Western Front - 1988 October 18

              The Western Front
VOL. 80, NO. 48 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1988
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protest what he feels is biased
newspaper coverage of events in
Central America. He said the ratio
of quotes from U.S. officials and
Vendors could face quadrupled rent
Mary Beth Neal
of The Western Front
The merchants along Vendors
Row at the Viking Union face a possible
rent increase of 400 percent for then-tables.
Vendors received a memo Thurs­day
from Matthew Antush, vice presi­dent
for internal affairs, informing
them of the Associated Students
proposal to raise the monthly sales
permit from $25 to $100 a month.
According to the memo, the cur­rent
permit fee is "artificially low,"
and not in line with "realistic esti­mates"
of their worth.
"Vendors Row is a constantly
busy marketplace, a profitable busi­ness
is being made, and the AS would
like to share in those profits," the
memo stated.
The AS Facilities and Services
Council will hear public comment at
4 p.m. Wednesday in Viking Addi­tion
460.
Vendors were not enraged about
the proposal but several pointed out
their working conditions are far from
ideal. Last week's weather attested
to this as the wind and rain blew
across their tables.
Steve Powers, espresso seller,
said the basic feeling along Vendors
Row is that the proposed increase is
too high.
His partner Ruth Dawson said,
"it (the increase) kind of came as a
shock to us. I see us as an asset to this
place."
Dawson said they provide an
inexpensive service, while trying to
make a modest living, and it seems as
if the school is not making it any
easier for them.
CarlaBartlett, who sells desserts
and sandwiches, said the increase is
really distressful.
She said she and her partner are
trying to provide inexpensive, fresh-baked
goods, but the increase will be
a burden. She added she enjoys her
customers and wants to make their
lives a little brighter.
Yoav Yanich, coffee vendor, said
the proposed increase should include
some improvements.
"It's sort of bizarre when this is
the only improvement over so many
years," Yanich said, gesturing to an
overhead wire. The wire is tightly
strung between ceiling beams for
vendors to hang merchandise.
Powers said the university over­sells
permits so vendors sometimes
have to squeeze as many as three to
one table.
He said vendors get their tables
on a first-come, first-served basis.
He explained they can unload their
merchandise from High Street in the
morning because the road is open. In
the evening, however, Powers said
they have to pack all their goods
through the elevator in the Viking
Addition.
Yanich said only some of the
tables have electrical power, so
merchants whose businesses depend
on it have to arrive early. He said if
the permit prices are going to in­crease,
it would be nice if vendors
were given a lease agreement.
Permits are also available on a
daily and quarterly basis. The pro­posed
increase for daily permits is
from $5 to $10 per day. Quarterly
permits will cost $250 under the
proposal.
Antush saidjthe proposal wasy
see PERMIT, p. 13
HEC!
Enrollment hike
limited to 125
By Derek Dujardin
of The Western Front
The Higher Education Coordi­nating
Board Thursday smashed the
hopes Western administrators had of
increasing the enrollment lid by 1,000
full-time equivalent students in the
next two years.
Western officials had requested
to add 500 students in 1989 and 500
in 1990. Though the HEC Board did
allow for. an increase by 125 full-time
students in 1989, it refused to
recommend any increases in 1990.
A full-time equivalent student
equals 15 credit hours.
Sam Kelly, vice-president of
Student Affairs, said he was disap­pointed
that Western might receive a
much smaller portion than was ex­pected.
Out of $300 million allocated for
upgrading higher education in Wash­ington,
enrollment lid increases were
given one of the lowest priorities —
only $10 million.
Western's administration hoped
it would receive special considera­tion
because a high number of quali­fied
applicants have been denied
admission to Western.
The HEC Board, whose mem­bers
are a cross-section of citizens
throughout the state, favors building
branch campuses instead of raising
enrollment lids. Board members are
chosen by the governor to make rec­ommendations
to the state Legisla­ture.
Richard Riehl, director of ad­missions,
said the need for branch
campuses is great According to stud­ies
conducted by the state, the num­ber
of people wanting to attend col­lege
by the late 1990s will increase
beyond the capacity of existing uni­versities.
Larry DeLorme, assistant vice
president of academic affairs said,
"There is a sizable difference (eco­nomically)
between augmenting
existing campuses and building
completely new facilities."
One difference is between im­mediate
and long-term solutions.
Branch campuses will be needed in
the future, but Western may have to
turn away more than 1,500 qualified
students in the meantime, Riehl said.
Twelve years ago, Western's
enrollment lid was set at 10,000 full-time
equivalent students, but cut­backs
and lack of funding reduced
the level to its current 8,250.
"We try to give realistic expecta­tions
to the state of how much money
will be needed, and they whittle it
down from there," DeLorme said.
He said the administration does
not want to argue with the board's
recommendations, but added that
budgetary decisions should be left to
people who know the needs of the
campus best.