Western Front - 1968 May 14

              thewestern front Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wash. 98225 Vol. LX No. 27 Tuesday, May 14, 1968 1 0C
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Teacher of year 2
Legislature 3
New editor 3
Editorials 4
Letters to the editor 4-5
Lakewood 8-9
Rugby wins at Calgary . . . . 14
Ann Jacobson (Angelique), Ellen Catrell (Beline) and Car­olyn
Olberding (Toinette) chat with Larry Hopp (Argan) in
the Western Players' production of "The Imaginary Invalid,"
to be presented Thursday through Sunday in L-l.
(Photo by Bruce e.t.)
Western Players present
The Imaginary Invalid'
Western Players will present "The Imaginary Invalid," Mo-liere's
classic farce about the world's most inveterate hypochon­driac,
at 8:15 p.m. Thursday through Sunday in Old Main Theater.
Tickets are on sale at the VU desk and will be available at the
box office prior to each performance.
Moliere's plays, through ridiculing weakness of the people
and pointing up their false values, portray French society of the
17th century. He is considered by many to be the greatest writer of
humorous plays.
In the Players' current production, Argan, a wealthy hypochon­driac,
is preyed upon by medical charlatans and by his wife who
seeks to inherit his fortune.
Argan feels his doctor bills might be reduced if his daughter,
Angelique, were to marry someone in the medical profession. He
promises her, therefore, to the imbecile son of his physician.
However, Angelique is in love with another man. Through the
efforts of Toinette, a servant, his wife's plots are revealed to
Argan and his daughter is permitted to marry her suitor.
Toinette convinces Argan he has learned enough to be a doctor
himself. The play ends with his induction into the medical profes­sion
with the "right to purge and bleed and kill throughout the
world."
Monsieur Argan is portrayed by Larry Hopp, Angelique by Ann
Jacobson and Toinette by Carolyn Olberding.
Others in the cast are: Ellen Catrell, Forrest Goldade, Bryan
Brown and Ross Rowell. Also appearing wiU be G. Ellison Ross,
Ellen Johnson, Ron Tangye, Charles Timblin and Randel Williams.
The production is directed by Dr. Byron Sigler; assistant to
the director is Susan Bird. Scene design is by Dennis Catrell, with
costumes by Don Adams.
Noel promises fall opening
of campus free university
By JIM AUSTIN
of the Western Front
Western will have a Free University this fall, Associated
Students president-elect Noel Bourasaw said Thursday.
"We have approximately 70 students who have indicated
an interest and about 22 college professors who have volunteered
to teach," Bourasaw said.
The concept has been tried "with considerable success" in
about 10 i other places, Bourasaw said. He cited the Seattle Free
University and the University of Iowa's 'Action Studies Plan' as
examples.
The difference between the program at Iowa and the one
proposed for Western is that Iowa allows credit toward grad­uation,
he said.
Bourasaw said students and townspeople, as well as pro­fessional
instructors, could instruct courses in Western's Free
University, and that classes will be open to everyone.
Two classes may be taken for approximately $10, he said.
"There will be a basic fee for the first class, and a smaller fee
for subsequent classes, although what that will be is not definite,"
he said.
Proposed classes seemingly popular among students include
child rearing, revolutionary teaching techniques, and popular
music. Three students have formed a class on Latin American
revolutions, Bourasaw said.
The purpose of the Free University is "to see what students
are interested in and what they really need," he said. "For in­stance,
a music major might be interested in popular music
and how it is written. There is currently no departmental course
for this, but through the Free University such a course is of­fered,"
he said.
No credit will be given for Free University courses. Nor
will there be exams, he said.
Bourasaw said professors have agreed to teach without pay.
The most urgent need now is for volunteer secretaries. Interest­ed
persons should leave name, address and telephone number
at the VU desk," he said.
"We have met with considerable initial success and are
hopeful this success will carry us through," he said.
McCarthy heavy favorite,
8 2% ask peace at Western
By DON B. WITTEN3ERGER
copy editor
Western students overwhelmingly favored Sen.
Eugene McCarthy and peace in Vietnam in the
Choice '68 poll.
McCarthy received 572 votes of 1,410 presi­dential
ballots cast, or 40.6 per cent of the total.
Sen. Robert Kennedy was far behind with 227, or
16.1 per cent, only slightly ahead of Richard M. Nix­on,
who received 198 votes, or 14.0 per cent.
More than 80 per cent of the students voting
favored withdrawal or phased reduction of Ameri­can
military effort in Vietnam and either per­manent
or temporary suspension of bombing of
North Vietnam.
Turnout was heavy despite polling problems.
A total 1,526 students cast ballots, about 27.1
per cent of the estimated enrollment of 5,622.
Turnout nationwide was about 1.1 million, about
a fifth of the more than five million students at­tending
participating schools.
Western students view themselves as highly
independent of political parties, with fewer than
half stating a party choice.
On solutions to the urban crisis, education
and job training each received more than 40 per
cent of the total, with relatively few favoring giving
top priority to housing, income subsidy or riot
control
Presidential first choices were:
Per Cent
McCarthy 572 40.6
Kennedy 227 16.1
Nixon 198 14.0
Rockefeller 160 11.4
Johnson 71 5.0
Reagan 25 1.8
Lindsey 21 1.5
Percy 18 1.3
Hatfield 15 1.1
Halstead 6 0.4
Wallace 6 0.4
King .
Stassen
Other .
. 2
. 0
89
1410
0.1
0.0
6.3
The vote on issues was:
MILITARY ACTION
Withdrawal
Reduction .
Maintain .
Increase .
All Out .
Per Cent
. . . . 401
. . . . 665
102
116
171
BOMBING
1455
Per
Cessation 650
Suspension 371
Maintain 154
Intensify 244
Nuclear 29
27.6
45.6
7.0
8.0
11.8
Cent
44.9
25.6
10.6
16.9
2.0
1448
URBAN CRISIS
Per Cent
Education 625 42.9
Job Training 593 40.7
Housing 105 7.2
Riot Control 81 5.6
Income Subsidy 54 3.7
1458
For party affiliation, 339 listed themselves
as Democrats, 240 as Republicans, and 648 as in­dependent.
But 870 voted for Democratic candi­dates,
compared to 416 for Republicans, indi­cating
independents were far more interested
in the Democratic contest.
For statistically-minded students, the com­plete
tabulation of first, second and third choices,
issues, and age breakdown is available from Dar-rell
Peterson in the AS offices.
All-campus judiciary board part
of ad hoc committee proposal
An all-campus judiciary has been proposed by
an ad hoc committee, whose report is now before
the student legislature and the dean of students.
The recommendation also provides for judi­ciary
boards in each on-campus residence hall,
to handle violations within each residence hall.
The all-campus board, composed of four wo­men
students and four men students with a
faculty adviser, would have jurisdiction in appeals
and referrals from the residence halls judiciar­ies,
violations between halls, key infractions in­volving
men, violation of college regulations by
individuals not residing in the residence halls,
and violations of college regulations at college-sponsored
functions.
The 14-person committee, which includedeight
students, also recommended that:
1. A statement be published to clearly in-
Rep. Lloyd Meeds will dedicate the new $2.5 million
Science-Math building in ceremonies at noon Saturday in
the Quad. Following the dedication, there will be open
house until 4:30 p.m. of the math and physics departments
and the computer center. Dedication of the Dr. Charles
Fisher memorial fountain is set for May 25.
(Photo by Art Christensen)
dicate what civil authorities (such as fire and
police) have the right to perform their "normal
functions" on campus.
2. Matters presently treated as civil matters
continue to be treated as civil matters.
3. A student conduct committee of students,
faculty and administrators be established to re­view
disciplinary policies, judicial policies andthe
like.
4. All regulations regarding student behavior be
consolidated into one document, "possibly an ex­pansion
of the existing Navigator."
5. Academic dishonest cases be treated as
they are now, but with equal faculty and student
representation on the ad hoc committee review­ing
the cases.
The Legislature is expected to act on the recom­mendations
in their meeting Thursday.
Ex-Rep. Powell
here Thursday
Adam Clayton Powell, former
member of the U.S. House of
Representatives, will speak here
at 8 p.m. Thursday in the VU
lounge on "Harlem and Adam
Clayton Powell."
While the Activities Commis­sion
is paying $950 for his
visit, students will not be
charged for the speech.
About 900 seats will be avail­able
in the lounge.
Fleming speaks
on Cold War
"The Cold War in Perspec­tive"
is the topic of Professor
D. F. Fleming for his speech
at 4 tomorrow afternoon in the
VU lounge.
An international authority on
U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations, Fleming
is the author of seven books.
His most recent book is "The
Cold War and Its Origins, 1917-
1960," which had a fourth print­ing
in 1965.