article. If passed, Gregoire's proposal would enable colleges and universities to improve their campuses and resources for their current student populations, rather than worrying about whether enough money is in their budget to allot waivers to students who qualify. Gregoire's proposal strongly benefits education, and in a "perfect educational world" Roberts' and Gregoire's bills combined would create an opportunity for tuition waivers to be used properly. Panel: Change will be result of awareness, not censorship it correctly. So where does this put me on the political diamond? I don't know. But I do know we need to be careful not to get caught up in reactionary labeling of people as liberal or conservative because politics are more complex than a linear scale with right on one end and left on the other. (By the way, real "liberals" call themselves progressives.) Psychologist Hans Eysenck was the first American to add a vertical line to the right/left spectrum after realizing it did not encompass certain philosophies within its boundaries, according to Wikipedia.com. all cross over party lines, and few of us are cutouts of a political stereotype. After all, former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt made the national park system. And former Republican President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency. Even today, many Republicans still place a huge emphasis on the environment - ever hear of Green Elephants? And, from my personal explorations in a distracting and lurid culture, some "leftist" people are more authoritarian than John Ashcroft. Black and white, left and right are not that clear anymore. So, where do you stand? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 teenage girls to perform unwanted sexual acts or take abuse, it is a problem that must be addressed. A 2004 protest of the "Tip Drill" video at Spelman College in Atlanta inspired Essence magazine to launch a yearlong "Take Back the Music" campaign in January that featured articles in the magazine and established town hall meetings in cities throughout the country. The campaign hopes to tackle stereotypes about women that hip-hop perpetuates, according to the AP article. Essence and the Center for Communication, a nonpartisan forum designed to familiarize college students with of women 'Eliminating lyrics or censoring artists is unconstitutional; however, if people are made aware of the issues at hand, it creates a starting point to work from' the business of media, sponsored the panel in New York, according to the AP article. Younger people attending the panel felt hip-hop's depiction accurately reflects the behavior of some females. Older audience members insisted rap's content negatively affects the behavior of younger men and women, according to the AP article. Unfortunately, according to the AP article, the panel didn't accomplish much. "It was an attack on hip- hop that didn't solve anything," caseworker and youth specialist Tanysha Chaffin said. Saying the panel accomplished nothing is illogical. The panel began a heated discussion about a topic that affects many people â€” this fact alone seems to suggest the panel accomplished a great deal. Especially considering the event received media coverage, spreading word further. Akiba Solomon, Essence magazine health editor and panelist at the event, said the campaign's goal is to create dialogue on an unpopular topic, according to the AP article. . The way the panel approached the topic is the only true way of beginning a shift toward change â€” a step in the right direction. Eliminating lyrics or censoring artists is unconstitutional; however, if people are made aware of the issues at hand, it creates a starting point to work from. 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Title: Western Front - 2006 May 16
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Text preview (might not show all results): 2006_0516 ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN*FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Blanchard Mountain could face logging BY KELLY JOINES The Western Front Blanchard Mountain, located in the Qhuckanut Mountain Range, is a 4,800- acre playground for hikers, mountain bike
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Show more2006_0516 ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN*FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Blanchard Mountain could face logging BY KELLY JOINES The Western Front Blanchard Mountain, located in the Qhuckanut Mountain Range, is a 4,800- acre playground for hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, rock climbers and paragliders. In December 2006, after a five-year debate, the Department of Natural Resources will decide if logging trucks will replace alder, spruce and fir trees on the mountain. Bill Wallace, the department's Northwest regional manager, said he invited nine Skagit County representatives to work with the department in monthly meetings starting May 22 to develop a logging plan for Blanchard Mountain. Wallace said he would like to see recreation on the mountain retained and the mountain's logging profit go towards opportunities for recreation. "Our goal is to focus on financial and economic benefits as well as environmental, social and public recreation," Wallace said. The department's priority is to leave the mountain open for public use, but might close areas where logging occurs, said Jim Cahill, the department's project planner. "Usually a log truck hauling timber takes up most of the road and there isn't enough for two-way traffic," Cahill said. "We won't know how much would be closed or where until the planning process is resolved." Wallace said the nine represefilStives he invited included several from environmental rights groups. Mitch Freidman, the executive director of Conservation Northwest, a nonprofit organization that wants to maintain natural habitats in the TUESDAY MAY 16,2006 ISSUE 14, VOLUME 137 KELLY JOINES / THE WESTERN FRONT Bob Hicks and Rachel Castor, volunteer trip leaders for Conservation Northwest, lead a vegetation hike through a forest on Blanchard Mountain April 2. Conservation Northwest is a nonprofit organization that advocates maintaining wilderness areas. Northwest, will work with the department. Joining Freidman is Brad Wellman, organizer of Friends of Blanchard, a grassroots organization opposed to Blanchard's logging. Other representatives include Skagit County government officials, farmers and land trust representatives. "(The department) doesn't claim to know all the answers to problems surrounding Blanchard," Cahill said. "That is why we are holding these meetings." Cahill said the department hopes to create a proposal for the mountain's use by late July. Once the proposal is finished, the department will hold public forums where Bellingham residents can offer input. After the forums, the department will decide how the land should be used. Washington state's Constitution requires logging companies to allocate a portion of timber revenue toward building and funding public schools. Cahill said timber sales from the see LUMBER, page 6 KVIK seeks to localize comedy BY OWEN FINNEY The Western Front KVIK, the Associated Students television station, which airs primarily on channel 10 in Bellingham, will tape an open-microphone comedy hour called "Insert Show Here" at 8 p.m. on May 22 in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. The station will also tape a situational comedy titled "The U" at 9 p.m. KVIK plans to air the tapings at a later date. Western students can attend the tapings which are free and open to the public, Western senior and KVIK coordinator Matt Acosta said. "Insert Show Here" will feature comedy acts of all skill levels, from Western students to Bellingham area comedians KVIK producers invited, Acosta. said. see TV, page 4 Western labor tactics illegal BY ASHLEY VEINTIMILLA The Western Front The Public Employment Relations Commission, a state agency that monitors negotiations between union employees and their employers, said Western's administration violated two state labor laws during contract negotiations with classified employees in 2004. Public School Employees of Washington, a union that represents 800 Western employees, complained to the commission about Western's labor practices Oct. 24, 2004. The commission reported May 3 that Western was guilty of two infractions after investigating throughout 2005. As punishment, the commission is making Western post notices in accessible areas on campus advertising the violations as a formal acknowledgment of the university's infraction. The notices must remain posted for 60 consecutive days. Val Berry, Western Human Resources director, wrote in an e-mail Monday that Western is appealing the commission's decision. The first violation was a result of Western's failure to willingly negotiate with the union. The second violation was interfering with the collective right to bargain under state law. The posted notices also detail the commission's solutions, which include the administration promising not to repeat its actions and to negotiate employment contracts with its employees. Marty Hitchcock, president of Western's chapter of the Public School Employees of Washington, represented the unionized classified employees at Western during the 2004 negotiations, she said. Western staff positions are divided into three types, including exempt positions, faculty and administrative. Western's classified staff members, which the union PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS A state agency found that Western's administration, with President Karen Morse's backing, violated labor laws. see UNION, page 4 THE RIGHT TRACK Discus thrower prepares for national championships after final tune-up. SPORTS, PAGE 10 SELLING HISTORY Fairhaven store sells antiques to raise money for Whatcom County Humane Society. FEATURES, PAGE 8 BAD RAP Homeless are second-class citizens in recent Whatcom Independent article. OPINIONS, PAGE 16 WEATHER Wednesday: Sunny Hi: 70 Low: 48 www.westernfrontonline.com Thursday: Sunny Hi: 75 Low: 52 ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 16,2006 Fairhaven College seeks new dean Candidates from across country contend for top position Cops Box Bellingham Police May 14,10:53 a.m.: Officers *| responded to a report of disorderly conduct on the 900 block of East Maple Street. Neighbors were reportedly complaining that a woman was screaming and disturbing the peace of a beautiful, sunny Mother's Day. May 14, 1:07 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of a loud party on the 1000 block of Puget Street. May 14,1:06 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of a 24-year-old man urinating in public on the 200 block of Holly Street. May 14, 1:06 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of a loud party on the 2700 block of Woburn Street. May 13, 9:58 p.m.: Officers arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, driving with a third degree suspended license and possessing a stun gun on the 2500 block of Nevada Street. May 13, 9:05 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of a hit-and- run accident on the 1000 block of Roeder Avenue. May 13,7: 51 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of a suicide attempt on the 700 block of East Illinois Street. Compiled by Beckie Rositto BY KATIE RAYNOR The Western Front Fairhaven College hosted four forums throughout April and May for students, staff, faculty and community members to hear from the four candidates competing for its dean position. The . Fairhaven Dean Search Committee, consisting of four Western faculty and staff members, six Fairhaven faculty and staff members and two Fairhaven students, will collaborate with Western's provost and vice president of academic affairs Andrew Bodman to select a dean: The provost office will choose a candidate by the end of May, said Bev Jones, Bodman's assistant. The committee hosted the forums in the Fairhaven Auditorium and provided evaluation sheets for the audiences the committee will use when collaborating with Bodman on the decision. Fairhaven allows students to combine multiple fields of study to design their own degree, said Marie Eaton, interim Fairhaven Dean. The college needs an open-minded professor to continue Fairhaven's distinct educational system, she said. Fairhaven's professors and students work more closely together than regular four-year universities due to students' self-designed majors, Eaton said. "At other colleges students don't have as much personal interaction," Eaton said. "Here the dean teaches and advises students, so some will have intense personal KATEE RAYNOR / THE WESTERN FRONT Clockwise from top left: Arizona State University political science professor Okechukwu Iheduru, University of Washington women's studies professor Kathleen Noble, the Dean of Academic Affairs at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska, David Harrington, and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Roger Oilman, are competing for the Fairhaven Dean position. contact with him or her." Eaton began serving as interim dean after Dean Ron Riggins suffered a stroke Feb. 10. Riggins is recovering and will not be able to return. He resigned during fall quarter and was to serve until the college found a replacement, but suffered the stroke. The four candidates are University of Washington women's studies professor Kathleen Noble, Arizona State University political science professor Okechukwu Iheduru, the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Roger Gilman, and the Dean of Academic Affairs at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska, David Harrington. Noble said at an April 11 forum that she is drawn to Fairhaven because of freedom students have to structure their education, which is something the University of Washington can't offer due to its large size. She said she would like to work with faculty, staff and students who share her educational views. "I am isolated in my quest for multidisciplinary discussion at the University of Washington," Noble said. "Even though I have the best job in the world I need a new challenge, a new sense of home." Iheduru spoke at an April 25 forum. He said he taught in schools similar to Fairhaven at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., and at James Madison College at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. He said Fairhaven's student-designed majors allow professors and students to work together in advising sessions. "We should care for students, encourage students, especially in a college like Fairhaven where students are allowed to explore," Iheduru said. "Yes, many can find their way, but many need care to help affirm where they are." Gilman received two bachelor's degrees in philosophy and literature from Fairhaven in 1973. He spoke at a forum on May 1 and said attending Fairhaven and designing his own major helped him realize his'interest in philosophy and literature. Gilman said Fairhaven's role throughout Western should be to address social problems, such as environmental rights, that the rest of campus often overlooks. Harrington is a 1983 Fairhaven alumnus. He said in a forum on May 4 that he wants to maintain the liberal arts goal of Fairhaven and continue with the college's distinct degree plan. "It is important that a kaleidoscope of ideas be presented to students," Harrington said. The Western Front Online Grab a camera, strike a pose and check out The Western Front Online. www. westernfrontonline. com WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. 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Testing takes about VA hours. Preliminary scores will be available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST. Everyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. For a study guide and to register, visit www.west.nesinc.com. The next test date through July is July 15. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. SURVEY OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS AND ROOMS. Planning, Design, and Construction Administration will be recording room area measurements throughout Western's academic buildings. PDCA will use a laser distance meter to measure and a hand-held computer to record the data, primarily between 6 and 8 a.m. For information contact Jeff Winslow, X/6508, Jeff.Winslow@wwu.edu. FOR SPRING CAMPUS RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES, see www.careers.wwu.edu, stop by OM 280, or call X/3240. ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 3 ---------- May 16,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Outdoor art collection grows Irregular sculptures on campus include granite chairs, iron column BY JESSICA HARBERT The Western Front Western's outdoor art collection, which includes the orange tripod in the Performing Arts Center Plaza and the white staircase outside the Communications Facility, will feature seven new pieces scattered around campus. Seattle resident Virginia Wright, who has donated sculptures to Western since 1958, donated the seven contemporary art sculptures to ' the collection on April 14. Western's facilities management have placed four of the seven sculptures, including a granite chair sculpture in the entrance of Wilson Library and the rock sculpture outside the Biology Building. "I'm elated and feel the sculpture collection has yet again been enriched and rounded out by the newest additions," said Western's outdoor curator Sarah Clark- Langager. "It just goes to show that we are right up there and the new gifts make us even better." Three sculptures have not arrived yet, she said. Wright and the sculpture's artists have committed to donating two pieces to Western, but the artists have not set the arrival date. The third one arrived with the others, but had a crack in the bass ring encircling the piece. Western has postponed installing the three- dimensional plant sculpture until a welder fixes it, Western's facilities management director Tim Wynn said. A hole approximately 14 feet in diameter in front of the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Building awaits the sculpture. Five new artists and two returning artists contributed to the donations, Clark-Langager said. Imagine if the piece were gone from the plaza outside the Performing Arts Center. There would be a big hole in the sky.' BARNEY GOLTZ Western's planning director from 1957 to 1989. Each of the granite chairs, a sculpture titled "Two-Part Chairs," by Scott Burton, consists of two pieces of granite locked together, she said. The chairs sit in the entrance of Wilson Library, making it the first outdoor sculpture placed indoors. Returning artists Beverly Pepper and Mark di Suvero donated two sculptures, Clark-Langager said. The large orange sculpture in the PAC plaza titled "For Handel," and the newly installed = sculpture, "Mindseye," located near the circulation desk in Wilson Library are di Suvero pieces, Clark-Langager said. Pepper's 8-foot tall, thin cast iron column, "Normanno Column," joins another similar, piece of hers in Haskell Plaza near Parks Hall, she said. Wright owns a personal collection of contemporary art from artists, such as Jackson Pollock and Robert Rauschenberg, that she continues to donate to Western, said Barney Goltz, Western's director of planning from 1957 to 1989. "Imagine if the piece were gone from the plaza outside the Performing Arts Center," Goltz said. "There would be a big hole in the sky." Wright used to have family in Bellingham and thought Western was a place where students, faculty and visitors could appreciate the art while keeping the collection in the area, Clark-Langager said. Wright and her husband, Bagley, donated 12 of the 29 pieces of Western's outdoor art collection, including the seven recent donations. "Most people don't give a hoot about art, much less know anything about art," she said. "But the sculptures here have a lot of meaning if you're willing to explore them. You have to be open." MATT VOGT / THE WESTERN FRONT A new sculpture, "Mindseye," by artist Mark di Suvero, stands near the circulation desk in Wilson Library. This sculpture is one of seven pieces Seattle resident Virginia Wright donated to Western. Don't Let the Ship Sail Vikings!! Come to our May Open Houses Download Applications Cosigner Forms from our Website at www.apex-property.com â€¢ 360-527-9829 2211 Douglas Ave Alexandra Apartments Studio / One / Two Bedrooms Washer/Dryer/Dishwasher Open House: Tues. May 16th 2:30 to 4pm 1018 23rd Street Sweetwater Apartments Studio / Two Bedrooms Dishwasher / Fireplace in 2 bdrm Open House: Thurs. May 18th 2:30 to 4pm * App fee waived if turned in at open house* 1014 23rd Street Cedarbrook Apartments One Two Bedrooms Dishwasher Open House: Thurs. May 18th 2:30 to 4pm App fee waived if turned in at open house* 240 32nd Street Gateway Apartments One Bedrooms Washer/Dryer/Dishwasher Open House: Sat. 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Morse denied the union's request because of bad behavior because she didn't think the union should have kept making counter-offers, Nordlof said. This denial constituted the first labor law offense, Nordlof said. "Bargaining is a protected activity under labor law," Hitchcock said. "You can't be punished for not accepting the only offer you've ever received." The commission said Western committed the second offense when administration negotiators consulted Morse about the union's request for more paid vacation. Under labor laws, present negotiators on both sides must have the final bargaining authority to make a deal, not an absent party, such as Morse, Nordlof said. "What I'm hoping will happen from this experience is things will improve at Western," Hitchcock said. "And that the union isn't seen as an enemy, but that the union is the employees. We come to work. We contribute to the university's mission. We take our jobs seriously and yet we're not seeing that we're valued." TV: Performances involve audience, theater students CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The program will include stand-up and sketch comedy and slam poetry, which is a type of spoken poetry, Acosta said. Because of the popularity of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, KVTK has to localize its comedic material, with subjects specific to Washington state and Bellingham, so that it doesn't rehash subjects Western students may have seen before, said Western senior Kenny Davis, "Insert Show Here" host. Davis said he will perform an opening monologue about local current events and present sketch comedy bits. "Everything, including political rants, is acceptable," Acosta said. "We don't look specifically for comedians or musicians. We just try to get a fun and eclectic mix of people." KVDC, which broadcasts its news, sports and comedy across the state, used to broadcast "Western Live," a comedy show that aired interviews similar to those on late-night talk shows for its comedic platform. KVTK producers dropped "Western Live" after it ran for more than two years due to complaints from community members about the show's content, which didn't fit channel 10's programming standards. Western students, however, began to express regrets about the show's death, Davis said. Acosta and Davis want "Insert Show Here" to involve the audience more than "Western Live" did by allowing the performers to interact with the audience, said Western junior Doug Sacrison, KVTK production team member. "The U" is a sarcastic situation comedy which was originally meant to imitate the TV show, "Full House," Acosta said. Western theatre students who are seeking to hone their acting skills will play the roles in the sitcom, Acosta said. Davis said he and Acosta have promoted "Insert Show Here" and "The U" more than any other KVTK production because audiences at past recordings have been small. "If everyone is in the mood to laugh, the whole audience will laugh, and the more off-the-wall we are the more the audience will play with us and the better the show will be," Acosta said. PHOTO COURTESY OF KENNY DAVIS Western senior and "Insert Show Here" host Kenny Davis. PRE LEASING FALL QUARTER SffiNGUUD AnumKNTS New England 1 3 Bedroom Starting at 1Bd:$595 3Bd:$1155 Andrea Ridge 4 Bedrooms Starting at 4Bd:$1220 Just 3 blocks to campus, onsite parking, decks w/ valley views, laundry onsite, courtyard, and BBQ. Hurry, won't last long! Boardwalk 1 Bedrooms Starting at $615 Sup Deluxe open floor 1 bedroom suites. All suites have valley views, D/W, W/D hookups, storage, . private decks, off street parking, onsite laundry more! Newer units located just blocks fromWWU! 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Permits are issued by credi All applications are due by: My 2 i , 5 P,M, ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 5 ---------- MAY 16,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 Students simulate homelessness on campus BY KELLY JOINES The Western Front Cardboard boxes and tarp tents covered the lawn in front of the Humanities Building Wednesday and Thursday, providing shelter for 10 Western students who traded heated homes and dormitories to live like Bellingham's homeless men, women and children. The Leo's Club, an Associated Students club focused on community service, organized the Western Homeless Awareness Campout to draw attention to the approximately 1,255 homeless in Whatcom County. Western senior and club member James Feiccabrino encouraged students to volunteer at local nonprofit organizations, such as The Woman's Care Center, to help the homeless gain access to more food and shelter. "We are out here trying to give them a second chance," Feiccabrino said. "I feel if there are 100 people in a shelter and five to 10 percent get back on their feet, that it is worth it." Feiccabrino said after a three-year stint in the U.S. Army, he realized that being proactive about issues he cares about allows him to better the community. "The government isn't going to take care of everything that needs to be done," Feiccabrino said. "It's important that people take care of the problems we see. If we actually help out our neighbors, that would be cool." JEFFREY LUXMORE / THE WESTERN FRONT Ten Western students lived in cardboard boxes and tarp tents on the Humanities Building lawn Wednesday through Friday, to live like the approximately 1,200 homeless men, women and children in Whatcom County. 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Please refer to individual sandwich package labeling. ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 16,2006 Lumber: Decision likely to allow harvesting while preserving recreation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 area below the mountain that are currently being logged earn $400,000 to $600,000 each year. Portions of these profits go to Burlington-Edison schools, the United General Hospital, Port of Skagit County, emergency medical services and Skagit County road maintenance. Dave Smith, a photographer for Friends of Blanchard, said he is against logging above the current lower area on Blanchard Mountain. "As corny as it sounds, the mountain is soothing, on both a spiritual and physical level," Smith said. Smith, 55, advocates outdoor exercise and recreation on the mountain and said logging the area would perpetuate a decline in outdoor exercise in local youth. "Our society is so messed up that we let kids sit and play video games all day and then one of our few recreation spots where they could be outdoors and active is on the verge of being ruined, I don't think so," Smith said. "I guess kids could climb a mountain with today's electronics and computers, but it doesn't even come close to KELLY JOINES / THE WESTERN FRONT Debra Smith-Hicks, a volunteer trip leader with Conservation Northwest, leads a vegetation hike on Blanchard Mountain April 2. r Mother's f gt;ag t Choose From: fresh Water Pearls Austrian Crystal Sterling Silver MÂ«rei At the corner of State Ohio Mon-Sat 6am to 2pm â€¢ Sun 8am to 2pm â€¢ 734-8687 Breakfast and lunch served all day! Create Beautiful Jewelry! HistoricFairhaven, Betlingham. {366)671-5855 buy/sell/trade 2010 n state shopmen-sat 10:30-6.30 756-9440 Register early - avoid disappointment! 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"There is less medical expense for those who recreate than those who don't. It is important to the community to have recreation available to them." In an effort to build support to oppose the logging, local volunteers for Conservation Northwest are leading hikes on the mountain every Sunday until the end of June. "The main reason we are hosting these hikes is to introduce this local gem to anyone who is unfamiliar with it and to educate the public that there is an amazing recreation destination spot in our back yard," said Rose Oliver, events coordinator for Conservation Northwest and 2001 Huxley College of the Environment alumna. "Once someone sees for themselves the beauty of the mountain and its breathtaking view of the San Juans Islands, it's hard not to want it to be left as a legacy for our children and our children's children." One of the hike guides is 2001 Huxley alumnus Michael Koenen, who has volunteered for the organization since 2003. "There are very few places like this in the state," Koenen said. "It is rare to have a mountain so close to the ocean and it would be really disappointing if we can't preserve the few thousand acres that it is." Huxley forest ecology professor David Wallin takes students enrolled in his class on field trips to the mountain each spring to study forest structure composition. He said he is not opposed to logging. "There are no shortages of timber stands," Wallin said. "If they start harvesting one, we will find another. The majority of the world lives in wood houses and uses a vast amount of paper and because of this I recognize the need to continue harvesting." Honesty Dependability Guaranteed I 10% Discount with Student ID 1189 E. Sunset Dr. â€¢ Beliingham ( 3 6 0 ) 6 T 1 - 2 2 7T OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK No Appointment Necessary Loaner Cars ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 7 ---------- FEATURES TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 7 Woman in wheelchair runs from police A Los Angeles woman, who has repeatedly filed lawsuits about lack of access for the disabled, got out of her wheelchair and ran from police after they arrested her for fraud, Los Angeles police said May 11. Laura Lee Medley, 35, has sued companies in at least four California cities because of injuries she claimed she sustained while trying to navigate her wheelchair. Her lawsuits lead authorities to suspect her of fraud. Police tracked Medley, who claimed to be paralyzed from a drunk driving accident, to Las Vegas where they took her into custody and then, when she complained of medical issues, took her to a local hospital, Long Beach, Calif., prosecutor Belinda Mayes said. While she was waiting for an examination, she stood up from the chair and ran, Mayes said. Medley sprinted through the hospital corridors but was quickly apprehended by police. She faces charges in San Bernardino, Calif., of filing false documents, attempted grand theft and insurance fraud. Four arrested for marijuana burglary attempt California police arrested four men on suspicion of trying to rob a medical marijuana clinic after one of the four used a garden hose to climb down from the roof of the clinic, police said. Police arrested the men, whose identities remain annono-mous, before they managed to steal any marijuana, said West Hollywood, Calif., Sheriff's Detective Sylvia Arreseigor. A deputy responded to a burglar alarm at 5:45 a.m. at The Farmacy medical marijuana dispensary, where he saw someone inside the closed shop and called for backup, Arreseigor said. Police suspect the burglar cut open a metal grate on top of the roof and used a garden hose to lower himself down, she said. Police said they arrested three other men when deputies stopped a car that tried to drive away from the clinic. Cops lose drug money after throwing away desk More than $31,000 in seized drug money by Somerville, Mass., police is now buried under tons of garbage in a Rochester, N.H., landfill. Officers accidentally stashed the cash in a broken desk that they later took to the landfill. The drug money went missing after an evidence room technician, who had been cleaning out evidence rooms since last Wednesday, put the money in the drawer of the broken desk, Police Chief Robert Bradley said. On May 8, while the technician was out of the office, two other officers involved in the evidence room cleanup threw out the desk, along with broken chairs and furniture, for spring cleaning. Bradley said the evidence room technician returned to work and immediately noticed that the desk was missing. Officials discovered that the trash and the drawer unit had been hauled to the New Hampshire landfill. On May 10, Somerville officers went to the New Hampshire to try and dig up the cash. They found, however, that it was buried under hundreds of tons of dense, hydraulically compacted waste. Even with heavy equipment, police could find no way to retrieve it. Shanghai preparing for human zoo Four Australian men will live in a glass box in a Shanghai, China, downtown mall for two weeks in June. The public will be able to watch them sleep, eat and bathe, according to a May 11 Australian news report. The group, known as the Urban Dream Capsule, has drawn crowds with similar displays in London, Hong Kong and Montreal, Quebec. "They won't turn off the lights or pull down the curtains," event organizer Karen Chang told the Shanghai Daily newspaper. 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COURTESY OF WHATCOM MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART Left: Poet and Higginson Hall's namesake Ella Higginson (1861-1940). Above: One of Higginson's most famous poems, which she wrote in 1890, was inspired by the orchard grove in front of her home on High Street. PIECES OF HISTORY Fairhaven shop sells artifacts from Higginson Halls namesake BY EMILY KRAHN The Western Front A slice of history many Bellingham citizens have yet to discover is nestled among a collection of antiques in a small gift shop in the Fairhaven district. Several artifacts that once belonged to former Washington state poet laureate Ella Higginson, the namesake of Western's Higginson Hall, are for sale at Paws Awhile, a volunteer-run gift shop located on 10th Street in Fairhaven. The shop raises money by selling antiques to benefit the Whatcom County Humane Society. The items available at the store include a rocking chair Higginson owned, as well as _ _ _ = two books she wrote, "A Forest Orchid and Other Stories" and "When the Birds Go North Again." Paws Awhile's volunteer manager and gift shop creator Thea Mancha said she started the store because she loves animals and wants to help them. Mancha said Higginson's chair, with its classic style and bold patterns, are attracting customer attention. The chair has a price tag of $ 1,800, she said. "A lot of people have looked at it," Mancha said. "At first, they seem to be fascinated with its style and elegance and then they stay to read about it." Mancha said longtime customer and Bellingham resident Ed Thomas donated the chair two months ago after he researched the item at the Bellingham Public Library. "I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know who Ella Higginson was," Mancha said, "But low and behold, Ed came into the shop and offered her items to us along with some information on her." Thomas' research is displayed with Higginson's chair to provide customers with background information, Mancha said. Thomas said Ranch Antiques in the Dutch Village Mall in Lynden had the chair for sale, but no customers were interested. Higginson's association with Bellingham history sparked his interest and he decided to research her. Thomas dates the chair to the 1850s, he said. "History fascinates me," Thomas said. "It's a passion of mine. So, I started researching her at the library." For his research, Thomas said he interviewed Ranch Antiques owner, 81-year-old Mary Margaret Barker. Barker's late husband, Orval W Barker, worked for Higginson during the last years of her life. Orval, who died in 1988, worked at Higginson's home as a gardener from 1938 until she died in 1940, Barker said. Orval and Higginson became close friends ah4 she gave him numerous belongings, Barker said. Higginson gave him signed poems, books and a handmade cribbage ' board from Alaska, â€” one of her favorite places. Barker said the chair was a gift from a friend of hers, Vern Engelsen. Barker didn't have room for the chair in her home and tried to donate it to the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, but they refused to take it. She then put it up for sale in her Lynden store because she said it had more exposure there. "I was annoyed because the museum rejected it," Barker said. "It should be in a place where someone could recognize it. Now I hope it goes to the college because of the connection she had with the school." Thomas said Higginson and her husband, pharmacist R.C. Higginson, moved to Bellingham from Portland, Ore., in 1888 after R.C.'s Portland pharmacy burned down. A novelist and poet, Higginson became poet laureate of Washington state in 1931, Thomas said. Higginson was the campaign manager for Frances C. Axtell, the first female member of Washington state's House of Representatives. Higginson also established Bellingham's first public reading room and library in 1912. Higginson lived on the Whatcom County Normal School campus, â€” now known as Western Washington University. Higginson's home was located on" the west side 'History fascinates me. It's a passion of mine.' ED THOMAS Bellingham resident and Higginson historian of High Street and across from Edens Hall, Barker said. The university tore the house down after she died in 1940, The university decided to name the dormitory it built in the spot of her old home after her. "I feel very fortunate to have these things," Barker said. "The important thing is that they were given to my husband personally. I think he just thought she was a nice old lady." Barker said she remembers visiting Higginson at her home and walking through her orchard of peach, cherry, apple and plum trees once a year for a grade school field trip every spring. "It always seemed like we were half scared of her," Barker said. "I think it was a little intimidating. We were in awe, but she seemed very nice. I think she looked forward to the kids coming to visit." Higginson wrote one of her most famous poems, "Four-Leaf Clover," in 1890 at the orchard on her property. The poem became the official song of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, one of the world's largest and oldest women's volunteer organizations. Higginson's husband built Bellingham's Clover Building located at Commercial and Holly Street, and named it after the poem, Thomas said. Today, the building is a bridal shop, Belle Bridal Formal Shoppe. Paws Awhile's consignment policy requires that owners reclaim their items if they don't sell in 90 days. "If the item has potential, we'll work with the owner to lower the price or give some sort of discount," Mancha said. "We would like to keep the items in Washington state." Thomas said he wants the chair and books to go to someone who will appreciate them. "The chair itself should go to someone who has a respect for her," Thomas said. "This lady was very impressive given the age she was from and what she accomplished." MATT VOGT / THE WESTERN FRONT A chair owned by Ella Higginson and books she wrote are for sale at the gift shop Paws Awhile on 10th Street in the Fairhaven district. ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 9 ---------- SPORTS TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM * PAGE 9 Sexson leads Seattle slump BY ANDREW SLEIGHTER Mark It Zero Seattle Mariners slugger Richie Sexson hit a game-winning home run in the 13th inning against the Anaheim Angels Saturday night. I watched him do this as I sat down to write a column about how bad he's stunk this year. The home run, Sexson's fourth of the season, may be what snaps him out of what has been an epic slump. But even if it doesn't, now is a good time to reflect on the spectacular crappiness coming from Sexson and the rest of the Mariners' offense. As of Monday, a month into the season, Sexson's batting average is a paltry .196. Before his home run, Sexson was 1-5 with a single against the Angels, which actually brought his batting average up. You know you've reached the summit of Mount Failure when you go 1-5 and your batting average improves. Things are so bad, Sexson Googled "horny co-eds read the 'DaVinci Code' " and still couldn't get a hit. The Mariners signed Sexson and third baseman Adrian Beltre two years ago to revitalize the Mariners' offense. The Mariners shelled out $50 million to Sexson and $64 million to Beltre. They were supposed to give the M's the two-headed monster in the middle of the lineup that so many teams crave. Since their arrival, however, Beltre and Sexson have been less like a two-headed monster and more like $114 million asthmatic conjoined twins. Beltre tries to swing at a fastball above his head while Sexson watches strike three blow past him. Manager Mike Hargrove pulled off the risky procedure of separating the twins like a miracle-working surgeon, by moving Beltre from fifth down to sixth in the lineup, with Sexson still hitting cleanup. Beltre's straggles were apparent last season, when he hit .255 with 19 home runs and 87 RBIs. So far, Beltre continues his ineptitude at the plate. He's pouring on the disappointment this year, hitting .218 with two home runs and 11 RBIs. Beltre's short comings have distracted me from Sexson's offensive fiasco this year. Until recently, I expressed most of my frustrations in the form of half-eaten chimichangas thrown at the television screen. Yet, Sexson has surprised me as the biggest underachiever on the team. To be fair, Sexson played well last season, driving in 121 runs and batting .263. But this year, he's lost his power stroke. Of his meager 28 hits, only 12 have been for extra bases, giving him a slugging percentage of .336. Compare that with last year's .541, and anyone can see he's not exactly hitting the ball a country mile â€” as an inexplicably popular Mariners television advertisement suggests. What do rural folk call 60 feet? Sexson has struck out 45 times with only 14 walks this season. For a guy who strikes out a lot â€” hopefully because he's swinging for the fences â€” he's sure not hitting a lot of home runs because he has only four after 38 games. Maybe he's swinging for the gap between the first and see MARINERS, page 11 Crew defends title Viking Women look ahead to nationals PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM GAMACHE Western (bottom) races University of California, San Diego (second from bottom), Humboldt State University (second from top) and Seattle Pacific University (top) at the NCAA Division II West regional championships at Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Western won the race to capture its third consecutive regional title and an automatic invitation the Division II National Championships. Western women's crew is the defending 2005 Division II National Champions. BY SCOTT MCDOWELL The Western Front Western women's crew team is returning to the NCAA Division II National Championships for the fifth consecutive year after winning its third straight NCAA Division II West regional championship at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Saturday. The crew team will try to defend last year's national title, Western's second in any sport, at the national championships in West Windsor, N.J. May 26 through May 28. The varsity eight and varsity four boats won their 2,000 meter races against three other teams in the West region. Western beat Humboldt State University, Seattle Pacific University and the University of California, San Diego. The eight rowers in the varsity eight boat rowed together all season for maximum efficiency but head coach John Fuchs didn't finalize the varsity four team until last month, said No. 2 seat Katrina Anderson, a senior. Before deciding the lineup, Fuchs said he looked at six rowers and wanted the best four in the boat. Fuchs set the varsity eight boat lineup before the rowing season began March 25. Each team will compete in identical 2,000-meter races for the national championship. The varsity eight, ranked No. 1 in the US Rowing/Collegiate Coaches poll all season, finished its regional race with a time of 6 minutes, 54.9 seconds, beating runner-up UCSD Tritons' time of 6:59. Western trailed early in the race as the Tritons got off to a fast start, said senior captain Julia Gamache, a 2004 and 2005 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division II All-American. She said Western slowly overtook the Tritons midway through the race because the Vikings is a stronger rowing team than the Tritons. "It was obvious that their plan was to go balls out in this one," Gamache said. Saturday's race marked the varsity eight's first win since defeating Division I Gonzaga University April 15. Since that race, the team has raced against Division I schools, such as the University of Washington, Loyola Marymount University and Sacramento State University. Losing to bigger Division I schools, such as UW at the Opening Day Regatta May 6, will not affect the varsity eight and varsity four's Division II national standing because they didn't lose to Division II competition, Fuchs said. "We feel good finally getting a win in here," Gamache said. The varsity eight has not lost to a Division II team since the 2003 national championships, when Western placed third. The Tritons proved to be the only competition for Western in the regionals. The Varsity four finished the race with a time of 7:05, beating the Triton's 7:07.8 time. Western's varsity four led the entire race, but the Tritons stayed close for the first half, said Anderson, alternate for the 2005 national championship winning team. "They kind of made us a little nervous just because we're used to walking through teams pretty fast," she said. "They hung with us for a good thousand meters." Anderson said she realized the Tritons began to tire and Western pulled away after the first 1,300 meters. The varsity eight boat returns seven members from last season's championship- winning team. Senior captain and 2005 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division II All- American Lindsay Mann- King said she is confident in the team's ability to repeat. She said the team is accustomed to pressure after last season's national championship run. March 25 Daffodil Cup Regatta, Tacbma April 1 NW Collegiate Rowing Conference Invitational, Vancouver, Wash. April 15 Blue Cup Regatta vs. Gonzaga, Medical Lake. April 22 NW Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships, Lake Stevens. April 29-30 Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, Rancho Cordova, Calif. Lake Natoma May 13 Pacific Coast Rowing Championships, Rancho Cordova, Calif. 1st/3rd 1st/1st 1st/3rd 3rd / 3rd 4th / 6th 1st/1st ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 10 ---------- 10 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS MAY 16,2006 Telleria leads Vikings track in national qualifier BY LANE KOIVU The Western Front Western's track and field team ran out of breath during the Ken Foreman Invitational track meet Saturday at Husky Stadium in Seattle. Only one Western athlete placed first and none qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship on May 25 in Emporia, Kan. The meet was Western's track and field athletes' final opportunity to reach provisional marks in their events to qualify for the championships. Provisional marks are the standard distances or times athletes need to surpass to qualify for the national championships. Reaching a provisional mark doesn't ensure the athlete will qualify for the national championships. The athlete's mark must also be in the top 16 in the country. Western senior discus thrower Jessica Telleria finished first in women's discus with a throw of 151-10. Telleria entered the competition ranked No. 4 nationally after a throw of 156-2 at a home meet April 1. Telleria's throw is the second straight year she passed the provisional standard to go to nationals. Telleria's throw at the April 1 meet was one of the four best discus throws in Division II this season, placing her in the nation's top 16 discus throwers. "I'm really looking forward to competing," she said. "It's what every athlete strives for, and I'm excited to be able to go." Western junior triple jumper Kim Bascom was one of four Vikings to finish second at the event. Bascom was three-quarters of an inch short from qualifying for nationals in the triple jump with a score of 36-11 1/2. Boscom said she was not satisfied with her performance Saturday. "My performance just wasn't too hot," Bascom said. Western freshman Clara Cook placed second in the women's high jump Saturday with a mark of 5-5. Cook reached the provisional mark of 5-7 meters at the May 6 GNAC Conference Championships in Monmouth, Ore., and could still make it to nationals if her mark is in the top 16. "Clara Cook has a good chance to go to nationals," Western assistant sprint coach Peter Hays said. "We just have to wait and see where everybody else in the league falls." Junior steeplechase runner Keever Henry and. senior pole vaulter Scott Romney made provisional marks earlier in the season but failed to improve their marks Saturday to guarantee themselves a trip to nationals. Cook, Henry and Romney will find out Tuesday, when the national field is finalized, if they qualify in the top 16 in their respective events. Sophomore long and high jumper Kyle McGillen, said the meet was a learning experience for next season. PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL MADISON Western senior discus thrower Jessica Telleria throws at a home meet April 1. Telleria won the event with her best throw of the season, a mark of 156-2. The mark was one of the four best throws in the country this season and qualified Telleria for the Division II National Championships May 25 in Emporia, Kan. Make a Difference Major in Human Services Find out more about the WWU Human Services Program, a unique major that blends theory and practice through a combination of interdisciplinary coursewark and community internships. 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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS The most moving advances in medicine. 1-800-824- BONES www.aaos.org ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 11 ---------- MAY 16,2006 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 Mariners: 2005 signings lead Emerald City's decline to American League West basement CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 second baseman and attempting to populaize the yet to be recognized mammoth, seeing-eye single. Even play-by-play announcer Dave Niehaus is on board, "My, oh, my. Sexson hit that one good. That ball would have gone a mile if baseball was played on asphalt and there were no right fielders. Get out the rye bread and the salami, Grandma, it's barely acceptable time." Sexson has the opposite of a compact swing which help hitters make contact. The guy's all limbs. He's 6 feet 8 inches tall and 235 pounds. He makes Mr. Fantastic look stalky. The strikeout aren't really what bother me. Its just out of the non-strikeouts you'd want some of them to be hits. The Mariners signed designated hitter Carl Everett to add left-handed power to the lineup. Yet, Everett is hitting .252 with five home runs and 20 RBIs. Unfortunately, that makes him the hottest hitter in the middle of the lineup. Left fielder Ichiro Suzuki is off to one of his worst starts, hitting .288. The only reason the Mariners aren't at the bottom of the American League West right now is because everyone else in the lineup has made surprising contributions. Second baseman Jose Lopez leads the team in RBIs with 28. Players like Lopez, outfielder Jeremy Reed and catcher Kenji Johjima have made solid impacts for the Mariners. This brings me to my favorite player on the team, shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt. Everyone knew Betancourt would be fabulous defensively, but he's been serviceable at the plate with a .260 batting average and 16 RBIs while hitting ninth â€” Babe Ruth-like numbers on this team. The first reason I like Betancourt is because of his name. It makes him sound like a James Bond villain or some Russian terrorist from Fox's "24." I also like Betancourt because he looks like he's 12 years old. When I watch games I think that any moment his big brother might come out and tell him he's got to go home for dinner. These younger players are putting the veterans to shame. And right now, if the bases are loaded in the bottom of the ninth, I'd take Betancourt over Sexson any day. But like I mentioned above, maybe that home run against the Angels is what snaps Sexson and the rest of the Mariners out of this funk. Maybe, that home run will put Sexson on a torrid hitting streak that lasts the rest of the season. Maybe he'll ride that streak the rest of the season and end up hitting .250 with 22 home runs and 100 RBIs. Maybe Beltre will figure out his problems and hit more than 80 RBIs this season. Maybe the Mariners will win 70, or even 80 games. A fan can dream. 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"She's one of the finest defensive catchers I've ever worked with," he said. "She's very steady and keeps the pitchers under control." Ellis maintains her cool despite squatting, catching 60 mph fastballs constantly and wearing layers of pads, he said. She played this season after recovering from an off-season knee surgery to repair a ligament she tore standing up in class winter quarter. She recovered and helped the Vikings to a 25-29 record, including a 12-12 record in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play. Hicks said Ellis' motivation helped fuel the team's performance withhercatching This perfection is especially tough for catchers because every play of the game involves them, giving them more opportunities to make a mistake, Hicks said. She didn't commit an error her sophomore season in 2004, either. "I don't ever look at the stats," Ellis said. "I always feel really confident, so I'm not afraid to make mistakes." Ellis, a native of Pleasant Hill, Calif., transferred from St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., to Western in 2004. She said she could no longer afford tuition at the private school and St. Mary's head softball coach was leaving. Western senior catcher Rachel Ellis' career fielding statistics 2006 season 2005 season 2004 season Fielding Percentage 1.000 IlilllUllll 1.000 Games Played 25 Hfli 21 Starts 22 â€¢HI! 13 Fielding Opportunities 130 HHIHISI 12 Errors 0 illlll 0 GRAPHIC BY TAYLOR WILLIAMS abilities. Hicks said the catchers manage the game on the field because they select the pitcher's pitch and location. He said Ellis helps calm down pitchers when they are flustered and helps them out of jams by selecting pitches most likely to get a batter out. As a co-captain, Ellis finished this season without committing an error in all 25 games she played this season. Before Ellis transferred, a friend attending Western told her catching adds up." she would like the campus. Ellis Doctors told her she would said the coaches were open when not be able to play this season she visited and were almost like because of the injury and its a family. resulting surgeries, she said. "She's very steady every day," After the injury had time to he said. "She's just solid. And all heal, doctors told Ellis she could this with two knee surgeries in play after she rehabilitated the the past year." knee with exercises. Ellis tore two knee ligaments Ellis said her goal of returning p l a y i n g to catching motivated her to = = = = = = = = = = = = = basketball in rehabilitate her knee. the fall of her "It was really easy to jump 'She'S b e e n knocked sophomore year, right back in," she said. "It's like down more times When doctors riding a bike." than I Can COUnt. examined her Senior outfielder Jessica She always knee' m e y f o u n d w i l k i n s o n s a i d E l l i s maintained K MI K lr Â» ^ she h a d t o m a P o s i t i v e a t t i t u d e w n e n s h e w a s DattieS D3CK. a ligament as a injured. â€” child and never "She's been knocked down JESSICA WILKINSON healed properly. more times than I can count," Vikings senior outfielder "I never really Wilkinson said. "She always had a functioning battles back." ACL," she said. Ellis said the physical strain In December 2005, she re- of catching is immense, but the injured a ligament after standing mental elements of the game are up in class. " more difficult. "I just stood up in class one Selecting the right pitches and day and it snapped," she said, taking charge over the team is "The daily wear and tear of essential to its success, she said. 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Off the field, Ellis is always working to improve her game, freshman pitcher and utility player Jen Jorgensen said. "When she's not on the field she's in the weight room or doing drills," she said. "You can tell she really wants to be there and wants to play." Ellis will coach the team's catchers next season. "There's lots of points that kids coming into college don't know," Hicks said. "She'll teach them how to think the game." Ellis also plans on going to Seattle University to obtain a master's degree in sports administration after graduating spring quarter from Western. She said her goal is to coach a college softball team, preferably at a school that doesn't already have a great record. She said she would enjoy the challenge of bringing a struggling team success. "I want to go into a program that's not very well known and turn it around," she said. Get paid to give away, k I - FREE J CEIL PHONES! 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Tanning is biologically different than burning, which alters the skin's DNA. Tanning is a natural process that actually protects your skin from harmful UV rays by producing melanin. In other words, tanning does not increase the risk of skin cancer, burning does. Also, what many people don't know is that they should use an indoor lotion when tanning in a bed. These are designed to put back the moisture and vitamins, that UV rays strip from the skin. They also provide antioxidants to help prevent that leathery look. The golden rule of smart tanning is "don't ever sunburn." That's what causes skin cancer. Also, tan in moderation: three times a week at a maximum. And, of course, tanning has its benefits, such as producing Vitamin D, which can actually prevent some other forms of cancer. It can also relieve seasonal anxiety disorder and other forms of depression. So before bashing indoor tanning, look at both the positive and negative effects. The sun is beneficial, and without it, life on this earth would cease to exist. Michaela Hickey Senior, psychology Protests overlook important aspect Abortion. A word with profoundly polarizing effects causing passion to swell in many hearts. I write because of what fills my heart now, something overlooked this past week. I believe abortion hurts women. Many things have been said, many statistics and arguments thrown about. In all the money, time and passion that goes into the politics of abortion we miss the hearts of the women themselves. Pregnancy is the most transforming thing that can happen in a woman's body. A new life totally dependent on his or her mother who is physically designed to protect her child is created out of an intimate connection between two people. Every part of her works together to nourish and sustain another human life â€” it's amazing. I am angry at our society that the best many seem able to offer a woman who unexpectedly finds herself with child is a means to terminate her pregnancy. We can do better. It is not our place to simply define someone out of existence. Perhaps you agree but think a|t unborn child, fetus or "fetal tissue" never was a "someone." A great risk is taken then. Maybe abortion matters less if that jÂ§ the Â§ case. However, consider the implications, if only for a moment Jfyhjtt it could mean if that assumption is wrong. ||Â§ Common ground unites those who are faced with this decisiofÂ§and | with those of you who want to help find more creative solutions.fÂ§| Our resources, especially our passion, should drive us towar lt;l|his| gÂ°al- 1 | Laura Schonbrun Senior, design Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management WWU College of'Business and Economics South Summer! Save Money* â€¢ â€¢ Take your elective* from us. Choose from Sciences. Languages/Math, English and more. Surfer barter "tarts j U n e 26 Advertise in t h e Western Front 650-3161 ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 14 ---------- 14 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS MAY 16,2006 THE WESTERN FRONT An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. MICHAEL LYCKLAMA Editor in Chief ClARA O'ROURKE Managing Editor PETER JENSEN Head Copy Editor AMY HARDER JACOB BUCKENMEYER News Editors CANDACE CUSANO Accent Editor SHANNON PROULX Features Editor â€¢ DERRICK PACHECO Sports Editor TOM KING Opinions Editor TAYLOR WILLIAMS Photo Editor MEGAN SWARTZ SARA THOMPSON Copy Editors PETER THAN MATT VOGT Staff Photographers AARON CUNNINGHAM Cartoonist JEFF ELDER Online Editor JUSTIN MORROW Community Liaison JOHN HARRIS Adviser ALETHEA MACOMBER Business Manager JOEL HALL Advertising Manager FRONTLINE LABOR Western should put faculty first In what is becoming an unfortunate trend, a union representing Western faculty and staff has complained to the administration about the unfair tactics it is using in labor negotiations. Once again, the union was right. On May 3, the Public Employment Relations Committee, a state agency that monitors union negotiations with employers, reported that Western was guilty of violating two state, labor laws during contract discussions with faculty members in 2004. These violations add to a total of five in the last four years. Western's reluctance to even negotiate with the union, Public School Employees of Washington, is the violation most worth admonishing. The union represents approximately 800 faculty members, including supervisors and department managers but not professors. Western's professors voted to join a separate union in February. The union repeatedly requested a pay raise, but the administration's negotiators, with President Karen Morse's support, refused each request. Instead, the negotiators responded by offering an additional day of paid vacation, which the union accepted. The administration denied the pay requests because of bad behavior from the union negotiators, according to the commission report. The bad behavior, if it can be called that, was refusing to accept the administration's first offer of more vacation days. Such stubbornness from the administration only breeds contempt among faculty members. True, the administration doesn't have to grant the union its every demand, but the purpose of negotiating is to reach an accord that is beneficial for both sides. Western's history of poor labor relations is even more troubling. In each of the five labor law violations, the administration ignored the unions or refused to negotiate with them. The administration can't use these tactics and expect to maintain a good relationship with its faculty. Unions have been a contentious issue at Western. The professors spent two years debating on whether to unionize and finally did so in February. The union circumvents the faculty senate's negotiating power, which caused many professors to raise objections. Unions also have a poor track record of improving salaries and benefits for professors at public universities in Washington state, notably at Eastern Washington University and Central Washington University. Yet, union influence continues to grow at Western, and ignoring it is not the way to solve labor problems. Labor problems negatively influence everyone at this university. No one â€” students or faculty members â€” deserves to have these easily-fixed labor problems mar their experience here. Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: "We cannot learn without pain. â€” Aristotle, philosopher Pity party ends Columnist has better life than he thinks BY BRADLEY THAYER Assorted Flavors Two weekends ago, I had the worst time of my college life. On Friday, I made an ass of myself in front of some friends. My girlfriend of five months and I broke up Saturday. I spent Sunday with food poisoning. Suffice it to say I was losing blood in the process. But when Monday rolled around and a new week began, I felt good. People asked me how I was doing and I said, "All things considered, I'm doing well." And I wasn't just saying it â€” I meant it. ===== You may not believe me, but bear with me and I'll explain. I wasn't in denial about my friends and the break-up. I still have my share of regrets. I care deeply for both my friends and my ex-girlfriend. It was the food poisoning, though, that caused my happiness. Go figure. On Sunday I was miserable. Combine a barrage of undercooked chicken on your digestive system with feeling sorry for yourself â€” â€” and the turns your personal life has taken and I'll be the first to tell you it isn't the best mix. My mother would be the second. She had to listen to my complaints for most of the day. When I wasn't spewing my guts into the toilet, I realized something. I recognized that, no matter how I look at it, I have it pretty good. In high school, one of my best friends, Austin, was diagnosed with leukemia. He fought the disease for two years. Whenever I'm in a bad mood or think I have it rough â€” which happens too often, I'll admit â€” I need to think again. Compared to many, I am damn lucky. My friends and I thought if anyone could beat it, it'd be Austin. He was funny and an amazing guy, but he also took a no-nonsense approach to life. He once played an entire soccer game in freezing rain with pneumonia and was still the hardest-working guy on the field. He kicked ass and took names in all facets of life. I remembered going to visit him. Because of the chemotherapy, puking was a part of his everyday life. We would have to pause our video game so he could go take care of business in the bathroom. He always kept it quiet, didn't talk about it and acted casual. He was a strong kid. Watching his body slowly deteriorate was a tough part of growing up for me, and I miss him dearly. What I see now is a lesson I should've learned from Austin's experience. Whenever I'm in a bad mood or think I have it rough â€” which happens too often, I'll admit â€” I need to think â€¢ again. Compared to many, I am damn lucky. I need to take a page out of Austin's book and toughen up. When all these memories came back to me Sunday, I realized I wasn't feeling the tiniest fraction of the pain my friend endured. And, in the end, our senior year of high school â€” he died. My complaints and sour mood ended immediately. I was acting like a prima donna. I thought about how many aspects of my life I could be happy about. If nothing else, I could be thankful for the fact that I was alive. And, if you're reading this, I'm assuming you are as well. That's one hell of a start. Contact columnist Bradley Thayer at: bradley_thayer@yahoo. com ---------- Western Front 2006-05-16 - Page 15 ---------- MAY 16,2006 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 What has been your biggest challenge since you came to college? Compiled by Shana Keen It's proba% studying bSausef as much as I should sit down, I find it hard. I just want to go play outside. Holly Bammert Sophomore, environmental studies Matthew Salter Junior, sociology Succes^mly^m approaching J? and speaking with a girl without it ending in tears, loud screaming or a back slap. i Dealing \0fa contradictor HfeF styles of partying and school. John Schaaf Senior, psychology Need flexibility in your schedule? Enjoy the convenience of an online class l i l l ^ . 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Members of the Leo's Club, an Associated Students club dedicated to community service, organized the event in an attempt to shed light on the tragic realities that Bellingham's homeless face every day, such as a lack of food and safe shelter. An article called "Cleaning the homeless out of downtown" appeared in the Whatcom Independent, a local newspaper, May 4. The article offered ways for merchants and residents to take the streets from the homeless in Bellingham, including sweeping storefronts, hosing sidewalks, picking up litter, planting flowers, playing classical music and taking pictures of homeless people who become nuisances. This article is offensive, discriminatory and misleading. The language it uses to describe the community's homeless and the police sources it cites give a biased perspective and perpetuate age-old stereotypes regarding the homeless. It described the homeless as vagrants, loiterers and panhandlers, as well as individuals whose only activity is hanging around downtown. It disregards the many homeless men and women who are seeking help to improve their living conditions. It uses stereotypes the privileged upper class of this community hold, including laziness and poor hygiene, to sweep the homeless issue off the sidewalk. By quoting Lt. Steve Felmley and Lt. Scott Snider of the Bellingham Police Department, the article provided law enforcement officers a way to voice their concerns and suggestions. Yet, the article neglected to give the homeless the same consideration. This failure to present multiple perspectives creates a bias in the newspaper's coverage and reinforces the privilege that comes with a higher socioeconomic standing. In a society such as America's, where value is placed on what a person has rather than who a person is, its media deny the underprivileged a voice in the newspaper on issues, such as poverty and life on the streets, that oftentimes concern them. As human beings, however, the homeless deserve the Bellingham Homeless Census Statistics Total number of homeless Mentally ill homeless Victims of drug abuse Fleeing domestic violence Under 18 years old â€¢ 1,255 M/4 M/3 M/5 "35% INFOGRAPHIC BY TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT same amount of respect, consideration and opportunities to share their perspective on issues that concern their lives. The article fails to mention any census findings on the more than 1,255 homeless people in Bellingham. Bellingham's homeless census found that one-fourth of the homeless population is suffering from mental illness, one-third is abusing drugs and alcohol and one-fifth is fleeing domestic violence. It also said 35 percent of Bellingham's homeless is under the age of 18. Downtown would overflow with homeless if all 1,255 of these people panhandled all the time. A number of people, some of whom are not even homeless, certainly hover around downtown to loiter, panhandle and obstruct business and commerce. To have the audacity to link the greater homeless population with such a small minority of idle, irresponsible bums is misleading. It tells readers that all homeless people are unwanted and undeserving of a voice. The problem isn't homeless vagrants. The problem is apathy, ignorance and disregard for the greater social injustices facing our community. Local business owners need tosetasidetheirbroomsticks and clean their hearts instead of their sidewalks. Instead of offering sugarcoated solutions such as classical music and flowers â€” as though these changes would actually act as homeless person repellent â€” leaders of this community need to offer viable solutions, such as more affordable housing, food and emergency childcare programs. They should support local organizations that are overworked and ill-equipped to supply those in need with affordable food, shelter and health care. Take back the streets from indifference and injustice, not from people in the community who need a helping hand and a caring heart. Students should take a clue from the homeless awareness efforts in Red Square last week, give back to the community and promote positive social change. At the very least, they should stop pigeonholing all homeless as worthless panhandlers. â€¢â€¢HPHB â€¢H W^^i^MdParents Reserve Now For Fall! WOm sdes Office(360) 647â€ž8400 THE WOUP Conveniently located at 680,690, 700 32nd Street 3110 Woburn St. Ste 105, Bellingham, WA PPPPP
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Show more2005_0412 ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 1 ---------- J-VS ^\o3 HE WESTERN FRONT ISSUE 4 VOLUME 133 Y, APRIL 12, 2005 â€¢ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY â€¢ BELLINGHAM, WASH. â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM Biking for a cause Western alumni bike from Alaska to Mexico BY MEGAN MULDARY The Western Front Three Western recreation graduates will ride their bikes 4,000 miles from Anchorage, Alaska to Rosarito, Mexico to raise money for three charities. Phase Five Ride will start May 15, and the riders said they hope to finish Aug. 4. They will be helping orphans in Ukraine, raising breast cancer awareness and promoting knowledge of the growing problem of sex tourism around the world. Sean Smith, Eric Christensen, Tyrell Marlow and Nick Benavidez all graduated from Western in December 2004 with degrees in recreation management. Although Benavidez will not ride with the team due to family circumstances, he said he will be behind the scenes supporting the team. Smith said the idea of helping the world through a bike.ride began one and a half years ago when Christensen talked about wanting to bike across t the country. Smith said he and Marlow agreed to join Christensen if he ever went through with the plan. Smith said that after all four had gone on a trip to Peru together, they realized their ability as Americans to help the world around them. All four then set out to find an organization they could support by asking for donations for their journey which they named the Phase Five Ride, he said. Smith said the structure of the recreation degree helped them come up with the title Phase Five Ride. In the recreation major, students go through four phases of learning. Smith said the first area is an introduction to the recreation major, the second is an overview of the areas students can CHRIS HUBER/The Western Front Western alumni (from left) Sean Champ Smith, 23, Eric Christensen, 28, and Tyrell Marlow, 24, prepare their bicycles Monday at Fairhaven Park. study, the third is the internship in the chosen field of interest, and the fourth is an in-depth look into the specific area of study. The fifth stage is known as a student's continuing journey through life after graduation. Smith said that after he heard a sermon at Christ the King Church about the problems with the orphanages in Ukraine, he realized he wanted to help people learn about the problem occurring overseas. Smith said that see RIDE, page 3 Education tax credits may save students money BYZACHKYLE The Western Front Many financially strapped college students will unnecessarily pay thousands of dollars in taxes when they are due Friday because they are unaware that education tax credits exist. Western financial aid director Clara Capron said some Western students who are eligible for education tax credits do not claim them, simply because they do not know such credits exist. She said credit information is available, but students do not know to look for it. Tax credits are often confused with tax deductions, said Ryan Howell, a Bellingham accountant from Darrell Stewart Accounting. Tax deductions lower taxable income, Howell said, but tax credits are more significant because their value directly subtracts from the total taxes students owe to the government. That means if a student or his or her parents owe $3,000 in taxes, a $1,000 tax credit lowers the total due to $2,000. The federal government provides two types of education tax credits: the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit. Howell said the Hope Scholarship Credit is available only during the first two years of a student's college education. The Hope Scholarship's eligibility criteria requires students to be enrolled at a university at least halftime, which is six credits, in a certificate program, he said. Western junior Aislyn Greene said she did not know about education credits until an H R Block tax preparer brought them.to her attention "I was in school for a couple of years before mat, and I did my own taxes," Greene said. "Without a prompt (from a tax professional,) I didn't know about tax credits.". One hundred percent of the first $ 1,000 a student spends on tuition and fees is credited by the government to the student or the parents if they claim the student as a dependent, and 50 percent of the next $1,000 spent is claimable. Therefore, the Hope Scholarship Credit can save students as much as $1,500 a year, Howell said. Unlike the Hope Scholarship Credit, students can claim the Lifetime Learning Credit for as many years as they are enrolled in college, Howell said. Recipients of the credit may take any size of credit load. The Lifetime Learning Credit is worth 2.0 percent, or $2,000, of the first $10,000 spent on tuition and fees accumulated throughout a student's entire see CREDITS, page 4 Western students silently protest discrimination BY LIZ MCNEIL The Western Front Western may be a quieter campus Wednesday as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their allies take part in the Day of Silence. The Day of Silence is a student-led project that the National Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network started to increase the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. Participants will refrain from speaking during the day to protest the silencing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students that comes from discrimination and harassment, said Stuart Brewster, Western's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Allianc program coordinator. Brewster said the event serves as an educational tool by making lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues prominent in public, but the event also is personally meaningful. "I have been out of the closet for two years, and the Day of Silence reminds me of when Iwas unable to tell people I was gay because of the fear of what might come of it," Brewster said. "It is where I came from and where so many people still are." Students from the University of Virginia first organized the event in 1996, and it has spread to more than 1,900 high schools and colleges since its debut. The LGBTA will have a table in Red Square from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to distribute handbills and answer people's questions. LGBTA coordinator Kat Castaldi said she is going to keep silent to some extent but will speak in order to educate others. "If someone has a question, I'm not going to deny them," Castaldi said. "If I am verbally assaulted while tabling, I won't stay quiet either." ForWestern'sDayofSilenceparticipants, the silence ends with the commencement of the LGBTA's Breaking the Silence at 7 p.m. in Viking Union 565. see SILENCE, page 4 BRADLEY THAYER/The Western Front Fliers for the National Day of Silence hang on bulletin boards around campus. Students will participate in the Day of Silence Wednesday. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 12,2005 COPS BOX â€¢^Aprilll'O^^ meBellihgham Polite p^artt^iat ap|Â»rehend^ ;$de6Â£Â©^^ woman's car and arm were hit with ijj|i|(ll|pj0|pj|)JS^P :;Srreei|||^ ^iiKvi^^ jariestedl*^^ ; : s $ s t i ^ ioTfsSeeon^^ .pl^^^^SI^SilllI^p^^ll V YOl iking oices Sarah Sadler Freshman, undecided Do you think you will be shafted on your tax returns? Compiled by Leah Weissman Jessica Nicholas Senior, French and Spanish Brian Quist Senior, political science Oh, I was shafted; I know I was shafted. (The IRS) told me that I made a mistake in my calculations and I got less than I was going to. 55 / don't think I will be shafted on my tax returns ...Is there something wrong with me? 55 No, I don't think so. I don't know anything about tax returns, but I think I'll get some money back, so that's not being shafted. 55 AP Wire news briefs STATE NEWS iiiiil^WBiiiiiiftij Outside panel to look into King County voting King County Executive Ron Sims will select members for a 10-member committee on Monday to investigate the county elections office's handling of the 2004 election. The office acknowledged that a report accounting for absentee ballots was flawed, and ballots were not included in mailings to some voters for an April 526^vojeÂ« by-mail hospital-levy election. NATIONAL .NEWS Bolton pledges to help strengthen United Nations John Bolton, a diplomat nominated as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, pledged Monday to help strengthen an institution he said has occasionally gone off track. President Bush's selection of Bolton in March has stirred controversy because of Bolton's disdain for the United Nations and the blunt criticism he has leveled at North Korea and other countries and arms-control treaties. DeLay draws fire from fellow Republicans House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is drawing heat from some fellow Republicans who y ^ ^ ^ o j | t m u i n g ejhics pjoblems are harming the GOP. "Tom's conduct is hurting the Republican Party, and it is hurting any Republican who is up for reelection," Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., said to The Associated Press on Sunday. DeLay has been dogged by reports in recent months of possible ethics violations. Many have questioned his overseas travel, alleged campaign payments to family members and his connections to lobbyists who are under investigation. INTERNATIONAL NEWS U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raid Baghdad for insurgents Hundreds of U.S. and. Iraqi forces launched their largest raid in Baghdad in recent weeks, moving on foot Monday through a central neighborhood and rounding up dozens of suspected insurgents, the U.S. military said. Approximately 500 members of Iraq's police and army and a couple hundred American soldiers swept through buildings in the Rashid neighborhood, detaining 65 suspected militants, said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. One Iraqi soldier was wounded but no American casualties were reported in the largest U.S.Iraqi raid in the capital since the Fort Stewart, Ga.-based division assumed responsibility for Baghdad in February, Kent said. One suspected insurgent also was being treated for wounds, the military said in a statement. India, China agree to form partnership India and China, the world's two most populous countries, agreed Monday to form a strategic partnership to end a border dispute and boost trade, marking a major shift in relations between the Asian countries. The agreement, signed by the premiers of both countries, eases decades of mutual distrust between the nations, which share a mountainous, 2,500-mile border and fought a war in 1962. Parts of the border still are not demarcated. Compiled by Mark Reimers AP Wire courtesy KUGS 89.3-FM liii^iHiiiBBifflBi^^J liSH^8iiiiii^8Biii :||||i|^i||||l|||l^]Ji liilteiKilBM^Mi wvvw.westernfrontonline.com The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. 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THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT) is offered in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Mondays on April 11,18, 25, May 2, 9,16, 23, and June 6 and at 9 a.m. Thursdays on April 14, 21, 28, May 5,12,19 and 26, June 2 and 9. Registration is not required. Students must bring picture identification, student number, Social Security number and a No. 2 pencil. A $15 fee is payable in exact amount at time of testing. Allow 90 minutes. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST SCHEDULE AND SAMPLE TOPICS may be found atwww.ac.wwu.edu/~assess/tc.htm. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) is a computer-based test administered by appointment. Make an appointment in person inOM 120 or by calling X/3080. A $42 fee is payable at test time. Preliminary scores available immediately-official results are mailed within 15 days/Testing takes about one and a half hours. FIND OUT ABOUT THE WOODRING COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HUMAN SERVICES major at an information session at 1p.m. April 18 in Miller Hall 210, or call X/7759. WEST-B TEST. Anyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on basic skills assessment by the application deadline. See www/west.nesinc.com for registration information and a study guide with sample questions. Test dates: May 14, July 9. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. WEST-E PRAXIS. Beginning in September, Washington requires anyone seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass a subject knowledge assessment in the chosen endorsement area. For a description and registration information, see www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.html. Registration bulletins also are available in MH 216. REMAINING WEST-E PRAXIS TEST DATES this academic year are April 16 and June 11. The June 11 test will not be administered at Western; check www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.html for location and for registration information for the April 16 test. STUDY ABROAD WITH LEXIA INTERNATIONAL AND VERNON JOHNSON in Cape Town, South Africa, this summer. Johnson will teach the course "South Africa in a Global Perspective." For more information, contact International Programs and Exchanges, ipe@wwu.edu, X/3298. STUDY ABROAD IN OVIEDO, SPAIN with AHA International and James Loucky next fall. Loucky will teach the course "Migration in a Global Age: The Changing Face of Spain and Europe." A minimum one year of college-level Spanish language experience is required. Contact International Programs and Exchanges at ipe@wwu.edu, X/3298. THE ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER IS CURRENTLY HIRING ACADEMIC STUDENT ADVISORS. Applications are available online at www.acadweb.wwu.edu/advising/Default.htm or can be picked up in the Academic Advising Center in Old Main 380. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 15. LOT RESERVATIONS. Lot 14G will be reserved beginning at 10:45 a.m. April 9 for those attending the planetarium show. FACULTY ARE REMINDED THAT RESERVED PARKING SPACES are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10g, 17g and Parks Hall. INFORMATION REGARDING NATIONAL TESTING is available at the Testing Center, OM 120. * Â» + * . - gt;. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 3 ---------- APRIL 12,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Trial of former defensive end Joshua postponed BY ADRIANA DUNN The Western Front Western's football team had its first spring practice Monday without former defensive end Joey Joshua. Whatcom County Superior Court rescheduled the trial date for Joshua's case; the court originally set the trial date as April 11 but moved it to June 28. The pre-trial hearing will be June 16. University Police arrested Joshua on campus Jan. 11 on suspicion of two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance on Nov. 17 and Nov. 30,2004. Head coach Rob Smith said Joshua lost his full-ride scholarship following the arrest. He said Joshua is not playing for the football team this year and is not currently attending classes at Western. Even if the court finds Joshua innocent, his fate with the football team remains undecided, Smith said. Bernstein and Bartek, the legal office representing Joshua, declined to comment on the case. Officials from the Whatcom County Superior Court clerk's office said the court often changes dates in order to try cases with higher priority, and many rules and regulations exist for case scheduling that can also affect trial dates. Whatcom County Jail officials released Joshua on his own personal recognizance Jan. 12 following his first court appearance, after he agreed to appear in court. Joshua, a Ferndale native, said officers released him because all of his family lives in the area and jail officials did not think he would attempt to flee before his trial begins. Ride: Phase Five riders each choose a cause to represent in the journey from Alaska to Mexico CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to accomplish this he spoke to the pastor and found out about the nonprofit group Education Resource Ukraine. Smith said the group cannot solicit because of the type of nonprofit organization it is, so Smith had to tie. the group together with an organization worse every day because people are stealing boys and girls who are 12-18 years old from their homes or joining brothels. Christensen said more than 1 million children enter the sex trade each year. He has had a difficult time getting in contact with individuals to approve his _ affiliation with UNICEF and Nick (Benavidez) World y i s i o n j a n i n t e r n a t i o n ai called Orphan's Hope. may not be on the relief and development Orphan's Hope and ride with us, but he is organization, W he plans to Education Resource Ukraine with us in spirit and Sive h i s donations from the ride now work together to improve the orphanages in Ukraine and is a member of Phase give orphans a better chance Five Ride.' at surviving on their own after Ukranian law requires them to TYRELL MARLOW leave at age 16, Smith said. Western alumnus By donating to these ... . organizations, Smith said people can take comfort in the fact that they are disproving the statistics that show that after five years of being on their own, orphans have only a 5 to 10 percent chance of a normal life. Christensen said he is riding to educate people about the exploitation of women and young children throughout the world in sex tourism. Christensen said prostitution in the Caribbean, Asia and South America becomes to the two organizations, he said. Marlow and Benavidez are raising money for the American Cancer Society and the American Breast Cancer Foundation. Marlow said he and Benavidez chose to support breast cancer because it has hit close to home for both of them. Marlow said he has seen several friends and family members struggle with breast cancer, and he wants to use the bike ride to teach others about breast cancer and to make sure people know how to check themselves for early signs of the disease. Marlow said Benavidez was planning to join the three men on the ride until Dec. 14, when his mother lost her straggle with breast cancer. Marlow said Benavidez is still supporting Phase Five Ride by making sure people know about the journey and collects donations for their cause. "We as a team, we support and are riding for Nick and his mother," Marlow said. "Nick may not be on the ride with us, but he is with us in spirit and is a member of Phase Five Ride." Christensen said Arkel, a company based in Canada, gave the three bikers bags for their trip that will hold 80 pounds each. Christensen said the men also built their own trailers, which they will attach to their bikes during the trip to hold everything that will not fit in their bags. Christensen said companies such as R.E.I., American Alpine Institute, Kinko's and Cliff Bar have given them donations. Smith said although they all want to camp and do as much as possible by themselves, they appreciate the donations because the cost for their trip is more than $4,000. People can make donations to support their trip or to help the organizations they are riding for by going to their Web site www.phasefiveride.com. CHRIS HUBER/The Western Front Western graduates (front to back) Sean Champ Smith, Tyrell Marlow and Eric Christensen rest with their bicycles Monday at Fairhaven Park. www.fairhavenpub.com THE FAIRHAVEN Pub Martini Bar Live Music Spirits in Old Fairhaven 1114 Harris Avenue - 671-6745 www.theroyai.mz Live Music Schedule Monday - Open Mic Wednesday - Karaoke w/Jody Thursday, April 7 Danceable Rock The Unusuals Friday, April 8 Saturday Night Fevei on F'tday Night Free Pool Monday Wednesday Nights felimoharns f-lottest N^htspot since 1994 / 208 E. HOLLY -738-3701 Open 6 p.m. irniMjTT. Saturday, April 9 Seattle's Premiet Showband jnday itiesqma 50G TOCOS ST $2. Burritos] Delicious Burritos jt ntcos at special! farices from 5-Botnl _ Sanesal Lurger NiglfÂ£] i/2lb. Burger w/ Fries iust$3.95i T t i u r s d a y , F r i d a y a n d S a t u r d ay Upstairs DJ Mikey Carter (Thurs. Sat.) DJ MFD (Friday; Downstairs DJ Bam Bam Thursday, Â£\pril 7th The Master of Musical innovation Rock Candy T.. 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Just show your pay stub. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 12,2005 Silence: Western students fight against sexual discrimination by symbollic vow of silence CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The open mic event gives those who were unable to speak during the day a chance to vocally express themselves through poetry, speech and song to other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies, LGBTA assistant coordinator Jesse Raymond said. While many will take the vow of silence Wednesday, other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals are choosing not to participate in the event. Western sophomore MatthewBebbington said he will not participate in the event because he disagrees with the tactics the movement employs. "Civil rights movements have never embodied silence because discrimination is empowered by silence," Bebbington said. As a gay man, Bebbington said he sees the event as a source of unnecessary attention aimed at his sexual orientation. Western senior Derek Howard said the event is a positive way to encourage public awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. "The event is about being seen and accepted as a human being," Howard said. "It helps not only the gay community, but anyone who has ever felt ashamed of who they are." Business forum raises money for scholarships Credits: Middle-class families are common beneficiaries of the education tax credits CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 college education, Howell said. Western junior AileeaNevius said she did not claim education credits on her taxes this year and does not know if she is eligible. Universities provide students with Tax Form 1098, which states the claimable amount spent on tuition and fees, Howell said. Students can write this number onto the appropriate line on their tax forms, Howell said. The calculations are easy to follow, he said, so claiming an education credit is less of a headache than other tax issues that are usually more complicated. Education tax credits increase access to higher education, Capron said, but students benefiting from the credits must have discipline to make sure the money returned goes toward continuing their education. After filing taxes by April 15, students wait until May or June to receive their tax return. Capron said students who are not attending classes during summer quarter must refrain from spending the money until fall quarter if they plan to spend the funds on academic expenses, such as tuition, fees and books. Capron said middle-class families usually benefit the most from education credits because low-income families do not have high taxes, and upper-class families have enough money to pay for school. "This means education credits provide a great opportunity for Western students and their parents because the majority of Western students come from middle-class families," Capron said. BYTOMKLOSER The Western Front In an effort to attract the most qualified students to Western, the 8th Annual Western Washington University Seattle Business Forum raised $75,000 in scholarships for transfer students and freshmen. ' The Western Washington University Foundation, a nonprofit group generating revenue for Western since 1966, sponsored the event through its Western in Seattle Committee. The Western in Seattle Committee, composed of 12 Foundation members, prominent Western alumni, and their friends and business colleagues, played host to the Seattle Business Forum, April 5 at the SeattreWestin Hotel. Attendees included Western alumni, local business and community leaders, current students and Western staff. "We had 53 sponsored tables and 500 people in attendance," said Mark Bagley, the foundation's director of development. "Through the generosity of five title sponsors and nearly 20 scholarship sponsors, $75,000 was raised for WWU student scholarships." Members of the committee gathered colleagues from local businesses, including Starbucks, Safeco and Key Bank, to sponsor scholarships. 'These connections help us develop long-range partnerships that greatly benefit both the students of Western and the citizens, of the state.' STEPHANIE SALZMAN Dean of the Wood ring College of Education "There are 20 different donors to the Seattle Business Forum scholarship fund," said Michael Barr, Western's Assistant Director of Admissions. The 20 donors', each granting from one to six scholarships, gave a total of 45 scholarships worth $1,500 each. The awards will be split = ^ = ^ = between incoming transfers and freshmen. In addition to fundraising, the forum serves as an outreach program, allowing current students and faculty to form relationships with Western graduates and business leaders. "The Business Forum is extremely valuable because it helps WWU faculty and administrators connect with the business community in a meaningful way,*' said Stephanie Salzman, the dean of the Woodring College of Education. "These connections help us develop long-range partnerships that greatly benefit both the students of Western and the citizens of the state." While primarily a fundraiser for incoming students, the Seattle forum allowed current students to mingle with local employers. "The 8th Annual Seattle Business Forum was an opportunity to-match many of our best Western students with business and community leaders from around Puget Sound," said John Sands, a Western College of Business and Economics lecturer. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Bachelor of Science in the College of Business and Economics www. cbe. wwu. edit I mm Average Starting Salary: $43,875 To get involved, contact: The Educational Society for Resource Management Meetings at 6:00p.m in Parks 104 Free food and drinks. Everyone welcome. * 4/13 Cover Letter Workshop with Guest Speaker * 4/20 Bowling! * 4/27 What are Employers Looking for in Future Employees with Guest Speaker please visit our website at: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~apicswwu/or email us at: apicswwu@cc. wwu.edu. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 5 ---------- APRIL 12,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 ***MeTgraduation A closer look at popular majors Communication BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front Editor's note: This is the first story of a weekly series focusing on popular majors at Western. When Western senior Jessica Flesch receives her bachelor's degree in communication at graduation this June, she said she is certain it will be a ticket to a stable career. But like many communication majors, she does not know what that career will be, she said. Perhaps Flesch will work in public relations, she said, or perhaps she will work at McDonald- s. Both jobs require the public speaking skills she spent four years and thousands of. dollars acquiring. Graduates of Western's communication program are the product of an immensely popular, and as a result, exclusive major, department chair Anna Eblen said. "We want the cream of the crop," Eblen said. "We don't measure our department's success by the number of students we graduate but by the learning experiences those graduates had." The department has 120 students majoring in communication and tries to maintain that number to keep class sizes down and to keep the faculty from overworking, Eblen said. â€¢ Western graduates with communication degrees find jobs on television, in law offices, in marketing and sales or management divisions within companies, Flesch said. "The skills you get are needed to IMPROV â€¢ SKETCH COMEDY â€¢ STANDUP â€¢ CLASSES Friday Saturday 7:30 9:30 April 15 W Instant Theatre April 22 Upfront Players April 23 The Edge April 29 30 Unexpected Productions Spoken Box office opens at 6:30 $10 General â€¢ $8 Students with ID Attend the 7:30 show, Catch the 9:30 show at HALF PRICE! Advance Ticket Sales: Wed. - Fri., Noon till 3pm Call or visit the Box Office the week of performance 1208 Bay Street â€¢ Bellingham â€¢ 360-733- 8855 compete in the business world," Flesch said. "Practically stated, they get you a job." While the careers available through the major are broad and challenging â€” if not immediately lucrative â€” so is the curriculum, Eblen said. Beginning communication students learn about communication theory and how to speak in public before studying research methods and communication techniques. Department advisers also encourage communication students to take intercultural communication courses within the, department, Eblen said, because many jobs are becoming "available overseas. As a result, many communication majors speak two languages, she said. But student interest in communication, while increasing nationwide, is decreasing at Western, according to department statistics. In past years, an average of 450 freshmen have expressed an interest in majoring in communication, department manager Ann Dwyer said. The number of interested freshmen dropped to 318 two years ago after the department gained notoriety for being exclusive and difficult, Dwyer said. "People think twice about majoring in communication now," said Mark Cavanaugh, a Western sophomore, who hopes to major in communication. "Don't go into it thinking it will be easy. Put in the time and you'll be successful." To declare a major in communication, students must complete 90 credits, two prerequisite courses in public speaking and a communication theory class, and submit a declaration portfolio, Dwyer said. The major has no grade-point minimum, Dwyer said. "For good students, it isn't that hard to get into the major," Dwyer said. The declaration portfolio must include a student's resume, transcript, samples of academic work, three letters of recommendation, a letter of intent and a plan of study within the major. The department requires this from applicants, Flesch said, simply to weed out those who are not serious about majoring in communication. "I think our students are self-selecting," Eblen said. "We just provide a way for them to sharpen their communication skills." Cold Hard Numbers llll!Â§ii|li^ Reality: An alumnus' point of view BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front A Western graduate of Fall 2004 and former communication major, Chris Vasquez said he credits the major not only with teaching him the public speaking skills he uses in his work every day, but with giving him the opportunity of his life â€” an internship with Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Vasquez, 23, began the internship at Walt Disney World in January, he said, just one month after he graduated from Western with a bachelor's degree in communication. He works in public relations, assisting customers with their problems and complaints, he said. Vasquez said the internship will become a part-time job in June, and if he succeeds, eventually a career. Should that happen, the career would be more of a testament to his ambition than to his degree, he said. "To move up in a career, to be promoted, you have to work for it," Vasquez said. "You can't just let it happen like you did in college." His internship was the product of months of researching, Vasquez said. He began looking for work the summer before he graduated and said he felt the Walt Disney World internship offered the best chance for career advancement. At Western, Vasquez said he learned the most through the hands-on teaching methods the communication' department employs. Vasquez said he originally wanted to be a business major but changed after he found that the teaching techniques of the classes made it difficult for him to learn. He is certain he made the right decision, he said. "I love working at Disney World," Vasquez said. "Because I'm dealing with customers' problems, it is always different and always new. This is something I will never get bored with." I f Â® S l l l Â« i i l ^ 650-3650 ilearn@wwu.edu 405 32nd Street, Suite 209 ExtendedEd.wwu.edu/ilcarn WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 6 ---------- FEATURES TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 6 A local nonprofit organization is dedicated to wildlife rehabilitation BY LEAH WEISSMAN The Western Front Last week, Krista Unser, vice president of Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, entered the clinic with a small cardboard box. In it contained a severely wounded female mallard duck suffering from a gunshot wound. Unser and volunteer coordinator Jan Mitchell are licensed rehabilitators and removed the duck from its container to immediately begin treating the injured animal. In a state of shock, the duck could barely stand but managed to thrash around as Mitchell injected it with Lactated Ringers fluid, which keeps the duck hydrated. Unser gently held the duck down on a yellow towel draped across the table as Mitchell pulled aside the feathery exterior and cleaned the wound. "(Animals) are very stressed and very scared and consider us prey," Unser said. "They don't have a cl^we're heret0;liefp;^^/; â€¢'â€¢â€¢ gt;,,'- Animals injured from gunshot wounds are not a normal occurrence, but those suffering broken bones from cars and puncture wounds from animal attacks â€” usually cats â€”- are regular injuries, Unser said. As a grassroots organization, the Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation has a facility that is far from glamorous. What used to be a laundry room for an old nursing home now serves as a place of refuge for distressed animals, both furry and feathered. The only indication this is an animal rehabilitation center is a piece of paper Scotch-taped to the front door giving the name of the center and a phone number to call if no one is available. Linda Williamson, president of the center, said she started the Lynden-based nonprofit LEAH WEISSMAN/The Western Front Volunteers Krista Unser and Jan Mitchell at Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation center treat a female mallard duck with a possible gunshot wound. organization because she wanted Whatcom County to have its own one. "I had two goals: to network all the rehabilitation centers in the Northwest, and .to start a rehabilitation center in Whatcom County to deal with animals instead of having to ship them to other counties," Williamson said. All funding for the center comes from individual donors, volunteer's pockets and fundraisers, Unser said. With approximately two fundraisers a year, Unser said the center raised $5,000 during its last benefit, which included a formal dance and auction. The center's volunteers established the it in 2000, and Whatcom County recognized the facility as an official nonprofit in LEAH WEISSMAN/The Western Front Jan Mitchell and Krista Unser, volunteers at Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation center, place a bandage on a pigeon with a broken wing Wednesday. 2001. Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation comprises 18 volunteers who donate their time, cars and old cell phones to the cause of rescuing animals. Mitchell said that in spring the clinic receives baby birds â€” from robins to eagles â€” every day or every second day, sometimes one at a time or an entire nest. She said volunteers feed orphaned baby birds Macdiet, a mixture of cat food, yogurt, egg whites and an assortment of vitamins, on the broken end of a Q-tip. The volunteers have to feed the babies every 10-15 minute for 12 hours straight. She said if the volunteers do not feed them, the baby birds can die from lack of nourishment "You have to get (Macdiet) down a little way, not too far, but enough for the bird's swallowing mechanism to work," Mitchell said. Unser said spring yields a high amount of orphaned baby birds that fall out of nests and people pick up, and the clinic is in real need of volunteers during the spring and summer months. Mitchell explained that every animal that comes to the facility is at some degree of mental or physical shock, so volunteers handling an animal need to be careful. "We start off with an examination of the animal, give them fluids underneath the skin because the body will absorb it better, and warm them with heating pads," she said. While Mitchell tried to bandage a struggling pigeon's bruised wings once, she said the natural reaction of an animal is to fear humans. "That's exactly what I want them to be, afraid to be picked up," she said. Baby fawns get emotionally attached to humans so quickly that if an orphaned fawn is taken to the clinic, rehabilitators confine it and feed it with a bottle without human contact so it will not attach itself to the volunteer, she said. Sometimes people cannot help getting attached to an animal they are trying to save, she said. Mitchell recalled a certain case when a man called the facility about an injured rabbit. "The man had chains around his neck and tattoos going up his arms â€” very rough looking," she said. "Before calling Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, he picked maggots out of the rabbit's wounds and put a little bandage around its foot. He was probably the reason the rabbit lived." When rescuing an animal, volunteers use heavy gloves and cover the animal's head with a sheet, Unser said. "Covering the animal's head relaxes it because it figures if it can't see you, then you can't see it," she said. "We also wear goggles when dealing with herons because their defense is to go for the eyes." Unser said certain injuries animals have when they come to the clinic require the medical attention of a veterinarian. "There can be teeny tiny breaks we can't see that only an X-ray picks up," Unser said. Although the organization does not have a veterinarian on staff, Williamson said it does have sponsoring veterinarians. She said veterinarians treat animals free of charge for the facility. Williamson said four sponsoring veterinarians in Whatcom County work with the organization, including some from the Northwest Small Animal Clinic and Maplewood Animal Hospital. Northwest Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation is in the process of changing locations from Lynden to Nugents Corner near Deming. Once there, the organization will have enough space for X-ray equipment and outdoor facilities for recovering animals. Whatcom County owns the new location, and is leasing the property to the wildlife facility for five years, Williamson said. Before, the facility had to ship animals to other facilities in Snohomish and San Juan counties because the center in Lynden did not have outdoor facilities. That will change with its new location. Nugents Corner will include more space inside and outside, Williamson said, with a seven-room facility on approximately three acres of land. The center still will not accept large animals because the new location is , in a residential area. "One thing we're really happy about our new location is we'll be able to keep species separate," Williamson said. "Prey in one room and predators in another." A rabbit would probably get scared stiff if it were in the same room as a screeching raptor, she said. Unser said the center treated 879 animals and answered 3,500 calls from residents reporting about animals in distress in 2004. "It's just the passion for what we do," Mitchell said. "We can make a little bit of difference even if it's one animal at a time. You know what you're doing is worth every second you put in it." Mitchell said that if a volunteer rescues an animal from a safe place, they will release it back into that area. But she said sometimes a volunteer needs to rescue an animal from a certain area because the environment is hazardous to the animal. In that type of scenario, Mitchell said the wildlife facility knows people with large quantities of land who will let volunteers release animals on their property. Releasing animals back into the wild is the best feeling in the world, Unser said. "We have to euthanize a lot of (injured or orphaned) animals, and this is a tough time of year for us so it's wonderful when one makes it," she said. What to do if you see an injured, sick or orphaned animal ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 7 ---------- APRIL 12,2005 FEATURES THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 The commitment or a liietime Western students snare tneir experiences with BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front Western seniors Jacob and Ariel Meltzer said they characterize their nearly two years of marriage several ways. It can be challenging at times. A learning experience, certainly. A decision they do not regret, definitely. Marriage has taken them â€” and their relationship â€” to unexpected places. They spent this past summer working together in Juneau, Alaska, where Ariel Meltzer, 22, drove a tour bus while Jacob Meltzer, 21, worked at a salmon hatchery. Neither Ariel nor Jacob Meltzer considered marriage to be a decision taken lightly or made quickly, Jacob Meltzer said. Yet young couples tend to experiment with marriage and do not realize it is a lifetime commitment, said Randy Pries, 50, a pastor and marriage counselor at Cornwall Church in Bellingham. A successful marriage requires sacrifice and dedication from a couple, Pries said. Couples have to forego selfishness and be aware of their partner's needs, he said. These are difficult tasks for those lacking maturity and an understanding of their own needs, much less someone else's, and as a result, a large number of college marriages end before graduation, he said. "A lot of kids have been raised in a .culture of divorce," Pries said. "And they aren't aware of the commitment and challenges that come with marriage." When Western junior Jason Dolph, 27, married Samantha Cunning in 1998, just after he turned 18, he said he was certain he made the right decision. But just six months after the wedding, however, he knew the marriage was a mistake, he said. Dolph said he met Cunning, who is three years older than him, through an Internet dating service in his hometown of Vancouver, Wash., when he was 16. After a year and half of living together in his parent's house, Dolph said Cunning wanted something more serious out of the relationship. Unsure if he should marry Cunning, Dolph said he did something contused people often doâ€”- he flipped a coin. "If it was heads, I would ask her," Dolph said. "If it was tails, I would tell her I was not ready yet. It came up heads." Dolph and Cunning spent four tumultuous years together, he said, before separating in 2002 during their sophomore year at community college. Cunning left for her native Pennsylvania while Dolph took a year off from school before graduating from community college and enrolling at Western this past fall. He plans to graduate with a degree in East Asian studies next spring, he said. Dolph said he blames the divorce on disputes about money, a lack of readiness and preparation, but mostly on a collapse of communication. The marriage deteriorated to the point that he avoided Cunning to escape the problems, he said. "In a marriage you have to be each other's best friend," Dolph said. "You have to tell each other everything, even if it. makes them uncomfortable." Should a marriage succeed, however, the couple will thrive, Pries said. For the most part, Ariel and Jacob Meltzer have found their marriage to be an escape, Ariel Meltzer said. Coming home to married life is her chance to get away from the monotony and stress of taking 20 credits this quarter, as well as working at the Associated Students Bookstore, she said. The one thing they cannot escape from, though, is the residence halls. As the assistant resident director for Fairhayen dorms, Jacob Meltzer has to live there as well. His spacious suite, with a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and sitting room, helps the situation, he said. While Ariel Meltzer said she found the arrangement awkward at first, she has adapted. She is not complaining because their relationship has overcome tougher challenges than awkward living conditions. The couple met eight years ago at Medical Lake High School just outside of Spokane, where both are originally from. They were involved in student government and dated off and on throughout high school, Ariel Meltzer said. Politics interrupted the relationship their sophomore year, however, when they ran against each other for class president. Ariel Meltzer, with her competitive edge, won, he said. That could not separate them for long, though, and Jacob Meltzer said they began to date again their senior year in 2001. But if politics failed to divide them, college did. Jacob Meltzer came to Western while Ariel Meltzer went to Eastern Washington University, which forced the two into a long distance relationship. "It sucked," Ariel Meltzer said. "I only had a phone to console me through hard times." ..After two years apart, and with Ariel Meltzer transferring to Western, she said they decided to take their relationship to the next level â€” marriage. College, she said, was opportune for married fife because it was a constantly changing environment. Most people wait to marry until they graduate, when they have no choice but to settle into careers and stagnant lives. Both consulted family members for guidance, Jacob Meltzer said. But the most revealing advice came Courtesy of Jacob and Ariel Meltzer Western seniors Jacob and Ariel Meltzer share an intimate moment during their August 2003 wedding. on a trip to Ireland in summer 2003, he said. "We were staying with this family, and there was this old guy who had been married for 60 years," Jacob Meltzer said. "When he learned we were engaged, he told us not to*clespair because 'the first 25 years were the hardest.' We realized then that we had to make this marriage our own. It couldn't be a reflection of what other people think it should be." Melding their lifestyles together, she said, has given her a different perspective on life and made her realize how dissimilar they really are. Jacob Meltzer credits marriage with giving him a life-long companion and making him less self-centered, he said. "For me, marriage is about the little moments," Ariel Meltzer said. "It's about that fuzzy tingling feeling you get when you come home and your husband's there waiting." Dolph, Jacob and Ariel Meltzer, and Pries all said they preach patience. "Be certain you can be honest with each other. Be certain you can trust each other," Dolph said. "After all that, think about it for another year or two and then do it." A camel suit kleptomaniac - Australia's national carrier is investigating a potentially embarrassing security lapse of a Qantas baggage handler wearing a camel costume that he took from a passenger's suitcase. Passenger David Cox complained after he saw a baggage handler wearing the camel costume that was packed in the baggage he had checked in minutes earlier. Cox checked the luggage containing the camel suit and a crocodile costume onto Qantas flight 425 from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia. He marked the package to say it was carrying animal costumes. He said he was standing near his boarding gate when a child said "there's a guy with a moose head." He looked up and saw his camel costume. Qantas Chief Executive Geoff Dixon said Friday the incident was pending investigation. A sucker of an ongoing nasal problem A Hong Kong hiker did not notice that a leech had wormed its way into one of her nostrils as she washed her face in a freshwater stream, according to the Hong Kong Medical Journal. The 55-year-old woman consulted a doctor when her nose started bleeding intermittently approximately two weeks later. The first doctor the woman saw could not find anything wrong. When she visited a second doctor, however, he saw the two-inch leech peeking out of her left nostril. Doctors removed the bloodsucker with forceps after applying anesthesia to the woman's nose. Loud television results in road rage ramming A Penticton, B.C. woman was arrested after she rammed a car into her neighbor's apartment in an apparent fight about a loud television, Canadian police said. The woman got into her 1985 BMW Wednesday after becoming upset with her neighbor. She drove the car across the lawn and through some patio furniture, hitting the side of the building, police said. No injuries resulted from the crash, although the neighbor and a friend were inside the building watching television at the time of the crash. The vehicle received minor damage. The 36-year-old woman is being held in jail pending a court appearance. Rolling-alarm-clock hopes to cure snooze-button abusers A 25-year-old ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 8 ---------- SPORTS TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 8 Western women rowers fall to Gonzaga Varsity eight team posts its best time of the year despite Western's losses BY ELISA SPARKMAN The Western Front Saturday on Lake Samish, fans, friends and family of the Vikings women's rowing team stood along a bridge over the water awaiting the arrival of each â€¢ team as it crossed the finish line just a few yards in front of them. Western lost seven out of 'I feel like we are progressing nicely. We are making the steps \ the eight events at the first where we need to make them. JOHN FUCHS Western rowing head coach Blue Cup Rowing Regatta against its Division I rival Gonzaga University, which Western's rowing team has raced against since 1998. The regatta was the first Western played host to in Bellingham since 2000. Western rowing head coach John Fuchs said Western had trouble in the past scheduling home regattas because of the team's already-busy weekend schedule. Saturday's regatta was the only one held at home for Western this season. A regatta usually consists of two or more universities competing in a rowing competition. Despite the losses, Western crew members said they were satisfied with the outcome of the regatta, and they remain optimistic for the rest of the season. Fuchs said the team had a tight lead at the halfway mark in the women's varsity eight event. "We tried to hang on," Fuchs said. "We just couldn't hang on to them toward the end of the race." The most recent Division II poll ranked Western's women's rowing team No. 1 in the nation. Before the race, Julia Gamache, Western junior and women's varsity co-captain, .; said she looked forward to the women's varsity eight event. Gonzaga beat Western's varsity, women's eight by only half a second. The Western; women's crew team consists of three eight-member teams, divided into varsity and junior varsity, and two^four-member varsity teams. Gamache said the loss did not disappoint her because Western finished the 2,000 meter course in 6:49.94, the team's best time this year. The varsity eight's previous best time for a 2,000 meter course was 7:31.90 on April 2 at theNorthwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Invitational Regatta in Vancouver, Wash. "Our coach always says it is a pulling contest, and that's what it is," Gamache said. "It's about brute strength. Gonzaga is just a little bit stronger than us, and that's okay." ELISA SPARKMAN/The Western Front Spectators watch as the Western women rowers finish a race against Gonzaga University in the Blue Cup Regatta Saturday at Lake Samish. Gamache said that in order to race at 100 percent, or to peak during a regatta, the team has less intense practice the week before. Gamache said this was the team's first of three peaks, or goals, and the team will peak two more times throughout the season. "There is nowhere to go but up," Gamache said. "(Our team peaking is a) good building block for what's going to happen at nationals." Fuchs said the team's performance satisfied him. "I feel like we are progressing very nicely," Fuchs said. "We are making the steps where we need to make them. It's a relatively young crew, so we have room to grow." In the women's novice eight event, the Vikings placed first and third: "My boat felt amazing," said Elise Santini, a Western freshman and novice eight B-team member. "We had a really smooth run and a really fast sprint. My pair partner Katie Saelens and I were rowing as one." The next Vikings rowing regatta will be the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships April 23 at Lake Stevens, Wash. STOP HUNGER3 Hungry people out number the populations of Tokyo, Moscow, New Delhi, Buenos Aires, New York City, and Shanghai combined. Times ten.1 There is no reason for these people to go hungry. The world produces enough food to supply everyone with 2,720 calories a day, but through poor distribution, people all over the world are going hungry everyday. You can he I p those in need. On-campus, April With your help we can bring hope to those who are malnourished and hungry. Donations and volunteers are needed to stop hunger all over the world, including right here in Whatcom County. That's why Western Washington University Dining Services and Circle K are giving you the opportunity to help out by donating cash, Munch Money, Flex Points and non-perishable foods at all Dining locations on-campus during the week of April 11,2005. 1 Based on world population of 840 million malnourished; State of Food Insecurity in the World 2002, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 9 ---------- APRIL 12,2005 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 *~ Baseball team takes two of three games BY DERRICK PACHECO The Western Front The Western men's baseball club team split a doubleheader with the University of Oregon Saturday and won the series finale Sunday at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham due in part to the consistent hitting and defensive play of Tom Henshaw, a Western senior first baseman and assistant coach. After Oregon took a 5-0 lead in the top of the third inning of game one, Western was able to cut the lead to three in the bottom half. With two runners on base, Henshaw drove a ball into the outfield for a two-run single, cutting the Vikings' deficit to one in the fourth inning. "We went 3-3 last year with Oregon," Henshaw said. "I knew this series would be huge." In the bottom of the sixth inning, Western junior third baseman Ryan Kauffinan drove in two runs to give Western a lead and eventually the 6-5 victory. lt;'. "This is how it always is," said Chris McCormack, Western senior catcher and assistant coach. "It is always give and take when we play Oregon." In the sixth inning of game two, with a runner on first* Oregon batter Jonathan Loomis sent a short fly ball-past the foul line into the crowd next ta first base. As the ball sank into the stands, Henshaw-leaped into the eight-foot, fence, dangling halfway over the fence to make the catch forme out. - "I have been playing baseball.my whole life, and I have dreamt about making that play," Henshaw said. "It just finally happened today." Oregon managed to score two runs in the seventh inning off Western junior starting pitcher Andrew Irvine. Irvine pitched a no-hitter into the fifth inning before surrendering his first hit. With Oregon leading 2-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Henshaw batted first for Western. With the count at one ball and two strikes, Henshaw drove the pitch over the right fielder's head for a leadoff triple. "I knew we needed to get base runners if we were going to win," Henshaw said. "I think I ran from second to third slower than I did from home to second." Western freshman third baseman Kevin Roach hit a single to score Henshaw, but Oregon ended Western's rally to make for a 2-1 win. Both schools met again Sunday for the finale of the threes game series. Oregon led 5-0 after three innings, and Western tied the score in the fifth. After back-to-back doubles gave . Oregon, an 8-5 lead, Western responded with back-to-back doubles from McCormack and Henshaw to-tie the game 8-8 in the bottom of the seventh inning. Oregon took the lead again in the eighth inning at 9-. 8. In the bottom of the eighth, with two runners on.base, Henshaw came to the plate again. He drove a pitch to deep center field for a two-run double to give Western the lead at 10-9, Western eventually scored another run to take game three, 11-9. MICHAEL MURRAY/The Western Front Western senior first baseman Thomas Henshaw uses two hands to tag a University of Oregon base runner Saturday at Joe Martin Field. "We never give up," Henshaw said. "We knew we had to keep fighting." . Todd Albright, Western senior shortstop and head coach, said this weekend's three-game series was important for Western. . 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May 13th- 15th, 2005 Mat) W\ 2005 S'njocj Karniva! and renaissance gained arts /JL and erajts, prizes, food, muaie morg! ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 10 ---------- OPINIONS TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 10 Parents should not blame marketing ploys for their own irresponsibility Cookie Monster has changed his mind. Cookies are now just a sometimes food, according to the latest version of his song. The recent shift in society to parents blaming their children's problems" on everyone but themselves needs to end. Instead of whining about how video games make their children stupid and violent and how McDonald's makes them fat, parents should teach their children to make responsible choices. According to an April 8 Associated Press article, PBS announced that, in addition to its usual lessons teaching numbers and letters, Sesame Street's 35th season would include information about healthy foods and physical activity in its story lines. Each episode of the show will now begin with a health tip about nutrition, exercise, hygiene and rest. Cookie Monster used to be synonymous with counting lessons. When parents complain about the bad example Cookie Monster sets, maybe they should instead look at themselves. After all, when images of cookies on television influence childrenj they probably cannot drive themselves to the store and get some â€” an adult must provide these treats. McDonald's also uses child-friendly characters to draw children into its world of food. Marketing to children is easy. Parents, however, get sucked into the gimmicks even easier. After all, parents are the ones who order at the drive-thru window. Children would not eat unhealthy food if their parents were not purchasing it for them. Another correlation exists between video games and violence. Many people feel these violent games make children desensitized and accepting of violence. This may or may not be true, but guess who buys those games? That's right -â€” parents. Due to regulations, games now receive ratings. The Entertainment Software Rating Board provides information about video and computer game content so parents can make informed decisions. Yes, it is true that in today's busy world, parents do not always have the time to make the best choices, and children will always want what they cannot have. A good parent, however, knows how to balance that child's desire with a lesson on self-control. Parents are responsible for the health and well-being of their children. When parents do not show their children how to make good choices about food and exercise and stimulation of the mind, they deprive them of that health and well-being. Parents are the ones who make the choices for their kids and should be setting better examples instead of blaming everything on someone or something else. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Caleb Heeringa, Laura McVicker, Zoe Fraley, Brittany Greenfield, Timory Wilson, Chris Huber, Elana Bean, Marissa Harshman, Molly Jensen, Adam Rudnick, Krissy Gochnour, Christina Twu, Blair Wilson and Greta Smoke. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Caleb Heeringa; Managing Editor: Laura McVicker; Head Copy Editor: Zoe Fraley; Copy Editors: Brittany Greenfield, Timory Wilson; Photo Editor: Chris Huber; News Editors: Elana Bean, Marissa Harshman; Accent Editor: Christina Twu; Features Editor: Krissy Gochnour; Sports Editor: Adam Rudnick; Opinions Editor: Molly Jensen; Online Editor: Blair Wilson; Community Liaison: Greta Smoke; Staff Photographer: Mike Murray; Columnist: Tara Nelson; Cartoonist: Terrence Nowicki; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall Staff Reporters: Leslie Adams, Lauren Allain, Claire Argites, Rob Ashlock, Laura Belzer, Adam Brown, Dawn Chesbro, Taurean Dauls, Megan Deck, Jessica Dignan, Kelsey Dosen, Adriana Dunn, Sam Everts, Kira Freed, Dan Grohl, Blair Habenicht, Lindsay Hamsik, Stefani Harrey, Aaron Hart, Shannon Hutchison, Peter Jensen, Tom Kloser, Sarah Kuck, Zach Kyle, Michael Lee, Kara Leider, Brian Lenzmeier, Megan Lum, Michael Lycklama, Kristen Marson, Sean McCormick, Sean McGrorey, Ted McGuire, Liz McNeil, Kate Miller, Ashley Milke, Megan Muldary, Chris Neumann, Derrick Pacheco, Shannon Proulx, MarkReimers,Nic Riley, Susan Rosenberry, Becky Rosillo, Katie Rothenberg- er, Matt Russoniello, Loren Shane, Lincoln Smith, Devin Smart, Ben Sokolow, Elisa Sparkman, Megan Swartz, Trevor Swedberg, Taune Sweet, Bradley Thayer, Allyce Vanhooser, Courtney Walker, Leah Weissman and Jared Yoakum Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: "The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those who don't have it." â€”George Bernard Shaw Congress' actions waste time, money TREVOR SWEDBERG When Congress approved and the president signed authority for a federal court to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case in March, the abuse of governmental power in their actions was clear. The unprecedented law, which legislators nicknamed "The Palm Sunday Compromise" because it passed in an emergency legislative session on Palm Sunday, was never about Schiavo. The law was about reaffirming conservative America's faith in the government. U.S. politicians need to quit passing legislation on irrelevant issues, such as the Schiavo case and steroids in baseball, and start running the country. Congress certainly has a full plate this year. The dollar is plummeting; oil prices are skyrocketing. The Social Security program is collapsing and is in need of major reform. Not to mention the continued occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan that is costing the United States billions of dollars and God knows how many innocent lives. Legislators undoubtedly have had a heavy load, but thankfully they have not forgotten the health care issues the United States is facing. And apparently they plan to address these issues one case at a time, starting with Schiavo. Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years until doctors removed her feeding tube March 18, at the request of her husband arid against the wishes of her parents. The federal legislative body had no business passing laws that affect only one person, especially regarding a person and situation it knew little about. Congress could never make a medically and ethically informed decision about a woman when the only interactions Congress had see CONGRESS, page 12 Patriot Act needs close examination Nic RILEY Some of the most important stories in the national news throughout the next few weeks will echo from the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C., where lawmakers are reviewing provisions of the Patriot Act. Although the Patriot Act is hardly a hot topic for discussion on campus these days â€” amid warming weather and developing summer plans â€” one cannot overstate the importance of .these congressional proceedings. Within the next two months, Congress will make a decision that could either begin to close a frightening chapter in American history, or open the lid of a Pandora's box of infringements upon the rights of American citizens in the name of homeland security for generations to follow. Fifteen provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire at the end of this year. This week Congress will continue to discuss whether to renew the aptly named "sunset provisions," or to adopt new legislation that would curb the government's search and seizure powers, according to an April 5 Associated Press article. The sunset provisions include statements that give the federal government the power to obtain personal records from libraries and use wiretaps to monitor not just one, but every phone or computer a suspect might use. They also include the "sneak and peek" provision, which allows the government to search a suspect's home prior to the issuance of a warrant. Few acts of legislation in American history have rallied such diverse opposition as the Patriot Act. Conspiracy theorists have lined up alongside educated liberals and conservative Republicans, all who recognize the obvious possibilities for governmental abuse of power the Patriot Act provides. Congress passed the strategically named Patriot Act just 45 days after Sept. 11,2001. If, at any time prior to the terrorist attacks, the federal government had introduced a bill in legislature to expand its own search and seizure powers, voters would have likely denounced such a bill as un-American. Even surrounded by the frenzy of nationalism and the thirst for action to combat a feeling of hopelessness, lawmakers were so tentative in passing the act that they designated some of the provisions with an expiration date, according to the AP article. As a result, Congress began debating this past week about the future of those provisions. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke to a Senate judiciary committee April 5. According to the AP article, Gonzales defended the sunset provisions, claiming they have seldom justified government activity. He referred to a mere 35 instances when the government has used the act to obtain library records, according to the American Civil Liberties Union's Web site. According to an April 10 ABC Radio news report, Gonzales compared not renewing the sunset provisions to taking a gun away from a police officer after he has carried it for 15 years because he see PATRIOT, page 11 â€¢ 9 91 S I msm ---------- Western Front 2005-04-12 - Page 11 ---------- APRIL 12,2005 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 Patriot: Ineffective act worsens America's condition by infringing on citizens' civil liberties CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 has never drawn it. Yet Gonzales's attempts to veil the issue behind a metaphor should appear transparent to most Americans. Even the first time the federal government uses the Patriot Act to monitor or prosecute an American citizen without due process should be a cause for collective action. . The ACLU monitors government activity by the provisions of the Patriot Act. The most obvious incident of documented abuse, according the ACLU Web site, was the case of Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon attorney who was a suspect in the Madrid bombing case. Gonzales admitted the FBI used Patriot Act amendments in order to secretly search Mayfield's home, according to the ACLU Web site. Gregory Nojeim, associate director of the ACLUWashingtonLegislativeOffice, called the Mayfield case a poster child for Patriot Act abuse. According to an April 5 ACLU article, Nojeim said Mayfield's situation is an example of how the unchecked powers in the act can dramatically, complicate federal investigative errors and result in serious deprivations of civil liberties. James Madison, the fourth president and author of the Bill of Rights, once said that more instances of the abridgement of people's freedom is by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. These provisions of the Patriot Act, which increased the federal government's search and seizure powers beyond those it held for more than 200 years prior to the World Trade Center attacks, are precisely the type of seemingly subtle infringements to which Madison referred. Madison also said that the loss of liberty at home weakens the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. Few Americans will question the government's noble desire to suppress terrorism, but adopting legislation that erodes the principles this nation stands on is hardly a way to better America's condition. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, introduced a bill Thursday that would curb the Patriot Act's powers. According to an April 7 ABC Radio news report, Craig said the bill was drafted to safeguard the liberties of law-abiding citizens. Thomas Jefferson once said that a democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49. 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This was a decision that should have been left to the family and the Florida state court system, who were more familiar with the situation and certainly capable of making the best decision without the help of the federal government. According to a March 31 CBS article, the Schiavo case was the most heavily litigated right-to-die case in U.S. history, and the judicial precedents were clear. The case should have stayed in the hands of Florida judges. The unnecessary "checks and balances" on the state court's ruling was an arrogant display of contempt for Florida's authority. The executive and legislative branches of government do not have the right to step in and micromanage the state judicial system every time they do not get the outcome they want. In addition to the Schiavo case, Congress has focused on other equally important issues of national significance â€” for instance, policing steroid abuse in Major League Baseball. 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Title: Western Front - 2009 November 24
Date: 2009-11-24
Digital Collection: Western Front Historical Collection
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Show more2007_0629 ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 1 ---------- FRIDAY ISSUE IN THE FRONT Western Students pose for bikini calendar page 4 Cops Box 2 News Breifs 2 Hookah smoking trend takes over page 8 Getyour puzzle on page 7 Western football hosts high school camp page 9 frontline: Bellingham offers top-notch fireworks shows page10 Outbreak of spoken acronyms page10 Viking Voice 10 Letter to the Editor.10 ,v, n i l FRIDAY - 63Â° Mltl â€¢imp 49Â§ SATURDAY v gt; i / 68' â€¢WW 50* uw SUNDAY â€¢N \ \ i -iHf wÂ®* MONDAY i'_*Hr â€¢ ?"*E - 69s MCI 50* uw 66* MM 51* itw Source: National Weather Service JUNE 29,2007 ISSUE 1, VOLUME 142 W E S T E R N W A S H I N G T O N U N I V E R S I TY People's Bank robbed in Fair haven Note passing went unnoticed, man walked out with cash Mark Malijan THE WESTERN FRONT A warm Monday evening in quiet Fairhaven called for burgers at Wins Drive-in, window-shopping and a bank robbery. Around 5:10 p.m. on June 25 a man walked into the People's Bank, located inside the Haggen grocery store in Fairhaven, passed a note demanding money from the teller and ran out the front door with the cash, according to police. "I was working at the time and didn't know what was going on until the police showed up." said Haggen employee and Western junior Sam McNeil. "It was pretty low key. You don't really want to advertise a bank robbery," The man didn't display or imply the possession of a weapon and no employees triggered the alarm during the robbery, Any one with information regarding the robbery should call detectives at (360) 676^6920 according to police. The bank called police just after the robbery. "You could see a helicopter circling around the area," McNeil said. Police dispatched eight units to the scene, one K9 unit and a United States Border Patrol helicopter to assist in the search of the robber. Police suspect the robber got away in a vehicle. After multiple hours of searching and ho leads the police decided at 10 p.m. to call off the search. Police are asking for help on identifying the suspect. According to police, the robber is described as a Caucasian male, 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall and weighing between 150.to 175 pounds. He had short dark hair and a short beard. He was last seen wearing a long sleeve red and blue striped shirt, a dark blue baseball cap with an emblem on the front and white tennis shoes. photo courtesy of the Belii.ngham Police Department Surveilance photo of robbery in progress. Up Up reopens after remodel Popular night spot still selling $2 pitchers Bobbi Crowell THE WESTERN FRONT Closed for almost two months, The World Famous Up Up Tavern is back in business as of June 15 â€” only there have been a few changes. Rudy's Pizzeria now takes up half of the bar's original square footage on the south side; bringing pizza and beer back together again. Rudy's owners Steven and Sharon Scoggins bought the Up Up after learning they needed to relocate their own restaurant. Up Up owner, Ian Relay, was looking to sell the bar and the Scogginses were looking for a new location for their pizzeria since their current one had to be vacated for the Laube Hotel project. The Laube Hotel's bottom floor was made up of shops including Rudy's, but will be renovated to create 20 low-incohie housing units. "For years we've been joking about me buying [Relay's] bar," Steve Scoggins said. "It's a good solution. The Up Up will stay the same and we don't have to deal with landlords anymore." Scoggins said both Rudy's and the Up Up have sacrificed a lot. A wall separates the two establishments, but now there is a door that connects the two, he said. "Bar" specials and prices will remain the same, only now you can order pizza there," he said. "When we get the beer garden shaped up that will help increase the seating and make it a great place to relax." Scoggins said the change is scary, and he knows a lot of Western students are wary of the change, but it is a good move bringing the two locations together. "We really appreciate the support from all the [Western] students," he said. "Their constant support has been one of our backbones for this project." Scoggins said he was surprised at how many people were willing to come and give their time to make the change happen. He said many volunteers, including some of the Up Up employees gave much of their time to helping with the move and the remodel. Rudy's stayed open while the Up Up was closed for construction, but on June 14, they closed to move the entire restaurant one door over, Scoggins said. Ryan Leak, Up Up bar manager, said he has worked at the bar for five years and the smaller space, although a big adjustment, might be a good change. "There are enough times when we aren't using all of our space," Leak said. "I'm sad to see the square footage go, but now we get to have pizza and beer. How can we go wrong with that?" Leak said. "I can't wait to get back to a normal schedule of staying up late and not getting up early." Western grad student Derek photo by Mark Malijan THE WESTERN FRONT Visiting the Up Up for the first time after it's renovation, Western senior Kyle McKenzie shoots a round of pool at the Up Up on June 27 The bar's busy nights and Rudy's busy nights are different, and having them overlap will mean an increase in business for both establishments, he said. Leak said he is happy the six day work weeks and long hours are over now that the restaurant is open. "I'm ready to get back to pouring beer and not painting" Jackman bartends for the Up Up and has worked there off and on since 2003. "It looks bigger in here than I thought it would," Jackman said. "It's something different, but it's a nice change. It'll be good to have food too." see III U| page 2 â€¢ westernfrontonlihe.com ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 2 ---------- The Western Front WesternFrontOnIine.com FRIDAY June 29, 2007 /Ull Bellingham Police liiittliiigfflKlfflBiBl^^SiBP iiiiiÂ®PiilBiMMifcittssB iili^HiilKHiH^iiilH ||||p||j||i|i|iji^|^||^^p^ BI^OiilWMSBiaiiHlHii Ifiii^iiiilllWBi^Mr'"' IjuiH^BittHilBiiilBiil call on BWS^P^^^, photo by Justin Steyer THE WESTERN FRONT Workers pour cement into column structures during construction of the west wing of the Academic instructional Center on June 28. gt; gt;News BriefsÂ« Student actors performing in annual Summer Stock Students from Western's Theatre Arts Department will perform "The King and I," "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Tempest" during the next five weeks. "The King and I" will be performed on Western's Mainstage Theatre in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) July 19 to 22 and July 25 to 28. "Alice in Wonderland" will show Aug. 8 to 12 and Aug. 14 to 18 m Western's PAC Underground Theatre. "The Tempest" will be performed at different park venues throughout Whatcom County between July 12 and Aug. 5. New university fee will change local bus system fall quarter Starting fall quarter, Western students taking six or more credits will pay the university an extra $25 per quarter and $20 for summer quarter in exchange for unlimited use of Whatcom Transportation Authority buses. A referendum on alternative transportation passed with more than 80 percent of the students' vote during student elections in April. Western's Board of Trustees approved the legislation on June 15. The new fee will also pay for a late night bus program that will continue after the normal WTA service ends. The program will provide buses from 11 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Sundays. Western professor traveling to New Zealand in connection with embryonic development Tilmann Glimm, an assistant professor of mathematics at Western, will help a team of biologists and computer scientists in New Zealand mid-July through August. While abroad, Glimm will investigate cell processes in embryonic development that impact the growth and quality of local sheep wool. Glimm and the team will rely on mathematical models, which are based on current experiments, to discover information. Industrial Design class competing in international contest Students in Western's Industrial Design Studio class entered a contest to create new, sustainable ideas for short-term emergency shelters, which could be used after a natural disaster. The designs will be assessed based on established criteria. The list of criteria includes: ability to resist severe environmental conditions and impact; how easily the design can be delivered to the disaster area, constructed, dismantled, stored and re-used; and whether the design has the potential for mass production and distribution. Alumnus given university promotion Deborah DeWees, who served as Director of Development for the Western College of Business and Economics, was named Western's new Senior Director of University Advancement and Executive Director of the Western Alumni Association, according to a Western press release circulated June 15. Compiled by Sam Vaughan WesternFrontOnline.com Western Washington University Communications Building 251 Bellingham, WA 98225 thewesternfronteditor@yahoo.com Editor-in-chief: Managing editor: News editors: Photo editor: Copy editors: Features/A E editor: Sports/Opinions editor: Head photographer: Online editor: Faculty adviser: Greg Applegate Jessica Araujo Maureen Tinney Jairriie Fife Justin Steyer Sara Edmonds Morgan Remenar Kevin Piers Aaron Weinberg Peter Than Nick Rhode John; Harris 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 enrolled in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230 or by phone at 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. ; ; . " * . ; . . .":' 'â€¢' Up Up reopened by Rudy's Pizza owners â€¢ UP UPfroml Despite the new wall that cuts through the middle of the old Up Up, dividing the fireplace between both places, the bar still maintains its old look and feel, Jackman said. Jackman said he likes the cleaned up look to the bar and the new furniture, but he is more excited they will now be accepting credit cards. Western graduate Trenton Gordon, pizza- delivery driver for Rudy's, said he is excited to be open after the long transition process and all the hard work. Gordon helped with the construction whenever he could and volunteered a lot of his free , time, he said. "I'm happy this can still be a family oriented restaurant but cater to a different crowd at the same time," he said. Gordon said customers shouldn't judge the change, because although the layout is a little different, the personality people have come to love about both places will remain the same. The Scoggins have also been catering to the new addition to their family during the construction and moving. Ellie Scoggins is their second daughter, born April 9, and through the help of family members, the Scoggins have been able to carry on the work and make the process a quick turn around, Sharon Scoggins said. Abby Scoggins, their first child, is two years old. "Well, it wasn't the best timing," she said. "She sleeps a lot and our parents have been a great help." Sharon Scoggins said she is happy to have a place they can call their own and not have to worry about being kicked out for some renovation. "It will be nice not to be at the whim of landlords*" she said. "It's a'good investment for the future. The whole/experience has been very emotional. We were both 26 years old when we opened the restaurant. ;We've growri: "with it." ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 3 ---------- WesternFrontOnline.com NEWS Friday, June 29, 2007 | 3 Music industry warns Western students Letters sent to students under suspicion of illegal downloads Yuki Nakajima THE WESTERN FRONT A song might cost more than $750 if downloaded illegally. The Recording Industry Association, of America (RIAA) warned 15 Western students of lawsuits against them brought by record companies. The RIAA sent 395 settlement letters to 19 universities around the country. The letter implied that the association will file a lawsuit against students in federal court for copyright infringement by illegally downloading music if students don't settle this claim within 20 days. The letter also said students can pay a minimum of $750 for each copyrighted recording that has been shared, as well as the legal fees to settle the matter. "Deletion, examination, copying, or modification of files and/or data belonging to other users without their prior consent is prohibited. Use of facilities and/or services for commercial or illegal purposes is prohibited" -Western user agreement for WWU network and computing resources Mi "We knew that the RIAA was targeting higher education institutions to send the letters out," said John Lawson, vice provost for information technology and chief information officer. "I was disappointed that Western received some," he said. RIAA spokeswoman Liz Kennedy said they use internet protocol addresses to find out who downloads music illegally. The RIAA uses software to search the network for files that break copyright laws and to find students using the university computer network to download music. The RIAA sent letters to Western, which were forwarded to the students. The university is withholding students' names and the names of resident halls where the students downloaded and shared music until it is required to do so by a court. It is easy to look for and find users who share copyrighted music files, Kennedy said. Peer-to-peer software has a default setting that automatically informs the network of the user name and the names and sizes of the files on an individual's hard drive. Western senior Dacia Wiitala said it is not worth it to charge college students a high amount of money. "I think it's pretty lame that they are charging people for using a service that is on the internet," Wiitala said. "It's pretty harsh punishment for the crime." The RIAA started a new campus anti-piracy initiative to reduce music theft in February. Since then they have mailed a total of 2,015 settlement letters. "This is a dangerous activity because there are significant consequences," Lawson said. "We should not give up on the idea of respecting the intellectual property rights and creative rights that each of us may have." A survey from 2006 by Student Monitor, a group that publishes market research studies of the college student market, showed more than half of college students download music and movies illegally. College students alone accounted for more than 1.3 billion illegal music downloads in 2006, according to market research firm NPD, a provider of consumer and retail market research information. Kennedy said she encourages universities to consider using a variety of methods to discourage illegal downloading among students. To prevent students from the piracy, Western has an official acceptance use policy for internet use. The policy states that, "The copying of copyrighted materials, such as commercial software, without either the express written permission of the owner or a proper license, is prohibited." Western judicial officer, Michael Schardein said if students violate Western's campus computers use policy, they will lose their access of the university computer network until they meet with someone regarding the violation. He also said students with a prior violation may lose computer privileges for a limited period. College students alone accounted for more than 13 billion illegal music downloads in 2006." - NPD market research *We Loire STUDENTS!* We treat students with RESPECT and DIGNITY. We Offer the * B We Are The Only Apartment Buildings Where: RENT INCLUDES ALL UTILITIES, GABLE AND HIGH SPEED INTERNET We Have On Site Management /Leasing Office. Open Monday-Saturday 9am till 5pm. 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He saw an opportunity to fill a new market and took it, he said. â€¢ "We have 'women' and 'swimsuit' on the cover of the calendar, so we did not try to hide what it was," LaBaw said. Western freshman Lindsay Thomason said she was not surprised the calendar was released because there are similar products with scantily clad women. "I think it is kind of gross," Thomason said. "But if that's what make those girls happy than to each their own." Western freshman Courtney Brown, who was featured in the calendar, said she and the rest of the women had fun shooting the pictures and thought it was classy. "This was a way to represent Western and the students who go there in a good light," Brown said. Brown believed the calendar received a lot of flak from the community because the positive side of the project was neglected. She said all of the girls knew what the calendar was and voluntarily participated in its creation, and acknowledged that some people might be offended by its content. "People just got the wrong vibes," Brown said. While the sales of the calendars have not been as good as he hoped, only selling around 100 of the 1,000 that they printed, LaBaw said he thinks the project is a success in term of quality. It is an academic calendar, spanning from September to June and contains mini-biographies about each model. He hopes sales pick up in the fall when students return to campus. Some of the most supportive people of the project were the women in the calendar and their families, LaBaw said. "One girl's mom bought 15 of them," LaBaw said. The calendar was available on "This was a way to represent Western and the students who go there in a good light" - Courtney Brown, calendar Model Vendors Row in front of the Viking Union at the end of spring quarter and is still available through Notorious Productions' Web site as well as the State Street Depot. Western senior Kyle McKenzie said he was shocked that Western allowed the calendar to be sold on campus. "I was surprised to find out it was for profiteering and not charity," McKenzie said. "But I'm all for it, it's a good idea." Notorious Productions hosted a sunset cruise for Western graduates at the end of this past school year and donated $1,400 of the profits to the Boys and Girls Club, LaBaw said. Notorious Productions was founded in the spring of 2004 by LaBaw, a Western graduate. LaBaw said they promote with many bars and clubs in Bellingham and Canada, as well as throw private parties. He said the company's mission statement is "to provide college students with fun, entertaining events and promotions." GURs at Your Finger Tips Via Independent Learning Humanities Classical Studies 260 (4) English 216, 238, 270, 281, 282 and 283 (5 each) History 112 (4) Liberal Studies 123 (5) and 232 (4) Music 104 (3) Natural Sciences Environmental Studies 101 (3) Social Sciences Anthropology 201 (5) Economics 206 and 207 (4 each) Psychology 101 (5) Sociology 302 (5) ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 5 ---------- WesternFrontOnline.com NEWS Friday, June 29, 2007 | 5 Lummi Nation hosting summer events, large crowds expected Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT The Lummi Nation celebrated its 61st annual Lummi Stommish Water Festival June 22 to 24 to honor veterans in its community with song, dance, food and traditional canoe races. The Lummi Stommish Water Festival was first established by Lummi veterans of World War I to honor returning World War II veterans. "Their honoring warriors; that's what stommish means in the Coast Salish language," Aaron Thomas, said. Thomas, 31, a member of the Lummi Stommish Committee and director of media relations for the Lummi Nation, explained the origin of the races. According to the oral history of the Lummi Nation, the races emerged from a tradition that belonged to the Coast Salish People, who raced their canoes out to see Queen Elizabeth I on her ship as she passed through the waters on her way to Vancouver Island. After she left, the Coast Salish would turn around and race back, Thomas said. The race turned into a contest between tribes that now exists between canoeing clubs, Thomas said. The festival is a precursor to the larger "Paddle to Lummi" 2007 Intertribal Canoe Journey, during which members of the Coast Salish tribes travel by canoe through Puget Sound to the Lummi Nation and gather in a traditional potlatch, or ceremony of giving, from July 30 to Aug. 4, near Gooseberry Point, Lummi Indian Reservation, Wash. The competition will bring thousands of visitors to the community, according to a presentation at a City Council meeting last May, which may impact Western students and staff participating in summer session. This event will be kicked off by the "Honoring the First Peoples of this Land and these Waters" celebration from noon to 6 p.m. at Boulevard Park in Bellingham on July 7, 2007. Beth Brownfield, 66, a . Bellingham resident and member of the Paddle to Lummi Community Connections Committee, has lived in Bellingham for three years and has been involved with Native American groups since 1976. "Honoring the First Peoples of this Land and these Waters" is a Whatcom County community effort to show an appreciation and an official acknowledgment for the first inhabitants of Bellingham and Whatcom County, Brownfield said. "[The event] is the Members of the Lummi Nation finish in first place in the first time in the history of Celeea" at this year's Stommish event. WSMtk //',I t's a healing for Lummi people, to feel that appreciation from the Bellingham residents." - Aaron Thomas, Director of media relations for the Lummi Nation these towns that this has been acknowledged," Brownfield said. The Paddle to Lummi Community Connection Committee was formed to educate residents of Whatcom County about the native history of this region and honor the indigenous people for being the first ones to inhabit the land, Brownfield said. With help from community sponsors the committee worked in conjunction with the Lummi Nation to find volunteers, donations, goods and services from the surrounding community.. to help support the effort of hosting the Intertribal Canoe Journey. The "Honoring..." event, will feature many aspects of the Lummi culture and the other indigenous tribes of Whatcom County. The event will include live music, storytellers, traditional dances, drum circles, art and an opportunity for those who want to become involved directly with the upcoming Paddle event, either by volunteering or contribution. Thomas shared his view of the July 7 ceremony and what, it means to the Lummi people. "It's a healing for Lummi people, to feel that appreciation from the Bellingham residents," Thomas said. "Because sometimes we think we are visitors in our own land." The Tribes invited to the July 7 ceremony are Lummi, Nooksack, Swinomish, Samish, Tulalip and Daybreak Star, each arriving by canoe. Sponsors for the July 7 event include The Honor Foundation, Paddle to Lummi Community Connections Committee, the LummiNation and the City ofBellingham. A proclamation will be signed by all seven mayors of Whatcom County, Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen and will be read by current Bellingham Mayor Tim. Douglas at the July 7 event. In this proclamation, each mayor of the county cities will officially recognize and honor the Coast Salish tribes as the first inhabitants of Whatcom County. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., will also send a signed proclamation with a personal letter of appreciation. On July 7, the people of the various tribes of the Coast Salish photo by Jon Bergman THE WESTERN FRONT 11-man canoe race, in their canoe "Lady people will begin their journey by canoe to the Lummi Reservation, many starting from locations in British Columbia and the Olympic Peninsula. Along the way they will stop at predetermined points on the coast and ask the hosting tribes for permission to come ashore, as their tradition dictates, which results in a tradition of song, food and a presentation of culture with hand made gifts. Participants will arrive at Gooseberry Point on July 30 and will be greeted with singing, dancing and food. The Lummi have raised more than $200,000 for the four- day celebration and it will be the first potlatch the Lummi Nation has hosted since 1937. Potlatch is a giving ceremony, where people give and share everything they have. The Lummi people are expecting to house and feed 6,000 to 13,000 participants each day. For more information visit: www.PaddletoLummi.com www.honorfoundation.org Make Summer your ACE 'n tne no'e â€¢ Accelerate your degree â€¢ Complete needed credits or a GUR â€¢ Earn credits in less time ^gmm*^ Choose from over 400 courses offered this summer. Courses range from two * days to nine weeks. June 26-August 24 Register today! Visit the Web! www.wwu.edu/~summer summer.session@wwu.edu (360) 650-2841 ^S^ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LOCALLY OWNED OPERATED â€¢Â«Â«Â» Honesty Dependability Guaranteed! 10% Discount with Student ID f 3 @ Q | f gt; 7 " f - 2 2 77 1189 E. 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H11BBB1 ?f!lt! ^^^H i i pÂ» WSmm Plllilll Passing the:;h^6li||Â§ft^ or sitting, everyone was latighing, telli|^: | Â® 0 | p i lt; l poking fun at each other| another w ^ ; l | | | ) p p l e to come together. â€¢ }u4Â»gMÂ§tMMsi:- According to a study By:^e^^Â§mÂ§^.Lung Association completed in F e b r i | | i | y | l | | ^ 27 percent of teenagers have tried srhpki|^||B|ah| This growing smoking trend h a s | p k ^ | f l f i | | i| Western's community. With 12;t|acebo^|l|||jpl . groups devoted to it boasting .more tiht^2^01|||l||||| members, hookah has amassed a significffl||l|I|t following. There are many myths about hp6kar||| for example it is safer than cigarettes because of water filtration. Smoking hookah is jiist as dangerous, if not more, than smoking cigarettes,. Catharine Vader, Prevention and Wellness Center spokesperson said. The typical use of a hooj^ah means more time rs spent smoking and more smoi|| is inhaled then would occur during typical cigarette" smoking, Vader said. The World Health Organization estimates a typical use of a hookah exposes a smoker to between 100 and 200 times the smoke volume of a single cigarette, Vader said. The American Lung Association reports that 90 percent of hookah smokers believe that smoking hookah is less addictive than cigarettes. Shisha, the product usually smoked in a hookah pipe, is a tobacco product which contains nicotine and is still addictive. Studies show the nicotine level in a hookah smoker's blood after smoking a typical 45 minute session rose as much , as 250 percent. The most popular reason respondents to the American Lung Association said they chose -to smoke hookah was the social atmosphere that often occurs around the hookah pipe. "It's great to just get together," Western freshman Steve Garka said. "I like the smell and flavors too. It's just good to be around everyone." Western sophomore Elliott Gauthier said when he smokes near his residence hall strangers will often stop by and socialize. "It's a great way to meet people," Gauthier said. "Hookahs bring everybody together. I've met so many fun people that, without the hookah, it wouldn't have happened because it would have just been two people passing on the street." Hookah bars or. lounges, where customers can go to smoke hookah in a comfortable public setting, are becoming more common in urban areas. Bellingham does not have a hookah bar, the closest hookah bars are in Seattle and Canada. Local Bellingham shop owner Bob Staples of Zepher, a shop that sells hookah and shisha, said business is good when it comes to hookah. Western junior Anna Perrella exhales a cloud of smoke during a hook ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 7 ---------- URES FRIDAY April 29, 2007 HE-7 Western student travels home to document small-town punk community Bobbi Crowell THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Kyle Crawford said he has used zines as a way to voice his opinion about life. Now he's using one to share the thoughts of an often misconceived community of people he grew up with and who he feels is misrepresented, he said. "I feel this community of people' is often m i s c o n c e i v e d because people judge them by the way they look and what music they listen to," Crawford said. "They should be seen as who they are on the inside and what they believe in." "SoLongview" is a zine Crawford made to tell stories from more than 20 different members from his hometown punk community of Longview, Wash., he said. The term â€¢ "zine" originates from the word magazine and is a non-commercial, s e l f - p u b l i s h ed work with a small circulation that is usually reprinted by photocopying. Crawford said making a zine is a good way to get your voice heard and anyone can do it. Crawford is part of the Associated Students Z.E.B.R.A. Club (Zine Embarkment of Bemusing Rhetoric and Action). The club is available to anyone on campus or in the Bellingham community with any questions about zines or who want to make one. The club will provide support and any needed resources to someone wishing to create their own zine. "I'm trying to â€¢ share the geniuses of these people in little ways," he said. "There is a history of defining yourself by yourself. Instead of seeing us as rowdy kids without a purpose, maybe the world will have a better understanding of us as people and the ideals we share." Crawford went home to Longviewduring winter break and for three weeks he interviewed friends and s t r a n g e r s , anyone who wanted to share their experiences about being part of the punk community, he said. "I wanted it to be in their voices instead of mine," Crawford said. "I wanted them to explain their lives and tell their stories in their own ways." After 25 i n t e r v i e w s and three months of transcribing the audio recordings to print for the zine, "So Longview," Crawford has made an attempt to depict pieces of these people's lives, he said. He would ask questions such as, "Did you get beliefs from punk or was it a music thing?" and "How come punk kids always get into spraying graffiti?" Crawford said because he could only fit seeIIMIpage8 â€¢ Photo by Mark Malijan THE WESTERN FRONT lllilll IBB sSPspi*! I1III1 1 4 U 8 1 5 1 6 IT" 4 ' 3~ 9 6 7 j 2 j ITT !â€¢4 i T 5 4 9 1 . j 5 ~|â€” Â» T 5 ! 1 | [T | ; 4 1 _ _ j ; 3 ; | 5 i 1 7 9 jljjjjj iWlilll Answers available at WesternFrantOnline.com/sudoku ah session with friends on June 27. ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 8 ---------- 8 I Friday, June 29, 2007 FEATURES The Western Front â€¢ IINESfrom7 portions of the interviews into the zine, he tried to hit middle road and include pieces of the interviews in the text that best represented each person. He didn't ask everyone the same questions, but tailored the questions to individual experiences. Jill Ware, 21, is one of the people Crawford interviewed for the zine. Never having been interviewed before, Ware said it was awkward and kind of goofy, but a good experience. "He showed up with a tape recorder that he bought at a garage sale," Ware said. "He had some questions, but nothing written down. Then he told me, 'Bare with me, I've never done this before.'" Ware said the zine is appreciated in Longview and it even helped open her eyes to her friends within the punk community. "The people who are in it love it," she said. "People are tickled that they are in it. They are happy he took the time to listen to their stories." -- Crawford said he hopes this zine can reach out to the Bellingham community too. "The experiences of this group of people I believe can help other people understand," Crawford said. "I wanted to show that anyone who grew up can relate to them." Although he is able to print his zine, "So Longview," at no charge, he sells it for $2 at bookstores in Bellingham, Seattle and Olympia, he said. The proceeds benefit the Bellingham Books to Prisoners Project and a homeless shelter in Longview called the Community House on Broadway, Crawford said. This is Crawford's fifth zine he has done on his own, but the first that was done completely from interviews, he said. . Photo courtesy of Kyle Crawford Western senior Kyle Crawford using his typewriter to write a section for his zine "So Longview." SHE SAYS she wants to keep living in her home. Need Freedom in Your Busy Schedule? Find flexibility in an online class Online classes available summer quarter: Child Abuse Neglect (meets ElEd requirements) Elementary Classroom Management Discipline Literature and Culture IV: 19th and 20 Century Literature Writing Conventions (prep for WEST-B exam) Selecting and Evaluating Children's Literature Psychology of Gender (GUR) Introduction to Exceptional Children WE SAY it starts by keeping her on her feet Each year, one out of every three older people falls, often resulting in hip fractures â€” a severe injury in this age group. For helpful tips on how exercise and home environment adjustments can reduce the risk of falls, visit aaos.org. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SORGEONS The most moving advances in medicine. 1-800-824-BONES www.aaos.org ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 9 ---------- The Western Front WesternFrontOnline.com SPORTS FRIDAY June 29, 2007 PAGE 9 Western football hosts five-day high school camp More than 900 players traveled to Western to participate in various drills and scrimmages // Jessie Princevalle THE WESTERN FRONT Western hosted a five-day high school football camp from June 24 to June 28. Teams commuted across the state to be trained by Western football players and coaches. The program offered a place for players to improve, teams to bond and high schools to scope out potential rivals for the upcoming football season. With 19 schools participating, this year's camp brought a total of 970 high school football players to campus. Spread amongst several fields near Western, players got most of their playing time at either the Sehome High School football field, Civic Field or Western's turf field, In addition to more than 100 coaches, Western Assistant Head Coach and camp coordinator Zach Tinker brought roughly 20 to 25 Western football players to be camp counselors. It's not easy for these guys to direct that many kids, said Tinker. But it's worth the effort for Western sophomore and offensive lineman Dincer Kayhan. As a second-year counselor, Kayhan remembered attending similar camps and enjoyed being one of the guys he once considered a role model. "I like to joke around with [the high school players] and just be someone they can relate to," Kayhan said. Of those on the receiving end of the jokes are juniors Jeffrey Trappe and Jamie Cruz of Marysville-Pilchuck High School, who made the state playoffs in 2005. Thinking highly of the Western We wake up, we eat, we play ball, eat again, then play more ball/' - Jeffrey Trappe, Marysville-Pilchuck High School junior players, Trappe and Cruz both agree their team will benefit from the camp. "We wake up, we eat, we play ball, eat again, then play more ball," Trappe said. With six hours of playing time each day, Trappe thinks many of the tips and techniques have already helped his team. On the field at 9:30 a.m., the campers have a total of three two-hour sessions, one after breakfast, lunch and dinner. During these sessions the counselors cover both team and individual instruction. In addition to scrimmages, which are scheduled between schools to help boost team unity and playing technique, counselors also keep an eye but for critiquing individual performance. With a variety of Western players from different positions, each is able to offer tips in the area they specialize. The "Goal Line Challenge," held on the last day of camp, brought all 19 schools together to Western's football field. Organized as a morning event, more than 1,000 players and coaches gathered as teams played one another in mini- competitions. Western Quarterback Coach and Head Strength Coach Eric Tripp has helped run the camp for 14 years. Tripp said this year's camp has schools ranging from Granite Falls. High School with 18 players, to Bothell High School with approximately 130 players. "A lot of the little schools want to go against the big schools just to see how they measure up," Tripp said. Aside from playing time, the camp allowed high school players to catch a glimpse of college life at Western. More than 90 percent of the teams shacked up Photo by Peter Than THE WESTERN FRONT Grandparent Jack Taylor sits above Turf Field watching the high school football teams scrimmage, Wednesday. Taylor has two grandons particpating at the football camp from Bothell High School, senior safety Cory Burke and sophomore linebacker Colby Burke. in the Ridge and Fairhaven residence halls, where they ate at the dining halls and experienced the campus. But the price to come to Western's football camp is not cheap, Trappe said. Costing about $270 per person, most schools helped kids raise money, Tripp said. Having car washes and selling candy are two of the ways the Marysville-Pilchuck team raised money to secure a spot for everyone. With a rough estimate of $270,000 in camp revenue, Tripp said much of it goes toward housing and food for the campers. The rest primarily goes to the Western football budget, where it helps pay for equipment, coach salaries, team trips and more. "You make some money, but you definitely don't get rich on it," Tripp said. Beyond the financial perks, exposing the city of Bellingham and promoting the university are huge benefits of the camp, Tinker said. Not only do players come to learn about football, but they also learn about Western. Whether or not the players turn out to be football players down the road, Tinker said he thinks it could still help with admissions. Looking beyond the turf, Tinker said he also believes it gives players a chance to see that anything is possible. Practicing alongside accomplished college athletes shows the campers that playing at the next level is a reachable goal, said Tinker. IlfflSi^fciiKiiPI Do you have a broken iPod? Get your iPod repaired or (maybe) we'll buy it Free pick urj and delivery (AtWWUVU) ' iPod Repair (local c a l l ) r 360-820-2818 iPod Battery Replacement: $49.95 Withl Year warranty. J $39.95 With 90 day warranty. WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIEDS â€¢mBMmMmMmmm 6SO-316T ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 10 ---------- The Western Front WesternFrontOnline.com OPINION FRIDAY June 29, 2007 PAGE 10 Fourth of July Bellingham destinations, safety tips When thinking of July Fourth, the first thing that pops into most people's minds isn't celebrating our Independence from Britain. If you're like the majority of people, you're 'thinking of loud explosions followed by displays of various colors. For most Americans, July Fourth is all about the fireworks. If you fall into that category, Bellingham is a good place to be on the Fourth of July. The longest and most popular firework show in Bellingham is the Squalicum Harbor fireworks show, always held at 10:30 p.m. on July 4, at Squalicum Harbor. This year, planners are hoping to have a show lasting more than 20 minutes. Good places to watch the show are Boulevard Park, Marine Park and Squalicum Harbor. But don't arrive at 10 p.m. expecting to find a place to sit or even to park. People arrive early in the day to secure parking spots for the event. Afterward, leaving places around Boulevard Park and Squalicum Harbor gets messy due to an overload in traffic. A good alternative is'riding a bike, or simply walking to the event to save the hassle of traffic. Blaine also hosts an all day Fourth of July event with many things planned, such as a pancake breakfast, a car show and a firework show to end the night. Frontline editorials reflect the opinion of the editorial board and not the staff or advertisers of The Western Front. â€¢ The event usually hosts large crowds of people as well, so arriving early would be wise. Don't want to be surrounded by large crowds? Then try visiting any place on Lake Whatcom, such as Bloedel Donavan Park or the North Lake Whatcom Trail. Most lake residents are wealthy and compete with neighbors for the best fireworks shows. Unfortunantely, the July 3 firework show in Acme, called Acmenormous, has been canceled this year. The location for Acmenormous sat beside the Noocksack River in a fairly isolated area. For those who prefer lighting your own fireworks, there are some simple laws to follow in Bellingham. On July Fourth, you can launch fireworks from 9 a.m. to midnight. All fireworks sold at consumer firework stands Bellingham should be legal to use. Be careful when purchasing fireworks from Indian Reservations, because most fireworks there are illegal for use in Bellingham, such as firecrackers, bottle rockets and mortars. Safety is always important when dealing with anything that explodes. Have a bucket of water nearby to soak used fireworks and a hose ready to put out stray sparks or unexpected fires. The Bellingham Fire Department offers some easy ways to keep fireworks safe and fun. Have a bucket of water nearby to soak used fireworks and a hose ready to put out stray sparks or unexpected fires. When lighting fireworks, there are also some easy guidelines to follow. First off, have a sober and responsible adult light all fireworks and make sure they are only lighting one at a time. Never relight "dud" fireworks, as they still might go off; wait at least 15 minutes then throw them in a bucket of water. For more safety tips, visit www.cob.org/fire. Whatever you decide to do this coming Fourth of July, remember to be cautious if you are going to light fireworks. But have fun!.After all, it's not just firework day, but Independence Day, so exercise your freedoms. licensed around The editorial board is comprised of Editor-in-Chief Greg Applegate, Managing Editor Jessica Araujo, Opinion Editor Aaron Weinberg, advertising representative Marie Davis and student-at-large Western senior Graham Harrison Acronyms becoming spoken word Hearing "BRB" forces columnist to ponder the origins of abbreviated speech I heard someone say "BRB" in real life on Saturday. As usual, I was procrastinating and doing my Mother's Day shopping the day before, which is a moot point because my parents live in Arkansas and my gift would be late anyway. This perilous journey brought me to Westlake Center where I haphazardly looked for gaudy ornaments my mom would probably hate but tell me she liked. Somewhere in between Hot Topic and GameStop my ears picked up the dull whine of a teenage girl's voice and I heard something that could only be described as sonic kryptonite to my ears: "Hey Carol, I'm going to go to the Daiso for five minutes. BRB." My head began to swim, I got dizzy and blood began to shoot out my ears. I heard the kind of sentence that the great comedian Lewis Black described as an instant brain aneurism. It was at that moment â€” after being successfully resuscitated by a kindly passerby â€” I realized Americans have become so lazy that we are abbreviating the spoken word. Who is to blame? That was my next question following my crippling seizure that would have killed a lesser man. My first thought obviously fell upon the nerds and the Internet. Being one myself, I realized and had been witness to several grammatical atrocities on Internet message boards. Nerds created the so called "1337 5p34k (leet speak)," which is a substitution of numbers and symbols for words and abbreviations. I don't know why we do this. I also don't know who would win in a fight between Batman and Spider-Man (I lied., it'd totally be Batman). I've heard my friends occasionally use both leet speak and Internet abbreviations in real-world dialogue, but I always attributed it to the fact that they didn't have girlfriends. It seemed nothing more than social introverts speaking in some hidden code. However, when I heard normal people â€” or "normies" as we nerds call them â€” using abbreviations, then I knew nerds couldn't be the root cause. I realized the culprit, the nigh-omnipotent force that had helped foster this idiocy: text messaging. It made perfect sense. Text messaging began on the Internet through AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and the Microsoft Network (MSN) Messenger. Instantaneous communication flooded the world and communication was delayed only by one's typing prowess. Thus, in order to save time, "Be right back" became "BRB," "Oh my god" became "OMG," and people began using WTF instead of risking getting a mouth washed out with soap. Abbreviations made even more sense when text messaging technology came to cell phones. The tiny, awkward input keys used to type letters were difficult to navigate in an efficient manner, thus making abbreviations a must. So I am justifying why typed abbreviation â€” regardless of it being a component to poor written grammar skills in teenagers â€” is okay in its written form of phones and computers. But how the heck has it found its way to spoken discourse? Ultimately, I don't know why Carol's friend spoke in Internet abbreviations. I've never been a teenage girl before and I dotft know what goes through their crazy hormonal minds. All I do know is that something has to be done. Someone must fight off this bastardization of the spoken word. If necessary, I will be that man.OMG, this Rticle is 2 lo|\|g. WTF h4ve I b33n t41king about? J/K, ttyl!!! vMHMttS Compiled by Kiana Fukuyama What are your plans for the Fourth of July? Jakub Bednarek JUNIOR "I'm going to the Willie Nelson concert at the Gorge." Brian Davis SENIOR "I'm going skinny dipping in Bellingham Bay and watching the fireworks." JanE Hanson SOPHOMORE "My sister is coming and we are going to do something Fourth of julyish. Maybe make red, white and blue Jell-O." Lindsey Frazier JUNIOR ' "I'm going on a boat in Bellingham Bay and watching fireworks with a friend." ---------- Western Front 2007-06-29 - Page 11 ---------- WesternFrontOnline.com OPINION Friday, June 29, 2007 I fl to Calendar a step back for Western As a woman of Western, I am deeply perturbed by the Women of Western Swimsuit Calendar. Western Washington University is purportedly a progressive school, not least in the arena of women's rights. Throughout our campus, throughout the year numerous student organizations work against the marginalization and objectification of women. Examples include Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Women Empowered Against Violence, V-Week, Take Back the Night, and Western Men Against Violence.- Having witnessed every pro-woman event and dialogued with many members of the aforementioned organizations, I was under the impression that this university is above the mindset that reduces women to sex objects. When I first saw a Women of Western Swimsuit Calendar for sale on campus, my heart sank. Despite the work that we do, despite doing our best to overcome years of being objectified, the calendar demonstrates quite clearly that women are still objects, things to be looked at and owned. What made me even sadder was that the women in the calendar chose to be in it â€” despite the message that we've been promoting for years to discourage women from selling themselves like that. As soon as we pin a woman up on a wall purely for amusement, she ceases to be a person and becomes an object for someone else's entertainment. The women in the calendar may consider themselves feminists. They may well be, and probably are strong, independent, intelligent and competent women. The problem is that that doesn't matter. The woman on the October page^could be any woman on campus â€” your classmate, your TA, your lab partner. She could be the valedictorian of her class. But the person staring at her in her bikini on his wall all month doesn't know that. Moreover, he doesn't care. Perhaps if he met her in a lecture or the dining hall, the onlooker would know her name, her major, and her interests. All he knows about her now is that she has a nice ass and that he gets to stare at it for a month. Our campus community cannot spend all year speaking out for women's rights and end the year with such a backward step. We came to college for an education â€” to learn how to think, to learn about the world, to better our minds and ourselves. That should be how we think of the women of Western. Let those who promote a swimsuit calendar of their peers be ashamed. Let the women of Western be represented by anything other than their bodies. Molly Dowries, Western Sophomore than you can afford? Call Planned Parenthood today. 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Show more2005_0527 ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 1 ---------- HE WESTERN FRONT Y, MAY 27, 2005 â€¢ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY â€¢ BELLINGHAM, WASH. â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM ISSUE 17 VOLUME 133 Design for a child's mind Photo courtesy of Jason Morris Bellingham children play on furniture created by Western sophomore industrial design students for the Mount Baker Plywood Design Competition. Industrial design students compete in children's furniture design scholarship contest Western. Jason Morris said he announced the winners of the awards May 17, after the first-grade children played on the furniture May 10. The competition is part of a project in the sophomore design class, Morris said. Morris required the students to complete a piece for the contest, he said. Western junior Jerimiah Welch won first place with his submission of a wood and canvas rocking recliner, Morris said. Welch received a $ 1,500 scholarship. BY STEFANI HARREY The Western Front After judges invited first-grade students from Geneva Elementary School to play on furniture Western's sophomore industrial design class created, they announced the winners of the Mount Baker Plywood Design Competition. Judges chose three winners from the Engineering Technology 216 class, sophomore industrial design, and awarded them a total of $3,000 in scholarships from Mount Baker Products, the supplier of the plywood used in each piece of furniture, said Jason Morris, assistant professor of industrial design ,at see CHILDREN, page 8 Iraqi writers visit Western BY KIRA FREED The Western Front Two Iraqi women visited Western Tuesday to share their experiences living in the Middle East and discuss issues facing women in Kurdish and Iraqi societies. "This is a most beautiful picture â€” you and me, a Kurd and an Arab, sitting onstage together," journalist Alia Mamdouh said. Her comment ended the discussion that followed the event, "Women Writers of the Arab World." Mamdouh and poet Choman Hardi read from their published works and then answered questions from the audience at the event in Old Main Theatre, which highlighted the lives of women â€” particularly women writers â€” in Kurdish and Iraqi cultures. "Living in a dictatorship doesn't mean that literature doesn't flourish," Hardi said in her speech. Mamdouh agreed and said that in the past 30 years, society has broken down the taboos of religion, sex and politics in Iraq, allowing writers more freedom in their work. "There are many women writers in Iraq," Mamdouh said in her speech. "I think Iraqi women are more politicized than men in the way they write." Mamdouh was born in Iraq in 1944 and attended school in Baghdad, women's studies program director Rosanne Kanhai said in her introduction of Mamdouh. Mamdouh has written four novels and two collections of short stories, all in Arabic, Kanhai said. "My language protects me, and without it I will probably die," Mamdouh said about not writing in other languages. "Arabic is my means of earning because I do my writing in Arabic." One of Mamdouh's novels is available in English. Publishers released the novel's first translation as "Mothballs," but re-released the book this year as "Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad (Women Writing in the Middle East)" because Mamdouh was dissatisfied with the translation, Kanhai said. At the, event, Mamdouh read' a passage from "Naphtalene" that described a scene of female Iraqi family members and friends at a public steam bath, and the impressions it left on the main character, a rebellious Iraqi girl named Huda. see WOMEN, page 6 Dump and ditch trash Nonprofit group will collect students' unwanted belongings BY DAN GROHL The Western Front At the end of every spring quarter, an exodus of students empty the neighborhoods surrounding Western. Many students leave some belongings on the side of the road near their homes when they leave. RE Sources, a local nonprofit group, will collect these items this year in an effort to keep the streets of Bellingham free of clutter. Students discard an estimated four tons of reusable materials every year, said Lisa Friend, RE Sources special projects coordinator. The goal is to collect at least one ton of materials. RE Sources will donate items that still function to local charities like the Goodwill. "Students have only so much room in their cars," Friend said. This is the first year RE Sources will collect items off campus, Friend said. see TRASH, page 6 VR! hybrids speed by competition BY STEFANI HARREY The Western Front Western's Vehicle Research Institute team returned from New York after competing in the 2005 Tour de Sol national competition May-13 to 16, winning twelve awards with their experimental vehicles, the Viking 23 and the Viking 32. Students in the VRI made both hybrids completely from scratch, said Brian White, Western junior and VRI team member. White worked on the vehicles and traveled to the competition, he said. "The competition was a blast," said Western junior Ryan Cruse, a member of see VRI, page 7 Photo courtesy of Ryan Cruse Western junior Ryan Cruse drives the Viking 23 for the hill climb event May 13 at Saratoga Springs Park, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. GAMES GALORE aMEiliSlWiliiii Students attend 2005 E3 Exhibition, experience sensory overload. ACCENT, PAGE 10 News outlets' use of anonymous sources leads to.public distrust. OPINIONS, PAGE 18 GONE GOLFING The Viking men's golf team finishes ninth in nationals. SPORTS, PAGE 14 ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 27,2005 COPS BOX .May|S25 gt;|J'M .perforniedfc^^ escbrfefioffi ^GomMunications-^ May 25,12:55 a.m.: UP performed a personal safety escort from Bond May 25,12:04 a.m.: UP performed M a y ; ^ 2 ^ arrested a suspect oh:-tKe gt; 240Qblocki of Yew Sfreet; pfeaj;I^a ent|b;f| Corrections^ booke^'t^^^^ :r^onded;^ i^ea^^|b^3Mi|iwMyp^pi9^ iking oices What are you going to do to celebrate finishing finals and the end of the year? Compiled by Kelsey Dosen Justin Alexander Freshman, English Jennifer Blodgett Senior, English Jeff Jacobi Graduate, student, education Going into hibernation to catch up on sleep. I'm doing as the bear would do. 9? Party until I forget everything I learned this quarter. * ) â€¢ ) Break dancing as much as I can. 55 AP Wire news briefs STATE NEWS Memorial service takes place at Fort Lewis for fallen soldiers A memorial service took place Thursday at Fort Lewis for three Stryker brigade soldiers killed Sunday in Iraq. The Army said Sgt. Benjamin Morton of Wright, Kan., was killed Sunday when his patrol came under attack. A roadside bomb killed Lt. Aaron Se'esan of Massilon, Ohio, and Spc. Tyler Creamean of Jacksonville, Ark., when it exploded near their vehicle. Seattle water reservoirs full after spring rain The two reservoirs in the Cascade Mountains that supply the Seattle area with water are full thanks to spring rains. Normally, if the reservoirs are full June 1, the water supply will likely last through the summer. adoption through Whatcom Voice of the Animals, but are The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. The National Weather Service reports approximately 27 inches of rain, approximately 5 inches less than normal, have fallen since October 1 at Sea-Tac Airport. Karen Reed, a spokeswoman for Seattle Public Utilities, said a wet spring has eased drought concerns, but the reservoirs could drop quickly because of a low snowpack in the mountains. NATIONAL NEWS ' Bush to send more aid to Palestinian authority Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has arrived for talks in Washington, D.C., at an opportune time. Bush administration officials and congressional aides said President George W. Bush plans to send more money directly to the Palestinian authority. Abbas will meet with administration and congressional leaders during the next three days, including a meeting with Bush Thursday. Word of the new funding is in stark contrast to the days of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. U.S. aid to the Palestinians had previously been funneled to private relief organizations because of concerns about corruption under the former Palestinian leader. Bush visits hydrogen filling station, pressures for energy bill . Hailing hydrogen power as the wave of the future, President George W. Bush has Visited a filling station in Washington, D.C., to press Congress to pass his energy plan. Money for hydrogen research is part of the long-stalled measure. A version of the blueprint passed in the House earlier this year, and Wednesday a Senate panel worked on another version. Bush first sent his plan to lawmakers in 2001. At the filling station, Bush watched as an official pumped fuel into a hydrogen-powered car. The price was $4.75 per kilogram â€” approximately twice as expensive as high-test gasoline. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Moscow experiences widespread power outages Widespread power outages have hit Moscow. Russia's energy minister blames a fire and explosion at a sub station. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said people have reported outages throughout southern Moscow and as far as 120 miles away. 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THE VIKING UNION RESERVATIONS OFFICE WILL START ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS for fall quarter starting June 1. Stop by VU 536 to fill out a reservation form, request a reservation by sending e-mail to Linda.Bolinger@wwu.edu, or make a request via the Web Page (call X/6131 to set up an account). Reservations will be confirmed the week of June 27. BIOLOGY SEMINAR. â€¢ Jeannie Gilbert (biology grduate student), "A Seasonal Study of the Lower Samish River Benthic Invertebrate Communities." Noon June 1, CF 25. â€¢ Michael P. Thimgan (biology graduate student), "The Effects of Wave Force and Period on The Energy Expenditure of The Intertidal Marine Gastropod, Scutus Antipode." Noon, June 3, CF 25. â€¢ James A. Murray (University of Central Arkansas-Friday Harbor Labs), "Life Is Upstream: The Mechanisms of Navigation of the Local Sea Slug Tritonia." 4 p.m. June 1, Bl 212. Refreshments, 3:50 p.m. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT) is offered in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Monday, June 6, and at 9 a.m. Thursdays on June 2 and 9. Registration is not required. Students must bring picture identification, student number, Social Security number and a No. 2 pencil. A $15 fee is payable in exact amount at time of testing. Allow 90 minutes. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST SCHEDULE AND SAMPLE TOPICS may be found at www.ac.wwu.edu/-assess/tc.htm. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) is a computer- based test administered by appointment. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or by calling X/3080. A $42 fee is payable at test time. Preliminary scores available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. Testing takes about one and a half hours. THE S A FEE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD AN OPEN HEARING from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in VU 567. The committee will provide informationon its recommendations for the rate and distribution of 2005-06 S A fees. FACULTY ARE REMINDED THAT RESERVED PARKING SPACES are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G and Parks Hall. WEST-B TEST. Anyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on basic skills assessment by the application deadline. See www/west.nesinc.com for registration information and a study guide with sample questions. Test date: July 9. Registration deadline is several weeks in advance. WEST-E PRAXIS. Beginning in September, Washington requires anyone seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass a subject knowledge assessment in the chosen endorsement area. For a description and registration information, see www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.html. Registration bulletins also are available in MH 216. THE REMAINING WEST-E PRAXIS TEST DATE for this academic year is June 11. This test will not be administered at Western; check www.ets.org/praxis/prxwa.html for location and registration information. THE FOLLOWING GROUPS ARE OFFERED through the Counseling Center spring quarter: â€¢ Relaxation Training, 4 p.m. Thursdays, OM 540, drop-ins welcome for one or all sessions; â€¢ Riding the Emotional Wave, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, OM 540, drop-in group; â€¢ Learning to Live with a Family Member's Chronic Illness, 4 p.m. Mondays, registration required. For more information, to register or to learn about Other groups, stop by OM 540 or call X/3164. UPDATE CAMPUS DIRECTORY LISTINGS. Departments are responsible for updating Campus Directory information in the All- University listings, and individuals are responsible for ensuring their listings in the faculty and staff section are correct. Designated approvers may update All-University Listings only at https://www.wwu.edu/depts/admcs/java/aul/AULLogin. For more assistance with updating this section, call Scott Anderson at X/7434. To update individual faculty and staff listings, see the instructions at the top of Page 41 of the 2004-05 Campus Directory, or contact Connie Swigart-Harris at X/7664. m ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 3 ---------- THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 "Sell your books and get a II VV burger! and a free tad June 8.7. and 8 While Supplies Last The College Store - Sehome Village Mall - 647-1000 M-F 8.00 - 6:00 Sat and Sun 10:00 - 4:00 ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 27,2005 Western students build robots out of Legos BY TREVOR SWEDBERG The Western Front The time has come for Western students to get their Lego sets out of the closet. The third annual Robot Competition is 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., June 1 in Communications Facility rooms 162, 163 and 164. The computer science department event is open for submission from all Western students. The competition provides an opportunity for the department to recognize its students, said Jianna Zhang, Western professor and the event's organizer. "We want to show the excellence of Western ALLEN OLEKSAK Western graduate student 'People see movies like "The Terminator "and think that's what a robot has to be. But a robot can be students' work," Zhang something as simple said. "They have been as your cellphone.' working hard, and we want to display this in the competition." Students must design the robots using materials such as Lego parts, electronic sensors, plastic lunchboxes, thin metal sheets, coconut shells or other unharmful materials, Zhang said. Harmful objects include breakable glass and other sharp materials. The guidelines for this competition require that the robots act autonomously, or on their own. The event involves no human interaction except for the competitor pushing a button to start, stop, change to a different program or reset the machines. Once a student places a robot in the competition environment, the student may not touch or move it until the demonstration is complete, Zhang said". Judges will grade students according to the clarity and organization of their presentation; the complexity and organization of their robot's behaviors; the style, logic and organization of software engineering; and the design, structure and aesthetics of their hardware engineering, Zhang said. The number of winners and prizes have yet to be determined. The event also will serve as a forum to promote the growing field of robotics to the community, said Joel Tannesen, Western graduate student and competition participant. "The more people understand, the more likely they might be to go into such a field,, and they will be more comfortable with it if they have to use robots in the future," Tannesen said. "And it's a fun hobby, too." The advancement of -robotic research is important for society's scientific exploration, Zhang said. "Lots of work puts human beings in dangerous situations or is impossible for humans to TREVOR SWEDBERG/The Western Front Western graduate student Kevin Colyar works on his robot. The robot will be capable of identifying and estimating fish population in streams. perform," Zhang said. "Today a lot of research can be done with the use of robots." Exploration deep in the ocean is one example of a field that can be dangerous or impossible for people to participate in because of the high water pressure, but robots routinely perform such activities, Zhang said. Some of the more advanced robots today also are a benefit to the medical industry, Zhang said. "Robots can be very good servants," Zhang said. "Health care workers do a good job, but they need to sleep. But robots can work for 24 hours without getting tired." Many people may have misconceptions about what it means to be a robot, Western graduate student Allen Oleksak said. "People see movies like 'The Terminator' and think that's what a robot has to be," Oleksak said. "But a robot can. be something as simple as your cell phone." Robots are anything that can act autonomously. They make their own decisions, Oleksak said. The competition is a refreshing change of pace for some of the competitors, Tannesen said. "It's nice to work with something concrete as opposed to working on a computer screen," Tannesen said. "It's fun to integrate Legos with what I'm doing at school." The Western Front Online The Earned Income Tax Credit! You've earned it. Why not claim it? If you're working hard just to make ends meet and have one or more children living with you, you may qualify for the EITC. Think of it as a reward for doing one of life's most beautiful, most important and most loving jobs. Visit our weo site or ask your tax preparer if you qualify. A message from. the Interna! 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Check out these short Summer Session courses: summer.session@wwu.edu ART 397A: Book Box with Drawers (1) ESCI 49 7W: Wetland Plant Identification (4) GEOL 303: Dinosaurs Their Environment (3) PE 445B: Nutrition Performance (1) SPAN 340: Intro to Hispanic Literature (3) ART 397B: Moveable Art Digital Prints (1) C/AM 410: Study Canada Summer Institute (3) ELED 445C: Kinesthetic Learning Applied (2) PE 445D: Storytelling Sports (2) 6/18 6/19 6/20-6/24 6/21-7/5 6/21-6/23 6/21-7/13 6/25 6/26 6/26-7/1 6/27-7/1 6/28-7/7 IP^IB^P^ AA/EO Institution mi ^m^^^m^^^mmm: Wmm msmmmm jfllÂ§l ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 5 ---------- MAY 27,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 Western blood drives are largest in northern Washington BY MEGAN LUM The Western Front Students donated approximately 1,242 pints of blood in Western blood drives during the 2004-2005 school year. "Each person donates one pint of blood, and it can be divided into three different parts and help out three different people," said Catharine Vader, registered nurse and self-care coordinator for Western's Prevention and Wellness Services. Western has the biggest blood drive in the northern counties of Washington state, Vader said. The mini-mobile was at Western May 10 to 12 in Red Square. The blood drive during fall quarter 2004 took place Oct. 4 to 6 in Viking Union 565, and 371 students donated blood. During winter quarter 2005, the drive took place Feb. 1 to 3 in the Viking Union, and 454 students donated blood. The mini-mobile, a blood-donation station in the back of a van, was at Western Feb. 23 in Red Square. The blood drive during spring quarter took place April 26 to 28 in the Viking Union 565, and 417 students donated blood. "Usually we have the VU going and the mini-mobile for a .big three-day drive," Vader said. "We have those â€¢_____ once a quarter." Western sophomore Elizabeth Mueller, a "If the mini-mobile gets a cancellation, it will just come to Western," Vader said. This school year was the first year the mini-mobile staff set up a tent outside the _______ van to attract more donors, Mueller said, Ti nhee tteenntt may That s a wonderful ha v e drawn in more people to pre-pharmacy gift to the community, donate this year, she said major, said she assists with Western blood drives. Mueller and approximately 10 other lifestyle advisors run a table in the Viking Union, encouraging people to donate blood and offering students cookies. Lifestyle advisors are Western student volunteers who promote a healthy campus by giving speeches, counseling students and promoting student health. "We sit at the table, and there's cookies there, and we try to get people to go down .and donate," Mueller said. The mini-mobile travels throughout Bellingham but sometimes visits Western on unscheduled days. It's something the students do as volunteers, and it's a very important contribution... that students give.' CAROL RONDELLO Puget Sound Blood Center donor service representative "This spring we had a record of 41 people in a mini-mobile one day," Mueller said. "Usually we only get around 25 or 30, so that was pretty amazing." Carol Rondello, donor service representative at Puget Sound Blood Center, said the center provides blood to more than 70 hospitals in the Puget Sound area, including St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham. On days that blood drives take place in the Viking Union, Western donors typically provide more than one-ninth of the blood Western Washington hospitals need in a day, she said. "That's a wonderful gift to the community," Rondello said. "It's something the students do as volunteers, and it's a very important contribution to the community that students give." Hospitals typically need more than 900 pints of blood per day to meet needs, Rondello said. Car-accident victims and patients undergoing surgery need the most blood. "The blood that's donated here at Western is used locally," Vader said. "Puget Sound Blood Center is in collaboration with hospitals in the area, so they know what their needs are." People can donate blood at the Puget Sound Blood Center's office in Sunset Square. Businesses throughout Bellingham organize their own blood drives, and the Bellingham Herald usually prints the dates and times, Vader said. The mini-mobile will be in Red Square near Carver Gym July 1. A blood drive will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12 and 13 in Viking Union 565. mmmBtmrn mmmmMmmmimm immim :iSliWiiHBi( HE SAYS it!s no sweat running the latest software. WE SAY what about a mile? Encourage your kids to get up, get out, and get moving. New orthopaedic research reveals that just 35 minutes of walking per da}1 can help kids fortify skeletal tissue, which leads to stronger bones as adults. For more information on the benefits of keeping kids active, visit aaos.org. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS The most moving advances in medicme. 1-800-824-BONES www.aaos.org k ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 27,2005 Women: Group brings together authors of different cultures, countries and styles of writing CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Then Hardi read from her most recent collection of poems, which also is her first collection written in English, "Life for Us." Hardi was born in 1976 in Iraqi Kurdistan, and currently lives in London, Kanhai said. Before writing "Life for Us," Hardi wrote three volumes of poetry in Kurdish, as well as several short stories. "Writing in Kurdish is a way of resisting loss of the language," Hardi said. "English allows us to reach a different audience. Writing In English allows me to write about â€¢ other, more intimate things." Hardi said her poems focus on her family, the history she has experienced living in the Middle East and the differences between men and women in the Kurdish culture. In the title poem from "Life for Us," Hardi described a day when she was 11, in which the rales of Kurdish culture allowed her male relatives to undress and swim in the river, but allowed the females only to roll up their skirts and place their feet in the water. Both women are in the process of writing books about the war in Iraq. "This is the moment the stories have to be told," Hardi said. "I felt angry that the media presents (the war) as black or white." Hardi said that with her book she hopes to discuss the gray area for people who are undecided about their â€¢ standpoint regarding the war and personalize the effects of the war. The two women came to Western through the Hedgebrook organization, said Niall O'Murchu, Fairhaven of political nonprofit invites professor economics. Hedgebrook is a organization that women writers to its retreat on Whidbey Island, said Justine Barda, Hedgebrook director of special initiatives. "(Hedgebrook) inspires women to author change through our retreat and public Barda said. Barda directed the project Writers of the Arab World, 'This is an opportunity to hear from people with different experiences. I hope this raises interest in the situation of women from other countries.' JEANNE ARMSTRONG Western librarian events,' 'Women which is a month-long retreat in May for six women writers from the Middle East. "It is wonderful of (Barda) that she has brought women of different generations, countries, styles of writing and genres _ _ _ _ _ _ together," Mamdouh said. O'Murchu said he contacted the Hedgebrook organization about inviting a group of the women writers to speak at. Western, and after drafting a proposal, he received a phenomenal amount of interest from other departments. Nearly 20 other groups from Western co-sponsored the event, including Western Libraries, the women studies department, Fairhaven College, the College of Fine and Performing Arts and the Cold Beverage Contract lecture fund, Western librarian Jeanne Armstrong said. Barda said that Hedgebrook was fortunate to receive the writers it did. "We know remarkably little about Middle Eastern culture, Iraqi society, Arab intellectuals and next to nothing about Kurdish culture," Armstrong said. "This is an opportunity to hear from people with different experiences. I hope this raises interest in the situation of women from other countries." Barda said that in addition to writing on Whidbey Island, the six women attended six speaking events about the Middle East and shared their writing and histories. They also attended dinners and receptions in places such as The Evergreen State College and the downtown Seattle Public Library. Barda said the inspiration for the month-long program was a concern that people are ignorant about the Middle East, and the people at Hedgebrook hoped to create an interest in the region and its cultures. "Hedgebrook helps the voices of women who are not heard, be heard," Barda said. Mamdouh said the six women have enjoyed the audiences at the events and called them compassionate, supportive and warm. "The American audience has been wonderful," Mamdouh said. "It has taught us to love them." Trash: Volunteers will redistribute donated belongings CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The collection event, known as "Final Dump Dash: Give it away, don't throw it away" will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 10. RE Sources volunteers will collect items in the Happy Valley neighborhood south of campus, Friend said. RE Sources will donate an estimated 1,200 pounds of the materials collected in Happy Valley to charities, she said. The idea is to avoid having working small appliances, bedding, clothing and furniture left on the curb with a free sign, Friend said. The city of Bellingham "Small and Simple" grant will pay for the project. The $2,500 grant comes from the city but the RE Sources will manage the event, said Nicole Oliver of the Bellingham Planning Department. "Only the Happy Valley neighborhood will be covered this year," Friend said. "We hope to expand to other surrounding neighborhoods in the future." Bellingham residents and organizations will donate an estimated value of $3,500 in the form of time, energy, pizza a"nd trucks, Friend said. Many Bellingham organizations are sponsoring or supporting this event, including the Bellingham Food Bank, the Campus Community Coalition and the Happy Valley ' Neighborhood Association, Friend said. Domino's Pizza and Little Caesar's Pizza are donating pizza for the volunteers who collect the materials. Happy Valley residents and Western leadership and environmental education classes will donate hundreds of volunteer hours to the event, Friend said. The Associated Students Recycling Center has had a similar program for on-campus housing for the past 16 years, said Richard Neyer, AS Recycling Center program manager. "We think it is a great idea," Neyer said. "We fully support it." The AS Recycling Center staff collects an estimated 2,500 pounds of reusable items from the residence halls every year, Neyer said. The staff then sorts the items and donates them to local charities. i^^^^^^^^ffii^^ "When I'm not at the beach, I'm reading The Western Front online." www.westernfrontonline.com UIWClSIIIC 0W â€¢TANNING â€¢SMOOTHIES JUICE â€¢ESPRESSO â€¢INTERNET CAFE Across from YeagerV in the Northwest Shopping Center First Tan Always Free with Ad! PREGNANT? 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RQ GRAMS â€¢MM course ilMHi^^BSBiiHiiiiliWlI BiiiiiBllllllllIlillllll ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 7 ---------- Â» MAY 27,2005 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 VRI: Teams participate in technical inspection, car show, hill climb, dynamics test and more Photo courtesy of Jason Morris The VRI team members stand outside the Empire State Plaza May 16 in Albany, N.Y., with their trophies and award money. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the VRI team. "It was cool to see other vehicles made by students, and hybrids made by Toyota and Honda." The Viking 23 took second place in the all-around competition, and the Viking 32 took third all-around, said Western junior Kate Steiison, president of the Associated Students Viking 23/32 hybrid club. White said the Viking 23 took second in the hill-climb competition, in which the Viking 32 took first place. The Viking 32 also won first place in the acceleration competition, he said. The best achievement for the team was taking first place in lowest greenhouse-gas emissions with the Viking 23 car, Cruse said. "Winning the green-car award was pretty cool," Cruse said. The hybrid vehicles are partially electric, White said. In addition to electricity, the Viking 23 also runs off biodiesel fuel, and the Viking 32 runs off internally compressed natural gas, he said. The biodiesel engine does not run off the diesel that gas stations supply, instead it runs off organic materials, Stenson said. "You can use food fats or vegetable oils instead of fossil fuels," Stenson said. The competition consisted of vehicles that high school and college students, as well as private companies, created, White said. The vehicles competed in a series of events throughout four days, he said. The first day of the competition, May 13, included grading based on vehicle design, as well as dynamics tests and the hill climb. "The first day was a pretty rigorous technical inspection," White said. The vehicles also competed in an autocross event on the second day of competition. The event is a road course in a parking lot marked with cones, White said. The day included a car show featuring all the vehicles in the competition, as well as vehicles from within the automotive industry. The competition also included a high-mileage event in which the vehicles competed in a 200-mile race. The race ran from Saratoga Springs to Cooperstown, N.Y. The Viking 23 finished the race in a little less than five hours, White said. Seven Western students traveled to the event, as well as their adviser, VRI director Eric Leonhardt, Stenson said. Six- of the students drove for three days across the country to New = York in a flatbed truck carrying the two vehicles. The other student and Leonhardt flew to the competition, she said. The students were able to fund their participation in the competitionby doing mass mailings requesting donations from alumni and a sponsorship by British Petroleum Cherry Point Refinery, Stenson said. Each vehicle in the competition must pay a $350 entrance fee, White said. 'We 've done pretty well in the past. It was a big goal to have one car finish everything.' BRIAN WHITE Western junior and hybrid team member BP paid for all the gas the team needed while driving to New York, if they stopped at BP stations, Stenson said. ===== Tour de Sol is part of The Great American Green Transportation Festival and Competition. The festival celebrates vehicles that reduce oil use. In the past, Western vehicles have done well at national competitions. Last year the team also placed first in the lowest greenhouse emissions category. "We've done pretty well in the past," White said. "It was a big goal to have one car finish everything." Photo courtesy of Jason Morris Hybrid team members prepare the vehicles for the technical inspection at the Tour de Sol May 13 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Where? Want to get rid of one ofthoseGUR books? Need some spending money? Take your books to the Western AS Bookstore ^ and get cash. No receipts are necessary and books purchased from other stores are gladly accepted. Don't forget that all proceeds from the AS Bookstore go to Associated Student Activities! Associated Students Bookstore Main Fioor W JQ 3 X JD Jfcv IN ASSOCIATED STUDENTS StOW HOUTS: â€¢nr\r\Tf c+/ws gt; Moii-Fri 8:00am - 5:00 pm Phone: (360) 650-3655 BUUlVMC/fC Saturday 11:00am- 3:00pm Fax: (360)650-2888 When? Wednesday June 1st Friday June 11th during store hours ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 8 ---------- i 8 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS MAY 27,2005 Children: Students create furniture, and local mother, designers and children judge entries made it." Weisgerber said that when he started to design his furniture he thought about how children move and behave. He said he knew they like to move around and not sit still, so he thought of the two-dimensional, rocking teeter-totter. "The kids sat on it and spun around until they were dizzy," Morris said. This is the third year of the plywood design competition, and in past years the competition had no theme, but Morris said this year he wanted to be more specific with the project. He said that since he became a father, he is interested in children, so he picked the theme of this year's contest to be children's furniture. "I wanted the students to get in the minds of kids again," Morris said. He said children are not worried about the design of a piece; they only care about whether it is fun to play on. Because Morris teaches the class he could not judge the projects, so he chose judges from within the furniture design industry, he said. The judges were !fohn Arback, a Western industrial design graduate who is now a furniture designer; "Western adjunct faculty Colin Reedy, also a furniture designer; Michael Flaherty, a professional woodworker and furniture designer from Bellingham; and Morris' wife, Karen Morris, a mother. Judges looked for seven concepts when grading each piece, Jason Morris said. The concepts were the creativity of the idea, beauty of the Photo courtesy of Jason Morris Western sophomore Jerimiah Welch won the furniture contest with his piece,. "Acorn Chair." CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "The Mds just loved it," Morris said. "They hung out and rocked there." Western junior Tyler Townley said Welch made four prototypes of his piece to perfect the design. Townley is in the sophomore industrial design class and also competed in the event, but he did not place, he said. "Jerimiah took a lot of time and thought things through," Townley said. "The craftsmanship of his piece was tops in our class." Second-place winner, Western sophomore Matthew Palmgren, received a $1,000 scholarship, he said. His project is titled "Non-objective Furniture." Palmgren's piece is a set of rectangles and squares that he cut with slots so they lock together. Morris said the pieces of plywood fit together in many different ways and acted like a puzzle for the children. "I'm giving them a set of building blocks," Palmgren said. He said he wanted to create something that would give the children freedom to design their own furniture. "It is a Lego-style piece of wood," Morris said. Western junior Adam Weisgerber won third place with his design, called "Wobbly." His piece is a circular teeter-totter, Morris said. He received a $500 scholarship from Mount Baker Products. "The first- graders really enjoyed spinning on it," Weisgerber said. "I didn't think of it that way when I Photo courtesy of Jason Morris Western sophomore Matthew Palmgren took second place with his piece, "Non-objective Furniture." form, usefulness and functionality, structure and safety, craftsmanship, and the ability to mass-produce the piece. "Safety was important so there aren't any pinched fingers or splinters," Jason Morris said. The judges also watched a group of first-graders from Geneva Elementary School play on all of the furniture before making their decisions, he said. Jason Morris said he is working â€¢with the Whatcom Hospice to arrangetherebuildingandauctioning of the furniture. The students retain the rights to their design and their submission, because they made the piece, and some might receive offers to sell their original piece to manufacturers, Jason Morris said. Weisgerber said he is not sure if he will reproduce his piece. The students who won were among 30 other entries from fellow classmates. All the students are in the sophomore industrial design class, which is a prerequisite for the industrial design major, Townley said. Students in the program learn ^ some of the skills they will apply during their junior and senior years of industrial design if the department accepts them into the major, Townley said. "Sophomore (industrial design) ^ presents us with the tasks we will work on in the junior and senior design program," Townley said. Students can add the children's furniture piece they designed to their portfolios of work they have done in the industrial design jj program, Jason Morris said. Mount Baker Products donated the 3/4 inch hardwood plywood used in all the pieces, he said. Each student could only use one 4-by-4 sheet. Their projects also had to be 80 percent plywood-based. " "I tried to discourage them from using a lot of other materials," Jason Morris said. 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Instead of charging dual cover between the now-defunct Factory and the 3B for two nights, this year's festival will cram three consecutive evenings of rock into the 3B. "Last year there were mostly straight rock 'n' roll bands," Myrene said. "It was a complete success, but I upped the ante this year with bigger headliners and a more diverse set of bands." Die-hard rockers need not worry, Myrene said. This year's lineup has plenty of punk and metal, but also includes classic rock and soul. "There should be a band in there that everyone likes," Myrene said. Photo courtesy of No-Fi Soul Rebellion Bellingham rock 'n' roll spouses Mark and Andrea Heimer of No-Fi Soul Rebellion will perform Saturday at the 3B Tavern. The show even features a band for volume) up to 10, please." haters. The Makers, whose members hail from Portland, Ore., Spokane and Seattle, claims to make music for people who hate music. "If you're fed up with all that pretentious, corporate, college rock ... you might enjoy our refreshing, albeit raucous, guitar-based assault," said vocalist and Seattle resident Michael Maker, 21. One Bellingham band, Cicadas, has been working its way toward this show since it formed in 2002. The band plays instrumental metal inspired by Black Sabbath, Rush and Botch, guitarist Josh Holland, 21, said. "Rockfest is one of the best shows a band can get all year," Holland said. "Just turn (the For the punks out there, Seattle's Murdock is one of the more aggressive groups on the bill. "Join us in the fight to keep rock 'n' roll ugly," guitarist Lou Molitch, 27, said. "We play total guitar wank-off, speed-freak, fighting songs." Seattle's Four Easy Pieces cites MC5, The Stooges and Bellingham's The Mono Men as influences for its brand of loud garage rock. The band will dedicate its set to the former owner of The Factory, Reece DeGolier, who died Feb. 5 of a brain aneurism. Exploring the ocean of sounds between punk and country is Bellingham band The Wastelanders, which draws on influences ranging from The Misfits to Johnny Cash. "I expect the show to be wild, crazy and sold-out," bassist and vocalist Ryan Roullard, 27, said. "Big 3B rock shows are usually pretty nuts ... I expect mayhem." Roullard said Bellingham is a unique music town that crosses boundaries of genre and scene. "It's too small for rivaling factions or cliques," Roullard said. "You get metal-heads coming out to indie-rock shows and punks showing up for hip-hop shows." Myrene said Bellingham music fans appreciate diversity and are less pretentious than many "scenesters" in other cities such as Seattle. Bellingham's strong music scene caused Mark and Andrea Heimer of Nb-Fi Soul Rebellion to move here from Missoula, Mont., in 2004. The couple plays danceable pop rock reminiscent of Beck, David Bowie and Prince, according to a Nov. 26, 2003 Missoula Independent article. "We're sexy and married," Mark Heimer said. "Hold on to your butts." Bellingham's The All Nighters play surfy, sexy instrumental party rock, lead guitarist Jimmy Kastelic, 23, said. "We believe in love, equality and carnal instinct," Kastelic said. Myrene said he made sure to bring in some out-of-towners this year to complement the-local flavor. The Foxx, from Albuquerque, N.M., plays vintage-style rock 'n' roll inspired by John Lennori, The Cure and Shocking Blue. Bassist Zac Webb, 26, said the band's intention is to make people "shake their little asses." "We're expecting the show to be chaotic, drunk and amazing," Webb said. "We're looking to make a Bellingham sandwich, and we're bringing the cheese." Cover will be $7 for today and Saturday and $5 for Sunday. Music starts at 8 p.m. at Sunday's Lake Padden kickball game and the barbecue starts at 4 p.m. Rockfest Lineup: fi|||ii^^||j|illl| MiilittiftilBSiliftiii The Deadline to Place Your Classified Ad in the last Issue of The Western Front is Wednesday, June lrst Stop by CF 230 to sell your stuff, find a roomate or sell your books! ON CAMPUS DEPARTMENT BUDGET CODE: RECIEPT BOOK # Classified Advertising Form for the Western Front I I 101. For Sale 1â€”I 201. For Rent L_J 301. Wanted |â€”I 401. Help Wanted â€¢ d 501. Services 601. Roommate Wanted I I 701. Lost Found I I 801. Announcements 1. Insert one character per space. 2. Insertion price is $4.50 for first 3 lines and $0.20 for each additional word. 3. Payments must be received before ad will be run. Accept cash, check, MC Visa. Name: Phone Address: . City: Run Dates: 4. Please send form with payment to: The Western Front, 516 High St., CF 230, Bellingham, WA 98225-9163 5. Ads must be submitted by deadline: 2pm Wed. for Fri. edition, 12:30pm Fri. for the Tues. Edition Fax: State: Zip: NO REFUNDS Please print ad exactly as it is to be worded. NO REFUNDS The first two words will be in all capital letters and bolded. - 1 1 $4.50 for first 3 lines + $0.20 each additional word = X number of issues = GRAND TOTAL = ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 10 ---------- 10 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT ACCENT MAY 27,2005 Photo courtesy of Whatcom Museum of History Art Bellingham Taxi sits on Old Chuckanut Drive in 1925. Museum honors motorcycle history BY LAURA BELZER -^ The Western Front Inside the Whatcom Museum of History Art's ARCO Exhibit Building lies an aged human skull. The skull, attached to a wooden plaque, was the trophy in the Olympia Motorcycle Club's Death Head Derby from the late 1930s to 1950s, said Patrick Dowling, facilities manager and exhibition curator at the museum. The club received the skull because the trophy maker's shop was next to a dental school. Two anthropologists studied the skull in preparation for its showing, Dowling said, and decided it probably belonged to a vegetarian woman from India. "For some reason that's always had the name Annabelle," Dowling said. Annabelle is a feature in the museum's exhibition, "Motorcycles: the Good, the Bad, and the Custom," which opened on May 8, will remain on display at the museum on Prospect Street until Dec. 4. The exhibition is a synthesis of motorcycles, photographs and memorabilia from various collections that represent a timeline of motorcycling in the Pacific Northwest and highlight some key figures and standout characters in motorcycling. Dowling and the museum staff dedicated the exhibition to Gerry and Fred Pazaski. Fred Pazaski was a well-known Bellingham motorcyclist who worked with the museum staff on the exhibit before his death in November 2003, Dowling said. Pazaski worked with another legend, Trev Deeley, to create the Trev Deeley Motorcycle Collection, which provided many of the bikes for the exhibit and is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Dowling said. A photo of Pazaski and his wife, Geny Pazaski, also deceased, stands at the entrance to the exhibition's main room. Pazaski's face is caked in mud, and he has just finished a motorcycle ride. His exuberant smile demonstrates the enthusiasm Pazaski felt for motorcycling and restoring motorcycles, Dowling said. Dowling said the exhibition has evolved since he began working at the museum 22 years ago. "From the first day I was here I was always asking if I could put together a motorcycle exhibit," Dowling said. Dowling said a 1998" exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City called "The Art of Motorcycling" broke attendance records, and in 2003 Whatcom Museum started planning its exhibit, which opened May 8. The exhibition contains more than 30 historical bikes in their original condition or refurbished. At the entrance to the exhibit stands a refurbished 1935 Harley- Davidson VLD with a Side Car Taxi from the Trev Deeley Collection. "(Deeley) wanted to find bikes that were significant in their own way to the Northwest," Dowling said. A black and white photo of the vehicle in its heyday stands behind it, and the shiny motorcycle boasts a new neon-blue hue with silver accents. The black leather top and interior of the blunt-nosed sidecar accentuate its size, and the sidecar seems to dwarf the actual motorcycle. The exhibit features different eras and trends in motorcycling. Aboard track made of 2-by-4 beams represents the board tracks in see WHEELS, page 12 Recording to Ceftoyfidne Square: 1. Jack Johnson, "In Between Dreams" Â£. Beck, "Guero" Nine Inch Nails, "With Teeth" :e Believe" â€” Compiled by Ben Sokolow Matthews Band, "Stand Up" |e Springsteen, "Devils and Dust' 'Ruler" Jhins, "Oh, Inverted World" 9. System of a Down, "Mezmerized" 10. The Postal Service, "Give Up" E3: Student reportei industry's iiewe; BY AARON APPLE AND LAUREN MILLER For the Western Front In the past week, 400 exhibiting game companies representing 80 countries converged in the Los Angeles Convention Center for a similar purpose: to see the future of gaming at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Reporters Aaron Apple and Lauren Miller attended the event, and amid the mass of video games and booming music they managed to report back to The Western Front. Each of the major console companies, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, launched their consoles before the E3 exhibition started May 18. While the original Xbox entered the console market in 2001, Microsoft will be the first to release its next-generation console, the Xbox 360, which Microsoft plans to put on the market by December. The system officially . debuted May 12 on MTV. Quelling anticipation and rumors, Nintendo revealed the prototype for the Revolution, the newly released name for its fifth console. Sony introduced its new console, aptly named PlayStation 3, slated for release in spring 2006. Attendees of E3 were not the only ones eager about the news of the new systems. Third-party developers also were wound up to show off what they could do with the systems, with previews of games scheduled to come out with them. Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 already have a number of titles lined up, while Nintendo has not even shown the controller yet. "Last year felt like just a bunch of sequels," said Los Angeles resident Paul Arkoian, 25, who has attended E3 every year since its beginning in 1995. "This year there was this whole buzz in the air about the new consoles coming out. The buzz made the show more exciting than it really was. We didn't really get to see anything concrete for the PS 3 or the Revolution, so I can't really judge from the little video clips, but of what I saw of Xbox 360, it did not seem that big of a leap from one generation to the next. It just felt like Xbox games really well done." Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft was the only one of the three consoles that had playable games at the convention. The system is capable of utilizing four wireless controllers, has a 20 GB upgradeable hard drive and is broadband and Wi-Fi ready right out of the box. "Perfect Dark Western seniors Lauren Miller and Aa at the exclusive, press-only Lucas Art Zero," "Need For Speed Most Wanted," "J Kong" and "Tony Hawk: American Wasteh are a few of the titles announced so far. Source: www.xbox.com Sony PlayStation 3 Sony showed off some of its new ga inside a theater at its booth at E3. Aft few graphical demos displaying wha system is capable of, Sony showec viewers trailers of upcoming games inclu lt; "Tekken 6," "Gran Turismo 5," "Kill Zc and "Devil May Cry 4." Upon exiting theater, show-goers were able to take a 1 at the hardware themselves. The syster backward compatible with past Play J The NCSoft booth featured the new games "Guild Wars" and "City of Villians" at ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 11 ---------- MAY 27,2005 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 11 * sample the game ,4gadgets at event Photo courtesy of Aaron Apple pple in front of the infamous Darth Vader oth at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. systems and is capable of broadband and wireless connections. Source: http://www.us.playstation.com Nintendo Revolution Much of the console's details are still a mystery â€” Nintendo hasn't even revealed the controllers. Nintendo has announced its jnew system will be backward compatible with the GameCube, and all 20 years worth of games from its previous systems will be downloadable â€” from "Mario Brothers" on the Nintendo Entertainment System to "Mario Sunshine" for GameCube. Source: http://www.nintendo.com Aaron and Lauren's top 10 picks for 2005: -GameCube) Katamari?? (Namco 4. "Dragon Quest j | | B | | | | p ^ l | ^ ^ l iiwKPliiHBlHl iill Portable) Photo courtesy of Aaron Apple Photo courtesy of Nintendo Nintendo will release its Nintendo Revolution at the end of 2005. E3 Expo this year. adults, $10 students The Seattle miproycom^ perform at 7;30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sasquatch research conference HamptonlnriFoxHall;75^ International Sasquatch Symposium features speakers,experts andartists in panel disc ^nd displays a^ i::;and'Si^||i|rn books;i0^0i^^%i^)^0^':^^^Â§, andcreati^ starts at 7:30 p.m. :;:;:V":r:;;: :::-;;";:/:^;';: :: I. 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The concert starts at 7 p.m. /'Art shpW;:'--;; Bloedel Donovan Park; 398- 1411;Free 'r.-.;-:T--r;: vV ;.: ;* â€¢^^^^0J^;^^.;^ Art Slow ^^Qy\^^l^^: ^^ and ;;alftstsj lltSlllIM^ t Â§ y i | | f t^ ; Western.aitsl^Â®;. The lOth annual undergraduate; art 'beyond Borders Art Cornpetition" featureswortebyartstudentsin ISIbrthwe^fixm to 5 pm j ; \jy~''C^dmpii!^fy I^cffi J^issman ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT ACCENT MAY 27,2005 Wheels: Exhibition stresses the value of history when inspecting classic motorcycle models Photo courtesy of Whatcom Museum of History Art In the 1930s, Johnny Martinolich of Mt. Baker Motorcycling Club was a seven-time national champion for the Brown Derby Hill Climb. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Tacoma that were popular in the 1930s, Dowling said. Riders would fly around these tracks at 80 mph with no brakes and oil spilling out of their bikes, making the tracks slippery and dangerous, he said. The tracks created a community from the 1930s through 1950s that was an important part of the lives of many historical figures such as E.L. "Pop" Place, owner of the Northwest Cycle Shop in Bellingham, Dowling said. "There was no TV; there was nothing to really compete with (motorcycling)," Dowling said. "This is the way they had fun. This is what they lived for to do on the weekends." Bikes from the Victoria Police Department in British Columbia and motorcycles in the military highlight the service aspect of motorcycles. But in the 1960s, Dowling said, figures such as Evel Knievel and the Hell's Angels, and films such as Peter Fonda's "Easy Rider" that portrayed motorcyclists as rebellious thugs in black leather, dominated the media. "The bikers weren't always dentists, doctors and accountants; they were kind of scruffy," said Becky Adkins, Harley- Davidson of Bellingham parts manager. "Bikers used to be kind of feared." Other sections of the museum attempt to resolve this misperception and depict the current positive aspects of motorcycling, Dowling said. The museum features photos and descriptions of groups such as Christ the King Motorcycle Ministry of Whatcom County and the Christian Motorcyclists Association. "Bikers are some of the most generous people on the planet, and people just don't realize that," Adkins said. Whenever a charity event such as the May 7 ride occurs, many bikers come out in support, she said. Overarching the exhibit is the sense of camaraderie that pervades the motorcycling community, past and present, Dowling said. "We had this synergy of people in the motorcycling community that came together and put (the exhibition) together," he said. Western sophomore Alex LaRosa said that as a young woman rider she is unique in the motorcycling community, but riding on the Honda Rebel she bought in August 2004 makes her part of the group. "It's like being part of a giant club with all the other bikers," LaRosa said. "All the bikers wave at each other." Adkins said the exhibition brings motorcyclists and nonmotorcyclists to the museum. "There are all these bikers with their tattoos and their cigarettes and their leather walking around the museum," LaRosa said But families and many nonriders also visit the museum, she said. In a small side room the museum displays the results of the Craig Vetter design challenge. Western industrial design students created the motorcycle designs with the leadership of Western industrial design professor Arunas Oslapas, Dowling said. The space-age designs had to adhere to certain standards, he said, such as being fuel-efficient and having two wheels. The motorcycles are visions of transportation in the future, Dowling said. "(Vetter's) emphasis was that (the students) could change the world they live in," Dowling said. "He truly believes it. I think the future of motorcycling lies in that room." No matter what kind of bike one rides, whether a vintage Harley or a customized Indian, motorcycling has a distinct character that surpasses the museum. "It doesn't matter what bike you ride as long as you ride," said Barbie Jackson, Harley- Davidson of Bellingham general manager. Adkins said motorcycle culture draws people in, and the motorcycle community quickly becomes part of a rider's life. She said not only is Harley-Davidsoh a store, but it is a community where staff and riders gather for coffee and donuts as well. "The culture's fun; it's a little less rigid than normal society," Adkins said. "There's nothing that I enjoy more than the sound of a Harley going down the road." f LAURA BELZER/The Western Front Western sophomore Alex LaRosa prepares for a ride on her Honda Rebel Saturday near Buchanan Towers. h Failed, failed, failed. And then... PERSISTENCE Pass It On. 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Services and hours of operation may vary by location. Â©2004 Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 13 ---------- SPORTS FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2005 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 13 Sonics' priority is re-signing Allen and McMillan Key Sonic free agents DEVIN SMART With five-tenths of a second left in the game, Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen caught an inbound pass from teammate Antonio Daniels and hoisted a three-point shot toward the basket that would have given the Sonics the win and extended its playoff series with the San Antonio Spurs to a seventh game. Alas, the shot bounced off the front of the rim and time expired â€” dashing the hope of an NBA championship for Sonics fans. Now that the season has ended, the Sonics face a tumultuous offseason with nine potential free agents. The Sonics must make the re-signing of Allen and head coach Nate McMillan its top priority. The Sonics surpassed the low expectations NBA analysts placed on them when the 2004-2005 season started. Editors from NBA.com picked the Sonics to finish 13th out of 15 teams in the Western Conference, and ESPN.com NBA writer Mark Stein ranked the Sonics 29th out of 30 teams in the NBA during his preseason "power rankings." "Only two teams in the West have no shot at the playoffs," Stein wrote. "And (this team) is No. 1 on that list." The Sonics acquired Allen during the 2002-2003 season when it traded career-long Sonics player Gary Payton and fan favorite Desmond Mason to the Milwaukee Bucks. The move was controversial at the time, but Allen has performed at a high level since he joined the Sonics, averaging more than 20 points per game each season. Allen had his best season as a Sonics player this year, averaging 23.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Allen's performance in the playoffs further proved his value to the Sonics. He led all playoff scorers during the first round when he averaged 32.4 points per game on 51.4 percent shooting against the Sacramento Kings. In the Sonics second-round series against the Spurs, he averaged 21.5 points per game, despite being guarded by Bruce Bowen, a four-time member of the NBA's All-Defensive Team, and being double-and triple:teamed at times. Allen withstood the playoff pressure, while the Sonics' other All-Star forward Rashard Lewis, only managed 16.4 points per game on 40.6 percent shooting during the playoffs. The NBA is a league, of superstars. Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and Shaquille O'Neal led their teams into the playoffs. The Sonics have a superstar â€” Allen. Lewis' performance in the playoffs proved he is not ready to lead a team in the postseason. Allen is. If the Sonics want to continue the strong play the team began this season, resigning Allen is mission No. 1. McMillan is the second ingredient necessary for the Sonics to maintain its success. McMillan took a team that went 37-45 last season and crafted a team that won the Northwest Division and came within a last-second, three-point shot of forcing the Spurs to game seven in the Western Conference semifinals. Lewis expressed his concern about the possibility of McMillan leaving. "I'd love for Nate to stay here because I think he's a big part of my role and me succeeding today," he said, according to a May 1 Seattle Times article. "If he's not here, then I'm going to have to look at where I'm going to be in the future." Lewis is in the middle of a seven-year deal, but he has the option to void the final two seasons and become a free agent after the 2006-2007 season. Despite Lewis' poor performance in the playoffs, he is maturing into one of the better small forwards in the NBA. The team needs him to stick around in order to ensure its continuing success. Bringing McMillan back will not be easy. Cleveland see SONICS, page 14 M0m season st^s: 23.9 PPG;4.4RPG; 3.7 APG l i p ^ ^ APG iGpntract status: Unrestricted free agent 2p6l-p s ? l ^ $ l ^ Vladimir Radmanovic, forward Regular- season stats: 11,8 PPG; 4.6 RPG; 1.4 APG Postseason stats: 5.3 PPG; 3.0 RPG; 0.5 APG Contract status: Restricted free agent 2004-05 salary: $2.3 iiiillioh ilerorne James, center ReguiM-seasoh stats: 4.9 PPG; 3.0 RPG; 1.4 BPG Postseason stats: 12;5 PPG^ 6^8 RPG; 1.8 BPG Contract status: Unrestricted free agent 2004-05 salary: $5.5 million Antonio Daniels, guard ; Regular-season stats: l l ;2 PPG; 4;i APG; 2.3 RPG Postseason stats: 13.8 PPG; A;5 APG; 2.8 RPG - Cjohrxact status: Has option to become an unrestricted ;;:jpree:;:agent::;::. ;â€¢;; 2004-05 salary: $2:1 million ; Reggiei Evans, forward Regular-season stats; 4.9 PJPG; 9.3 RPG; 0.7 APG Postseason stats: 3.7 PPG; 7:4 RPG; 0.5 APG Contract status: Restricted free agent 2004-05 salary: $880j600: Information courtesy of SeattleTimes.com This summer take a break.. .a tuition break. 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Western junior Tim Feenstra had the team's best individual performance in the tournament by finishing tied for 10th out of 105 golfers, with a five-over-par score of 289. "I left some shots out there," Feenstra said. "But I managed my game well for what I had during the week. It was fun to finish in the top 10." Western junior Luke Bennett finished tied for 20th, with a nine-over-par score of 293. "I felt pretty solid out there," Bennett said. "It wasn't anything great, but not too bad." Bennett said he regrets not being able to take advantage of the team's opportunity to win the national championship. "This is the year we have been building for," he said. "Not to win it all was a disappointment. We wanted to bring the national championship home to Western." The championship marked the end of the college golf careers of Western seniors Josh Immordino and Chris Anderson. Immordino finished tied for 27th, with a 10-over-par score of 294. His second-round score of 69 was the best round of the tournament for Western. Anderson finished tied for 94th with a 21-over-par score of 315. "I'm going to miss (Immordino and Anderson) tremendously," Card said. "Josh has had an outstanding career and is somebody I can really count on. I thought he had a very good year this year. Chris had a bit of a disappointing year compared to (last year), but he has grown a tremendous amount over the years he's been here." Western sophomore Stu Bell tied with Anderson for 94th. Western appeared ~iii its third straight national championship and its fifth in the past seven years. Western's ninth-place Western junior Luke Bennett rollsin a the Bellingham Golf and Country Club. finish is the second best in school history behind its sixth-place tie in 2000. On Tuesday, the Golf Coaches Association of America named Feenstra a first-team Ail- American'and also named Immordino and Bennett to the third team. The GCAA named Feenstra to the third team in 2003 and named Immordino to the third team in 2002, with an honorable mention in 2003. DEVIN SMART/The Western Front birdie putt on the third hole Thursday at "(The season) is a little bittersweet because we did not win the national championship," Card said. "But I do not want to discount the type of season we had. To finish ninth in the country (in the national championship), to win the West Regional and for Tim to be named a first-team Ail-American, that is quite a year we had. I think .in time we are going to look back and say this is one of the better years that we have ever had." Sonics: Team must re-sign frontcourt players, such as James, with likely departure of Daniels CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 Cavaliers forward LeBron James has expressed interest in McMillan becoming his next head coach. Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is willing to pay $10 million a season for a head coach, according to an April 29 Seattle Times article. Sonics owner Howard Schultz addressed the question of owners' commitment to keeping the team together. "The ownership group is committed to winning," Schultz said, according to a May 21 Seattle Post-Intelligencer article. "Everyone got a taste of that this season and certainly during the playoffs. We don't want that to go away. So the ownership group is committed to doing what we have to do to sustain that." Those words ring sweet to the ears of Sonics fans, but decisions by the Seattle Mariners front office in recent years have made Seattle sports fans weary to trust the company line of any Seattle sports team. The Mariners finally brought in high-priced free agents last offseason, but the team disappointed fans year after year with promises to spend money on upper-tier free agents. The future of Allen and McMillan will be the focus of most of the media's attention this offseason, but the Sonics roster has other important free agents. Sonics forward Vladimir Radmanovic is a restricted free agent, which means the Sonics can match any offer a competing team makes. Radmanovic was an integral part of the team's success in the 2004-2005 season, averaging 11.8 points per game off the bench. Radmanovic missed the final 19 games of the regular season with a stress fracture in his right leg. He recovered in time for the playoffs, but missed the final five games of the playoff series against the Spurs because of an ankle injury. League sources expect Daniels to opt out of the final year of his contract and test the free-agent water, according to a May 22 Seattle Times article. Daniels publicly stated he wants to return next year. Retaining him could be difficult because his price tag might be high. Daniels raised his free-agent stock in the Spurs series. He started the fifth and sixth games after a toe injury sidelined Lewis. For the series he averaged 17.8 points per game on 53.2 percent shooting and capped it with 22 points in the final game. Sonics center Jerome James is an unrestricted free agent, and he presents a predicament for the Sonics. James is a nightmare for a general manager of an NBA team. He has all the physical gifts a dominant center requires. Plus, he showed in the Kings series, when he averaged 17.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, that he can dominate in the post. The problem is that during the season he. averaged 4.9 points, 3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. The Sonics should re-sign James, but not for a high price. Sonics forward Reggie Evans, who averaged 9.3 rebounds a game, is a restricted free agent, but his return is in question because of the improvement of Nick Collison who also plays Evans' position. Other restricted free agents include forward Damien Wilkins and guard Ronald "Flip" Murray. Forward Danny Fortson has the option of becoming an unrestricted free agent, but he is due $13.4 million during the next two seasons. Being a free agent might not be that attractive for him. Center Vitaly Potapenko, who did not play extensive minutes for the Sonics, also is an unrestricted free agent. When the Los Angeles Clippers blew out the Sonics by 30 points opening night, the preseason predictions about the Sonics seemed to be right on par. But during the next 19 games the Sonics did not cooperate with the expectations. The team went 17-2 and never looked back, finishing 52-30 with the Northwest Division crown. NBA basketball is back in Seattle. The standing, screaming crowds in Key Arena are reminiscent of those that watched the Sonics march into the playoffs year after year in the 1990s. A new era of playoff basketball could be on the horizon in Seattle, but the team needs its superstar and its coach to stay for that to happen. M lt;"'(- lL,J'Â«k^{ 'Planned Parenthood Bellingham 734.9095 Mount Vernon 848.1744 Western Front Summer Edition QOeS CB^AT WITH SUNTXN LOTION NOW PRE-LEASING msMi fXMmw^MmsvMm ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 15 ---------- MAY 27,2005 SPORTS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 Phil Jackson should look at other options DERRICK PACHECO The 2004 Los Angeles Lakers met the team from Detroit whose Pistons were at full ability in the 2004 NBA Finals. The Lakers lost the series 4-1, barely avoiding a sweep at the hands of the team from the Motor City. Three days after the NBA named the Pistons NBA league champions, Kobe Bryant helped exile Phil Jackson and Shaquille O'Neal from the Lakers. With coaching vacancies in Cleveland and New York, Jackson's return to Los Angeles is not only a mistake, it is a death wish for one of the NBA's all-time great coaches. After a 34-48 record, the 2004 Lakers missed the postseason for the first time in 11 seasons, and just the second time since 1976, according to a May 14 article on Sports Illustrated's Web site. Bryant's failure has led the Lakers to call for Jackson's return to the Lakers as head coach. The Lakers were a team of destinyâ€”a team the Lakers' front office designed to win the a fourth straight championship. The team appeared in four consecutive NBA Finals â€” something the Chicago Bulls could not accomplish, even with the leadership of guards Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Phil Jackson is tied for the most NBA championships as a head coach with former Boston Celtic head coach Red Aurbach; both of whom won nine. During the five years Jackson coached the Lakers, he did not have the greatest relationship with Bryant. In fact, Jackson outlined the confrontational relationship in his book, "The Last Season: A Team in Search of its Soul," according to the Sports Illustrated article. According to Sports Illustrated, Jackson also is interested in filling the coaching vacancy for the Knicks in New York. According to a May 19 article on NBA.com, Cleveland Cavaliers guard LeBron James and the rest of the Cavaliers are without a head coach. This is the most suitable location for Jackson to return to the NBA after his year hiatus. When Jackson took over as head coach of the Bulls in 1990, the team was an underdeveloped version of the team that won its first NBA championship in 1991. The Bulls went on to win six consecutive championships. The Cavaliers do not have the prospective roster that Jackson took over in 1990, but the Cavaliers have the superstar in waiting with James. Jordan and James, however, are not on the same level. James has as much potential for greatness as Jordan had two years into his NBA career. According to article, for years Jackson believed coaching the Knicks was his destiny and he told people that. Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, however, is hardly the youthful, athletic guard with whom Jackson can trust his elaborate triangle offense. The CBSSportsline.com article also reported that Jackson has hinted at taking two years off from coaching basketball and holding out for the possibility to become head coach in Miami or Houston. Jeff Van Gundy is currently coaching the Houston Rockets. The NBA recently fined Van Gundy $100,000 for publicly criticizing NBA officials during the 2005 playoffs. According to the CBSSportsline.com article, Jackson has hinted that he would be the perfect coach for Yao. Currently coaching O'Neal, guard Dwyane Wade and the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons is Stan Van Gundy. O'Neal was the cornerstone of the championship teams in Los Angeles and Wade is a more coachable, if not more talented, prospect than Bryant. Jackson would be reunited with O'Neal, the most dominant player in the game, who won three NBA championships and three NBA Finals Most Valuable Player awards when he played for Jackson. For four years, Jackson and O'Neal dominated the NBA's Western Conference, and for three of those years, the two 'A return to the Lakers is a step in the wrong direction should he decide to coach again.' The Jackson Nine IISHBi^H^^^BIiRlBliilll II^I^HBHiBlliiii^S^BHttSlSpHiiiK ruled the NBA with three championships. A return to the Lakers for Jackson is a step in the wrong direction should he decide to coach again. While Bryant remains one of the league's most electrifying players, he seems to be emotionally unreliable when it comes to teammates and coaching. A player of Bryant's caliber does not join the NBA every day. He contributed to three championships, but is not the player or person to build a team around. James will be the superstar Jordan was for Jackson in the '90s. Jackson's return to the NBA needs to be with Cleveland. MMER WORK $15.00 base-appt. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES Can start after finals, Customer sales service No experience necessary, we train, All majors welcome All ages 18 older, Conditions apply Seattle 206- 838-7460 Bellevue 425-452-4540 Tacoma 253-983-1133 Yakima 509-453-6182 Vancouver 360-573-1868 ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 16 ---------- 16 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS MAY 27,2005 Discus thrower competes in championships Telleria is the only athlete to compete for Western "BY SEAN MCCORMICK AND MICHAEL LYCKLAMA The Western Front Western junior Jessica Telleria keeps herself busy throughout the year. Like many Western students, Telleria's schedule is packed with a number of scholastic and nonscholastic activities including throwing the discus for Western's track and field. "I am currently doing some research under Western professor Dr. Gentile," Telleria said. "We're looking at a family of proteins associated with Alzheimer's. I volunteer at (St. Joseph) Hospital, where I run errands and transport patients. In the fall and winter, I work at Western's Tutorial Center helping out with math and science." Telleria is a biochemistry major. She hopes to attend graduate school after she finishes her four-year degree, she said. Despite her rigorous schedule, Telleria competed in the discus event at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday in Abilene, Texas. Telleria said she was relieved to finally get her chance to go to nationals after dominating the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in discus for three years. Fouls on her first two attempts negated both throws that would have qualified her for the final round, Telleria said. Each thrower has three attempts to reach the final round, with the top nine advancing. She instead finished 14th out of 17 throwers with a throw of 136-11 â€” 15-11 1/2 shy of qualifying for the final round. The fouls put a lot of pressure on Telleria for her final throw, head track and field coach Pee Wee Halsell said. "I could have thrown what it takes to make it to the finals," Telleria said. "I have the physical ability to do it â€” I just didn't do it today." Halsell said the coaching staff will enter Telleria in more competitive meets next year to prepare her for the 2006 national championships. Telleria said she has competed in few meets in which she was not favored to win. SEAN MCCORMICK/The Western Front Western junior Jessica Telleria practices throwing the discus Tuesday at Western's throwing pit near Viking Field. Telleria is the only member of Western's track team to travel to the NCAA Division I I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. "I'm very confident I'll return to nationals next year with the way I was throwing at the end of the year," Telleria said. "I'll come back with more experience under my belt." Lex Kaligis, Western's track and field throwers coach, said Telleria is the type of athlete who is dedicated to getting better. "She's always very positive," Kaligis said. "She always wants to do better than before. She always asks about how she can ^ Â» get better." Telleria is a perfect example of an exceptional athlete who also does exceptional things in the classroom, Kaligis said. Telleria said she does not waste her time on activities she is not passionate about. "I just try to work hard on everything," she said. "I don't involve myself in anything I don't have the time, resources or desire to Telleria said she is not sure which avenue of schooling she will choose. She said she would enjoy medical school but also likes the idea of continuing her biochemistry degree. She is sure, however, that she wants to work with people. "Volunteering at St. Jo's is great." Telleria said. "I do a lot of different things. 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According to a May 8 Bellingham Herald article, this might happen next year if a measure on the November ballot passes and the city of Bellingham begins fluoridating its water. The city should not put fluoride â€” a poison â€” into Bellingham residents' drinking water. According to the Bellingham Herald article, a petition by a group of Bellingham residents to place a measure on the November election ballot to fluoridate the city's water began after Bellingham dentists reported higher instances of tooth decay in Bellingham's elementary- school-age children. Some children even had what dentists call rampant tooth decay, which is seven or more teeth containing cavities. Some cities have been fluoridating water for more than 50 years as a way to prevent cavities and tooth decay and improve oral health in residents, according to a 2001 article on The Natural Choice Directory, a Web site that lists environmentally friendly and health-conscious businesses and services, and information about environmental concerns in the Puget Sound area. Two-thirds of U.S.' cities have fluoridated drinking water, according to the directory's Web site, and fifty percent of Washington cities have fluoridated water. Every use of the faucet unnecessarily exposes people to poisonous fluoride. Fluoride is a waste product of industries that produce products including pesticides, fertilizers, aluminum, iron, steel, copper, lead, uranium, brick, cement and glass, according to the directory's Web site. Fluoride is more toxic than lead, and slightly less toxic than arsenic, according to the Web site. Lead and arsenic are not safe for humans to ingest â€” and neither is fluoride. Some researchers have indicated fluoride as a cause of health disorders. Fluoride is a carcinogen, a neurotoxin, a bone-weakening agent and â€”=â€”==, a cause of decreased fertility in women, according to the directory's Web site. Researchers have released six studies since 1994 linking fluoride intake to cancer, decreased IQ, attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder, kidney damage and early sexual maturation in young males and females, according to a speech Dr. J. William Hirzy, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientist, delivered in 2000 to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on 'The city of Bellingham should not flouridate the water and put residents at risk for these adverse health effects.' Wildlife, Fisheries and Drinking Water in 2000 and published on the fluoridation.com Web site. The city of Bellingham should not fluoridate the water and put residents at risk for these adverse health effects. Evidence is unclear whether adding fluoride to water actually prevents cavities. A 30-year study of 400,000 children in India '. showed tooth decay increased as fluoride intake increased, and the causes of tooth decay were a lack of calcium and an excess of fluoride, according to the directory's Web site. According to Hirzy's speech, a 50-year water- fluoridation experiment in Kingston and Newburg, N.Y., in which Kingston fluoridated the city water and Newburg did not fluoridate city water,- revealed no significant differences in rates of dental decay in children in the two cities. Fluoride is not essential for preventing cavities and maintaining good oral health. Water without fluoride, however, is essential to overall health. Proponents of adding fluoride to Bellingham drinking water said fluoridation will lead to better oral health for children. They said water fluoridation is a safe and easy solution to reducing cavities in children, and major science, health and medical associations, including the American Medical Association, the U.S. Public Health Service and the World Health Organization, also support fluoridation. But fluoride is not safe for anyone and is not necessary for healthy teeth. Diets lower in sugar, better education about dental care such as brushing and flossing, and supervision from parents will also lead to children having fewer cavities. Fluoride is a poisonous chemical that is unsafe, and no city should add it to residents' drinking water â€” Bellingham is no exception. School bus advertising raises much-needed funds KELSEY DOSEN A small school district in Templeton, Calif., is considering putting advertisements on public, school buses because of the continual decrease in school transportation budgets. While some might think this is an unacceptable solution, advertising on school buses can provide schools with necessary money. The Templeton Unified School District expects to make $7,560 the first year and $13,230 the following year from the advertisements if the school board adopts the venture, according to a May 8 Los Angeles Times article. School Bus Media Inc., a Miami-based company that provides public service announcements and commercial messages on school buses, has approximately 400 public service announcements on approximately 120 school buses in northwestern Florida. The company avoids liquor, condom, fast-food and other advertisements the company deems inappropriate for children, according to a March 7, 2004, Associated Press article. Templeton school officials would have discretion as to which ads are appropriate, and they would receive as much as 40 percent of the gross revenue from the ads, according to the AP article. If the project passes, the school district will place ads on the inside of the bus because the California Highway Patrol does not allow advertising on the outside, according to the Los Angeles Times article. Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, Minnesota, Maryland and Florida allow advertising on the outside of school buses. When each state passed the law, members of the local communities argued the ads would distract other drivers, despite the fact that advertising already exists on public buses and does not seem to cause a problem. According to the S chool Bus Transportation Web site, which includes information on school bus and. pupil transportation nationwide, no data in sufficient quantities have determined the relationship between a crash and whether the ads distracted the driver prior to the crash. In 1994, the Colorado Springs School District became the first in the nation to implement advertising on school bus exteriors, according to the Web site. In 2002, Massachusetts began to allow advertising onschool buses, whileprohibiting liquor, tobacco, drug and gambling ads. The school district allows companies to display ads on the exterior of the buses, but they cannot cover more than one-quarter of the bus. The school districts in both areas have benefited from the advertising. The funding they receive from profits goes toward buying toilet paper for the school and fuel for the buses, according to the Web site. "Money is tight all over the country," said Ron Dennis, transportation director of Putnam County, Fla., according to the Web site. "(School-bus advertising) is a win-win situation. There's no way you can lose." Children are exposed to advertising every day â€” whether at school, in a car with parents, or mainly, on television. Advertising can provide schools with a large amount of money, and schools can use educational advertisements. In many cases, this is one of the few options to improve the budget holes. 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Amnesty International released its annual report on worldwide human rights this week. The report was critical of the U.S. government's recent actions, which Amnesty International said undermine human rights, including memos that show members of the Bush administration sanctioned interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib prisons that violated provisions of the U.N. Convention against Torture and the Geneva Conventions. One of those memos, which came directly from President Bush, stated that although America's values "call for us to treat detainees humanely," some "are not legally entitled to such treatment," according to Amnesty International's report. As the most powerful country in the world, America is responsible for setting an ethical example for the rest of the world â€” in particular, the budding democracies of Afghanistan and Iraq. When the United States sets policies that break international law, those international laws have less bearing on the rest of the world. Allowing the torture of detainees not only hurts America's reputation, it puts American soldiers currently fighting in the Middle East at risk. In the event that a foreign military took American soldiers as prisoners, their captors would be less likely to treat them humanely knowing the American government has little regard for the rights of its prisoners. In addition to the added danger for U.S. soldiers, information officials receive through torture rarely is accurate. When faced with the possibility of excruciating physical pain, prisoners often will say anything â€” including admitting their own guilt or making up fake information â€” to avoid it. According to a May 26 Agence France-Presse article, when reporters questioned White House spokesman Scott McClellan about the Amnesty International report, he said America was "leading the way when it comes to protecting human rights and promoting human dignity." McClellan pointed to the fact that America had restored the rule of law and advanced the rights of women and minorities for the 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan and Iraq have a chance for democracy they might not have otherwise had without American intervention, but that does not mean the United States has done its good deed for human rights for the decade and can quit now. If the government does value human dignity, as it claims to, it should take a hard-line stance against torture in its military prisons. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Caleb Heeringa, Laura McVicker, Zoe Fraley, Brittany Greenfield, Timory Wilson, Chris Hiiber, Elana Bean, Marissa Harshman, Molly Jensen, Adam Rudnick, Krissy Gochnour, Christina Twu, Blair Wilson and Greta Smoke. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Caleb Heeringa; Managing Editor: Laura McVicker; Head Copy Editor: Zoe Fraley; Copy Editors: Brittany Greenfield, Timory Wilson; Photo Editor: Chris Huber; News Editors: Elana Bean, Marissa Harshman; Accent Editor: Christina Twu; Features Editor: Krissy Gochnour; Sports Editor: Adam Rudnick; Opinions Editor: Molly Jensen; Online Editor: Blair Wilson; Community Liaison: Greta Smoke; Staff Photographer: Mike Murray; Columnist: Tara Nelson; Cartoonist: Terrence Nowicki; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall Staff Reporters: Leslie Adams, Lauren Allain, Laura Belzer, Adam Brown, Taurean Davis, Jessica Dignan, Kelsey Dosen, Adriana Dunn, Kira Freed, Dan Grohl, Lindsay Hamsik, Stefani Harrey, Aaron Hart, Shannon Hutchinson, Peter Jensen, Tom Kloser, Sarah Kuck, Zach Kyle, Michael Lee, Megan Lum, Michael Lycklama, Sean McCormick, Sean McGrorey, Ted McGuire, Liz McNeil, Kate Miller, Ashley Milke, Megan Muldary, Chris Neumann, Derrick Pacheco, Shannon Proulx, Mark Reimers, Nic Riley, Susan Rosen-berry, Becky Rosillo, Katie Rothenberger, Lincoln Smith, Devin Smart, Ben Sokolow, Elisa Sparkman, Megan Swartz, Trevor Swedberg, Taune Sweet, Bradley Thayer, Courtney Walker, Leah Weissman and Jared Yoakum Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: 'Without music, life would be a mistake. â€”Friedrich Nietzsche, German-Swiss philosopher and writer -HOOff* 8LMAIMG IT ON TUE. 90G Anonymous sources unnecessary MARK REIMERS A fact that one cannot prove is about as accurate as a compass in a magnet factory. Newsweek's recent commitment to minimizing vague attributions such as "sources said" in its publication is a step in the right direction,' but this is only a shadow of real reform. Major news organizations throughout America should take a hard look at their habitual use of anonymous sources and make a concerted â€¢effort to stop using them except in extreme circumstances. Newsweek's retracted story about alleged Guantanamo Bay prison abuses, including a guard flushing a copy of the Quran down a toilet, relied on one senior government source who later backed away from his statements to the magazine, according to a May 16 CNN.com article. According to a May 23 AssociatedPress article, Newsweek editor in chief Richard Smith stopped short of requiring the magazine's reporters to corroborate anonymous sources with a second source in his recent efforts to raise the magazine's standards after its recently retracted article. The original Newsweek story that resulted in widespread riots in the Middle East may or may not have had any credence, but readers- will never know because the source will remain a secret. This forces readers to put ultimate faith in the reporter â€” something the reporter does not have a right to ask of them. Without any way for readers to attribute facts to their sources, whoever shouts the loudest determines what is truth. Publications that publish information from anonymous sources have taken on the role of news interpreters, forcing readers and viewers to take their word as fact without any proof of its accuracy. Anonymous sources lower the reliability of sources in general. The more a publication uses them, the higher the likelihood that someone will take advantage of a reporter's willing silence and give agenda-driven false information. The promise of anonymity encourages lying and leaves reporters and their sources unaccountable. A court of law must identify witnesses before they consider their testimony. Editors should apply this standard to their reporter's sources. Journalists can hardly claim to pursue the truth if they are readily willing to hide their sources from public scrutiny. see SOURCES, page 19 Fear of immigrants unfounded TARA NELSON FROM THE LEFT This year, several hundred retired U.S. Border Patrol agents, ex-Marines, white separatists and other Arizona residents who call themselves "Minutemen" will arm themselves with handguns and patrol a 23- mile stretch of the Mexican border along the edge of Arizona to guard against people who are guilty of wanting a better life. "I'm afraid of losing my national identity; I'm afraid of losing America," one unidentified vigilante said, according to a May 24 special National Public Radio broadcast called "The Undocumented War." Another vigilante said he is worried about national security and criticized President George W. Bush for not fixing the "holes" in that particular stretch of the United States' southern border. The overriding fear, however, was a perceived threat that immigrants â€” especially ones of a darker complexion â€” were taking away jobs from locals on a one-to-one basis. The actions of these men, however, raise an interesting point about American's attitude toward immigrants. In the United States the general consensus seems to reflect that fear, and many seem to believe relatively generous social programs in the United States are attracting low-skilled immigrants who willâ€”ironically â€”either "steal" jobs from domestic workers or not work and collect unemployment or other federal benefits. Social scientists such as the late Muzafer Sherif, the famous social psychologist, concluded that competition for resources â€” in this case jobs â€” fuels people's anxieties about perceived threats from outsiders, according to Wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia. The only problem is that often people do riot see the long-term benefits of a more liberal immigration policy. These people neglect to see that counterintuitive thinking can sometimes solve certain problems. While an increase in the supply of labor may cause a movement along the country's labor demand curve that could lower wages, for example, the effects are likely to be minimal, in the short term and isolated within specific industries. What's more is the immigrants may stimulate economic growth through an increased demand for goods and services through their consumption, resulting in a decreased price, of goods and services for everyone in the process as a result of increased output. And their fears of scarcity of resources are see IMMIGRANTS, page 19 ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 19 ---------- MAY 27,2005 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 19 Sources: News outlets' failure to disclose identities contributes to public's distrust of media CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 Newsweek's blunder will not help restore credibility to American publications, which are declining in popularity. According to a May 2 Wall Street Journal article, newspaper circulation is continuing a downward trend, with the most recent numbers from the Audit Bureau of Circulations showing industry-wide declines of 1 percent to 3 percent, possibly the highest for daily newspapers since the industry shed 2.6 percent of its subscribers in 1990-1991, according to the artiele. Ironically, journalists who insist on keeping sources' identities from thepublicusuallydefendthemselves by claiming sources who are vital to informing the public will not come forward unless reporters can guarantee anonymity. While this may be true in rare cases, accepting it as the founding principle and working within those boundaries just makes the problem worse. Potential sources should not be able to assume they can remain anonymous whenever they want. If the major news organizations develop a reputation for requiring named sources, fewer people will assume they can remain anonymous. If publications continue to allow anonymity, truth will suffer. Using an anonymous source these kinds of problems are more in order to receive otherwise widespread until more major inaccessible information and publications reform their policies. justifying it by calling it the pursuit of truth is misguided because it allows journalists to report unproyen information. While Newsweek displayed its errors to the whole world, readers have no way of knowing whether _ _ _ = _ = _ _ _ _ = = Editors andreporters 'If publications shouId take a c,oser continue to allow look * their Po l i c i es regarding sources. anonymity, truth will People cannot r d y on suffer. a media that claims to pursue the truth and then keeps secrets from them for no good reason on a regular basis. Immigrants: Influx of foreign-born population leads to increase in jobs, number of taxpayers CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 greatly exaggerated. The biggest thing they are forgetting is that the number of jobs in a capitalist system is not fixed. In fact, if the Minutemen would do their research, they would be pleased to find the number of jobs in America has actually increased by 15 million between 1990 and 2003, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics cited in the 2003 Economic Report of the President. The report also predicted immigrants will partially be responsible for the creation of 33 million job openings before 2010. In addition, immigrants tend to be more optimistic about their domestic counterparts and have high rates of entrepreneurship, which may lead to the creation of new jobs for U.S. workers, according to a 1994 study by economists Richard Vedder, Lowell Gallaway and Stephen Moore. In the mid-1980s, The Cato Institute, a right-wing think tank, polled a group of economists about the economic contribution of immigrants to the United States and found 81 percent believed immigration has a "very favorable" effect on U.S. economic growth, while 56 percent believed 'The ultimate irony, however, is the United States could use a population boost to offset the shrinking tax base that has resulted from declining birth more immigration would increase the U.S. standard of living. And, contrary to what some may believe, immigrants are not "taking over" the country. In fact, in 1997 the percentage of foreign- born residents out of the entire U. S. population was only 10.4 percent, according to the Census Bureau Web site. Immigrants also are not leaching off public assistance programs. Illegal immigrants do not qualify for public assistance, and federal laws require all legal workers to pay taxes. In fact, immigrants paid an estimated $133 billion in direct taxes to federal, state and local governments in 1997, according to a study by Cato Institute economist Steve Moore. And immigrants pay nearly as much in taxes as their native counterparts â€” $6,300 versus $6,500, respectively, according to a 1998 study by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research organization. The ultimate irony, however, is the United States could use a population boost to offset the shrinking tax base that has resulted from declining birth rates. Many are debating whether the Social Security "crisis" is real. What we do know, though, is that birth rates in all industrialized countries are declining, and immigration might be the answer â€” even if a temporary one â€” to the country's aging population. Federal . Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan agreed, as he testified Feb. 27 to the Special Committee on Aging in the U.S. Senate. "Immigration, if we choose to expand it, could prove an even more potent antidote for slowing growth in the working-age population," he said. But the Social Security debate aside, one thing is for sure: It would be a bummer if we found the one thing the Minutemen are fighting is the one thing the United States really needs right now. Classifieds ^^BH^BII^BBII|J!iHi8lllJ.itB^iiill^BH FOR SALE DELL 19 INCH Flat Screen Computer Monitor. Brand new, includes free delivery $175 788-1696 ask for Laura LEAVING FOR the summer? Sell it online faster! www.whatcomads.com FOR RENT 3BD/2BA $900.3BD/2BA, 2 blocks from WWU, underground garage, brand new, very deluxe, $1300.2BD/1BA, $800. We have others for rent, please call 738-4742. PRE-LEASE NOW! 4bd/2ba Homes near WWU. Available in Aug/Sept. $1250/mo + utils. 360-738-4834 Western-rentals. org 1BDRM TOP floor of Duplex. 1411 High Street viewgreen.com 3 BED Townhouse, Carport Large flat yard. Close to WWU, Busline, Stores Trails! Washer, Dryer Dishwasher. Water Sewer Garbage Lawn maintenance PAID. No pets/Smoking. Available Sept. 1. $900 Rent/Deposit/ lYr. Lease. 671- 7186* 2302 Wilson Ave* 2BDRM 1.5 BA APT Walk to Haggen WWU. $650/month Very spacious! _ month free rent! Call 425- 890-6626 2 BDRM apartment 1 block from WWU. Rent from June- August 425-894-8331 GREAT 3BD 2BA near WWU W/D/D reserved parking. Available 7/1/05 no pets, no smoking, $930/month (360)- 319- 4965 2-6 BEDROOM houses near WWU. Nice places www.teddyshouses.com Available July, August, September. COMPANY COMING? Consider the magnificent waterfront beachhouse rentals on the accessible San Juan island, only 10 minutes across Bellingham Bay! Island Vacation Rentals www.lummi-holidays. com (888) 758-7064 kley village. Call: Nate 206-850-2948. HELP WANTED SUMMER CAMP jobs across the USA. Exciting and rewarding positions. www.campchannel.com 4,5 6 BDRM Houses 12 month leases start 7/1 9/1 '05 viewgreen.com 3,4,5 BDRM houses near campus, York Area, $975.00-$l,675.00. 360-714-6136. 1 4 BED Townhouses Flat style apt. W/ garages Parking spots. Walk to class. 11 month leases for students 360- 527-9639. www.RowanGroveCondo. com 3 BEDROOM 2 bath duplex. Walk to WWU! Garages, gas, heat, W/D, DW. Available June 30. 12 mo. Lease. $1050/ mo. 671-9837. 4 BEDROOM house. Walk to WWU! Gas, heat, W/D, DW Available June 30. 12 mo. Lease. $1280/mo. 671-9837. 1009 22nd Super studio near WWU. Great .location with onsite laundry shared living. $335/ month. Ebright Wight 733-7944. 1212 NEVADA. Updated, 2BR, 1 BA, onsite laundry, near shops. $580. Ebright Wight 733-7944. SUMMER PAINTING positions starting @ $8-10,40hours a week. Training provided. Leave msg. with Katie 581-3156 HR STUDENT Interns. Seeking three student Interns for the 2005-2006 academic year. For additional information, call 650-3774. Interested students should send a resume and cover letter (tell us why you're interested in joining Western's HR team), and provided three letters of professional references from WWU instructor, employer, and/or previous internship program. Mail materials to Western Washington University; Human Resources Department, MS-5221; 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225- 5996, no later than June 30,2005 quick learner attitude important. Full-time competitive wage and benefits package. Send resume with cover letter to Scott Davis CTA103 East Holly # 104, fax 647-1297, email scottdavis@nas.com no phone calls please. IBARTENDERS WANTED! $300/day potential. No exp. Needed. Training provided. 1-800-965-6520, Ext. 237. LOOKING FOR a Fantastic Summer Job? We are College Pro Painters and we are currently hiring for the summer. 888- 277-9787 www.collegepro.com GET PATO for your opinions! Earn $15-$125 and more per survey! Www. moneyforsurveys.com SUMMER CAMP jobs for men and women. Hidden Valley Camp (Granite Falls, WA) needs resident staff (6/18- 8/26/05). Spend your summer in a beautiful setting while in worth while employment. Room/Board/Salary. Positions include: Counselors, lifeguards, program staff, drivers, kitchen staff and more. For more information and an application contact us by phone: (425) 844-8896 or email hiddenvaireycamp@earthlink.net 2BD APT for rent avail 7/1 close to Bar- ACCOUNTANT NEEDED for Bellingham Seafood Company. QuickBooks and excel skills required. Accounting or business degree preferred, self-motivated, LOOKING FOR the ultimate summer job? Rainier Basecamp Bar Grill is looking for those who are 21 years or older with food service experience. We are an outdoor company based near Mt. Rainier.' Housing can be provided and plenty of outdoor activities near by. Workers must have valid food handlers permit. Email Jeremy@summithaus.com or call 360-569-2142. CAN YOU provide emergency help to victims of abuse?! If you are a compassionate person and are able to be on call with a pager or are available for daytime shifts in our office, then we need you! Join the volunteer team at Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Services. We need special people to provide immediate support to adult and child victims of sexual assault or domestic violence. Training begins June 23rd. Call 671- 5714 to schedule an interview. 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Sell it online faster! www.whatcomads.com ---------- Western Front 2005-05-27 - Page 20 ---------- 20 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS MAY 27,2005 Vikings Still looking for a place for next Fall Mfe have the right place for you! Indoor Cats allowed in some units ** Pogs allowed on a case-by-case basis (Available dates Â£ rent amounts are subject to change at any time without notice) www.apex- property.com Â«Â«Â« STUDIOS: Date Available: NearWWU: â€¢1018 23rd Street 7/1-9/1 *501 Voltaire Court 6/1- 9/1 Lakeway Area: *1025 Potter Street 9/1 Downtown Area: *601 E Holly Street 8/1,9/1 *607 E Holly Street 7/1-9/1 * 1304 Railroad Ave 9/1 **1600D Street 9/1 *839 State Street 9/1 Near Bellis Fair Mall/North Bellingham: * 135-139 Prince Ave 7/1 - 9/1 *500-504 Tremont 6/1-9/1 *3516-3518NWAve 9/1 ONE BEDROOMS: NearWWU: *1014 23rd Street *250 32nd Street 813 Indian Street Downtown Area: * 100 IN State Street *839 N. State Street 205 S. 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Title: Western Front - 2005 January 13
Date: 2006-01-13
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Text preview (might not show all results): 2006_0113 ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. JANUARY 13, 2006 ISSUE 3, VOLUME 136 Downtown business defies smoking ban CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR / THE WESTE
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Show more2006_0113 ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. JANUARY 13, 2006 ISSUE 3, VOLUME 136 Downtown business defies smoking ban CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR / THE WESTERN FRONT Casa Que Pasa manager Chris Adams said that business has increased since the smoking ban was introduced. "We have also had people call up and ask us if they can help pay for any fines we might encounter because they believe in what we are doing here," Adams said. Owner says law restricts customers' rights BY MEGAN LUM AND CHARLIE RANLETT The Western Front Two signs taped in the window next to the front door announce that smoking is not allowed at Casa Que Pasa, a downtown Bellingham restaurant arid bar on Railroad Avenue. Underneath the signs, Whatcom County Health Departmentposted a notice to inform customers that although the business posted No Smoking signs, the restaurant is still in violation of the law. Casa Que Pasa owner Abel Jordan is continuing to allow smoking in defiance of the ban. "I don't feel that the smokers that come into the smoking section should have any less choice than my other customers," Jordan said. "I've always allowed smoking in Casa Que Pasa, but only 25 percent of the restaurant is smoking â€” only half of the bar, and that's in the back in a well-ventilated area." Initiative 901 came into effect Dec. 8, 2005. A revision of the Clean Indoor Air Act, the initiative prohibits smoking in all public establishments including bars, restaurants, taverns and non-tribal casinos. The initiative also bans smoking within 25 feet of any door, window or vent connected to any establishment the law affects. . "Service workers deserve the same levels of protection as everyone else," said see BAR, page 3 Professor s daughter remembered BY JUSTIN MORROW The Western Front Abigail Stout died Jan. 7 following an accident on North Lake Whatcom Trail that left her with severe head trauma. She died at St. Joseph's Hospital, despite efforts by the St. Joseph's team of professionals who respond to trauma calls and the Whatcom County District No. 4 Emergency Medical Team. Community members will gather at 2 p.m. today at Garden Street United Methodist Church to celebrate the life of the 5-year-old daughter of Western communication assistant professor Karen Stout and her husband J.B. Stout. Karen Stout said Abigail was a unique and fascinating girl. She said her daughter loved music, art, taking center stage and jamming with her musician parents. "She was a showboat, the ultimate performer," she said. Abigail already wrote a song titled "Standing." The song will play Memorial service at her funeral when the pallbearers carry her casket out of the funeral hall, Karen Stout said. Abigail heard a Red Hot Chili Peppers-styled funk riff her father played, and improvised the lyrics to "Standing" on the spot. A verse from her song, "Butterfly with beautiful wings but only one side," is elegant despite her young age, Karen Stout said. "So many of our songs we played together have more meaning now," she said. "Some make Time: 2p.m. Date: Today Place: Garden Street United Methodist Church, 1326 N. Garden St. see MEMORIAL, page 6 Interiirf facility to relieve overcrowded county jail BY MOLLY MALONEY The Western Front In order to alleviate an overcrowded jail system, Whatcom County began construction on an interim jail work center, a minimum-security facility which is scheduled to open in October. The existing maximum-security Whatcom County Jail on Grand Avenue in downtown Bellingham now holds more than 250 inmates in a facility designed for 148, said Greg DePaul, the administrative lieutenant for the Whatcom County Sheriff's Corrections Division and the operational lieutenant for the interim jail. "When you start putting two or three people in (jail cells) built for one, stress in the facility goes up," said Mark Raymond, Whatcom County Jail Operational Lieutenant. "It creates tensions and there are more fights amongst inmates and disputes between officers and inmates." Bellingham Municipal Court Judicial Administrator Linda Storck said the court has 2,500 to 3,000 warrants on file, and the interim jail will allow the enforcement of court rulings on offenders. Along with overcrowding, the existing jail is uninhabitable, said Wendy Jones, the Whatcom County chief of corrections. She said the structural engineer who inspected the current jail three years ago was amazed the building was still standing. She said the building lacks a working fire alarm system and other parts of the electrical system randomly shut-down. "My nightmare as the chief is that I'm going to get a phone call in the middle of the night telling me we've had a bad electrical fire at the jail and I have upwards of 200 dead inmates," she said. Offenders charged with felonies have priority in the jail before offenders with misdemeanor charges. see SECURITY, page 5 CHRIS HUBER / THE WESTERN FRONT Due to overcrowding, three female inmates at the Whatcom County Jail share a cell meant for only one. TRADING PLACES Say goodbye to frozen tundra and hello to warm, sandy beaches Brett Favre. SPORTS, PAGE 12 HORROR SHOW Black Eyes and Neckties show at the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. ACCENT, PAGE 8 COLUMNIST ENLISTS "America's Army" sways a young and impressionable columnist into joining its army brethren. OPINIONS, PAGE 14 WEATHER Saturday: Rainy Hi: 46Low: 36 Sunday: Rainy Hi: 44 Low: 38 www.westernfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS JANUARY 13,2006 Cops Box University Police Jan. 10, 8:47 p.m.: UP reported that a man injured his head in the pool at the Wade King Student Recreation Center. Bellingham Police Jan. 11,2:58 a.m.: Officers arrested a person on suspicion of driving under the influence on the 700 block of E. Holly Street. Jan. 11, 12:10 a.m.: A vehicle slid into a brick retaining wall on the 2400 block of Ontario Street on suspicion of a hit and run accident Jan. 10,9:00 p.m.: Officers booked a person into the Whatcom County Jail for an outstanding warrant. Jan. 10,4:41 p.m.: Officers arrested a person on suspicion of defrauding an innkeeper on the 100 block ofE. Holly Street. Jan. 10, 12:59 a.m.: Officers arrested a person for minor in possession by consumption of^K alcphpl on the 3700 b M W E . McLeodRbad. Compiled by Kara Leider Western considers alternative bathrooms Students propose that Western builds equal-access restrooms on campus BY KRISTI PIHL The Western Front Two Western student groups voiced their concerns regarding the lack of non-gender specific bathrooms on campus. Western senior Megan Farwell, Western's Research and Outreach Program coordinator, proposed her program's solution Nov. 15,2005, the construction of equal-access bathrooms on campus, to the Associated Student Senate to accommodate all genders, parents with children and people who need caregivers. Farwell proposed to remove the gender-specific signs on two bathrooms on the fifth floor of the Viking Union, near the Research and Outreach Program's office, said Kevin McClain, Western sophomore and Associated Student Senate representative.. The senate committee for the proposal, made up of five associate student senators, is also considering the possibilities of modifying the two bathrooms or building a new one to satisfy the proposal for genderless bathrooms, McClain said. The committee was formed at the Nov. 15 senate meeting. Farwell said the committee's goalis for the university to create an equal access bathroom in each building on campus. The proposal for removing the signs on the two VU restrooms is a start, she said. "By no means do we think slapping on some signs is a Band-Aid to the problem," Farwell said. People need to be aware of the problem transgender students have when deciding which bathroom to use, she said. ^ , Western senior Shey O. Ruud, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance coordinator, said for transgender individuals, the decision of which bathroom to use is a choice between identity and safety. Equal access bathrooms will help those who need caregivers of another gender, parents with children of another gender and students who do not fit the stereotypical physical picture of male or female, by providing a space independent of gender, Farwell said. For transgender Western students such as Ruud, the decision on which bathroom to use is a constant, time-consuming debate, he said. Ruud said he shouldn't have to stand outside the bathrooms deciding which one to go into. Although Ruud has not experienced physical harassment on campus, his experiences receiving threats in men's restrooms off campus, other men calling him a dyke and pushing him around make him wary of the response he will receive when in Western's restrooms, he said. "I want to believe that I wouldn't be harassed on campus," Ruud said. Although he wants to use the men's restrooms, Ruud sometimes goes into the women's restropms as a safetyprecaution ;^|Gause^has^tbeen physicalJ|iiarassj!d in a womenXrestrooni before, .hÂ©^ $3^*?. â€¢^||^I*jh Corhproinising my identity to feel safer,'' Ruud said. Women give him weird looks when he uses the women's restrooms, he said. He said women look at the sign to check to make sure they are in the correct restroom. Ruud said most of his negative experiences happened off campus, but paired with questioning looks and name-calling from students in Western's restrooms, his experiences have made him feel unsafe on campus. Western senior Cara Pierson, LGBTA assistant coordinator, said because transgender students have not been physically harmed on campus doesn't mean the university should avoid the issue of discrimination. Farwell, Ruud and Pierson said they agree the ideal equal-access bathroom would have individually locked stalls like the women's restroom, wheelchair accessibility and changing tables, but not open urinals like the men's restroom. Equal-access restrooms could also be a single-locked stall without a specific gender sign, Ruud said. Two restrooms in the Fine Arts building mat are designated male and female with the same facilities could easily have the gender-specific signs removed. McClain said the senate committee will look into the financial and social obstacles of designating me VU fifth-floor bathrooms equal access or creating new ones. The committee has not determined when it will investigate the financial and social concerns. The committee is considering using the VU fifth-floor men's bathroom as a potential site for the renovated restroom because it shares the same location of the LGBTA and Research and Outreach Program. If the bathroom becomes equal- access, the presence of open urinals could make some users uncomfortable, he said. "At the least we would turn the urinals off so people couldn't use them," McClain said. "We are really wanting to take our time on this and make sure we do it right." Over the next week, Western freshman and Committee chair Annie Jansen, first-year student senator, said the committee hopes to collaborate with the Associated Students Board of Directors and receive feedback from the campus community. "We are formulating a complex answer to a complex problem instead of oversimplifying," Jansen said. see PROPOSAL, page 6 TheWesiern Front Online ^^^^^^^^B^^BI^B WWU Official Announcements - PLEASE POST The Western Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, GF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official^^ newspaper pÂ£Western Washington University, published by the Student Publicationsâ‚¬ouncil, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. . : gt;,: Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issuei'of The WesternFront. - .â€¢...â€¢-:-. MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT). The Math Placement Test will be held in OM 120 at 9 a.m. Jan. 19, 26; Feb. 2, 9,16, 23; March 2,9, and 16 and at 3 p.m. Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6,13,27, March 6, and 13. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their student number, Social Security Number and a No. 2 pencil. A $15 fee is payable in the exact amount at test time. Allow 90 minutes. s ;â€¢?*/'- FACULTY ARE REMINDED THAT RESERVED PARKING SPACES are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G and Parks Hall. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS EXCHANGES has moved to CH 104. Phone and fax numbers remain the same, but the office has a new maii stop, MS-9100. . . ;":';. BIOLOGY SEMINARS. Greg Crowther, (University of Washington, "Analysis and .Engineering Of Metabolism In The Methanol-consuming Bacterium M. extarquens AMI.''4 p.m.,."Jan". 18, Bl 212. "â€¢ MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT); The Miller Analogies Testis administered by appointment only, as a computer-based test. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or by calling X/3080. A $60.fee is payable at test time. Testing takes about 1 yh hours. Preliminary scores will be available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-B TEST Everyone applying for admission to state-approved teacher education programs must meet the minimum passing score on the basic skills assessment by the application deadline. For a study guide and to register, visit www.west.rie- sinc. com. Remaining test dates through July are May 13 and July T5. Registration deadlines are several weeks in advance. WEST-E PRAXIS. Washington state requires individuals seeking teacher certification and teachers seeking additional endorsements to pass the Washington Educator Skills Test- Endorsement, or WEST-E in the chosen endorsement area. Visit www.ets.6rg/praxis/prxwa.html for description and online registration information. Registration bulletins are also available in MH 216. Remaining WEST-E (PRAXIS) dates for the 2005-06 academic year are March 4 and April 29. HAROLD AND LYLA LANT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS are now available to students pursuing a career as a lawyer and who have applied to an accredited law school. Full description and applications materials are available in Academic Advising and Tutorial Services, OM 380. Application deadline is Feb. 1. THE ASIA UNIVERSITY^^AMEmCA PROGRAM (AUAP gt; IS HIRING WWU STUDENTS to become international peer advisers for September 2006 to February 2007. To request an application, stop by HS 47, call X/3297, or send e-mail to AUAP@wwu.edu. ApplicatiQnjdeadHne,isJhurs_d Feb. 2. TO LEARN IF WESTERN IS CLOSED DURING STORMY WEATHER, call 360-650-6500 after 6:30 a.m. or tune to KGMI (790 AM), KBAl!(93p AM)/ KPU ( t l 70 AM), KUGS(893:FM), K1SM (92.9 FM), KAFE (104.3 FM) or KWPZ (106.5 FM). The decision to remain open or to close will be broadcast beginning between 6:15 and 6:30 a.m. FACULTY OR STAFF DESIRING NOTICE OF THE COUNSELING CENTER'S CURRENT WORKSHOP AND GROUP OFFERINGS may send e-ma|l James.orr@wwu.edu. Specify.e-mail or hard copy. Periodic notices will be sent to those on theKsto ; .#i'V-: - v ^ ' - ! ' - - v â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢'â€¢â€¢:-i\ 'â€¢'â€¢â€¢'â€¢-'â€¢â€¢;â€¢â€¢:â€¢' 'Â»vJ . : - ' ; - ; â€¢'â€¢â€¢â€¢" '. . . â€¢;â€¢â€¢,'â€¢ ;s WINTER 2006 GROUP OFFERINGS. â€¢ Relaxation Training,/Mondays, 11 a.rruto noon, and Thursdays, 4 to 5 p.m., OM; 540 ~ bo^days vertbVsame conteQt^^rop-inioTio'rfe'orr^all sessions;j?/Grief and Loss Group, Tuesdays, 3 to .4:3ffp:m:tliroUgh%^ more information or to register, stop by OM 540 or call X/3164. ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 3 ---------- JANUARY 13,2006 THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Bar: Casa Que Pasa receives several warnings from health department, owner still protests CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Pavitt said if the department court injunction â€” if it takes 30 "Old chain-smokers are now there smoke," he said. "So most Nicole Willis, a tobacco prevention coordinator at the Whatcom County Health Department. "Breathing toxic air should not be a condition of employment." Jordan said he is challenging the law because it restricts the rights of his customers. "I believe that freedom of choice is one of those basic rights," he said. "Legislation against any minority by the U.S. government just smacks of discrimination." In Whatcom County, the health department handles enforcement for businesses through anonymous complaints. After receiving a complaint regarding a violation of the smoking ban, the county health department will issue a warning to the business and sends an educational packet to the owner before the department takes further action, said Alyssa Pavitt, tobacco prevention coordinator at the department. Pavitt said if the department receives a second complaint about a business, the department will conduct an initial inspection to verify the business is in violation of the law and may issue a warning letter. A business still in violation of the law after a second inspection, may receive a fine of $100 for every day officials verify the business is in violation, Pavitt said. In order for a business to receive fines, the department must forward each case to Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney David S. McEachran, since county health officials don't have the authority to impose penalty, Pavitt said. Casa Que Pasa failed the initial check by the department, and a follow-up check confirmed the restaurant still allowed smoking, Willis said. The department forwarded the case to the prosecuting attorney's office. "Casa (Que Pasa) can be fined $100 each day they choose not to comply with the law," Willis said. "Depending on the timeline of the court injunction â€” if it takes 30 days to go to courtâ€”the fine could potentially reach $3,000. The judge could order Casa (Que Pasa) to pay the fine and follow the law." Jordan is aware the prosecutor can fine him for each day, but he still chooses not to comply. At the Horseshoe Cafe, two blocks from Casa Que Pasa on Holly Street, the new smoke-free environment is a welcome change for bartender Rich Wilson. He said he enjoys the new smoke-free atmosphere of the Ranch Room, the restaurant's cocktail lounge. "I am a recovering smoker," Wilson said. "It's really nice not having a bunch of secondhand smoke blown in my face." The ban benefits Wilson's smoking customers, because they smoke less now that they have to go outside for a cigarette, he said. Old chain-smokers are now spending even 20 minutes between cigarettes," Wilson said. Horseshoe Cafe lead line cook Nicholas Pacifico disagrees with the smoking ban. "I was 100 percent against it," he said. "One, I am a smoker. And two, I feared what it would possibly do to the business here = = = = = at the Horseshoe." Pacifico said business is not as good as before the ban. Business is noticeably down, but Pacifico has noticed the restaurant is gaining back some of the customers it lost when the law took effect. Pacifico said the government pushed the smoking ban on people, particularly restaurant and bar employees. "If you work in a restaurant that allows smoking, probably about 75 percent of the employees "It's really nice not having a bunch of secondhand smoke blown in my face." RICH WILSON Horseshoe Cafe bartender there smoke," he said. "So most of them know what is going to happen to them, whether it be from secondhand smoke or from firsthand smoke from themselves." Unlike the Horseshoe, the World Famous Up Up Tavern has not lost any business because of the law, owner Ian Relay said. Relay said he and all of his employees voted against the ban. "One of my employees suffered a little bit of withdrawal when it started," Relay said. "He doesn't smoke â€” he was just used to the secondhand smoke. He got woozy when it wasn't around." Relay said he thinks the smoking ban is unfortunate, but he wouldn't go so far as to protest the law by purposefully defying it as Jordan has. "There are much more egregious oversteps of government authority that could be dealt with first, but I guess any place is a good place to start," Relay said. "And there's nothing wrong with a little civil disobedience from time to time." THIS SUMMER, DRIVE A $400,000 COMPANY VEHICLE IN ALASKA! GmfUxiBotAIaOm Why Work for Holland America/Gray Line of Alaska? â€¢ Starting wage is $10 per hour, overtime is at time and. a half â€¢ Potential to work 60 hrs per week +. â€¢ Large potential for gratuities A 60 hr work week = $700, that's $9,800 in an average summer! Plus great tips! 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Each year, one out of every three older people falls, often resulting in â€¢hip fractures â€”a severe injury in this age group, For helpful tips on how exercise and home environment adjustments can reduce the risk of ~ falls, visit aaos.org. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS The most moving advances in medicine. 1-800-824-BONES www.aaos.org ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 4 ---------- JANUARY 13,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 4 Faculty to vote on unionization BY SHANNON DEVENY The Western Front Western's faculty is debating the pros and cons of unionizing in preparation to vote by mail Feb. 1 through Feb. 22. Forming the union would allow the faculty to bargain with the administration for wages and working conditions. "I think that the faculty is more aware and more in tune with the day-to-day education at Western," said Edoh Amiran, associate professor of mathematics and a member of the organizing committee of the United Faculty of Western Washington, an informal organization supporting Western's unionization. "We are responsible for the thinking skills of the students, and I think it's important for the people closest to the main mission of the school, which is to educate the students, to also be close to the decision making." Some of Western's faculty would like to join ranks with Central Washington University and Eastern Washington University who have unionized since the state legislature reversed a law, previously making it illegal for teachers - of higher education to unionize in 2002, said Michael Meehan, Western computer science associate professor. The Public Employee Relations Commission required faculty members who wanted to form the union to compile signatures in order to determine if faculty members had enough interest in the issue to organize a vote, Meehan said. Western acquired the necessary number of signatures, 30 percent of the total faculty. "We should have a voice in matters that concern the faculty," Meehan said. The commission is a Washington state agency responsible for creating and maintaining rules and procedures of labor- management disputes, such as unionizing, Amiran said. Meehan said the faculty has various reasons for wanting to unionize and most supporters would agree the faculty needs more influence over decisions the administration makes concerning their jobs, including faculty wages, contracts and course loads. Western President Karen Morse said even without a union, the faculty has an influential voice in the decision-making process of the school through the Faculty Senate. The faculty has particular influence concerning issues important to them, such as the school's curriculum, Morse said. "I hope that the faculty will investigate the relative costs and benefits of a union in achieving the goals we currently achieve Unionized institutions Institutions without unions WWU through the governance system," Morse said. Unionizing could level the negotiating field between faculty and the administration, Amiran said. Professors can use personal knowledge. about classroom issues to make decisions concerning students' educations. Associate professor of economics Steve Henson said the faculty shouldn't unionize because of costly union dues, the uncertainty of acquiring any extra benefits, such as salary increase and potential harm to current forms of faculty government ' undermining the influence of the Faculty Senate. Associate Professor of Engineering Technology Jeff Newcomer said approximately one percent of faculty salary would go toward union dues. "There will be union dues and I am convinced there will be intangible costs as well in terms of changes to existing faculty governments," Henson said. "Union supporters have claimed that unionizing will result in Average salary of higher education faculty 62,000 64,000 66,000 INFOGRAPHIC COMPILED BY CIARA O'ROURKE Reported 2003 salaries of Western and comparable peer institutions. higher salaries for the faculty, but the literature I have read does not support that claim." Newcomer said he dislikes the idea of unionizing because the faculty won't gain the advantages in salary and influence they plan on attaining through negotiations with the administration. "I think we stand to lose a lot more than we stand to gain," Newcomer said. "The hope is that it will increase salaries and give the faculty more influence, but the evidence does not support that." Even with their union, Eastern's faculty does not receive higher salaries when compared to Western's, Newcomer said. The commission will count Western faculty's union election ballots Feb. 23 in Olympia. "No matter which way the vote goes there are going to be some faculty really happy for awhile and some really grumpy for a while," Newcomer said. "We're human and it's going to show." DUI c o s t s m o r e tihuamt OOkegs of beer, elm?; 360-733-8294 (TAXI) liillL MBHBH Science Lecture 150 tpliep of Sciences and technology and Carllr- Services Center ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 5 ---------- JANUARY 13,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 Security: Approximately 600 offenders wait to serve time, but can't due to lack of space CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 DePaul said the interim will offer 155 beds and serve mainly as a place for offenders with misdemeanor charges, such as DUIs or disorderly conduct, to serve jail time. Construction began in late November on Division Street. The county plans to vacate the interim and existing jail in eight to 10 years and the city plans to build a larger jail to house approximately 850 inmates, Jones said. The county has not yet revealed possible locations. The interim jail will impact Western students because of the expected decrease in car prowls, theft and other misdemeanor crimes committed by offenders whom the police previously would not have arrested, she said. She also said Western students who commit misdemeanor crimes, most likely involving alcohol, will start spending some time at the interim jail. "To be real blunt, this could potentially mean that some students who haven't been going to. jail will do some time," she said. The interim jail differs from the existing jail downtown in that it will focus on alternative ways for offenders to finish their sentences. DePaul said approximately 600 offenders are waiting to get into jail and serve their court- mandated time, but most are denied three to six times because of lack of space. Bellingham police officer Chad Cristelli said officers write tickets for most types of misdemeanors instead of making arrests, regardless of how many times repeat offenders commit them, because of the lack of jail space. "They know nothing's going to happen to them," Cristelli said. "They might get another ticket which will turn into a warrant that we can't arrest on either." E x t e n d e d E d u c a t i o n a n d S u m m e r P r o g r a ms New Independent Learning Courses 'â€¢'. W. (?* sÂ«a*j *?3*v ass pt mm **Â» *SÂ® asa S*Â» s*; lt;sÂ«ys* iy.m- plnm %Â»Â»Â« %Â£*Â£ M ^ c w fcisjs: Stasis i ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS JANUARY 13,2006 Memorial: Department of communication sets up Abigail Tandy Maye Stout Memorial Scholarship CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 us laugh, some make us cry." Karen Stout said Abigail enjoyed a wide range of music including Dave Matthews Band, Queen and System Of A Down. In the summer of 2005, the Stout family went camping at the Gorge to see Abigail's favorite band, The White Stripes. Abigail once hummed the drum line to "Seven Nation Army" so loud it became disruptive to the other students in her class, Karen Stout said. "Music flowed through her veins," she said. Karen Stout cited three White Stripes songs in particular â€” "Seven Nation Army," "Little Ghost" and "My Doorbell" â€” have new meaning since Abigail's death. Friends and supporters have called Karen Stout to send her and her family support, she said. One of Karen Stout's former students is flying in for the funeral and some of her former Western students will drive in from around the state, Karen Stout said. "At the end of every quarter I have a potluck at our house, and Abi thought the students were there to visit her," she said. "She would take a couple of them up to her room to play until the end of the night â€” her interactions with students were amazing." In order to keep the memory of Abigail alive, the department of communication has established a memorial scholarship fund in her name. "Contributions are especially PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN STOUT Abigail Stout, 5, during a family trip to New York City in April 2004. welcome at this time to show support and sympathy for the Stout family," said Michael Karlberg, assistant professor of the department of communication. The department set up the Abigail Tandy Maye Stout Memorial Scholarship through The Western Washington University Foundation, department of communication chair Anna Eblen, she said. The department hopes to make the scholarship available every year. Department of communication secretary Ann Dwyer said Abigail wanted to attend Western. "Abi wanted to be a comm major at Western and to go to her mama's school," she said. Karen Stout said she will not teach this quarter and she will spend the time mending her heart with her husband J.B. "He's strong when I am weak," she said, "and vice versa." For students who can't make a financial contribution, the department has attached an envelope to the door of Communications Facility 295 to send cards to the family. From her first unassisted steps at seven and a half months, to her uncanny ability to remember and sing songs she heard only once on the radio, Abigail was a special girl, Karen Stout said. "We would say she was 5 going on 15, and Abi would correct me and say 'I'm 5-and-3/4 years-old! ' " Karen Stout said. "She was really ahead of her time." Supporters can send donations to The WWU Foundation, Old Main 430, Bellingham, Wash. 98225. Donors should write checks to the WWU Foundation earmark them for the Abigail Stout Memorial Scholarship Fund. Donations are also accepted at any Whatcom Educational Credit Union branch in Abigail's name. Proposal: Community considers family-style bathrooms on campus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 The senate will vote on the committee's recommendation. "We can look into issues," McClain said. "But any decision we make goes as a recommendation to the Associated Student Board of Directors." Western will decide what to do with the recommendation, McClain said. "Unless there is some legal reason why they feel uncomfortable about it, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't follow our recommendation," McClain said. James Schuster, VU facilities director, said after the Board of Directors makes its decision, the proposal to change or not change the bathrooms in the VU would then come to him. The cost of modifying the bathrooms and students' comfort concerns are factors that will influence the feasibility of creating equal-access bathrooms, he said. The VU has an ongoing maintenance fund to maintain the building that the university could use for the project, although the university has not designated it for projects like this one, Schuster said. "We might have to forgo something else we had planned to do," Schuster said. Because the committee hasn't looked into cost estimates, Schuster said he doesn't know what projects the university would need to forgo. The ideal equal-access bathroom would be an individual unisex restroom, Schuster said. McClain said most of the students he has talked to about this proposition have expressed support for it. "Everyone should have the right to use the bathroom while they are here," McClain said. People would not have to use equal- access restrooms if they didn't want to, he said. A number of gender specific bathrooms will still be available for use, McClain said. Ruud said even with an equal access bathroom in every building, the gender-specific restrooms would still outnumber the equal access five to one. The university should credit its diversity statement by encouraging the construction of equal access bathrooms on campus, Farwell said. Equal access bathrooms would support gender diversity, she said. "Any commitment to diversity needs to extend beyond a written statement," Farwell said. "There needs to be tangible action that supports this commitment." Interested in being a Lifestyle Advisor? WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIEDS mi9 C I M Â» I M Â« 650-3161 Do you: O care about your health and your community? O want quality training and practical work experience? 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The artists use a variety of mediums for the cards, such as pastels, paints and photographs, group organizer Gretchen Goodwin said. Artists can construct cards by taking a book of poor quality and changing it into an work of art by folding pictures and using the book pages as the background, Goodwin said. "I use a lot of vintage photographs of my family in my mixed media artwork," Goodwin said. Laura Russell founded the group in fall 2003, after joining an artists' trading cards group in her hometown of MOLLIE FOSTER / THE WESTERN FRONT Laura Lee is a member of the Artists Trading Cards and has printed several of her original artwork on baseball-sized cards. Denver, Colo., from 2001 to 2003. "I loved the artists' trading cards group in Denver and I wanted to meet some artists in Bellingham," Russell said. Frequent trader Laura Lee said Russell gave a presentation at Stampadoodle, a rubber stamp and paper store on Iowa Street in 2003. ===== RusseFs demonstrations introduced Lee and other group members, such as Goodwin to the artists' trading cards group. Artists would go to the weekly Wednesday afternoon meetings to see the store's owners, Wendy and Steve Schwartz, present different art techniques, Lee said. "The cards were fast to make and the in-person swaps were a fun way to meet other artists," said Lelainia Lloyd, Vancouver B.C. resident and a frequent trader of Bellingham and Vancouver B.C., artists' trading cards groups. The trading was unlike anything the artists had heard of before and the groups' membership rapidly grew since its beginning two years ago, Lee said. "About 85 percent of the people going to the meetings are customers at our store," Steve Schwartz said. Artists interested in various media meet at Fantasia Espresso every month, Goodwin said. "All different forms of art are used on the cards by beginners and professionals alike," Goodwin said. People of all ages attend the meetings. "The oldest lady was 92 years old â€” the youngest, 6 years old," Goodwin said. Artists found other members trading cards to be different than other types of artwork. "I'm a full-time artist and I have to have a certain level [of professionalism] with my work," Russell said. "With artists' trading cards, it doesn't matter. You do something without the thought of selling it." New members of the trading group are often hesitant and do not describe themselves as talented artists, but the group encourages all skill levels to submit artwork, Russell said. "They discover these talents, whereas before they wouldn't consider themselves artists," Lloyd said. "It's so accessible to anyone. You don't need a lot of supplies, it's so quick you can even make the cards the night before." The members theme their trade, for instance the July theme was Independence Day and the December theme was the holidays, Lee said. The Vancouver group will have an edible swap theme in 'They discover these talents, whereas before they wouldn't consider themselves artists.' LELAINIA LLOYD frequent art card trader February, Lloyd said. "People will likely be making cards out of cookies, fruit leather, Japanese seaweed sheets to make sushi with and anything else that's fun and safe to eat," Lloyd said. ====== Artists can add their own signature theme or type of art, Lee said. "I always sign things 'Kimi' because my cat, Kimi, would get [pastel] dust all over his paws and jump on the canvas," Lee said. "The artists joke that the cat does all of my work." The meetings also provide artists with the opportunity to trade their ideas and techniques, she said. "You become more open to other forms of art, designs and color that perhaps you may have never used or thought of using in your own work, giving way to incredible inspiration," Goodwin said. "It is also a great way to make new friends." COURTESY OF LELAINIA LLOYD "Angel of Lost Buttons" is one original artwork traded at the card exchanges. The Artist Trading Cards meets at Fantasia Espresso and Tea House at 1324 Cornwall Ave. on the fourth Saturday of every month from 2 to 4 p.m. E x t e n d e d E d u c a t i o n a n d S u m m e r P r o g r a ms Delivered to our doorstep! Getting to Continuing and Independent Learning is easy. â€¢ Visit our offices on the second floor at 405 32nd Street â€¢ Free visitor parking â€¢ Try the free shuttle service to/from main campus â€¢ Check out the Parking Services Web site for shuttle details: www.ps.wwu.edu/parking/ Call or visit online for more information*. WESTERN Choose Wisely, Choose. Western ASHING ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 8 ---------- 8 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT ACCENT JANUARY 13,2006 !BfacR -â‚¬ves cm5 KTec ties Dead will daeccce ait VfOkiimg Union Friday the 13th s t ow JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT Vocalist Bradley Horror and guitarist Ryan Cadaver rock out at the World Famous Up and Up Tavern on Jan 11. BY JOSEPH DETHLOFF The Western Front Tonight in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room, bring horror costumes for the themed event featuring two frighteningly raw Bellingham metal bands as Full Frontal Assault opens for headliner Black Eyes and Neckties. Bellingham's Loa Records, Associated Students Productions Pop Music and ASP Films sponsored the show. "Black Eyes and Neckties fit the horror themed show very well â€” that's part of what they do," ASP Pop Music Coordinator Dave Westbrook said. "That's the focus of their band. We just felt they were a good fit locally." Your Colleagues are Dead, The Antlers and Misfits tribute band Horror Business will play alongside the two mighty bands. Black Eyes and Neckties is a fierce band from Bellingham, with its blend of punk rock and horror genre Gothâ€”without the melodramatic connotations. The band marries the rage and beautiful intensity of both genres. "You never know what's going to happen at a Black Eyes show," band guitarist Ryan Cadaver said. "We never even know what's going to happen at a Black Eyes show." The band's 2004 release "Stiletto" doesn't match the intensity of live shows, the band's keyboardist Brenda Grimm said. "It is really hard to capture our energy when it comes to recording," Grimm said. "When you listen to our album, some of it bleeds through, but you just can't see us flailing around, Brad crawling across the stage, our bruised faces and bloody throats. The live show is unbeatable." The band members only use their morbid names that were distributed to each band member by the vocalist, drummer Davey Crypt said. "It was just random." Crypt said. "Brad (Bradley Horror, the frontman) showed up to practice and was handing out names like cards in a poker game." The band name came from an unfinished song, "Black Eyes and Neckties," Cadaver said. "We needed a scary name," Cadaver said. "We put our eyeliner, makeup and neckties on, and it just fit our whole persona." The band shares more than just a name, however, he said. "We share the same outlook," Grimm said. "All of us are laid back. We care about each other and about having a good time. We love rock, seeing good bands, going on tour and boozing. We all wear thrift store clothes, eat pizza and dream about being able to play in a band forever." The band also tried to maintain its creepy aura together, Grimm said. "We used to practice in Deming, Wash., in a small, unheated tin shed filled with mice and garbage," Grimm said. "We were surrounded by the woods, coyotes, and a ram shackle Victorian house. It was very conducive to Black Eyes and Neckties aesthetic. Now we practice in a storage space near (Bellingham bands) The Wastelanders and USS Horsewhip." The Bellingham scene's unique array of music ranging from country-punk to folk-pop helps drive the band, Crypt said. "Bellingham definitely has its own sound," Crypt said. "It's dirty. It's rock 'n' roll with some country influence and it all blends together perfectly." The close of The Factory and subsequent closing of the 3B Tavern in January has affected Bellingham bands, leaving fewer venues to play at, the band members said. "We have a lot of friends in the music scene and think that there are a lot of amazing musicians in B-ham," Grimm said. "We've been a little lost since the close of The Factory and the 3B. We feel like orphans at night â€” where do we go? But as long as the bands are still around, the music will keep going." The band toured the country three times last year, Grimm said. "We're going on a six-week tour in spring, our fourth tour this year," Grimm said. We've also started playing more Seattle shows. We want to go as far as we can." The band has a eventful future ahead, Grimm said. "I have a lot less money," Cadaver said. "I'm a lot more stressed out, and I have a lot less free time. I've gone to a lot of cities I never thought I'd go to. I've had fun times with friends and I've gotten a lot closer with five other people." JARED YOAKUM / THE WESTERN FRONT A fan raises a beer saluting Bradley Howard, Black Eyes and Neckties lead singer. Koop exhibits satirical life images The "Keys to the Koop" exhibit in the Western Gallery has more than 60 pieces of artwork that depicts various comic BY C f f i ^ p RANXETT The \Vestefii Front Artists Iransformed sou^ v alphabet^ and bottle iftfe^into- sensa^^ m the ^ s t e ^ to me KoppW Prmtmakin^ United S t ^ print art display^d^Th^ fbyeryd^Tife; etch their design into, a block and ink it. A small edition ypf^epp'iesl w^ststd.est^ exhibits boring, Western Gallery director Sarah Clark- Langager said. Such people will find they had the wrong lii^ressibM vvfllMes^ can use buinor i^ said .v?Â¥pucan lauj;h;:at;art^^^ :;v^f:'?Keys;;;5to f?R|fle^ BHlBiiiliHl ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 9 ---------- JANUARY 13,2006 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 9 Suburban Operas Wetter w tfudewty perform/ one^-a^t c lt; gt;mpoidtixyyiy BY JACKIE LECUYER The Western Front Hidden down half a dozen flights of stairs in the Performing Arts Center is room 16, where students, performers, directors and set managers vigorously prepare for the Jan. 12 premiere of the "suburban" operas, which observe aspects of daily life. The suburban operas will have three one-act operas titled, "Bon Appetit," "Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters" and "Trouble in Tahiti." Western music professor Dr. David Meyer said he has been working on the operas with 10 theatre students since early October. Meyer said he chose three one-act operas because they are short enough for the students to perform the entire opera in one show. "Would you rather have pieces of a long film?" Meyer asked. "Would you rather watch a shorter movie and know what happens or snip bits of Casablanca?" Julia Child's 1972 televised cooking program is the basis for the opening opera, "Bon Appetit." Western graduate student Genevieve Baglio performs a humorous role in the 20-minute opera focused entirely on baking a cake, Meyer said. "Julia Child cooked a chocolate cake so tasty a composer decided to write music to it," Meyer said. "And every audience members, give or take a few, will get to sample a piece during the performances." The second opera, "Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters," with five performers, is a comedic act about five children playing a game of "murder" before bedtime. "It's not a very spooky piece," Meyer said. "People are getting killed with rubber chickens. It's very playful and very witty." Western senior Heather Meagher, a vocal performance major, said she plays the role of Jenny, the arrogant older sister who bosses the four children around. "People may get scared off because it says opera on the flyers, but they're completely accessible because they're classic American humor," Meagher said. "It's like something you'd see on Saturday Night Live." After a short intermission, five students will perform the last opera of the night, "Trouble in Tahiti."; f^ " 'Trouble in Tahiti' makes people think," Meyer said. "It's so easy to get caught up in consumerism â€” in winning the biggest trophy â€” but that might not really be the most important thing in life. We may be in trouble if we don't remember that." The play's two main characters are husband and wife Sam and Dina who struggle with a troubled marriage. The opera's musical trio represent the source of the couple's conflict â€” American commercialism during the 1960s. Western junior Gavin Hayes, a music and vocal performance major, COURTESY OF OPERA STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY Western students Heather Meagher and Mark Leuning play "murder" in one of the three one-act operas titled, "Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters." performs as Sam. Composer Leonard Bernstein is rumored to have written "Trouble in Tahiti" about his parents' relationship while he was growing up, Hayes said. Western senior and music major Thomas Green, a "Trouble in Tahiti" trio cast member, said the three play as a visual representation of what American society advertised as the perfect relationship. Sam and Dina were supposed to be happy, as popular consumer propaganda depicted â€” but they're not, Green said. Meyer said the students have been working hard practicing for the one-acts, forcing him to increase his efforts to sell-out the shows. "I think it will be a very moving show," Hayes said. "We have one opera that's comedic, one that's bizarre and we're ending on a softer, almost darker note. It will be touching. There are moments in the play where the silence speaks for itself." COURTESY OF OPERA STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY Western students (left to right), Jamie Lund, Mark Leuning and Celeste Frasier in "Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters" pretend to be ghosts. Tuesday, Jan. 17 Bellingham Food Co-op â€” A peer discussion session, "Affirming our Sexuality," will take place at 7 p.m. The Wild Buffalo â€” Bluegrass music at the Invitational Bluegrass Jam at 8 p.m. 21 and over. Free. Border Patrol agent Gene Davis presents "With the Pakistani Army along the Afghan border," a slide show showing people and places of Peshawar, Pakistan at 12:30 p.m. Free. Wednesday, Jan. 18 Boundary Bay Brewery â€” The Brent Coalminers will Whatcom Museum of History and Art â€” Retired perform bluegrass music at 9 p.m. All-ages. Free. The Underground Coffeehouse â€” Live music and Open-Mic Night starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 The Upfront Theater â€” The Upfront Players will present "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" providing improv and sketch comedy starting at 8 p.m. $5. Compiled by Nancy Bruce ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 10 ---------- 10 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT ACCENT JANUARY 13,2006 Artists CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Bennett, "The Effects of Fords on Barbara," with distorted images of cars. In modern society, people are affected by the roles of such things as the cars driven and the houses lived in, Clark-Langager said. Bennett uses his art to make a commentary on hype in society by taking the role of cars to the extreme in his series, such as a a woman sitting on a shrunk car, she said. "Keys to the Coop," a linocut by an African-American artist Kara Walker, illustrates how contemporary print artists can use humor or whimsy to make a more serious commentary. The print depicts a silhouette of a woman running after and attempting to eat a live chicken. At first appearing as a simple, perhaps macabre image, the print is a commentary on racial status in U.S. history, questioning the ethnic power scale, said Clark-Langager. "It deals with who has the power â€” who has the keys to the coop," she said. The exhibit also has exaggerative commentary works by Damien Hirst. His prints appear to be large boxes of medicine, but on close observation the boxes are full of food tablets, such as mushroom pie or omelettes. "Contemporary artists always reflect what is going on in society," Clark-Langager said. "(Hirst's work) says something awful about our culture, about how we are so taken by the fast way to do things that now all you have to do to eat an omelette is pop a pill." Jordan D. Schnitzer, a print collector from Portland, Ore., provided all of the exhibits' art either from his personal collection or gathering it from others, she said. Schnitzer frequently lends out works from his collection for exhibitions at institutions associated with the American Museum Association, such as university galleries and museums, Clark-Langager said. "(Schnitzer) grew up in a household where art was very important," said Kandis Nunn, administrator of the Jordan Mina Schnitzer Foundation. The foundation provides art education and scholarships for university students and funding for exhibitions, such as "Keys to the Koop." Schnitzer hopes to attract as many people into the world of art by funding art education through bis family foundation and sharing his collection in exhibits, Nunn said. Not everyone has had the privilege of an art-rich upbringing like Schnitzer did, she said. Olbrantz and Hopkins had such a successful experience working with Schnitzer in a 2001 exhibition for Willamette University titled "Pressure Points," they decided to meet with him again in 2004 for what became the "Koop" exhibit, Olbrantz said. Olbrantz and Hopkins thought a selection of prints reflecting such a satirical theme would make for an intriguing exhibition, Olbrantz said. dark homor "We didn't go into it thinking we wanted just knee-slapping humor, but also humor that went a little deeper â€” that hits a chord," Olbrantz said. Organizing an exhibit is not a simple task, Clark-Langager said. The exhibit took shape through a combination of Schnitzer's tastes in his collection and the curators' choices. "It's like writing an essay," she explained. "You don't want to say the same thing 60 times â€” it's about finding 60 different ways to say something." The title of the exhibition, "Keys to the Koop," which refers to one of Kara Walker's pieces, came from a simple mistake, Olbrantz said. "On the slide's label, it was misspelled," Olbrantz said. "We thought it was funny that we had made that mistake for so long, and we definitely wanted to include Kara Walker in the exhibition. 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The men's team snatched the indoor track title last February and the women's team placed fifth, surpassing Western coaching staff's expectations. The coaches didn't know how the womens team would perform when matched up against the rest of the conference. Even though last season ended successfully with a conference win, Western senior sprinter Dustin Wilson said the team can still preform better. Western track and field head coach Kelven "PeeWee" Halsell agrees, though it will take hard work. "In some ways we're a stronger team than last year," he said. "And I'm pretty excited about that." The season begins Sunday with the Husky Indoor Preview in Seattle. Halsell said success breeds success, but defending their championship will be a difficult task for the men's team because other teams in the league are trying to knock them off their throne. Being underdogs and then champions after the conference meet changed the team's mentality, but it hasn't affected the team negatively, assistant coach Brandi Carbee said. In fact, the men's team came to practice this October with a new mentality and an extra hop in their step, she said. "They had a really good time winning conference last year," Carbee said. "I can see they're committed to do everything they can to make that happen again." The womens team's goal is to finish higher than fifth place at see RUNNING, page 13 CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR / THE WESTERN FRONT Western freshman sprinter Michael Clay practices his start Tuesday afternoon in the pouring rain. Clay, who will compete in the 60 and 200-meter dash at the Husky Indoor Preview on Sunday, said he's trying to perfect his push-off and explosiveness out of the blocks. 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Creatutg jolutioiw, changing live*. ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS JANUARY 13,2006 One more year Favre, finish on a high note BY DERRICK PACHECO The Western Front The tears swelled up in Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre's eyes after winning his final game of the 2005 campaign against his former coach Mike Holmgren and the Seattle Seahawks in Green Bay. The crowd's chant of "one more year" could be heard above the television announcers as time expired. Green Bay faithfuls are right to feel the way they do. Favre has the desire to win, the ambition to play and the physical prowess to return to the field. Favre should return to the NFL for one more year and end his career on top â€” with a more successful season than the four wins Green Bay had this year. Returning to the Packers would be professionally detrimental to Farve, which is why he should return to the NFL with a different team â€” notably the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the league's top-rated defense this season, a defense which would allow Favre the ability to gamble on the field and connect with the receivers. â€¢ ; Favre's aspiration to win has not dwindled. Although 36 years old, Favre has the same passion for the professional game he had when he entered the league in 1991. Favre has started in 197 consecutive games. During that streak, Favre played 10 games with a broken thumb on his throwing hand and one game with a concussion. He has proven that injuries alone will not keep him out of a game. He has the dedication to his teammates and the love for the game of football that causes him to abandon all sense of personal well-being to give all he has on the gridiron. Over Favre's career, he played 14 years for the Green Bay Packers after his rookie season with the Atlanta Falcons. During that time, he left a legacy on the field. During the 1995 season, Favre won his first of three Most Valuable Player awards while leading the Packers to the NFC championship game â€”just one win short of the Super Bowl. Favre won his second MVP award the next season. Favre, however, wouldn't be denied in the NFC championship game a second time â€” he led the Packers to a conference championship and a Super Bowl victory in 1996. Favre is a leader in the NFL. Returning to the league next season would allow Favre to finish his career on a high note, a playoffâ€” the way a three-time MVP and Super Bowl Champion should. During the 2005 season, the Packers finished with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses. Packer head coach Mike Sherman was fired after his team failed to compile a winning record, according to a Jan. 3 ESPN.com article. Opting to play under a new coach, a new system and a new playbook at Green Bay would be career suicide. Retirement is the easy way out. Favre is a competitor, easy is not in his repertoire. Holmgren said not running out of the tunnel before games can be hard for retired players, referring to the possibility of Favre's future, according to a Dec. 29, 2005 ESPN, com article. Holmgren hinted â€¢ that if the right opportunity poresented itself, Favre would return to the NFL. Favre struggled on the field this season for the Packers, throwing 29 interceptions and only 20 touchdown passes. Favre's statistics show that his abilities may be declining somewhat rapidly. Favre's stats, however, are a bit skewed. Stats show the performance - of an individual on the field, they don't show off-field factors, such as injuries. Last season, when Favre led his team to the playoffs, Pro Bowl wide receiver Javon Walker followed, as did running back and former Pro Bowler Ahman Green. However, Green and Walker were injured early last season â€” Walker in the team's first game of the season. The Buccaneers had the 2005 NFL's offensive rookie of the year in running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams. He began 'Opting to play under a new coach, a new system and a new playbook in Green Bay would be career suicide. Retirement is the easy way out. Favre is a competitor, easy is not in his repertoire.' his professional career better than any running back in history â€” rushing for 100 yards in his first three games. A running back of Williams' caliber would not only give a team that could potentially repeat as NFC South D i v i s i o n champions a solid o f f e n s e , lt;"V Fl/s+S / /* */ ^ff ^ut would Vv/vSv //$ A^ ///J i n c r e a s e \J KZJO If'Sr/ Mil t h e i r chances of playing in the Super Bowl. TampaBayemploys a better- than-mediocre receiving core this season, providing the Buccaneers with the necessary weapons to make the playoffs. Like all NFL teams, the Buccaneers have room for improvement. Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens is seeking a trade from the team. The Buccaneers, precisely the team Favre should end his career with, are among the frontrunners in gaining Owens' services, according to a Jan. 11 ESPN.com article. Owens has also expressed an interest in playing with Favre, according to a Nov. 4, 2005 ESPN. com article. Owens said the Eagles would be undefeated if they had Favre. The Buccaneers, should Owens -be traded there, would have a better defense than the one in Philadelphia, a better running game and a more potent offense. Favre has lived the life of a superstar. He has won three MVP awards, played in two Super Bowls â€” winning one â€” and played the game the way it should be played â€” with passion. Favre led the Packers to the promised land with a championship, but it's time to move on to another team. 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The training is scientifically and physiologically designed to peak athletes at crucial meets such as the GNAC championships, he said. Typically, Halsell said, practices before championship meets are pretty light â€” the mileage is lower and the workouts are not as intense. Men's junior distance runner Sam Brancheau said while winning the championship again is important, he and other upperclassmen are making a point of taking younger members aside and explaining the importance of training hard to keep Western's track program strong. Both the men's and women's incoming freshmen work hard and strive to better themselves, which strengthens the team as a whole, junior sprinter Adam Neff said. "They do extra and really bust their butt," he said. "We are definitely going to be so much better than last year." The team builds unity during long bus rides and meets, said senior sprinter Mike Khabibulin. Members of the team use humorâ€”which the track team has in abundance â€” to bring them closer together. Carbee said the women don't joke around in practice, but the men are a different story. "The guys can get kind of rowdy. They are into quoting movie lines â€” Jean-Claude Van Damme," she said. "For as much fun as they have together, when I start the clock, they are all business." Halsell said he has the utmost confidence in his team's ability and character, and knows they've done their best. "Everybody is here working because they want to be," he said. "They come in here, put in the time and get better." Seahawks: Mariners and Sonics lift fans' hopes only to bring disappointment in postseason CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 with the era of Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton culminating in a trip to the NBA Finals in 1996. This success allowed the Sonics to dominate the Seattle sports airwaves and daily talk among the city's sports fans during the early and mid '90s. Unfortunately, the acquisition of Vin Baker in 1997 and the subsequent disastrous, big-money contract he was given dragged the Sonics back to the middle of the pack in both the NBA and in the interest of Seattle sports fans. The Mariners went from almost becoming the Tampa Bay Mariners in the early '90s to grabbing a stranglehold on the interest of the Seattle sports fans. They accomplished this through the heroics of the 1995 season and the record breaking 116-win Mariners of 2001. The Mariners have missed the playoffs the last three seasons and haven't been competitive during the last two. The Seattle sports scene is ripe for the picking. The Sonics gave it a shot last year when they went 52-30 during the regular season and took the eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs to six games in the playoffs, but the 15-20 start to this season has stalled their momentum. If the Seahawks make it to the Super Bowl, the Sonics and Mariners are not strong enough to challenge them for superiority. The opportunity for the Seahawks to make such a run has never been better. ~ The Seahawks finished this season as the highest scoring team in the NFL averaging 28.3 points per game â€” even better than the beloved Indianapolis Colts â€” and its defense was seventh best in points allowing only 16.9 points per game. The Seahawks have learned tough post- season lessons the past two seasons, losing heartbreaking games, but that should work to the team's benefit. The Seahawks are laden with players 'If the Seahawks can at least make it to the Super Bowl, the Sonics and Mariners are not strong enough to challenge them for superiority.' that have playoff experience, including Hasselbeck, left guard Steve Hutchinson and left tackle Walter Jones, who presumably won't all crumble under the postseason pressure. The Seahawks also have players at key positions who played in the Super Bowl for their former teams. Wide receiver Joe Jurevicius, who led the Seahawks with 10 touchdown receptions during the regular season, won the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002 and defensive end Grant Wistrom went to two Super Bowls with the St. Louis Rams â€” winning in 1999. Added motivation for the Seahawks this postseason is that it may be their last with the team's most lethal weapon â€” the league's Most Valuable Player running back Shaun Alexander. Alexander proved to be a difference-maker this season by winning the MVP award by scoring a record-setting 28 touchdowns and claiming the NFL rushing title with 1,880 yards. When the season ends, Alexander will be an unrestricted free agent and it's unclear whether the Seahawks will be able to retain him because of the price tag he will garner. Winning a championship in sports is a rare experience for the players and fans involved. 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Canada â€¢ (604) 531-0672 â€¢ www.oceanbeachhoteLca ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 14 ---------- OPINIONS FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 14 Neither nor A Western student senate committee of five associated student senators is exploring the option of constructing a new restroom on the fifth floor of the Viking Unionâ€”not a men's restroom or a women's restroom, but an "equal-access" restroom that anyone could use. This restroom would be similar to a "family restroom," but specifically designed for caregivers of someone of another gender, parents with children of another gender, students and faculty who cannot be easily identified as male or female. Western senior Shey O. Ruud, coordinator of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance, said he would like to use the men's bathroom, but has felt forced into using the women's bathroom due to comments about to his appearance. Ruud, like other transgender people, feels he deserves an anxiety- free restroom environment. Some transgender persons have found themselves in hostile situations of physical and verbal assault by ignorant and close-minded individuals, which inspired them to appeal for their own space to lay waste. The most promising design for the new restroom is a single-room bathroom with, a locking door rather than a full-size, non-urinal restroom with stalls. A full-size restroom open to all genders would not prevent the kind of comments and ridicule Ruud seeks to eliminate and simply would not fulfill the intended purpose of preventing ridicule. People of both genders now can enter the restroom and still deliver the abuse as easily as they could in a regular restroom. Another preliminary plan is to convert both the men's and women's restrooms into one large, equal-access restroom. This is a bad idea because forcing everyone to use a co-ed, equal-access restroom would draw moral, legal and practical objections from a number of people. A single-stall room would be less intrusive upon the existing restrooms, less expensive and would prevent the anxiety that may be felt by male and female students, should the university require them to share a wasting-space. Of course a single-stall restroom is not a perfect solution. Transgender people, caregivers and parents would have to wait their turn at a single-stall restroom, while in a multi-stall room things would move much more freely. A third multi-stall room, however, bearing neither the inscription "men" nor "women," would inevitably draw the tongue-in-cheek label "other." Segregation can be an even uglier and more tenacious form of animosity than outright verbal assault. Creating a third full-size restroom for those who don't feel they belong in either of the other rooms, would further segregate those who use them while not offering any real protection. Let's not spend money on something that's only going to cause more problems. If we're going to do this, let's do it right. Let's build the single-stall restroom and hold it for five minutes. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Lauren Miller, AdrianaDunn, Bradley Thayer, Jacob Buckenmeyer, Amy Harder, Jared Yoakum, Ciara O'Rourke, Michael Lycklama, Susan Rosenberry, Andrew Irvine, Marissa Harshman, Aaron Apple, Loren Shane, Chris Taylor, Chris Huber. The Western Front Editor in Chief: Lauren Miller; Managing Editor: Adriana Dunn; Head Copy Editor: Bradley Thayer; Copy Editors: Jacob Buckenmeyer, Amy Harder; Photo Editor: Jared Yoakum; News Editors: Ciara O'Rourke, Michael Lycklama; Accent Editor: Susan Rosenberry; Features Editor: Andrew Irvine; Sports Editor: Marissa Harshman; Opinions Editor: Dawn Chesbro; Online Editor: Aaron Apple; Staff Photographer: Chris Huber, Chris Taylor; Cartoonists: Zach Kyle; Adviser: John Harris; Business Manager: Alethea Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall Editor's note: The views expressed on The Western Front opinion pages are the views of the authors or cartoonists and are not necessarily the views of The Western Front staff, managers or adviser. And we quote: 'And, here we have some boondoggle key chains, A must-have for this season s fashion." â€” Deb, "NapoleonDynamite" A new soldier rises Specialist Kyle, a.La. Derby, is ready to kick some ass BY ZACH KYLE True Enough Being the wussy, academic type, I've considered myself to be well-suited for college life. However, just three quarters before graduating, I'm giving up the soft life of afternoon classes and coffee drinking for a rifle and the taste of desert sand. Yes, I am destined to serve my country in the U.S. Army. I found my calling last Thursday when I rented "America's Army: Rise of a Soldier" the official video game of the U.S. Army. My brother's Xbox controller has = been the umbilical cord to my future ever since. That's right folks, the U.S. Army. The same U.S. Army that fights for our freedom, helped to fund and create a war game so realistic the Army calls itself a simulation. The game is so life-like that after hours of training and two rank promotions, I consider myself a soldier. My title is Specialist Kyle. I'm from Alabama. My nickname is Derby and I'm ready to rock 'n' roll. It's that real. "Americans Army" puts you right in the middle of a firelight, and it's exhilarating. WhatT don't understand is, if war is as fun as the video game, why are recruiting numbers so low? Don't the youth of America know there is a war going on? The sheer rebel-suppressing bliss of the game veils a tidy bonus for wary parents: "America's Army" isn't like the absurdly violent "Grand Theft Auto" games that warp kids into psychotic monsters. Nope, with little bloodshed and Teen rated simulated warfare, your impressionable kids won't get any ideas. As if the adrenaline-spiking game-play isn't genuine enough, videos of real-life soldiers lend "America's Army" extra credibility. The clips introduce each mission, showing soldiers repelling from helicopters, charging up hills and shooting bitchin' guns. Think Army television ads, only longer and more badass. Did I mention the bitchin' guns? "America's Army" puts every sexy weapon in the Army's arsenal at my disposal. When a hooded machine-gunner pinned my team behind a wall, I picked him off with my trusty Ml 6 assault rifle. When an improvised explosive device nearly hit my convoy, I eliminated clusters of ambushers with my sweet grenade launcher. And when waves of gibberish-yelling suicide bombers tried to drive pickups into oil wells, I mowed them down with my belt- fed beauty, the squad automatic weapon. Even with all this power at my fingertips, I lust for more; I think only of attaining higher rank so I can count the hairs on my enemies' heads with a sniper rifle or blast vehicles with an RPG. The interactions with soldiers make the game more realistic. ' "Americas Army " puts every sexy weapon in the Army's arsenal at my disposal' Everybody is super nice, and they really like me. The officers are particularly supportive and make me feel like I belong. Though war mo vies would have you think most Army personnel use profanity in every sentence, I have yet to hear anybody use a single dirty word. Along with their patience and kindness, soldiers also offer points of philosophical poignancy. While at the firing range, I overheard Pvt. McCormick and Sgt. Perez talking about a terrorist blog-writer who promoted making and using explosives to fight the infidels. McCormick stunned me when he pointed out, "The irony is, we are fighting so guys like him can say whatever they want and not go to prison." Amen, Private. Thank you for reminding me that I live in a country where I can hold readings of the Anarchist's Cookbook and my government will say, "Now there's an American who appreciates his freedom. Bravo." I had to agree with Perez when he said, "I just wish the locals didn't take the terrorist's propaganda so seriously." That is so true, Sergeant. Hell reserves a special place for the deceitful scum who lie to promote war-mongering agendas. My mother doesn't understand my decision to enlist or the game that inspired me. Like a broken record, she pesters me with the same stupid question, "Zach, think about it. Why would the military make a video game?" Criminey, Mom. Soldiers don't ask questions. Why do people hate America? Why are bunnies soft? I don't know, and I'.don't see how it's important. And Mom, for the last timer it's Derby. ---------- Western Front - 2005 January 13 - page 15 ---------- 15 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT OPINIONS JANUARY 13,2006 What do you think about President Bush spying on Americans? The/warm tdwill Bush will{ whateverhe to do, arte deal with the consequences later. I don't think our president should have the power to overrule Kevin Scanlon Congress. Junior, math and physics reMectjf I hope would n ourprivacy, but if it's for our own safety then I believe it would be OK in some cases. It furthers i tance I alrec from this i tration and makes me feel creepy inside. Annalisa Thorpe Junior, psychology Mackenzie Nugent Junior, psychology Compiled by Tom Callis Wait, quiet now, Bush may be listening President Bush tramples on human rights in the name of national security BY DAN GROHL The Western Front Most students in the United States who completed high school take a U.S. History class know Fourth Amendment protects U.S. citizens from unreasonable search and seizures and President George W. Bush must have a warrant. % Perhaps Bush, a self-proclaimed C student, should take this course again. The Bush administration first authorized the National Security Agency to. spy on American citizens, without a warrant in 2002, according to a Dec. 17,2005 CNN. com article. The Senate should impeach ======= and remove President Bush from office for breaking the law. As part of the War on Terror, Bush authorized the NSA on more than 30 occasions to tap the phones of American citizens "The president must live under the same laws as any other American citizen.' making international phone calls, according to the CNN Web site article, The public doesn't know the exact number of phones calls recorded because no official xourt record exists. Bush said that all of the wiretaps he and this secret NSA program authorized monitored American citizens the federal government suspects are dealing with terrorists. This policy is in clear violation of the law, and the' American people should hot tolerate it. Had Bush paid attention in his U.S. History class, he might have learned interesting facts about his position as president. One such factâ€”America has a system called checks and balances which forces the three branches pf government to interact with each other so they can keep each other in line. The trainers of the Constitution created this system so that no single branch of government = = = can become too powerful and tyrannical. Bush dodged this system when he authorized wiretaps without a proper warrant from the courts, according to the CNN article. Bush already knows this, he must have attended class on the day they studied warrants because according to a Jan. 2 New York Times article, he said in 2004, *aiiy time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, a wiretap requires a court order." He then continued with saying "nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so." Bush's defense of his secret wiretapping is that Article H of the Constitution, which explains the executive branch's role, states ; the p r e s i d e n t , has a duty to protect America and the Constitution;; Bush says the eavesdropping protects America and the American way from terrorists. Perhaps he should have attended class the day they discussed the powers of the; executive branch. Article n, Section 4, of the Constitution, the^ last part describing the executive branch, says the president and all of his men shall be removed from: office on impeachment for, among. other t h i n g s , i r e a s o n and high crimes. Bush is knowingly .breaMngithe law. QCCO OOD3 Perhaps Bush didn't realize or didn't care that committing a crime, and being convicted of the crime by the Senate could end his political career. Bush must feel safe knowing his party is in control of Congress, and it wouldn't dream of tainting its party the way Richard Nixon did â€” by seeking Bush's impeachment. The president must live under the same laws as any other American citizen. If Bush has authorized spying on American citizens since 2002, .and no paper trail exists, then nobody knows who and how many people he spied on. He could have tapped: the phones of the democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, during the 2004 election. The American people will never know. Bush and the NSA didn't use warrants and therefore didn't leave a paper trail. If the House impeached Bill Clinton for lying about his personal sex life, it only makes sense that illegally spying on citizens of the United States, and disregarding the Constitution and lying about it, should lead to the same fate for George W. Bush. Perhaps Bush should read Richard Nixon's playbook and resign before Congress impeaches him. FOR RENT NEWER STUDIOS 1,2, 3 bed units hear campus. Available now! $425 and up! 360-676-0194. HELP WANTED A SUMMER unlike any other! Camp Canadensis, a co-ed resident camp in the Pocono Mountains^ PA; is looking for great staff in the following areas: General Bunk Counselors, Athletic, Waterfront, Outdoor Adventure (i.e. Ropes Course) and Art Specialists. Join our staff from the U.S. and abroad and have the experience of a lifetime! Good salary and travel allowance;^ v': Internships ^cpuiageoL WE will be on campus^ ; Monday, February 13. 7b schedule a meeting ^ or for more infov call toll free 800-832-8228, visit us at www.eanadensis. com or e-mail brain @ canadensis.com ASUMMER to remember! Camp Starlight, an amazing, fun, co-ed resident camp in Northeast ; , Pennsylvania Â©W hours from NYC) is looking V fot.enthusiastie, mature and qualified individuals in the following areas:;? General Counselors, /'â€¢ â€¢ Athletics, Waterfront, Outdoor Adventure/ Ropes Course, and The Arts. Join our staff from ail around the U.S. and abroad and enjoy the perfect balance of work and fun I Great salary and travel allowance with room and board included. Internships^ I I | encouraged. 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Gray Line officials launched the tour less than six months after the hurricane ravaged parts of Louisiana. The flooding following the hurricane swept through more than 80 percent of New Orleans. Disaster seekers can experience the tour, titled "Hurricane Katrina â€” America's Worst Catastrophe," for $35 per person, $28 for children. The first day of the tour sold out and Gray Line added an extra tour to meet customer demands. A Katrina-related charity of the passenger's choice, including America's Wetlands, Habitat for Humanity and Tipitina's Jazz Foundation, receive $3 per passenger out of the $35, according to Gray Line's New Orleans Web site. Among the stops on the tour are the Superdome and Canal Street, according to a Jan. 5, NBC.com article. Now is not the time for greedy corporations to capitalize on Katrina victim's ~ s t r u g g l e s. Exploiting the suffering of the d o w n t r o d d en is never a good idea. The residents of New Orleans are cleaning the wreckage and trying to rebuild their lives. Thirty-two dollars per person is going to the pockets of big businessmen, such as Brad Weber, president and CEO of Gray Line. High ticket prices mean the passengers are lucky enough to afford an extra $35 and can return to a warm and standing home. Gawking at people as they sort through the rubble of what 'The tourists cannot possibly begin to understand what the citizens of New Orleans have endured. ' was once their home is wrong. To pay for a tour to watch other people grieve while doing nothing about it is a slap in the face of the survivors. Many of the tourists say they need to see the devastation with their own eyes, according to a Jan. 4 USA Today article. They want to spend three hours living vicariously through victims so they \ can go home and feel better about \ themselves, purging their worries \ by comparing their problems to \ the victims'. The tourists can'tpossibly begin \ to understand what the citizens of New Orleans have endured the past six months through a three-hour tour. Tour-goers don't want to help, only to pity. Survivors and refugees don't need pity â€” the survivors need help. New Orleans is a city where almost 30 percent of residents live below the poverty line, according to the Understanding Katrina Web site, a public forum addressing the social, national and political implications surrounding Katrina. Gray Line executives are selling off victims' struggles as entertainment at the high cost of the respect New Orleans residents really deserve. Tours of concentration camps did not open before Holocaust survivors vacated. Making a profit wasn't the bottom line for Catastrophe' Highlights Tour Length: 3 hours Tour Stops : Canal Street, Superdome, Morial ConvenpgjifGgttter, residential^m^l^r^ods f^urâ‚¬osu!^^^S"W^^S^S^^ corporations at that time because it was more important that people help victims put their lives back together before cashing in on the devastation. Gray Line employees involved with the tour said Katrina affected them as well, and they want to tell their story, according to a Jan. 6 Dallas Morning News article. These defenders of the tour, mostly Gray Line employees, assert that once the public sees the problem firsthand, they will be more willing to help. People are intelligent enough to realize the extent of the devastation through the images on television, the descriptions in newspapers and the voices of those affected. Staring directly into the eyes of those affected is not necessary, unless it's while helping them. Gray Line's tour is not about helping people, but about profiting from a devastating event. If Gray Line believed it was important to see the damage, all proceeds from the tour would go toward charities support the Hurricane victims. Anyone wishing to profit from the devastation â€” including the tour guides and drivers for Gray Line â€” inflicts a grave injustice to the people of New Orleans. People going on the tours shouldn't grieve for Hurricane Katrina's victims. Now is not the time to grieve. Now is the time to act. BsfcSftfetifcssi HI Are you getting the most out of your computer? for the first three months' a $ 3 0 value' Clearwire^ wireless high- speed internet is the easy way to unlock all the possibilities of your computer. You don't play outdated games, so why connect to the internet in an outdated way? Clearwire is the next generation of high-speed internet service. It's wireless â€” all you need is our modem and a power outlet to connect anywhere in our coverage area. 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Show more2006_0421 ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 1 ---------- â€¢ ? STUDENT POETS CLASH ON A l l HOCKEY TABLE MONDAY NIGHTS, PAH .2 THE WESTERNÂ»FRONT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006 ISSUE 7, VOLUME 137 Campus goes up in smoke Six-foot pipe replica sparks discussion BY BECKIE ROSILLO The Western Front Members of the WWU Libertarians club assembled a six-foot- tall replica of a bong pipe in Red Square to advocate the decriminalization of marijuana Thursday. Club members filled the replica with 15 pounds of dry ice and warm water, causing large puffs of smoke to billow from the top of it. They also baked 120 brownies to attract students to discuss the war on drugs, said Western freshman Zack Elan, club vice chair. Students passing by spoke with club advisor and Western lecturer Bruce Guthrie, Washington state's 2006 Libertarian nominee for the U.S. Senate elections. Guthrie said the United States government's war on- druggMSJs ineffective and impedes civil liberties because drug possession is now such a difficult crime to prosecute. "The war on drugs isn't working," Guthrie said. "Because if you want drugs, you can get them." Western senior Ryan Huyck said the war on drugs is failing but doesn't think decriminalization is a solution. Decriminalizing marijuana would only lead citizens to legalize other drugs, he said. This could negatively affect society because some citizens can become dangerous under the influence of drugs such as speed and methamphetamine, Hyuck said. Western freshmen Shayla Shearer and Natalie Schmidt wore shirts they designed that read "420, my earth day" on the front and "I study the environment" on the back. Schmidt said she and Shearer didn't intend to upset anyone withtheir shirts, decorated with rhinestones and fake marijuana see MARIJUANA, page 6 WWU Libertarian club chair and Western freshman Alex Mitchell looks on as the club's six-foot bong pipe replica emits steam. Club vice chair and Western freshman Zack Elan, who helped construct the pipe, poured dry ice into the warm water the pipe contained. Hip-hop team back in style JEFFREY LUXMORE / THE WESTERN FRONT Western hip-hop team members sophomore Jeni Keller, freshman Cara Alboucq and sophomore Kina Beaudry practice Feb. 27 in one of the Wade King Student Recreation Center's dance studios. The team will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Performing Arts Center. BY ANDREW LAWRENCE The Western Front Western's hip-hop dance team has been waiting for an opportunity like this for more than a year. The team will perform on campus Saturday for the first time since February 2005. The show will be in the Performing Arts Center. The athletic department banned them from performing at basketball games after receiving complaints from students and Bellingham community members about the sexual nature of the team's performance, director of athletic marketing Steve Brummel said. "We just want to perform," Western junior and co-captain Julie Raymond said. "This whole situation has made us feel like our school doesn't want us." Because they didn't have the opportunity to dance at basketball games this season, the team found other ways to perform for Western students, Western sophomore and co-captain Aja Dale said. . . : The team's last performance was on March 3 at Downtown Johnny's Restaurant and Nightclub. see DANCE, page 6 AS Board debate sets election tone BY JEFFREY LUXMORE The Western Front Candidates nmning for Associated Students board of directors positions debated on campus twice this week, offering students an opportunity to learn more about campaign issues. ~ The candidates debated in Miller Hall Tuesday night and in the Communications Facility last night. Approximately 25 students attended the first panel of debates on Tuesday. Six candidates were on the first panel, and the remaining four debated approximately an hour later ifi the second panel. The candidates discussed tuition, campus food, transportation and student participation in the AS. Western juniors yBrett^^ Kalb are runnmg for me AS vjce. president for business and operations position. They (discussed, how to expand food choices on campus; by including products from local farmers. Kalb said he would push for more vegan and vegetarian food options on campus. Jordan said giving students a voice with Sodexho USA, the campus food see CAMPAIGN, page 6 DANCE PARTY United State of Electronica will rock Western students tonight. ACCENT, PAGE 7 SOCCER SURVIVORS Men's and women's soccer teams adapt to position changes in strong performances Saturday. SPORTS, PAGE 10 PRUDENT BOOZING How to stay off the floor. Helpful pointers about how to survive a 21 run. OPINIONS, PAGE 14 WEATHER Saturday: Sunny Hi: 60 Low: 36 Sunday: Sunny Hi: 64 Low: 42 www.westernfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 21,2006 University Police April 15, 1:12 p.m.: UP responded to a report of an intrusion alarm at the Commissary building behind Buchanan Towers. Officers turned off the alarm and secured the area. Bellingham Police April 19,1:40 a.m.:Officers responded to a report of a woman's damaged car window and deadpet chicken, which her intoxicated friend killed on the 300 block of Gladstone Street. April 17, 1:07 p.m.: Officers cited a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of assault charges for throwing Chinese food at another person on the 2900 block of Woburn Street. April 15,1:13 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of an intoxicated man passed out in his vehicle on the 2900 block of Roeder Avenue. April 14, 4:57 p.m.: Officers arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of disorderly conduct at the Whatcom Transit Terminal on the 200 block of East Magnolia Street. Officers issued him a lifetime trespass. Compiled by Boris Kurbanov Western chocoholics learn history, chemicals of candy BY LINDSAY BUDZIER The Western Front People can use chocolate as a gift for that special someone and as a consolation for a bad day, but chocolate's benefits can go further to improve health and aphrodisiac feelings. Ariel Fenster, a chemistry professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, will discuss chocolate in a free lecture titled "Food of the Gods: The Science and Lore of Chocolate" at 7:30 p.m. on April 24 in Science Lecture Hall Room 150. Fenster will explore the history of chocolate, the making of good chocolate and how it relates to health and love. Western's chemistry department is sponsoring the lecture with the American Chemical Society, a national organization for chemists, department program coordinator Bernadette Davidson said. "Chocolate has been a big thing in the media as far as antioxidants, health risks and benefits." Davidson said. The chemicals in chocolate impact health, psychology and love in a positive way, he said. Chocolate's chemistry is complex because it influences different parts of the body in different ways, including the brain and circulatory system, Davidson said. The chemicals affect the body more man people mink, he said. "Because chemistry is a central science, everything relates to chemistry.'' Davidson said. Chocolate originated with the Aztec tribe in Mexico as a drink, Fenster said. The Aztecs extracted cocoa powder from the cocoa pods of an orchid flower, Fenster said. Cocoa powder is extremely bitter, so the Aztecs flavored it with peppers. They used chocolate as currency, in religious ceremonies and as an aphrodisiac, he said. People still use chocolate as an aphrodisiac today, he said. "In terms of behavior, there are compounds associated with certain chemicals in chocolate that affect the brain," Fenster said. Chocolate contains the chemical phenethylamine, which is associated with the mental process of falling in love when it affects the brain, Fenster said. "Supposedly, certain people, for some psychological reason, fall easilyinlove," Fenster said. "Research has shown mat these people and is rich in flavor, Fenster said. Examining the ingredients in chocolate is crucial when finding quality chocolate. The cocoa butter in cheaply produced chocolate is often replaced with vegetable oil, which detracts from the taste and texture. Chocolate experts look for chocolate called criollo, which is the most flavorful and the hardest to make, he said. "In good chocolate the melting point is 36 degrees Celsius, one degree below body temperature," Fenster said. "That's why it melts in your mouth." have high brain levels of phenemylamine." Chocolate has other health advantages aside from using it as an aphrodisiac, Fenster said. The cocoapowder used to make chocolate is rich in antioxidants, which reduce cholesterol, Fenster said. Cholesterol can lead to a plaque buildup in the arteries, causing heart disease. Cocoa powder also lowers blood pressure, he said. "It is important to realize that chocolate by itself is very fat. You have to separate the cocoa powder from the cocoa butter." Fenster said. "White chocolate is pure cocoa butter." Quality chocolate contains cocoa butter PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Fenster, originally from Bergerac, France, said he has taught chemistry at McGill for approximately 20 years and has lectured on the science and history of chocolate for approximatel^rtO years. Fenster is an American Chemical Society tour speaker, chemistry department chair Mark Wicholas said. "He was assigned to the Puget Sound section of the American Chemical Society, so we thought it would be nice to have him here," Wicholas said. "This lecture will probably attract a lot of chocoholics out in the community." The Western Front Online Grab your friend and check out The Western Front Online. www.westernfrontonline.com Tie Western Front is published twice weekly in Ml, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CF 251, Bellingham, WA 98225. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University, published by the Student Publications Council, and is mainly supported by advertising. Opinions and stories in the newspaper have no connection with advertising. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the Department of Journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in CF 230, or by phone to (360) 650-3161. Members of the Western community are entitled to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. THE MATH PLACEMENT TESTyM be in OM120 at 9 a.m. Thursdays on April 27, May 4,11,18,25, June 1 and 8, and at 3 p.m. Mondays on April 24, Mayl, 8/15^ 22, and June 5. Registration is not required. Students must bring photo identification, their stuclent number, Social Security number, and a No. 2 pencil. A $15 fee is payable in the exact amount at test tirne-AJtow 90 minutes-The test schedule arrfsampte 2006-07 FACULTY/STAFF PARKING APPLICATIONS wiH be online beginning April 24. May 15 is the last day to apply. Late applications may result in seniority not being conskie^ pool permit may complete an application at the parking office. For special requests or further assistance, call X/2945. LOT RESERVATIONS. Twenty parking 20 spaces in lot 12A wiU be reserved at 7:30 a.m. April 25 for those attending an amletks scholarship breakfast; â€¢ lots 7G and 14GwÂ» Lecture Series; â€¢ Lots 11G arid 14G will be reserved at 6:30 p.m. April 26-27 for those attending performances of Hedda Gabier: â€¢ Spaces in lot12A will be reserved at 7 a.m. April 27 for the Spring Career Fair. THE AS ETHNIC S t U I ^ C E ^ off the Opportunity Courted Maple Afcy inn cine out program, with afl proceeds benefitting the Opportunity Council. Cost is $5/students, $10/general to the event at 7:30 p.m. Apr! 25 in the PAC BIOLOGY. Jennifer Purceil (Shannon Point Marine Center), "Arctic Explorations: Jellyfish Under the tee." 4 p.m. April 26,81 234. Refreshments, 3:50 p.m. SPRING QUARTER GROUP OFFERINGS THROUGH THE COUNSELING CENTER INCLUDE -Relaxation Training, 4 p.m. Thursdays, OM 540, drop-in for one or afl sesswn; â€¢ Wo gt; the Enxrtkwwrf VVave, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays thr^ 24 â€” registration is not required, join anytime;* One-session Test Anxiety}^ p.m. May 10--reg^ratton is not reqwed. For r w^ FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION WORKSHOPS are scheduled in the library Presentation Room at 9 a.m., 3 p.mv and 6 p.m. on Friday, April 27. All students who have received loans are invited to attend. The one-hour workshops wiH includeabrief presentation and time for one-orvone questions. MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT). The computer-based Miller Analogies Test is by appointment only. Make an appointment in person in OM 120 or caHX/3080. A $60 fee is payable attest time. Testing takes about 114 hours. Preliminary scores will be available immediately; official results are mailed within 15 days. WEST-E PRAXIS. Washington requires imlMduals seeking teacher certficatta the WESTC (PRAXIS) in the ctosenerriorse^ information, or obtain a registration bulletin in MH 216. The remai^^ THE ASIA UNIVERSITY AMERICA PROGRAM WILL CELEBRATE JAPAN NIGHT from 7 to 9 p.m. on ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 3 ---------- APRIL 21,2006 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 Earth Day festival uproots injustice BY WILLOW RUDIGER The Western Front Saturday marks the 36th annual Earth Day, and Western students and community members will celebrate the day through performances, workshops and speeches on topics such as immigrants' rights and a cleaner environment. The event, which the Associated Students Environmental Center sponsored, will begin at noon Saturday on the Communications Facility lawn. The festival's theme, "Evolution of the Green Revolution: Social and Environmental Justice," brings together the opposing ideas of social goals and environmental preservation into one cause, said Western senior Noni Pittenger, AS Environmental Center co-coordinator. "People don't necessarily see environmentalism as a social movement," said Western senior Allissa Corrow, AS Environmental Center employee. Pittenger said Bellingham residents usually associate environmental activism with the white and upper-middle class. "We wanted to create an event that spoke to a bunch of different groups so that it would make it easier to focus on why environmentalism shouldn't be marginalized or thought of as upper-class," Pittenger said. Rosalinda Guillen, Community to Community Development executive director, a Bellirigham-based organization dedicated to migrant farm-worker rights, will speak at the festival. She will address immigration issues, such as the Minutemen's observance on the border, said Western senior David Cahn, Social Issues Resource Center assistant coordinator. Pittenger said more than 50 nonprofit organizations, vendors and companies from Bellingham and the greater Western Washington area will participate in the festival. They will hold workshops, forums and performances, she said. "In order to keep up with modern environmental problems, citizens must address social equity concerns," Pittenger said. "Environmental justice movements are more effective and more comprehensive when they encompass and address issues of identity, recognition and access to democratic, decisionmaking processes." AS clubs, such as United Students Against Sweatshops and Students for Sustainable Energy, will also participate in the celebration, Pittenger said. "We wanted to have a bunch of different students who have affected change and are recognized for affecting change within the Western community to show that if you have these passions, you can start from scratch and you can actually make legislative changes," Pittenger said. Western's Center for Service Learning, which facilitates educational experiences through community-based service-learning, also offers Earth Day services projects, said Western junior Anna-Marie Neff, an intern at the center. Students will have the opportunity to visit parks in the York, Sehome and Happy Valley neighborhoods and participate in activities such as planting trees, removing invasive species, creating walking paths and picking up trash, Neff said. Saturday s events 2:30 - 3 p.m.: Eaiff|pipl|i performance about ^ ^ g f ^ j " 1 - 2 p.m.: Rosalindf^H^^^^kpnity to Community Development e ^ e u t i y e . ^ ^ i ^ ^ f e ^ e speaker |jÂ§i:prsity students I 4 - 4:20 p.m.: Devll^HiSilKlWyiPlJlJ^ Washington anthropology^and^^^^^^P^^^^^P" Workshops: 2-3 p.n^Spm fann-workiil^lWiJ^^ Whatcom cou^^HpB Â»^pa^|gPplli^an|jpomen JJi8Jrss;Â«^er|encJ|g^J|p^it and 3 - 4 p.m.: The E \ W ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ p ) u p ^workshop will discuss the Mmutemerl^^^^^^ii^! f | J | | , | ) p r d e r 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.: KÂ£ppigi|ien||l â€¢ jbbs'li|^^panel and ecofeminism d i s i i ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f c ^ s | oppression relates to the Earth's ded^s^^^^^^^^^^^^. 2:45 - 3:45 p.m.: Student fjjtivisBf on immigrants' rights and farmers' indigenous rigfjj OCGXN B6XCH CLUB . qRJLL "VOURvAMePJCXN NICHTCLUB NORJH OFIH6 80RJ)eFv" Presents... Naughty Schoolgirl 5 FREE drinks for girls who dress up! Saturay May 6, 2006 W.W.U. Wednesday Night $2.50 Hi-Balls $2.50 Draft Beer ^^^^BiiB 75 or 604-531 Friday and Saturday Nights Free Cover . VIP Access for ALL U.S. Patrons! (Before 10:30pm) DJ Disney Spinning Top 40, R B and Hip Hop â€¢y*t A ' ^ \5 ttMAHMMttttf 14995 Marine Drive â€¢ Whiterock, B.C. Canada â€¢ (604) 531-0672 ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT APRIL 21,2006 WWU Spring Career Fair â€¢ Thursday, April 27th Spring into your future career By Jessica Evans PRO Most Western students don't have a job when they graduate college. In 2003-2004, of the students responding to the Career Services Center annual survey, 27 percent found employment while they were still in school. Sixty percent found jobs within six months after graduation. "Wouldn't it be nice to know your job is waiting for you?" says Effie Eisses, Career Services Center Employer Outreach Specialist. Regardless of year in school, it's imperative to start planning a job search strategy now. Fortunately, the Career Services Center wants to help. "Career Fairs are such awesome events," Eisses says. "Where else would a student be able to find 80 employers, all in one room, who want to connect with college students?" Kergie Garcia, Career Services Center Career Counselor, agrees the job search gets tough after leaving Western. "We have students go to the Career Fairs and get jobs," Garcia says. Don't know what your ideal job is? Don't worry! Garcia suggests answering the following questions: â€¢Where do I want to live? â€¢Do I want to work in. the public, private or nonprofit arena? â€¢What skills do I enjoy using? After the self- assessment, breathe a sigh of confidence. Ensuring your ideal job is a cinch with the following three steps: Step One: Start researching potential employers at least six months ahead of time or attend the Career Fair. "As far as most seniors are concerned, the hardest part of the job search process, networking and contacting employers to find out about possible opportunities, is done for them, says Eisses about the Career Fair. Step Two: Make contact and schedule a meeting time. This too, is taken care of if you plan on attending the Career Fair, April 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the VU Multi-purpose room. Remember, 80 percent of all jobs are unadvertised. In addition to identifying all the employers at the Career Fair via www.careers.wwu. edu, uncover the hidden job market by visiting the friendly staff at the Career Services Center nestled in the far left of Old Main's second floor. The WWU Career Services Center will hold its Spring Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 27 in the VU Multipurpose Room. The Spring Career Fair is a major recruiting event where students and the general public can meet hiring managers. 75 organizations - from private sector companies, government agencies and non- profit organizations-will be on campus. The Spring Career Fair provides an unique opportunity for Western students to network with potential employers. Job seekers should bring a current resume and dress in professional attire! Admission to the career fair is free! A Spring Summer Camp Jobs WwfcwfthkkfcatCampSealthonVashon Island. Spring environmental education and Surrnner Camp staff needed. A variety of positions avaiabte. On-campus Interviews Thursday, April 27th info at Career Services, Old Main 280,650 3240. Or contact Camp Seafrh at 206463 3174, campstafT@campfffe- usa.org. pATIA V5 D e s i | ^^ Systems Engineel|||| Quality AssurancefÂ§|| Project Managemef|Â§ Please send resume to: shelley.m.rich@boeing.com ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 5 ---------- APRIL 21,2006 THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs lt;-^V^ x. Summer Camp Jobs!!! For Men and Women Hidden Valley Camp in Granite Falls, WA needs resident staff from 6/17/06 to 8/25/06. Spend your summer in a beautiful setting while in worthwhile employment. Room â€¢ Board â€¢ Salary Positions include: Counselors, Lifeguards, Drivers, Kitchen Staff, Program Staff and more! Interviews available on campus. Vet aur booth at the CAREER EXPO on April 27 for rnone info, or ccntacl us directly: phone: 425-844-8896 e-mai I: hiddenvalleycamp jijeartfilink. net HUTCHINSON M:fKH â€¢ft i"! SEARCH A LIFE OF SCIENCE THE FRED HUTCHINSON NEEDS DEDICATED PEOPLE! The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is located in Seattle, Washington. We have a mission to eliminate cancer as a cause of human suffering and death, and to that end we seek to improve the prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases. Our four research division - Cinical Research, Basic Sciences, Human Biology, and Public Heath Sciences - pursue solutions from many perspectives. Representatives from Human Resources will be at the Spring Career Fair to talk about current recruitment for research, administrative, and information technology openings. Please drop by our booth to find out whether you could make a contribution to our research efforts. Check our website at http://www.fhcrc.org for information on specific positions. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO WORK FORCE DIVERSITY. A Company Woi-tJh Your Talents! Committed to Service, Cft*alÂ£tv. 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Lumbermens is one of the nation's largest and fastest growing suppliers of quality lumber and building materials to professional builders and project do-it-yourselfers. We have 65+ locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California Arizona. As a Lumbermens' employee we give you tools you need to succeed in every market and we'll reward you for your efforts. We also offer an excellent compensation and benefits package which includes Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, 401 (k), paid vacations, holidays and sick leave. Lumbermens is an Equal Opportunity Employer and promotes a drug and alcohol free workplace. ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS APRIL 21,2006 Marijuana: University police uphold law in Red Square CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 leaves. They thought the shirts would be funny, she said. Two University Police officers observed the protest from the other side of Red Square. UP officer Eric Ellis said his duty as a police officer and at the rally was to enforce Washington state laws prohibiting the use of marijuana. "What other people do is what they do," Ellis said. "All I know is if I catch them (using drugs), I uphold the law." Western senior Geoffrey Brockmeier said he questioned the club's protest's effectiveness. He said Americans who oppose the government face challenges because politicians in power support high spending on the war against drugs, which strengthens the economy by providing jobs in law enforcement and military equipment manufacturers. "We're fighting a war-based economy and bad politicians," he said. "The sad truth is (the government can) make more money by criminalizing drugs. It's the nature of the beast." Campaign: Platforms consist of transportation, food CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 contractor, would be one of his priorities if students elected him. Western sophomores Antasia Parker and Kristina Mader, both AS vice president of legislative affairs candidates, discussed tuition costs. Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire will propose a budget for federal aid to Western in December, and the Washington state Legislature will vote on it in 2007. The AS vice president of legislative affairs advocates on behalf of Western students on issues such as lowering tuition in the Legislature. Parker said she would hold voter registration drives for local and national elections on campus and create a newsletter to keep students connected to the November elections. Mader said she would petition the Residence Hall Association to advocate for voter registrations because the association includes 18- and 19-year-old students who may not be registered when they enter college. "Voting is the number one way to make legislators listen to us and lower tuition/' Mader said. "If we don't vote, no one in Olympia will pay attention to us next year." Western sophomore Kevin McClain, running unopposed for AS vice president for campus and community affairs, and junior Marcella Tomlin, running unopposed for re-election as AS vice president for diversity, discussed alternative transportation and the lack of student involvement in the AS. Tomlin explained her vote against the transportation referendum which the AS board of directors voted down April 5, saying the referendum was admirable, but the board lacked adequate time to educate students about it. The referendum would have added a $20 quarterly fee to student tuition and provided all students with Western Transit Association bus passes. The fee would have also paid to help improve pedestrian and bicycle pathways around campus. AS Elections Review President Mark iozzi VP for Academics Unopposed James Sanders WK ^p- Unopposed VPfor Business and Operations Stefan Ka!b ^ ^ _ g g g â€” _ . Brett Jordan VP for Campus and Community Affairs Kevin McClain VPfor Activities Unopposed James Riley Sweeney VPfor Diversity Nate Paneto Marceiia Tomlin VP for Legislative Affairs Unopposed Antasia Parker Kristina Mader GRAPHIC BY TAYLOR WILLIAMS McClain, who helped write the referendum, said students deserved the chance to vote on the issue in the elections. In the second panel Tuesday, Western junior Riley Sweeney, candidate for AS vice president for activities, used his opening statement to say lack of participation in the AS is a shame and the AS needs fresh students and fresh ideas. Western junior Nate Panelo, the incumbent AS vice president for activities, said his experience in the position made him a better choice for the position. tC llll j|frl IKW iPRIIK, wflDinc amÂ® Basic Earrings 4/29 Dreamweaver Bracelet 4/30 Simple Donut Necklace 5/6 Gall far moremfo. Teacher Education Applicants... 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The team hopes to make the performance an annual event, she said. The show will last approximately two hours and costs $7 for students and $10 for general admission. Dale said the team is looking forward to performing again and that the complaints against the team were unfounded. "They said we were rubbing our breasts and crotches the whole time, which we didn't do, and I'd never do in public," Dale said. Raymond said the team didn't understand why the athletic department decided not to allow them to perform at any more basketball games last 'We never meant to offend anyone' JULIE RAYMOND Western junior and hip-hop team co-captain season. "All of our performances were pre-approved by the department, so we were really confused when the whole issue came up," she said. "We never meant to offend anyone." Western offered the team the opportunity to perform at the games in February, but the team ' declined, Brummel said. Raymond said the team didn't accept the offer because they had already scheduled performances at locations such as Shorecrest High School in Shorewood. Western alumna Renee Wong founded the team in 2000 when she found out Western didn't offer hip-hop dance classes, Raymond said. â€¢ The team has performed in Seattle, Tacoma and at KUBE-FM's 2004 Summer Jam, she said. The team cannot be affiliated with the AS because members based auditions, it selects its on performance Raymond said. Associated Students clubs must be open to all Western students. The athletic department is not sure if it will allow the team to perform at basketball games next year, Dale said. "We hope the faculty sees this performance and changes their minds," she said. "We're willing to talk to whoever, do whatever. On a street corner, gym, anywhere. We're always down to perform. We're crossing our fingers." ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 7 ---------- ACCENT FRIDAY/APRIL 21, 2006 â€¢ WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM â€¢ PAGE 7 U.S.E. dances night away BY JESSICA HARBERT The Western Front Seattle-based band United State of Electronica is coming to Western to throw a dance party for all students in their first campus performance since Valentine's Day 2005. The Lonely H and Mechanical Dolls are also performing at the party, which is at 8 p.m. tonight at the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Associated Students Productions Pop Music is presenting the show. Tickets are on sale for $5 for students and $7 for the public at the Performing Arts Center Box Office. "Prepare to dance and for first-timers, don't feel like you have to test the water." said Joe Olmstead, Western senior and ASP Pop Music Assistant Coordinator. "Just dive in and dance, or you might miss out on the fun." United State of Electronica has of seven members. Live performances involve anywhere from the bands members to 50 people on stage at the same time, dancing while the band plays, AARON APPLE / SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN FRONT United State of Electronica will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Four of the band's seven members are, from left to right, John E. Rock, Jason Hol-strom, Peter Sali and Noah Star Weaver. drummer Jon E. Rock said. "We are always interacting with the audience making it a big family party for all, on and off the stage," Rock said. "This calls for us to exude energy and run around and interact with people." The band is gaining popularity nationally and internationally, Olmstead said. The band performed in Japan in May 2005, and has gone back twice to play more shows. The band also played in March at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. "I once heard them described as infectious." Olmstead said. "I like that." The band is popular among students. Approximately 700 audience members come to dance at the Western shows, Olmstead said. Its shows have a friendly, energetic atmosphere that encourages audience members to dance freely, he said. "It's disco for the 21st century," Olmstead said. Band members include keyboardist and vocalist Noah Star Weaver, guitarist Jason Holstrom, guitarist Peter Sali, bassist Derek Chan, a pair of vocal divas, Carry "Skullz" Nicklaus and Amanda Okonek, and Rock. The band focuses on music that keeps the audience dancing, which they call celebration music. It is influenced by Daft Punk, Prince and Michael Jackson, he said. Weaver, Rock, Sali and Holstrom met while attending Seattle Pacific University ten years ago, and won a talent contest as the pop-rock band the Lincolns, Rock said. Tonight will be Port Angeles band the Lonely H's first performance at Western. The band features bassist Johnny Whitman, guitarist Eric Whitman, guitarist Colin Field, vocalist and keyboardist Mark Fredson and drummer Ben Eyestone. Mechanical Dolls, from Auburn, features guitarist and vocalist Savanna Reynolds, drummer and vocalist Valerie Brogden and bassist and vocalist Katt Bowen. â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ mmmtmsmssm EDITORS WANTED! Student publications has the following openings for editors: Summer Front Editor Western Front Editor . . Western Front Editor . . Summer 2006 . '06 Welcome Back Klipsun Editor Planet Editor . . Jeopardy Editor . Fall 2006 Fall 2006 Academic Year 2006-2007 Academic Year 2006-2007 Deadlines for resumes: May 12th, 2006 by noon Deliver resumes to CF 230 E Or email to alethea.macomber@wwu.edu Interviews will be held the week of May 15th- 19th ---------- Western Front 2006-04-21 - Page 8 ---------- 8 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT ACCENT APRIL 21,2006 . PHOTO COURTESY OF STERLING RIBER For Western's Earth Day festival, the Associated Students Environmental Center and Western Sound System Federation will bring five different bands to celebrate the planet with music tomorrow. Down to Earth music Festival celebrates holiday with mix of genres â€¢3iii.1v .... In;.;: BY JESSICA HARBERT The Western Front From hip-hop to jazz, Western's Earth Day festival will offer Bellingham residents a variety of music to enjoy while celebrating one thing everyone shares â€” the Earth. The Associated Students Environmental Center and Western Sound System Federation will present the festival, from noon to 6:30 p.m. tomorrow on the Communications Facility lawn. The festival includes workshops on topics such as environmental justice, environmental jobs and eco-feminism, understanding women and nature together, as well as speakers, food and music. "The goal was to bring Earth Day to another level with the federation working with another organization to bring more diverse artists in music to Western," said Ryan Greigg, Western senior and sound system federation member. Performers include Mhuri Marimba, Yambique, Tap Habit, Estrella and Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band. Mhuri Marimba opens the performance with the marimba, a traditional South African instrument that resembles a large xylophone. Performers stand to play the instrument, which has large brass pipes that resonate the sound from the wooden keys on top, said Sterling Riber, Western junior and sound system federation member. Local acoustic band Yambique blends African-inspired jazz mixed with Cuban funk, Greigg said. The nine- member band features a full horn section, bongo drums and percussionists, Riber said. r Four of Bellingham band Tap Habit's members play guitar, drums, bass and keyboards and oie~member is a disc jockey producing; a jazzy-funk sound, Riber said/ ; Â£o%l hip-hop group Estrella features ^direemu^ Anderson, who performs; as DJSeawah, and two MCs, Western senior Taylor "Taybot" Napolsky and Western 2005 alumnus Alberto 'tJusk-Mejja] . The group's influences include[artistssu^as ftÂ© Blue Scholars andi Blacldlicious, Meija said. He said the group is, participating in the festival to promote environmental andiocial activism in Bellingham.; V; 'â€¢.â€¢ ';^:^'h .â€¢ " -' "We want people towalk away;filing goodibemg out there and active, inspired to do something for Earth Day," Meij jsaid."Wake lip and jbe aware of what is going oh with people in their own backyard,"; 'T[ .^-'^-^. ' The Earth Day festival will.beClinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band's second show at Western. The band, a r