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Campus commandos Western students dress up, and sometimes down, to get a flag. See Story, Page 9. Traveling songwriter Mason Jennings tours while managing his home life. See Story, Page 6. Western Washington University Volume 123 Issue 8 Bellingham, Washington Needy find food, warmth downtown BY BRENDAN MCLAUGHLIN The early evening chill was unable to wipe the warm smiles from the faces of several volunteers as they handed out sandwiches and soup from the rickety folding table. . The outreach group Coffee and Sandwiches provides meals on Tuesday and Thursday to the homeless and hungry citizens of Bellingham. The program moved Tuesday from the corner of Railroad and Holly to 1111 Cornwall St. "The city said we would have to move this week because of construction," said the Rev. Dick Christensen, founder of CAST and pastor of Faith Lutheran Church. "I will be inquiring as to whether the city changed its mind on the timeline." City planners recently asked CAST to move because Dawson Construction Company will begin building on the "pit" site, said Steve Price, manager of downtown development for the See FOOD, Page 4 Heather Trimm/The Western Front Carly McMacken, 18, receives a cheese sandwich from CAST volunteer Penny Berg yesterday. "I don't eat all day and wait for this," McMacken said. "I wish it was everyday." Berg said the group feeds 60 to 100 hungry people every Tuesday and Thursday night. Professor fined $7,500 for improper e-mail use BY MATTHEW HIETALA Western business professor Dan Warner received a $7,500 fine last Friday for using his Western e-mail account for campaigning and non-Western-relat-ed business. Warner used his e-mail account to campaign for the position of Port of Bellingham Commissioner last year, as well as for consulting with an off-campus recreation club. The state Executive Ethics Board, which deals with the ethics of state employees, imposed the fine on Warner. "When you work for the state, you need to restrict your personal business to your own time after (business) hours," said Debbie O'Dell, executive ethics board information specialist. Warner said he did not know he was breaking a law but knew the political and personal uses of his Western e-mail account were questionable. "It was inappropriate and wrong, and I shouldn't have • done it," Warner said. .Mindy Chambers, state auditor spokesperson, said campaigns cannot be conducted with state resources. She said even if Warner had used a private e-mail account on Western computers, he would have been violating state law. "The bottom line is there can be nothing done with state resources to campaign for an election, period," she said. Warner lost the election to Scott Walker in November 2001. Chambers said the auditor's office received a complaint in September 2001 and began investigating in January. She said auditors discovered 127 campaign-related e-mails on his computer. Warner said he was also in violation of state law when he used his Western e-mail account to conduct business with an outside agency. _ Warner, who is an attorney and a Western legal studies professor, said he consults for. a non-profit recreation club in his spare time and reports the' money he makes to Western. He said he also donates half of the money he receives to Western. " He said he did not think he was doing anything wrong by consulting with the group, but understood the board's reasoning. Warner said he had $2,500 of his fine suspended because he agreed to avoid similar violations in the future. He also had to publicly apologize to the board. Student 'smashed' with bottle at local club BY KIRSTEN CARLSON Western junior Adam Harvey said he was furious and confused after an unknown man assaulted him with a beer bottle in the Christo's Club parking lot after exiting the club last weekend. Harvey said when he got home that night he filed a police report and the fire department checked him for injuries. "We were walking out the door and a guy walked up from behind me and smashed a beer bottle over my head," he said. "I was pretty much in shock." Lt. Dae Jamison of the Bell-/ ingham Police Department said enough evidence does not exist to pursue the case. Attorney Breean Beggs said Christo's could be held responsible for a fight in their parking lot if the club allowed out-of-control behavior that encouraged the fight, such as serving too much alcohol. He said the'same rules apply to any bar or club where a fight takes place outside the establishment, even if it is public property, such as a sidewalk. Beggs said Christo's employees were not required by law to call the police unless an injury required immediate medical attention. Harvey said the bouncer saw the incident and told his friends to leave. "My biggest complaint is not that I got a beer bottle smashed over my head because that's probably not even the bar's fault," Harvey said, "but the See ASSAULT, Page 4 Party Patrol issues minor in possession citations at unprecedented pace Peter Louras/ The Western Front Lt. Oac Jamison of the Bellingham Police Department stands beside the bus that accompanies the party patrol. BY JOSHUA FEJERAN With a modified bus, flashing red and blue lights and citations to spare, the Bellingham Police Department's Party Patrol can end a party faster than a dry keg. So far this school year, the Party Patrol, a special enforcement team of the BPD,. has given out 194 minor in possession citations, 86 more than it gave out during all of fall quarter last year, said BPD Lt. Dave Doll, who oversees the patrol. The patrol, also known as the "Party Bus," "Paddy Wagon" or "Drunk Bus," has also issued 32 citations for furnishing liquor to minors and 54 disorderly conduct tickets this fall, Doll said. "Over the past couple of years. we have had a more aggressive approach to neighborhood noise complaints," he said. "If we focus on the larger parties, those people usually don't have a party for a while." Doll said all of the citations have come from the 27 loud-party complaints the patrol has responded to this fall. Western junior Jen Garlock was issued an MIP citation at a party on Oct. 6 when the party patrol arrived. "I think the bus is a little much," Garlock said. "They went to five parties and pretty much cashed in that night." Doll said the increase in citations is not because the patrol is looking for more parties to bust. "We have run the party patrol consistently for the past three years," he said. "We don't drive around looking for parties; we only respond to noise complaints." BPD spokesman Lt. Dae Jamison said a consistent pattern emerges in parties each year. The number of large parties at the beginning of the quarter directly relates to the increase in MIP citations, he said. "If you and four friends are playing a friendly game of bridge and drinking, we're probably not going to show up," Jamison said. "But if you have 100 people standing in your yard throwing beer cans onto your neighbor's lawn, we probably will." The beginning of the school See BUS, Page 4 For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail The Western Front at wfront@cc.wwu.edu www.westernfrontonline.com Please recycle
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2002 October 18 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 123, no. 8 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2002-10-18 |
Year Published | 2002 |
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 |
Courtney L. Howard, editor-in-chief Candace Nelson, managing editor Andrea Jasinek, copy editor Mike Baab, copy editor Brianne Holte, copy editor Heather Trimm, photo editor Peter Louras, photo editor assistant Derek Sheppard, news editor Lisa Mandt, news editor Ailey Kato, accent editor Helen Hollister, features editor Christopher A. Smith, sports editor Paul Nicholas Carlson, opinions editor Amber Blondin, online editor Kristen Proctor, cartoonist |
Staff |
Alethea Macomber, business manager Joel Hall, advertising manager Reporters : Kellyn Ballard Timothy Ballard Jeanna Barrett Kristina Beall Justin Berreth Eric Berto Annie Billington Megan Burcham Kirsten Carlson Samuel Chayavichitsilp Lori Coleman Gerald Craft Katherine Dasovich Matthew DeLong Laurel Eddy Joshua Fejeran Audra Fredrickson Michele Girard Shanna Green Matthew Hietala Donica Hinman-Burnett Katie James Andrew Jacobs Peter Malcolm Colin McDonald Meagan McFadden Brendan McLaughlin Lynsey Nylin Mindy Pease Erik Peterson Erik Robinson Brandon Rosage Nicole Russo Andrew Schmidt Christopher Schweitzer Shara Smith Christina Tercero Israel Wainwright (Zeb Wainwright) |
Photographer |
Heather Trimm Peter Louras Erik Robinson Brandon Ivey Brendan McLaughlin |
Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
Article Titles | Needy find food, warmth downtown / by Brendan McLaughlin (p.1) -- Student smashed with bottle at local club / by Kirsten Carlson (p.1) -- Professor fined $7,500 for improper e-mail use / by Matthew Hietala (p.1) -- Party patrol issues minor in possession citations at unprecedented pace / by Joshua Fejeran (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Viking voices (p.2) -- AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Task force connecting downtown and waterfront / by Erik Robinson (p.3) -- New coasters might provide safety against date rape drugs / by Kathy Dasovich (p.3) -- Accent (p.5) -- In the spotlight (p.5) -- Storytelling thru song / by Brandon Rosage (p.6) -- Spilling h2o, humans into a pool of art / by Brendan McLaughlin (p.6) -- Atypical accordionist / by Shanna Green (p.7) -- Capture the flag players creep on campus / by Matt DeLong (p.9) -- Opinions (p.10) -- Classified (p.11) |
Photographs | Carly McMacken, Penny Berg (p.1) -- Lt. Dac Jamison (p.1) -- Marilyn Carruth (p.2) -- Nai Saephan (p.2) -- Josh Steiner (p.2) -- [G-P building] (p.3) -- Mason Jennings (p.6) -- Jason Webley (p.7) -- Isaac Hurst, Joseph Ebsworth (p.7 -- Russ Leighton (p.9) |
Cartoons | [Hey! knock it off!] / Kristen Proctor (p.10) |
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 |
Description
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 | Campus commandos Western students dress up, and sometimes down, to get a flag. See Story, Page 9. Traveling songwriter Mason Jennings tours while managing his home life. See Story, Page 6. Western Washington University Volume 123 Issue 8 Bellingham, Washington Needy find food, warmth downtown BY BRENDAN MCLAUGHLIN The early evening chill was unable to wipe the warm smiles from the faces of several volunteers as they handed out sandwiches and soup from the rickety folding table. . The outreach group Coffee and Sandwiches provides meals on Tuesday and Thursday to the homeless and hungry citizens of Bellingham. The program moved Tuesday from the corner of Railroad and Holly to 1111 Cornwall St. "The city said we would have to move this week because of construction," said the Rev. Dick Christensen, founder of CAST and pastor of Faith Lutheran Church. "I will be inquiring as to whether the city changed its mind on the timeline." City planners recently asked CAST to move because Dawson Construction Company will begin building on the "pit" site, said Steve Price, manager of downtown development for the See FOOD, Page 4 Heather Trimm/The Western Front Carly McMacken, 18, receives a cheese sandwich from CAST volunteer Penny Berg yesterday. "I don't eat all day and wait for this," McMacken said. "I wish it was everyday." Berg said the group feeds 60 to 100 hungry people every Tuesday and Thursday night. Professor fined $7,500 for improper e-mail use BY MATTHEW HIETALA Western business professor Dan Warner received a $7,500 fine last Friday for using his Western e-mail account for campaigning and non-Western-relat-ed business. Warner used his e-mail account to campaign for the position of Port of Bellingham Commissioner last year, as well as for consulting with an off-campus recreation club. The state Executive Ethics Board, which deals with the ethics of state employees, imposed the fine on Warner. "When you work for the state, you need to restrict your personal business to your own time after (business) hours," said Debbie O'Dell, executive ethics board information specialist. Warner said he did not know he was breaking a law but knew the political and personal uses of his Western e-mail account were questionable. "It was inappropriate and wrong, and I shouldn't have • done it," Warner said. .Mindy Chambers, state auditor spokesperson, said campaigns cannot be conducted with state resources. She said even if Warner had used a private e-mail account on Western computers, he would have been violating state law. "The bottom line is there can be nothing done with state resources to campaign for an election, period," she said. Warner lost the election to Scott Walker in November 2001. Chambers said the auditor's office received a complaint in September 2001 and began investigating in January. She said auditors discovered 127 campaign-related e-mails on his computer. Warner said he was also in violation of state law when he used his Western e-mail account to conduct business with an outside agency. _ Warner, who is an attorney and a Western legal studies professor, said he consults for. a non-profit recreation club in his spare time and reports the' money he makes to Western. He said he also donates half of the money he receives to Western. " He said he did not think he was doing anything wrong by consulting with the group, but understood the board's reasoning. Warner said he had $2,500 of his fine suspended because he agreed to avoid similar violations in the future. He also had to publicly apologize to the board. Student 'smashed' with bottle at local club BY KIRSTEN CARLSON Western junior Adam Harvey said he was furious and confused after an unknown man assaulted him with a beer bottle in the Christo's Club parking lot after exiting the club last weekend. Harvey said when he got home that night he filed a police report and the fire department checked him for injuries. "We were walking out the door and a guy walked up from behind me and smashed a beer bottle over my head," he said. "I was pretty much in shock." Lt. Dae Jamison of the Bell-/ ingham Police Department said enough evidence does not exist to pursue the case. Attorney Breean Beggs said Christo's could be held responsible for a fight in their parking lot if the club allowed out-of-control behavior that encouraged the fight, such as serving too much alcohol. He said the'same rules apply to any bar or club where a fight takes place outside the establishment, even if it is public property, such as a sidewalk. Beggs said Christo's employees were not required by law to call the police unless an injury required immediate medical attention. Harvey said the bouncer saw the incident and told his friends to leave. "My biggest complaint is not that I got a beer bottle smashed over my head because that's probably not even the bar's fault," Harvey said, "but the See ASSAULT, Page 4 Party Patrol issues minor in possession citations at unprecedented pace Peter Louras/ The Western Front Lt. Oac Jamison of the Bellingham Police Department stands beside the bus that accompanies the party patrol. BY JOSHUA FEJERAN With a modified bus, flashing red and blue lights and citations to spare, the Bellingham Police Department's Party Patrol can end a party faster than a dry keg. So far this school year, the Party Patrol, a special enforcement team of the BPD,. has given out 194 minor in possession citations, 86 more than it gave out during all of fall quarter last year, said BPD Lt. Dave Doll, who oversees the patrol. The patrol, also known as the "Party Bus," "Paddy Wagon" or "Drunk Bus," has also issued 32 citations for furnishing liquor to minors and 54 disorderly conduct tickets this fall, Doll said. "Over the past couple of years. we have had a more aggressive approach to neighborhood noise complaints," he said. "If we focus on the larger parties, those people usually don't have a party for a while." Doll said all of the citations have come from the 27 loud-party complaints the patrol has responded to this fall. Western junior Jen Garlock was issued an MIP citation at a party on Oct. 6 when the party patrol arrived. "I think the bus is a little much," Garlock said. "They went to five parties and pretty much cashed in that night." Doll said the increase in citations is not because the patrol is looking for more parties to bust. "We have run the party patrol consistently for the past three years," he said. "We don't drive around looking for parties; we only respond to noise complaints." BPD spokesman Lt. Dae Jamison said a consistent pattern emerges in parties each year. The number of large parties at the beginning of the quarter directly relates to the increase in MIP citations, he said. "If you and four friends are playing a friendly game of bridge and drinking, we're probably not going to show up," Jamison said. "But if you have 100 people standing in your yard throwing beer cans onto your neighbor's lawn, we probably will." The beginning of the school See BUS, Page 4 For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail The Western Front at wfront@cc.wwu.edu www.westernfrontonline.com Please recycle |
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Language Code | Eng |
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