Western Front - 1987 February 13

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Please recycle The Western Front VOL. 79, NO. 9 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1987
Athletic director
ends long career
By John Sleeper
staff reporter
Aftera 19-year career in West­ern's
athletic administration,
Boyde Long has announced his
resignation, to take effect in July
when his contract expires.
"We'd been thinking about it
for some time," said Long,
Western's athletic director. I've
been at it a lot of years. It's time
to step down."
Long, 53, was Western's
assistant athletic director from
1968-72. He served as men's
athletic director from 1972-85.
He also has headed the men's and
women's sports programs for the
past two years.
He will stay at Western to con­tinue
his duties as associate pro­fessor
in the physical education
department.
Long denied any connection
between-his-resignation-and the-plight
of Western's football pro­gram.
Two weeks ago, the Asso­ciated
Students Board of Direc­tors
recommended President G.
Robert Ross drop the program.
"I hope we can get this football
thing tamed down," Long said.
"I don't know what the answer is,
but I do know it's not to get rid of
it."
Long coached Western foot­ball
(13 years, 1970-82), wres­tling
(four years, 1966-70), track
and field (two years, 1968-69)
and cross-country teams (two
years, 1966-67).
He was named National Asso­ciation
of Intercollegiate Athlet­ics
District 1 Coach of the Year
twice in football, leading West­ern
to its only Evergreen Confer­ence
title in 1971 and its only dis­trict
championship in 1976.
"I enjoyed every minute of it,"
Long said of his career at West­ern.
"I enjoyed working with the
student athletes and with stu­dents
in general.
Athletic Director Boyde Long
will retire in July.
"The kids were all good, and
that's what it's all about."
John Utendale, Western's
faculty athletics representative,
will chair a selection committee
to find Long's replacement. The
committee will consist of
coaches; faculty and students.
Utendale hopes to find a suc­cessor
well before Long's mid-
July exit.
"It would certainly be helpful
for that individual to work with
(Long) for two or four weeks,"
Utendale said.
Long will be hard to replace,
he added.
"He provided stability and
integrity at his position at West­ern,"
he said. "I don't think you
can find a more dedicated person
to serve the athletic department
and Western."
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Faculty has no support
Ed. note: This is the fourth of
six articles examining the issue of
minorities at Western.
By Andy Perdue
editor
Western's puzzling lack
of minority faculty
could be explained in
many ways.
It could be attributed to the
small numbers of minorities pur­suing
graduate studies, or better
salaries and research opportuni­ties
at other universities.
But an underlying fact is that
many minorities just don't feel
comfortable at Western or in
Bellingham.
Saundra Taylor, a black
woman, came to Western 19
years ago, instructing in the psy­chology
department and work-
MINORITIES AT
WESTERN:
The few and
forgotten
N.S. Nokkentved
Crowds are fewer in Wilson Library as midterm exams fade into the upcoming three-day
weekend. Above, Trez Hensley studies in the library's third-floor reading room.
ing in the counseling center. Now
she is Western's first minority
vice president, working in Stu­dent
Affairs.
"When I came (to Western),
there was probably about the
same number of minority faculty
as there is now," she said. "It
doesn't appear as if we've been
able to attract more. We've been
able to retain about the number
that we have. That's kind of
discouraging.
"I think there are many rea­sons
for that, one of which I
don't think you can underplay
and I know has certainly had
an effect on my life. The com­munity
in which Western exists
does not have a real identifiable
minority population, particu­larly
for blacks," she said.
Taylor said she believes minor­ities
don't have the same kinds of
support groups or communities
as they would in the Seattle,
Tacoma and Olympia areas,
where larger minority concentra­tions
exist.
"(Minorities have) sort of felt a
sense of isolation," Taylor said.
She said she believes bringing
faculty minorities to Western
isn't impossible, but will take a
tremendous effort.
Currently, 25 full- and part-time
minority faculty members
work at Western, the smallest
percentage of any Washington
public university.
"I'm conscious that I'm on the
faculty, I'm an administrator and
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