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Title: Western Front - 1990 June 1
Date: 1990-06-01
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1990_0601 ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 1 ----------Student Stars Students in the arts and some things they've done Accent, pages 5-9 Golf ,1, Peacefulsport ,|,Â». makes a comeback Sports, page 11 FRIDAY WEATHER A decreasing chance of rainshowers with a possibi
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Show more1990_0601 ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 1 ---------- Student Stars Students in the arts and some things they've done Accent, pages 5-9 Golf ,1, Peacefulsport ,|,Â». makes a comeback Sports, page 11 FRIDAY WEATHER A decreasing chance of rainshowers with a possibility of sun breaks. The Western Front June 1,1990 /Volume 82, Number ^ ^Former custodian wins sexual harassment suit By Derek Dujardin staff reporter A jury awarded $75,000Friday to former Western custodian Kim-berly Abbott for a sexual-harassment suit against the university. While employed by Western from 1986-88, Abbott claimed to have suffered sexual harassment from her supervisor, Gary E. Smith, who allegedly touched her repeatedly in unwelcomed ways. Abbott latercomplained to Smith's supervisors who allegedly did little to curtail the harassment. During the trial,Abbott's attorney David Summers proved harassment took place, but was unable to prove Smithguilty of harassment. Summers also could not prove any other supervisor used demeaning jobevaluations in retaliation against Abbott for complaining, the jury found. Assistant Attorney General JonFerguson said he wasnt sure if the university would appeal. "There are a lot of things to look at andconsider," he said. Smith, 49, said he feels great now the trial is over. "I think the law is a good law, but it can be used as a political weapon against somebody," he said. In retrospect, Smith said he wouldhave requested an internal investigation as soon as the allegations were made against him. Kay Rich,director of university residences, said most of the accusations were made when the guidelinesconcerning sexual harassment of employees were in their infancy. Yet, the jury judged the evidenceusing contemporary sexual harassment standards that didn't exist in 1986. The $75,000 is only half ofthe $ 150,000 Summers requested, but he said he was happy with the verdict and the thoughtfulness the jury used in deciding. The final bill to Western may be much higher than the $75,000 award. The lawconcerning sexual harassment of a Washington state employee, entitles the employee to have alllawyer's fees and court costs paid for by die defendant. The combined fees of the Attorney General,Summers, court costs and expenses could total $110,000 to $115,000. SA committee decides budget By Bruce Halabisky staff reporter After nine months of debate, the Services and Activities committeedecided last Friday to carry over the same budget percentage split between the Associated Students, theDepartmentally Related Activities Council and Housing and Dining as last year. Two alternative proposals â€” one calling for a reduction in Housing and Dining's percentage and the other proposing thepercentages stay the same, but $10,000 be set aside for the Ethnic Student Centerâ€” were voted downby the committee. AS President Kent Thoelke's idea of reducing Housing and Dining's percentage toobtain the necessary AS funds for the proposed Ethnic Students Center next year was criticized by Roger Oettli, business manager for university residences. "We have two major revenue streams, one is student rent and one is SA fees," Oettli said. "If one revenue stream is affected then we have to make up for itin the other. We may have to look at catting some of the equipment at KUGS, we may have to look atcutting some of the equipment at Lakewood or we may have to raise student rent." See Budget on page2 Western student dies in accident By Bretha Urness-Straight staff reporter Western student, James"Jamie" J. Stanton Jr., 21, died from head injuries in a motorcycle accident Friday, May 25. Stanton,the son of James Stanton of Kirkland and Barbara Stanton of Mount Vernon, was a junior majoringin environmental economics. Stanton was heading southbound on Chuckanut Drive when he entered thenorthbound lane while taking a corner. Witnesses said Stanton was forced to swerve when heencountered a northbound car driven by a Western student on a geology field trip. Stanton lost control, hit a natural rock ledge and died immediately from head injuries, police reports said. The Front wasunable to obtain the name of the Western student who See Stanton on p 10 Western WashingtonUniversity please recycle act like a piece of art by not talking or using AS Board bans skin magazinesBy Mark Sabbatini staff reporter By a vote of 4-3, the Associated Students Board of Directors decidedTuesday to remove Playboy, Playgirl and Penthouse magazines from the student bookstore until areferendum addressing the issue is put before students in the fall. Greg Anderton, AS vice-president forExternal Affairs, initiated the idea of removing the magazines, after expressing concern about thebookstore selling what he considers pornographic material and the affect it has on readers. "I don't feelcomfortable removing them without more student input," Anderton said. "But people need more education about the affects pornography have." Other possibilities considered were a ban on the magazines orusing money from sales of them to educate students about pornography. The'board agreed a student vote was the best alternative, but suggestions to put it on the ballot with yesterday's scheduledpresidential run off concerned board members and students, who said they wouldn't be able to inform thestudents about the issue soon enough. The run off election was cancelled after candidate Joe Patrick was disqualified for illegal campaigning on his KUGS radio show. "I think that if we 're going to pass it on tothe students (and let them make the decision), we might as well be responsible about it," said ChristineHart, AS vice-president for Internal Affairs. Jack Smith, adviser to the board, said the AS could removethe magazines now and ask students in a referendum if they should be put back. "I feel comfortableremoving this material," Hart said, "because we try to make our campus as safe as possible and then we have this material in our bookstore that promotes rape and other violence against women." The onlyvoiced opposition came from AdamFranks, next year's AS vice-president for Internal Affairs, who said hedidn't approve of the magazines, but believed individual freedom of choice should be preserved. "It's not ademand for the product, but the principles of freedom of choice," Franks said. "I think people should havethe right to decide for themselves what they want to read and what they don't want to read." Members ofWestern's Women's Center attending the meeting said keeping the magazines violated otherConstitutional freedoms. "If pornography is allowed because of the First Amendment," said one member,"then that's violating the women's rights for equal safety under the law which is in the FourteenthAmendment." Removing the magazines is not a ban, Hart said, since students can still buy them off-campus. Board members voting to remove the magazines until a referendum can be set were Hart,Anderton, AS vice-president for Academic Affairs Ericka Jackson and AS vice-president for ResidenceLife Leslie Jensen. Members voting against the measure were AS president Kent Thoelke,Secretary/Treasurer Bob Visse and Vice- President for Activities Theresa Bertrand. ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Western Front News Friday, June 1,1990 By Mark Sabbatinl ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ filed the complaint, after listening to and taping part of a May 27 showhosted by Patrick where Chairperson Dave Mason said Patrick would be disqualified and his opponentMark Aaserud property use, the preamble of the Code promising a fair and impartial election and theKUGS lelatedto the campaign, including his reasons for voting to reduce funding for Departmentallyresult. Aaserud won aclose run off election, prompting Patrick to file a complaint against DRAC felt like itwas an abuse of his position as a programmer. I also felt it was putting the position the station. But shesaid the same people may not have heard the disclaimer, because of the time^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ year's vice presidentfor Activities. "I think Joe has to be heldaccountable. This was a situation Women need voice By Julie Davisson staff reporter The Commissionfor Women is looking for four new members for the 1990-91 academic year. Chairperson ConstanceFaulkner of Fairhaven College is accepting applications for two faculty, one student and one classifiedstaff member to fill the voluntary positions open on the commission. The applications must include ashort written statement of "her particular interests regarding the status of women on campus," asstated in the May 17 issue of Fast, Western's faculty/staff publication. Faulkner will choose twoapplicants for each of the positions and submit those choices to President Mortimer for a finaldecision. As of May 23, no students have applied. Faulkner said she realizes being on a committeetakes a lot of time, but student input is essential. "It's so hard to get student voices on committeesbecause they're transient and much busier in some ways, but we need it. After all, that's what we'rehere for," she said. The commission was established in December 1988 by President Mortimer on arecommendation by the Women's Resources Council and the Women's Network. The Summary ofCommission for Women's Activities (April 1990) states the group's purpose as follows: to "(1) serve as a liaison to I collect and disseminate information on issues of concern to all women on campus; (2) help improve coordination of efforts to accomplish shared goals and (3) advise the president on gender-related issues." The commission meets once every two weeks to discuss such issues as day careprograms, sexual harassment, personal safety, advisement for older returning students and manyother issues relating to women' and the improvement of campus. Faulkner said some of the importantthings the commission accomplished this year were the creation of a Sexual Harassment Task Force,an Ombudsperson and a sexual harassment education program for faculty and staff across campus."We've had a lot of successes this year and we haven't publicized ourselves at all," Faulkner said.Faulkner is leaving the commission next year. "It's a wonderful group to work with," she said. "I'll besad to leave." rÂ»LD Town CAFE Look at the Advantages! 10d cup coffee with meal before 8 am Mon-Fri play the piano for a free drink win the history contest for various amounts of free food fresh bakedgoods delicious daily special (soups, sandwiches and salads) â€¢ smoke free environment gt;occasional live music â€¢ intelligent staff with a sense of humor Mon-Sat 7 am-3 pm, Sun 8 am-2 pm;316 W. Holly St., 671-4431 Planned Parenthood â€” i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i L â€¢BirthControl Exams Supplies â€¢Pregnancy Tests Referrals â€¢Infection Tests Treatment Confidential- Affordable Prompt Service Evening Hours For Women By Women 500 Grand Ave., Bellingham 734-9095 217 S. 13th St., Mt. Vernon 336-5728 Present this ad for 3 free condoms Expires 6/20/90 Budget Continued from page 1 Jack Smith, director of the Viking Union, countered by saying "No where inthe system is there any guarantee that a fixed percentage should be crxried forward each year (forHousing and Dining)." Smith pointed out Housing and Dining originally received a straight fee of $25from every student and not a percentage cut of the SA funds. Despite Smith's arguments, Thoelke'sproposal was voted down. This rejection follows the rejection made May 22 of a previous proposal calling for a reduction in DRAC's budget. Immediately after the failure, Tina Brinson, a representative of DRAC, put another proposal on the table which would set aside $10,000 for next year's Ethnic Student Center,but would carry forward last year's percentage splits. Thoelke attacked the proposal saying the $10,000would only be a one time solution and the problem of funding the Ethnic Student Center would surfaceagain next year. "I would hate to see one quarter million go toward (building) the Center and then have$10,000~ to run it," Thoelke said. Brinson's proposal subsequently failed. As the meeting dragged onwithout the SA committee reaching a decision, all parties involved appeared unwilling tocompromise. In a state of frustration, Joe Patrick, SA committee member said "I say let's just go fora one-third split and tell everyone else to kiss off!" After all the discussion, a third proposal was finallypresented calling for the exact same percentage ;arry-over as last year. This proposal jassed leavingDRAC, AS and Hous-ng and Dining, after nine months of liscussion, with the same budget percentagesas last year. The SA committee's budget will now go to the board of trustees for final approval. In other actions the board: *placed a two-year written reprimand citing "human error" in Social IssuesCoordinator Chad Goller's personnel file after he used a state computer for campaign purposes in the AS election. *held over a request from Election Chairman Dave Mason for $586 to fund yesterday'scanceled presidential run-off election between Joe Patrick and Mark Aaserud. They also denied hisrequest for reimbursement of 144 hours of claimed overtime work, saying it would set a dangerousprecedent for other AS members working extra hours without compensation. ^discussed thepossibility of using $ 100,000 from the bookstore reserve for a Minority Retention Scholarship. Thescholarship would be awarded to currently enrolled minority students with a 3.2 or greater GPA. Thescholarship would consist of interest from initial money deposited. *Former legislative liaison ScottOlsen made an employment termination appeal. Olsen said the board gave him the alternative ofresigning or being fired, but gave him little grounds for the request. "The way he related to people downin Olympia was not working out," Bertrand said. After dismissing the appeal, Thoelke said Olsen shouldtake legal action if he wanted to pursue his complaint further. "That is my intention," Olsen said. "I willbe filing lawsuits against each and every one of you." . 1990/91 STUDENT PARKING PERMITS: Studentparking applications for the 1990-91 school year are now available at the Parking Services office. To beincluded in the initial pnonty assignment system, completed forms must be returned by July 27. Parkingoffice hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. â€¢ SUMMER 1990 PARKING PERMIT SALES:Quarterly permits may be renewed for summer quarter 1990 through June 8 at the Parking Services office. Quarterly permits that are not renewed will go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking officehours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdavs . FOREIGN STUDY: There will be an orientation for fall 14ICSAparticipants from 2-4 p.m Mon June 4 in OM255. Space still is available for London; Avignon, France; andSiena.ltaly. Contact Foreign Study Office, OM530B for more information. . MEXICO PROGRAM:Orientation for summer and fall participants going to Mexico with the Foreign Study Office will beWednesday, June 6, from 2-4 p.m. in OM355. . SPRING TEST DATES:- Miller Analogies, June 11. Pre-register in OM120. . FORMER STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPANTS are needed for the Foreign Study Fairon Monday, June 4. For more information, stop by the Foreign Studies Office, OM530, or call 676-3298.â€¢ RECYCLE DRIVE: Recycle bins will be set up from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at NashHall, the Alpha stack at Ridgeway, stack 4 at Fairhaven and at B.rnam Wood *gt;Â«?lt;** plastic(washed with labels removed), batteries, clothes, appliances and fui"rture Volunteers are needed for thedrive, sponsored by the Recycling Education Program and the Recycle Center. Contact KimbertyMaxwell. 647-6129. â€¢ WILSON UBRARY SPECIAL HOURS PRECEDING FINALS WEEK, will be 7:45am. to 8 p.m. R day June 8; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 9; and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m Sunday June10. I n S s s T o n hours will be 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the library closed onSaturday and Sunday. â€¢ STUDENTS WHO ADVANCE REGISTER for summer session must pay feesby Friday, June 8 or their registration will be cancelled, Registration for fall quarter will be Sept. 21-26.with classes starting Sept. 27. Registration appointments will be made in early September. ( ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 3 ---------- Friday, June 1,1990 The Western Front 3 Protesters raise awareness about jail conditions By EstherEwell staff reporter Four Western women were among the six who demonstrated in front of theWhatcom County Courthouse at noon Thursday to raise awareness of jail conditions and inequalities that exist for the poor. Sharon O'Connell, Collette Holten, Lucy Colvin, Kate Blake, Swaneagle and Adrienne Papermas-ter walked down to the corner of Grand Avenue and Lottie Street carrying signs protestingconditions they say exist, such as bad treatment of the poor inmate population, lack of ventilation andovercrowded jail cells. The protest resulted from information relayed by Nikki Craft, the women's rightsactivist arrested May 23 for malicious mischief. Craft was arrested after tearing up four issues of theJune Esquire magazine in Village Books. Swaneagle of Lummi Island said, "What's wrong with thesystem is this: There are two classes of people. One who can post bail and those who can't. And thosewho can't are subjected to harsh conditions that are unjust and unfair." Collette Holten feels thecurrent judicial system finds people guilty before being proven innocent. People who are unable to postbail must wait in the jail until their trial, which can take months. Holten said, "What about the time spent in jail if found innocent? Do you get compensated for the time you spent in jail? For the misery of it, thelack of exercise, lack of privacy, overcrowding and lack of freedom. Just because you couldn't post bail." One protester, Kate Blake, said the overcrowding of the jail could be greatly reduced if people awaitingtrials for non-violent crimes be released from the jail. Whatcom County Sheriff Larry Mount said thecourt tends to be lenient and release people on their personal recognizance if they can show any ties inthe local community. "Like with Nikki Craft Her friends have volunteered to bail her out. She TylerAnderson/The Western Front Protesters rallied in front of the courthouse Thursday to make people awareof jail conditions and inequalities against the poor. didn't take it," Mount said. "If she's so concernedabout her fellow inmates, she could accept her friends hospitality and we would have one less bodyinside." Protester Sharon O'Connell said Craft doesn't believe in posting bail. "She's in solidarity with thepoor women in the jail," O'Connell said. One result of jail overcrowding is that 14 women are sharing aneight-bed cell, Holten said. Mount agrees with the protesters on their concern of the overcrowded jails."We are definitely overcrowded. We're the 14th most crowded jail in the state according to statisticsgiven to us by the Washington Association of Sheriff and Police Chiefs," he said. Mount said over theMemorial Day holiday weekend, the jail had 173 people in the 148-bed facility. "It's not just the women'scell; the whole system is overcrowded," Mount said. Because of overcrowding, the ventilation system inthe jail is taxed to its maximum capacity. The inmate Tired of Studying? Need a Break? RENT AMOVIE! UNIVERSITY VIDEO 3080 Northwest Ave-676-5630 2 FOR 1 MONDAYS TUESDAYSBELLINGHAM CARD CO. - ^ f ^ 1155 E. Sunset Dr n ( v o " l 5 gt; ^ Bellingham. Wa 647-8642BaseballÂ«Football Basketball.Hockey BUY.SELL.TRADE $ $ CASH FOR YOUR CARDS populationis almost double the designed capacity for the ventilation system, Mount said. Protesters claim themeals fed to the inmates arc unbalanced and designed to mentally slow down the prison population.Mount responded by saying, "Ask school kids or military members. Anything that is cooked in a massway does not appeal to everybody, but they are nutritionally sound." The jail menus are periodicallyreviewed by nutritionists to assure the nutritional standards. "If we get a complaint, we ask them (thenutritionists) to come over and see what they have to say about it," Mount said. Inmates are given anhour a week for exercise. Protesters said this isn' t enough time to maintain good health. Mount saidthis situation is because of the workload in the prison and the limited number of personnel. "It's beenthat way for four years. It won't change in the near future until we can increase our staffing so we canmove people back and forth easier," Mount said. Western graduate student Lucy Colvin hopes theprotest will bring about changes in the jail conditions and help the people who are too poor to post bail.We need you WE'RE FIGHTING FOR American Heart YOUR LIFE Association -lt;v .a OFF CAMPUS THIS SUMMER? Earn credits through correspondence study. Over 5Q courses to select from.Independent Study Old Main 400 676-3650 e s t e r n W a s h i n g t o n u n i v e r s i ty Fitness CenterCoordinator University Residences is now accepting applications for the Fitness/Uellness CenterCoordinator position for 1990- 91. Duties: Oversee and coordinate all aspects of the state-of- the-artFitness Center located in the Ridgeway Complex. Details include coordination of day-to-day operations,selection and training of Fitness Center staff, monitoring equipment and facility upkeep and maintenance,and wellness program development. This is a student position, with the pay level at $6.25/hour, 15hours/week. Applications are available in the Office of Residence Life in High Street Hall, or at theFitness Center. Applications are due to the Office of Residence Life. High Street Hall 42, by Friday, June5. ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Western Front Friday, June 1,1990 Western's solar car gets shampoo sponsor By Bretha Urness-Straight staff reporter Shampoo, conditioner and spritz are among the items that have been donated toWestern's Viking XX solar car team. John Paul Jones De Joria is owner of Paul Mitchell Inc., a hairproducts company, which has donated more than $20,000 to the project, along with a guaranteed entryinto the World Solar Challenge in Australia in November. The Challenge race only allows 30 entries.Three of these positions will be taken by the top solar cars at this summer's General Motors Sun-rayce.The three winners of the Sun-rayce will have all expenses paid by GM to the race in Australia. "I know of no other schools that have entered the Australian race," said Bill Lingenfelter, solar car team captain.De Joria entered his first car, the Mana La, in the 1987 Sunrayce, but because of rule changes, hecouldn't race the same car in this summer's race. He was in the process of building his own entry forthis summer's race when he found out about Western's solar car through a friend at Boeing, Bill Yerkes,Lingenfelter said. De Joria asked Yerkes about which school would win the GM Sunrayce and herecommended Western's car, Lingenfelter said. "He really thinks we will do well," Lingenfelter said. "GMhas also put us at the top of their list to win." "It's not so much the entry, but the use of his grandfatherclause into the race," said Michael Seal, Director of the Vehicle Research Institute. "He thinks wehave a better chance of winning and he's indicated that there could be more (monetary donations)." Allother colleges are relying on winning the Sunrayce in order to go on to the challenge race in Australia,but we aren't, Lingenfelter said. De Joria has been described by the media as a aging hippie who isinterested in solar cars and energy conservation, Seal said. "I think he is really aware of the problems ofthe earth," Seal said. Western's solar car is an unusual design in comparison with its competitors. Itwill be a two passenger car that will be driven facing the east in the morning and turned around to facethe west in the afternoon. Viking XX will have a competitive edge because of the two passenger rule,which allows more solar cells on the car's body. It will be the only car of its type in the GM Sunrayce.The Viking XX is expected to break world records for solar-powered cars by averaging 50 mph on levelroads. Gerald J. Reilly/The Western Front Western's Viking XX has received donations from varioussources to help fund the trip to Australia. It will be featured in the June issue of Popular Science and willbe on the front cover of the August More recently, the Viking XX project received a $5,000 donation fromBellingham Cold Storage. The team is still working toward Students protest elimination of ethnic centerBy Mark Sabbatini staff reporter Associated Student Board budget healings on May 30 were dominatedby students protesting the elimination of the new Ethnic Student Center's administrative budget,which would prevent it s planned opening in November. Because the center's $42,000 request is a newbudget item, it was last on the budget list, said AS president Kent Thoelke. The proposed budgetalready contains a $10,000 deficit, after $120,000 in cuts were made to the $1.1 million budget. "It couldhave been any new program," Thoelke said. "When you have a budget with new programs and themoney doesn't come in, you cut the new programs." However, students attending the meeting claimedthey weren't just "any new program." "I'm very offended as a minority student on this campus that thiscenter is not going to happen," said one student. "This issue has been talked about as long as 20years ago and other campuses are further ahead then we are. I'm wondering what kind of message thiswill give to minority students we're trying to recruit." However, AS board members said money will befound to fund the Center's operations, since approximately $250,000 has been spent to build it. Funds aren't available because of an $80,000 shortfall in the AS budget, which resulted from estimated lower expected enrollment figures. If additional revenues are raised, through higher prices or lower discountrates at the bookstore, some of the money could be used for the center. Thoelke also urged students to talk with Service and Activities Fee Split Committee members, who voted 5-4 not to give a percentage ofmoney from Housing and Dining to the AS to resolve its budget problems. If a member who voted against the proposal calls for a new vote, the issue could be reopened, he said. "What I was hearing in thecommittee meeting was that everyone supported diversity as long as it was done in a status quosetting," said Jack Smith, adviser to the AS Board of Directors. "That's almost impossible to work out, which I guess gets to the root of support for diversification at Western." Social Issues CoordinatorChad Goller said he intends to attend the SA committee meeting because "I think it's important thatwe tell these people we're tired of the lip service that this university's given." finishing the solar car alongwith trying to find the funds for travel and lodging expenses for the team members. Research saveslives, R\â‚¬;S: "T:P.li R A NT Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Prime Rib â€¢ Seafood â€¢ Steaksâ€¢ BBQ 1301 E. 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OLD MAIN 345 676-3353 ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 5 ---------- Friday, June 1,1990 The Western Front 5 SOME THINGS THEY'VE DONE Mix, Wong displayexperience and feeling By Mike Radice staff reporter Fine arts are alive and well at the Viking Union ArtGallery. "Some Things We've Done," is the title of an exhibit featuring the works of Western studentsGarth Mix and Kwok Wong. The exhibit has certain undertones but for the most part, the title of theshow does a good job in summing up the work featured. Wong seems to enjoy delving into the realm ofthe human mind. His Picasso-ish style can be appreciated by all who attend. He dabbles in theabstractâ€”the inner self. The end result stirs a variety of emotions. To the common observer, pain andfear are the dominant elements in his work. Wong's work "A Poet," demonstrates his dealings in theabstract. This drawing shows an apparently frightened woman staring down at a pool of water. Herreflection, however, is not her own. The reflection she sees is that of a man, who seems equallyfrightened. Another one of Wong's works titled "The Great Depression" features wretched, mangledhands reaching up into darkness. The feeling one gets from looking at this work is one of injustice.Wong's drawing of Lucille Ball deviates from his other works featured. It is a portrait done withexquisite detail. It is of photographic quality. Mix combines a variety of feeling in his work. Someof his more impressionable works include "Contribution Exxon" and "Stacks." Both works deal withman's negative effect on the environment. "Contribution Exxon" is a graphite drawing of a bird coveredin oil. The bird is obviously dead or dying. The detail in the drawing is of phenomenal quality andshould be seen by all who appreciate fine art. "Stacks" is another graphite drawing. The work shows a woman sitting by a cliff overlooking a valley. She is staring somberly at huge smoke stacks in thedistance. It is another great piece of artwork. "I come from Kodiak, Alaska," Mix said. "I have workedextensively in the wilderness and have seen the impact we have on the environment" It is quite obviousMix doesn't like what he sees. This is clearly defined in his artwork. Mix uses what appears to be thesame girl in many of his works. She is placed in a variety of environments and situations. She addsgreatly to the mood of the pieces in which she is featured. "It isn't any one girl," Mix said. "However, agirl I met when I was a freshman was used as a model for some of the works." Mix is a Graphic DesignIllustrating major. He is currently in his junior year. Both artists show a wide variety of styles in theirdisplays. "Basically, I've just been experimenting with the different styles to figure out exactly what itis I want to do," Mix said. "I'll probably go the commercial route," Mix said. Whatever the case, bothartists are extremely talented. Their displays in the Viking Union Gallery run through June 1. If youhaven't seen the exhibit yet, definitely make the effort to see their works. You are bound to be pleasantly surprised. If for some reason you miss the show, just take a look at some of the illustrations in thispaper. Chances are, they were done by Garth Mix. â‚¬gt;Â©â‚¬)Â©â‚¬)â‚¬gt;â‚¬gt;â‚¬)Â©Â©Check out other student achievements in the arts on pages 8-9. ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Western Front Friday, June 1,1990 Cleanse the vermin on our campus We're saved!!!! No morebreasts and snakes By Jeff Galbraith guest columnist I was reading the Front the other day (because,of course, my June issue of Heaving Heavy Bondage Queens hadii'tarrived),andInoticed a recentmovement in the AS. Unfortunately it wasn't the movement of brain impulses. It looks as if there'sgoing to be a very vocal and heavy battle to ban publications at the bookstore deemed as "pornographic." . Thank God. It's about time someone had the balls (or whatever they may have) to stand up andscream, "Blech!" and remove these perv-pages from our view. Naked women are gross and harmful. Noone can dispute that. They perpetuate false ideals and therefore should be hidden from society exceptwithin the walls of very dark honeymoon suites. A . Take, for instance, the Playboy issue lastyear which featured Latoya Jackson (Michael's ex-little sis). The wholly unwholesome pictorial featured poorLatoya forced to lay buck-naked with bloated breasts and a huge python (Hugh Hefner later felt bad andgave her a few hundred thousand dollars). This is likely to make stupid women give themselves home-silicon jobs and fondle giant reptiles. And worse yet, it makes us sexist-supremacist-and-generally-horny- males expect womenwith big boobs and even bigger snakes to stumble into our lives and hottubs. I know, I'm already ruined. It's too late for me. Those ripped centerfold pages we used to findwhen I was in junior high have turned me into the women-hating, twisted freak I am today. In fact, if I findan intelligent woman, I'll probably beat her brutally â€” and it's all your fault, Hugh, you vicious bastard. Please, castrate and shield me HUNT SAFELY^ TAKE A HUNTER SAFETY COURSE CALL 1-800-526-HUNT AND SCHEDULE YOURS NOW1 A mludoa Â»t m pric* fxgt;a c*n mOori -* Softwareâ€”â€¢ Hardware -+ Iraining -+ Help7 Are you looking for a computer with: / Easy installation? /Excellent performance? / Low cost/ CaM 647-1124 Â«k for Pete or leave a message Rjmflyrun. _Athlete's Them F0ot( SAVE UP TO / KJ/m OFF NAME BRAND ATHLETIC SHOES â€¢ ALL SIZES! .ALL AGES! â€¢ ALL SPORTS! ALWAYS ON SALE! 1208 13th Street Fairhaven 733-0225 Mon-Frl 10-9. Sal 10-6 . Sun 12-5 SUNGLASS FAIR 676-8092 JUNE 2ND, 11-3:00 FEATURING THE HOTTEST,NEWEST, THE MOST SIZZLING SUNGLASSES FOR SUMMER. 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This couldeventually put the U.S. textile industry under and make all men idealize dumb, quiet Illustration by Garth Mix women. The "Mona Lisa" is nothing short of hardcore porn and should be ripped from the walls ofthe Louvre. It should probably be replaced with a non-toxic water coloring of Joan Baez performing atWoodstock. Well, I digress... thank you Greg Anderton, thank you various AS members, and thank youWomen's Center. It's about time someone did something about vermin like myself. 8 Buses to Campuseach hour! Bus fare a mere 25* or save 20% with Transit Tokens which are available at the Viking UnionInformation Desk and many other locations throughout town. For Schedule and Routing Information Call676-RIDE 676-7433 Whatcom^ ^ Transportation Authority ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 7 ---------- lt;*0W^K Friday, June 1,1990 No pop rock for me, thanks By Gloria Robinson staff reporter 1983 â€”Ah, what a year! Yes, I was there with my ear-lobes decked out with my mom's assorted religiousmedallions and my waver haircut covering three-fourths of my pre-pubescent face. With the help of MTVand KYYX, this was also the year I discovered the one thing that wasn't synonymous with a "passingphase" â€” U2. Something about the song "New Year's Day" with lead singer Bono crooning, "I want tobe with you night and day," made me want to get one of my first album s, War. From the days of pilingon my sister's make-up and hanging out at 7-11,1 discovered my favorite band. With War, U2 broughtme music I could rebel with and for the first time I felt like I knew exactly what my cause was. This band believed in freedom. This band believed in love. And for that period in my live, I felt this band believed inme. The album's first cut, "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," questions the practicality of war. Bono sings,"And the battle's just begun. There's many lost, but tell me who has won? The trenches dug within ourhearts, and mother's children, brothers, sisters torn apart" With the Edge's machine gun guitar, AdamClayton's pulsating bass and drummer Larry Mullen Jr's driving rhythms, the band comes across like anarmy. BLAST FROM THE PAST And they should sound this way, for U2 has seen the battlefirsthand. The band's homeland, Ireland, is plagued with revolution, which often goes unnoticed by themedia. Yet, in War, U2 expresses the fears both the Irish population and other war-torn countries faceeveryday. In "Like a Song," U2 confronts the horror of revolution, "And we love to wear a badge, auniform, and we love to fly a flag. But I won't let others live in hell, as we divide against each other, andfight amongst ourselves." In this album I heard the courage to stand up for your beliefs, whether it bein yourself, your country or your religion. U2 is believable. Lou Reed said, "U2's not a pop group. Theyare in this for real." And from the beginnings of the band in 1976, U2 realized then-style involved muchmore than music. About their early acts, manager Paul McGuinness said, "They were very bad, but itwasn't the songs that were the attraction. It was the energy and commitment to performance. Bonowould run around looking for people to meet his eyes." In essence, Bono and the band were looking forus all to get a grasp on reality. Through War, I learned there were much more important things in lifethan my 14 year-old concerns about the pimple on my forehead. The power of love is anotherimportant theme on the album, as addressed in "Drowning Man." I remember Bono promising me, "Takemy hand, you know I'll be there if you can I'll cross the sky for your love. And I understand these windsand tides, this change of times won't drag you away." O.K.,Iknowhe wasn'tpromis-ing ME this, althoughin "Gloria"(off the second album October) he did say if he had anything he'd give it to me â€” Uh huh,yeah right! The album ends with the sing along anthem "40." "40," along with other cuts from War,October and Boy are available on the concert album Under a Blood Red Sky. In concert is where theband's passions take shape. But the album struck something deeper with me â€” it seemed tominimize all the concerns I had about being a freshman in high school, and heighten a new awareness of my own personal freedom. Whatcom County's only Local TV Newscast 6:30 A.M. Weekdays TheWestern Front 7 Â© Â© Â© Â© O Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â©Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â© Â©lt;?QOO9(?(?(?(?QQ(?(?0QO(?O(? CALENDAR FAIRHAVEN FILMS The Trip June I, Friday 8:00 p.m. $2 A.S. 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"We're Not Your Mother" is a performance group he and his friends began which does tenminute experimental dialogues incorporating music, art and poetry. Tromsness isn't quite sure whyhe was recognized as Outstanding Graduate. Taking six years to complete a degree at Western is not a sign of a student extraordinaire, Tromsness said. "I think it's their (the Theater/Dance department)way of telling me it's time to go," he said with a half laugh. "It feels good and I feel like I've maybe left amark here somehow. I think maybe they think I gave the greatest service to the department. That isappreciated but other students, like these guys, deserve it just as much as me," he said as two of his"Mother" cohorts walked into the theater. "I have to thank everything to the wisdom of Bob Dylan,"Tromsness said explaining that George Mount, one of the "Mothers" introduced him to Dylan. "He sayseverything about the human condition in his lyrics." Acting is all about the human condi- â€¢ tion.Tromsness favors being a character actor. "You can show people what they're like and maybe influencethe way they continue to behave," Tromsness said. Acting is an outlet for the powers of observation, hesaid. "Everybody observes what is around them but they don't know what to do with what they learn. Anactor attempts to use every experience to relate to the real world." Playing the villain in a show issomething Tromsness likes but not because .people remember the bad guy. "People don't think theycould ever be a rapist or a murderer but all you have to do is scratch a little off the surface of yourselfand you find you have it in you somewhere," he said. "It is scary but kind of fulfilling. It's like therapy and you don't have to pay for it." Hiding behind characters, costumes and masks is what makes the stageattractive to Tromsness, but hiding is not what he does when it comes to his role within the theaterdepartment. Two months have not gone by when he wasn't involved in a production. He has participatedin approximately 70 shows during his career at Western. Acting is not his only talent. He does a lotof the technical work too. Building and designing sets, costuming, mask- Besides being wanted he willbe allowed to teach classes as well as study there. In the third year of study at USC, master'sstudents attendFoldger's Shakespearean Theater in Washington D.C. to polish their professional acting skills. Teaching theater at university level is Tromsness' career goal. He wants to experienceprofessional theater first so he can bring expertise to the students. He admires many of Western'sTheater/Dance department faculty. "From what I've heard and experienced, this is the best bachelor ofarts program in the state. The faculty and staff teach you by letting you sink or swim. If you have anexperimental idea, they give you the opportunity to make it real. They are knowledgeable and I owe all Iknow about acting to them," Tromsness said. College was not on Tromsness' agenda really love thisplace. It's a family and it is really productive. making and sound are all components of his theatricaleducation. Tromsness will be staying at Western to perform in Summer Stock productions throughAugust 11. But then he won't be hanging around in the Western limelight. He begins his masters program in fine arts at University of South Carolina (USC) on August 20. He was nominated to go to theEducational Regional Theater Auditions (ERTA), where college-age actors have the opportunity tobe seen by university theater recruiters, repertoire theater groups and summer theaters. Tromsnessreceived many offers but chose USC for several reasons. "They really seemed to want me. Instead ofgoing to Rutgers or Indiana University where they'd take me or leave me, I figured I'd go where I waswanted," he said. â€” Jason Tromsness once his dream of a football career was ruined after a work-related knee injury forced him to grope for other alternatives. During high school he was in a rock 'n' rollband and worked part-time. He took an acting class and was encouraged by teachers to continue. "I dothis because it's all that's left," he said jokingly. "I was lousy at building fences and digging ditches, Icould play the guitar but wasn't right for the band's image so I sold all my musical equipment and paidfor my first quarter at Western. "I'm sure I haven't used the time (at Western) wisely ... who does?"Tromsness said. He is also sure he loves what he does and his experience in Western's Theater/ Dance department was something he won't regret. "I really like this place. It's a family and it is reallyproductive. It's going to be hard to leave." $ ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 9 ---------- Friday, June 1,1990 The Western Front 9 Outstanding graphics by Randall By Julie Davisson staffreporter Five years of hard work has paid off for Western senior Scott Randall. On top of graduating witha Bachelor of Arts this spring, Randall has been selected as Outstanding Graduating Senior for the ArtDepartment. Randall, a studio art major with a concentration in graphic design and illustration andcomputer graphics, said the recognition came as a surprise because he didn't even know what it was.Kristi Lundstrom of the Alumni Office said each department chooses, based on their own criteria, onegraduating student to receive the award. Selection is not necessarily based on grade point average, buton, "what type of student they've been, what they've accomplished and how they've accomplished it,"Lundstrom said. Randall appreciates the recognition, but said, "it's weird to be singled out when youknow everybody's working just as hard as you are." Randall has puthis graphic design skills and talent to good use this year. He has worked at the computer lab in the Art Annex since September. "Computersare a really valuable resource," he said. He said he has learned a lot through his work there, and it hasprovided some valuable experience. In addition to the job, Randall spent time both fall and winter quarters designing posters for Associated Student events and films. Randall designed the posters for suchcampus films as, "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid," "Decline of Western Civilization" (parts one and two) and"Variety." Randall also designed the Accentlogo fortheFront, which is currently in use. This quarterRandall is working on the Klipsun staff as a graphic designer. "(Working on Klipsun) is a greatopportunity for someone in my position," he said. Randall said the experience has made him realize heenjoys working.on publication layout and it will provide valuable resume and portfolio material. Randallsaid having a good portfolio is more important than the degree upon leaving the Art Department. Aftergraduation, Randall and a friend, Liz Johanson, are planning to setup a studio in Seattle and beginfreelance work. "It's a bit scary walking out the door and not knowing (exactly what's ahead)," he said. A dessert and beverage celebration for all outstanding graduating seniors is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June15 in the Viking Union Lounge. President Mortimer and faculty from each department will speak andawards will be given. Paul Turpin Musician plays trombone, reggae By Shirley Mullin staff reporterThe 1990 Outstanding Graduate of the Year award "honors the student who is the best, not necessarilythe one with the highest GPA," said Kristie Lundstrom, staff member of the Alumni Office. The musicdepartment has selected Paul Turpin as its graduate of the year. "I'm honored," said Turpin of his award."There are a lot of surprisingly talented people in this department." Lundstrom said an outstandinggraduate is chosen by every department and each department sets their own criteria for the award.Dr. Mary Terey-Smith, faculty member in the music department said the depart-mentlooks for acombination of things. The first factor was general standing in General University Requirement classes."Paul has a very high general standing," Terey-Smith said. The second factor is individual development at Western. Terey-Smith said Turpin is "active in many areas â€” he plays the trombone quite well,and also is a composer." David Wallace, faculty member in the music department, said the department was encouraged by Turpin's development while at Western. "The music department is fortunate in thatit has a variety of students talented in various areas," said Wallace. Turpin is active in both composingand performing. Paul Turpin The final factor in choosing the outstanding graduate of the year is thestudents service to the department. Turpin participated in ensembles and orchestra, said Terey-Smith. This is the category where creative ability is important, said Wallace. Turpin will receive hisdouble-major bachelor's degree in Music Composition and Trombone Performance and plays keyboardson the Bellingham-based reggae band Jumbalassy (formerly the Almighty Dread). "All-together thesefactors placed Paul high in the standings," said Terey-Smith. Turpin will be entering Western's mastersprogram in musical composition next year in the fall. "Things have been going real well with Jumbalassy, which would have kept me up in Bellingham anyway," said Turpin. Turpin will also be helping out with anew electronic music studio for the music department, which will be ready for use in the fall. CurrentlyTurpin is in the process of producing a Jumbalassy record which the band recently recorded at GothamCity recording studio in Vancouver, B.C. Turpin said he hopes to have a Jumbalassy single out in threeweeks. Turpin gained experience in musical production from time spent at the Fairhaven recordingstudio. "I really like producing," Turpin said. "It takes a combination of all the talents (musiccomposition, music performance and audio recording techniques) I have been trying to learn here atWestern for the past five years." Turpin hopes to eventually complete his doctorate in music composition but says a little time off is in order after getting his masters out of the way. The 1990 OutstandingGraduates of the Year will be honored with a dessert celebration June 15, said Lundstrom. A facultyhost will introduce each graduate with a speech on why the department chose the student. The studentsfamily is invited to attend. The outstanding graduates will be awarded a certificate at the dessertcelebration. The honor will also be written on the commencement program. ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Western Front News Friday, June 1,1990 AS budget cuts eliminate some programs By MarkSabbatini staff reporter Final recommendations for next year's Associated Students budget proposeeliminating several programs and AS staff positions, after shortages occurred because of expectedlower student enrollment. The budget allocates $120,480 less than the $1.1 million requested and theAS has a deficit of $10,000, AS treasurer Bob Visse said. The hardest blows were to the Faculty/Course Evaluation Program, the monthly environmental publication The Planet and staff funding for the newEthnic Student Center, which were all cut. In addition, eight AS Productions positions were eliminated,including assistants who post flyers and handle other promotional duties. Visse said increasing revenues through higher prices or cutting discount rates at the student bookstore may be considered, althoughhe would prefer other alternatives. The cuts are necessary because the AS received $80,000 less thanexpected because student enrollment is lower than expected, said AS president Kent Thoelke. Twoproposals were submitted by the AS at the Service and Activities Fee Split Committee, whichrecommended how $85 out of each student's tuition should be divided between the AS, the Departmently Related Activities Committee (DRAC) and Housing and Dining. The first, proposing to cut DRAC'sbudget, was defeated because of a heavy turnout of DRAC supporters. Thoelke said he felt the cut' would have been justified. "The reason for that proposal was the fact that the DRAC proposals were a mess,"he said. "They were hard to read, they had deficits running and I didn 't feel it was appropriate to give them the same amount of money when they were running deficits." A second proposal by Thoelke tocut Housing and Dining's budget by .03 percent was also defeated. The SA committee voted to carryover last year's budgets with proportional increases to each budget. Almost all organizations asking formore money than last year received it, said Christine Hart, AS vice president for Internal Affairs.However, few received what they asked for. We're not going to spend that much money to put thefacility in and then not operate the program. Kent Thoelke, AS President The strongest protest of theproposed budget came from supporters of the Ethnic Student Center, whose $42,000 administrativebudget was eliminated since it is anew organization. However Thoelke said funding will be availablesomehow by the time the center is scheduled for completion in November. "We're not going to spendthat much money to put the facility in and then not operate the program," he said. Funding for ThePlanet was eliminated, Thoelke said, because the AS felt DRAC should support it. "The budgetcommittee decided that students in The Planet were receiving credit from Huxley College and Huxleywas deriving most of the benefits from the program itself, and because of that it was more a department related activity than an Associated Students activity," he said. Sara Olason, editor of The Planet,said it would take a year for DRAC to put the magazine in it's budget and expressed concern for whatwould happen during that year. Hart mentioned the possibility of funding the publication for one year ona "sunset" basis, with publication ceasing if DRAC does not fund it. Cuts to AS Production staff will becrippling, said next year's AS Vice President for Activities Moria Hopkins, because of changes alreadymade in personnel structure. Stanton Continued from page 1 was driving the oncoming car. Accordingto the State Patrol report Stanton was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and was driving a1981 Yamaha 750. Stanton's roommate, Todd Rutherford, was accompanying him on his ownmotorcycle. Rutherford, a senior majoring in manufacturing, was escorting Stanton to the Southern tipof Chuckanut Drive to see him off on a Memorial Day weekend trip. "He was going on a trip to EasternWashington. I loaned him my helmet because it was a much better helmet than his," Rutherford said.Rutherford, who was in front of Stanton when the accident occurred, said they had been driving at thespeed of 60 to 65 mph at the time of the accident and the oncoming car tried to get out of the way. "Iwas about 30 feet in front of him," Rutherford said. "I saw the whole thing in the rearview mirror. "When Ifirst saw the accident I thought, 'this is really going to ruin his weekend,'" Rutherford said. "I reallythought he was alive." Rutherford only knew Stanton six months, but he said it was more than enoughtime to really get to know him. "When you met Jamie, you either loved him or hated him,"Rutherford said. "Most people loved him." "Where ever he went a good time followed him," said AnitaM. Poor, Stanton's girlfriend of two months and a junior majoring in environmental studies. "I'm still inshock. It's hard to be here without him." Both Poor and Rutherford described Stanton as a person who lived his life to the fullest. "He liked to go fast. That was the A WHALE OF A PLACE TO "SUDS YOUR DUDS" 141412TH "Historic Fairhaven" 734-9647 'The University Side of Town" *Now Featuring*Overnight Film Service By SPINNAKER MOVING OVERSEAS TO STUDY? or RETURNING HOME? or SENDING GIFTS TO FRIENDS? Let airport Brokers save you on the transportation cost. We offer airand ocean rates on overseas shipments. Before you ship call us for a rate! AIRPORT BROKERSCORPORATION (206) 246-6580 r Hey. Ramon... word is, I gotta get out of town. FOREIGN STUDYFAIR JUNE 4TH 11:00-3:00 WWU VIKING UNION MAIN LOUNGE BE THERE! way he was," Poorsaid. "He always took things to the edge." 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Jack Smith, adviser to the AS Board, said using the bookstore for additional funds would be "aneasy out." A one percent decrease in the discount rate would generate up to ^ $40,000, but would set abad precedent. Give Our Kids Room To Grow. If we don't do something to reduce class sizestoday, our kids won't be ready for tomorrow. Washington Education Association fire i-yM^y^hcfflSxHIS: 7 3 4 - 4 6 6 8 9 -6 OxxH^/Oi.iT-oXT lt;' 1-5 0xx9y*aÂ® Sporting Goods â€¢ Team Uniformsâ€¢ Exercise Equipment â€¢ In-House Screen Printing â€¢ Trophies Engraving 705 W. Holly (OldTown) Joe's Sweat Connection â€¢ Ladies Athletic Wear â€¢ Mens Athletic Wear â€¢ Swimwear â€¢Russell Athletic Sweats 1225 E. Sunset Dr. (Sunset Square) 733-1610 733-1611 Open 7 Days a Week ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 11 ---------- Friday, June 1,1990 The Westem^ront 11 Golf: A peaceful game for everyone Front file photo Golf takesconcentration, but is still a relaxing sport and there's no need to get serious. People who throw clubs arethe ones who give golf a bad name. Golfing terms weird, but helpful on course The following terms werein a recent Golf magazine: Amputate the dogleg: cut the corner of a dogleg hole Bird dog: an excellentcaddie Blacksmith: a player with a rough touch on the green Booger: bogey Bugcutter: a poorly hit lowshot; a ground ball Cabbage pounder: spends a lot of time in the rough Chauffeur: caddie who drives agolf car Chili-dipper: club hits turf behind ball Feather a sandy: hit a delicate sand shot Foamies: beersGet it wet: hit into a water hazard Hippy hair: long rough Jack it up: take a preferred lie Lard-ass a beaver skin: take a huge divot Let the big dog eat: hit the driver hard Long road to the barn: a long, long puttMassage it: stroke a putt delicately Mr. Aerosol: a spray hitter Nutmeg parlor: a sand trap Out on thefluffy: in the fairway Polluted: to land in a water hazard Pop a rainmaker: hit a high shot Red Grange: ascore of 77 Slam Dunk: hit the back of the cup hard and go in Snap into the spinach: hook into the rough Stiff-a-roo: a shot that finishes very close to the hole Throw-up zone: a difficult six-foot putt Van Goghthe beast: play well on a difficult course Yank it: hit a duck hit Zeppelin: a skied shot By Darryl Carrassistant sports editor It's a kinder, gentler sport. Golf ... it's a gentleman's game. Arnold Palmer,Republicans, yellow slacks and Cadillacs â€” how does one define it? Golf is not just a sport... it's apassion. A passion that breeds deep in the heart of every red-blooded American. No other sport offers the peace and serenity that golf does. It's just you and nature (grass, trees, sand and water) out there on the course. It could very well be the fastest growing sport in America today. Soon, everyone will be flockingto their local course in search of that perfectround... scratch golf. That ever elusive perfect round is whatbrings most golfers out to the pourse at the crack of dawn, day after day. People go about attempting tomaterialize this dream in different ways, whether it be by playing with a set of $1000 Pings or studying aJack Nicklaus golf instructional video. Just as there are many different ways of obtainingthatperfectround, so to are there many different interpretations of the perfect round. For some, it's justthe dream that someday they will break 100 (on a par 72 course), for others it's the hope that one daythey will play a round without losing any balls. Yet, in the end, after that one-hundredth bucket of ballshave been hit and that last series of lessons have been completed, few are any better than when theyfirst started. This is the beauty of golf. It really doesn't matter how good you are, in fact those golfers thatare lacking in skill usually have a better time while playing it. It's those people who take the game tooserious â€” swearing and throwing their clubs â€” that give golf and golfers a bad name. There's nothingquite like four friends, a case of cheap beer and a golf course to waste away a sunny spring day. Whenyou think about it, golf may be the only equal opportunity sport in the world. No other sport allows menand women to compete together fairly and what's great about golf is that there is no need for competitionanyway. Golf is a relaxing sport to be enjoyed by all; rarely does it need to get serious. Many businessdeals have been finalized on the golf course and many presidential and congressional decisions havecome about during a round of golf, but nothing can compare to playing with a few friends. There's nothingquite like four friends, a case of cheap beer and a golf course to waste away a sunny spring day. It's atime when a few friends can spend some quality time bonding together or working out their problems.So on the next sunny day, call a few friends, grab the hickory sticks and hit the course for a round ofterrible golf and some quality bonding. By Diane Kershner tf^!^^i^^g^^|t^^^tir^iftii||tj^^ ;i|^rj|nis^ ; | u ^ e M ^ lri!|lelju^ had an effect Todd Baerny who placed athlete puts maximum effort forward) SPORTS QUIZ 1)Where did Charles Barkley attend college? 2) Who led theNB A in rebounding this season (1989- 90)? 3) How many seasons has Michael Jordan led the NBA in scoring? 4) Which NFL team traded SteveLargent to Seattle? 5) How many times have the Seahawks made the playoffs under Chuck Knox? 6)Where did Jerry Rice attend college? 7) Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in major leaguehistory? 8) With which team did Dave Winfield begin his baseball career? 9) Who held the AmericanLeague career stolen base record until a few days ago (it was broken by Rickey Henderson)? 10) Onefor the experts: Which two players hold the major league record for home runs by a father and son (hint:the son is still active)? Answers are below. SPORT QUIZ ANSWERS 1) Auburn University. 2) AkeemOlajuwon of the Houston Rockets. 3) Four seasons (the last four in a row). 4) Houston Oilers. 5) Fivetimes (1983,1984,1986,1987, 1988). 6) Mississippi Valley State. 7) Warren Spahn, with 363 victories. 8)San Diego Padres. 9) Ty Cobb, with 892 steals. 10) Bobby and Barry Bonds, with 415 combined homers entering this season. \ ^r- ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Western Front SPORTS Friday, June 1,1990 Weekend racer takes on competitors in Monroe By Sara Bynum staff reporter What do you get if you cross a 1975 Mercury Monarch, add bars on thedoor, bars behind the trunk and a hoop over the driver's head? What you get is Ray Townsend's racingcar, number 77. Townsend is a senior studying history and races his car every Saturday from the endof March through the end of September at Evergreen Speedway located at the Evergreen StateFairgrounds in Monroe. "I've been going to car races since I was a week old and started racing four years ago," Townsend said. Townsend bought his car for $150 and estimates it is now worth $5,000. Theentire car had to be changed to make it into a race car. A special racing seat was installed and thedashboard was replaced with a sheet of steel. Only the necessary gauges were left, such as the oilpressure, water temperature and tachometer. "The car has a standard transmission three speed andthe engine is a 351 Windsor," he said. "The goal is to get as much weight as possible on the left sidebecause of the turns on the track." Townsend races in the bombers class, which originally was for street cars with minor changes. However people made more and more changes, so the cars were more likeracing cars than street cars. Townsend's racing team, T and B Racing, is comprised of his father,brother-in-law and one pit crew member. "My dad provides the money and my brother-in-law racesanother car." The races begin at 7 p.m. with opening heats determining which cars will be entered intothe main events. The heat races are eight laps and Townsend said usually 10 cars are in each heat andthere is a good balance between the faster and slower cars. There are three main events- a 15, 20 and25 lap race. Townsend has never won a main event yet he still looks forward to the races and isoptimistic about going every weekend. "I like the competition and the challenge," he said. This year, out of six events, the heat and the main race, Townsend has finished 11 times in the top 10 and six timesin the top five. Townsend's average lap speed is 62 m.p.h. and said his high speeds are around 85m.p.h. We're Fighting For Your Life. 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AmericanHeart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR \OURLIFE "My goal is to win, to keep finishing higher upand find more sponsorship," he said. Anyone interested in racing should "come and watch me in theraces." Art Supplies LetraMax Marker Pads Graphic Art Supplies Full Line Letraset ChartpakTransfer Letters/Border Tapes Liquitex Acrylics more Student Discounts 1 3 1 0 G S t r e e t 7 3 4 - 18 00 Bellingham Blueprint Don't let the get away! Capture those valuable resources with Bellingham'srecycling service! ^ J IT'S AS EASY AS 1,2,3 u Fill the bins I with recyclables. - Set the bins out with your regular garbage on collection day. 3 We'll pick them up. USE YOUR STACKING BINS TORECYCLE â€¢ glass containers â€¢ scrap metal â€¢ aluminum cans â€¢ tin cans â€¢ newspaper â€¢cardboard â€¢ used motor oil â€¢ old mail â€¢ magazines â€¢ store ads â€¢ paper bags â€¢ papercartons So don't let them get away - do your part to conserve resources ana energy and promote a clean environment. R E M E M B E R to leave your recycling bins when you move. Bins are property of RSI.Available to off-campus single-family and 2, 3, 4 unit residences only. For recycling bins or questionsregarding the program call Recycling Services Inc. 7 3 4 - 1 4 6 0 ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 13 ---------- SPORTS Friday, June 1,1990 The Western Front 13 Men take intramural shirts serious ^Bl ^iilH ByDeanna Ottavelll production chief You know what cracks me up? The pride that guys take in theirintramural sports T-shirts. I've never seen anything like it before. These shirts get more wear and use then your first pair of Ray-Ban sun-glasses got. Or, when after months of saving, you finally got your mountain bike. Or, remember back in high school and that first varsity letter? Even the letterman's jacket wasn'tquite the same. Sure, you used them all until you thought they were going to wear out, rot or break, butthe similarities end there. Nope, college is the big time, and an intramural T-shirt means you 're the bestof the best that quarter in some sport, and dammit if everyone isn't going to know it! In my four years atWestern, the graphics have stayed the same and only the colors of the shirts seemed to have changed. I have managed to make some observations: 1) Have you ever seen a girl wearing one? They must havethem. I know girls who could kick a lot of guys all over the court or field or pretty much anywhere. So whydon't they wear their shirts? It's a mystery. 2) Guys will wear their shirts no matter how old, how tight orhow ragged they look. I have a friend who won a shirt in 1986 when his softball team won that yearstournament. He still can be seen wearing it on especially bright sunny days when there's a lot of people(girls and intramural losers?) filling Red Square. It's faded, torn and basically pretty grungy looking, but the pride is apparent. Some guys shirts are so tight it almost looks ridiculous. I asked a male friend aboutthis and he said, "Well how else are you supposed to see the muscles?" Hmmmmm. 3) There are noboundaries to the extremes guys will go to get the prized shirt. One friend had just made it to the finals in the spring tennis competition. The next day was the big day, and he was sure he could win. Whathappened? He sprained his ankle. I mean really messed it up. It looked like a golf ball. But that didn'tmatter. He took plenty of Advil, wrapped the ankle H^^^^^^^^HH^^^^^^^^^^H "With Nutri/System, Ipermanently lowered my weight 126 lbs. I lowered my cholesterol, too." As people vary, so does anindividual's weight loss. "The great thing about Nutri/System is its emphasis on good nutrition andmaintenance. They taught me to eat right, so I not only lost weight, I 've been able to maintain my weight loss for a year now. Dishes like Chicken Polynesian, Beef Tacos and Thick Crust Pizza... aren't justdelicious, they're low in cholesterol, as well. Now I feel better. 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But he won, and now he is proudly wearing his shirt weekly for all to see. 4) Guys hope to woo women with theirshirts. The shirt builds their confidence. It fills them with vim and vigor. Just take a look around at thelocal bars. Statistically, more of my dorm-residing male friends party on weekends with their shirts onthen in any other attire. I've been told it impresses their buddies and is a good way to kick up aconversation with the babes. 5)1 know guys that sleep in their shirts, play other unrelated sports in theirshirts and, when the shirt has been worn to the point that it has been reduced to a mere rag, use it towipe up beer spills. The latter, of course, being the greatest honor of all for these treasured shirts. If your sport is basketball, volleyball, pickleball, tennis or any of the other possible intramural sports maybeYOU could be the next lucky recipient of a prized intramural T-shirt. Men, you can enter the ranks of theelite. 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That's the message the AS board sent on Tuesday when four of their members decided for 10,000 otherstudents to ban Penthouse, Playboy and Playgirl from the Student Coop bookstore. The board had noright to make that decision for the rest of us. The real issue isn't the pictures in the magazines, butrather the freedom of choice â€” the foundation of a democratic society. We don't want anyone deciding for us what to do. Censorship is wrong. If anyone objects to those magazines, they don't have to buythem. It's their choice. Or was. CHOICE is important. One year ago, thousands of Chinese students were denied the choice of democracy. On June 4, the Chinese government turned on its own young,opening fire and rolling its tanks over an estimated 1,000 of its most passionate, most hopeful, brightstars. Ev$h a^ear after the Tiananmen Square massacre, the horror continues^. Yesterday three formerhunger strikers, the only open critics of the government since the protest ended, disappeared and theirplanned news conference was canceled. Once taken, democracy is not easily returned. The AS boardseems to think differently. Jack Smith, adviser to the Board, said the AS could remove the magazinesnow and ask the students in a fall referendum if they want them put back. Chinese leaders probably think they are doing the best thing for their people. They're wrong, as is the board. The idea behind theStudent Co-op bookstore is that the students own it and profit from it. The students should be the ones to decided what is sold in their store. A basic freedom is being stripped from Western students. It's time todemand it back before it's lost altogether. The students in China protested and sacrificed their livesattempting to reclaim lost freedom. On a much smaller scale at Western, we must act to preserve ourpersonal rights as individuals. The AS's approval of this ban could begin a dangerous precedent of elitistdecision making. Students need to speak out and let the AS board know how they .feel. Tell them youstill have a brain and want to continue to use it. Call them, write them, stake out their offices and homes. Let them know there's no way Western students will let them start making personal choices for us.'VHHHBlMktti Kathy Tucker, editor; Linda Dahlstrom, managing editor, Sue LaPalm, news editor, KarenLane Hingston, assistant news editor; Kurt McNett, Accent editor; Charlotte Anderson, assistantAccent editor; Ed Treat, campus government editor; Matt Baunsgard, features editor; Deven Bellingar,sports editor; Darryl Carr, assistant sports editor; Theo Gross, copy editor; Leah Linscott, copy editor;Shannon Fowler, typesetter; Tyler Anderson, photo editor; Maria Manliclic, production chief; DeannaOttavelli, production chief; Garth Mix, illustrator; Pete Stelfens, adviser. 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 theopinions of the authors. Guest commentaries: and letters are welcome. The Front is produced bystudents. Four pages are funded by student fees. The rest is funded by advertising revenue.Advertisements in the Front do not reflect the opinion of the newspaper. The newsroom is in College Hall09 and the business office is in College Hall 07. Phone numbers: 676-3162 (newsroom) and 676-3160(p.dvertis-ing). Published Tuesdays and Fridays. Entered as second-class matter at Bellingham, WA98225. USPS identification #624-820. NlCEWOWaoANoFARC! 700 Wgt; YOU'LL NEVER GET APURPLE HEAKL CPS Do-wop-wop-wop Bigoted godfather needs backyard tour I Peter Donaldsonstaff reporter met a man last weekend who said with a laugh, "I only hate two things: racists andMexicans." This third-generation, Italian- American may one day be my sister's father-in-law and Idon't see how she can tolerate such bigotry. He reasoned that since Mexico was filthy, disease ridden,poor and economically backward it warranted his hate. I found his words so full of hypocrisy they mademe nauseous. I wondered if he had ever seen the Arno river in Florence, Italy. Muddy brown frompollution and erosion, with enough floating trash to fill a hundred garbage trucks, the river meandersthrough overcrowded, oil-stained streets. The Po river in Venice and the city's canals have ! becomenothing more than a cesspool of human waste. Granted Mexico has its problems, but areas of Mexicoare cleaner and more pristine than Italy will ever be. When speaking money, the peso is no doubt a weak currency, but the last time I checked the lire wasn't exactly a cornerstone of financial success either. Itmakes my head spin to try to understand a free-market economy and fluctuating exchange rates. Sowhen I traveled to Italy two years ago and cashed my dollars for lire, I found it was like trading gold for dirt. I was getting 1,000 lire to the dollar. It doesn't take brains to figure something is wrong here. Of coursethis man in question could claim his years The seed of discontent in the United States have removed him from Italy's problems and he is now a true-blue American. My argument would then seem pointless untilyou consider where he lives: Cleveland, Ohio. Parts of downtown Cleveland are a hell of a lot worse thanparts of Mexico. Just 20 years ago the Cuyahoga river caught fire from industrial pollution. Yes that'sright, a river on fire. Need I say more? He ruined what would have been an excellent dinner withdisgusting jokes about every ethnic group except Italians. I thought I'd enlighten him on the availability ofItalian jokes. Q. What do Italian machine guns sound like? A. Wop-Wop-Wop. I know it's not very funny, but it was the only one I knew. He didn't like it one bit. "I thought I'd have you sit next to me becauseyou looked the most intelligent Peter, now I'm not so sure," he said. Well, I can handle that, besides my point was made. I finished my dinner in frustrated anger. At least it was quiet, frustrated anger. In aworld struggling toward a fair share for everybody, it's people like this that keep us traveling in circles.Concentric circles that never cross. It's a good thing he's passed some of these quality traits on to hissons. I'm friendly enough and I definitely don't hold grudges, but I decided after my dinner was done that Ido hate one thing: people who are too gutless to look at themselves critically so they point their bigotedfinger at someone else. Bush administration rapes Bill of Rights T Chris Von Seggern staff reporterhe Bush administration's "war on drugs" isn't really a war on the drug problem. It's a war on your civilrights. Politicians, in their frenzy to look like they're actually concerned about drugs, are makingthemselves blue in the face throwing around neat-sounding terms like "zero tolerance." Narcoticsenforcement, agents are everywhere â€” with laws that punish legitimate behavior on the pretense ofdeterring drug trafficking. Agents arc peeking into windows, seizing boats, testing your urine and pryinginto every detail of your life. This rape of the Bill of Rights looks good on the TV news, but it isn't doing athing to discourage drug users or dealers. A law in Alexandria, Va. threatens up to two yearsimprisonment for people who loiter for a few minutes and exchange "small objects" with someone else.This may sound like a perfect description of a street-corner crack deal. Maybe it is. Unfortunately, it'salso a perfect description of a thousand routine transactions all of us make every day. Does it makesense to throw me in jail if Irun into a friend who owes me money on the street and collect on the debt?Speaking of collecting, the U.S. Coast Guard will be happy to collect your boat if they find even thesmallest amount of any illegal drug on board. They don't even care if the drug was in the possession ofthe boat's owner or not. So what this means is I could lose my yacht, assuming I had one, if I wentout on it for a weekend with some friends and one of them got caught with a single joint I didn't even know they had. Hell, not even as much as a joint â€” all it takes is a seed. I'm really glad the government isworking so hard to protect me from other people's casual drug use by seizing my property. Manyemployers have been requiring drug testing for several years. Now the high schools are getting into theact. According to USA Today, athletes and cheerleaders at a Birmingham, Ala. high school are now being forced to undergo testing as well. But there's one little problem with drug testing â€” it isn't 100 percentaccurate. Don't tell me losing my job because of a false test result doesn't violate my civil rights. All ofthese measures provide quick, easy "solutions" to a problem that runs much deeper in Americansociety than law enforcement. President Bush isn'treally interested in defeating the drug problem, just inlooking like he is so he can keep the public happy. I'm not fooled, and you shouldn't be either. Bush cancontinue to pour government funds into law enforcement until we're on the brink of economic collapse,but it won't solve the problem. The drug problem in America is a result of gaping deficiencies in oursociety which must be addressed before we will be able to leash the monster wreaking havoc in every part of the nation. Instead of enforcement, Mr. Bush might want to try putting more money into treatmentand education programs, or social programs to eliminate some of the societal problems which lead todrug abuse. It might be time to try (gasp!) legalization. It's obvious that attempting to control drugsthrough law enforcement isn't working. In any war, when your tactics aren't working, it's time for aswitch. It's high time we rethought the war on drugs. ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 15 ---------- Friday, June 1,1990 Letters The Western Front 15 Orwell never gt; wrote doubletalk Editor:Somebody may have called it "Doubletalk" at some point. But not George Orwell. Geez, there you guysare, with a gigantic library at your disposal, English profs coming out of your â€¢ ears, and you don'teven bother to look up one lousy reference? What am I supposed to tell my journalistic peers? Contraryto your May 15 editorial on capital punishment, Orwell didn't call it "Doubletalk." The only possiblesource of this erroneous quote ' is 1984. In that novel, Orwell coins "newspeak" and "doublethink." Youwon't find "Doubletalk," and if you do, I'll send you a brownie button. My dictionary gives 1936 as the date of coinage for "doubletalk," though it doesn't say whose pen scrawled it. y You wanna quote somebody, quote him right. Otherwise, make up your own terminology. Reporters have enough troubles beingaccurate as it is. It's been fun nagging you. Sean Robinson alumnus West Seattle Herald P.S.Naturally, if you find that Orwell came up with "doubletalk" in 1936, I'll happily eat a crow. From eachelection, a thorn shall grow Editor: The elections are over and political fervor has died to a minimum.However, I am often reminded of it when I meet people on campus and they ask if I am "Stonnin'Norman," the guy who was in the elections. It is a boost of confidence when people you don't know tellyou they voted for you because they have faith in you. I am sorry I lost the election. However, to all those who voted for the Norman Conquest â€” I thank thee. To the one who gave my campaign a whole newoutlook, the "Refonnin' Norman Crusade," â€” thanks, though it came a bit late. * ir^flRWHWHWHTOTgt;an Smith, be steadfast, for you have not lost friends it is just that the safety line between some hasbeen lengthened. I don't believe I have lost any "friends," but rather I think that the winners should bewary of a thorn in their sides next year. Stormin' "Reformin" Norman Pendergraft Hiney-kicked candidate 'Hot foot' seldom makes papers fun Editor: The vagaries of trans-Pacific and tropic mails prevented meseeing the issue with Dr. Lyle Harris' remarks on the Green Apple story, but I've read with keen interestthe swirl of letters in its' wake. The editor's and writers' spirited rebuttals carried me back to my ownheady youth and the self-righteous, self-serving, splendidly-written (I was sure) sizzler I directed at ourprincipal in the first editorial after he lifted a ban on our high school weekly. The Shanghai American.To be sure, I was defending the accuracy of a fire safety story (that had pained his public relationssensitivities), not asserting the merits of editors and writers having fun in dark places to titillate andtickle those readers that share their level of sophistication and taste. But I can still remember thesatisfaction of a phrase-flexing master wordsman ("A cut! Apalpable cut!") armed with the power of pen and press. After all, like Shakespeare's young blades in Romeo and Julia, I was not yet 16. Touche',Mr. Gibb, touche'! However, I must say that winter quarter's Front sometimes seemed to be written andrun by minds trying to enjoy their youth by clinging to their adolescence. As a journalist, a teacher andan adviser, I admit I always nervously eye new student editors ambitious to make the paper more "fun."Some Western Front humorists have been marvelousâ€”notably Steve Johnson and Jack Broom, nowwith The Seattle Times. But those whose highest humor is giving the "hot foot" seldom make a papereither fun or funny. More often they make it into a joke. I was on campus again briefly at the end ofwinter quarter, and saw the closing issue. The Front carried a story under a wrong headline and thenrepeated it inside. I don't suppose the editor or any long-suffering staff member will put that page orpaper in their clip files. An editorship is a trust. A good editor can edit well and have fun. What can yousay to someone who sees the Front as a swell place "to make mistakes"? My compliments on thespring issues. R.E. Stannardjr. 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Attn: JO #9132318. Bicycle mechanic Full-time summer employment. Must have bicycle shop experience. Kulshan Cycles 100 E. Chestnut.Coordinator for the University Residences Fitness Center. Coordinate day-to-day operations, staffing,and programming of a state-of-the-art exercise and wellness center. Student position: $6.25/hr for 15hrs/week. Applications available at the Office of Residence Life in HS Hall due Tues. June 5,1990.Target is now hiring for the following part-time positions: cashiers, early morning stock team/receiving,evening/ weekend salesfloor snackbar. Apply at Target Customer Service Desk, Bel-lis Fair Mall.PEHR seeking instructors for Asia University Summer Program. Expertise necessary in Golf, Archery,Aerobics or Tennis. See Linda at CV102 or call 676- 3500. WSI needed for Children's Summer SwimProgram. See Linda at CV 102 or call 676-3500. Summer child care for 11-yr. old and toddler. SpecialEd. experience is a plus. Good pay, flexible hours 734- 9696. Construction workers !! For Bellevue,Redmond area, need painters laborers. Wages D.O.E. 206-746- 6544. 501. SERVICES We can doanything that goes through a key board. Resumes? Term papers? Newsletters? Special projects? Quality typesetting services at hourly or page rates. 671-4312. TYPING, EDITING BY A PRO!!! IBMCOMPUTER. JACKIE @ 676-8483. PROFESSIONAL TYPING, SPELL-CHECK, GRAPHS. CALL BARB671- 1673. TYPING. IBM computer. Laser printing. Near campus. Jeanne 671-4636. , GET SERIOUSabout your job search with a professional resume and cover letter. Complete Resume ConsultationService, Laser Printing, disk storage. Term papers, too. NORTHSHORE WORD PROCESSING. 215 WHOLLY 733-1853. Typing you can count on. Evenings weekends. Includes some editing. $1.25 a/pg.Call Pat 676-0328. 803. TRAVEL Looking for a change? Study abroad!!! Start planning now for Fallquarter abroad. Applications are being accepted now for London, Cologne, Avignon, and Siena.Deadline is June 15, 1990. Come up to the Foreign Study Office for more information about these NICSA Programs. Old Main 530B. Phone 676-3298. 802.RESTAURANT HUNGRY FOR A LATE NIGHTSNACK? BOOMERS DRIVE-IN IS OPEN UNTIL 2am FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. 902.ADOPTION Adoption: New Zealand American professional couple seek baby to share our loving home in clean green unpolluted New Zealand (near Australia). Ask operator for International collect call toMargaret Jeff (649) 786-234. To see our resume photos call our lawyer collect (206) 728-5858; AskJoan 8940. Classified Advertising Form for The Western Front Q 1 0 1 . For Sale Q 301. Wanted â€¢501. Services â€¢ 701. Lost Found [^901. Personals Q Other (specify) Q ? n i F^rR^nt Q dn1HplpWanteH Q fiM Rirtes Rirters [~~]B01. Announcements |~] 1001 Garage Sales 1. Insert one letter perbox. 3. Payment must be received before ad will be run. 2. Insertion price is 70$ per line for one issue;65lt;fc per line for a repeat. 4. Please send or bring form with payment to: WWU College Hall 11 (Repeat classifieds must be run in consecutive issues for reduced rate.) Bellingham, WA 98225 5. Ads must besubmitted by deadline: 3 pm Wednesday for Friday edition, 3 pm Thursday for Tuesday edition. Name:Address: Run Dates: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Phone: ( ) City: State: Zip: Pie asep rintc id ex. actlyas it stoi un. If additional space is required please attach another piece of paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ' 7 8 910 ---------- Western Front - 1990 June 1 - Page 16 ---------- 16 The Western Front Friday, May 25,1990 WSIBRI IBS p i ^ ^ i V:;II11P1 Western WashingtonUniversity students simply dial 8-1-1 to instantly disconnect their U S WEST Communications telephone service. You no longer have to call in advance. Students who are completely disconnecting their servicecan dial 8-1-1 on the day of the move and a "voice response unit" will take information and process theorder immediately. Students who are moving to another location in Bellingham can also dial 8-1-1 and aUS WEST Communications Service Representative will process your order. You can have serviceworking at your new address before you get there. Remember, if you're disconnecting service or movingwithin the Bellingham area call 8-1-1. iwavEsr COMMUNICATIONS Â© Making the most of your time:PPPPP
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