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Please recycle The Western Front VOL. 80, NO. 7 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1988 Department to end major in broadcast By Janet Murray staff reporter Students no longer will have the option of getting a broadcast major at Western beginning fall 1990. The speech and broadcast department is changing its name and revising its curriculum for next year to form a general communications department, said Peter Elich, dean of Arts and Sciences. Department Chairman Larry Richardson said instead of having the option of majoring in distinct areas, students will major in general communications emphasizing a particular area. "This isn't any big change. This is a normal evolution and reconstruction of curriculum," Richardson said. Students who declare as boradcast majors during the present catalog still will receive a broadcast degree, he said. With the limited faculty and funds it has, the department cannot maintain the diversity it wants, Elich said. With only one broadcast faculty member, he said the department can no longer offer a distinct broadcast program. Richardson, who will make the course changes, said he will not really eliminate courses, but reconstruct or combine them so they are more effective. He said he also will add courses in mass communications to use the expertise of two new faculty members. The broadcast department has five full-time faculty and three Jesse Tuisley Balancing carefully, an acrobatic mountainbiker pauses atop Committee sets search criteria By Janet Murray staff members. He said he would not say what specific changes he was making until he presents the proposal to the humanities chairmen in about a month. Elich said he believes the new curriculum, "built around a more traditional, conservative program," will stabilize the department and give students a more solid grounding in communications than what the speech and broadcast department has offered. "They may not have some of the labels they want on their degree," Elich said, "but what good is a label if you don't have the experience to back it up?" Elich said the humanities chairs will meet and consider the preliminary proposal. The College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee will make the final de-cision about the curriculum change. The changes will be ready in time to be printed in the new catalog this spring, he said. staffreporter- The Presidential Search Committee Friday established seven criteria it will use to preliminarily screen presidential applicants' letters and resumes. The criteria were gleaned from a report written by Bruce Alton, senior associate of the Presidential Search Consultation Service (PSCS). The committee hired PSCS to advise it in its search. Alton wrote the report after he and his associate, Ronald Stead, visited Western in January and solicited comments from Western administrators, faculty, staff, students and the community, the report's introduction states. The report lists 10 qualifications Western's next president should have to best serve the university. The committee chose seven of those qualifications Friday to use to begin screening the applicants. Members will look for the following qualifications in applicants' letters and resumes: * external relations -- the ability to relate to and raise funds from all levels of governments and agencies, local and global communities, industry and alumni; * affirmative action — a proven record of recruiting and retaining women and minorities to meaningful positions; * organizational management - the ability to work with others structuring an organization and its people most efficiently, with demonstrated experience managing an organizational budget; * program planning ~ the ability to establish programs and ways of reviewing them, such as how well resources are allocated, the university's purpose is fulfilled and faculty are recruited. * commitment to mission — by education, experience and philosphy, a commitment to the role and mission of Western as an undergraduate teaching university and awareness of issues concerning higher education; * board relationship — experience or potential to work well with a lay governing board by keeping them informed; * academic credential — good •academic credentials and reputation. Martha Choe, committee chair, appointed five members to form a subcommittee to consider the applications received by Feb. 8. The other committee members then will review the applications still in consideration, although Choe said they are encouraged to look at the rejected applications to see if they disagree with the subcommittee's decision. At its next meeting March 4, the committee will decide upon 12-15 candidates whose references it will check. Each committee member will bring a list of eight applicants he or she believes will be a qualified semi-finalist, Choe said. The anatomy of a loaded dispute: armed officers By David Cuillier special to The Front When officer Jerry Becker cut through wiry brambles and August night air in pursuit of a car prowler, he heard a Bellingham police dog yelp. Upon reaching the bleeding dog, Becker saw a man fleeing from the brush. Later, the suspect in custody told police he would have stabbed Becker if the dog hadn't been there first. The incident prompted the officers to ask for guns in September. Without guns, they say they can't perform their duties. "Sometimes it's like a castrated bull," Becker said. "You don't have all the equipment." Most faculty, however, want to keep a gun-free atmosphere at Western. The Faculty Senate also recommends the police be downgraded to a security force. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to weigh both sides of the gun issue Thursday. A decision could be made immediately or postponed until March. Officers will present comparative facts and examples of dangerous incidents to convince the board that guns are vital for police safety and morale. "If they don't support the proposal then they don't care about me," Becker said. "Morale would go down, and I would probably go somewhere else." Some officers agree morale is low in the department. Three other of the 11 commissioned officers said they will quit if the department isn't provided guns. Other state officers support Western's gun proposal. Four of the other five state universities have armed police. The Evergreen State College has an unarmed police Please see related story on p.3 department. Western Police Chief Pete Peterson said other officers don't understand why Western isn't armed. "I've never been chided for being unarmed, but I've been pitied. You tell them you are unarmed, and when they're done laughing, they'll tell you why they are armed," Peterson said. To many of the officers, anxieties of being unarmed come from dangerous incidents. Campus police cite incidents on other state campuses where armed police have prevented injuries. Western's Lt. Chuck Page said officers have been attacked with knives, a cable hook and by pistol-packing criminals. But batons, hand-to-hand combat and mace, have kept officers from serious injury. 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Title | Western Front - 1988 February 2 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 80, no. 7 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | February 2, 1988 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1988-02-02 |
Year Published | 1988 |
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 | Brian Bean, Editor, Karin Stanton, Managing editor, Douglas Buell, News editor, Laura Gordon, News editor, Craig Daly, Sports editor, Brian Malvey, Copy editor, K. Washburn, Copy editor, Pete Kendall, Photo editor, Jeff Keeling, ACCENT editor, Wendy Sawyer, ACCENT editor |
Staff | Tony Larson, Business manager, Danny Markham, Advertising manager, Michele Carter, Graphics manager, Greta Evans, Bookkeeper, Cheryl Vitek, Accountant, Heather Lloyd, Ad rep, Brian Cabreros, Ad rep, Dave Adams, Ad rep, Christine Clark, Ad rep, Jim Madigan, Ad rep, Kim Miller, Graphics assistant, Sandro Levegue, Graphics assistant, Donna Williams, Secretary, Laura Sprague, Secretary, Mike Carroll, Cartoonist, Julie Martin, Cartoonist, Tom Osterdahl, Illustrator, Andrea Lightburne, Production manager, Staff reporters: Cindy Bailey, Stephanie Bixby, Adam L. Davies, Lisa Del Mar, Paul Douglas, Brenda Dow, Erin Earles, Eric C. Evarts, Don Grandstrom, Bill Gregerson-Morash, Theo Gross, Eric C. Heintz, Jane Henry, Mar C. Holmstrom, Lisa Hornef, Michelle Hurst, Roseann Jager, Pete Jorgensen, Butch Kamena, Terry Keenan, Timothy K. King, David Kuester, Darlene Obsharsky, Marisa Lencioni, Kris Lundeen, Troy Martin, Janet Murray, Francine Ott, Lynn Pearson, Michael Reeves, Sarah Riley, Hank Schwarz, Robert Sherry, John Sleeper, Wendy Staley, Jesse Tinsley, P. Ray Townsend, Jim Thomsen, Dan Tyler, Alycien Van Droof, Alana Warner, Kristi Warren, Jim Wilkie, Jenn Wynn, John Wyble |
Photographer | Jesse Tinley, Jim Thomsen |
Faculty Advisor | Steffens, Pete |
Article Titles | Department to end major in broadcast / by Janet Murray (p.1) -- The anatomy of a loaded dispute: armed officers / by David Cuillier (p.1) -- Committee sets search criteria / by Janet Murray (p.1) -- For your information (p.2) -- Legislation could curb tuition costs / by David Kuester (p.2) -- Other campus chiefs support cops' request / by David Cuillier (p.3) -- Fellows help student write / by Troy Martin (p.4) -- Alumni plants bricks (p.5) -- ESCAPE: Budding playwright flees Romania seeking expression / by Sarah Riley (p.6) -- Classified (p.6) -- Western Washington University official announcements (p.7) -- Men thrash SU in first-place showdown: Johnson and Ootsey lead Vikes to big win / by Butch Kamena (p.8) -- Men may go to playoffs / by Mark Watson (p.9) -- Vikings split roadtrip (p.9) -- Corrections (p.9) -- Arizona's Mecham? Hell, impeach 'im (p.10) -- Make our day: Gun down pistol request (p.10) -- Plucking Bush's leaves: Dan was Rather arrogant / by Jennifer Wynn (p.10) -- Another Dan slam: Why not elect the worst? / by Mark Watson (p.10) -- Hoop shooters bounced off court / by Scott Droppleman, ... [et al.] (p.11) -- Editorial didn't get facts straight / by Eric Richey (p.11) -- Rugby provides Western spirit / by Gord Wilson (p.11) -- Doctor's opinions fail student exam /by Susan Sanborn (p.11) -- Western to host institute / by Kristi Warren (p.12) -- Foundation buys complex / by Jim Wilkie (p.12) |
Photographs | Acrobatic mountainbiker (p.1) -- Writing Fellow Joe Contris (p.4) -- Corneliu Mitrache (p.6) -- Men's basketball: Tom Rawlings (p.8) -- Jennifer Wynn (p.10) -- Mark Watson (p.10) |
Cartoons | "OK, Dan, he's on the spot." / by Julie Martin (p.10) |
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_19880202.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 |
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Title | Western Front - 1988 February 2 - Page 1 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 80, no. 7 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | February 2, 1988 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1988-02-02 |
Year Published | 1988 |
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 | Brian Bean, Editor, Karin Stanton, Managing editor, Douglas Buell, News editor, Laura Gordon, News editor, Craig Daly, Sports editor, Brian Malvey, Copy editor, K. Washburn, Copy editor, Pete Kendall, Photo editor, Jeff Keeling, ACCENT editor, Wendy Sawyer, ACCENT editor |
Staff | Tony Larson, Business manager, Danny Markham, Advertising manager, Michele Carter, Graphics manager, Greta Evans, Bookkeeper, Cheryl Vitek, Accountant, Heather Lloyd, Ad rep, Brian Cabreros, Ad rep, Dave Adams, Ad rep, Christine Clark, Ad rep, Jim Madigan, Ad rep, Kim Miller, Graphics assistant, Sandro Levegue, Graphics assistant, Donna Williams, Secretary, Laura Sprague, Secretary, Mike Carroll, Cartoonist, Julie Martin, Cartoonist, Tom Osterdahl, Illustrator, Andrea Lightburne, Production manager, Staff reporters: Cindy Bailey, Stephanie Bixby, Adam L. Davies, Lisa Del Mar, Paul Douglas, Brenda Dow, Erin Earles, Eric C. Evarts, Don Grandstrom, Bill Gregerson-Morash, Theo Gross, Eric C. Heintz, Jane Henry, Mar C. Holmstrom, Lisa Hornef, Michelle Hurst, Roseann Jager, Pete Jorgensen, Butch Kamena, Terry Keenan, Timothy K. King, David Kuester, Darlene Obsharsky, Marisa Lencioni, Kris Lundeen, Troy Martin, Janet Murray, Francine Ott, Lynn Pearson, Michael Reeves, Sarah Riley, Hank Schwarz, Robert Sherry, John Sleeper, Wendy Staley, Jesse Tinsley, P. Ray Townsend, Jim Thomsen, Dan Tyler, Alycien Van Droof, Alana Warner, Kristi Warren, Jim Wilkie, Jenn Wynn, John Wyble |
Photographer | Jesse Tinley, Jim Thomsen |
Faculty Advisor | Steffens, Pete |
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_19880202.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 | Please recycle The Western Front VOL. 80, NO. 7 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1988 Department to end major in broadcast By Janet Murray staff reporter Students no longer will have the option of getting a broadcast major at Western beginning fall 1990. The speech and broadcast department is changing its name and revising its curriculum for next year to form a general communications department, said Peter Elich, dean of Arts and Sciences. Department Chairman Larry Richardson said instead of having the option of majoring in distinct areas, students will major in general communications emphasizing a particular area. "This isn't any big change. This is a normal evolution and reconstruction of curriculum," Richardson said. Students who declare as boradcast majors during the present catalog still will receive a broadcast degree, he said. With the limited faculty and funds it has, the department cannot maintain the diversity it wants, Elich said. With only one broadcast faculty member, he said the department can no longer offer a distinct broadcast program. Richardson, who will make the course changes, said he will not really eliminate courses, but reconstruct or combine them so they are more effective. He said he also will add courses in mass communications to use the expertise of two new faculty members. The broadcast department has five full-time faculty and three Jesse Tuisley Balancing carefully, an acrobatic mountainbiker pauses atop Committee sets search criteria By Janet Murray staff members. He said he would not say what specific changes he was making until he presents the proposal to the humanities chairmen in about a month. Elich said he believes the new curriculum, "built around a more traditional, conservative program," will stabilize the department and give students a more solid grounding in communications than what the speech and broadcast department has offered. "They may not have some of the labels they want on their degree," Elich said, "but what good is a label if you don't have the experience to back it up?" Elich said the humanities chairs will meet and consider the preliminary proposal. The College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee will make the final de-cision about the curriculum change. The changes will be ready in time to be printed in the new catalog this spring, he said. staffreporter- The Presidential Search Committee Friday established seven criteria it will use to preliminarily screen presidential applicants' letters and resumes. The criteria were gleaned from a report written by Bruce Alton, senior associate of the Presidential Search Consultation Service (PSCS). The committee hired PSCS to advise it in its search. Alton wrote the report after he and his associate, Ronald Stead, visited Western in January and solicited comments from Western administrators, faculty, staff, students and the community, the report's introduction states. The report lists 10 qualifications Western's next president should have to best serve the university. The committee chose seven of those qualifications Friday to use to begin screening the applicants. Members will look for the following qualifications in applicants' letters and resumes: * external relations -- the ability to relate to and raise funds from all levels of governments and agencies, local and global communities, industry and alumni; * affirmative action — a proven record of recruiting and retaining women and minorities to meaningful positions; * organizational management - the ability to work with others structuring an organization and its people most efficiently, with demonstrated experience managing an organizational budget; * program planning ~ the ability to establish programs and ways of reviewing them, such as how well resources are allocated, the university's purpose is fulfilled and faculty are recruited. * commitment to mission — by education, experience and philosphy, a commitment to the role and mission of Western as an undergraduate teaching university and awareness of issues concerning higher education; * board relationship — experience or potential to work well with a lay governing board by keeping them informed; * academic credential — good •academic credentials and reputation. Martha Choe, committee chair, appointed five members to form a subcommittee to consider the applications received by Feb. 8. The other committee members then will review the applications still in consideration, although Choe said they are encouraged to look at the rejected applications to see if they disagree with the subcommittee's decision. At its next meeting March 4, the committee will decide upon 12-15 candidates whose references it will check. Each committee member will bring a list of eight applicants he or she believes will be a qualified semi-finalist, Choe said. The anatomy of a loaded dispute: armed officers By David Cuillier special to The Front When officer Jerry Becker cut through wiry brambles and August night air in pursuit of a car prowler, he heard a Bellingham police dog yelp. Upon reaching the bleeding dog, Becker saw a man fleeing from the brush. Later, the suspect in custody told police he would have stabbed Becker if the dog hadn't been there first. The incident prompted the officers to ask for guns in September. Without guns, they say they can't perform their duties. "Sometimes it's like a castrated bull," Becker said. "You don't have all the equipment." Most faculty, however, want to keep a gun-free atmosphere at Western. The Faculty Senate also recommends the police be downgraded to a security force. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to weigh both sides of the gun issue Thursday. A decision could be made immediately or postponed until March. Officers will present comparative facts and examples of dangerous incidents to convince the board that guns are vital for police safety and morale. "If they don't support the proposal then they don't care about me," Becker said. "Morale would go down, and I would probably go somewhere else." Some officers agree morale is low in the department. Three other of the 11 commissioned officers said they will quit if the department isn't provided guns. Other state officers support Western's gun proposal. Four of the other five state universities have armed police. The Evergreen State College has an unarmed police Please see related story on p.3 department. Western Police Chief Pete Peterson said other officers don't understand why Western isn't armed. "I've never been chided for being unarmed, but I've been pitied. You tell them you are unarmed, and when they're done laughing, they'll tell you why they are armed," Peterson said. To many of the officers, anxieties of being unarmed come from dangerous incidents. Campus police cite incidents on other state campuses where armed police have prevented injuries. Western's Lt. Chuck Page said officers have been attacked with knives, a cable hook and by pistol-packing criminals. But batons, hand-to-hand combat and mace, have kept officers from serious injury. See COPS on p.5 i^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^Hi I ^ ^ ^ ^ H f i ^ ^ H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f l i ^ ^ ^ SS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ffisl^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^K^^^PS^Si ^^^^Sli^iili^llSlllII^^^SSIli^B^SiBl | | l l l i | j | | i |H fllflli^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f i ^ lllli|ii^iiplilll;i f ! | p^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ "^^^^^m^B^^m Wgi^gl^^MUOsM ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ p ^ p^^SS^Sil^?SIBlS S1^^^^^^^!^^! ^^^^MMi<^M^tl^ I^SiMWi}^B'^&§, ^SKiWx^MM:^M f?WMMm^M^MM:M: 1 e%W:V#«imfTi?s? ^i0fdfm'^ifmo^:;ZpM: |
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