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-75 TUESDAY, February 15,2000 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 111 Issue 11 Bellingham, Washington V.P. for Diversity resigns Hepfer cites lack of support as reason he chose to step down from position; appointed office a possible alternative Chris Goodenow/The Western Front Morgan Hepfer takes notes during last week's A.S. Board meeting. He walked out later in the meeting. By AnnMarie Coe THE WESTERN FRONT Associated Students Vice President for Diversity Morgan Hepfer walked out during an A.S. Board executive session Thursday. He walked out because the board said he was not fulfilling bis duties as vice president for Diversity, Hepfer said. A.S. President Victor Cox said because the meeting was not open to the public, he is not permitted to disclose details of the discussion. While Hepfer admits he hasn't accomplished the goals he set during his campaign last year, he said a lack of cooperation and support from the board made it impossible for him to do his job. "This job is frighteningly political," Hepfer said. "And it's about personal relationships ... between myself and constituents. If half of the equation doesn't want to play ball, there's nothing I can do. "If I'm guilty of anything, it's guilty of being intimidated," he said. "I let myself worry too much about what other people thought, and that's instilled a fear of actually putting my neck out and trying to resolve issues ... to resolve issues of personality conflicts." He said he felt intimidated because he is a white male holding the position of vice president for Diversity. "And how do you go about resolving (that issue)?" he asked. "You've got to show yourself to be an ally; you've got to show yourself to be cognizant and aware of the issues that minorities are facing. And beyond that, you have to be an advocate for minority concerns. I confess; I let my intimidation get the better of me and didn't make the necessary efforts to show that." Hepfer won the 1999 election with 53.55 percent of the votes. He said he felt pressure to quit from a number of students since he signed up to campaign. Monica McCullum, co-coordinator of the Women's Center, is one of the students who pressured Hepfer to resign. But she said the pressure didn't begin until November 1999, after she realized Hepfer wasn't available to address the Women's Center's issues. He only visited the center once within the past two years, she said. "Personally, I think he's a very nice person, and I think it was very nice for him to come to the office," she said. "But what he portrayed was that he didn't understand the issues that the Women's Center faces and that he was interested in learning. more„about that, and that was the last we saw of him." One of Hepfer's duties as vice president for Diversity is to represent the Women's Center at the A.S. Board meetings, and he wasn't equipped to do that, she said. "We hadn't established a system with him where we could bring up our issues and know that they would get introduced to the board at all," she said. "We were finding that it was really hard to get in touch with See DIVERSITY, page 6 Students, faculty trained to raise community awareness of prejudice By Siobhan Millhouse THE WESTERN FRONT Speak-outs and role-playing highlighted the second day of a three-day National Coalition Building Institute training workshop at Western. Thirty-five Western students, staff and faculty participated in the workshop Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This group attended a one-day workshop Jan. 28 as participants expressed their interest in the NCBI. After completing the first workshop they applied for the trainers workshop. The purpose is for this group to lead one-day workshops on campus and in the Bellingham community. The NCBI is designed to reduce prejudice in a community and increase people's diversity-building behaviors. The new trainers will help people tackle issues of oppression on all levels. They will go into the community to start discussions about prejudice. "All it takes is one person to decide to make a change," said Deborah Terry-Hays, chief trainer for the Washington chapter of the NCBI. "We have daily opportunities to make a change." Every type of discrimination is open for discussion in the workshop. Some areas discussed are sexual orientation, wealth, gender, ethnicity and race. The first half of the day was focused on speak-outs in small groups. A person volunteered to stand in front of the group and relate an instance of discrimination toward them. See NCBI, page 6 Angela Smith/The Western Front Deborah Terry-Hays helps Western students diversify. Former students honored with flowers, music at memorial By Travis Phelps THE WESTERN FRONT Friends and family gathered Saturday to pay tribute to eight Western alumni and three former students killed in Alaska Airlines Flight 261. The memorial service was in Western's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall and later adjourned to Boulevard Park, The memorial began as Rev. Glenn Newton, the master of ceremonies, welcomed everyone and expressed his condolence. Member of the community, including Maureen Enegren, executive director of the American Red Cross, Bert Van Boer, dean of Western's College of Fine Arts and Rev. Bob Christie, made remarks about the former students. At Boulevard Park the Western Woodwind Quintet Student Ensemble played "Taps." "The music allowed me to reflect in a way that was personal," Connie Copeland of Western's Student Affairs and Support Services said. Once at the park, 88 flowers, representing the number of victims, were loaded on to a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter to be scattered at sea as the Bellingham Pipe Band played "Amazing Grace." "It is with great respect and reverence that we commemorate the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on the afternoon of Jan. 31, 2000," a member of the US Coast Guard said. "On behalf of the United States Coast Guard, Alaska Airlines and the American public, we cast these flowers in loving memory." Similar services were organized in Los Angeles, Seattle and Bellingham which united the friends and family of the victims, Copeland said. "One of the things I valued about it was the collaboration between the Red Cross — the Whatcom County chapter and Western," Copeland said. The former students and alumni killed in the crash were Robert Thorgrimson of Poulsbo; Michael Paul Bernard, 31, of Seattle; James Joseph Ryan, 30, of Redmond; Ryan Busche, 29; Abigail A. (Miller) Busche, 26; Russell Ing, 29; Colleen Whorley, 35, of Seattle; Monte Donaldson, 32; Deborah Penna, 28; and Bradford "Pat" Patrick Ryan of Redmond. The crash occurred Jan. 31 after the horizontal stabilizer, the device that keeps the airplane level, malfunctioned possibly due to a lack of lubrication between the jackscrew and gim-bal nut. The Federal Aviation Administration has since told operators to check the jackscrew and gimbal nut on more than 1,000 MD-83s after damaged parts retrieved from flight 261, and similar problems were found in two more of the carrier's planes. The FAA said Monday it had 23 reports of problems with the gimbal nut and jackscrew after completing the visual inspection of the 1,027 registered U.S. airplanes. IN THIS ISSUE Cool as ice Western students took to the ice at Mount Baker last weekend for an Outdoor Center ice-climbing trip. See story, page 11. Shoot 'em up People with a taste for gunpowder make their mark at the Custer Sportsman Club. See story, page 8.
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2000 February 15 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 111, no. 11 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2000-02-15 |
Year Published | 2000 |
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 |
Curt Woodward, editor Tiffany White, managing editor April Busch, copy editor Sabrina Johnson, copy editor Remy Kissel, copy editor Matt Anderson, photo editor Chris Goodenow, photo editor Sarah Crowley, news editor Kristen Hawley, news editor Alex Hennesy, accent editor Soren Velice, accent editor Robin Skillings, features editor Bobby Stone, features editor Andrea Abney, sports editor Marc Fenton, sports editor Angela Smith, opinions editor Derrick Schied, online editor |
Staff |
Kevin Furr, cartoonist/graphics Carol Brach, business manager Joel Hall, advertising manager Reporters : Kevin Bailey Monica Bell Bill Bennion Kristin Bigsby Travis Bohn Sarah Buckwitz Tiffany Campbell AnnMarie Coe Cole Cosgrove Aaron Crabtree Kelly Cudworth Stephanie Dalton Michael Dashiell Kacee Gradl Kasey Halmagyi Bronlea Hawkins Tim Hossain Kenneth Jager Gabriel Joseph Craig Kanaya Jessica Keller Jeremy Knight Jason Korneliussen Alex Lukoff Brendan Manning Jaime Martin Jill McEvoy Laura Mecca Siobhan Millhouse David Mosier James Neal Tami Olsen Meghan Pattee Travis Phelps Ann Rimer Evin Sagen Emily Santolla Brendan Shriane Terrill Simecki Jonathan Simmons Michael Van Elsberg Mina Vedder Dat Vong Linnea Westerlind Joseph Wiederhold |
Photographer |
Chris Fuller Ballenger Dan Peters Chris Goodenow Angela Smith Bronlea Hawkins Matt Anderson |
Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
Article Titles | V.P. for diversity resigns / by AnnMarie Coe (p.1) -- Students, faculty trained to raise community awareness of prejudice / by Siobhan Millhouse (p.1) -- Former students honored with flowers, music at memorial / by Travis Phelps (p.1) -- Cops Box (p.2) -- AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- WWU official announcements (p.2) -- Canada's U.S. ambassador to address terrorism, pollution / by Travis Phelps (p.4) -- SAC gives sex tool display, birth control instruction during National Condom week / by Laura Mecca (p.4) -- Money matters / by Dan Pearson (p.5) -- Features: Studying while abroad / by Kristin Bigsby (p.7) -- Shooting: women take aim /by Joe Wiederhold (p.8) -- Mom & me masterpieces / by Travis Phelps (p.9) -- Adopting cats and dogs / by Jill McEvoy (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Western wins seventh straight / by Aaron Crabtree (p.10) -- Ice hockey proves it belongs with big boys / by Craig Kanaya (p.10) -- Ice, ice baby / by Joe Wiederhold (p.11) -- Vikes roll in exhibition game / by James Neal (p.12) -- Women's rugby struggles on three-game road trip (p.12) -- Opinions (p.13) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Letters (p.14) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | Morgan Hepfer (p.1) -- Deborah Terry-Hays (p.1) -- [Endless winding stars of Western's Environmental Studies Building] (p.4) -- Jonathan Berry, Aysha Cromeenes (p.6) -- Joel Stonington, Monica Kalnasy, Miranda Nighbor, Matthew Maccalla / courtesy Paul Watson (p.7) -- Nancy Kaye (p.8) -- Kim Gorham (p.8) -- Jo-Ann Wynne, Brennen (p.9) -- Julie Walker (p.10) -- Damon Goodman, Keith Robinson (p.11) -- Ian Mynatt (p.11) -- Kyle Dalvit (p.12) |
Cartoons | Corporate funding / Kevin Furr (p.14) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 45 x 29 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
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. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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Title | Page 1 |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
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. |
Full Text | -75 TUESDAY, February 15,2000 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 111 Issue 11 Bellingham, Washington V.P. for Diversity resigns Hepfer cites lack of support as reason he chose to step down from position; appointed office a possible alternative Chris Goodenow/The Western Front Morgan Hepfer takes notes during last week's A.S. Board meeting. He walked out later in the meeting. By AnnMarie Coe THE WESTERN FRONT Associated Students Vice President for Diversity Morgan Hepfer walked out during an A.S. Board executive session Thursday. He walked out because the board said he was not fulfilling bis duties as vice president for Diversity, Hepfer said. A.S. President Victor Cox said because the meeting was not open to the public, he is not permitted to disclose details of the discussion. While Hepfer admits he hasn't accomplished the goals he set during his campaign last year, he said a lack of cooperation and support from the board made it impossible for him to do his job. "This job is frighteningly political," Hepfer said. "And it's about personal relationships ... between myself and constituents. If half of the equation doesn't want to play ball, there's nothing I can do. "If I'm guilty of anything, it's guilty of being intimidated," he said. "I let myself worry too much about what other people thought, and that's instilled a fear of actually putting my neck out and trying to resolve issues ... to resolve issues of personality conflicts." He said he felt intimidated because he is a white male holding the position of vice president for Diversity. "And how do you go about resolving (that issue)?" he asked. "You've got to show yourself to be an ally; you've got to show yourself to be cognizant and aware of the issues that minorities are facing. And beyond that, you have to be an advocate for minority concerns. I confess; I let my intimidation get the better of me and didn't make the necessary efforts to show that." Hepfer won the 1999 election with 53.55 percent of the votes. He said he felt pressure to quit from a number of students since he signed up to campaign. Monica McCullum, co-coordinator of the Women's Center, is one of the students who pressured Hepfer to resign. But she said the pressure didn't begin until November 1999, after she realized Hepfer wasn't available to address the Women's Center's issues. He only visited the center once within the past two years, she said. "Personally, I think he's a very nice person, and I think it was very nice for him to come to the office," she said. "But what he portrayed was that he didn't understand the issues that the Women's Center faces and that he was interested in learning. more„about that, and that was the last we saw of him." One of Hepfer's duties as vice president for Diversity is to represent the Women's Center at the A.S. Board meetings, and he wasn't equipped to do that, she said. "We hadn't established a system with him where we could bring up our issues and know that they would get introduced to the board at all," she said. "We were finding that it was really hard to get in touch with See DIVERSITY, page 6 Students, faculty trained to raise community awareness of prejudice By Siobhan Millhouse THE WESTERN FRONT Speak-outs and role-playing highlighted the second day of a three-day National Coalition Building Institute training workshop at Western. Thirty-five Western students, staff and faculty participated in the workshop Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This group attended a one-day workshop Jan. 28 as participants expressed their interest in the NCBI. After completing the first workshop they applied for the trainers workshop. The purpose is for this group to lead one-day workshops on campus and in the Bellingham community. The NCBI is designed to reduce prejudice in a community and increase people's diversity-building behaviors. The new trainers will help people tackle issues of oppression on all levels. They will go into the community to start discussions about prejudice. "All it takes is one person to decide to make a change," said Deborah Terry-Hays, chief trainer for the Washington chapter of the NCBI. "We have daily opportunities to make a change." Every type of discrimination is open for discussion in the workshop. Some areas discussed are sexual orientation, wealth, gender, ethnicity and race. The first half of the day was focused on speak-outs in small groups. A person volunteered to stand in front of the group and relate an instance of discrimination toward them. See NCBI, page 6 Angela Smith/The Western Front Deborah Terry-Hays helps Western students diversify. Former students honored with flowers, music at memorial By Travis Phelps THE WESTERN FRONT Friends and family gathered Saturday to pay tribute to eight Western alumni and three former students killed in Alaska Airlines Flight 261. The memorial service was in Western's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall and later adjourned to Boulevard Park, The memorial began as Rev. Glenn Newton, the master of ceremonies, welcomed everyone and expressed his condolence. Member of the community, including Maureen Enegren, executive director of the American Red Cross, Bert Van Boer, dean of Western's College of Fine Arts and Rev. Bob Christie, made remarks about the former students. At Boulevard Park the Western Woodwind Quintet Student Ensemble played "Taps." "The music allowed me to reflect in a way that was personal," Connie Copeland of Western's Student Affairs and Support Services said. Once at the park, 88 flowers, representing the number of victims, were loaded on to a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter to be scattered at sea as the Bellingham Pipe Band played "Amazing Grace." "It is with great respect and reverence that we commemorate the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on the afternoon of Jan. 31, 2000," a member of the US Coast Guard said. "On behalf of the United States Coast Guard, Alaska Airlines and the American public, we cast these flowers in loving memory." Similar services were organized in Los Angeles, Seattle and Bellingham which united the friends and family of the victims, Copeland said. "One of the things I valued about it was the collaboration between the Red Cross — the Whatcom County chapter and Western," Copeland said. The former students and alumni killed in the crash were Robert Thorgrimson of Poulsbo; Michael Paul Bernard, 31, of Seattle; James Joseph Ryan, 30, of Redmond; Ryan Busche, 29; Abigail A. (Miller) Busche, 26; Russell Ing, 29; Colleen Whorley, 35, of Seattle; Monte Donaldson, 32; Deborah Penna, 28; and Bradford "Pat" Patrick Ryan of Redmond. The crash occurred Jan. 31 after the horizontal stabilizer, the device that keeps the airplane level, malfunctioned possibly due to a lack of lubrication between the jackscrew and gim-bal nut. The Federal Aviation Administration has since told operators to check the jackscrew and gimbal nut on more than 1,000 MD-83s after damaged parts retrieved from flight 261, and similar problems were found in two more of the carrier's planes. The FAA said Monday it had 23 reports of problems with the gimbal nut and jackscrew after completing the visual inspection of the 1,027 registered U.S. airplanes. IN THIS ISSUE Cool as ice Western students took to the ice at Mount Baker last weekend for an Outdoor Center ice-climbing trip. See story, page 11. Shoot 'em up People with a taste for gunpowder make their mark at the Custer Sportsman Club. See story, page 8. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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