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Text preview (might not show all results): 1990_1106 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 1 ----------KONNICHIWA Japanese students experience culture NEWS P9 4 TUESDAY WEATHER itfs gettingwetter and colder November 6,1990 / Volume 83, Number 11 Western Washington University pleaserecycle Photo by Dave Rubert UP IN ARMS: Protesto
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Show more1990_1106 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 1 ---------- KONNICHIWA Japanese students experience culture NEWS P9 4 TUESDAY WEATHER itfs gettingwetter and colder November 6,1990 / Volume 83, Number 11 Western Washington University pleaserecycle Photo by Dave Rubert UP IN ARMS: Protestors held up traffic at the United States-Canadaborder in Blaine on November 3. See Featuresâ€”starting on page 7â€”for details. Police apprehendsuspect in attempted rape By Ton! Weyman staff reporter Bellingham Police have apprehended asuspect in the Oct 22 at-temptedrapeofa35- year-old woman. Gregory WayneLee, 25, of 1521 Grant St#2, was taken into custody on Friday, Oct 26 and is being held at Whatcom County Jail. Formalcharges were issued yesterday against Lee which include burglary, attemptedrape, robbery and escapefrom custody. He is scheduled to appear at an arraignment today in Whatcom County Superior Court.The Oct. 22 incident occurred at approximately 1:25 pjn. in the 600 block of Carolina Street. The victim,explained police Lt. Randall Carroll, was unloading groceries from her car when she noticed a man and awoman walking north on Humboldt Street toward Carolina Street The victim, whose name is beingwithheld by police, told police that she couldn't tell if the man and the woman were together or if the man was stalking the woman. According to the superior court affidavit, the victim entered her home and shutthe door behind her, but the door did not shut completely. Shortly after, she noticed the same man on her front porch, walking up to her door. She went to ask him what he wanted, and he asked her for the time. As she looked down at her watch, he forced his way into to her home. The affidavit reported that astruggle began and the manpulledher into a bedroom, forced her down on the bed and tore at herclothing. The victim kicked and screamed in spite See World champs? Solar team prepares in Australia By Mike Clynch staff reporter For the first time in months, all is quiet at Western's Vehicle ResearchInstitute. The Viking XX racing team is in Darwin, Australia, testing its racing strategy and equipmentin a final attempt to gain an edge before the Nov. 11,1900- mile World Solar Challenge. Western isexpected to be one of the favorites. There are at least 35 other vehicles competing but only nine fromthe United States. The race will run over the hot and arduous terrain of the interior of Australia. The crewwill start in Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territories, and finish in Adelaide, the capital of thestate of South Australia. The expected finish date is Nov. 16 or 17. The Viking XX was designed and builtby students under the direction of the Western Vehicle Researchlnstitute Director Michael Seal. Beforeleaving with the advancecrew, Seal said "The last word I heard from Australia was if it doesn't blow toohard, we're the favorite." The Viking XX is unique in design and construction. Under the race rules,asingle-rider vehicle is allowed a maximum 13.7-foot-long solar array. Western's two-rider system isallowed up to 19.7 feet The large, tilted solar collector can generate up to two kilowatts of power andrides on wheeled pods. The fixed slope of the collector is only effective while it receives direct sunlightWhen the sun traverses past the 12 o'clock position, the vehicle is reversed and steered from the otherend. See Solar P9- 3 gt; ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Western Front November 6,1990 Nov. 3 3:30 p.m. A 24-year-old woman was arrested andcharged with assault after she hit an officer. She also threw a bottle of perfume at another officer. Shewas booked into Whatcom County Jail. 4:36 p.m. A woman called police to report that a man wastrespassing on her property in the 1800 block of Electric Street The man told police he wanted topursue a relationship with her. The woman had no desire to have a relationship with the man. Officersadvised him to leave. He said he would leave as soon as his car would start. 7:31 p.m. The manager ofa residence house requested that police escort a woman from the premises and issue a trespasswarning because of- her disruptive behavior: (alcohol consumption, threats and foul language). Thewoman was escorted to the Greyhound station at her request, and police advised her thatshe would bearrested for trespassing if she returned to the house. 8:34 p.m. -Po4roc iwapuiKtcU to a icpuii oi a fightin the 2300 block of Elm Street The incident turned out to be a group of people "play" fighting. One of the play- fighters tried to flee, buthe was caught ablock away and arrested on a warrant charge. 10:24 p.m. A store clerk heard noises in a secured area of a store in the 1600 block of 12th Street. He calledpolice when he realized that someone was stealing items and transporting them out of the storethrough a forced-open window. When the police arrived, die suspect was gone. Nov. 4 12:33 p.m. Awoman reported that some one had written graffiti on the side of her parents' home. She believes theculprits are ex-friends of hers with whom she has been having problems lately. 4:38 p.m. A man found a headstone at 1400 Woburn and brought it to police where it was seized and impounded forsafekeeping. Police contacted the manager of the business at the aforementioned location. He said he would check his office and grounds for additional headstones that may been moved. 10:17 p.m.Anomcer responded to areport of a domestic situation in the 1100 block of Grant Street Amanclaimedhis estranged wife came over to his house, got angry in the process of leaving, and broke the window onthe front door of his residence. The wife was contacted and said she hadn't intended to cause damage,but the music playing inside the house was so .loud that he couldn't hear her knocking. The damage will be worked out between the man and the woman. Nov. 5 12:23 a.m. A 28-year-old man wascontacted following reports of a fight at North State and Holly streets. He was arrested on existingwarrants and for failing to postbail and appear for arraignment Briefs 2:26 a.m. Officer, observed avehicle parked at East North and Kulshan streets. The car lights were off, but the engine was running.The owner of the vehicle told the police he was waiting for a friend, but changed his story three times. No further action was taken. Holiday presentation On Wednesday Nov. 14, the Substance AbusePrevention Center,is,^^ soxinsâ€¢ 8 Â«rJBf^Â»iM*-'-â€¢-â€¢**â€¢~~â€”-* ** t Enjoying YourFamily OvertheHoh'days."DonGiddings will givethepresentanon as part of the "Essential Survival Series" sponsored by the center and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs/Student Life. The presentation takesplace from 2:00 to 3:00 in the Wilson Library Presentation Room. Admission is free. Corporate proseVector Marketing Corporation is sponsoring its Fourth Annual Essay Contest with scholarship moniestotaling $3250. Students should write a one-page essay not exceeding 250 words on the topic "RisingTuition Costs: How Can Corporate America Help?" The contest is open to part-time and full-timeundergraduates. Entries will be judged on the basis of overall writing style and content in addition to ademonstrated ability to support the criterion chosen for the essay. All entries should be typed, double-spaced or neatly printed. For more information contact Lauren Melone, public relations consultant, at215356-3141. Don't Feed the Animals According to the Humane Society of the United States giving yourdog or cat a bit of your thanksgiving meal can be harmful. A news release from the society quotes Phyllis Wright, vice-president for companion animals as saying "thigh leg and breast bones can splinter afterthey are digested. The pieces can become lodgedmuieardmal'sthroator perforate the intestines."Environmental radio KUGS-FM has named November environmental awareness month. The station will air nationally syndicated and locally produced programs concerning issues of the environment throughoutthe month. Every Monday, an econews service based in Seattle will broadcast its program. A completeprogram schedule is available from KUGS. Call 647-6110 for more information Â»ADVANCEREGISTRATION for Winter Quarter takes place through Nov. 20. Appointments will be mailed to studentslate this month. If you have moved recently be sure the registrar's office has your current local address so.you will receive your appointment. . WINTER QUARTER DEGREE AND INITIAL CERTIFICATECANDIDATES: All students expecting to graduate and/or receive a teaching certificate at the close ofwinter quarter 1991 must have a senior evaluation and degree application on file in the Register's Office inOld Main 230 by December 7. An appointment must be made in that office; call â€¢ MATH PLACEMENTTEST will be given Nov. 14 and 28. Students must pay a $10 preregistration fee in in the testing center,OM120. # . . . . . MATHEMATICS â€” PERMISSION WILL BE REQUIRED (in order to checkprerequisites) to register in the following w i n â„¢ u a r t e ^ Math 102, 103, 104,105, 124, 155,156. 197a,197c, and 281. Bring Bluebook to BH 202 to obtain verification form before your registration appointment.â€¢TEST FOR ENTRANCE INTO TEACHER EDUCATION (TETEP) will be given Nov. 14. Students mustpay a $10 preregistration fee in the Testing Center, OM 120. â€¢ MILLER ANALOGIES TEST will begiven Nov. 12 and Dec. 7. Students must preregister in the Testing Center or call X/3080. Â»UNIVERSITY SERVICES COUNCIL meets at 4 p.m. Nov. 12 in OM 355. â€¢ ESSENTIAL SURVIVALSERIES: "How to Talk to a Faculty Member," presented by the Academic Advising Center at 2 p.m. Nov.7, WL Presentation Room. Free. ,Â«_â€¢Â«â€¢â€¢ . EAST ASIAN COLLOQUIUM presents Jack Primm,'The Gaijin as Insider â€” Japanese Business from the Perspective of an American," Wednesday, Nov. 7,3-5 p.m., BH 109. . . VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for Western Experience, a program in which currently enrolled students return to their former high schools to share their experience at Western. Contact theStudent-to-Student Program, OM 200, X/3861. Deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 13. ._â€¢â€¢.â€¢, â€¢INTERNATIONAL LIVING GROUP ADVISERS (ILGA). International English Language Institute has ninepositions for advisers who will live and work with 90 Asia University students from Tokyo, March throughAugust 1991. SataryJor five months is $2,400. Applications, available in OM 530, are due Nov. 9. Formore information, call Cyndy Wnght, X/3297. On-campus Interview Schedule â€¢ AnalyticalTechnologies/ERCE, Nov. 7. Submit CIF at signup. â€¢ . . Russ Berrie Co., Inc., Nov. 7.Submit CIF atsignup and view 10-minute video in Career Planning Placement library. â€¢ U.S. Marine Corps OfficerSelection, Nov. 13 14. CIF optional at signup. â€¢ Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Co., Nov. 14.Submit CIF at signup. i ^ L I ^ U ^ T ^ ^ S F T S ^ T ^ formation session 7 P.m. Nov. 14. OM 280. Enterbuilding through tan â€¢ Federa|nBureau of Investigation, Nov. 27. Special Agent/Investigator. Informationsessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Career Planning Placement. OM 280. Enter building through frontdoor north. Submit CIF at signup beginning Nov. 13. By Mike Clynch I^Hliiiiiliiillllllllll j|||Â§iB^ originallyslotted for the beginning of the school year, was delayed for a trical wiring needed to operate themanager. "We've worked on timing necessary to prepare for rush-times, num baking pans. When needed, the crusts are dressed with sauce and toppings and run through aconveyer l l r t ! ^ l l l l s i ^ dollars, a campus residential dining Ipl|ri|eM^ lt; ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 3 ---------- November 6,1990 The Western Front 3 Rape Continued from pg. 1 of repeated warnings from the man to keep quiet. Carroll said the victim "put up a hell of a good fight and struggled at length with the man. My opinion is that even though he was structurally stronger, her struggle with him kept the matter fromgetting worse. In this case, it turned out for the best for her. She wasn't raped." Carroll explained thatsometimes in an assault situation, the harder a victim puts up a fight, the angrier the attacker becomes,and the assault becomes more violent. In this case, Carroll said, the man eventually gaveup andleftthe victim's home, taking her wallet After he left, the victim yelled for help and then called 911. Her neighbor came to help and remembered seeing the man approaching the victim's door, but she did not see him enter the doorway. She later recalled seeing the man running from the victim's house. During thestruggle, the man's watch band broke and fell off his wrist. The watch and a detailed description of theassailant by the victim and her neighbor enabled police to start an investigation, Carroll said. The affidavit reported that the victim's missing wallet was recovered by a postal worker at Ennen's Market the dayafter the assault Fingerprints on the wallet and a credit card were traced to the victim and also to Lee.Police also discovered that Lee had outstanding warrants from California for forgery, possession ofstolen property and a parole violation involving robbery. Reports also showed that Lee had priorconvictions for rape and indecent liberties. On Oct. 26, police staked out Lee's residence in the earlyevening. Officers spotted a man in the upper floor resembling the police composite drawing and theidentification photographs of Lee. The officers approached Lee and told him about the warrants fromCalifornia. When the police questioned Lee about the assault, he said he had been working all day andtherefore did not commit the crime, according to the affidavit As he was being questioned, he movedtoward the doorway, pulling a chair between officers and himself and ran for the door. Along the way,he knocked a shelf off the wall, causing items to fall in the path of the police pursuing him. Policetackled Lee as he made his way down the staircase to the ground floor. He was then transported to jail. Lee, a chimney sweep, had been living at the Grant Street address for about a month-and-a-half,according to reports from neighbors. Bail is currently set at $15,000 based on the fugitive warrant fromCalifornia. Police are still trying to locate the young woman who was seen walking north on HumboldtStreet and heading west on Carolina Street either with the man or in front of him. The woman isdescribed as white, about 18 to 22-years-old, fair skinned and very attractive, with long blond hair to themiddle of her back. She was wearing powder blue shorts and a white top with a light colored V-necksweater. Police are requesting that anyone with information about this woman to call Detective McNeil at 676-6923 or 9-1-1. Solar Continued from pg. 1 hi July, the Viking XX placed second in the 1,625 mileSunrayce USA, which ran from Florida to Michigan. High winds buffeted the large profile of the solarcollector, making steering, at times, virtually impossible. Modifications were made after the SunrayceUSA to correct the problemâ€”. Seal said, "By yawing, the earâ€”adjusting the wheel alignment â€” wecan use the wind to our advantage." The team is going into the race on the heels of three setbacks. Inearly October principal sponsor J. Ward Phillips andstudentteam-captain . Bill Lingenfelter pulled out.Then, on Oct 11, the car's primary motor had to be replaced. Phillips andLingenfelterleftthe team after adispute involving Seal's introduction of a written contract of rules, which gave Seal final say in alldecisions. The contract included three major rules â€” no drinking of alcoholic beverages during therace, wearing the proper team uniform at all times and allowing Seal the final "The last word I heard fromAustralia was if it doesn't blow too hard, we're the favorite." â€” Michael Seal, director of Western'sVehicle Research Institute authority over all race decisions. . The last of these rules seemed the majorsticking point for Phillips, who had invested more than $150,000 in the project, and Lingenfelter, who, asteam-captain, was one of the originators of the solar car idea. Lingenfelterwill be accompanying the team to Australia but will not participate as a team member. At the time of the shake-up, Eileen Seal, Seal'swife and administrative supporter for the team, said her husband implemented the rules because h e felt it was important'to haVe-achaiii' of cofflmahd'iri a race Where the team was: competing against suchinternational industrial giants as Honda Research and Development Co. Inc. She said he also felt heneeded the authority because he was the single person accountable to the university if any problemsarose. Theburnt-outmotor, a20-horsepower,rare-earth, permanent-magnet meant the car's number onemotor had to be shipped back to the factory for repairs. The Viking XX was snippet to Australia with itsback-up motor. Michael Seal said the replacement motor was actually better and would probably be theone used. The crew is now undergoing a week of testing and fine-tuning at Darwin before making anyfinal decisions. Each solar car in the Australian race will be accompanied by a lead, chase and supportvehicle. The second-place finish in the Sunrayce US Agave the VikingXX additional sponsorship.. -GM-provided" $200,-000 worth-of -new,- more -efficient space-grade^^S6lai?'cJellÂ§*io-'tepJlace'theiterrestrial-grade cells used earlier. GM also shipped the car and workshop to Australia, and paid for travel and lodging for Seal and seven student team members. The rest of the team's sponsorship has comefrom private and public donations that are still be collected through The Western Foundation. "ONY'SÂ©ffi ees w eas. TM Coffee House Evening Entertainment â€¢ Serving our own fresh 'roasted coffees espresso. Teas, juices, milkshakes. Soups, salads, pastries, sandwiches. OPEN DAILY 7:30 amto 11 pm 11th Harris Fairhaven 733-6319 Featuring Hewitt Rand CORPORATIONylAK.COMPL'ErPE coMBvrfe'Rj'raxE Computer Systems Complete 40MB System starting at $ 9 9 5or$35.75/mo.O.A.C. WE DO REPAIRS RIGHT! Elect Rob 40th District Position 2 StateRepresentative VOTE TODAY for SPANELd andJOHNSONrf Send a Winning team for higher education to Olympia ReElect KARRfET RffllHi State Representative 40th District Position 1 Paid for byCommittee to Elect Harriet Spanel and Rob Johnson, Democrats P.O. Box 663, Mount Vernon, WA. 98273 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Western From November 6,1990 Japanese students experience five months of Western By MikeClynch staff reporter Photo by Dave Rubert Japanese students, from Tokyo's Asia University, are staying in Fairhaven's stack five at Western. ^f lt;*lt;MMM^ Â»^?9t% The Asia University America Program(AUAP) has kicked-off its fourth term on Western's campus, with 90 Japanese sophomore studentspracticing their English language skills and taking academic classes. Cyndy Wright, coordinator ofStudent Services at the International English Language Institute (IELI), said, "This is all about culture and learning about people." Western coordinates two cycles of Japanese sophomores a year from AsiaUniversity in Tokyo. Those students presently on campus arrived at the beginning of fall quarter and willstay until mid-February. Many are majoring in law, business administration, economics or internationalrelations. The second group, arriving in mid-February^ are international relations majors staying throughspring and summer quarter, 69 students are expected. The American study program is a re- . quirementfor the second group's graduation from Asia University. Usually, the first group tends fo be moremotivated and show more initiative, Wright said. She attributed this to their volunteer status. "Theydecided to come here," she said. WELCOME TO WESTERN AL Tario Lisa's SWEET SHOP Pastriesâ€¢Starbuck's Coffee â€¢Espresso's â€¢Ice Cream 1400 King St. :H-: - (Across from the BergsmaGallery) Bellingham, WA 98226 â€¢Frozen Yogurt â€¢Fresh Baked Cookies rFresh Mini Donuts Open 7 days a week 7 am -10 pm 733-0604 Associates RELIABLE â€¢ AFFORDABLE â€¢ CONCERNED PERSONAL INJURY CRIMINAL LAW â€¢NO ATTORNEY FEES UNLESS FEDERAL STATEFELONIES YOU WIN, EXPENSES ONLY." MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES GENERAL PRACTICEÂ£71r8500 Bellingham 24 Hours 384-3600 County WW JWW* W?*: "Free Fee Discussions â€¢ FreeOffice Consultation" STUDENT DISCOUNTS 10th Floor, Bellingham Towers â€¢ 119 N. Commercial â€¢Bellingham, WA 98225 STUDY IN GREECE SPRING QUARTER 1991 Explore its ancient ruins,discover its many islands, and live among its people. For program information visit the Foreign StudyOffice, Old Main 530B, 676-3298. Applications currently being accepted. Planned Parenthood Servingthe needs of Western Students for over 20 years â€¢ Birth Control Exams Supplies * â€¢ PregnancyTests Referrals '""â€¢ Infection Tests treatment AFFORDABLE - CONFIDENTIAL Prompt serviceEvening Hours Downtown Bellingham For Women, By Women 734-9095 AUAP is an outgrowth of aprevious four-week English as a Second Language program held during the summer at FairhavenCollege since 1984. Li 1988, the program expanded the cultural experience to the present arrangement. Students participating in the program are enrolled in classes of conversational English, U.S. history,literature and human environment. Accreditation is only received from Asia University. Most Japanesestudents receive six years of English language instruction before graduating high school. Students atAsia University take one year of conversational English before coming to Western. About 40 American conversational language instructors work at Asia University. "It's not easy for them," Wright said. "Theyhave to study hard." Wright said Japanese schools are extremely competitive at the high school level but taper off the work load at the university level. Less than 10 percent of the graduating high school classis accepted into college. At AsiaUniversity, aschool of 12,000 See Japan pg. 5 â€¢ Need extra credits?â€¢ Want to graduate early? â€¢ Having scheduling problems? DON'T PUSH THE PANIC BUTTONContact- Independent Study Old Main 400 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225676-3650 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 5 ---------- November 6,1990 The Western Front 5 Japan continued from pg. 4 students, about 40,000 applicantsapplied for freshman standing. "Americans think when people can't speak English they're stupid. It's a frustrating point," Wright said. "These guys are the cream of the crop just to get into Asia University,"she said. Yutaka Fujii, an Asia University student studying here said, "We see English for our future.We want to use mis experience." When asked about their impressions of America, many respondedpolitely and positively. However, a certain cultural alienation seemed to prevail. Some said it was tooeasy to revert back to Japanese when around their roommates. One student, with a puzzled look, said,"Americans think as they act." Many thought the kick-off dance at Red Square was "exciting."Somebody quipped, "We like American food but we don't like SAGA food." SAGA is the old name forresidential dining halls. There seemed to be a consensus that Seattle was just another city. Bellinghamwas said to bemuchnicer. They mentioned the natural beauty of the area as a positive aspect Many said they thought there was too much rain here. An organized ski trip was booked solid in just one hour afterthe "This is all about culture and learning about people." â€” Cyndy Wright coordinator of StudentServices at the International English Language Institute sign-up sheet opened. Most looked forward to visiting British Columbia, and a chance for some independent exploration during the Christmas break.The Japanese students live in Fairhaven dormitories. They are divided into groups of 10, each havingan American adviser. Sophomore Julie . Nordlund, an English as a second language major, is on hersecond term as an adviser. She said, "Iloveit,"then laughed and, added, "It's almost like a test of mypersonality everyday." Wright said that it was her preference, as well as Asia University's, to have allthe students live with American roommates. She said Western's administration felt American students were, themselves, often trying to adjust to the rigors of a new life and schedule. They said thelanguage, the cultural differences and the length of the Japanese visit would not make for a goodroommate arrangement AUAP is looking for Western students who would like to be employed asInternational Living Group Advisers from Mar. 31 through Aug. 29,1991. The adviser positions average 19 hours a week, and their duration is five-and-a-half months. During this time, advisers arepaid $2,400.AGPA of 2.5 at Western is required. If this is the first quarter at Western, a 3.25 high school GPA isneeded. The English Language Institute prefers .applicants to have experience working with othercultures, or two years of a foreign language, overseas living experience or some history of working withJapanese people. Applications may picked up at the IELI in Old Main 530 or at the Fairhaven information desk. They must be turned in by Nov. 9. More information is available from Cyndy Wright at 676-3297.A WHALE OF A PLACE TO "SUDS YOUR DUDS" 141412TH "Historic Fairhaven" 734-9647 TheUniversity Side of Town" â€¢Now Featuring* : Overnight Rimi Service By SPINNAKER : Take your heart to court. Or on a bike ride. Or out for a jog. Whatever your sport, vigorous exercise can help keep your heart healthy. American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR VOURLIFE Counseling fox ^Jjouand *l/ouxi: 734-8314 Mary Dale, M.A. WWU graduate Student Rate 103 East Holly, Suite 521fiellingham National Bank Building, SAMISH WAY TOWING WE OFFER: .Student Discount .24 HourService .Professional Service Call for information 676-0980 Editor's Job Opening Klipsun WinterQuarter 1991 Opening: Klipsun Editor, pay estimated at $575 per quarter. To Apply: submit resume andstatement of intention by 5 p.m., November 20,1990, to Chair, Student Publications Council, CH 111. Allapplicants will be interviewed at the selection meeting starting at 4 p.m., Thursday, December 6,1990 inCH 131. For further information contact the Publications Business Office, CH 110,676-3171 ( AsiaUniversity, a 12,000 student college, is located in Tokyo, Japan / /Soviat Union Hokkaido J'^VShikoku tgt; ISO 300 V y GALLERY TEN A Discount Boutique Affordable and ContemporaryFashions TANNING SALON 5 UVA Tanning Beds 20 Visits 10 Visits 5 Visits 1 Visit $38.00 $20.00$12.00 $3.00 â€¢ \ . -â€¢- â€¢ . . Â« . Â« . - . - -â€¢ 733-9240 119 W. Magnolia â€¢ Bellingham OpenEvery Day North Garden Inn Elegant Bed Breakfast Accomodations Sumptuous, scenic, sensuous!1014 N.Garden 671-7828 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Western Front November 6,1990 Northwest campus news ^ S t a t e ^ 'ehaniesclass'designedf^than expected. ThedasscoyCTedrepadrbasicsindUKiihg how to change a tire or jump start a dead carbat^ry: Some advice was offered by Lori MoonvService manager for the class;;-:' ;: ;;: " B e faithful tolisteningto your^cfc You drive it; you're fam^arwim it, yoiifcti^ llllliillJI^I^^lli University of Washmgtpn'sreported in a Oct. 29 edition women yolunieers are being soughtbyth^ bemg conducted on sexually active about to change t h ^ wants to deteimirw the e ;me^6h; : u n^ :.:paid$7^::eaefc^ ;:;:^;|Mits;Nrov^^parking lot intersection when a man walked through a citation. While doing so, the man fled the sceneand ran Get a job!!! Western works for you By Mike Clynch staff reporter Student EmploymentServices, in Old Main 260, has just worked its way through their busiest time of year â€” trying to findemployment and work experience for many Western students. Last year, Western provided 4,800 joblistings for students. Approximately half were on-campus and the others were in the community. Ofthese, nearly 900 were work-study. Fred Ondeck, coordinator of Job Location and Employment, said hisoffice "attempts to be a centralized source for students who need part-time, temporary or seasonalemployment, or are interested in volunteer or community experience." The office provides reader-boards for volunteer jobs and general employment. "Because werun an open job board, we don't alwayshave a way of actually tracking (results). It's difficult to know if it was a Western student (who was hiredfor the position)," Ondeck said. Also, employers don't always call back the office once they hire astudent He estimated Western students fill 70 to 80 percent of the listings. After the initial rush of theyear, it is easier to remain updated. General employment is varied. Program Assistant Mary Murray,who has been working in the employment office for eight years said, "(Job opportunities) run the gamut from yard-work to an assistant for an attorney ."Thereader bo ardmaintains a section for new listings that arrive daily. The average on-campus wage is $5. Off-campus is $5.80. Murray said some unusual jobshave crossed the reader boards. A Japanese film crew hired students for summer work in Japan. Another company hired student photographers to picture wildlife in Africa. Volunteer jobs range from crisisintervention to conservation. "People take these/'Murray said, because "they want to become a part oftheir community or just give something back." She added, "It's good work experience, and they can seeif they like working in that sort of setting." While the Student Employment Services is set-up to be self-service, Ondeck said, "the staff are more than happy to talk to students. We try to be user-friendly."Our job is jobs,"Murray added. ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 7 ---------- November 6,1990 Old growth protest in Blaine features The Western Front 7 See Inside: The protestand'Mind Flings' ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 8 ---------- 8 The Western Front November 6,1990 HlifSis j||^p|im|i|||^|i Eve/preen State College sUJdent, LaraMurray, passed out leaflets during Sunday's protest at the border. li^Witt^BIBlHllBBlBllilHiiwiIHSiilBiiHiliiiHlplfiiilW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ people and government ofBritish ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Ililrti^i^MiSiiftiiiiiiiwI IISiiBBBISBiSiBiilBi cuttinginwhalis consideredthelargest Bi^lS^BiiiliiR^WiilSiBl BSilili(BHI^BiBi|^^Bj "We need some direct action. Take some time andget out there and look llllliii^^ clearcut the hell outof the area around claims until the public found out that sympathy," Wulfers said. He pointed leulolr^ tÂ£att|p^ l l l f l ^ o t l o^ !;^n;iin6re^ credibleplace',buteverywhere around liiiifliil^^ the logging companies targeted at the rally, said they havehad aself-imposed area inStein Valley, slotted for cutting. The moratorium was a result of native Â§liiÂ§i^^Sehome Hill has plenty of Big Mac packaging By Kathy Tucker columnist aren't any good at theLambada. In other happy news, McDonald's has decided to stop using Styrofoam to package then-products. It will soon be using a paper-based product â€”*. y The message is clear ~ corporateAmerica cares about you. The only reason McDonald's didn't make the change before is Gloomydoomsayers are saying because it couldn't find a better way the feel-good times are over.towrapAmerica'sfavoritefood.until They say recession has hit, paper was discovered. All you haveAmerica is no longer number one, to do is take a gander at Sehome Hill the government is a quiveringmass to know that we've got plenty of of useless bureaucracy and it's get- trees to supply packaging forBig ting too expensive to go cruising Macs. anymore. And, how can anyone be un- Come on, it's not asbad as all happy with this Great Land when that Look at the good things hap- faced with the fact that LeeAtwater pening in this Land Of Opportunity, recently found Jesus? You women should just be Atwater,Republican Party happy you don't live in Brazil. chairman, is finally free to admit his A prominentBrazilian physi- inner-anger and let it go. "For the cian recently killed his ex-wife, a first time in my life Idon't hate neurologist, because she was danc- somebody,"he said in aSeattle Times ing the Lambadawith other men. He article. wanted to cleanse his honor. Only in America can a person Fortunately,American women Â»0 so rapidly from attacking political foes with clever propaganda (althoughAtwater said he didn't know anything about a Republican Party memo circulated in Congress in 1989questioning House Speaker Tom Foley's sexual preference; we know ideas like that come from the top)to grasping for religious salvation in the face of death. So, what's wrong with all you depressed citizens? A Seattle Times Poll of Wash-ingtonians revealed that about 59 percent of the peoplepolled feel likeoutsiders in politics and about 68 percent mink the United States is on the wrong track. Cheer up. Stopworrying about the federal deficit, the rising gap between the rich and the poor, the number of childrenkilled yearly by household guns and the fact that Dan Quayle will probably become president in a fewyears. After all, we can watch brand-new Twin Peaks episodes every week until spring and, if we're really lucky, well avoid the use of nuclear weapons in a war against Iraq. ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 9 ---------- November 6,1990 The Western Front 9 blockade the road to the Stein Valley Music Festival, a three-dayfestival sultof the blockade, the music festival percent of its audience, Wulfers saidChallenge'spositionthatthemandate ;ipflt;^lt;K ; | e c * ^ ^ ^BiiiiiHii(iiiii((ii^^B lllilliBlpiBHiiijBillillimission. Now we have to pay a toll to B.C. government is facing an election next spring so they're notmaking great leaps in native negotiations. For IlillRiii^HillittiiliHl claims were negotiated at the federalFederal policy allowed only s ix claims native claim continues. Native claims what interim measures canbe taken immediately, before we can get to all HiiBiilBSJSSSlllJHIl r, doesn't think the ne- ..,.: s.. , ,â€ž......, _ w^tmimtimi Manitoba legislator, took advantage tion), and stalledprovincial ratification lllllll^^P^^^^Hl^as^l^^lim will take to remedy 100 years of federal them big corporations in Washington l i ^ n l i n ^^ i^;th1tt|i^^ |gÂ£V^t^^ j||Jg|ll|i(|fii|^Â§j^i|l W$%MMM' IPwIPililP â€¢ I ISttll WWl Photo by DamRufawt Photo by Pave Rubol ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Western Front November 6,1990 Americans must hold their government accountable for itsactions Commentary Iranian student gives Middle East view Due to inexcusable mistakes in theHamidNazemi's story in the Oct. 30 issue, the story has been rerun in an edited and corrected version.We apologize for the mistakes and inconvenience. By Hamld Nazemi Special to the Front In myearlier article, in the Oct. 30 issue of the Front, I mentioned that many foreigners have an "approach-avoidance" relationship with the United States, especially as it relates to U.S. Foreign policy. In addition, I tried to point out that, although, there were cultural differences between Westerners and MiddleEasterners, they do not fully explain the present crisis in the Persian Gulf. So what is it that impels somany foreigners abroad and within the United States to adopt such an anti- American posture? Forexample, it is interesting to note that anti-American sentiment is on the rise across various countriesand continents, all having a unique cultural orientation. Itis present from Far East Asian countries tothose in South America. Can it be claimed that in all of these cases a "cultural gap" exists, and thatthis is the source of those peoples' dissatisfactions with U.S. foreignpolicy ? I think not! Obviously, there are cultural differences, but these arevariablesof secondary importance. For example, the "Cold War"didn't come about because of cultural differences between the East and West, but came aboutbecause of varying political objectives and orientations. Both sides displayed great intransigence andlacked the "political well" to overcome differences. Once Gorbachev came to power, various factors(none of which were cultural) forced him to make conciliatory gestures toward the West At this point,he showed that he did have the "political well" to move ahead, despite of existing cultural differences. In light of this, it can't be claimed that the current crisis in the Gulf is in any way a result of culturaldifferences. David Ziegler, a political science professor at Western, is correct in asserting thatfriendliness and hospitality are central to the Arab mind-set. He is also correct in saying that hostage-taking contradicts Arab values and morals. However, ruthless killing of Palestinians by the Israeligovernment is viewed with even greater enmity and frustration in Arab history and should have beenmentioned in the article. Why is it that the United S tates deploy s hundreds of thousands of its troops to defend against Iraqi aggression, but looks the other way when it comes to the basic human rights of the Palestinians? The fact of the matter is, lasting peace in the Middle East will remain elusive, unlessfundamental changes occur in the status quo. It is imperative that Israel recognize and deal with theplight of the Palestinians. This will happen only when the United States exerts pressure on Israel andmakes a clear demand that things change. The United States, unlike other nations, is in the uniqueposition of taking an active role in promoting human rights and a sense of fair play abroad. Unfortunately, the history of the United States has been marred by direct or indirect interference in the internal affairsof other nations. At times, this has led to the violent overthrow of numerous legitimate but independent-minded governments. For example, in 1953, the CIA was instrumental in the overthrow of Dr. Mossadeqâ€” the prime minister of Iran at the time. Dr. Mossadeq worked to free Iran of foreign domination and tobring about an Iran based on anti-militarism and constitutionalism. His overthrow was coordinated by Mr. Roosevelt (nephew to FDR) and through the U.S. embassy compound in Tehran. The forced andillegitimate return of the Shah meant that some 26 years later, Iran' s revolution would be a purelyIslamic Revolution with an acutely "anti-American flavor! Having in mind that the overthrow of Dr. ,7WANTED: A BIG BROTHER Seventy 'Utiles'in Whatcom County need some 'Big'help Many men enjoybeing a Big Brother â€” not only because it's fun â€” but also because it's an opportunity to snare skillsand experiences with a boy. In return, . lives are enriched and fulfilled in a very special way. There areboys who have waited years to share their lives with a Big Brother. Volunteers are urgently needed. You can make a difference in a bofs life. Be a Big Brother. Call today. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Whatcom County 671-3793 or 384-1883 Mossadeq had been orchestrated through the U.S. embassycompound , revolutionaries stormed mat embassy in 1979 to prevent a repetition of history. This is not to defend hostage takingâ€”it is merely to point out that were it not for the U.S. government's own doingsome 26 years earlier, this unfortunate incident wouldneverhave occurred. As another example, whenIran was defending itself against Iraqi aggression in the Iran-Iraq war, the United States gave fairlyextensive support to the government of Saddam Hussein. This was done by providing him withintelligence information about Iranian troop movements, by ignoring the use of chemical weapons against Iranian and Kurdish civilians and by ensuring Iraq's economic survival as exemplified in the re-flagging ofKuwaiti tankers. Saddam Hussein was never declared a Hitler and it was only his move on Kuwait thatprompted PresidentBush to draw comparison between the two despots. In response to Iraqi air attackson internationally owned and registered oil tankers destined for Iranian oil terminals, Iran proclaimed thateither the Persian Gulf would have to be "safe for all or safe for none" â€” it started mining internationalwaters in the Persian Gulf. Many congressmen and senators at the time, warned Iran that "people inglass houses shouldn't be throwing stones." It seems to me, they should have been asking themselves,"Why is it that people living in glass houses are throwing stones?" After all, if others are given a freehand at stoning you, it makes sense to throw a few stones of your own. Finally, it was especially ironicfor the U .S. government to have taken such amoral stance on the issue. After all, wasn'ttheU.S.government, itself, involved in the mining of Nicaraguan waters before the weakening of theSandanistas? In discussing recent developments, I am many times met with the remark, "YouMiddleEasterners don't value human life, you're constantly fighting and killing one another!" These people needto be reminded that Middle Easterners were not responsible for the systematic massacre of the Native Americans, WWI and WWII, for Korea, Vietnam, and more recently the invasion of Panama! Li the case of Panama, obviously, one can only be glad that Noriega is out. One should also, however, bare in SeeMiddle East on page 15 Editor's Job Opening Western Front Winter Quarter 1991 Opening: WesternFront Editor, pay estimated at $750 per quarter. To Apply: submit resume and statement of intention by 5 p.m., November 20,1990, to Chair, Student Publications Council, CH 111. All applicants will beinterviewed at 4:00 Thursday, November 29,1990 in CH 131. For further information contact thePublications Business Office, CH 110,676-3171 â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ q â€¢ BRING THIS AD IN UThaVsaspeciaJat Saixluo Dinner from 5pm SundayBrunch from 10am 710 Samish Way Reservations Beffingham 98226 647-0500 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 11 ---------- November 6,1990 SPORTS The Western Front 11 Vikings net district volleyball crown Photo by Dave Rubert Western teammates, from left, Lorrie Post, Denise Dodge, Kim Kolody and Kim Wells, celebratetheir District 1 championship victory over Central Washington Saturday night Hartman is Coachof theYear, Post and Kolody earn all-tourney By Karrle Groves staff reporter Like a thief in the night, theWestern volleyball team stole the NAIA District 1 Championship Saturday night at Carver Gym. As wellas winning the district championship, the Vikings also received top individual awards at the tournament. Coach Chris Hartman was selected Coach of the Year, Lorrie Post was awarded Most Valuable Playerand she and Kim Kolody were selected for the all-tournament team. It took Western only 40 minutes inthe final match to crush the Central Wildcats in two straight games, 15-9,15- 4. In game one. Westernquickly jumped on top with a 4-0 lead before Central had a chance to get a point on the board. Withcomplete control of the game, Western then leaped ahead 8-1 with all-around excellent playing by AprilLindsey. However, Central rallied back to pull within one point, 10-9. Key blocks by Denise Dodgeandeffectivepassing by setter Kim Kolody kept the Wildcats' scoreless as the Vikings pulled ahead, 14-9. Central assistant coach Drew Terry protested a call and was given a red and a yellow cardsimultaneously, Hartman said. This call awarded the Vikings one point and gave them the win in gameone. "They (the Vikings) wanted it and knew what it takes to get it," Hartman said. "We came into thisgame a lot more relaxed and got the ball to Kim (Kolody), who effectively varied our offense." Thingsbegan heating up in game two as intense playing was shown from both sides of the net Westerndisplayed all-around superb playing as it asserted its dominance, jumping out to a 10-3 lead. Post scored four straight points and JoAnn Luchina served an ace for the final point which gave the Vikings theDistrict Crown. "It was a team effort," Lindsey said. "All 12 players contributed. We couldn'thave done itwithout eachplayer." "The momentum was with us the whole time," Hartman said. "Our passing wasphenomenal, almost errorless, and Lorrie was unstoppable." "If we play like we did tonight, nobody isgonna beat us," Post said. The Vikings advanced to the final match by defeating Seattle Pacific Fridaynight in three tense games, 15-8,8- 15,15-13. "JoAnn (Luchino) gets credit for winning game one forus,"Hartman said. "She took their momentum away with some great digs." Despite powerful kills by Post and Lindsey, the Vikings fell to the Falcons pressure in game two. The Falcons continued to press hardon the Vikings, jumping out to a 8-1 lead in game three. The Vikings pulled together and rallied back from the seven-point deficit as the momentum switched to the Western side. The Vikings cut the deficit to 13-10 before scoring the five final points. "We never quit," Hartman said. "We just slowly dug ourselves outof the trenches to come ahead and win." The win over the Falcons advanced Western into the secondround of play in the winners bracket, where they defeated Central. Despite losing game one and starterKim Wells, who partially tore ligaments in her ankle, the Vikings brought it together in game two. Strong,well-placed kills by Post and excellent blocks by Tamara Locke helped Western maintain its lead ingame two. "After losing Kim (Wells), the rest of the team pulled their socks up and were ready to play,"Hartman said. Li the final game of the match, the Vikings* defense continually squashed Central'scomeback attempts. The Vikings defeated Central 15-9. The tournament win earned the Vikings thedistrict title and the chance to play for a berth in. the national tournament in Laie, Hawaii. The Vikingswill host District 2 champion Western Oregon for the Region I title at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 for the chance at the national berth. Photo by DroRubMt Senior, Kim Kolody, sets the ball to her teammate Tamara Locke. ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Western Front November 6,1990 Soccer moves to regionals By Troy Ragsdale staff reporter The Western men's soccer team defeated the Simon Fraser University Clansmen 2-0 on Saturday toadvance to the regional finals. WestemwillfaceWamerPacific College, in a game that will be played atViking Field Nov. 10. Warner Pacific beat George Fox College 4-0 to win the District 2 title and theopportunity to play Western for a chance to advance to the national tournament in Boca Raton, Fla. TheVikings repeated as District 1 champions with a record of 14-5-0. Prior to Western's title last season, the Clansmen had taken the district title 14 consecutive years, including three national championships.Senior forward Peter LaBarge said, "Last year everyone thought it was a fluke. We beat them up there on a last minute goal to advance to the playoffs. Even at nationals, people were saying, 'Where'sSimonFraser?' This year we've beaten them three times, I think we deserve it." * Saturday's game wasplayed in a mudhole, which made for poor footing and some sloppy play. Western kept play in SFU'send of the field for most of the first half, capitalizing for the first goal in the last minute of play. ForwardJim Bialek was taken down in the box by Jeff Leitch which resulted in apenalty kick. Simon Frasergoalie Gerry Wheaton argued the call and was given a yellow card. The . referee finally cut Wheaton offand stopped the clock with seven seconds left in the half. In the semifinal game against PacificLutheran University on Oct. . 31, this same ref allowed regulation time to run out without letting West-em take an indirect free kick. District 1 Player of the Year, Peter LaBarge nailed the ball with authority forthe only tally of the first half. Wheaton continued his verbal onslaught and said the magic word whichresulted in a red card. The Clansmen had to play one man down and bring in reserve keeper, GarySkelton, for the second half. Western nearly capitalized on the one-man advantage when Cliff Potterstole a ball meant for Skelton, but he couldn't get a shot off because he was forced to go wide of the netSimon Fraser had their chances to tie the game. Geoff D'Auria had an open shot after a short comerkick, but he decided to pass instead and the Clansmen came away empty. Western finally put the game away at the 6:05 mark when Peter LaBarge took a pass from Jason Woodward and dribbled in to beatthe goalie to the near post "I knew one goal wouldn't hold up. The defense really came through, it'sscary with only goal," LaBarge said. "I knew one more would put confidence in us." Western will nowhost Warner Pacific, who beat the Vikings 1-0 in the last game of the regular season. In that game,Western was not told of a field change and didn' t show up to the new site until 20 minutes after thegame was to have started. Head coach Kevin Quinn said the new field had a baseball diamond on itthegoals were too small and it was notup to collegiate standards. He also said the team wasn't up for thatgame. Saturday's game should be different Quinn said, "I think we're a better team than they are.They're good enough to be reckoned with, but we can field a better team." In addition to LaBarge winning the Player of the Year award, four other Vikings were named to the all-district team. Forwards DennisLapchis and Cliff Potter made the second team, as did midfielder Tom Venable and defender SteveStarcevich.. Vikings lose to Loggers By Matthew W. Campbell staff reporter For the first time thisseason, the Western football team broke out of a streak that has been bothering them all year long. The streak characterized by the Vikings involves losing one game, then winning one. Until lastSaturday'sgame, more than one win or one loss in a row hadn't occurred. Unfortunately for Western, the streak isover as a second loss in a row was given to them at the hands of the University of Puget Sound Loggersby the score of 22-13. Saturday's loss to UPS drops the Viking's overall record to 3-5 and its leaguerecord to 1-4. Turnovers and a sputtering offense by the Vikings allowed PLU to raise its league record to three wins and two losses. The Vikings led 7-3 late in the third quarter, but the Loggers went on toscore 19 straightpoints. The Viking, defense kept the game close until late in the contest Twice theVikings had the ball deep in Logger territory, but came away empty handed both times. Early in the third quarter from the 3-yard line, the Vikings couldn't put the ball in the endzone. MOUNTAIN BIKES bySpecialized â€¢Cannondale â€¢ Kona Univega â€¢Terry WE RENT downhill skis, snowboards, x-country skis, bikes Ken Corbin returned a punt 29 yards to the Logger 13-yard line, but were again unable toscore. The Viking defense then decided to show the offense how to put some points on the board.EndCory Heins forcedafumble that linebacker Greg Enell picked up andrambled 25 yards for atouchdown. That put Western ahead 7-3 with 2:13 left in the third quarter. Less than a minute later, UPS tailback Greg McCurty scored on a 86-yard TD run. McCurty had a field day, running for 241 yards on41 carries and two TD's. Brian Howard made his first start for the Vikings at quarterback as hecompleted 15 of 35 attempts for 214 yards. He also threw two interceptions. Head Coach Rob Smith willtry to get his players ready for the last game of the season, as they play host to nationally rankedLinfield. By Matthew W.Campbell like Kenosha, Wise, may not sound : ! , . â€ž : . : , , , . . J , ^ | ^teams are more than happy to be ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Championships, the men's team hadiBi^BSiiiil^^Hpittiiifc j ^ l J j j i ^ l l l l J i ^ l l l l l j Lisa Waltenburg, who placed eighthHiiii^SiBlBSHHii^^BiillilB well. They both bettered their times proved her time by 30 seconds andLomaran asuper race," Halsell said. SFU produced the top three finish-ran away with the team title. Thereal battle was for second-place and individual crown, finishing the 8,000 Viking, Jeff Van Klceck, who fin-finish was the placement of the four and fivenmners. Michael Smith and slBHBittifflHliililB both camethrough when we needed beat a PLU guy at the wire," Halsell was won t onl and all summer. He did afantastic BlBlIiiiiBilii^wiiMi^^fc theirlivesâ€”so far. John's thigh is still hurtmg him. Without his de PacificLutheran University, as feey OPEN SUNDAYS 1103 11th St. since 1971 733-4433 Full ServiceDrycleaning Laundromat and video store. â€¢ LET US WASH, DRY, AND FOLD YOUR CLOTHES â€¢WE WILL ALSO TAKE THE HASSLES OUT OF MAILING YOUR HOLIDAY GIFTS Mailing Services â€¢ UPS â€¢Post Office Service tmt myite CLEANING AND POSTAL NOOK ALABAMA AND YEWSTREETS 733-8733 ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 13 ---------- Novembers, 1990 The Western Front 13 Women's soccer ends season losing to PLU Bannersproclaiming "Carpe diem" and "Go Vikings" hung from the chain-link fence surrounding Viking Field.Fans screamed from the sidelines in a show of support for the Western women's soccer team, who were playing together and playing well. Unfortunately, the two-time defending NAIA national champions,the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes, were playing just a little bit better. The Lutes managed to score five second-half goals, clinching the district semi-final match by the score of 6-0. The Lutes, with a 15-2-1 overall record, dominated much of the game, forcing the ball to the Viking half of the field and outshooting Western 19- 6. The Vikings finished the season with a record of 8-8-1. Lute forward Wendy Johnson, MVP of the 1989national tournament, scored four goals in the game. Johnson scored in the firsthalf of the game to give PLU a 1-0 halftime lead. She contmuedherimpressiveperformance with three moregoals in the second half. "We are playing as good as we can," head coach Dominic Garguilecommented during halftime. "This is the most motivated, the most together we've been playing thisseason." Western's Laurie Soulsby kicks the ball away from a PLU player. Defending national championPLU defeated the Vikings 6-0 Friday afternoon to end Western's season. Laurie Soulsby, no. 17, dribbles the ball as Renee Helntz, no. 14, looks on. Bellingham MT. BAKER THEATRE THIS THUR.- 7:30Tickets available at the Theatre Center, Franz Gabls Golden Rule Box Office Northwest, allTicketmaster outlets or charge by phone 734-6080 Doors open at 6:45 OLD TOWN CAFE Look at theAdvantages! â€¢ 10*/ cup coffee with meal before 8 am Mon-Pri â€¢ play the piano for a free drink â€¢ a free meal for an hour of live music â€¢ win the history contest for various amounts of free food â€¢ fresh baked goods â€¢ delicious daily specials (soups, sandwiches and salads) â€¢ Smoke-free environment â€¢ Occasional live music. â€¢ Intelligent staff with a sense of humor Mon-Sat 7am-3pmf Sun 8am-2pm; 316 W. 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When the ceiling falls in, it'll be because of farts. That's right â€”farts. The Foundation on Economic Trends thinks that flatulent sheep, cattle and buffalo are contributingto global warming. They say livestock may be producing up to 15 percent of atmospheric methane bybreaking wind. Don't mink they're not serious. They've filed a lawsuit against the Federal Agriculture,Interior and Energy departments for failing to measure how many bestial air biscuits are being pumpedinto the ozone. What we want to know is how you'd measure something like that And more importantly,what exactly does the Foundation propose they do if indeed there is a serious gas leak? Some thingsjust can't be stopped. We're dealing with a force greater than ourselves. One woul^y^nk that withthe.current''battle for oil in the Middle past, people rfiight attempt"to bottle their energies and figure outsome productive use for this farm-like flatulation. C'moh... what good are lawsuits going to do? What thereal ques- â€¢ tion here is, can we run our automobiles off this gas? How about the prospect of bringingoF Bessie in to furnish the energy needed to heat your home? Maybe the Foundation's got a point. At the very least, cattle should learn manners. They really don't care. They just let it fly. It doesn't matter who's around to hear... or smell. Nobody needs that kind of olfactory overload. Editor-in-chief: Linda Dahlstrom; Managing editor: Kurt McNett; News editor: Scott Ayers; Assistant news: Jennifer Hayes; Campusgovernment editor: Sue LaPalm; Accent editor: Mark Hines; Assistant Accent editor: Julie Davisson;Features editor: Charlotte Anderson; Sports editor: Darryl Carr; Assistant sports editor: Bonny Block;Photo editor: Dave Rubert; Copy editors: Michael T. Flynn, Maria Manliclic; Production chiefs: ShannonFowler, Mary Beth Neal; Typesetter: Matt Baunsgard; Political Cartoonist: Kyle Weinandy; Illustrator:Kwok Wong; Adviser Pete Steffens. . ' The Front is the official newspaper of Western WashingtonUniversity. Editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Front editorial board: the editor, news editor'andfeatures editor. Signed commentaries and cartoons are the opinions of the authors. Guest commentariesand letters are welcome. The Front is produced by students. Four pages are funded by student fees. Therest is funded by advertising revenue. Advertisements in the Front do not reflect the opinion of thenewspaper. The newsroom is in the College Hall 09 and the business office is in College Hall 07. Phonenumbers: 676-3162 (newsroom) and 676-3160 (advertising). Published weekly. Entered as second-classmatter at Bcllingham, WA 98225. USPS identification #624-820. /fr%tÂ®Â£KjUey%_j COLLEGEPRESS SERVICE Are they obscene... Referendum sets dangerous precedent I By Mike Clynch staffreporter n a 4-3 vote, last year's AS Board of Directors decided to remove Penthouse, Playgirl, andPlayboy magazines from the AS bookstore. It is one of the most idiotic, railroaded pieces of Westernlegislation to date. It stands as a monument to small minds, a questionable political process, and serves to limit the free exchange of ideas, information and opinion. A referendum has been scheduled for this quarter to find out what preferences Western students may have concerning this action. There are twomain issues here. First, what is the definition of obscenity, and do these banned magazines fall into thiscategory? Second, what are the limits of the authority of student government to dictate their moralpreferences over the rest of the student body? The U.S. Supreme court declared in 1957 that obscenity is not protected under the First Amendment. That was the easy part Since then, there's been a lot ofdebate over the definition of obscenity. The courts now use a three-fold litmus test for determination. It is: 1. Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards would find that thematerial, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests. 2. Whether the works depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by state laws. 3. Whether the work, takenas whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific work. Playboy, Playgirl, and Penthousehave not been declared to be obscene and are protected by the First Amendment The AS Board didnot make a decision to ban an obscene publication, they made a moral decision to ban a magazine thatthe majority of the board did not like. The obvious point created by the precedent is what else might afuture board not like. A scan of the bookstore shelves show a display of Mad, Cracked, NationalLampoon, and the Bikini Girls Calender. Do these face campus banishment too? I don't doubt thatsome people will find any magazine offensive, but in the great pool of ideas and opinion this can. rarelybe avoided. The idea of free speech is to encourage debate and rests strongly on the presumption that itis the individual who is best suited to make their own moral choices. Any attempt to enforce moralityshould be viewed skeptically. The road to censorship and bans is seldom clearly marked. It starts as ahazy track and ends as a four-lane interstate. One of the most well-known figures of 20th century wrote: "Theater, art, literature, cinema, press posters and window displays must be cleaned of allmanifestations of our rotting world ... Public life must be freed from the stifling perfume of our moderneroticism ... The right of personal freedoms recedes before the duty to preserve the race." The authorwas Adolf Hitler. Last year's AS Board (and quite possibly this year's too) maintained the opinion thatbecause the AS bookstore is a student cooperative, they, as our elected representatives, had the rightto make managerial decisions of what, and what not to sell. I find this appropriate for economic, notmoral, decisions. The magazines removed were making money so the decision was not economic. Ibelieve last year's board decision, was strongly influenced by two guest speakers. The first was NikkiCraft, a women's rights activist Li a separate incident last year, she and others donned ski masks andphotographed male customers patronizing "Great Northern Books," a Bellingham adult bookstore. Theypublished these photographs in a leaflet titled "Porn User of the Week." The second speaker was Lucy Colvin, who after recovering from bulimia, attributed her eating disorder to pornography. When Iquestioned the AS Board Adviser, Jack Smith, he said the two speakers gave their presentations fromchairs placed in front of the board. Smith said he felt that this positioning was of little consequence. Idisagree. There is an implication of higher authority in this seating arrangement As the purpose of theopen meeting was to persuade the AS Board to vote one way or the other, the positioning separated theactivists from the crowd and may have been instrumental in the persuasion process. Let's remember thatthe vote was 4-3. The only other speaker receiving this privilege was one other (opinion unknown) whocould not be heard from the rear of the room. If speakers are allowed to address the issue in this manner, impartiality by the board would seem to dictate that a representative expressing an opposing viewpointenjoy the same privilege. A speaker from the American Civil Liberties Union would have been appropriate. Playboy, Playgirl and Penthouse magazines have been banned from die AS Bookstore since last Spring quarter. Now we need a referendum with a 65 percent mandate to bring them back. This seems a quaintform of reverse logic. Surely, it would be more reasonable to require the referendum have a 65 percentmandate to take them off the shelves in the first place. If this were the process, we wouldn't have tospend valuable time reclaiming the freedom that a few morality crusaders managed to bilk us out of in the first place. ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 15 ---------- November 6,1990 The Western Front 15 LETTERS Initiative gives â€¢ beauty a chance -â€”"OearESitOT, Weyerhauser, Boeing, the National Association of Realtors and their allies are countingon you this Tues- * day â€” counting on your failure to show up at the voting booth. They are hopingstudents are too busy with the paper-chase to see through the con-job they are putting over all of us inWashington state. There is an initia- ) tive on the ballot they don't want to see passed that will go a longway toward protecting the quality of life that this state has become famous for. The vote will be close,and one vote could make the difference. Â« Initiative 547 is a comprehensive and coordinated land usepolicy for Washington state. It will be implemented by local communities shifting control away fromthe developers to the citizens. By setting growth and environmental protection goals that areenforceable, we can provide real protection for the livability of Washington. And our future generationsas well. Please don't let this opportunity slip away. 1-547 foes say we'll be saddled with a bureaucratic review panel as if they don't like bureaucrats. They love bureaucrats, particularly politicians, becausethey can buy them. But this board will be less susceptible to their influence, so they are fighting theinitiative, and their big stick is bucks. They 've pumped more than $ 1.5 million declared dollars into asmear campaign to confuse the public. This is the most expensive campaign ever mounted against aninitiative. Four of the top 10 contributors are from out the stateâ€”two are California developers andthey've hired a professional phone bank out of San Diego. Don't let them get away with it, as they haveso many times in the past Government and the courts have historically failed to manage growth andprotect our environment. Citizen actionistheonegreathopeforturning the tide of history and you can makehistory Nov. 6.Thepresent alternative I E S H B â€” 2929) offered by the governor doesn't go far enough. Enactment could be delayed for years and it is not enforceable. It will allow the magnificence ofWashington to be irreparably eroded. If we vote for Initiative 547 onNov. 6 it will become law, and it hasthe teeth to force compliance. We know where business is coming from and we know there is very littlefunctional courage in government. So let's do what the politicians are unable to do and pass thisinitiative. We're not voting for some official we hope will do the rightthing. We are voting for the right thingitself. Don't be taken by the industry blitz. Please go to the polls and vote yes on Initiative 547. You'llbeproudof your initiative for the rest of your life. MarkW. Ellis The Earring Man rules the planet DearEditor, It's an evil, evil world in which we live. Pictures of beautiful, nude, smiling women force men torape and ladies to under eat. Heathens question the existence of God. A supposedly respectablecollege publication dares' to print the word "FUCK" in an editorial. And so-called musicians threaten to tear apart the very threads that tie our society together by singing lewd, violent, sexual songs. We're allgoing to Hell in ahandbasket Yeah right. Lighten up people and give each other a break! Your lettersentertain us, amuse us, and make us giggle uncontrollably. The problem is me fact mat we think you'veintended mem seriously. We feel sorry for you. The problem here is that our so-cietyhaslostallofitsgoodrolemodels. Elvis is truly dead and Reagan damn well should be. There's no oneto look up to anymore. Except of course, the Earring Man. Yes, folks, that's right; he'sback . -â€”.andhopefully to stay. Vendors Row just wasn't the same without him. He gave us earrings on credit (coolearrings at that), kept his prices low, and told wonderful, philosophic stories. He's owned a disco, sold art throughout the country, and lived at peace. And now, like Christ, he was taken from the people and,also like Christ, he returned to lighten us once again. Earring Man is an important part of our lives hereat Western. He reminds us that in this yuppie, money-crazed society there are still honest, caringindividuals that can make a great earring at a low price. We can all learn a little something from ourbeloved Earring Man. Thank God (or whoever you believe in this week) he'sback!! m, Beth Pelto andMichael Long Undecided and English Education Middle East continued from page 10 mind that Noriega was the CIA's main man in South America for many years. Perhaps if the U.S. government had notstrengthened Noriega's hand throughout the years, he would never f- have come to power andsubsequently. many hundreds of American and Panamanian lives would have been saved. It seems thatthe U.S. government is against invasion, unless it is doing the invading. Because of the limited space, much has remained unsaid. However, my hope is that future articles will offer more substance in termsof discussing relevant issues. I agree with the main thrust of the article that prompted me into writingmis response. However, invalid examples do little to enhance mutual understanding, especiallywhen mentioned against a backdrop of dearth of pertinent discussion and information. One must becareful not to allow obvious cultural differences to work towards justification of "bad foreign policy." AsJesse Jackson said a couple of months ago, "Saddam Hussein is the wrong man with the rightmessage!" Ignore the man, but if you, or more specifically, yourgovernmentignores his message, therewill be others who will champion the Arab cause. I urge Americans to hold their government accountablefor its actions. As things stand today, the United States (as represented by its government) has animmense credibility problem. Its time the U.S. government lived up to its image as the greatestdemocracy "the world has ever known." SSIFI 47WAYSTOBEATTHEHIGHCOST OF COLLEGE! Make$12-$2Q-$50 an hour! Be your own boss! AMAZING 24 HR.RECORDEDDETAILS(406)-756- 5134Thinking of taking some time off from school? 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Phone: ( ) : City: State: Zip: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 Please print ad exactly â€¢ as it is to run. . # 1 2 3 4 5 6* 7 8 9 10 ff additional space isrequired please attach another piece of paper. ---------- Western Front - 1990 November 6 - Page 16 ---------- 16 The Western Front Novembers, 1990- NORTHWEST HOCKEY SUPPLY â€¢ Full line of protectiveequipment â€¢ Skate sharpening STOP BY AND ENTER OUR FREE DRAWING FOR TWO TICKETSTO A VANCOUVER CANUCKS HOCKEY GAME HOCKEY HEADQUARTERS 3205 Northwest Ave,Bellingham. (206) 647-5230 ZENITH data systems ita - Groupe Bull EDUCATIONAL PURCHASEPROGRAM 45-50% Discount to Students, Staff and Faculty. New Portable "Notebook" Laptop from ZDS. MINISPORTHD â€¢ 20 mb 2.5" Hard Drive. (23ms access time) â€¢ 3.5" Floppy Drive â€¢ 10 Mhz80C88 processor â€¢ Only 6.1 lbs â€¢ Fully MS-DOS compatible. â€¢ $1,399. Ask about ZDS Full Line of Laptop and Desktop computers. All educationally priced. Contact the Student Co-op BookstoreGeorge Elliott - 676-3745 lift. 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Title: Western Front - 1991 April 12
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1991_0412 ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 1 ----------Intramural season begins See sports, pages 9-10 Dark is back See Accent, pages 4-7 Tax ResistersBooth set up forAlternative Revenue Service See news, page 3 The Western Front April 12,1991/Volume83, Number 31 Western Washington Un
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1991_0412 ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 1 ---------- Intramural season begins See sports, pages 9-10 Dark is back See Accent, pages 4-7 Tax ResistersBooth set up forAlternative Reven
Show more1991_0412 ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 1 ---------- Intramural season begins See sports, pages 9-10 Dark is back See Accent, pages 4-7 Tax ResistersBooth set up forAlternative Revenue Service See news, page 3 The Western Front April 12,1991/Volume83, Number 31 Western Washington University please recycle Don't buy grapes, Chavez says By ScottM. Ayers staff reporter More than 500 people packed the Viking Union lounge Wednesday to hear Cesar Chavez, president of the Union Farm Workers lt; of America, call for support of a boycott of Californiagrapes. "We ask you to join with us in public action," Chavez told the enthusiastic crowd. "We ask youto boycott grapes ... in fact, we ask you to boycott anything that looks like a grape." The standing-room-only crowd gave Chavez two standing ovations as he spoke about the problems facing farm workers.Chavez said the worst of these problems is caused by the use of pesticides which he said led to thedevelopment of population "cancer clusters" â€” areas in rural California showing an alarmingly high rateof cancer victims. He said in McFarland, Calif., with a population of around 6,000, the cancer rate forchildren is 800 percent greater than the national average, and another farming town just miles to the north has a rate 1200 percent higher than the national average. "In these cancer clusters there is the highestrate of birth defects anywhere in the nation," Chavez said. Chavez, founder of the UFW and a well known activist for more than 20 years, said the main focus of the union's boycott are the pesticides he blamesfor these problems. "In 1965 the growers said they couldn't hope to raise one single grape withoutpesticides," he said. But, following a grape boycott, in which 17.5 million Americans joined, the growerscame to the negotiating table and the pesticide DDT was eventually prohibited from agricultural use.Now, Chavez said, new pesticides have replaced the old, and the conditions are no better. "Pesticidesare poisons â€” their only Cesar Chavez talks with students after purpose to kill living things. And weknow we are all living things," he said. "The debate always comes around to risks and benefits ... weneed to take risks as a population to benefit the polluters, that's what they are really saying." Chavezsaid public action was the only way to change the conditions for farm workers. "We don't have the votesto pass meaningful legislation in this state or in any state... We can't do it through public policy giving alecture in the VU lounge this (so) instead we offer public action. We need to bypass legislators and godirectly to the marketplace." ,. In a press cpnference prior to his speech, Chavez said the current grapeboycott, which started in 1988, was about to move into its third â€” and most important â€” stage. "In the third stage, the picketing starts ... the real controversial part," he said. Chavez said the earlier stages,which consisted of getting endorsements from religious and civic groups, and the current week ^'e rAnderson/The Western Front consumer boycott have given the farmers a solid base of support â€” around 12 million people; He said the union estimated they would need 18 million Americans to stop eatinggrapes in order to force the growers to negotiate. Chavez told the crowd they could make a difference,even at Western. "You can help us by not eating grapes, you can go to your food service and ask themto remove grapes ... on their (farm workers) behalf we ask you to do your part." Charges of anti-Semitism brought against Goller By Noelle Kompkoff campus government editor In a letter submitted toAssociated Students President Mark Aaserud Tuesday, a Veteran's Outreach Center member hascharged Vice President of External Affairs Chad Goller with anti-Semitism. With the opening remark, "(I)believe that anti-Semitism is alive and well at WWU," VOC member Shaun Bridge contends Goller made several racist statements about Jews during a discussion in the VOC last January â€” about the timeSaddam Hussein bombed Israel with SCUD missiles. Bridge alleges Goller told him, "all Jews are eviland they must die," in front of other VOC members Tim Osterholm, Mark Monroe, Dave Fuller, ChristinaRustvold and Mark Carlsen. "I was offended by these charges," Goller said. "I deny saying these quotes, and I deny the anti-Semitic charges." Bridge also stated Goller claimed to be an expert on Jewishculture because he said he had lived in Israel and attended Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Bridge saidGoller justified his statements by saying, "Jews... own... the slums in New York," and that a very credible professor in Canada "has documented and done research proving the Holocaust never happened."Bridge said he didnotmention the fact that he is Jewish to Goller at the time of the incident. "I did notsay, nor insinuate (that Jews are evil)," wrote Goller in a letter to Bridge. Goller said in the letter thatBridge must have misunderstood what he had said about conflicts be- Shaun Bridge tween blacktenants and their Jewish landlords, as well as misunderstanding what he said about a professor, whomGoller said taught the theory that white men are superior to blacks. "If you misunderstood anything I said, I offer you my sincere apologies.," Goller said in his letter to Bridge. "When we let misunderstandings go undiscussed, they become bigger misunderstandings. I am afraid that is what this has turned into."Monroe verified some of Bridges allegations. "At the time (Goller made his remarks) I was using thecomputer and there was a heated conversation between (Goller and Bridge) about Jews in general,"Monroe said. "Right before Chad left, I remember him saying the key words, 'They are evil and they mustdie.' Chad Goller I remember them (the words) because they were so harsh." Speaking as actingcoordinator for the VOC, Monroe stated a position of neutrality for the center. "We are not involved in theconflict," he said. Goller, who left Wednesday morning for a conference in Kansas City on racism, saidhe was "very surprised" when he heard about the allegations. "It's a very interesting form of retaliation,"Goller said, referring to the events surrounding VOC Coordinator Tim Osterholm's resignation last week.Osterholm resigned after Goller told him he was going to be held accountable for racial graffiti found on acalendar in the VOC See CHARGES on page 3 ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Western Front NEWS April 12,1991 Briefs Clean up Squalicum Beach As part of the Earth Month Campaign this April, the Associated Students Environmental Center is sponsoring a cleanup ofSqualicum Beach April 14. Those interested in participating are asked to meet at 9:30 am. Sunday inViking Union 106. "It's an informal event," Chris Murphy, assistant coordinator of the Environmentalcenter, said. "We're not going to lead people around by the hand. People should have a good timeenjoying the fresh air and getting across the idea that beaches are something to treasure, not trash."Murphy said the center intends to display some of the trash picked up during the Earth Day Fair- 1991,scheduled for April 20 in the Preforming Arts Center courtyard. Native Cultural Heritage Week TheNative American Student Union is sponsoring a salmon barbecue and other events as part of NativeCultural Heritage Week, a time that marks thecontributions and illustrates the culture of AmericanIndians. "The NASU is here to promote social and political awareness of political issues and helpnative students withsupport through college/'NASU coordinator Michelle George said. "Native peopleoften feel alienated. When there is a group like ours, there is something more in common." Upcomingevents include: * April 15 â€” American Indian students from Bellingham area high schools andWestern will model traditional and contemporary Native American fashions at 7 p.m. in the VikingUnion Main Lounge. * April 16 â€” The films "Where the Spirit Lives" and "Full Circle" will be shown at 6p.m. in the Wilson Library Presentation Room. * April 19 â€” A salmon barbecue with Native Americanstorytellers takes place at the Performing Arts Center Plaza at noon to 3 p.m. Cost is $5. * April 20-21â€” The 6th annual Pow-Wow Celebration and Competition in Carver Gym culminates the week'sactivities. Representatives from tribes across North America will participate in traditional Native American dancing. Food Services The dining halls will open 30 minutes earlier on April 13 to ac-commodateregularstudents andserve 1,200 high school seniors and their parents as part of WesternPreview. Candidates for Director of Environmental Health and Safety The top three candidates for theposition of Director of Environmental Health and Safety will be at West-em for interviews at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on April 15 in the Library Presentation Room, 10 a.m. on April 19 in Old Main 100 and 2 p.m.on April 19 in Lecture Hall Three. The person hired will be responsible for developing andimplementing all safety-related policies and procedures, including laboratory safety and disposal ofhazardous wastes. Students are welcome to attend the meetings. Amnesty International The Westernchapter of Amnesty International meets at 6 p.m. every Monday in Viking Addition 464. The groupcampaigns for human rights through letter writing and education projects. Credit card applicants tobenefit Western Foundation scholarships By Mike Clynch staff reporter Within the next two or threeweeks Western students should be receiving applications for a special VISA credit card that will helpfinance scholarships and projects, Lance Olsen, AS treasurer/ secretary, said. The credit cards arethe brainchild of Olsen, who heads the Not For Profit Board responsible for initiating the idea. The board,which is comprised of the AS Board of Directors, negotiated with MBNA America Bank, a nationalbank based in Delaware, and Trans National Group Services to provide a mailing list of Western students in exchange for financial compensation. VISA will pay the Western Foundation $1 for every newaccount, 15 cents for every transaction, and S3 each time the card is renewed. Olsen estimates thatafter two years, $25,000 will be earned per year. The funds will be used for scholarships and specialprojects. The credit card currently has a 19.8 percent interest rate. Olsen said this was close to theaverage rate for most cards. A condition the board set for providing student mailing lists to VISA is thatthe list may not be released to any other businesses, to ensure that students aren't besieged byfloods of junk mail from other companies. A letter drafted by Olsen will accompany the credit cardapplication. Olsen said his letter will explain the board's position on this issue and the benefits availableto Western. Western will assume no liability for the cards. Credit histories and other financial criteria will be used to judge the acceptability of each application. Susan Durkee, a counselor for ConsumerCredit Counselling Service of Seattle which has a branch office in Student Credit Card applications. TylerAnderson/The Western Front downtownBellingham, said she didn't see a big problem with the cards.Durkee said she typically counsels only two students a month who have run up their credit card andcan't afford to pay the bill. She also said that she thought it may be better to learn how to deal withcredit in school rather than in the work force. The number of undergraduates, with creditcardsincreased37 percent from 1988 to 1990, according to Collegetrack, a marketing research and consultingfirm in Manhatten. Credit News, a trade magazine, estimates the number of college students owningcredit cards to be 3.9 million. This is about 70 percent of the total students enrolled in four-yearcolleges. The NotForProfitboard estimates 1,000 to 1,500 cards will be issued to Western studentsduring the first year. The Times said typical student credit limits are about $500. VISA, unlike AmericanExpress, does not require the bill to be paid in full every month. Charges can be paid off in installmentswith interest as long as a minimum charge is paid each month. Benefit dance raises money for burnvictim by Julie Davisson staff reporter More than 400 people attended the benefit dance Saturday forWestern studentPete Albert, 23, who wasbadly burned in the Jan. 2 fire at Bellingham's ML BakerApartments. Kim Owner , a close friend of Albert's died in the fire. The benefit was organized" by the Rugby Club in order to raise money to help Albert cover his medical Pete Albert and costs, whichare expected to be at least $500,000â€”insurance will only cover $300,000 worth of those bills. EmmettKerns, a rugby player and one of the organizers of the event, said the $4 cover charge and beer gardenproduced enough capital to sufficiently cover the costs of the event. Kerns estimates the proceeds totalapproximately $400. Kerns, a longtime friend of Albert's, said the dance was a success and everyoneseemed to have a good time. Captain Dick and the Portholes provided the music, and Kerns said theymade sure the audience knew about the cause. "It was fun for him (Albert) to see people and get out ofthe hospital for a while," Kerns said. "Pete said he had a real good time." At about 11 p.m., the RugbyClub presented Albert with a jersey printed with the number 11. Eleven was Albert's number when he played football at community college. Albert has been in S e a t t l e ' s Kim Owner HarborviewHospital since the day of the fire and was moved to the rehabilitation unit about three weeks ago. Kerns saidAlbert should be released from the hospital in about a week. Albert will need to stay close to the hospital for therapy, but he plans on returning to Western in the fall to finish a degree in environmental policy.Kerns said Albert loved playing rugby and hopes to play again someday. "I see no reason why hecan't," Kerns said. Western Washington University Official Announcements Deadline forannouncements in this space is noon Friday for the Tuesday edition and noon Wednesday for the Fridayedition. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, and sent throughcampus mail to "Official Announcements," MS 9117, or taken in person to Commissary 113A. DO NOTADDRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE WESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements willnot be accepted. All announcements should be signed by originator. PLEASE POST MATHSCHOLARSHIP. Applications are being accepted through April 19 for the Farmer's Insurance Groupscholarship award for math majors with at least sophomore standing. Announcement and applicationforms are available in the Math Dept., BH202. â€¢ DIAL THE RIGHT NUMBER! All campus four-digitextensions in the 4000 and 6000 series have an off-campus prefix of 647-. Only numbers in the 2000 and3000 series have the 676- prefix. 5000 numbers have no prefix and cannot be dialed directly from off-campus telephones. â€¢ SAVE YOURSELF EMBARRASSMENT! Campus mail stops are four-digitcodes beginning with 9. If you accidentally dial a mailstop number beginning with 911, you automaticallywill be connected to the Bellingham 911 emergency dispatch center. â€¢UNIVERSITY SERVICESCOUNCIL meets at 5 p.m. April 17 in Old Main 435. Action items include naming administrativerepresentatives to the Athletic Recreation Committee and the revised USC charge to add SECrepresentation to membership. â€¢COUNSELING CENTER WORKSHOPS being offered spring quarterinclude: â€” Assertive Communication, Tuesdays, noon to 2 p.m. starting April 16; â€” Self Esteem,Fridays, 3-5 p.m. starting today (April 12); â€” Women's Support Group, Tuesdays, 3-5 p.m.; â€” AdultChildren of Alcoholics Support Group, TBA; â€” Math Anxiety Reduction, TBA; â€” Stress Managementand Relaxation, TBA; and â€” Understanding Bulimia, TBA. For more information, contact the CounselingCenter, MH262, 676-3164. On-Campus Interview Schedule Registration with Career Planning Placement Center, OM280, is required. â€¢ USWest, Mon.-Tues., Apr. 15-16. Submit CIF at signup. . ,â€ž 0 .â€¢â€¢ â€¢ Â» â€¢ U/San Diego Lawyers Asst. Program, Mon., Apr. 15. Info session 9-9:30;interviews drop-ins follow. Participants â€¢ fssaquahSchool District, Wed., Apr. 17. Group info session(11 a.m. to noon) individual interviews. Signup re- â€¢ Puyallup School District, Fri., Apr. 19. Group infosessions (9 a.m. 1 p.m.) individual interviews. Signup required. â€¢ Port Angeles School District, Fri., Apr. 19. Individual interviews only. Signup required. â€¢ Central Kitsap School District, Tues., Apr. 23.Check for info and signup procedure. â€¢ Safeco Corp., Wed., Apr. 24. Submit CIF at signup, beginningApr. 10. Info session: 7 p.m. Tues., Apr. 23. â€¢ Lady Foot Locker, Thurs., Apr. 25. Submit CIF atsignup. â€¢ PayLess Drug Stores, Thurs., Apr. 25. Submit CIF at signup. â€¢ Analytical Technologies,Inc., Thurs., Apr. 25. Submit CIF at signup. . , . , . â€ž , J( â€¢ ^ -^ , â€¢ Vancouver School District, Fri.,Apr. 26. Sign up beginning Apr. 12 for group info session (10 a.m.) and/or individual interview. ^ , . _,_ . .._ â€¢ Washington State Dept. of Revenue, Mon., Apr. 29. Internships. Submit CIF at signup beginningApr. 15. â€¢ Washington State Dept. of Revenue, Mon., Apr. 29. Sign up to take Civil Service Exam.Complete and return state application by Apr. 26. Written exam 8 a.m. to noon, Apr. 29. Oral exam Apr.30. â€¢ Waddell Reed, Tues., Apr. 30. Submit CIF at signup starting April 16. ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 3 ---------- April 12,1991 NEWS The Western Front 3 Taxes Locals withhold federal 'war' money By Renee Brewerstaff reporter Bellingham resident Brian Kerkvliet is withholding 61 percent of his taxes to the federalgovernment this year â€” money he doesn't want paying for war and the military. "I couldn't live withmyself knowing my taxes were going to buy bombs that are killing people in El Salvador and Iraq," saidKerkvliet, a member of Bellingham's War Tax Redirection Campaign. Kerkvliet, joined by others whowant to influence where their taxes go, is manning an Alternative Revenue Service booth outside theFederal Building until April 15. A Tax Day rally on April 15 at the Federal Building will feature localspeakers, such as Western Professor Maury Foisy and Juan Oriz, director of the Commission ofHispanic and Ethnic Relations. The Alternative Revenue Service is a project of the War Resister' sLeague, a national organization that provides alternative tax forms for people who don't want their taxmoney going to the military. "I think people perceive they have no control whatsoever over their taxes,"campaign member Steve Wilson said as he explained why so few Americans question how their taxes are spent. According to pamphlets distributed by the War Resisters League, 61 percent of the federal government's 1990 budget was spent on past and present military expenses. For members of thecampaign, providing the funds for military build-up and intervention violates a deeply-heldcommitment to oppose war. "I identify myself as a conscien- IS THIS HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARSSHOULD BE SPENT? -fine 50.20 -4$ M 1,60 2.80 is100 MILITARY EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTHOUSING EDUCATION HEALTH CARE Northern California Common Agenda Coalition â€¢ AmericanFriends Service Committee tious objector to military service and paying for military services," Wilsonsaid. Tom Clark, a member of Bellingham Citizens for Peace in the Middle East, has chosen to withhold the federal excise tax on his monthly phone bills in order to protest that such a small percentage offederal money is allocated to human resources, such as welfare and student grants. Both Wilson andKerkvliet said most reasons given for tax resistance are part .of complex moral and spiritual beliefs.Tax resistance is not a way of avoiding taxes, but a way to tell the federal government spendingpriorities should be changed, Kervliet said. "We're not opposed to taxation, that's essential," Wilsonsaid. "It's just our priorities are out of line." One passerby said, "Once they (the IRS) have it (my taxes)in hand, it's out of my control." However, campaigning members said many options are available totaxpayers with varying degrees of risk. The simplest way to show disapproval of government spendingpriorities is to refuse to pay the federal phone tax. The excise tax on all local and long-distancecharges was instituted during the Vietnam War in order to help pay the war's rising costs, and isstill generating S3 billion a year for military spending, Kerkvliet said. Withholding the tax simply requiresmailing a letter of explanation or one of the War Tax Redirection Campaign's special forms along with the bill to tell the phone company how much is being withheld and why. According to the campaign flier, noone has been charged with a criminal offence because of this action. Kerkvliet said he has withheld his phone tax for eight years without reprisal. Taxpayers can also choose to withhold a portion of theirincome tax and include with the IRS form the EZ Peace form distributed by the War Resister's League.The EZ Peace form looks like a 1040 form and allows taxpayers to place portions of their taxes underthe headings human resources; physical resources; environment, education and culture; Interna- .tional Conflict Resolution; and Justice. The amounts range from $1- S50. Individuals wanting to take a greater risk can withhold the military percentage of their taxes (61%) or withhold all of their federalincome tax. The War Tax Redirection Campaign will also be collecting signatures forf Senate bill689. The new "peace tax" bill would create a conscientious objector status for taxpayers, a reviewboard to screen tax objectors in the same way a draft board screens conscientious objectors tomilitary service, a federal peace tax fund and a national peace college, according to the NationalCampaign for a Peace Tax Fund brochure. Members of the War Tax Redistribution Campaign willpresent the Peace Tax bill petitions to Al Swift's office at 1:30 pm Friday. continued from page 1n^;:the::.OT^-6|winier:!quarter.- Goller said he wondered why Bridge waited so long before making acomplaint. "It's; interesting he (Bridge) didn't come talk to me about this," Goller said. "Why did he waitamonth and ahalf to bring this up?" Bridge said he didn't file his complaint sooner because shortly afterthe incident his father was severely injured in a coma for 36 days. Rustvold, listed in Bridge's letter as awitness to Goller's alleged remarks, said she heard Goller talking about Jews and the Palestinian issue. "I did hear the comment 'Jews are evil and they must be destroyed," Rustvold said. In a regularlyscheduled AS Board meeting Tuesday night, Aaserud said he hadn't looked into the issue enough tomake a coment. "These are very serious charges and I will be working with Chad on this," Aaserudsaid. Fun Facts Number of times last fall that George Bush told a joke about his clog asking for a wine list with her Alpo: 10 From Harper's Index Advertise in Front, call the Western 676-3160 J ^ rFriends don't let friends drive drunk Gobi ^U*, foi Jjjwk, ^blmvi on, Gud a ^ood Dims ! lt;l/ina ^Unionlt;=#ddiÂ£lon 35Â° J2sVd ^\/(ondaxj-^JnidaXj 11 ant to 11 fun tSahvuhy and Sunday 3 ftâ„¢ *Â° # /"Â» . Widow Â£iaity, Zbhonic $ami, Pool, Â£naÂ£ Bai Patient Appreciation Day Sat., April 20 n L OurAnnual PATIENT APPRECIATION DAY is Saturday, APRIL 20,1991. 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Sometimes I get really focused in on a place, like Egypt or Africa.Other times it's more vague, like a fuzzy picture," Sparrow said. Sparrow's sculpture is unusual andstriking, making good use of natural colors and motifs. Sparrow said he draws on themes and imageswhich he believes make up a cross-cultural pool of myths and icons. "All mythologies share commonsymbols, use the same elements," Sparrow said. Myths and symbols serve as his inspiration, notartistic crutches, Sparrow said. "I don't believe in ripping off some other culture's symbology. I draw onall kinds of common themes." Animal imagery dominates Sparrow's art. "Mainly dogs and cats," hesaid with a laugh. "Nothing particularly exotic." Sparrow admits he was influenced byAmericanIndianreligious artifacts garnered during his travels inMexico, Guatemala and the AmericanSouthwest; Animals like the jaguar and coyote had particular significance. "That's what's great aboutart. It's a cheap way to travel. Through my sculpture, I can go anywhere in the world," he said. Sparrow,who is coordinator of the Studio Potters' Program, has been a potter for 18 years. He came from anartistic background, both his parents had careers in fine and commercial art. He said he spent some time as a production potter in San Francisco, spinning out pots and bowls for the public, but eventuallytiredof the dull routine and lack of creative freedom. "People become production potters because theythink they are escaping from the rat race," he said. "But after a while they discover it's just a differentkind of rat race." Now, Sparrow said, he does strictly the type of art he feels like doing. "Once itbecomes work, it loses its fun, its sense of spontaneity. A lot of people sell out, do the stuff that getsthe most money. I prefer enjoying what I do." 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POOL-DARTS-SHUFFLEBOARD PULLTABS -WIDESCREEN TV also THE KITCHEN Hamburgers and munchies to order Hours: 7:00 to 12:00 pm. ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 5 ---------- April 12,1991 ACCENT The Western Front 5 Three Western grads to perform in "Peoria i t By GloriaRobinson Assistant Accent editor Western theatre graduates Jody Hahn, Ken Boynton and Fairhavengraduate Donald Crane return to Bellingham for the West Coast premiere of a true-to-life new comedyby acclaimed playwright Jon Klein this May. Produced by TheatreFest '91 and sponsored by theBellingham Municipal Arts Commission, Peoria will openinMay attheWhatcomMuseum of History andArt. Produced and directed by Adam Ward, the creator of TheatreFest, Peoria is the examination ofmiddle class America, andits oftenhumorous struggle against boredom. "Everyone (in the play) wants to be special. They are all looking for the 'unique article.' The secret to being special is to decide that youare," Boynton said. Boynton said this is the theme he has derived from working on the play's production so far. Both Hahn, the other lead, and he play a complex, bizarre, yet realistic set of characters in theplay. In one scene, Klein has the characters speak what they are thinking, while recorded voice-oversrepresent actual conversation. Boynton, a 1981 graduate of theatre and dance, is one of the two leadactors in the play. His arrival back in Bellingham, a decade later, is with a great deal of change andpersonal growth. "I was being tumbled along by the Jason Haws/The Western Front Actress Jody Hahnand director Adam Ward look on as actor Ken Boynton strikes a pose inbetween interviews for "Peoria."winds of fate, I guess. I was trying to climb out of the ocean of art, only to be ripped back in by theundertow," Boynton said. Boynton said he explored his talents after graduating from Western as amusician in a rock band, song writer and as on-air commercial talent. He finally found his niche inacting through a production with the Mount Seattle Theatre Project and two productions with Seattle'sacclaimed Empty Space Theatre. Boynton has also appeared in two films, Lessie's Rainbow andStages. Hahn, the other lead in Peoria, is a 1990 theatre graduate. Since her graduation, Hahn said shehas played a role as "the little nun" in the Seattle Repertory Theatre's production House of Blue Leaves. Reflecting on her role in Peoria, Hahn said, "It (the play) is amazingly true... It's rare a piece of theatrecatches this much in a show that's not that long." Hahn was also at the Seattle Fringe-Fest in the playTrial By Jury, as well as in the New City Director's Festival production of Stop. Hahn said she has keptin close contact with other Western graduates through an independent film project. Hahn said Gee, thesilent black-and-white film she is working on, is written, directed and produced by alumni. Hahn saidshe met Ward, theplay's director, during the first TheatreFest in 1988. TheatreFest is perfect in thiscommunity which has a lot of college theatre, but not a lot within the community itself, Hahn said.Crane, a 1985 self-design Fairhaven graduate, is the designer and technical director for Peoria.. Cranesaid the self-design major in performing arts' design and production is a real asset when he is lookingfor employment. Crane said it proves that he is a self-motivated worker and thinker since he wrote hisown major. Crane said he built on his expertise as an intern at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He alsoworked at the Bathhouse and Intiman Theatres in Seattle as a technician. Crane is now in his secondyear as the designer and technical director at Skagit Valley Community College's theatre department.For TheatreFest '91, Cranehas the taskof transforming the old city council chambers in the WhatcomMuseum, or what is now called the Rotunda Room, into a stage for the play. "The script calls for skewed spacing â€” strange angles which get you off balance," Crane said. He added that the set he hasplanned for the Rotunda Room is non-traditional in the theatrical sense. "Theatre people will be baffled,"Crane said. This may enhance the play's appeal toward a wide, diverse audience. "Peoria is not just atown, it's a state of mind," playwright Klein has said about the production. Tickets for the play, whichruns fromMay 16-19 and23-26, are $5 for students and senior citizens; S7.50 general admission; and $6for members of the Whatcom Museum and Allied Arts. SALE 1991 Diamond Back Apex $50.00 off * Deore DX 21 speed * Smoke Tires * Low Profile Brakes * True Temper Tubing 100 E. Chestnut 733-6440 err-hi -riiNnsiy // ZOb733-kW r EXPERIENCE EUROPE THIS SUMMER RECEIVE UNIVERSITYCREDIT STUDY IN: LONDON WROCLAW PRAGUE VIENNA SIENA AVIGNON J I LIN, CHINAFOR MORE INFORMATION: CONTACT YOUR CAMPUS STUDY ABROAD OFFICE OR AMERICANHERITAGE ASSOCIATION P.O. 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Spring, Summer, or Fall Quarter-1991 Western's program inMorelia, Mexico is the most popular foreign study option for many reasons: 1) Beautiful location 2) Noforeign language requirement 3) Affordable To receive more detailed information and application packetsplease visit the Foreign Study Office, Old Main 530B today! Aflfe / I P^ ^ /Â£ ^ tfBh V ^ 4@h IP W WW1 -9 W The C R A Z V 8s ore bocK again The Crazy 8s perform in front of a captivated crowd. By KarlW. Jensen staff reporter "Two minutes to purgatory," spouts one of the Speedy O'Tubbs bartenders asshe passes by, only moments before the doors open to admit the impatient Saturday night crowd. TheCRAZY 8s are back again. Little more than a month after the band's last appearance here, the crowd isready for that special brand of music the 8s seem to covet for themselves. "It's hard to describe ourmusic," guitarist Mark Wanaka said while other members of the band struggled for a label. "It'scorrugated silk... it's natural polyester," the other band members finally said. "I think our music is unique because we blend so many different styles and come up with a sound that's like, sort of undefinable," Todd "Dookey" Duncan, lead vocalist and alto sax player said. Their music, in fact, does seem to defyany attempt to label it. Younever quite seem to know what will pop up next in their music. One minuteyou'11 hear hard-core, old-fashioned jazz, the next it's reggae or ska, and the next minute they'reblending funk, fusion, punk, or any number of styles. If the crowd waiting in the cool, lavishly and oddlydecorated dungeon called Speedy O'Tubbs can't figure out just what the CRAZY 8s play, they don'tseem to mind. Everyone is there for the pure enjoyment of the music. This is only the group's secondperformance with the new, full lineup of eight members, which includes new tenor sax player JayCollins and keyboard player Ron Regan. From the original nine members, the group had dropped toseven until recently. But once again, the band is the CRAZY 8s. The current line-up includes Duncan on lead vocals and alto saxophone, Wanaka playing guitar, Tim "Hot" Tubb blowing trombone and singingback-up vocals, Carl "The Truth" Smith playing percussion, Blackness on drums, Michael Regan onbass and the two new youngsters, Collins and Ron Regan. New or not, everyone definitely held their own on Saturday night . Impressive solos were laid down on various tunes by all members (Wow! Keep thenew guys.) It was quickly evident the audience was enjoying itself. The subdued bar transformed into arolling, jumping, sweating concert "pit." Even the guys playing pool in the back couldn't resist themusic. "Bellingham people seem to listen to the music as opposed to just coming to see the band,get drunk and get laid. When they 're here for the music, that's nice," Duncan said. Old stuff, new stuff,and a couple of interesting cover-tunes rounded out the three-hour-plus show. The band was relentless,making everyone dance until they could barely stand. People wandered home, complete with squishedtoes, dozens of bruises, and big, contented smiles on their faces. The CRAZY 8s, a nine-year-old bandout of Corvalis, Ore., are currently touring to promote their latest album, "Doggapotamus World" â€”their fifth album released from their own Red Rum Records (anybody get the joke?) "DoggapotamusWorld" Western Front file photo was the 8s' first studio project in more than three years."Doggapotamus World's" slow sales take-off has been a bit of a letdown for some band members.However, they are still expecting good things from it, Duncan said. "It's doing all right, but it's notdoing great. It's sort of disappointing because we think it's one of our most exciting deals we've recorded.Itmore clearly captures our energy on record," Wanaka said. "It was one of the most creative packageswe've ever done," Duncan added. Oneof the main reasons hindering the band's success, and its recordsales, is thehier archy and bureaucracy of the record business, Duncan said. Unsigned, as of yet, to amajor record label, the 8s handle everything themselves. "Wecan'tafford the machinery to push recordslike the big guys," Duncan said. "It's not such a great deal just getting signed. It's what happens after. Sometimes they just use you as a tax write-off," Wanaka added. Hard work and perseverance seem tobe paying off for the CRAZY 8s. "We've put out five of our own records, paid every bill ourselves, had fivenational tours, played with 25 international acts, and we are still making a living at it," Wanaka said. The CRAZY 8s plan to tour the Pacific Northwest for the rest of the spring and summer, and a larger,nationwide tour next fall. The 8s will possibly begin work on another studio project early next year.Watch for it. "Whatever we're doing, we're going to keep doing it," Duncan said. Bellingham BavBrewery Company B^BMlBWHIIiilllllil li^^^BHiMiiiiillliBS* Mlii^^BBlBiliil Bellingham Bav Brewery Co.iSBilBiiiBliiiliHIIilillSISISI lililpliHBiBillilllill IliiiSSBllliiPiiill l^^MlilMllMISIBlIBIIl Big Picture (acoustic duo) ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 7 ---------- April 12,1991 ACCENT The Western Front 7 Dreaming of the Devil in Me By Camel Boy voice of LOAFTyler Anderson/The Western Front LOAF is playing Sat. April 13 at Speedy OTubbs with Creole Otterpop. Band members are Milo, bass Brainchild (also known as Camel Boy), vocalist; Golden Bear, drums;Buzz guitar. Strange. Kate should be home by now. What's this? A note. My name. Something else,tapers off- Lying in bed now. I hear the door. Kate is home. I feel her hand on my back. Stroking. Her wet lips on my neck. Hot. Biting me? I start to turn to her. She holds me. Sleep now, she says. Sleep...Morning. The sun coming through the window. Very bright. Something inside me. Churning? Growing?My head feels scrambled. Like my eggs. Scrambled... Growing... Noon. Something is beginning.Something notright. Not good. Panic. Must get home. Somehow must get home... Growing... Home.Kate. She is nowhere. Kate. I need Kate. My head. My stomach. I am falling. Encomapassed. I ambecoming something. Evil. Dangerous. Like a caged tiger. Hot. Sweat on my face. All over. In myeyes. Blood. In my eyes. Everything a red haze. A blood haze. Kate. I am fading. I am becomingsomething else. Falling. Escape. Outside... Plunging- Explosion. Manic. I rush. I am strong. I am fast.My old self is gone. The thing I am is hungry. Is violently hungry. I move. Rush through the trees.Towards light. The red haze is inside of me. Is alive. Rushing to the red light I see someone. Alone.Defenseless. My hunger drives me. Pulls me. In my hands. Tight. Crushing. Hunger. Fury. Lust Ifeed... Under the street lights. Pavement beneath my toes. Cold. I feel refreshed. Satisfied... Whathave I done? Did I kill? Kill another human? Eat another human? Devour. Am I back? Confusion. Fear.Panic. I feel the fingers reaching. Grasping. Pulling me down. Returning down. Returning. The frenzy... Boiling... Blood. Lust. The smell. Beautiful. Delicious. I rush to it. Blood. A magnet. People. The smell.Beautiful. Delicious people. The red haze. Violent. Drawing me to. The smell. Blood... The library. I aminside. Stairs. Blood. Close now. So close. To the blood. A door... All eyes are on me. A cavernousroom. Filled with people. Men in tuxedos. Ladies in fine gowns. Hundreds. People. Blood. Everywhere. All eyes on me. Too much. I flee... Rage... I am angry. My climax is shattered. The red haze. Thick.Inside of me. Ready to explode. Blood. Lust. I rush to the nearest human. I feed. I find another. I feed. Ifeed again. Again and again... Kate. I see her. She calls me. Calls my name. There are others with her.She is coming. They are all coming. Kate. Fury. I run- Losing... Tired. I am losing. The hunger.Disappearing. Lust. Leaving me. I am finished. The fury. Gone... I fall... BLACKOUT ...In the banquetroom. All eyes are on me. Kate is on my arm. Her gown. Shining. Lace. We walk past men in tuxedos.We walk past women in fine gowns. Kate slows. A fellow stands. Raises his glass. He says something.A toast. Applause erupts. All eyes are on me. Smiling eyes. I sit. Next to Kate. Next to...myself? Sittingnext to me is me. Or am I sitting next to me. I am dressed differently than myself. My hair is differentthan mine. But it is me. Kate says something. Kate smiles. I begin to laugh. Or is it me that islaughing? Everyone is still clapping. Looking at me... Youthful Ridge Quartet performs at PAC By ArtHughes staff reporter The Ridge Quartet did not blaze into the first movement of Mozart's String Quartetin C Major, K. 157. A young, but obviously experienced group, they set a tone in the first bars of theallegro that delivered a musical warmth and charm ^throughout the performance. Instead of anydistracting attempts to display individual egos, these four musicians proved they are dedicated to theart of playing in a string quartet. They played the opening movement without overpowering oneanother and let the beautiful descending melody in the first violin shine through where it needed to.The Andante was a slower, more sombermovementwithlyricmelodies in all the voices. The theme returned frequently to a brief, understated arpeggio in the cello, showing Peter Wyrick's subtle restraint withinthe group and a mature ear for dynamic. "When I was younger I wanted to play fast and loud," Wyricksaid after the performance, "but playing well in a string quartet is something you come to when you aremore mature as a musician." Second on the program was Franz Joseph Haydn's String Quartet in CMinor, Op. 17, No. 4. The group made full use of every dynamic mark, passing musical phrases to one another with a care and ease that comes only after years of playing together. Violist Maria LambrosKannen said the quartet is good at the continual process of "tuning in" to one another, in practice and inperformance. "Before we go on stage, we knowâ€”alittle bitâ€”what we're going to hear. Then we try tolisten to one another with fresh ears each time," Kannen said. Thehighlightoftheperformance was thethird movement of the second quartet by Mozart, the Quartet in G Major, K. 387. It exploited themusicians' ability to play as a single voice. Two or three of the players would lay down a rich,emotional bed of harmony, allowing the other players, in turn, to soar above or weave in and out. Theplayers would make eye contact with one another before ex- . changing the theme or continuing themelodies between themselves. It was easy to see and hear how personal and conversational this quartetcould be. The Ridge Quartet has won two major chamber music competitions. They were Quartet-in-Residence at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S. C, and they spent the summer at the Italian SpoletoFestival. In May of 1988 they became the youngest quartet to perform in Carnegie Hall. Wyrick saidhe doesn't despair that the word "young" is frequently mentioned before their name. "We're pretty young; our oldest member is 32. It just means we have so much repertoire ahead of us," Wyrick said. Theprogram Tuesday night stuck to the roots of the classical period, but presented some subtle surprise.Mozart's Quartet in C is an early quartet by the composer, written in Italy in 1772. It is often used as a practice piece, but rarely performed in concert by modern string quartets. Kannen said they decidedonMozart' s Quartet in C Major almost by whimsy. "We just thought it would be fun to work it upbecause it is passed over by so many other quartets," Kannen said. In addition to Kannen and Wyrick,the quartet includes Krista BennionFeeney andRobertRinehart, both on violin. To maintain a highstandard, the quartet only leams about 12 new pieces a year, and there is little available on recording.With a first-rate sound, however, and mature outlook on the future, more will surely be heard from theRidge Quartet "Everything is so fun," cellist Wyrick said, "and the thought of being together for thenext 20 years... is a real comfort." Â© Â© BACK TO THE FUTURE With Wayne's Texaco Service 734-8610 310LakewayDr. 734-8690 Syjtcm3 Â«jasoljnc The gasjhjgt;l[s_unsurÂ£asscd^ f Engine Tune-UP"Y^I-iibe. Oil ft Filter Service | Includes: Labor, New Spark Plugs, | Includes: Up to 5 qts. Havolinc |Check Cap, Rotor, Carb. and Filters, j 10w30or 10w40 motor oil, oil filler l 4 Cvl $45 95 I and chassis lubc- I 6Cyl. $55.95 3ioLÂ«keÂ».yDr. I O l D . y O sioiakcyi*. 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Intramural play begins, Softball opens season Tyler Anderson/The Western Front Kristy Peterson,catcher, and Aimee Anderson, at bat, enjoy the first week of intramural softball. Games began April 8 and will continue throughout Spring quarter. Students are encouraged to attend games and cheer on teams.IIIIIIIIIIIIIII A tremendous view of forested h ills and snow-capped Mr. Baker is yours at Osprey Ridge.These condominiums provide affordable new housing and maintenance-free living. Located near thefamous Taylor Avenue stairs, these condominiums are convenient to WWU, historic Fairhaven, 1-5, anddowntown Bellingham. Illlllllllllll These attractive units vary in size and interior design, and are individuallysound-proofed. The grounds will be fully landscaped, and there's ample private pSarTkiAngN. 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The Vikingmen bettered their previous 7-3 record by coming away with the two victories. The men sent their second varsity team to Skagit Valley CC, after the first varsity team defeated the talented players from PLU. "It's the first time we've ever beaten PLU," sophomore Shane Eckel said. "It was a great match to win; it was revenge from last year." Coach Jo Ann Andrews said she was happy with the team's overallperformance. "When you have great depth, the team is confident and relaxed; they play better tennis,"Andrews commented. Western to host SPU and SFU in Triangular By Art Hughes staff reporter Thelast chance to see the Viking track and field team compete at Western is Saturday, April 13, at thecampus track in the Western Triangular Meet against Seattle Pacific University and Simon FraserUniversity. Western has 13 NAIA National Meet qualifiers as they enter Saturday's meet. Four of theathletes qualified at Western's Invitational meet, April 6. Dennis James, the top collegiate athlete in thehammer throw at the Invitational, qualified for nationals with a distance of 177-4. Other nationalsqualifiers were Lisa Waltenburg in the worn ens' 5,000- meter run, and Jeff Van Kleeck and JohnDeremiah in the 10,000 meter run. Track coach Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell said Western has come outon top in the past several years at the Triangular. SFU will provide the most competition for the men.Both SFU and SPU will give the Viking women a battle for the top spot. The WWU Triangular Meetbegins at 11 a.m., with the hammer throw event on the lower campus field. The running events beginat noon. Also this weekend, Western has four athletes competing in the decathlon and one in theheptathlon in Tacoma on Sunday and Monday, April 14-15. The events are part of the NAIA District 1Meet, but are held early to give the athletes who compete a chance to recover for the main district meetin May. Closed-circuit boxing comes to Bellingham Bohica Productions, Inc. and the Mount BakerTheatre present, "The Battle of the Ages," the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.Current champion Evander Holy field steps into the ring with former champion, George Foreman, live viaclosed-circuit television on April 19. The event will not be available to home viewers or radio listeners,and its exclusive showing is open to the public. Doors open at 5 p.m., and two preliminary fights will beshown prior to the Main Event, which is scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. "The Mount Baker Theatre will provide an absolutely perfect facility for the fans to see the bout. Every seat is ringside, the seats arecomfortable, and there will be lots of good food and drink," said Mike Conley of Bohica Productions.Tickets are on sale at selected Yorky's locations, Box Office Northwest and the Mount Baker TheatreBox Office, with prices starting at $22 to $32.50. * The Western golf team will play in thePuget SoundInvitational, April 12, at the Fircrest Golf and Country Club in Tacoma. Eleven teams will participate in the event. * The Western men's and women's tennis teams will play at noon, April 12 at Pierce CommunityCollege in Tacoma. * The Western women's lacrosse team will play in the Western States Tournamenton April 13 and 14. The team will begin selling $1 raffle tickets for a prize drawing scheduled at 1 p.m.,April 20 at the intramural field. Prizes include a Kona mountain bike, a ski package, and giift certificatesto various local restau rants. * The Western men's club baseball will play three games, April 13 through14, against the University of Idaho. * Western men's and women's crew will compete in the Oregon StateUniversity Invitational in Corvallis, Ore. * The Flames, Western women's rugby club, hosts the SeattleBreakers at noon, April 13 at Amtzen field. Jonathan Burton/The Western Front Tom Gilbert faces off, asteammate Scott Haley holds back an opponent In the Western States Tournament, April 6-7. Westernlost, 12-2, to the Los Angeles Lacrosse Club, April 6 at Santa Clara University. "Coming off the losses,we have a changed attitude and a reborn enthusiasm with a new coach," defender John Gregov said. TheWestern men's lacrosse team will compete in two games this weekend. The Vikings host the University of Puget Sound at 4 p.m., Friday; and Lewis and Clark State College at 3:30 p.m., Saturday. All games will be played on the Intramural field. Tennis improves record By Suzi Zobrist staff reporter The Westernwomen's tennis team notched another win after hosting Skagit Valley Community College, on April9. The final score, 7-2, brings the Viking's overall record to 8-2. Although it was wet and cold, theweather didn' t hinder the teams' performance. In the singles, victories came from freshman EliseRosenblum in theNo.3 match and freshman Brenda Swigart in the No .4 match. Both doubles matcheswere won instraightsets.withfreshmanMelinda Castonguay and junior Carin Clow in the No.l match andSwigart teamed with Rosenblum in the No.2 match. Coach Jo Ann Andrews said she feels this season's tennis team is strong and with District Championships quickly approaching, she hopes for good weather to work on the team's improvement. "My goal for the team is to have them win districts and thenadvance on to nationals," Andrews said. "I see areas for improvement in the strategy of matches playedand we (the team) work on these changes. Any big changes will need to be worked on this summer."I'm really excited about the tennis team," team member Karen Richert said. "Everyone is reallysupportive of it, and it looks really promising for us." In order to "keep everyone sharp with their game," a challenge system has been designed. Player line-up is determined by Andrews, based on the setsplayed by the players. If players wish to advance and change their seating, they may challenge otherplayers in the seats they want. If the challenged players lose, they drop one seat and the victoriousplayers advance. "Everyone has been challenging matches lately," Richert said. "Everyone isincredibly close and there have been changes." With many home matches coming up this month, thetennis team is looking for support from Western students. "I didn't expect many spectators to be at thematch because of the weather, but as the team continues to win, hopefully more people will show up,"Andrews said. Kevin Bryant named director of marketing and promotions By Clayton Wright staffreporter Kevin Bryant was named Director of Marketing and Promotions for the Athletic DepartmentalWestern, a position which did not exist prior to its announcement March 25. The position was created to help supplement funding for the athletic department, which is partially subsidized by the state.Bryant, 32, will be in charge of creating a market plan for the department and increasing publicrelations. "Our focus next year will be to put more money in the program and more people in thestands," Bryant said. "We want to be the best entertainment value for your dollar north of Seattle."Bryant said in order to achieve the goals of the department, it will have to get people to attend gameseven if the team is losing. Bryant said he intends to add post-game dances, showcase prominentpersonalities, and give out promotional prizes. "We're not trying to create a circus because ourathletics are poor," Bryant said. "However, I feel we need a different approach to promotions outsidethe gym. Wewantpeople to wonder what's coming up next." After graduating from Western in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in speech communication, Bryant returned in 1990 to earn his master's degree instudent personnel administration. Bryant was actively involved in the local community in the last threeyears and has established many business contacts prior to returning to Western. With this experience,Bryant said he feels he understands fund raising from a non-profit viewpoint. "We're real fortunate to have Kevin to fill this position," Lynda Goodrich, Western director of athletics, said. "He brings a readyknowledge of Bellingham and Whatcom County, an understanding of the philosophy of athletics atWestern, and experience in marketing and promotion. You couldn't find a more enthusiasticambassador for our program than Kevin." Even though the position is labeled as a part-time job,Bryant admits it will be more of a full-time job. Bryant will also continue as assistant coach to BradJackson for the men's basketball team, a position he has occupied for the past four seasons. Bryant has also served as the athletic department's alumni relations representative the past two years and played a major role in the return of homecoming. From 1976 to 1980,Bryant played basketball for the Vikings and remains the school's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,310 points. He was an all-district and all-conference selection and participated in the first Olympic Sports Festival in 1978. ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Western Front OPINION April 12,1991 FRONTLINE Boycott of grapes could help save thechildren His voice was loud and clear as he spoke to a charged crowd of more than 500 people, gatheredin the Viking Union Lounge to hear him on Wednesday. Cesar Chavez, president of the United FarmWorkers of America, had a simple message: Stop buying grapes (as well as Chateau Ste. Michelle wine)and help save our children. If an estimated 3 percent of wine buyers and 9-10 percent of grapeconsumers stop purchasing these products, the current grape boycott will be successful. The purpose ofthe boycott is to pressure vineyard owners to meet three demands: 1) ban the use of the five mostharmful, cancer causing pesticides used in grape growing (Captan, Parathion, Phosdrin, Dinoseb, andMethyl Bromide), 2) implement a joint UFW/grower testing program to detect poisonous residues ongrapes sold in stores and allow the results to be made public, 3) establish free and fair elections and good faith collective bargaining for farm workers. This is the third grape boycott Chavez has orchestrated. The first, implemented in 1960s, was successful because 17.5 million people boycotted grapes. Successfulboycotting of California grapes led to a grape contract that included a ban on DDT, Dieldrin, and Aldrin in1970. The current boycott, which began in 1988, is entering a critical stage in which increased awareness and support is needed more than ever. Extensive spraying of Captan and other pesticides is killing farmworkers and causing cancer and birth defects in McFarland, Calif., and other "cancer cluster" townsthroughout the San Joaquin Valley. In McFarland, where the cancer rate for children age 4 to 12 is 800percent higher than the national average, a square block exists in which one child in every home hasfallen victim to cancer. As Chavez said, the workers who suffer from pesticide inhalation "areparakeets for the market place." The residue from those pesticides remains on those grapes and isingested by thousands of Americans. The state of California is in the pocket of agri-businesses and theEnvironmental Protection Agency has become just one more bureaucratic wheel in the political machine.As a result grapes with Captan residue levels of as much as 39 parts per million are legally sold in themarket place. This is 10 times higher than acceptable pesticide levels on European produce. The EPAhas inconsistently banned the use of Captan on other crops but refuses to stop its use in grape and grain production. The reasons for allowing the use of deadly pesticides is purely economic and the result isdeath for thousands of people across Americaâ€”unless we act now. The American people blocked theuse of DDT by banning grapes in the '60s and they have the power to do it again. As Chavez slated, thegovernment won't stop it and legislation won't stop it, so the market place has become "our court of lastresort." Eight hundred thousand children under the age of 12 are working the Califomian grapefieldsâ€”fields sprayed with deadly pesticides. "Help them and give them a chance," Chavez said. ' 'Justgive them a chance.'' THE WESTERN FRONT Editor, Mark Hines; Managing Editor, Steve McCIure;News Editor, Kathy Tucker; Asst. News Editor, Maria Manliclic; Campus Government Editor, NoelleKompkoff; Co-Sports Editors, Catherine Legacy and Alexandra M. Page; Issues Opinions Editor,Geoffrey Patrick; Accent Editor, Debra Disbrow; Asst. Accent Editor, Gloria Robinson; Features Editor,Darryl Carr; Asst. Features Editor, Martin Knutson; Copy Editors, Charlotte Anderson and Julie Anderson; Photo Editor, Tyler Anderson; Typesetter, Holly Borba; Adviser, Pete Steffens. The Front is the officialnewspaper of Western Washington University. Editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Front editorialboard: the editor, managing editor and news editor. Signed commentaries and cartoons are the opinionsof the authors. Guest commentaries and letters are welcome. The Front is produced by students. Fourpages are funded by student fees. The rest is funded by advertising revenue. Advertisements in the Frontdo not reflect the opinion of the newspaper. The newsroom is in College Hall 09 and the business office isin College Hall 07. Phone numbers: 676-3162 (newsroom) and 676-3160 (advertising). Published twice aweek. Entered as second-class matter at Bellingham, WA 98225. USPS identification #624-820. NEA:victim of political opportunism i By Michael Anthony Staff reporter have a cousin in Congress andalthough we'venevermet,Ifeel I've come to know him well. He is Representative Richard "Dick" Armey(Republican, Texas), a frequent guest on television news programs. A man with a mission, Armey isseeking the abolition of the National Endowment For the Arts. A stocky, media-friendly conservative,Armey is riding the waves of a tumultuous battle over federal subsidy of art some consider to be anti-religious, obscene, or otherwise objectionableâ€”an issue that enables him to score easy points with hisconstituents, and achieve much craved national attention. Armey's infatuation with the NEA fracasseems to be a matter of convenience rather than conviction. He has positioned himself strategically andsafely in the eye of a raging hurricane, within an issue mainly popular for its obscenity and censorshipaspects. In earlier television appearances, Armey uttered his disapproval of taxpayer dollars fundingsuch works as the homo-erotic photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe. In recent interviews though, Armeyhas modified his position. Transforming his view to one of general distaste for all federal art subsidies,Armey now claims to have no quarrel with controversial art. Publicly, at least, he has exchanged hismoral outrage for what passes as simple, frugal budget consciousness. He resists the label of censorunder the guise of a budget cutter. An intelligent political strategist, Armey wears two masks. All atonce, he is viewed by conservatives as a staunch defender of moral values, and by moderates as aprotector of the public troughâ€” allowing him to accept the appreciation of happy conservative watchdogsand reject the charges of liberal art supporters with equal grace (by claiming he is actually trying to putan end to the bias and censorship of the NEA). To middle America he is not perceived as a threat to civilliberties, to moralists he is the threat they are looking for, and to the arts community he is hard to pindown. Armey deflects criticism by referring to the NEA itself as a "censorship organization" that makessubjective judgements about the value of art all the time. Looking at the present system of art subsidy, itis true. The NEA, sometimes as a result of pressure and sometimes out of bureaucratic self-interest,does act as a censor of the arts. It is true that, as long as we federally fund art, we are engaged incensorship unavoidably. It is among the policymakers that a shift in thinking needs to occur. Art should not be subsidized. It is the artist that needs and deserves our support. The National Endowment shouldnot be destroyed, just reorganized. What is overlooked among all the smoke and hot air surrounding this debate is a growing misconception of the arts. A simple view is art is merely attractive, decorative, orsimply something that sells. But art is not only what is publicly palatable or commercially viable. Artcanalso be disturbing; a window to another culture (or counter-culture), or even a different See Anthony, page 11 Drugs: an unnecessary crutch A By Jeff Flugel Staff reporter 11 right, let's get this straight â€”taking drugs to stimulate relaxation and creativity is a normal activity?It's common, maybe, but is itsomething to be endorsed? The campus majority seems to think so. I, for one, do not. I heartily agreewith those who feel we need to keep a watchful eye on the U.S. government's anti-drug campaign beforeit squashes all First Amendment freedoms beneath its iron heel, but to support drug use as a positive,necessary means of stress relief is ridiculous, not to mention disturbing. We all know the negative effects of drug use. I won't argue against the positive medical and psychological benefits, for they have beenproven. But occasional drug use totters constantly on the brink of dependency. Using marijuana or"harder" drugs to alter consciousness or to relax after a stressful day's work is not a natural technique.Fitness experts have proclaimed for years that normal, moderate exercise and biofeedback techniquesare the best and most natural means to physical and psychological harmony. Exercise, meditation,yoga, good nutrition, adequate sleepâ€” in other words, a healthy lifestyleâ€” produce all the natural"highs" an individual needs. Let's face it: clean living has been proven time and again to lead to all-around superior mental, emotional and physical health and performance. Drugs are a crutch, a more insidiousand precarious means to an end. Yes, for ages other cultures have used drugs as integral parts of theirtheological and philosophi-. cal lifestyles. However, they have relied even more on physical activity, diet,and self-control to achieve and maintain their peaceful, harmonious existence. The claim that drug use isinherent to the creative process is spurious. For every artistic or literary giant who relied on controlledsubstances for inspiration, there are dozens of others who never used them and who would have beenoffended to think that their own abilities were not enough to suitably express their genius. Whether theyare illegal and come in little plastic bags or legal and come in cans or bottles marked Bud or JackDaniels, the bottom line is that drugs are not necessary. The human body is an amazing organism.Properly treated, it can function at incredible levels of performance. Foreign substances are just that:foreign, alien and not needed. ---------- Western Front - 1991 April 12 - Page 11 ---------- April 12,1991 T FTTFR S The Western Front 11 From Anthony, page 10 lifestyle. Art is a means ofemotional and thoughtful communication. It is awesome, intriguing, and miraculousâ€”even when itoffends. For those who appreciate art and the artist, a system of public support is essential, filling a voidthat could otherwise be filled only by private interests. But a government-as-curator system of "morallysensitive" selection is totally unacceptable. The current NEA runs as if it is commissioning art for anemperor, being careful not to offend, when what it really should be doing is simply existing as a means ofsupport for artists. What constitutes art is most properly judged individually by those who create andappreciate it, not by government bureaucrats or the narrow, money-guided interests of corporate boardmembers. Faced with the option of eradicating the NEA, as Armey has suggested; or providing publicsupport to the artist without restriction of creati ve expression, it is the latter that seems more prudent and rational. Abolishing federal funding of the arts would be the ultimate form of censorship: censorshipthrough deprivationâ€”a wide-reaching form of censorship affecting all art, whether controversial or not.Hopefully, with perseverance, the arts community can inform the public of the need for federal support. atyour pace Liberation possible only through Jesus, not pot Dear Editor. I smoked pot for three yearsbefore experiencing a radical shift in lifestyle from "joints to Jesus," and I can agree with Kevin Keyes'opinion in the Western Front â€” getting high was indeed a "very pleasurable experience."... But after Imet the person who changed my life forever, I soon learned there was a sharp distinction between meresensation and truth, and between pleasure and real joy... In his article, Keyes says that people have trieda wide variety of substances in pursuit of a "few laughs" and says that marijuana is one of them. He thengoes on to say, "Nothing in life is perfect, but marijuana is close." This is true in one sense, but false inanother. There is something in life that is perfect, but nothing in this world can produce it, for a very simple but powerful reason: We are made in the image of God, not in the image of nature. We also have a soul,which means we were not made for this world â€” so why live as if we were? If you are seeking happinessthrough pot, you will always be in pursuit of it, but you will never find it. ...True liberation is complete andsustained. If it does not liberate fully, it is not true liberation. But it is obvious that getting stoned neveraccomplishes true liberation from boredom; if it did, the pot smoker would be able to quit after one jointâ€” but in fact, he smokes it again and again... The "Frontline" commentary suggests the legitimacy ofdrug use in religious ceremonies, but it is a mistake to suppose (as I once did) that one can experienceGod through drugs. God is a person, not a thing. He relates to us as a father relates to his child. We dealwith him through trust and humility, not through a brass pipe... â€”Daniel Carollo VOC homophobia issueremains unresolved Work at our place, Dear Editor: The racial graffiti found on a calendar in the office ofthe Veterans Outreach Center, and the subsequent resignation of VOC coordinator Tim Osterholm, is ashocking reminder of the level of bigotry on our campus. Certainly someone with Osterholm's principleshas no place in anything calling itself an "outreach center," regardless of his other qualifications. Pleaserecall that last quarter it was Mr. Osterholm whose homophobia and sexism drove him to request an officeon another floor to get away from the Women's Center and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance (Jan. 29Western Front). And he wanted out of the AS Human Resource Program as well, so he wouldn't have tolisten to them "talk about gay rights, feminist issues, and the like." Apologies have not followed eitherincident. Instead, VOC employee Tom Walsh claimed "...you can't ask people to curb the way they think. We're adults now; we already have that Mind-set." With Osterholm taking his prejudices back into thecampus community, has bigotry within the VOC quietly slipped back into the closet? And have the staffmerely learned to hide their feelings in order to protect themselves from those who might be hurt oroffended? No university needs an outreach group reaching out with the poison of bigotry. If Osterholm didnot write the offending graffiti that precipitated his resignation, then the author presumably is still there,along with the mind-set Walsh so clearly â€¢ described. As a veteran, I find the remarks of Mr.Osterholm and Mr. Walshâ€”and the tacit acceptance of their prejudice by the other VOC staffmembersâ€” a disgrace to the military, to the college, and to the community. The continued operation ofthis program should be predicated on the completion by the staff of a course in sensitivity training and apublic apology from the VOC including a statement reaffirming their principles of equality. -Mark W.EllisHeavy metal rock stars: Don't like 'em? Don't listen! Dear Editors, Why are you wasting your time rantingand raving about what heavy metal rock stars do on stage? If you are so bothered about theirperformances, just don't attend them. Is it okay for Mick Jagger, Prince, Elvis, and Chuck Berry to perform in a sexually titillating manner, while it isn't okay for heavy metal musicians? Lighten up. Let the publicdecide if they like it or not. Next, you'll be claiming that Ozzy Osborne and Judas Priest are responsiblefor teen suicide. 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Title: Western Front - 1998 June 5
Date: 1998-06-05
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1998_0605 ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 1 ----------WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 104 ISSUE 18 FRIDAY June 5,1998 BELLINGHAM,WASHINGTON Chalk writings raise questions Front/Jesse Kinsman Western student Kim Morrisonlistens to Kunle Ojikutu, assistant vice president of Student
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1998_0605 ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 1 ---------- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 104 ISSUE 18 FRIDAY June 5,1998 BELLINGHAM,WASHINGTON Chalk writings raise questions Front/Jes
Show more1998_0605 ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 1 ---------- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 104 ISSUE 18 FRIDAY June 5,1998 BELLINGHAM,WASHINGTON Chalk writings raise questions Front/Jesse Kinsman Western student Kim Morrisonlistens to Kunle Ojikutu, assistant vice president of Student Affairs, Wednesday afternoon in Red Squareabout diversity at Western. By Tiffany White The Western Front "Is your identity on this campus in thiscurriculum? Nobody is free while others are oppressed." "86.7 percent of Western studentsexperience white privilege; are you one?" Bright messages written with chalk trail across the brickwalkways of Western's campus. Banners hang on building walls that surround Red Square. Both thechalk messages and the banners carry messages that raised discussion and questions amongstudents, faculty and staff this week about diversity on campus. "The chalk things confuse me. Idon't understand," said senior Suzanne Vince-Cruz. "They make people uncomfortable because theymay be possibly perpetuating the idea that people would be overreacting to the issue of racism." "It is hard to explain because I am a minority. I don't know if the signs are actually helping us, " Vince-Cruzsaid. "If s creating awareness, but since they are confusing, I don't know if they are positively ornegatively affecting us, not at this point, because they are kind of vague." New messages are writtenon the bricks each day to replace those that were either rubbed away by student traffic or by thefountain's spray. The messages change in response to student reactions. "Why is it that white peopleare so upset with the raising of awareness of issues of race, class and gender at Western? And theissue of white privilege?" a chalk message written Thursday asked. The signs and the chalkmessages are written by a group of students that wish to remain anonymous and did not want tocomment about its work. The signs were removed Wednesday because they were not approved by theuniversity, said Director of Student Activities Jack Smith. "The only reason they were taken down isbecause they were not approved for that area." "Spaces are reserved only for banners that are related toa specific event or activity for publicity," Smith said. However, the group received approval by theuniversity to write messages in chalk on campus. "The chalking on the bricks on Red Square werereserved by a student group," Smith said. Chalk art that is related to an event can be reserved oncampus brick walkways, he said. "Part of their purpose were environmental and social issues," Smithsaid. The chalk messages written on trash cans, benches and campus signs were not approved andwere removed, Smith said. The chalk messages promoted several discussions among students inRed Square. See Chalk, page 4 Karen Morse's salary doesn't measure up By Katherine Schiffner andMeredith Lofberg The Western Front President Karen Morse has raised millions of dollars for Westernwhile she has been president, but she is still substantially underpaid when compared with othercollege presidents. According to a study conducted by The Western Front, Morse's salary, $124,428 forthis year, is one of the lowest, compared to the salaries of 23 presidents and chancellors at similarcolleges and universities. Currently, Morse earns the fifth-lowest salary of all the college anduniversity presidents for which data was .available.. 'Morse-'-s.?':â€¢-contract- was reviewed byWestern's Board of Trustees in 1997 and will be reviewed again in 2001. "The stated salary for thepresident at Western is very low," said Michael Becker, Western's director of human resources. "I havenever begrudged the president her salary. She earns it." Morse, who might earn as much as $400,000 ayear if she worked in private industry, said in an e-mail statement, "Those, who choose public service asa career, whether in government or nonprofit agencies or education, obviously don't do so for monetary reward no matter how well they may be compensated in comparison to others in the same field ofservice." "I can't speak for others, but, for myself, I can only say that there is another kind ofcompensation that a career in education brings," she said. Morse refused to comment further about hersalary or the study. The study included public, coed institutions with 9,000 to 13,000 students, thathad programs comparable to Western. All colleges and universities analyzed met the CarnegieFoundation for the Advancement of Teaching definition for . Level One Masters (Comprehensive)Colleges and Universities. Such institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs, include agraduate program and award 40 or more master's degrees annually in one or more subjects. Enrollmentfigures for Fall 1997 were confirmed by contacting each school's registrar's "office. The study alsotook into consideration the cost of living in Bellingham versus other areas of the country. A collegepresident living in New York City, for example, would need to earn more to cover the cost of living in thatcity. Based on the Consumer "Price Index market basket of goods and local housing costs, the studycomputed via the Internet the equivalent of each president's salary if they lived in Bellingham. Afteradjusting for the cost of living, Morse's salary still ranked near the bottom. The study's hypothesis,which was disproved by the data, - was-, that_Morse rearned - substantially more than otheradministrators at her level. After factoring in the cost of living, President Leslie Cochran of YoungstownState University, in Youngstown, Ohio, earns the highest salary of all of the presidents andchancellors. Study results were available for 23 institutions at press time. Cochran's salary, $175,000, which is equivalent to earning $219,003 in Bellingham, is nearly $95,000 more than Morse's when thecost of living is accounted for. The college president earning the least amount of money in comparison to Morse is Yolanda Moses, who heads the City University of New York City College. Although her salaryis $130,000, the cost of living in Manhattan, NY, brings her salary down to$51,994 when compared withthe cost of living in Bellingham. However, the average amount of salaries earned by presidents at similar public universities, is $145,426 before calculating the cost of living and $153,451 after, is low comparedto the amount earned by presidents at private colleges and universities. According to the 1997-98 studyconducted by the College and University Personnel Association, the average salary for a collegepresident at a private institution is $161,004. The practice of offering other com- See Morse, page 5Student charged with rape nizance, according to a spokesperson ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS June 5, 1998 Campus Police: May 29, 4:05 p.m.: A Student'sbackpack was stolen from the Associated Students Cooperative Bookstore. The backpack had been leftunattended for approximately 30 minutes. May 29,10:40 p.m.: Western officers assisted the BellinghamPolice Department with the apprehension of a student who had three outstanding warrants with theBPD and one warrant with Western. The student was booked into the Whatcom County Jail, and bail wasset at$2000. May 30,10:23 p.m.: Officers responded to a student's report that two fog lights were stolenfrom his vehicle. No witnesses were found. May 31,11:55 a.m.: A student reported her vehicle was broken into in parking lot 14G. An undetermined amount of compact discs was stolen. June 1,12 p.m.: Astudent from Nash Hall was arrested for probable cause of rape in the third degree. The student was laterbooked into Whatcom County Jail. Bellingham Police: June 2, 12:53 a.m.: A resident in the 2700 blockof Michigan Street reported he heard voices outside of his window. He also said someone had openedhis window farther than it had been opened. Police searched the area, but nothing was found. June 2, 2p.m.: A woman was arrested and booked into Whatcom County Jail for altering her doctor's prescription.June 2, 4:03 p.m.: A couch was reported stolen from an open carport on the 2500 block of Utter Street.Police have no suspects at this time. June 2, 8:03 p.m.: A resident in the 2800 block of West Maplewood Avenue reported the theft of his mail, which included several checks. The man's mail was found in anearby park by a postal worker, but his checks were still missing. June 2,10:58 p.m.: A gunshot wasreported at the 2600 block of West Maplewood Avenue. Police checked the area, but nothing was found. June 3, 5 a.m.: A man was arrested for burglary in the 2000 block of Alabama Street. He was chargedand booked into Whatcom County Jail. â€¢ June 3, 7:01 a.m.: Two tires were slashed on a man's car inthe 1200 block of 22nd Street. Police have no suspects or leads at this time. Two similar cases occurred that night in the same area. 'â€¢ Compiled by Steve Leslie Publication's Title: Statement of Frequency: Authorized Organization's name and address: The Western Front Published 2 x Weekly The WesternFront Western Washington University College Hall 110 Bellingham, WA 98225-9100 Apply to receivedegree Today is the last day to apply , for a bachelor's degree or an initial certificate for fall quarter1998. Time for spring cleaning Clean Up '98 will continue through August 31, 1998. Residents within city limits may dispose of bulky junk and receive a $20 voucher to help cover the costs. One voucher isavailable per address. One $20 voucher will pay for the removal of one couch, one washer or up to six30-gallon bags of junk. For more information, call the Sanitary Service Company at 676-6850. Enjoy'The Magic Flute' The Performing Arts Center will host a Flute Studio Recital at 8 p.m. tonight in thePerforming Arts Center Music Hall. For more information regarding this free event, call 650-3130,Become a camp counselor The Indian Youth of America is hiring camp counselors, arts-and-craftsinstructors and recreation instructors for Whispering Pines Camp, located outside Prescott, Ariz., fromJune 29 to July 10. | Participants will receive $40 per day, plus free room and board. Transportationexpenses will be reimbursed. For more information, call (715) 252-3230 or fax (715)252-3712. Stockup Season tickets are now available for the Theatre Arts Department's Summer Stock '98 series. Theseries includes productions of "My Fair Lady/' "The Fantasticks," "Hay Fever" and "The Witch ofBlackbird Pond." Ticket prices are $49 for general, ' $45 for seniors, $40 for students and $33 for youth."For reservations, call the box office at 650- 6146. Presentation focuses on living with HIV TheEvergreen Aids Foundation will present "Positively Well: An integrated approach to living long and wellwith HIV," featuring speaker Lark Lands, Ph.D. The speech will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 9 at theBellingham Unitarian Fellowship^ 1708 "I" St. For more information, call 671-0703. Walk to raise moneyfor non-profit agencies The Human Race Walkers and Pledge Gatherers will be Saturday, June 13. Theevent is a county-wide pledge walk and run, raising funds for participating non-profit agencies. Check-in is at 9 a.m. For more information, call the Evergreen AIDS Foundation at 671-0730 or the WhatcomVolunteer Center at 734-3055. Douse the flame A six-session program to guide smokers through thequitting process will begin on June 8. Participants will have the choice of attending 1:30 p.m.sessions or 6:30 p.m.. The fee is $85. Call LifeQuest at 738-6720 or 384-1005 for more information. Learn to eatwithout meat Vegetarians and other interested people may attend a two-class session about eating as a vegan. The sessions will include a grocery- store tour. The sessions will be from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 16 and 23. For more information or registration, call 738-6720 or 384- 1005 Volunteer centerneeds volunteers The Whatcom Volunteer Center needs receptionists, gardeners and blood-donorregistrar volunteers. For more information, call 734-3055 or (888) 982-8288. Races unite at WesternMalcolm Oliver will be the keynote speaker at a Race Unity Day celebration in the Viking Union MainLounge at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6. For more information, call 676-8258. Parking to be restricted forgraduations Parking lots 17G and 31G will be reserved the weekend of June 6 and 7 for VIP, elderly andhandicapped parking for the Ferndale and Sehome High School graduations. Lots 10G, 14G, 17G,31G, Edens Service Road and 26C will be reserved for Western's commencement June 13. Buy arose for kids The Associated Students Child Development Center will sell roses on graduation day.Bouquets for students and arrangements for families will be available. The fund-raiser is for additions tothe Child Development Center's Outdoor Environment. Prices will range from $5 and $25. Volunteers will sell roses beginning at 8 a.m. on June 13 in front of Carver Gym. Compiled by Colin Howser WWUOfficial Announcements Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Friday for the Tuesday editionand noon Wednesday for the Friday edition. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, and sent through campus mail to "Official Announcements," MS -9117, fax 7287, or taken in person to Commissary 113A. DO NOT ADDRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THEWESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. All announcements should be signedby originator. PLEASE POST FALL QUARTER 1998 DEGREE APPLICANTS: Students expecting tograduate at the close of fall quarter 1998 must have a degree application on file in the Registrar's Office by today, June 5. Students planning to graduate winter quarter 1999 must have applications on file by Aug.21. Applications and instructions may be picked up in OM 230. NON-RETURNING STUDENTEMPLOYEES ARE REMINDED to give a permanent address to Human Resources or Payroll Servicesbefore leaving campus if the address has changed since you submitted your last W-4. This will avoid anydelay in receiving W-2 information at year's end. PAYCHECK REMINDER FOR STUDENTEMPLOYEES: Student employees who wish to have their final paycheck mailed need to leave a self-addressed, stamped envelop with the University Cashier. The envelope needs to be marked with thepaydate on which the final check is expected. Final daily time records need to be signed â€” paycheckscannot be released without the signature. PARKING LOT RESERVATIONS: Lots 16G and 31G will bereserved beginning at 7 a.m. June 6 and 7 for VIP, the elderly and those with disabilities who are attending the Ferndale and Sehome High School graduations. The following lots will be reserved starting at 7 a.m.June 13 for those attending Western commencements: Lot 14G for faculty and staff; Lots 10G, 17G, and31G for the elderly and those with disabilities; and Eden's service road for the president's party. Shuttleswill run from lot 26C for commencement. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST may be taken at 9 a.m. in OM120 June 8 and 11. Registration is not required. Bring picture ID and a No. 2 pencil. A $10 fee ispayable in the exact amount at time of testing. Allow 90 minutes. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST(MAT) will be offered at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 18, in FR 3. Registration is required in OM 120 or bycalling X/3080. A $35 fee is payable at time of testing. The test takes about 1V2 hours and is notadministered on an individual basis. ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 3 ---------- June 5, 1998 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 3 The Western Front takes a look at the weirder side of the news Keep all body parts inside the vehicle Two West German motorists had an all-too-literal head-on collision in heavy fog near the small town of Guetersloh. Each was driving his car at a snail's pacenear the center of the road. At the moment of impact, their heads were both out of the windows and their heads smacked together. Both men were hospitalized with severe head injuries, but their cars weren'tscratched. Another idiot has a child Mother Lesli Szabo sued a Hamilton, Ontario, hospital for $1.7million because the staff didn't make her 1993 childbirth pain-free. Physicians said painless childbirth could not be achieved because the anesthesia would endanger the child, but Szabo said she expectedenough comfort to be able to read or knit while the child was being delivered. She admitted to previoussquabbles with physicians, explaining, "When I'm in pain, the (words) that come out of my mouth wouldcurl your hair." After five days of trial, the parties reached an undisclosed settlement. Another madscientist A Montana State University chemistry professor claimed he was wrongfully accused of beingdrunk at the scene of an accident. While a state trooper found him "highly intoxicated," the professorsaid a chemical explosion in his lab caused him to smell and act drunk.. He said his statement to thetrooper about having consumed a six-pack of beer was merely "incoherent babbling" because of thetrauma of the accident. Don't just stand there/busta move According to the Guinness Book of WorldRecords, 121-year-old Jeanne Calment is the oldest living person whose birth date can be authenticated. ; But that's not the strangest part. On her 121st birthday, Calment released a musical CD entitled"Time's Mistress." This collection of her memories was recorded in several musical styles, one of whichis rap. "I'm afraid of nothing, and I don't complain," she said. "I have only one wrinkle, and I'm sitting onit." Give those grads a hand! A scuffle broke out between a man and a woman at a high schoolgraduation in Seattle. The. woman swung her fist, missed the man, and hit a bystander with her elbow.As the man moved his arm reflexively to protect himself, his hand got "caught" in her mouth, and shesuffered a cut lip as. he tried to remove it. Paying for penguin sex A Cambridge University researcher,who studied penguins' mating habits for five years, reported that some females apparently allow malestrangers to mate with them in exchange for a few nest-building stones, thus providing the first observed instance of non-human prostitution. According to the research, all activity was done behind the backof the female's regular mate. In a few instances, after the sex act, "Johns" gave the females additionalstones as a sort of tip. Get some A 24-year-old woman was charged with battery for allegedly hitting her husband with a plant stand and sending him to the hospital for six stitches. The couple had beenmarried for two months and fought frequently about their sex life, police said. That night, she wasangry that he had retired for the evening after only four sessions. Breasts of steel! Bennie Casson filed a $100,000 lawsuit against PT's Show Club for its negligence in allowing a stripper to "slam" her breastsinto his "neck and head region." Casson said dancer Busty Heart "bruised, contused" and "lacerated" his neck as he watched her. He admitted to sitting "a little too close to the stage." Busty boasts showbusiness's biggest chest at 88 inches. But that's my name Philadelphia resident John Kieser 45, wasconvicted of carrying weapon on an airliner. While a passenger on a U.S. Airways flight in August1997, Kieser had uttered the word "hijack," which is illegal. Kieser protested that he was justresponding to someone who had addressed him by saying, "Hi, Jack." A search of his carry-on bagrevealed a flare gun and 17 fire-starting flares. Forget Swedish penis pumps! New Scientist magazinereported that an Australian research group had already made three sales of a device that inflates thegenitalia of dead insects. The "phalloblaster" is used to make insect classification easier. It will work ongenitalia of insects as small as moths with wingspans of 2 millimeters. Compiled by Amy VandallStudent initiative keeps air flowing through Vendors' Row By Ernesto Cardenas The Western FrontVendors' Row will remain open, according to the new Viking Union renovation plans. The initiativestudents approved in this spring's ballot is the main reason for the changes, VU Activities Director JackSmith said. The plaza will remain open in front of the Plaza Cashier, which vendors currently occupy, tothe tables outside Plaza Pizza, Healthy choices for any lifestyle Whother you're fixing a quick heat-and-serve mQal, or you're cooking all day. you can find it at the Co-op Foo^CooP 1220 N. Forest Open 7days 6 am to 9 pm STUDENT PUBLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WESTERN FRONTAdvertising Sales Representative Academic Year, 1998/1999 Requirements: â€¢Prior sales experiencehelpful but not essential (training provided) â€¢Capable of dealing with the public â€¢Full time studentenrollment required Submit resume and letter of intent to Business Manager, Student Publications, CH110, MS 9100 through, .to the Performing Arts Center, according to the revised plan. Smith said anawning will most likely cover the area, but it will otherwise remain open. Associated- StudentsPresidentelect Sarah Steves said the initiative addressed other concerns besides keeping the plazaopen. "If we don't connect the bookstore and the rest of the VU, it cuts down on our budget," she said. In order to avoid overshooting the allocated budget for renovations, the open marketplace will save the university about $2 million, Smith said. "At some point, you accept a plan, and then, when itchanges, you accept a new plan," Smith said. "Quite often, there are improvements in the newer plan." The area was previously designed for retail shops and long-term vending booths. Those features willremain in the plan, but moved to new locations, Smith said. "I thought there were fine ideas before/'Steves said. "Then I realized they were fine to me but obviously not fine to a lot of other people."Steves said the initiative gives a lot of leeway to both the VU renovators and the concerns of thestudents. She said the AS Board will continue to clarify the meaning of the initiative. "This year'sboard has really indicated to me and next year's board that this is a binding contract," Steves said. "Ifthe students who voted for the initiative don't feel like we're holding to what they wanted, they'll kick us out of office." The main entrance will no longer be on High Street; this area may include bike racks,Smith said. The new main entrance will be in the interior corner of the plaza, near Creative Juices'current location. A multipurpose room will join the Viking Addition and the Viking. Union, according to the renovation plans. Another expansion will be on the north side of the VU, facing Garden Street,where six floors will be added. The plan was approved by the AS Board on May 13, when it decided thenew renovations were consistent with the initiative's intentions, Smith said. "There are some reallygood ideas in the new VU plan that I was really excited to see," Steves said. Steves said one ideabeing considered is the installation of windows in the plaza eateries that can be opened. "It's niceto be able to see outside, and it still has the idea of continuity between the plaza and the VU, which is something the architects have really worked hard at," Steves said. "It was funny ... People kept callingit a mall, and the architects worked so hard because they hate malls." Steves is the only student on the Steering Committee, which works to provide direction for VU renovation from various user groups, fromstudents and administration to contractors and architects. The committee is also comprised of VicePresident of Business and Financial Affairs George Pierce and Vice President of Student Affairs EileenCoughlin. "The Steering Committee's job is to make sure the drawings are representing the wishes of the university," said Rick Benner, manager of Facilities and Master Planning. Benner said the committeenegotiates contracts for each phase of the renovation process. Phases would include designing, ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 4 ---------- A â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS June 5,1998 Chalk, from page 1 "I would love to go discuss thisto know what they are feeling," Jennifer Bates, junior, said. "By writing this and not having a forum aboutthis, students can make assumptions about what they are saying and make it so it is less valid when itcould be very valid." The messages prompted a discussion between students and administratorsabout diversity Thursday at noon near the fountain, said Kunle Ojikutu, assistant to the president onissues of diversity and assistant vice president of Student Affairs, who was present at the discussion. "In my opinion, that is not the best way to voice a dialogue," Ojikutu said. "The best way is tocommunicate and talk. (Writing) things on the ground, in my personal opinion, is not the best way/'Ojikutu said. "There has to be dialogue among the students. Diversity is not an issue with one individual; diversity is all of us." Ojikutu is currently working with other Western faculty and students, meetingon a regular basis in a pluralism group that is trying to plan discussion topics that will create adialogue with campus community, he said. The committee is an ad-hoc committee arranged byPresident Karen Morse, Ojikutu said. The pluralism group helped bring speakers to campus, such asVictor Lewis and Terrence Robbins, he said. "It will give (students) the opportunity to speak out onissues that are important to them," Ojikutu said. "That is part of the work of the pluralism group â€” tocreate dialogue on campus about diversity." Morse was also present to talk with students in Red Square about issues concerning diversity. "We need to get this out in the open," she said. "That's exactly what a university is about â€” to raise issues." Although Morse said she has little personal involvement with shaping diversity policy herself, she said she asked for a committee, organized by Vice President forStudent Affairs Eileen Coughlin, to examine how Western responds to diversity concerns. "1 asked for acommittee to be set up to address these kinds of issues and bring.in speakers to campus and increaseawareness of the programs we do have at Western," Morse said. Coughlin is also working withOjikutu and other faculty and staff to look at broader issues on campus and arrange planning sessions to work with students this summer. "We are trying to respond to whoever calls," Coughlin said. "What we plan to do is we have series of things to do over the summer where we will do some planning."The committee will look at the issue of how creating dialogue on the campus about issues that mightbe of concern to the community," Coughlin said. "A good example would be the issue raised by themost recent chalking," she said. "We want to look at how this dialogue will occur with an appropriateformat," Coughlin said. "Also, we want to get input from students about a kind of appropriate formatthat will be best to use." "One of the concerns at this point (with the chalking) is, when people speakanonymously, it is hard to interpret their meaning," Coughlin said. "What it is really doing is stimulatinga dialogue, but not closing the loop in communication ... 1 think that we have to discuss things for theimprovement of our community." The Ethnic Student Center plans to form the Students' AllianceAgainst Injustice for the next academic year as a collaborative effort from students representing manydiverse populations, said Ethnic Student Center Activities Director Jo Anderson. lilii: "I think thatawareness about privileges is important â€” white privileges, heterosexual privileges, ability privileges,etc.," Anderson said. "Talking about privilege is not about placing blame; it's about knowing that oursociety does not treat, service, accept everyone in the same way," she said. "To know and own yourown privileges helps you understand other people's issues." Front/Erin Fredrichs Chalk messagescovered the ground from South campus to Red Square on Wednesday. Students respond to the chalkmessages University Heights Apartments ("The Baby Blues") Corner of Bill McDonald Pkwy and 21stSt. 4 Bed/ 2 Bath apts. available â€¢ Large Decks Dishwashers â€¢ Laundry Facility PrivateParking â€¢ Super South Side Campus Location â€¢ Close to Shopping Entertainment $1000 permonth / $400 deposit 10 month agreements (Sept. - June) Water/sewage, garbage, and basic cable TVincluded PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 1400 Broadway Bellingham, Wa 98225 (360) 733-7944FTVRKTHT WIGHT Vanessa Kenoyer, senior: "I think that it's an important message to get across -especially the ones about percentages of people at our school." "I feel that the eight credit CGM needs to be upped ... it's just a token." Tina Church, junior: "1 have no hope thatthe administrators - the people in charge â€” will take notice of this at all." "I'm just waiting to see what will happen to Western if(Initiative 200) comes into effect." "It's only 13 percent - that's just not a great number." "I think that alot of majors need to add more multicultural classes." "A lot of people take (Psychology 219) orWomen Studies and don't even learn about other cultures." Greg Langlais, sophomore: "It seems like itis making more out of an issue of something we are trying not to make an issue out of." Rachel Dooley,sophomore: "I think that if we get more people to represent more of what the campus looks like, thenmore people will be heard. Protest is a,good way of letting what you want to say be known, but if youwant something, you should get involved directly, and your view will be heard instead of blaming it onother people." Loren Kelley, freshman: ."You have to look at Washington state itself. I don't know thepopulation statistics, but the majority of Washington state is white, and so you can't really expect it tobe different in a state university.for the cultural diversity. I think there is a good Pacific Islander group, and it's basically if someone feels really strongly about it, they can go get an AS club for representation. Ifthey have the willpower to be represented, then they have the opportunity in the AS. Anybody hasopportunity for anything, if they are strong enough to do it." Now Available Psychology 201 Psychology314 For more information, please call or stop by: Independent Learning 650-3650 â€¢ Old Main 400 E-mail: ilearn@cc.wwu.edu Jg ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 5 ---------- June 5,1998 NEWS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 5 ^W^^:Â§mÂ§^^lÂ§^^^M Council member under fire forracist accusation - design-classsp^^ Graduation Gifts! Wedding Gifts! Parting Gifts! Gifts to take home!muD Pottery vour The most fun place to shop! 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Editor of the Squol Quol newspaper Fred Lane, who is responsible for printing the article, said,"Her accusations are very strong words and are a sad attempt to discredit the Lummi Tribe and itscommunity." Lane said the article, called "Wisdomkeeper," was recorded by a white missionary andprinted in Lane's newspaper as a remembrance of past difficulties and current obstacles that havebeen presented to Indians by some white men. The quote begins: "I admit there^are good white men, but they bear no proportion to the bad; the bad must be the strongest, for they rule. They do whatthey please. They enslave those who are not of their color, although created by the same Great Spiritwho created us." "They are not like Indians, who are only enemies while at war and are friends in peace.They will say to an Indian, 'My friend, my brother!' They will take him by the hand, and at the samemoment, destroy him." The article also stated that 96 Indians â€” mostly women and children â€” wereslaughtered by white settlers shortly after the speech was delivered. In response to that aspect of thearticle, Lane said, "There was a time in our country when it was open season on the indigenous peoplesof this land." Carolyn Nielsen of The Bellingham Herald conducted an interview with "Dawson lastFriday, in which Dawson said, "If (tribal leaders) are approving this for the news, it makes you questionand wonder whether they are promoting things like that in the school." She conceded, however, that theargument could be made that this is part of their cultural heritage. Lane responded by saying hisnewspaper is not any more affiliated with the schools than it is with the rest of the community. Morse,from page 1 pensation in addition to a salary is widespread. Many colleges and universities attempt toattract qualified candidates by sweetening presidents' contracts with benefits. Becker defended thispractice for Western and other institutions because of the president's demanding, public job. In Becker'sopinion, Morse should be given a raise. "Karen Morse presides over the biggest employer in WhatcomCounty. It's probably a more difficult and complex job than running a corporation," he said. "She hasmany more constituencies to satisfy," he said. "The university president is expected to be a scholar, butthat's not what the job is; the job is political." Morse,, who is due to receive a bonus this year, refusedto comment about any benefits she received from Western in addition to her salary. The university leases a house for Morse in Bellingham's South Hill neighborhood, which cost-ed Western $31,500 last year.The Western Foundation provides Morse with a 1996 Toyota Avalon to drive. Benefits such as housingand transportation are "almost basic, standard stuff" for any college or university, Becker said. "It's not that it's their house," Becker said. "It may sound glamorous, but, for many presidents, you are "(I am)offended when politicians publicly promote unethical, prejudicial tactics under the guise of servingthe public" Dave Chesson Western student Dawson's letter, written on county council letterhead, isaddressed to Sens. Gorton, Patty Murray, D-Wash., Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Golo. and Rep. JackMetcalf, R-Langley. In her letter, Dawson wrote: "Individuals that move to reservations are among themost.multi-culture oriented in any given area. I would hope you could agree that any 'cultural' emphasis of the sort directed in this article is not appropriate and must be dealt with accordingly." Dawsonexpressed concern about the possible creation of "divisiveness" by having the topic of her letteraddressed in The Bellingham Herald. However, Nielsen said she did not think writing to congressionalrepresentatives was divisive. "I see that as different because you don't get the public involved â€” it's more on an individual basis," Dawson said in her interview. County Councilwoman Barbara Brenner statedthat she has not yet seen the article in Squol Quol; however, she said what the Lummi print in theirnewspaper is not county council business. "(Dawson's) private issues in no way belong on countycouncil stationary," Brenner said. "I want to make it a point that what she does on her personal time is her business, but using her county council position to further her private issues is unacceptable."Western student Dave Chesson spoke in defense of the Lummi Tribe before the county council onTuesday. He said he found nothing racist about the article and Dawson's words do not represent thecounty council's or his position. Chesson said that, although he respects politicians with differing views than his own, he is "offended when politicians publicly promote unethical, prejudicial tactics under theguise of serving the public." "It saddens me to think that someone in our county could use such atragedy for their own personal agenda," Chesson said. Lane said he discovered the warrior's speech that was used in the article in a book called Touch the Earth and that it was solely his decision to run it. "The 'Wisdomkeeper' article had the intent of making people remember and learn from the past," Lane said.Although no reference is made to Gorton in the text of the "Wisdomkeeper" article, Lane said "Gortonhas caused more trouble for the Indians than anyone else of our time, and Marlene Dawson is following in his footsteps." practically running a hotel." The president was also assisted in finding employment forher spouse, Joseph Morse, who teaches chemistry at Western and has some administrative duties."It is very common for a president, male or female, to negotiate a job for their spouse," Becker said. "Ifyou want to get good people in good positions, you need to take care of the spouse." Offering bonuses is also a common practice, Becker said, noting a recent report, "The American College President: A1998 Edition," that found the average college president in 1995 was in office for five years or less.Bonuses, known as "golden handcuffs," encourage presidents to stay at universities for at least fiveyears, Becker said. "Washington administrative salaries have been low," Becker said. "Washington,Oregon and Idaho have, for years, been able to peddle the scenery," Becker said. "It's a pleasant placeto live." Before coming to Western, Morse worked at Utah State University from 1968 until 1989 as achemistry professor and provost. Even if Morse originally was attracted to Western because of its setting, the final details of her contract had to be hammered out with Western's Board of Trustees. "InWashington, each board cuts its own deal with the president," Becker said. ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT NEWS June 5, 1998 IMMHHMHHHHHI Microsoft could lose holdings ByCorey Lewis The Western Front News analysis Part two of a two-part series When Judge ThomasPenfield Jackson delivers his decision in the Microsoft antitrust case, the ruling will have a far-reaching impact on all large corporations that operate within the United States. "The government's activities(are) certainly going to slow the trend towards these kind of mergers, consolidations and acquisitionsthat result in monopolistic threats," business law professor Dan Warner said. But in addition to having a chilling effect on other corporations growth, what effect would a ruling against Microsoft have onthat company? Most likely, say many economists, the result would be the government establishing an injunction that would require Microsoft to divest itself, or sell off its smaller companies. "(Thegovernment) can order Microsoft to divest itself of some of these different companies. They could alsoorder it to carry on the opening Windows screen the opportunity for consumers to get Netscape justas, for example, the government now says to telephone companies, 'You must allow other phonecompanies to use your lines,'" Warner said. "But I think the likelihood is that they will look at thedivestiture issue most strongly," he added. And the issue of Microsoft's holdings promises to be oneof the central issues in the Justice Department's case. Microsoft has many holdings and seems to beemploying the old business strategy of buying out the competition. This is seen by some anti-trustlawyers as the type of anticompetitive practices that could result in Microsoft being ruled an illegalmonopoly. Microsoft has more than 52 acquisitions, investments and partnerships with differentcompanies and firms in 10 different high-tech areas. Its biggest holdings are in the area of Internet tools,including NetCarta, an up-and-coming webpage design firm. It also has partnerships with largecompanies such as NBC Broadcasting and TCI Cablevision. Microsoft has its fingers in virtually everyarea of new technology. The most recent example of this is Microsoft's $425 million acquisition ofWebTV Networks. It is the maker of the TV set-top boxes that allow consumers to get Internet accesswithout having a home computer. Microsoft had fallen behind in this burgeoning field, and instead ofdeveloping its own technology, they bought the top company in the field. This is precisely the type ofbusiness practice that Microsoft's competitors call predatory. However, according to an April 20 articlein The Seattle Times, the Justice Department reviewed the merger and decided not to offer anychallenge because they said the Internet TV device market is new and susceptible to change. TheTimes also reported that since the acquisition, Microsoft's closest competitor, NetChannel, has nearly gone bankrupt. Whatever decision comes down, the effects will be felt by companies around the world. If Microsoft wins the case,, or is judged a legal monopoly, that will open the door for many largercompanies to peruse as many acquisitions as possible and follow the Microsoft pattern ofsuccess. If they lose, then it could force companies to take long looks at their holdings and comparethem to those of Microsoft. $1 Off ANY ITEM WITH COLLEGE ID, EXCLUDES HAPPY | u LIVE MUSIC" THURSDAY, Â§ FRIDAY Â£ SATURDAY g NICHTS!! g C360) 733-2430 ' FW 733-2592 1313 E.MAPLE â€¢ BEUINGHAM, WA 98225 Have We Got a Summer for You! 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HEWAIVED FOR STUDENTS 170 E. 8AKERVIEW ROAD BEUINGHAM, WA 98226 (360) 752-2400(BEHIND HORIZON BANK, IN FRONT OF GOIDIE'S RESTAURANT OFF THE OUIDE MERIDIAN) ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 7 ---------- June 5, 1998 ACCENT THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 7 ^abjcp|;JM|te^ of this story vto tie iriteit^reted intEe way that carriage or harm would be done I tdi;; sipn^ebne::: Ig^tfing: a â€¢â€¢ tattoo fipm eitherKaiamal^^ ; t ^ @ Â£ ^ r ^ ^Â£ ihsKrrteh^ j^aetic^jl^^ iSiiii^iSiiiiil^Hiiiiitt^fe iiriiietij iiSiiil^i^iiiiisiiiiiliiii^ | | | | || Â§ | | ^ ^ I^^IBSilipBMHBiHiiBliSl SlBft^^^PlP^iSBiBB|ppiii||||i Joules brings energy to Bellingham ByShane Powell The Western Front By definition, a joule is a measuremet of energy. Attempt to defineJoules Graves and you may end up with: an immeasurable source of energy. Her only measures arethose utilized in music, and the energy she releases is transformed by voice, guitar and drum. Graves,better known as "Joules" to many, let her drum beats pulse and her mighty voice resonate through theEagles Hall Ballroom on Saturday night in front of more than 200 people. "I love playing inBellingham," Joules announced, beaming her luminous smile at the audience. "Everyone knows how todance and have a good time here." Anyone sitting down in her audience was in a small minority as shepounded through the first set of songs from her 1997 CD, "Plunge." The ballroom's floor was filled withdancers twirling, prancing and purring along. Wildly energetic children were eventually outlasted by theadults. The end of the night revealed exhausted small bodies sprawled sound asleep on the floor. Joules' music, described as "tribal folk," appears to serve as a catharsis not only for herself, but also for heraudience. She requests that people take part in her music in order to assist in the "healing that we andthe earth are so deeply in need of." "They teach us addition and division ... in school, but we have tolearn to teach ourselves to feel our roots that stretch into the earth," Joules said. "The earth can berebuilt â€” strengthened and restored towards balance with our help." Joules explained to the audience that she has had to stick mainly to her vocal and drum songs lately because she has beenexperiencing numbness in her left hand, making it difficult to play guitar. "Any adverse situation alwayspresents lots of gifts, though," Joules said. "The gift tonight is that I get to share many songs with youthat I don't normally sing." For this reason, dancers were given a break more than once while Joulestreated them to powerful vocal solos. Songs like "Sweet Forgiveness" and "Teaching My Heart" letpeople sit and absorb her voice and words. Joules' lyrics are often conscious reminders of our "humblelives as human beings." She calls out verses from wise depths and reveals heartfelt feelings about manysubjects: the ecological devastation of our planet, the senseless abuse of women, homogenizedculture and the ongoing need for self-acceptance and love. She describes herself as a "wild-craftedwaterfall child." "It was so fun being a teenager," Joules said. "I had it all figured out, but as I get older, I see more and more how little I know and what a great mystery it is; it's humbling." Using her djembedrum for background on one of her last songs, Joules rapped out thoughts and sang portions of songsshe said had been going through her head recently. Joules said her song, "I Like You" was recentlychosen as an anthem and she was also nominated for an award at a lesbian music awards ceremony. "I was one of the nominations with k.d. Lang and The Indigo Girls," Joules said. "I had some funadventures and felt very blessed to go and meet all these queer homos and share with another tribe," she said laughingly. Joules is a lesbian and said she's engaged to her current girl friend, who has beenaccompanying and helping her out with gigs. Joules said her next CD won't be released until aboutJanuary of next year. She has 11 performances lined up for the summer. Most are scheduled on theWest Coast. The show nearest to Bellingham will be Seattle at the Fremont Fair on June 20.Front/Shane Powell Joules.shines her love light on Bellingham. Don't Let Summer Fly By WithoutEarning WWU Credit Take Advantage of Independent Learning Wherever You Are Independent Learning 650-3650 â€¢ ilearn@cc.wwu.edu â€¢ Old Main 400 ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 8 ---------- 8 â€¢ T H E WESTERN FRONT ACCENT J u n e 5, 1998 Brothers Vincent are at it again By Greg Tyson The Western Front Many of us have entertained thoughts of making movies. We are dazzled andseduced by the romantic allure of the film industry. The image of a director sitting on a crane, dictating to his crew about how the next scene will play out has become an indelible symbol of power and prestige.Yet few of us actually possess the patience and talent to fulfill this fantasy. Tim Boyd, a sophomore atWestern, is one of those rare individuals who has not only entertained thoughts of making movies, buthas actually tried his hand at it. "I want to reinvent entertainment," Boyd said. Boyd is the minister ofproduction and entertainment at Brothers Vincent Productions, a local video production team. He startedit last year after graduating from high school. The name is derived from the three main characters inBoyd's first production "Casciatto," an Italian gangster comedy-drama. "People really seemed to like it,"Boyd said. "It was very low-tech, but it was something that just kind of came together." With thesuccess of "Casciatto," Boyd made a second film called "Fever," a taut psychological drama revolvingaround one man's slow descent into madness. Although Boyd was able to sell all 80 video copies of"Fever," the critical response was decidedly mixed. "It could have been a lot better," Boyd said. "Thebiggest problem that I am constantly hearing is that the actors â€” though being very talented as they allwere â€” weren't the right age for the story to take place." One of the things about "Fever" that botheredBoyd-was that audiences didn't get caught up in the main character's plight. "If they don't like your maincharacter, you got some problems," Boyd said. Boyd said he is hoping to avoid audience apathy withhis next two productions "Chadwick and Russel" and "Blue Collar Dogma." "Chadwick and Russel" tellsthe story of a bookworm named Chadwick who decides to explore the world. He meets up with Russel,an introvert Boyd describes as someone who "decided to live his life on the wind." During their journeytogether, Chadwick and Russel hook up with a young couple. The husband is a fervent, if amateurish,hunter. The loquacious Chadwick tells him he's got to have confidence in order to be successful.Heeding Chadwick's advice, the husband goes hunting one evening. His midnight jaunt endsdisastrously, though, when he accidentally shoots his wife. The husband flees the scene, and the body is left in the hands of Chadwick and Russell. "It's about the death of romance in America. It's about howcommercialism has killed romance in America," Boyd said. "If s kind of like 'Dumb and Dumber' meets'Moby Dick,'" Boyd said. Boyd is hoping to tighten the script and sell it to someone else. Boyd'senthusiasm for the script was heightened after receiving a glowing review from Perry Mills, the writingteacher in the theater department. "He seemed to think it was really great stuff, which, if you know whohe is, you'll know he doesn't like a lot of stuff," Boyd said. "In fact, he has trouble liking anything." While"Chadwick and Russel" is your basic buddy film with a twist, "Blue Collar Dogma" is a pseudo-documentary focusing on one man's struggle to become a mailman. "Dogma" is the first entry in a four-part series. Boyd said he hopes to start filming "Dogma" this summer. "We're taking normal people innormal instances, and we're getting the audience to really identify with them," Boyd said. Boyd said he wants his films to be mainstream with decidedly quirky overtones. He looks to the genius of suchauteurs as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to take byzan-tine ideas and simplify them withoutdulling their edges. "I'm constantly scrutinizing everything," Boyd said. "For me, your story and yourtheme are story developed out of your theme, and if s got all the feeling and emotion that you, as anartist, as a writer and as a filmmaker, can put into it. And then, around that, you develop the plot." Boydsaid he is not concerned so much with the plot as he is with the story. "A plot, as far as I'm concerned,is incidental," Boyd said. As a filmmaker, Boyd said he finds the work of Christopher Guestparticularly impressive. He added that he enjoys Guesfs crackling and audacity to turn things up a notch. "Thaf s why they built an amplifier for him that goes to 11," Boyd said. Boyd said he wants people toleave his movies with a spring in their steps and something to think about. "I'm also constantly takingeverything as a big hole, and ifs like ... 'Okay, what did I get out of this as an entire donut/" Boyd said.Front/Jesse Kinsman the root of any picture. You take a Tim Boyd of Brothers Vincent smiles upon theprospects of his new film projects. McKenna tri/M By Shane Powell The Western Front TerenceMcKenna, described as "the psychedelic guru" or "Timothy Leary of the '90s," argues that, as popularculture rapidly approaches the 21st century, it is leaving out a crucial element of past and future. Thatelement, he says, may be the fungus that grows around cow manure. McKenna, 50, is a popularphilosopher, ethnobotanist, author and activist. On Wednesday night, he spun his Front/Shane PowellTerence McKenna speaks to Western about 'shrooms and shamanism. thoughts on alien inte the role ofhallucinogens of more than 300 people at the dated Students Special Events spo: discussion. McKenna has a theory that psy possibly a form of alien intelligence on Earth and been right be multi billion-dollarsearch for beyond the atmosphere. . "Whether mushroom, is some sort,Jt peculiar qul| ingestthem;fthis4s be." Tl McKenna admitigd his bizarre to many, %1NWi ist in his approacrte to/ffie-irrational preaching absolutes or ideologies. "The truth doesn't have to be spun, ed or packaged,"McKenna said. "T truth. It becomes evident on its own. We to polish our crap detectors to get beyo:what we're fed by popular culture. McKenna said he has been studying that hallucinogens haveplayelt;f[in hum lution since 1967, attribu inspiration to Aldous Huxley Wasson. Wasson was aWesterniteio: use of mushrooms, and a Beliey|r tain mushroom was the "SomaS^oi arfi ilization.Mushrooms have been ingeste shamanic ceremonies and have been a ca for the e x r ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ h u m a n mind ^ ^ | ^ srnaU^8!fi^WSiMi^fe"can' ' b e ^ ^ ^ ^ | increase acuity in b o t h { p ^ f e ^ ^ ^ physic sagepgested mushrooms in â€¢survive than others. He ciety who have psyche-i more likely to survive self-awareness. 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Painters â€” there are some people, like, these days, RobertMotherwell and Richard Diebenkorn. F: What is it about their artwork that you admire? SN: Well, thevisual aspect of it. I think if s important to study artists before you so you don't have to go through all thethings they went through to figure out what they're up to. If you study them, you kind of have theirknowledge. F: Do you have a favorite medium? SN: Two-dimensional stuff, painting, oil paint and pen-and- ink drawing. F: Do you ever do sculptures? SN: I do. I actually like to carve stuff out of wood. F: Haveyou ever carved anything really huge? SN: No, actually all my sculptures are about (the size of a book).F: What are your aspirations as an artist? SN: I don't know if my degree is going to do anything. With my education here, I hope to make money out of it. You know, after I graduate, I don't know how I'm going to do that, but... F: Are there any particular subjects you address in your art? SN: I think I deal with myidentity a lot because I'm an international student. I don't fit into my own country's society value anymore. I don't think I'm necessarily Americanized, but what am I? You know? Where am I, or where do Ibelong and all that kind of stuff. I do have this background that I was brought up in, in Japanese society, Japanese family values. I do feel more comfortable at home in America, so ... Is being Japanese thatimportant, or what is to be an American? Or what is to be Japanese? Or other silly stuff too. I like â€” Ilove â€” music. I wanted to be a musician, you know. I have a passion for music. F: Do you play anyinstruments? SN: I used to. I used to play trumpet and tried to learn guitar. I played the piano for a longtime, too. F: Can you describe the art scene at Western? SN: I think the art department is really good.The faculty support is really high and, yeah, I mean, the only thing . that's not good is if s too small, Imean budget-wise and space-wise. Well, and some people say we don't have much competition between students â€” they're not competitive, you know. We have critique, and they all say nice things abouteach other, and we don't say, "You suck! No, you suck!" I don't know, I've never taken any art educationany other place, so I don't know how if s like in other places. But, like, even at U Dub â€” they have muchmore space and much more people, so it may be more competitive. I don't know. It may be a goodthing that people are nice to each other. F: I know you've had one showing at the gallery. Is that the only one, or have you had others? SN: I've had a chance to show my drawings in, when was that, '96, in theVU gallery, and a group show. I haven't really had other shows other than putting my paintings in thehallway in the art building. It's pretty fun â€” especially with the group shows. We all get along with eachother. It's like a big party, you know. It gives a lot of artists an oppor- * tunity to show their work. Actually, I'm making an art c (0 E c(0 lt;D (0 (0 lt;D c s LL club, trying to have some sort of supportingability for artists so they can show their art work. F: Whaf s it called? SN: WAG â€” Western Art Group.I'm thinking maybe we can reserve the VU Main Lounge all day. We won't have gallery-quality lighting,but we'll set up our stuff and people can walk through, take a look around. Maybe we'll have somestudents playing live music. F: Is there one particular piece you've spent a long time on? SN: There wasone portrait of my friend I did. I used to work in representational, classical style, and I just wanted to dogood, so I spent a lot of time on it. And she was a pretty girl, so I wanted it near perfect, and I spent a lotof time fixing it. I'm working on more abstract stuff right now, which is time-consuming. You sit in front ofa painting for a couple hours then paint and sit back and think about it for a couple hours, so it takestime. F: What do you like about abstract art? SN: It's more about me rather than me talking aboutsomething else. An abstract painting is about painting itself, rather than a painting of an object, so youcan put more of whajtjsin your gut rather than what's in your brain. F: Do you have a favorite paintingyou've done? SN: Mmm. There's some I kind of like. I don't know; I don't feel attached to my own art toomuch, you know. Well, some drawings, maybe, I feel attached to. But I'm doing Sumi ink drawings rightnow. Ink drawings are really spontaneous. You can't coyer up a mistake or do it over again like oilpainting, so if s more spontaneous. It makes the drawing look really improvisational. I kind of like thatkind of quality because sometimes I'll make a mark I don't mean to, but I happen to like it. F: Is there aparticular setting you work best in? SN: Well, now that I do most of my work in the painting studio in theart building, I like big space, even though usually I occupy only a small part of that space. I like music,but if s not like something I have to have. I like 88.5 KPLU-FM or something like that playing'. F: Whendid you get into swing dancing? SN: Oh boy, when was that? Three years ago. My sophomore year.F: When did you learn to swing dance? SN: Just through Swing Kids. F: What attracted you to swingdancing? SN: Well, I wanted to be a jazz musician, and I got good enough to say I suck, so ... I kindawanted to dance as another form to express the music, and I think I like to dance in general. F: Whatother dancing styles do you enjoy? SN: I really want to learn how to break dance, actually. If there's abreak dance club, then I'd jump into it. F: Do you dance only at the Swing Kids club? SN: My roommateis in a band called New York Jimmy and the Jive Five. They're big in Seattle, so every time I have achance, I go down there. My roommate puts me on the guest list so I don't have to pay a cover. So that'scool. F: Do you have a favorite dancing outfit? SN: I used to wear zoot suits, like wool pants and jacketsand stuff, but it wasn't really an efficient outfit to dance around and get sweaty in, so these days I justwear khaki and a T-shirt. But yeah, I like to look good out there. It's a fun part about swing dance. F: Doyou have any far-fetched dreams? SN: Well, I always say to my friends that if I don't succeed as aprofessional artist, I'll go back to Japan and become a terrorist. I'll overthrow Japanese government orsomething â€” but I don't think it's a dream. More like a sick kind of... I don't know. I always thought I willbe a painter. But when I was a kid I always wanted to be a robot engineer, and I wanted to make myparents into robots so they can take care of me forever. F: Where do you see yourself in five years? SN:In five years? â€” Trying to graduate. No, I don't know. I'd like to be somewhere other than the U.S. andJapan, 'cause I still want to look around the world. But that my wallet will decide. Hopefully Africa orEurope. F: What other hobbies do you have? SN: I cook a lot. Yeah, I kind of like cooking. Although, Ireally like to cook on gas stoves, but my house has the electric stuff, so you can't cook well. Yeah,cooking is fun. And I used to knit a lot. But it's kind of getting too hot to play with yarn. F: Is thereanything about yourself that you consider eccentric or crazy or different from everybody else? SN: Ohman â€” That'd be a harder question if you asked if there's anything that I'm ordinary in. I think I'm prettycrazy overall. I don't really care about what other people say. I know a lot of people say that, but I reallydon't cafe. Front/Jesse Kinsman Atsushi "Sushi" Nakano stands beside a coy self portrait that jumpsinto three dimensions at the viewer. ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 10 ---------- 10 â€¢ THE WESTERN FRONT SPORTS June 5, 1998 Three Flames scrum with Mudhens Womenruggers represent Western at National Championship By Jenni Odekirk The Western Front Westernstudents Shauna Eaton, Molly Green and Ana Liberty didn't end their involvement and success inrugby after their last season with the Flames; they continued when they played for the Emerald CityMudhens in Minneapolis, Minn., at the United States of America Rugby Football Union NationalChampionships in the Plate Division. The Mudhens, a Seattle-based club team, won the nationalchampionship, beating Philadelphia 38-5 on May 23, defeating Belmont Shore 38-10 on May 24 andcrushing Atlanta 44-10 in the finals on May 25. "We blew them out," said Mudhen fly-half Eaton.Eaton was voted MVP of the tournament by her teammates. She made many assists and calledplays for the team. "It's really rewarding to see the plays I call succeed," Eaton said. â€¢"That happened almost all the time during the tournament." Her level of play in the tournament is even moreimpressive considering she had recently broken her arm. The hard cast was taken off the Wednesdaybefore the tournament, and she played with a soft cast during the tournament. "I was excited to play in the national tournament," Eaton said. "I was thrilled by the level of competition." Eaton, 29, began herrugby career in 1988 as a freshman at Western. "She wasn't very good when she began, but she stuckwith it," women's rugby Advisor Lori Bril-la said. Eaton continued to play with rugby after she leftWestern in 1993. She joined the Mudhens that year after moving to Seattle and has played withthem since. The Mudhens went to the national championships in 1996 and won second place.Eaton was a member of the Grizzlies, a West Coast regional team, from 1995-97 and a developmental player for the national women's rugby team in 1996. Eaton came back to Western this quarter tocomplete her bachelor's degree, but she is ineligible to play for the Flames; she currently plays forthe Mudhens. Liberty and Green said they are in awe of Eaton. "She's my idol," said Liberty, Flamesscrum-half. "She's a real leader out on the field." "I have so much respect for Shauna," said Green,Flames locke. "She's not a big player physically but makes up for it in ball-handling skill and.agility." "Iwas nervous the whole weekend, but when it came time to play, I just didn't care." Molly GreenFlames locke "I was excited to play in the national tournament. I was thrilled by the level ofcompetition." Ana Liberty Flames scrum-half Seniors Liberty and Green played rugby for Western thisseason but changed their rating when the season was over in order to play for the Mudhens in thetournament. "It was an honor to be picked by the Mudhens," Green said. Green played in the last 15minutes of the championship game. "I was nervous the whole weekend, but when it came time to play, I just didn't care," Green said. "I just tried to fill the shoes of the girl I filled in for." "I was proud because(the Mudhens) said I had good form in the game," Green said. Liberty played in the last 10 minutes ofthe championship game. "I was pret'y nervous," Liberty said. "The-thing going through my headwas, 'Okay, Ana, you have 10 minutes to get through. Don't screw up.'" "I made it through the 10minutes and gave a big sigh of relief â€” that's when I realized that I just played in a nationalchampionship game and we won," Liberty said. Eaton said Liberty and Green played well. "Theyhave great basics and are ready for the next level," Eaton said. "They're great players." Liberty, 22,began playing rugby her junior year at Western and just completed her third season on the team.Liberty was elected Rookie of the Year during her first season on the team and co-captain of the teamthe next two seasons. "It's a compliment to be elected (captain) because it's a position of responsibilityand leadership," Liberty said. "It tells me that I was getting the job done and excelling, and myteammates r e c o g n i z e d that." "Ana is versatile," Brilla said. "She's played many keypositions, has good skills and thinks quickly." Green, 23, has played rugby for two-and-a-half yearsfor the University of Montana and one-and- a-half years for Western. Green said playing rugby atWestern has been a great experience. "I have a lot of respect for the Flames' stamina and goodsportsmanship," Green said. "Molly is tenacious," Brilla said. "She never gives up." Brilla said shewill miss Green and Liberty, who will graduate next week. Green and Liberty, along with Flames players Laura White, Maria Mooney and Colleen Kearney, will attend the try-out camp for the national under-23 rugby team at a camp they will be attending June 13. and 14. Front/Catherine Anderson MollyGreen, Shauna Eaton and Ana Liberty in charge on Western rugby's home field. BREWERY BISTROGreat food! Great ales! Great fun! â€¢ Kegs Gallons-to- go available â€¢ Brewery tours Call for livemusic information 647-5593 1107 Railroad Ave.Â« B'ham C-Wouhpaotcno m Centralâ„¢ We putCoupons on the Web. Save money! Print out Coupons for these local businesses and more! Deliverymenus online. Money Saving Coupons. Community Information andmqre.^^ Pizza Pipeline MaharajaIndian Cuisine Trek Video Scoreboard Pizza and more Contact us today! (360) 738-9494 P.O. 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National champs honored at Western By SaraMagnuson The Western Front Tossing hard candy and waving blue-and- white pompoms, the womenwho beat Simon Fraser for the national fast-pitch softball title proudly strode from Turf Field to the lawn of Old Main, accompanied by the cheers and whistles of their adoring fans. They , walked, and at timesnearly skipped, through campus; the leaders held a red-and-white banner proclaiming the team to bethe 1998 NAIA National Softball Champions, and two women brought up the rear with a blue-and-whitebanner reading, "Western Washington University 1893." As they passed Arntzen Hall, studentspectators burst into applause and were rewarded with candy, some of which struck a student whofeigned anger before flashing a vivacious smile. An appreciative. crowd packed Red Square, ready for the team to traipse through. A smattering of students and faculty waved royal-blue pieces of paperemblazoned with the words "National Champions." Strains of a fight song filtered through the trees asthe team and trailing fans neared the lawn in front of Old Main. The team bounded onto a stage set up on the walkway, and several of the women fastened the red-and-white banner on poles behind the stage. The women looked out at more than 100 fans gathered on the lawn/and their faces shone with giddiness. The only person missing on stage was Coach Art Phinney, who was absent due to illness. PresidentKaren Morse ascended the stage, stepped behind the podium and spoke about the magnitude of theteam's accomplishment. "This is a wonderful celebration," she said. "It's the first tournament nationalchampionship to come to Western in over 60 years. We're so proud of these women. They beat SimonFraser twice." The crowd punctuated her comment with cheers and whistles. Assistant Coach DickGreen followed Morse, emphasizing the team track record. "(The women) broke 55 school records andtied 18," he said. "This is probably. the hardest working group that we've had since we started four years ago:" The achievements of the team are especially impressive, considering about half of the women arefreshmen, Morse said. We can also expect great things from them next year, she said. With great flair,Morse handed two of the team members the championship ^trophy, which is made of wood andfeatured a sparkling bronze statue of.a softball player. Turning back to the audience, she said shehoped the Board of Trustees will approve a resolution commending the softball team. Green pointed outthat team member Alison Haukaas is a GTE Academic All- American Athlete. "(The victory) is a windowfor us," Morse said. "No matter what we are in â€” athletics or academics. â€” we're going to be thebest." Front/Erin Fredrichs Devon Fliss and Mandy Helzer hold the trophy high. In fact, most textbooks are outdated in one to three years. Textbooks are not professional resources. 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"Neil|ei|pfis \^r4i:su^p^e2|-tb getf here â€” we are the uriderdo|jÂ£j|^^ "We started out somewha%o|^ S | s 4 e t f ^ ! ^ t ^ os f* of us have been p l a y i n ^ | o ^ ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ fc know what ygo^^^^^^^^^^^^^^F^^^^^1^' ShelleyTurnefS^^S^*^'**8',' Stinky's Jeff Larson opened the game with a goal, shot from more than three-fourthsthe length of the floor. "I knew from the start this game was going to be a shoot-out," Larson said. "Bothteams displayed no weakness on the floor." Team Valtrex fought back with two goals, leading thegttme^ until Larson scored a goal for Stinky's, tying the game a t ^ E ^ i t h less than four minutes left inthe game. "We hav| C1TÂ»Â£ a long way this season and I really tnrllf%%sjhj|ye| w n ^ N | takes |o winthis game," Valtrex Kahren Oxnlr ^id4. "Sd'rary we||ave dominated this game and now alpwe neejl is theshots." "My teafh's defense descended f frpm Motfrit Olympus and played *with Gjli-like/ ability,"Stinky's .^David Jaiderson said. V Neilher team scored in the five-minute overtime, so four players fro^SieaÂ£h team tested their shooting ability on the goal in sudden ^iejfm. Both Valtrex and the Stinky's vS ; | | p ^ a goal, bumping the score up f^yluzzled, the refs and players â€¢*ytaÂ§ed to find a fair solutionto finish ^ p e game. | ^ s ^ | f e y agreed on a second sudden i^^^febu^Stinky's Kate Herrington S l i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ r i | ; t o like the idea. "This is such a stupid way to finish the game!" Herrington said. Despitemany penalties and power-plays against them, Stinky's won with a final shotsb|S^^^l^ers in the secondsudden death. â€¢/^â€¢â€¢:0Â§kL. "This shirt welpjpn is a b i ^ ^ ^ r f | y o u ' to all the people who didn't tr^^fccould n^^^Kltramural floor hockey!" Ayers saÂ«3^^|anks4eanT^I jlst love you all!" "I knew v$ecouidB|^ Sh'nk)|s Sarah Hakanson said. "Plus, our goalie k ^ ^ ^ ^ f t e serious Mss!" Both teaifvs l e f J^ j ^ ^ ^ ^ | p Â« p ^ ^ ^ X t year's floor hock- A ValtrtW^rd^gL0te^kt a Ifrdnt/Erin Becker whiteanothektyafaex looks on. ^y^fason. ^ T m really i f l ^ ^ ^ ^ d | ^ t h the|loughr^s|pf everyone on the team,"Valji^llhrlsdfengillo slid.1 "Everyone gives it their all. I l | | pejin^tk^ recruitin||tHem for the varsity icehockey s ^ ^ | l . ' | | ^ j ^ ^ ||| | "Man, I love ^ | | ^ | i | | n i ? ^ this g a | | f | | ValtrexDariielle'Stuffleb^m^a|i.^^%^ terrific tea^^orJlt; and support for our ^ ^ ^ d Â« ^ 3 ^ 3 W shows. C ^ i ^ ^ j i to all the teams this yJa^feif -*Â£*Â£.â€¢.%gt;gt; \ -i ^Â« * it \SÂ»# A Beavers bowl ByMarkDewar | The Western Front . '$f No champagne was poured, any players on the victorious^ on thetop of each othej ing pound. The coed intr; pionship endec â€¢â€¢ -fashion as Retu|^^^^^eajp ed the ' Ba d ^ f i p i l l 26-5. The garr^^^Siied'' four i r u ^ g ^ ^ ^ ^ ; t t \ e two teaii|searrje to a mupPi^clecisionto sj^p/ pla|r because ti% Bears werjyio fa^piinc^ The game was c| inning, 4-3 in favb| each foUowingBeaver displa^ec artillery that led f c of 23 runs m ohryl For Return of was the culminate season. Theymanaged tlt;^^ltel the season undefeafc The team benefitt lent play of its girl onship, said Beayer"They played ^trt Seigel said of lus femi Dan Predmbre, Bea the girlsCca^'^ttuK^ base hits. Seigelalsorep; Bears llfcdouble in the fourtmt bases. iy^c|me through in the sremy Hader said. |^HiWlÂ®a^iwas confi- â€¢e-l : .':-â€¢'â€¢ o win the ite successful y-Western, s team wpn the champi-thisyear. ona coed softball team, lader and Seigel, that won lpionship last year. iRomstad, the captain of the Jd that her team could iisual-pk? past their faults and*!)erforrn games. ^^jM^.tius^game, however, the teamcould not disguise them, she said. She noted that this was the Bears pnly on-field loss of the season(they |had lost previously by forfeit). But she said with the amount of talent the Beaver had, her teamknew the jarne was going to be tough. Tt was obvious that most of their |am had played before,"Romstad id. "They were really good." |Romstad said her team had a good ie throughout the seasonâ€”â€¢ and lading a good time is v||*a|^trarnu-fals is all about. | Gribbles'edges ;n Brierly Western Front Center mio^eldef*Ma^Caid^jeU scored^an unassisted goal and goalie Jim McSujrdy** made aspectacular diving save in the game*sj waning moments to preserve Gribbles' unde* feated season andthe intramural soccer championship, defeating The Quan 1-0 on the astro^* turf last weekend.if*"â€¢â€¢ Caldwell dribbled the ball frorn|m|^fi|lC juked The Quan's defense and snot or| gl)^l from 20-yards out. The ball hit the ^ t e m portion of the crossbar and feU straight aown into the hands of TheQuan goalie Travis Chun as he was falling into his own net. Gribbles' victory didn't come easy. "That was the best team we played all season," said Ryan Dortch, who plays center mid and defense forGribbles. "We knew a lot of (The Quan's) players so it was really fun." The Quan's best opportunity to tiethe game came with two minutes left, but Quinn Sharpe's low boot through traffic was denied by asprawling McCurdy. 4 "It was just a great shot by GHiirm^feut. just in the proper position ta McCurdysaid of the crucial fo between fellow Spokane native^ McCurdy became a man possessed whendefending the net, allowing only three goals throughout the season. # " p ^ p ^ ^ d keeper a long time," he said. r y e SleiJpught fo never give up in the post. k u | . a i | c r e o ^ K t o ^ ^ f % s e â€” t h g f c t l i e% a | on t K f c r | n l % i 4 e field'm^t of C h W % a ^ r ^ ^ u c t e ^ m i n d e r for The Impair, e | h e r ^^ ^ y r ^f "rfe ^ d ^ ^ ^ ^ e a t f y great saves," said The f C^an^fe^d^ffillia|[ Beach offchun's perfor- ^ J ^ * r J ^ L ^ noing 1) be ashajhed of. We had ##some%|^pfd scoMig ojportuni^es, but couldn't convert,"she^^^^ft:gt; |: Dortch ajMmLij^iiis turn's success to unselfish pMy. "We cami to^therpr^played welltogether," he sail. "We passe^vrell, which frustrated other fcams. Son^pteams have one guywho's^^^feood^^^^ftit our whole team has teaM06^^^^^Shd we use everyone." | r | 5 b J ^ | ^ ^ ^ P l LisaSabado cited team t n ^ S ^ K t e recipe for success. le core of this team together itramurals and addeda few firing," Sabado said. lally hang out together and iye^mefil 7asthllasthignrbetbre signups and wejust threw this team together and we just really gelled â€” everyone shined in their own way. It was agreat season though. We play really hard and we'll go for the t-shirt next year." 1 ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 13 ---------- June 5, 1998 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 13 Christian church trips over offensive statements About three months ago, the roof of the Overlake Christian Church in Redmond came crashing downaround the good Reverend Bob Moorehead, pastor of the church. He allegedly fondled up to 10 youngmen while performing baptisms and weddings. One man has even accused Moorehead of engaging in afour-year mutual fondling relationship with him. While these accusations have led to wild Corey LewisCOMMENTARY speculation about Moorehead and his res ignation as pastor of the church, a newfirestorm of controversy has erupted. The church, in a statement defending Moorehead, has managedto offend the Jewish population of the state with an insensitive, siupid and blatantly racist statement on its website. The statement warned against speculating about the allegations against Moorehead,but did to determine guilt or innocence. This is, of course, what the Jews did to Jesus. Please do not bea purveyor of gossip or hearsay." . , Now what did the church PI t h l S C a S e , If think would be theresult of that statement? A congregation of more than 6,000 would have a lot of gumption to printsomething like that. This, after all, is the same church that has preached intolerance toward gaysand lesbians, as Moorehead has included as part of the church's doctrine. you don't have anythingnice to say, don't say it at all." so in a tactless and tasteless way. It read: "Gossip and hearsay cannever be used Beyond that, using the word "Jew" is terrible. It is an outdated, antiquated word that has gone the way of "colored" or "Negro." Using it in a modern context is absolutely inexcusable. " Itdisplays the same racist insensitivity as referring to a group of African- Americans as "coloreds."Overlake Christian has exemplified the insensitive' and atavistic thinking that plagues the evangelicalChristian movement. Like the old saying goes, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't sayanything at all." In this case, if you don't have anything smart to say, don't say it at all. # # # Toddwiped the sweat from his brow. "Whew!" he said with a sigh of relief. His last midterm was over. 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Oftentimes our readers do not agree with how we present the information in thenewspaper, as happened two weeks ago with our coverage of Victor Lewis. Several students affiliatedwith the Ethnic Student Center have worked with us in a positive manner, trying to come up withconstructive solutions. We appreciate the concern these and other students have shown and wouldlike to thank those who have made an effort to work with us. We realize that we are not perfect... wenever can be. Locked in' a room in College Hall for too many hours each week, Front editors often seelittle of campus beyond our computer screens. Yet we still try to represent this campus in a fair andaccurate manner. Sometimes our view of what is important can be skewed by the requirements ofjournalistic style, such as the need for a picture on the front page. Sometimes, these considerations takeon more importance than they should. We at the Front appreciate being called on it when we make amistake. We cannot represent this community if we don't know what's going on, what's important andwhat people care about. The only way for us to know this is if you, our readers, tell us. In order for us torepresent Western in an appropriate fashion, we must hear from you, our readers. We may be reached by phone or fax, e-mail or standard mail. Like any campus organization, we are listed in the directory. More importantly, our door is always open to you, our readers. , ; We are students, like any others, here tolearn how to be both journalists and critically thinking adults. Without continual examination of ourmotives and reasons behind what we do, we. aren't really learning. Questions about our coverage arealways welcome because they force us to analyze our actions. j The Western Front, is a class. It hasbeen designed to mirror pro- | fessional newspapexs^h^t weare learning as we go. Oftentimes it is aftermistakes and controversy, such as this, that we, at the Front, do the most learning. We may have madea mistake by putting the stories about Victor Lewis on page six/but we had the best intentions. Thinking it would be good to keep the two usable stories together, the stories were placed on the first interior ad-free page. We are students learning a craft and sometimes misjudge the importance of an event. â€¢ â€¢ Some students were angered by the fact that the stories about Lewis were on page six, and told us.Because they came to speak to us, rather than remaining angry in private, we are making some changes in how we run the paper. More thought is taken when determining the placement of our stories, becauseit is obvious that you, our readers, care about where the stories go. Those who chose not to speak to us, but rather write on Red Square with chalk, were also heard. However, if s difficult to respond toanonymously scrawled chalk. We are working with those who will speak with us for change. Please, inthe future, continue to tell us when you are unhappy with us â€” don't be afraid to speak to us directly.Anger without action is nothing; we all must work together to find constructive solutions to problems. It isthe Front's job to inform and represent Western, and we need to know when we miss the mark. After all,that's the only way we will learn anything. â€” Kristen Paulson, Editor The Western Front Editor KristenT. Paulson; Managing Editor. David Plakos; News Editors: Wendy Giroux and Kevin Rus; FeaturesEditors: Caroline Deck and Aleesha Towns; Accent Editors: Karl Horeis and Todd Wanke; Sports Editors: John Bankston and Jenni Long; Opinions Editor. Mike Dashiell; Copy Editor: Amy Christiansen; PhotoEditor: Erin Fredrichs; Assistant Photo Editor: Jesse Kinsman; Online Editors: Matt Jaffe and KatherineSchiffner; Cartoonist: Chad Crowe; Adviser: Pete Steffens; Business Manager: Teari Brown; Mascot:Arabica. Staff Reporters: Erika Ahlstrom, Bryta Alvensleben, Catherine Anderson, Erin Armstrong, ErinBecker, Barney Benedictson, Addy Bittner, Ken Brierly, Millissa Brown, Katy Calbreath, ErnestoCardenas, AnnMarie Coe, Aaron Dahl, Tom Degan, Mark Dewar, Jill Frewing, Klaus Gosma, JulieGraham, Colin E. Howser, Sarah Jones, David Kearns, Tim Klein, Melissa Laing, Steve Leslie, CoreyLewis, Dana Luthy, Sara Magnuson, Dan Miller, Sarah Millington, Sarah Mitchell, Scott Morris, JenniOdekirk, Shane Powell, Matt Renschler, Christine Root, Craig Scott, Robin Skillings, SamanthaTretheway, Greg Tyson, Amy Vandall, Beth Walker, Tiffany White, Matt Williams and Carrie Wood. TheWestern Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University and is published by theStudent Publications Council. The Western Front is mainly supported by advertising revenue, but theopinions of Front editors or reporters are not reflected in these advertisements. Content is determined bystudent editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in the course entitled "newspaper staff." Any Western studentmay send submissions to: The Western Front, College Hall 09, Western Washington University,Bellingham, WA 98225. Advertising inquiries should be directed to the business office in College Hall 07or made by phone at (360) 650-3161. Single copies of The Western Front are distributed free to membersof the Western community. MARLENE DAWSON ON FVCISM I CAN Y BRIEVE fHE LVMfAL PAPERPUBLISHED A guerre y SOME i8**CÂ£ilt;iUHy INDIAN AGAINST WHfTJSSy-AND TtiEH HAOfftE^NERVE: la OVER 5 Â£ A PE GOKVQWS. PICTURE? WlS 15 BLATANT PffOPOGANDA AIMED ATCREATING RACISM IbWARD wHrfes- To CULTIVATE A N _ ENV7RONMENT TfiAV _ SLANDERSWMITES " AS EVIL. .MONEY-HUNGRY, Â£ANÂ£gt;- GKASMGr, UttfRVloRtitf VSRMIN/ .suRe,~.x MAY HtUEfiA /AITEREST" IN REAL ESTATE AROUNP THE AREA,AfiTgt;AJAY0Â£ ZHAPPEN 7Â£gt; UVÂ£ ON 'THE. RESÂ£TRV20TO/V/, Bur i AM Mar ' PREJUDICED/ HARRIED lUey Â« ARE WCV8ATlN sr ARAct^r ATMOfiPHeRE-RACiSM CANHOTT Community Voice TheChalkersSpeak: This is the statement of the concerned student collective that is responsible for thepast week's chalk-ings. of Red Square] In the last two days, there have been many, rumors that theEthnic Student Center is responsible for these actions. The ESC is not responsible, nor did they haveany knowledge of our actions. We-ask why .Western students immediately assume the ESC andstudents of color must be behind this? Why shouldn't white students be equally concerned? Why is itthat the chalkings are being treated as solely a race issue when they addressed race, class, gender andwhite privilege? We are a diverse group, including white students. Some white students have expressedbewilderment, hurt and anger at the mention of white privilege. Their queries highlight theinadequacies of race, class, gender analyses in Western's curriculum: We feel it is imperative that allstudents examine their responsibilities to consider oppression of all forms, both inside and outside of theclassroom. What does it mean when students and faculty respond with anger and confusion to two orthree days of questioning and dialogue, when other students are forced to be aware of these issues ona daily basis? We feel obligated to address some of the concerns which have only recently been voiced. Anonymity: Some people want the identity of those who did the chalking. This issue shouldn't be aboutwho presented it, but the content and complexity. You already know what we think. If s now moreimportant to explore your own responses and to dialogue with other students and faculty. "This is afestering wound." The majority of students and faculty experience the chalking as a personal attackbecause it is a new concept to them. This wound has been perpetuated and institutionalized overcenturies; it's not at all a new concept if you're on the receiving end. "What's the answer? These thingstake time." Our efforts are not intended as "the" answer, nor is there a single end-all solution. Chalking is merely the medium we've, chosen to present these issues. The answer we hope to see is continued self-examination and engagement with these issues on the parts of students and faculty. "This is not theright forum." What is the right forum? Victor Lewis, an internationally recognized speaker, spoke on ourcampus recently about undoing oppression and described white roles in being allies â€” yet studentsare saying, "Who's -Victor Lewis?" We chose the Red Square chalkings as an avenue to address thewidest student and faculty audience possible. We find it inadequate that such extracurricular forums arethe only major avenue for many students to gain such awareness. Both students and faculty areresponsible for incorporating these issues into their education. We have heard other attempts made totrivialize the chalkings. When a student drew a white-power symbol and wrote, "Race war now," hejustified himself and his friends by saying, "We thought it was . funny." That he chose to laugh aboutrace issues demonstrates his lack of understanding. Another student claimed that oppression isn't anissue at Western because "this isn't the South." One of our additional concerns is with The WesternFront, which has consistently minimized the diverse perspectives that are crucial to fair and accuratereporting. A recent example is that the Front neglected to cover Encuentro: Forging Communities, aregional Native American/Latino youth conference held on Western's campus. We urge The WesternFront and the Journalism Department to continue their internal debates on incorporating race, class andgender into their coverage and curriculum. We would like to extend our thanks to all those who tookthe time to discuss the chalkings and their content. We would also like to thank those who have seen us working and donated several hours of contributions and comments. We apologize to the EthnicStudent Center and students and faculty of color at Western for the unjustified accusations and verbalassaults. We would ask everyone to remember, in the words of bell hooks, "Do not confuse the rage ofthe privilege with the rage of the oppressed. They are not the same." â€” Submitted by Chris Nichols (Awhite male) The Western Front received several letters regarding our coverage of Victor Lewis and theplacement of these stories on the sixth page. Many of these letters criticized the Western Front; two ofthose have been printed in previous editions of the newspaper. Because of space considerations, weare unable to print any more letters here. ^^^^^^^^^^H^^B ---------- Western Front - 1998 June 5 - Page 15 ---------- June 5, 1998 OPINIONS THE WESTERN FRONT â€¢ 15 letters Dear Editor, According to DLC, whenThe Western Front does not have minority speakers headlined on the front page, they suffer from theterrible disease of white privilege. When they run a cover story on Native American Dancers, they aretokenizing minorities. Maybe the Front should print a one-page paper to keep everyone happy. I AMPROUD AND THANKFUL TO BE PRIVILEGED! My father worked hard as a y^\ young man to beaccepted into a fine university that led him into a fine career. In America, education is free foranyone who wants it. I am privileged that my father realized this. I am privileged that my parents haveworked so hard to provide, for my family. I will never forget their examples of HARD WORK. I wasprivileged to receive a free public education where I took the hard classes. 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Title: Western Front - 2000 October 10
Date: 2000-10-10
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Text preview (might not show all results): 2000_1010 ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 1 ---------- Western Washington University Volume 114 Issue 3 Bellingham, Washington Break out the raingear, fall weather returns â€¢^.-;-; gt;-^ gt;4;-. Angela D. Smith/ The Western Front Outdoor maintenence worker Lin
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Show more2000_1010 ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 1 ---------- Western Washington University Volume 114 Issue 3 Bellingham, Washington Break out the raingear, fall weather returns â€¢^.-;-; gt;-^ gt;4;-. Angela D. Smith/ The Western Front Outdoor maintenence worker Linda Peterson hoses down steps near the Fairhaven Commons, spraying away slippery leaves and mud on a rainy afternoon. Skating at Western angers faculty, police By Kathryn Ellis THE WESTERN FRONT Western students see their campus as a mass of buildings and walkways, but to skateboarders of Bellingham the campus is an untapped frontier. Western's campus provides a location full of what skateboarders call "street skating". Street skating involves rails, walls, steps and anything else the skaters find challenging. "The campus is one of the best places to skateboard," said Zac Zamundio a Bellingham skater. "There are rails there people still haven't done." It is not easy to skateboard at Western. Two groups of people are vehemently opposed to this activity taking place on campus. Jim Vyvyan, a faculty member, in Western's chemistry department, is just one of the many professors that feels skateboarding doesn't have a place at Western. â€¢â€¢"I am really dismayed to see all the damage the skateboarders have done to the campus," said Vyvyan. "All the islands in Haskell plaza have scrapes and gouges," said Vyvyan referring to the area in front of the Biology and Chemistry buildings. 'The steps in front of the ~ ~ See SKATE, Page 5 Campus averts a computer crisis ATUS solves network glitch By Matt Williams THE WESTERN FRONT Students annoyed and frustrated with slow login and inoperative programs could breathe a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday when Academic Technology and User Services managed to locate the source of the problems after two days of searching. The problems that plagued the campus computers labs earlier this quarter See LABS, Page 4 Campus Republicans meet for first time at Western, discuss election By Jessica Blair THE WESTERN FRONT Western's College Republicans club is only a year old, but its members are ready for the upcoming election, said Western student Tom Goff, both founder and president of Western's republican organization. 'If we do not Win this election, as far as I'm concerned its gonna be hell for the next 40 years. Yvonne Goldsmith Former Ferndale Mayor Goff welcomed 15 students to last Wednesday's meeting in Bond Hall 114. Goff said most students in the Angela D. Smith/ The Western Front Western's college republicans met Oct. 4 in Bond Hali 114 to plan for this fairs election club are experienced campaigners looking for a channel to filter their political enthusiasm through while at school. "Most people, when they come to Western, see it as a mostly liberal place, and this gives them a place to call home," Goff said. 'You could say it's a support group for some of the members." Goff is familiar with the feeling of alienation, however, when it comes to being outnumbered by Democrats. - . See GOP, Page 4 Blood drive begins today By Tim Hossain THE WESTERN FRONT Giving blood is the easiest way to volunteer and it has immediate impact, said Suzanne Dentel, coordinator for the Puget Sound Blood Center. Western students and faculty will have the opportunity to donate blood from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday though Thursday in the Fairhaven Lounge and at the Blood Center's mini-mobile on the east side of Carver Gym. "The mini-mobile was added because the Fairhaven Lounge is a little more out of the way for most students," said Catharine Vader, blood drive program coordinator for the Prevention and Wellness Center. This blood drive is the first of three drives this year sponsored by both centers. This is the 25th year the Prevention and Wellness Center and the Puget Sound. Blood Center have hosted' a drive on campus. 'â€¢â€¢'â€¢- .'â€¢â€¢: "It's the big blood drives, like the one- at Western, that we rely on to maintain our supply of blood," Dentel said. Puget Sound Blood Bank collects and serves the needs of 16 counties in Washington. The blood is collected and sent See BLOOD, Page 4 IN THIS ISSUE Special Sports Section Whether it's soccer or football, Western has tallented atheletes this fall. Meet them here. See insert. Bigfoot back from the Sixth Dimension Group seeks to explain the lack of evidence supporting the existence of Bigfoot. See story, Page 9. For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail the Western Front at wfront@cc.wwu.edu http://westernfront.wwu.edu ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ The Western Front News October 10, 2000 COPS BOX :liiii^BiSl(i^BlSB^(B pied vehicles on the 600 block AP WIRE NEWS BRIEFS STATE NEWS Â« ! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S ^ ^ B B ^ SP iBBHtfliiHIiiBIIilBHIlB i | | | | I | | B | i i | J l p i ^^ lii^HiliB^ffliiHli^ilift ii||iPHMIil^ii^lpiiBPiBii M^SiiS^SIi^BliiliSS Washington Education Association admits guilt The state attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against the Washington Education Association Monday. The lawsuit holds the WEA responsible for violating a state law that bars unions for using non-member moneys for political purposes without permission. The WEA admitted its guilt last month. Cheney questions Gore's ability to be commander-in-chief In a campaign stop at Yakima, Republican vice-presidential nominee Dick Cheney questioned presidential nominee Al Gore's ability to serve as commander- in-chief. Cheney said Gore does not acknowledge the military's money, morale and readiness problems. Foes contend Locke using state office to aid campaign Since May, when Gov. Gary Locke announced his bid for reelection, his state-funded office has put out nearly 120 news releases. That is almost twice as much as the office put out during the same five months in the past three years. NATIONAL NEWS High schoolers forced to participate in drug studies A 15-year-old Oakridge High School (Ore.) student was kicked off her volleyball team for refusing to sign a consent form to join a student-athlete drug testing program. Ginelle Weber said she agrees with drug testing but she does not agree with being forced to participate in the program. Maybe it's more than a tire problem From the beginning of the tire recall, Firestone has been blamed for accidents that killed 101 Americans. A Washington Post analysis of national and Florida crash statistics shows the Ford Explorer has a higher rate of tire-related accidents than other sport-utility vehicles â€” even when the popular SUV is equipped with Goodyear tires. The finding suggests that something about the Explorer may contribute to these accidents. Drug aids morning sickness Bandectin, a drug that aids women suffering from morning sickness may soon be available again. It had been taken from the market due to lawsuits claiming it caused birth defects. Gunshot wounds in United States decrease between 1993-1997 The Justice Department reported yesterday gunshot wounds from various crimes dropped 40 percent between 1993 and 1997. That trend has been attributed to a drop in crack cocaine wars and the focus . on illegal guns by big-city police. INTERNATIONAL NEWS New Yugoslavian government installed New Yugoslavian president Vojislav Kostunica is installing his own people in government after the prime minister, the police chief and the Serbian health minister quit Monday. The European Union has lifted an oil embargo and other sanctions against the nation since the new government's installation. Polish president Kwasniewski re-elected Poland's president Aleksander Kwasniewski was re-elected Monday, putting former communists in position to seize parliamentary control from the solidarity bloc in next year's elections. Ex-communists now want Prime Minster Jerzy Buzek to dismiss the solidarity-led cabinet and call early elections. Buzek said such action could destabilize the country. Crew set for international space station Members of the first crew for the new international space station met in Moscow Monday to talk about their four-month mission. The American and Russian crew is set to take off for the station Oct. 30 aboard a russian rocket. Compiled by Hollie Joy Brown and Dat Vong Thursday Cloudy, showers. High 56, low 44. Partly cloudy. High 60, low 44. Partly cloudy. High 62, low 46. Partly cloudy. High 60, low 46. Corrections Clarifications :MBi^^ittBiSHBIIBI!^HIIS^BI 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, CH 110, Bellingham, WA 98225-9100. 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 College Hall 07, 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 Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Friday for the Tuesday edition and noon Wednesday for the Friday edition. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, and sent through campus mail to "Official Announcements," MS - 9117, via fax to X/7287, or brought in person to Commissary 113A. DO NOT SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE WESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. All announcements should be signed by originator. PLEASE POST WESTERN STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF may buy a Viking Xpress pass for $15 a quarter. The pass or cash fare of 50 cents per ride is required on the Campus Express route. It may be purchased with a valid Western ID card at the Parking Office 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. EXPRESS PASS NOT VALID DURING BREAKS. The WTA Viking Xpress pass will not be valid during academic breaks between quarters except for three days before the start of a quarter and one day after a quarter ends. Sales of the passes will not be pro rated as a quarter progresses. NO WTA FREE RIDE IN OCTOBER. Due to the new discounted Viking Xpress bus passes, WTA will not be giving out free bus passes as in the past. A bus pass or cash fare will be required. Tokens may be used but no longer may be purchased. THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST is offered in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Dec. 4; and at 9 a.m. Oct. 12,19, 26, Nov. 2,9,16, 30 and Dec. 7. Registration is not required but students must bring photo identification and a No. 2 pencil. A $10 fee must be paid in the exact amount at time of testing. Allow 90 minutes. Sample problems may be found at www.washington.edu/oea/aptp.htm.Allow90minutes. FALL GROUP OFFERINGS at the Counseling Center include 'General Counseling, Tuesdays 3 to 5 p.m. throughout year, requires pre-group screening; â€¢Overcoming Math Frustration, Mondays 3 to 5 p.m., first session Oct. 16 and 23, second session Nov. 6 and 13; 'Relaxation Training Class, 3 p.m. Thursdays starting Oct. 12, no signup needed. For more information or to register, contact the Counseling Center, OM 540, X/3164. THE TEST FOR ENTRANCE INTO TEACHER EDUCATION will be in FR 4 at 2 p.m. Oct. 12, Nov. 16, Dec. 7 and Jan. 18. A $25 fee must be paid in the exact amount at time of registration in OM 120. TETEP is not administered on an individual basis. Winter admission deadline: Oct. 31. DROPPING COURSES: A course withdrawal privilege is required to drop a course from the second through seventh weeks of a quarter. Each student is given two withdrawal privileges a year. For more information, contact the registrar" s office, OM 230. THE ANNUAL HEALTH SCIENCES INFORMATION FAIR will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 17 in the lobby of the Science Lecture (SMATE) building. For more information, see www.careers.wwu.edu or stop by the Career Services Center, OM 280, or phone X/3240. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST will be in FR 4 at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 and Nov. 9 and in OM 120 at 2 p.m. Dec. 6. A $35 fee is payable at test time. Register in OM 120 or by calling X/3080. Allow approximately 90 minutes. The MAT is not administered individually. INFORMATION REGARDING NATIONAL TESTING is available at the Testing Center, OM 120. On-campus recruiting Larson Gross, Wednesday, Oct. 11. Submit resume, cover letter and unofficial transcript by Oct. 4. Click Radio, Thursday, Oct. 12, VU Lobby Moss Adams, preselect interviews Thursday, Oct. 19. Clark Nuber Co., CPA, Tuesday, Oct. 24. Submit resume, cover letter by Oct. 10. KPMG Anchorage/Seattle. Anchorage preselect interviews Monday, Oct. 23; Seattle preselect interviews Wednesday, Oct. 25. Submit resume for Anchorage positions by Oct. 9 and Seattle positions by Oct. 10. Submit resume, cover letter and completed application by Oct. 6. All materials should be submitted through Career Services Center, OM 280, unless otherwise stated. For more information or to learn about fall quarter workshops offered, stop by OM 280 or call X/2944. ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 3 ---------- News The Western Front â€¢ 3 People making an impact around Western WmBSSSBBS ^Im^liUlgm^^^KttM. By Greg Woehler THE WESTERN FRONT On Aug. 14, Marguerite "Zite" Hutton, chair of Western's accounting department, was one of two professors nationwide awarded the American Taxation Association/Arthur Andersen Teaching Innovation Award. She received $2,500 for the award, which was presented in Philadelphia at the annual luncheon for the American Accounting Association, the parent group of the ATA. She was recognized for her imaginative methods in teaching Accounting 471, Tax Research and Planning. "It's really a fun class," Hutton. On a teacher evaluation for the class, a student once wrote, 'I've never worked so hard for a class and had so much fun." "That's my all-time favorite evaluation," Hutton said, smiling. She said she attempts to create a "real world environment" for students by having them work in groups on simulated tax cases created by Pricewater- houseCoopers, an international accounting firm. Hutton said each group works on the same case. Hutton chooses the groups of students based on their answers to a 'background questionnaire. She asks questions about the courses each student has already taken and their work experiences. These questions help Hutton make sure each group has members with a variety of experiences and interests. Though each group works on the same case, Hutton said she never receives "carbon copy answers." "They are each trying to find the best solution to the particular problems, but arrive at answers in radically different Angela D. Smith/vThe Western Front ways," she said. Collaboration is important in the class, not only among the four individuals in each group, but also among different groups. Hutton said she doesn't grade on a curve, which takes away the potential competition among groups. Before the groups turn in their project to Hutton, students must submit their work for peer reviews. Other class members critique the work, but only if they can offer solutions to the problems they find. Both parts of the review process are done anonymously, meaning only the individual's work is being criticized, not the individual. Professors around the country are using Hutton's technique, including one colleague at Old Dominion University. Hutton has been an associate professor at Western since 1989. She said the ATA notified her in May that she had won the award but it wasn't announced to other members of the association until the luncheon. / Opening Night 1ST NIGHT Saturday, October 14th â€¢ 7:00 pm How Near the End Are We? Part 1 Most of the prophetic evidence the Bible gives pointing to Christ's Second Coming has already been fulfilled. Come hear an incredible presentation on what remains and how close we really are! A Fascinating Different Subject Each Night e Sun., Oct. 15 Mon., Oct. 16 \lorful beasts rising from the seay the ELLINGHAO^S., Oct. 17 mystical number 666, a beautiful woman and a fiery red dragon. . . the vivid imagery of the book of Revelation comes alive in this special series! How Near the End Are We? Part 2 The Antichrist Revealed! Part 1 The Antichrist Revealed! Part 2 Thur., Oct. 19 Are You Ready for Jesus to Come? Fri., Oct. 20 The 70th Week and Millennial Reign Sat., Oct. 21 Subversion of America Bryan Corbett, internationally known speaker, presents the Discoveries in Revelations Prophecy Seminar in a dynamic, crystal clear, multi-media study of the Bible prophecies affecting you today. You will be moved by his fresh insights and enthusiastic approach to the books of Daniel and Revelation. Fairhavon. MkMto School FAIRHAVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL no PARKRIDGE ROAD â€¢ B WA ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ The Western Front News October 10, 2000 St. Joe's hosts free depression testing By Jackie Martin THE WESTERN FRONT St. Joseph Hospital offered free depression screenings on Oct. 5 in participation with National Depression Screening Day and Mental Illness Awareness Week. The yearly educational program is designed to inform participants about the signs and symptoms of depression and to help them decide if they would benefit from a more complete mental evaluation. The two-hour screening sessions began with a short lecture about symptoms and treatments of depression. After a question-and-answer period, individuals were given the opportunity to discuss the results of a self- evaluation with a mental health professional and receive referral information for further evaluation if needed. "We put signs around the community in hopes that anybody who thinks they have depressive symptoms, or has a friend who might have depressive symptoms, would come on in," Sharon Chandler, a nurse on the mental health unit at St. Joseph, said. "Depression is a very common illness," said Dr. Hank Levine, a psychiatrist from Bellevue who spoke at one of the two screenings. "Clinical depression affects 17 million people in this country each year," Levine said. "Only about half of those people seek treatment. The rest suffer in silence." "Unfortunately, the screening doesn't come at a good time for Western students because it's right when school is starting back up," Chandler said. "We've been talking about holding a screening on campus, possibly this month," she said. Chandler said she was surprised at the low turnout this year.. In past years, up to 40 people showed up for the screening sessions. This year, only about 20 people showed up for screening. "I was hoping to see more students from the university," sai Jessica Richter, a mental health specialist at St. Joseph's and Western graduate. "Depression is so prevalent," Chandler said. "But people are busy, and there's a lot of denial where people just think, 'This is the way I am, this is the way life is. I'm not depressed, I'll snap out of it."' Treatment options, such as antidepressants and psychotherapy, offer hope for those suffering from depression, Levine said. ATUS fixes computer problem, helps students Western Republicans set to act From GOP, Page 1 "I come from a house full of democrats," Goff said. "There are only two Republicans in my family. I don't know how that happened." Goff said his organization's main concern right now is the election. The club plans to set up information tables and put up stickers and posters around campus treasurer A.J. Strauss said. "After the elections are over, we'll figure out what to do next," Goff said. Two guests at the group's Wednesday meeting, Eugene Goldsmith and his wife Yvonne spoke about their involvement in the election. Eugene Goldsmith, former State Representative for the 42nd District, said education is a priority on this year's agenda. "This college, for the money, is the biggest bang you're going to get for your buck," Eugene Goldsmith said. Whatcom Community College student Mary Eckhoff asked Eugene Goldsmith what he thought about free college for students. Eugene Goldsmith said he did not favor the idea. "If it's free, how much emphasis would we put on it?" he said. Yvonne Goldsmith, former mayor of Ferndale, voiced her disapproval of the presidential debate and of the adversary, Al Gore. She recounted her frustration while listening to the debate on the radio. "I'm sitting in the car listening to the debate and I turn to Gene and say T'm glad you turned that off because I'm about to rip it out,'" she said. "If we do not win this election, as far as I'm concerned, it's gonna be hell for the next 40 years," Yvonne said. "College Students: earn $30- $40/hrpart time! Free details at www.collegemoney2001 .com Harris Music ^ ^ ^ Omsk wMfNM0OWi(KW MNSPOII MStnNMMS Mm mm . . . l _ m..%*â€” J - - Â»â€” irflMruHMmroratr SfMCtflM Ofprint HMwC lessons HriNkws istyiv Acttsstnts dtettVMMMf fUt*JMt JftAwrfft Mkjkm VIV42 (p** 31US11 WELCOME BACK VIKINGS! Â® Good for 1 free refill on cone or dish Â® 10% off for a group of 10 or more MallaM Ice Cream also available at- F irhaven Red Apple, James St Red Apple, Cast cutter Community Fbod Co-Op 207 E. Holly Downtown 734-3884 Callfor hours Daniel J. Peters/ The Western Front Western student Scott Minner peaks into a Haggard Hall computer lab, looking in vain for an open seat. From ATUS, Page 1 appear to have been resolved, ATUS Director Dr. Larry Gilbert said. The login delays ranged from five seconds to 10 minutes, he said. Despite the massive delays and locked programs, the ATUS Help Desk has seen its smoothest quarter in manager Mike Massey's five years in the office, he said. "Lines are shorter and moving faster than ever," Massey said. He said the reason is higher efficiency at the help desk, rather than fewer calls for assistance. Last year the help desk recorded 3,500 contacts in September and 4,700 in October. Though all the numbers haven't been pulled together yet, the desk is looking at the same number of calls' or more in both months this year, Massey said. The source of this quarter's problem was the Novell Applications Launcher program. For an unknown reason, it conflicted with other programs, Gilbert said. Once the Novell Applications Launcher was isolated as the source of the problem, ATUS relocated it on the server, apparently resolving the conflict, he said. The aplication launcher provides students access to resources all across campus, Gilbert said. ATUS isolated the program as the source of difficulties by removing it from the system and checking to see if the delays and other problems subsided. Though everything has been running smoothly since Wednesday's modifications, ATUS continues to monitor the situation. ATUS is runs management software that regularly reports network status . in order to assure the problem does not persist and no new ones arise, Gilbert said. The ATUS help desk can be reached at 650-3333. WELCOME BACK! NooksacK River Casino Welcomes WWII Students We will train for the following positions. Full and part time work available: â€¢ Players Club Host â€¢ Security Officer â€¢ Maintenance Person â€¢ Slot Attendant â€¢ Cocktail Server â€¢ Bartender â€¢ Dealers Free mealeveryshift Paid holidays - Paid vacations Group insurance Apply in person: 5048 Mt Baker Hwy. Deming, WA 98244 360-592-5472 xl 16 15 Minutes East on the Mount Baker Highway ^fcctc ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 5 ---------- October 10, 2000 News The Western Front â€¢ 5 Umbrella buddies ^RaJhy-day;;;fnericJ9 ;aiid;ChumÂ§p^ Skateboarding, roller skates illegal on campus, says Shaw From SKATE, Page 1 biology building are all nicked up." In 1997, Western police instituted a number of regulations regarding skateboards on campus. A person found violating these rules can receive tickets. Tickets cost $10 for a first offense, $25 for the second offense and $50 for a third. "These regulations are really for â€ž everyone's safety," University Police Chief Jim Shaw said. 'There is a method behind these rules; they are not just to be restrictive." Western consortium looks at apparel labor standards By Hollie Joy Brown THE WESTERN FRONT Western may join the Workers Rights Consortium, a group created in 1999 out of a student anti-sweatshop movement to monitor working conditions in factories producing apparel products Linda Beckman, division director of budget and administration, said.. Last spring, Western's Task Force on Workers Rights was looking into changing Western's membership from the Fair Labor Association to the WRC, Beckman said. Beckman will be forming a study group this fall to discuss it again, she said. Western could join the WRC, Beckman said, but it is an institutional decision. "The FLA has the same goals of the WRC." she said. The differences between the FLA and the WRC are the type of members each holds and how monitoring is done, Beckman said. The FLA allows corporations to be members whereas the WRC tries to exclude them, Beckman said. Monitoring and inspections could be done differently, she said. Originally, the students of the task force wanted to join WRC because they didn't want to be a member of an organization that had corporations as members, Beckman said. After comparing the two organizations, the task force decided the FLA would be more effective, Beckman said. Western's Associated Students Cooperative Bookstore purchases merchandise through two buying Daniel J. Peters/ The Western Front Mariana Samarotto checks out the clothing in the Associated Students Cooperative Bookstore groups, the National Association of College Stores and the Independent College Books Association, said Dave Mac Auley, manager of the ASC Bookstore. The store has five buyers that choose vendors from the ICBA, NACS and local companies, said Tana Richins assistant manager and apparel buyer of Western's Bookstore. Richins said the ICBA and NACS committees make a list of vendors that sell merchandise the store is looking for. i In recent tests, 4 out of 5 college students preferred free stuff. (The rest didn't understand the question.) Consider it a no brainer. Our Free Checking is.truly free with no hidden fees. That means you'd have more money ro blow on important things, like textbooks, food and malted beverages. So stop by a participating Washington Mutual Financial Center and open a Free Checking account today, {Let US ft1â‚¬lkâ‚¬ Q fOtl OUt Of YOU*} And if you'd like another freebie, enter to win a Handspringâ„¢ Visor*" handheld computer. If it were any simpler than this, we'd risk insulting your intelligence. X-handspring1* 1 Washington Mutual Free Checking Lakeway 800 Lakeway, BeUiogham, WA 98226 (360)738-7069 â€¢ Bellingham Main 1336 Cornwall Avenue, Mingham.WA 98225 (360)676-8900 ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ The Western Front News October 10, 2000 Japanese students get a taste of Western By Akiko Kono The Western Front Seventy-four Japanese students came to Western from Asia University in Tokyo on Sept. 24, as part of the Asia University America Program, a five-month study abroad program, wjiich has been operating since 1988. "The goal of AUAP is to broaden an international perspective of Asia University students," said Bill Pech, Director of Asia University -America Program Center for International Studies and Programs. "Western also benefits greatly from this program because it has enabled us to internationalize the student population," Pech said. "AUAP students have been significant presents from Japan." AUAP students usually live with American roommates in on-campus housing. Japanese students have had little experience with roommates in Japan, but AUAP student Maki Sakamoto said she gets along with her American roommate very well. AUAP students receive help from a group of Western students called Peer Advisors. "I like this job because I get paid making friends," said Lend Neumainer, AUAP Peer Advisor. Neumainer said she spends 19 hours per week with her nine AUAP students. Yuko Naito and Taro Teshigawara enjoy lunch at the Viking Commons. The Asia University America Program students said they have started to grow tired of American cuisine. She said the goal for students is to make American friends, to learn about American life and to have a good experience. Neumainer meets every Monday with her students. They play some games to get to know each other and speak English. Neumainer said she plans to take her students to Seattle and Canada. She also said she hopes to help them take part in some American activities, such as shooting firearms and snow sports. "I think this program is very good," AUAP student Hitomi Nishiyama said. "Sometimes it is too good. We might be spoiled because we can rely on our advi-sor. Nishiyama said she should do more things by herself to learn English. She said she applied to this program not only to have an experience, but also to improve her English. Pech said Nishiyama's anxiety is common, but the program tries to minimize it. "The program offers students a lot of support, but the program also challenges students to try things by themselves." Pech said. "Students' attitudes are totally changed in the end of program," said Heather Johnson, who works in student services. Daniel J. Peters/ The Western Front "They become independent and their fear is definitely redueed." Pech said the program also tries to create more opportunities for AUAP students to interact with Americans. "Our goal is to make the curriculum here, to give students opportunities students can't have in Japan," Pech said. "We hope the curriculum creates many opportunities as possible for interaction." Western students requested to donate blood, help relieve crisis From BLOOD, Page 1 out to hospitals as it "is ordered. "In the Puget Sound, there is a need for 800 pints of blood a day," Dentel said. Western typically receives around 400 pints of blood during the three-day blood drive. The goal for this blood drive is 370 pints, according to Dentel. The goal is based on last year's spring blood drive, when the Blood Center received 311 pints of blood. Donors are asked to arrive in early in the day to avoid the afternoon rush. The blood draw lasts seven minutes, but donors must also go though a health screening. The process takes about one hour. "If they want to ,have a good experience, the most important thing is that they don't', drink caffeinated beverages," Dentel said. "The rcaffeine will constrict their blood vessels ... also they need to eat something." According to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates blood banks, donors also must be at least 18 years old, healthy and weigh at least 110 pounds. "Seventy percent of people will need blood or a blood product sometime in their lifetime," Vader said. Currently the Puget Sound Blood Center is running near emergency levels on two blood types, and needs all other types as well. "We should donate all year long, not just during the holiday season," Vader said: Western's Prevention and Wellness Center reports that each pint of blood donated can save the lives of three people. "Each pint is broken into three components of plasma, platelets and red blood cells," Vader said. "Patients only receive the blood component they require for treatments such as cancer therapy, surgery or trauma injuries." . - . Vader said she feels that if a person wants to give back to the community, donating blood is a wonderful way to do it. Loofyour 6est and de-stress as you begin the schoolyeai 'Patty Jameson LicensedILsthetkian 7acids, 'Body treatments, 'Waj^ng Services (360) 676-1411 .1121 0i State Street. â€¢BeOmgfum'WlA. 98225 (Alky tntratux) ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 7 ---------- October 10, 2000 FEATURES Campus Community The Western Front One dad's crusade targets media messages By Jessica Blair THE WESTERN FRONT Joe Kelly is the father of twin 20-year old women. He endured the usual ups and downs of child rearing and the hardship of raising girls in what he considers today's media-driven misogynistic culture. But Kelly did not sit at home crossing his fingers, hoping the messages encouraging girls to strive for superhuman ideals somehow would pass his daughters by. Instead, his objective is to ensure those messages are condemned. Kelly is the executive director of Dads and Daughters, a national non profit advocacy group dedicated to strengthening the bonds between dads and their daughters and dispelling the myths of the female ideal they say millions of women believe and die from everyday. The recent death of Kelly's Dads and Daughters co-worker Heather Henderson, at the age of 27 brought to light the reality of how deadly these concerns are. Henderson battled bulimia for 11 years before suffering a fatal heart attack due to complications from her disease. "I'm sad, but I'm also very angry," Kelly said. "Her life and her death are an incredible indictment of what our culture does to girls." Individuals must confront the media and take responsibility for the lies shaping girls, Kelly said. "The culprit is this culture," he said. "When I indict the culture, I indict myself. Silence is not an option." Kelly used several teen magazine advertisements to illustrate his point. An ad for a padded bra, depicting a tanned woman with bulging breasts, read "Inner beauty only goes so far." The image served as the anti-slogan of his speech. "I show this ad is because it's emblematic," Kelly said. It kind of crystallizes all the messages that rain down hundreds of. times a day." Girls are not the only ones being deceived, Kelly said, adding boys also are misled by the rail- thin, poreless images of women they are bombarded with daily. He told the story of a boy who, when breaking up with his girlfriend, gave the reason that she was only a seven or an eight and his dating standard was a 10. "He may spend the rest of his life seeking something that is impossible to find," Kelly said, "and he's denying himself his true purpose in life, which is to connect spiritually to another human being." Men's magazines increasingly follow the lead of women's, to the detriment of young boys, Kelly said. Men's Health, which he added has little to do with health and reads more like a male version of Seventeen, creates unattainable physical standards for young men. "How we look is overwhelmingly determined by our genetics. There is no ideal weight. That's baloney." Kelly said. Kelly said men who care about women are important because fathers "set the norm." He said he feels it is particularly important to daughters because they look to see if Dad reinforces the statement "inner beauty only goes so far." Candy Wiggum, a psychologist at Western's Counseling Center, has studied the impact fathers have on the emotional well-being of their daughters. "I think dads play a really important part in their daughters' development, as far as feeling respected and respectable, " she said. Sheila Havens accompanied her father, Steve, to the workshop at the Brigid Collins House. 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Magnolia, Bellingham, WA 9 8 2 25 (Across from Cellophane Square) OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 8 ---------- 8 â€¢ The Western Front Features October 10, 2000 up and skate Amidst controversy, skaters and city officials talk about the newly opened park By Brittany Sadler THE WESTERN FRONT One steep wall has "hell hill â€” lawsuit waiting to happen" spray painted across it. Another reads, "we want a skatable park." The Bellingham Skate Park opened about three weeks ago, giving skaters a long awaited place to skateboard and rollerblade. Many, however, are unsatisfied with the park's features. Jason Snow, co- owner of Alliance Skateboard Snowboard Shop, said he is displeased with the park's design. Snow said he feels the design is not up to par, because he believes it isn't modern enough. "A lot of the park is not skatable," Snow said. "The walls are too steep to do anything on. It's just wasted space." Snow said the majority of the complaints he has heard about the park come from the youth who use it. 'It's like needing a pair of pants, and your mom goes and buys you some from Kmart, and then makes you wear them," Snow said. "The whole point is that the kids should get what they really want." Park visitor Greg Keefe, 18, said he likes the park, but the transitions between elements in the design need to be smoother. 'It's like needing a pair of pants, and yow worn^oe a^bAty ypu some from 'Kmartt'tin ihert'fndkes you wear them.' Jason Show Co-owner of Alliance'' Keefe said he also thinks a partial roof should cover some of the park when it rains. Snow said he also was disappointed there wasn't much room for suggestion. "By the time they had the community meetings, everything was already done and I couldn't attempt to input anything," Snow said. Jonathan Schilk, Bellingham Parks and Recreation's landscape architect, said that when Parks and Recreation held meetings at the park site, skaters in the community requested the removal of some of the park's features, and Parks and Recreation obliged. "There were supposed to be a volcano, loveseat, stairway and inclined rail, which Takuya Waters/The Western Front Jason Bas rocks to fakie on the spinewall. were all taken out at the request of the skaters," Schilk said. Schilk said he thinks Parks and Recreation did the best they could considering the rules and guidelines they had to stay within. State law required Parks and Recreation to accept the lowest bid from a contractor willing to build the park. The lowest offer came from Colacurcio Brothers Construction Company, Inc., of Blaine. The park, was designed by Pukiss-Rose, R.S.I. of Pullerton, CaL, who hired a professional skater on staff to assist with the designing process. Schilk said the park's construction budget was $270,000; $18,000 coming from donations and the rest from taxes. Since so much funding came from taxpayer pockets, Schilk said the city had an obligation to.keep costs down/This, he said,_ is why not all of the suggested changes to the park's design were made. "When you make a set of plans and then change it, you're hit with additional costs by the contractors," Schilk said. "We were caught in a difficult spot." Both Schilk and Marvin Harris, Bellingham Parks and Recreation's interim- park director, said they think the park is a success. â€¢ "It's impossible to please everyone," Schilk added. "We were able to please most people, and if we do "that,then:.'we're successful." . *;..'â€¢' .'" "V'..-'":â€¢ ,-v';' /sy-jSi^ -Field does the trash pickup,~ there hasn't been much problem with keeping the park clean. ' . Harris said he feels -Parks and Recreation's main problem is the graffiti now covering much of the park. "We are going to install a water line in the park so we can continue to remove graffiti as it occurs," Harris said. A few of the skaters disapprove of some of the graffiti. Devin Kain, 17, thinks some of the complaints written about the park and its design are "lame." Kain also appreciates some of the park's graffiti. " T h e more artistic graffiti is cool, and makes it easier to see the ground and make the landings. It also makes it more of a hometown skate park," he said. Besides comments about the park's design, Kain and Keefe think a few additions should be made to the park, such as a portable toilet, a pop machine and lights so they can continue to skate at night. \ The park is open from 8 a.m. to dusk, which in winter will come as early as 4 p.m. Kain foresees the shorter hours as a problem with crowding, since the time between the school day ending and the park closing will be shortened to a couple of hours. Harris said Parks and Recreation doesn't have any events scheduled yet, but is willing to work with skate shops to set up competitions. Snow said he plans on arranging a competition or contest after the locals have a chance to get used to the park, but would like to see Parks anil Recreation plan something. "The major concern, however, is that the park stay open for the general public," Harris said. Though the skaters and Parks and Recreation officials don't see eye-to-eye on many things, both agreed the most important thing is the park's existence. "It's not the most ideal design, but its there," Snow said. "We have a place to skate and that's what's important." Takuya Waters/The Western Front Skaters complain many walls in the new park are too steep, and transitions too abrupt. Fuel for the i Viking 29 showcases TPV power generation Jennifer Collins THE WESTERN FRONT Hollywood generally depicts futuristic cars as flying, supercharged versions of today's vehicles. . As founder and director of Western's Vehicle Research Institute, Michael R. Seal has overseen the design and production of the "cars of the future" for the last three decades. Aside from their sleek, sports-car design and technical titles, the cars differ entirely from the Hollywood recipe. None of his cars fly. Well, at least not yet. One of the VRI's latest creations, the Viking 29, will be featured in the Whatcom County Museum's "Up to Speed: A Century of Cars" exhibit. It will be on display until Jan. 21 in the Arco Building on Prospect Street, Western's made-from- scratch classic of the future is the finale of an exhibit dedicated to the classics of the past. The Viking 29's glossy green Fiberglas body reflects striking accent lights and appears poised and ready to start its engine. "It looks like a sports car and drives like one too," Seal said with a chuckle, as he discussed the numerous innovative* vehicles designed by the VRI on Sunday at the Whatcom Museum. Described by the Society of Automotive Engineers as "one of the. 10 best faculty advisors in the nation," Seal earned his masters in education from Western in 1967. He went on to earn his doctorate in education from Texas A M in 1970. A self-proclaimed car enthusiast, Don Athens described the Viking 29 as a "work of art." Automobile engineers and enthusiasts alike questioned Seal on the Viking 29's intricate workings. Its raised back hatch revealed the car's revolutionary engine comprised of eight thermophotovoltaic generators. Although it may sound like a Star Wars g lt; ic gene many ii eration The TI tive to pollujp continu times c gasolin Seal the ozo oil sup altera* cars. "Mosl anythii long as them," Thd on a a cen energy engine, also cai even he don't hM The. and ty researc Viking that tot runs ox applyin Depart ntr ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 9 ---------- October 10,2000 Features The Western Front â€¢ 9 By Brittany Sadler THE WESTERN FRONT Most people tend to think Bigfoot is a hoax; a mythical creature. Members of CONTACT (The Center for Ontological Action) disagree. Matthew Thuney, director of CONTACT, explained humans are indeed in contact with beings from beyond the normal realm of experience. Some members of the organization attest to their own personal encounters. CONTACT was formerly known as the Bellingham UFO .Croup. Members study phenomena such as near-death experiences, UFO and Sasquatch sightings and psychic incidents. Since ontology is the study of the essence of being, CONTACT studies the way these phenomena affect people. "There are really two groups of people," Thuney said. "One looks at evidence and data, and the other looks at the importance of the data to us as humans." He said CONTACT studies both, but focuses more on the latter. 'It's not good science to say somethings not happening simply because it can't happen.â€¢'â€¢ Matthew Thuney Â£ Bigfoot Believer CONTACT also has an anonymous fiencid sightings- r " ,â€¢ -: â€¢- Stephen Harvey, director of the Vancouver Sasquatch Society in Canada, : spoke about his work Saturday at Western's Library. Harvey organizes the annual Sasquatch Symposium, where experts and eyewitnesses gather to share their information and experiences. During Harvey's presentation, a few eyewitnesses shared their experiences and Bigfoot sightings. Jason Valenti recalled his June 1996 sighting in Apalachicola National Forest, just outside of Tallahassee, Fla. Valenti said he had been studying to become a minister in Florida, but after his sighting, he could no longer be a Christian. "It totally shattered my whole belief system," Valenti said. Valenti said he and a friend were in his car when the sighting occurred, and at one point his car was within four feet of a blonde, female sasquatch. He said he was sure the bigfoot was a female, because it "had breasts that hung down to her waist," along with "typical feminine wide hips" and an "hourglass figure.'' Valenti said a week after the Sasquatch sighting, his friend saw a UFO and believes the two events were connected. Yvonne Moore spoke about her encounters with a sasquatch by the name of Orvin. She said her encounters were paranormal. Moore said she contacts, sasquatches in other realms and has not yet seen one in this (the third) dimension. She said Orvin told her sasquatches exist mainly in the fifth and sixth dimensions, and can dematerialize from the third dimension into another. Orvin also told her sasquatches dematerialize when they die, which is why no bones have yet been discovered on Earth. Moore said she has two high-energy vortexes in her back yard where she and Orvin communicate. "Sasquatches are working in the yal-leyB'fbrt^ said. 'They're trying to put energy back into the soil." The group discussed other paranormal possibilities with sasquatches, such as astral traveling and communication on a psychic plane. One woman suggested Sasquatches have higher vibrations and are still there, but are not visible. Harvey said many people who have had encounters explain a type of mental telepathy between the bigfoot and the individual. Both Harvey and Thuney said they think people need to look beyond the sphere of reality, accept the physical evidence that has been found and believe in eyewitness testimony. "It's not good science to say something's not happening simply because it can't happen," Thuney said. "It doesn't do us a lot of good to exist in denial." At the Sasquatch Symposiums, experts and eyewitnesses from various regions bring testimony and paraphernalia, such as photographs, molded footprint castings and occasional hair samples. In 2001, the Sasquatch Symposium will take place in Bellingham in two different sessions. The first, in late September, will cover the biological evidence found in bigfoot research. The second, in early November, will emphasize the paranormal. Harvey encourages anyone who is interested to attend. Photo Illustration by Angela Smith/ The Western Front Artist's rendering of Orvin waving goodbye, from the fifth dimension, of course. ew the thermophotovolta-or TPV, is one of the tive types of power gen-jred by the VRI. nerator is one alterna-iwide gasoline exhaust ; generator burns fuel so emissions are 50 r than the new electric-rid vehicles, Seal said. an increasing hole in lyer and a diminishing is reasons for finding â€¢ays to fuel and power jricans are willing to do clean the air quality so ioes not inconvenience id. J generator can be run t burns and heats up re which transmits its solar cells to power the said. The generator vide power for boats, or in remote locations that jwer lines. Departments of Energy P began funding the L development of the 1994, with two grants 5.4 million. The money is year and the VRI is another grant from the _ of Energy. Without W grants, the institute will not be able to continue its work, Seal said. Despite the strong emphasis on research, Seal said his primary goal for the VRI remains "to train students" in the automotive industry. After all, he said, his students originally proposed the idea of building ah experimental car in 1971. The result of his students' ambition and persistence was Viking 1, which placed third in a car design competition at the General Motors Proving Grounds in Michigan in 1972. With that event and the many that followed, the VRI repeatedly proved itself to be on the cutting edge of experimental car design. Innumerable awards, - company contracts, and grants later, the institute remains at the head of the pack, drawing students from all over the world to study on Western's campus. In addition to their regular course work, students are now working on four projects for automotive competitions this school year, , Seal said. Former student, Ed West came back to the VRI to teach automotive design while he works on his master's degree at the University of Washington. Because of the "hands-on aspect of education" at the VRI, West said he feels, "students get a running start in the industry." Student Jai Prasad was attracted to the VRI because of the large variety of equipment in the research lab. "I know of Boeing or GE employees who have come to our shop and who said they only have one of the machines we have," said Prasad. Mario Treit, owner of the Portland, Or. based General Aviation Services, plans to break the world record for land speed. He tested car bodies in the VRI's wind tunnel to discover the most suitable to achieve his goal of 550 miles per hour next year at a competition at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. At such high speeds, Treit said his main concern for the vehicle is that it doesn't lift off the ground. Ironically, Treit said his goal for his car of the future is that it doesn't fly. "Every bit of information we gather here is information we wouldn't have without Dr. Seal's facility," Treit said. Many students who study at the VRI originally want to design cars that will reach higher speeds, Seal said. His goal, he said, is to make students concerned about cars' environmental effects, and design cars that will have cleaner emissions or use alternative forms of fuel. Isaac Sherrer/ The Western Front Western Alumni Jim Henry examines the VRI's Viking 29, one of 12 cars on display at the Whatcom Museum. ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 10 ---------- 10 â€¢ The Western Front SPORTS NCAA II Intramural October 10, 2000 Vikes rough Mustangs up in big win By Takuya Waters THE WESTERN FRONT Western extended its winning streak to five games in front of 2,650 fans at Civic Field Saturday, defeating Western New Mexico 49-7 in the annual Homecoming game. With the victory, the Vikings improved their record to 5-1. \ "We knew we were better Scott Mitchell hits Sean Ryan for a touchdown. than these guys both physically and mentally on the field, and we showed that today," quarterback Scott Mitchell said. Western's first drive ended when the Mustangs recovered a Giorgio Usai fumbled. Western's defense came up big as Lance Gustafson sacked the Mustangs' quarterback Coby Crouch, forcing a punt. Erik Totten returned the punt to the Western 29. Three plays later, Mitchell connected with Greg Dykstra on a 71- yard touchdown pass. "We had a sluggish start, but picked things up," offensive run coordinator Scott Hodgkinson said. "It was good to see u s continue to get better, as we've done each week." Western stopped Western New Mexico's next drive in five plays. Totten returned the punt-41 yards. The Mustang defense held and Western had to settle for a 43-yard field goal. The Vikes scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter, first on Mitchell's eight-yard run and then on Photos by Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Leading the pack: Erik Totten blows by Western New Mexico for a 49 yard punt return. The return allowed Totten to break Western's record for single season punt return yards. Sean Ryan's five-yard touchdown reception. On the reception, Ryan tore his anterior cruciate ligament. Recovery time is estimated between three weeks to a year, depending on how serious the injury is. Western's defense continued to shut the Mustangs out, helped by Andy Linscott's interception and Dan Ball's forced fumble in the second quarter. The second half began with Totten setting up the first Viking score by returning a punt 49 yards, leading to a five-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell to Dykstra. Totten's punt return put him in Western's record book as he passed the single season punt return yardage record for both a single game and for a season in the season's sixth game. Following Dykstra's touchdown catch, the Vikings recovered an on-side kick. Six plays later, they reached the end zone again on Mitchell's 13-yard pass to Nate Kuhns. The Vikings scored twice more in the half, on R.J. Del See FOOTBALL, Page 12 Western strikers shut down Evergreen State By Ivory Firsching THE WESTERN FRONT Western's women's soccer team mowed down Evergreen State 5- 0 Sunday at Viking Field. Tension was high as both teams played aggressively. "I didn't expect Evergreen would be so chippy," head coach Derrek Falor said. 'We played around it pretty well." Western sprang from the gate with a scoring opportunity less than two minutes into the game. Forward Taryn Maurer scored in the eighth minute of play,, with an assist by Suzanne Soine. Western scored twice more in the first half, with Mary Wellnitz's and Soine's footwork. Wellnitz's goal was her first this season. Maurer and sophomore , Kristen Whitlqck made assists, respectively. ' I t was good to have a game where we could work out some of our kinks," Wellnitz said. Western continued to dominate scoring twice in the first 10 minutes of the second half. A penalty kick by midfielder Christine Avakian went just left of Evergreen's block attempt and See SOCCER, Page 11 Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Defender Leslie Strauss went up strong but came down hard, injuring herself in the Vikings' 5-0 win. Sojourn is 6 years old. Celebrate with 6 days of savings. Oct. 16-21 i â€¢Palm* â€¢ Tarot Cards â€¢ â€¢ Psychic Readings â€¢ eg LOUS fldvice on Isove, fiueine**. 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"I'm very happy on the men's side, and the women ran a lot better as well; both ways we've improved." Junior Zach Boteilho led the Viking men, finishing fifth, with a time of 33:46. ' I t was a good team performance," Boteilho said. "Everyone ran a good pace." Valley Royal Track Club's Peter Cardie won the race, smashing the course in 31:53. Western's Karl Meller finished eighth with a time of 34:25, and Martin Ranney placed 11th with a time of 34:26. Club Northwest's Shelley Smathers won the women's race, finishing in 21:48. Western's top finisher, Megan Clancy, finished at 23:48. "I felt really good," Clancy said. "My time just didn't reflect it today." "It was a good day for us," coach Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell said. "The men were excellent and the women were fourth, but it was a good fourth against three quality teams." The teams' next race will be the Fort Casey Challenge, a four-mile race set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday against Seattle Pacific University. Photos by Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Western senior Megan Clancy (above) gets a jump on the competition at the Viking Invitational cross country meet, Saturday. Matt Vincent (right) pushes it out as he rounds the "tear drop" and begins to climb toward the finish line. 'Solid gaming' gives Vikes win From SOCCER, Page 10 erupted into the net, scoring the fourth goal of the game. Avakian also scored Western's final goal four minutes later. Western defender Leslie Strauss was injured during the first half, suffering a separated shoulder after colliding with an Evergreen player. Falor said Strauss will rest two or three days, but should be able to play in Saturday's game against Seattle University. "It's a little touch-and-go for now," Falor said. Falor said it would be nice if the momentum from this game extended through the week and into Saturday's game. "(We had) nice, solid gaming in the first 60 to 70 minutes," Falor said. "It's nice to get ourselves back in the win column." Western plays 1 p.m. Saturday at league-leading Seattle University. SU beat Western 1-0 at their last meeting. baseball players An information meeting will take place at 7 October Is Co~o/ gt; Mont Corvie Cetefcratef Merger A^reefatro ar)d our FboirtfroP 1XX0 N. Forest Open fyerv^av 8 aiv gt; to 9 p* gt; Attention Western Students! Campus Buddies . . .Big Fun, Big Impact Apply now for Campus Buddies in 2000-2001. Campus Buddies is a program that matches college students with boys and girls living in Whatcom County. The purpose of your time together is to have fun! Get ahead, call today! Call Today! 671-6400 thers Big Sit Whatcom W B Â« i ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ The Western Front Sports October 10, 2000 By Jessica Keller THE WESTERN FRONT Western's volleyball team swept Montana State University-Billings Friday night and Western New Mexico University Saturday in two conference matches. The Vikings' record improved to 15-5 overall and 8-0 in the PacWest Western Division. On Friday, the Vikings took an 11-2 lead in the opening game, fighting a six-point MSU surge to win 15-10. "That was just a string of points we wound up giving them," coach Diane Flick said. The Vikings took a quick lead in the second game, but the Yellowjackets kept the score close, exchanging possession of the ball 18 times before Western scored the next point. Western won the second game 15-11. The Yellowjackets took a 2-1 lead at the beginning of the third game, their only lead of the evening. The Vikings soon recovered the lead, winning 15-11. Flick said part of Western's performance Friday night was mental preparation. "We just didn't quite get our engine started this evening," Flick said. "It took us awhile to get going." Outside hitter Nicola Parker said maintaining a high energy level was part of the Vikings' trouble Friday night. 'There's always room for improvement ,and I think we had room for a lot tonight," Parker said. Saturday night the Vikings played Western New Mexico. The Vikings and Mustangs tied the first game at eight points before the Mustangs took a 9-8 lead, their only lead of the evening. The Vikings won 15-9. Western dominated the second game, winning 15-5 with the help of four service aces by outside hitter Donja Walker. The Vikings also controlled the third game by scoring five straight points, winning 15-9. Walker, who served six aces in the first two games, said she thought the Vikings played well Saturday night. Daniel J, Peters/The Western Front Michelle Parker and Shannon Rowland combine for a block. Western swept both the Yellowjackets and the Mustangs last weekend. "We controlled the ball real well tonight, Walker said. "They threw a lot of slop over to us and we took care of it." Setter Jill Dean said she thought the team played well because players made an effort to hit every ball, even if they missed. "The team played great tonight, the team hustled," Dean said. "Last night was a win and we'll take it, but tonight was a win we earned." Kickers back on track after three-game skid By Jeremy Gibson THE WESTERN FRONT Western's men's soccer team broke a three-game losing streak, beating Brigham Young University-Hawaii 3-2 Saturday at Civic Stadium. Midfielder Sean Standley scored the game-winning goal 14 minutes into overtime. The game was .scoreless at half-time, but Western started the second half strong, with Standley scoring two goals in a span of 43 seconds. "I thought the team played very well," Standley said. The Seasiders made a strong comeback late in the second half, scoring two goals with four minutes left in the game. "We played well until the last 15 minutes," Western coach Todd Stauber said. "We are having a problem playing as a team for the whole game, though." Western's record improved to 7- 5-0 overall and 2-1-0 in the PacWest Conference. Ruggers fall In Canada Angela D. Smith/The Western Front Sean Standley's teammates congratulate his final goal. Standley now has six goals on the season and 18 career goals, putting him fourth in the school's scoring history. Western's next game is a non-league game 7 p.m. Wednesday at Simon Fraser University. Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Alex McHuron makes other rugby guys get down and dirty in practice last week. By James Lyon THE WESTERN FRONT The Western Warthogs, the men's rugby team, traveled to Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford, B.C. Saturday to play in a 15- team tournament. They lost three tough matches. "It was a great learning experience," club president Alex McHuron said. "We played a lot of new players." .The Warthogs were the only collegiate team in the tournament, which was filled with men's clubs from Canada. This tournament served as a springboard for league play, which starts Oct. 21 against Washington State University in Pullman. "We were just trying to get a feel for each other," flyhalf Jordan Kiesser said. "We threw a lot of new guys in to see what they got, and give them a sense of what rugby's all about." Homecoming win comes easily for Western From FOOTBALL, Page 10 Mese's 71-yard pass to Kuhns and on Nyle Chamber's 13- yard rush. The Mustangs did not score until the fourth quarter, on a 66-yard drive. "I don't like to see anybody run the ball on us like they did in the second half, but it's hard to complain about a 49-to-7 win," head coach Rob Smith said. "We showed our character; we still went out, even with the mistakes, and dominated the football game. It was a good win." The Vikings have a bye week and next will play at Western Oregon University. PREGNANT? 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He could reinstate America as the supreme super-power on Earth by showing the world and our taxpayers how bad-ass our military really is. Last and most importantly, he could keep American oil companies operating in the Middle East without threat from .Hussein. If Americans did not have interest in Middle Eastern oil, Desert Storm would never have happened. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait would not have been a big enough concern to launch a full-scale offensive. Similar to Hussein, Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic led the Serbians into war. The American press gave the story tons of publicity because of the atrocious "ethnic cleansing" Milosevic condoned. Since the region produces no export that America buys enough of to justify fighting a big war, America did not launch a military campaign with a clever name. It just bombed the country a couple times to keep NATO happy. When it was clear America was winning Desert Storm, Hussein set his oil fields on fire. If he couldn't keep the oil, he wasn't going to give it to the United States. Eventually our military put out the fires and gained control of the oil fields. The Iraqi no-fly zone is above those same oil fields. This means Iraqi planes can't even fly over southern Iraq; they can't fly over the oil fields they set on fire. Oil powers American cars. Driving down the highway in a gasoline-powered engine is fun, but an engine with the same capabilities exists without the gas. Toyota and Honda finally made production cars that run on both electricity and gas. Oil heats many American houses. Clinton's ordered release of the oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve See OIL, Page 15 ISlteiliiBlliiiiak^ iSilii^WBBiHiiWiiiiiil siiiiffllB^^^fciBBiiSiBii ||^|^pBiJi|iH|j|i|^M|^ SHiBBfliiSStflii^ftBHHi IIIHiBiilflllKii^^BlHiil I I W i i i l i i l l H i M ^ g i l i IlilliBiftBlwiJ^BlBMPl ^^^||S^li||||p^||||^iBili Jft^BBlli^wlWliBBiiiili ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ llffiBlftftBiBiB^BBffliSl liiBHBiiSBiHiBlp^HiBl ^^Bi^lliiiWiiiillitfSiiiiBI iiB^^BisiMiw^fciffliiiiii WiliilHHiHiiiiiSfflirtlttBil lI^lliiiHiiiRlpiliil l l S l i i i i l i t | i i i | i i ii WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY The Institutional Master Plan Advisory Committee announces the following in regards to Western Washington University's Draft Institutional Master Plan. â€¢ The release of the 9/15/00 Institutional Master Plan Advisory Committee's (IMPAC) Draft Report andRecommendations on the Institutional Master Plan. Hard copies are available for review at Wilson Library, the Bellingham Public Library, and the Planning, Facilities Operations Office. â€¢ A new Institutional Master Plan home page with information and a comment submittal form at: www.wwu.edu/imp â€¢ In addition to meetings held by various on- campus governance groups (A.S. Board, EPSO, Faculty Senate, SEC), two meetings presenting the IMPAC's Draft Report and Recommendations to the general public will be held on the following dates and places: Friday, October 13th 12:00 noon -1:00 pm Wilson Library Presentation Room Monday, October 23rd 6:30-7:30 pm ArntzenHalllOO *Note: The Wilson Library Presentation Room is not wheelchair accessible. Individuals requiring wheelchair accessibility should plan to attend the October 23rd meeting in Arntzen Hall 100. For questions or to request disability accommodations for these meetings, contact the Planning, Facilities Operations office at 650-3551. 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This ad degraded women, or so the authors of recent letters to the editor say, because it suggested they are "merely objects of sexuality. Fair enough. Advertising does not always please its viewers, and the advertisment in question was meant to shock, offend and be remembered. It is. not positive, inclusive or empowering in any way. It alienated half of this campus, but it made a few others laugh. And everyone paid attention. If this ad were on television or radio, would it have caused such a stir? Would people stop watching their "Must-See TV" if NBC aired an equivalent commercial? Not iikely. Advertising bounces from station to station, magazine to magazine, paper to paper. It's safe to assume The Western Front was not the only student publication in America to print the now- infamous "she's taking her top off' ad. But The Front sure is getting a lot of attention. Did anyone write to Yahoo? Has anyone hunted down the agency who conceived this ad? The Front and its editorial staff did not run this ad or even know of its existence until the paper was in the hands of the community. The advertising department thought it would be a good idea if Western had a newspaper and was able to fund it by printing "advertisements" in said newspaper. Advertising, whether it offends or enthralls, works. Yahoo is still going strong, probably stronger than before thanks to this over-exposure. Western students still use the many services Yahoo provides. This does not mean The Front supports or condones an ad that degrades women. Most of the women and men on the staff reflected the feelings of the campus: some didn't like it, some thought it was funny, others didn't really care. And the root of the problem is apathy. An advertising department representative was quoted as saying "that's how society is." It's a poor excuse â€” but with truth behind it. Like it or not, Yahoo reached an audience, possibly in the minority, who actually enjoyed its debauchery. 'That's how society is." Advertising will continue. People will have problems with it. When this instance is long forgotten, something else will come by and evoke controversy. Choose to give a damn. Burn copies of the advertisement. Work to end sexism. And hell yeah, write letters to The Front. But don't kill the messenger. Especially if she (and he) is on your side. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Sarah Crowley, Lisa Curdy, Mike Dashiell, Bronlea Hawkins, Remy Kissel, Levi Pulkkinen, Angela D. Smith, Jay Tarpinian and Curt Woodward. The Western Front Editor: Lisa Curdy; Managing Editor: Curt Woodward; Copy Editors: Jay Tarpinian, Bronlea Hawkins, Andrea Mclnnis; Photo Editors: Daniel J. Peters, Angela D. Smith; News Editors: Mike Dashiell, Levi Pulkkinen; Accent Editor: Sarah Crowley; Features Editor: Grant Brissey; Sports Editor: Andrea Abney; Opinions Editor: Remy Kissel; Online Editor: Matt Jaffe; Cartoonist: Keith Carter; Adviser: Jim Napoli; Business Manager: Carol Brach; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall. Staff Reporters: Nathan Adkisson, Tessa Allison, Kevin Bailey, Heather Baker, Monica Bell, Ryan Bentz, Jessica Blair, Hollie Joy Brown, Christine Callan, James Cassill, Jennifer Collins, Erin Crumpacker, Stephanie Dalton, Kathryn Ellis, Felicity Eubanks, Ivory Firsching, Jeremy Gibson, Tim Hossain, Jessica Keller, Scott A. Keys, Akiko Kono, C. Nicki Krom, Linda Legg, Marilyn Levan, Andrew Linth, James Lyon, Jacqueline Martin, Shelly McPherson, Camille Penix, M. Taylor Pfifer, Naz Riahi, Anna Rimer, Nicole Sarsfield, Christina Schrum, Jon Smolensky, Joseph Terrell, Jen True, Dat Vong, Alexis Waters, Takuya Waters, Matt Williams, Greg Woehler, Darren Zaccaria. And we quote: 'With our blood and souls, we will redeem you, martyrs!7 Palestinian mourners, shouting after the burial of two Arab youths shot before the Israeli ultimatum to end violence between the countries, Taken from seattletimes.com $ rtwMh lt; (^ tfnoMh) .rtr Narc physicians violate pregnant patients' trust Nazkhatoon Riahi COMMENTARY By law, should a fetus be considered a child? The case of Ferguson vs. City of Charleston was presented to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday and a decision is now pending. The case involves 10 women suing the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). The women, while hospitalized for prenatal care 10 years . ago, were given drug tests under suspicion of the hospital staff. When their urine showed traces of illegal drugs, their test results were turned over to the police, who then arrested and jailed the women. Levern Edwards, one of 30 women arrested and one of the 10 suing, said she was arrested right after giving birth to her 'MUSC's arrest policy took effect in October 1989, perhaps to strike the fear of God in any pregnant women and in a poor attempt to eliminate all drug use.' son, according to The State, a South Carolina newspaper. "I didn't even see him until he was, like, eight weeks old," Edwards said. This happened because South Carolina is the only state that considers a fetus to be a.child and protects it under child abuse laws. Is this justice? Defining a fetus to be a living human being and protecting it under child abuse laws is ridiculously absurd; This puts the rights of an unborn fetus before those of a woman carrying it. Such laws are a step in the wrong direction, a small step toward taking away a woman's right to choose. According to The Newbury House Dictionary, a fetus is the developed embryo in a human or other mammal. Newbury House defines a child to be a young human being between the stages of birth and puberty. Perhaps a pregnant woman exposed to nicotine smoke should be arrested because the smoke could potentially harm her fetus. Would smoking around a pregnant woman be considered child abuse? Perhaps maternity clothes with "no smoking" signs on them would be a good idea. Better yet, pregnant women could be put under close supervision of a state employee for nine months. This way, they would have no chance of screwing up. Then again, maybe the state's money and employees' time would be better invested in helping and protecting South Carolina's currently living, See VOTERS, Page 11 Late-night dementia making newsroom sexually ambivolent Lisa Curdy CURD'S WAY A friend of mine and I were pondering the oddity of sexual tension and relations over chilies reUenos and fajitas the other night. lt; Why is" it, we thought, the guys we work with call us by our last names? It began at the beginning of the quarter. As time has progressed, the male-female relationship that all males and females have has been replaced by a eunuch lifestyle. Curdy. That's me. Hey, Curd, Curdster, Curdarino, that's what they say. I am a nameless, sexless being who governs over our newsroom. As if this wasn't enough of a blow to my strong sense of feminine sexuality, the males take it one step further, perhaps as a welcome to this new realm of non-sexuality. At about 3 a.m., all hell breaks loose. Strange noises from some males' nether-regions are expelled as if ladies were not in the room. But we are, alas, as if only nameless, sexless beings. As the boys' aromatic arses emit noisy SOSs to the other males around them (to me, it's like a wolf calling to his pack), I realize: There is a boundary, perhaps a tension, that must be released when you work in such close quarters. Using first names is too personal â€” could I even say too sexual? So remove those titles full of our femaleness. Goodbye, cur-vacious and witty Lisa Marie. Hello, amoeba Curd. Turning an office of co-workers into just a collection of heated bodies may be necessary in the making of a successful newsroom. I harken back to yesteryear, when people â€” but not me â€” at my community college newsroom took turns with each other, as if we were a brothel instead of the creator of a fine publication. And I begin to understand ... removing my name removes my appeal as a woman, a shiny-haired, good-smelling, cute-looking girl. So, if only for the peace of the newsroom and the fact that the world is overpopulated, I welcome the use of my last name as a viable alternative in addressing me. Curdy. Kind of like old milk. I can get used to that â€” I just hope the newsroom boys don't go vegan. ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Page 15 ---------- October 10, 2000 Opinions The Western Front â€¢ 15 From PATIENTS, Page 14 breathing children. Whatever happened to patient confidentiality? Were the women illegally searched without a warrant when their urine was tested for drugs? According to The State, yes, they were illegally searched. The hospital clearly acted against the Fourth Amendment by releasing the patients' confidential test results to the police and having the women arrested. According to The State, MUSC insisted the arrests were a "special needs exception" to the Fourth Amendment. Is the ACLU involved in this one?' MUSC's arrest policy took effect in October 1989, perhaps to strike the fear of God in any pregnant women and in a poor attempt to eliminate all drug use. Unfortunately, the most likely scenario was the "evil", drug- using, pregnant women who knew about the policy abstained from seeking prenatal care, thus harming themselves and their babies. That in itself could be considered child abuse under South Carolina law. Abetter approach to eliminate high numbers of pregnant drug users would have been using the money it cost to rehabilitate them in a positive way instead, by helping them overcome their addictions. Could this happen at Western? Are Western students safe when they visit the Student Health Center, or could their medical records be turned over to the University Police? The Revised Code of Washington states: "all information and records compiled, obtained or maintained in the course of providing services to either voluntary or involuntary recipients of services at public or private agencies shall be confidential". In other words, thankfully, this could not happen to Western students because it is against Washington state law. Though South Carolina may seem like a far-off land, this case should not escape anyone's mind. If the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the city of Charleston, this could happen anywhere â€” even in Washington state. From OIL, Page 13 made headlines. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve contains 571 million barrels. Clinton released 24.5 million barrels to keep the .cost down for Americans heating their homes this winter. Under the contract, 31.56 million barrels will be returned between August and November 2001. America is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, contributor of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. This seems silly for the richest and most technologically advanced country in the world. If the U.S. government and corporate America had their priorities straight they would invest in developing alternative energy sources that would fuel American cars and heat American houses without the waste. Solar electric power is an alternative. Companies could still make a buck and reduce America's dependence on oil. Or maybe fighting wars for oil is an American way of life. From LETTERS, Page 13 l i ^ S i l p i i B i i B i i w i i SB^^rtiilBiifttfilplpiii that violence against women is require new entrants to 'pledge' marketing tool. 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PLAN ESCAPE ROUTES â€¢ Know where all exits are located in your building- KNOW 2 EXITS from where you sleep. â€¢ Practice your plan. â€¢ Tell your roommates about your plan. "STOP, DROP AND ROLL" ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preview page 1 ---------- I ^â€¢' -mm (1^ WM *' * CÂ§ *# c ft tfgfP* W lÂ«s/ill |;;:/SlllaieI|ll ililiiiiiiiillli ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preivew page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ The Western Front Sports Preview October 10,2000 'Size is very overrated in football' Giorgio Usai led the Vikings to the playoffs last year and wants to return By James Cassill THE WESTERN FRONT No hard feelings, just hard running. That's the attitude senior tailback Giorgio Usai, anchor of the Viking offense, takes onto the football field. Last year, Usai solidified Western's running attack, rushing for 864 yards. "Having a quick, strong runner like Giorgio really opens up our passing game," wide receiver Greg Dykstra said. Twice rejected by Western recruiters, Usai is showing opponents why he might be one of the region's best-kept secrets. He holds the record for the second- highest sin-g l e - s e a s o n yardage total in college f o o t b a l l f h i s t o r y , ! 2 , 4 7 3 | yards atl! Y u b a * College in California. Western did not recruit him out of Spokane's Central Valley High School, where he won the Class AAA state rushing title, because he was too small. "Size is very overrated in football," Usai said. "Size doesn't show how physical you are or how big of a punch you pack." Five feet eight inches tall and 185 pounds is not bull-dozing size, but Usai's numbers need only speak for themselves. Usai caught Western's eye with four 300-yard rushing games, seven 200-yard rushing games, 14 consecutive 100-yard games for his 2,473 yards two seasons ago at Yuba. Usai's total is second only to the 2,628 yards Oklahoma State and NFL great Barry Sanders netted in 1988. "I still remember one coach flat-out told me, You're too small to play here; you'll just get hurt. That's why we're not recruiting you,"' Usai said. When his first choice passed on him, he chose to walk on at thje University of Idaho. He redshirted at Idaho, but left after one semester, after realizing his playing time would be limited. He attended a quarter at . ,,4Wmmm^ S p o k a n e C o m m u n i t y College before packing his bags for the C a l i f o r n i a junior college s y s t e m , which is f a m o u s for pro-d u c i n g f o o t b a l l stars. A torn hamstring ruined Usai's first season at Yuba. He played in only five games, but still managed an impressive 670 yards rushing. A f t e r i the season, Usai was interested in transferring to Western, the coaching staff stopped returning his calls â€” he was rejected a second time. Intent on a breakout year, Usai and his teammates led Yuba to its first winning season in 14 years. Usai started getting national RESORT Inn Spa Golf Marina Real Estate " SEMIAHMOO Come work where it is beautiful and fun! We are currently hiring for multiple positions. Please call our Job Hotline at 318-2047 for a listing of positions we are currently looking to fill, then stop by the Human Resources Department and fill out an application today! www.semiahmoo.com 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine, WA 98230 Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Giorgio Usai awaits his turn to lead a Viking drive in Saturday's homecoming game. recruiting attention from a number of schools, including Western. Usai said being overlooked, fighting criticism and battling injury is what kept him burning inside. "I get sick to my stomach when I see people just give up," Usai said. "Accomplishments in general make me feel good and keep me going. "There is always something driving me, and when football is over I will have to find a way to fill that void," Usai said. He is uncertain of his future plans, but said he is inspired to work with kids and coach football. "He is a hard worker in everything he does, both on and off the field," said R.J. Del Mese, a longtime friend and teammate. "When the team is tired or losing focus, you can always count on him for a tough five-yard run that suddenly energizes everyone," Del Mese said. "He is special." WELCOME BACK! Nooksack River Casino Welcomes WWII Students We will train for the following positions. Full and part time work available: â€¢ Players Club Host â€¢ Security Officer â€¢ Maintenance Person â€¢ Slot Attendant â€¢ Cocktail Server â€¢ Bartender â€¢ Dealers Free meal every shift Paid holidays - Paid vacations Group insurance Apply in person: 5048 Mt Baker Hwy. Deming,WA 98244 360-592-5472 x 116 15 Minutes East on the Mount Baker Highway ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preview page 3 ---------- October 10, 2000 Sports Preview The Western Front â€¢ 3 Sisters Michelle and Nicola Parker make competition take notice â€” and have fun along the way Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Middle blocker Michelle Parker goes up for one against MSU-Billings. By Christina Schrum THE WESTERN FRONT With their long brown hair, blue eyes and friendly dispositions, Michelle and Nicola Parker look like average Western students. But when these two sisters step onto the volleyball court, 7 love my sister being on the team. She's probably my closest friend in the world.' Michelle Parker Women's volleyball player they definitely catch fans' attention. "They definitely have some special insight with each other just because they've known each other their whole lives," said head coach Diane Flick. "They're very supportive and they're very encouraging, but they also kick each other in the butt when it needs to happen." Graduates of Auburn High School, the Parker sisters were active members of the volleyball, basketball and tennis teams. During both junior high and high school, they received numerous academic and athletic awards. Michelle received the Most Inspirational award in almost every sport, while Nicola maintained a 4.0 grade point average and was South County Journal Student Athlete of the Year. Senior Michelle, who stands 5 feet 11 inches, plays middle hitter and blocker, while 5 foot 9 inch freshman Nicola plays outside and opposite hitter for the Vikings. Volleyball has always been a shared love for the two sisters. While growing up they could be found in the back yard, hitting the ball back and forth to see how long they could rally. The sisters said they hope this dedication will translate into a successful season. "I think there's a lot of possibilities (for the team)," Michelle said. "Through the years there has been a lot of ups and downs. "As people we find our motivation through different things such as the score, whether or not the coach is watching, what your teammates and parents think (and) those things are all up and down all the time and not constant." Statistics show Michelle leads vthe way in blocks and kills for the Vikings, but "her attitude on the court makes her more of a leader than the statistics," Nicola said. "I admire her so much as a person. Her heart is made up of 100 percent love. She doesn't know how to hate." "I love my sister being on the team," Michelle said. "She's probably my closest friend in the world." "We get along so well and we get excited for each other and she's an awesome sister. I 'We get along so well and we get excited for each other and she's an awesome sister.' Nicola Parker Women's volleyball player admire her intentions for the team," Nicola said. "We can be perfectly honest with each other where it doesn't hurt anybody's feelings and it's the same way on the court." This summer Michelle had the opportunity to coach a two- week volleyball camp at the World's Volleyball Training Center in New York. "My favorite part about camp was meeting people from all over the world," she said. While making special friendships with some of the other coaches, she also gained connections in the volleyball circuit. Starting the preseason with a shoulder injury, Michelle was afraid she wouldn't be able to Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Nicola Parker serves up an ace in the third game Friday night against MSU-Billings. finish the season. "God has just totally blessed me this year with so many things," she said. ORLDGYM WORLD GYM WORLD GYM WORLD GYM ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preview page 4 ---------- 4 â€¢ The Western Front Sports Preview October 10, 2000 By Scott A. Keys THE WESTERN FRONT Par. Bogie. Great lay. Nice drive. Sounds like a great golf game. This one has a twist â€” it is played with discs. Disc golf has been around for quite some time, gaining popularity in the early 1980's. Disc golf can be played by a wide variety of people, a factor that contributed to its growth. "Disc golf is a game for everyone," said Joe Guthrie, owner of Frank's Place, a local pawn shop and supplier of discs. "I've been at (Cornwall Park) and have seen college students having fun, as well as families pushing strollers while playing." The object of disc golf is to get a disc into the basket, a four-foot metal piece that has a round metal cup halfway up the center post. On top of the center post is another circular metal cup with metal chains attached to it to catch the disc. Disc-golf courses are. usually in lush park areas. Enjoying nature and being able to walk through well-maintained parks are other reasons for the growth of the sport. , ._.:-:. "I started playing because I love the outdoors," said Mike Flones, an avid disc golfer who placed third in the novice division at the Cornwall Classic tournament at Cornwall Park. "It is so beautiful: Also, it's free and fun." Cost is another reason for the attraction and growth of disc golf. The disc-golf course at Cornwall Park is free. Doubles tournaments are put on by the Bellingham Disc Golf Club every Sunday at noon. Photos by Angela D. Smith/ The Western Front (Left) Jeremy Peterson tosses one in to make par on the third hole on a sunny, Saturday afternoon. Cornwall Park offers a nine-hole discgolf course. Each par-three hole ranges in difficulty level, from a straight shot from the tee to hole hiding behind an obstacle of trees and overhanging branches. (Right) Whatcom student Nik Alexander uses his putter, going one over par on such a hole. The $2.50 entry fee goes directly to prizes, such as money, discs or disc golf equipment, like bags or markers. There are two main types of discs: the driver for mid-to-long range shots, and a putter for Tahiti' it to the court \ Western netters receive new playing surface called Sport Court Photos by Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front A member of the men's ice hockey team lays down the Sport Court before Friday night's volleyball game against MSU-Billings. By Christine Callan THE WESTERN FRONT Western's athletic department introduced the women's Division II volleyball team to its advanced and improved Sport Court surface on Sept. 28. c "I love it," Kim Formo said. "It brings pride to our team. No one else in our conference has it, so it's intimidating to other teams." Head coach Diane Flick said Sport Court is.better physically for the team, providing more cushion for ankles and knees. "It is much nicer to dive and roll on," Flick said. ~ The Vikings are the first and only team in the PacWest conference to move on this innovative surface. "After we defeated St. Martin's (on Sept. 29), their coach asked if she could take the floor home with her," Athletic Director Lynda Goodrich said. "It is clear that the new technology has brought with it a lot of excitement and advantages for the players," she said. Not only is it better physically for the joints, but it adds an element of intimidation because no one else in the conference has it. "The athletic department has a great vision for where they want this program to go and a great determination to get there," Goodrich said. "It was done in the spirit of Title IX." Title IX deals with gender equality legislation and pro- 'The athletic department has a great vision for where they want this program to go and a great determination to get it there.' Lynda Goodrich Western athletic director vides equal funding for male and female athletes. "If that was the only reason we did it, it's reason enough," Goodrich said. "It emphasizes volleyball." Instead of the traditional basketball lines, the royal blue surface has only volleyball lines, . which makes it much easier for the fans to see. The surface is extremely durable and also portable, so it is laid down on game day and removed afterward. The men's ice hockey team sets up and tears down the surface as a fund-raising event for its sport, Goodrich said. Overall, most players agree. Sport Court gives them an edge over other teams. "I feel like I can jump higher," middle blocker Michelle Parker said. "I think it's a mental thing, but I'm going-to keep on letting myself believe it." The new volleyball surface must be inter-connected before each match. ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preview page 5 ---------- October 10, 2000 Sports Preview The Western Front â€¢ 5 shorter shots. The discs are made from a high-density, easy to grip plastic. Discs weigh from 140 to 'Disc golf is a game for everyone. I've been at 1 (Cornwall Park) and have seen college students having fun, as well as families pushing strollers while playing.' Â£. Joe Guthrie Owner of Frank's Place 175 grams and some specialized discs can weigh 200 grams. Numerous companies manu- ^ facturer discs such as Innova and XL. They make a wide variety of discs from ultra straight driver to huge curving discs to discs that actually roll over. Frank's Place also supplies W free maps of the Cornwall disc golf course. The Cornwall course is similar to a golf course, including a tee box, a fairway and holes! Cornwall is a par-three course, which means players are supposed to reach the hole in three throws. The distances of the holes range from 167 feet to 263 feet. "Every place was up north or 75 miles south," said Mike Carpenter, one of many contributors to get the official Cornwall course in. We all love to play and we wanted somewhere closer to play." On Sept. 24th, the fourth Annual Cornwall Classic took place at Cornwall Park. The tournament had five divisions: women's, novice, amateur, advanced and open: The Bellingham Disc Golf Club awarded prizes for the top finisher in each class, ranging from money to t-shirts. Most players agree the prizes are secondary to the fun they have playing disc golf. "Disc golf is a gas," said Jeff Margolis, owner of Everbody's Store and one of the sponsors of the Cornwall tournament. " Rugger Jordan Kiesser looks to lead the Warthogs while trying to stay busy By Kathryn Ellis THE WESTERN FRONT Rugby's popularity is surging across the nation. As vice president of the rugby club and one of Western's most promising returning players, Jordan Kiesser is in the middle of that wave. Kiesser's rugby career began four years ago, when he was a Andrew Linth/The Western Front Jordan Kiesser enjoys a break during play. junior at Handsworth High School in Vancouver, B.C. "In high school, I played football, soccer and rugby," Kiesser said. "Rugby is a lot of fun to play. You must pay attention at all times because it is very strategic. The physical aspect is also very fun." On a rugby team, 15 players are on the field during play â€” eight forwards and seven backs. Kiesser plays a position called flyhalf. He is in charge of the backs and calls the plays. With an 18-credit load and rugby practice, Kiesser doesn't find much time to do much else. When he has spare time, he said, he enjoys mountain- biking, hiking, camping and working on cars. "I have a 1962 Thunderbird that I work on whenever I have time," Kiesser said. Kiesser, a sophomore, was born in Los Angeles and moved to Vancouver, B.C. when he was 14. He completed high school in Canada. "I chose Western for the engineering department and because of its size," Kiesser said. The middle child of three, Kiesser has sports in his blood. His grandfather played and coached football and track at Andrew Linth/The Western Front Flyhalf Jordan Kiesser and his fellow Warthogs engage in a scrum during Saturday's tournament. Kiesser said one of his favorite parts of rugby is the physical play. the University of Southern California. Kiesser lived in the dormitories his first year of college, but decided off-campus living would suit him better this year and moved into a house with four other people. Living in his new house allows Kiesser to indulge his night-owl tendencies. "I am definitely a night person," said Kiesser. "I usually get a second wind around 9 p.m. and I don't function in the morning. It usually takes me a few hours to wake up." Kiesser's sleeping habits would fit in well in his native city of Los Angeles, but this overachiever claims he likes the pace of life in Bellingham. Kiesser said he is still not busy enough for his liking. If he can, he would like to add a job to his activities. Kiesser's teammates recognize his well-rounded attitude, and how he brings this levelheadedness to the rugby field. "Jordan is a great player because he is very athletic and very experienced," Alex Mchuron, the club's president, said. "He is a well-rounded player that excels in each part of the game." ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preview page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ The Western Front Sports Preview October 10, 2000 Modest runner Patrick Murphy is quietly making a huge impact By Laura Mecca THE WESTERN FRONT It's hard to tell by talking with him that Patrick Murphy is a rookie with senior accomplishments on Western's cross country team. His modest personality makes it tough to get the facts. This five foot nine inch runner has no explanation for his speed and agility on the trails. In his first college meet on Sept. 30, Murphy placed second on the team. "The second meet I placed first, but a lot of the guys on the team weren't there," Murphy said. He said his interest for running was piqued when he saw how much fun his brothers and father had running. "I guess it kind of rubbed off," Murphy said. Murphy runs an average of 70 miles per week year-round. He began 'Being in that top group as a freshman is a good indicator in itself. 'Tee Wee" Halsell Head Cross Country Coach running as a way to explore his home in Montana. "It started out just as a way to get out and see the different trails we have in Montana," Murphy said. Murphy said he began running for his high school team, Montana's state champions, when he was a sophomore. "Patrick was a pleasant surprise to us," Western head cross country coach Kelvin "Pee Wee" Halsell said. Murphy will be the only freshman running in the top seven spots on the team, Halsell said. "He is showing some signs of being a-good collegiate runner," Halsell said. "Being in that top group as~ a freshman is a good indicator in itself." Halsell attributed Murphy's potential to his competitive drive. "I am hoping that someday he'll work himself into an All-American as well as an academic Ail-American," Halsell said. "Patrick is a very well-rounded young man." Murphy said his speed and training came in handy this summer when he worked near Glacier State Park. "I ran into a lot of grizzlies this summer," Murphy said. "You stop and you freak out. You move back slowly and then when you get out, you run like hell!" , Daniel J. Peters/The Western Front Patrick Murphy's youth and speed are assets to Western's cross country team. leads Vikes toward tlie By Shelly McPherson THE WESTERN FRONT For a girl who grew up in Hawaii's sun and sand, Shaye Anderson has adapted nicely to Washington's rain and gray skies. Born and raised in Kamuela, Hawaii, Anderson was recruited by Western last year from her hometown high school, Parker High. This is her second year playing on the women's varsity soccer team. Anderson grew up watching her older brother, Chris, a soccer goalie as well as hockey, and he took his sister under his wing and taught her the ways of goal-keeping. With 55 saves under her belt this season, he must have done something right. WELCOME STUDENTS! 9, THUR - SAT â€¢ L IW MUSIC JOIN ANNA'S BIRTHDAY CLUB! AND IN THE MONTH OF YOUR BIRTHDAY RECEIVE UP TO $12 OFF ANY ENTREE BRING IN THIS COUPON AND A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE TO RECEIVE THIS GREAT DEAL 1114 Harris Ave * Fairhaven DIKE IN OR CARRY OUT â€¢ 671-6745 Anderson revealed her winning secret, something passed down to her by her brother: white socks. Anderson said she has to wear white socks, even though the team uniform calls for blue. Soccer is a big part of Anderson's life, like a friend. When her career is done, when there is no more practice or running, no more injuries or celebrations, she said she will greatly miss it. She said she can see herself as an old granny, relishing in the memories of the good old days. But for now, Anderson enjoys being on the field, playing an "awesome" game and being out there for her team. After 10 years of playing soccer, Anderson said her time here at Western has given her a new respect for the game. "In high school you play for yourself, because you think it would be fun to play," she said. "Here you do it for the team. Sometimes I want to quit, but Daniel J. Peters/The Western-Front Shaye Anderson is as unstoppable during practice as she is in a game. you just have a different will for the game at this level. This team has taught me to keep pushing for the next level." "Shaye probably has the toughest job on the team," Carin Nash, Anderson's teammate said. "She has to see the whole field and help direct the team. She has a hard job in terms of keeping the lines of communication open on the field." With a record of 4-1-1 in league for this season, the Vikings are currently second in the league. Anderson said being in the running for League PacWest Championship is a great motivator for the team right now. How can Anderson help her team continue this winning streak? Keep the family superstition in the game: wear those white socks. Men (in (his ad a Lookjjour best and de-stress as you begin the scfwoCyear. $10" your 1st facials,'Body Treatments, 'Waiting Services (360) 676-1411 * 1121 Vi State Street. lt;Bettingham, "W 98225 (Adey â€¢Entrance) Registration Your Online Sports Recreation Information Source Tel: 360.756.0035 recspot.com ---------- Western Front 2000-10-10 - Vikings preview page 7 ---------- October 10, 2000 Sports Preview The Western Front â€¢ 7 By Ivory Firsching THE WESTERN FRONT The palpitating sense of determination flow over the rafters, while a white sphere of cowhide is rocketted across the court. Volleyball is a sport requiring communication, persistence and energy. Jill Dean, senior setter for Western's volleyball team, has these qualities and more.. "Jill brings maturity and confidence to the team," Diane Flick, Western's volleyball coach, said. "She's a natural leader who likes to take charge of challenging situations and the team responds to her leadership." Senior captain Donja Walker has played against Dean in club volleyball. "Jill has taken it more upon herself to lead on the court," Walker said. "She's really smart. She knows the game. She knows how the game flows and how to play it. She knows the game really well." Dean said she has found the fun in 'She has a passion for the sport. You can see by the way she plays. She puts her heart into it.' Nicola Parker Western volleyball player the game. In her senior season, Dean said she wants to have some fun â€” and include her teammates as well. "Jill is a very outgoing, mature student and athlete with a great sense of humor," Flick said. "She can make me laugh at the drop of a hat." "She can be relaxed at times, but other times she can be like 'let's play,"'Walker said. Freshman Nicola Parker said setters are one of the most important positions on the team and it's important to click with the setter. Parker said Dean becomes a partner with the "hitter and adjusts to make the partnership work. "The person who gets the glory is the hitter with.kills," Parker said. "Setters don't get the glory they deserve. They have to have a team attitude." Dean said a team needs to have all 13 players dedicated to the game. "It's a true team sport," Dean said. "It's not Michael Jordan and the Bulls or Shawn Kemp and the Sonics. It's Western volleyball." Former Western volleyball coach Michael DiMarco said Dean takes responsibility for her own actions: If she has a problem with the way she is playing, she corrects it. "Jill is an energetic person, and detail-oriented," DiMarco said. "She's wanting to learn and understand the process of decision making on the volleyball court." DiMarco originally focused on . Dean as a high school recruit. 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They would go from six in the morning to eight or 10 at night," Dean said. "Jill is so willing to do what ever it takes to make all the changes necessary for the two of you to work together," Parker said. "Those are the best qualities in a setter. She has a passion for the sport. You can see by the way she plays. She puts her heart into it." The Western Front Online Silversand Photo needs an Appointment Setter $7.50 to $15.00 per hour full time or part time No experience required! National Photo Co., Downtown Bellingham 1-800 990-9080 WELCOME BACK VIKINGS! Â® Good for 1 freerefill on cone or disbF Â® 10% off for a group of 10 or moreF Mallard Ice Cream also available a tÂ£ Rdrtoen Red Apple, James StF Red Apple, Cost cuttes F Community Pood Co-Op 207 E. 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Text preview (might not show all results): 2001_0628 ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 1 ---------- THURSDAY, June 28, 2001 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 117 Issue 1 Bellingham, Washington New budget increase By Jessica Sparks THE WESTERN FRONT The Washington State Legislature's budget for state college
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Show more2001_0628 ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 1 ---------- THURSDAY, June 28, 2001 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 117 Issue 1 Bellingham, Washington New budget increase By Jessica Sparks THE WESTERN FRONT The Washington State Legislature's budget for state colleges and universities means higher tuition for Western students next fall, faculty pay raises and lower admission numbers. How and where Western's budgeted money will be used has yet to be determined, but Western's Board of Trustees hopes to have an allocation plan by August, said Jack Cooley, executive director of University Planning and Analysis. The Board of Trustees authorized the maximum increase of 6.7 percent for tuition next year, Cooley said. In-state, undergraduate tuition is $2,833 per year, but it will increase $185 to $3,018 in the fall, Cooley said. "These are unofficial numbers until. Gov. Gary Locke signs the appropriation bill (which disperses funds), but we don't anticipate any changes in those numbers," Cooley said. The budget does not fund all faculty pay raises, which leaves Western with some problems to address. The Legislature mandated a 3.7 percent raise for faculty and staff members for the first year, but the state will only cover 83 percent of the cost, Cooley said. Western will be required to cover the remaining 17 percent in order to meet the legislature's demand. "This leaves Western in a difficult situation," Cooley said. Western must come up with the additional money for faculty pay raises while dealing with the projected increase of utility rates, Cooley said. According to the Energy Conservation Task Force release, Western's utility rates are projected to take more than $1 million from Western's operating budget in 2001-2003 school years than 1999-2001. Cooley said the budget does not provide for the rate increases. The budget also set aside $31 million to increase full-time student enrollment. Before the new budget, Western was committed to reducing the number of new students to be in-line with faculty and Western's accommodations, because Western over enrolled last year, Director of Admissions Karen Copetas said. Last year 2,480 freshmen and 981 transfer students were accepted. This fall, the target number for new freshmen is 2,250 and 950 for transfer students. County seeks lake's mercury source By Mary Flynn THE WESTERN FRONT In an effort to protect Bellingham's drinking water and Lake Whatcom, officials from the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, and Water District No. 10 are looking for a way to pinpoint the source of mercury in the lake. "We are looking for a consultant to be looking for potential sources," said Erika Stroebel, resources planner for the Whatcom County Water Resources Division. Stroebel said, the county requested proposals from consultants on how to find the source. "The request for proposals described the type of work so that the applicants can describe how they will do the research," she said. Eight contractors have applied, Stroebel said. "I imagine that we would start the project in two to three months at the earliest; maybe the late summer," said Chris Sudden Valley resident David Burmham sport fishes three to four times a week in Lake Whatcom near Basin Three, which tested to have the highest levels of mercury. Burmham regularly catches small-mouth bass from the lake. See MERCURY, Page 2 Students receive new e-mail By Christina Schrum THE WESTERN FRONT Soon Western students will be able to access their e-mail accounts, get campus news and enjoy other student resources from MyWestern.com. "MyWestern.com converts information that students need so they don't have to go all over the place for it," said Jerry Boles, vice provost for information and telecommunication services, The MyWestern.com Web site will serve as a gateway site for checking e-mail, getting and receiving information on student courses and campus events and also links to student accounts, Boles said. Director of Academic Technology and User Services See MYWESTERN, Page 8 Chris Goodenow/ The Western Front Western junior Matt Jennings e-mails uses Titan, Western's current e-mail service, which will be replaced by MyWestern.com 2001 utilities up $1 million By Bryn Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT Western's Energy Task Force has been coming up with new ideas to lower utility costs. The cost of utilities at Western will exceed the budgeted level by about $600,000 for the 2000- 2001 fiscal year, which ends June 30, said Jack Cooley, executive director for University Planning and Analysis. The Washington state Legislature has not provided budget increases to match increasing utilities prices, which means Western is not receiving additional state funding for the expected $1.5 million dollar increase in utility costs over the next two years, Cooley said. In response to rising costs, Western President Karen Morse appointed an all- campus task force to devise ways of reducing energy use on campus. Ideas from the 22-member Energy Conservation Task Force have been combined in gram called See UTILITIES, Page 8 Chris Goodenow/ The Western Front IN THIS ISSUE Underage Driving? Greg Woehler explores the benefits of a new law that will influence underage driving. See commentary, Page 7. Getting dirty at the Outback Farm Camp counselors at a day camp help children to enjoy the environment while having fun. See story, Page 4. For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail the Western Front at wfront@cc.wwu.edu http://westernfrontonline.com ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ The Western Front News June 28, 2001 Drought concerns city council By Joshua Porter THE WESTERN FRONT Faced with concerns about a possible water shortage, the Bellingham City Council drafted a plan Monday for protecting the area's water resources. The Water Shortage Contingency Plan, a supplement to the exiting Bellingham Water System Plan, was passed in response to growing concerns about a statewide drought. Since March 14, when Gov. Gary Locke made his statewide drought declaration, Bellingham has maintained the advisory stage, lowest in the plan's four stages of alert. 'The advisory mode is typically the mode we're in during the summer," said Tony Seman, Bellingham Public Works superintendent of utilities. At this stage, community awareness about the possible shortage and preparation for practical means of conservation is the plan's focus. He said.if demand for water rises considerably during the summer months, voluntary measures for curbing consumption, such as an even/odd day lawn watering schedule, would be necessary. 'If we have a dry fall, that's usually when we see the lake level drop.' Tony Seman Bellingham Public Works superintendent of Utilities While Lake Whatcom's water level is at target height, the autumn months could make conditions more serious. Lack of rain during the summer and water overuse could precipitate a water shortage, Seman said. "If we have a dry fall, that's usually when we see the lake level drop," he said. Whatcom County Council member Dan McShane said the county government hasn't spent much of its time dealing with a potential water shortage. McShane, a member of the Natural Resources Committee, said water conservation in the face of a drought wasn't an issue because of encouraging current conditions such as lake volume. "Its impact on energy is a much larger issue, something we've dealt with," McShane said. "We've cut energy consumption by 30 percent." The water shortage plan states that out of 36 inches of rainfall that Bellingham receives annually, only five inches accumulate between mid- June and mid-September. The city provides approximately 73,000 people with water from Lake Whatcom and the Middle Fork of the Nooksack River. Lower than normal snowfall in the Cascades and an early snow melt this spring might hamper water replenishment from streams and rivers that feed into the lake. Drawing too much water out of the Nooksack River might also negatively affect the area's fishery resources, something the plan hopes to avoid. If conditions worsen considerably, the plan outlines a mandatory regulatory stage and an emergency stage. Mandatory regulations, triggered by a 100 percent increase in demand, would include the shutdown of any "ornamental fountains" that use drinking water, reduction in watering of public parks and baseball fields, and a watering ban on lawns and gardens that have existed for more than 30 days. At the emergency stage, the plan requires water to be drawn out of the Middle Fork of the Nooksack River at the city's diversion dam. Wading pools at public parks would be drained and closed, and lawn watering would be completely prohibited. Developing efficient usage habits for home and small office use is good preparation for a possible shortage, Seman said. Large consumers of water already are aware of the summer's possible strain on resources. "Generally, the commercial and industrial sectors â€” metered users â€” are conscious about their consumption," he said. Seman said he remains optimistic that the drought will not hurt Whatcom County was expected earlier this year. Compared to the 1992 drought, the area is in considerably better condition, although that is not necessarily in the case in eastern Washington, Seman said. County searches for contractors to find source of mercury in Lake Whatcom From MERCURY, Page 1 Chesspn, environmental health supervisor for Whatcom Health and Human Services. The current budget for the project is $100,000; however, Chesson said the organizations have not entered into contract negotiations with a consultant yet, the actual cost is uncertain. Though the project's primary goal is to identify the potential sources of mercury in Lake Whatcom sediments and fish tissues, the contractor would also be responsible for other duties and would be asked to make recommendations for source control once they have identified it. Signs around Lake Whatcom warn women of child-bearing age and young children not to eat the contaminated fish they catch there. "Drinking water is a prime concern with this," Bill McCourt, Operations superintendent for Whatcom County Public Works, said. "People will think, 'If these fish live in the water we drink, what does that mean about our drinking water?"' McCourt said. McCourt also said as a water provider, Whatcom County is concerned about deteriorating water quality. "There have been no measurable quantities (of mercury) in finished drinking water," McCourt said. "There have been measurable quantities in the raw water and the bioaccumu-lation in the fish." Presently, none of the agencies know where the mercury is coming from, McCourt said. "Currently we have not begun any source identification," Chesson said. 'People will think, 'If these fish live in the water we drink, what does that mean about our water?'" Bill McCourt Operations Superintendent for Whatcom County Public Works Officials do have their theories, Chesson said. Several potential mercury sources are possible around the lake, he said. "Landfills such as the Y-road landfills, naturally occurring sediments that could have come from the volcanic activity of Mount Baker or coal mining activities of the late 1800s or early 1900s could have disrupted some sediments and sent them into the lake," Chesson said. McCourt said the recently shut-down Georgia-Pacific West, Inc.'s Chlora-Alkalide Plant was a major source of mercury emissions in Whatcom County. County council member and geologist Dan McShane said he favors the theory of airborne mercury as well. He said he believes the low levels of mercury actually detectable in the lake water indicate an airborne pollutant. He said these mercury levels are common in lakes around the United States. McShane also said he believes it would be worthwhile to inspect creeks that feed into the lake to see if they might be where the mercury comes from. "Blue Canyon Creek discharges into the south end of the lake and there used to be coal mines there," McShane said, adding that he would be surprised if a point source for the mercury was found because of the low levels. Steve Hood, an environmental engineer for the Department of Ecology, said the mercury could come from a number of sources. He said airborne mercury could come from G-P or people breaking florescent lighting tubes. The mercury also could have come from global sources, as people put a lot of Mercury into the air, Hood said. i ^ ^ i S K I i ^ i l i i i K i i i H i i l K i i i i i i S S S S i smallmouth bass 1 The ^festern Front is published twice weekly in fall, winter and spring; once a week in summer session. Address: The Western Front, Western Washington University, CH 110, Bellingham, WA 98225-9100. 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 College Hall 07, 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 Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Thursday for inclusion in the next Tuesday issue. Announcements should be limited to 50 words. Announcements may be submitted by e-mail to pubs@cc.wwu.edu. The subject line should contain a brief topic title and clearly state that the item is for official announcements. 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Sample problems may be found at www.washington.edu/oea/aptp.htm. ' THE TEST FOR ENTRANCE INTO TEACHER EDUCATION (TETEP) will be given at 2 p.m. July 17 and Aug. 7 in OM 120. Registration is required in OM 120. A $25 fee must be paid in exact amount at time of registration. Registration is limited to 16 students; the test is not administered on an individual basis. THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) will be given at 2 p.m. July 26, Aug. 21 and Sept. 21 in OM 120. Registration is required in OM 120 or by calling 650-3080. A $35 fee is payable at test time. Registration is limited to 16 students. Allow 1 -112 hours. WINTER QUARTER DECREE APPLICANTS must have a degree application on file in the registrar's office, OM 230, by Aug. 24. Applications are available in OM 230. INFORMATION REGARDING NATIONAL TESTING is available at the Testing Center, OM 120. KEEP YOUR WESTERN CARD. Students, faculty and staff are reminded to keep their Western Card for the duration they are affiliated with the University. Once registered for fall quarter, students can go to the Card Office, EH 108, to receive a validation stamp for the 2001 -2002 school year. INFORMATION REGARDING NATIONAL TESTING is available at the Testing Center, OM 120. ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 3 ---------- ACCENT/F EATURES June 28,2001 Arts Entertainment Campus Community The Western Front â€¢ 3 Grooving with Guarneri at lunch By Bryn Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT An eclectic mix of cultural beats filled the Viking Union E a t e r y on Wednesday. Passersby could not help but stop and listen as the sound of an electric violin soaring above jazzy bass, African percussion and electric guitar. Guarneri Underground quartet played its musical world tour as the first of Western's Noon Concert series. Forced inside by drizzling weather, the group dazzled listeners . "Come rain or shine we will always try to bring the music to you," band leader Jeffrey Sick said. Jumping from the beats of Puerto Rico, to a piece that honored one of the band's inspirations, Carlos Santana, the moved its listeners around the world with Bob Marley's song, "I Shot the Sheriff, and a little bit of Celtic magic from beneath the fairy hill. Sick said his band sounds like "the musical version of the travel channel," . Meridith Murray, a local businesswoman, read about the group and brought her boyfriend to hear the show. "I love all kinds of music, especially world music," Murray said. The couple enjoyed the music so much they took their shoes off, moved some table and began dancing to the eclectic beat. 'Come rain or shine we will always try to bring the music to you said, Jeffrey Sick GuarneriBand Leader Children from the Fairhaven daycare joined the couple and those who stayed in their seats were tapping their feet and clapping with the music. Both Sick and the band's bass player, Mikel Rollins, ventured into the crowd, kneeling down to entertain the kids, and engaging the small crowd. Combining an all-star cast of musicians, the band members each bring a different musical influence. Leading the band's whirlwind tour is Sick's electric violin and flamboyant showmanship. "Music is all about language and the best way to learn about music is to listen to people who really now how to speak the language," Sick said. Listening to musicians like Santana and Paul Simon, Sick got the idea for a band that would have the whole world as its stage. Combining his training on the violin and a love for all kinds of music, Sick formed the band in 1994 with only one other violinist. The band has grown since then and gone through a lot of changes. Sick has never held an audition. He found his other band members by talking to people who had a sound he liked. The band members "found each other like kindred spirits," he said. Besides organizing the group, Sick also arranges most of the songs, produces its Having trouble getting y O U F G U F I C S (General University Requirements) Worried about taking too long to finish your degree? Can't fit CUR classes into your schedule? Telecourses and Internet-based courses are offered every quarter. See what we can do for you! Skagit Vnil^rCoilegi www.svc.ctc.edu CHECK OUT |/|our Distance Education course options with WWU's partner. S k a g i t offers transferable CUR courses like Psychology, English, History and Math through Distance Education... designed to fit your busy schedule! (360) 416-7770 Photos by Quoc Iran/ The Western Front Fairhaven daycare kids jam to the eclectic sounds of Jeffrey Sick and the Guarneri Underground Quartet at the first day of six Noon Concert Series this summer. albums and also plays in six other bands. Lisa Rosenberg, Western's student activities coordinator organizes the Summer Noon Concert Series. "I try to pick music that is universally enjoyable," Rosenberg said. She said she also strives to expose people to different kinds of music, including the new world beat sounds of the Guarneri Underground Quartet. The noon concert series will continue exposing Western students, faculty and community members to a diverse array of music including Celtic ballads, bluegrass and acoustic rock. Jeffrey Sick plays his violin and watches as some concert goers dance to the Guarneri Underground Quartet ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 4 ---------- 4* The Western Front Accent June 28,2001 xperiencing the Outback By Melisa Jennings THE WESTERN FRONT Fresh air, green luscious plants, edible gardens and sounds of nature are all encompassing at the Fairhaven Outback Farm, which is located between Buchanan Towers and Fairhaven College. The Outback? is home to Summer in the Outback - a week-long outdoor environmental education summer camp for children. The camp is sponsored by the Outdoor Experiential Learning Site and Bellingham Roots and Shoots, which is a non-profit program established by Jane Goodall that focuses on children learning about nature. Kids from local schools come each day to learn about and interact with nature. The camp is designed to give kids an opportunity to learn to love being outside and love the environment, said Jessa Friesen, Summer in the Outback camp co-director. "I want them to connect with nature," Friesen said. During the camp, the kids are separated into four groups by age. The campers are aged 5 to 13, and each chooses a nature name like Eagle, Star or Cat Litter, Friesen said. Each group has a theme for the week and is assigned a certain area of the Outback, called a quadrant, to cultivate. Within their quadrants, the campers participate in lessons based on their particular themes about nature. Groups learn about the natural resources within their quadrants and how to take care of them. For example, one group is studying soil while spending time in the garden and learning about what comes from the earth. "This gives them a sense of ownership," Friesen said. The groups partake hi one field trip each day and engage in various activities like a variety show for their parents, nature hikes and. a sleepover at the Outback where theyjhave ca^mjzfixes, night hikes and Evan Mathews stretches his face in frustration while playing a game Photos by Chris Goodnow/The Western Front Galen O'Moore, 9, dips his paintbrush for his painting of a bald eagle. The camp had many arts and crafts opportunities for the kids. "There are so many activities we don't get to them all," said Heather Gosnell, a camp counselor and Fairhaven student. "There's so much to do here." With the garden, performing stage, tree forts and natural arts and activities, the kids love to be in the Outback, Friesen said. The directors ..chose not to apply too much structure or pressure o"n the campers to learn, but decided to allow the kids to be- free in nature, Friesen said. '.'.-'â€¢ -?It just "feels so good to see the kids having a good time/' said Kristy Clark, Summer in the Outback co-director. 'It's too bad adults don't get to play more." Clark said Suinmerin the Outback is about enjoying the outdoors and creating a connection with nature. "I want them to make a connection with the natural world and have a positive experience in the outdoors," Clark said. "(The counselors) make it fun while you're learning, and you don't even know you're learning," said Shayla Jillson-Lucas, a camper. Clark said she wants the kids to feel like they belong in nature and not feel separated from it. Along with environmental education the counselors also teach the kids about respect and communication , Clark said. "There's a loss of play and loss of connection with the outdoors and the Outback creates an opportunity for kids who might not have access to the outdoors," Clark said. Friesen and Clark teach a five-credit 300-level course at Fairhaven College that students who want to become counselors for the camp need to take. This is the first year that student counselors have earned credit for the course, Friesen said. This the third year of the Summer in the Outback it has been the most successful, Friesen said. The camp has eight group leaders, two directors and 45 campers. The students met twice a week for listening to environmental education readings, practicing camp activi- Right: Nikolas Kelly, 6, grimaces as he hits a ball at the Fairhaven Outback camp Tuesday. Left: Juan Campos, 12, and Tyler Tse, 11, take a seat during lunch. ties and participating in Roots and Shoots club meetings, Friesen said. As camp counselors, the students were responsible for creating their entire curriculum for the week, organizing activities and purchasing supplies for camp. "We want the students to have a full experience," Friesen said. The student counselors turn to the directors for advice on how to work with the campers. They meet every morning before camp to discuss the previous day and what improvements can be made as a group and individually, Friesen said. This year the camp was able provide scholarships to 10 campers with the assistance of monetary donations from Fairhaven College and organic food donations from the Community Food Co-Op in Bellingham. "My goal is to never turn anyone away," Friesen said. Clark said the campers could come to the Outback anytime. Summer in the Outback began June 25 and ends June 29. The camp runs daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The camp is open to all children and costs $70 for the week. Created in the 1970s by Fairhaven students as a place for gardening. ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 5 ---------- June 28,2001 SPORTS NCAA II Intramural The Western Front â€¢ 5 Western's high school football camp starts Head Coach Rob Smith teaches players about teamwork By Teresa Moreau THE WESTERN FRONT A loud roar emanated from Carver Gymnasium Wednesday as 800 high school football players from California to Alaska attended Western's football camp to become better players. Before campers took the field, the head coach of Western's football team, Rob Smith hyped them up. When Smith commanded a hit, campers were to crouch to their best defensive position until he said to relax. And that is what they did. When the helmets colored red, white and blue took over the football field they were split into varsity and junior varsity teams. The teams will played a variety of seven-on- seven or eleven-o- eleven games. Justin Odom, viking tight end and his teammates instructed the campers on their respective positions. Odom, a transfer student from Idaho State, attended Western's camp the summer before his High school senior year. "The camp helps players get better and get along as a team," Odom said. Another player returning to camp is Juneau High School Senior Eric Tollefson who is an offense receiver and a strong safety. This is his third year traveling from Juneau, Alaska for camp. Tollefson said that he has learned better reads. He said he enjoys camp because it's not about individual talent. "It is all about team effort," Tollefson said. His coach Ray Bradly said camp is a worthwhile because it gives players jump-start on the season. He said he would have brought more players if he could. "It is a great program," Viking tight end, Adam Snel said. Snel has been playing for Western for three years. " T he football camp has grown from 60 to 800 players in the past 12 years," Smith said. Smith lettered for three years at the University of Washington and played in the 1978 Rose bowl. He came to Western after spending five years as top assistant at Renton High School. Now, Smith is in his 12th year of coaching at Western and has been named one Western's Coaches of the century. Smith has lead the Vikings to .500 or better seasons for the past nine years. And his commands for the first day of camp were heard. All day long campers drilled, took hits and kept their heads up. Then at 9 p.m. seniors ran their sprints and got their heights and weights checked. They returned to their dorms in Fairhaven or Ridgeway for lights out at 10:30, when they could finally relax. (Top) Lango Faifai and Brian Anderson and (bottom) Stephen Long and John McDonald, all from Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash, participate in drills at Western's high school football-team camp on south campus, Wednesday. Photos by Chris Goodenow/ The Western Front L WWU GURs Available from Independent Learning Communications Block B; French 103 (5) Humanities: Classical Studies 260 (4); English 216 (5), 281 (5), 282 (5) and 283 (5); History 103 (4), 104 (4) and 112 (4); Liberal Studies 232 (4), Music 104 (3) Social Sciences: Anthropology 201 (5); Canadian-American Studies 200 (5); Economics 206 (4), 207 (4); Linguistics 204 (4); Psychology 201 (5); Sociology 302 (5) Comparative, Gender and Multicultural Studies: Anthropology 353 (4); East Asian 201 (5) and 202 (5); English 338 (5); History 280 (5); Women Studies 211 (4) Mathematics: Math 102 (5), 107 (3), 124(5),156 (4), 167 lt;4), and 240 (3) Natural Sciences B: Environmental Studies 101 (3) See WWL/ Bulletin for explanation of GURs. To preview a course outline, call or stop by Western Extension Programs 800 E. Chestnut â€¢ 65O-3650 BWESTERN H i WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Campus recreation activities will continue through summer quarter By Cheryl Baptista THE WESTERN FRONT Summer quarter has begun, barely anyone is around, the campus is dead. However, this summer the Campus Recreation Center is offering many activities and classes that are both physically challenging and entertaining. The Campus Recreation Center in Carver Gym is offering intramural leagues, non-credit classes, tournaments and open recreation use of campus facilities, secretary supervisor Katie Stiles said. Campus Recreation is responsible for running Carver Gym, non-varsity team sport clubs and the handling of gym reservations. Stiles said, "the activities get people together to meet new people." The summer intramural leagues include softball on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and soccer on Mondays and Wednesdays. Western students may sign up as teams or the Office of Campus Recreation can assign them" to a team. Non-credit step aerobics, yoga, and Thai kickboxing classes start this week. The classes cost between $20 and $25 and are two or three days a week. Campus Recreation will host a variety of tournaments this summer. The golf tournament will be on July 20, croquet on July 19 and 2-on- 2 outdoor volleyball will be July 16 and 18. Open recreation is also available this summer for tennis, rac-quetball, table tennis and basketball. The open recreation hours of availability and location depends on the activity. Open recreation is for all students, faculty and staff members and allows people to use the campus facilities during designated times. "Anyone can come, everyone is invited," Stiles said. Although there are fewer students during the summer, a greater percentage of those students participate in Campus Recreation activities, especially open recreation. During the summer people become more active and make use of the gym, Western senior and intramural supervisor Lauren Fode said. Sign-ups for all activities and additional information is available at the Office of Campus Recreation at Carver Gym 101, which can also be reached by phone at 650-3677. ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ The Western Front OPINIONS Letters Editorials Tune 28,2001 Summer parking fees utterly ridiculous Summer session has begun. Empty dorms and a few students roaming Red Square mark summer at Western. But one thing is the same as the rest of the year â€” students still need to buy parking passes. There is never a break for students when it comes to parking. When one drives to campus he or she can see plenty of unused spaces in the C parking lot and campus residence lots. The campus residence lots stay primarily unused during the summer. Instead of parking in these empty lots students are forced to either take an inconvenient bus or become parking vultures and scout for a free parking spot outlying the campus. To purchase parking permits, however, is absurd during the summer. Parking rates are only discounted $10-20 from a regular quarter for a nine-week summer session. The cheapest parking lot is 16CR, which sits next to 21st Street. One should note that it would still be a hike to campus. Parking rates during a regular quarter help encourage students to find other modes of transportation. During the summer, however, Whatcom Transportation Authority buses run less frequently to campus. So, hopping a bus to campus becomes more difficult. Another reason to have high parking rates is to create competition for the spaces. In the summer, fewer students are enrolled according to estimates the Registrar's office gets. During the summer last year, 3,005 students attended Western. This summer it is projected to be the same. Western has plenty of space for students to park. Out of 24 parking lots, students are allowed to purchase permits for only four of those The only detriment of student parking for free on campus Js that people may lose their jobs. The Parking and Transportation Department is self sustaining and uses the money generated from permits to improve parking lots and pay salaries of Parking and Transportation management. If one actually drives in these parking lots they would notice and feel that these lots are riddled with potholes. Potholes that seem to be there for several quarters and never filled. So, if Parking and Transportation Services are unwilling to fix the problems, maybe employees should take a summer vacation. According to parking policy, most faculty and student parking lots are opened to the public to park for free after 5 p.m. The reasoning is that there are fewer people on campus at that time, thus lots are bare. Summer is the 5 p.m. of a regular quarter. Hardly any students are on campus. To pay for summer parking is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. Frontlines are the opinion of The Western Front editorial board: Heather Baker, Brendan Manning, Levi Pulkkinen, Laura Thoren and Brendan Shriane. The Western Front Editor: Heather Baker; Managing Editor: Brendan Shriane; Copy Editors: Brendan Manning, Levi Pulkkinen; Photo Editor: Stephanie Kosonen; News Editor: Hollie J. Brown; Accent/Feature Editor: Scott Keys; Sports/ Opinion Editor: Laura Thoren; Cartoonist: Jennifer Jennings; Adviser: Tim Pilgrim; Business Manager: Aletha Macomber; Advertising Manager: Joel Hall. Staff Reporters: Kristie Aukofer, Sheryl Baptista, Sonja Cohen, Lisa Cozart, Sara Haemmerle, Brian Harrington, Tamara Harvey, Cara Hazzard, Gail Hemmerich, Margo Horner, Steve Howard, Melisa Jennings, Bryn Johnson, Brandon Korab, Linda Legg, Marilyn Levan, Lisa Mandt, Lisa Martineau, Maureen McGraw, Baylor Paschall, Taylor Phifer, Joshua Porter, Anna Rimer, Karlee Rochon, Sonja Rose, Christina Schrum, Christopher Schweitzer, Chelsea Shaw, Jessica Sparks, Taber Streur, Karla Tillman, Quoc Tran, Cynthia Vrieling, Steve Wiens, Greg Woehler. And we quote: 'I think if s the best piece of legislation to come from the dim-witted legislators in a long time/ -Rotto Van Slyke, Bellingham insurance agent on the new teen drivers law Safety first, cell phones second Taber Streur COMMENTARY All too often, our minds are clouded by the, distractions of daily life while we drive. The focus of driving becomes second to figuring out if we are going to ask that new girl in class out or not. We rock out to new music like Linkin Park that gets our ^adrenaline rushing and makes us scream as we drive down Bill McDonald Parkway with the other college students. It seems that the last thing we need in a car is another distraction. Cellular phones have been coming under fire recently because they are said to be distracting to use while driving. On June 25,the New York State Senate set a precedent by banning hand-held cellular phones while driving by a vote of 125-19. A recent poll by Quinnipiac University showed that 87 percent of New York voters supported the idea. The law will be backed by a $100 fine starting in November. 'It seems that the last thing we need in a car is another distraction.'' The New York Ban is a practical safeguard that should be followed by other states. In the current state of technology, with voice-activated dialing and hands-free headsets, the problem of being distracted while driving is easily solved. The New York ban allows for these earpieces, but forbids driver to actually hold the phones while driving. "The banning of cellular phones would lead to far fewer accidents on the road," Western senior Heather Bartek said. "People could and need to pay more attention to their driving skills rather than their communication skills while driving." Bartek, like so many other Western students, said she finds cellular phones easy to obtain, cheap to use and too convenient not to have with her at all times. All of us have seen the effects that cellular phones have on a person's concentration, and how some of us don't need any more distractions from driving. The time may come when people will laugh that we actually had to have a hand-held device. Until that time, however, all states should implement similar bans. This hand- held cellular phone ban would make for less dangerous drivers on the road, which means more lives saved and more girls and guys at the bars and in classes for us all to worry about asking out. How will you spend your tax refund? Tamara Harvey COMMENTARY President Bush has found the ultimate way to gain the affection and political allegiance of America's taxpayers tax rebate checks. Everyone who paid taxes this year will receive a check. The Internal Revenue Service will send out letters telling the amount of your check and when you can expect to receive it. Checks will be mailed according to the last two numbers of your social security number. Single taxpayers will receive as much as $300, single parents who head the household as '(O)ur government did not create a plan to use the money in a way that would improve the shortfalls of our country' much as $500 and married couples as much as $600. Supposedly, this is just the beginning of a $1.35 trillion tax-cut plan that Bush wants to enact over the next ten years â€” assuming he stays in office. No one can deny the happiness felt as we all anxiously wait to receive our. checks by mail. I will be faithfully checking my mailbox as my arrival date nears. Nothing is better than old, hard cash to spend at will. What is depressing is that our government, did not create a plan to use the money in a way that would improve some of the shortfalls of our country. Schools, homeless shelters and medical facilities could benefit from additional funds intended for technology or research. Is a little pocket change more important to us Americans? Though some frown at the fact that, like most of Bush's plans, the wealthy benefit most from the tax refund, people will be smiling when it is their turn to cash in. We have two options when our checks arrive: We can spend them wisely or consider them a late "birthday present" from the government One must decide whether to spend the check on rent and bills, of a sparkling glitter belt to spice up a dull wardrobe. ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 7 ---------- June 28,2001 Opinions The Western Front â€¢ 7 Underage drivers are protected by new Law Greg Woehler COMMENTARY The faces of people waiting at the Department of Licensing office in Bellingham on Wednesday looked as gloomy as the weather outside. Most of the seats were taken and about 15 people stood at the back of the room, rolling their eyes and shuffling their feet, waiting for their numbers to be called. DOL offices around the state are seeing a sharp increase in the number of applicants for driver's licenses as teens try to avoid new restrictions that will begin July 1st. The laws aim to make Washington's roads safer by limiting when drivers under 18 may drive and dictating who may ride with them. The laws are unfair and heavy-handed; they punish good drivers as well as bad simply based on their age. They are also completely necessary and justified. Driving is a privilege, not a right. With the possible exceptions of guns and football, nothing is closer to the average American's heart than dri-ving. Manifest Destiny is woven permanently into our DNA; deep down, we all want to be Richard Petty or Mario Andretti. We yearn to expand, explore and travel. We look at driving as a divine gift passed down from on high when we turn 16. But Washington roads are getting crowded and, inevitably, as the population grows, privileges must be sacrificed. Statistics clearly show that teens are the most accident-prone group of motorists. They have more than twice as many fatal car accidents as all other age groups combined. "For decades, auto fatalities have been the number one killer for 15 to 20-year-olds," said Rollo Van Slyke, a Farmer's Insurance Group agent in Bellingham. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, 520,000 teens were injured in car accidents in 1999 and 4,900 teens were killed. "That's an average of 13 deaths every day,"Van Slyke said. One of the new rules says new* drivers may not be on the road between 1 and 5 a.m. without someone 25 or older in the car. Another rule states that drivers between. 16 and 18 may not have any passengers under the age of 20 in the car unless they are immediate family members. If drivers under 18 get two moving violations, their license will be revoked for six months. "It's totally unfair," 16-year-old Jeremy Bonner said as he waited at the DOL to take his driving test. He scheduled his test weeks ago to make sure he beat the deadline. "I haven't even gotten my license yet, and they want to punish me for something I didn't even do. Sorry, kid, life ain't always fair. "I'm a good driver," Bonner said, emphatically. "I get good grades, I don't do stupid stuff. I'm not gonna turn into an idiot just because I have my friends in the car." Van Slyke said he was well aware of this claim among teenagers. "They'll say it makes no difference who they have in the car," he said. "But I can show you time and time again, teens get in cars with friends and it's an accident waiting to happen." Washington is hardly alone in buckling down on teen drivers. In fact, they're late getting on the bandwagon. Thirty-two states have already passed similar laws and 12 more are considering them. Van Slyke said there has been a 60 percent drop in teen driving fatalities in states that already have the laws. Besides making roads safer, the laws may have a slightly positive effect on the checkbooks of Washington drivers. He said the new laws aren't likely to lower insurance premiums for older drivers, but rates might not increase as quickly. "There's no way for insurance companies to charge teen drivers their fair share," Van Slyke said. "It would cost too much. We all subsidize teen drivers." When asked what he'd say to teens who may think the state is picking on them, he said, "The new laws are either gonna save your life or one of your close friends. Are we picking on them? No. The legislators are trying to save lives. "I think it's the best piece of legislation to come from the dim-wit legislators in a long time," Van Slyke said. |l;i||||Pesteni:;;M||| c/o the Opinions editor B^^nraiUiMSH westernfront@cc.wwu.edu m The Western Front reserves the rightto mar and libel. Include name and tele- B^^^^BIIill^^^^^^F1^ THE WESTERN FRONT ONLINE Editor-in-Chiefs warning: Reading computer screens while drinking coffee late at night may cause double vision, double vision. westernfrontonline.com Don't Let Summer Fly By! Earn WWU Credits Wherever You Are ^w Visit our website www.wwu.edu/~ilearn Independent Learning 650*3650 â€¢ ilearn@cc.wwu.edu â€¢ 800 E. Chestnut 1975 DODGE Dart. Runs Great. Needs some work. $500 647-7580. $325 UNF. Rental to share. 2BI, WWU. Pri; Rm; Ba; Frid: o/s pkg; n/s/p 647-8260. MILLIONAIRE MINDED? Local Entrepreneur seeks 2 Part time indlvidu Â§ls to make 1,997.00 in the next 2 weeks. Call 1-866-825-3924. r \ ARE YOU AN ORGAN DONOR? a ~ J ---------- Western Front 2001-06-28 - Page 8 ---------- 8 â€¢ The Western Front News June 28,2001 ECTF educates about reduction From 2001 UTILITIES,Page 1 Watt Watchers. The ECTF released a memo to the Western community May 29, stressing the importance of reducing energy and meeting Gov. Gary Locke's 10 percent reduction in energy consumption at each state-run agency. According to the memo, utilities will cost Western $1 million more during 2001- 2003 than they did during 1999-2001. The first step toward 'Quick fixes have been meeting the 10 percent , . . ^ gt;at, reduction, according to done in the past; now its the committee, is voluntary reduction. Employees and students were asked to turn off lights, shut down computers and unplug unused electronic equipment, especially during the peak hours between 8-10 a.m. and 4-8 p.m. Along with education on voluntary reduction, Western started making short- term operational changes such as not lighting sculptures at night and reducing heat in each building by two degrees. The second step will be making major operational changes that would affect building uses and scheduling. One proposed idea is extending Thanksgiving break to a week. "I think there were other, better ways of saving energy than shutting down for a week," Western graduate Megan Herink said. "I am paying for my education and I want to get all of the hours and time w i t h t e a c h ers." T h e final step in reducing energy use will be facility modifications. Although it is an important step in conservation, the facility projects will take funding that is not currently available. "Quick fixes have been done it the past," ECTF Chairman Bill Managan said. "Now it is going to take renovations which cost cash," he added. going to take renovations which cost cash' Bill Managan ECTF Chairman MyWestern.com opens this fall From MYWESTERN, Page 1 Larry Gilbert said the goal of the MyWestern.com Web site is to integrate information pertinent to Western students. Students will use their universal user name to log into the Web site and from there will be able to check e-mail from this site and others, such as Hotmail and America Online, Gilbert said. Students may also personalize the types of mail they receive and create their own accounts. Another useful feature for Western students will be links to their courses and to course bulletin boards set up by instructors. Faculty will also be able to send course lists to their' e-mail accounts. Students will also receive individualized messages pertaining to their major, including course changes and deadlines for applications. The site will not have advertisers. MyWestern.com has gone through test runs with help from Western students, said Laurie Jewett, a part-time consultant working with the Web site.' The response has been very positive, she said, especially with the new e-mail system. The new version of the Web site will be available for new students at SummerStart in August and open to all students fall quarter. Silversand Photo needs an Appointment Setter $7.50 to $15.00 per hour full time or part time No experience required! National Photo Co.. 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Text preview (might not show all results): 1983_0628 ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 1 ---------- Olympia responds Faculty receive salary hike By PEGGY LOETTERLE Western's Board of Trustees, in a special meeting on June 20, adopted a plan to increase the salaries of Western's full-time facultymembers by 4 to 10 perce
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Show more1983_0628 ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 1 ---------- Olympia responds Faculty receive salary hike By PEGGY LOETTERLE Western's Board of Trustees, in a special meeting on June 20, adopted a plan to increase the salaries of Western's full-time facultymembers by 4 to 10 percent beginning June 30. It is the first salary increase in 18 months. Inaddition, the Legislature has appropriated nearly $1.9 million to bring Western salaries closer to salarylevels at Eastern Washington University. Those increases f probably will start in September, said Paul Ford, provost and vice president for academic affairs. "The Legislature expects us to raise salaries tothat equal at Eastern. We have to figure out how much more money to give for raises in September,"Ford said. Gerson Miller, chairman of the faculty welfare and salary committee, said the committeehas recommended that the additional money be distributed on an equal basis on September 15.Faculty members at Eastern currently receive an average WESTERN FRONT Western WashingtonUniversity, Bellingham, Wash. Tuesday, June 28, 1983 Vol. 75, No. 35 salary of about $30,700, whileWestern's average salary is about $28,740, Ford said. "Even after the 7 percent increase in June, faculty still will receive about $1,500 a year less," he said. Milton Kreiger, head of the American F e d e r a t io n of Teachers at Western, said the across-the-board increase won't be fair to all staff members. "It ismy impression that the people at the higher levels will come out a lot better than people at the lowerlevels. The AFT will look at the salary schedule as a major issue next year," he said. The Juneincreases will be allocated several ways. About 317 faculty members will receive a step in payâ€”anaverage 3 percent increaseâ€”as well as a 4 percent cost-of-living increase. Sixty-four faculty membersalso qualify for a merit increase of 4 percent, bringing the total possible increases to 10 percent. Merit increases are awarded for service above and beyond that required for ordinary step increases and arebased on evaluations of teaching, scholarship and service. Eighty-seven faculty members will receiveonly the 4 percent cost-of-living increase because they didn't want to undergo a review for a salaryincrease, Ford said. Distribution of the $1.9 million will increase salaries by 4 to 6 percent more, Fordsaid. A plan for allocation of the money should be ready by the fall meeting of the trustees. WesternPresident G. Robert Ross said the increases apparently are the result of Western's arguments to theLegislature about the inequality of funding among state universities. Ross said, in a previous interview,that Western students and faculty had been shortchanged in state appropriated funds. Western'sstudent services and, physical plant operations didn't fare as well as faculty in thisyear's legislativesession, however, and will fall one million dollars short on money, Ford said. Don Cole, vice president for business and financial affairs, is working on plans to reduce the effects of the cut, Ford said. Cost-saving idea wins top award By CAROLYN CASEY and VICKISIGGS Although she initially was. facedwith reluctance, Dorothea Kochajda waited six years to prove her method of floor care could saveWestern's maintenance staff both time and money. This month her persistance paid off, winning a$10,000 award for Western and reducing costs by nearly $80,000 a year. Kochajda, building servicessupervisor, developed a revolutionary natural-finish floor care technique that eliminates the need for the costly and dreary jobs of waxing, stripping and sealing Western's 80,000 square feet of resilient tileflooring. The mood of the management six years ago was in favor of staying with traditional floor care,which meant waxing, stripping and sealing of resilient floors, so Kochajda's suggestion was ignored, said Bob Hascall, physical plant director. Last year, when Hascall started work, Kochajda brought her floor technique to his attention, he said. "I was so intrigued by the concept that I wanted to start trying ithere immediately." Her method eliminates past floor care and replaces it with a three-part buffing andburnishing technique. A progression of stripping, scrubbing and buffing pads is used in conjunction witha 330-rpm buffer. Heat from the friction seals the floor surface, producing a hardened and highlypolished surface that never again needs a sealer or a wax to maintain its appearance, Hascall said.Kochajda said she sees this method as a morale booster for the custodians because they won't have tostrip floors again. "Stripping floors was our worst job," she said. Western President G. Robert Ross flew to New Orleans earlier this month to receive the $10,000 national award given by the NationalAssociation of College and University Business Officers and the United States Steel Foundation. "That's not the first idea that Dorothea has come up with for cost savings. Her contributions personally andtechnically have been very valuable to the university," Hascall said. Western's custodians beganusing the new technique last October, Hascall said. "The results were remarkable." He said the yearlysavings will be used to restore some services that were eliminated by budget cuts. The award moneyprobably will be used to start a fund rewarding Western's employees for innovative cost-savingtechniques, he said. Since Western won the award,, several universities expressed an interest inlearning the new technique. Kochajda went to the University of Washington to teach them themethod they now use on their floors. The process has been copyrighted by Western and furtherinquiries should go to the physical plant. Kids mount logs On a Friday field trip to the Sehome Hilllookout tower and Western's Outdoor Gallery, some Children's World daycare center studentsencounter Log Ramps. Adult usher Scott Ocheltree said the youngsters appeared to appreciate thecampus sculptures more, than most of the students. Photo by Shaun McClurken. Tastes of a vineyardp. 7 Rain part of local biking p. 6 ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 2 ---------- 2 Western Front Tuesday, June 28,1983 New deans: By JACKIE SPINKS The College of Arts andSciences â€” Western's largest academic unit â€” has a new acting dean. Peter Elich, formerpsychology department chairman, was selected from a pool of 11 candidates. He will assume theposition Friday. Tall and muscular, Elich looks as if he coaches football, which he did at BellinghamHigh School. "He is a highly regarded faculty member and statesman, who will provide strong leadershipfor the College of Arts and Sciences during this transitional period," said Executive Vice President and Provost James Talbot. Elich will serve as acting dean' for one year. The College of Arts andSciences has 22 departments and employs two-thirds of Western's faculty. It is the hub of theuniversity. "One year on the job is too short a time to show your performance," Elich said, "but thenthe School of Education, the School of Business and Economics and the School of Fine andPerforming Arts all have acting deans, too." He said he will make no changes in the college right away."Certainly no radical changes in the structure of the organization that might make things difficult for apermanent dean, although I must administer the College as though I were permanent." Elich said hesees his duties as dean are to provide effective management of financial resources, to participate indecisions for personnel, such as promotions and tenure, to provide leadership wherever possible, andmost important, to ensure that West- Marshy Elich named new heads of colleges Peter Elich, newlyappointed acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. era maintains a solid liberal arts core. "Theleast appealing part of administration to me is the clerical work. Nevertheless, it is a highly importantaspect of administering. The part I like best is working with people as a facilitator â€” creatingconditions so(' that people can develop their competency," Elich explained. Elich will replace JamesDavis,, who announced in April his. resignation as dean after nine years at the post. This fall Davis willinstruct political science. Elich has been at Western since â€¢ 1961 and was first named chairman ofWestern's psychology department in 1972. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, earned a master's degree from Western in 1959 and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Oregon in1961. Before West-em, he taught at Whatcom Junior High School and Bellingham High School. He is anative of Bellingham. By DEANNA SHAW David Marsh, of the art department, has been namedacting dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts for the 1983- 84 academic year. He willreplace William Gregory, who has accepted a Ful-bright award to teach and conduct research at the National Institute of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. The appointment, effective Sept. 1, was announced byJames Talbot, Western's executive vice president and provost. "David Marsh is a veteranadministratorwho demonstrated g success while serving as art iS department chairman in the Q 1970s,"Talbot said. "He is a well S known artist with a national and c international reputation." is Marsh joinedWestern's art Â£ faculty in 1957 after teaching in ja-junior and senior high schools in o Washington andCalifornia. He jÂ§ served as an art department i (X chairman from 1966 to 1974 and again during the1980-81 academic year. Marsh said he plans to continue work toward one of Gregory's majorgoalsâ€”better communications between the three departments of the college: art, music andtheater/dance. A number of measures already have been adopted to strengthen interdepartmentalrelations, including the formation of a faculty advisory committee composed of five members from thethree departments, more frequent executive committee meetings and quarterly faculty meetings,he said. Marsh said he is enthusiastic about the future of the college, which currently has 500 to 600majors and 36 full-time faculty members. He said he thinks a trend toward an interest in the arts isbeginning, noting this is traditionally the pattern after a concentrated interest in the sciences.Gregory said although the college's growth has been curtailed because of the limited number offaculty, its graduates are in demand and job placement has been excellent. More than 90 percent ofmusic education majors have been placed. Art and theater/dance graduates also have fared well andGregory expressed surprise at the high percentage of these graduates who are now employed intheir major field or a related area. Both Marsh and Gregory said they are pleased with Western's newbudget. Although individual departmental budgets have yet to be decided, Marsh said he thinks that, with the overall budget set for the next two years by the Legislature, some sensible planning can takeplace. "This is the most stability we've had since the early '70s," he said. Marsh predicted that his newduties will restrict his time to produce art. Marsh's watercolors and other works have been exhibitednationwide and are in a number of public and private collections, including those of WestminsterCollege in Fulton, Missouri and the Instituto Mexicano-Norte Americano in Guadalajara, Mexico. Marshhas a bachelor's degree from Central Washington State College and a master's degree from theUniversity of Oregon. Bookstore remodelling next week By DAN RAMSAY The Student CooperativeBookstore is getting a facelift this summer and the confusing lines and inefficient use of space will soonbe things of the past. "We haven't put any money into this facility since it was built," said'George Elliott,bookstore manager, who called this project a tremendous help. One look at the worn carpets, ThisWeek T4C0 TIME All you can eat $2,99 Crisp Beef Burritos Crisp Bean Burritos Crisp Tacos Sunday,July 3rd Every Tuesday Crisp Bean Burrito Day 2 for l($i.o7) 707 E. Holly St. Bottom of College Hill 10am -11 pm Fri-Sat till midnight * Use Your Student Weekly Coupons * peeling paint and dim lights isenough to convince the daily customers that repair work is long overdue. Most of the work will becosmetic, Elliott said, with new lighting, new carpets and additional display space being added to help upgrade the facility. In addition to the new lights and carpets, the Post Office will be relocated to thearea that is now the entrance and the entrance will be moved to the front-center of the building. Also,mechanical improvements and the installation of floor and ceiling tiles will be part of the remodel, Elliot said. The cost of the project was estimated to be about $300,000 before the bidding was opened onMarch 21. Much to the suprise of Elliott and the Associated Students, who had approved thespending, all seven bids submitted were below that amount. Folkers Construction Com- 1101 HarrisAve. in Old Fairhaven The Finest, Freshest coffees now also available at Dana's Cafe downtown theUpper Crust Silver Beach. Expresso Entertainment in our Coffee House Open Events AND THEWINNER I S . . . The "City Limits" wishes to thank all who entered our short story contest.Congratulations to the winner, Laurie Stephan. Please look for us in the fall. SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP! Copies ^ f e Binding Service Fine Papers and Envelopes Passport Photos kmko's copies 701 East Holly 647-1114 OPEN 7 DAYS pany of Anacortes was awarded the contract on April 13, with alow bid of $174,623. Construction is scheduled to begin on July 5 and be completed on or beforeSeptember 7. When completed, the renovated bookstore will have 20 percent more selling spaceand a more efficient cash register setup, Elliott said. Complaints from students who are forced to wait in one line to buy books and then wait in another line to buy general merchandise are sure todecrease, he said. The new set-up will allow for buying books and general merchandise at oneregister. With the warm weather and decreased enrollment, construction will move swiftly, Elliott said. A three week closure at the end of the nine-week session, which is the usual summer schedule, willsee the finishing touches completed in time for the fall rush. Bookstore hours will remain the same upto that point. ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 3 ---------- Western Front 3 Tuesday, June 28,1983 Huxley grad program may be offered winter By MARGARETCARLSON Huxley College of Environmental Studies will offer a graduate program, beginning the winter of 1984, if Western's Board of Trustees approves the recommendation by the Council for Post-secondary Education. Earlier this month, the CPE approved the program that has been in planningstages since 1980. Huxley Dean Richard Mayer said if the board accepts the plan, the graduate program will be offered winter quarter. - The graduate program would offer a master of science degree inenvironmental science to anyone with a bachelor's degree in one of the sciences and an interest in theenvironment, Mayer said. He said the master's program is "the most exciting development in Huxleysince it began in 1968." Mayer said the program is the first of its kind in the state. Although graduateprograms in environmental science are offered by other institutions in this region, the Huxley program isunparalleled. Students will have a choice of three areas of concentration: wildlife toxicology, ecosystemprocesses and environmental chemistry, a cooperative program between Huxley and Western'schemistry department. Each student must take a minimum of 45 credits, including a thesis. No othercollege or university in Washington offers a specialized graduate program emphasizing research inthe areas of Huxley's concentration. Mayer said the research students do for their thesis will linkHuxley and Western with environmental problem-solving in the region. Students will research problems such as acid rain, water-quality, the toxic effect of pesticides and development around LakeWhatcom. By conducting environmental research in our community, Mayer said he hopes to attractexternal funding from the state and federal governments, industry, private businesses7 andfoundations. Huxley's program also differs from other graduate programs in the region by requiringstudents to develop their own plan of study. Students work individually with an adviser to plan a course of study to meet their goals. Although Huxley has received about 250 letters asking about a master'sprogram, Mayer said he expects only about 12 students to enroll the first quarter and that eventuallyenrollment may be limited to 25. Alumni's parents give Western $75,000 land By DAN RAMSAYProperty vallued at approximately $75,000 was donated to Western by a Vancouver, Washington couplewhose son is a Western graduate. George and Sara Holzman donated the property, which is to be sold,with the proceeds from the sale used to maintain, improve and further Western's academic programs andactivities with special attention to biology, chemistry and their related fields. Their son, ThomasHolzman, graduated from Western in 1974 with a bachelor of science degree in biology. He went on toearn a Ph.D. in biochemistry and has just completed post-doctoral studies at Texas A M University. Hecurrently is employed by the Upjohn Corporation. George Holzman retired from Shell Oil Company in1980 after managing Shell's Anacortes refinery for about a year. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and wasgeneral manager of all Shell refineries during the 1970s. The property is located in Anacortes and divided into eight lots, Sara Holzman said, from her home in Vancouver last Friday. "It's not waterfront property," she said, "It's primarily a rock with beautiful views of the Canadian Rockies and the Guemes Channel." She explained that her husband dealt with Western on different occasions and he felt that theproceeds from this land would help the school. Since their son was a graduate of Western, theyespecially hoped to help the areas he studied in. "This very generous gift by the Holzmans will provide acontinuing benefit to Western and its present and future students," said Western President G. RobertRoss. THE KOOKS â€” totally dance able doses of Ska, Reggae, and Calypso June 30th, July 1 2Find out why The Kooks have become Bellingham's most popular band.... $2 Cover Every Wed. nightenter The Twilight Zone - Hors d'oeuvres, Import Specials - $250 Pitchers and four continuous hours ofyour favorite Twilight Zones. Beginning at 8 p.m., every Wed. this July. No Cover!! Every Thurs. night isLadies Night. $1 cover for the ladies and $2.50 pitcher specials for all. July 7-9 tasteful contemporaryrock takes off with AIR TRAFFIC CONTROl] July 14-16 STOP â€” rock-n-roll with the Hideaway's mostpopular band CÂ°' ,e lt; \S # 0oW $2 FREE POOL WEDS.-SUN. 4-7 PM 1414 Cornwall, DowntownBellingham 647-0371 . North American Indian photos now on display By DON HUDDLESTON Acollection of rare photographs by Edward S. Curtis is currently on display in the Viking UnionGallery. The photographs are from the original portfolios of Curtis' 20- volume work, "The North Ameri;(can Indian". ' Curtis, who thought the American Indian was a vanishing race, began recording allavailable information about Indian culture in 1896. He estimated the project would take ten years. Afterten years, the enormous undertaking was not only unfinished, but Cur-itis had run out of money. Thelegendary J. Pierpont Morgan stepped in and financed the iremainder of Curtis' research. By 1930 theproject was completed. Curtis had studied more than 80 tribes and taken more than 40,000 pictures.The 20-volume set collected dust for 40 years after it was published. In 1971, the Pierpont Librarypresented a major exhibition pf Curtis' work. Curtis, who died in 1952 at age 84, was finallyrecognized. Nearly all of Curtis' exposures were made on glass or copper plates. The portfolios wereprinted on a special Japanese vellum, a fine parchment made of animal skin, and are in surprisinglygood condition. The Curtis exhibit is taken from the collection of Louis Flury and Company's Edward S.Curtis Gallery in Seattle. VU plays host to musical trio Music fills hour By HEIDI JO YEARGIN It's notfolk, jazz, classical, rock 'n roll or country. It's not simple to categorize, but it's easy to enjoy. It's themusic of Uncle Bonsai, the vocal trio performing at noon tomorrow in the Viking Union Plaza. UncleBonsai consists of three talented singers with a witty style of performing. The group blends many typesof music with comedy to entertain the audience in a humorous musical theater. Most of the trio'smaterial is original and backed-up by the able guitar-playing of Andrew Ratshin. Arni Adler and AshleyEichrodt provide their talented singing voices, as well as their vibrant personalities. Uncle Bonsai wil bethe second musical event in the summer quarter series of "Nooners" sponsored by the AssociatedStudents Summer Activities Program. Each Wednesday at noon, throughout the quarter, a free musicalperformance will take place in the VU plaza area. Some upcoming artists include the New EnglandFiddle Trio, Walter Zuber Armstrong and Linda Carlson. Tomorrow's performance is open to everyone.In case of rain the performance will take place in the VU Lounge. â€¢ I I c o Q. O u I I *-v OpenMike Thursday 8:00 p.m. KEGS to go Special $29.19 With Coupon â€” Expires July 16 **\^| BEECHHOUSE PUB X 113 E. Magnolia 733-3331 K'L, Beer Cups â€¢ Available (plus tax) â€¢ o o c â€¢o oI I MACT Hair Design HAIRCUT SPECIAL $10Â°Â° Includes: Shampoo, Cut Styled114Magnolia/Bellingham 676-8650 ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 4 ---------- 4 Western Front OPINION Tuesday, June 28,1983 Front Line Western's pitch to Oly pays offAdministrators and faculty members at Western have at least one reason to be happy this week. TheLegislature's recent injection of $1.9 million into the pocketbooks of Western's faculty will bring Westernone step closer to its goal of achieving parity with Eastern Washington University. More importantlyperhaps, faculty members will receive long-awaited raises. Administrators, faculty members and students who have spent long hours in Olympia convincing budget-weary lawmakers that Western deserves atleast equal funding among the regional universities now have seen their efforts pay off. The additionalmoney specially earmarked for Western's faculty is the direct result of Western's pitch to legislatorsabout the inequality of funding among state universities. Meanwhile, beleagured faculty memberssubsisting on salaries rapidly losing the race with inflation now have salaries that are â€” gasp, puff â€”lessening the distance. Not only do the salary boosts offer financial support, but moral and practicalencouragement as well. Legislators have recognized Western's unequal financial status by backing whatis any university's most vital resource: its faculty members. On the practical side, additional money willenable Western to attract exceptional instructors to its classrooms, as well as retain the outstandingmembers of Western's faculty. The salary increases are a good sign. At least we know that someonedown there is listening to someone u p h e r e . . . . In the meantime, however, this might be a good timefor students to ask their professors for a loan Get those cards and letters in Western's summerquarter hosts attendees from all levels of education, from freshmen through graduate students to teaching professionals come back for a few more credits of brushing up and fleshing out. Summer quarter, withabout one-third the enrollment of a traditional academic quarter, could perhaps be compared to a seminar class with the possibilities of discussion and close interaction enhanced by the smaller numbers ofstudents. A potentially valuable forum for ideas â€” easily accessible and widely read â€” is the Frontletters column. This past year, controversies ranging from the efficacy of Christianity to the fair treatmentof "air band" contestants have raged forweeks at a time, pitting students against each other with aminimum of third-party interference. Letters to the editor appear to most staffers here to be among thepaper's most-read features. Learn what's on the minds of fellow students â€” and to what extent. Enrichothers with the truths, large or small, you've gleaned from life. Write of subjects in or out of the Front.Address missives to the Opinion Editor, Western Front, College hall. Letters should be typed double-spaced and may go on for u p to 300 words. The Front can assume no responsibility for errors due toillegible handwriting. Letters must include the author's name, address and telephone number forverification. Letters may have to be edited to fit space and to correct grammar or spelling. We here,and your future readers out there, thank you. Western Front Gordon Weeks, Editor â€¢ Peggy Loetterle,Managing Editor Carolyn Casey, News Editor â€¢ Shaun McClurken, Opinion Editor Holly Smith, PhotoEditor â€¢ Margaret Carlson, Head Copy Editor Shelley McKedy, Dan Ramsay, Copy Editors MargieHaight, Vicki Siggs, Production Managers Robin Henley, Staff Artist â€¢ Masood Sahba, BusinessManager R. E. 'Ted' Stannard, Jr., Advisor Reporters: Don Huddleston, Vickie Jones, Jackie Spinks,Deanna Shaw, Stedem Wood, Heidi Jo Yeargin Ad Salespersons: Kamian Dowd, Greta Evans, LaurieRossman, Masood Sahba, Stacy Schill, Alan Wang. Editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Western Front editorial board: the editor, managing editor, news editor, opinion editor and head Copy editor.Signed commentaries and cartoons are the opinions of the authors. Guest commentaries are welcomed.Graphic by Robin Henley Beyond hearse curtain The boy's parents had mixed feelings about the hearse. Norman, the boy's father, knew his youngest son was prone to take on outrageous endeavors, andhoped Brian's obsession with the rather conspicuous vehicle would fade like the rest of his childhoodprojects. A scarring childhood experience involving a \ grandmother and a hearse caused the boy'sstepmother to be a bit wary of the 15-foot automobile parked behind her home. Both parents agreedthe coffin containing the skeleton of the old Indian woman had to go. The back porch was no place tostore a body, they said, and the car's former passenger was left to fend . for herself at the local haunted house. It wasn't that Brian was obsessed with death; on the contrary, he looked upon thepermanent sleep with great amusement, and treated the subject accordingly. Girls reluctant toenter the "deathmobile" were reminded that they eventually would take their last ride in one anyway.People who would marvel at the notoriety of the car and question the sanity of the driver , would beacknowledged with a Gordon Weeks Editor shrug and "it gets me around." But the car wasn't meant to t r a n s p o r t chicken-hearted females or gawky passersby. The , hearse was purchased from aHalloween haunted house to amuse Brian and his friends, and if gas was in the mammoth tank,everyone from the-girl at the McDonald's drive-in window to the local baseball team would be theirvictims. The sight of a black-curtained funeral car has strange effects on people. Most conjure images of Herman Munster or Edgar Allen Poe; a youngster, figuring this rare-looking automobile was of someimportance, saluted it. Death is the Great Unknown, and everyone wants to know what has lurked (or islurking) in the back-end of the over-sized Cadillac. But a hearse is nothing but a hollow symbol of death,a post-mortality formality. It doesn't matter to most whether the car is empty or not â€” to symbol-conscious Americans, the black car represents nothing but the Big Sleep and other nasty things. Briangets a kick out of watching others becoming disjointed by his flippant attitude toward a vehicle theybelieve should be treated solemnly. Other people try to raise reactions from folks by flashing emblemsthat bring rise to other feelings. The swastika, one of the ultimate signs of evil, is bound to producesome response. The cross, a symbol of both suffering and salvation, is another rouser. Some animalshave gained connotations, including the dove (peace), the owl (knowledge), the raven (evil) and thealligator (wealth, when applied to clothing). Even colors symbolize moods and imagery: white is pure,red fiery and pink fey. So what does all this have to do with a boy and his hearse? The black car, thesymbol of death, carries lighting equipment, the making of illumination. But no one thinks, or dares, tolook beyond the curtains. Words muddle intent The halls of academia, the filings of a governmentbureaucracy, two friends in a coffee shop â€” ail use the same raw resource: words. Language is oneof the elements that turned man from a monkey with a big head into a hairless ape with small teeth.Language has been a powerful friend; yet it is capricious enough to cause great friction, too. "I mean,you know, like . . ." How many times have you heard that and mentally slapped the speaker? Afundamental and.useful skill, communication is a great responsibility. Words can be fun andeducational. They can start wars, and, ' generally, end them. Words put men on the moon and a tigerin your tank. Words can hide as well as inform. How many times do you get an illuminating flash ofTruth, but bust caps trying to get the . basics across to your neighbor? We've taken it a long way, but.basically language is hideously inefficient. You gotta make the Shaun McClurken Opinion Editor bestof what you've got. Really clever operatives can use language's shortcomings to their advantage,directing perceptions as they choose: In a simpler time, the Department of Defense was known as theDepartment of War; the nuclear industry made friends last decade by devising phrases such as"energetic disassembly" to soften the impace of such cruel realities as explosions in power plants.Guard yourself. Political, commercial and religious tracts in particular are given to verbiage with highemotional reflex and shadowy definition. Here's a sample list of words to always distrust if clarification is not forthcoming: â€¢ rights, peace, free â€¢ it, them â€¢ liberal/conservative, left/right â€¢ religion â€¢relationship â€¢ any word ending in -ism, -ize, -ist; any word or phrase originating in California or agovernment organization. Twisted people can come up with twisted speech patterns: Ron Ziegler,President Nixon's press secretary, admitted at a press conference the administration had lied at anearlier press conference with "Our previous statements are now inoperative," and President Reagan,whose administration has raised not saying what you mean to dizzying new heights, has dubbed theMX intercontinental ballistic missile â€” by design the world's deadliest weapon â€” the"Peacekeeper." He wants you to know what he wants you to think. On a more mundane, day-today level, two phrases to beware this summer are: â€¢ "Now Only (dollar amount)" â€¢ "Plus Co-hit (movietitle)." ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 5 ---------- â€¢ Western Front 5 Tuesday, June 28, 1983 Senate bill passes; tech expansion due After years ofencouragement by the state Legisla- ~ ture, Western's technology department has plans to expand thisfall by offering classes in north Seattle. Clyde Hackler, coordinator of the new program, said he isreasonably confident the program will consist of three upper-division technology courses per quarter. Theclasses may be taught at Shoreline Community College because it has the equipment needed foradvanced machine-tool technology. This class, and other upper-division courses applicable to industrialtechnology degrees, currently are not available to students in Seattle. Since 1969, the Legislature hasbeen interested in expanding technology programs at all of the state's regional universities, Hackler said.In a 1979 state Senate resolution, legislators became more interested by stating that the threeuniversities had to extend their technology programs to previously unserved areas, he said. CentralWashington University was the first to comply with the resolution after it developed an in-house funding in 1982. Classes were offered in the Tri-Cities through Central's technology department. Western, however, had problems finding resources to offer the courses. Now, due to the recently passed Senate Bill3155, funding is available to all regional universities. The funds will go primarily toward paying instructors' salaries, Hackler said. Students will be charged an extra fee to pay for classroom rental and equipmentcosts, in addition to regular tuition. Instructors probably will be chosen from the Seattle area inindustry- government and education. Hackler, who recently stepped down as Western's technologydepartment chairman, will work part-time as the coordinator of the new program and will instruct part-time on Western's Bellingham campus. FRIENDLY CARDS! 1220 No. State Summer Students! G. J. K.CANDY CO. Come in for Goodies â€¢ Hand-Dipped Chocolates â€¢ Freshly Baked Greek Pastriesâ€¢ Ice Cream Refreshments Watch for Specials! 1219 Cornwall across from the Leopold # 676-5554 . WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE POST Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Monday for the Tuesday issue of Western Front. Announcementsshould be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, and sent through campus mail or brought inperson to the Publcatlons Office, Commissary 108. Do not address announcements directly to theWestern Front. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. All announcements should be signed by the originator. CORRECTION â€” THE ENGLISH COMPETENCY TEST has been rescheduled for thefollowing times, dates and new location: The test will be given from 4 to 5 p.m. Mon., July 11, and 4 to 5p.m. Thurs., July 14, In OM120. Advance signup with picture ID (driver's license/meal ticket card/passport) is required. Sign up in MH202 June 27 -through July 13. A fee of $5 will be payable on the day of the test. VIKING UNION SUMMER HOURS: The Viking Union will be open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and closed Saturday and Sunday during summer quarter. Hours for specificoffices/services are: â€” Information Desk, 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. â€” Administrative offices, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. â€” A.S. Print Shop, noon to 5 p.m. â€” Equipment Rental Shop, to be posted. â€” Music Room, 10a.m. to 3 p.m. â€” Art Gallery, to be posted. â€” The Grotto, closed for the summer. FOOD SERVICESUMMER HOURS: Food services are available Monday through Friday during summer session asfollows: â€” Viking Addition Coffee Shop, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. â€” Plaza Deli, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. * â€”Arntzen Hall Snack Bar, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. â€” Vending cart, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. THE SUMMER BOOK OF THE QUARTER is From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe. Classifieds Rates: 70$ per line (27characters) first insertion; 65$ per line each additional insertion. Deadline: Thursday noon for Tuesday'spaper and Tuesday noon for Friday's paper. Western Front office, College Hall Room 7, phone: 676-3161. Checks only, in advance SERVICES Rackets strung! Low rates, Badminton, Racquetball andTennis. Call Greg. 647-2239. Because of the Fourth of [ July weekend, The Front will be published nextWednes- [day. Regular Tuesday publication will continue the fol-llowing week. IN SELECTEDFRAMES, CLEAR GLASS, STANDARD LEN! 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As we shared our individual riding preferences, the sky, through the tiny tavern windows, became grayer. "I think it's going to sprinkle. Oh, well," victor Madrazo, 32, said. Like the third, member of ourhappenstance riding trio, Robert Ashworth, 28, victor still was game. But the weather would shorten theride for us. Funny, in Bellingham, a lot of bike rides get sprinkled on. Oh, well. We decided to take inthe forest scenery and bayside views on Chuckanut Drive Besides being beautiful, it's only a fifteen-minute dash to Tony's Coffee House (compensation for a likely drenching) from Larabee State Park,the midpoint on our 12-mile roundtrip. As we sipped our beers, Robert suggested we ride on theInterurban Trail, which parallels Chuckanut Drive, instead of taking the roadway. "Why not the road?"Icountered. "There's a lot of crummy corners on Chuckanut. It's a lot safer on the trail," Robert explained. Victor nodded appreciatively. Five minutes after leaving the tavern, we took our first break at the lookoutabove Boulevard Park. On the dock, below us, several teenagers were fishing. Half a dozen bicycles,and a dozen people dotted the grass fields. A soupy mist made the bay look sensuous. It's no wonderthat some folks never bike further than Boulevard Park, I thought. As we continued on Boulevard to Fair-, haven, staying within the stripped bike! lajne, I asked Robert what kind of bicycling-experiences he hadhad. "A few weeks ago I rode on 1-5 to Peace Arch Park (20 miles north) and I really enjoyed it. There'sall that shoulder just for me/like on Boulevard," Robert said. I asked victor the same question. "I just ridearound town," he answered. Robert, appearing ponderous, energized the mobile conversation. "I'm kindof philosophical about bicycling. I look at those students on the (Western) track running in circles for exercise. Then, they drive everywhere else. I like to ride everywhere. It's slower, but I enjoy it. and Iwaited at the top and sucked oranges. I scanned the vegetation around us for a place to throw theorange peels and recognized the familiar Chuckanut vegetation: alders and maples, an occasionalevergreen, lots of huge ferns, and a glacial boulder, blanketed with thick, bright green moss and babyferns. My peripheral vision spotted something I hadn't expected. A horse dung. It was fresh."HorsedungTlsaidtoRgbert. TVr^BrTaqJ^m/oSop^ look at those students on the (Western) track running in circles for exercise. Then, they drive everywhere else. I like to ride everywhere. It's slower, but I enjoyit. And I get lots of exercise." And I get a lot of exercise," Robert explained. We passed up a stop at the Fairhaven district, but couldn't resist the rose garden at Fairhaven Park, which marks the beginningof Chuckanut Drive. A few hundred feet south, at the playfield, 50 persons were watching a softball game, despite the constant rain. Rain? What rain? A few hundred yards past the park is the biggest hill weencountered. Patrick Vala, in The Whatcom County Bike Book, describes the hill as moderatelydifficult, an elevation gain of 150 feet over a few. hundred yards. "Oh, that monster hill," Victor mumbled. A brisk downhill run led us to the turnoff for the Interurban Trail, California Street, a hundred feet past theChuckanut Store. The California Street hill is less than a hundred feet long, but also is very steep., victor walked his bike up the hill; Robert. "I see horses here sometimes. But mostly joggers. I don't mind that," Robert said, meaning the defecation. "It's just the dogs. They chase me. There's a few houses along the trail. The first leg of the trail was a sharp downslope. I discovered one disadvantage of bicycling on thetrail: loose gravel can throw a bicyclist if he's not careful. My companions recognized this, too. We rodeslowly, but the pace seemed to match the calm, solemn mood of the forest. Along the trail weencountered two fairytale waterfalls and several large sandstone cliffs, revealing glacial folding typical of Chuckanut rock. After an hour we stopped a mile short of Larabee Park, where we were to drop toChuckanut Drive, victor and I were ready to head back It was beginning to rain even harder. Robertreminded us of the promised views of Chuckanut Bay and the San Juan Islands.; We back-tracked, riding twice as fast as we came. Gravel flew from our tires. Damn Gravel. It would be more fun on a bicycle-motocross or mountain bike, though. It took only fifteen minutes to return to California Street. Robert ledus back to the Chuckanut Store and then veered right, a few yards past the store, onto Old SamishRoad. The final leg of the journey, the final leg before the warm coffee at Tony's, began on the south sideof the road, just past the intersection. The trailhead was a tiered, muddy set of switchbacks. We walkedour bikes up. At the top, Robert pointed out a large concrete slab that jutted from the natural landscape. "The Interurban Trail used to be the old railway. It went through to Seattle," Robert explained. The finalmile or so of the trip was different than the previous section. The path was narrower and cut throughovergrown fields dotted with apple trees (at this writing the apples were a few inches across). Weraced past the wet fields until we reached Valley Parkway where it meets 24th Street. As we began tonegotiate traffic, on the way to Tony's, Robert's mood became more somber. Those cars were intrudingagain. At Tony's the thought of crisp apples, which would be ripe early this year, floated in and out of my mind, as I sipped coffee. Images of the mist over the bay and the foothills, green forest and waterfallsand a snapshot image of dew condensed on a maple leaf all decorated my imagination. Then, Iremembered, it hadn't been raining for some time. Somewhere between California Street and Tony's ithad stopped raining and no one had bothered to mention it. ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 7 ---------- Western Front 7 Tuesday, June 28,1983 m The Stratton family already knew the wine-producingpotential of the land when they began growing grapes in the Nobksack Valley. The lush river valley,protected by Mount Baker and other surrounding peaks, provided the ideal growing conditions forWhatcom County's only winery. "The area has had a long history of having good ground," horticulturistJim Hildt said. "Al Stratton grew up in Everson, and he knew of the land since he was a kid. It wasalready under our noses." In 1978, Albert Stratton, following a 24-year stint as a military surgeon,began planting his vineyards with early-ripening grape varieties that would later become the first harvestof the Mount Baker Vinevards in the fall of 1982. The company's 20 acres will yield two to eight tons ofgrapes per acre, or 320 to 1,250 gallons of juice. "It's unusual for all the grapes to be grown by thewinery," Mary Taylor, assistant business manager, said. "We like to experiment with a lot of differentwines. Most people use tried-and-true methods, but not these guys." Stratum's interest in wine-makingbegan with the gift of a home winemaking kit from his family. For seven years, Stratton was thewinemaker for the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Unit of Washington StateUniversity at Mount Vernon. He perfected his winemaking skills and became aware of the commercial potential of many unusual grape varieties from England, France, Austria and Hungary. WhatcomCounty has the same latitude as the wine regions of Germany and the Champagne areas of France.. An average of 210 frost-free k days each year is part of the 1 key to the abundant grape production. Yet the climate varies enough for the grapes , one mile west of the winery to 1 ripen a week before the crop infront of the company; the fruit will not grow two miles to the east. The harvest begins in late August andearly September. The grapes are crushed in small basket presses, the juice flows into work tanks,which â€¢ can hold up to three tons of grapes. The juice then is poured into large stainless steel tanks,yeasts are added and the fermentation process begins. The winery uses both From humble beginningsto grand endings. Grapes ripen in the misty sunlight of the Nooksack Valley. This crop won't be ready until September, but in the meantime, a visitor enjoys the fruits of previous harvests. champagneyeasts and a "Davis" yeast that was developed at the University of California. As the yeast bodiesfeast upon the sugar of the grapes, alcohol is produced as a by-product. The steel tanks, the largest2,365 gallons, are full from October to December. The wine is bottled through the winter months. thewine in stainless steel tanks rather than wood, Taylor said. "Wood is a pain in the ass," she said."Every time you move the wine, you have to clean the barrels. We just use wood for the aging process." Oak chips are added to the wine to impart the flavor that traditionally is acquired from oak barrels. Andas one tourist suggested, that's what makes the wine "oak-k." The Mount Baker Vineyards, just 11miles east of Bel-lingham on Mount Baker Highway, is housed in a one-story structure, which serves as a warehouse, production room, bottling room and a tasting area. "It's a small outfit, and we make thebest use of space that we can," Taylor said. The majority of work done on the design and construe-^tion of the 5,000 square foot 5 winery was accomplished by Hildt and the Stratton family. The winery has a 20,000 gallon production capability and currently produces 13,500 gallons of wine. The MountBaker Vineyards specialize in white wines and currently employs 20 different kinds of grapes, althoughthe company is experimenting with 40 varities. Six varietal wines are availa-, ble for sale, ranging fromdry dinner wines such as the Okanogan Riesling at $6.50 a bottle to the winery's own "Crystal Rain"selections at $3.00. They also offer fruit wines made from apples ($3.25) and cherry plums ($4.25).Although the wine is availa- . ble in Whatcom County stores, it is distributed more widely in Seattle.Mount Baker wine is served in Spokane and as far south as Tacoma. Visitors in the tasting room areadvised first to examine the clarity and brilliance of the wine and aerate it by swirling the glass.Patrons then are asked to "stick (their) noses in the glass and take a strong whiff...half of the taste issensed through the nose," Taylor said. The wine then is' sipped to coat the entire tongue and visitors are told to breathe back through their noses to capture the full flavor of the wine. Hildt said he doesn't seeany other wineries popping up in Whatcom County in the hear future. "Everyone will be watching us fora while," he said. "We're a pretty unique organization, and it takes a lot of commitment to takesomething like this on; there's a lot of time and money involved." And what do the neighbors think about having a winery in the area? "It's fun for them," Hildt said. "In a few days we're going to have a largegarage sale, and all the neighbors will come along and drink some wine. "We intend to keep it a smallfamily winery." The Mount Baker Vineyards is located on Mount Baker Highway. From Iâ€”5 take ex/7255 and follow the highway 11 miles to the winery. Currently tours are being given infor-.. mally. Thevineyards are open from eleven to sz'x, Wednesday through Sunday. k. ---------- Western Front - 1983 June 28 - Page 8 ---------- 8 Western Front Tuesday, June 28,1983 Summer Film Schedule Sweet Bird of Youth July 11 ArntzenHall 100 6:30 Paul Newman plays Chance Wayne, a gigolo all consumed with his ambition to become abig Hollywood star. He preys oft a "fallen star" who is growing old and afraid of the future. The full gamut of human relations â€” love, ambition, hatred, lust, cruelty and hypocrisy are savagely revealed. 1962,120 minutes, color. Directed by Richard Brooks with Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley and Rip Torn. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof July 11 Arntzen Hall 100 9 p.m. Tennessee Williams' searing account of aprominent Southern family. Newman portrays an ex-football star who finds frustration, greed andsexual repression at every turn. Burl Ives recreates his Broadway role as "Big Daddy" â€¢ whileElizabeth Taylor gives a smoldering performance as Maggie, the rejected wife. 1958, 108 minutes,color. Directed by Richard Brooks with Judith Anderson and Jack Carson. West Side Stoiy July 18LH.4 6:30 9 p.m. Leonard Bernstein's score, Stephen Sondheim's lyrics and Jerome Robbins'choreography combine to form an utterly distinct movie experience. Adapting the conflict of "Romeoand Juliet" to the rivalry of New York City street gangs, this movie is unmatched in cinematic brilliance.Ten academy awards attest to its status as an artistic masterpiece. 1961, 152 minutes, color. Directedby Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins with Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno and GeorgeChakiris. Tron July 25 A. H. 100 6:30 9 p.m. Jeff Bridges stars as a computer expert/inventor whofinds himself actually zapped inside a computer where lie is forced to do battle with electronicwarriors. The special effects alone are worth seeing. TRON is a topsyturvy world of fantasy images,a parade with stunning graphics and dizzying motion. Like Dorothy arriving in Oz, hero Bridges findshimself in a strange new world as he becomes a tiny prisoner inside computer CIRCUITRY and planshis escape from this electronic maze. A Disney classic that entrhalls both young and old whilepushing new technology to the limit. 1982, 96 minutes, color. Directed by Steve Lisberger with JeffBridges, Bruce Box-leitner, David Warner and Cindy Morgan. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's NestAugust 1 L.H.4 6:30 9 p.m. For the first time in 42 years, in 1975, one film swept all the majorAcademy Awards. Ken Kesey's novel of the '60s anticipated not only the rebellion of that decadeTICKLE TOUR mSTEBlDS I Tantalizing taste treats, terrific for tight budgets. Check out our hotluncheon pizza and cool salad bar. You'll see what we mean. A totally awesome deal! And fast Ready in 5 minutes or its Free â€”NO Gag. Take a friend and go for it! Godfather's Pizza Five minutes beginwhen you place your order. Offer good 11 am to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on a limited selection ofmini pizzas NOW OPEN 119 North Samish Way Bellingham, WA 98225 671-4004 FREET-SHlRfTHurry while supply lasts! Buy one large pizza and get one T-shirt free! Just bring in this coupon!Coupon available only at â€¢ So. Bellingham location. Limited number of sizes available. Not good withany other offer. but the subsequent repression of the early '70s as well. Jack Nicholson as R. P.McMurphy has himself committed to a mental hospital where he attempts to wake up the otherpatients to the fact that the difference between sanity and insanity is just society's attempt to stifleindividualism. Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched is there to confound McMurphy's efforts at every turn.1975, 134 minutes, color. Directed by Milos Forman with Will Sampson and Brad Dourif. EverythingYou Always Wanted to Know About Sex August 8 L.H.4 6:30 9 p.m. A recklessly absurd look at sex as only Woody Allen could conceive it. His thoughts on everything from premature ejaculation tobeastiality, to a giant breast ravaging the countryside, make this a hilarious version of the birds-and-the-bees. 1972, 88 minutes, color. Directed by Woody Allen with John Carradine, Gene Wilder, TonyRandall, Burt Reynolds and Lynn Redgrave. The Formula August 15 L.H. 4 6:30 9 p.m. SteveShagan's best-selling novel concerning a secret Nazi formula for producing cheap super-efficient fuel forWorld War II provides the story line for this tight thriller. George C. Scott stars as the detective whostumbles onto this secret while investigating the death of a Los Angeles couple. His investigationleads him to a ruthless oil magnate, Marlon Brando, who may hold the key to the mystery. Brandoportrays the very personification of the crafty and immoral mogul. 1980, 117 minutes, color. Directed byJohn G. Avidsen with Marthe Keller and John Gielgud. Monday Movies is sponsored by Western'sAssociated Students Summer Activities Program. Films cost $1.50. "If you can find a better weeklypublication at Western, buy itI" LOST AND FOUND SALE on June 30,1983 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PMin V.U., Room 408 * I Student Health Service Summer Hours: Office Open 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nurses'Clinic Hours: 8:30-11:00 a.m.; 1-3 p.m. General health care including: well health conferences, bloodpressure, suture removal, dressing change, minor emergencies, pregnancy test with appropriatereferral, etc. Student Health Insurance Friday, July 8 Last Day to Enroll WWU Student EmergencyIllness Injury Insurance Approved by Student Health Service Committee Student $21/qtr Student Dependent $46/qtr Pay at Cashier OM245 Hours: 9-4PPPPP
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1994_1007 ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 1 ----------W//SOn Library Archives Breaking free Area secessionists circulate petition to split from WhatcomCounty â€” Page 8. domesticating JCate Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew" arrives at Bellingh
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Show more1994_1007 ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 1 ---------- W//SOn Library Archives Breaking free Area secessionists circulate petition to split from WhatcomCounty â€” Page 8. domesticating JCate Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew" arrives at Bellingham'sAllied Arts Theatre â€” Page 11. Kiss 'em goodbye Former Bellingham Mariner owner Jerry Walkerexplains the team's area uprootal â€” Page 16. The Western Front WESTERN WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY FRIDAY â€” OCTOBER 7,1994 VOLUME 90, ISSUE 5 New degree tough, but worth itStudent tests academic theories in real life; 'sometimes theory doesn't work' By Dana Goodwin Frontreporter Management students have a unique opportunity at Western â€” especially if they're planning on working in the manufacturing field. The manufacturing management program in the College ofBusiness and Economics combines traditional business courses with those in engineering andtechnology, providing students with a better understanding of all aspects of business, said PeterHaug, an associate professor in the management department. "When they come out, they'll have avery solid foundation in the engineering/ technology side, the manufacturing/operation side, the leadership side, as well as all the other general business background," Haug said. "We feel they will be very strong contenders in the marketplace." In 1989, Haug and his colleague, Mark Springer, set up the OperationsManagement Advisory Board to include industry representatives. Haug said they felt it wasnecessary to include manufacturing executives in curriculum development. "As the advisory board met andreviewed the curriculum, they felt that the traditional bachelor of arts in business with aconcentration in operations management, while well-designed in terms of what it provided students,was insufficient in terms of the engineering background and managerial leadership skills," Haug said. Rather than re-vamp the operations management concentration, he said the advisory board suggested designing a new bachelor of science degree in manufacturing management. Western is one of only 10schools in the nation to offer the new degree. Haug said the one-year-old program is tough and takesmore time to complete than traditional degrees. A key component to the program is the amount ofindustry-based work experience required. Haug said students are required to complete six months ofwork experience, which usually works out to be two three- See Degree, page 2 The worms crawl in, theworms crawl out They also enjoy our garbage Front/Craig Stephens Recycling center volunteer Chester Zeller has friends in low places. Financial aid options growing By Craig Stephens Front reporter"You're worm food, buddy." This could mean two things; someone is either about to become part of thedeath-toll in an action movie or part of the Associated Students recycling center's vermiculturecomposting project. Vermiculture composting uses the earthworm's digestive process to quickly convertfood waste into fertilizer. Chester Zeller, a recycling center volunteer, proposed the project to recyclingcenter coordinator Richard Neyer last fall and began the project relying on his own experience invermiculture composting. Zeller said the process, is simple. . Food waste is shredded and combinedwith newspaper and laid inside four-foot square bins. The earthworms are added and they begin toconsume the "bedding," creating their waste, called "castings," he said. Cornmeal is later used tobring the worms to the surface. Ironically, the waste becomes as toxic to the worms as it does tohumans, Zeller said. The compost is finally heat-sterilized to kill seeds and make it fit for use inagriculture. Zeller said it is considered by many to be the best fertilizer available. Zeller and Neyer saidthey plan to expand the project from its current pilot status, but must first determine the mostefficient food waste-to-output ratio. "Research needs to be done to find out the protocol for the leastamount of space to do the project," Zeller said. "We're not the only school to have limited space oncampus." Other universities, such as The Evergreen State College, have similar programs, but large-scale models are not yet available. Zeller said two pounds of worms convert one pound of food wasteinto compost in a 24-hour period. Experimentation will reveal the maximum amount of worms per square foot connected to the maximum yield per day. Zeller's goal is to have a usable product every 48 hours.Inspired by their work, the worms will multiply by 100 percent every three months, he said. Currently, the Fairhaven Dining Hall provides about 35 pounds of food waste a week. Zeller and Neyer estimate each campus din- See Worms, page 6 By Brett Davis Front reporter Western students now have moreoptions when it comes to paying back financial aid because of recent policies developed by the Clintonadministration. Kathleen Sahlhoff, director of Student Financial Resources, said as part of the NationalService Act instated this summer, students can pay back school loans by participating in communityservice. Under theplan, students work for oneyearatminimumwagebutreceive a bonus when the year isup. A stipend is a fixed sum of money paid periodically for service or to defray expenses. n "They can apply the stipend toward school expenses, to pay a loan or for loan forgiveness," Sahlhoff said. TheNational Service Act is part of President Clinton's Ameri- Corps plan, a domestic version of the PeaceCorps, made up of 20,000 volunteers. The new structure of these student loar programs is designed to save money while easing debt pressure on students by allowing them to choose low-payingcommunity work. The goal of the National Service Act is to get students involved in service andreduce student indebtedness, Sahlhoff said. Since the program is so new, See Money, page 6Parking passes offered to some Conimuter lot parking per-r mits arebeingoffered to someof the morethan 300 students on the waiting list, said Ann Wallace, parking services manager. "We're lettingthem know by mail and by phone "she said The number of new passes me parking office will offer wasnotavailableThursday, she said More than 10,000 students enrolled at Western this quarter. Thecampus has approximately 3,000 student parking spaces. Formoreinformation about parking call 650-2945. ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ NEWS The Western Front â€” October 7, 1994 Campus Police Oct. 4, 11 p.m.: A student inMathes Hall was cited for having marijuana in his possession. An officer smelled the odor while patrollingMathes. He contacted the resident and impounded the pipe and marijuana. Oct. 5, noon: A womanreported her wallet had been stolen from her office in the Viking Union. Oct. 6,3:19 a.m.: A man in theViking Union heard a loud crashing noise in the third and fourth floors but did not locate the cause of thenoise. He later found the fourth floor skylight broken in the hallway. The man stated he had seen threeyoung people outside prior to hearing the noise, but he could not describe them. Bel ling ham Police Oct 5,7:41 p.m.: Two men were arrested for attempting to flee a business, located in the 3600 block of ByronAve., without paying for their meals. The men were apprehended by employees when the get-away carwould not start. Oct 5,11:09 p.m.: Police were called to a domestic dispute in the 1200 block of N.Garden St. Neighbors had called 9-1-1 when a couple started arguing and the neighbors saw blood on one person's face. The officers contacted the couple, who said one of them had fallen down earlier and gotten a bloody nose, and the argument was over whether or not to go to the hospital for treatment. Oct 6,12:34 a.m.: A clerk at a convenience store in the 1100 block of Iowa St. reported a man wearing a stripedstocking cap and a camouflage army coat stole five mini-cartons of cigarettes. He fled in a red car. Thesuspect was not apprehended and the merchandise was not recovered. Oct 6,10:15 p.m.: A woman inthe 2400 block of E St. reported what she thought might be someone outside her bathroom window.Officers checked the area and found no evidence of attempted entry. Cops Box compiled by Front reporter Dana Goodwin. College officials ask industry for advice Degree continued from page 1 monthinternships. "We're looking at a student probably taking, realistically, four-and-a-half to five years tocomplete the program because, unlike abusiness degree program, that's about 180 credits, this is 191credits," Haug said. "Six months of industry experience adds some time as well." Erick Nelson, a senior who will graduate from the program in June, worked at Alliant Tech Systems in Everett this summer.While there, Nelson said he worked on a team responsible for' bringing Alliant Tech's operations up tocompliance with the government's Material Management Accounting Standards. Nelson waspreviously a production and operations management major, but he said switching to the newprogram was worth it. The requirement for six months of work experience will give him an edge once heenters the work force, he said. The internships are also useful for getting "hands-on" experience, he added. "You have the ability to translate the theory you learn in the classroom to real life situations,"he said. "You see how sometimes theory doesn't work." Haug said students who graduate with thisdegree will be well-prepared to enter the work force because industry managers had a hand in designingit. "The advisory board worked with (Springer) and me over the space of about two years ... and basedon what industry defined as what they wanted as the output, we determined what should be thenecessary input," Haug said. The proposal, completed in April of 1991, was passed through theAcademic Coordinating Commission inNovember of 1992 and was approved by the Higher EducationCoordinating Board in September, 1993. Western Briefs Faculty perform Saturday night at VillageBooks Western faculty will entertain at 7:30 Saturday night, at Village Books, 1210 11th St. KathrynAnderson and Michael Burnett, both of Fairhaven College, will join history professor Alan Gallay toread from and give performance readings from Gallay's book, "Voices of the Old South: EyewitnessAccounts 1528-1861." Film takes a gritty look at young life on the streets "Streetwise" will be presented by the Associated Students Fall Film Series at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Sunday in Arntzen Hall 100. Directedby Martin Bell, the 1985 film shows life on the streets of downtown Seattle through the eyes of youngpeople. A band of teenagers survives as pimps, prostitutes, panhandlers, drug users and hustlers. It'sa real-life look at life on the streets. Admission is $2. Call 650-6130 for more information. Biologyseminar features grad student presentation Graduate student Sharon Riggs will speak at a biologyseminar at 4 p.m. Monday in Haggard Hall 368. Her presentation will be on "The Effect of Hypoxia atThree Temperatures on Photosynthesis in Intertidal Eelgrass Zostera marina Leaves." Refreshments will be available at 3:50 p.m. The presentation will be open to the campus community. Blood drivepumps life to those who need it most Western's quarterly blood drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. next Tuesday and Wednesday in the Viking Union Main Lounge. All donors are welcome, butthose with O-positive and O-negative blood are urgently needed. Western's blood drives account foran average of more than 1,000 donations to the community. Western is one of the largest donorgroups in the ,11 -county region served by Puget Sound Blood Center. Call coordinator Jo Sandberg formore information at 650-2961. Sale brings 'fine art' to campus for a week The Associated StudentProductions poster sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Monday to Friday in the VikingUnion Lounge. The sale will feature reproductions of fine art, such as paintings and photographs.Prices will average about $10 per poster. Volunteers needed to help with music performances TheFairhaven Musician's Coalition is looking for volunteers interested in helping to produce live musicperformances. People are needed to perform, organize, advertise and otherwise assist with theperformances. Contact Burke Mulvany at 647-8392 for more information. Campus phone numbers soonto be easier to find Students, staff and faculty can soon let their fingers do the walking when they needto find a campus phone number. The '94-'95 campus directory will be released within the first two weeks of November. Directories will be distributed to all offices, departments and residences on campus, aswell as the Birnam Wood apartments. Directories will not be sent to students living off campus. Extracopies will be available in the Viking Union. No major alterations in content are expected for thedirectory this year, but the '95-'96 directory may include electronic-mail addresses for faculty and staff. Awareness of alcohol promoted in October The Alcohol Awareness Center is sponsoring a car crashdisplay and a visit from a Washington state trooper as part of the activities planned for AlcoholAwareness Week, Oct. 17-21. The wrecked car will be displayed to illustrate the possibleconsequences of driving while intoxicated. The state trooper will be on hand to explain the currentchanges in the Washington state drinking and driving laws and the penalties they entail. WWU OfficialAnnouncements Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Friday for the Tuesday edition andnoon Wednesday for the Friday edition. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten orlegibly printed, and sent through campus mail to "Official Announcements,'' MS-9117, fax 7287, or takenin person to Commissary. 113A. DO NOT ADDRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THEWESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. All announcements should be signedby originator. PLEASE POST â€¢ STUDENTS PLANNING TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING BIOLOGYCOURSES winter quarter should complete a course request form, available outside HH 351, between Oct. 10-28: Biol 201, 202, 203, 321 324, 340, 345, 397, 445d, 445e, 445f, 490. Returne forms to appropriateinstructor's mailbox, HH 351. The course reservation process is for all students, not just for majors.Permission (add) codes must be picked up in the Biology Office between Nov. 7-9. Codes not picked upon these days will be destroyed. â€¢ HEALTH CARE REPRESENTATIVES ON CAMPUS: â€¢ Navy LtDoug Robert will discuss requirements and applications for medical school scholarships from 11 a.m.-1p.m. Tuesday. Oct. 11. in CB 260/270. â€¢ Kate Rogers, an alumnus of WSU's vetennary medicineschool, will present information about Washington State's program from 4-5:30 p.m. Oct 12 in HH 268.â€¢ PLANNING IS UNDER WAY FOR A HEALTH SCIENCES CLUB for students interested in health careprofessions. Contact Jon Cohen, 650-2654, Theron Eirish, 650-2496, Scott Rennie, 650-9525, BrianWilliamson, 650-4318, or Sarah Williamson, 650-9525. â€¢ LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR CREDIT BYEXAM is Oct. 21. Contact the Testing Center, OM120. â€¢ JWE PREP: To help students prepare for theJWE, the Writing Center offers a summary writing workshop throughout the quarter, as follows: 4-6 p.m.Mondays, 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m. Wednesdays. Sign up in the Writing Center. WL342. 650-3219.â€¢ DEADLINE IS OCT. 17 FOR 1995 RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS at Oxford University. Contact Dr. LouisTrushel, HU207, 650-2967. â€¢ THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY FOREIGN STUDY meeting for allinterested in applying for the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP). Sessions are 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wed., Oct. 12, in OM530B. â€¢ WINTER QUARTER DEGREE APPLICANTS: All students whoexpect to graduate at the close of winter quarter must have a senior evaluation on file in the Registrar'sOffice. OM 230, by Dec. 2. Degree applications are available in OM 230. â€¢ DEADLINE FOR PAYMENTOF. TUITION AND FEES is (today) Friday. Oct. 7. If you an? canceled for non-payment, you will still oweat least half tuition. â€¢ JUNIOR WRITING EXAM Fall test dates are: ftrsi-time examinees only, 8 a.m. in Lecture Hall 2 on Oct. 11. 13 and 20, and 3 p.m. in Lecture Hall 4 on Oct. 17,19 and 21. Retests only are at 8 a.m. in Lecture Hall 2 on Oct. 18 and at 3 p.m. in Lecture Hall 4 today (Oct. 7) and Oct. 12.Admittance is first-come, first-served. Students are cautioned not to wait until the last few days to take the test. Testing takes about two hours. Students will not be admitted without photo ID. Bring a pen andnumber 2 pencil to the test. â€¢ THE MATH PLACEMENT TEST is offered Mondays on Oct. 10,17, 24,31 and Nov. 7,14, 21 and 28 and Thursdays on Oct. 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3,10,17 and Dec. 1. â€¢ LASTDAY TO DROP A CLASS or change to or from pass/no pass is Friday, Oct 14. â€¢ FOUR ELECTRONICREADER BOARDS and calendars of events are located in the Viking Union, Viking Addition, theAssociated Students Bookstore. Forms are available from the AS Publicity Center, VU 114, or callX/7278. Messages must be 65 words or less submitted seven days prior to running. Printed calendarinformation must be submitted to the Information Coordinator VU 202-F1, by the first of the month twomonths prior to the month In which the event occurs. To display posters on controlled bulletin boards,submit five copies to the Information Coordinator. For a list of free posting boards, contact VU 202. On-Campus Interviews â€ž...â€ž,. To participate in on-campus interviews, graduating seniors and alumnimust be registered for career services^ f ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j L 1 ^ * desk in OM 280. Establishing a placementfile is optional for all but education candidates. There is no charge for current seniors (1994-95 graduates), alumni must pay a $15 fee. For more information about interview procedures, contact CSC, OM 280. â€¢Deloltte Touche, no campus interviews. Submit resume and company data sheet by October 11. In-house interviews planned Oct. 24-25. Requires BA in accounting by August. 1995. â€¢ Smith, Stapp Co. Preselect. Submit resume, cover letter, transcript and CIF by Oct. 11. Check with CSC, OM 280,about a week after deadline. â€¢ University of San Diego Lawyers Assistant Program, Wednesday. Oct.12.11 am.-1 p.m. only. Three-month and nine-month post-baccalaureate certificate programs. Sign uprequired. ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 3 ---------- October 7,1994 â€” The Western Front NEWS â€¢ 3 ing beyond Bellingham's borders Regional wall,across a courtyard and into the apartment of a 75-year-old woman, who found a bullet hole in herkitchen wall and called Attorney General Janet Reno said the $43 million installment will go to sevenstates that house the vast majority of aliens Swedish company Nordstrom and Thulin told itsshareholders not to worry, because the ship was well-insured. 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The Merest mte is wriaMe, based m (becomme^ mentpenalty The monthlypayment shown assumes no deferment oj'prmlt;^ or interest.Stuaentsnmy deferprmi^lpayments up to 4 ym ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 4 ---------- NEWS From burgers to lattes The Western Front â€” October 7,1994 If you have the need, Westernhas the feed By Melanie Moore Front reporter With more than 10,000 students on campus, where tofind decent food at a decent price is always an issue. Can anything replace mom's cookin'? Probablynot, but a tour of the Viking Union eateries shows how Food Services is trying. Hour after hour, day afterday, the Viking Union eateries supply all kinds of products that students and staff need to make itthrough another day. Not only are certain products, such as sandwiches and coffee, available at alllocations, but specialty items are available at each eatery. Many of the eateries underwent majorchanges over the summer. Most of those changes deal with hours of operation and introduction ofnew products. Perhaps the biggest transformation is the conversion of the Plaza Deli from a specialtysandwich shop to a submarine sandwich format where the same amount of money nets more grub. "We wanted to give customers better value," said Kim Bachman, Food Services retail manager. "A half-subcosts about the same as a whole sandwich did â€” and it has more food." Of course more food for thesame price comes with a minor hitch. "Expect a line," said Shandra Wilcox, who works at the deli. "Ittakes us longer to make a sub than it did the old sandwiches. There's more food on it." Bachman saidthe bread used in the deli is now baked fresh every morning on Western's campus. Before the changes,bread for the deli had to be ordered from stores and wasn't as fresh. There are nine different subs on the menu, as well as a variety of bread items and drinks. Most of the subs cost around $2.59 for a half-sandwich, and $3.84 for a whole. A "Daily Combo" is also available for $4.39, which includes any half-sub, chips and a soda. One floor down in the Coffee Shop is the new home of the health-conscious Stir-Fry Bar. The bar used to be on the fourth floor of Viking Addition, a somewhat cumbersome locale(theplaza level is actually the sixth floor and the numbers go downward from there). "It was expensive tooperate down there," Bachman said. "But we didn't want to lose it because it is an excellent vegetarianoption. People just couldn't find it, so we made room in the Coffee Shop." The bar offers a build-your-own plate, as well as the traditional sticky rice and tofu. In the tradition of fast-food restaurants everywhere,the Coffee Shop also sells burgersâ€”many are available in "Super Value Combos." They include achoice of burger, fries, and a soda. Most run about $3.69, depending on the type of burger in the combo. Some students find the number of choices agreeable. "The Coffee Shop is one of the best-tastingplaces on campus," said Meara Conway, a junior. "I think they have a good variety. You can smell thestir-fry as soon as you go down the stairs." Bigfoot's Bistro is another eatery in the area, featuring pooltables. Located on the third floor, the easiest way to get there is to take the elevator down. Afterreceiving input from customers, Bachman said it was decided to readjust the bistro's hours. It nowopens daily at 3 p.m., staying open until 11 p.m. ness major. "All of my classes are in Parks Hall and Idon't have time between classes. "The Arntzen cart is quick and convenient." Across campus in MillerHall, facing Red Square, sits Miller's Coffee House. Along with the Coffee Shop, it is one of the most-frequented eateries. "I get a bagel and a coffee here nearly every morning," said senior Bryce Hanson. "I like the Coffee House a lot, although I still think the prices are outrageous." Theonly changes tohitMiller's is the introduction of several new bakery products. Bachman said scones, new varieties ofmuffins, raspberry marzipan and a "delicious" creation called a hazelnut currant cookie are in theCoffee House's immediate future. There is also a new coffee mug featuring a unique design thatmealcard inside. Plus, it's a much more convenient size and better value than mugs in the past." The old mugs held 20 ounces of brew and could be refilled for the price of a 16-ounce coffee â€” giving thecustomer four ounces free. The new mugs are 16 ounces, and can be refilled for the price of a 10-ouncedrink â€” giving six ounces free. Bachman said Western is known for its serious coffee drinkers. "Wehad been working with Starbucks to come up with a blend that satisfies Western students," she said."We tried their House, Yukon, and Java blends but none were extremely well-liked. "Finally Starbuckssuggested Sumatra, a strong hearty blend. It sits in your mouth, which is what real coffee drinkers like.Of course Western loves it, and we've stopped experimenting." Lines often form outside Plaza Deliaround lunchtime. Popular demand has also brought espresso back to the bistro. "Nothing else oncampus is open this late offering espresso," Bachman said. Regarding espresso, last spring the cartlocated in front of Carver Gym was moved to its current location outside Arntzen Hall, providingstudents on the southern end of campus a place to get a lift. "I really like having it there," said SarahMichael, a senior busi- Starbucks created exclusively for Western. It has a colorful coffee mug with"WWU" written above it. But Bachman said that's not the most special feature. "It has a removablebottom so you can put your money or your Front/Daniel McLeod To promote their eateries and the newchanges, the Viking Union is giving away an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Disneyland in a drawing onOct. 17. 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ZOWEE gt; Weekdays: 11 am - 10 pm Sundays: 12 noon - 8 pmExtreme ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 5 ---------- October 7,1994 â€” The Western Front is to piov.de * B ' ol ,toe, at *etoÂ« ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 6 ---------- 6 â€¢ NEWS The Western Front â€” October 7,1994 Plan would cut banks out of student loan processMoney continued from page 1 Sahlhoff said there hasn't been much student reaction. Four Westernstudents participated in the community service program during the summer, she said. Direct loanprograms may be another option for students in the future, she said. The Federal Student Loan OverhaulProgram, passed last year by Congress, prepares the way for the government to introduce a newprogram this fall. Sahlhoff said Western is not among the first 104 colleges to use the plan but sees itcoming here in the future. Under this program, loan payments-are based on a percentage of the student's income rather than the amount of the total loan. The idea is to eliminate banks and other privatelenders from the loan process, thereby saving money by reducing fees and providing more efficientservice, Sahlhoff said. According to statistics published by U.S. News World Report, 95 percent of all student loans this year will go through banks. But the federal government hopes to become the primarylender in the program. Another change in federal lending lets students stretch out loan repayment for upto 30 years. The former limit was 10 years. Western participates in the Perkins, Stafford and PLUSfederal loan programs. The interest rates on these loans varies from 5 percent to 9 percent depending on the program, Sahlhoff said. Perkins loans are low-interest loans of up to $3,000 for needy students.Stafford loans are low-interest loans from the federal government that are not necessarily need-based.PLUS loans allow parents to borrow up to the full cost of their child's education less other forms offinancial aid received by the student. For more information call 650-3470 or visit Student FinancialResources in Old Main 240. Get connected â€¢â€¢read** The Western Front Recycling programgetting bazaar in search of creative ways to save Worms continued from page 1 ing hall will eventuallyyield six tons each quarter. The potential is there to recycle 100 percent of the campus food waste,they said. Neyer said disposing of the campus's food waste currently costs $120 per ton. Althoughfigures aren't available for domestic markets, Zeller said worm castings in Germany sell for about $400 a ton. He said worms are so valuable in Germany, that guards are placed to watch them. Therecycling center's castings are presently used at Fairhaven's Outback Farm aud other campusgardens. The project is intended to help meet the requirements of Western's newly adoptedGovernmental Options to Landfill Disposal plan. Western's waste reduction goals include recycling atleast 50 percent of the campus's solid waste. Western currently recycles about 28 percent of its foodwaste, Neyer said. Problems within vermiculture composting are few. However, Taste of India FINESTDINING OF INDIAN CUISINE 647-1589 i 1 Taste of India I Meridian Center Tetegraph Rd. North AMeridian Village 3930 Meridian St. (six doors from Payless) "The only Indian Dining in Bellingham andthe Best in ihe State" -i $4 95 LUNCHBUEfET (Reg $5.50) 1/2 Price for Children age 1-12. Good anyDay, 11:30-2:30 With Mention of Ad. Taste of India not valid with any other offer $5 OFF DINNER FOR On minimum purchase of $2000 With Mention of Ad. Taste of India not valid with any other offer 20%Off DINNER 5:00- 10:00 p.m. Alcoholic drinks not included. For large or small parties. No MinimumPurchase. Valid Any Day. One coupon per person per visit. With mention of Ad. Taste of India not validwith any other offer â€¢ orms have some natural enemies, making their recycling work hazardous.Insect predators, including a red type of centipede Zeller calls the "red devil," attack the wormsthemselves, and others just share the food and feast on the wooden bins. E a r t h - worms make ahumming sound (inaudible to humans unless they're in large numbers), which birds use to locate them in the soil. Another hazard is the heat caused by the decomposition of the food itself. The heat createdby too much food in the bins can sometimes harm the worms. Fortunately, the same phenomenonhelps the worms in the winter, Zeller said. He said sealing the bins, controlling pests and heatsterilization of the castings prevent health codes from becoming an issue. Zeller's work takes onlyabout three hours a week because the "There has yet to be a national vermiculture week, butsomeday..." â€” Chester Zeller Recycling center volunteer worms do most of the work. He said hespends much of the rest of his time in his garden. Zeller completed his bachelor of arts degree inanthropology at Western in 1988. T h e degree included a concentration in applied humanecology and an appro-p r i a t e """""~"~~â€” practicum in low-input agriculture, both from FairhavenCollege. He said he has a genuine love for what he does. "There has yet to be a national vermicultureweek," Zeller said, "butsomeday..." For further reading on earthworms and vermiculture composting,Zeller suggested thWorm Digest, a quarterly newspaper soon to be available in the Wilson Libraryvertical file. 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FNI is working closely with the city onthe Old Fairhaven Parkway extension project. The truck route will allow traffic from 12th Street andDonovan Avenue to reach the marine/industrial area below Old Fairhaven's shopping area. DuringMonday night's council meeting, Sue Murray, a resident of Bayside Place, and John Erickson, ofChuckanut Drive, presented the council with two petitions protesting the closure and requestingDonovan be used as the truck route. Murray and Erickson's sentiments were echoed in thecomments of three others who spoke against the closure. Increased traffic in front of Fairhaven Middle School, caused by the closure, was one argument used to oppose the closure. â€¢ â€¢â€¢â€¢':â€¢â€¢â€¢ The signatures and testimony join those of others flowing into the council on analmost weekly basis. Murray estimates some 519 signatures have been submitted to the city so far.Eighty-six of those signatures belong to residents within the Fairhaven Neighbors Inc.'s boundaries.During her comments, Murray read an Aug. 17 memorandum from Jack Garner, the city's public worksdirector, to Mayor Tim Douglas. According to the memorandum, the council was given in its Aug. 9packet, inaccurate speed reports for Donovan Avenue. These reports were part of the informationconsidered by the council when it made its decision that evening. Council members merely blinked asMurray read the memorandum, which concludes, "It is unfortunate that the erroneous report wasincluded in the Council packet, and we are unsure how it found its way there. The information that weknow is not accurate and should never have "It is unfortunate that the erroneous report was included inthe Council packet." â€”Sue Murray Fairhaven resident been placed into our files in the first place."Murray, at a previous council session, told the council the decision to close Donovan had not been anopen process because the council based much of its decision on the recommendations of a smallgroup of citizens â€” Fairhaven Neighbors Inc. Last May, the council designated the group to be solely responsible for discussion and design of the Old Fairhaven Parkway extension. The Fairhaven"neighborhood" was defined to be Wilson, Cowgill and Donovan Streets between 4th and 10th streets. 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After the public commentperiod, councilman Bob Hall said, "I'll just have to say it again. I just wish you people had turned outearlier. "But the council, as I see it, has agreed to either 9th or 10th. It's just too bad." The council willdecide which street, 9th or 10th, will be used to complete the extension during next week's session.Completion pressures may be the root of the council's seeming inaction when confronted with petitions,testimony and memo- ' randum. Tom Rosenberg, city engineer, told the council Monday that thegrant â€” about $875,000 of which will pay for construction of the extensionâ€”may be lost if the citydoesn't begin work soon. But Rod Diemert, program engineer for the Traffic Improvement Account,which is providing the grant, said there really isn't a deadline, so long as action Those proposedprojects that don't meet their schedules often lose funding. Council Chairman Arne Hanna said that ifthe city had "We've been really flexible on this project and others that have environmental impacts or thatrequire a high level of community input." â€”Rod Diemert program engineer on the project is being taken. "We've been really flexible on this project and others that have environmental impacts or projects thatrequire a high level of community input," Diemert said. He said there is a policy on the books that limitstime spent on a project, but the policy was directed toward projects that lay idle for too long, withoutany kind of progress. On the other hand, Rosenberg said the city's grant was contingent upon themmeeting the schedule they submitted. He said the Traffic Improvement Board over-obligated theirfunding and the amount of funding never matches the number of selected projects. time to step backand re-evaluate the situation then he would encourage them to do so. 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Citizens residing to the north and east of Bellingham want toseparate from Whatcom and become their own counties. If approved Pioneer County will encompassthe small town of Custer and its vicinity. Independence County will extend from Kelly Road to thecurrent border of Whatcom and Okanogon counties and south to New Halem. Sandy Andreasen, aspokesperson for Pioneer County, said if they meet all requirements, the state has to let themseparate. "According to the Constitution, we have a right to form a new county," she said. Theresidents of the area want to separate because they claim that they are not represented as well as theBellingham residents. They also claim that Whatcom County is just too big. "I understand theirfrustrations," said Yvonne Goldsmith, Ferndale City Council member. "They want more bang for theirbuck." Most of the Whatcom County buildings, including the jail and courthouse, are located inBellingham, and most of the registered voters in the county reside in Bellingham. Residents of thetwo perspective counties said that gives Bellingham an unfair advantage in voting. Andreasen saidthat the "majority of the votes come from Bellingham," and decisions made by the county councilhave, in the past, favored the city more than the rest of the county. In order for the area to officiallyseparate, it must meet some basic requirements. A substantial tax base must be established, theoriginal county must be left withwith an adequate You are invited! Come on. Why not? Be serious aboutGod And still be yourself. 10:00 Sunday at Itt UM*. Cc+fa 671-7826 102 Highland Dr. (Across fromHighland Hall) tax base and a certain number of signatures (50 percent plus one of the registered voters)must be obtained. The one requirement they still have to complete is the signatures. PioneerCounty's tax base includes Intalco, Arco, BP Oil and the Semiahmoo complex. Research hasindicated the rest of the county would still have enough income to support itself, Andreason said. Aboutone-third of the required signatures have been gathered, but the Pioneer County committee had beenunable to meet the required amount. "They (county residents) can't get more than 28 percent out tovote. How do they think they are going to get enough people to sign a petition?" Goldsmith said. "Somepeople don't understand, we need more control, " Andreasen said. Goldsmith said that if thepetitioners for Pioneer County did a big "blitz," they could possibly get enough people to sign. But itwould have to be mostly person-to-person contact, either by phone or door-to-door, soliciting. "I live inthe county and I don't care for the city of Bellingham," Goldsmith stated. "I'd like to see it (PioneerCounty) go through." If Pioneer County does become a reality, it would include everything north ofSlater Road and west of the Guide Meridian. The Lummi Reservation and Point Roberts would remainparts of Whatcom County. Since the proposed area does not have more than 50,000 residents, itwould not be subject to the Growth Management Act. When they meet the requirements, they needonly to bring it to Olympia to be recognized. A SERVICE ol T l l l - X GRAphlc MAciNTOsh COMPUTER TRAJNJNQ Help r _ * 755 9272 Â« m There is no vote. Goldsmith said if they meet the requirements, they can have their county. Andreason said the idea to break away from Whatcom County wassparked by a similar plan known as Independence County. However, Andreason said she can't seeIndependence County becoming a reality because the area does not have a strong enough tax base.Sharon Pietila, one of the founders of the Independence County movement, said they conducted afinancial study and determined they have plenty of money to support a new county. "The rules in the(state) constitution say we get a percentage of the equipment the old county has, like police cars andother Front/Dan McLeod Roads in rural Whatcom County are hosts to signs urging people to supportIndependence and Pioneer counties. material items," Pietila said. Pietila said the main purpose offorming a new county is to control their own community. "It's not a matter of being rebellious. It's amatter of being open to change," Pietila said. Pietila said there are several similar movementsthroughout the state. United Scaces was t h e Vitascope Hall in New Orleans. It screened i t s f i r s t f ilm in t h e summer of 1 B 9 B , StoPE everything frorA Fried GreenTbma+oes Sale up to 20 videocassettes with this stackable system. I . -- S^ri^'ySÂ£*T' IÂ© Rgd Mot Chili Peppers. The Flip Discstorage wallet holds 12 CDs. Made of durable nylon with a heav7-duty metal zipper. Sale. Store up to72 CDs with this stackable system. Sale. 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A group of dancers, artists and musicians from the Bellingham area went to Japanfor 10 days in September to participate in Bellingham's first cultural exchange with its sister city,Tateyama. The group of 18 included quilt makers, a wood turner (a person who works wood with a lathe), a basket weaver, a wood carver, two professional musicians and a dance caller. A group from Tateyama traveled here for the first time last year and demonstrated such cultural traditions as the tea ceremony,paper doll making and the art of bamboo carving. During the exchange, the Bellingham group stayed with different families in the community. At the community center they performed blue-grass music andengaged in Contra dancing. "Contra is the oldest (non-Native) American dance, so it seemed the mostappropriate," said George Thomas, exchange coordinator. Contra is also "by the community and forthe community, not a stage performance," he added. "It's supposed to be a social mixer." Contra is adance where the men form a line on one side, women on the other and each couple takes turns dancingdown the center of the lines. Participants continually switch partners throughout the duration of thedance. During performances, the dancers taught the audience how to participate in the dance. Some ofthe artists also took part in the dancing. Traditional Native American wood carving and basketry, as wellas wood turning were also featured at the center, Thomas said. Thomas said these were chosenbecause the sister city committee in Tateyama specifically asked for traditional demonstrations.The group also presented gifts to the city. Kate Stenberg made a quilt with designs symbolizing thesister cities and the dancers. Vernon Leibrant carved a wooden bowl, and Lummi basket weaver AnnaJefferson prepared smoked salmon and eggs. Dale James, a Lummi master carver, presented an eight-foot totem pole. Thomas said the totem pole design consisted of a raven on top and the sun on thebottom. The raven is a character in Lummi folklore that James often uses in his craft. In addition toperforming in Tateyama, the group participated in an annual two-day traditional crafts festival in Chiba,'anearby city. The festival's participants are from all over Japan and display their region's traditionalcrafts. The Bellingham group was the only non-Japanese group represented, Thomas said. The groupperformed in two settings, one with an audience of 100 and one with and audience of 10,000. Thesmaller setting was informal and the audience members were persuaded to join in on the dance. Thelarger setting was more formal, with a brief demonstration of the Contra dance and atwo-minute interviewafterward, at which time the group answered questions about both Bellingham and the dance. The groupalso had a booth where their crafts were displayed. "I was really happy to be able to share the Lummiculture as well as Western culture with the Japanese people," Jefferson said. Monday - SaturdaySunday 6:30 am - 3:00 pm 8:00 am - 2:00 pm It's every^**0^ â€¢you vfctftt to be ifOWN XCMW DAILYVEGETARIAN SPECIALS |Home-Made Soups, Salads and Pastries Smoke Free We RecycleCOMPLETE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MENU MUNICIPAL ARTS COUNCIL AWARD "J99 4 - 316WEST HOLLY ST. BELLINGHAM WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Orion String Quartet JÂ§Â§| OCTOBER 14 8 p.m. i | J lj CONCERT HALL I BH TICKET INFO 650.6146 Â© Visa U.S.A. Inc. 1994SELL WITH WESTERN FRONT CLASSIFIED 650-3161 ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 10 ---------- 10 â€¢ ACCENT The Western Front â€” October 7, 1994 PAC delivers medieval music Series to give avariety of musical and dance performances By Kris Alexander Front reporter Fine arts are languages that reveal a message, capture an emotion and help others discover themselves, said Robert Sylvester,director of Cultural Affairs. Western's 1994 Performing Arts Series, featuring nine musical and danceperformances, provides an example of this experience, he said. The theme of this season's series is"The Excellence Continues!" As with past programs, the series offers a combination of dance andmusical performances, as well as a performance by Mummenschanz, a mime troupe which receivedgreat reviews during a previous visit to Western. "(The performances) explore deeper into what you'rereally feeling," Sylvester said. "They bring out emotions and ideas in students they didn't know theyhad." The season's Performing Arts Series includes the Orion String Quartet, The Falla Guitar Trio,Ballet British Columbia, Anonymous 4 (a medieval music quartet), Mummenschanz, I Musici deMontreal (a string orchestra), Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre, Atlantic Brass Quintet andChristopher O'Riley (pianist). "The surprise might be Anonymous 4," said Fran Sekern, assistantdirector of Cultural Affairs. "They're a four woman quartet who sing medieval music and chants. Theyjust got their third CD on the (classical music) Top Ten." Sylvester contributes Anonymous 4'ssuccess to the changing opinions of classical music. "Students are beginning to branch out into findingalternative music," he said. For students who have little or no exposure to classical music, theseperformances may prove rewarding, he added. "All these composers were new at one time. To someonewho hasn't got into this type of program, it will be new music to them," Sylvester said. "I don't like the term 'classical music' It denotes a pigeon hole in music. We're talking about hundreds of years ofmusic," he added. Sylvester compared the term to calling all music from the 1950s- 90s "rock." Likemodern music, classical music has many different sounds. It's the flavor of classical music that haskept it so popular. Many of the performers in the series are recreating the passion that classical musicemits, Sylvester said. "The thing that's magical, is here's a piece of music in the form of a score (sheetmusic)," Sylvester said. "The musicians are recreating ideas written down hundreds of years ago.They're doing it in a fresh way with their own abilities and 20th-century intellect." The Orion StringQuartet is the first event in the series, performing at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in the PAC Concert Hall.Sylvester personally knows two of the performers and raves about their musical genius. "Isaac Stern, (aworld-renowned violinist), pointed them out as the next generation of excellence as quartet," hesaid. The Orion String Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Kennedy Centerin Washington D.C. It is the quartet-in-residence for the Chamber of Music Society of Lincoln Center. Inaddition to performing, the members will also teach amaster' s class for Western music students.Reserved tickets for the performance are on sale at the Plaza Cashier. Prices vary according toperformance and cost $9-$ 10 for students, $16-$20 for seniors and $18-$22 for general admission.Series tickets are also available. For more information, call the Western Cashier Plaza Box Office at650-6146 or the Cultural Affairs Office at 650-2829. The Orion String Quartet is kicking off the 1994Performing Arts Series at 8 p.m. on Oct. 14. Music review New album by old band breaks barriers ByPaul Peterman Front reporter The last three times R.E.M. went into the studio, the boys from Athens,GA. planned to come out with a hard rock album. The first two attempts, Out of Time and 1992'sAutomatic ForThe People, didn't work out that way. Both sold millions but neither captured the soundR.E.M. wanted. Monster is an entirely different animal. The acoustic guitars were left in the closet asR.E.M. uses a bare-bones approach that rings bells for those familiar with the band's 14-year roots. The album's opener and first single, "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" is one of only a few upbeat songsoh Monster. The emphasis on "Kenneth," and the majority of the other songs, is on the music ratherthan the lyrics. Vocalist Michael Stipe's words are indiscernible at times. That, combined with plenty ofreverb, makes it impossible to consider Monster a pop album. The listener must go three songs deep to discover the album's brilliance. "King Of Comedy" features guitaristPeterBuck' s best work of thisdecade. Stipe growls in the background as the guitar and bass dominate the sound. Dark is the bestword to describe it. Buck's tactical overview of Monster was simple. "I played guitar really loud," Bucksaid. "It was a little like Spinal Tap â€” you know, crank it up to eleven." Few songs on Monster wouldhave blended on either of R.E.M.' s last two albums. "Star 69" and "Strange Currencies" are the twoobvious exceptions. The former shoots rapid-fire vocals reminiscent of R.E.M. hits "Its The End Of The World As We Know It" and "Ignoreland." "Strange Currencies" lets listeners apprehend the lyrics andis similar in form to the pop ballad "Everybody Hurts." R.E.M. used unconventional means to ensure thealbum took on a life of its own. "We used a lot of different mikes and weird effects," Stipe said. "Thevocals on 'I Took Your Name' were recorded through a Walkman. Some of the backing tracks were sunginto a telephone." Most of today's bands try to produce a new sound, though very few can do it for anentire album. R.E.M. does. "Tongue" startles the listener with Stipe's high-pitched vocals. A bongoaccompanied by an organ lay the foundation for Stipe's take on "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Thestrangest thing is that it actually works. The album's last five songs have a melodic, driving guitar thatSoundgarden's Kim Thayil would be proud of. On the dark rocker "Bang And Blame," Stipe carols, "Ifyou, could see yourself now baby/The tables havebeen turned/ The whole world hinges on yourscreams/Your secret life of indiscrete discretion." "Circus Envy" is the hardest R.E.M. song ever.Stipe's warbling takes another back seat to Buck's grinding guitar â€” more evidence of R.E.M.'smysterious departure from past efforts. "We set out to make a rock 'n' roll record without heavy metal or grunge," Buck said. "When it comes to this kind of hard rock, the only influence we've really got isourselves." A key factor in the making of Monster is the band's decision, after a five-year hiatus, to begin touring again. "This album is a great way to get back into playing live," Stipe said. "I can't think ofanything more boring than playing all that music from the last three years, although I'm sure we'll dosome of it." Those plans include a world tour. A Northwest concert date is rumored for sometime inMay. Sex, se By Kris Alexander Front reporter "The play is about sex, ba cally. The whole play revolvaround sex. I mean, it does, really does. It's just sex, sex, se? said Damond Morris, director Earth TribeProductions and lied Arts' production of "T Taming of the Shrew." The Shakespearean comet runs at 8p.m. every Thursda Friday and Saturday in October the Allied. Arts gallery, on t corner of Holly and BayStreets the Bay Street Village. Ticklt; are $7 at the door or $6 with a c of food. "It's sex in more termsth the physicalâ€”," Morris sai cutting off his sentence and cla ping his hands to symbolize t motion ofbodies slapping t gether. "Sex in gender, sex culture, sexism." The play tells a story of wealthy,headstrong woman wl is forced into marriage. Throult; much ordeal, her husband ma ages to mold herinto the genti nurturing persona expected young wives. The mostly student cast eludes Cory Nealy,Heather Dylt; Valerie Bush, Alissa Gidk James Cowan, Tyson Jam Therpuxv Donald; Whiter ReWhat'sh around "Adventures of^P^scilla^Qjieen^ Inflatable: ^pule; (^^^,0^ Barefoot T l t e ^ p;rhiMCarayaiis; (Grossing^-6W7r Sala^a^^ laM Efo^ Blue ^0p^^^i^^l^ia^ PaintedSun - 9 p,rri. atSpeedy'sl ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 11 ---------- October 7,1994 â€” The Western Front ACCENT . 11 , sex: bold twists in Shakespearean classic Slater,Pete Crandell and Sunshine Mink. Western student Tabitha Wall is stage manager. Unlike mostproductions of "The Taming of the Shrew," Morris chose to include the introduction, a prelude to thestory, in which a poor man is tricked into believing he's a wealthy lord. The man dreams, and his dreambecome the focus of the play. "John Barton, who wrote 'Playing with Shakespeare,' has a quote. Hesays 'Embrace the inconsistencies' in Shakespeare," Morris said. "I came to my actors and told them to embrace the inconsistencies. ... And I realized I wasn't living up to what I was talking about. Iwasn't embracing the inconsistencies, the inconsistency being the introduction." The actors said theylike the change. "By setting it in a dream, we've taken it out of the context of being 'Oh, we're soShakespearean,'" Nealy said, in an exaggerated voice. "But, instead, it's more of a mish-mosh. Wefreely admit that we're anachronistic ... And that's perfectly fine with us." By using the entire text, thecast has been able to explore multiple themes, they said. "We're taking something that gt; gt;-hasbeen traditionally considered to have one theme to it, and that is sexism," said Theroux. "We're notworking against Shakespeare's idea ... but we're putting it in a new light and showing it as being sortof the patriar- "It's sex in more terms than the physical â€” " â€” Damond Morris director dial fantasythat it is." "We try to get the meaning across and not just treat the language as something sacred,"Cowan added. "Because language is a living thing, after all, whether the words are two hundred years old or however long it's been." Even people who have never been exposed to Shakespeare should be able to follow the play, Cowan said. '"It's not like so many of Shakespeare's play s that if you' re not familiarwith the play or familiar with the dialogue, you lose so much," Mink explained. '"Cause so much of this show is comedy that's show and tell." A small stage area, homemade costumes (borrowed fromSociety of Creative Anachronisms members), original music played by a string^trio anda set adaptedfrom a watercolor painting have also influenced the production. Morris asked local artist and Allied Artsmember Richard Bulman to recreate his watercolor painting, "Rooftops," as the set. With the help of setconstructor Ted Stritof, Bulman has converted the Allied Arts Gallery into a two-story set. Pastelpink, royal blue, brown and black are splashed across off-white walls. The set/painting was inspired byBulman's travels in Europe. "I walked out of my balcony in a little town in Portugal and that is what Isaw," he said. Other examples of Bulman's art work, including a life like painting titled "The Satin Dress" will be displayed during the show. The actors said they found the show's freedom refreshing. "Up untilnow, all my experiences have been with either an almost corporate like community theatre setting orthrough the university where... there's a formula to it almost," Nealy said. "('The Taming of the Shrew')feels like something we've put together. Everything from auditioning, to building sets, to costumes.Everything's just really homemade," Nealy said. "It's right from our gut," Dyer said, summing up thefeelings of the whole cast; gt; :^^:~-^^^. - Front/Ryan Burden Donald White (left) andAlissa Gidlof (right)star in the Shakespeare comedy 'The Taming of the Shrew." Dpenmg liiiilii Movie review;hp;~^agefbQp|^d|si ^^^^^^^^^^^ sMt^silli||M||^ill ^uirsd^'3^ tSP SpecialvEyentsV:|^^dte^ ^ w T o O ^ fithTimpth^^ AGM^nstag^ Typical prison life portrayed in "Shawshank" Stephen King novel receives mixedreview on the screen By Bill Urlevich Front reporter "The Shawshank Redemption" is a prison dramathat is two faced. On one side is a movie that is fueled by good acting by two excellent performers. Theother is a typical prison picture that borrows from other films. The story is adapted from a StephenKing short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." Morgan Freeman plays Red, an oldcon doing a life sentence in Maine's Shawshank State Prison. He is the guy on the inside who can getanything from the outside for a price. Every prison movie has one of these guys. Tim Robbins playsAndy, a soft spoken banker who is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. During his first nightin Shawshank, Andy shows the mettle of a hardened inmate. This catches the eye of Red and makeshim wonder if Andy will make it through theroughprison life. The rest of the movie chronicles Andy'sprison life for the next 21 years in Shawshank. During this time, he endures beatings, weeks insolitary confinement and repeated homosexual rapes by a group of inmates known as "the sisters."Eventually, Andy uses his banker skills to make himself a slave to the warden and the prison guards.Through this he gains some respect from the prison administration by preparing their tax returns andlaundering their money. The strong part of the movie focuses on the growing friendship between Andyand Red. "Shawshank " works best when it is focusing on the trials of the human spirit and how Andyand his quiet persona wins the hearts of Red and the other inmates. The movie borrows much fromother prison films. First-time director Frank Darabont wants to make his own prison film, but can't helpborrowing from other classic prison films such as "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Longest Yard." It would be nice to see aprison drama come along that doesn't rely so much on the predictable prison genre. Theelements are too familiar. The Bible-toting warden, an inmate with a fondness for birds, and anaudience-pleasing escape from the prison are recycled ideas. As "Shawshank" shows the triumph ofthe human spirit, it also shows the degradation. With the guards shooting and beating inmates and thewarden showing no humanity in 21 years, it becomes quite heavy-handed. The acting of Robbins andFreeman are what propel "Shawshank" along â€” and at a running time of two and a half hours that might not be enough. The performances on the screen will keep you watching "Shawshank," but you may shift in your seat a little too much. ' . . 1 4 - â€¢ 1 . / i ' gt;' lt; mr " ^ W r â€¢'â€¢ â€¢ : gt;4*â€¢â€¢'â€¢â€¢"...*gt;gt; | 5 * t*8 ^V" ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 12 ---------- 12 â€¢ ACCENT The Western Front â€” October 7,1994 Live from the internet â€” music on your modemBy David Nelson Front reporter Until now, recordings by obscure, unsigned musicians and bandswere about as easy to find as the proverbial needle in a haystack. Finding the needle is easier with theInternet Underground Music Archive. IUMA is a site on the internet that allows those with the properequipment to download music and promotional information by artists of all styles from across thecountry. IUMA was started by Rob Lord and Jeff Patterson, two Santa Cruz, Calif., internet enthusiastswho found that the music they enjoyed wasn't usually available in mainstream commercial markets.With IUMA, they offer music not offered elsewhere and provide an outlet for unsigned the use of our site,because the whole concept of'netiquette' forbids that." Publishing and distributing music over theinternet might seem to ruffle the feathers of the big record giants by circumventing artists to find anaudience. In an interview with Kenneth Newby in Mondo 2000 magazine, Lord and Patterson said theyforesee internet labels as a possible upcoming industry. "We see a whole different sort of industrycoming up," Patterson said. "The reason we're so good is because we're not into the sort of exploitationthat the record companies may be into. We don' t want to charge the bands because they're the oneswho don't really have the money to do it. And we don't want to charge people for their role in the music'savailability. Rather, the companies are able to benefit from IUMA by using it to seek out and trackpossibilities of new talent. People interested in accessing IUMA can do so in Western's computerlabs through World Wide Web at: http:// sunsite.unc.edu/ianc/index.html. E-mail to IUMA can be sent to ican@sunsite.unc.udc. IUMA has a file that keeps track of all the songs that are downloaded and howmany times they're downloaded. According BEDRY CHIROPRACTIC 1842 S. 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Among the approximately 200 bands available on IUMA isBellingham' s lone representative, "Whirling Dervish," whose song "All So Wrong" will be appearingwithin the next few weeks. Mike Tholfsen, the band's bassist, would like to see more local artists getsongs on the internet. "For a band from any small community to have access to the 20 million peopleworld wide who (use) the internet is incredible," Tholfsen said. "For such a small fee, it's very cost-effective exposure. Internet services such as these could turn the music industry on its head,"Tholfsen said. Bands wishing to submit music can send up to three songs of up to five minutes each on cassette, DAT or CD, one page of photographs, logos or artwork and up to two pages of information onthe band. The service is free, but bands are encouraged to make a donation of $20 to cover processing costs. For more information on how to get your band involved with IUMA, or on how to access IUMA,contact Mike Tholfsen at 738- 7261 or by e-mail at n9148312@henson. Rockin' Dick... Front/MikeWewer Surf guitar legend Dick Dale rocked the VU lounge last Sunday night. . o n r e Audio Excellence. ** Track i Your successful recording session depends on good equipment, a comfortable workspace,and the creative collaboration between the artists and engineers. At Binary you'll work in a large,comfortable space with advanced equipment, and you'll work with a staff experienced in ad work,acoustic, electric and experimental music recording. Call us for all your recording needs: (206) 647-2337. BilNARV . RECORdSNq/STUdsO P. O. Box 1520 Bellingham, WA 98227 (206) 647-2337 ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 13 ---------- October 7,1994 â€” The Western Front ACCENT â€¢ 13 Acid flashbacks and future visions By TaraThomas Front reporter "Turn on, Tune in and Drop out." Thus was born the slogan for the counter-culture movement of the 1960s. Known as the "spiritual father of alternative culture," Doctor TimothyLeary is the man behind the slogan and has been in the face of controversy ever since, controversyhe'll bring to his speaking engagement at 7 p.m., Oct. 13 at the Performing Arts Center. Leary' s topicwill be "How to Operate Your Brain: A Multimedia Presentation." Leary first made the presentation at Lollapaloozain 1993. After receiving a doctorate in psychology from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley, Leary soon became one of the most respected leaders of the hu-manistpsychol-ogy movement of the 1950s. Appointed to the faculty of Harvard University in 1959, Leary became the director of the Harvard Psychedelic Research Project. His work included the study ofpsychedelic drugs, namely LSD, which were legal until 1966. Due to controversy and bad publicitygenerated by the study, Leary was fired by Harvard in 1963. Being the first person fired from Harvardcaused his mother to disown him, but Leary moved on and established a research center in Millbrook,N.Y., where he continued work on his LSD experiments. In Millbrook, he encouraged free thinkers and became a symbol to protest leaders around the world. He later ran against Ronald Reagan forgovernor of California. A leading critic of the establishment, Leary was even called "the mostdangerous man alive" by President Nixon. In 1970, Leary was imprisoned for possession of marijuana but after five months escaped and fled to Algiers. In January 1973, he was recaptured by the CIA andserved two years in prison before being paroled. Leary also pioneered the "futurist" movementof the 1980s, working with virtual- reality technology and computer software. He is presidentof his own c o m p u t e r c o m p a n y , Futique, Inc., which designs i n t e r a c t i ve software forpersonal computers. Tom Beal, of the Arizona Daily Star, wrote, "He jokes about everything. Heengages in what he calls stand-up philosophy. He performs philosophy on stage at collegecampuses...Purposefully, and with obvious glee, Leary set about to shock the crowd by making fun ofevery sacred cow within mooing distance...He was profane; he was funny. A few people left angrily,proving, I guess, that he still has the power to provoke." Tickets are $4 for students and $6 generaladmission and are available at the Viking Union Info Desk, The Landing and Village Books. Movie review mesimmnnm FIRST IN QUALITY, FAST IN SERVICE EVENT ORGANIZERS! Our top-quality products: * Publicize Your Happening * Offset Expenditures * Give Sponsors Tangible Benefits ^ InvolveParticipants T-Shirts â€¢Posters â€¢ Sweats -QUICK TUENAROUND- 1420 N.Forest 676-1165Bellingham, WA (800) 622-6529 Barcelona: strangely entertaining By Mike Stiles Front reporterBarcelona is not exactly a formula-style film. It's a movie that follows the adventures of two Americancousins in Spain at the end of the cold war. The plot is a bit confusing, so here's an overview: TedBoynton is an American living in Barcelona while working for the Chicago based Illinois High-SpeedMotor Company (IHSMOCO), though it is never mentioned what the company does. Ted is some kind ofsalesman, but the movie doesn't explain what he sells. Fred, Ted's cousin, is in the U.S. Navy anddecides to spend some unannounced time with his not-so-thrilled cousin. The two are well aquaintedbut haven't been on the best of terms since a kayak mishap when they were 10 years old. In Fred'sendless pursuit of a party, the cousins meet up with two women. Eventually Ted starts dating one ofthem, named Montserrat, more seriously. As their relationship grows, Ted discovers she still has aboyfriend she lives with. His name is Ramon, a journalist who sees all Americans as suspiciousagents of the CIA or FBI. Ramon's views are in turn read and believed throughout Spain. Fred findshimself involved with Marta, one of Montserrat's friends. Martais beautiful butturns out to be a thievingdrug-hound. Ted's romance flops when Montserrat leaves him to return to Ramon. About the same time,Fred discovers Malta's devilish side and reclaims his stolen property. Confused? There's more. As he isleaving the scene in a cab, Fred catches a bullet in the head. Much of the rest of the story deals withhis recovery and Ted dealing with the possibility of his cousin's death. Typically Hollywood, the movieends happily. Ted and Fred become close friends again, both marry women they met in Barcelona andmove back to the United States. Overall, the movie is a B-grade foreign movie, though made ' byAmerican directors and producers. The plot is entirely too scattered. I found myself wondering where the plot was going, then laughing, then wondering where the plot was going again. It is, however,entertaining. Not in a block-buster sort of way, but in a quirky nothing-better-to-do-on- Friday-night sort of way. The film's end leaves one with a puzzled sense: puzzled as to what the movie is supposed tomean, puzzled as to why the movie was made, puzzled as to why you saw it and most of all, puzzled as to why you enjoyed it. As such, I can't say exactly what is appealing about "Barcelona," but I can sayit's a movie that I would add a third thumb up to the two Siskel Ebert gave it. WE'LL GIVE YOU 10WEEKS. Ten weeks may not seem like much time to prove you're capable of being a leader. But if you're tough, smart and determined, ten weeks and a lot of hard work could make you an Officer of Marines.And Officer Candidates School (OCS) is where you'll get the chance to prove you've got what it takes tolead a life full of excitement, full of challenge, full of honor. Anyone can say they've got what it takes to bea leader, we'll give you ten weeks to prove it. Marines The fen: The Proad. The Marines. M A R I N E O F F I C ER â€¢ Opportunities are available for men and women from all ethnic backgrounds. â€¢ Onlyservice program that can guarantee freshman and sophomore pilot slots. â€¢ Competitive starting salaryof $29,000 - $33,000 and complete medical coverage. â€¢ You can major in any field of study that youdesire. If you want to find out more, see Captain Levesque on October 11th and 12th in the Viking UnionBuilding from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or phone 1-800-283-USMC. ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 14 ---------- 1.4--SPORTS The Western Front â€” October 7,1994 Vikings spiked by national champion UPS Clubgets chance for revenge in Oregon tournament this weekend By Jason Hickman Front reporter TheWestern volleyball team lost a tightly contested and exciting four-game match to defending nationalchampion University of Puget Sound Tuesday night. With five players returning from last year's squad,UPS pitted power, size and experience against Western' s smaller, quicker lineup and won by scoresof 15-6, 13-15, 15-6 and 15-5. Western coach Dean Snider was pleased with the way his team played."We played with a lot of heart, but we made some judgement errors. Those poor choices arediminishing," Snider said. The Vikings showed flashes of brilliance throughout the match, especially inthe second game. "We served them off the court," Snider said about the Vikings' powerful outburstafter a relatively slow start. Kris Jones, the Viking's only senior, was a large part of that At ValueVillage, you choose what you wear, and what you want to spend... Shirts starting at 99$. Jeans pom$3.00. Formal, Casual Sportswear for every occasion budget! Value Village is packed with over100,000 unique items-many you won't find at the mall. 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"We didn' t come together, but we playthem again this weekend. We need a little more heart," said Jones,-who also looked strong on defensewith 15 digs. Game two was strong evidence that Western has the talent and athleticism to promise a future laden with wins over national powers like UPS, currently ranked ninth in the NAIA. The offensiverhythm between setter Adrienne Sloboden and outside hitter Chrissy Sursely was excellent, resulting inthunderous kills that the Loggers were not in position to handle. "We are a transition team. We have afast offense that takes advantage of other teams," Snider said. "We played really solid," saidSloboden, who finished with 38 assists. "I was a little frustrated with setting. It's hard to find holesagainst such a big team." Ultimately, consistent passing and setting precision, a hallmark of a veteransquad, was the spark that ignited the explosive UPS hitting game. Loggers' setter Janice Lwin andnational tournament MVP Andrea Egans, a 6-0 outside hitter, combine to form one of the most lethaloffensive tandems in the NAIA. This season Western has proven they have the potential to competewith teams in the upper echelon of NAIA volleyball. Despite four sophomores and five freshmen, Snider is undaunted by the youth of his squad. "We are a talented team that can beat them. Next time we'll bemore ready," Snider said. The Vikings opened this sea- Conference player of the week one of 11 killsagainst UPS. son with six straight wins, placing fourth among 18 teams at the Whitworth InvitationalTournament. They have since lost seven of their last 11 matches, but have . defeated conference rivals Pacific Lutheran and Simon Fraserâ€”the latter in convincing style, with scores of 15-5, 15-1, and 15-6.Western is 10-7 overall after the loss, and competes in the Western Oregon Invitational SKIBESOBTJOBS jjjppit|yi!ii:iniaiii:iwnnnÂ«gm!iHaii^â€” Sid/Snowboard instructors, lift operators, wait staff, chaletstaff, mother positions (including summer). Over 15,000 openings. Up to $2,000+ in salary and benefits.For more (206)634-0469 Â«t.V60S6t " Hâ„¢H 1M6 CABIN TAVERN * Pull Tabs * Satellite TV * Medalist Dart League * Kegs to Go COLDEST BEER IN TOWN 733-9685 307 W. Holly Front/MikeStilesChrissy Sursely slams down Tournament this weekend. Tournament participants will include UPS andfour other nationally ranked teams that will play in the 20-team draw. The remaining ranked teamsinclude No. 6 Willamette, No. 12 Western Oregon, No. 16 Northwest Nazarene and No.22 BYU. 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Old Main 400 650-3650 ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 15 ---------- October 7,1994 â€” The Western Front SPORTSâ€¢15 Set to take off By Beth Demetrescu Frontreporter The Flyers are back â€” better than ever and ready to kick-off their third season as Bellingham'ssenior AAA hockey team. Under the direction of coach Ron Johnson and backed by the goaltendingefforts of Burny Carlson, the Flyers finished well above 500 last season and plan on topping that thisyear. Carlson is joined in goal by Brett Haywood, a young goal tender from Brown University. This shouldease some of the pressure off Carlson in the latter periods of games. "Carlson consistently comesthrough for us, and with the addition of Haywood, we should be solid in the net," said public relationsassistant Don Steinke. Defensively, the Flyers should shine. The pairing of Wes Gentles and teamcaptain Wayne Stripp has been reliably effective at holding the blue line. Veterans Mark Benjamin,alternate captain, and Jason Reisinger return to provide solid protection for Carlson. Newcomers LindsayMohr, Jeff Sampson and Tye Cameron round out the defensive line-up. "Cameron played for thePortland Winterhawks (Western Hockey League) and seems to enjoy playing old fashioned rock-and-rollhockey. We can always use another solid defenseman," Steinke said. The Flyers should rack up thepoints with their gritty offense. Chris Morrison, one of last year's leading scorers and one to watch, isreturning to the line up along with Ryan Edwards and Stu Sage to light up the scoreboard. The Flyers,however, have made some exciting changes. After a trade that involved sending Darren Naylor and AlKinisky to the Seattle Indians, the Flyers picked up Colin Fair, Conrad Ashton and Dan Gagne to addsome more power up front. Also signed was Russ Morrison, younger brother of forward Chris.Bellingham lost goaltender Lance Carlson to the Central Hockey League, center Lindsay Dyck to Fresno,Calif., winger Dan Giesbreck to New Zealand and defenseman Kirk Fisher to retirement. Sept. 30marked the official beginning of the hockey season. Opening night featured a bagpipe ceremony andpresentation by the Bellingham Sea Scouts. The Flyers lost to the Port Cpquitlam Blues by a score of 8-7. Chris Morrison led the teamJby scoring two goals and two assists. Stripp, Gentles and the Morrisonbrothers let the Blues have a taste of the physical game and collectively racked up 43 penalty minutes.Bellingham, however, suffered the loss of Benjamin due to a slashing injury late in the second period. Heshould be back for the upcoming game. The Flyers next home game is at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday at theWhatcom County Sports Arena. They will take on the New Westminster Beavers. VOGUE THEATREFRIDAY, OCT. 21st Showtime 8pm General Admission VANCOUVER, B.C. Tickets at all Ticketmasteroutlets and p | charge by phone, (604) 280-4444 Paul's point after What's left for couch potatoes?Welcome to the wacky world of professional sports, a place where average salaries hover around $1million and cities build $300-million stadiums at an owner's very mention of relocating. ~ Every yearrecord numbers of fans flock to root, root, root for the home team. This isn't just baseball. The NHL, NBAand the NFL all co-exist in this parallel universe. The plate-glass windows separating the real worldfrom this bizarro world are starting to get foggy. Squabbles over who gets this million or that million serve as a slap of reality to sports fans. The lords of sports might look normal, but they aren't human. Laborproblems dangle over all four major sports. The owners explain that it's obviously the players' fault. Theyshould be happy to get millions for playing games. The players rebut that owners have suppressed themlong enough. There is more money pouring in than the owners will admit. We just want our fair share!Nothing has changed in professional sports since its inception. The players sure haven't. "The '90s player is about getting paid first. Not about working for that pay," Magic Johnson said in a 1994 interviewwith ESPN. "The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money - not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it," Ty Cobb said in 1925. Professionalathletes never played just for the love of the sport. _ Hence the term, "professional." Even collegeathletes play for incentives: scholarships, exposure for the pro draft, fame and sometimes even fortune. So the players haven't changed. That leaves the owners. The days when owners fo/tfthe players howmuch they'd be paid instead of negotiating are long gone. The owners of professional sports teams havealways tried to get away with something. Baseball's anti-trust exemption from Congress is a goodexample. That could soon be swept out from under their feet. Right now there are more professionalleagues shut down than operating. The NFL is in tact because its players and their union didn't have theforesight to see what a salary cap would do. "The '90s player is about getting paid first. Not aboutworking for that pay." Now many high-priced NFL veterans are out of work, and even more back-upplayers were forced to take pay cuts. NFL owners have the best excuse in the world. "The salary capmade me do it," ignoring the fact that the same amount of money is coming into the league. MajorLeague Baseball, the NHL and the NBA are all having labor problems simultaneously because thecollective bargaining agreements in the three sports expired at about the same time. The problem inthe NHL is part resentment and part stupidity. The resentment comes from the players and is aimed atthe owners and new commissioner Gary Bettman, a businessman brought in by the owners to help themstreamline their business. The stupidity is on the part of the owners for forcing apostponementof theseason until Oct. 15 and threatening a lockout when the NHL is at its highest popularity ever. Thepostponement is essentially a lockout. Players agreed to play the season under the current laboragreement and work out the problems later. However, the owners don't want to start another seasonunder an agreement they desperately want to change. The NBA and the NBA player's union are not even on the same court. The union wants the draft eliminated. Players would then enter the league as freeagents. Owners say that would destroy the league. They're right. The NBA owners want to furtherrestrict free-agency, enforce a stricter salary cap and install a rookie salary cap. The union shouldautomatically lose on all accounts for even mentioning that ridiculous draft elimination proposal. " Nonew negotiations are being held because the union is waiting for aU.S. Court of Appeals ruling regardingthe legality of the salary cap, college draft and right of first refusal involving free agents. Look for an NBApostponement, if not a lockout, before the regular season opens Nov. 4. But don't get too cozy if itdoesn't happen. The owners are also considering a player lockout around Thanksgiving. Sports fans are the sole reason professional sports exist. But in the end, it's always the fans who feel the worst aboutthe strikes and lockouts of their beloved sports. Seemingly powerless, the fans just have to sit there andtake it. The owners and players both know that no matter what happens, the fans will always come back. â€” Magic Johnson 4;AWU Â«iÂ«*wHlt;twi- Att Mfcm**sÂ»*w(Â«, KENYON'S ICE CREAMPARLOUR Home Made Ice Cream Daily 2:00-10:00 W. Sunday 2:00 - 9:00 **' 1140 N State Acrossfrom Herald Building - Non Smoking - 4gt;gt; ^ ^ t Confidential â€¢ Affordable Birth ControlPregnancy Tests STD Tests For Men Women . y SP lt;TTlt;o ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 16 ---------- 16 â€¢ SPORTS The Western Front â€” October 7,1994 Baby Mariners grow into Giants Bellinghamminor league franchise owner speaks By Beth Demetrescu Front reporter Jerry Walker is the president,general manager, and co-owner of the new Bellingham Giants. The Bellingham organization, formerlyaffiliated with the Seattle Mariners, have been experiencing some major, exciting changes.Question: Why did the Seattle Mariners withdraw their affiliation from Bellingham? Answer: Theywanted to consolidate their operations and get them as close to Seattle as possible. They ended theirplayer development contract with the Calgary team, which was their AAA team. At the same time,Tacoma ended their affiliation with the Oakland Athletics, which allowed Seattle to move their AAA teamfrom Calgary to Tacoma. At the same time they did this, Everett team served notice to the SanFrancisco Giants that they wanted to discontinue their affiliation, which opened up the opening, so the Mariners could pull out of Bellingham and move to Everett. Question: Is this radical of an interleaguechange common to baseball? Answer: It is not that uncommon. I suspect that our 18-year affiliationwith the Mariners is one of the top ten. There are so many reasons for changes, probably as many asthere are people. I think the main reasons are minor league owners being disgruntled or the option tomove to better facilities. Question: What was behind the rumored move to Pasco? Answer: Pasco andthe Tri- Cities are building a new 4,000- seat stadium. The stadium hasn't been started yet, but thefunding has already been approved for it. They were interested in bringing a professional baseball team,obviously, in there to play in their stadium. We were considering a possible move to there, as a result of the fact that our facility here was not meeting professional baseball guidelines. Early indications,as of about a month ago, the city of Bellingham was not prepared to make those changes. At that timewe started seeking alternatives and that is when the Pasco situation became a possibility. Question:How are the Bellingham facilities lacking? Answer: Major league baseball has specific guidelines thateach stadium must adhere to. Primarily it (the problem) is with clubhouse related items. There is notraining room in our clubhouse. There are no laundry facilities in our clubhouse. The restroom facilitiesare limited at best. The shower facilities are limited. In the visiting clubhouse, there are no lockers, no place for them to put their gear, they just have a big room. There is no manager's office for the visitors.There is also no training room for visitors. Question: What would be the cost of getting the clubhouse upto par? Answer: The cost that has been approved at this point is $90,000. The city recently made thisallocation. Question: What was the substance behind the rumors of host family conflict? Answer: At the end of the season there seemed to be a great amount of dissension between the host families and ourfront office. It is unfortunate, and hopefully whatever those items are, we can learn from them. Itcentered around them feeling not appreciated. We were not running the host program. We started it,and then the second year we had some people volunteer to run the program. We became liaisons,and not the prime movers of the program. I think that ended up bringing on the demise of the program.Because the people who were involved in it, I surmise, felt that they were not appreciated, there was notmuch interaction. That was not by design, it was just how the program evolved. Apparently they hadsome expectations that we were not meeting. We still plan on having a host family program next year.We may or may not have it with all the same people. What we do plan on doing next year is internalizing the program, so we would have significant contact with the host family. Question: What kind of dealdoes Bellingham have set up with the San Francisco Giants? Answer: We're in the same league. We'restill single A. Everything is similar to what we had with the Mariners. Wehavesigned a four-year playerdevelopment contract with the Giants. This means we are guaranteed that they will be here for aminimum of four years before.there could be any possible changes. Question: How did you get involvedin the Bellingham organization? Answer: I bought the team in 1989 from the local owners. I have hadsix seasons with the Mariners and now I'm starting with the Giants. Question: Has it been asuccessful venture for you? Answer: I wanted to see if I could create something that was a verypositive thing, that the community would respond to. To that extent it has been really successful. Thecommunity has really responded well. There are a lot of fans. Question: What are you going to dowith all of theBellingham Mariner memorabilia? Answer: We are probably going to have a sale. We mayhold larger items for auction. There are some things that one would not ordinarily be able to buy.Question: What is to be watched for in the upcoming season? Answer: We are going to become abetter baseball franchise. We are going to be doing a lot of public relations and marketing. We are prettyopen; there are a lot . of opportunities. The Giants are a pretty classy organization. Is he out for seasonOr's Londo gonna play? By Stephanie Thomson Front reporter The loud "pop" occurred on a playOrlondo Steinauer had made a thousand times before. "The first thing that came to my mind was 'Wework so hard in the off-season, in the weight room and on the track,'" Steinauer said. The juniorcornerback was returning an interception during Western's 42-14 rout of Willamette on Sept. 24, a day inwhich.he also set the Western all-time career punt return yardage mark (503). "It just flashes throughyour mind that all of this hard work could possibly be taken away from you that quick. Everyone'salways saying 'Play every play like it's your last,' but it doesn't really hit home until it happens to you." After that "pop," which was initially diagnosed as a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee,.Steinauer's season was thought to be .over. But after he underwent a magnetic reasonance imagingtest, doctors decided that the ligament was not torn, and have given Steinauer the option to try and playwith a knee brace. "(The doctors) weren't convinced that it was a torn ACL just by the outside tests,"Steinauer said. "And so that gave me a little hope there. (During the MRI) I was praying that maybe I'dget a shot to play this season, and it looks right now that I will." "The prognosis is looking good,"defensive coordinator Robin Ross said. "And Orlondo, besides being a very good football player, isalso one of the captains. Any time. you lose a captain you're talking about (losing) leadership." However, if Steinauer is not able to return, there is a good possibility he will be granted hardship from the NAIA,which means that he wouldn't lose a year of eligibility. Steinauer said he wouldn't risk further injury bytrying to come back too soon. "If it was that bad^ then they wouldn't give me the option to use the brace," Steinauer said. "(But) that option is available to me, and I'm going to try it out. If I don't play in agame, hardship is still there. If it doesn't feel good in practice, then I'm not going to push it in a game. Soit's not really at risk." Steinauer added his ties to the team are a big motivational factor in hisdetermination to return. "We go through so much as a team in the off-season," Steinauer said. "Andit's just tough not to be apart of it. And anyone with competitiveness in them wants to be out and be anactive part of the team. "I want to do anything I can to help this team win," Steinauer said, "make thedefense the best in the conference, and as we all know if we can be the best defense in thisconference, then it is one of the best in the nation." In other injury-related news, the Vikings lost theirstarting tight end Christian Evans for the season. He suffered a torn medial colateral ligament in practiceon Wednesday. Evans was tied for the team lead in receptions (ten catches for 103 yards). His injurywas the second blow to the offense this week following the loss of Jon Brunagh. 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Allowing justification for murder other than self-defense could induce detrimental changes in the law. It suggests that everyperson has the legal right to interfere in the lives of complete ^^^H iMIBlIl iSBdR^N^iBlii H^MBI^^^sM^OJ ^ ^ ^ ^ j ^ i M i P I l ^^ strangers, if they feel it's for the stranger's supposed "benefit." This happens toomuch already, without legal precedent. The court's ruling gives Hill' s defense a green light to intrude onthe clinic by photographing and even checking the clinic's equipment. Butmostimportantly, it suggeststhe possibility that Hill can prove himself justified for committing two murders. The judgment could alsoallow Hill to justify his actions by entering into evidence the Bible story of Phineas and Zimiri, on whichhe based his own book, "Should We Defend Born and Unborn Children with Force?" In the story, Zimiriand her lover are murdered by Phineas when he drives a stake through their tent. According to TheProgressive, this story lies behind many fanatic racist and anti- Semitic Christian identity movements as their justification for "killing sinners." Dangerous precedents could be established with this case. If Paul Hill uses this story, what's to stop white supremacists from using it in their own murder trials â€” and itfrom working? This ruling changes a long-standing policy to disregard this "necessity defense." DavidCrane, of Operation Rescue in Virginia said about Hill's case: "Who committed the greater crime? Thecitizens who stand by and allow the children to be murdered or this one man who stopped a serial killerfrom killing more children?" The judge also asked this question through his ruling. A frighteningstatement by Tom Metzger of the White Aryan Resistance also runs along these lines. Metzger saidabout Hill, "If the guy who did the shooting in some way protected Aryan women and children, then WAR condones the killing." Paul Hill's lawyers basically made this same statement. Keep in mind they wantto prove, "whatever action he may have taken against a doctor who UCKLOAD SALE October 7-10Food Fun Visit our Oktoberfest Beer Qarden, Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, and morel Contests with over 100prizes* Musical Entertainment* Fun for the whole family I Monster Trucks! Line Dancing! Qyrotron! Bargains by the Truckload at 28 Factory Outlet Stores like Helly Hansen, Florsheim and Woolrich.Center Hours: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. PEACE ARCH FACTORYOUTLETS Birch Bay-Lynden Road Exit 270 off Interstate 5 - just 6 miles south of Blaine 14 miles northofBellingham performed abortions was necessary and justified in order to prevent a greater evil..." Inother words, the ends justify the means â€” one of the most dangerous idioms in history. After this,could the court rule it legal to murder people working at a nuclear weapons facility? Sure. By killingthem, they could be preventing the "greater evil" of nuclear warfare. The truth is, Paul Hill shot twopeople. All the court should bring into evidence are his fingerprints on the gun and the bullets that killedtwo people. The court should be blind to Hill's personal justifications. Instead, it should continue toconsider his motives as a reason to prosecute, not as an excuse in his defense. ALASKAEMPLOYMENT - Fishing Industry - Students Needed! Earn up to $3,000-$6,000+ per month. Manyemployers provide room board transportation. Male or Female. No experience necessary. Jointhousands of other students nationwide and enjoy the most beautiful scenery in the U.S.! 1-206-545-4155 ext A60861 Student Employment Services ADVERTISE IN THE WESTERN FRONT 650-3161 ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 18 ---------- 18. OP/ED The Western Front â€” October 7, 1994 FRONTLINE Addressing ad controversy Severalmembers of the campus community have expressed concern aboutarecentadvertisementin TheWesternFront. I would like to address this issue. First of all, the newspaper's advertising staff andeditorial staff are separate entities. The editor-in-chief is head of the editorial staff and the productionmanager is head of the advertising staff. The entire newspaper is staffed by full-time students, and wehave faculty advisers for both departments. The staff box underneath the Frontline in every issue clearlystates that the advertising in no way represents the opinion of the newspaper. Most advertising decisionsare made completely separate and without input from the editorial side of the newspaper. We have amutual understanding not to interfere with each other's work. The Western Front has several advertisingstandards and guidelines. Forinstance, wedo not advertise illegal products, hard liquor or tobacco, andwe do not carry ads that are sexually explicit. Any other advertising policies are loosely structuredbecause problems inevitibly emerge in across-the-board policies about what is appropriate or inappropriate ad material for a university newspaper. Those decisions are made on an ad-by-ad basis. Our policieshave been questioned lately because of an advertisement published in this paper that some people feel is "racist" or "stereotypical." We have recieved many letters to the editor about thisâ€”all of which areprinted in today' s paperâ€”and the issues presented in these letters are important to discuss. The ad inquestion was always just that: itis apaid advertisement that has nothing to do with the editorial content ofthe paper. However, "sensitivity," "diversity" and "racism" are very real and important issues that theuniversity is constantly trying to confrontâ€”as it should be. This is the perfect place for discussion. Asstudents, we are here to learn how to deal with such problems. Let's face it, because most Westernstudents are white, many can't see that the ad could be offensive to some people. I believe the medianeed to be sensitive to this issue. I don't want to sound hypocritical in this matter; however, I want tolisten to all sides of the argument before making any decisions. One question we should all be askingourselves is whether or not this advertisement perpetuates racism on campus. Obviously a single personis not able to make this decision for an entire campus; that is why the ad has remained in the paper.Would eliminating the ad â€” along with all other supposedly racist and stereotypical images â€” endprejudices and hatred? I am hoping within the next week or two, discussion will continue andunderstanding will ensue. I encourage people to write letters to voice their concerns about this issue andothers. Only through discussion can we come to an understanding. â€” Vanessa Blackburn Editor-in-Chief The Western Front Editor-in-Chief, Vanessa Blackburn; Managing editor, Tedra Meyer; News editor, Pat McCarrell; asst. News editor, Joanna Cerar; Local Politics editor, Dawn Bittner; Features editor,Mara Applebaum; asst. Features editor, Kavita Makhijani; Accent editors, Richy Boyer and JamieLawson; Sports editor, Simon Fishier; asst. Sports editor, Kristoffer Browne; Opinions editor, MicheleAnderson; Copy editors, Jason Overstreet, Hilary Parker and Nicole Simpson; Photo editor, Dan McLeod;asst. Photo editor, Wendy Gross; Graphics editor, ' Ryan McMenamin; Political Cartoonist, Jason Kelly;Illustrator, Erik Petterson; Adviser, Lyle Harris; Publications manager, Krista Wilson; Graphics, Stephanie Friesen and Kris Haff; Business Manager. Teari Brown : Staff Reporters: Kris Alexander, Kevin Blondin,Dieter Bohrmann, Michael Brennand, Helen Buller, Ryan Burden, Beverly Crichfield, Brett Davis, BethDemetrescu, Eric Francis, Dana Goodwin, David Hartnett, Nancy Hazzard, Jason Hickman, Joe Hoggard,Amy Howat, Tamalene Kearl, Heather Kimbrough, Kristi Kiteley, Theresa Lennon, Lars Lundberg, GinaMacNeill, Mike Maddux, Paul Manthe, Denise Miller, Nori Mitsuse, Steve Mohundro; Melanie Moore,Karin Muskopf, David Nelson, Loc Nguyen, Ryan Parker, Paul Peterman, Rachel Piatt, Andrea Pratt, R.Nina Ruchirat, Michael Ritter, Larisa Schweiss, Jason Stahl, Craig Stephens, Mike Stiles, Neely Stratton, Erik Tesauro, Tara Thomas, Stephanie Thomson, Bill Urlevich, Noah Walden, Marlese Webb, MikeWewer, Colleen . Williams, Matt Wuscher The Western Front is the official newpaper of WesternWashington University and is published twice weekly by the Student Publications Coucil, which hireseditors and oversees financial matters. The Front is entered as second-class matter at Bellingham, Wash. 98225 â€” UPS identification #624-820. Content is determined entirely by student editors. Staff reportersare enrolled in the journalism department course titled "newspaper staff;" items published in the Front are not limited to persons in the class, however. Signed commentaries, cartoons and letters are theexpressed opinion of the individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The WesternFront. Four pages of the Front are paid for by student fees, the rest by advertising revenue.Advertisements in the Front also do not reflect the opinions of the newspaper. Send all submissions to:The Western Front, College Hall 09, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash. 98225. Foradvertising concerns, please contact the business office in College Hall 07, or call (206) 650-3160. . . . . .. Don't leave Fido tied up A dog â€” man's best friend, the buddy that meets its owners at the door whenthey come home, a person's company when nobody else has time to visit, the pet that lovesâ€”evenwhen it is neglected. Wait a minute! Why would Fido be neglected? Many students live in confines notsuitable for pets. These places are not healthy for dogs to stay in all day. However, bringing dogs oncampus is not the answer. More and more I see dogs tied to various building signs, trees and lightpolesaround campus. They yelp at any passerby that happens to give them a glance and sit panting in thesun because they haven't had a drink for hours. Lots of people would like to have their best friend waiting for them when they get out of class, but dog owners shouldn't torture their pets for their ownsatisfaction. Tied up dogs always seem so happy to see their owners when the confinement is over, butwhy wouldn't they be? After being attached to a lightpole half the day, any animal would be elated tohave the jailer set them free. If bringing a pet to school is a way to show love, maybe a more humaneway would be to leave it home. Dogs, however, don't belong confined to any small space. They shouldhave enough room to roam and exercise, a place to do their business, and food and water madeavailable. Dogs also need attention. They don't deserve to be loved only when it is convenient for theowner, such as between classes or after 10 p.m. study sessions. Dogs deserve better from the ownerswho they give so much love to. They deserve a home with a regular routine where they can be loved andtaken care of when needed. Bringing pets to college can ease the transition from home life to schoollife, but at whose expense? Whether or not people should have a pet is their decision, but it isdisgusting the way some pets are left on campus. It's notresponsible ownership, and if a dog owner can't treat a dog at least as well as he treats others, maybe they don't deserve to be one. Sexist costumesstill prevail October brings autumn leaves, pumpkin patches and Halloween. This year, the trick is onthe youngsters and their parents who will have to battle sexual prejudice in costume selection. Althoughthe media pronounced 1992 the Year of the Woman, 1994 is winding up as the Year Man Struck Back.In addition to the witches, devils and ghouls customary for Halloween, one Hayward, Calif, companydistributed costumes with names such as "Bride" and "Harem Girl." Boys wishing to go out as a groomor a harem boy will just have to hope for next year. Brides generally do not conjure condescendingimages. They are true historical figures and should not be eliminated from one's vocabulary or storeshelves just because of some potentially upsetting ancient imagery. â€¢â€¢â€¢Ill ;tfog||rci|: Frontreporter Harem girls have similar historical and cultural value, but they have an added image as property that is more likely to offend liberated women. Children rarely, if ever, choose their Halloween costumesto indicate their politics (although their parents might want to make the decision for them). Selection bychildren has more to do with popular television and movie characters than socio-political significance.Nevertheless, the bride and harem girl costumes represent anachronisms in post-sexual-liberationAmerica. It would be almost as politically incorrect to market slave, savage or American Indiancostumes. Costume manufacturers are not necessarily involved in some patriarchal plot to produceviolent boys and passive girls, but any store's Halloween aisle shows what designers and retailerscalculated to be hot items. They assumed boys would prefer action-oriented characters such as ninjasand monsters, and girls would choose fancy, frilly costumes like princesses and angels. America maybe on the road to leveling the playing field for women and minorities, but encouraging sex-rolestereotypes in Halloween costumes is a devilish method for bending the minds of an impressionablegroup. ---------- Western Front - 1994 October 7 - Page 19 ---------- October 7, 1994 â€” The Western Front OP/ED. 19 Letters to the Editor Advertisement angers many atWestern Dear Editor, The juxtaposition of your new dark-skinned savage logo next to an article on therecent cross-burning in the county (Sept. 27, p. 10) was more than ironic. Unfortunately, the editors ofThe Front may be the only ones to fail to recognize how stereotypical, offensive and racist is suchimagery. Few would not condemn the physical consequences of racism, which range from verbal abuseto genocide. Should we not equally shun the racist ideologies and symbols that are associated with, andoften drive, that violence? Your "Club Borneo" logo draws on the reservoir of racist imagery establishedover the course of centuries. Bone-in-hair implies cannibalism; spear and grass-skirt connote"primitivism;" exaggerated anatomical features suggest the antithesis of an ideal (Caucasian) physicaltype. This logo was repeated 10 times on both Sept. 27 and Sept. 30 and 13 times on Oct. 4. More thanoversight, this is overkill. Or is the hidden intent to change our Viking mascot (perhaps not in itself a badidea)? We can just hear it now: "Go, Savages, Go!" Instead, we suggest that the editors go. Go back toyour comparative GUR classes, to learn cross-cultural awareness and tolerance. Go also forward, toward journalistic ideals that illuminate and educate, rather than toward those that demand and that perpetuate ignorance. James Loucky, Maria Chavez, Stephen Frenkel Dear Editor, If we won't survive as anisolated nation or cultures, as claimed on page 12 (Oct. 4) of The Western Front, will we survive as anisolated university? The Club Borneo ads you chose to accept are disgusting. Actions continue to refutewords and plans on this campus, at least with regard to diversity. Ron Riggins Dear Editor, On behalf ofthe North Puget Sound Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,which discussed the issue Oct. 3, this letter denounces your use of the Club Borneo logo since fallquarter began and calls on you for an apology and its withdrawal. Originally, I believe, it was part of anAccent section ad, but it is now floating freely as filler you have apparently chosen as a Front highlight;nothing else recurs like its 10 uses in 24 pages on Sept. 30. It is a racially defiling stereotype, of the kind I and colleagues here spend class time showing and explaining as a product of 500 years of racistattitudes toward Africa: a black "tribal" male, with spear, bone in the hair, pot belly, frond skirt, splayedbare feet, etc. Other peoples of color endure similar displays. That you accept "Borneo Bob" as part of an ad is bad enough. For you to repeat it elsewhere in The Front, gratuitously, is vile, without the faintestjustification on commercial or free expression grounds. It both reflects on your judgment and, if notchallenged, projects Western as actively (because complicitly) racist. You at The Front are a very publicpart of what we all are. Have the decency, please, to explain your rationale for the logo's use; then, getrid of it, now. in a grass skirt with bones in the hair and holding a spear. I personally found this drawingoffensive and racist and cannot for the life of me figure out what in the world it was doing there. Thisgraphic occurred 10 times throughout the newspaper, and as far as I could discern, it had no reason forbeing there other than as a filler. As a student newspaper, I would hope that the staff makes every effortto represent all segments of the student body, regardless of whether they are a part of the editorial staff. I would encourage you to make more of an attempt to think along these lines when deciding what goes ineach edition. I would also hope that the staff decides to make a public apology for including this kind ofgraphic in our newspaper. We are all here to learn, and I hope that this letter has helped enlighten you to another point of view and to increase your sensitivity toward others different than yourselves. JillBrubaker Milton Krieger Dear Editor, I am writing concerning a graphic that occurred in the Sept. 27edition. It is a depiction of a black person dressed LETTERS POLICY The Western Front accepts articles and editorials (of 350 words or fewer) on any topic. We reserve the right to edit articles and letters to the editorfor style, spelling, punctuation and grammar. Letters must be typed and signed with a phonenumber for verification purposes. Please send.all materials to Western Washington University, CollegeHall 09, Belling-ham, Wash., 98225. The Front requests that all written pieces be turned in on 3.5-inchdisks formatted for Macintosh computers with Microsoft Word whenever possible. 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Title: Western Front - 1985 January 22
Date: 1985-01-22
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1985_0122 ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 1 ---------- Peace Corps volunteers say job challenging / 6 Free throws win big game for Western /9 Abortionfoes SSpSSS^ WESTERN FRONT TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 WESTERN WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA VOL. 77, NO. 3 Prcs. Ross on low r
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Show more1985_0122 ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 1 ---------- Peace Corps volunteers say job challenging / 6 Free throws win big game for Western /9 Abortionfoes SSpSSS^ WESTERN FRONT TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 WESTERN WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA VOL. 77, NO. 3 Prcs. Ross on low rung of pay ladder His $74,200salary may rise, but boost to equality unlikely By Peanna Shaw He's the poor boy on the block. At$74,200, Western President G. Robert Ross earns less money per year than any other president of afour-year college in state. And although a bigger slice of the budgetary pie may be served up soon, hisportion is unlikely to change his ranking. Western's Board of Trustees probably will discuss a raise forRoss at its February board meeting, although no agenda has been set, board member Curtis Dal-rymple said. He said the board normally tries to review the president's salary once a year, usually inJanuary, but a cancellation of this month's meeting postponed the matter until next month. Ross, whobecame president of Western with a $70,000 salary in January of 1983, received his last raise over 18months ago. But whatever the salary boost settled on, Dalrymple said it may not pull Ross out of hisplace in the salary basement, and it certainly won't be of the magnitude of the salary boost received byWashington State University President Glenn Terrell. Terrell was granted a whopping 19.3 percentpay hike by WSU's Board of Regents in a controversial November executive session, increasing his1985 salary from $88,884 to $106,000 a year. The increase, which would have made Terrell the state'shighest-paid employee, brought howls of protest from around the state and was reduced last Friday to amore seemly 6.7 percent increase, in keeping with raises granted university faculty. Dalrymplespeculated that Western's boards also will hold the presidential salary boost close to the 6.7 percentfigure received by faculty. A full 6.7 percent hike would place Ross's salary at $79,500, only slightlyabove that of Joseph Olander, the new presidet of the Evergreen State College. Olander was hired onJan. 1 for a salary of $78,588, a figure called "out of line" by Dalrymple. "I think the president ofEvergreen is overpaid and he'll probably continue to be paid more than CENTRAL EASTERNEVERGREEN WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS' SALARIES DEKtl (Sourceâ€”Council of Presidents Office, Olympia.) the president of Western even after a raise, but I can't do anything aboutwhat Evergreen's board pays their president." he said. Paul Ford, vice president for Academic Affairs,also deplored the discrepancy of salaries between Olander and Ross, noting that Evergreen is aboutone-fourth the size of Western, based on student population. He also pointed out that the salaries ofpresidents of Washington's other two regional universities were substantially higher than thatreceived by Ross. "The salary here should be comparable to a peer institution out of state or in state,but Western has none in the state," Ford said, explaining a peer institution is one that approximates insize and scope. Ford said a separate list of out-of- state peer institutions, drawn up by the state Officeof Financial â€¢ see ROSS, p. 12 By Jackie Soler ||Â§mii|iHiilillRliiliHiM KOLBY CAIN :;I gt;itaag^BHMJIB8iiii|iiii|^ttPll because people would slip when Iliip^^ittiiiiiMi^ftpiiii llltt^liiiiliiiiiiii|^iifcllHi^l|^l'Si^|e^^|^^^l5^^1 Need grants cut due to inadequate funds By Tricia Meriwether The State Councilfor Postse-condary Education (CPE) informed 809 students just before Christmas break that: "It is withregret that we must notify you that winter quarter State Need Grant payments have been reduced by $50 . . . According to the letter, many more students applied for financial aid, and were eligible for StateNeed Grants this year than had been anticipated. Therefore, cuts had to be made. "It took us bysurprise," said John Klacik, acting director of student financial aid. In August, the financial aiddepartment first heard of a problem with funding at a CPE meeting. It was announced thai the statehad over-extended itself by $1.1 million with State Work Study and State Need Grant awards, Klaciksaid. Tentative grant amounts usually are established in the spring in order for students to make plans for the following school year. But, in the summer, campus administrators understood that action mightbe taken to cut back the awards, Klacik said. Klacik's committee asked if the cuts could wait untilspring pending the legislature's decision to provide students with supplemental aid, but was notified inDecember the cuts would take place wintei quarter. In total, $40,450 was revoked 1 from students atWestern, he said. One state grant recipient, senior Katy Hollingsworth, wondered, "How can theypromise money they didn't have to begin with? I had no idea there was even a chance that wouldhappen. I was counting on that money for things I need." Grant recipients could get another $50 to $70cut I n their payments this spring, without any refunds of money lost this quarter, Klacik said. But theCPE has requested that the state provide supplemental aid to cover the funds lost. If the legislatureagrees to this request, all State Need Grants will be reinstated to their original level, and the loss thisquarter will be refunded. Klacik said. "We have no idea what will happen,* Klacik said. Ine Legislaturehas until June to decide if ft will reimburse students with supplemental aid. ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 2 ---------- 2 WESTERN FRONT TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 ANDY PERDUE Conflicts over the Bakerview IceArena may end Western's home season. Home hockey ends? By Bob Marjanovich A conflictbetween Western's hockey team and the Bellingham Minor Hockey Association regarding the rentalagreement of Bakerview Ice Arena could cause the cancellation of the Vik- â€¢ ings remaining homegames. "Our agreement that we had with the arena (which is run by Minor Hockey Association) inregard to ice rental, crowd control and so on, was in question, and we weren't satisfied with some ofthe things they were asking, so we canceled any further activities . . . until we were able to work out acontract," Coach John Utendale said. He said at a meeting last week the association resulted in acontract being agreed to verbally by both sides, but he would not disclose the terms for fear theymay hamper the negotiations. The conflict was not the cause of the Bellingham Blazer gamecancellation on Jan. 18, Viking hockey Manager Chet Cery said. "The Blazers canceled the game astheir playoffs were coming up," Corey said. The main issue in the current negotiations is crowd control and how to handle the alcohol problem in the stands, Utendale said. Utendale said the team will be incharge of providing security for future home games. As of press time, the Friday game against theUniversity of Washington at the arena was on, Utendale said, but should the negotiations "fall apart," the game will be canceled. WESTERN FRONT BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF College Hall #71 Phone #676-3160 D. Blake Steward â€¢ Business Manager Paul Marks â€¢ Advertising Manager, Karen Willecke â€¢ Graphics Manager Doug Moore â€¢ Accountant, Kamian Dowd, Patty Halverson â€¢ SecretariesMichael Bayo, Ken Cox, Adam Hertlein Shay Hoelscher, Doug Milnor â€¢ Sales Representatives PeterBigley, Bryan Comstock, Dave Lucht â€¢ Graphics Assistants Classifieds Rates: 700 per line (27characters) first insertion; 65$ per line each additional insertion. Deadline: Thursday noon for Tuesday'spaper and Tuesday noon for Friday's paper. Western Front office, College Hall Room 11, phone: 676-3160. Checks Only, In Advance SERVICES PROFESSIONAL TYPING AND/OR EDITING.REASONABLE. KATIE. 733-3353. TOO BUSY? Hate Library research? Call Doenne" ResearchService: 733-0600 FAST TYPING SERVICE! Call Lisa 676-8960 Days, 671-6844 Eves. Musician'sAudition: Monday and Tuesdays 7-11 p.m. For info call 671-3733. F 0 R S A L E Hewlett-Packard11c Program Mable calculator, nearly new, best offer, eves. 733-7155. Yamaha tenor sax, niceshape 734-2954; ask for Ron. Is it true you can buy jeeps for $44 through the U.S. Government? Get the facts today! Call 1-312-742-1142 Ext. 6796. Beer glasses, old fash-ioned's, rocks, zombies, andcarafes. 1 or case lots. 671-3733. FOR RENT Nice two bedroom apt. at 1024 22nd St. $310/mo. incl.wtr/grbge/swer/cble. Newly insulated. Maple Falls Area. 3 br, 2 baths, f/p, d/w, w/d, f urn. 2 Vz acreswooded. Call (206) 243-0574 or (206) 384-6438. PERSONAL What? She joined the army? Shhh! Sowhat. Lines growing larger for Arntzen IBM computers By Andy Perdue Students tired of waiting in linefor textbooks and financial aid checks shouldn't bother going to Arntzen Hall computer center. JoanHayes, academic services coordinator for the computer center, said she is trying to devise a plan toexpand the Arntzen Hall computer center's hours. Currently the center is open 65 hours per week:from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. The center houses terminalsfor the VAX 2 and RJE mainframe computers and about 30 microcomputers (micros). The problem isn'twith the VAX 2 and RJE terminals, Hayes said, but with the micros. Doug Wharton, Arntzen Hallmicrolab aide, said that from the middle of the quarter they start a reservation system so people can gettime on the micros. But during the last three or four weeks of the quarter people are waiting forreservations or a chance to use the' first free computer available. The Saturday before the end of lastquarter people were standing in line from 6:30 a.m. until 8 a.m. when the center opened up, Whartonsaid. The IBM PC's have the best memory capacity on campus for student use, Warton explained,adding, Arntzen Hall has the most IBM PC's on campus. The biggest problem is the computer centerbudget and trying to stay within it. Hayes said the use of the computers has increased, "but dollars have not." Unlike the Bond Hall computer center,which is open 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week, theArntzen Hall center must have a consultant or aide constantly on duty to check out memory discs.The Bond Hall center houses only VAX I and RJE terminals, which work independently of these discs. Hayes has proposed adding 30 hours to the 650 hours for the quarter. The cost would be about $125Hayes said. She said it would help a little, but "if it doesn't, we'll see if we can do some more." Hayessaid other departments know the center's needs. "Everyone knows we need more money for staff," shesaid. Hayes said she hopes different departments will help pick up the slack by providing money.Wharton said business administration and computer science classes use the Arntzen Hall center themost. He doesn't see the problem getting any better "unless they want to expand the budget, getmore computers, or something." Hayes said more computers aren't the answer, though, because thecenter doesn't have room for any more computers. I Democracy In Action. The constitution forWestern's Faculty Senate says the group of professors is "...empowered to speak and act for the faculty in university affairs..." The central document governing the relations of faculty with the university,according to the university Fact Book, is The Faculty Handbook. At its last meeting, the SenateExecutive Council appointed a "working group" to update portions of that handbook. The group,chaired by Robert Thorn-dike, will forward its recommen-. dations to the Executive Council, which continuesto meet in sessions closed to the public and press. Speak Up. Professor Arthur Solomon of Western'sspeech department would like the assistance of any student with a stuttering difficulty to help with hisseminar on stuttering this quarter. He can be contacted at College Hall 251 or by leaving a message inthe communications office. â€¢ /Steeper Summer Savings Set. Western students applying for financialaid next year will be expected to save $1000 from summer employment to be applied to college coststhe next fall. The minimum summer savings amount formerly was $800. Acting Financial Aid DirectorJohn Klacik said the increase was made to keep pace with rising college costs and was the first suchincrease in three years. â€¢ More Aid Dollars. Klacik also noted that the Council for Post-secondaryEducation has requested that the Legislature grant a 100 percent increase in financial aid for 1985-86. If granted, the money would be spread over State Need Grants, State Work Study and aid programs for part-time and graduate students. â€¢ Announcement of the Week. From Fast, Jan. 17: "PriscillaSabin, director of the University Conference Center at Western, has been appointed a member of theConference Operations and Standards Subcommittee of the College Services Committee, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I)." The position is effective throughOct. 1, by which time Sabin should have deciphered just what it is she's a member r WESTERNWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE POST Deadline forannouncements in this space is noon Monday for the Tuesday issue of Western Front and noon Thursdayfor the Friday edition. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, andsent through campus mail or brought in person to the Publications Office, Commissary 108. Do notaddress announcements directly to the Western Front. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. Allannouncements should be signed by the originator. WINTER BACHELOR DEGREE PROVISIONAL/INITIAL CERTIFICATE CANDIDATES: All students expecting to graduate and/or receive ateaching certificate at the close of winter quarter must have a senior evaluation and degree application onfile in the Registrar's Office, OM230, by Jan. 29. An appointment must be made in that office. ENGLISHCOMPETENCY TEST for prospective teacher education candidates will be given at 4 p.m. Wed. Thurs.,Jan. 23 24. Sign up for one of these days. Advance sign up with picture ID (meal ticket, driver's license,passport) is required in MH 202 and may be made through noon Wed., Jan. 23. Fee of $5 payable at time of test. FOREIGN STUDY: An orientation meeting for all students enrolled in the spring NICSA programwill be held from 3-4 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23, in OM482. MATH REVIEW WORKSHOPS (for a "brush-up" onbasic math skills) begin at 5 p.m. today (Jan. 22) in BH112. Contact the Tutorial Center, 676-3855, formore information. INTERNSHIP WORKSHOPS will be held in Career Planning PLacement, OM280, at3 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23, and 2 p.m. Mon., Jan. 28. Sign up in advance in OM280. Workshop explores waysto incorporate field experience with academic training. COUNSELING CENTER GROUP OFFERINGS forwinter quarter are: Assertiveness Training for Men Women, 2-3 p.m. Tues. Thurs.-, MH277, beginning Jan. 22; Bulimia Group, 3:3C-5 p.m. Tues., MH277, beginning Jan. 22 (contact MH262, 676-3164, forpreliminary interview); Dating-Socfal Interpersonal Skills Group, 2-4 p.m. Mon., MH277 (contact MH262,676-3164, for screening interview); Math Anxiety Reduction, 2-4 p.m. Fri., MH277, Feb. 22-Mar. 15;Overcoming Perfectionism, 3-5 p.m. Thurs. beginning Jan. 24; Test-Taking Workshop, 2-4 p.m. Mon. Wed., Feb. 4 6; Women's Support Group, 3-5 p.m. Wed., MH 277. For more Information or to sign upfor any of these programs, contact the Counseling Center, MH262, 676-3164. STUDENT WASHINGTONEDUCATION ASSOCIATION will hold a social at 5:30 p.m. today (Jan. 22) in the MH second floorteachers' lounge. Everyone is welcome. STUDENTS FOR A LIBERTARIAN SOCIETY will hold a breakfast meeting at 9 a.m. Thurs., Jan. 24, in VA460. Open to the public. Anyone interested in SLS or freedomand integrity is welcome. Bring breakfast or buy it at VA coffee shop. WOMEN'S ISSUE GROUP meetsfrom noon to 2 p.m. each Tuesday in VU219. Jan. 22: Discussion on women's health concerns with guest speakers Kathryn Lewis, Planned Parenthood, and Colleen Henchan, American Cancer Society. Classon breast self-exam follows. STRATA is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in VU216. Stop by for coffee.â€¢ Brown-bag lunch: noon Thurs., Jan. 24, VA460. BOOK OF THE QUARTER for winter, 1985, is TheColor Purple, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. Panels are set for 4-5:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 13 27, in the WL Presentation Room. Admission is free and open to the public. Career Planning Placement Center Recruiting Schedule Seniors must have their files established in the Placement Centerprior to sign-up for interviews. U.S. Marine Corps, Wed.-Thurs., Jan. 23-24. All majors. Sign up in OM280. Weyerhaeuser Co., Tues., Jan. 29. CS/accounting or CS/business or CS majors. Sign up in OM280.Lamonts, Tues., Jan. 29. Business-related majors. Sign up in OM280. .Ernst, Tues., Jan. 29. Business-related majors. Sign up in OM280. Peace Corps, Wed., Jan. 30. All majors. Sign up in OM280. Mobil OilCorp., Tues., Feb. 5. Accounting majors/internship. Sign up in OM280. Timberilne Systems Inc., Tues.,Feb. 5. Computer science majors. Sign up in OM280. â€¢ U.S. Air Force, Wed., Feb. 6. All majors. Signup in OM280 beginning Jan. 23. I Internship workshops: 3 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23, A 2 p.m. Mon., Jan. 28.Sign up In advance In OM280. â€¢ Monterey Institute/International Studies, Mon., Feb. 11. All majors.Sign up in OM280 beginning Jan. 28. ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 3 ---------- TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 WESTERN FRONT. Prayer, peace answer pro-life march By KarenJenkins About 3,700 people, many carrying signs with slogans such as "Equal Rights for UnbornWomen" and "Save the Whales and the Fish, What About Our Babies?" met in Olympia Monday toprotest the legalization of abortion. The demonstrators, including about 20 from Western, came from allover the state. As they walked from a parking lot, past the Temple of Justice and up the steps of thecapitol, they were subdued, More than 3,000 March for Life deomonstrators gathered on the steps of theLegislative building in Olympia Friday afternoon to protest the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision tolegalize abortions. some softly singing "God Bless ' America." The rally is sponsored every year byMarch for Life to commemorate the Supreme Court decision of Jan. 22, 1973 that legalized abortion.After the marchers ascended the steps, Pastor Bruce Norquist, from the People's Church stood on apodium facing the steps and opened the rally with a prayer that God would "somehow stop the holocaust that rages around us." Then pro-life legislators from across the state addressed the crowd, encouragingthem not to give up the fight against abortion. Rep. GlennDodds (R-Chehalis) likened people who don'toppose abortion to those in Nazi Germany" who said after the Holo-cause, 'I didn't know.'" Dodds ledthe crowd in shouting "Yes!" "So the people in the halls (of the capitol) will know we're here," he said.Steve Fuhrman(R-Kettle Falls) told the crowd to "go home and pray and teach and educate people about abortion." One demonstrator from Western, Brian McHenry, said he was there because "I really feelGod is the creator of all life and it's not our choice to determine if someone lives or not." Asked what hethought the rally would accomplish he said he believed "each individual is going to make an impact ohthe legislator." Another Western student, Paula Pliscke, said they are "hoping to 'open some people'seyes to reality." Rep.. Linda Smith (R-Vancouver) said such demonstrations "keep the issue verymuch alive. We have to work at this problem one chip at a time. Next . time, well make it." At theclosing of the rally, Kathy 'McEntee, president of the Washington State March for Life, told the crowd,"We are a peaceful people. We condemn the burning of buildings. We also condemn the violence thatgoes on inside those buildings." "I beg of you, if any of you know anyone who is tempted to violence,please stop them,"she added. During the rally, a man with, a sign that read,"Reproductive Rights, NotTerrorism," and a woman with a sign that bore a coat hanger with a red line drawn across it, stood in the middle of the crowd. Some pro-life demonstrators attempted to cover the signs with their own. One ofthe speakers urged them to leave the counter-demonstrators alone and invited them to come to thepodium and express gt; their views. They declined, but continued to 'â€¢ hold up their signs. After therally, an impromptu debate sprang up between the pro-life and pro-choice demonstrators. The woman,Gretchen Junker, said she came "because I felt that there was a statement to be made that wasn't going to be made." "Even if abortion becomes illegal it will still go on,"Junker said. "I'm not advocatingabortion," she continued, "but sometimes it is the only solution." Christopher Kalish, 6, (above) andGretchen Junker, (right) voice opinions in Olympia. Photos by Janice Keller Strictness of drunk drivinglaws debated By Shelley Nicholl Whether or not drunk driving laws are strict enough was the mainquestion discussed by a five-member panel and the 15- member audience at a meeting organized byJohn Hawkins of the Program Commission, last Thursday. Representing Mothers Against Drunk Drivers,Supreme Court Judge Frank Marrow said he believes taking away a person's car when he has beendriving while impaired is the answer. Taking away his license is not enough, he said. But Rob Jones,Whatcom County public defender, said the present laws are strict enough. "A DWI (driving whileimpaired) conviction can be catastrophic," he said. He described the consequences of a first offense: a $400 fine, a mandatory day in jail, driver's license suspension for 90 days returned after an alcoholevaluation and probation for one year. In addition, the driver must pay high-risk insurance. But theaudience was not sympathetic. One man from the audience hushed the crowd when he said his motherwas killed by a drunk driver in 1982 and the driver received only a four-month sentence for negligenthomicide. Officer Green of the Bellingham Police Dear Western Front, We, here at Western View, aretired of the rap that the broadcast industry has received from you print-media types. You sit around andtwiddle your ink-stained thumbs and say that broadcast journalism isn't "true" journalism, but a second-rate form of dispensing information (you can look up the bigger words in a dictionary â€” provided that youcan read). It is in this spirit that we, broadcasters extraordinaire, challenge you, the newsprint sniffinghacks, to a basketball game to determine just who is superior. Please respond to our challenge in print.May we also point out that while broadcast journalism may be less detailed than print, it Departmentadmitted not enough police are available to get all the drinking drivers off the road. "The problem needs to be dealt with by people on other ends," he said. Jones suggested better public transit would alleviatepart of the drunk driving problem. If people had an economic, efficient way to get home after they hadbeen drinking, they wouldn't use their cars, he said. Many people agreed with' the woman from theaudience who said people should take a stand on a personal level and tell people who have been drinking not to drive. cannot be used to line parakeet cages. Sincerely, The Cast and Crew of P.S. As an added incentive, the loser must report the outcome of the game via their particular medium. Place: Carver Gym Time: Halftime Western vs. Simon Fraser Date: 2 February 1985 * Show times* starting January 23Wednesday Thursday Friday 6:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Â« t * Green interjected he thoughtpeople are getting better about preventing drinkers from driving and are more concerned about the issue. Showing a different perspective Eric, Johnston from the Olympic Center explained the problem ofalcoholics. An alcoholic drinks uncontrollably, he said. "To recover from being an alcoholic is learninghow to deal with alcohol." He compared alcoholics to diabetics; they are never cured and constantlyneed treatment. Kathy Downs, from Alcoholics Anonymous, said alcoholics are "trying to fit back intosociety. They don't want any favors." --^C" EARN EXTRA MONEY ^ Bring in your childrens outgrownitems!!! Baby Furniture, Clothes (sizes 0-6x), Shoes, Toys and Handmade Items. Cash or Consignmenthours Tuesday-Friday 114:30 Saturday 12-5 Wee Ones Returns 1934 James St. 733-6749 SCepJuutu^ 800 High St. Mon.-Fri. 7-5, Sat. 8-5 671-7555 Free cup of coffee with a cookie purchase. COUPONFree single espresso with purchase of a cookie. ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 4 ---------- 4 WESTERNFRONT fi Arts Entertainment TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 Comics, Cartoons andCaricatures Museum features Northwest funny artists By Liisa Hannus GRANT BOETTCHER KimStrohl, of Olympia, reads a comic article by Linda Barry (above). Melody Marcelja, a WWU senior, joinsher cousin, Kim, in looking at the exhibit (below). GRANT BOETTCHER PREVIEW Poor ending hurtsfilm By John Carmichael "The Second Awakening of Christa Klages" is like a mystery novel with thelast two chapters missing. No matter how good the style may be, it is disappointing not to find out themurderer's identity. In "The Second Awakening of Christa Klages," it is the main character's identity thatis never revealed. The police are looking for Klages because she robbed a bank. But at the same timeKlages is looking for herself. She is seeking to resolve the conflict between her altruistic dedication toothers and her own needs. If the film is looked at merely as a character study, then its lack of suspense is not a problem. In fact, the film works quite well as a character study. Christa Klages is a fas- â€¢cinating person. It is because Klages is made so fascinating that it is disappointing when the personalresolution, implied by the film's enigmatic ending, is not revealed to the audience. "The SecondAwakening of Christa Klages" will be shown at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight in Lecture Hall 4.Renowned pianist here for performance tonight By Therese McRae Leonard Pennario, world-renownedpianist whose talent has been rivaled by few will play Western tonight. Pennario will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. His 1984-85 season will consist of a tour of Bulgariaand Yugoslavia in May, with concerts scheduled in Sofia and Zagreb, as well as other major cities.In his spring tour of 1984, he appeared in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Manila. Presented bythe Northwest Concert Association, Pennario will perform a rhapsody by Brahms, three intermezzos,three Debussy preludes, Schubert's "Sonata in A Major," Barber's "Excursions," Sciabin's "Nocturne for the Left Hand Only" and Chopin's "Ballade in A-Flat Major" and "Scherzo in B-Flat Minor." Admissionis $8 general and $4 for senior citizens and students. Free Haircut/!! We'll cut your hair just the way youwant it, any style, long or short, for men and women. Just call for an appointment. BELLINGHAM 733-4142 I /upcrculr J Shampoo mt home day of cut. Minimum age 10 years. By appointment only. ) 1979(Rev. 12/84) EMRA Corporation Artists from the Seattle and Portland area strut their stuff at"Comics, Cartoons and Caricatures: Nine from the Northwest," which, opened at Bellingham'sWhatcom Museum of History and Art on Saturday. This exhibit features 53 comic works by nine artists, who appeal to the funny side of people. The artists from the Portland area are Issac Shamsud-Din, who uses elements of black history and African folklore; William J. Matthews, who is a retiredlongshoreman and the creator of the 1940s comic strip "The Galleys of Lor-: quxian"; and J. Ross,who uses reptilian imagery in his work. Steve Winkenweider and Jim Blashfield, two other Portlandartists, have work displayed in the exhibit. Among the featured artists from the Seattle area are ArtDetective, showing facial caricatures; Lynda Barry, whose sketchy work deals with love relationships;and Andrew H. Keating, who explores some more prevalent neuroses on the American scene. Thisexhibit will entertain all who see it. All of the artists are very talented and the works of Ross, Detectiveand Keating are amusing. Several special programs have been organized to complement the show.Local comic books artists/writers Erik Larsen and Keven Keyes will spend two Saturdays, Feb. 2 and 9,at the museum showing how to draw a comic panel. Lecturer David Paul will speak . on "The SeriousSide of Cartoons" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14. This exhibition runs through March 17. The museum is locatedat 121 Prospect St. in downtown Bellingham. Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday throughSunday. Bill Plympton, a nationally syndicated cartoonist, has a meaning for the B-l bomber thatspeaks for itself (above). Plympton adds a twist to the well known, 'Republican Gothic.' Alsocharacterized are Al Haig, Polish Prime Minister Jaru-zelski, and Lee Iacocca (below). Off . O 16 oz.anCI fc bottles of CokeÂ® | | f Ig Order any 16" pizza with 2 or more toppings *2.00 off and 2 Free 16 oz.bottles of CokeÂ® Must ask for special when ordering No coupon necessary *-- just ask! No couponsaccepted with Tuesday offer. Good only on Tuesday. limited delivery area 10 min. pickup service ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 5 ---------- TUESDAY, J A N U A R Y 22, 1985 WESTERN FRONT 5 Women's metal shines at Chrysalis Galleryagain By Liisa Hannus Two professional artists and two Western students display their artwork in the"Metals Invitational," which opened Monday night at Fairhaven's Chrysalis Gallery. The students,Audrey Spurrier and Dorothy Picht, were part of "Women in Metals," a show last year also at theChrysalis Gallery. Spurrier's work at this exhibit consists of jewelry, particularly pins. A "Fortune CookiePin," made of brass and acrylic, reads: "You have a deep interest in all that is artistic." Spurrier usescombinations of silver, acrylic, brass, copper, nickel, bronze and paint in making her creations. NancyHammer and Lynn Rockwood, both professional artists from Seattle, were invited to the show when twostudents from last year's metals exhibit were unable to attend. Hammer uses steel to developarchitectural pieces such as "Initial 1 /Triangle 2" and "Segments of a Slope." "Steel Fan" is a thick,upright piece of black steel, asymmetrically-shaped as an opened folding fan. Rockwood uses bronze inher sculptures "Earth Elements IV" and "Earth Elements V." She positions a triangular seat on pencil-thin supports to form a "Rose Chair." On the seat is a triangle of small stones. Picht, a jeweler whennot studying , shows some of her jewelry as well as "Triptich," three copper wall-mount sculptures,and "Ran-cho Delux,"a mixed media sculpture she calls "an environmental piece." G a l l e r y D i r ec t o r K i t ty Brougham said she believes a metals show is something that interests a lot of peoplebecause it gives them a chance to see something they normally wouldn't. "I think that there are some really innovative things being done with metal," she said, "and this gives people an education as to what is being done." LIISA HANNUS. Junior Colleen Wyman attempts to figure out Dorothy Picht's mixedmedia collage depicting the "Brooklyn Bridge Commemorative 100th Anniversary Earrings." ANALYSIS Last year's music: depressing LIISA HANNUS Colleen Wyman sizes up "Initial 1/Triangles 2," anarchitectural steel sculpture by Nancy Hammer. Editor's note: Bruce Vanderpool has worked as anassistant manager for a record store for the past three years and has collected records for the past10. He has studied the music industry via books and musical periodicals since 1974. By BruceVanderpool The past has finally haunted us. Maybe it was the prediction of George Orwell or the vilevision of Nostradamus, but the music of 1984 was a bland sophomoric symphony. Any year that kicksoff with a new intellectual achievement album from Van Halen is bound to be doomed. Following in VanHalen's wake were: Huey Lewis' craving for new drugs; Prince's banal sexual fantasies (he made them clear three albums ago); and the ever-unusual Your chance for BIG SAVINGS at our YEAR ENDCLEARANCE SALE Below are a few examples of the drastic price reductions available to you: RUNNING SHOES - MEN WOMEN Reg. 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The music was unimaginative and the lyrics were simplistic; aimed directly at usâ€”thepassive Pepsi generation. Two examples of this would be Corey Hart's "Sunglasses At Night," andCyndi Lauper's "She Bop." The latter being a blatant bastardization of Gene Vincent's rock masterpiece"Be-Bop-A-Lula." Why think when we can react. Right? The record companies have us right in theirhands. Last year also was big in musical media hype: 1. The Jackson's "Victory Tour" that raped andpillaged people for $30 a ticket. 2. Lionel Richie sang live to millions (via television) at the OlympicGames. 3. Ronald Reagan praised Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." album. Big deal. Despitean overall constipated year in music, a few noteworthy things managed to slip out. The pleasantsurprises being: The Honeydrippers, Julian Len-non, Lou Reed and Spinal Tapp. A couple of excellentjazz releases came out last year too. 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McCarten said one of the hardest things to deal with was thedrastic reduction in the standard of living as compared to the United States. "There's malnutritioneverywhere. There's no cars, no television, no running water and very little electricity. It was achallenge not having those luxuries," she. explained. "But I wanted to have that experience. If theycould do it every day, why couldn't I," McCarten added. Life in Honduras was simple and entertainmentwas scarce. A major pastime was talking with neighbors. "I had to rely on myself for entertainment. Iread a lot and wrote letters. We did have one movie theater in town. I really missed having a phone tocall up a friend and say,'let's go out somewhere'," she said. '7/ they don't like you, you're in bigtrouble because you're the only foreigner on the island." Some of her spare time was spent withchildren in her neighborhood. Most of them were 2-to- 10-years-old and couldn't go to school. WhenMcCarten came home from work, all the kids would gather at her house. She taught them colors andnumbers with crayons, puzzles and games. "You see, not everyone could go to school there. The kidshad a few chores to do, but basically had the whole day to themselves. One of the hardest things to getused to was knowing those kids would never have the opportunities children get in America. Their lives will change very little," she explained. McCarten said the experience taught her to be more sensitiveand ANDY PERDUE Peace Corps volunteer David Bracilano said he thought he was in paradise once he learned the language of the island. Although extensive training sessions are required before the Peace Corps sends a person out in the field, no training can prepare someone for everything they'll encounter,she said. McCarten said everyone experiences culture shock. "At first all the villagers stared at meas though I was a tourist. I looked different, I had lighter hair and skin. But as time went by, I blendedin," she said. riecause of the illiteracy rate, "You could always tell a Gringo when she walked down thestreet carrying a book," McCarter added. open to different cultures. She became comfortable living inHonduras. "It was hard to leave, but I knew it was the right time to go. My job was completed. It was themost rewarding experience 111 ever have. Day to day living was a challenge, " she said. She returned to Western to complete her degree. David Bracilano had an even bigger challenge in his assignment.He worked on a small island in Micronesia. He had a bachelor's degree in liberal studies, which didn'tprovide a skill he could share, so the Peace Corps trained him in agriculture. His assignment took him to one of the Marshall Islands, which boasts a coastline of just over one mile. Eighty people inhabit theisland. They speak a language called Marshallese. Only 36,000 people in the world speakMarshallese, and, unfortunately for Bracilano, not one of them was in the Peace Corps, he said."The first six months I was there, 1 was walking around literally in tears. It took me six to nine months to learn the language and get into the flow of gossip. I was the only person there that could speakEnglish and couldn't speak Marshallese. It got pretty lonely," Bracilano explained. "Once Ilearned the language 1 thought 1 was in paradise," he added. Bracilano's job was to teach th islanderssmall-scale farming. They relied on fish and breadfruit, a seasonal fruit found on the island, as theirstaple foods. During the off-season for the fruit, the islanders imported rice from passing boats, hesaid. He taught them how to grow vegetables such as potatos, pumpkins and yams to supplementtheir diets and rid them of their dependence on rice. The islanders didn't take to the new ideas verywell, Bracilano said. They liked the rice and were leery of the new produce. He said he didn't know many ways of preparing pumpkins, yams or potatos so it took a while before the islanders would eatthem. Asked if he tried preparing french fries, he replied, "1 wish I would have thought of that. I guess Ineeded some training in home economics." "You know what was really, funny was I grew popcornbecause I couldn't get regular corn to grow. When I made it for them, they thought it was magic,"Bracilano said. In addition to teaching farming techniques, Bracilano helped the women on the islandform a handicraft co-op. He made contacts with markets on other islands to sell the goods andarranged the exportation of them. He taught them how to use ledgers and inventory sheets and how to manage a small business. He also helped the islanders write a constitution. While Micronesia is still atrusteeship, the Marshall Islands declared their independence in 1981. Bracilano acted as a mediarybetween the rest of the islands and the one he lived on. They all became municipal governments actingin conjunction with each other. He organized four conventions to discuss the constitution and hetranslated the work from formal English to Marshallese. Bracilano said he saw many changes on thelittle island in the three years he was there. When he first arrived in 1979, it looked as; though WorldWar II just had ended. Approximately450 bombs, some weighing 1,000 pounds, were scatteredeverywhere. Nine Japanese Zeros (war planes) were crashed there. "Shortly after I was there, anordinance specialist crewcameand de-bombed the island. They scraped all the soil for bombs. They putall of the bombs in a big pile and blew them off," he said. An old Japanese runway was restored whichallowed a plane to deliver mail and supplies every week. Before the restoration, supplies and mail were delivered by boat about every four months, Bracilano said. Life on the island was slow-paced, peopleentertained themselves by fishing and telling stories. The hardest thing for Bracilano to get used towas the isolation. He relied on the support of the community. "If they don't like you, you're in big troublebecause you're the only foreigner on the island," he explained. Bracilano spent most of his spare timeworking on his master's thesis in anthropology. Bracilano said he experienced more of a culture shockwhen he returned to the United States. "I was home two days and my girlfriend at that time was having a birthday. Her parents took us to the Space Needle for dinner and I ordered an appetizer of smokedsalmon. I was shocked when I got this plate filled with a-half-a-head of lettuce and a few strips ofsalmon. I couldn't believe the waste. I struggled for years to even get lettuce to grow and here 1payed $7.50 to throw half-a-head away," he explained, shaking his head. The Peace Corps hascontinuous recruitment. For information contact John Rhinehardt in Old Main 280. ANDY PERDUESheila McCarten said her job as a Peace Corps volunteer has made her more open to different cultures.By Heidi deLaubenfels wmam | | | | Â§ l e e p )^ ;:fE*|tyh3$ !;th(?msei^ ^ e a r l p ] ^ jlait^eia s o ^ b l ^|l?e lt;Â» u s e : ^ ^ life i ||y|y!taTt^ |res|(delnt;:a'dmi^;tlwt|tJie nbise at Nash ^cca*' :|sioplp^ ! ! p | a n ^ a d y l ^ on weekendsi before one becauseTknow have]f6 get up an^ confront s^ nia longtoo muchnoise;''He added that late-hightprpblem^ ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 7 ---------- j res TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 WESTERN FRONT 7 â€” L U I 'Slapping it together' Viking VII carracing against time to Detroit By Andy Perdue ANDY PERDUE Michael Seal, Vehicle ResearchInstitute director, welds part of the new Viking VII car, scheduled to represent the U.S. at the Society ofAutomotive Engineer's International Congress and Exposition in Detroit in mid-February. Students andfaculty members at Western's Vehicle Research Institute are culminating several years of work at afeverish rate to complete the Viking VII research car. The car will appear at the Society of AutomotiveEngineers' International Congress and Exposition Feb. 15 in Detroit, Mich. "It (the car) must be doneby the middle of February," said Michael Seal, VRI director. The project began several years ago, Sealsaid, but several other VRI projects slowed construction. Now, Seal said, they are able to concentrateall their efforts on the car. John Kutz, a senior who has been working on the car for about two years,said, "We're pretty much just trying to slap it together and make it look beautiful." He said the car isbeing shown at the exhibition in Detroit mainly for publicity. Chrysler has some research projects theVRI would like to get, Kutz said, and the lab wants to show Chrysler what it can do. Jeff Vickers, VRIresearch associate, said the exposition will display prototype vehicles, and the Viking VII will be the only U n manufactured car there. The car features a Subaru-manufactured engine that the VRI partlydesigned last year. Vickers said Subaru was_yery happy with the work done on the engine and was glad it will be in the exhibition. Viking VII is a high-performance sports car that weighs less than 1,000pounds. Vickers said most sports cars weigh between 2,500 and 3,000 pounds. It will get 60 to 70miles-per-gallon on unleaded gas. 'We're pretty much just trying to slap it together and make it lookbeautiful.' The $400 windshield on'the "VII is the same as that used on the car in the television show"Hardcastle and McCormick." The cost of the windshield, as well as the financing of most of the rest ofthe car and transporting it to Detroit, is being paid for by Alcoa Aluminum. By Stanley Holmes WhenPhil Ershler began climbing in high school he had no idea that one day he would make a living in the mountains and be one of a few persons to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. Ershler is aprofessional mountain guide for Rainier Mountaineering. He leads climbs year-round to Mexico,South America, Alaska and Mount Rainier. In 1982 Ershler was a member of Lou Whittaker's China/Everest expedition that failed to reach the summit. On that attempt, Ershler's good friend, and the onlyfemale member of the team, Marty Hoey, died when she fell at 26,000 feet. A year later Ershlerattempted Everest again, this time as a member of the Seven Summits Expedition. Although he didn'treach the summit, other members of that team did. So when Whittaker asked him if he would like to goagain in 1984, he had no problem saying yes. When he returned in November, he. was the only teammember to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. After the usual amount of storms, doubts andsickness that plague an expedition as it moves up the mountain, Ershler and his partner, JohnRoskelley, left the high camp (the highest point on the mountain on which a tent is pitched) for what they hoped would culminate in the summit. At 28,000 feet, Roskelley, who has an ethical objection againsttaking oxygen artificially, turned back, Ershler said. They were climbing the north face of the mountain,which is much colder, and could not be climbed without bottled oxygen. Ershler said the fall season inthe Himalayas also is much colder than the spring. Roskelley was worried about frostbite andhypothermia, he said. At that point, Ershler said he had no difficulties deciding to solo the remaining1,100 feet. "I was so totally consumed with the mechanics of climbing, making sure I picked the rightroute so I could get back, and that I had good climbing technique," he said. "The fact I was aloneheightened my concentration. I knew I couldn't screw up." He reached the summit at 3:45 in theafternoon and spent exactly 15 minutes on top. As he stood alone on the highest ooint on earth, he took a few pic-ures and remembered Hoey and Chris Kerrebrock, another climbing partner killed on Mt.McKin-ley while training for Everest. He said he did not feel euphoric on the summit. The mountainVickers said a research car such as the Viking VII usually costs about $250,000, but this project will run only about $15,000. The main reason for the low cost, Vickers said, is students do most of the work,drastically reducing labor costs. The car will be outfitted with Goodyear tires, which have new specialrubber compounds that help them stick to the road better. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, makers ofDitzeler Paint, is providing all of the paint. PPG Industries sponsors all of the Indy-circuit cars. TheVRI's research Viking cars have been entering contests since the early 1970s, winning most of them,but Vickers says those contests have become scarce. He attributed that to the fact that the energyscare, which brought about much of the research, is over. The* kind of research the VRI engages in hastaken a backseat to military research. Seal said, "Right now, government is not sponsoring muchresearch unless it's got a military application. The industry seems to be following the lead of thegovernment." s Everest demanded too much concentration. In order to survive the descent, heneeded all the physical and mental strength he could muster. Once he reached high camp, the emotionof standing on the top of the world became more pronounced. Now that he's climbed Everest, he said he hasn't stopped thinking about climbing other mountains in the Himalayas. "If anything, standing onEverest shows you how many things are left to doâ€”you can see them all from the summit," he said. Tomorrow he will be at Western showing slides of the successful climb at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 4.Admission is $3. yplillp^ 'efejÂ»Shia^ :e,"said Mary Carskadon of Stanford erstfj^ o n l ^ s, but theymay be developing (sleep) j ^ ^ ^ | U l ^ ^ | | w ^ | ^ | n ^ i p P M ^^ M i t j ^ | ^^ ighters" before examshinders, rather Kielp^ vigils cause deprivation of REM (rapid npwrnent!|sl keplreiu^ d l f j S i^falw6reÂ£re^ toajfll^ iextremetcal^ j ufrayoijlia^ ^ta;c;kp'\Vh^^ Disorders Clinic^ at :.the-':Sj i^i lt;lIh1verf^ CHRIS BALDWIN rying about school work keeps students (anxiety) takes a long time to work out of the stration/ computer science major, said that :|!e|!i|p suppress REM sleep. In addition,all doses remain effective, leading to what are known timated problem? Many remedies have been wake/ sleep cycle and improves chances for a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I | l ^ i | | ^ j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ r i Â» e ^ v from studies withlight exercise or medita- Carskadon suggested some warm milk to going to bed at the same time everynight, doing so probably will result in less discomfort and more alertness during the day AndtÂ§hosÂ§^ l u s e l i l i l i l i SS m ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 8 ---------- 8 WESTERN FRONT GRANT BOETTCHER Viking guard Shelly Bruns takes the ball up the floor forWestern on the fastback in its 79-58 victory over Central Saturday night. The Wildcats' Rosebud Mardel (right) tries to keep up with Bruns while Viking forward Teresa Willard (left) hustles downcourt to be partof the play. ROYAL HIGHWAY TOURS is looking for experienced driver/ guides. Alaska summeremployment. Must have previous motor coach experience. If interested and/or have questions call 467-6644 9 to 5 ask for Noel Dechambeau. LP SALE ON ENTIRE STOCK / \ Thru Jan. 25 RCCORDSâ‚¬TC. 6711077 TAPES â€¢ CARDS â€¢ POSTERS â€¢ BUTTONS EARRINGS â€¢ PIPES â€¢ LPRENTALS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 671-1077 114 E MAGNOLIA LOST AND FOUND SALE!TUESDAY, JAN. 22 1-4 PM VU 408 Soorts â€¢ ^ J ^ ^ ^ a l ^ ^ TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 198 Transfersgive Vikings a boost for revenge and a tie for first ~"~"~~~~â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”-â€”â€”â€”â€”burg Jan. 5. In that game, Western was outretx By By TTiimm MMaahhoonneeyy 51-38, while Westernwon the battle of the Before their first game since becoming eligible Friday night, Western's women'sbasketball transfers Carmen Dolfo and Lisa Terry had said they didn't expect to be contributing much tothe Vikings. Of course, a little modesty never hurt anyone, except maybe Lewis-Clark State and CentralWashington last weekend as Western defeated Lewis- Clark 65-43 Friday night and shut down Central 79-58 Saturday night. Dolfo scored 14 points on each of the two nights and added six rebounds Fridaynight, while Terry came up with four assists in her first appearance. She scored eight points and fiveassists Saturday. "They (Dolfo and Terry) may think they're going to sit there," Viking Coach LyndaGoodrich said, "but they won't sit there long." "Lisa and Carmen did real well," she added, "just like they were with us the whole season." Not that the veterans weren't doing anything. Forward CindyPancerzewski scored 16 points Friday and 17 Saturday and pulled down nine rebounds each night.Center Anne Coopertied hercareer mark of 15 rebounds Saturday. Cooper's rebounding was one reasonwhy Western got its revenge on Central for a 61-52 upset in Ellens-burg Jan. 5. In that game, Westernwas outrebounded boards 49-33 Saturday. Central's try for a third victory against Western in 31contests was determined, but after the Vikings fell behind 15-12 in the opening minutes, they sprang outto a 30-21 lead before settling for a 34-27 half-time surplus. The Wildcats could come no closer than fivein the second half, and the Vikings scored 12 straight points to take a 79-54 lead with just over a minuteleft. Friday night, senior guard Lori deKubber, Western's leading scorer, was shut out for only thesecond time in her long career. Her teammates, though picked up the slack for a Viking victory overLewis-Clark State. Western dropped behind early, 19-16, but held the Warriors scoreless in the final7:08 of the first half for a 26-19 lead. The Idaho visitors pulled to within 38-35, but Western bombed theWarriors 27-8 down the stretch in the last 11:53 as Dolfo scored nine of her 14 points. The weekendwins raise Western's record to 11-3 overall and ties Western for first place with Seattle University inDistrict I competition with a 7-1 record. The Vikings host Pacific Lutheran University at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday at Carver Gym. $ the SPORTS CENTER "Everything You Need in Sports" Welcome backWWU students to "the Sports Center" no longer H L Athletic but now under new ownership. We areoffering the best deals on basketball shoes in town! Reg. Sale Nike % top Sky Force 49.98 37.50 Nikelo top Penetrator 32.98 27.98 Puma % top Thunderbolt 46.98 34.98 Pony hi top Mup 74.98 49.98 Adidas % top Strider 56.98 44.98 New Balance % top 640 59.98 44.98 Converse % top Startech 49.98 39.98Nike % top Lady Glory 32.98 24.98 Corner of Cornwall and Chestnut M-S 9:30-5:30 676-1060 All saleslimited to stock on hand NEW FROM BINYON OPTOMETRISTS A BRAND NEW GENERATION OFSoft Contacts The Continuous Wear Lens Durable Enough for Daily Wear. 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Here, they battle for rebound in the contest won by theVikings, .62-57. â€” It's been a tough season for Western's men's basketball team, but Saturday night it made up for all the frustration, tripping up Central, 62-57, in overtime at Carver Gym. The Vikings wonthe game at the charity stripe, hitting 26 of 31 free throws, including nine of 12 in overtime, while sending the Wildcats to the line only once all night, where Darrell Tanner hit one of two. "We had to get 'em,"said guard John DeFranco, who hit three of five freebies in the overtime, including one that gave Vikingsthe lead for good at 56-55 with 1:02 to play. "We just decided that we weren t going to foul them," hesaid. "We packed it in on defense, and we weren't going to give them the easy shots inside. We toldourselves that if they were going to beat us, they'd have to do it from the inside." Shane Nickel, thebiggest Viking at6-foot-7, was the one who had to contend with a Central frontline that included 6-8center Ron vanderSchaaf and 6-7 forwards Tanner, who transferred in from Washington, and RodnieTaylor, a transfer from the University of Oregon. "They got in there and forced it up and expected it to go in," Nickel said. "It was good. They are an awesome team. We played well and took it to them."Western led for the first 14 minutes of the game, before Gordon Dixon fired in an 18-footer to giveCentral its first lead of the night at 24-22 with 5:56 remaining in the BlueMo* THE JJttie MOXRESTAURANT SPECIALIZING IN FINE DINING, DANCING, and COCKTAILS. OUR MENU FEATURES: Prime Rib Steaks Fresh Pasta Nightly Specials and The Freshest Seafoods Also, Join Us ForSunday Champagne Rrunch TUESDAY NIGHT ISjJUieMoX S famous Champagne Ladies NightTHURSDAY NIGHT the Lip Sync Competition Resumes E IT TO THE MAX. . . FOR FINE DINING ANDEXCITEMENT Now Accepting Reservations at 671-3910 LOCATED on THE OBSERVATION LEVEL ofthe BELLINGHAM AIRPORT. opening half. The Wildcats expanded that margin to 32-25 at the break,then put on an 8-2 burst to take a 40-27 lead with 16:50 to play. It looked as I though the rout was on.Someone forgot to tell the Vikings, though. The turning point of the game came with 10:41 remainingwhen Central committed its seventh foul of the half, sending Western into one-and-one. The Vikings hit17 of 20 free throws after that point. The Vikings clawed their way back into the game, and a pair of TimDickerson free throws cut the margin to 45-41 with 10:15 remaining. Western couldn't come any closer,though, until Larry Tuell hit both ends of a one-and-one with 4:11 to play, cutting the margin to 49-47.DeFranco finally pulled the Vikings even at 49-49, with (what else?) a pair of charity tosses with 1:51to play. Both teams had opportunities to win, as the Wildcats turned the ball overtwice in the final twominutes, and the Vikings turned it over on a traveling call. But they got the ball back, only to have TimNicholas' 19-footer hit the backside of the rim and bounce away at the buzzer. Nicholas' shot came from the same spot where Todd Bailey's jumper gunned down the Wildcats last season, and DeFranco andCoach Bill Westphal remembered. "It was an instant replay," DeFranco said. "I figured it was all over."MIIMMH $2.00 off all kegs â€” Sunday thru Wednesday Westphal said, "I couldnt believe it. I knew itwas all over; I saw the ball falling through the net, only no one else did." Westphal also complimentedthe crowd. "I couldn't believe the crowd. They were great, they would not let us quit. "We were behind,but I looked around, and I heard the crowd, and I said 'we got this game, it's ours.' They were incredible," he said. Westphal said the Vikings planned to get Central in foul trouble. "Our second-half philosophy was to take the ball to the hole, and draw fouls, not to live or die by the jumper," he said. "When we'vetried that, we've died." Simon Fraser 67, Western 61 Last Wednesday, Simon Fraser University gaveWestern its sixth loss in seven outings with a 67-61 defeat. Chuck Randall, should attend a THESECOND INTERNATIONAL MOUNT BAKER CHILI ERUPTION AND COOK-OFF JANUARY 26 /10a.m. - 4 p.m. ASSUMPTION GYM 2116 CORNWALL, BELLINGHAM, WA ADULTS $2 CHILDREN $1(under 12) Advance ticket* available at The Wettern Foundation, Old Main 445. All proceeds benefit TheWestern Foundation, Inc. For information, call (206) 676-3027 at Western Washington University. * ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 10 ---------- 10 WESTERNFRONT FRONTLINE Opinion TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 Base Ross' pay onperformance Western's Board of Trustees should be very thankful for a nosey Washington StateUniversity student reporter. Last month that reporter, Michael Wickline, then-managing editor of the DailyEvergreen, took an upside-down glance at a memo on a secretary's desk and learned that WSU's Boardof Regents planned to grant retiring university president Glenn Terrell a 19 percent pay increase.Fortunately, Wickline's ensuing story touched off a statewide chain reaction of protest about theincrease, which would have made Terrell Washington's highest-paid public official. Last week the WSURegents bowed to public pressure, and reduced Terrell's pay boost to 6.7 percent, the same increasethat state faculty members are scheduled to receive. Those regents had to be forced to limit Terrell's payraise. One would hope Western's Board of Trustees will take advantage of the WSU hoopla and take itupon themselves to keep their senses when they discuss a raise for President G. Robert Ross nextmonth. Ross sits at the low end of the university-honcho totem pole with his current salaryâ€”apaltry$74,200 peryear. A 6.7 percent raise for the president seems fair, especially since Western's !faculty will receive the same. But why stop there? Almost half of that 6.7 percent granted to Western'sfaculty is doled-out to those professors deemed "meritorious"for excellence in teaching. As a result, amajority of faculty members are left with a 1.2 percent pay raise, while others may receive up to 20percent. And since university presidents must be meritorious to be in the position they're in, surely Rosswouldn't mind undergoing a merit evaluation like other state-salaried educational professionals oncampus. It would be the only meritorious thing to do. Higher fee needed for better service On Jan. 23Western students will be asked for their reaction to a possible increase next year in the $6 HealthServices fee. Options include leaving the fee at $6, or increasing it to $8, $9 oi $10 a quarter. If the fee is not increased, cuts in Health Services offerings inevitably will occur. Health Services would no longer beable to afford its contract with St. Luke's emergency room. Also gone would be two of Health Services'fiye part-time nurses. ' An increase in the Health Services fee. definitely is needed, but a $2 increase isn't enough and a $4 increase is too drastic for what will be gained. An $8 fee is expected to raise about$214,000, with an additional $9,000 coming from service fees and the Whatcom Medical Bureau.This would be $6,000 short of the revenue necessary to hire a new director to replace Evelyn Schuler whois retiring. The new director would be qualified to write medical prescriptions. A $10 fee would allow forhiring the new director and an assistant director, purchasing a computer and offering programs such as biofeedback and "wellness." By adopting a $9 increase, almost $250,000 would be raised allowingenough money to hire a new director and have almost $20,000 in reserve to allow for inflation and eitherpurchase a computer or sponsor some more programs, whichever would be most useful. In any case,students should voice their opinions at the open hearing tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Viking Union Lounge.Cinderella goes to the governor's ball Color coordination a must By Janice Keller C inderella goes to theball. . . or rather middle-class girl from Western goes to the governor's inaugural celebration. Never mindthat I had to dig out my beer-stained lace gown left over from my high school prom, borrow shoes fromfriends, and talk a wealthy aunt out of her mink coat and jewels for the occasion. Forget also that I hadto ask someone to escort me and have him give me a crash-course in ballroom dancing, then begBooth Gardner's office for tickets to the eventâ€”I was going to the ball.! Not only was the inauguralcelebration honoring a new governor whom I respect and admire, but the gala event had historicalsignificance as well. For the first time in state history, the Legislative Building, with its majestic dome,was the site of the ball. From the House and Senate floors to the third floor of the rotunda, the 4,000guests filled the grandiose building. The elected official's offices were open as well as the StateReception room, the governor's conference room and even the marble-floored cafeteria, for all to tour.Reino Moiso played for dancing in an Balancing toys between men and boys Playing in a nuclear ageelegant state room overlooking the capital campus, where guests danced until midnight. Fashion andcolor coordination are vitally important at this type of social event, mainly because the biggest reasonfor attending is to watch everyone else. Clothing must be appropriate and everything must match. Themen have it much easier than women. They throw on a simple tuxedo and away they go. Women,however, must worry about everything they wear. When 1 finished dressing, my gloves matched myshoes and my dress (a minor miracle), and my underwear matched my date's tie and cummerbund.But still 1 worried . . . until we arrived and the first inaugural guest 1 saw was a large woman in a dumpyblue dress and clunky black shoes. Assured that someone looked worse than I did, we floated into theball. For every Glamour "Do" at the ball, there was a Glamour "Don't," including one satin-clad lady whorelinquished her wine glass to swig from a bottle of. Riesling. Worse yet, the son of a well-known statepolitician chose casual brown shoes to wear with his black tuxedo . . . tacky, tacky, tacky!! Still, it wasfun to be at the state capitol with such a variety of power and prestige, as well as regular people likemyself, and have the opportunity to offer a champagne toast to Gov. Gardner. . .and it was worth the$20 ticket just to see my date walk out of the ball with a 1980 bottle of Hinzerling Vineyards Chardonnayin his pants. By Naomi Stenberg I t was a very simple war spread out on the living room floor. Theforces of Cobra, led by Zartan, advance from the jungle, creeping stealthily over the marshy ground. Alone 'copter appearsâ€”it's a Dragonfly JF6784026 with a red, white and blue insigniaâ€”Wild Bill, acrackerjack G.I. Joe, fires a missile. In the mind of the boy directing the war, a huge, gaping hole opens up. And Zartan and the Cobra forces are enveloped in swirling, noxious smoke. 1 asked the 12-year-oldcommander if he'd consider "nuking" the bad guys. He looked at me indignantly, "My G.I. Joes wouldnever drop a nuclear bomb. They're not that stupid." "Besides," he continued, "these are toys. The realthing can stuff it up their butts!" he laughed, turning to go back to "the front." Then he said soberly, "Thereal thing scares me to death." Nathan wrote to Reagan two months ago. "Dear Mr. Reagan: I think youshould stop building up. nuclear arms. I want to live to be old . . . " The letter was sent last week. Lastnight, Nathan's mother wandered into a mine field. Flip Breskin is a folk singer who was once run downby a truck during a peace march. She surveyed the evening's wreckage and said laconically, "Well,Nathan, maybe we could get out some sterno and show you how to napalm people." He said with morethan a hint of fear in his voice, "I don't wanna find out." Like most humans, Nathan is a study inparadoxes. He showed me a plastic pellet about the size of a baby tooth. "This is the only bomb I have.It's a flash-fire bomb, I believeâ€”blinds the pilot." He reminded me of something Truman said about thebomb that hit Hiroshima. "That bomb had more power than 20,00 tons of TNT," Truman announcedproudly over the airwaves on Aug. 7, 1945. "It had more than 2000 times the power of the British GrandSlam, which is the largest bomb ever used in the history of warfare." Maybe the only difference betweenmen and boys is the size of their toys. I wonder if Reagan floats a U.S. Navy in his bath-' tub. . . or plays with space missiles for fun. He doesn't seem to knowâ€”anymore than Nathanâ€”the true nature of histoys. At the close of the presidential debates, Reagan talked about driving along the Pacific Coast, being struck by its splendor and wondering about the people who would drive that road years later. "Theywould know," he said, "whether we used nuclear weapons or not." Ronnie, if your G.I. Joes drop anuclear bomb on the Cobra forces and they retaliate with even a fraction of their arsenal, there won't beanyone around to know if there was a coast at all. There won't be any beaches, ocean waves, AnnetteFunicelloâ€”there won't be a Pacific Coast. Grow up,, Peter Pan, and look at the gamma rays. This is our only time around. I have aaimage of Charlie Chaplin in hat and tails in the film, "The Great Dictator." Hebalances the earth delicately on the end of his stick, floating it up like a gossamer bubble. How transient life is when we are the little plastic people on the living room rug, and our fates are in the hands of a boy. ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 11 ---------- TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 WESTERN FRONT 11 S LETTERS Liberals uneven in condemnationWestern Front, The liberal establishment's sudden rush to condemn South Africa's apartheid policyand divest our university of investments with banks dealing with South Africa causes me to feelsomewhat ambivalent. On one hand, I applaud the rousing of an apathetic public to action against oneof the more brutal examples of oppression in this century. One the other, I deplore the lack ofcommitment, energy and devotion to the rights of those people suffering from oppression undercommunist rule. It seems to me that a nation must be traditionally aligned with the West in order toqualify for vilification by the liberal establishment, while excesses by communist or Third Worldcountries go unnoticed and/or unchallenged. There is a double standard here, and I think somethingneeds to be done abut it. I wish Yvonne Ward and her friends would champion the cause of brutallyoppressed Soviet Jews and Christians as diligently as they do that of black South Africans, it would bemore even handed if Ms. Ward introduced an AS resolution directing the university to withdraw itsfunds from banks dealing with the Soviet Union, as a gesture of solidarity with Soviet Jews andChristians imprisoned in the Gulag. The brutal mistreatment of these two groups is every bit as deserving of attention as the South Africans. Would the AS act as energetically on their behalf? I doubt it. SovietJews and Christians aren't the rage nowadays. They aren't "in." They're not getting the press. And worstof all, they're being oppressed by a non-western coun- â€¢ try. And people oppressed by non-westerrfcountries generally tend to be ignored. Now, if a group is being oppressed by a nationtraditionally aligning itself with the West, well that's a horse of a different color. For that group all the sorts of things can be done. By all means, withdraw our funds from institutions dealing with SouthAfrica. But withdraw them from institutions dealing with the Soviet Union, too. -Remember the blackSouth Africans and fight for their rights. But remember Soviet Jews and Christians and fight for theirrights, too. The time has come for the AS to prove it champions the rights of all oppressed peoples, notjust those residing in pro-western countries. Come on, Yvonne. How about some equal time andconsideration? Eric Leibman In Defense of Ward's Actions Western Front, I am sure that Yvonne Wardis more .than capable of defending herself, yet as a reader and an interested observer of this conflict, Itook offense to the level of unreasoning persecution displayed by Mark Watson in his letter of Jan. 18. Mr. Watson begins his attacking and trivializing Yvonne Ward's concerns over pornography and SouthAfrica; as if merely having an opinion is bad. If apathy is such an overriding concern to Mr. Watson,perhaps he should not be commenting. Second, Mr. Watson criticizes the move to boycott IBM sayingthat it would have been ineffective. Certainly, toppling IBM was not. the goal of any AS board member.The question was whether or not we should be helping IBM by purchasing from them. This is at thevery least a legitimate question. With another questionable display of argument, Mark Watsonwonders what Ms. Ward was doing reading Penthouse anyway. Surely an AS officer has a right, indeedas responsibility to react to what is being sold by this university. This is called university self-government and it is neither impious nor paternalistic. Finally, as if to proclaim that even blatant sexismis not dead, Mr. Watson asks whether the "surrogate parent" in Yvonne Ward would wish to cook forhim. She might, but considering the tone of his letter, I don't think that poison would be completely out of the question. Ken Bahm Board member disputes opinion Western Front, In your editorial of Jan. 15,you stated that "the AS Board is making resolutions to be followed by the rest of Western, and not by itself." That comment disturbed me because it implies a lack of abil- Then get in on the ground floor inour undergraduate officer commissioning program. You could start planning on a career like the men inthis ad have. And also have some great advantages like: â€¢ Earning $100 a month during the schoolyear â€¢ As a freshman or sophomore, you could complete your basic training during two six-weeksummer sessions and earn more than $1100 during each session â€¢ Juniors earn more than $1900during one ten-week summer session â€¢ You can take free civilian flying lessons â€¢ You'recommissioned upon graduation If you're looking to move up quickly, look into the Marine Corpsundergraduate officer commissioning program. You could start off making more than $17,000 ayear.\Wre looking for a fa* good men. See Capt Rasmussen and SSgt Swan in the Placement Center, OldMain or on campus. For further Information call 1-800-942-2410 or 442-7710. ity or initiative on the part of the students to formulate their own opinions on where they stand on, these issues. As an AS boardmember, my intentions are not to dictate what the students should think, but rather to provideopportunities for the student to learn abut the various social issues in the world today. the Bylaws ofthe A. S. W. W. U. state that "The A.S.W.W.U. considers the educational process as a variety ofactivities that give people the experiences needed for personal growth . . . some deal with problemsof conflicting values, both personal and intellectual." I feel that the AS Board has done a good job intrying to meet these objectives. Â£ric Clem Western Front â€¢ The Western Front is the officialnewspaper of Western Washington University. The newsroom is in College Hall9andthe business office in College Hall 7. The Front is composed at the printing plant in the Commissary and printed by theLynden Tribune. Phone numbers: 676-3160 (newsroom), 676- 3161 (advertising). Published Tuesdaysand Fridays. Entered as second-class matter at Bellingham, WA 98225. USPS identification number624-820. Kovacd RESTAURANT 2 K I UflttlMtt I Happy Hour 12-4 p.m FREE PIZZA In BellinghamMall 734-0225 'SEND YOUR HONEY^ A FUNNY VALENTINE! V 1220 NO. STATE ST. V tr Ifflmstnumofecrg NOW SERVING YOU AT A NEW LOCATION! Sale on Pipes, Cigars, and Accessories all15% off! 308 W. Champion 734-6280 ^ ---------- Western Front - 1985 January 22 - Page 12 ---------- 12 WESTERNFRONT TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985 Ross has lowest salary â€¢ ROSS, from p. JManagement in Olympia, also is used by the board as criteria to determine administrative wageincreases. State institutions are kept competitive with those out of state so they are able to attracthigh-caliber applicants to job openings.. A list of peer institutions normally is given to the board forconsideration, Don Cole, vice president for business and financial affairs, said. The board receives a partial list of eight peer institutions which Cole said are commonly used as comparisons to Western.Among the schools are California State/ Northridge, Ball State Indiana and New Mexico State, whosepresidents earn $80,000 or more. On that list, Ross again ranks at the lower end of the echelon withthe average peer institution president earning $78,850, a figure 6.3 percent more than Ross. Only thepresidents of Portland State University and University of Idaho make less, at $72,528 and $67,184,respectively. Ross, who could not be reached for comment-about his potential raise, earlier commentedon the large wage increase granted Terrell, saying he thought public employee wage increases ingeneral should be acknowledged early on, but that the increase was not really out of line given the sizeand magnitude of the job. He said recent dramatic increases for key government posts in the stateplaced the Terrell raise in a "totally different light." Among the more dramatic 1985 increases are thosefor the director Your Sixth Meal is FREE! Sarducci's Spaghetti Bar Association offers this appeal to your taste buds. Summon yourself to our Spaghetti Bar five times, and get a sixth Spaghetti Bar meal FREE. Witness the eight homemade sauces and six pasta shapes and plead guilty to going back as often asyou'd like. We decree soup or salad to go with each Spaghetti meal. Get your Spaghetti Bar AssociationCard issued with your first visit at Sarducci's. It's so good it's almost illegal. s * â€¢1 arauccis 647-0500710Samish Way *Â£Â» 'of the Office of Financial Management, whose salary rose from $71,500 to$98,000, a 37 percent increase; the director of the Department of Ecology, whose salary jumped for$57,800 to $71,000, a 22.8 percent increase; and the director of Commerce and Economic Development, who received a hike from $50,500 to $71,000, a 40.6 percent increase. Dalrymple was quick to praiseRoss for his excellent job as president of Western, but was just as quick to reiterate the board wouldact with expedience. He said the presidential salary has been out-of-step with that at other stateinstitutions for several years, but the board generally has held that the presidential increase should bekept in line with those received by other Western personnel. "It's totally up to the board. They look atwhat others are getting and what other people on campus are getting percentagewise, and then,certainly, they look at the performance of the president and his experience before reaching a decision."WHERE WHEN Health Service Fee Hearing. Advocates of increasing the Health service fee will speak to students about the options of an $8, $9 or $ 10 fee, at 4 p.m., Jan. 23 in the Viking Union Lounge.All students are welcome. â€¢ South Africa. A meeting is scheduled for this evening (Jan. 22)concerning the divestment of Western's funds in South Africa. All students are welcome. Meeting time is 7 p.m. in Viking Union 219. Computer Classes. The computer center is offering computerfamiliarization classes at the Arntzen Hall computer center daily at 4 p.m. until the end of January forpeople who don't know how to use a computer. From the beginning of February to the end of thequarter the class will be offered on Thursdays only. The classes are led by computer centerconsultants and last 30 to 45 minutes. Legislative Workshop. Trying to make your voice heard inOlympia often can lead to complete exasperation. To help combat lesgislative frustration, theAssociated Students will co-sponsor a workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday in Bond Hall 109 to offer -strategies for -getting through to lawmakers. The workshop will include a discussion of higher education issues,tips on effective letter-writing to legislators and a question-and-answer session. Students, faculty andstaff are invited. â€¢ Intalco Lecture. Stephen Fuller, a professor at the Harvard Business School, will be the feature speaker of a free lecture at 10 a.m. January 28 in Arntzen Hall 100. Fuller, who was also Vice President for Personnel Administration and Development at General Motors from 1971 to 1982,will lecture on "Management: A View from the Top of the Pyramid." WHO YA GONNA CALL to get rid of your grocery money gobbler? . . . not an expensive posh grocery store. . . . not someplace withcranky help. . . . not some place that takes forever to get you checked out. YOU'RE GONNA CALLPRICE BUSTERS we're always happy to help you get rid of the budget bug-a-boos! MD or CORONET.bathroom tissue 4-p|y CORONET 2-ply towel sinfile roll CORONET facial tissue SPARKLEicecream assorted flavors Kcal. 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Text preview (might not show all results): 1982_0921 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 1 ---------- Western Washington University Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Vol. 74, No. 43 SPECIAL REPORTWestern in transition Following 12 months of turmoil, further uncertainty looms ahead For relatedstories, see pages 16,17 and 21 By MITCH
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Show more1982_0921 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 1 ---------- Western Washington University Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Vol. 74, No. 43 SPECIAL REPORTWestern in transition Following 12 months of turmoil, further uncertainty looms ahead For relatedstories, see pages 16,17 and 21 By MITCH EVICH and LQRI McGRIFF Western is at its crossroads.As a progressive liberal arts college, Western blossomed during the 1960s and 70s, a time when theLegislature tended to be more generous with the public's money. But now things have changed. In thepast year alone, shocked administrators and students watched helplessly as lawmakers in Olympiasliced almost 20 percent from the budget of higher education. With further cuts still a distinctpossibility, the future of entire academic programs now are in doubt. During the next nine months, and inthe years that follow, that future will be determined. Forecasts of what that future may be, vary, but topadministrators agree that the changes Western now is experiencing are immense. In addition to massivereductions in funding, enrollment is expected to decline by as much as 9 percent. The drop will endangermany programs dependent upon student-paid fees for their existence. Meanwhile, the school awaits thearrival of a new leader. University President Paul Olscamp announced his resignation last March,setting the stage for an intensive search for a successor, due to be named some time in December. Thechanges extend even further. Economic realities have forced a major shift in the way students use theirpolitical power. While this campus once was a hotbed for political radicalism, a very mainstream student-funded interest group, the Washington Student Lobby, debuts this fall. Although Western is shrinkingfinancially, physically it still has been allowed to grow. Construction of the South Academic Building, to be used primarily*for business-related courses, has been completed. Planned and approved several years ago, it could signify the last remnant of Western's era of expansion. If the era of growth has ended, thenwhat era lies ahead? One thing top administrators stress is that any move that would weaken Western'semphasis on the liberal arts must be avoided. "My biggest fear is that the university system could bemodified in such a way that the regional schools (such as Western) could all become technical schools," said Tom Quinlan, vice president for student affairs. "These kind of budget cuts curtail our availabiity tooffer a liberal arts education." Hard economic times also have been reflected in the way studentschoose their classes. "I've seen students become more focused on careers and on their education as ameans to a career, sometimes more than they should," Quinlan .said. Acting University President James Talbot agreed with Quinlan that students have been shying away from less practical academic programs, but he stressed that Western's future will remain tied to the liberal arts. "Students need to be reassuredthat following that world of ideas will still put bread on the table," Talbot said. Professional studies, oncecalled the "servile arts," provide applicable skills for the job market, hut liberal arts complement everypart of daily life, he said. While emphasizing Western's commitment to the liberal arts, Talbot and otheradministrators also raised questions of future cuts in low-enrollment programs. Talbot said further budgetcuts certainly will mean elimination of some programs and the consolidation of others. A committee nowis being formed to examine what programs may be terminated, he said. The future of various programs atWestern is dependent, of course, on future legislative actions in Olympia. And Talbot pre- . diets, the'legislature will dig even deeper into Western's already . ; continued on page 16 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 2 ---------- Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Enrollment drop may cut deep By MITCH EVICH Thisyear's budget for student-funded programs may be as much as 9 percent smaller than last year, if alarger-than-antici-pated enrollment decline proves true. And although much of the decline had beenexpected and budgeted into this year's Service and Activity fee split allocations, it still will wield a"significant impact on student programs," Tom Quinlan, vice president for student affairs, said. The dropin enrollment, tentatively estimated between 800 and 900 students, about 100 more than predicted inMarch, is primarily the result of an administrative policy adopted to maintain the stan rd faculty-student ratio of 22-to-one in the wake of last fall's Reduction in Force, in which 48 faculty members losttheir jobs. "If we had not taken steps to reduce our enrollment, we'd be in a hell of a mess," saidRegistrar Eugene Omey, explaining why admission standards to Western were tightened. "Hopefully, by keeping the student-faculty ratio intact, the quality of education that each student receives will not beas affected." Although it is not yet known just how much the enrollment drop will affect each of the three constituents of S A feesâ€”the Associated Students, the Depart-mentally Related Activities'Committee, and the Housing and Dining system, administrators agree that all student-funded programswill need to be closely scrutinized. "We have less money to meet greater demand," Quinlan said. "Wehave to look very closely at our priorities, and find out what programs are the most important." About$60 from each student's quarterly tuition goes into S A fees. The money is used to fund a variety ofprograms, ranging from interscholastic athletics, to day care, to various programs within the housing and dining system. The funding for such programs is going down, but the cost of operating them is not."On the one hand, inflation is forcing operating costs up all the time," Quinlan noted. "At the same time,enrollment goes down, and S A fees are reduced correspondingly.'' AS President Mark Murphypredicted the increased enrollment reduction "would make a dent" in the AS budget, but most likelywould be dealt with smoothly. Keith Guy, Director of University Residences, said the housing anddining system, which receives the largest portion of S A fees, will not be severely affected by the cost of the S A funding itself. Rather, the impact of the enrollment drop will be felt more directly, in the formof reduced occupancy in residence halls. The housing and dining system receives most of its fundingthrough room and board fees. Deparmentally Related Activities Committee chairman Larry Richardsonwas unavailable for comment. DRAC comprises interscholastic and intramural athletics, and various other extracurricular activities. This year's enrollment reduction may be the first of many in theyears ahead, if demographic indicators prove accurate. Omey pointed out that the baby boom era hasended, and the 18- to 24-year-old age group will shrink during the next several years. The trend isexpected to continue throughout the mid 1980s and then reverse itself toward the end of the decade.Tom Quinlan Cut threat provokes program review BY LORI McGRIFF While rumors of more cuts inWestern's already seriously wounded budget circulate among administrators, a move is being made toprepare for what some say is the inevitable. The budget knife is expected to return this year. But topadministrators and faculty representatives say this time they will be better prepared to make thecuts where they should be made. Apian .submitted to the^ Board of Trustees at its Septembermeeting calls for the creation of two committees to review all programs, departments and serviceson campus. One committee will look at academic programs and departments while the otherconsiders the strengths and weaknesses of non-academic programs. The academic review commit- |tee will attempt to plan for student populations of10,000; 3,db0, ; 8,000, and 7,000. The committeealso "will pro-'" t pose the criteria by which pro- : grams will be assessed',for possi- | ble' enhancement,reduction, , consolidation or elimination: Recommendation for any cuts in programs also: are expectedto be submitted to the Trustees. The committee will be composed of eight members. Ten nominations for six positions will be submitted by the Faculty Senate. Two nominations will be submitted by theAssociated Students Board, Staff Employees Council and Administrators Association for theremaining two positions. The non-academic review committee will recommend changes inadministrative, structures, including possible elimination of programs and services. The committeewill be composed of six members. Five nominations will be submitted by the Faculty Senate forthree positions and two by the AS Board, Staff Employees Council and Administrators for the threeremaining positions. Health service fee to be charged Students registering for six or more credits thisquarter wilibereqm^ when they pay their tuition. The temporary mandatory fee was approved by the Board of Trustees at Its August meeting and overrides an original plan tri'require payment only when servicesare used. The emergency measure was taken because of recent budget cuts and to insure that healthservices continue to be provided on campus, Tom Quinlan, vice president for student affairs, said. ,The fee is subject to re-examination by the Board of Trustees duringthe quarte^and maype removed ' bywlhteh Q nian;saicl.s ' About one quarter of We^stSrn's student population: used the health, centerilast year. -Evelyn Schuler, director of. health services, said the mandatory fee will notcha-nge theservices, only;;; make sure tjiey continue. A Some of the services offered include,an allergy clinic andinjections, preventive medicine, nutrition/ diet/weight conferences, contraceptive advice and pregnancytesting. A physician and registered nurses also screen , students for referral to doctors in the area andsome medication for minor problems is available. Quinlan said the new fee will allow the university tomeet legislatively mandated budget reductions in student services without destroying the health centeror other services. If the emergency measure had not been taken, the offices of financial aid, academicadvisement, and career planning and placement could have had services cut or been required tooperate only four days a week, Quinlan said. The decision to implement the fee came after an ad hoccommittee for health services submitted a report recommending a mandatory fee and discou-raging auser fee. "â€¢/-:; ./â€¢" ] : The user fee would be too expensive to adminis- .: jer and could discourage-students without'-cash from coming to gethelp, Quinlan said. Four trustees voted for the mandatory fee. A fifth, Marven Eggert, voted against it because he said students should hot have to bear the financialresponsibility. 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Sept 22nd - 7 pm at 1300 Bay St Tues-Sat 11 am - 6pm 671-6153 donations appreciated ALL ABOUT TRAVEL WE HAVE MOVED! 104 Unity St (acrossfrom Quest Bookstore) 734-4000 354-1545 county For students traveling back home Ski vacationsGroup travel FAST COMPUTERIZED-RESERVATIONS Faculty Club gains final approval By ELAYNEANDERSON Having waded through a sea of protests, Western's recently formed Faculty Club is"coming along swimmingly," Larry Richardson, club chairman, said. Located on the first floor ofCanada House, the club will open its doors tomorrow to all faculty who have paid the $5 initiation fee and the $5 monthly dues. Dues will go toward paying moving costs, maintenance and rent. While still in its planning stages last spring the club came under fire for using university monies to finance anarchitectural design for remodeling Canada House. Richardson, of the speech department, said part of the rent will go toward paying back the money. Opponents also said it was inappropriate for the Faculty Club to displace academic programs. Canadian/American Studies, which had occupied the firstfloor of Canada House, will move upstairs. Pacific Northwest Studies, which had been upstairs, movedto the Commissary in Fairhaven. A few quirks still need to be straightened out, Richardson said, suchas the amount of rent to be paid. The club will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.Richardson said the club may extend its hours on Fridays, but that has not been settled yet, , SAGAwill serve a limited menu .of soup, salad and sandwiches. Beverages and dessert also will be available.Richardson said until now, Western. had been the only university in the state without a faculty club.Western did have a faculty dining area until the late 1960s when protesting students stormed the roomand.took over, Richardson said, r The faculty club is needed, Richardson said, for faculty to have aplace to eat lunch .together;; and become more acquainted. "It will make for a more close-knit faculty,"Richardson said. NEED ALITTtel Â» RLSAT M m LSAT-MCAT-GRE GRE PSYCH* GRE BIO MATâ€¢ GMAT â€¢ DAT OCAT â€¢ PCAT - VAT SAT -ACT-TOEFL-MSKP HAFL MED BOS â€¢ ECFMGFLEX - VQE - NOB â€¢ RN BDS CPA-SPEED READING StAHlKAPUIN EDUCATIONAL CENTER Test Preparation Specialists Since 1938 For information. Please Call: ,_ SEATTLE, 632-P634 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 3 ---------- Tuesday, September 21,1982 Western Front 3 Doors open in time for fall ByLORI McGRIFFConstruction on the South Academic building reached completion before thousands of fall quarterstudents converged upon campus. But work still continues on several other construction projectsscheduled to be finished before classroom doors opened. The Viking Union elevator, work on ArntzenHall Food Facility and the Viking Commons kitchen will continue to add the echoes of hammers and stacking bricks to Western's soundwaves. Meanwhile, business and economics students canacquaint themselves with their new south . campus building. The newest addition to Western'sdiverse architecture, tentatively named the South Academic Building, has 10 large classrooms, manyof which are modeled after the Harvard Business School's most popular classroom design. The five story building is occupied by the College of Business and Economics, except for the ground level floor,which houses the speech pathology and audi-ology department. About 80 offices and 60 labs are in thebuilding, which was designed with a "businessman image" in mind, Eric Nasburg, director of Western'sfacilities development offices, said. The grays, blues and and purples used were intended to follow the motifs being used in modern business buildings, he said. "I think people are happy with the design,"Nasburg said. But, he added, tastes change with the times. Wick Construction was responsible for thework done on the $6 million building and the design came from Robert Price Associates. Work on thebuilding began Dec. 2, 1980. The Viking Union elevator, delayed from its original deadline by almostthree months, is not expected to be operative until the end of October. Problems with matching bricksand delays in equipment delivery caused the project to miss its target date of Sept. 10, Nasburg said.The elevator is being built to meet state codes and to provide handicap access to the VU basement.Plagued with problems of meeting fire code regulations and contract agreements, the elevator first wasscheduled to be completed July 1. The $216,429 construction project was started Dec. 3, 1981.The Arntzen Hall Food Facility is expected to be completed Sept. 30. The coffee shop, in the southwestcorner of the ground floor of Arntzen Hall, still needs cabinets installed and the floor finished. The$200,000 food facility will seat about 100 people. Service will be similar to that provided at Miller Hall'sCoffee Shop, Nasburg said. The retiling of the Viking Commons kitchen floor should be completed thisweek, Nasburg said. The "wear and tear" of large food preparat ion equipment and water on the floorfinally broke up tile, he said. Construction on the Viking Union elevator continues. Recipients to getfinancial aid on time By JIM BACON Unlike thousands of needy students across the United States whoare caught in the middle of fights between Congress and the Reagan administration, Western studentsexpecting their financial aid checks when fell quarter starts will get their money. While forces on CapitolHill and in the White House have been fighting over new regulations, about half the aid money alreadydesignated for the coming school yearâ€”about $600 millionâ€”has remained undisbursed leavingschools across the country scrambling to help keep their students in class. The University ofPennsylvania, for example, is tossing in $2 million to help cover the financial aid program while it hopesto get the rest of its allocation from the federal government later in this fall. At the University ofConnecticut, students can apply for up to $250 in two-week loans. The school said it also will deferfees. "We won't have the problem like these folks have/' said Western's Financial Aid Director WayneSparks. Sparks speculated that the troubled schools around the nation either started classes beforeWestern's scheduled first day or they are on a semester system, requiring them to distribute half theirfinancial aid money right away. Because Western operates on a quarterly system, Sparks said, it mustdistribute only one-third of its aid money now. Sparks said the U.S. Department of Education sent formal letters notifying colleges of available aidâ€”and then only for half the total allotmentâ€”about two months later than usual. Western's financial aid office received its letter Aug. 24. The letter came late, Sparkssaid, because the education department sent its proposed new rules governing such federal aidprograms as the; National Direct Student Loan and the College Work-Study Program, to Congress about four months late. This caused much of the delay because Congress by law must have 45 working daysto act on the proposals, which were sent on Aug. -2. Financial aid administrators and students alsofaced delays in processing the paperwork required for Pell Grants. The payment schedule, which setsthe amount of grant money a student can get, arrived in July. "We should've had it by May or June at the latest," Sparks said. In addition, until June 15 the education department required that every student aidreportâ€” the form that tells financial aid administrators if a student is eligible for a Pell Grantâ€”must be validated with either a student's or parent's income tax return. Meanwhile, Sparks said Western expects to receive notice of the rest of its aid allocation by the end of the month. Also, the recent Congressional override of President Reagan's veto of a $14 billion spending bill will add $140 million in Pell Grantmoney and $77 million for supplemental grants. About 1,500 students applied for aid at Western thisyear, about the same number as last year, and the approximately $3.7 million offered to them is aboutequal to last year. Despite the late start in making awards, a financial aid spokesman said all theawards have been sent out. /? ^ \ ATTENTION STUDENTS RETURNING FROM SUMMER VACATrONIf you need new phone service, before you make a trip to the Bell PhoneCenter, we would like to suggestthat you contact the Pacific Northwest Bell business office on 1-453-3511 (toll-free) first. For yourconvenience, you may also visit the Bell Phone- Center at 1209 Cornwall. It is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pacific Northwest Bell ^ = J Decorative accents â€¢â€¢ Baskets Glasswareâ€¢ Stemware Mugs â€¢ Napkins Placemats Wall decor ^ o \ % 1205 CORNWALL AVE. 671-2067 ACROSS FROM THE LEOPOLD Pier I lt; t a STORE HOURS: MON., TUES., SAT. 9:30* WED.,THIM, FRl 9:30-9, SUN. 12-5 tfM J Thanks to you... it works... for ALL OF US Unlbed Way PleaseGive The United Way ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 4 ---------- Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Students targeted in registration drive By DAVE MASONAs part of efforts to establish political clout for students and the poor, the Associated Students issending volunteers virtually everywhere in Bellingham to register voters. The AS goal is to register atleast 2,000 people to vote in the Nov. 2 general election, said Jamie Beletz, an organizer of Project Vote 82. Volunteers will be at fall quarter registration at Western, dormitories, campus dining halls, day-care centers, low-income housing, the employment office, churches and the Beth Israel Synagogue.The voter registration drive, which started . Thursday, continues with auditor's deputies at fall quarterregistration. --People who want to become voter-registration deputies will meet at 2:30 p.m. today in theAS office, Viking Union 227. From there, they'll take a van to Whatcom County Auditor Joan Ogden'soffice to be sworn in. The AS currently has six deputies, said Jan Mabry, another Project Vote' 82organizer and the AS vice president for internal affairs. Project Vote '82, organized locally by the AS, isco-sponsored by the Washington Student Lobby, Students Opposed to Reductions in Education and the Whatcom County Central Labor Council. As part of the project, deputies will go door to door from 3 to 6 p.m. next Monday through Wednesday to register residents at DIAMOND EARRING SALE 50%OFF RETAIL FROM 19.50 UP DAHNKEN Holly Garden 671-0500 Mon.-Sat. 10-6 Sun. 12-5HEAVENLY SMORGASBORD *2.9S If you love pizza, here's some good news. The price of going toheaven just went down. Now $2.95 buys all the heavenly Pizza Haven pizza you want at our Wednesdaynight smorgasbord. And, for just $1 more, you can make as many trips as , you like to our salad bar. So try Pizza Haven's heavenly smorgasbord, every Wednesday from 4 to 9 pm. You'll get an out- of-this -world meal for a very down - to - earth price. PIZZA HAVEN IS PIZZA HEAVEN Bellingham . . .4U EMagnolia Way. 734-8600 Bellingham North' Meridian Village Mall 671-3340 campus dormitories,Buchanan Towers and Birnam Wood. They'll also be at Western Dining halls at meal times those days.Students can register any time at the AS office. Mabry said she hopes "several hundred" students willregister to vote.' 'We want to register every freshman," she said. College students and the poor havefaced drastic reductions in government funds and programs because legislators know they don'tvoteâ€”that's why higher education now faces severe cuts, Beletz said. Mabry noted that according tothe office of Sen. H.A. "Barney" Goltz (D-Bellingham), fewer than one-third of college students voted inlast fall's election. "I think the entire political trend is lending itself to greater student political activism."Registration is a 60-second process," Beletz said. But he added that those who want to be registeredneed some type of verifiable identificationâ€” a driver's license, a student ID card, a meal card or an oldvoter's registration card. Mabry said registered voters who want to change their residency need toregister again. What about those who aren't interested? "We're going to try to explain to them howimportant it is for them to vote," Beletz said. "It is important because students need to maintainpolitical credibility in the eyes of legislators." In addition to arranging on-campus registration,: Mabry has written clergy of 16 churches and the one Bellingham synagogue, requesting that deputies be allowedto register people Sunday at their places of worship. The AS also has asked clergy to encourage theircongregations to vote, Mabry said. Deputies also will be stationed from noon to 3 p.m. tomorrow andFriday at the Food Bank, and they'll register people from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Sept. 30 at theWashington State Employment Security Department Office. The deputies will go Sept. 29 and 30 today-care centers. And deputies will walk door to door from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at threeapartment housesâ€” Washington Square, Lincoln Square and Chuckanut Square. 6ERRIT FOR MENAND WOMEN 1215 MILL AVE. 676 1777 PRAIRIE MARKET VS2K wwu Campus Holly St. SHOPAND COMPARE Our everyday prices are better than any of the competition. Located conveniently forWWU student shopping. We carry a full selection of groceries, frozen foods and Deli. No membershiprequired Here are some examples of our Great Prices: Beer Beer 1/2 case -11 oz bottles $2. 98Nalley's Golden Light's Potato Chips 89 lt;P Rainier Beer 1/2 case -11 oz bottles $4. 09 Macaroniand Cheese 8oz. Kraft - llA oz. 32 lt;P The prices on the above items are guaranteed thru 9-28-82.1600 Ellis St. flelUn;ham' MON-FRI 9-8 SUN 10-6 SAT 9-7 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 5 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front Allow the best to succeed About 800 or 900 fewerstudents than last year will attend Western this fall, mostly victims of tougher academic standardsimplemented to keep pace with a Reduction in Force of faculty, which cost 48 instructors their jobs.While the most obvious damage wrought by a sharp decline in enrollment â€” decreased revenue forstudent-fee supported programs â€” will certainly cause serious damage, the drop of students alsohas a more favorable side. Although fewer students will be here, they will be the ones who deserve to behere most. By tightening admission policies in the form of higher minimal gradepoint averages andother criteria, Western's administrators are not, as some student leaders boldly have asserted, denyingdeserving students access to higher education. Rather, they have moved to avoid the greater of two evils, namely denying students access simply because they can't compete with spiraling tuition costs.Mitch Evich As Student Affairs Vice President Tom Quinlan pointed out, "We do not think it isethically responsible for us to admit students whose chances of success are very low." Quinlan Hitupon a note that those who believe everyone should go to college refuse to acknowledge. Access tohigher education is limited; that is a fact dependent on the structure of society. The question is, whoshould be allowed in" â€” those with the academic ability or those with the financial assets? A criteriabased solely on ability may seem a bit callous, but the alternative is much less desirable. The only other way of reducing enrollment is to eliminate more students via more tuition hikes, and it need not be saidwho would be the losers in that sort of game. One argument inevitably surfaces to refute suchassertions, based * on the student whose deprived background is in fact responsible for his pooracademic showing. But exemptions abound for such cases, and anyone showing anymanifestations of potential can overcome a deficiency in basic requirements. The college system can't accommodate everyone, and perhaps that is unfortunate. But let's make sure the people who areaccepted are the ones with the best chances of achieving a degree four years hence. Reagan's latest:one big pain President Reagan does not seem able to take a hint. Despite a lukewarm reception toward his "New Federalism" proposals (presented to the public last spring and quickly forgotten), Reaganis planning to re-ignite the fires beneath his pot of federalism mush and feed it to the leader of state andlocal governments at a Sept. 30 White House summit session. Our illustrious showman's latestbandwagon technique could tranfer 45 federally controlled programs over to state and localgovernments. Included in this proposal is Reagan's plan for the federal government to take over theefficient Medicaid and food stamp programs in exchange for a state take-over of the mismanaged,hard to administer Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. By handing over control of these programs to the states, Reagan is masterfully and conveniently unburdening himself. Peggy Loetterle iat could be easier than tossing troublesome domestic programs down to the states, hoping theprograms will shrivel up and die in the anti-taxation atmosphere of fiscally strapped states? Ourmagician's subterfuge is a new attempt to reduce benefits to the poor without appearing to do so. It's anow-you-see-it-now-you-don't trick designed to fool millions of lower-income Americans who are notreceiving enough help these days, anyway. The proposal will do little to relieve deficits or oiler anyinitiatives to abate the lingering recessionâ€”with the exception of diverting public attention from a still-puttering economy, huge revenue shortages and high unemployment. It's unrealistic to expect localgovernments to handle the burden of these costly programs when Reagan's policies already have helpedcripple rapidly deteriorating urban areas. And it's . rediculous to magnify their suffering by creating acostly swap-a-rama while most state, city and county governments still are straining under a darkrecessionary cloud. Perhaps Reagan is willing to brew up another, more nourishing, pot ofmushâ€”this time he can feed it to the one million food stamp recepients who've been going hungry since their benefits were eliminated. ![7J*jraEE2 gt; Fairhaven reflects Western's diversity It's easy to pickout freshmen during the first days of fall quarter. They're the ones who walk through Red Square with their heads on a swivel, obviously agog at just how much different this place looks compared to the typicalsuburban-area high school. The biggest difference is the people. Western has long-haired students,short-haired students, conservative students, radical students. For many people, that's one of the mostattractive things about Western. It's diverse, open-minded and open to academically oriented students ofany stripe. Newcomers to this 224-acre campus will come to appreciate that diversity. If they care abouttheir school, they'll be angry to hear that some of this university's leaders are considering closing downone of Western's shining stars of diversityâ€”Fairhaven College. Fairhaven is no stranger to threats ofextinction. Along with The Evergreen State College in Olympia, it's been one of the right wing's favoritewhipping boys in the Legislature. Hostility to Fairhaven can be traced to a vicious streak of anti-intellectualism in the Legislature. The men and women in Olympia who'd like to see the nationally knowncollege closed seem to think a program that doesn't produce tomorrow's business leaders just isn't worth funding. Several administrators and faculty members here apparently share that idotic, short-sightedview. That's tragic. Closing Fairhaven to save money is Reaganomics at its most mean-spirited level.More precisely, it would lend a hand in turning Western into a trade school that produces businessmenand technocrats. Now, we need bankers, electrical engineers and architects, but we also need men andwomen committed to alternatives to the normal and the humbrum. Future freshmen at Western shouldhave the chance to meet people from different backgrounds with different interests. If Fairhaven and other liberal arts programs here are terminated, future freshmen may shuffle through Tied Square with headsslanted toward the bricks. It would resemble another Red Square, half a world away. WSL needs votes;support your lobby Amid budget cuts and tuition increases, the Washington Student Lobby arrives on the scene reminiscent of the cavalry coming to the rescue. But, unlike the cavalry, the WSL can't whup thebad guysâ€” in this case, budget-ax wielding legislatorsâ€”all by itself. It needs the support of students.The WSL will have a full-time paid lobbyist in Olympia for the start of the legislative session in January.The lobbyist will strive to educate and persuade legislators to support the needs of higher education. The lobby is financed solely by students assessing themselves $1 at the time of registration. Without thisfinancial support the WSL will not be able to function at the level needed to do its job. But, studentsshould not just donate their dollars and expect the WSL to fight the battle for them. For t he WSL to besuccessful, students also must register to vote, which easily can be done at fall quarter registration.Moreover, they should vote for legislators who support students interests. Students are notorious non-voters, making them easy prey for budget-scalpers. Legislators, fearless of students voting them out ofoffice, are free to raise tuition and cut higher education's budget. The budget already has been hacked by almost 20 percent and the legislators have not laid down their hatchets, yet. If the students rally aroundthe WSL, however, they still may be able to hold down the higher education fort. Editor Mark CarlsonManaging Editor Mitch Evich News Editor Lori McGriff Opinion Editor Peggy Loetterle Features EditorDave Mason Assistant Copy Editors Elayne Anderson Scott Fisk Leslie Nichols Head Copy Editor Jim Bacon Sports Editor Heidi Fedqre Arts Editor Gordon Weeks â€¢ Production/Design CoordinatorMasaru Fujimoto Photo Editor Gary Lindberg Photo Assistant Dave Jack Business Manager PatrickHerndon Advertising Manager Masood Sahba Adviser Pete Steffens Opinions expressed in editorials reflect those of the Western Front and are not necessarily those of the university or the student body. Opinions expressed in signed articles and'cartbtons are those of the author. Guest comments areinvited. The Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University. The Front isentered as second-class postage, at Bell-ingham, Wash., and its identification, number'is USPS 624-820. The Front's newsroom is located in College Hall, room 9, while its business office is quarteredin College Hall, room 7. The Front is typeset in its newsroom and at Western's printshop in theCommissary. The Front is printed by â€¢The.BeJJingham Herald. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 6 ---------- 6 Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 By SCOTT FISK Here's How To Make RegistrationEasy. . . . Or at least that's what is printed on the fall quarter registration map above the recommended 11 steps to a smooth landing onto the Western runway of higher education. I'm lost. Not because I do not know where I am, but because anxiety has struck as hard as on my first day of school. I literallywas dragged up the steps of Wade Calvin Elementary School in Sumner, screaming louder with each tug on my arm. I'm at Western now, on my own. I am expected to happily accept the trauma of beingherded like cattle with multitudes of other students, while trying to figure out what classes I want to takeand pray they are not full. I am lost in my own freshman fear. I realize the consequences of myoversleeping. I missed freshman orientation. So I now must find my own way through the registrationmaze, without the benefit of prior instruction. Faculty advisement helped me somewhat. I know whatclasses I should takeâ€” or at least don't want to take, which is nearly all the 101 introductory offers. Iam 15 minutes late for my 2 p.m. registration appointment and the drugs are taking effiect. The longline winds out of gym D's mouth like a cobra's tongue and licks the east side of Bond hall. 2:30 p.m. Ienter Gym D, the old brick warehouse next to Carver Gym, to pick up my personal schedule packet. A signâ€”"Welcome to Western and Happy Registration "â€”is no consolation for my growing paranoiathat I won't get a packet because of a computer error. 2:45 p.m. Somehow I make it up the stairs inline, which snakes through a course of nylon ropes attached waist-high to volleyball poles. Mentalflashes of a dehorning machine . weaken my knees as I wait long enough in line for sweat to break out.3 p.m. My turn) a voice tells me, "You may go to line five." I tell the computer operator my magicpersonal informationfor her to punch into the data device. Relief. My packet, consisting of two computer cards, is handed to me and I am told to go to Gym C. Another signâ€”"Proceed to Gym C with yourpacket. Please Watch your step." Signs with a red "R" are everywhere. I You've just blown your mindwith four consecutive nights of partying. Now, you face the savage journey into the heart of. . . ImmricHRegistration presume this simple form of non-verbal communication will lead me where I need not go.After descending stairs and making a couple right turns, I find the entrance to gym C, Carver Gym'supper wing. I'm handed a schedule card. I ask for two, in case I screw up the first one. But a look of Tiltake back the one you have if you don't move along" sends me running up the stairs past anothersign:"Please show your packet." 3:15 p.m. In Gym C students are frantically filling in their schedulecards. I get my first look at lists with the dreaded yellow lines drawn through the classes closed toenrollment. Yellow lines are everywhere I look. My options: Introduction to, Orientation to, Principles of.After a lengthy schedule-card- crossword puzzle, I am set with three classes for IS credits. ' 3:45 p.m.Another sign: "Proceed to Gym B. Pick up your admit cards." From the balcony above, the main gym isa great lizard pit of untraceable movement. Chaos. What minute pacification I received from actuallyfinding three open classes in the afternoonâ€”I like to sleep as late as possibleâ€”is shattered. I walkdownstairs into the myriad bodies. In the center of the bizarre convention of students is another stationwith lists of filled classes. It's more current than the upstairs edition. I have to check again to see whichclasses are full. Disaster strikes without warning. Two of my afternoon clases are full. In desparation I rip out pages of the magazine-style class schedule. I hesitate at an ad: "MARINES. Maybe you can beone of us." 4 p.m. After a blistering mad scramble, I find two more introduction-for-the-masses classesat 8 and 9 a.m. I stagger to each respective department table and collect yellow class cards. I ask if thecooling system is out. It feels like it is about to rain inside the gym, the humidity is so unbearable.Cautiously I sit down at the south end of the gym to fill out a computer card with my haphazard schedule. I take notice for the first time of Do Not Remove From Registration Area â€” stamped on the card.4:15 p.m. A violent scream sends my paperwork flying into the air. Another insane scream momentarilystops the action on the carver Market floor. All class trading comes to an abrupt halt. Someone acrossthe gym is screaming my name. I trace the voice to the mouth of the person I am assigned to spend thenext nine months with. I knew I was in trouble the first day I met my roommate and his 200-watt ampwith refrigerator-size speakers and his girlfriend Mona with the snake tatooed on her shoulder. Now he is screaming at the top of his lungs at me. What's that? Keg? Stack four? Taps in 15 minutes? Mind-bending substances available? I had to escape from the gym immediately. I collect my cards and hopeI've done them correctly. I sprint up the stairs to Gym A, the final check-out. I catch my breath andrealize the ordeal is almost over. The registration people have what they wanted all alongâ€”my originaldo not bend, spindle or mutilate cards. 4:30 p.m. At last! The fee billing station, the last stop on themap of disconcertion. No, I do not want health insurance. Everyone has to feel he lives dangerouslysomehow. Luckily the $320 tuition is not due until Oct. 1.1 forgot my checkbook in my hurry to makemy appointment. It's finally over. I am wound up as tight as a tourniquet. I feel a violent surge overtakingme. . . .So, borrowing the immortal words from a little-known philosopher, "It is time for sedation for myown protection." First day of class is tomorrow. 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Box 2669, Bellingham, WA 98227 (206) 733-6970 Hf 'Come let us sing to the lord' Psalm 95:1 Campus Ministry of the Church of Christ Join us for a special "Welcome Back"devotional at Viking Union 350 in the Sasquatch Room. A time for meeting new friends and renewing oldacquaintances in an atmosphere of love and worship. We welcome all of you back to WWU, and we hopeyou will join with us to praise our Lord in song. Special Devotional: Thursday, Sept. 23 6:3Q RegularDevotionals: Every Monday 6:30 VU 350 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 7 ---------- Ttiesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front Dorm applicants down; vacancies still not filled ByCAROLYN CASEY Students still looking for a place to live this fall need look no further than Western'sresidence hall system. As of Friday^ housing officials were accepting applications for the 236 beds stillavailable in campus dormitories. "We have spaces in every building right now except Beta and Nash,"Director of University Residences Keith Guy said. But new residents of Western's dorms either will haveto send smoke signals or visit Pacific Northwest Bell's "Phone Mart" if they seek to contact the off-campus world. During the summer telephones were removed from campus dorms and apartments tokeep room and board rate increases at 5 percent. Guy estimated that remaining on the Centrex phoneservice would have led to a 9.2 percent increase. The phone removal will save Western $17,000 a monthin equipment charges alone, he said. Because Pacific Northwest Bell claimed students were notpaying their long distance bills, direct dialing was eliminated last year, Guy said. A dispute remained,however, about who would pay for the unpaid collect calls received on campus phones. PNB askedWestern to pay the bill but Western refused. Finally, it seemed best to remove the phones, he said.Students must arrange and pay for their own phone service this year. To accommodate the new system, PNB is operating a "mini phone center store" near the registration center in Old Main, Margie Wickham, PNB service representative, said. It will remain on campus through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.daily. Students can select their phones there, she said. Because of the new phone system, studentswill save money on long distance calls because they can dial direct, Guy said. Many students probablywill decide to share phones instead of getting one for every room and this will result in additionalsavings, he said. Depending on a student's credit rating, PNB will charge up to $80 for a deposit andabout $30 in service start-up fees, according to PNB rate schedules. Other policy changes in thehousing and dining system include new rules governing room changes and intoxicated Two studentswere surrounded by boxes and furniture as they moved into Higginson Hall last ! weekend. students inthe dining halls. In past years confusion and instability were caused by constant room changes duringthe quarter, Guy said. This year arbitrary room changes will not be allowed during the quarter. "Only inan emergency situation would we authorize a move during the quarter," he said. The constant roomchanges disrupt the staff and keep students from getting involved in their studies, he said. "Our staff are students, too," he said. Another change will give SAGA employees the right to hold the meal card of astudent who is obviously intoxicated. The card will be returned to the student after his meal. This willallow for easy identification of the student should problems occur, Guy explained. It also will simplifygetting retribution should damage occur, he added. If the student is so intoxicated that he cannotfunction, the staff has the right to refuse service, he said. Intoxicated students are not a huge problem,he said. "But the staff felt they needed this right." How to find a good bank your first week on campus. Just head for the nearest bright blue Rainier Bank sign. You'll find every kind of checking account,savings plan, or student loan under the sun. And you'll meet some friendly people who'll help you frommatriculation through graduation. KMMIKIUVK We fa Involved 121 West Holly 676-5533 Open 9:30-5:00 Mon.-Thurs. 9:30-6:00 Fri. : MwPffFm-z.'â€¢*: I *Â» SALON 1 ELLYN CUNNINGHAM Haircutting,Perms, Color weaving LEOPOLD HOTEL â€¢ BELLINGHAM, WA â€¢ 671-3150 Sign up NOW for Study Abroad Programs! LONDON Cost: $2100/term MORELIA Cost: $1191/term COLOGNE Cost:$1975/term AVIGNON Cost: $1875/term FOREIGN STUDY OFFICE Old Main 400 Tel. 676-3298 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 8 ---------- 8 Western Front Tuesday, September 21,1982 Tfojlc" Cascades await adventurous PHOTO BY DAVID V. MASON Huge wilderness awaits the hardy By MARK CARLSON ~ Make no mistakeâ€”WhatcomCounty never will be confused with Parma, Ohio. Beyond the pulp mill plumes of Bellingham and theDutch-reformed Kitsch of Lynden are hundreds of square miles of wildernessâ€”culminating in thehands-off-capitalism North Cascades National Park on the county's eastern fringe. Better yet, all ofthis wonderland is laced with hiking trails that allow outdoorsmen to probe river valleys, roam highland ridges and scale peaks. The North Cascades are considered by many to be the Lower 48's premierwilderness area. It doesn't take much money to relish this region's delights, either. All you need isenough gasoline to drive to the trailhead, a knapsack containing lunch, additional warm clothing, theU.S. Geological Survey map that covers the area you're hiking, matches, a knife and a flashlight. Inaddition, it's best that hikers never set off alone on a journey. If you break an ankle, you'll want someoneto summon aid. Of course, hikers should pack lightly only for day hikes in good weather. If you'replanning a multi-day trek through the wilderness, you'll need additional gear and a reputableguidebook, s u c h as the M o u n t a i n eers' 101 Hikes in the North pure Cascades. This article willaddress only day hikes accessible to anyone able to walk more than several miles at a single shot.Winchester Mountain Though it climbs to the lofty 6,521-foot-high summit of Winchester, this five-mileround trip is one of the easiest hikes in tne North Cascades. The toughest task on this trek is driving tothe trailhead. Travel the Mount Baker Highway to Glacier and continue another 13V2 miles before turning left on a road signed "Tomyhoi Trail 5, Twin Lakes 7." This road was built by the county and isn'tmaintained by the U.S. Forest Service. It's in terrible condition. Unless you drive a Jeep or some otherfour-wheel- drive vehicle, you'll probably want to walk the final couple miles to the trailhead at TwinLakes. The Winchester Mountain trail climbs through heather, alpine trees and flowers to the summit,which is the site of a long-gone lookout cabinâ€”on clear days it affords a sweeping view of the NorthCascades and the Puget Sound lowlands. The trail should be snow-free through the end of October.Chain Lakes Loop Mounts Baker and Shuksan dominate this six-mile journey through alpine meadowsloaded with blueberries. Follow the Mount Baker Highway to its end at Austin Pass. The first part ofthe journey is a dull hike up a battered gravel road, but things get much nicer at the formal trailhead atthe roadend. In a scarce few hundred feet you'll encounter a spur trail veering to the left. Keep right, for the spur trail crosses a steep and extremely hazardous snow field that's no-man's-land unless you own an ice axe and know how to use it. â€¢ " , The main trail wanders over a â€¢ 5,400-foot saddle alongthe base of Table Mountain and then laces through a series of pretty mountain lakes. You'll want tolinger at many spots along the way to listen for the whistles of marmots and the distant thunder ofwaterfalls. Between the final two lakes on your journey, watch for a spur path on the right. It gains 900feet in two miles and winds up near the trailhead, where your car is parked. It wipes out the necessity of returning along the gravel road, since the main trail winds up at the Mount Baker Ski Area. The ChainLakes Loop usually is snow-free until early November. Baker River This trail neither ascends highpeaks nor rambles through alpine meadow. Rather, the Baker River Trail follows the river of the samename through one of the few remaining wilderness valleys '-l the nation. And instead of culminating ina scintillating view of mountains and water, the Baker River trail simply peters out in the midst of adeep, damp forest. Because the trail crosses into the North Cascades National Park, you'll need a parkservice back country permit, which is available at park headquarters in Sedro Woolley. The trail hoversat around 1,000 feetâ€”that means it's snow-free most of the year. It makes a fine hike when the highcountry is covered with 10 feet of snow To find the trail head, travel on the North Cascades Highway,14Vz miles east from Sedro Woolley. Then turn left on the Baker Lake- Grandy Lake road 14 miles toKomo Kulshan Guard Station on Baker Lake. Follow the gravel Forest Service Road 11% miles beforeturning left on a "half-mile spur. Take the first right, and drive another half mile to the trailhead. Hikethree miles along the trail, enjoying along the way views of rushing white water and occasionalglimpses of Shuksan and other white giants. Have lunch at Sulfide Creek before heading back to the car. Thunder Creek Another wilderness valley, except this one deserves top priority for an outing. Its futureis in jeopardy. Seattle City Light wants to raise the height of Ross Dam, which would flood thisexquisite valley and ruin it forever. Find the trailhead at Colonial Creek Campgroundâ€”it's just off theNorth Cascades Highway near Diablo Dam. The trail follows an inlet of Diablo Lake for about one milebefore plunging into virgin-growth timber. A good turnaround point is at a campsite on McAllister Creek,six miles from the trailhead. Once you're back home, immediately sit down and write Seattle City Lightto strongly express your opposition to its plan to turn Thunder Creek Valley into a mudflat. Sendcarbon copies to Congressman Al Swift and Senators Henry Jackson and Slade Gorton. Cascade Pass Here's the granddaddy of them all. It's a seven-mile round trip to an historic notch high in theCascades. The pass has been a cross-mountain route traveled by Indians, prospectors andexplorers since before history was recorded in these parts. Drive the North Cascades Highway toMarblemount and turn right on the Cascade River Road 25 miles to the trailhead. The extremely well-maintained trail climbs at an easy 10 percent grade through forest for two miles before exploding intospectacular alpine parklands at the pass, 5,400 feet above sea level. Take care not to trample thefragile meadows at the pass, and don't light campfires. The area has suffered from overuse and the ParkService is seeking to rehabilitate those portions of the region that have been loved nearly to death. Butby all means exploreâ€” don't just confine your stay to a brief lunch stop. A two-mile side trip to 7,600-foot-high Sahale Arm beckons for the adventurous-the path winds to the left up a ridgeâ€”who seek evenmore extensive views. Other side trips deserve to be taken, which means you'll return to Cascade Passagain and again. Epilogue These are just a few of the dozens of tremendous trips the dedicated NorthCascades traveler should investigate. Explore as many as you can, but don't feel you should seek outthem all during your stay at Western. That's impossible. This area has enough adventure for alifetime of hiking. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 9 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front 9 Rental shop serves man-of-all-seasons Many ofWestern's sendees are designed to help students survive the classroom, but at least one program cangive them an adventurous escape from the often gray academic cloud. The Associated StudentsEquipment Rental Shop in Viking Union 113 leases recreational equipmentâ€”including skis, ice-climbing gear, rafts and canoesâ€”and sells bicycle parts along with tools for bicycle repair, at low prices. Theshop is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. During fall, students' biggest demand probably will be forcamping gear, John Forsen, summer manager, said. Stoves, tents, sleeping bags and frame andframeless packs could be in short supply, he said. Wetsuits are available for use* with rafts or for othersportsâ€” including wind surfing and scuba diving. As the seasons change, different items gain and losepopularity. "It (the equipment) is all very seasonal," Forsen said. Because of winter's usual snowfall onMount Baker, all of the shop's skis, boots and snowshoes are used during most weekends, Forsen said.The shop leases 30 to 40 pairs of cross-country skis and 20 to 30 pairs of ski boots. The shop's four pairs of mountaineering skis have no-release bindings, called "bear traps." Students can choose betweenwaxable and non-waxable skis. Bellingham transit ready for shuttling By DON JENKINS Westernstudents without automobiles don't have to find themselves stranded on campus. Bellingham MunicipalTransit System serves the campus with four buses stopping in front of the. viking Union on High Street,and one bus stopping by the Viking Union Elevator on Garden Street. Fare is 25 cents (exact changeonly) and tokens are 25 for $5. The transit system has no transfers. Tokens can be bought at the vikingUnion information desk where a complete bus map and schedule are posted. Tokens also can be bought at most banks downtown and at the transit office located at 2200 Nevada Street. Many Bellinghammerchants also sell tokens. In addition to using them as fare, tokens can be used in parking meters or on the park and ride system. Transit buses run weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturdaysbetween 9 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. Buses do not run on Sundays or holidays. The Park and Ride bus shuttle is a service for students who drive to school but do riot have a parking permit for campus parking lots. A student can park his or her car in the Bellingham Mall, in the Fairhaven College Western Washington University Fall 1982 Course Schedule Fairhaven College classes are open to all W.W.U. students andcredit earned is applied to University graduation requirements. You may take one or more courses forelective credit or enroll in our full-time degree program. Registration for Fairhaven classes is via usualUniversity procedure. We invite you to contact us. The College is located on the southwest edge of thecampus between the Visitor's Center and Buchanan Towers. 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TR 10-12 MWF 1-2 1 hr. M 3-5 WF 3-4 The Fairhaven College Quarterly â€”available in Registrar's Office, Admissions Office, Academic Advisement Centerâ€” provides completedescriptions of these courses and seminars. The 82/83 University Class Schedule lists other studyopportunities to be offered in the winter and spring quarters. system students periphery of the parking lot away from store fronts, and ride the park and ride bus to campus. Fare is 10 cents, a token or free with a shuttle pass from one of the Bellingham merchants. The shuttle makes 20 minute round trips between the mall and campus starting at 7:45 a.m. with a break from 10 a.m. to noon. The last run leaves MillerHall at 5:10 p.m. The shuttle picks up passengers on East College Way near Fairhaven, behindArntzen Hall and behind Miller Hall. Passengers are dropped off behind the lecture halls but none arepicked up there. Center aims students in right direction By SETH PRESTON Many students becomeconfused about requirements to get a degree. To avoid taking unneeded classes or missing the onesneeded, students can get help from Western's Academic Advisement Center. "Basically, at theAcademic Advisement Center we're interested in helping students get access to Western'sresources," said Program Director Ron Johnson. The center provides a full range of academicadvisement services with emphasis on the pre-major student. Areas of service include new and returningstudent academic orientation, general advisement for continuing pre-majors and special advisementfor students experiencing academic difficulties. "We're geared to freshmen and . sophomores, toadvise them while they're pre majors and to help them with General University Requirements,"Johnson .said. "Once they get a major, they get advisement from their department." Most advising inthe center is done by peer advisors, students who have gone through a training program to prepare themto cope with other students' academic problems. "We also function as a type of referral department,"Johnson said. "We can assess the individual's advisement needs and tell them where they can receive the proper aid." Johnson said he also sees educating students to make intelligent academicdecisions as a function of the center. "For many students, their freshman year can be shocking. Thereare a lot of new pressures, such as living with a roommate they've never seen before and a new systemof classes." The center also helps students experiencing problems with scholastic standing, such asbeing placed.on academic warning or probation. Student withdrawals from Western also arecoordinated through the center. Academic Advisement is located in Old Main 274, and is open from 9a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The telephone number for more information is 676-3850. WalkLins . are welcome ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 10 ---------- 10 Western Front Tuesday, September 21,1982 'When we cannot remember . . . we will repeat the error.' Hiroshima pleads 'feepeace ::i^liftfi^fcil3Srf^SiP-Wmm A war for peace is being fought. This is the first ina series on the protest against nuclear weapons, a movement that demands disarmament. Story andphotos by.MASARUFUJJMOTO HIROSHIMA, Japanâ€”Every year since the holocaust of Aug. 6, 1945,this city has pleaded with the world to end the nuclear arms race. At the Hiroshima Peace Park, the37th Peace Ceremony started with Mayor Takeshi Araki's peace proclamation. "Hiroshima is notmerely a witness of human history. Hiroshima forever is an admonition for human future. When wecannot remember Hiroshima, we will repeat the error, and it is obvious that the I history of mankind willcome to the end," said Araki, a survivor of the Bomb. The mayor has sent messages of protest towherever nuclear tests are practiced. Already this year 15 tests have been reported throughout the world. He urged all countries that own nuclear weapons to disarm now and swore that Hiroshima never will stop appealing for world peace. Every year the city adds names of newly identified bomb victims to the death list and dedicates them to the Peace Monument in the annual ceremony. This year 3,060 namesjoined the death list. Inside the monument are the bones and skulls of 70,000 unidentified victims. TheA-bomb Memorial Dome in Hiroshima is a reminder of Aug. 6,1945. It is 15 minutes past 8 a.m.moment'37* years ago. the fateful Three B-29s invade the clear sky. Two are decoys. The third,nicknamed Enola Gay, drops the first atomic bomb, "Little Boy." A great light flashes. The bombexplodes 2,000 feet above the city, where 320,000 live. Almost four decades-later, more than 43,000 atthe park close: their eyes. They pray. They pray for the victimsâ€”and for eternal peace in the world. ThePeace Bell echoes through' Hire* shinia as if trying to cry-to the entire world. JX cable'car halts.Peo^pJ^stop walking. The city of Hiroshihia is still. A group of "400 including children :ahd elderly startfalling down and laying on the ground pretending torJeldead. At the saine moment protesters in New York also f die." . This protestâ€”called '"Die-in" â€” originated three yeaits/iago in New York to appeal fordisarmament of all nuclear weapons by the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. This marks the secondyearthe "die-in" has been practiced in Hiroshima, and the number of participants is double that of last year'sceremony, reports the Hiroshima newspaper Chogoku Shinbun. When the long minute ends thousands of pigeons are freed to the clear sky gt; - The ceremony ends. â€¢ It is one of those; typical muggysummer, mornings in' Hiroshima. "The masses of thirsty participants -head ^to â€¢ the park's entrancewhere volunteers serve iced tea and cold wet towels^ '_[ Ghiekb HinfemcH 52, lives in Hiroshima, Shewas in the ninth,grade.when she expe-' - rienced the Hell. At the time, she was working at an airplanefactory. The day of the Bomb remains a part of her life. % -; - A \ % '*â€¢ lt;â€¢Â£ ;----V \ Y i - \ "Icouldn't remember what happened or where I was; "Jfimempri said softly with an expressionless, faca^'it?\yas ;$o hot that li started walking toward Motoyasu Rjyerfor ^water;-' ^her % h ) $ e $ i ! ^ \ ^ Himemorisomehow managed to escape to -.-â€¢ the river. "There I saw masses of dying people crawjingjup to meand begging me 'please give me water/ " fX'' ~Y She said their burnt'skins were hanging ' :\ :':: lt;- â€¢*iÂ»t:M% fj^v'Â£ gt; ^sjfife?-. took about 10 days to get here," said Kelly, who now lives in Tokyo wherehe is studying Japanese culture. The temperature is in the high 80s and his face and arms aresunburned from the long marclv Kelly said he shared many ideas with the monks. One was pacifism. "Ifyou think saying 'no more nukes,;no more war, forworld peace' is an ideology," Kelly said, "then to keep;making all the deadly weapons to maintain world peace, balancing the power of East and West;is a realideology."; ^ _ ; ;;Y Y4 Surrounded by greens and modern architecture, ^shambles ,of defeayed lt;fcWck arid concrete-building stands alone in the park inharmoniously with '"the environment. 3"The"collapsed wreckage is called^A-bomb Meinbrial Dome. Before the Bomb it was the HiroshimaIndustrial Bureau Building. ;. -."The domeeshaped top .now/is O ly a -: i ^ t y f r a j ^ a n ^ ^ f c ^ blast,-weretotally.demolished. ,.', Â£}-* â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢ -- Thetejjty^dnut ti^r^dbvyn tj|^..bufl nordid the cityrestoreit. Hiroshima didn't want to forget Doomsday. The building remains, and so do^he memoriesofJhumanity/s ultimate tragedy. â€¢ Bilt as if deaf to the cries of "No more Hiroshima," the ^ United ;States tested WM% # ^ l ma 'There I saw masses of dying people crawling up to me arid begging me"Please give me water.'" f * f ^ e * ^ paper, cranes called* "Orlzuru." The cranes, made by hand, mourn for Hiroshima victrms. ^ down from their arms and legs like a 4'popped tomato." "They died oneafter theother while Â£ tried to get therii water from' theriver." ' % ;\ (; gt;- * HimemOri add6d that the bombsurvivors believe they are destined to tell what they have seen. "That's why we are still alive," she saidquietly. Earlier in the morning Himemori brought flowers to the monument as she. ,has for the last 37years. It is her mother's resting place. Among the visitors from overseas, Bill Kelly, a 36-year-old NewYorker, arrived at the park Aug. 4, two days before the ceremony. He hitchhiked from Tokyo, about 500miles east of Hiroshima, then joined a peace march led by 12 Buddhist monks outside Hiroshima. "Iwalked for two days, but the peace march itself started from Tokyo and thev another atomic warhead inan underground, site in the Nevada desert nine hours prioj* to the Hiroshima ceremony. The testcollapsed an area three times the size of a football field, shaking buildings almost 80 miles away in LasVegas. It was the 593rd blast at the same site in the last 30 years. Energy secretary James Edwards,who watched the test there, called it "exciting." Even though many scientists didn't expect to see grassin Hiroshima for another century, the grass has grown back. And protesters against nuclear Weapons ihave just started to take root. "No winners in this nuclear race, but losers," Araki said. Hiroshima stilllives. 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' '] ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 12 ---------- 12 Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Primaries over Two liberals challenging GOPIncumbents in 40th survivors look ahead Braddock, Bosnian battle highlights 42nd district By MARKCARLSON Pundits across the nation are forecasting tough times for Republicans, and nvo Democrats from the Skagit Valley are hoping they can make that prediction come true locally. Former SkagitCounty Prosecuting Attorney Pat McMullen and 1981 Western graduate Astrid Dahl are gunning for the40th District Legislature jobs of conservative Republicans Homer Lundquist and Pat Fiske. Fiske andLundquist swept into office, two years ago along with the GOP tidal wave that engulfed the United States. But, along with many other Republicans who rode President Reagan's coattails into elected office,Fiske and Lundquist are being rapped for the nation's current economic ills and reduced services forlow-income citizens. At least, that's where McMullen and Dahl are focusing their criticisms. Dahlespecially is concerned about GOP-led slashes in higher education spending, pointing out Fiske hasvoted for tuition hikes and against education spending during his first term in Olympia. "We can't cuthigher education any more," the 33-year-old Sedro Woolley resident told The Front last week "It takesso long for any institution to build up its reputation, and if we continue tearing it down, we're looking at20 years of re-building to get it where it was." Dahl said she favors "closing tax loopholes for business" and making any future cuts in the "higher levels of the bureaucracy" to help fight the state's hugerevenue shortfalls. Services for Washington's residentsâ€” what Dahl calls the "lower levels of thebureaucracy"â€”can't be cut any more, she said. Dahl also branded Fiske as an "inaccessible"legislator, and vowed she'd meet with constituents regularly McMullen, who served as Skagit Countyprosecutor from 1974 until 1980, said he's running against Lundquist because of the tendency for HouseGOP leaders to conduct business in an atmosphere of backroom secrecy. "The leadership lockeditself behind closed doors and didn't tell the public what was going on during the last session," he said.In addition, Republicans "slapped the public in the face with so-called 'regressive' taxes such as thefood tax," McMullen said. McMullen called cuts in higher education outlays "short-sighted." "We'vegot to promote growth with educated people," said McMullen, who currently is city attorney for thesmall Skagit County towns of Hamilton and Lyman. McMullen knocked off Western political scienceprofessor Chuck Fox during the Sept. 8 primary. "Chuck could have beat Homer," he said, adding thathe entered the fray to "beat Homer Lundquist, not Chuck Fox." The 37-year-old McMullen said he thinksLundquist is "very vulnerable," pointing out that his and Fox's combined vote totals in the primary weresubstantially larger than was that of Lundquist. Lundquist did poorly in the portion of the 40th districtwhich includes Western, possibly because of his anti-colleges voting record in the Legislature. McMullen lives in Sedro Woolley. By LORI McGRIFF Although separated by fiscal boundaries, two Westernalumni in the 42nd District legislative race agree that education should be salvaged from the state'sshrinking programs. Republican Rich Bosman and Democrat Dennis Braddock won primary races lastweek, placing them in the final stretch for the seat that will replace Democrat Mary Kay Becker. Thebattle, they agreed however, will not be fought over education but on how best to balance the budget.Bosman, calling himself a "fiscal conservative" who doesn't want to see people get hurt by budget cuts, said he is against a tax increase. Braddock said he supports a 1 percent income tax with a threshholdexemption that considers ability to pay. Bosman, a political newcomer, said he needs to examine thepossibility of more cuts in education before he will support putting an end to them. But he added that ifcuts are to come they should be targeted at the administrative level. "There are some areas that need tobe looked at," Bosman said. The Washington State Patrol trooper said he doesn't expect increases infinancial aid from the state. "I don't think realistically it will happen." "Getting the very most for taxdollars" is one promise Bosman said he will keep if he is elected. "I'm against raising taxes if at all^possible." "' The 33-year-old Bosman graduated from Western in 1971 and later joined the state patrol.He's been with the state patrol for 10 years. Bosman in last week's election defeated Hugh Pottle, whowas seeking office for the third time. The Western graduate from the Lynden area has the Lynden-basedsupport that helped place state Rep. Roger Van Dyken, Whatcom County Executive John Louws andCounty Councihvoman Shirley Van Zanten in their positions. Bosman said he would do whatever hecould to avoid raising taxes and warned voters to be wary of Braddock's spending reputation. Braddockexpressed his support of higher education but said he didn't expect more financial aid to be available atthe state level. "It's going to be hard enough paying the instructors," the 38-year-old planning consultantsaid. " A member of the Bellingham city council for nine years, Braddock said increasing jobs can't bedone on the local level until the national economy picks up. "I won't promise no new taxes. I think we'veheard that before," he said. The state's fiscal situation may call for more money, he said. Calling thedeterioration of education the greatest danger the state faces, Braddock said he hopes no more cutswill become necessary. "I think we have to improve the educational system," Braddock said. The cuts have left it in "pretty dismal shape," he said. Braddock attended Western for two years in a graduatepublic administration program during the early 1970s. He called Bosnian's fiscal conservative stand "athreat to women's rights and the needs of society." PHOTO BY GARY LINDBERG w % %%#? ^wi$n^in IN SELECTED FRAMES, CLEAR GLASS, STANDARD LENSES| (SLIGHT CHARGE FOROVERSIZE PLASTIC TINT) SOFT CONTACTS $74Â°Â° F Y P F Y A M Complete exam for $ A jE OOâ€” L i t C A M IVI soft lens contacts A 9 $99 00 Chemical Care Kit $10 additional. Spherical lenses instock EXTENDED WEAR $144. ASTIGMATIC $144 VISION INSURANCE ACCEPTED â€¢PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED OFFER EXPIRES NOV. 30,1982 30 Day Guaranteed Money Back Trial Period Dr.H after man Optical 8 0 0 LAKEWAY DR. 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Klipsun,Western's former yearbook turned photo-journalism magazine, is published bi-quarterly. It features photo-essays, art and non-fiction articles. The Klipsun's first issue, which was put together last spring, will bedistributed next week. The second issue will come out Nov. 11. KUGS-FM, Western's radio station, is at89.3.FM on your dial. Air time is from 7 a.m. to midnight. But Mary Cole, chief engineer, said the hoursmay change. KUGS is non-commercial radio that tries to provide an alternative to the local stations byplaying a variety of music and no "Top 40." Western View, channel 10 on your television, featuresprograms on issues and people in Whatcom County and, occasionally, campus events. Western Viewuses a magazine-style format. Air time still is undecided. Jeopardy is Western's fiction magazine. Eachspring it publishes poetry, art and short stories submitted by students. Services aid handicappedstudents By LESLIE NICHOLS Entering college is traumatic enough for a typical freshman, but thetrauma can be multiplied many times for a handicapped student. Western's Office of Student Life triesto ease disabled students' entrance into college through the office's services, many of which aresupported by volunteers. Perhaps the most significant for disabled students is accessibility toWestern's programs and buildings, a result of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. One of the act's regulationsstates that classes and other programs must be accessible to the handicapped. Although the actdoes not require the handicapped have access to every building or part of a building, it states thatthe university as a whole must be accessibleâ€”and most buildings on campus are. In addition, theuniversity is building an elevator in the Viking Union. Mobility impared students can be provided withaides and a campus access guide which explains how Western benefits students and which contains a c c e s s i b i l i ty maps of the university. The maps show accessible routes, entrances and restrooms; routes that may require assistance; curbs graded down to street level and ramps; elevators, wheelchair lifts and automatic doors and lowered drinking fountains and telephones. Deaf and hard-of-hearingstudents may use the interpreter referral service and TTY (teletypewriter) or amplified telephones. Blindand partially sighted students can receive help from volunteers who take notes in duplicate and give oneset to the disabled student, read aloud a book or tape it for the student or read an exam. Wilson Library also helps students by providing study rooms where taped lectures or books can be" read." The libraryhas special equipment for vision-impaired students to useâ€” including tape recorders, a braillewriter, atext enlarger, braille materials and typewriters with large type. Braille is on the button panels of many ofthe elevators on campus. Western offers additional services and programs for the handicapped,including: adaptive physical education sessions such as swimming, volleyball and basketball; parkingnear major classroom buildings; door-to-door transportation to lt; and from campus; accessiblehousing; the Disabled Students Organization and the speech and hearing clinic in College Hall. Formore information on handicap services and programs, visit the Office of Student Life in Old Main 380 or call 676-3843 (voice) or 676-3846 (TTY). I. V Cash carry roses priced from $100 WILSON 3Lri6tWelcome to Bellingham! 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They watch their student government struggle for nine months to obtain that all-importantpop machine in the lounge, only to have it revoked by mandate of the principal. And they notewidespread apathy among fellow students. Some carry those same images throughout college, andindeed, Western's student government occasionally acts.in away to reinforce such sentiments. Butmore often than not, many observers agree, Western's Associated Students is the most effectivestudent political body in the state. True, not many students vote in AS elections. Last spring's 27percent voter turnoutâ€”ostensibly sparse to the casual observerâ€”was the highest in recent Westernhistory. But, as Western's acting University President James Talbot points out, the studentgovernment here "actually gets things done." "If you want to get involved in student government, this isthe place to come," Talbot said. Ton Quinlan, vice president for student affairs, agreed:. "The potentialfor student involvement in the decision-making process of the university is extensive." The AssociatedStudents are not loved by everyone, however. Student leaders often have clashed with university officials (most conspicuously with Board of Trustees Chairman Curtis Dal-rymple and former UniversityPresident Paul Olscamp) and even Quinlan notes that for the Associated Students, the "playing ofpolitics sometimes becomes an end in itself." But the-Associated Students' successes wouldseemâ€”at least recentlyâ€”to outweigh their downfalls. During the last year they led the way in formingthe Washington Student Lobby, a statewide political body designed to represent higher educationinterests in Olympia; spearheaded the organizational effort of the Students Opposed to Red-' uctionsin Education rally in Olympia last" November and, more recently, gained at least partial concessionsfrom the trustees in their legal battle relating to student involvement in the search for a new universitypresident. Seated at the peak of the AS government is President Mark Murphy, a 22-year-old English/peech communications major AS Work Day set for today the Limit," at noon in the VU plaza, livebroadcasts by KUGS-FM radio throughout the day and continuous showings of the movie "ReeferMadness" by the Drug Information Center. "The main reason for the day is to encourage students tobecome involved with the AS," said AS President Mark Murphy. . The Associated Students hasscheduled a "Students at Work Day, " an opportunity for new and returning students to become oriented with Western's student government, from 10 a.m. to 4 (p.m. today in the Viking Union Plaza and otherareas. The day will include a perfor- â€¢ mance of the swing band "Sky's who took office last June,following May's election. Murphy heads the nine-member AS Board of Directors, the final body ofauthority in student politics. In general, the functions that Murphy and the board perform can be dividedinto two basic categories: their dealings with the university administration and their decisions of fundingfor student-supported programs. Their representation on other governing committees can be viewed as a sort of domestic policy. In the same way, the AS board's relations with other universities and with thestate legislature is comparable to a federal government's foreign policy. As a result of massive budgetcuts during the past year, the "foreign policy" role took on particular importance. A stronger web ofinter-university connections now exists than ever before. But Murphy says many of the external collegeorganizations gradually are growing autonomous of the AS Board. The WSL, for example, althoughformed through student government, will function separately. Such autonomy, Murphy predicts, willmake the AS board more effective at home. "The AS has always been very active, but by being tooactive in external affairs, we may jeopardize the relationship (between the Associated Students anduniversity administrators)," Murphy said, referring to what he says is viewed by some administratorsas overly-extreme actions by students. "Someone needs to scream," Murphy said, "but now someoneelse will do the screaming." Political lobbying and battles with administrators tend, to represent the more glamorous PHOTO BY JIM BACON Ban's Camera's AWESOME! Camera Sale Sept. 27-Oct. 2YASHICA Reg. 16400 Now! 13895 w/50mm f2 Hanimex DR-1 w/50mm lens Reg. 14995 Now 12995 *Also available in kit for 28995 FX-Dw/50mm Reg. 27095 'â€¢ 1 7 Now 22995 Great Sale Buys on otherBrands â€¢ Nikon â€¢ Minolta â€¢ Tamron â€¢ Vivitar â€¢ Ricoh â€¢ Agfa Quality since 1940! CanonAE-1 Kit 38995 includes: AE-1, 35-70mm lens, Filter, Flash, Gadget Bag, Film. 209 E. Holly 734-5900 AS President Mark Murphy side of student government, but perhaps the most important serviceprovided by the Associated Students is the allocation of student fees to AS clubs and programs. .The Associated Students fund a plethora of groupsâ€”all with money that students pay as part of theirtuitionâ€”ranging from political interest groups, such as the Human Life Club, to club sports, such askarate. It is in this realm that the average student is most likely to become aware of the existence ofstudent government. Every spring, the AS board, in conjunction with a university committee composedof students and administrators, allocates student monies to various clubs and organizations. As in allbudgetary processes, some groups come out looking better than others. "Some interests tend to belouder," Murphy noted. "But that doesn't mean they will be listened to more than others." In addition to its nine elected board members, Western's student governance system is filled out by scores ofappointments to univestity committees. Most students who are interested manage to be appointed tosome sort of committee, and thus gain initial experience in the Associated Students organization,Murphy said. WOODY BERNARD, JR., D.C is pleased to announce his recent association with theWholistic Health Center, 1111 High St., Bellingham. There will be an open house on Sept. 22nd, from 5-9 p.m., with mini-lectures, demonstrations and refreshments. Call 671-3194 for further information. Seethe bike and enter at Kinkcfs or Kulshan 932 N.-STATE.BELLINGHAM, WASH. 9 8 1 25 (2CX5) 7 3 3 - 04 *0 4 â€” COPIES â€” Self Serve 6-9 pm Mon.-Thurs. â€¢ f / O Serve J V Xerox 9200 INSTANTPASSPORT PHOTOS â€¢ BINDING WIDE SELECTION OF PAPERS OPEN 7:30 AM PLUS NIGHTSAND WEEKENDS kinko's copies 701 E. Holly 647-1114 6 Blocks From Campus At Holly Indian ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 15 ---------- P ? 3 3 ?5 ttikdiy; 'September 21,13^2 Western Front IS By JIM PERKINS Food service filling, if notexquisite Western's students who want hot food fast can find it in one of 11 dining halls, coffee shopsand snack bars on campus. Each dining establishment on campus offers the student varied foodchoices, reasonable prices, atmosphere and scenic views. At the south end of campus, in the Fair-haven College complex, a coffee shop on the ground floor of the administration building looks out upon acourtyard surrounded by apartment buildings. The specialty of the coffee shop is a freshly grilledhamburger. Vegetable selections from the salad bar can complete the meal. Wooden tables aresurrounded by modern art on the walls. The lighting is dim and cozy. Arntzen Hall coffee shop is in the southwest comer of that building on the ground floor. Newly built, its projected opening date is Sept. 30. This shop will offer coffee, donuts, soups and sandwiches and a view of the new South AcademicBuilding. Miller Hall coffee shop is next to Red Square plaza and Fisher Fountain. Red Square is thecrossroads of upper campus. Students stopping at Miller Hall coffee shop should try a cup of soup or asandwich. Inside the coffee shop, the atmosphere is smokey and often noisy with conversation.Seating usually is limited. Food service is cafeteria-style in the three dining halls on campus. Dining halls are located in the administration building at Fairhaven College, Ridgeway Commons and VikingCommons. Although open to all students, dining halls are primarily used by residence hall occupants.SAGA Food Services, the corporation that operates the dining halls and most eating establishments oncampus, offers several selections for each meal. Every Saturday night is steak night. The same viewis available from the fifth floor of the Viking Addition coffee shop. Mexican food is a specialty and a potato bar serves up hot, baked potatoes with condiments. The Ala Carte on the fourth floor offers on the fourth floor offers two eating rooms that are small and intimate. Students who have no time to sit down to ameal in dining halls and coffee shops can stop by the coffee den and bar on the sixth floor of the VikingAddition for ham-burges and sandwiches. Sandwiches can be purchased at the Deli just a few yardsaway. Students choose from a variety of meats, cheeses and breads. The Deli is one of just two placeson campus where students can find Tony's coffee. lt; The other is right outside the Deli in the VikingPlaza where a vendor sets up shop on a picnic table each day. Cookies, cake, fruit and miscellaneousgoodies can be bought from other Plaza vendors on campus. CELUOPHANE SQUARE RECORDS TAPES L DAM to 9 PM RWED$UMCEi D// *FREE RECORDS K K Â» 2 0 7 E. HOLLY STREET-BELLIMGHAM-676-1111 GURstobe emphasized by Tutorial Center By SETH PRESTON ~ TheTutorial Center will begin its second year on campus with an emphasis on providing student tutoringfor General University Requirements. "The quality of the Tutorial Center depends on the quality of thetutorsâ€”the heart of the matter is student-to-student relations," said Ron Johnson, AcademicAdvisement Center director. The Tutorial Center is a sub-office of Academic Advisement and falls underJohnson's jurisdictipn. The center's hours have been expanded to make it better available to studentswith heavy morning class loads. The center will be open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Friday, instead of last year's 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The increased hours mean additionaltutors will be hired to maintain the same services offered before. Although the expansion is takingplace at a time of budget cutbacks, Johnson does not seem surprised. "Tutors are relatively cheapduring cutbacks, plus they are providing a valuable service," he said. Despite initial publicity difficulties when the center first opened, student-tutor contacts increased to 1,467 spring quarter from 941 winterquarter. "I was pleased and surprised," Johnson said. "The figures were much higher than I expected."The key element, obviously, is students' word-of-mouth. We'll expand or contract rapidly according tostudent opinionâ€” we have to keep up the quality." Johnson said the center will strive to do more of thethings it did last year, such as providing review sessions for GUR classes before tests. The center islocated in Old Main 285, and its services are free. Students are encouraged to make appointments bycalling 676-3855, but .appointments are not required. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 16 ---------- 16 Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Cutbacks felt all over campus By DAVE MASON Toparaphrase Mark Twain, any rumor of Western's death would be an exaggeration. But the recent series of large cuts in the university budget has forced Western to suffer a painfully strict diet â€” a diet thathas not only cut all the fat, but also has begun to weaken the university's muscle. Western's days as agrowing institution â€” from a teachers' school to state college to a university â€” have ended. Instead ofgrowing, Western is now shrinking with some programs being consolidated while others are dropped,deans say. The Board of Trustees has directed administrators to review the university's priorities. Even if no further reductions are made in the budget â€” the latest was a $1.4 million cut this summer â€”Western will have to lose more weight during the 1983- 84 year. Faculty positions that were spared thebudget ax this year will be cut in June. 'most severe year' And 1982-83 "probably will be one of the mostsevere years in our history, much more severe than the Reduction-in-Force (cuts in faculty and staff) in1976-77," said James Davis, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Deans, however, are optimistictheir colleges â€” and Western as. a whole â€” will survive budget cuts, despite how much programs arehurt by cuts and despite the patience the cuts will require. "I don't think the university is about to bedestroyed," said Dan Lamer, dean of Fairhaven College. "We do have to be imaginative. . . We'll have toface the loss of programs." Fewer sections of courses will be offered because Western reduced thenumber of full-time faculty positions this year to 426 from 474. Some classes will be offered only once ayear, Davis said. In fact, if more positions are cut, some physical education courses may be offered onlyevery other year, said Chapelle Arnett, chairman of the physical education department. "Poly Sci 250(and 101) will be hard to get into," said Ralph Miner, chairman of the political science department.Waiting lists already have mounted for the courses, which are prerequisites for upper-division classes.Secretaries cut One change with an immediate impact is the reduction in secretarial staffâ€”by 50percent in the College of Arts and Sciences. The cut means departmental offices will be open fewer hours and several offices will be closed during the noon hour, Davis said. Students who call an office when it'sclosed will have to leave a message with an answering machine. In addition, faculty members may haveto type their own tests, allowing less time for research and helping students, two department chairmensaid. . Because of the budget diet, Western will have to endure obsolete equipment and equipment inneed of repair. "I have a drawer full of equipment requests by the faculty that I can't fulfill," said RichardMayer, dean of the Huxley College of Environmental Studies. Funds don't exist to repair or replace acomputer the college has used for several years. Leaky roofs Lamer cited a hypothetical example ot anequipment problem. "The roof leaks and destroys the piano. It costs $2,000 to fix it. You do without thepiano." In the College of Arts and Sciences, 22 departments â€” some with greater needs than othersâ€” are competing for $50,000 for equipment purchase, replacement and repair. "We have so little moneyfor equipment," Davis said. "We have to pump it (much of the money) into computer technology â€”word processors and microcomputers." Pencils, books lacking Peter Elich, chairman of thepsychology department, said the department probably would get $2,000 for equipment. As much as$20,000 wouldn't be enough to bring the psychology department or any of the science departments up todate, Elich said. "There's scarcely enough money to handle material needs â€” pencils, books,periodicals, equipment," Elich said. To defray costs, the political science department now charges fourcents per page for copies of handouts. Meiner called the department's equipment budget "obsolete."The budget diet, however, could have been more severe. The College of Arts and Sciences â€” theuniversity's largest college with two-thirds of its programs â€” lost seven faculty positions this year. Itwas supposed to lose 14, but seven positions were saved by having faculty members who teach duringthe summer session not work during one quarter of the regular school year. But in June, the sevenpositions that had been spared will disappear and the college will have 14 fewer faculty members duringthe 1983-84 year than during 1981-82. This is the only school year the administration will allow summershifts to save positions. The budget cuts have hit small departments the most. In the College of Artsand Sciences, each department (regardless of its size) lost from one-half to one faculty position. Thebiology and home economics departments each lost one position. Thisyear the biology department has 16 full-time positions, meaning it had lost approximately 5 percent of its faculty. The home economics department, now with five positions, suffered approximately a 16 percent loss in faculty. "The smallerthe department, the more aggravated the cuts will be," Davis said. He noted that smaller departments(such as the journalism and speech departments) might have to be combined. After Nov. 1, thejournalism department no longer will have a full-time secretary. Larger departments are on a diet, too. In1983-84 the psychology department will have one and one-half fewer faculty positions than during 1981-82. "We'll have to drop small enrollment classes in specialty areas," Elich said. This year thedepartment dropped two seminar courses in child development and two graduate seminar classes.Western's growth took decades. Until recently, new programs and courses were common. Just 10 yearsago, the growth seemed to be unlimited. But for now, Western has to find ways to shrink with aminimum of harm to its programs. "Hope springs eternally," Davis said. He added, with a weak grin, "We never will see the golden days of the 1960s again." Acting University President James TalbotDepartments shuffled for fall By LORI McGRIFF The opening of the new South Academic Building setinto place a migration of college departments this summer that may leave some students wanderingthe halls in search of business, sociology and journalism classes. Betty Farnham of the spaceadministration office said the moves may leave students confused for awhile, but they will benefit inthe long run from the musical-chairs, approach. All departments of the College of Business andEconomics are in the South Academic Building and the speech pathology and audiology departmentsare on the ground floor. The journalism department moved from Garden Street Hall, to College Hall. TheFront now occupies the ground floor. Journalism classrooms and offices share the first and second floorswith the speech department. Student media offices, such as Klipsun, Western View and the KUGSnewsroom, are on the first floor. The third floor is reserved for speech (broadcasting) classrooms andoffices. The sociology department moved from the fifth floor of Amtzen Hall to the third floor. Theirvacated spaces will be occupied in part by the liberal studies department, which moved from the third floor of Miller Hall. The third floor of Miller Hall will be used for faculty research offices, visiting facultyoffices and an honors lounge. The faculty need the extra space, Farnham said. She cited pastproblems with finding space for visiting faculty and emeriti faculty. Garden Street Hall may be closedor torn down and the area used for a parking lot. Changes also took place in Old Main. Someadministrators were shuffled and administrative departments moved. Marvin Klein, dean of education, has relocated from Old Main 310 to Miller Hall 220E. The Old Main 300 office complex will houge generalservices, the business manager, vice president for business/financial affairs and purchasing. JamesDavis, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been relocated to Old Main 375 and Old Main 360will be used as a conference room The unpacking of boxes and placement of new names on doorsshould be completed within the first couple of weeks of classes, Farnham said. Budget cuts had a bigeffect on the summer moves. Professors and administrators, with some student help, had to packtheir belongings and sweep out their offices before moving to their new, freshly painted offices, Farnhamsaid. Past moves have been done by custodial workers with more help from professional movers. â€¢The shift of departments created a supply of refuse, such as these boxes discarded outside the SouthAcademic Building. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 17 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front 17 Westerns future unclear continued from page l) hallowresources. "I wish I could say no, but I expect there vill be more," he said. The WSL and other highereducation-iriented groups are trying to oust anti-ducation legislators from Olympia this all. But with theNovember election luickly approaching Quinlan says expect ng a rejection of Republican policies to becure-all to Western's financial woes ould be a certain mistake. "Change won't come automatically just)ecause we have different people in Jower," Quinlan said. "How knowledge-ible legislators are to theneeds of higher ducation is the real key." Quinlan said that Western is "preparing tu dents to take onvery complex roles in ociety "and that must be made clear to oth politicians and the public. Western'simage may indeed need to be )ushed. As Registrar Gene Omey pointed gt;ut, Washington now fundshigher educa-ion very close to the lowest level in the lation. If the public doesn't reverse this rend, Omeysaid, the results could be lisastrous. Nevertheless, many leaders at Western express confidence that asmooth transition from a time of devastating budget cuts to a new beginning as a contemporaryliberal arts college can be completed. But, says Faculty Senate President William Sailors, "Eachdepartment is going to have to justify its existence. We have to manage our destiny a little bit instead ofust drifting through the cuts." Search goes on for Western's next leader By LESLIE NICHOLS Manyfacets of the campus are undergoing changes and the shakeup extends right to the top with the search for a new president underway. r Western's presidential search committee is scheduled to submit its choices for a ew leader to the Board of Trustees next week. The board then will tackle the task ofpicking a successor by December. Search committee members have narrowed the number ofapplicants to IS and next week will present to the trustees a list of four to seven candidates from whichwill emerge a replacement for former university President Paul Olscamp. - Olscamp left Western inJuly to become president of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. The 15candidates were screened for certain qualifications including administrative experience; communication skills is\ dealing with faculty, students and boards; and experience in fund raising and working withlegislators, said Peter Elich, vice-chairman of the search committee. Members of the committee now arecontacting people in the candidates' communities, as well as faculty members, studentgovernment leaders and others in order to "get a variety of different points of view," Elich said. Describing the process as "fine tuning to zero in on people," search committee student representative DarcyRoenfeldt said the purpose of calls being made to the candidates' campuses is to get peer reaction tothe person and check on leadership style and rapport with students, staff and faculty. The finalists,chosen by the Board of Trustees, will come to Western separately some time during fall quarter,Roenfeldt said. Following final interviews the trustees are expected to select a new president and make* ah gt; announcement by Christmas vacatibh'tf not by Dec. 1, Roenfeldt said. y y Â§ L sa*d key tostudent fortunes PHOTO BY GARY LINDBERG By ELAYNE ANDERSON Despite student apathy andadmnistrative roadblocks, Central Washington University and the University of Washington joined theranks of the Washington Student Lobby this summer. Recent higher education cuts of almost 20percent and the largest tuition increases ever at one time prompted students to organize in the form ofthe WSL. The WSL still is in the planning stages, with many obstacles to be hurdled. .Its proponentsand organizers, however, are hopeful it will be ready for the upcoming legislative session with a full-timelobbyist. Although the goals of the WSL have not been clearly defined, its general aim is to protect thefinancial concerns of students and higher education, in regard to tuition increases and budget axing bylegislators. Mark Murphy, Western's Associated Students president, said the goals of the WSL aretwofold. The first is to educate and influence legislators to the needs of students and to persuade them to vote favorably toward higher education. Many legislators, Murphy said, do not realize the problemsfacing students today. "The don't see why we can't go out and get a part-time job and supportourselves," Murphy said. "In many cases, going to college today is not the same as when they went.They just don't understand the problems." The second job of the WSL will be to inform studens of whatis happening to higher education in Olympia by posting the voting records of legislators and keeping anupdated bulletin board outside the AS office in the Viking Union. Murphy urged students to call or writetheir legislators and vote for those who support student interests. "Student government has always triedto have an effect in Olympia, but without the students backing them it's difficult," Murphy said. "TheWSL wants to create a more politically aware student population, and 70-80,000 votes can make adifference. Former AS President Greg Sobel, who played a major role in organizing the WSL, termed it"simply a question of power." "Students as an unorganized group were vulnerable to budget cuts andtuition increases, which grew out of our impotence in the political arena," Sobel said. "If the legislatorswill not support student interests then the students will boot him or her out." The WSL actually beganorganizing last January, although the idea was discussed as early as the spring of 1980, Sobel said. The first stage was to get at least 50 percent of the student population at each four-year institution to signpetitions supporting the WSL. The boards of trustees or regents at each school then had to approve theWSL. Western ratifeid the WSL last spring leading the *way for It earlier looked like theUW might trashthe WSL, but now the lobby is moving along strongly. other schools. Eastern Washington University and The Evergreen State College are the only four-year institutions in Washington that have not ratified theWSL, having failed to complete their petitiqn drives. To ensure all signatures are valid, both schools must start over collecting signatures during fall registration. The WSL is supported solely by studentsassessing themselves $1 when paying tuition. Western will use a negative check-off system, in whichstudents not wanting to support the WSL merely mark the appropriate box on their fee billing cards.Students at Washington State University must request their dollar from the cashier if they do not want to support the WSL. The UW and Central have positive check-offs on their fee billing cards. The positivecheck-off system may cause funding problems for the WSL. Students may be less willing to exert theadded effort to donate $1, WSL organizers say. Murphy said although he would like to see at least 70percent â€¢ of the student population support the WSL with their dollars, he said 40-50 percent would be more realistic. "Times are tight," Murphy said. "I don't know how many students realize the importanceof the WSL, but I hope all who signed the petitions will donate $1." Because of the uncertainty of theamount of funding the WSL will receive, a few answers still are pending such as the size of its Olympiastaff. Murphy said petitions may have to be combined, but no decision has been made. Each schoolthat ratifies the WSL will have its own local chapter, which will send representatives to the statechapter. Although a National Student Lobby exists, the WSL has no plans to join, Murphy said.Nominations for local board members will be made in an open meeting Oct. 6, and voting will take placeOct. 13. All students who assess themselves $1 automatically become members of the WSL. TheWSL is not without potential problems. Thomas Quinlan, Western's vice president for student affairs,said he is concerned each institution and student will have their own interests, which may becounterproductive to the WSL's overall goals. Quinlan also expressed concern the WSL would try torepresent too many separate issues. "The concern I have is they will take on too much and neutralizethe impact they have," Quinlan said. Quinlan also warned that to be effective the WSL must do morethan merely say they support an issue, they must produce facts. "It is tedious research, but you need to have evidence to show legislators why they should support higher education," Quinlan said. Pointingout that Western's Board of Trustees supported the WSL from the onset, Quinlan said he sees the WSL as positive and having potential. "It (WSL) can make legislators more responsive to students andhighlight the interest and accessibility or inaccessibility of higher education," Quinlan said. The WSLalso will help educate students that a decision will be made whether they are a part of making thedecision or not Quinlan said. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 18 ---------- (T Western Front Tuesday, September 21,13 ' Western computers do a lot more besides calculationsBy BARBARA SCABAROZI "Enter your student number," commands the computer terminal. Oncethat's done, the operator can learn Spanish, explore careers, review dozens of subjects, write a termpaper, draw maps, prepare computer programs or play a game. Just about anything seems possibleon the terminals at Western's Computer Center. One can even draw Garfield. Almost $1.25 million ofequipment is on the third floor of Bond Hall, with more terminals in Haggard Hall 228, Miller Hall 60and 425, Environmental Studies 310, South Academic Building 308 and Arntzen Hall 102-3. Anystudent, faculty or staif member can use the equipment for free. During the school year, the Bond Hallcenter is open from 9 a.m. to midnight. Student assistants explain the systems and help withprogramming. Students can get vocational counseling from the Western Terminal System (WTS)â€”thecomputer suggests careers according to the user's answers to a questionnaire and provides informationon job requirements, demand and training locations. It also can help with statistical analysis, performcalculations and assist in writing programs. The WTS is one of the three terminal systems in Bond Hall317-21. Beginning computer classes use the Remote Job Entry (RJE). Advanced progammers andComputer Aided Instruction (CAD students rely on the VAX terminalsâ€”a system that corrects wronganswers. Students who seek speed in writing and editing their reports or theses can use the North Starword processor in the microlab, Bond Hall 109. In the same lab, they can complete design projects on the Terak microcomputerâ€”it's valued at $8,000 and has a reputation for a high quality of drawings.NEWS NOTES Topographic maps, state maps, spirographs and even Ziggy and Garfield can be createdwith the four-color graphics display of the Hewlett-Packard Plotter in Bond Hall 329. But making a worldmap is not so easy, requiring a tremendous amount of data because of the intricate design, said JoanHayes of the Computer Center. It's not all work. Students can play games on the microlab's $3,000Apple II computer with Sanyo video monitor. Not all computers get the fun jobs, however. Data Control in Bond Hall 336 updates and maintains Western's computer runs on payroll, grades, housing andinventories. Students beware: high burglary rates during next months Students should lockup or riskbecoming victims, warn campus police. Most burglaries are reported within the first two months ofschool, with the first week the prime time to prey on unaware students,Chuck Page of the Public SafetyOffice said. To avoid padding theives pockets, dorm residents should lock their doors even if they godown the hall for "just a minute," Page said. Last year Western students, staff and the institution itselflost $42,000 from thefts, burglaries andvandalism, Page said. Vandalism of personal property is aJournalism class meets All new and returning students enrolled for fall quarter in Journalism 111, 211, 311 or 411 are requested to attend an orientation meeting at 1 p.m. tomorrow in College Hall 133.Shuttle to operate Western's Park and Ride shuttle will operate between the Bellingham Mall and Miller Hall hourly from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. fall quarter. The first shuttle leaves the mall at 7:45 and arrives at Miller Hall at 8:10. All rides leave at 15 minutes before the hour and arrive on campus at 10 minutesafter. Fare is 15 cents per ride. Schedules can be picked up at the viking Union information deskOrientation seminars set Orientation seminars will be offered for new and returning ^fifaii^'f-."â€¢".â€¢.".*â€¢"â€¢' Wallets Used Records Posters Cards Smoking Accessories Calendarsâ€¢.;'.Â£ Incense Pins ; Earrings ROCK â€¢ JAZZ â€¢ CLASSICS 1317 Commercial* Bellingham â€¢671-1077 Open 7 Days A Week .....,,,. students today and tomorrow in Viking Union 408. Solar groupopen house planned The Whatcom Solar Association and Associated Students Recycling Center willhave an open house from 2 p.m. to dusk this Saturday. The "Open House and Front Yard Boogie" willfeature blue-grass and rock music on the lawn of the recycling center at 519 21st St. problem almostequal to theft and burglary, he said. Last September, 15 thefts and no burglaries were reported. ButPage stressed that many others do not make the statistic books because people don't report thecrimes. Reporting theft could make the difference between getting property back or never seeing itagain, Page said. Many times items are found but the owners never contact the department, he said.Page re commended engraving valubles with the owner's Washington Drivers' license numberâ€”don't"use a social security number because the federal government will not release the name of the owner.Engravers can be checked out at the department office with a student ID card, meal ticket or driverslicense. Inventory sheets also are available. Because bicycles have a high risk potential for theft, Pagesaid students should be sure to register them with the department. Registration is free andautomatically means registration with the City of Bellingham. "Don't leave the doors unlocked even togo to the bathroom, "Page advised. "It's not a family situation." Because Bellingham has such a hightransient population, the university is extremely susceptible to walk-in crimes, Page said. The Finest- _ x - c \ Fresh Roasted Coffee O N Y 0\Traditiorral Herbal Teas m ees 2flce Si Open Daily 1101Harris Ave. in Old Fairhaven 733-6319 Entertainment in our Coffee House Wed. through Sat. eveningsMake your feet feel healthy, wealthy and wise. 3^feer^Sbfe_ FOOTWEAR Â© Birkenstock 1982 ^ U.District 4334 University Way NE 632-5353 Pike Market Sanitary Market Bldg. 624-2926/ 10-5 Mon.-Sat. Bellingham 215 W. Holly '671-3500 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 19 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 _ Western Front 19 Wilson library trek rich in beauty as well asknowledge Mabel Zoe Wilson Library By DONNA RjEPER From its soaring Gothic windows to itsmysteriously vanishing second, fourth and fifth floors, Wilson Library offers architectural beauty andbook-encased knowledge. But without knowing what passageways to use or where to find the referencesection, that knowledge may seem inaccessible. Students wanting to acquaint themselves withresearch materials and selections offered can take a tour, conducted during the second week ofclasses. One-hour tours will be offered at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday next week Thelibrary has two faces, old and new. The double-arched north entrance still looks like it did in 1928, whenthe first Washington State Normal School students pushed through the wrought iron doors. Inside theentrance a portrait of Mabel Zoe Wilson, the first librarian and for whom the library is named, watchesover the electrical detection system. On the first floor are card catalogs, a reference area, reservebook room and circulation desk. Student identification cards, which will be needed to check outbooks, can be picked up in late September. Undergraduates have a two . week borrowing privilege;graduate students one quarter. Students may Tenew a book as many times as they want untilsomeone else requests it. Students should be careful to watch due dates, because fines are chargedfor overdue books. Western is one of the few automated university library systems in the PacificNorthwest, said Jan Nichols, reference technician and tour guide. Before trekking off to the stacks,students can check a computer print-out of books in circulation to find out if a book has been checkedout, when it is due and if it is being mended or is lost. Books not available at-Westem may be borrowedfrom other libraries through inter-library loan. The new student ascending the central stone staircasefinds what seems to be the second floor labeled "third" and no apparent way to go higher. This isbecause the central part of the building is the original library and the additions required separatestaircases and elevators. Additions to the library were built in 1962 and 1972. The smaller east wing has four floors and the west wing has five. From its 800-book beginning in 1898, the library collection hasincreased to over a half-million volumes. The additions, with modern ceiling heights, are joined to the old library, which-has a second-floor ceiling height of 33 feet. The attempt to keep the original building intact has resulted in problems getting from one wing to another. Only the first and third floors have centralareas. Nichols said she advises new students to avoid confusion by using the east or west stairs orelavators at first, rather than the stone staircase. On the first floor in the east wing is the periodicalreading room, where current periodicals and newspapers are displayed. Bound periodicals are here andin the east basement. The education library and reference annex are on 2-west and a children'scollection is on 2-east. The third floor has the literature collection. Science periodicals are on 4- west. The government documents collection, which includes U.S., Washington State and Canadiangovernment publications of many kinds, historical and current, is on 4-west. Getting to the fifth floor isa real trick The easiest way is from the first floor. Only one elevator and stairway connect to the fifthfloor, those on the south side in back of the circulation desk The Special Collections Department on the fifth floor contains university archives, rare books and the library media center, which provides aplace for listening to records, tapes and cassettes and for viewing filmstrips. Watch For Great Filmsall quarter long! Saturday "APPALLINGLY FUNNY!" â€”David Ansen, Newsweek Today Thursday THâ‚¬ORIGINAL IS DACK. Four Exciting Shows!* 12^00,3, 6 â€¢ 30 9 pm ' W i t h SFFC Cooperation AFilm by ERROL MORRIS New Vfarker Films Release Â© 1980 Sunday CHARIOTS OF FIRE Voyageto Grand Tartaric 6=30 9 PAC 6 : 3 0 9 WWU I.D. 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Ask about our yard of ale.'' ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 21 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front 21 A struggle to avoid extinction In the wake of politicalstrife, a football team goes on This is the first of two articles exam- ~ining the future of football atWestern. By MITCH EVICH It is a late-summer ritual performed at hundreds of other colleges, and thescenes are conspicuously uniform. Young men clad in synthetic armor drive up and down a playing fieldunder a relentless morning sun. Shouts of feigned pleasure arising in the midst of grueling toil. The shrillshriek of a whistle is followed by the dull thud of helmets clashing. It is, of course, the prelude to another season of college football, an institution that has grown as venerable as it has profitable. Successfulbig-time teams draw in hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars in revenue. Other schools, smaller in size but not in enthusiasm, have cultivated the sport into a stellar source of campus pride. A visitor to Western's football camp during the long days of early September would have found things quitedifferent here. The football team is in danger of extinction. A protracted political struggle, a withering offinancial resources, and a 17-game losing streak have joined forces to put an unbreakable strangleholdon the program. The latest and possibly most serious damage came in the form of a referendumapproved by 54 percent of voting students last May, calling for an end to the use of student fees tosupport football. Political stormclouds The measure, which would effectively eliminate the sport ifimplemented, carries no binding authority and is technically nothing more than a yardstick of studentopinion. Its symbolic.importance, however, has not gone undetected. Players and coaches, althoughthey do not particularly enjoy discussing it, know the implications are grave. But while politicalstormclouds line up on this fall's horizon like so many nationally-ranked opponents, team members arekeeping their attention focused solely on the battles they have been trained to fightâ€”those that takeplace between the chalk lines of a football field. And despite a losing streak which stretches back toOctober 1980, and a spring recruiting harvest severely blighted by news of the referendum, attitudesamong the 60 or so players on this year's roster remain upbeat, a tribute to resiliency if nothing else.Optimism misleading . "One thing for sure, there's a lot more unity than last year," says sophomore AlCuaron, a former linebacker struggling to make the shift to defensive end. "Everybody's talkingeverybody's together." "It's definitely better," adds quarterback Eric Ummel. "A lot of it is due to atransition of leadership. I think we have a lot of guys with real positive characters." Despite surfaceoptimism, the bitterness left by the referendum vote and other political problems is easy to detect."Every spring they bring out something about how they're going to drop the program, and theregoes our recruiting year," laments all-star wide receiver Bill Handy. "We've got good people here, but you need tobring in new ones. You need help." When Handy was recruited in 1978 following his senior year atNooksack Valley high school, Western still could claim to field a competitive ballclub. Only one yearearlier, the Vikings had made it to the Kingdome for a bowl game with powerful Pacific LutheranUniversity. A year before that, Western won the conference championship. During Handy s years here,though, things have steadily deteriorated. Although the squad won a respectable four of nine games in1979, 1980 proved disastrous, producing one outright victory, and one by forfeit. 'I couldn't believe it.'Handy also has seen student dissatisfaction with the program interfere with the club's ability toprosper, an experience he perhaps politely terms "very frustrating." "I couldn't believe it," said Handy, his voice trembling slightly as he recalled the moment he learned of the election returns. "I thought I wasgoing to have to go somewhere else and play my senior year." Handy, like so many other Westernplayers, became a victim of a battle whose first nascent stirrings took place several years before.Inexorable forcesâ€”political, economic and demographicâ€”have washed over Western in recent years, and they have wreaked their share of havoc. The current crisis began most visibly in April 1980, whenthen-University President Paul Olscamp, reacting to the economic realities of spiraling inflation, toldWestern's board of trustees "some or all intercollegiate athletics" might need to be eliminated.Olscamp appointed a task force, which reported back to him in January the following year. Then thingsgot hot. Task force members initially recommended terminating football, but Olscamp convinced themto exempt it from the other six sports destined for the budgetary chopping-block Football was saved.Baseball, wrestling, golf, field hockey, and men's and women's tennis were not. The Associated Students Board of Directors, led by President Greg Sobel, were outraged. A presidential debate Sobel contended that by circumventing the task force and applying pressure to the trustees to accept his proposalsupporting football, Olscamp violated state law. Sports at Western are almost solely supported throughstudent Service and Activity fees, and therefore, Sobel argued, subject to student control. The issue,initially designed to elucidate the future of interscholastic sports at Western, suddenly shifted to aquestion of student versus administrative powers. The AS Board, flexing its own muscles, defiantlymoved to terminate football, and a complex struggle ensued. In the end, Sobel lost. The trustees'decision, providing football with a five-year mandate, remained standing. Off-field problems wereforgotten temporarily, as Western entered a season that most players probably would not want toremember. But while the ballclub completed perhaps its worst season in history, "Every spring theybring out something about how they're going to drop the program, and there goes the recruiting year.'â€”wide receiver Bill Handy future turmoil bubbled imperceptibly beneath the surface. On April 7 of thisyear, the issue erupted anew. Dan Vossen, a senior political science major, approached the Service and Activity Fee Split Committee with a succinct but explosive request: terminate varsity football atWestern. Rather than focus on budgetary problems, Vossen based his request on football'spotential for injury, most tragically illustrated by the case of Chris Thompson, a Seattle High Schoolplayer paralyzed during a game in 1976. Thompson won a $6.4 million lawsuit last February againstthe Seattle school board. Vossen backed out But when Vossen presented his plan, already filed as aninitiative in the upcoming student election, to a sub-committee of student-fee funding, he ran into theconsiderable opposition ofViking Head Coach Boyde Long. The 13-year mentor was more than willingto provide Vossen with a lesson in preventive medicine. "I had a talk with him about what we havedone over the years to prevent injuries," Long recalled recently. "He thought about it, and then hecalled me at home, and said he had decided to drop (the initiative." Vossen's change of heart, however,did not insure the initiative's removal. After nearly 500 students had signed petitions supporting theproposal, the AS Board voted unanimously to keep it on the ballot as a referendum. Ironically, Sobel asAS president again, became the spokesman for anti-football interests. This time he would not come outon the losing side. Doorbell effort failed With election day fast approaching, the football team in earlyMay staged a last-ditch effort to avert a defeat at the polls. For three evenings, football players went door-to- door among residence halls, defending their right to play football and refuting what they saw asinaccurate attacks against the size of football's budget. (One of the main arguments to drop the program was based on its high cost-per-participant, although football proponents argued costs werecomparatively low compared to other extracurricular activities.) The political efforts failed. Of theapproximately 2,400 students who voted, 1,300 supported the referendum. The close vote evokedcriticism from some observers who asserted the team did not do enough to help its own cause, but Longand Assistant Coach Rich Brudwick flatly reject such arguments. "I don't know if we could have won it,"said Brudwick a 270-pound former Viking offensive tackle. "But I don't think a football team should even get into a political battle. You shouldn't have to go door to door to try to get somebody to vote for yourprogram." Long put it more succinctly: "A football team should not be involved in politics." At Western,however, the football team is very much involved in politics, whether its members like it or not. And thestruggles are far from over. With diminishing student monies resulting from decreased enrollment, allstudent-supported programs will be under scrutiny by the S A fee split committee this fall. And inthose and other battles in the months ahead, the fate of varsity football at Western will be determined.Next: a look at what must be done if the program is to survive. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 22 ---------- 22 Western Front Tuesday, September 21,1982 Vikes seasoned withNBA: Westphal new cage coachBy SCOTT FISK The freshly engraved brass nameplate already is placed on the basketball coach'soffice door in Carver Gymnasium. An all-too-familiar back-to-school, moving-in scene is going on insidethe small two-desk compartment: carefully marked boxes and stacked in piles; bare walls, awaiting thepersonal touch of mementos collected over the years; soon-to-be-filled shelves that still have an outlinein dust of books belonging to the former resident. Western's newly appointed head basketball coach, Bill Westphal (brother Paul is the former Seattle SuperSonic star currently playing for the New YorkKnicks), takes a seat in his desk chair, which barely accommodates his outstretched legs. The 6-6Westphal, like his brother, is a former standout player at the University of Southern California Despitethe somewhat chaotic surroundings, the 36-year-old Westphal is relaxed and seemingly at home inhis new office. For the past two years, Westphal was the assistant coach with the financiallystruggling San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association. After owner Donald Sterling fired15 of 22 people from the organization to cut costs, Westphal got the pink slip. "There were other jobs(in the NBA) I could have looked at, but getting back to a college program really appealed to me," hesaid. "Timing was a major factor because I found out about the opening (at Western) shortly after I wasfired." Some might see his acceptance of the vacated coaching job at Western as a step down from the . NBA For Westphal it is an opportunity, in his estimation, to return to a familiar small collegeatmosphere. He coached for seven seasons at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif, which hasan enrollment of 2,000. "I like the atmosphere of a smaller campus," Westphal said. "After I made theinquiry (the position became available July 15 when former coach Denny Huston accepted an assistantcoach position at the University of Wyoming), the appeal began to grow more and more with me." Theselection committee comprised of Athletic Director Boyde Long, Women's Athletic Director and HeadWomen's Basketball Coach Lynda Goodrich, Sports Information Director Paul Madison andCommittee Chairman and Registrar Eugene Omey played a major role in luring Westphal. "I knew Icould work easily with them," Westphal said. "I wouldn't have come if I didn't like the people representing the school. It was a very relaxing situation." "It's (Bellingham) everything I thought it would be. I. wasencouraged byalot of different people who told me just how good an opportunity coaching at Westerncould be." Born in New York and living in California for the past 35 years, Westphal brings to theNorthwest an impressive list of credentials. He: â€”averaged 22 points as a senior at Aviation HighSchool (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) It's (Bellingham) everything I thought it would be. I was encouragedby a lot of different people who told me just how good an opportunity coaching at Western could be.' â€”played forward at USC, where he was named the Trojans Most Improved Player in 1965 â€”was voted most Inspirational Player in 1966 â€”compiled an overall record of 111-77 as head coach atOccidental College and 64-20 mark in conference play â€”won three conference championships(1975, 1976, 1980) â€”was named National Association of Basketball Coaches District VI Coach ofthe Year in 1976 and again in 1980. â€”was-an assistant coach with the San Diego Clippers of the NBAunder head coach Paul Silas for two years. Westphal steps into a program, which thanks to the one-year effort by Denny Huston, bounced from a 4-21 record to finish 13-12 last season, made the playoffsand averaged 2,500 home game ' attendance last season. "It's great to come into a program alreadystepping in the right direction," Westphal said. "Denny did a lot to get it going, it will make it that mucheasier for me to continue improving it." Westphal pegs himself as a disciple of the John Woodenphilosophy â€” fast break at every opportunity, man-to-man defense and impenetrable presses."The pro game also will definitely influence my decision to integrate it (pro-style ball) into thisprogram," Westphal said. "But I'm undecided as of yet precisely what type of ball we'll play. Itdepends on the first month with the players. It will definitely be fast-paced and exciting style ball."Westphal will get his first look at Western's returning players and new recruits in a conditioning classhe wilj teach during fall quarter. Judging from what Westphal has planned for practices, theconditioning class is essential for prospective players. "Usually one-third or sometimes one-half ofpractice will be fast-break drills," Westphal said. "They will need to be in shape for the fast-tempo styleof ball." Westphal's plans for continu- Bill Westphal, Western's newly appointed basketball coach, sayshe is here to stay and plans on building a championship program. is to share a prestigious coaching job. ing to build the program by recruiting, he said, will not be hampered by the nonscholarship status ofWestern athletics. "It's a handicap, but I'm in agreement that it is another set of headaches when youstart buying players," Westphal said. "It can be overcome by having a good place to play (referring to his goal of filling Carver Gym this season) and a winning record." "Also having a name coach will attractplayers," Westphal said matter-of-factly. Occidental also is a non-scholarship college. Westphal said along-time dream he shares with his brother Paul and close friend John Block "We've always talked about someday coaching together at a major college such as USC or in the NBA," Westphal said. "I'd jumpat such an opportunity, but the likelihood of it happening in the near future is highly unlikely." .."It's like putting the pieces together of a puzzle," Westphal said. "In a way I'm writing my own adventure storyand it's rewarding to work with players who are attending school for academic as well as athleticpurposes." Alumni not nostalgic jocks after all I have seen too many Dean Martin or Jerry Lewis moviesthat portray the typical alumnus as the nostalgic jock who, at the age of 50, still buys season tickets for seats in the glee club section for every athletic event and can sing the alma mater without the aid of theprinted lyrics on the back of the program. I was pleased to learn that the Alumni Association is balanced with a mixture of academic and athletic achievement. And that the members are not a lot of nostalgic remnants of Western's past but simply people who are concerned with the future of higher education.. The president of the association this year is a graduate student at Gonzaga and next year'spresident is an elementary school teacher. These hardly fit the category of the Lewis or Martin anticsI've seen. Steven Inge, director of the Alumni Association, said many graduates of Western becomemembers of the association because they feel a "sense of indebtedness" and some join for the chanceto visit old friends. Whatever the reason, these people add a cohesion to higher education. Twenty-fiveboard members of the Alumni Association, residing anywhere from Vancouver, B.C. to Salem, Ore.,constitute a nonprofit organization. These people have the influence to sway legislators to vote infavor of colleges in Washington. Inge said some legislators have reportecrthat "when it came time tovote on an issue, they often remembered what a constituent of theirs had said and felt it was influentialin their decision." Western receives financial support as well as political. Ten percent of the association's funds go toward scholarships and a hefty amount each year is allotted for grants to be awarded to thelibrary, career planning, the theater department or whatever organization may need assistance^ â€¢â€¢ Amidst the deeds the alumni endow upon Western, the members devote their time to rewardingthemselves. The association has planned wine tasting parties at St. Michele and has treated itsmembers to a gourmet dinner. The association also is meant to provide an opportunity for alumni toreminisce. I've decided through the sports section to allow some of Western's top alumni athletes toreflect on their victories and to mourn their losses. To speak of a group of people as a whole can neverserve as an adequate description. The individual's personal experiences tend to enlighten far morethan an impersonal sketch. Call Us Terrific Tuesday Fast Free Delivery Every Tuesday is TerrificTuesday. $2.00 off any 16" pizza with two or more toppings. 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If a candle can be put inthe window of the Vikings' dim performance, it has to be the "Ummel-Handy" connection. QuarterbackEric Ummel and fourth year standout receiver Bill Handy connected for 100 yards and the lone Westerntouchdown. But had it not been for an illegal procedure call during Western's second possession,the duo could have tacked an 87-yard painfully called back touchdown pass to their total. The Vikings'scoring drive, which took seven plays for 79 yards, was Ummel- Handy all the way except for two of theyards. It was during this drive that Ummel displayed the accuracy of his slingshot arm. Umrriel,plagued by injuries his first two seasons, may have the potential to throw past his 634-yard freshmanmark. Ummel completed nine of 23 passes for ir51 yards, 10 yards short of Western's total offense. The seore, 20-7, looked like it would remain frozen until the Ijalf.ended. Western's defense stopped-PI;U;i gt;n fourth and' one, then intercepted on "PLU's' next possession. ' Viking running back JohnLocker cuts upfield. the kill. After Western failed to go anywhere with the ball, PLU took the punt with4:05 remaining and went for one last drive. With 23 seconds remaining halfback Rob Spear ran aroundleft end for a one-yard touchdown run to finish the half 26-7. The Viking defense displayed good gangtackling technique, however, with plenty of hard sticks, unlike past seasons. Unfortunately, theaggressive defense usually came after Lute running backs Rob Spear, Nick Brossoit and Jeff Fohralready had gained first downs. The PLU trio combined for 259 of the 357 total rushing yards for thegame. PLU gained 31 first downs to Western's five. Typical of most season openers, the second halfbecame a defensive battle, with neither team scoring during the third .quarter. -,.--â€¢ V ..â€¢--, gt; i ^ 'The Vikings* failed to t:omplete a drive after crossing the fifty yard line for the Pacific Lutheran Universitydefensive tackle Curt Christiansen (78) closes in for second time. The rest of the quarter was spentpunting from their own 20 yard line. By the end of the third quarter many of the estimated 2,000 fans inattendance began to leave. The Lutes scored two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter on sharplyexecuted drives to raise the score to 39-7. Western has not won a season opener since 1971 when itdefeated Western Oregon. The Vikings' next game is September 25, 1:30 p.m. at Linfield College inMcMinn-ville, Oregon. The next home game is the following Saturday against Willamette College at7:30 p.m. GAME STATISTICS PLU Score 39 First Downs ............. â€¢..,.. .31 Rushes- Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . ' . ' . . 57 - 357 Passing Yards 141 Passes Completed - Attempted 1 Hadlnter .. .....15-22-3. , Total Plays -Yards,....... . gt; . .f.. 79 - 498 i Punts -Average \.h.,... A..'.''.... 2 - 26.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0tvtvi/ 7 5 ... .,,,., 30-10 151 9-23-0 53-161 11 -30.2 2 -1 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYOFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASEPOST JIJB: - l"'"e*f-v.v Deadline for announcements in thisspace is noon Monday for the Tuesday issue'bf WestefriFront and noon Thursday for-' the Friday edition.Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, and sent through campusmail or brought in person to the Publications Office, Commlasary108. Please do not addressannouncements directly to the - Western Front. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. Allannouncements should be signed by the originator. 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Research catalog 306 pages, 10,278 topics. Rush $1.00 Box ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 24 ---------- 24 Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Spikers lose to alumni but real test to come By HEIDIFEDORE Western's Viking women's volleyball team started its season with a three games to zeroloss, but the match was "just for fun." The varsity volleyball team played against a tenacious alumnisquad on Sept. 10 in Carver Gym. The original plan was to play two out of three games for a win, but the alumni team, sprinkled with a conglomerate of past Viking talent, opted to play a few more gameswith the varsity team. The alumni team had two all-region players from recent years, one of the bestsetters in West-em's history, and the wife of a coach here at Western. These women and a few otherswarmed up only a half hour before taking on the varsity team. The varsity team has been practicingsince Aug. 30. Only one starter and three other players returned this year, leaving Coach Paul Clinton"clueless" as to the team's future. Clinton said it would be unfair to even attempt to predict the team'ssuccess because he "has nothing to go on." Jackie Nelson, this year's team captain, and Sherri McKeeare the only two â€¢players Clinton has seen in game performance. Because fewer players j returned,Clinton reduced his team by five members. The team has nine players instead of 14, the size of theteam last year. Clinton said it will take the team about t"\ gt; matches to get organized with the gamepatterns. "Once they're organized," said Clinton, "the team members will be able to play their basicskills." "Right now, they're a young team." Last year, the volleyball team competed in the Association of Interscholastic Athletics for Women, but the association has since been canceled. The team hasmoved to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The men's teams always havecompeted in the NAIA, thus deciding the change-over for the women. One of the alumni playersdescribed the Vikings' season: "It's hard to tell how the team will doâ€”both with the team being fairlynew and some of the teams-they'll compete against are unexplored by this team. "There's no way topredict." IF SCHOOL HAS TOU OUT ON A LIMB... RENT TOUR FURNITURE! RENT THREE ROOMSFROM '28.50 PER MONTH WITH PURCHASE OPTION. Put on the dog with beautiful new furniture fromContinental. Rent three entire rooms for as little as $28.50 a month. Here's how a typical 12-month rentalagreement works: your first month's payment is $28.50 plus a $45.00 refundable deposit. Regularmonthly payments are $28.50. Should you decide to buy, your 12 monthly payments and deposit willapply toward the $855.00 total purchase price. The balance to own would be $468.00. It's an easy way to furnish your home with brand new, brand name furniture. 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The returnees for this season are All-NCSC forward Cindy Gordon, a sophomorefrom Des Moines; forward Colleen Clancy and all-league forward Paula French, both sophomores fromTacoma; midfielder Kelly O'Reilly, junior from Seattle and midfielder Karen Van Houtte, a senior also from Seattle. UnibedVtey Thanks to you it works... ftorninent banker wishes to help put 10,000students through college. Washington Mutual is now offering student loans at 7% to 9% interest. Youcan borrow at these low rates to put yourself through college now without making any payments untilafter you graduate. And there's no interest charged to you at all until six to ten months after you're out of school. Even then, you'll have five to ten years to repay It couldn't be a better deal. Generally you'llqualify if you're a resident of, or attending a school in Washington, and are not in arrears on othergovernment grants or loans. See the Financial Assistance officer at your school for full details. 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Membersof the cross country team will be at the track behind Carver Gym Sept. 21 to host a foui^mile race.Participants for the Fun Run for Men and Women should register at 3:30 p.m. at the track. The crosscountry coaches will be looking for recruit possibilities. sSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^ Coachmanfun. %r MOTEL * \ â€¢ Showtime â€¢ Cable Plus 60 units â€¢ Continental breakfast Sauna Jacuzziâ€¢ Triple-A rated â€¢ Several fine restaurants/lounges \ within two blocks â€¢ Telephone color TVâ€¢ Airline transportation Students not necessarily interested in pounding out the miles may choose toroll away the hours during Rollerskating Night, Sept. 22 from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Armory at State andPine Street. Admission will be 75 cents. Other recruiting possibilities exist with the rugby and lacrosseclubs. The rugby club will meef for an exhibition game at 4 p.m. Sept. 21 at the field beside Arnt-zenHall. Lacrosse members play . an exhibition game at 4 p.m. Sept. 22 behind Carver Gym. Other specialevents on the intramural calendar are the CampusFest, a volleyball, frisbee golf and hoop shoot triathlon scheduled for Oct. 16; a bicycle trip (the date is to be announced) and a Turkey Trotâ€”Fun Run on Nov. 17. Tennis, badminton, raquetball and handball tournaments are scheduled throughout the quarter.Both raquetball and badminton tournaments will be divided into singles and mixed doubles competitions. Judy Bass, intramural director, said that faculty members quite frequently participate in thesecompetitions as well as the special events, such as the fun runs. The men's, women's or co-rec l e a gu e s this quarter are v o l l e y b a l l , basketball and flickerball. Bass described flickerball as acombination of soccer, basketball and football with square goals on each end of the field and a lot ofrunning. 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BELLINGHAM (206)734-4711 Happy Hour5-7 p.m. daily - well drinks 99e ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 26 ---------- 26 Western Front Tuesday, September 21,1982 'Core; of men's cross-country returns PHOTO BY JIMBACON %J The women's cross-country is off to a slow start compared with the men's team. The men'steam has far more runners returning and they also started individual training during the summer. Thewomen's team only has two women returning. Rhonda Anderson, one of the two retur- Runners set outfor a 4.7-mile jaunt. At right: Clay Stenberg finishes first. Mens soccer wins opener Western's men'ssoccer team kicked off an early victory with a 1-0 season-opening win against the Seattle UniversityChieftains Saturday. The action started early when Jabal May scored from 20 years making the firstthree minutes of the game more than worthwhile May was backed up by goal-tender Jamie Ross.Coach Bruce Campbell â€” returning for his fourth yearâ€” said the team played well for its first gameand gave credit to its tough defensive core: Kevin Quinn, Kurt Siebers and Kris Langkow. Despite aslowdown in the second half, the Vikings remained in control. Last year, the Vikings' best games camein overtime victories over Oregon State University 2-1 and, once again, over Seattle University 5-3.This year, offensive excitement will be provided by returning forward Robin Crain, midfielder J. R. Burwell, Kris Langkow, Paul Meehan and forward Trygve Tobiassen. Last year, Langkow tied for team scoringhonors with four goals, while Tobiassen had three tallies. Fall Sports Schedule MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Sept. 25 . . at Simon Fraser Inv Oct. 16 Oct. 2 at Fort Casey Inv. Oct. 23 Oct. 9Western Wash. Inv. Nov. 6 . atPLUInv. atCWUInv. NAIA Dist. I meet MEN'S SOCCER Sept. 22 at UPS Sept. 25 Alumni Oct. 2 Seattle Oct. 6 at Simon Fraser Oct.10 at Evergreen State Oct. 16 at PortlandOct. 20 Oct. 23 Oct.27. Nov. 3 . Nov. 6 ^o^E R ro PIZZA Washington â€” Puget Sound . TrinityWestern at Seattle Pacific , Evergreen State| nees, ran in the Nationals last year. Ralph Vemacchia,men's team coach, said six of the seven runners who ran in the district meet last year will return for theseason. "These runners have been the core of the team," Vernacchia said. Tony Bartlett, women's team coach, said the team is "starting fresh." Currently, Bartlett has eight women running for the Vikings.He is unsure of how many runners will be gained through recruits to compete during the season. "It'lltake half the season to figure out what we've got," Bartlett said. Saturday the teams ran againstalumni competition at Lake Pad-den. The men ran a 4.7-mile course with nine runners finishing under26 minutes. The women completed a 3.1-mile course. Top competitor in the 4.7-mile race was alumnusClay Stenberg (also the men's team assistant coach) with a time of 24:39. Trailing clost behindStenberg were returnees Mark Steen, Chris Bjarke, Larry Kaiser and Shane Sliva. Top women finishingthe 3.1- mile race were Ann Armstrong, Cathy Santini, Rhonda Anderson and Sharon O'Dornan. Bartlett said Saturday's race was "just a workout." "It was a chance for the runners to get a little nervous,"Bartlett said. 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The story of a U-boat crew fighting a losing battle to the British inthe Atlatic is engrossing and compelling, never moralistic or emphatic. Even at two and one-half hours,the film retains an exhausting intensity. "Das Boot" is magnificently filmed, capturing the con-finedness of 43 men trying to survive in the small submarine/boat. The battle footages of encounters KlausWennemann plays the chief engineer, Jurgen Prochnow stars as the U-boat captain and HerbertGronemeyer portrays the war correspondent who serve aboard a German U-boat in 'Das Boot.' withBritish destroyers are The most amazing aspect of audience into another man's stunning. the film is theway it draws the struggle. The viewer at various times feels claustrophobic, jubilant, saddened andalways tense. The result is a draining experience. The action, far from the usual war film fare, is neverpredictable. The plot takes enough twists to keep the viewer as unnerved as the German seamen. Thefilm is subtitled, which doesn't distract from the plot or charecters. The subtitles are easy to read and the German language adds authenticity to the picture. The characters convey the anguish, loneliness andfright of young men with the odds against themâ€”the nationalistic, "overgrown Hitler Youth leader"who awakens to the truth behind the propaganda; the German youth secretly engaged to his pregnantFrench girlfriend; and the journalist who learns the meaning of fear and destiny. The cast is uniformlysuperb, with standout performances by Herbert Gronemeyer as Lieutenant Werner and JurgenProchnow as the U-boat captain. "Das Boot," the film that made big waves in its native Germany, isbound to hit home as a strong anti-war statement, as well as a portrayal of universal struggles. The Who turn full circle on 'It's Hard' By MALCOLM LAWRENCE The Who have accomplished the impossible.Behind the back of an audience that had written them off as well as the Rolling Stones two years ago,the band has released an album just as good, if not better than,' the classic album "Who's Next." Byrevitalizing the music into a defiant blend of the thundering Who of the past with a streamlined,synthesizer-laced Who of the present to take on the future, the band has found the zealous bite itoriginally had. "It's Hard" draws many comparisons to "Who's Next" because both albums share thesame kind of excitement of a world dynamically involved with the present, but still holding onto the past.Lyrically, and in many ways musically, a feeling of evolution weaves through the songs, which arebalanced by throwaway references to God that sound trivial but keep the strength and the motivation ofthe album tightly wound. The key to this is, of course, Pete Townshend, the once and future sentinel ofrock and roll, who has finally found happiness in his family, life and music. Although world affairs havegiven the 37- year-old guitarist enough ambition to continue writing songs, Townshend has" decided to accept the fact he is getting old and takes the place of the first father of rock gracefully. Awell of advicefor both young and used-to- be-young springs from the album in a curt, but not rude style with the intentto regroup the rats now that "the piper has been found." The twelve songs that comprise "It's Hard" spinoff the vinyl fast and confident, tying together many of the loose ends that have been left for so long. Bydoing so, the band has regained its energy into a cohesive, coherent whole, which eluded it throughout the 1970s. "Athena" heralds the opening of the album. A truly happy, effervescent Who song, perhapsthe first since "Going Mobile." John Entwistle finally has managed to give his horns a rich tone without sounding brash, and uses them throughout the album with the resonant style introduced on"Quadrophenia." The tacked on lyric "she's a bomb" distinctly sounds like "she's a whore" whichwould support the theory that Townshend has fused madonna and whore into a contemporary lady,sharing the values and vices of life with one woman rather than two. Of course, maybe it is saying "she'sa bomb," and comparing the essence of life to the substance of a stereo-typical- sex symbol: beautiful,but empty. Take your pick. "Cooks County and "Eminence Front" share similarities topically, but not atall musically. The former, reducing Clash rhetoric to the phrase "People are suffering," and by etchingthe echoed beat onto the lyrics, moves grudgingly slow like the breadline it evokes. The latter drifts alilting synthesizer on top of a behemoth beat that fully illustrates what the song is saying, about peoplehiding behind their happiness when they know that something terrifying, like reality, may lurkoutside. "I've Known No War" may be the closest the band ever gets to remaking "Won't Get FooledAgain," right down to the famous Daltrey rebel yell, which this time comes out as the word WAR Thestrings that keep peeking out signify that, although a victory, any victory may be in sight, it probably willbe only a brief one. The next song, "One Life's Enough," pours on more strings than the previous song,and sketches a lovely scene as tender as the Who have ever done, then yanks it away, as war can, tohammer home.the message. "Why Did I Fall ForThat?" rings with the warmth of a Telecaster dipped in a Western-style movie and yearns to know why society (The Who included) has been so apathetic whenit's four minutes to midnight by the Armageddon clock. "The truth is," like Jimmy cursed inQuadrophenia, "we have forgotten how we used to fight." Fight as struggle, not as violence for its ownsake. Many factions of a generation are pointed to on. this album; the punks, the heavy metalers, eventhe audience that has grown up with the Who, for not living up to the rebellious stances they onceadopted, now just using them as fashions. But "Cry If You Want" tears down any notion that the bandhas become stilted as they indict themselves as well as their fans, new and old. One glance at thealbum cover defines the current Who perfectly. The easiest way to surrender to society is by degradingits monuments, no matter how modern or traditional. But by respecting them and learning about themthe creative process can become eternal rather than momentary. Art as a lathe, rather than a hammer. The Who have finally returned to their original premise; screaming at the world with the knowledge of astudent' and the gall of a punk to try to unite the audience into an aware, excited bunch. As a variation on the lyric from "Cooks County," this group is so old it has ended up where it began. A nice bit ofcyclical philosophy for the band, once so intent on dying at an early age. Meet the new Who, same asthe old Who; at last. ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 28 ---------- 28 Western Front Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Fall Film Schedule Quadrophenia Nov. 14 Pixote Nov. 4 Fireman's Ball Oct. 28 Kongi's Harvest Oct. 21 Thursday Films Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Dec. 2 Voyage to Grand Tartarie Satan's Brew Rise and Fallof Louis XIV Kagemusha Kongi's Harvest Fireman's Ball Pixote Macunaima La Grande Bourgeois ASlave of Love Gallipoli Nov. 21 Saturday Films Sept. 25 Gates of Heaven Oct. 2 Cousin/Couisine Oct. 9 My Dinner With Andre Oct. 16 Rashomon Oct. 23 An Unmarried Woman Oct. 30 Nosferatu Nov. 6Seventh Seal Nov. 13 The Devils Nov. 20 Spider's Strategem Dec. 4 It Happened One Night It's aWonderful Place Sunday Films Sept. 19 Ticket to Heaven Sept. 26 Chariots of Fire Oct. 3 ExcaliberOct. 10 Neighbors Oct. 17 Mommie Dearest Oct. 24' Just a Gigolo Oct. 31 Poltergeist Nov. 7 PersonalBest Nov. 14 Quadrophenia Nov. 21 Gallipoli Nov. 28 East of Eden Splendor in the Grass Dec. 5 OnGolden Pond * * * Today! * * * Sept. 21 Star Wars (Shows at noon, 3, 6:30 and 9 p.m.) Mommie Dearest Oct. 17 Kongi's Harvest Oct. 21 Kagemusha Oct. 14 Nosferatu Oct. 30 An Unmarried Woman Oct. 23La Grande Bourgeoise Nov. 18 ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 29 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front 29 Foreign films highlight fall lineup By GORDON WEEKS With the addition of a new projection system and format, the Program Commission's campus moviesystem offers students a "film goer's holiday," said Film Coordinator Andy Potter. The selection of filmsis "pretty encompassing . . . there's something for eveiyone," Potter said. "It's a gopd representation of art cinema in the last five years." . A foreign film series debuts Thursday with "Voyage to GrandTartaric" and continues weekly with such classics as "Satan's Brew," "La Grande Bourgeouis" and "Rise and Fall of Louis XIV." "Film classes are taking off on campus, and that's raised an interest in othertypes of cinema," Potter said. The Saturday series will provide a chance to see critically acclaimedfilms that are considered timeless, beginning with "Gates of Heaven" and including "My Dinner withAndre," "Cousin/Cousine," "Rashoman" and "Nosferatu." The Powerhouse Sunday series starts with the Academy Award winner for Best Picture of 1981, "Chariots of Fire." "Poltergeist," "Excaliber,"Neighbors" and "OIn Golden Pond" are a few of the box office blockbusters featured. 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That's notour intent, and we don't want to waste the student's money, but after you leave college the opportunity to see these films is lost." As a Program Commission Special Event, "Star Wars" will be screened four times today, at noon, 3, 6:30 and 9 p.m. The all-time box office champion is being co-sponsored by theAssociated Students Science Fiction Fantasy Club. "We'll be one of the first colleges in the nation to show it," Potter said. "Like any first showing, it will be experimental. The sound system will beprofessional." The new projection system, installed this summer and costing nearly $30,000, will"basically make it a representative movie -theater," Potter said. "There's more consistency in images,less chance for error to spoil the presentation." Tickets are $1.50. The films are open to' all Westernstudents, with I.D., faculty and staff. Show-times are 6:30 and 9 p.m. in the PAC Main Auditorium,although some films may be shown at other times. 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Month old bread Hopeful survivors of their own cooking, in this case PennySmart macaroni, Top Ramen on toast, and Generic beer. crusts are converted into toast, sale-pricedburritos are transformed into a hot meal, and stale donuts become. . . well, staler donuts if you don'teat them sometime. Buying meat presents a problem not only because of the cost, but alsopreparation. How many freshly uprooted 18-year-old guys do you know who can fix anything morecomplicated than frozen Banquet chicken? The idea is to walk a few paces from the mainstream meatsection to the multi-layered and multi-assorted bargain bin. Bacon ends? Fry it twice as long as regularbacon and it almost appears to have substance. Spicy, red hot sausage that no one else will buy?College folk are supposed to have iron bellies, as well as indiscriminating tastes. And what's wrong withhot food items, like corn dogs and chicken Record and Tape Coupon! Any $7" record or tape in stocknow just $619 with this coupon. 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All newly invented dishes should be tested onthe neighbor's dog~and keep your paws off his Alpo meat chunks. In a town where students are knownto spend their last $5 on a half rack of brew, the quantity-not- quality rule also applies to beer selection.No one likes beer, they just get used to it - so why not get used to Rheinlander or Generic beer? Nomatter how bland generic products taste, buying them creates a warm sense of self-sacrifice. Staring ata plain, no frills package leaves an impression of irreducible back-to-basicness. This image is confirmed by the product within. When you've finally hit ground level (half a box of Bisquick and a package of splitpea soup) and you can't find any change under your sofa cushions, the last resort is the old pop-in-on-your-buddy-at- mealtime ploy. "Hi, Frank! Just dropped by to return this book I borrowed last yearand...say, what smells so delicious?" "Huh? Delicious? Oh, you must mean Fred's tuna surprise."Well, by golly, I never realized Fred was such a gourmet!" "He's not, but you can have some if youwant." "Well (laughing stupidly) I guess a little wouldn't hurt." "You obviously haven't eaten here lately..." Take heart. Most of us have mothers to nurse us back to health at the end of the quarter. KEGSSPECIAL 2Â£ logo $29.19 i with this coupon | expires Oct. 3,1982 Bâ€”r Cups Avaltabto (plus tax) IBEECH HOUSE PUB ^ ! J 113 E. Magnolia 733-3331\ j^jL i Danskin and Capezioand Freeds IN THEBELLINGHAM TOWERS LOBBY 119 N. COMMERCIAL STREET BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 98225 (206) 676-0666 Everything for the Dancer and Gymnast â€¢ * and Exercise Enthusiast! ---------- Western Front - 1982 September 21 - Page 31 ---------- Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Western Front 31 Historic museum houses local artifacts By RICHARDBOURCIER Bellingham's most prominent historical landmark also is, fittingly, the home of- theWhatcom Museum of History and Art. The sturdy-looking, 90-year-old red brick structure offers a variety of programs: local history and industry exhibits and collections, fine art, ethnographic artifact displays,plus concerts, lectures and tours. Designed by architect Alfred Lee, the Victorian-style building also ison the National Register of Historic Landmarks. It served the town of New Whatcomâ€”later to becomeBellinghamâ€”as City Hall until 1939. A year later the former city hall opened its doors as a museum,thanks to the efforts of the Whatcom Museum Society. The museum remained in operation until 1963when fire destroyed the central tower. The museum reopened in 1968 after the main tower was rebuilt,the exterior restored and the interior remodeled. Reconstruction was finished in 1974. The museum'sfirst floor houses five galleries used for art exhibits. The exhibits usually run for six weeks. A recentexample was the annual "Fibers Unlimited Textile Show," which featured 63 original works of fiber ortextile art. Recently, one of the more popular shows was "Kaleidoscope of Toys," shown lastChristmas season. It drew large crowds, said Public Relations Coordinator Kathy Green. Differenthistorical exhibits also can be viewed on the first floor. These shows, originated by Museum DirectorGeorge E. Thomas, generally are harder to create and therefore run longerâ€” from three to five months,Green said. Two major first floor exhibits have been "5,000 Years of Art," on loan from the MetropolitanMuseum of Art in New York City and "History of Commercial Fishing on North Puget Sound." The lattertraced fishing from traditional Indian to modern commercial methods. The newest historical exhibit wasopened during the building's 90th birthday party on Sept. 10. "Magic Boxesâ€”The Development ofHome Entertainment Machines" is a "historical look backward at music boxes, phonographs, radios and televisions," Green said. Contemporary home entertainment systems are included. The MuseumShop also is on OPENS IN SEPTEMBER AT SPECIALLY SELECTED THEATRES. Check newspapersfor theatres. the first floor where gifts, books and toys can be purchased. Up past the elaborately carved ,oak stairway is the spacious "Rotunda Room," which fills most of the second floor. The room serves as the main gallery with regular monthly concerts by the Bellingham Chamber Music Society. Otherperformnig arts acts have included ballet, one act plays, poetry readings and puppet shows. Three turn-of-the-century rooms can be found there also, which give visitors glimpses of Victorian-style living.Several permanent displays take up the museum's third story. Artifacts of the Northwest Coast Indianscan be seen, featuring woven baskets, stone and bone utensils. Here, too, the Green Gold HarvestExhibit demonstrates the history and development of local logging, utilizing artifacts, dioramas andpictures. Housed on this floor is an ornithological collection of more than 500 stuffed birds. Museumcollections include the extensive Wilbur Sandison and Darius Kinsey photographs, depicting early viewsof Whatcom County from 1890 to 1940. In addition, Indian artifacts, general history artifacts andcontemporary art objects are stored at the museum. Many organizations are affiliated with and usethe Whatcom Museum, such as the Audobon Society, bird watcher groups and garden clubs. Last year more than 12,000 school children from Skagit and Whatcom Counties passed through, listening to tourguide Richard Vanderway. Of special note to Western students is the museology training programwhere college â€¢ credit can be earned through 'work experience directed by the museum staff. ' Themuseum is trying to , change; its financial structure to eventuallyl-r^use only private gt;rjiÂ»riles.TJiisil|hould enable the museum t lt;5 continue operating in ^the :r^enf=.^ra|| diminished city i^ndlin^ :'-: gt;Zt Z â€¢ 'â€¢}} TheMuseum is open every day from Wbofi^'fo 5 p.m., except Mondays, holidays andduring jsoirie special exhibits. Free parking is available next to -the building, located at 121 ProspectStreet. Admission is free, although donations are Welcomed. TONIGHT â€” An artistes reception forphotographer Morgan Sanders will be given at 7 p.m. in the Viking Union Gallery. Sanders' exhibit,"Trucks," is the opening show at the gallery. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.,and Tuesday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. "Star Wars" plays at noon, 3, . 6:30 and 9 p.m. in the PAC MainAuditorium. Admission is $1.50. THURSDAY â€” The French satire, "Voyage to Grand Tartarie" plays at6:30 and 9 p.m. in the PAC Main Auditorium. 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Text preview (might not show all results): 2000_0310 ---------- Western Front 2000 March 10 - Page 1 ---------- up ' â€¢\l.Ml$ S' FRIDAY, March 1G, 2000 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 111 Issue 17 Bellingham, Washington See FORUM, page 6 Cedric Bolton new v.p. for Diversity A.S. b
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Show more2000_0310 ---------- Western Front 2000 March 10 - Page 1 ---------- up ' â€¢\l.Ml$ S' FRIDAY, March 1G, 2000 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 111 Issue 17 Bellingham, Washington See FORUM, page 6 Cedric Bolton new v.p. for Diversity A.S. board forum answers students' questions President Victor Cox says A.S. board has nothing to hide, wants to clear up resignation misconceptions By Cole Cosgrove THE WESTERN FRONT Despite a drizzling rain, Associated Students board of directors members met with Western students Wednesday in Red Square, handing out hot chocolate, answering questions about A.S. issues and clearing up questions about the recent resignations of two of the six A.S. vice presidents. The A.S. meets in Red Square once per quarter as a way to facilitate conversation and distribute information about current A.S. issues, said David Toyer, vice president for Legislative and Community Affairs. "We're out here to show students that we are accessible," A.S. President Victor Cox said. "We're here to show there really isn't anything to hide. If students have questions following the resignations, we're Matt Anderson /The Western Front David Toyer and Michelle Yousey respond to Jennifer Brown's questions concerning Morgan Hepfer's resignation. Board reinstates Carrel to tech fee committee By Siobhan Millhouse THE WESTERN FRONT The A.S. board voted unanimously to reinstate William Carrel to the Student Technology Fee Committee and admitted that the STFC guidelines were unclear. "(Carrel's) expertise is not something that can be replaced easily," said Rafael Castaneda, A.S. vice president for Academic Affairs and STFC chair. "I've been trying to figure out what is best for the committee, what's fair and what's right." It took less than 10 minutes at Wednesday's board meeting for the board to reinstate Carrel to his previous position. The board said the verbal contract the STFC agreed do did not violate the First Amendment. A lot of work is in the STFC's future. The committee faces developing a clear set of guidelines and regulations for future STFC members. "I think that the rules of the committee in this case were very broadly applied and capricious," Carrel said. "The whole problem came out of the bylaws and a general misunderstanding," Castaneda said. Carrel said after meeting with Castaneda, prior to Wednesday, he was not certain what the outcome of the board meeting would be. "What can I say?" Carrel asked. "I'm happy, that's what I wanted all along. I just didn't See REINSTATE, page 6 By Terrill Simecki THEWESTERNFRONT ; The Associated Students board of directors appointed Cedric Bolton the new A.S. vice president for Diversity at Wednesday's board meeting. Bolton replaces former Vice President for Diversity Morgan Hepfer, who resigned from the position in February, citing a lack of support and cooperation on the board's behalf. "I feel like I have a big job ahead of me," Bolton said. "I'm happy, and I am ready to work." . The board unanimously voted in Bolton's favor. "He stood out both as someone that everyone could get along with, and his credentials were very good," said Rafael Castaneda, vice president for Academic Affairs. "He has a lot of experience dealing with people, communicating with people and he conducted himself in a professional way, and that made a big impression on a lot of the board members." The board chose Bolton, a senior majoring in general studies, over Kim Morrison, a senior, majoring in American cultural studies and Michael Tenney, a Fairhaven senior, military veteran and member of the Whatcom County Human Rights Task Force, after screening the candidates in a three-part selection process. Before the meeting, a panel consisting of A.S. President Victor Cox, Vice President of B u s i n e s s O p e r a t i o n s Michelle Yousey and Personnel Director April Uskoski interviewed the candidates and reviewed their resumes. "All three candidates were amazing," Cox said. "Their Cedric Bolton Western expansion crowds Happy Valley By Jaime Martin THE WESTERN FRONT The future impact Western will have on the Happy Valley neighborhood concerned many residents last Thursday at the Bellingham Planning and Development Commission hearing to consider the first draft of the Happy Valley Neighborhood Plan. "I don't want to sleep at Western or have my home as part of an auxiliary campus," homeowner and Western graduate student Tom Dunson said. Terrill Simecki/The Western Front Happy Valley Elementary School students await their bus ride. "It's almost as if the city of Bellingham has resigned Happy Valley to Western expansion." This concern stems from Western's interest in expanding the campus into Happy Valley, mainly through parking lots, institutional offices and a proposed storm- water treatment facility. Happy Valley encompasses 627 acres bordered by Interstate 5 to the east, Old Fairhaven Parkway to the south, an irregular line between 14th and 20th Streets to the west and Bill McDonald Parkway to the north. "Western wants to steamroll our neighborhood â€” and squeeze us out of Happy Valley," resident John Survey said. Most residents said they would like to see other Bellingham neighborhoods take some of the burden produced by Western. One resident wondered why See HAPPY VALLEY, page~6 resumes were outstanding. Their -answers. to the-questions: were great." Each candidate answered three questions in an open discussion during the board meeting: What does diversity mean to you? What do you see as the most important issues facing minorities at Western Washington University? If you were to be appointed vice president for Diversity what would be your goals for next quarter? "Cedric's experience, his initiative and his understanding of diversity was really good," Cox said. After the questions the meet- See DIVERSITY, page 6 IN THIS ISSUE Inspirational' Greenen Meet catcher-third baseman Andie Greenen, the inspirational leader of the Viking softball team. Greenen earned second-team all-star honors in the PacWest Conference last season. Twist n' Shout TheRirie- Woodbury Dance Company will perform 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the PAC. More than 300 people will attend the show. Wr SITUS FROM OM isr :n: ' â€¢'wosterntront.wwu.edu r ---------- Western Front 2000 March 10 - Page 2 ---------- 2 â€¢ The Western Front News March 10, 2000 COPS BOX AP WIRE NEWS BRIEFS Campus Police reported f ^ v^ .prowlertook several^ itenSs from ):^^rm^^^t^0c^^ii^ .appromhate^ J a m j ^ g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ ^ ^ IBlSiipilttilrtlillBi IliiSliiiiHilliBiMftiBI^ reported receiving a harassing ported from 689 High St. to St. STATE NEWS SBMMBiHiiBiijBiiBi lllliilfi^ Compiled by Siobhan MiUhouse Dry suits save two Bellingham Jet Skiers The Coast Guard said two overdue Jet Skiers survived a night on a beach because they were wearing dry suits. Rescuers found them Wednesday morning because they carried a whistle that attracted the attention of a passing tug boat. The two men from Bellingham were all right when rescuers found them on Decatur Island, located on the east side of the San Juan Islands. The Coast Guard had been searching Bellingham Bay since midnight Tuesday when one man's mother reported them missing. Mayor commends police for calming Mardi Gras crowds Seattle Mayor Paul Schell said he is proud of police who controlled the crowd early Wednesday in Pioneer Square. "Fat Tuesday is no excuse for . drunken rowdiness," Schell said. Police said the use of pepper spray was justified to protect life and property. Spokesman Clem Benton said partiers threw bottles at officers when they went to help a woman who fell off a newspaper stand. Hundreds of people filled Pioneer Square streets. They were drinking at taverns and bars as part of the Mardi Gras celebration. When the crowd refused to disperse, officers fired spray and,arrested 11 people. Five officers suffered minor injuries. NATIONAL NEWS Bradley, McCain come up short on Super Tuesday Bill Bradley walked picket lines, spoke of his commitment to race relations and assailed Al Gore for past ambivalence on abortion. Still, the Democratic Party's core constituencies â€” organized labor, minorities and abortion-rights groups â€” remained loyal to the Clinton- Gore White House. After being shut out in 16 primaries and caucuses on Tuesday â€” and in Iowa and New Hampshire before that â€” Bradley described his campaign as a success, if not by the number of votes then by the strength of ideas. "We've brought core Democratic issues to the fore," Bradley told his disappointed supporters. John McCain couldn't reach enough Republicans, and Bill Bradley saw his core supporters flock to Al Gore. That was Super Tuesday in a nutshell. Texas Gov. George W. Bush rode support from Republican faithful, conservatives and the religious right to steamroll past McCain. The Arizona senator had support from much smaller groups: moderates, independents and Democrats who crossed over into the Republican primaries, according to the exit polls conducted Tuesday by Voter News Service for The Associated Press and television networks. Bush succeeded in convincing large numbers of Republican voters that McCain was not conservative enough. Nearly half the voters in New England and New York questioned McCain's conservative credentials; in other states, it was a t least one-third. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Palestinians, Israelis set to resume talks Palestinians and Israelis ended a crisis in the .peace process Wednesday by each conceding what had been a cardinal "no": Israelis allowed greater U.S. involvement, and Palestinians accepted territory not abutting Jerusalem. In a telling sign of the renewed U.S. : role, it was President Clinton's top envoy, Dennis Ross, who announced the resumption of peace talks, flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Ross, who said the peace talks would resume in Washington after the four-day Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday beginning March 16, also said the sides are committed to "work in the spirit of partnership and mutual confidence." The accelerated pace â€” aiming for the outline of a permanent agreement by May and for a full-fledged deal by Sept. 13 - was nonetheless fraught with issues that could sideline an agreement. Arafat suspended the talks early last month over an interim Israeli troop withdrawal from 6.1 percent of the West Bank. China executes senior official China executed a corrupt deputy provincial governor on Wednesday, underscoring the government's determination to end pervasive graft that has eroded support for Communist Party rule. Officials timed the execution to coincide with the country's most public political event and was followed by televised images of the official's ill-gotten gains: caches of cognac, piles of U.S. and Chinese cash, gold watches, diamond rings and a golden Buddha. Compiled by Gabe Joseph Bellingham Weather Saturday Sunday Monday Rain, with sun breaks later. High 55, low 30. â€¢ Â» â€¢ # # 1 * Morning fog, then sunny. High 55, low 30. Mostly sunny. High 55, low 35. Partly cloudy. High 50, low 35. Hirthiiiiil http://westernfrontwwu.edu 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, CH 110, Bellingham, WA 98225-9100. 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 College Hall 07, or by phone to (360) 650- 3161. Members of the Western community are entided to a single free copy of each issue of The Western Front. WWU Official Announcements Deadline for announcements in this space is noon Friday for the Tuesday edition and noon Wednesday for the Friday edition. Announcements should be limited to 50 words, typewritten or legibly printed, and sent through campus mail to "Official Announcements," MS - 9117, viafax to X/7287, or brought in person to Commissary 113A. DO NOT SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE WESTERN FRONT. Phoned announcements will not be accepted. All announcements should be signed by originator. PLEASE POST MATH PLACEMENT TEST: in OM 120 at 3 p.m. Monday, March 13, and 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 16. Registration is not required. Photo identification and a No. 2 pencil required; $10 fee are payable in exact amount at testing time. Sample problems: http://www.washington.edu/oea/aptp.htm. STUDENTS WHO EXPECT TO GRADUATE AT THE CLOSE OF SUMMER quarter must have a degree application on file in OM 230 by today, March 10. Applications must be on file by June 2 to graduate at the end of fall quarter. Applications/instructions are available in OM 230. Winter 2001 degree applicants may want majors evaluated during spring quarter, since major advisers may not be available summer quarter. A NEW CLASS, "RESPONDING TO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR," is open to all students during spring quarter. A state legislative mandate requires all teachers to be trained to respond to disruptive and/or violent students. The class, Special Education 417, begins the day before spring quarter begins. Matriculated students may use RSVP to register; non- matriculated students should contact SPAN at X/3650. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS POSITION of vice president for student life has been opened to all applicants due to a recent resignation. Applicants must have working knowledge of the Associated Students organization, University Residences, the Residence Hall Association, and the Hall Council structure. Applicants must meet all job description requirements to be qualified. Job descriptions are availab