Western Front - 2003 June 6

              The robots take over
Captured! By Robots makes their
digital mark at the 3B Tavern.
See Story, Page 7.
We pick 'em
The Western Front chooses
athletes of the year.
See Stories, Pages 8 and 9.
The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 125 Issue 18 Bellingham, Washington
Western names
first dean for
new college
By Torhil Dunham
THE WESTERN FRONT
When students return to campus fall
2003, along with new classes, meeting
friends and studying, they will also expe­rience
new academic changes. Western
formed two new colleges from the split of
the College of Arts and Sciences requiring
the appointment of two new deans.
Last January, Western's board of
trustees unanimously voted to divide the
College of Arts and Sciences into two sep­arate
colleges — the College of
Humanities and Social Sciences and the
College of Science and Technology. Ronald
Kleinknecht is the founding dean of t he
College of Humanities and Social
Sciences, effective Sept. 1, Bodman
announced June 5. Kleinknecht has been
the interim dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences since January 2000.
"Kleinknecht was selected from a field
of more than 100 candidates from across
the nation," Bodman said. "He has served
very ably as interim dean, and i t is clear
from the interview process that he enjoys
the trust and confidence of the faculty
and staff of the new college."
Bodman will announce the dean of the
College of Science and Technology in t he
next several weeks.
Kleinknecht came to Western in 1970,
and he was chairman of the psychology
department from 1990 until he took t h e ,
job as interim dean. He earned his
degree, along with a doctorate in clinical
psychology, from Washington State
University.
"The departments that will comprise
the new college already have a number of
innovative programs to nurture and an
outstanding faculty equipped to develop
even more excellent educational opportu­nities
for our students on campus and in
the community," Kleinknecht said.
Last year, during discussions of split­ting
the colleges, a number of faculty
members voiced concerns about the pro­cedure,
Faculty Senate President John
Purdy said.
Purdy said he thinks that Kleinknecht,
however, will be a good dean.
"He's been here for so long — he knows
See DEAN, Page 4
FCC regulations cause little change locally
Justin McCaughan/The Western Front
KVOS General Manager Dave Reid sur­veys
the satellite dishes adjacent to
the station's headquarters.
By Lee Fehrenbacher
THE WESTERN FRONT
Under the new regulations that
the Federal Communications
Council set forth Monday, the
Bellingham Herald and KVOS TV
could theoretically become the
same company, General Manager
for KVOS Dave Reid said. While
the new regulations would allow
such mergers to take place, Reid
said he does not see such a merger
happening.
"I don't see any deals being made
on the front burner or the back burn­er,"
Reid said. "It's just theory."
The FCC eased its restrictions on
media ownership Monday, allowing
businesses to purchase more televi­sion
stations, as well as allowing
mergers between newspaper sand
broadcast media.
Under the new regulations,
national TV companies will be able
to reach 45 percent of U.S. houses
holds as opposed to the former 35
percent cap, according to an FCC
press release. Also, all bans on cross-ownership
were completely eliminated
in markets with nine or more TV
stations. The FCC kept a ban on
mergers between ABC, CBS, NBC
and Fox.
While the FCC deregulated televi­sion
guidelines, it re-regulated radio
broadcast guidelines by placing new
Arbitron geographic limits on mar­ket
designations, General Manager
for Cascade Radio Group Rick Staeb
said. The new Arbitron markets will
decrease market areas and further
limit the amount of radio stations a
company can own in each area,
Staeb said.
Staeb said he did not think the
change was necessary but thought
the decision was a response to the
growth of Clear Channel, a global
leader in out-of-home advertising
and entertainment industries.
The Bellingham Weekly approached
the station about a possible merger
See MEDIA, Page 4
New walk-in medical clinic to open next week
Brianne Cross/
The Western Front
Doctor Larry
Young, left, and
clinic owner
Tom Wildgoose
stand in front
of Scotia Medi-
Clinic, one of
the only walk-in
clinics in
Whatcom
County
By Brianne Cross
THE WESTERN FRONT
In the past, a single mother
awake at 4 a.m. with an
infant screaming in misery
from a fever had only one
.option for medical attention
— a hospital emergency room,
regardless of whether or not
it was an actual emergency.
As an alternative to the ER,
Scotia Medi-Clinic, opening
next week, will be the only
clinic in Bellingham offering
psychiatric care, home visita­tion,
medical care and a 24-
hour-per-day on-call doctor.
"It is not emergency care,
but immediate care without
the cost tied to emergency
service," said Helen Hertz,
the communications director
for the clinic.
Owner Tom Wildgoose
handpicked each of the five
doctors — three medical spe­cialists
and two psychiatrists.
All of the doctors are avail­able
to everyone in the coun­ty,
to students who cannot get
into the campus health care
center, people with no primary
care doctor, people who can­not
get in to see their own
doctor or people with mental
health disorders, Wildgoose
said.
Many psychiatric problems
go untreated, from common
problems such as depression
See CLINIC, Page 4
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