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Accent The Devalls are set to play rock V roll, especially the roll. Tired ruggers return IBlilmiliiililllll News Faculty expert blames Hanford decision on politics. /2 The Western Front Please recycle VOL. 79, NO. 28 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA FRIDAY, MAY 15,1987 Opinions differ on success of WSL Mary Darling staff reporter • '— Dan Tyler Highland Hall custodians Mike Postlewait (top) and Bob Wright (center) clean up on Ken "Bam Bam Mohammed" McDonald in the Jell-O Wrestling competition during Inter-Hall Council Spirit Week Wednesday. See related story, p. 3. Despite reports of conflicts of interest and ineffectiveness of Western's chapter of the Washington Student Lobby, a leader of that organization says WSL is more solid here than at other schools. "We're better. Way better," WSL Chairman John Wyble said. "Take Central—they have only one person representing them in Olympia, and she's also an intern. She does what she wants and is not criticized. Eastern never shows up, and when they do, they are very self-interested." Wyble said "Descend Olympia," a trip on which 50 students went to Olympia and met Booth Gardner, was a great success. He said it was effective because it showed support through numbers. , But WSL^asjnpt been free from criti- " asm".""" ^ v""c" •'""" Doug Holmstrom is one critic. In 1980, Holmstrom and about 50 others founded SORE, Students Opposed to Reductions in Education. SORE became WSL in 1981. "The idea behind WSL was to set up a grassroots system where individual students would make some kind of contact with the legislature once a week, not to hire lobbyists," Holmstrom said. "The biggest problem is that (WSL is) not trying to organize grassroot supports, the less glamorous part of the job. This is the most effective part of WSL, and it's lacking," he said. Holmstrom said a grassroots organization also would help WSL's visibility on campus and help get donations. He said WSL used to take busloads of students to Olympia to meet legislators on a regular basis. "A paid lobbyist does not have the impact that a constituent going down to Olympia does," Holstrom said. "A constituent means that there's a lot more people concerned about the issue. That's what sways a legislature in the end—voting bodies." Wyble said bringing busloads of students to Olympia is great and should be continued. But the major reason WSL doesn't organize such trips is because it doesn't have the money. Fall quarter, WSL came under an Associated Students' Board-led attack because .of an alleged conflict of interest. The board asked then-WSL Chairman Dean Bushue to resign because it believed his legislative internship separated him from Western student's interests-both in distance and in is- . sue. Bushue resigned after dropping out of Western spring quarter. Holstrom said some WSL board members have been more interested in getting connections in Olympia to launch a career than in working for student issues. He added that WSL^Inemb'ers"should avoid' direct and active party affiliations. "Dean Bushue was a member of the Young Democrats, as well as an intern for a democratic legislator. This poses a problem because it compromises them in their work with other parties," he said. Wyble doesn't see what all the fuss is about. "Dean and I felt that (while interning in Olympia) we could keep track of what was going on instead of calling Jim (Sullivan, WSL executive director) once in a while to find out what was going on. It worked out fine in the beginning," Wyble said. "We had a much better feel for what was going on (in the legislature). "Eventually Terri.(Echelbarger, AS president) decided we weren't representing the students of Western because we weren't on campus. That doesn't make sense because of the way WSL is structured. We already decided what the agenda would be before the session started. That's part of the normal legislative process." see WSL, p2 Job center wary of company A summer job with a book-distribution company promising students up to $4,400 has the staff at the Western Student Employment Center wary. Southwestern Company pays workers on commission for selling books in Southern states from June through mid-September. The company has become a concern because it refuses to list with the Student Employment Center, said Kathy Sahlhoff, assistant director of Student Financial Resources. Instead, the agency posts brightly colored ads around campus inviting students to call for an on-campus interview. The ads list benefits to students (marketing experience, resume credentials, a $4,400 average income) but do not specify the type of work students do for the three summer months. Sahlhoff doesn't know why Southwestern refuses a listing. She said the Student Employment Center wants to promote any legitimate job opportunity so that students who need work have a variety of job listings to choose from. To list with the center, companies need only provide two basic pieces of information: What their company does and what student-workers are expected to do. "It makes you wary when (a company) is asked for basic information, and they refuse," she said. Southwestern Student Manager Bob Chapman, however, disagreed the company is being elusive in its advertising. / . Chapman said students usually are averse to selling something in a different part of the country all summer. He said if they listed what students would be doing and how they would be paid, students probably wouldn't want to work for them. It works better to list benefits in the ad to get students to call and then explain Southwestern's purpose at the actual interview, he said. Sahlhoff said Western students who worked for Southwestern between 1985 and 1986 complained to the Student Employment Center of high-pressure interview tactics and pressure to sign the contract. "We tend to hear complaints or problems with companies from students instead of the positive. If things are going fine, students don't make a point of informing the center," Sahloff said. She said she is sure Southwestern has a record of students who have had good work experiences. Students live with families found through local churches or civic groups. Living expenses total about $1,200, he said. lated the election code, the board tion, suggesting he make a public Trethewey, Kate Steward and ^HHiiilBiBiSiiBliiliiH| but said the student was a friend who had called out to him asking ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ li^iBi^lliBiiBiiiBiiii violations and spare future candi-iliiifiHii^ piiJIpiiipiiii board chairman, said the board iMiilliilflSiiBiilBiSittl S^BIBiilBIBBIlliillBISll
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Title | Western Front - 1987 May 15 |
Alternative Title | ACCENT |
Volume and Number | Vol. 79, no. 28 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | May 15, 1987 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1987-05-15 |
Year Published | 1987 |
Decades |
1980-1989 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Jackie Soler, Editor, Lori Robinson, Managing editor, John Sleeper, News editor, Heidi de Laubenfels, Opinion editor, Jeffrey Pedersen, Sports editor, Brian Bean, Chief Copy editor, Clay Martin, Copy editor, Janet Murray, Copy editor, Mike Gwynn, Photo editor, ACCENT editors: Julie McGalliard, Bill Freeberg, Jeff Keeling |
Staff | Andrea Baker, Business manager, Bruce Wiseman, Advertising manager, Michelle Ringer, Graphics manager, Donna Williams, Secretary, Cheri Myers, Secretary, Cheryl Vitek, Accountant, Eric Thornsted, Advertising representative, Tony Larson, Advertising representative, Lisa Pfieffer, Advertising representative, Tawni Schutter, Advertising representative, Jeanette Vaughn, Graphic assistant, Julie Stenson, Graphic assistant, Michele Carter, Graphic assistant, Mumtazee Noorani, Distribution, Erin Earles, Reader representative, Pete Jorgensen, Production chief, Mike Carroll, Editorial Cartoonist, Kelli Langan, Artist, Reporters: J. Thomas Bauer, Jeff Braimes, Douglas Buell, Kelly Collins, Mary Darling, Rebecca Duce, Rich Ellis, Carol Flake, Pamela Floyd, Shanna Gowenlock, Stephen John, Kathy Horacek, Terry Keenan, Pete Kendall, Jeff Kuehn, Erin Lafferty, Danny Merrill, Jeremy Meyer, Tim Millard, Danielle Moran, Lori Lee Morse, Mary Riggle, Karen Olsen, Barry Rogowski, Turtle Robb, Rich Royston, Wendy Staley, Tore Slette, Marne Stoneburg, Kathy Tucker, Dan Tyler, Neal Warnick, Mark Watson, Daniel C. Webster, Carole Wiedmeyer, John Wyble |
Photographer | Dan Tyler, Mike Gwynn, Pete Kendall |
Faculty Advisor | Steffens, Pete |
Article Titles |
Job center wary of company (p.1) -- Opinions differ on success of WSL / by Mary Darling (p.1) -- Richey reprimanded / by Carole Wiedmeyer (p.1) -- Prof says N reactor closure was political / by Rich Royston (p.2) -- Secret pals enrich kids' lives / by Carole Wiedmeyer (p.2) -- Classified (p.2) -- Up to 37 percent fail JWE / by Marne Stoneburg (p.3) -- Western Washington University official announcements (p.3) -- Debaters ranked 14 in nation / by Rich Ellis (p.3) -- Maniacal wrestlers grapple in the slime / by Mark Watson (p.3) -- Correction (p.3) -- Maggotfest too tough for Western ruggers / by Jeremy Meyer (p.4) -- Lacrossers burn Huskies (p.4) -- Women's lacrosse nipped (p.4) -- On deck (p.5) -- Elections squabble wimpy; let's re-vote (p.6) -- Postscript... (p.6) -- A celebration of life itself: Make every day a happy day / by Erin Lafferty (p.6) -- The 'tailgate' scandal: press justified in Hart attack / by Andy Perdue (p.6) -- No blue jeans a sign of phobia / by Laura J. Perdue (p.7) -- Social justice v. material gains / by Jeff Clark (p.7) -- Weak research shows ignorance / by Timothy R. Machin and Stephen Sondericker (p.7) ACCENT contents: The Devalls / by Jeff Braimes (p.1) -- Is it live? Vanna the vowel-vendor (p.2) -- Linda Allen and friends (p.2) -- Mazeltones music a merry mix / by Jim Thomsen (p.3) -- Film on campus (p.3) -- Calendar (p.3) -- Poets share creations in Fairhaven / by Jeff Kuehn (p.3) -- Cusack 'Pursues' laughter / by Wendy Staley (p.3) |
Photographs |
Jell-O wrestling:Mike Postlewait, Bob Wright, and Ken McDonald (p.1) -- Ruth Weiner (p.2) -- Intramural softball: Chris Ohlson (p.5) -- Erin Lafferty (p.6) -- Andy Perdue (p.6) ACCENT photographs: The Devalls (p.1) -- Linda Allen, Deb Hunemuller, and Cathy Hayward (p.2) -- The Mazeltones Klezmer Band (p.3) |
Cartoons | Sex scandals / by Mike Carroll (p.6) |
Notes | Issue contains 4-page ACCENT supplement. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 44 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19870515.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
Description
Title | Western Front - 1987 May 15 - Page 1 |
Alternative Title | ACCENT |
Volume and Number | Vol. 79, no. 28 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | May 15, 1987 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1987-05-15 |
Year Published | 1987 |
Decades |
1980-1989 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Jackie Soler, Editor, Lori Robinson, Managing editor, John Sleeper, News editor, Heidi de Laubenfels, Opinion editor, Jeffrey Pedersen, Sports editor, Brian Bean, Chief Copy editor, Clay Martin, Copy editor, Janet Murray, Copy editor, Mike Gwynn, Photo editor, ACCENT editors: Julie McGalliard, Bill Freeberg, Jeff Keeling |
Staff | Andrea Baker, Business manager, Bruce Wiseman, Advertising manager, Michelle Ringer, Graphics manager, Donna Williams, Secretary, Cheri Myers, Secretary, Cheryl Vitek, Accountant, Eric Thornsted, Advertising representative, Tony Larson, Advertising representative, Lisa Pfieffer, Advertising representative, Tawni Schutter, Advertising representative, Jeanette Vaughn, Graphic assistant, Julie Stenson, Graphic assistant, Michele Carter, Graphic assistant, Mumtazee Noorani, Distribution, Erin Earles, Reader representative, Pete Jorgensen, Production chief, Mike Carroll, Editorial Cartoonist, Kelli Langan, Artist, Reporters: J. Thomas Bauer, Jeff Braimes, Douglas Buell, Kelly Collins, Mary Darling, Rebecca Duce, Rich Ellis, Carol Flake, Pamela Floyd, Shanna Gowenlock, Stephen John, Kathy Horacek, Terry Keenan, Pete Kendall, Jeff Kuehn, Erin Lafferty, Danny Merrill, Jeremy Meyer, Tim Millard, Danielle Moran, Lori Lee Morse, Mary Riggle, Karen Olsen, Barry Rogowski, Turtle Robb, Rich Royston, Wendy Staley, Tore Slette, Marne Stoneburg, Kathy Tucker, Dan Tyler, Neal Warnick, Mark Watson, Daniel C. Webster, Carole Wiedmeyer, John Wyble |
Photographer | Dan Tyler, Mike Gwynn, Pete Kendall |
Faculty Advisor | Steffens, Pete |
Notes | Issue contains 4-page ACCENT supplement. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 44 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19870515.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Format | application/pdf |
Full Text | Accent The Devalls are set to play rock V roll, especially the roll. Tired ruggers return IBlilmiliiililllll News Faculty expert blames Hanford decision on politics. /2 The Western Front Please recycle VOL. 79, NO. 28 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA FRIDAY, MAY 15,1987 Opinions differ on success of WSL Mary Darling staff reporter • '— Dan Tyler Highland Hall custodians Mike Postlewait (top) and Bob Wright (center) clean up on Ken "Bam Bam Mohammed" McDonald in the Jell-O Wrestling competition during Inter-Hall Council Spirit Week Wednesday. See related story, p. 3. Despite reports of conflicts of interest and ineffectiveness of Western's chapter of the Washington Student Lobby, a leader of that organization says WSL is more solid here than at other schools. "We're better. Way better," WSL Chairman John Wyble said. "Take Central—they have only one person representing them in Olympia, and she's also an intern. She does what she wants and is not criticized. Eastern never shows up, and when they do, they are very self-interested." Wyble said "Descend Olympia," a trip on which 50 students went to Olympia and met Booth Gardner, was a great success. He said it was effective because it showed support through numbers. , But WSL^asjnpt been free from criti- " asm".""" ^ v""c" •'""" Doug Holmstrom is one critic. In 1980, Holmstrom and about 50 others founded SORE, Students Opposed to Reductions in Education. SORE became WSL in 1981. "The idea behind WSL was to set up a grassroots system where individual students would make some kind of contact with the legislature once a week, not to hire lobbyists," Holmstrom said. "The biggest problem is that (WSL is) not trying to organize grassroot supports, the less glamorous part of the job. This is the most effective part of WSL, and it's lacking," he said. Holmstrom said a grassroots organization also would help WSL's visibility on campus and help get donations. He said WSL used to take busloads of students to Olympia to meet legislators on a regular basis. "A paid lobbyist does not have the impact that a constituent going down to Olympia does," Holstrom said. "A constituent means that there's a lot more people concerned about the issue. That's what sways a legislature in the end—voting bodies." Wyble said bringing busloads of students to Olympia is great and should be continued. But the major reason WSL doesn't organize such trips is because it doesn't have the money. Fall quarter, WSL came under an Associated Students' Board-led attack because .of an alleged conflict of interest. The board asked then-WSL Chairman Dean Bushue to resign because it believed his legislative internship separated him from Western student's interests-both in distance and in is- . sue. Bushue resigned after dropping out of Western spring quarter. Holstrom said some WSL board members have been more interested in getting connections in Olympia to launch a career than in working for student issues. He added that WSL^Inemb'ers"should avoid' direct and active party affiliations. "Dean Bushue was a member of the Young Democrats, as well as an intern for a democratic legislator. This poses a problem because it compromises them in their work with other parties," he said. Wyble doesn't see what all the fuss is about. "Dean and I felt that (while interning in Olympia) we could keep track of what was going on instead of calling Jim (Sullivan, WSL executive director) once in a while to find out what was going on. It worked out fine in the beginning," Wyble said. "We had a much better feel for what was going on (in the legislature). "Eventually Terri.(Echelbarger, AS president) decided we weren't representing the students of Western because we weren't on campus. That doesn't make sense because of the way WSL is structured. We already decided what the agenda would be before the session started. That's part of the normal legislative process." see WSL, p2 Job center wary of company A summer job with a book-distribution company promising students up to $4,400 has the staff at the Western Student Employment Center wary. Southwestern Company pays workers on commission for selling books in Southern states from June through mid-September. The company has become a concern because it refuses to list with the Student Employment Center, said Kathy Sahlhoff, assistant director of Student Financial Resources. Instead, the agency posts brightly colored ads around campus inviting students to call for an on-campus interview. The ads list benefits to students (marketing experience, resume credentials, a $4,400 average income) but do not specify the type of work students do for the three summer months. Sahlhoff doesn't know why Southwestern refuses a listing. She said the Student Employment Center wants to promote any legitimate job opportunity so that students who need work have a variety of job listings to choose from. To list with the center, companies need only provide two basic pieces of information: What their company does and what student-workers are expected to do. "It makes you wary when (a company) is asked for basic information, and they refuse," she said. Southwestern Student Manager Bob Chapman, however, disagreed the company is being elusive in its advertising. / . Chapman said students usually are averse to selling something in a different part of the country all summer. He said if they listed what students would be doing and how they would be paid, students probably wouldn't want to work for them. It works better to list benefits in the ad to get students to call and then explain Southwestern's purpose at the actual interview, he said. Sahlhoff said Western students who worked for Southwestern between 1985 and 1986 complained to the Student Employment Center of high-pressure interview tactics and pressure to sign the contract. "We tend to hear complaints or problems with companies from students instead of the positive. If things are going fine, students don't make a point of informing the center," Sahloff said. She said she is sure Southwestern has a record of students who have had good work experiences. Students live with families found through local churches or civic groups. Living expenses total about $1,200, he said. lated the election code, the board tion, suggesting he make a public Trethewey, Kate Steward and ^HHiiilBiBiSiiBliiliiH| but said the student was a friend who had called out to him asking ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ li^iBi^lliBiiBiiiBiiii violations and spare future candi-iliiifiHii^ piiJIpiiipiiii board chairman, said the board iMiilliilflSiiBiilBiSittl S^BIBiilBIBBIlliillBISll |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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