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Dykstra's dedication Western freshman lives up to a family legacy. See Story, Page 10. Vialentine vaginas "The Vagina Monologues" explores sexuality and empowerment. See Story, Page 9. FRIDAY^ February 14, 2003 Western Washington University The Western Front Volume 124 Issue 10 Bellingham, Washington Jury finds local protester guilty of trespassing By Shauna Bakkensen THE WESTERN FRONT Friends and family started pooling money for an anti-war demonstrator after she was found guilty of second degree trespassing and sentenced to pay $320 in fines in Bellingham Municipal Court on Thursday. Ellen Murphy, a retired English teacher and chemical dependency counselor, was .charged with second-degree trespassing, for ^demonstrating at the Bellingham ,' U. S; Army - ^Recruiting Station on:Npy;ll2V;. x>;-v.. Police issue a'secorid'-degree trespass when an mdiyidli&L"refused -to leave an outdoor private^ :pi6perty, Bellingham Prosecutor Jeff Lustick faid. ;•-•' ' - ; After a year of retirement from her position at St. Joseph Hospital, Murphy said she wanted to do something special for the veterans she has treated throughout the years. "There is something particularly impactful about a great big man falling on your office floor sobbing," Murphy said. "My feelings have deepened because the nature of war has changed to the extent that people are no longer wounded in war. The bajtle is when they come home — (the battle is) in their bodies." Murphy arrived at the recruiting office the day after Veterans Day to inform recruiters and potential recruits of the dangers of depleted uranium, she said. The anti-war demonstrators were armed with signs and a papier mache puppet depicting-, an Iraqi mother carrying a dead child, she said. Depleted uranium is the remaining toxic waste of solid 10-pound, 18-inch uranium rods shot from a tank, said Doug Rokke, a major in the army reserves and a nuclear, biological and chemical warfare specialist. Although Rokke was Murphy's expert witness, he was not allowed to testify in front of the jury. The court decided his testimony was not relevant to the case, Lustick said. Sgt. John Sieverts, the highest ranking officer in the recruiting office at the time, said he told Murphy, "You guys can't block the door; you have to move down to the public street corner." Murphy said Sieverts never directly told her to ieave the building, and she was therefore within her rights to stay. She said she decided to rest in front of the door due to lack of seating and never intended to block anyone from coming into the office. •£' "She couldn't block the door because it's a business," Sieverts said. "I have no animosity toward her; I commend her for fighting a good fight. But there's a way to do things legally while getting Peter Louras/The Western Front Bellingham Prosecutor Jeff Lustick (left) questions the accused Mary Ellen Murphy on Wednesday about her actions shown in a photo taken Nov. 12 in the doorway of the Armed Forces Recruitment Center in Bellingham. your point across." Once Murphy stepped outside, the police arrived and asked if she intended to leave the property, to which she responded no, she said. She was not aware police were charging fellow demon- Terrorism, Iraq overshadow Bush's environmental policies Environment By Annie Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT With the fear of a possible war with Iraq consuming the thoughts of many Americans, a number of »the Bush administration's recent nonmilitary policies have gone unnoticed. Many Americans are not aware of Bush's recent decisions that affect the environment. Last year on April 22, Earth Day, President Bush said Americans have a duty to make sure the land is preserved, the air is clean and the water is pure. But critics of Bush's environmental record suggest his actions so far do not match his words. "I think the Bush administration is determined to substantially reduce regulations and to weaken almost all of the environmental laws," Huxley College of the Environment professor Lynn Robbins said. "If they had their way, I think they'd abolish the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act." Since his election in 2000, Bush has tried, without success, to allow drilling in a part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, one of the nation's largest wildlife sanctuaries. In a recent appearance at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge outside of Olympia, Interior Secretary Gale Norton called the Arctic Refuge "one of the most environmentally appropriate places we can look for energy." Norton said the United States must continue to look at the Arctic for oil, keeping in mind that the drilling would be done with the most stringent environmental requirements ever. Although Norton advocates drilling in the Arctic, oil companies are looking elsewhere. "The oil companies are not particularly enthusiastic about drilling there," Robbins said. "First of all, there's no guarantee there is oil. The probability is pretty high, but oil companies are doing better investing in west Africa and Indonesia. Oil there is pretty much guaranteed." In addition to supporting See BUSH, Page 4 Complaints regarding controversial, sexual advertisement concern AS Photo courtesy of the Women's Center. The AS has found the recent photos advertising the upcoming Toys in Babeland workshop to be too sexually aggressive. By Abiah Weaver THE WESTERN FRONT Displaying a box of vibrators and dildos and the phrase "Cum One, Cum All," the handmade advertisements for the upcoming Toys in Babeland workshop created controversy within the Associated Students organization this past week, said Western sophomore Emily McMurdo, an employee of the Women's Center. "Our adviser (Viking Union associate director of activities Kevin Majkut) said the AS was concerned with the graphic nature of the advertisement, especially the word 'cum' and the dildos," McMurdo said. "He said it was sexually aggressive and that he was concerned people wouldn't want to see it on campus." The Women's Center, an office of the AS, distributed approximately 50 posters advertising its annual sex toys workshop scheduled for Feb. 20 throughout campus earlier this week, ignoring the advice of Majkut "He couldn't really restrict us," McMurdo said. "As our adviser, (Majkut) told us what the concerns are, but we chose to distribute the posters anyway." Ben Carroll, AS vice president of activities, said the organization received complaints from students, faculty and community members after the Women's Center first distributed the advertisement earlier this month. "There are a lot of people inside the AS and outside that have complained about See ADS, Page 4 strators with trespassing, she said. Murphy has been an activist for more than 20 years ever since reading Hellen Caldicott's book "Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do," which describes the dangers See TRIAL, Page 4 Judge finalizes name, wording of the 'Horse's ass'initiative By Cate Weisweaver THE WESTERN FRONT At a hearing in Thurston County, the court decided a name for Initiative 831, a resolution to legally declare Tim Eyman, the sponsor of tax initiatives such as 1-695 and 1-776, a horse's ass. Judge Gary Tabor rejected the sponsor's and attorney general's suggestions. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jim Pharris said the official title is "Initiative measure number 831 concerns adoptions and transmittal of a resolution about Tim Eyman." David Goldstein, the sponsor for the initiative, said he requested the title "Tim Eyman is a horse's ass." But the attorney general reworded the initiative to "a named individual," and the initiative would label him a disparaging term for a "self-important, silly or stupid person." V Eyman is a Mukilteo businessman who has sponsored four initiatives in the last four years. Three out of four of these initiatives were found unconstitutional, including Tuesday's ruling of 1-776, the See INITIATIVE, 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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Title | Western Front - 2003 February 14 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 124, no. 10 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2003-02-14 |
Year Published | 2003 |
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 |
Helen Hollister, editor-in-chief Ailey Kato, managing editor Sonja L. Cohen, head copy editor Jeremy Edwards, copy editor Katie James, copy editor Peter Louras, photo editor Paul Nicholas Carlson, news editor Andrea Jasinek, news editor Brianne Holte, accent editor Brandon Rosage, features editor Josh Dumond, sports editor Peter Malcolm, opinions editor Lisa Mandt, online/assignment editor Kellyn Ballard, cartoonist Tom Lackaff, cartoonist Michael Lynn Baab, columnist |
Staff |
Alethea Macomber, business manager Joel Hall, advertising manager Reporters : Andy Aley Shauna Bakkensen Valerie Bauman Annie Billington Jacob Block Keith Boiling Andrea Boyle Ben Brockhaus-Hall Christine Cameron Bonnie Coe Livia Dalton Matt DeVeau Marc Dunaway Josh Fejeran Tim Gadbois Daniel Hewitt Annie Johnson Nicole Langendorfer Tyson Lin Sarah Loehndorf Joseph Mack Jenny Maag Colin McDonald Matt McDonald Krystal Ann Miller Greta Olson Amanda Peckham James Pell Nicole Russo Niki Smith David Stone Yosuke Taki Rachel Thomas Melissa Van De Wege Abiah Weaver Carl Weiseth Cate Weisweaver Jennifer Zuvela |
Photographer |
Peter Louras Colin McDonald Lyson Lin Rachel Thomas Keith Bolling |
Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
Article Titles | Jury finds local protester guilty of trespassing / by Shauna Bakkensen (p.1) -- Terrorism, Iraq overshadow Bush's environmental policies / by Annie Johnson (p.1) -- Complaints regarding controversial, sexual advertisement concern AS / by Abiah Weaver (p.1) -- Judge finalizes name, wording of the Horse's ass' initiative (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Viking voices (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Viking Days draws students to Olympia / by Rachel Thomas (p.3) -- Iron workers add structure to communications Facility; planner forecasts opening in Spring 2004 / by Colin McDonald (p.3) -- City of Bellingham considers buying Sportsplex / by Jacob Block (p.5) -- Western updates, replaces outdated security systems / by Bonnie Coe, Joe Mack (p.5) -- Western plans to expand dorms / by Bonnie Coe (p.6) -- V-Day carnival celebrates vaginas, raises money / by Abiah Weaver (p.6) -- Accent (p.7) -- In the spotlight (p.7) -- Bids for booty / by Tyson Lin (p.8) -- What are you doing for Valentine's Day (p.8-9) -- Triumphantly reclaiming womanhood / by Rachel Thomas (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Dykstra defies odds on court despite arm injury / by Jenny Maag (p.10) -- Vikings sweep 4-game road trip / by Nikki Smith (p.10) -- Vikings expect strong pitching to lead them to playoffs / by Niki Smith (p.11) -- Winter acquisitions will propel Mariners into postseason / Katie James (p.12) -- Lack of pitching, age will keep Mariners out of playoffs / Matt DeVeau (p.12) -- Opinions (p.13) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | Jeff Lustick, Mary Ellen Murphy (p.1) --Adam Cliffton (p.2) -- Julie Holczer (p.2) -- [Iron worker] (p.3) -- Macky McNish, Shaun Kehrberg, Jenelle Loran, Amber Robinson, Matt Parrish (p.8) -- Mike Murphy (p.8) -- Ashley Grandall (p.8) -- Kylie Gursky (p.8) -- Josh Manuel (p.8) -- Jeff Parks (p.8) -- Dane Kelley (p.9) -- Summer Warren (p.9) -- P-K Lipp (p.9) -- Kaitlin McVey (p.9) -- Kathy Howard (p.9) -- Grant Dykstra (p.10) -- Rachel Laitala, Jodie Rock (p.11) |
Cartoons | [As any nitwit can plainly see ...] / Kellyn Ballard (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 | Dykstra's dedication Western freshman lives up to a family legacy. See Story, Page 10. Vialentine vaginas "The Vagina Monologues" explores sexuality and empowerment. See Story, Page 9. FRIDAY^ February 14, 2003 Western Washington University The Western Front Volume 124 Issue 10 Bellingham, Washington Jury finds local protester guilty of trespassing By Shauna Bakkensen THE WESTERN FRONT Friends and family started pooling money for an anti-war demonstrator after she was found guilty of second degree trespassing and sentenced to pay $320 in fines in Bellingham Municipal Court on Thursday. Ellen Murphy, a retired English teacher and chemical dependency counselor, was .charged with second-degree trespassing, for ^demonstrating at the Bellingham ,' U. S; Army - ^Recruiting Station on:Npy;ll2V;. x>;-v.. Police issue a'secorid'-degree trespass when an mdiyidli&L"refused -to leave an outdoor private^ :pi6perty, Bellingham Prosecutor Jeff Lustick faid. ;•-•' ' - ; After a year of retirement from her position at St. Joseph Hospital, Murphy said she wanted to do something special for the veterans she has treated throughout the years. "There is something particularly impactful about a great big man falling on your office floor sobbing," Murphy said. "My feelings have deepened because the nature of war has changed to the extent that people are no longer wounded in war. The bajtle is when they come home — (the battle is) in their bodies." Murphy arrived at the recruiting office the day after Veterans Day to inform recruiters and potential recruits of the dangers of depleted uranium, she said. The anti-war demonstrators were armed with signs and a papier mache puppet depicting-, an Iraqi mother carrying a dead child, she said. Depleted uranium is the remaining toxic waste of solid 10-pound, 18-inch uranium rods shot from a tank, said Doug Rokke, a major in the army reserves and a nuclear, biological and chemical warfare specialist. Although Rokke was Murphy's expert witness, he was not allowed to testify in front of the jury. The court decided his testimony was not relevant to the case, Lustick said. Sgt. John Sieverts, the highest ranking officer in the recruiting office at the time, said he told Murphy, "You guys can't block the door; you have to move down to the public street corner." Murphy said Sieverts never directly told her to ieave the building, and she was therefore within her rights to stay. She said she decided to rest in front of the door due to lack of seating and never intended to block anyone from coming into the office. •£' "She couldn't block the door because it's a business," Sieverts said. "I have no animosity toward her; I commend her for fighting a good fight. But there's a way to do things legally while getting Peter Louras/The Western Front Bellingham Prosecutor Jeff Lustick (left) questions the accused Mary Ellen Murphy on Wednesday about her actions shown in a photo taken Nov. 12 in the doorway of the Armed Forces Recruitment Center in Bellingham. your point across." Once Murphy stepped outside, the police arrived and asked if she intended to leave the property, to which she responded no, she said. She was not aware police were charging fellow demon- Terrorism, Iraq overshadow Bush's environmental policies Environment By Annie Johnson THE WESTERN FRONT With the fear of a possible war with Iraq consuming the thoughts of many Americans, a number of »the Bush administration's recent nonmilitary policies have gone unnoticed. Many Americans are not aware of Bush's recent decisions that affect the environment. Last year on April 22, Earth Day, President Bush said Americans have a duty to make sure the land is preserved, the air is clean and the water is pure. But critics of Bush's environmental record suggest his actions so far do not match his words. "I think the Bush administration is determined to substantially reduce regulations and to weaken almost all of the environmental laws," Huxley College of the Environment professor Lynn Robbins said. "If they had their way, I think they'd abolish the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act." Since his election in 2000, Bush has tried, without success, to allow drilling in a part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, one of the nation's largest wildlife sanctuaries. In a recent appearance at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge outside of Olympia, Interior Secretary Gale Norton called the Arctic Refuge "one of the most environmentally appropriate places we can look for energy." Norton said the United States must continue to look at the Arctic for oil, keeping in mind that the drilling would be done with the most stringent environmental requirements ever. Although Norton advocates drilling in the Arctic, oil companies are looking elsewhere. "The oil companies are not particularly enthusiastic about drilling there," Robbins said. "First of all, there's no guarantee there is oil. The probability is pretty high, but oil companies are doing better investing in west Africa and Indonesia. Oil there is pretty much guaranteed." In addition to supporting See BUSH, Page 4 Complaints regarding controversial, sexual advertisement concern AS Photo courtesy of the Women's Center. The AS has found the recent photos advertising the upcoming Toys in Babeland workshop to be too sexually aggressive. By Abiah Weaver THE WESTERN FRONT Displaying a box of vibrators and dildos and the phrase "Cum One, Cum All," the handmade advertisements for the upcoming Toys in Babeland workshop created controversy within the Associated Students organization this past week, said Western sophomore Emily McMurdo, an employee of the Women's Center. "Our adviser (Viking Union associate director of activities Kevin Majkut) said the AS was concerned with the graphic nature of the advertisement, especially the word 'cum' and the dildos," McMurdo said. "He said it was sexually aggressive and that he was concerned people wouldn't want to see it on campus." The Women's Center, an office of the AS, distributed approximately 50 posters advertising its annual sex toys workshop scheduled for Feb. 20 throughout campus earlier this week, ignoring the advice of Majkut "He couldn't really restrict us," McMurdo said. "As our adviser, (Majkut) told us what the concerns are, but we chose to distribute the posters anyway." Ben Carroll, AS vice president of activities, said the organization received complaints from students, faculty and community members after the Women's Center first distributed the advertisement earlier this month. "There are a lot of people inside the AS and outside that have complained about See ADS, Page 4 strators with trespassing, she said. Murphy has been an activist for more than 20 years ever since reading Hellen Caldicott's book "Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do," which describes the dangers See TRIAL, Page 4 Judge finalizes name, wording of the 'Horse's ass'initiative By Cate Weisweaver THE WESTERN FRONT At a hearing in Thurston County, the court decided a name for Initiative 831, a resolution to legally declare Tim Eyman, the sponsor of tax initiatives such as 1-695 and 1-776, a horse's ass. Judge Gary Tabor rejected the sponsor's and attorney general's suggestions. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jim Pharris said the official title is "Initiative measure number 831 concerns adoptions and transmittal of a resolution about Tim Eyman." David Goldstein, the sponsor for the initiative, said he requested the title "Tim Eyman is a horse's ass." But the attorney general reworded the initiative to "a named individual," and the initiative would label him a disparaging term for a "self-important, silly or stupid person." V Eyman is a Mukilteo businessman who has sponsored four initiatives in the last four years. Three out of four of these initiatives were found unconstitutional, including Tuesday's ruling of 1-776, the See INITIATIVE, 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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