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STEEP COMPETITION Racers compete in the Legendary Banked Slalom. ISSUE 9 VOLUME 128 Sports, Page 12 BOREDOM AWARDS People should tune out award shows because they have become worthless. Opinions, Page 14 THE CYCLE OF LIFE Shop encourages people to commute on bicycle. Features, Page 9 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington The Western Front TUESDAY FEB. 10, 2004 !a>jm^ Group wants more minority journalists Editor's note: This is the third in a six-part series examining race at Western. By Paul Nicholas Carlson The Western Front A vulnerability to stereotyping minorities and limiting perspectives are two primary issues Ethnic Student Center coordinator Michael Vendiola said he is concerned with when he examines the relationship between the media and minority groups. "People begin to not trust (the media) when they say, 'They just want to paint us in this one picture' — but we're more than that/' Vendiola said. Increasing diversity among reporters and editors became a mission for The American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1978. The organization's diversity mission statement encourages the percentage of minorities working in news rooms nationwide to equal the percentage of minorities in the national population by 2025. According to the ASNE 2003 newsroom employment census, minority journalists comprised 12.5 percent of national news rooms. Locally, The Bellingham Herald leads the state in rninor- SEE Hiring PAGE 4 Western student dies after an eight-year battle with cancer By Wolfgang Deerkop The Western Front Former Western student Christopher D. White died of sarcoma cancer Feb. 7,2004. White was born Sept. 2, 1984, in Virginia Beach, Va. . When White was 12, doctors discovered a rare form of bone cancer in his right shoulder. After two years of weekly chemotherapy treatments, the cancer briefly dissipated but soon returned, which required 1 operation on his right shoulder, removing his humerus bone and replacing it with a titanium shaft. After the removal of White's humerus, the cancer went into remission for two-and-a-half years but returned in November. "It went off like a bomb—only 10 percent of his kidneys worked," said David White, Christopher White's father. Christopher attended Western during fall quarter when he received the Presidential Scholarship before poor health forced him to drop his classes prior to starting winter quarter. Christopher's parents removed him from Sehome High School during his final year because he faced a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Christopher re-enrolled himself when his parents were out of town on a business trip. "Despite the fact that he was ill, he continued to go to school," David White said. "He was going to beat this thing." After graduating from Sehome this past summer, Christopher proposed to his high school sweetheart, Jennifer Baxter, a Western freshman. "We went through a lot during the year and a half," Baxter said. "We went through more than any married couple." Business college changes rules Christopher D.White By Lauren Miller The Western Front To avoid the possibility of losing accreditation, Western's College of Business and Economics will limit the amount of credits general studies majors may take next year. The college received it& accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in 1990 and was last re-accredited in 1996, which was successful, said Kelly Miller, assistant to the dean of the college. With the number of business credits a general studies major could earn, people could have a hard time differentiating a general studies student completing a concentration in business from a business major. The college is not in danger of losing its accreditation, but if the situation remained unaddressed, then it may have happened, said Maya Tomlin, Associated Students vice president of academic affairs. The accreditation process is voluntary for colleges worldwide. "Schools do not need accreditation to do business courses," said Milton R. Blood, managing director of accreditation services. "However, there are some disadvantages against schools with accreditation for competing for faculty, students and corporate sponsors." Miller said this has been the first time problems such as these have arisen in the department. "(The credits offered to general studies SEE Data PAGE 6 KVIK begins live program By Chris Taylor The Western Front Western's on-campus television station, KVIK, broadcast the women's basketball game live Feb. 5 for the first time in its first year as an official Associated Students program. "It's great that they are now able to go live," Western Women's interim head coach Sara Nichols said. "It should create a larger fan base for us." KVTK broadcasts on EGTV channel 10, an education and government station, and recently started airing on channel 16, which is available to only on-campus buildings. KVIK broadcasts to bn-campus audiences through channel 16 by using a modulator, which sends out a live sig- „ , . , „ , im ,.T , „ L nal which Western's video services, ™ . „ 7 u -e m £ " ™der Academic Technology and User KVIK crew members senior Phil S e^c e s / h a s aUowed KV^5^ use. Shuyler and senior Justin Conroy The v i d e o services department has broadcast the Feb. 5 women's bas- h a d the,Capabilities to broadcast live for ketball game live from Carver Gym. the past 20 years or so and until now has broadcast only the Distinguished Lecture Series and other productions live on-campus, digital video services manager Noel Newell-Andriff said. "The time was just right," Newell- Andriff said. "And (Shuyler) has. shown that he has the experience." Broadcasting live with the modulator is a big step toward being more professional for KVTK, Shuyler said. "Sports are always done live," Shuyler said. "Live is the way the world works." KVTK assistant coordinator Matt Acosta said now that it has the modulator, the station hopes to cover all basketball games. By only having access to the modulator while broadcasting basketball games, the video services department has plans to fix an older modulator that it could loan to KVTK and the television station could have access to anytime. KVIK also plans to cover softball, golf SEE Broadcast PAGE 6
Object Description
Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2004 February 10 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 128, no. 9 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2004-02-10 |
Year Published | 2004 |
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 |
Jeremy Edwards, editor-in-chief Josh Dumond, manager editor Mugs Scherer, head copy editor Cari Lyle, copy editor Jenny Zuvela, copy editor Ben Arnold, photo editor Shanna Green, news editor Porfirio Pena, new editor Keith Bolling, accent editor Justin McCaughan, features editor Jenny Maag, sports editor Matt DeVeau, opinions editor Matt McDonald, online editor Jaime Foster, columnist Matt Haver, cartoonist Reid Psaltis, cartoonist |
Staff |
Bonnie Coe, community liaison Alethea Macomber, business manager Joel Hall, advertising manager Reporters : Aaron Apple Heather Belcher Eric Berto Charlotte Chandler Wolfgang Deerkop Melena Eaton Jason Egan Lauren Fior Zoe Fraley, Sarah Getchman, Krissy Gochnour, Tyler Hicks, Matt Hietala Bobby Hollowwa Sean Hunter Kelseyanne Johnson Kaitlin King Cailin Long Lauren Miller Rob Morrell Michael Murray Crystal Oberholtzer Kathryn Scaief Bryan Sharick Rick Swanson Chris Taylor Kyle Turrell Caitlin Unsell Gil Ventura Jelena Washington Ruth Wetzel Amanda Woolley |
Photographer |
Lee Fehrenbacher Chris Taylor Ben Arnold Keith Bolling Justin McCaughan Zoe Fraley Kelseyanne Johnson Sarah Getchman |
Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
Article Titles | Dance for history (p.1) -- Group wants more minority journalists / by Paul Nicholas Carlson (p.1) -- Western student dies after an eight-year battle with cancer / by Wolfgang Deerkop (p.1) -- Business college changes rules / by Lauren Miller (p.1) -- KVIK begins live program / by Chris Taylor (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Viking voices (p.2) - AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Bellingham comedians raise money for school playground / by Katie Scaief (p.3) -- City council approves more than $180,000 to fund upgrade of BPD drug special investigation unit / by Eric Berto (p.3) -- 12th annual dinner celebrates black heritage / by Lee Fehrenbacher (p.5) -- Features (p.7) -- Strange days (p.7) -- Something old for something new / by Zoe Fraley (p.8) -- Pedal power / by Lee Fehrenbacher (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Nationally ranked Falcons dominate Vikings / by Chris Taylor (p.10) -- Adrenaline fuels first dodge ball tournament / by Kelseyanne Johnson (p.11) --Mt. Baker sponsors the 20th legendary Banked Slalom / by Sarah Getchman (p.12) -- Opinions (p.13) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | Franchesska Berry-Guisse (p.1) -- Christopher D. White (p.1) -- Phil Shuyler, Justin Conroy (p.1) -- Leedawn Cook (p.2) -- Cara Gresham (p.2) -- Michael Harlow (p.2) -- [Members of Young Gifted Brothers] (p.5) -- George Zhang (p.6) -- Rachel Fairbanks (p.7) -- DJ Romond (p.8) -- Linda Vu (p.8) -- Reid Morris (p.9) -- Kyle Morris (p.9) -- Tessa DeBoer (p.10) -- Peter Ellis (p.11) -- Bob Klein (p.12) -- [Contestants feast on wild Alaskan Salmon] (p.12) -- Rick Swanson (p.13) -- Kyle Turrell (p.13) |
Cartoons | [And the Grammy for the most ...] / Reid Psaltis (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 |
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 | STEEP COMPETITION Racers compete in the Legendary Banked Slalom. ISSUE 9 VOLUME 128 Sports, Page 12 BOREDOM AWARDS People should tune out award shows because they have become worthless. Opinions, Page 14 THE CYCLE OF LIFE Shop encourages people to commute on bicycle. Features, Page 9 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington The Western Front TUESDAY FEB. 10, 2004 !a>jm^ Group wants more minority journalists Editor's note: This is the third in a six-part series examining race at Western. By Paul Nicholas Carlson The Western Front A vulnerability to stereotyping minorities and limiting perspectives are two primary issues Ethnic Student Center coordinator Michael Vendiola said he is concerned with when he examines the relationship between the media and minority groups. "People begin to not trust (the media) when they say, 'They just want to paint us in this one picture' — but we're more than that/' Vendiola said. Increasing diversity among reporters and editors became a mission for The American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1978. The organization's diversity mission statement encourages the percentage of minorities working in news rooms nationwide to equal the percentage of minorities in the national population by 2025. According to the ASNE 2003 newsroom employment census, minority journalists comprised 12.5 percent of national news rooms. Locally, The Bellingham Herald leads the state in rninor- SEE Hiring PAGE 4 Western student dies after an eight-year battle with cancer By Wolfgang Deerkop The Western Front Former Western student Christopher D. White died of sarcoma cancer Feb. 7,2004. White was born Sept. 2, 1984, in Virginia Beach, Va. . When White was 12, doctors discovered a rare form of bone cancer in his right shoulder. After two years of weekly chemotherapy treatments, the cancer briefly dissipated but soon returned, which required 1 operation on his right shoulder, removing his humerus bone and replacing it with a titanium shaft. After the removal of White's humerus, the cancer went into remission for two-and-a-half years but returned in November. "It went off like a bomb—only 10 percent of his kidneys worked," said David White, Christopher White's father. Christopher attended Western during fall quarter when he received the Presidential Scholarship before poor health forced him to drop his classes prior to starting winter quarter. Christopher's parents removed him from Sehome High School during his final year because he faced a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Christopher re-enrolled himself when his parents were out of town on a business trip. "Despite the fact that he was ill, he continued to go to school," David White said. "He was going to beat this thing." After graduating from Sehome this past summer, Christopher proposed to his high school sweetheart, Jennifer Baxter, a Western freshman. "We went through a lot during the year and a half," Baxter said. "We went through more than any married couple." Business college changes rules Christopher D.White By Lauren Miller The Western Front To avoid the possibility of losing accreditation, Western's College of Business and Economics will limit the amount of credits general studies majors may take next year. The college received it& accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in 1990 and was last re-accredited in 1996, which was successful, said Kelly Miller, assistant to the dean of the college. With the number of business credits a general studies major could earn, people could have a hard time differentiating a general studies student completing a concentration in business from a business major. The college is not in danger of losing its accreditation, but if the situation remained unaddressed, then it may have happened, said Maya Tomlin, Associated Students vice president of academic affairs. The accreditation process is voluntary for colleges worldwide. "Schools do not need accreditation to do business courses," said Milton R. Blood, managing director of accreditation services. "However, there are some disadvantages against schools with accreditation for competing for faculty, students and corporate sponsors." Miller said this has been the first time problems such as these have arisen in the department. "(The credits offered to general studies SEE Data PAGE 6 KVIK begins live program By Chris Taylor The Western Front Western's on-campus television station, KVIK, broadcast the women's basketball game live Feb. 5 for the first time in its first year as an official Associated Students program. "It's great that they are now able to go live," Western Women's interim head coach Sara Nichols said. "It should create a larger fan base for us." KVTK broadcasts on EGTV channel 10, an education and government station, and recently started airing on channel 16, which is available to only on-campus buildings. KVIK broadcasts to bn-campus audiences through channel 16 by using a modulator, which sends out a live sig- „ , . , „ , im ,.T , „ L nal which Western's video services, ™ . „ 7 u -e m £ " ™der Academic Technology and User KVIK crew members senior Phil S e^c e s / h a s aUowed KV^5^ use. Shuyler and senior Justin Conroy The v i d e o services department has broadcast the Feb. 5 women's bas- h a d the,Capabilities to broadcast live for ketball game live from Carver Gym. the past 20 years or so and until now has broadcast only the Distinguished Lecture Series and other productions live on-campus, digital video services manager Noel Newell-Andriff said. "The time was just right," Newell- Andriff said. "And (Shuyler) has. shown that he has the experience." Broadcasting live with the modulator is a big step toward being more professional for KVTK, Shuyler said. "Sports are always done live," Shuyler said. "Live is the way the world works." KVTK assistant coordinator Matt Acosta said now that it has the modulator, the station hopes to cover all basketball games. By only having access to the modulator while broadcasting basketball games, the video services department has plans to fix an older modulator that it could loan to KVTK and the television station could have access to anytime. KVIK also plans to cover softball, golf SEE Broadcast PAGE 6 |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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